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BIRTHS

CAMPBELL – Craig and Anna (nee Talbot) along with big sisters Marlee and Tilly, are proud to announce the arrival of Ryder James (9lb,12oz), on 5 April 2013 at home. A very special thank you to Biddy, Hannah and Jen.

DONALDSON - RHODES – Andrew and Anna are thrilled to announce the arrival of Thomas Owen Donaldson on April 8 2013, weighing 8lb 4oz. A huge thank you to our midwife Amy McFadden and the wonderful team at Ashburton Maternity Hospital.

HURLEY – Struan and Jo (Hewson) are delighted to announce the safe arrival of their precious daughter, Hannah Rose.

Born on April 5th 2013 at Timaru Hospital.

TONKS – Corey and Anna are pleased to announce the arrival of Archie Robert Tonks. Born in Ashburton on April 14, 2013 weighing 8lb 2oz.

Special thanks to Jackie and Lynda and all Ashburton Hospital Staff.

DEATHS

MCKERCHAR, Calum Munro – On April 14, 2013 at Christchurch Hospital.

Loved elder son of Jean and the late Hamish McKerchar, much loved father and father in law of Annabelle and Jono, Charles and Stacey, and Gerald, much loved fiancé of Trish, loved brother and brother in law of Flora and Fraser, John and Liz, loved uncle of all his nephews and nieces.

Will be sadly missed.

A private service for Calum has been held. Messages to 142 Wilkins Road, Tinwald, Ashburton 7774.

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WILSON, Mary Hart – On April 17, 2013 at Rosebank, Ashburton. Aged 92 years. Dearly beloved wife of the late Graeme.

Loved mother and motherin-law of Peter, Evelyn and Alistair Robertson, Brenda, and Helen and Ian Bull.

Loved grandmother of Neil and Sarah, Averil and Wayne; Simon, James, and Juliet.

Loved great grandmother of Oscar, and Alexandra. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton. A service to celebrate Mary’s life will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY 24, April commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AGER, Jeanette Ann (Nett) — Kevin and family wish to thank everyone for their love and support, phone calls, cards, flowers, baking and condolences received during the recent sad loss of our loved wife, mother, and Nana. Thank you for your kind donations to Canterbury Alzheimers.

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BOX, William Donald (Don) – Jocelyn, Marilyn, Brian, Sheryl, Rayleen, Michele, Nigel, Nichola and families wish to sincerely thank everyone for their love and support, flowers, cards, baking and messages of sympathy for a dear husband and most wonderful father, grandfather and Poppa. A special thanks to Dr Ross Warring and staff at the Allenton Medical Centre, staff of Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital, and Steve Williams from the Oncology Ward, Christchurch Hospital. Also, all the kind staff at Paterson’s Funeral Services.

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FIELDING, Shirley – Shirley’s family wish to express their sincere thanks for the support and love shown by family, friends and Nurse Maude staff on the passing of a dearly loved mother, sister, nana and aunt. Many thanks for the cards, flowers, messages of sympathy and donations to Nurse Maude. Please accept our heartfelt thanks in this personal acknowledgement.

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RIDDEN, Janean Lyn – Loved wife and mother of Graeme, Robert, Kirsty, Mickeala. Passed away April 20, 2011. Truly missed and loved.

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The farewell of respected Ashburton District Court registrar Robbie Gane has been overshadowed by a determined harassment campaign on the eve of his departure.

Mr Gane closed his office door for the last time yesterday afternoon, after 42 years of loyal service to the Ministry of Justice, 27 of them served in Ash-burton.

The previous day a document was hand delivered to a number of Ashburton mailboxes, accusing him of corruption and lying. Its writer also took a swipe at District Court Judge Joanna Maze.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell declined to comment other than to say Ashburton police were aware of the incident, had filed a copy of the document and were keeping tabs on the situation.

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The Guardian understands the Ministry of Justice is also investigating the allegations made in the document and on a blog site it referred to.

Mr Gane’s co-workers were disgusted by the attempt to tarnish his reputation, especially as it has come about on the eve of his departure from the ministry, which he joined in Blenheim as a 17-year-old.

The registrar’s position at the Ashburton District Court has been disestablished in a recent Ministry of Justice shake up.

Registry offices in nine of the country’s regional courts have been closed and services transferred to main centres.

The Ashburton District Court will continue to provide the same services, but will now be managed by Chris Greaney, who will be based in Christchurch.

Car thieves nabbed Three Ashburton teenagers will face charges in the District Court, relating to a spate of car thefts.

Ashburton police senior sergeant Grant Russell said the charges relate to a crime spree covering a three-week period, during which 16 vehicles were stolen.

The offending took place in Ashburton, Methven, Mayfield, Geraldine, Temuka and Timaru. In addition the three alleged offenders have been charged with 11 counts of theft from vehicles, four of intentional damage and one charge each of vehicle

arson and burglary.

All of the stolen vehicles have been recovered in various states of disrepair. One was burnt out.

Mr Russell said the arrests were the result of long hours of police work. He warned motorists against leaving keys in vehicles, saying 90 per cent of the vehicles stolen in this spate of offending had keys inside.

Another vehicle was stolen from Nelson Street on Thursday night.

It was later recovered in Elizabeth Street. Police enquiries into this matter are continuing.

A Mid Canterbury farmer has pulled the wool over the Aussies eyes – and snatched a major international prize.

Anna Emmerson, who farms on Lindis Ridges near Mayfield, produced the finest 100 kilogram bale of 10.6 micron merino wool, to take the Loro Piana Challenge Cup in the keenly contested competition between Australian and New Zealand farmers.

Loro Piana is a family-owned clothing and fabric, headed up by Italian brothers Peior Luigi Loro Piana and Sergio Loro Piana.

While the business does not disclose the price paid, in the past winning bales have hit the $200,000 mark.

Ms Emerson is currently in Hong Kong to accept the award.

The late Donald Burnett from Mt Cook Station is the only other Kiwi to bring home the cup in the 16 year history of the challenge.

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Effects of drugs, alcohol seen

By Myles Hume Drugs and alcohol have little presence inside the school gate, but teaching staff are picking up the pieces of substance abuse in the Mid Canterbury community, one principal says.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan’s comments come after 11 intermediateaged children were caught with cannabis in a Christchurch school, prompting calls from one Canterbury police officer that the region’s schools faced serious in-house problems with drugs and alcohol.

Mid Canterbury is not immune, judging by the 23 stand-downs

or suspensions that were handed to local pupils last year in relation to drugs and alcohol.

While a local drug and alcohol expert says there is an increasing number of youth seeking rehabilitation, Mr McMillan believes the problem lies with secondary-school aged children, not schools themselves.

And the college is often left to pick up the pieces.

“If you’re a student you are not going to be bringing a slab of Woodstock to college . . . we see a lot of the effects and fall-out from anti-social behaviour,” Mr McMillan said.

“We see the effects from stuff at the weekend after Mid Canterbury’s young people float

around at drunken parties and with parents that support that.”

Squabbles over social media, texting and actions carried out by a lack of judgment all spill over into the classroom, a place where Mr McMillan says they are not welcome.

There is growing concern over the number of youth seeking assistance at local organisations such as Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS), who are alarmed at the accessibility youth have to alcohol and other harmful substances such as legal highs.

A Guardian investigation found there were at least two Ashburton retailers selling legal highs, which was propping up

the growing number of people becoming addicted from constant abuse.

ACADS manager Chris Clark said schools worked hard to keep drugs and alcohol outside the gate with sniffer dogs and other methods, and found the issues usually started at home or socially at the weekend.

With some as young as 12 seeking assistance with ACADS, Ms Clark said during the past two years there had been an increasing number of young people attending the service.

“You can’t get alcohol until you are 18, but that doesn’t stop young people and it’s the same as cannabis, if they want to get it they can, and usually

it’s adults who are the supplier,” Ms Clark said.

“If it’s in homes and normal for families, then young people don’t necessarily see them as a problem, while others use drugs and alcohol to deal with the problems they are facing.”

Ashburton Intermediate principal Gavin Cooper, pointing to the Christchurch school case, said it was rare but concerning to see such young pupils taking drugs to school.

He had dealt with a similar issue about four years ago, and also found the problems initiated from home.

“It reflects what’s in that home, these kids are getting it from somewhere,” he said.

The big day before the big race day

By Jonathan Leask While the riders contemplate a big day for the annual Mt Somers Bike Race on Sunday, today is a bigger day for the Mayfield and District Lions Club.

Brent Murdoch and a team of volunteers have the strenuous task of getting things all set up before the 600-odd bikers turn up tomorrow and then have to pack it all away after the event.

“The event itself is the easy part. Before and after, the set up and registration part and then when they come back in that’s the hard part,” Mr Murdoch said.

“Our down time’s when they leave until they come back in and when they start coming in it can get chaotic.”

Even before Mr Murdoch and his 60-strong team of Lions volunteers worry about the start of the race, they spend most of today getting it set up.

“We’ll start at about 8.30 picking up all the gear and then it’s up to Mt Somers Domain to put up the tents and lay out the track.

“There are two groups with one setting out the track and the other group puts up the tents and set up the start-finish facilities.

“Laying out the track takes about three to four hours normally putting out the tape, cones and directional arrows for the riders across the three different events.”

The race caters to all ages and abilities with the 35km Challenge for the gun riders, the 30km Intermediate ride and a 20km novice recreational ride.

The course rides through the iconic scenery of the Southern Alps foothills while also being able to view the Canterbury plains.

Mr Murdoch estimated the event would again feature over 500 riders despite the threat of a bit of rain.

“It’s going to be damp but no-where near damp enough to put it off.

“I had a comment from a guy who’ll be riding who was in the Muddy Good Run in Rakaia last weekend, and he said” I think we could get muddier this weekend”. There will be a bit of mud but that’s mountain biking.”

Entries were still coming in online but walk-up registrations are taken on the day with the racing underway at 10.30am.

The event is the brainchild of the Mayfield and District Lions Club, and since its conception in 2007, the race has generated more than $81,000 for the community.

The proceeds from this year’s race will be given to Ronald McDonald House South Island and a portion of the funds will be gifted back to local nonprofit groups around the surrounding district.

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Alarm bells not going off here

By Sam Morton Mid Canterbury fire authorities are not on heightened alert around fertiliser plants despite the deadly explosions in Texas this week.

Every year, the Ashburton District Council updates a register of businesses and locations storing hazardous chemicals and gas canisters – in the event of a serious incident breaking out at one of the premises.

The thunderous explosion on Thursday killed up to 15 people and injured more than 160 others. An investigation is still ongoing into the cause of the incident, but initial reports suggest the explosion was accidental.

Although it’s on the minds of those in the industry, the district’s authorities say they are well prepared to deal with a similar situation.

Rural fire officer Don Geddes said the local rural fire forces were highly trained to deal with major situations, such as that at Texas, but insisted the likelihood of an explosion remained low.

“We do have a fertiliser plant or two in the district, but we know of them all and our rural fire forces all have a copy of the district’s register so they know up front what they are dealing with, should something occur,”

Mr Geddes said.

“Our volunteers are actively encouraged to get along to some of the more at-risk businesses and talk through some potential issues and keep a close eye on what’s happening – and many of them do take up that opportunity.”

The register lists all risk locations and details exactly what type of activity goes on within the building, or the grounds.

“We don’t list farm buildings, as every farm in Mid Canterbury would be on there as they store one chemical or another at some stage,” he said. “(But) as a business or a plant, it’s up to them to have a health and safety plan in place and that will include putting up public notices advising of dangerous chemicals or gases being stored within the location.

“We do have a range of processes in place and it’s well covered in all our training drills, which are set-up as a scenario based situation at different times throughout the year,” Mr Geddes said.

Chief fire officer Alan Burgess, of Ashburton, said although chemical based activity didn’t always feature in the brigade’s training drills, he pointed out it would be foolish not to focus on the Texas incident at their next training session.

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Police will not elaborate on the reason behind the murder of George Taiaroa in Atiamuri last month, but say there was no “familial relationship” between their main suspect and the victim.

In a media conference held yesterday afternoon, police said the discovery of the vehicle at the centre of the murder investigation and identification of a main suspect were major breakthroughs in the case.

Mr Taiaroa was fatally shot as he operated a stop-go sign on Tram Road, Atiamuri on Tuesday, March 19.

Detective Inspector Tim Anderson said the case was complex, but police have narrowed the focus of their investigation.

Mr Anderson said there was no “familial relationship” between their main suspect and Mr Taiaroa. He would not elaborate on a motive for the killing, except to say police were closer to identifying one.

He would not be drawn on Thursday’s arrest of a 76-year-old man, other than to say his arrest was not related to the homicide investigation.

More than 35 officers are working on the investigation, and Mr Anderson said police would not give up.

“We have some of the best detectives in the North Island on this case.”

Yesterday morning police said a vehicle believed to have been involved in the fatal shooting of the stop-go sign operator had been seized and was being forensically examined.

“We do have a main suspect in relation to this investigation and we are also working on the possibility that he is being protected or actively assisted by others,” Mr Anderson said.

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was in no small part due to “significant support” from the New Zealand community.

“The investigation team have covered a lot of ground and that has included the preparation and execution of a number of search warrants in both the Bay of Plenty and Taranaki since George was killed.

“I will not be drawn on the specifics of those warrants and whether or not any of those remain pertinent to the ongoing inquiry. What I am able to say is that we have recently seized a vehicle that we believe was involved on the day of the murder and we also believe we are closer to the motive behind the cold-blooded murder.”

Police can confirm that the vehicle was located in the Bay of Plenty District.

However police will not disclose when that vehicle was found, the circumstances in which it was located, or the nature of forensic tests that have been carried out on the vehicle. The vehicle is still being examined.

“Just because we have reached a turning point in the investigation, that doesn’t mean we don’t still need information from the public,” Mr Anderson said.

“They have been crucial in getting us this far and their assistance ... can still make a significant difference. We remain particularly interested in the movements of a late 90s, dark blue Jeep Cherokee on the day of the murder and the days that followed.

“We also remain particularly interested in sightings of this vehicle in and around south Taranaki, Taumarunui, Benneydale and Rotorua.”

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Snowy start to winter

By Susan Sandys New Zealand moon man Ken Ring is forecasting a snowy start to winter, music to the ears of skiers.

And it seems there could be an abundance of white gold falling from the skies as early as today, with up to 60 centimetres to fall on Mt Hutt.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie admitted Mr Ring was a “controversial” figure, following aftershock predictions which panicked people in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes.

However, when it came to forecasting weather by the moon, Mr McKenzie understood some farmers and others swore

by Mr Ring’s method, and there could indeed be “something in it”.

“It’s an interesting one, because we tend to get snow

around the full moon cycles, there does seem to be a little bit of a link between when snow comes and the moon,” Mr McKenzie said.

“Fingers crossed, he’s right,” he said of Mr Ring’s forecasts for a snowy start to winter for South Island skifields.

In his 2013 almanac, Mr Ring has forecast stormy and wet conditions over four weeks from June 11, with at least three heavy snowfalls and southerlies.

“Snowfall events may severely affect some parts, especially in inland areas and in the south.”

From June 12 to 14 there would be an icy blast hitting Canterbury, possibly causing snowdrifts in Kaikoura and with a “chance of snow at Methven.” Methven could get hit again on 21 June there would be a chance of snow to low levels, possibly 200 metres, in Canterbury and Otago.

Woollen blankets needed Tinwald cubs are on the hunt for grey, woollen blankets to sew badges on.

Mania-o-roto zone cub leader Grant Chisnall said the grey blankets had become hard to find in recent years, having been replaced by synthetic variations and duvets.

But when it comes to safety around the campfire neither of these options are suitable.

A recent change in uniform has also left the cubs short of space to stitch badges on.

“The new shirts are more formal and we only sew award badges on them,” Mr Chisnall said.

“At $55 the blankets are getting quite costly to buy new – we used to get them from government depots but everyone is changing over to duvets these days.”

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Inland Canterbury would be hit June 22 with snow “possibly sufficient to close roads and schools”.

July 31 would see heavy snow in the South Island and on the Desert Road, while gale force winds might affect many South Island areas, especially rural Canterbury, on August 28.

Mr McKenzie said snow forecast to fall last night and today on Mt Hutt could measure up to 60 centimetres, however most of it would probably disappear as rain fell afterwards.

Some might say on the tops of the mountain, cooling it down ready for winter.

Metservice duty forecaster Brooke Lockhart said yesterday that today’s snow in the high country was too early to be “the first proper snow of the winter.”

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Banks to face court over donations

By Edward Gay Act Party leader John Banks will be called to court to answer allegations that he knowingly received donations to his Super City mayorship campaign from internet mogul Kim Dotcom and SkyCity but recorded them as anonymous.

Political activist and retired Wellington accountant Graham McCready has filed court documents to bring a private prosecution against Mr Banks after

police determined they could not lay a charge because it was outside the six month time limit for summary charges to be laid.

In a decision released yesterday, Judge Ian Mill said Mr Banks should be called to court to answer the allegations that relate to two $25,000 donations from Dotcom and his company Megastuff Ltd. A third donation of $15,000 from SkyCity Casino is also included in the allegation.

He said if the allegations are proven true, they show Mr Banks knew who the anony-

mous donations were made by when he signed his return “There is sufficient evidential foundation for a summons to issue. The provision for private prosecutions in our law is itself an important check on potential abuses of prosecutorial discretion conferred on the Executive [Crown and police],” Judge Mill said.

Mr Banks’ lawyer David Jones QC, who opposed his client being summoned to court, said there was no realistic chance for the prosecution to succeed and

the court was being asked to “second-guess” why police had not prosecuted his client.

Mr Jones also said the case would be a “media circus”.

But Judge Mill said media interest could not be a ground for declining a prosecution.

“In my estimation strong media interest indicates a strong public interest, which would tend to support the contention that it is appropriate for the case to be answered in open court.”

He said material supplied by Mr McCready showed there were

a number of people who could comment on what Mr Banks knew and when.

Dotcom told police Mr Banks visited his home on June 9, 2010.

He said he offered Mr Banks a $50,000 donation to his mayoral campaign for the Super City.

According to Dotcom, Mr Banks asked for the donation to be split into two cheques and kept anonymous so that Mr Banks could continue to “help” him. The meaning of “help” was not expanded on.

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Anzac Day marked early by students

By Sam Carran Up to 1000 people are expected to attend the pre-Anzac memorial run and walk on Sunday to commemorate those who fought in World War One. The event begins at 10am on the West Street side of the Ashburton Domain and has generated a large amount of hype in the weeks leading up to it. Participants can run between 2-8kms with 8km being a significant number as the distance that the trenches were situated away from the battles.

Joe Ford, one of the organisers of the event, attributes the event and all the talk surrounding it to fellow

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Joe Ford gets some practice in before the memorial run on Sunday.

organiser Gary Whiting.

Gary, whose father was a soldier, first saw the event years ago in Australia where it was hugely successful, with up to 40,000 people attending the run and walk.

As far as he knew, nothing of the sort existed in New Zealand and so he was keen to get such an event started.

With the support of the Ashburton Rotary Club behind him, Gary created the event to help bring a sense of family to Anzac Day. Mr Ford said that a lot of work has gone into the event with Mr Whiting travelling 170kms one day to deliver leaflets and fliers around Methven and Rakaia. A three-metre high barbed-wire arch has also been constructed to be the finish line that entrants will cross under.

The arch will have a large number of poppies attached to it.

Mr Ford said all the hard work seems to have paid off with the amount of response that has been generated. “From the response around town we could be expecting up to 1000 people.”

The event has been organised on the Sunday before Anzac Day to accommodate for weather, Saturday sports and the Dawn Parade on the day itself. Mr Ford says that they are hoping that the 10am start will encourage more people to come along as well.

With it being the 100-year anniversary of World War One next year, Mr Ford is hoping that the event will be a huge success so that they can do something “bigger and cooler” next year.

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A sombre mood fell over Ashburton College yesterday as the student body gathered to remember those who went before them.

Ashburton Cadet Thomas Ottley, 16, stood with solid stature at the corner of the stage on the college chessboard, as pupils gath-

ered for an ANZAC Day Assembly on the final day of term. The college heard the story of a fallen solider before the Last Post and Reveille was trumpeted by college staff member Dave Christensen - the flag was lowered and then raised by cadet Brendon Thomas.

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Poppy Day strikes local chord Nathan Back (right) donates money to volunteer Malcolm Taylor on Poppy Day yesterday.

RSA volunteers were out in force offering Ashburton residents poppies. The day supports our veterans as well as families in need and beginning in 1922, it is one of New Zealand’s oldest nationwide appeals.

Claire Wesley has been volunteering for Poppy

Day on and off since the 1970s and says she will continue to do so. Claire was outside the Unichem Pharmacy on East Street yesterday mroning selling poppies with Cadet Lindsay Matheson. Claire was also volunteering at the rest home in the afternoon as well.

She said Poppy Day was “normally very well supported” by local residents.

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News • Teen granted bail A teenager accused of threatening to kill students at his former high school and trying to break into a female friend’s home armed with a knife, has been granted bail. The teenager, who has interim name suppression appeared at the Auckland District court yesterday by video link from a cell inside Mt Eden central remand prison. He is charged with threatening to kill unnamed students at One Tree Hill College, possession of an offensive weapon and entering a building with intent to commit a crime. Judge David Harvey granted the teen bail, and set strict conditions.

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ATS marks 50 years Many longtime members of the Ashburton Trading Society gathered for morning tea this week, as part of a number of events organised to commemorate the society’s 50th year of trading.

Among them was founding member Brian Lill, who moved the motion that a trading society to be called the Ashburton Trading Society Ltd be formed in July 1963. The meeting was also

RIGHT: Brian Lill reminisces during a morning tea to celebrate the Ashburton Trading Society’s golden jubilee year.

More than 10 jobs will be axed at the Human Rights Commission under a proposed shake-up which could see its head office moved from Auckland to Wellington.

The commission launched an organisational review after the Government signalled it would receive no extra baseline funding until 2020. Staff were told on Thursday that 10 full-time jobs would be cut, as well as a number of part-time and fixed-term positions. Staff would be consulted before a final decision was made by the end of May. - APNZ

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• Cambridge power restored All power has been restored to the 12,000 homes in Cambridge affected by the power cut, after a major explosion at a substation late on Thursday night.

Transpower staff restored the power by 2.15pm yesterday after the incident left homes and businesses with no electricity.

Communications manager Rebecca Wilson said Transpower will continue to closely monitor the performance of the repaired equipment.

- APNZ

attended by Jack Brand, Alan Franks, George Scarth, Harry Dalton and Jack Ross.

Mr Lill is the only surviving member of that provisional directorate, and has seen the prediction of critics that ATS wouldn’t last five years soundly proved wrong.

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For Cecil Crossen yesterday was a journey into the past when he came face-to-face with a life-sized image of himself from 56 years ago in the Rakaia mural.

Cecil immortalised in Rakaia mural

By Gabrielle Stuart A trip to Rakaia yesterday was a journey into the past for retired farmer Cecil Crossen, who came face-to-face with a life-sized image of himself from 56 years ago.

It was the first time the 96-yearold saw the Rakaia mural that he is featured on, and the moment brought many memories back.

Although his face was obscured in the mural, as soon as he saw it he recognised himself.

“I remember that hat. I always

wore that hat. All the farmers in those days wore hats, but they’d turn their brims up and I kept mine down all the way around.”

Mr Crossen is pictured on the mural hard at work with a pitchfork, and although these days he is more likely to be seen holding onto his walker, he said memories of hard work on the farm were still fresh.

“I worked 580 acres in those days, so they were long days. It’s John Stubb’s truck in the picture but we never harvested with him and I don’t remember the photograph being taken, so it must

have been tricky computer work to get us there together.”

He said that he liked to keep up with what was happening in Rakaia, but although he heard about the mural he had no idea he was featured on it until the Guardian contacted him.

It has been almost three years since he last visited Rakaia, as he moved to Christchurch 12 years ago, and he made a special trip with his son to visit the mural.

His image is not his only tie to the mural, as he lived for 25 years on the site where the ATS building and mural now stand.

“After we sold the farm in 1979 we made the move to Rakaia and lived in a little house right here.

The house was shifted after we left, and the town has changed a lot since I lived here. Plenty of big changes.”

He recognised plenty of the icons on the mural, though.

The Rakaia bridge was used for both road and rail in those days, and he said that the gatekeeper pictured in the mural was stationed to stop traffic each time a train crossed the bridge.

“We used to drive sheep across the Rakaia bridge, but I wouldn’t

attempt that today! There’s the old Rakaia train station – it was a long slow ride on the train in those days. I took the train to Christchurch for an examination when they were drafting before the war, but my boss told them I was needed so I didn’t get shipped away.”

Although he has spent years away from Rakaia Mr Crossen still considered himself a local, and while he was too dignified to show much excitement at being immortalised as an icon of the district, the trip definitely brought a smile to his face.

Hospital apologises to victim for serious burns

By Laura Mills A hospital has apologised to a West Coast woman who suffered horrific burns when near-boiling water burst inside her during a procedure.

Jo Partridge, 36, spent seven weeks in the burns unit of Christchurch Hospital following her ordeal in Grey Base Hospital.

Eleven months on, she says she is still unable to sit her children on her lap, due to pressure on her pelvis.

She has been to theatre more than 35 times and says she is unable to live a normal life.

The West Coast District Health Board has apologised for a “catastrophic equipment failure” but maintains its hospital staff are “competent and capable”.

The Health and Disability Commissioner is investigating the case, which was reported briefly last year by the DHB as a

‘serious and sentinel event’.

In May last year, Mrs Partridge underwent a thermal ablation - a internal gynecological procedure.

Four minutes into the procedure the intrauterine balloon containing a saline solution, heated to 86C, burst inside her.

The hot liquid spilled under pressure internally and around her pelvic area, coming out with enough force to splash the surgeon in the face.

Mrs Partridge was under general anaesthetic during the procedure but felt the pain as soon as she regained consciousness.

“I was in pain right from the very start.”

She said she was left for five days with no internal treatment.

The DHB’s own root cause analysis report says “immediate cooling measures were not undertaken”.

At the end of the procedure, staff noted evidence of burns and scalding. It was subse-

quently discovered that she had “severe burns to her vagina and perineum”.

Theatre staff had “underestimated” how much of the heated saline had spilled.

A hospital report said the surgical method had been used on the West Coast since 2004 without incident. The staff were properly trained, and testing of the machine found no faults.

However, the report also recommended the thermal ablation system be permanently removed from the hospital.

Mrs Partridge and her husband Scott took legal advice before going public, and are limited in what they can say.

But they have one clear message: “Staff should be stood down while the Health and Disability Commissioner is investigating.”

Mr Partridge has lost his job due to having to take time off work to look after their young children and his wife.

“With common sense and basic first aid, life would be so much different now,” Mrs Partridge told the Greymouth Star.

West Coast DHB chief executive David Meates said the incident was the result of “catastrophic equipment failure”.

The procedure was no longer used at Grey Base Hospital, and the board had apologised to Mrs Partridge.

The incident was reported to Medsafe and the Health Quality and Safety Commission, he said.

Asked if there had been any delay in treating her burns, he said third-degree burns did not present themselves immediately.

The case would be thoroughly investigated by the Health and Disability Commissioner.

Mr Meates said the hospital had not been able to ascertain why the balloon failed in the first place. “It was not something people thought possible to occur,” he said.

The liquid should have been extracted by the machine.

He said the DHB would comply with any recommendations and lessons from the Health and Disability Commissioner, saying it was important after any serious event that the board did not bury its head in the sand.

An improved procedure for the management of burns had since been implemented at Greymouth.

Asked about standing staff down during the inquiry, Mr Meates reiterated that it was a catastrophic equipment failure and he did not want to make a knee-jerk reaction. Hospital staff were “competent and capable”.

The doctor who treated Mrs Partridge had provided “excellent service” and this was the first serious incident involving that doctor.

Grey Base still does thermal ablations, but not the balloon method.

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Broken bins irk residents

By Gabrielle Stuart Broken bins have become a problem for locals attempting to recycle, and many feel that the issue is being ignored.

Some locals have witnessed the plastic bins being been broken by contractors carrying out the kerbside collection, but after making complaints to council are still expected to replace the broken bins from their own pockets.

One Allenton resident said she had replaced three bins over the past five years, and said her

father in Tinwald had been having the same problems.

“It isn’t just a one-off thing, so I’m not happy about forking out the money over and over again for the new bins.”

One local said that he had made a complaint to council which had been passed on to the contractor, but instead of improving the situation it got worse. He believed he was being deliberately targeted because of the complaint, and said his family had given up and stopped putting the recycling bin.

An Ashburton resident said that her bin had been broken

after just two weeks.

“I saw them the following week throwing the bins around and I hit them up about it, but they just said that it was because of their time constraints and they weren’t going to change. It was a woman I spoke to, and she was quite rude about it.”

District council communications officer Sharin Shaik said that both the kerbside collection contract and complaints received by the council would continue to be monitored.

“Our collection staff are required to handle bins with care and to place them back on

kerbsides once they have been emptied. On the odd occasion we receive complaints that residents’ bins have been damaged.

When this happens, we replace damaged bins if it is proven that damage was caused by the contractor.”

Mid Canterbury business Gary Preston & Son has been contracted by the District Council to manage kerbside collection of both rubbish and recycling.

Business owner Gary Preston did not want to comment on the issue of broken bins, and said any complaints should be directed to the council.

Students wear mufti for sports centre

By Myles Hume Most Mid Canterbury primary schools banded together yesterday to put their weight behind a community project that is nearing its final hurdle.

Marking the final day of the first term of 2013, the majority of Mid Canterbury’s 23 schools held a mufti day to raise money for the highly anticipated EA Networks Centre.

With the Ashburton District Council setting a $5 million target for the community to raise, the project is now less than $400,000 away from getting the green light.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said it was a nobrainer for schools to get behind the community sporting complex that he believes will be used by many local families, sporting teams and schools.

“It’s definitely a resource schools will be able to use, it’s a long time overdue, and it will be great to have the pool and new sports stadium available,” Mr Simons said.

Mr Simons said he did not have a fundraising target for schools in mind.

But with about 3900 pupils across Mid Canterbury dressing in their fashionable attire, it could mean $10,000 in the pot.

However, he said schools had their own expectations, with many hoping to raise more than $500 so they can get their name plastered on a single seat when the sta-

• Shooting inquiry Police investigating the shooting of a Hamilton man yesterday examined a rifle and a vehicle found at the property.

The 34-year-old man was shot at a property on Churchill Ave in Maeroa shortly before 8pm on Wednesday. The man was recovering in Waikato Hospital after undergoing surgery on Thursday afternoon for serious but not life-threatening injuries. Detective Sergeant Graham Pitkethley said the victim was helping investigators and police were keeping an open mind about what happened.

- APNZ

• Prosecution push Crown prosecutors are pushing for Five Star group founder Neill Williams to be jailed for offending that is “some of the worst of its kind”.

Williams, 79, pleaded guilty in 2010 to three Securities Act charges concerning of misstatement in an advertisement or registered prospectus.

He also pleaded guilty to one charge of a false or misleading statement in a financial statement. This morning Crown prosecutor Steve Symon said Williams’ offending was “some of the worst of its kind in a finance company context” and pushed for a sentencing starting point of five years’ jail for the accountant.

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Wakanui School pupils were among most Mid Canterbury schools who took part in a mufti day to raise money for the much-awaited EA Networks Centre. dium is built in Riverside area.

And it was not just a day for the children, some teachers also got in on the act.

Tinwald School teachers played rolereversal, many of the teachers digging out their old school uniforms.

Principal Peter Livingstone said it was

Tinwald lights still on target Traffic lights in Tinwald are on the Ashburton District Council’s agenda and they won’t be going away, says councillor Robin Kilworth.

The council this week reconfirmed its commitment to having lights installed at a yet-tobe decided Tinwald intersection as a medium term measure to improving traffic flows through Ashburton. A second bridge across the Ashburton River is planned as a longer term solution longer term.

Over several meetings with the New Zealand Transport Agency, the council has secured a deal that will see the agency fund the preparation of a business case for the lights. Work has started on this and there is a scheduled completion date of the end of April.

Cr Kilworth said it was important to have some kind of timetable for the project.

Once the business case was built it would be presented to the council and then decisions would be made on the next step in the project, council operations manager Rob Rouse said.

In terms of funding the project, there were three possible scenarios – NZTA fully funds the work, the council funds the work or it becomes a joint venture, Mr Rouse said.

“Assuming NZTA meets their deadlines then we should have something substantial to come back to council with on May 18. NZTA is working with us through this part of the project as a partner. There are good lines of communication and a commitment to progress this. We hope we can progress it through to implementation.”

interesting to see Christchurch Girls’ High School, Tinwald School and some foreign looking uniforms in class yesterday.

It is expected a pupil from each of the district’s schools will attend a public event to present the money raised to EA Networks Centre representatives next term.

A 12-year-old schoolgirl was approached by a man in Tauranga on Thursday. She was riding her pushbike along Tay Street, Mount Maunganui when she was approached by a man driving a small white motor vehicle about 4pm. The man made inappropriate comments in an attempt to entice her into his vehicle. The girl did not engage in conversation with this man and rode off. The man is described as Caucasian with brown coloured ‘scruffy’ hair. He was unshaven and not wearing a shirt.

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evotion and leadership are two attributes you would expect from a man like Geoff Gray.

The priest of the Holy Name Parish Ashburton for the past four years, Father Gray has led a life devoted to others in the Catholic faith, sacrificing an ordinary life to do extraordinary things.

A glance at a priest’s job description, and you would expect Fr Gray’s 40 years in the job to be filled with day-to-day duties that involve him being the “servant and the shepherd” of the people.

Up at 6am each morning for mass prayer, visits to schools, tending to the ill and administrative duties are only among a host of jobs in his all-consuming role.

But today’s duties barely cover all of Fr Gray’s contribution to the faith.

In his “gracious” home next to the church on Ashburton’s Sealy Street, it would be easy to forget about the achievements and differences Fr Gray, 70, has made in his life.

But dig a litte deeper and you will find a man who has given not only a great deal to the Mid and South Canterbury districts, but to people in the forgotten corners of the globe.

A son living thousands of kilometres away, povertystricken communities drinking clean water and installing a communication system across an entire island offer only a glimpse into Fr Gray’s character.

Something the jolly and intelligent Catholic priest of Mid Canterbury has plenty of. ***

For Fr Gray a life devoted to the Catholic faith is something he remembers was triggered at the age of 10.

Brought up on a sheep and crop farm in Kingsdown on the outskirts of Timaru, Fr Gray was the eldest of eight children born into a family with a devout Catholic mother, Betty, and

Presbyterian father, Norman.

It did not take long before his parents decided the children would adopt a committed Catholic upbringing, something his father accepted for his children, and eventually took on himself.

Educated at Catholic schools Sacred Heart School and moving on to Marist Brothers, Fr Gray’s awareness and knowledge of the faith grew.

This led to a pivotal moment in his life when he was about 10, a moment which guided him into a way of life which has changed the lives of thousands of others.

“When I was about 10 years old, mum and dad took me to a public farewell for a priest from our parish in Timaru and while giving his farewell speech I had a profound internal experience which I recognised as something to do with me and priesthood, but it took me about 10 years to recognise what it was,” Fr Gray says.

Although he accepts it would be hard for those who don’t believe in God to grasp, Fr Gray knew it was something he could not ignore.

“You can’t explain it, most priests have had some feeling like that, it’s the action of God on your spirit.

“You have to experience these things to know it’s true.”

Looking back, Fr Gray said it took a decade before he realised that moment was his calling for the priesthood.

During that time he finished his primary schooling in Timaru, before shifting north to St Bede’s College in Christchurch – still unaware of what direction he was heading.

He was sent to the boarding house at college, his parents deciding it was time he spent a few years away from the farm, and developed his strong faith.

“It was a great experience, I made some good friends and got a good education, probably played a bit too much rugby but I was an ordinary student, but always up in the top classes.”

Getting up to “one or two tricks” at his time at college, the interest in priesthood grew as he entered his final year in 1960.

“It was something that was talked about, the prospect of becoming a priest was like asking ‘what are you going to do with your life?’ back then.”

But after playing with the idea of becoming a priest, he decided to take up a Bachelor in Agricultural Science Degree at Lincoln College.

“But I realised that wasn’t my calling, during that year my calling for priesthood grew.”

That was when the reasoning behind the profound experience as a 10-year-old finally came to light.

“While I was at school I initially felt God’s call to become a priest but I didn’t act on it immediately - it had to mature, I went to Lincoln College but after that I went to the seminary in 1962.”

The path to priesthood took 10 years of hard work and commitment for Fr Gray to realise his dream.

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brings reward Sacrifice is something that comes hand-in-hand with priesthood, but when called upon Mid Canterbury catholic priest Geoff Gray has gone further than most of us ever would. MYLES HUME speaks to Father Gray about his time in the church, his adopted son, the newspaper he created and the impact he had on thousands of lives in South America.

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Father Geoff Gray leading a mass at the Holy Name Parish Ashburton on Easter Sunday.

Island, studying the typical aspects that led to priesthood; such as theology, the bible and philosophy.

Leaving the seminary after his four-year tenure, Fr Gray “didn’t feel in the right place”.

He decided to give tertiary education another go, this time in Wellington where he spent three years obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Economics, working as a social support officer on the side and developing an interest for Third World countries.

With seven years of preparation for priesthood under his belt and at the age of 27, Fr Gray embarked on the final leg in his journey to becoming a leader in the church when he was accepted into the National Seminary in Mosgiel to round off his final three years.

“I basically spent 10 years preparing to become a priest.

“When I was ordained in 1972 it was very matter of fact as I had been working towards this goal, achieved it, then went on to work as a practising priest.”

The role ironically started at the Ashburton parish, where he is today. Filling in for an ill priest, he spent three months in Ashburton before spending two years in Greymouth and then a year in Addington.

Relocation after relocation came with the territory.

That was highlighted by his next life-changing posting when he was sent to the Chatham Islands by Bishop Brian Ashby of the Christchurch Diocese.

Coming from a farming background not far from the ports of Timaru, the Chatham Islands brought a sense of familiarity to Fr Gray - the sole priest for the island-wide parish.

But it was at this time that Fr Gray was presented with an opportunity to create something that is still an integral part of

the island today.

“When I got there I realised we didn’t have a means of communicating across the island and in our parishes we have a parish bulletin or newsletter that goes round each week ... so I created a newspaper called The Chatham Islands News and Views.”

With a weekly editorial by Fr Gray and stories from within the parish, the newspaper started to grab the attention of the island community and its mayor.

It quickly became the newspaper of the island, kept afloat by the local council and a buy, sell and exchange column.

“It became a local thing rather than a church thing and the priests who came after kept it going and then it eventually became commercialised. It became the Chatham Islander which it still is today,” he said, reflecting in satisfaction.

After leaving his mark on the island and its people, Fr Gray was then sent to Boston to study for a year in 1975 to do a Masters’ degree before returning to New Zealand to support and promote religious education for several years in the Christchurch Diocese.

But he wanted more.

He had left a sizeable footprint in the Chatham Islands, and he knew he had more to offer.

With his interest and desire for Third World development, it was a bold question directed to Bishop Ashby in 1984 which created a life-changing moment.

He asked the Bishop if he could join a friend in South America to carry out missionary work.

Fr Gray was granted permission to go to Bolivia a year later, joining a group of priests working in Peru and Ecuador.

It was a journey spanning from 1985 to 2002 for Fr Gray,

with a four-year break inbetween, when he made his greatest contribution, changing the lives of thousands.

With 40,000 baptised Catholics, in 40 rural communities near the city of Santa Cruz, Fr Gray carried out his core duties of teaching, preaching and praying for those in the largely poverty-stricken area.

But survival was hard for some, with low wages, high unemployment and poor education – there was a lot of work to be done.

Fr Gray was an instrumental figure in turning this around.

The priests banded to carry out a raft of human development projects to dramatically change the lives of struggling South Americans.

They built churches and created a religious education programme for 2000 teenagers attending the parish’s nine high schools. They helped bring clean drinking water to 15,000 people, and educated mothers on hygiene and health to stunt the worrying infant mortality rate in the region.

Where Fr Gray was based, the rate reached more than 150 infant deaths per 1000 births.

“One of biggest things we try to do is improve standard of living. One of the big issues in Third World countries is the very high mortality rate. Many children die in their first or second year.

“I built a maternity hospital so mothers could give birth to their children in a hygienic environment, rather than at home where they are open to diseases and other horrible things.

“Apart from religious education we taught them about living a life of dignity, that’s what God wanted for us as human beings.”

Fr Gray admitted it was difficult to leave Bolivia with so

much achieved but so much more to do.

He returned to New Zealand for four years, keeping in close contact with the place that still remains close to his heart.

He could not stay away.

The diocese new Bishop, John Cunneen – originally of Ashburton - granted him a second term back in Bolivia where he spent another five years until 2002.

“The significant thing that happened this time was that I adopted a 15-year-old boy who didn’t have a father.

“He felt the need for a father figure and his mother suggested that I take him under my wing for a while . . . I just helped him to become who he is today.”

His son, Juan Antonio Gray, lived with his mother for the majority of Fr Gray’s tenure, but they created an emotional bond, and left what they believe will be a life-long impression on each other.

Today, Fr Gray emails and telephone calls in Spanish to keep him in close touch with Juan Antonio, an electrician now married with three children.

But Juan Antonio is not the only person Fr Gray has lent himself to.

His 10 Godsons in South America play a vital part in his life, taking them under his wing as requested by their parents after baptism.

Fr Gray stays in regular touch with them, offering advice and financial assistance as they train for skilled careers in medicine, business and trades, among others.

It’s careers like these that are vital to families and communities in Bolivia.

“Why do I do this? One, because I can afford to, and two, because I need to.”

Parked outside Fr Gray’s house today, the number plate on his car reads Padre. It means father in Spanish.

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Temuka was a far cry from the fulfilling life Fr Gray led in Bolivia, but that provided his next stop in 2002 as parish priest for three years.

A four-year stint in Timaru followed before a homecoming to the place where he first applied his new-found knowledge in priesthood.

Today, Fr Gray is in his fifth year at the Holy Name Parish Ashburton, a role that he undertakes with his assistant Lito Quinones, from the Philippines.

They preach, teach and pray with Catholics from Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven.

Fr Gray shares his living quarters with Lito in a fine historic two-storey building that comes as part and parcel of the job.

The walls are scattered with

reminders of Fr Gray’s time in Bolivia, alongside academic achievements and other sentimental goods from his 40-year career.

He admits the large house can seem a bit empty at times, and a commitment to celibacy has eliminated the prospect of marriage or personal partners.

But he says it is a sacrifice worth making.

“Am I lonely? No more than anyone else I would say. As a priest I think you learn to deal with aloneness, it’s not so much loneliness. You accustom yourself to being self-sufficient and a lot of the time we are communicating with people, I visit people in their homes and I have friends and family too.

“Celibacy is a whole issue in the church, but you take it on board because you serve the people. Your primary love relationship isn’t with a particular person or family, you have a love relationship with the people but it’s a different kind of love.”

Although he says he has accepted the fact marriage will not be a part of his life, Fr Gray hopes to see the church revert back to the way it was 1000 years ago when marriage was an accepted part of priesthood.

However, he acknowledges sex has been at the centre of many controversies in the Catholic Church.

Like most professions, Fr Gray believes there are people from all walks of life and the Catholic Church is no different.

“I think it’s terribly unfortunate that these things have happened and it’s very unfortunate that some paedophiles have become priests.

“That’s an aberration, some of those people become lawyers, doctors and teachers and they have paedophile tendencies, but it’s very unfortunate in the Catholic Church.”

Today Fr Gray’s role continues in the ever-changing face of Ashburton’s Catholic Church.

He spends at least six days a week carrying out his duties such as religious leader, holding masses, funerals, weddings and visiting the sick throughout the district.

With 400-500 Catholics from many different origins at mass each Sunday morning, Fr Gray’s experiences and knowledge are an invaluable asset.

He admits it can be a 24/7 job - even though Monday is his scheduled day off, that can quickly change.

It can be tough, especially when he is expected to spend another five years as a priest before retirement is imminent.

But when he casts an eye back to that moment when he was just a small 10-year-old Fr Gray knows this was the journey for him – and still is.

“I have been a priest for 40 years and I haven’t found anything else I would prefer to do,” he said.

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By Myles Hume With temporary staff filling the void and their cell phones in hand, a bunch of ANZ volunteers stepped out of the office for a day of hard graft in the Mt Somers community.

A dozen staff from the ANZ Ashburton branch’s commercial and agri team turned out at Mt Somers-Springburn School to spruce up the school grounds which were in need of a bit of maintenance yesterday.

Standing newly-painted rugby posts, delivering fundraiser firewood, constructing a new fence and tightening a few nuts and bolts on the school’s playground was all in a day’s work for the team.

ANZ Ashburton agri manager Michael Royston said it took a bit to juggle the schedule at the local branch, but it was well-worth the effort for a community it has close links to.

“Obviously we have a bit to do with the people out here, so we asked the community what they would like and a lot of them said they wanted us to help out at the school in Mt Somers,” Mr Royston said.

“So I talked to the principal Brent Gray and he had a few jobs he needed done.

“It’s an initiative we have taken on because we want to be part of the community, and a lot of our staff are from Ashburton or surrounding areas so we want to do what we can to help out.”

Mr Gray said he was grateful to have the odd jobs done which everyone struggled to find time for.

“With everyone being so busy on the farms and with work it can be hard to get these things done.

“We had a working bee earlier in the year where we got a lot done but how much time can you expect working people to give up?”

The ANZ agri team had the work wrapped up by 1pm yesterday afternoon.

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ANZ Ashburton commercial and agri team member Adam Wilson eyes up maintenance work on the playground at Mt Somers-Springburn School.

Boy’s condition still critical The four-month-old baby who received life-threatening injuries in Wairoa last weekend remains in critical condition, a hospital spokesman has confirmed.

The boy was transferred to Starship hospital on Saturday after initially being taken to Wairoa hospital.

Eastern District Police communications manager Kris McGehan said police were still investigating how the baby received his injuries on Saturday morning.

Investigation head Detective Senior Sergeant David Greig would not confirm the nature of the injuries or how they occurred.

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n just a few days, Ashburton for the 24th year will host the Rosco’s Ashburton Wheels Week Plus event. I wonder have you ever thought about how wheels are so much part of our life? Just think about it we use wheels to get around, they are part of most of our modes of transport. Wheels are part of our leisure, for example there is the potter’s wheel, the spinning wheel; we have organisations like Rotary and Inner Wheel whose world wide symbol is a wheel, people use wheels for recreation and fitness, older people and disabled people use wheels to enable them to have more mobility - you name it wheels are part of life. For me, the wheel is like life.

Life is like a wheel in that there are three crucial parts to a wheel and our life, there is the rim, the spokes and the hub. The rim is life, the spokes are all those things we do and all things that are important to us and enrich our lives, the things that support our life and the hub is what holds in all together.

Jesus says: I have come that you may have life, life in all its fullness. That’s what our rim is, its life, but not just a humdrum life it’s a life with a Good Presence, Jesus of Nazareth, so that we may have life, life in all its fullness.

As you will all know a hub with spokes coming out of it is not a wheel, it needs something to encase the structure in and that is where the rim comes in. For us the wheel is life, it is what encompasses and encases all we do all we are and while sometimes it may feel the tread is wearing a bit thin when life deals us some unexpected blow or throws a spanner in the works, most of the time the tread keeps things running along smoothly.

The spokes are the things that give life meaning and purpose. How many spokes you have is not important, it’s the fact that you have the spokes that is important.

Possible spokes are a spouse or partner, children, money, job, work or career, possessions or stuff, fun and recreation, friends and social life, self-esteem, God,

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faith or the church, maybe it’s art, craft, sport, music, the things that give us pleasure and bring us enjoyment. Spokes are the things and values that encourage us to get the most out of life and also to put the most into life.

The hub is the centre of it all. The centre that holds it all together. The hub represents the centre of your life — in other words the most important part of your life.

When we are talking about something that occupies the centre of our life there are two important facts to take note of.

Number one: Something does occupy the centre of our life. It can’t be a vacuum, it can’t be a void. Something is there.

The second fact is that it is only one thing.

It is impossible for there to be two hubs in a wheel. The hub is the focus of your life so it needs to be the most important thing in your life. What is at the focus, the hub of your life? All the things we looked at as spokes could be your hub. For many people faith, God, a higher power, a belief in something beyond ones self, the church are the hub of their life, they get their power for life and for living from this source, a good presence in your life is certainly important.

So I leave you with two questions. What are the spokes in your life, those things you value and are important to you, and what is the centre of your life in other words what is the hub of your life?

Dellwyn Moylan is an Interim Ministry Assistant at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

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Priority roads under scrutiny

By Sue Newman Rural people may officially become the Ashburton District Council’s eyes on the ground when it comes to finding what needs fixing and where on the district’s roads.

At a meeting this week of the council’s Operations Committee the district’s roading hierarchy was discussed, with councillors debating whether the historical hierarchy was still relevant.

The roading hierarchy is established by vehicle numbers over each road and it is used to

determine council’s work priority, but some rural councillors believe the established hierarchy is out of date.

Operations manager Rob Rouse said staff were considering setting up groups in rural areas to interact with the council on roading issues. That would give council a much better idea not only of road conditions but also the amount of traffic passing over each road.

With changing land use in the district, roads that were little used in the past might now receive quite a lot of heavy traffic, Mr Rouse said.

“The intention would be to get feedback from the community on what they think we should do but it would also allow us to help them to understand what we may not be able to do on rural roads and why.”

Rural mail delivery drivers and school bus drivers were two sources of information the council used to ascertain where work was needed, but by forming groups where councillors would meet with the community the information package would be much deeper and more up to date, Mr Rouse said.

An up to date hierarchy that

indicated the numbers of people living along rural roads would also be useful in snow events for road clearing priority, councillor Darryl Nelson said.

In a snow event road clearing initially aimed to get people able to move to their nearest community but an up to date hierarchy would ensure the focus was on roads with greater populations, he said.

Council staff will develop some terms of reference for the community roading groups and this will be signed off by the council before any official groups are set up.

• Crash sentence A rural postman who caused a crash at an intersection in rural Eketahuna has been convicted of careless driving causing injury, disqualified from driving for six months and fined $800. Kevin Richard Walker, 54, was also ordered to pay reparation of $800 to the victim of the March 7 crash that left the elderly woman driver of the other car with two broken legs, a broken wrist and severe bruising to an arm.

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• Barred from cats A group of mostly elderly volunteers have been barred from using a council reserve in Paihia to feed a colony of stray cats. The decision was made at a meeting of the Bay of IslandsWhangaroa Community Board this week after months of sometimes acrimonious debate and a massive email campaign by cat lovers around the world.

Some of the websites behind the email campaign threatened a tourism boycott of Paihia and New Zealand if they didn’t get their way.

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New Zealand landscape artist Nathaniel Provis has been teaching and exhibiting in Mid Canterbury this week.

Artist shares landscape tips with locals

By Susan Sandys New Zealand landscape artist Nathaniel Provis sold one of his paintings for $20,000 at a Mt Hutt exhibition this week.

It was all in a day’s work for the Christchurch-based artist, who was hosted for three days by artist Marilyn Meadows at her mountainside home.

The home features a private

art gallery, the Waylyn Gallery.

Mr Provis has been exhibiting a range of his distinctive South Island landscapes, priced at up to $45,000, at the gallery, and also teaching a class of seven students for three days.

Mr Provis said he had been painting fulltime for 10 years and had only taught individuals before, so it was a new experience to teach a group.

“I have managed to avoid

all the people wanting lessons, but Marilyn somehow presented it in a way that made me become enthusiastic about it,” Mr Provis said.

Before becoming a professional artist Mr Provis was a professional pianist, and shortly after leaving school he was employed as a greenstone carver.

“After a few months of unemployment trying to get my head

around what I was going to do,” he said. While he liked art at school he had had no idea he would do it as a career.

He said his works were in the “moderately priced” range for New Zealand art, and the most expensive one he had ever sold was $75,000.

His three favourite New Zealand landscape artists were Tim Wilson, Ivan Clarke and Graeme Sydney.

Changes afoot for heritage groups

Dr Anna Crighton

Ashburton heritage is worthy of protection, according to Historic Places Aotearoa president Anna Crighton.

Dr Crighton met with members of Historic Places Mid Canterbury to discuss the recently formed non-government organisation, formed to take over the work of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) and advocate for the protection of heritage sites.

The NZHPT Bill is set to come into effect on July 1 and will result in branch committees reformed as independent heritage organisations in their regions.

The trust will facilitate the process and transfer funds held by branch committees to the new bodies. These new bodies will need to recruit their own membership base.

“These branches will be disestablished once the bill goes through, wiping out the eyes and ears in local communities,” Dr Crighton said.

“Nationally, HPA is a voice for New Zealand, and registered societies, such as Historic Places Mid Canterbury, are a local voice for heritage - we believe all heritage is local.”

During her visit Dr Crighton discussed the specific needs of

the Mid Canterbury branch.

“The Mid Canterbury branch is strong and extremely active – there is a lot of exciting stuff going on here,” she said.

“One the big things we do is to provide a webpage which links the branches across New Zealand.”

In the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes, HPA has made submissions to Heritage New Zealand regarding the protection of heritage buildings, and Dr Crighton said Ashburton faced similar issues when it came to making decisions about restoring historically important buildings.

Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park has welcomed two new South African girls.

The arrival of 2-year-old Lusi and 3-year-old Kiana take the park’s cheetah population to 13 - nine males and four females. The unrelated cheetahs come from Cango Wildlife Ranch in Oudtshorn, South Africa, as part of the zoo-based cheetah breeding programme.

Orana has already raised 18 cats to adulthood.

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• Jailed for rape A man who raped a young woman at Rotorua’s skate park nearly seven years ago has been jailed for seven-and-ahalf years. Vincent Murray Smith, 27, appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday for sentencing after being found guilty of raping a woman after a party in October 2006.

At the time, the woman was aged 19. The pair met at a party and had sex at the skate park. Smith claimed the sex was consensual but the jury did not believe his version of events.

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• MP gay poster boy National MP Maurice Williamson is coming to terms with his newfound status as the latest poster boy for gay rights, with clips from his speech in support of samesex marriage going viral and even sparking contact from gay icon Ellen Degeneres. The longstanding Pakuranga MP, whose Wednesday night speech made humorous references to “a big gay rainbow” over his electorate, has received accolades from around the world for his light-hearted spin on the debate.

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Cancel the chaos and create calm with charts Story by Amanda Wright

Michelle’s daily schedule looks a little like this.

Wow is it seriously school holidays again? Doesn’t it feel like they were only 7:30am – wake up as per normal, make your bed and get dressed. a couple of weeks ago?

8:00am – Breakfast – this can be a little fun by adding in pancake or French Toast days, or use the time to teach your children who are old enough to learn how to cook, how to make a nutritious breakfast such as an omelette. They will thank you later when they are the only ones at Getting your children motivated in the University who know how to cook a morning to do anything other than play decent meal. video games or watch television can 9:00 – 10:00am Brush your teeth be a bit of a mission, however mother and quickly do some chores…could of four children under 12 years of age be washing up the breakfast dishes, Michelle Ranson, believes the answer putting some laundry on or hanging it can be as simple as a little bit of preout…or whatever the day calls for. planning and initiate a chart system.

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“I’m a bit of a chart lover, and every This is scheduled family fun time, the school holidays I pop a bright bit of chance to appreciate the time spent paper on the fridge with a daily planner, with your children, and where their so my children know what is expected memories are created. This can be of them each day. That way the normal varied from rainy day activities such running of the household resumes, as art and craft or a treasure hunt, or the children still remain in a structured on a nice day you may take the dog routine and it makes it much easier to the lake, go to the pool swimming, when they go back to school because teach the kids how to fish or even they haven’t fallen into a lazy schedule,” show them how to pitch a tent in the back yard. Maybe these holidays you Michelle said.

The true value of a school teacher is appreciated during the school holidays, when it’s the parents turn to make sure their children are well entertained and educated while the teachers get a well deserved break. But that sometimes is easier said than done!

have something bigger planned like building a playhouse or a playground for them. This time could be used for construction time with the kids helping.

bad behaviour is important. You could use something as simple as star stickers on the chart, and for every day of good behaviour is a gold star. A reward might be a new toy to play with, a trip to the movies or even a chore-free day. A With an accumulation of five stars the children get a special reward, remeber the reward doesn’t have to be expensive.

3:00 – 4:30pm – Free time for kids and mum and dad! This is where they can watch television or play computer games, and normally there are less arguments than if they had spent all day doing this because they appreciate the spare time more, and are worn out Prior planning before the start of the from an already busy day. holidays will ensure that the children have many fun-filled adventures. Plan a 4:30 - 6:00pm – Kids bring the selection of rainy weather activities as washing in and help with the well as sunny day ones, for variety and preparation of dinner. Try to encourage to avoid the boredom which can lead to some family conversation at dinner cranky children. time, with no television or other distractions.

Keep an eye out for a range of fun activities happening locally, and get 6:30 – 8:30pm – The children have a creative. A pizza in the park day is a bit more free time after dinner, before great way to treat the children, and can washing up the dishes, having a shower, be inexpensive if planned properly. Pack brushing their teeth and in bed by a Frisbee, a rugby ball and some bread 8:30pm or 9:00pm. to feed the ducks and you have a full day of fun at little expense.

On the occasional evening a family movie with popcorn is fun, and the kids It’s amazing what you can find for feel like it’s a treat to stay up a little later free if you look hard enough. But most with mum and dad. The next morning importantly, it’s the time that you they can have a bit of a sleep-in too. spend with your children that will build As with any enforcement, reward for their fond memories for life, and that in itself is priceless. good behaviour and punishment for

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From cupcake decorating to baking bread, there is a wide selection of courses available for varying ages to teach children important culinary schools which will stay with them for life.

If your children have a tendency to be over dramatic, have you considered turning the annoying habit into a skill? Perhaps their flair could be harnessed with some acting classes.

A great place for them to start is to take them along to the Big Little Theatre Company’s performance “HOOD”, based on the Robin Hood classic. Hosted at the Ashburton Event Centre, the foyer will be open one hour prior to the show with lots of fun interactive festivities to enjoy. Maypole dancing, apple bobbing, juggling, hair braiding, hat making and more entertainment your kids will love. Come dressed in the Robin Hood theme to be a part of the half-time fashion show.

The New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter at the Methven Heritage Centre will have your children entertained and educated for hours, and mum and dad might just enjoy themselves as much as the kids! Climb into a header cab, operate an excavator or see how milk is made. Experience being in an ice-cave or laugh at the antics of our early kiwi skiers. Have a bite

to eat in the café, and peruse some of the unique works of art in the gallery. With hours of adventure and discovery to be had, it’s a ‘must do’ on your holiday itinerary.

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Power price cut plan an election winner?

Coen Lammers editor

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he proposed new policy by the opposition parties to lower electricity prices will appeal to many New Zealanders but it remains to be seen whether or not it will be a game-changer.

Several political commentators have hailed the new idea by the Labour and Greens parties as the first substantial plan that could turn the tide for the opposition.

At a glance the idea to regulate and reduce power prices will appeal to all New Zealanders who stare at their power bill once a year and wonder how the power companies can justify yet another major price hike.

The opposition is proposing to introduce one nationwide electricity buyer, NZ Power, which will set a price that in their words will look after the consumer while still guaranteeing a healthy return for the power companies.

Any idea to keep the rising power prices in check needs to be considered but it is hard not to be cynical about the announcement, which is trying to buy votes and seriously undermines the proposed share float of the state owned power companies.

The vision from the opposition promises to cut the average power bill by $300 a year, which sounds like a nice bonus, but will hardly make any dent in most household budgets.

Six dollars more a week may not be enough to swing a large part of the electorate, especially when they realise that this hand-out comes at a cost to the country.

The new policy is taking $700 million from the power companies to provide a $450 million boost to the economy, which just doesn’t seem to add up.

Few of us feel sorry when greedy corporate companies are targeted, but currently the power companies are still state owned and that $700 million will come straight out of the taxpayers’ dividends.

With this new policy looming, many prospective buyers may hesitate to buy shares in the upcoming floats of the state owned companies, which will damage the potential return to the Government.

Many critics feel that sabotaging the sale of the SOEs is the main target of the new policy, but whatever way this plays out the taxpayer will end up with the bill.

After the next election we could all be enjoying a free coffee once a week courtesy of Labour and the Greens, but spare a thought for the health and education sectors that will have their budgets slashed by $700m to pay for our flat white.

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Heading for the hills

ew Zealand’s South Island is famous for great walks and extreme sports.

Given that I am now living in the vicinity of the famous Coast to Coast route, it seemed only right to try a few of the slightly less ambitious offerings in the region to get a taste of what it’s all about.

First up was Peak to Pub, a team event, so my friend and I went out recruiting. Strangely enough, we found a great many people excited about the latter part of the event, but not so many were keen to risk their necks on the hair-raisingly steep downhill mountain bike section.

Still, we were undeterred, and after crossing the finish line at the iconic Blue, we had caught the bug. Next step: A training schedule.

Mid Canterbury is a nice place to live if you are just starting out training for a land based sport because it is so flat.

The countourless landscape can easily lull you into a false sense of security, until you think you’re doing really well and are ready to tackle double digit races across high country stations.

A weekend in Auckland, where one block boasts more undulations than the entire Canterbury plains combined, is enough to dispel any pretensions.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have the benefit of a weekend in Auckland until it was too late …

By the time I was puffing up the hill to my parents’ Mt Eden home and being overtaken by half the elderly Tai Chi class who meet in the local park, we had already signed up for a hill run.

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As it turns out, I should’ve checked the profile of the event BEFORE making the deposit for the race. Nine kilometres uphill didn’t sound so bad until we realised that neither of us had actually run up any hills in years.

This, combined with the fact that the Tai Chi practitioners were giving me sympathetic smiles as they executed their overtaking manoeuvres, was not

reassuring. Neither was the frost on the morning of the race, nor the abundance of high-tech lycra on the starting line.

Still, we were committed, and by the time we reached the top of the ridge, all trials were forgotten thanks to the panoramic view.

It felt like we’d run right into a postcard, with the snow topped mountains reflecting in the lake below and creating a real Hallmark moment.

The race took my breath away in both senses, making me aware of a whole new part of Mid Canterbury.

Such events are a great way to see the country, particularly places that are off the beaten track or, in this case, up the 4WD one.

I’m keen to explore the whole rack of picture-perfect moments in this island, and Mid Canterbury is a great base for such adventures.

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- Not one, not two, but three separate pitch invasions marred the Western Force’s win over the Crusaders in Perth last weekend. The final encroachment was made by three spectators - including one in a banana costume - and provided Crusaders second-five Ryan Crotty and forwards coach Dave Hewett with some tackling practise.

big off-season recruitment drive, the southern men have struggled this year and have a tough ask ahead of them tonight as they look for their first win when they meet the Crusaders in Christchurch.

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- Wests Tigers fullback James Tedesco has played only four NRL games but was summoned to the City Origin side for Sunday’s City vs Country match in Coffs Harbour. The 20-yearold has played the fewest NRL games of any player ever called upon for City for the representative clash between the two New South Wales sides.

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- The Highlanders have lost their opening seven games of the Super Rugby season. Despite a

AFL seeks answers on Dank

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- New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony won the NBA scoring title this season after averaging a cool 28.7 points per game. Anthony beat Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant (28.1) to take the crown and became only the second Knick in franchise history to win the gong.

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- When he hurled the ball in the air to bring the curtain down on his professional basketball career last weekend, Dillon Boucher did so safe in the knowledge he had just won his 13th championship.

Nine were in the New Zealand National Basketball League, while the other four were picked up in the Australian NBL.

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By Guy Hand

pionship this week. Wood had gone seven weeks without finding the back of the net but he helped the Foxes move to sixth place on the Championship table.

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- The Northern Mystics may have lost their opening four games of this year’s ANZ Championship but they can’t blame shooter Cathrine Latu. The Silver Fern has drained 122 of her 126 attempts at goal, good for a success rate of 96.8 per cent. The winless Mystics host the Central Pulse in Auckland on Sunday.

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- All Whites striker Chris Wood ended a nine-match goalscoring drought when he converted from the penalty spot for Leicester City in a 3-2 win over Bolton Wanderers in the English Cham-

- Sticking with football and Kiwi attacking midfielder Marco Rojas received 908 votes from his fellow A-League players as he was awarded the Johnny Warren Medal on Monday night as the competition’s player of the season. Rojas fended off Italian maestro Alessandro Del Piero who finished second with 449 votes.

Zealanders on the UFC 160 card in Las Vegas next month after Dylan Andrews put his hand up to be involved in the event. If Andrews, who won his first UFC fight last weekend, does make the card, he would join fellow Kiwis Mark Hunt and James Te Huna.

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- On Jackie Robinson Day, in which every Major League Baseball player wears the retired No 42 to honour the player who broke the sport’s colour barrier, the New York Yankees paid particular tribute in a 4-2 win. Robinson Cano, named after Jackie, hit a home run and Mariano Rivera, the only player allowed to wear No 42 every day, earned the save.

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McCullum hitting out

By Andrew Alderson Brendon McCullum is about to launch defamation proceedings against John Parker and anyone who consequently published, forwarded or broadcast the material related to the New Zealand cricket captaincy saga.

Unless an 11th hour retraction and public apology is issued, the New Zealand captain is set to sue over unfounded allegations listed in documents released into the public domain.

Papers are set to be filed with the High Court in Hamilton on Monday.

The explosive nature of the material prompted McCullum to instruct his lawyer Garth Gallaway to threaten legal action unless a suitable apology and retraction was issued.

The initial deadline was missed.

Some redrafting and elaboration of the first effort is understood to have been requested to specifically deal with material that McCullum believed was false.

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If no retraction is forthcoming, the matter will end up in court.

Coach Mike Hesson has instructed his lawyers to do likewise.

When contacted he said: “The matter is in the hands of my lawyers.

“I have no further comment.”

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Gallaway could not be reached for comment, nor could Parker’s lawyer John Wiltshire who, along with Parker, is a director of The Sport Management and Training Group. Parker is currently in the Middle East on business.

Any legal action issued by McCullum and Hesson is expected to target the original recipients of the unfounded allegations as well as anyone, including media, who published, forwarded or broadcast it.

The Parker movement’s main aim has always been to gain more influence on the New Zealand Cricket board for former players.

Brendon Until past McCullum national representatives Ian Smith and Mark Greatb a t c h officially came forward, Parker had been alone in attaching his name to the group in the interests of focusing on

“This couple’s going to get a surprise to find a yellow man has come between them” - Margaret H

principles rather than personalities.

That came undone with the release of a 77-bullet point plan and an email trail earlier this month, time-lining alleged recent incidents within the team.

The issue raises questions about the credibility of the Parker movement in putting forward potential board members if hearsay, speculation and rumour were reported as fact.

There can be no doubting Parker’s passion for the game and his intentions to improve the current circumstances with a board and administration which has struggled to deal with the Ross Taylor captaincy saga.

Speaking to the Herald on Sunday earlier this month Parker said he wanted the focus to be on the governance of the game rather than it becoming a Ross Taylor vs Brendon McCullum issue.

“It’s wider than that.

“That was just meant to be an example of poor governance ...

We’re focusing on the revamped constitution and the appointment of good board members.”

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“No, it definitely feels like my mouth guard” - Terry C

How much Melbourne didn’t tell the AFL about its involvement with Stephen Dank is the question the league wants answered as the sport’s supplements probe widens.

Melbourne doctor Dan Bates was among Demons officials grilled by the AFL and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority yesterday after the club’s links to the man at the centre of the Australian sports anti-doping investigation were revealed.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou admits he is concerned about “inconsistencies and omissions” in Melbourne’s story to the league when initially quizzed about dealings with former Essendon sports scientist Dank.

The Demons had denied employing Dank - both publicly and to the AFL. But the ABC’s 7.30 program claimed to have text messages between Bates and Dank stretching back to mid-2012.

Several Demons players were named in the messages, which suggest a supplements regime at the club that Dank was involved in.

None of the substances mentioned in the Melbourne text messages are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

But the question of whether the Demons fully disclosed everything about the club’s involvement with Dank to the AFL lingers.

“I’m more concerned about the issue of the omissions of things that have been told to us and also concerned about the inconsistencies of things that have been told to us,” Demetriou said yesterday. “That is a very, very serious matter.”

Demetriou said once Essendon was embroiled in the Australian sports doping row in February, all AFL clubs were asked the extent of any involvement with Dank.

“We asked the specific question that the media had asked: ‘Was Stephen Dank approached or did Stephen Dank approach Melbourne or was there discussion around employment at the Melbourne Football Club?’

“We got the same answer the public got. We know who we asked. I can tell you the people we asked are people in authority who didn’t give us the answers.”

“One more trip on ecstasy and I’ll be as high as you”

- Margaret H

“Just a Sunday Mud Run . . .

I thought you said it would be fun!”

- Pat B

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Kiwis outclassed Australia 32 New Zealand 12 The Kiwis experienced the familiar taste of defeat in the Anzac test last night, and their heaviest in recent times, but they would do well to remember the unfamiliar taste of fear Australia might have experienced for 40 minutes.

In the past three or four years New Zealand have rolled up, battled hard for 60 minutes and then succumbed as the class of Australia takes over.

It happened again this time but something else happened.

A largely young and inexperienced side missing some of the biggest names in New Zealand rugby league seriously threatened one of the best Australian sides assembled, and it took some good fortune for them to get out of it.

The Kiwis had three firsthalf tries disallowed by the video referees - one was clearly not a try - and Australia had one dubious one awarded to Greg Inglis early in the second half that gave the home side significant momentum.

They rattled on five secondRight: Frank Pritchard scored a consolation try for the Kiwis

half tries as Australia clicked through the gears and put the game out of the Kiwis’ reach.

New Zealand missed some steady heads under pressure at this time and it didn’t help they had lost skipper Simon Mannering prior to kickoff with a calf injury.

The Kiwis selectors had been keen to see how some of their young players reacted under pressure, but they probably didn’t expect so many things to go wrong prior to kickoff.

Or the referee to rule so harshly against them during the match.

It was a demoralising end to what had been, for 40 minutes, a hugely encouraging perfor-

mance.

The good thing is coach Stephen Kearney can still add the not inconsiderable might of Marshall, Sonny Bill Williams, Jeremy Smith, Sam Kasiano and Krisnan Inu for the World Cup. Australia were at full strength.

And they had been reminded of it often.

Even the bookmakers had installed them at ridiculously short odds.

The game could have gone one of two ways, and it looked ominous when Australia scored through Cooper Cronk in the opening five minutes. It was a ridiculously easy try and at that stage the Kiwis were backpedalling and getting bullied by a fired-up Australian pack.

But it seemed to wake the Kiwis up from their slumber and they played out a terrific first half and could have led 18-6 at the break.

They were putting Australia under considerable pressure and making them look ragged at times, but they really needed to grab some points before the break.

It was hugely encouraging but they needed something for their endeavours and Australian sides have proved

time and again they can sustain pressure and then gain the ascendancy later in the match.

It didn’t look like it would come. But it did, and it took until the final play of the half.

Frank Pritchard, who had a storming half in the secondrow put in a grubber that Josh Hoffman wanted to get to more than Billy Slater.

It was the least they deserved.

Apart from the opening five minutes, they were hugely impressive and completed 20 of 21 sets.

The Kangaroos came out with more intent in the second spell and built pressure on the back of a big weight of possession, often thanks to officious referee Ashley Klein.

The Kiwis simply couldn’t get their hands on the ball as the errors and penalty count mounted and the Kangaroos found gaps as the resistance waned.

Pritchard scored a consolation with three minutes on the clock to stop the rot, but they can still look to the World Cup with genuine optimism.

Australia 32 (Cooper Cronk, Greg Inglis, Brett Morris, Luke Lewis, Darius Boyd, Justin Hodges tries; Cameron Smith 5 gls) New Zealand 12 (Josh Hoffman, Frank Pritchard tries; Shaun Johnson 2 gls). HT: 6-6.

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Pippa in for the long haul

By Jonathan Leask Pippa Hayward is relishing her time in the national women’s hockey side, and is hoping it has only been the start.

Hayward, 22, will finish this weekend with 19 international caps as New Zealand looks to wrap up a second consecutive four nations tournament inside a fortnight, but is hoping to go onto bigger things in a burgeoning international career.

A former Mid Canterbury resident, Hayward won the NHL with Canterbury last year and got her chance in the national side post-London Olympics as national coach Mark Hager looked to build depth, and she has since established herself in the squad.

“I made my debut in Napier in December when India came over for a six game series which we won, and then I went to Argentina for a five game series which we just lost,” Hayward said.

Hayward was then retained in the Black Sticks squad for the back-to-back four nation’s tournaments in New Zealand this month, getting her fair share of time on the turf.

“I’ve been getting a reasonable amount of game time and it’s been pretty good.

“I just take all I can get and try to make the most of the opportunity. From my perspective I’m trying to improve every game and learn more.

“The intensity and speed Mark wants us to play is challenging, but I think I’m slowly understanding what’s expected of me and things are going okay.

“Hopefully, the more games I get and the more opportunities to play against the top teams

in the world I can become a more consistent member of the squad.”

The Black Sticks won the Four Nations tournament in Whangarei last week and started this week’s one with a 2-2 draw with world number two Argentina in Hamilton before holding on to take a 1-0 win against the USA on Thursday night.

The Black Sticks, along with Argentina, are on four points ahead of Korea on three with the USA still to claim a win during the second leg of this Four Nations tournament.

The Kiwis could get away with a draw today and still make the finals, but Hager has made it very clear that a win is what they are after.

“Mark wasn’t very happy after our last performance so we have to pick it up again.”

All the teams are using the tournaments as preparation prior to the World League Semi-Finals which is the new World Cup qualification tournament. The USA and Argentina will compete in the semi-final in London while Korea and New Zealand will compete in the semi-final in Rotterdam in June.

“It’s a new thing they have introduced to qualify for the World Cup and that’s the big thing for the year.

“This (tournament) is kind of a trial with them picking a team after this. It’s the biggest competition this year and the one everyone’s waiting to hear about.”

Hager will sit down next week to pick a squad of 18 for the World League in June and has said it won’t be an easy process after “a lot of players have put their hands up”.

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• Ko keeps her record World No 1 amateur golfer Lydia Ko has kept alive her perfect record of never missing a cut in a professional tournament. The 15-year-old, who began the second round of the Lotte Championship in Hawaii in a share of 52nd place, climbed to tied 28th after round two with a one-under par 71 yesterday in the blustery conditions. The New Zealand rep, who is the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour after her victory at the Canadian Open in 2012, will celebrate her 16th birthday next week, carded two birdies and a bogey at the Ko Olina Golf Club to be eight shots back from the leader Suzann Pettersen who leads by one after - APNZ rounds of 65 and 69.

• Folau stars for ‘Tahs Israel Folau showcased all his skills to inspire the Waratahs to a gritty 25-20 win over the defending champion Chiefs in last night’s Super Rugby clash at Allianz Stadium. A try to hooker John Ulugia four-anda-half minutes from fulltime earned NSW a thrilling victory after the Chiefs had threatened a spirited comeback win from 15-0 down at halftime.

But the Waratahs had man-ofthe-match Folau very much to thank for keeping their finals hopes flickering. The highprofile league and AFL convert was instrumental in helping the Tahs to their big halftime buffer and then produced a series of trysaving plays after the break.

In his most entertaining act, Folau soared high to reel in a pinpoint kick from Bernard Foley to touch down two min- AAP utes before the break.

• Jones backs Man U Manchester United defender Phil Jones insists the Premier League leaders are determined to finish off the title race as soon as possible. Alex Ferguson’s team have been below their best in recent weeks and Wednesday’s 2-2 draw at West Ham featured another disjointed display. But Jones is adamant United haven’t taken their foot off the gas with the finish line in sight and he is certain they will seal the club’s 20th title in their next two fixtures. United would be crowned champions if second-placed Man City, who sit 13 points behind their local rivals, lose at Tottenham on Sunday and Ferguson’s men defeat Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Monday. Failing that, a win over Villa and another victory the next weekend at Arsenal would clinch the crown. - AFP

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Mid Canterbury’s latest Black Stick Pippa Hayward chases a loose pass outside the Korean circle in their match in Whangarei on Wednesday.

Hayward has been one of those players, but knows she has to keep performing to make the next squad.

“It’s very competitive at the moment and everyone is stepping up. I just have to make sure I focus on the next couple of games and put everything

out there.”

Today the Black Sticks will face Korea at 3pm, after Argentina will take on USA at 1pm, with the play-offs on tomorrow, with all the games from the weekend will be streamed live on the Hockey New Zealand website.

If you think Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic is content with his side’s already historymaking achievements ahead of Sunday’s A-League grand final think again. The Wanderers take on Central Coast as both clubs vie for a maiden championship.

Western Sydney have already far exceeded expectations in their remarkable debut season. They made sporting history as the first start-up club to win silverware securing the Premiers’ Plate on the back of 10 straight wins. But when Popovic was asked if, win or lose on Sunday, he takes heart from the fact that their season will still be considered a huge success, his answer was swift and blunt: “No. No it doesn’t. My focus is all on this game. Maybe in the off season, I’m sure we’ll look back with pride on the season. But we want this final and - AAP we want to win.”

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Highlanders out to Desperation key for the Crusaders end losing streak

By Patrick McKendry

Luke Romano: Robbed of two tries by the referees last week

By Jonathan Leask

Chris King: “You only have to be off your game by a couple of per cent and you’ll be losing games and that’s what we’ve been doing.”

The only thing worse than seven straight losses to start the season is eight straight losses to start the season.

That is the reality staring the Highlanders in the face as they prepare to take on the Crusaders in Christchurch tonight, and why they have brought back the big guns.

Mid Canterbury product Chris King has been recalled as head coach Jamie Joseph made six changes to the starting team that lost to the Brumbies 30-19 last Friday night, as the beleaguered southerners look for their first win.

“There’s no more pressure than any other week,” King said.

“We haven’t had too much luck this year with injuries and results but we are playing some good rugby most of the time.

“If I went back probably three years ago and we had been playing this good we would have won every game we played.

“It just shows the competition getting that much harder and that much more competitive.

“You only have to be off your game by a couple of per cent and you’ll be losing games and that’s what we’ve been doing.”

Seven times they have taken the field and seven times they have walked off defeated, but King there isn’t a major problem in the team, just a few “wee things”.

“Sometimes you can go out there thinking win, win, win and you put so much pressure on yourself winning that you forget all the other wee things. The big focus this week is to do all the other wee things first and if we do them well we should get the win.

“It’s not so much about winning, It’s doing everything thing else before you get the win.”

The first step for the Highlanders has been bringing in the big guns, with King and Tony Woodcock both back into the front row with Andrew Hore at hooker.

Josh Bekhuis comes back into lock alongside the evergreen Brad Thorn, who takes on his former franchise for the first time.

Fellow former Crusader Mose Tuiali’i has been ruled out with a knee injury and TJ Ioane will start at number eight, and Jarrad Hoeata moves to the blindside flank.

In the backs, All Black Aaron Smith comes back into the run-on XV and Jason Emery returns to centre, while Tony Ensor gets his first starts for 2013 on the left wing and Hayden Parker retains his starting spot in the number 10 jersey.

“There’s a lot of experience that’s come back into the team, but the young guys that played last week are stepping up and they are in the team for a reason, they are good rugby players.”

The players aren’t the only ones under pressure. Last year then-Blues coach Pat Lam was on the chopping block after winning one game from the first nine, including a seven match losing streak, but Joseph seems safe at the Highlanders.

“There nothing wrong with the coaching and nothing wrong with the team.

“It’s just a few key mistakes in parts of the game that are letting us down.

“We aren’t getting much luck at the moment and the boys have stopped buying lotto tickets.

“I think Jamie’s done a really good job and the reason half the players are down here is the environment he has created.

“We’re all enjoying him as a coach and we’re all enjoying what we’re doing, we’re just not getting the results.”

A result is what they are after again this week but the losing streak aside they are up against it despite the Crusaders patchy form.

Of the 22 games played between the southern franchises the Crusaders have won 15 beating the Highlanders 51-18 in their last encounter in Christchurch in 2012.

Of the 11 games played in Christchurch the Highlanders have only won two.

The Crusaders perform best when they play with desperation and a burning sense of injustice, so the Highlanders would be advised to prepare to dodge the metaphorical kitchen sink in Christchurch tonight.

For coach Todd Blackadder’s team it’s all about their mindset - for whatever reason they have struggled in the past few seasons to beat the so-called weaker teams away from home, yet they play with such ferocity when they are in severe danger of being left out of the play-offs picture.

Having won only three games from seven this season, they are in real danger of that happening this year, although the competition is so tight there are

bound to be more surprises.

The Crusaders’ loss against the Force in Perth came with a fair dose of bad luck - a theme which can also be attached to their reverse against the Sharks in Durban and Hurricanes in Wellington.

A case could be made for both of Luke Romano’s disallowed tries against the Force to have been awarded.

The first one was ruled out by a forward pass (and fair enough, but it appeared to be two phases back which is supposedly out of the television match official’s remit) but the most obvious was his second after the lock went over the line in a maul.

Referee Jonathan Kaplan suggested to the TMO that he thought Romano had brushed the try-line with the ball and asked if there was any reason why he couldn’t award the try.

When the TMO said it was inconclusive, Kaplan failed to follow protocol or even logic when disallowing it.

The South African also raised the

Crusaders’ ire with his scrum penalties against a clearly dominant Wyatt Crockett.

But, as captain George Whitelock admitted afterwards, they were their own worst enemies.

The numerous handling errors were simply not good enough.

So, there will be no lack of motivation against the Highlanders tonight, then, but what exactly is it about the Crusaders’ traditional desperation that helps them win games?

It can be clearly seen in two areas - line-speed on defence and, related to that, the willingness to put in dominant tackles, plus aggression when carrying the ball.

Injured No8 Kieran Read is an expert in both of these areas, but even allowing for his continued absence with a toe injury, his teammates can and should follow his example.

Direct ball-carrying in particular will boost them massively after the endless side-to-side business in Perth.

Their victories at home against

Hurricanes take the points

By Daniel Richardson

You won’t find many highlights from the Hurricanes’ 22-16 win over the Western Force in Wellington last night, but at least they escaped with the points.

The Hurricanes of old may have dropped a game like this, but it’s the sort of contest you need to win during a long Super Rugby season if you want to find yourself at the right end of the table later in the year.

Errors and the whistle of referee Nick Briant dominated proceedings, but the small crowd of 7783 was sent home happy at the final whistle.

Force coach Michael Foley made some notable changes to his side after last week’s 16-14 win over the Crusaders.

In-form winger Alfie Mafi started on the bench, while inside centre Kyle Godwin was rested after his heavy workload this season.

The bruising defensive effort against the Crusaders - combined with a six-day turnaround and a long trip to New Zealand - appeared to have a

big effect on the Force early.

Burly tighthead prop Jeffery Toomaga-Allen got the first try of the game when he crashed his way through from close range in the 20th minute, which added to Beauden Barrett’s earlier penalty.

Toomaga-Allen became the fourth Hurricanes prop to find his way to the line this season after Reg Goodes, Ben Franks and Ben May had also scored earlier in the year.

The 10-0 lead the Hurricanes had established was due reward for the amount of pressure they had the Force under and they twice bombed earlier scoring opportunities as the bounce of the ball didn’t go their way.

Just before the half-hour mark Brad Shields extended the home side’s advantage when he finished off a thrilling counterattacking move to score in the corner in the most exciting passage of the game.

Barrett’s conversion attempt didn’t manage to find the mark but the Hurricanes defended stoutly for the final few min-

utes of the first spell to take a 15-3 lead to the break.

Former Hurricane Jayden Hayward kept the Force in the game in the early stages of the second half with his second penalty of the game, but they couldn’t find a way to hit the front.

Hurricanes pivot Tusi Pisi, who was given his second start in as many weeks, then slid through some stretched defence in the 50th minute as the Wellingtonbased fran-

chise scored their third try.

But as players so often do, Alby Mathewson found his way to the line against his old team as he made a darting run from a lineout and weaved his way past numerous would-be defenders to ensure the Force weren’t completely cooked.

With 20 minutes remaining, Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett went to his bench and inserted flying fullback Andre Taylor in to the game for Pisi.

This saw regular fiveeighth Barrett move from fullback to run the cutter as the Hurricanes attack took a different shape.

Too often throughout the game the Hurricanes were their own worst enemy though as they gave away nine penalties during the first hour of play,

which blunted their momentum and never allowed them to take complete ontrol of the contest.

Eventually, the Hurricanes’ persistent offending hurt them as lock James Broadhurst was given a yellow card in the 73rd minute and didn’t return for the rest of the contest.

The game was played with plenty of niggle from both sides and it twice threatened to boil over in to an all-in brawl, but the handbags at 10 paces never escalated into anything more serious.

In the end, the Hurricanes battled their way to the points, but it was a much tougher slog than it really needed to be.

The Hurricanes host the Stormers in Palmerston North next Friday night, while the Force head to Canberra to meet the Brumbies next Saturday.

Hurricanes 22 (Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Brad Shields, Tusi Pisi tries; Beauden Barrett pen, 2 con) Western Force 16 (Alby Mathewson try; Jayden Hayward 3 pens, con) HT: 15-3

- APNZ

Left: Beuaden Barrett kicked a penalty and two conversions for the Hurricanes

Reds ‘throwing stones from glass houses’

By David Barbeler

The tension between the Brumbies and Queensland has reached boiling point ahead of tonight’s huge Super Rugby derby, with both sides taking pot-shots at each other’s illdiscipline.

Coaches Jake White and Ewen McKenzie engaged in

a niggling tit-for-tat battle of one-upmanship which included disputed penalty statistics and thinly-veiled accusations over ruck illegalities.

After McKenzie listed the Brumbies up with the Chiefs as past masters of killing the ball at the ruck in his weekly Fairfax column, White brandished a penalties spreadsheet at his team announcement which

showed the Reds second to the ACT side as the most penalised team in the competition.

While he admitted his side were the worst offenders, the Brumbies mentor claimed the Reds were throwing stones from glass houses.

White also joked he hoped the game didn’t become too heated at Suncorp Stadium as Queensland had been penalised for foul play

14 times this season - twice as many as the Brumbies.

“I’d like to believe that referees at this level would see through things and not read too much into what’s written in the media,” the former Springboks coach said. “Bottom line is he’s wrong. The Reds are second not the Chiefs.”

However, the Reds were quick to take issue with White’s

spreadsheet as, on average, Queensland (10.75) were actually behind the Chiefs (10.85) and Brumbies (11.63) while, on their own stats, they are No.6 in conceding penalties (10.4 per game), with the Brumbies (11) second to the Chiefs (11.4).

The desperation of both sides has been evident all week as the victor will hit the competition lead.

- AAP

the Bulls and Kings were a testament to the directness they are quite capable of.

The only match in which the Crusaders have been well beaten this year was their opener against the Blues in Auckland, in which, as the saying goes, they were lucky to come second.

The good news for them is that they are back home, where they tend to do their best work, and they are up against a Highlanders team which is in a very deep hole and seemingly with few ideas about how to climb out.

Jamie Joseph’s team, who have travelled to Christchurch with no wins from seven matches, have the competition’s worst attacking record.

Only the Kings and Rebels have conceded more points.

It is a record which suggests they will struggle at AMI Stadium, but, even if the Crusaders win handsomely, the question remains: Can they keep replicating that despera- APNZ tion?

• Reds chase big scalp Queensland skipper James Horwill has declared the Reds must show their chameleon characteristics to overthrow the Brumbies in tonight’s high-stakes Super Rugby showdown. A week of bitter niggle and angst between the opposing camps has set the stage for a fiery, pseudo-finals clash in front of a 40,000-strong crowd at Suncorp Stadium. The competition lead, conference control, the Rod Macqueen Cup, potential Wallabies jerseys and Test coaching credentials will all go on the line in the season’s pivotal Australian derby. Horwill said Queensland had plenty more improvement left but needed to change their stripes to master a new game plan to counter the table-topping Brumbies. - AAP

• White wants restraint Brumbies coach Jake White has urged halfback Nic White not to overplay his hand when he lines up opposite Super Rugby’s premier No.9 Will Genia in Brisbane tonight. White, whose recent form has made him the clear Wallabies back up No.9 for the upcoming Lions tour, was benched for three Test matches last June but failed to earn a cap after Genia played every minute. With Wallabies coach Robbie Deans sure to be taking notes on the blockbuster clash between the Brumbies and the Reds, coach White said he hoped his No.9 stuck to the team plan. “I hope (Nic) doesn’t need to worry about how he proves himself against anybody. He’s just got to make sure he plays how we - AAP want him to play.”

• New prop for Rebels The Melbourne Rebels have added some starch to the their forward pack for the next two seasons, signing 23-year-old London Irish prop Max Lahiff.

The prop qualifies to play for Australia through his father, and has made 59 first-team appearances since joining the London Irish Academy in 2009. Lahiff said that he was looking forward to the opportunity of playing Super Rugby in Melbourne.

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Ferrari fast in Bahrain Ferrari dominated yesterday morning’s opening free practice for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with Brazilian Felipe Massa topping the times ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso of Spain.

In typically hot conditions, with a track temperature of 41C and an air temperature of 34C at the Sakhir circuit, the Ferrari duo took command in the final half-hour of the 90-minute session.

Less than a week after Alonso’s commanding triumph at the Chinese Grand Prix, it was a clear demonstration of the Ferrari outfit’s speed and strength as they seek to end Red Bull’s run of world championship successes.

Mark Webber: “A quick driver, a frontrunning driver”

The main title contender teams delayed their entry into the fray at the dusty, sandswept circuit 25km outside Manama until well into the session and Ferrari were the last team out to show their speed with an hour gone - but they immediately rose to the top.

After Alonso had initially set the pace, Massa took over and clocked the fastest lap in 1min 34.487secs, his time beating the Spaniard by 0.077secs at the end of a session mostly devoted to testing tyres with high fuel loads.

German Nico Rosberg was third for Mercedes ahead of compatriot and defending triple world champion Sebastian

Vettel of Red Bull, Briton Paul di Resta of Force India and Briton Jenson Button in the improving McLaren.

Australian Mark Webber was seventh for Red Bull ahead of German Adrian Sutil in a Force India, Finn Kimi Raikkonen and his Lotus team-mate Frenchman Romain Grosjean.

Briton Lewis Hamilton, who took pole position last weekend in Shanghai, was down in 13th place in the second Mercedes, an unexpected spot but presumed to be due to his running a different program in the session to his team-mate Rosberg.

- AFP Right: Felipe Massa talks to journalists before going out and burning up the track at practice.

• End of the drought?

Will Power hopes a return to one of his favourite circuits in the United States will end his nearly year-long wait for a race win in the IndyCar championship. Power hasn’t tasted victory since winning the Sao Paulo Indy 300 on April 29 last year, the third race win in a row at the start of the 2012 campaign. Part of that hattrick of victories was the Grand Prix of Long Beach, venue for this weekend’s event.

- AAP

• Hot start for MotoGP World MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo and seven-time champion Valentino Rossi endured a dramatic start to the Grand Prix of the Americas weekend when a fire broke out in their Yamaha garage. The fire took place in the early hours yesterday and resulted in the bikes and equipment being heavily doused in water and fire retardant materials from the emergency sprinkler system. The bikes had to be taken apart for drying and cleaning.

- AFP

Mark’s F1 milestone Red Bull driver Mark Webber will tomorrow join Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Jenson Button as the only current drivers on the Formula One circuit with at least 200 grand prix races to their names.

The milestone at the Bahrain race comes as the 35-year-old Australian faces turbulent times in his career.

Miffed after

team-mate Sebastian Vettel ignored team orders and overtook him as he was leading the Malaysian Grand Prix, Webber’s next race in China was beset by problems and capped by a three-place grid penalty for Bahrain for causing an accident.

He then re-tweeted a photograph of himself having dinner with Fernando Alonso in Dubai, which could have been construed as an affront to Vettel, who sees Alonso as one of his biggest rivals. “(It was) such a rough fresh team, when I first joined them and that was a big attraction,”

Webber says in a video that Red Bull posted on the internet honouring the milestone.

Team principal Christian Horner said that Webber, who joined the team from Williams in 2007, was an immediate candidate because “We needed a quick driver, a frontrunning driver.”

In the video, which does not feature Vettel, the former team principal of Minardi, Paul Stoddart, the man who gave Webber his start in the sport back in 2002, describes the Australian as a sporting hero.

“He is a legend and he is

going to stay that way.

“The 200 milestone, I think we will be sitting down and doing the 250 milestone,” Stoddart said.

Webber has achieved nine Grand Prix victories - all with Red Bull.

Before joining the Austrian team, he drove for Minardi, Jaguar and Williams.

There has been speculation lately that Webber will leave F1 after the season, possibly to join a Porsche sports car team.

But the German carmakers have dismissed these reports as wrong.

- DPA

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US data drags NZ dollar down The New Zealand dollar fell as weaker US data and disappointing earnings stoked concerns global growth may be slowing and weighed on stocks and risk appetite.

The kiwi fell to 84.11 US cents from 84.51 cents at 5pm in Wellington yesterday.

The trade-weighted index fell to 77.65 from 77.99.

The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s business activity index fell to 1.3 in April from 2.0 in March and the Conference Board’s

index of leading indicators posted a surprise drop, while initial claims for state unemployment benefits climbed.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.7 per cent on disappointing earnings from companies including Morgan Stanley and eBay. “Everyone is focusing on growth at the moment and commodities have had a broad pullback this week,” said Stuart Ive, senior dealer at HiFX. “The kiwi has drifted down on the back of

that.” The New Zealand dollar was expected to trade in a range of 83.60 US cents to 84.70 cents yesterday and may reach the bottom of that range in coming days, he said.

Traders will be watching for the Group of 20 nations meeting that started yesterday in Washington after Bloomberg cited a draft statement saying the G20 will affirm a commitment to avoid weakening their currencies to gain a trade

advantage. It didn’t specifically mention Japan or the yen.

The New Zealand dollar fell to 82.60 yen from 82.94 yen. The local currency fell to 64.47 euro cents from 64.75 cents after a successful Spanish bond auction of 4.71 billion euros, beating a target of 4.5 billion euros.

The kiwi fell to 81.65 Australian cents from 82.02 cents and dropped to 55.05 British pence from 55.40 pence.

- APNZ

By Pattrick Smellie April 19 (BusinessDesk) - The electricity policy announced by the Labour and Green parties could be made to work and the current debate is overly emotive, says the chief executive of the regulated monopoly electricity and gas network owner, Vector.

Simon Mackenzie told BusinessDesk he was encouraged by the fact the proposed central purchaser system would incentivise commercially rational investment in energy efficiency, and that the Opposition parties were not pursuing direct subsidies.

He also welcomed the fact Labour was proposing to simplify regulation of lines companies, which has become enmeshed in the courts after policies Labour implemented was “not tracking as was intended,” Mackenzie said.

There was “no perfect model” for electricity systems, and other countries used similar methods to set prices and to procure investment in new power plants as demand rises. At present, new generation is procured by competing generators identifying the “next least-cost” of new generation and deciding to build it.

Under the Labour-Greens model, a central buying agency and market regulator, NZ Power, would tender for new generation capacity.

“There’s competition for providing that next plant,” said Mackenzie, who stressed he was “not taking political sides”.

“The model is used in other jurisdictions. It has its pros and cons. It’s made to work.”

The Labour Party’s regional development spokesman Shane Jones told BusinessDesk he had taken some convincing to abandon the market model which Labour presided over during its nine years in power from 1999.

But he was convinced lower-priced electricity would create jobs in energy-intensive regional activities such as the timber industry.

The Labour-Green policy would deliver an “equity dividend” for New Zealand households and businesses by removing some of the profits currently made by power companies.

“Not only asset owners need dividends,” said Jones. “Politicians need dividends as well.”

To win the 2014 election, Labour needed to move about 5 to 7 per cent of the voting public to favour it.

He suggested energy analysts’ capacity to “make 5 to 7 per cent of the public hate us (because of this policy) is zero. Our capacity to impress that percentage (with this policy) is infinite.”

Mackenzie said the Labour-Greens policy was “focusing on small-scale generation, energy efficiency and how that works in the market not through subsidies.”

He was defensive about generator-retailers trying to “pass the parcel” on rising power prices to lines companies.

Increased national grid transmission charges, reflecting a multi-billion upgrade by the stateowned monopoly grid owner, Transpower, are one reason electricity prices are forecast to keep rising in coming years. Local network charges have also been rising, although the Commerce Commission has ordered deep cuts in charges on some networks, including Vector’s.

-APNZ

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BP 2 Go Ashburton staff (from left) Christine Deans, Alison Davies, owner Rasek Ganda, Blair Purves and Malana Ngametua are stoked to win BP dealer of the year.

Service station extends win streak

By Myles Hume BP 2 Go Ashburton has claimed its fourth title as New Zealand’s BP dealer of the year.

The West Street business, owned by Rasek and Margaret Ganda, won the award in 2008 and was also rated the country’s best dealer out of 104 indepen-

dently-owned branches for the past three years.

Now the 2012 winner, Mr Ganda said it was satisfying to know he and his nine other staff were making the right moves.

“We have the most awesome staff that look after and make sure our customers are happy, making sure the place is clean and tidy and take pride in what

they do,” Mr Ganda said.

Mr Ganda said the award was judged on three separate areas.

He said mystery shoppers were sent in up to six times a year, seeing how the shop assistants treated their customers and assessing the cleanliness of the site.

The store was also taken to with a fine tooth comb by a BP area manager, who

assesses health and safety among a host of other aspects to ensure the branch is up to operating standards.

The last aspect the store was judged on was the administrative side of the business.

Situated on the main highway through Ashburton, Mr Ganda said the store rated as one of the top 20 in terms of sales numbers.

Securities reform too simple?

By Paul McBeth The government’s planned overhaul of decades-old securities law threatens to make the short-form offer documents that many investors rely on too simple by limiting directors from judging what needs to be included, according to the lobby group for finance sector professionals.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment sought feedback on a number of proposed regulations in the Financial Markets Conduct Bill, to provide the details of the legislation.

Among those regulations, is the level of prescription the product disclosure statements needed.

The Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand submitted the introduction of a heavily prescribed disclosure statement would be a “retrograde step” in limiting directors’ judgement as to what is material information that should be included in offering documents distributed to investors.

INFINZ would prefer guidance as to what information is material enough to be included in the shorter product disclosure statement, leaving more in-depth detail in the on-line register where the full prospectus would be lodged, executive director Jim McElwain told BusinessDesk.

“We want to avoid any move toward a heavily prescribed

approach to ensure that directors and issuers remain responsible for documents in determining what is material,” McElwain said. That kind of framework would essentially be “a tick the box approach where important information could be left out, simply because you ran out of room.”

Improving offer document disclosure and improving retail investors’ understanding of risks relative to rewards was a major plank in the law change, which seeks to restore confidence in financial markets after the collapse of the finance sector through the latter half of last decade.

INFINZ supports the Financial Markets Authority’s

guidance that disclosure be “clear, concise and effective” and that it would be a “retrograde step to regress back towards ‘black letter’ regulation,” it said in its submission.

That sentiment was echoed by a number of the 64 submissions published on the MoBIE website with director exposure to markets and making offers, including law firms, banks, brokers and issuers.

The mammoth bill is expected to pass into law next month, with the draft regulations released later this year. The act is slated to come into effect next year with a two-year transition period to bed in the changes.

- APNZ

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One of two suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for another, authorities said yesterday.

Residents of Watertown, a suburb just outside Boston, have been advised by police to keep their doors locked and not let anyone in.

“We believe this to be a terrorist,” said Boston Police Commissioner Ed David.

“We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people.

We need to get him in custody.”

The Middlesex district attorney said the two men are suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer on campus, then stealing a car at gunpoint and later releasing its driver unharmed.

Hours earlier, police had released photos of the marathon bombing suspects and asked for the public’s help finding them.

A new photo of the suspect on the loose was released later showing him in a grey-hooded sweatshirt.

It was taken at a 7-Eleven store in Cambridge, just across the river from Boston.

The first images were released hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service at a Roman Catholic cathedral in Boston to remember the bombing victims.

Authorities say the suspects threw explosives from the car as police followed it into Watertown. The suspects and police exchanged gunfire, and one of the suspects was critically injured and later died at a hospital while the other escaped.

The FBI said it was working with local authorities to determine what happened.

The MIT shooting on the Cambridge campus was followed by reports of gunfire and explosions in Watertown, about 16 kilometres west of Boston.

The MIT officer had been responding to a report of a disturbance when he was shot multiple times, according to a statement from the Middlesex district attorney’s office and

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In Watertown, witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and explosions at about 1am yesterday. Dozens of police officers and FBI agents were in the neighbourhood and a helicopter circled overhead.

State police spokesman David Procopio said, “The incident in Watertown did involve what we believe to be explosive devices possibly, potentially, being used against the police officers.”

Boston cab driver Imran Saif said he was standing on a street corner at a police barricade across from a diner when he heard an explosion.

“I heard a loud boom and then a rapid succession of pop, pop, pop,” he said. “It sounded like automatic weapons. And then I heard the second explosion.”

He said he could smell something burning and advanced to check it out but area residents at their windows yelled at him, “Hey, it’s gunfire! Don’t go that way!”

- AP

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This photo released by the FBI shows what the FBI is calling the suspects together, walking through the crowd before the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Hunt on for survivors, bodies

By John L. Mone Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town yesterday for survivors of a thunderous fertiliser plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead.

Initial reports put the fatalities as high as 15, but later in the day, authorities backed away from any estimate and refused to elaborate. More than 160 people were hurt.

A breathtaking band of destruction extended for blocks around the West Fertilizer Co. in the small community of West. The blast shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake and crumpled dozens of homes, an apartment complex, a school and a nursing home.

Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton described ongoing search-and-rescue efforts as “tedious and timeconsuming,” noting that crews had to shore up much of the wreckage before going

Firefighters conduct a search at an apartment destroyed by the explosion. in. There was no indication the blast, which sent up a mushroom-shaped plume of smoke and left behind a crater, was anything other than an industrial accident, he said.

The explosion was apparently touched off by a fire, but there was no indication what

sparked the blaze.

The explosion rained burning embers and debris down on terrified residents. The landscape yesterday was wrapped in acrid smoke and strewn with the shattered remains of buildings, furniture and personal belongings.

Firefighter Darryl Hall

choked up as he described the search.

“You’re strong through it because that’s your job. That’s what you’ve been trained to do. But you’re reminded of the tragedy and your family.

And that it could be you,” Hall said. “Then it’s a completely different story.”

- AP

New app helps avoid accidental incest

By Jenna Gottlieb and Jill Lawless You meet someone, there’s chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What’s your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin?

In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk.

A new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest. The app lets users “bump” phones, and emits a warning alarm if they are closely related.

“Bump the app before you bump in bed,” says the catchy slogan.

Some are hailing it as a welcome solution to a very Icelandic form of social embarrassment.

“Everyone has heard the story of going to a family event and running into a girl you hooked up with some time ago,” said Einar Magnusson, a graphic designer in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik.

“It’s not a good feeling when you realise that girl is a second cousin. People may think it’s funny, but (the app) is a necessity.”

The Islendiga-App - “App

of Icelanders” - is an idea that may only be possible in Iceland, where most of the population shares descent from a group of 9th-century Viking settlers, and where an online database holds genealogical details of almost the entire population.

The app was created by three University of Iceland software engineering students for a contest calling for “new creative uses” of the Islendingabok, or Book of Icelanders, an online database of residents and their family trees stretching back 1200 years.

Arnar Freyr Adalsteinsson,

one of the trio, said it allows any two Icelanders to see how closely related they are, simply by touching phones.

“A small but much talked about feature is the loosely translated ‘Incest Prevention Alarm’ that users can enable through the options menu which notifies the user if the person he’s bumping with is too closely related,” Adalsteinsson said.

Adalsteinsson stresses that the app has other, less sexual uses.

“We added a birthday calendar to make sure you don’t forget your relatives’ birthdays,” he said.

-AP

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FBI closes in on bombers

By Adam Geller and Denise Lavoie

The FBI released photos and video of two suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings and asked for the public’s help in identifying the men.

FBI Agent Richard DesLauriers said the images are from surveillance cameras near the explosion sites shortly before the blasts at the world’s most famous marathon.

The men are seen walking together in the crowd, and the man in the white cap is seen setting down a backpack at one site near the finish line, DesLauriers said.

“We consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous,” DesLauriers said, asking the public not to approach the men.

He said there is no additional danger that the FBI knows of at the moment.

The blasts killed three, including a student from China, and injured more than 180.

The images came out hours

after President Barack Obama promised a grieving city to hunt down whoever was responsible.

The images show two younglooking men wearing baseball caps, wearing jackets and carrying backpacks along the race route and weaving through the crowd.

The information on the first suspect was developed within a day or so before its release, DesLauriers said.

Agent Daniel Curtin said the FBI did not issue the photos earlier because authorities wanted to be meticulous: “It’s important to get it right.”

Generally, law enforcement agencies release photos of suspects only as a last resort, when they need the public’s help.

Releasing photos can tip off a suspect and deny police the element of surprise. It can also trigger an avalanche of tips, forcing police to waste time chasing them down.

“Each piece moves us toward justice,” DesLauriers said of the latest information to emerge.

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ouring the victims, Obama called the perpetrators of the attack “these small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build.”

The blasts killed 8-yearold Martin Richard, 29-yearold Krystle Campbell and Lu Lingzi, a graduate student from China. Seven victims remained in critical condition.

The bombs were crudely fashioned from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators and others close to the case said.

Investigators suspect the devices were then hidden in duffel bags and left on the ground.

They exploded within 15 seconds of each other near the finish line at a high-traffic time when thousands of runners were pouring in.

Investigators are looking at video frame by frame — a labourious process, though one aided by far more sophisticated facial recognition technology than is commercially available, forensic specialists said.

-AP

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This frame grab from a video released by the FBI, shows what the FBI are calling suspect number 1, black cap with backpack, centre top, walking in front of suspect number 2, white cap, through the crowd in Boston.

Hunt on for survivors, bodies

By John L. Mone Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town yesterday for survivors of a thunderous fertiliser plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead.

Initial reports put the fatalities as high as 15, but later in the day, authorities backed away from any estimate and refused to elaborate. More than 160 people were hurt.

A breathtaking band of destruction extended for blocks around the West Fertilizer Co. in the small community of West. The blast shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake and crumpled dozens of homes, an apartment complex, a school and a nursing home.

Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton described ongoing search-and-rescue efforts as “tedious and timeconsuming,” noting that crews had to shore up much of the wreckage before going

Firefighters conduct a search at an apartment destroyed by the explosion. in. There was no indication the blast, which sent up a mushroom-shaped plume of smoke and left behind a crater, was anything other than an industrial accident, he said.

The explosion was apparently touched off by a fire, but there was no indication what

sparked the blaze.

The explosion rained burning embers and debris down on terrified residents. The landscape yesterday was wrapped in acrid smoke and strewn with the shattered remains of buildings, furniture and personal belongings.

Firefighter Darryl Hall

choked up as he described the search.

“You’re strong through it because that’s your job. That’s what you’ve been trained to do. But you’re reminded of the tragedy and your family.

And that it could be you,” Hall said. “Then it’s a completely different story.”

- AP

New app helps avoid accidental incest

By Jenna Gottlieb and Jill Lawless You meet someone, there’s chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What’s your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin?

In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk.

A new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest. The app lets users “bump” phones, and emits a warning alarm if they are closely related.

“Bump the app before you bump in bed,” says the catchy slogan.

Some are hailing it as a welcome solution to a very Icelandic form of social embarrassment.

“Everyone has heard the story of going to a family event and running into a girl you hooked up with some time ago,” said Einar Magnusson, a graphic designer in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik.

“It’s not a good feeling when you realise that girl is a second cousin. People may think it’s funny, but (the app) is a necessity.”

The Islendiga-App - “App

of Icelanders” - is an idea that may only be possible in Iceland, where most of the population shares descent from a group of 9th-century Viking settlers, and where an online database holds genealogical details of almost the entire population.

The app was created by three University of Iceland software engineering students for a contest calling for “new creative uses” of the Islendingabok, or Book of Icelanders, an online database of residents and their family trees stretching back 1200 years.

Arnar Freyr Adalsteinsson,

one of the trio, said it allows any two Icelanders to see how closely related they are, simply by touching phones.

“A small but much talked about feature is the loosely translated ‘Incest Prevention Alarm’ that users can enable through the options menu which notifies the user if the person he’s bumping with is too closely related,” Adalsteinsson said.

Adalsteinsson stresses that the app has other, less sexual uses.

“We added a birthday calendar to make sure you don’t forget your relatives’ birthdays,” he said.

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Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf fled court in a speeding vehicle Thursday to avoid arrest after his bail was revoked in a case involving his decision to fire senior judges while in power over five years ago.

The harried escape broadcast live on Pakistani TV marked a new low in Musharraf’s troubled return from exile last month to seek a political comeback in the May 11 parliamentary election.

Musharraf made his exit with the help of bodyguards, who pushed him past policemen and paramilitary soldiers and helped him into a black SUV that sped off with a member of his security team hanging on the side of the vehicle.

Lawyers taunted the 69-yearold as he roared away, yelling, “Look who is running!

Musharraf is running!”

The car carrying the former military strongman dashed to his luxury farmhouse, which is

Pakistan’s former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his security team pushed past policemen and sped away from a court after his bail was revoked. protected by high walls, razor wire and guard towers.

Dozens of police and elite

commandos blocked the main road that runs to the compound on the outskirts of Islamabad,

keeping a crowd of journalists and onlookers at bay.

About 20 Musharraf supporters held banners and shouted slogans.

None of the security forces protecting the compound made any move to arrest Musharraf, likely because they were awaiting orders from senior officials trying to figure out how to deal with a delicate situation.

Musharraf’s legal team said they would appeal the arrest warrant in the Supreme Court.

“A lot of people are going to demand to know why he escaped the custody of the security forces,” said Rasul Baksh Rais, a political science professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Pakistan’s government seems reluctant to wade into the controversy surrounding Musharraf, especially given his connection to the army, considered the most powerful institution in the country.

- AP

Suicide bomber kills 26 in Iraq A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people yesterday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend.

The rare evening attack, which came at the start of the local weekend, brought to 30 the number of people killed across the country yesterday.

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The packed cafe is on the third floor of a building in the predominantly Sunni neighbourhood of Amiriyah. Police said the cafe was packed with young people enjoying water pipes and playing pool.

Earlier in the day, a car bomb struck an army convoy in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad, killing

three soldiers and wounding five others. Hours later, one policeman was killed and three others were wounded when gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in western Baghdad, police said.

Hospital officials confirmed the casualties.

Violence has been on the rise ahead of provincial elections to be held tomorrow. The vote is for local officials in several provinces across the country, including the capital, Baghdad.

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Authorities have been vowing to bolster security ahead of the elections.

Also yesterday, Iraq’s self-ruled Kurdish region announced that new parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on September 21.

A Kurdish government statement said that Masoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdish region, approved the date for the elections and called for a fair election.

- AP

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• Pope nixes bonus The global economic crisis is hitting Vatican employees in their cassock pockets.

The Vatican said that Pope Francis, known for his frugal ways, decided Vatican employees won’t be getting the bonus that traditionally comes with the election of a new pope. In the past, the Vatican’s 4500plus workers would receive an extra little something upon the death of one pope and another upon the election of his successor: In 2005, the total reportedly came to 1500 euros (nearly $2000) apiece.

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• Letter man ‘troubled’ A man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials was described yesterday as a good father, a quiet neighbour and an entertainer who impersonated Elvis at parties.

But accounts also show Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, as a man who spiralled into emotional turmoil trying to get attention for his claims of uncovering a conspiracy to sell body parts on the black market.

-AP

• Quake hits Japan A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia, yesterday but no damage was expected. The Japan Meteorological Agency said sea changes were possible. No tsunami warnings have been issued. The tremor around midday was in the Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres. Japan and Russia both claim some of the sparsely populated islands in the remote region. -APNZ

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Aries 21 March - 20 April There could be a lot of information flying around today - in fact, almost too much. You may feel like your brain is becoming scrambled or you’re suffering from overload. If you have an open mind, you could make some very inspiring discoveries that catapult you into a new sphere. Mars’s move into Taurus brings a sensual and unhurried energy to new projects.

TAurus 21 April - 21 May Mars enters your sign, which may bring some great financial opportunities your way, especially if you’re prepared to put in serious effort. Abundance, hope and an appreciation of quality items and good business deals may be more apparent.

Watch your dreams too as a vivid and inspired night reverie may give you an awesome idea you’ll want to explore.

Gemini 22 May - 21 June Ordinary routine could easily be turned into something extraordinary by involving the right kind of people. Today could be the better half of the weekend as your social life seems set to sparkle. Early on is best for getting ideas across and acquiring much-needed information. A spontaneous conversation could involve an interesting proposition.

CAnCer 22 June - 23 July The arrival of energetic Mars in Taurus can be seen as a stabilizing yet proactive energy in your world of friendships and networking.

It may be an idea to share your special dreams and be determined to make them happen. Career-wise there’s a definite buzz in the air with the potential for something very exciting to happen. Be ready for action.

Leo 24 July - 23 August You and your friends may be open to all kinds of original and novel ideas on how to spend the weekend. There’s even the chance of an impromptu trip triggered by a Mercury/Uranus conjunction. You might want to go for it as it could open a door into a long sought-after area.

Mars spices up your career zone, getting you ready for success.

VirGo 24 August - 23 September Be careful with joint financial issues today. Refuse to involve yourself in decisions that could cause a minor meltdown in your situation - such as deciding to buy something which is way above your limit and leaves you short. Instead, adhere to a brainwave that may encourage your money to work harder for you. Travel and adventure are calling your name.

LibrA 24 September - 23 October A spontaneous reaction may cause the rug to be pulled out from under you, dissipating the peace, especially if a partner or friends are involved. Plans could take a tumble and minds may change abruptly, which could put you on nervous footing. The desire to splash out on a few luxuries to help you feel better about things may be hard to resist.

sCorpio 24 October - 22 November It may be to your advantage to be flexible today. There seems to be very little time lag between thought and action, so be ready to take off at a moment’s notice.

People may spring all sorts of novel ideas on you which you may want to be involved in. Meanwhile, relationships take on a more sensuous and heady energy as Mars springs a surprise.

sAGiTTArius 23 November - 21 December You could feel that anything is possible as you envision exciting hopes and dreams.

Sharing your thoughts and ideas with your latest romantic interest or even a friend could turn you into a happy optimist. Tasks, health matters and daily routines may need attention and could bring complications, especially if you’ve been more lax of late.

CApriCorn 22 December - 20 January Moods could run the gamut from impulsive and risktaking to fearful and insecure, or from easygoing to controlling - which makes gut reactions a poor guide for decisions affecting family issues. However, inspired thinking may save the day yet. Mars’s move into Taurus reminds you that romantic affections and creative pastimes are there to enjoy.

AquArius 21 January - 19 February Unpredictable factors may have an effect on your choices and on others’ motives now. Try to be flexible and keep your options open. You could surprise yourself with how creative and original you can be or inject more spark into an existing project. A chance encounter could also be stimulating.

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pisCes 20 February - 20 March Mars moves into Taurus today, which may help you create a strategy for a longterm plan, improve communications or profit from activities in your local area.

You may also be searching for information that promotes financial and practical growth. The spotlight is on financial decision-making.

Yet an impromptu spending spree can still seriously tempt you.

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Gardening

Pansies in sensational violet and yellow.

Pot marigolds provide a burst of burnt orange.

Try flowers that love to chill out Y

ou’re going to wake up some morning soon to a shimmering coating of frost on the lawn. That usually signals the beginning of the annual autumn ritual of “garden cleanup” and the end of the flowers.

But many plants will not only tolerate a little frost, they’ll thrive in the chill. Avoid exposure by planting away from windy areas and low spots where cold air tends to pool, and keep plants healthy and vigorous to handle the stress of cold weather.

Here are some annuals that love the cold: African daisy (Gazania rigens) This colourful ground cover is easy to grow and drought-tolerant once established. They come in many colour combinations, but usually show off dark bands that accentuate the flower’s flat central disc. Thick, fuzzy grey leaves have silvery undersides. They can take several hard frosts.

Most African daisies open only in full midday sun, but breeders have developed the Daybreak Series that blooms in lower-light conditions.

Kale (Brassica oleracea) This edible relative of cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower makes a colourful statement in the autumn garden. The showy, ruffled and fringed leaves hate the heat, but will thrive in cold weather. Temperatures below 10C intensify the colour and peppery flavour. Wait to set out fullgrown plants until autumn, when the worst of the summer heat is past. (Pink, cream, white, red and green leaves early spring and autumn; full sun.)

Pansy (Viola hybrids) One of the most popular cold weather annuals.

Their face-like flowers, held above shiny leaves, make a great front-of-the-border plant. Cut back

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by one-third when they start to stretch in the heat. Keep deadheaded to prolong flowering.

(Flower in most colours and fascinating combinations and patterns in early spring to summer and again in autumn to winter; full sun to part shade.)

Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) This proven garden favourite makes tons of blooms, and with some deadheading will flower to frost. Pot marigolds wilt a bit in the high heat of summer, but cut them back by half in early autumn and they’ll perk back up again when the weather cools. (Cream, apricot, orange and yellow blooms summer to autumn; full sun to part shade; the seeds can survive the coldest winters in the soil and rebloom next year.)

Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) Timeless garden favourite with a variety of flower shapes, including traditional, butterfly and doubles, and sizes from dwarf to tall and even a few trailing varieties. After they flower, shear back by half to get a second bloom and to keep them bushy and full. (Bloom in nearly every colour in early summer and again in autumn; full sun to part shade.)

Stock (Matthiola hybrids) Stock’s tall spikes of old-fashioned blooms make great cut flowers and fill a room with a spicy scent. They need temperatures below 15C to bloom. They like moist, well-drained soil but aren’t picky, tolerating sandy and clay soil. Keep the soil moist by mulching, and deadhead to keep stock blooming right up to a heavy frost. (Blooms white, pink, rose, lavender, purple or red late spring to early summer and again in late summer to autumn; full sun to part shade.)

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Te Karere. (R, T) Hyundai Country Calendar. (R, T) Rural Delivery.

Fair Go. (R, T) 60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) Chinese Food In Minutes. (G, R) Come Dine With Me Omnibus.

(PGR, T) 12.00 Chef On A Mission. (G, R) 1.00 Heston’s Mission Impossible.

(PGR, R, T) 2.00 The Chase. (G, T) 3.00 Four Weddings. (PGR, R, T) 4.00 Intrepid Journeys. (G, R, T) 5.00 River Monsters. (Final, PGR, T) 6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Hyundai Country Calendar. (G, T) 7.30 MasterChef Masterclass. (G, T) 8.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (PGR, T) Tensions rise as four East London hopefuls take bickering to a new extreme.

9.35 Masterchef New Zealand. (PGR, R, T) The Top Nine contestants must each cook a dish from nine different Jetstar airline destinations around the Pacific rim.

10.35 Simply Red For The Last Time.

(G, R) 11.35 Sailing. America’s Cup World Series. Day 2. Highlights. Day 3 Semi-final. Live.

2.00 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 3.55 Neighbourhood. (G, R, T) 4.25 Infomercials.

5.30 The World To Come With David C. Pack.

6.00 Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 6.25 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Handy Manny.

(G, T) 6.55 Small Blacks TV. (G) 7.20 Gravity Falls. (G) 7.45 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

(G, R, T) 8.15 Generator Rex. (G, T) 8.40 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (G, R, T) 9.10 Young Justice. (G, R, T) 9.35 Zeke And Luther. (G, T) 10.00 ASB Polyfest 2013. (G) 10.30 Neighbours Omnibus. (G, R, T) 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia.

(PGR, R, T) 2.30 Gary Unmarried. (PGR, R, T) 3.00 Bunheads. (PGR) 4.00 Good Luck Charlie. (G, T) 4.30 Melissa & Joey. (G, T) 5.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 According To Jim. (G, R, T) When Cheryl’s surprise romantic evening for Jim cuts into his planned TV boxing match, he tricks her into joining him by getting her drunk.

6.00 Oh Sit! (G, T) 7.00 Seriously Funny Kids. (G, T) 7.30 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. (PGR, T) 8.45 FILM: Erin Brockovich. (2000, AO, R, T) Julia Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Albert Finney.

A struggling mother working at a small legal firm single-handedly brings a case against a huge chemical plant that is polluting her town.

11.25 FILM: Why Did I Get Married Too? 1.55 FILM: National Security. (AO, R, T) 3.35 The Celebrity Apprentice. (PGR, R) 5.05 ASB Polyfest 2013. (G, R) 5.30 It Is Written.

6.00 Charles Stanley.

6.30 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G, R) 7.00 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 7.30 Knight Rider. (G, R) 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 9.30 The Nation.

10.25 Media3.

11.00 3rd Degree.

12.00 Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style.

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7.00 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (G, T) 7.30 Missing Pieces. (G, R, T) 8.00 Saving Gen y. (PGR) The dishonesty of one team member is revealed as another has their family very concerned, making Ihi call an early weigh in.

8.30 CSI. (AO, T) A local news anchor is killed during a live broadcast.

9.30 CSI: Ny. (AO, T) The team use social media to investigate a teen’s death at an overcrowded high-school house party that got out of control.

10.30 Outrageous Fortune. (AO, R, T) 11.30 Law & Order: Los Angeles. (AO) 12.30 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Hillsong. (G) 5.30 Charles Stanley.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 11.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway UK. (PGR, R) 12.00 Rugby League. (G) NRL. Round Six. Highlights.

12.30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus.

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(G, R) 5.00 Milwaukee Fishing And Adventure. (G) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Civilisation - Is The West History? (G) 7.00 Storage Wars. (PGR) Jarrod and Brandi are about to find out that big wins sometimes come in small packages while Darrell is struck down with a case of buyer indecision.

7.30 American Idol. (G) Things are getting intense on the American Idol main stage as Ryan Seacrest announces America’s Top Four.

8.30 Secret Millionaire USA. (PGR) Chicago Native Steve Kaplan is worth more than $70 million dollars and has travelled the worl, and yet he has never explored the seedy South Side of his beloved Chicago.

9.30 Rugby. (G) Super Rugby.

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11.30 Crownies. (AO) 12.40 Home Shopping. (G)

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Waka Huia. (T) Fair Go. (R, T) Coronation Street Omnibus.

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9.30 Puberty Blues. (New, AO, T) Australian drama series in which two joined-at-the hip teenagers fantasise about joining the bronzed surfies of the Greenhills gang who rule the beach.

10.30 Accused. (AO) 11.45 Spicks And Specks.

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Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T)

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(PGR, R, T) 12.00 FILM: Inspector Gadget.

(1999, G, T) 1.35 Gary Unmarried. (Final, PGR, R, T) 2.05 The Lying Game. (T) 3.00 Gossip Girl: Retrospective Special. (G, T) 3.40 Gossip Girl. (Final, G, T) 4.35 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. (R, T) 5.05 Pretty Little Liars. (T) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (T) 6.30 The War At Home. (G, R, T) 7.00 Renters. (T) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PGR, R, T) 8.00 Mike & Molly. (PGR, T) 8.30 FILM: Ghost Rider. (2007, AO, R, T) Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda.

10.40 666 Park Avenue. (Final, AO, T) 11.35 FILM: The Punisher. (2004, AO, R, T) 1.55 Haven. (PGR, R, T) 2.50 Infomercials.

3.20 20/20. (R, T) 4.10 It Is Written. (R) 4.40 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R) 5.30 Infomercials.

MONDAy

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.25 Zip And Mac. (G, R) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Pinky And Perky. (G, R, T) 7.30 Disney Club: Kick Buttowski – Suburban Daredevil. (G, R, T) 7.55 Beyblades Metal Masters. (G, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.35 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.45 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.55 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Make It Or Break It. (Return, G, R) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (G) 2.00 Anderson Live.

3.00 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 3.05 Everything’s Rosie. (G) 3.15 Mike The Knight. (G, T) 3.30 Kung Fu Panda. (G, T) 4.00 H2o Just Add Water. (G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 8 Simple Rules. (G, R, T)

SUNDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.55 1.00 2.00 3.00

Life TV. (G) Brian Houston @ Hillsong. (G) Charles Stanley. (G) The Nation.

Three60.

Think Tank. (G) Home And Away. (G, T) Entertainment Tonight. (G) Dream Machines. (G) Ice Road Truckers. (G, R, T) Motorsport. Nitro Nostalgia Reunion Drags. From Taupo Thunder Dragway.

4.00 Motorsport. Rally New Zealand.

The Drive South Rally. Round One. Highlights.

5.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, T) 5.30 The Simpsons. (G, R) 6.00 3 News.

7.00 The X Factor NZ. (G) 8.35 FILM: Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business. (2011, AO, T) Oscar Kightley, Robbie Magasiva, Shimpal Lelisi. The Duckrocker quartet are reunited on a quest to find Bolo, their missing former driver, five years after Sione’s Wedding.

10.35 FILM: Intolerable Cruelty. (2003, AO, R, T) 12.45 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer.

5.30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 3 News.

Home And Away. (G, R, T) Dr Phil. (PGR, R) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR, R) The Biggest Loser Australia. (G) Rachael Ray. (G, R) Entertainment Tonight. (G) Home And Away. (G, T)

SUNDAy 6.00 10.30 12.00 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.55 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00

7.30

8.35

9.35

10.40 11.50

Religious Programming.

Sport Box. (G) Getaway. (G, R) Danger Beach. (PGR, R) Hot Property. (G, R) Recruits. (PGR, R) Toyota Grassroots Rugby. (G) Netball. (G) ANZ C’ship. Trans Tasman. Highlights.

Super Rugby Highlights. (G) Return To River Cottage. (G, R) Prime News.

Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G) Nigella Feasts. (New, G) Storage Wars. (G) While Darrel goes fishing for a locker Barry sets his sights on some antique Militaria.

Antiques Roadshow. (G) Fiona Bruce and the Roadshow team travel to Hever Castle in Kent, where crowds are everywhere as a painting of Mick Jagger is unearthed as well as some very early tea caddies.

Prime Presents: The Forgotten General. (New, G) As ANZAC Day approaches we bring you the story of New Zealander Major-General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell who was once a household name.

DCI Banks. (AO) Banks and Cabbot are called to investigate an arson attack that causes two narrow boats to go up in a ball of flames.

True Blood. (AO, R) Home Shopping. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 12.00 1.00 2.05 3.00

Home Shopping. (G) The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) The Doctors. (G) The Jeff Probst Show. (G) Man Vs Wild. (PGR, R) Better Homes And Gardens. (G) Ideas and practical guides to improvement projects for your home and garden, plus recipes and entertaining solutions.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

KEy: T Teletext R Repeat S Stereo P Premiere F Final RATINGS: G General exhibition PG Parental guidance recommended M Suitable for mature audiences AO Adults only 16 Approved for persons 16 and over 18 Approved for persons 18 and over c Content may offend l Language may offend s Sexual content may offend v contains violence

MOVIE Erin Brockovich Saturday, TV2, 8.45pm (2000) The notion of a “Julia Roberts film” forever changed for the better thanks to Roberts’ (below) knockout turn as a jobless, single mum of three whose stubborn resolve to make ends meet resulted in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history. Under the assured direction of hands-on wunderkind Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven), Roberts plays out the titular hero’s story – based on fact – with bold and sexy assurance.

FOUR

6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Rocko’s Modern Life. (G, R) 7.30 Casper Scare School.

(G) 7.55 All Grown Up. (G, R) 8.20 Invader Zim. (G) 8.45 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.05 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.30 Power Rangers: Samurai. (G, R) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana.

(G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.30 Big Time Rush. (G, R) 6.00 FILM: Coraline. (2009, PGR, R) Voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane.

After finding a secret door in her new house, a young girl is whisked away to a fantastic world filled with bizarre creatures.

8.10 FILM: Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. (2009, PGR) John C Reilly, Salma Hayek, Chris Massoglia. A tale of a boy who breaks a 200-year-old truce between warring factions of vampires, and is drawn into the world of creatures of the night.

10.30 Face Off. (PGR) The series ‘Grimm’ inspires the makeup created by the competing artists.

11.25 Poker After Dark. (PGR) 12.25Infomercials. (G)

SUNDAy 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu.

(G, R) 7.00 Rocko’s Modern Life. (G, R) 7.25 Casper Scare School. (G) 7.50 All Grown Up. (G, R) 8.15 Invader Zim. (G) 8.40 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 9.05 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 9.30 Dora The Explorer. (G, R) 9.55 Sticky TV. (G) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.30 iCarly. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) Life’s Funniest Moments features hilarious, viewer-submitted video clips from around the world.

6.30 Top Chef Just Desserts. (G) The chefs get a jolt when they’re tasked to pair coffee and donuts for guest judges Mark Isreal and Wylie Dufresne.

7.30 Survivor: Caramoan. (G) Another castaway is voted out of the game.

8.30 How I Met your Mother. (PGR, R) When Barney overhears that Ted and Robin have a secret, he begins to speculate about what it might be.

9.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PGR, R) Jeff, Audrey and Brenda go to a fertility specialist and discover a zygote.

9.30 Raising Hope. (Final, PGR) A custody battle for Hope ensues in the aftermath of a tabloid TV-show’s probe into the death of her serialkiller mum.

10.00 Wilfred. (New, AO) 10.30 Perfect Couples. (PGR) 11.00 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.55 Infomercials. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55

Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G) 8.35 Planet Sheen. (G, R) 9.05 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.15 Thomas & Friends.

(G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.35 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 10.00 Tickety Toc. (G) 10.10 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 12.00 Infomercials. (G)

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Television

The Box 6.00 6.50 7.15 8.05

Lie To Me. (M) The Simpsons. (PG) Deadliest Warrior. (M) The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 10.10 Raw. (M) 1.15 24 Marathon. (M) 4.30 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Psych. (M) Shawn and Gus infiltrate a ring of street racing car thieves to catch a killer.

8.30 Deadliest Warrior. (M) A Persian Immortal, the professional killer that drove a 6th century BC war machine, battles a Celt, the giant Iron Age European clansman.

9.30 Most Shocking. (M) The ultimate ‘caught-on-camera’ reality show, featuring action-packed crime footage and first-hand accounts from police officers and witnesses.

10.30 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 12.30 24 Marathon. (M) 3.50 Most Shocking. (M) 4.40 Girls Gone Wild.

(18) 5.05 Showrunners. (M) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

SuNDAy

6.00 24 Marathon. (M) 9.20 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 11.10 The Simpsons Marathon.

(PG) 1.15 Psych. (M) 2.05 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 3.00 Raw. (M) 5.45 Main Event. (M) 6.45 Smackdown. (M) 8.30 Spartacus: War Of The Damned. (18) NZ PREMIERE. Spartacus considers striking a deal with a band of marauders to ensure his people stay supplied and fed. Crassus’ son Tiberius makes a bold and fateful decision. 18VLS 9.35 Falling Skies. (M) Tom and Hal lead a team to rescue Tom’s son from the Skitters and Mechs but the result is not what they planned.

10.30 The Beast. (M) 11.30 Main Event. (M) 12.25 Smackdown. (M) 2.05 Spartacus: War Of The Damned. (18) 3.00 Falling Skies. (M) 3.50 Family Business. (18) 4.20 The Beast. (M) 5.10 Psych. (M)

MONDAy

6.00 NyPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons.

(PG) 7.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.40 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 8.30 Cash Cab uSA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & Order.

(M) 10.40 Main Event. (M) 11.35 Smackdown. (M) 1.15 NyPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 2.35 Cash Cab. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M)

Sky Movies 1 Movie Greats 6.40 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. (2011, PG) 8.20 My Week With Marilyn.

(2011, M) 10.00 Red Riding Hood. (2011, M) 11.40 Something Borrowed.

(2011, M) 1.35 Goodnight For Justice 2: Measure Of A Man. (2012, PG) 3.05 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) George Clooney, Ryan Gosling. An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.

4.45 Arthur Christmas. (2011, G) Voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent. On the night before Christmas, Santa’s son Arthur has an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.

6.25 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2011, PG) Judi Dench, Bill Nighy.

8.30 Tower Heist. (2011, M) Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy. A group of blue-collar workers, victims of a Ponzi scheme, seeks revenge on a Wall Street swindler.

10.20 Jeff, Who Lives At Home.

(2012, M) Jason Segel, Ed Helms.

11.45 The Philly Kid. (2012, 16) Wes Chatham, Devon Sawa.

1.20 Biography: Jet Li. (2008, PG) 2.10 Goodnight For Justice 2: Measure Of A Man. (2012, PG) 3.40 Jeff, Who Lives At Home.

(2012, M) 5.05 The Ides Of March. (2011, M)

7.05 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

(2001, M) 8.45 Nanny McPhee. (2005, PG) 10.25 Working Girl. (1988, PG) 12.15 Austin Powers In Goldmember. (2002, M) 1.50 Labyrinth. (1986, G) 3.30 Big. (1988, PG) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia. The Oscar-nominated tale of a young boy who, when he makes a wish to be big, wakes up as a 35-year-old man.

5.15 Schindler’s List. (1993, M) Liam Neeson. MultiOscar-winning classic based on the true story of Austrian industrialist Oskar Schindler, who saved his Jewish factory workers in World War II Poland.

8.30 Mr: Brooks. (2007, 16) Kevin Costner, Demi Moore.

A psychological thriller delving into the mind of a successful business man, who happens to be addicted to killing.

10.30 Proof Of Life. (2000, M) Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe.

12.45 Schindler’s List. (1993, M) 3.55 Mr: Brooks. (2007, 16) 5.55 Biography: Emma Thompson. (2007, PG)

SuNDAy 6.45 9.00 10.40 12.25 2.40

4.35

SuNDAy

6.45 Arthur Christmas. (2011, G) 8.20 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2011, PG) 10.20 The Philly Kid. (2012, 16) 11.55 Tower Heist. (2011, M) 1.40 Making Of Snow White And The Huntsman. (2012, M) 1.55 Whiskey Business. (2012, PG) 3.20 The Eagle. (2011, M) 5.15 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

(2012, G) 6.45 What’s your Number. (2011, M) Anna Faris, Chris Evans.

8.30 The Amazing Spider-Man. (2012, M) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.

10.50 Apollo 18. (2011, 16) Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen.

MONDAy

6.35 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

(2012, G) Voices of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron.

8.00 The Amazing Spider-Man. (2012, M) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.

10.15 What’s your Number. (2011, M) Anna Faris, Chris Evans.

12.00 Apollo 18. (2011, 16) Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen.

1.25 Certain Prey. (2011, M) Mark Harmon, Lola Glaugini.

2.55 Smitty. (2012, PG) Peter Fonda, Mira Sorvino.

4.30 Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. (2011, M) Tom Cruise.

6.00 Buzz and Poppy 6.30 Hermie 7.00 Carlos the Caterpillar 7.30 OK TV 8.00 From Aardvark to Zucchini 8.30 Paws and Tales 9.00 Xtreme Life TV 9.30 Life FM presents 11.00 Gods at War 11.30 Wisdom for Difficult Times 12.00 The Truth Out There 12.30 Facing the Canon 1.00 The Way of the Master 1.30 Noble Exchange 2.00 Just Thinking 2.30 Beyond the Search 3.00 An Innocent Man? 3.30 Understanding Love 4.00 Family Series 4.30 Facing the Canon 5.00 Love, Marriage and Stinking Thinking 5.30 Give Me An Answer 6.00 Just Thinking 6.30 Noble Exchange 7.00 Beyond the Search 7.30 Wise

6.05 8.30

10.15

Proof Of Life. (2000, M) Labyrinth. (1986, G) Big. (1988, PG) Proof Of Life. (2000, M) Courage under Fire. (1996, M) Fun With Dick And Jane.

(2005, M) Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni. A suburban couple turns to a life of crime in order to exact revenge and teach big business a lesson.

2005 Independence Day. (1996, M) Bill Pullman, Will Smith.

Firewall. (2006, M) Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany.

A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he’s protecting as a bid to pay off his family’s ransom. 2006.

Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, M) Danny Glover, Mel Gibson.

MONDAy

7.00 Fun With Dick And Jane.

(2005, M) Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni.

8.30 Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, M) Danny Glover, Mel Gibson.

10.25 Courage under Fire. (1996, M) Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon.

12.20 Independence Day. (1996, M) Bill Pullman, Will Smith.

2.40 Firewall. (2006, M) Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany.

4.25 The Boat That Rocked.

(2009, M) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy.

Sky Sport 1

Sky Sport 2

6.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round One. 7.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Two. Live.

10.00 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Reale Seguros Open De Espana Round Two. 11.00 Cricket. IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab. Replay.

2.30 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Waratahs v Chiefs.

4.30 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Hurricanes v Force.

6.30 Total Rugby.

7.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Crusaders v Highlanders.

Live.

9.35 Rugby. Super Rugby. Reds v Brumbies. Live.

12.00 Toyota Grassroots Rugby.

1.00 Total Rugby.

1.35 Motorsport. GP2. Bahrain.

First Race. Live.

3.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Sharks v Cheetahs. Live.

5.05 Rugby. Super Rugby. Kings v Bulls. Live.

6.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

6.30 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Hurricanes v Force. Replay.

8.30 Premier League Preview.

9.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Waratahs v Chiefs. Replay.

11.00 Ice Hockey. NHL Regular Season. Boston Bruins v Pittsburgh Penguins. Live.

2.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Two. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Final Game One. Replay.

5.00 Rugby League. NSW Cup. Mounties v North Sydney Bears. Live.

7.00 Rugby League. Holden Cup. NSW v Queensland. Live.

9.30 Boxing. King In The Ring.

Cruiserweight. The 8 Man Eliminator.

10.30 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Reale Seguros Open De Espana Round Two. 11.30 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Reale Seguros Open De Espana Round Three. Live.

3.30 ICC Cricket 360.

4.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Two. 5.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Three. Live.

SuNDAy

7.05 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Crusaders v Highlanders.

Replay.

9.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC. Prelims. Henderson v Melendez. Live.

12.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC. Prelims. Henderson v Melendez. Live.

2.00 Boxing. King In The Ring.

Cruiserweight.

3.00 Cricket. Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings. Highlights.

4.00 Cricket. IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals.

5.00 Rugby League. Country v City Origin. Live.

7.00 40/20.

8.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership. Highlights.

8.30 Motorsport. GP2. Bahrain.

Second Race. Live.

9.30 Motorsport. New Zealand V8s. From Pukekohe Park Raceway. Highlights.

10.30 40/20.

11.30 SKy Sport What’s On. 11.55 Motorsport. FIA Formula One C’ship. Bahrain Grand Prix. Live.

2.15 Investec Super Rugby Review.

3.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Northern Mystics v Central Pulse. Replay.

4.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Three.

5.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Four. Live.

MONDAy

6.30 The ITM Fishing Show.

7.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Four. Live.

10.00 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Reale Seruros Open De Espana Round Four.

11.00 SKy Sport What’s On. 11.30 Basketball. NBL. Final Game Two. Replay.

1.30 Snooker. World Tour. C’ship Day Two. Replay.

4.30 Cricket. Indian Premier League. Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians. Highlights.

5.30 Cricket. Indian Premier League. Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors. Highlights.

SHINE

Philanthrophy 8.00 Gospel Music of Johnny Cash 9.00 Gods at War 9.30 Nzone Focus 10.00 The Way of the Master 10.30 Facing the Canon 11.00 Give Me An Answer 11.30 Beyond the Search 12.00 Nzone Focus 12.30 Just Thinking 1.00 “Love, Marriage and Stinking Thinking” 1.30 Gods at War 2.00 Facing the Canon 2.30 The Way of the Master 3.00 Wise Philanthrophy 3.30 Gospel Music of Johnny Cash 4.30 Noble Exchange 5.00 Give Me An Answer 5.30 Running With Fire SuNDAy 6.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 7.00 Jovis Bon-Hovis 7.30 Carlos the Caterpillar 8.00 OK TV 8.30 Connection

SuNDAy

6.30 ANZ Golf World.

7.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Three. Live.

10.00 Toyota Grassroots Rugby.

11.00 Ice Hockey. NHL Regular Season. Boston Bruins v Pittsburgh Penguins. Replay.

12.30 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Reale Seguros Open De Espana Round Three.

1.30 Small Blacks TV. 2.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Adelaide Thunderbirds v Melbourne Vixens. Live.

4.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship. West Coast Fever v NSW Swifts.

Live.

6.00 Investec Super Rugby Review.

7.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Northern Mystics v Central Pulse. Live.

9.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC. Henderson v Melendez.

11.00 The ITM Fishing Show.

11.30 Investec Super Rugby Review.

12.23 Soccer. English Premier League. Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City. Live.

2.53 Soccer. English Premier League. Liverpool v Chelsea.

Live.

5.00 Toyota Grassroots Rugby.

MONDAy

6.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Waratahs v Chiefs.

7.00 Investec Super Rugby Review.

8.00 Motorsport. IRL. Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach.

Live.

11.00 Motorsport. FIA Formula One C’ship. Bahrain Grand Prix. Replay.

1.30 40/20.

2.30 Small Blacks TV. 3.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. RBC Heritage Round Four.

Highlights.

4.00 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Reale Seruros Open De Espana Round Four.

5.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Hurricanes v Force.

Highlights.

Discovery 6.00 Connect. (PG) 6.30 Swords: Life On The Line.

(PG) 7.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 9.30 ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) 10.30 Amish Mafia. (M) 11.30 American Digger. (PG) 12.00 Property Wars. (PG) 12.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 1.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 1.30 Amish Mafia. (M) 2.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 3.30 Combat Countdown. (PG) 4.30 Jungle Gold. (PG) 5.30 Outlaw Empires. (M) 6.30 Dual Survival. (PG) 7.30 Gold Rush: The Dirt. (PG) The Bromance. Executive producer Christo Doyle sits down with wash plant designer, Freddy Dodge, and mining legend, Tony Beets.

Parker comes clean about recent mistakes.

8.30 Gold Rush. (PG) Pink Slip.

Todd calls it quits on his turbo trommel and shuts down his Quartz Creek operation. Dave’s race to open a new cut leaves his dozer hanging over a cliff.

Parker finally hits bedrock.

9.30 Moonshiners. (M) Storm’s a Brewing. A monster storm hits and Jeff, Mark and Jim Tom risk their lives to run a batch. Josh and Bill fall prey to the storm when a flood threatens their still. Then, Tickle goes rogue.

10.30 River Monsters: Lair Of Giants. (PG) 11.30 SAS - Search For Warriors.

(PG) 12.30 Deadliest Catch. (PG) 5.30 Greensburg. (PG)

SuNDAy

6.30 Swords: Life On The Line.

(PG) 7.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 8.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 9.30 ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) 10.30 Outlaw Empires. (M) 11.30 River Monsters: Lair Of Giants. (PG) 12.30 Titanic: The Aftermath.

(PG) 2.30 Outlaw Empires. (M) 7.30 Building The Shard. (PG) 8.30 Jungle Gold. (PG) 9.30 Dual Survival. (PG) 10.30 Amish Mafia. (M) 11.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 12.30 Swamp Loggers. (PG) 1.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 2.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 2.30 American Digger. (PG) 3.00 Property Wars. (PG) 3.30 Nightmare Next Door. (M) 4.30 Disappeared. (M) 5.30 Auction Kings. (PG)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.00 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30

Auction Hunters. (PG) Dirty Jobs. (PG) Swamp Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Nightmare Next Door.

(M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Crimes That Shook The World. (M) Disappeared. (M) American Digger. (PG) Property Wars. (PG) Swamp Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG)

Point 9.00 In Touch 10.00 Life Questions 10.30 Word For You 11.00 Songs of Praise 11.35 Quick Study 12.00 Silver Lining 1.00 Johnny Cash 1.50 Wise Philanthrophy 2.30 Precious Memories 3.00 Hour of Power 4.00 In Touch 5.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 6.00 Running With Fire 6.30 Facing the Canon 7.00 Nzone Focus 7.30 Songs of Praise 8.05 Precious Memories 8.30 David Jeremiah 9.30 Silver Lining 10.30 Johnny Cash 11.20 Wise Philanthrophy 12.00 Hour of Power 1.00 Nzone Focus 1.30 Songs of Praise 2.05 Precious Memories 2.30 David Jeremiah 3.30 Late Programs

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Don, Sue & Chris Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257 painting & Decorating contractors

if you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your painting and Decorating neeDS – commercial or residential.

• Interior decorating • Exterior decorating

• Wallpapering • Waterblasting • roof painting

Ph 307-0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

Roofing Specialists We specialise in:

• New roofs and re-roofs • Glendeck 5 rib • Corrugated iron • Fascia, gutters and down pipes • Qualified fixers.

Free Measure & quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696

Greg Trudgeon

For 332 259 259 Forany anyenquiries enquiriescall callusustoday todayononPh/Fax Ph/Fax308-8432 308-8432Mob Mob 0274 0274 332

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Stan Keeley, Owner

Continuous Spouting Need new spouting, fascia and downpipes?

Give Ben a call for a free quote. All jobs guaranteed.

Manufacturers and installers of continuous spouting, fascia and downpipes.

Ben Kruger • Phone 308 4380 or 021 808 739 • email: benkruger@xtra.co.nz

North park drive

CLEANERS EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING (2012) We will clean anything from the mountains to the sea.

Call Sandra and the team on 03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Home • Commercial • Office

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To place a trades & services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

We’ve got you covered!

See us for all.....

* Hay covers * Motorbike covers * Ute covers * Furniture * Boats covers * Shade sails

Thinking about winterising your boat?

Book in now at D&E Marine.

Phone 307 7620

153 Moore Street, Ashburton

115 Archibald Street, Ashburton. Phone 307 2354 Email address: tincanup@xtra.co.nz

Got a tree troubling you?

Trucks and trailer of semi dry firewood delivered.

You need Four Seasons Treecare, your local tree experts!

• Pruning • Felling • Branch chipping (up to 12”)

• Hedge trimming • Powerline clearance • Stumpgrinding • Dismantling

Bluegum, Oregon and Oldman Pine... that’s the good stuff CALL ME OR TEXT ME.

Minimum 4 m3 RINI Contracting Ltd

Eftpos available.

Hurry and order now!

Call or Txt me 027 451 7300

0800 559 255 for a free quote

CALL ME OR TEXT ME.

PEST CONTROL

CHIMNEY CLEANING

• Fly Control • Fleas / Ants • Silverfish • Whitetails • Borer

Carrs Chimney Cleaning Ashburton and surrounding areas

• Rodents • Spider Proofing • Moss / Lichen • Silos / Dairy Sheds

Phone Rodney

and leave a message

Grant Smith 0800 BUG OFF

03 324 2999

Smithfield Rd, Ashburton

REal EstatE

Ashburton’s Largest Property Management • 4 property managers • 3 management options • Maximum rental rates • 5 security checks • Quality tenants waiting • Emailed owner reports “It’s why more people are choosing McGregors”

Call Suzanna today and discover how you can get your advertising working for you at a fraction of the cost by being part of ‘Trades & Services’.

Suzanna Macilquham

Phone Enquiries: 308 6173

Online Enquiries: www.mcgregorrealestate.co.nz/property-management/

MOB: 021 272 2399 or O: 307-7973 or 307-7900

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See local pictures, news stories, the latest events and have your say

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, April 20, 2013 TLC for your VIP

If Guardian photographers missed you at Ashburton maternity, you can send your photographs and details to photographers@theguardian.co.nz

Quality Preschool

Directors: Annie Smith and Brenda Leonard Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm, Phone 308 2959, Main South Road

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Ryan Stewart Mowatt was born on April 8 to parents Jackie and Ian Mowatt. Ryan weighed a healthy 9lb 7oz.

Proud and happy sister Mia Peyton welcomed Amy Lee Frost, born on April 1, weighing 8lb 2oz, with parents Lisa Brinkley and Jesse Frost.

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First time parents Rebekah and Andrei Venter welcome with love Charlise Lydia, born April 7 weighing 7lb 8oz.

Proud sister MacKenzie 2½, along with parents Phil and Nerada Beaven are excited about the early arrival of Taylor Phillip born March 18 weighing 6lb 11oz.

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Gina, Bas and Ashley, 2, welcomed Cherise Hayley Looman to their family on April 5 weighing 6lb 10oz.

Avalin Jane Gordon was born into the world April 1 at 9.45pm weighing a healthy 8lb 4oz to proud new mother Chelsea Gordon.

Older brother Brady, 1, has a cuddle with his new brother Lachlan Francis Wade Leadley who arrived into his family on April 4, weighing 9lb 14oz.

Lachlan is welcomed by proud parents Angela and Ross Leadley.

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JOBS

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Experience Mid Canterbury - Board Members

Experience Mid Canterbury is responsible for marketing the Ashburton district as a great visitor destination, operating i-Sites in Ashburton and Methven and working with our local tourism sector to ensure it continues be a success.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

SUZANNA MACILQUHAM

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

TEL MOB

03 307 7973 021 272 2399

A new board is being appointed as part of a change in governance to a council controlled organisation. The board will be provided with clear direction in terms of performance objectives for the organisation and will be encouraged to look for new and innovative approaches to achieve these objectives.

We are looking for talented, skilled people to join the board and drive Experience Mid Canterbury forward, ensuring it delivers outstanding service and value for money for Council and the community.

This is a rare opportunity to show your commitment to our district by using your expertise in one or more of the following fields; tourism, leadership, strategic planning, governance, finance or marketing at a board level.

For more information on what it takes to be a member of the Experience Mid Canterbury board and for an application pack please go to: Ashburton District Council website – www.ashburtondc.govt.nz To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter to Sarah Mosley, Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 or hr@adc.govt.nz

Wanted the right person for the job

Applications close Monday 6 May. www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

CENTRE PIVOT SPANNING TEAM MEMBERS Due to the continued growth in irrigation development in Canterbury, and with our Reinke centre pivot sales increasing, we have three vacancies for energetic people to be part of our centre pivot and lateral spanning crew within our organisation What we require: • Fit active people • Full drivers licence • Can work overtime – including Saturdays when required • Be capable of operating equipment – cranes, diggers, telehandlers etc • Be good thinkers who can learn tasks quickly • Be self motivated with good communication skills • Team players What we offer: • Good working environment • Good wages to the right people • Good promotional opportunities • Good variety of work • Immediate start A current CV showing previous work history is required.

All enquiries should be made to: ray@raymayne.co.nz or Ray Mayne Ray Mayne Hose and Fittings Ltd P O Box 247 ASHBURTON 03 308 6022

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

SALES REPRESENTATIVE The Front Store Engineering Supplies operates five engineering supplies branches throughout the South Island and is owned by Timaru based engineering company Wallace and Cooper Ltd. The Front Store has a proud history of providing quality engineering products to the farming and business communities throughout the South Island and prides itself on being 100% New Zealand owned and operated. This is a challenging and stimulating role in an established team providing the highest levels of product quality and service in the Ashburton area.

An opportunity has come up for a Sales Representative based in our Ashburton branch.

THE POSITION Reporting directly to the Ashburton Branch Manager, the successful applicant will be responsible for maintaining and expanding this large customer base.

The position requires the ability to translate technically complex information, providing solutions to customer enquiries and also contribute to the day to day operations of the branch.

Duties will include calling on customers focused on growing business across both new and existing within the territory and actively pursuing new business via cold calling and targeting marketing campaigns.

THE APPLICANT We require a dynamic individual who has previous experience in a sales related role with a proven record of achieving sales targets and business growth. Experience in the engineering or mechanical industry is desirable but not essential.

Written applications marked ‘Confidential’ including CV, should be addressed to: Sales Representative C/- Andrew Teale The Front Store P.O. Box 435, Timaru Email: andrew@thefrontstore.co.nz Applications close 30th April 2013

Place your job ads with our experienced team Deadline 2pm prior publication day

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JOBS

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Director Appointment Following the decision taken at the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting to increase the size of the Directorate, the Shareholder Committee of EA Networks wish to appoint an additional director who resides in the Ashburton district.

We seek applicants with; ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

Integrity and independence Understanding of co-operative principles and structure Experience of directorship and/or significant community appointments Understanding of governance principles and responsibilities of directors Financial acumen and commercial capability Capability in the development of business strategy Passion for future development of the business Ability to fit into a team

EA Networks is a locally owned co-operative electricity distribution company, it owns and operates the regions electricity distribution network, an advanced fibre optic communications network and is a joint venture partner in the Barrhill Chertsey irrigation scheme. The Company also operates a successful contracting business to support residents and businesses across Mid-Canterbury and beyond.

Confidential applications can be submitted by email to: chris@rmf.co.nz or post to PO Box 22, Ashburton 7740.

For further information phone: Stuart Leadley 308 5524

Welder/Engineer for General Production

Rotowiper Ltd manufacture the Rotowiper® weed wiper systems that has been successfully selling in many countries through out the world.

We require the services of a competent welder for our factory in Bremners Road in Ashburton. You must be able to work in a team environment with the ability to work with minimum supervision.

General engineering knowledge will be an advantage but those persons with a desire to learn should also apply. The work is varied and you will be required to be able to multi task all processes within the factory.

The company is planning to grow and are looking for a person that wants to be part of this culture.

This position is available for immediate start or by negotiation.

Please forward your CV and letter of application by email to the Manager - nzsales@rotowiper.co.nz or the address below.

Applications close on Monday 29 April 2013 48 Bremners Road, PO Box 333, Ashburton 7740, NZ Phone 03 308 4497, Fax 03 308 2462, Mobile 027-311-9471 Email nzsales@rotowiper.co.nz Web www.rotowiper.co.nz

Dairy Representative Rural Livestock is the largest privately owned stock and station company in the South Island and we are currently seeking a Dairy Representative to join our team in Mid Canterbury.

The successful applicant will have an in depth knowledge of the dairy industry, be highly motivated and professional in their approach.

This is a great opportunity to work for a leading independent company, working with experienced colleagues in a great team environment, offering a competitive remuneration package.

Please apply in writing with your current C.V.

by Friday 26 April 2013 to: The Dairy Manager Rural Livestock Ltd P O Box 8669 Christchurch 8440

ARCADIA Restaurant & Bar

STAFF WANTED

Qualified Chef Wait Staff Bar Managers Security Staff – Must have crowd controller qualifications If you would like to apply for any of these positions please call Annette immediately on 307-1406.

Calf Rearer Required We need a caring person to assist rearing approximately 300 calves. Experience an advantage but could provide training for suitable applicant.

We have excellent facilities on our 700 cow dairy unit at Mt Somers.

Accommodation could be available.

Apply evenings.

Ph 303 9853 or 027 473 2632

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

Parking Officer Part-Time

Driver Required

We are looking for a motivated individual with great time management skills to join our team working 20 hours each week, alternating between the morning and afternoon shift. You will play a pivotal role ensuring high accessibility to our CBD by enforcing relevant legislations and by-laws in a fair and equitable manner.

Class 4 license essential, Class 5 license an advantage.

Strong communication and customer service skills are essential in this public role, you’ll also need to be fit and able to be on your feet each day. When you’re not on the pavement you’ll be in the office following up on parking related administration so computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Office is essential.

To find out more information go to our website to read the position description, then apply online.

We are looking to fill a permanent, full time driving position.

Must be honest, reliable and physically fit as heavy lifting is involved.

Call 021 327 318

for more information

SITUATIONS WANTED

Applications close 28 April 2013.

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Let us solve your people puzzle Advertise your vacancies with the Guardian today - phone 307 7900

Dairy Position Wanted Person with a mature outlook requires a dairy position from June 1, or sooner, with a one or two bedroom house.

Phone Noel 027 927 1428 MALE, 34, two years dairy experience, New Zealand licence, still working, looking for farm in coming season.

Prefer separate accommodation. Phone Krish 022-381-0145.

Ashburton Toy Library

Lead toy librarian required with regular Saturdays, 9am-1pm, with additional hours for administration.

Contact

ashburtontoylibrary@gmail.com,

or phone 027-406-7370 Applications close Friday, May 3.

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, April 20, 2013

Classifieds DAILY DIARY

TRADES & SERVICES

TRADES & SERVICES

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High quality 25x4m, 25x8m, heaviest micron coating polytarp. Ropes available.

Or made to measure.

Three years UV warranty.

Ashburton’s largest selection at competitive prices.

HAY COVERS

SATURDAY APRIL 20

Refuse and Recycling – Anzac Day Arrangements 2013 Resource Recovery Parks The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on Thursday 25th April 2013.

Kerbisde Collection

There are no changes to any other collections.

ROB ROUSE Operations Manager www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

TV TakeBack Programme The Ashburton District Council is participating in the Ministry for the Environment’s TV TakeBack program.

For a limited time a subsidised fee of $5 will be charged to drop off your old televisions at the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park only.

The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park is located on Range Road, Ashburton and is open: Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm Saturday 9 am – 5 pm Sunday 1 pm – 5 pm Further information about the nationwide TV TakeBack programme is available on the Ashburton District Council website.

www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

Anzac Day Service

from Friday April 26 to Friday May 24.

The Rangitata Diversion Race will be shut down for maintenance over this period and will therefore be closed for any recreational use.

Maintenance will occur throughout the length of the Race and the public is advised to keep clear of any works for their own safety.

Additionally the Race will be CLOSED FOR DUCK SHOOTING through this period until May 25, 2013.

For further information please contact: Ben Curry 021-893-944 or Neill Stevens 027-439-8411.

Ben Curry CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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TinwAld CAnVAS & UPHOlSTERY

SUNDAY APRIL 21

Kerbside refuse and recyclables programmed for collection on Thursday 25th April in Allenton (Christchurch side of Harrison Street, West Street, Farm Road to north east of town boundary) will be collected on Friday 26th April 2013.

RANGITATA DIVERSION RACE CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE

9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

10.00am. ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Church fair, stalls, sausage sizzle and much more. Parish Hall, Cnr Jane and Thomson Streets Tinwald.

10.00am - 12noon. VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm. MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 14km road race. Register from 1pm. Fords Road, near the sale yards.

Ealing Hall, Thursday April 25, 2013 9.15am Please bring a plate for morning tea.

All welcome.

8.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

8.30am. HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass.

Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.00am. ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Combined Choir - Resurrection Celebration. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am. ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10.00am. HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH, Mass.

Sealy Street.

10.00am. ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10.00am. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown. cnr Havelock and Park streets.

10.00am. ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street.

10.30am. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. now at 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

12.30pm. CLASSIC MOTORBIKE RUN. 110km of interesting stops, the public are welcome to view at Mitre 10 car park prior to the run starting.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic Aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

7.00pm. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church Service, with Rev David Brown, Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

7.00pm. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. now at 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

MONDAY APRIL 22 9.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road.

9.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House.

9.30am - 10.30am. AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies exercise classes start today. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.45am. THE PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting at the Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.30am - 11.30am. AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Men’s exercise classes start today. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road.

6.00pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

6.45pm. ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Visit RX Plastics, raffle, sales supper. Note earlier time.

Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

7.30pm. CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre in the Parish centre, Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

7.30pm. TINWALD INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. Bowlers welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

EMMA JAILLET-GODIN

115 Main South Road Ph/fax 307 2354 tincanup@xtra.co.nz

Phone 308 6415 34 Robinson Street Riverside Industrial Park Ashburton

Birthday Greetings

Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

For all your cake decorating requirements.

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

Sarah Millar Happy 12th Birthday for tomorrow. Hope you have a great day.

Love from Mum, Dad and Jack. xx

Ella Quinn

Happy 4th Birthday Miss Ella.

We love you heaps. Dad, Mum, Zavier and all your family.

Jorja Abernethy Happy 6th Birthday Sweetheart!

Lots of love Mummy, Daddy, Hunter, Nana, Grandad and Uncle Paul. xxx Eddie Lee Davis

Happy 10th Birthday for tomorrow to our table tennis champ!

Love you heaps from all your Whanau. xoxoxoxo

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

MOB

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 30 April 2013, 6.30pm Ashburton Learning Centre 71 Park Street, Ashburton All Welcome Enquiries Phone 308 5322

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

TEL FAX EML ADR WEB

Congratulations on your graduation from Ruma Whakawhanui - The Extension Room. Happy birthday and happy school days from all your friends and teachers at Childs Play Preschool, Tinwald.

03 307 7976 03 307 7981

emma.j@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, 161 Burnett Street Ashburton www.guardianonline.co.nz

Advertise your vacancies with the Guardian today

Hawkins Construction Subcontractor Expression of Interest EA NETWORKS – AQUATIC & SPORTS CENTRE, ASHBURTON Expressions of Interest are sought from local subcontractors and suppliers who are interested in working on the above project for Hawkins Construction.

Please forward company details and relevant experience information for consideration in the tender process to the address below, by : Monday 22nd April 2013 P O Box 42127 Christchurch 8149 chch.reception@hawkins.co.nz

WANTED

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $ BUYERS OF ALL METALS Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane, Riverside Estate (Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

Dion Bayston

021 662 884

Let us solve your people puzzle

TENDERS

Happy Birthday

from

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Want to sell your car?

Call the Guardian on 307 7900 to see how

TF-SCRAP

PUBLIC NOTICES

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GUARDIAN CLASSIFIEDS

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, April 20, 2013

Classifieds PUBLIC NOTICES

MEETINGS & EVENTS

Draft Trade Wastes Bylaw Ashburton District Council adopted the draft Trade Wastes Bylaw on 4th April 2013. The draft Bylaw identifies and sets out Council’s requirements for Trade Wastes activities in the district.

The draft Trade Wastes Bylaw is now open for public comment and feedback, and Council wants to know what you think of what is proposed. The Bylaw is open for submission until 5.00pm Friday 7th June 2013.

Copies of the summary and full draft Trade Wastes Bylaws and submission forms will be available from Saturday 6th April 2013 on Council’s website, www.ashburtondc.govt.nz or from the following locations: •

Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton

•

Ashburton Public Library, Havelock Street, Ashburton

•

Methven i-SITE, 160 Main Street, Methven

•

Rakaia Mobil, Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia

If you would like a copy sent out to you please phone the Council Office on (03) 307 7700

www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

Proudly supported by The Ashburton Guardian St John Te Kuiti 80th Anniversary Celebrations Saturday 15 June and Sunday 16 June 2013

To register contact: 07-878-8799

station.tkt@stjohn.org.nz

PLANTS & PRODUCE HORTICULTURE Training.

Vegetable Production Includes organics, HORTICULTURE Training. composting, soil, nutrition, Vegetable large and Production small scale.Includes Supplement your organics, income, composting, soil, nutrition, change your lifestyle.

Other large and small scale. course options available.

Supplement your income, www.agribusiness.ac.nz change03-308-7870. your lifestyle. Other Phone course options available. www.agribusiness.ac.nz Phone 03-308-7870.

PEASTRAW for sale, good quality and weed free, $4.50 per bale.

Delivery in PEASTRAW area. for sale, Ashburton Ph good 303quality weed free, $4.50 7680 or and 027-390-0002. per bale.

Delivery in Ashburton area. Ph 3037680 orREAL 027-390-0002.

ESTATE HOUSE wanted. Genuine cash buyers looking for a 3/4 bedroom home - $410K $460K. Option to rent and become a cash buyer for your next move. No agents please Ph: 021-821-466.

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

PUBLIC NOTICES

Change of ownership Having sold the above business, Stan and Shirley Hydes thank all their loyal customers for their support over the last 30 years and trust you will support new owners, Scott and Sharon Bowers, the same way.

PLANTS & PRODUCE

Sale of Liquor Act 1989

$2 week

Public Notice

Methven United Club Incorporated, Methven Chertsey Road, Methven has made application to the District Licensing Agency at Ashburton for the grant (or renewal) of Club Licence in respect of the premises situated at Methven Chertsey Road and known as Methven United Club.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is- Sports Club.

The days on which and the hours during which liquor is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6.00pm - 10.00pm Friday 5.00pm - 12.00 midnight Saturday 1.00pm - 12.00 midnight Sunday 2.00pm - 9.00pm The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Agency at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 10 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary Ashburton District Licensing Agency P O Box 94 ASHBURTON This is the first publication of this notice.

Ashburton Forks Engineering Ltd

Cali Orange Tele Cucumber Red Onions 1kg Cauliflower Red Braeburn 1.5kg Pumpkin

$2 kg $2 ea $2 bag $2 ea $2 bag $2 ea

Specials available from 16-04/23-04

OPEN 7 DAYS The Green Grocer Fresh Fruit & Vege

PUBLIC NOTICES

The Ashburton VintageCar Club has been granted approval for a closed day for the purpose of our annual Swap Meet at Maronan Road on 4th May 2013.

Entry fee to the grounds will apply.

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

RURAL TRADING POST BARLEY/WHEAT/STRAW, square bales, 4x3x7, 2012 harvest.

Good quality, covered, Offers - must sell.

Baleage also, only suitable for cattle or dry stock.

Ashburton ph 027-476-6871 or 303-7476.

Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

RURAL TRADING POST NATIVE plants suitable as shelter/dairy. Pittosporums, Ribbonwoods, coprosma, cabbage trees, flax, kowhai. $2 each. Grasses from $1.50 each.

Greenscene, propagation, willowby.

Phone 302-6060.

OATEN Chaff, 30kg, $27; CAT D8 and 40 tonne Lucerne Chaff, 24kg, $25, all excavator for hire. Phone good quality. Ph (03) 3132804.

027-474-5243.

SAM-SPRAYER: 2006, self HAY, meadow, one unit load propelled, good condition. avail., med. sq’s, $45 + GST Phone 0274-517-176. per bale. Ph (03) 313-2804.

THIS seasons conventional HEADING dog pups for sale. hay. Good quality $5.50 per 11 weeks old. Excellent bale. Delivery Ashburton working parents. Phone 03 area. Phone 303-7680 or 027390-0002.

318 6509.

The new owners of Ashburton Forks Engineering Ltd have added their business, RT Installations Ltd, and would like to extend their 20 years experience of Rota-Tech milking platforms and on-site maintenance and services to old and new customers.

We would like to wish Stan and Shirley all the best in their retirement.

TRADES & SERVICES

WANTED

Pine trees CARPET 2 U. Mike Gill. WANTED Installation and Sales. suitable for firewood. Dairy conversions - Shelter belts Phone 027-491-4210. any thing considered.

Ashburton and areas. Phone HOME handyman available. 027-239-0312.

Minor repairs, painting etc.

Ph 027-677-1952.

WANTED - used Ford, Belarus and Massey ROOFING - for all your Ferguson tractors in any Freephone roofing requirements, new condition. roofs, reroofing, commercial, 0800-888-343. insurance claims, repairs.

Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-4760203.

WANTED COLLECTOR pays top prices for old bottles, old metal advertising signs or old petrol or oil tins. Phone or txt 021-034-9001.

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, April 20, 2013

Classifieds ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

AVAILABLE rEntALs 15 Ludlow Drive Three Bedrooms / Two Bathrooms Web ID AS491 $420 per week 4 Hakatere Drive Three / Four Bedrooms Web ID AS498 $320 per week 79B Oxford Street Two Bedrooms Web ID AS501 $280 per week 283 Tancred Street Two Bedrooms Web ID AS505 $300 per week 4/46 Peter Street Two Bedrooms Web ID AS506 $280 per week

References required

Alana 0274 736 825 Michelle 027 77 66 497

Better in Blue

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

BUSINESS WANTED, SELL

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Health beauty

Platters Cafe & Deli An exciting business opportunity has become available to those motivated persons with a passion & flair for food, who have dreamt of becoming a part of the Ashburton Cafe scene.

connections

There are two options available to realise that dream – which could be well within your reach!

1- By Purchasing ‘Platters’ plant, stock & brand & relocating to alternative premises.

OR 2- By Purchasing ‘Platters’ plant, stock & brand.

Negotiating a new lease with the landlords, thereby taking advantage of the excellent location on SH1, with the prospect of new premises on site in future.

Platters Cafe & Deli has become a very highly regarded, popular Ashburton icon since its inception 10 years ago. It is a unique cafe with a substantial regular customer base.

Want healthy, beautiful skin?

There is still a huge potential within this business.

Sharilyne (right) from the Blenheim Health 2000 store, has been using theCream® fro 11 weeks. She says she is rapt with the results, as it has removed her dark under-eye circles, while evening out skin tone, reducing pores, fine lines and wrinkles.

Interested parties please contact Jeanette at ‘Platters’ on: Ph 03 308 7528, Email: platterscafe@hotmail.com

Church Services

FOR RENT: tidy two bedroom cottage with plenty of sun, log burner, Melcombe Street, Tinwald. No dogs.

References required. $270 per week. Call 027-5800-823.

BEFORE

Ashburton Arcade 308-1815 www.health2000.co.nz

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

PROPERTY INVESTORS Distance yourself from tenant and management problems.

Have your property managed independently, professionally and cost effectively. Property management is our sole focus 24/7. Call B&N Properties Ltd now, phone 021-1604565. www.bnproperties.co.nz

Yoga Classes/Workshops

Gentle Dru yoga techniques are used to de-stress and relax, build strength and flexibility, and improve balance in the mind and body.

Classes last 90 minutes and are suitable for all abilities.

Classes begin 23rd April 2013, 7 week term, cost $105 Ashburton Classes: Tuesday 10am and 5.30pm Thursday 5.45pm and 7.30pm Mayfield Class Wednesday 7pm Call Janet Cross on 3036067 Or email janetcrossyoga@gmail.com Registration required, limited space available

10am Every Sunday All Welcome

Calling all believers. Your faith will be strengthened.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

AFTER 11 WEEKS

Dru Yoga workshops Top uk Tutor Timaru SaT 18 may | aShburTon Sun 19 may $110 including teas, nibbles & lunch, or $180 for weekend.

Contact Janet (details above) for more details and to register.

10am-5pm

ATTRACTIVE and busty. No texting. Everyday. No W’s.

Phone Zoe 021-023-39-259.

NEW Asian lady, slim, sexy, busty, good massage and service.

Phone Angel 021-055-4593.

FOR SALE

landscape supplies

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts, Phone 308 5409 Website www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am - Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor David Jensen LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church) Creche Available Refreshments to follow.

4.30pm Hour of Power YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY WELCOME

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

We hope to see you this Sunday!

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

Heart to God And Hand to Man Celebration Service and Children’s Programme

10.00am You’re very welcome!

Cnr Cass & Cameron St 308 7610 - 308 7062

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

FOR SALE DISHWASHER, excellent order. Suit rental or flat. $150. Also older electric stove. Ph 307-2503.

FOR SALE. King bed Sleepyhead Hardly used, $250. F&P Smartdrive top washer, $220. 3 Seater Couch converts Queen bed, $360. Low Boy 9 drawers plus mirror, $100. Computer Desk, $40. TV cabinet 900mm wide. Glass Doors, $120. Reel Mower Front catcher, $275. All offers considered, Ph 307 8025.

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602.

SPLIT dry firewood for sale.

Pick up Rakaia. Phone 302-7034.

GARAGE SALES

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work. Call and see U-Hire Ashburton, 588 East Street.

Open: Mon-Fri 7.30amGARAGE Sale, Saturday, 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am-5pm; April 20. From 9am, at Sunday 8.00am-12.30pm.

Chalmers Avenue. House- Ph: 308-8061 A/H: 308-7460 hold items etc. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

GARAGE Sale. Household items, furniture and whiteware etc.

425 Winchmore School Road, Saturday, 9.00am.

GARAGE Sale, Sunday, April 21. 74 David Street, Hinds form 10am, no earlier.

Furniture, toys, clothes and more.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

LIVESTOCK & PETS BEEF Calves, straight Beef not Dairy thX, Angus Hereford X, good quality calves, 140kg+, drenched, nait tagged, quiet, priced from $300 + GST each. Ph (03) 313 2804.

BUYER of unwanted animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-3227626.

MOTORING AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, GARDENING 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.. FORD Telstar Orion 1994, Phone Brian 307-8000 or manual, 240,000kms, red, PEA straw for sale. Medium 308-6180.

WOF and Rego, $1,500 ono. squares $45 delivered.

027-937-7035.

Ashburton. Ph 302-6605.

AKAROA - Spacious holiday home with great views. WHEEL alignments at great PEASTRAW for sale. Good Three bedrooms, two prices. Maximise the life quality, weed free. $4 per bathrooms, heatpump, flat of your tyres with an bale pick-up, $4.50 delivered section with boat parking. alignment from Neumanns Ashburton. Phone 022-139- Close to shops. Phone 302 Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills 1654.

Street. Phone 308-6737.

8028.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, April 20, 2013

Weekend Services

Medical ServiceS

PHARMACIES

Netherby Pharmacy - Chalmers Ave, Ashburton. Saturday Open from: 10am-12noon referral note.

Sunday open from: 10.30am-12 noon Evening: 6pm-7pm Sat & Sun

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your community Services card.

Emergency phone until 8am Monday - 0800 700 155.

- Saturday Duty Doctor till 8am Sunday: Dr C Ryan at Moore St Medical Centre Ashburton.

Surgery times 10am-12pm & 6pm-7pm Phone: 03 308 3066 no app necessary - Sunday Duty Doc till 8am Monday: Dr P Holdaway at Gym Company Medical: Cass , Ashburton. Surgery times: 10am-12pm & 6pm-7pm.

Phone: 03 308 9489 no app necessary.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

Helpline ServiceS

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Closed Statutory Holidays.

Group Bookings by arrangement

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous. org.nz for more information.

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Hours: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

MENTAL HEALTH -

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

SAFE CARE - 24 hr rape and Sexual assault crisis Support.

Ph: 03 364 8791

aSHBUrTon HoSPiTal general WardS - (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2.00pm - 4.00pm 6.00pm - 7.30pm Children must be accompanied by an adult. cHalmerS Ward (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. maTerniTy Ward DAILY, 10am - 8pm.

-Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.

TUarangi Home (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

aSHBUrTon mail cenTre FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm PoST deliVery cenTreS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP - 24 hr- Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Freephone 0800 VicTim (0800 842 846) Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Direct dials to a volunteer.

Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ashburton office - 307 8409 week-days, Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a aSHBUrTon’S STreeT receiVerS message.

Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm Call us free on (0800 787 797).

INFORMATION CENTRES Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days. aSHBUrTon - Sat 10am until 2pm.

LIFELINE Sun CLOSED. ASHBURTON REST HOMES: Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. coldSTream HoUSe — DAILY, unrestricted Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Phone 308-1050. visiting. oMMunity erviceS meTHVen -Saturday and Sunday 10am until cameron coUrTS — DAILY, unrestricted 3pm.

ART GALLERY visiting.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org Phone 308 1133.

Baring Square East, PrinceS coUrT — DAILY, unrestricted Ashburton.

BUS DEPARTURES visiting.

Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Closed Public Holidays.

Freephone for reservations: If you do not have or cannot contact your 0800 802 802.

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 BUSeS - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

Saturday: 10:00am-1:00pm in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sunday 1:00pm -4:00pm Sundays and Public Holidays.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA -

For weekend Doctor and Emergency details please phone: Methven Medical Centre - 03 302 8105 Clinic 11am-12pm & 5pm-6pm Sat & Sun Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service.

Except in cases of emergency persons requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners

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aniMal ServiceS DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

MID CANTERBURY SPCA

WeeKend emergency PHone nUmBer: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER

Contact (cats) Andrea 021 892 939 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS care VeTS - Ph 03 308 2327, 246 Tancred Street, Saturday Clinic: 10am - 2pm.

Emergencies: ref Riverside VetEnt VeTliFe aSHBUrTon - Phone 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd Ashburton.

Saturday Clinic 9am-12pm Emergencies: Lge: Hazel Foley. Sml: Shannon Reeve VeT enT riVerSide - Phone 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday Clinic: 9am-12pm. Emergencies: Lge: Andrew Robinson. Sml: Catherine Hayward. 24-hour emergency service canTerBUry VeTS Ph 03 307 0686 , 363 West Street Clinic Methven Sat 9.00am-12pm. Emergencies: Jade Hackney aSHBUrTon VeT SerViceS lTd Ph 027 683 8111, 149 Cameron Street Ashburton: The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is Jo Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

Offering farmers great housing options G. J. Gardner pre-designed homes with speed and economy in mind. They have a great range of plans available for farm managers and workers.

To find out more about our plans, call Angela today.

Phone Angela on 03 308 7052 or 027 447 0697 | www.gjgardner.co.nz Guardian Weekend Weather

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NZ Situation

A complex trough approaches New Zealand from the Tasman Sea, with associated fronts crossing the country tomorrow. The trough is expected to move slowly over New Zealand during Monday and Tuesday, and away to the east later on Wednesday as a ridge approaches from the west.

River Levels 6

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The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:12 am Set 5:51 pm Bad

Bad fishing Set 12:40 am Rise 2:36 pm

Rise 7:13 am Set 5:49 pm Bad

Bad fishing Set 1:41 am Rise 3:06 pm

Full moon

Last quarter

26 Apr 7:59 am

2 May 11:16 pm

©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

www.ofu.co.nz

Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Temperatures °C

Rise 7:14 am Set 5:48 pm Bad

Bad fishing Set 2:45 am Rise 3:34 pm

New moon 10 May 12:30 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

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Rain, with some heavy falls, falling as snow above 1200 metres.

Wind at 1000m: SE 50 km/h, easing in the morning and tending NE. Wind at 2000m: E 50 km/h, tending NE during the morning.

TOMORROW

FZL: Rising to 2800m

Periods of rain. Snow above 1800 metres at first, then lifting.

Wind at 1000m: Tending N 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: Tending N 35 km/h.

Period of rain. Light winds.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Period of rain. Northerlies dying out, northwesterlies later.

A few showers. Southwesterlies for a time.

TUESDAY A few showers. Northwesterlies.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

A few showers. Winds mainly light.

A few showers. Northwesterlies dying out.

World Weather Forecast for today

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 3:30 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday Source: Environment Canterbury

5:22

Periods of rain. Northeasterlies, dying out later.

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Rain, persistent about the foothills.

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TOMORROW: Periods of rain. Northeasterlies.

CHRISTCHURCH

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METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

fine fine showers cloudy fine fine fine thunder showers showers fine fine fine cloudy cloudy

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Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi New Delhi

Compiled by © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2013

showers showers rain fine rain rain thunder thunder fine fine fine fine fine thunder fine

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rain fine showers showers rain fine cloudy thunder showers showers rain showers drizzle showers drizzle

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16 13 22 29 17 21 11 32 8 20 25 20 16 17 8

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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