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■ MID CANTERBURY CRASH

4WD, caravan flip near Mayfield

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

A family of five had their holiday plans come to an abrupt end yesterday when their 4WD towing a caravan flipped after being hit by a strong gust of wind near Mayfield, police say.

A St John ambulance spokesperson said a mother of three was flown to Christchurch Hospital with moderate hand and leg injuries from the crash, while the father and his children emerged relatively unharmed and were not taken to hospital.

The family was believed to be heading south for a three-week holiday, travelling along Mayfield-Valetta Road about 9am with their Jayco pop-up caravan in tow before their plans were thwarted.

“We believe the vehicle towing the caravan was caught in a wind gust and the caravan had become detached from the car, just being held on by its safety chain. The car lost control and has rolled, but we are not sure of the exact number of times,” Sergeant Bryan Ennis, of Ashburton, said.

Tyre marks from the scene showed the vehicle veered off the left side of the road before over correcting and heading on

A mother was taken to Christchurch Hospital after the 4WD and caravan unit she was travelling in with her family rolled near Mayfield after being caught by a gust of wind.

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to the wrong lane. It appeared the driver then corrected left again, with the 4WD and caravan unit flipping before becoming stuck in a fence upright.

Wind gusts were strong along the stretch of road for the majority of the day.

Two engines from the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade and one from the Mayfield Rural fire force attended the scene, along with two police cars and two St John ambulances.

The road was blocked, with traffic travelling both ways di-

verted along the grass verge past the scene.

Mr Ennis said it was unknown if charges would be laid as inquiries continued, and investigations would look to find if other factors contributed towards the crash other than the wind.

■ WESTERFIELD FIRE

Strong winds reignite rubbish fire By erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Strong winds yesterday reignited a fire in a pile of tree rubbish at a Westerfield property yesterday morning.

But Ashburton’s principal rural fire officer Don Geddes says recent rain means the district is still looking surprisingly green for this time of the year and there may not be any need for fire restrictions to be put in place just yet.

“Given the amount of rain we’ve had over the holidays I’m not sure if restrictions will go on. We might stay in an open season, it just depends on what the weather does,” Mr Geddes said.

The district’s fire danger will be reassessed on Monday.

“That (yesterday morning’s call-out) was our first fire call since December 23,” Mr Geddes said. “Everything is just so green at the moment, but of course it will dry out.”

Mr Geddes said conditions could change quickly, but there was more rain in the forecast

Volunteer firefighters from Ashburton dampen down a fire in a pile of trees at a Lowe’s Road property during strong winds yesterday morning.

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for next week.

Yesterday morning’s fire at a Lowe’s Road property at Westerfield was a reignition of a fire in a pile of tree stumps due to the strong winds which battered the district.

Mr Geddes said the fire had been lit some time ago and was a perfect example of the warning he had been repeating in recent weeks.

He had warned farmers wanting to burn tree rubbish

from spring’s wind storms, to only do so when it was safe.

He said people needed to take extreme care when lighting any fire even though the district was not in a restricted fire season.

He said the crash highlighted the importance of driving to the conditions, particularly when towing.

“It would also pay to check the forecast before going on long trips so you know what to expect,” he said.

■ WEATHER

Severe weather warning Strong winds caused a 4WD vehicle towing a caravan to flip near Mayfield and fanned a blaze on a rural property near Hinds yesterday.

And it’s not over yet, according to MetService, which has issued severe weather warnings for most of the South Island throughout the weekend.

Heavy rainfall forecast on the West Coast and Southern Alps has prompted a warning for campers and holidaymakers near rivers and lakes on this side of the divide to be mindful of rapidly rising waters, surface flooding and slips.

Strong to severe gales are predicted to move up the South Island over the next two days, and drivers are asked to take care in exposed areas.

The weather is predicted to settle next week.

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■ FOREIGNERS KILLED

Kiwi shot dead in western Libya

By MaTThEw BackhousE, Lucy BEnnETT and cassandra Mason Two foreigners shot dead in western Libya, reportedly a New Zealand woman and a British man, appear to have been killed next to a picnic on a beach.

New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Mfat) and Britain’s Foreign Office are both investigating the reports, but neither has confirmed the pair’s nationality.

The bodies were found with gunshot wounds near the coastal area of Mellitah, 100km west of Tripoli, a security source told Reuters.

A graphic photograph purportedly of the pair, posted to the Sabratah Media Centre Facebook page, shows their bodies lying face-down in sand.

The bodies were separated by what appeared to be picnic blanket laid out with food and drink.

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We are working with relevant authorities to confirm this

The photograph also showed a red and black backpack.

A security source told Reuters the pair’s belongings were not stolen and the motive for their killing was unclear. Police were reportedly investigating tyre marks found in the area.

It is understood at least one of the pair worked at Mellitah Oil and Gas, a large oil and gas complex co-owned by Italy’s ENI. Other reports suggested the pair were teachers.

Mfat spokesman Adam Crichton said the ministry was aware of reports a New Zealander may have been killed in Libya.

“We are working with the relevant authorities to confirm this.”

No update was expected until today, he said.

Five New Zealanders were registered as being in Libya, he said.

Mfat’s SafeTravel website warns of “extreme risk” to personal security in parts of Libya “due to a significant threat from terrorism and kidnapping and we advise against all travel”.

There was a “high risk” to security in other areas, including the capital Tripoli and the northern coastal cities of Zu-

wara - near where the bodies were found.

A spokesman for Britain’s Foreign Office said: “We are aware of reports that the bodies of two foreign nationals have been found in Libya and are urgently seeking further information from the authorities.”

Libyan police had been actively searching for the pair when their bodies were discovered, CNN reported the Sabratah Media Centre as saying.

It was not clear how long the pair had been missing beforehand, the report said.

A control room operator at Mellitah Oil and Gas told APNZ the bodies were found near Sabratah, about 74km west of Tripoli.

He said he did not have exact information about where the pair were working, but they had “some jobs at Mellitah”.

“I haven’t seen an English man or a New Zealand woman

here before, but they have told us that they have some jobs at Mellitah.”

The operator said he did not know why the pair had been killed.

“We are waiting also, we are waiting. All of us, also foreign people, all are afraid about that.”

Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported a British national employed at the complex was missing.

The Associated Press reported the pair were both teachers and worked in Tripoli.

The incident comes less than a month after an American teacher was shot to death in the eastern city of Benghazi.

In a separate incident, two Americans were being held by the Libyan army at its Benghazi headquarters, several security and army sources told Reuters.

Both were arrested on the campus of Benghazi University, a security source said. - APNZ

■ 2013’S TOP BABY NAMES

Thomas and Charlotte top local charts

■ NZ 2013 Top 10 Girls’ Names (2012 place in brackets): 1. Charlotte (4) 2. Emily (3) 3. Ruby (5) 4. Sophie (2) 5. Olivia (1) 6. Isla (12) 7. Amelia (8) 8. Ava (10) 9. Isabella (6) 10. Ella (7)

By Erin TaskEr

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Thomas topped the charts in Mid Canterbury last year when it came to baby names.

According to birth notices and baby photos in the Ashburton Guardian in 2013, there were at least 69 baby girls welcomed into the world by Mid Canterbury people and 103 baby boys - six of whom were named Thomas – making it the most popular name.

Helping make their name so popular were Thomas Quinlan and Thomas Reed, who kindly took time out of their hectic schedules of sleeping, eating and playing, to pose for a photograph for the Guardian.

Thomas also featured in the most popular baby names in New Zealand for 2013, according to lists released by the Department of Internal Affairs yesterday.

Thomas came in at number 10 on the boys’ list, up from number 18 last year, while the most popular boys name in the country for the year was Oliver, which toppled 2012’s top name, Jack. Jack dropped to second in 2013.

For the girls, Charlotte was the most used name in New Zealand, followed by Emily, Ruby and Sophie. The top name from 2012, Olivia, dropped to fifth.

TOP NAMES

■ NZ Top 10 Boys’ Names (2012 place in brackets): 1. Oliver (2) 2. Jack (1) 3. James (11) 4. William (3) 5. Mason (5) 6. Liam (4) 7. Samuel (6) 8. Lucas (8) 9. Noah (10) 10. Thomas (18)

Thomas was Mid Canterbury’s most popular name in 2013. Helping their name to the title were Thomas Quinlan, 6 months, (left) and Thomas Reed, 5 months.

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Charlotte was also Mid Canterbury’s favourite name of 2013, with three baby Charlottes born. Charlotte tied for first place with Hannah.

There were names which featured more than once, but

with different spellings, including Ollie and Olly, Annabel and Annabelle, Maddison and Madison, and Oscar and Oskar.

The changing face of Mid Canterbury was also evident in looking through the year’s

names, with a number of names from other countries or cultures represented.

Among the more unusual names were Tuamaryrose, Arjunn, Yasser, Sagan and Kapiolani.

■ Mid Canterbury’s top boys’ names (number of babies with that name in brackets): Thomas (6) 2= Flynn and James (4) 3= Archer, Lachlan, Ryan, Riley (3) ■ Mid Canterbury’s top girls’ names (number of babies with that name in brackets): 1= Hannah, Charlotte, Sophie (3) 2= Zara, Scarlett, Jamie, Emma, Greta and Harper (2)

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■ LOCALS OFF TO FLAME

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In brief

Rangers off to jamboree

Man identified

By Erin TaskEr

Crumbs! $554 biscuits

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Four Mid Canterbury rangers and two of their leaders are on their way to Auckland for the national Ranger Jamboree, FLAME. The jamboree – the first for GirlGuiding New Zealand’s senior section since 2004 - is being held at Wesley College in Pukekohe from today, and will finish on January 11.

The first four days of the camp are held on site at Wesley College and activities include a group challenge of team building, brain teasers, physical challenges, chill-out time, cultural experiences and lots of fun and laughs, as well as a chance to try out new activities.

From day five to eight the girls take part in an off-site adventure – where they specialise in chosen activities.

The activities range from black water rafting at Waitomo Caves, sailing on a tall ship, can-

yoning, kayaking, caving, horse riding, surfing and abseiling to visiting Middle Earth at Matamata, Rainbow’s End, climbing the Auckland Harbour Bridge, seeing kiwi up close and zoo visits, creative cookery and trips to Kawau and Goat Islands.

“This is a chance for the girls to try new things, challenge themselves, make new friends and have fun,” Ashburton ranger leader Elaine Vallender said.

The girls will be catered for on-site at Wesley College but once on their off-site adventures they will cook on lightweight cookers.

“They will come back with a renewed respect for home luxuries,” Mrs Vallender said.

Young women from around New Zealand will be joined by their ranger counterparts from a number of Pacific Islands, Australia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Four girls and two leaders from Mid Canterbury are attending the jamboree.

A man found dead on a walking track in the Coromandel has been identified by relatives, police said.

The man, whose name had not been released, was a 50-yearold from Rotorua, Tairua Police Sergeant Damien O’Kane said.

The man’s body was found on Wednesday, and his body was flown to Waikato Hospital on New Year’s Day. - APNZ

A stale box of biscuits, described as “the worst Christmas present ever” has sold on the Trade Me Auction site for $554. The Sampler biscuits, which were more than six months past their expiry date, were advertised by Rotorua man Noel, who had given up such tasty treats for almost an entire year before he received them as a Christmas gift. He was disappointed to find the biscuits were stale. Noel said the winning bidder from Christchurch would be “lucky”to receive the biscuits, which were initially offered at a 50-cent reserve price, and the proceeds of the auction would be donated to the Unicef Philippines disaster relief fund.

- APNZ

Bomb scare

Ashburton Rangers Georgia Lysaght (left) and Julie Kenny are on their way to the National Ranger Jamboree.

Photo ElainE VallEndEr

■ HOUSE OF HORROR

■ FORMER COUNCIL BOSS SPEAKS OUT

Input into site plans

Marryatt staying in Chch

By shEllEy roBinson The families of the victims of the so-called House of Horror murders in Christchurch will have a big say in what is put on the empty site in Aranui.

Tisha Lowry and Rebecca Chamberlain’s families will be consulted on the three landscaping plans the city council has designed for the site on the corner of Hampshire St and Wainoni Rd. “Because of the sensitivity of the site, the council wants to consult with the families of the victims and with the community before releasing any plans,” said a city council spokesman.

The plans will then be released for public consultation and work completed by the end of June. In December the Burwood-Pegasus Community Board approved the designs to go to public consultation.

Jason Somerville is serving 23 years in prison without parole for murdering Ms Chamberlain, his wife, and neighbour Ms Lowry.

- APNZ

By shEllEy roBinson Former Christchurch Council boss Tony Marryatt says he is not leaving Christchurch despite his turbulent relationship with the city following his pay rise controversy.

Mr Marryatt has spoken publicly for the first time since his controversial departure from the city council in November last year.

He did not dodge any topic - except the confidential $400,000-plus resignation package deal he made with city councillors in September.

He would be breaching his agreement if he discussed it.

Mr Marryatt, who spent six years at the helm of the the council, said he may not have a future in local government and early retirement was a possibility.

“I’m having a break - making life a bit simpler at the moment. I’ll decide whether I’m going to permanently retire or look for something later.”

In spite of the turbulent relationship he has had with the city, he is not leaving Christchurch and contrary

Tony Marryatt

to popular opinion he has not been hiding out of town - and his golf handicap has not improved.

The city’s tumultuous relationship with the chief executive came to a head in December 2011 when the city council voted for Mr Marryatt to receive a $68,129 pay rise, taking his salary from $470,400 to $538,529 a year.

It caused outrage among residents with thousands protesting outside civic offices in February 2012.

He said he could have handled the pay rise, which he later rejected, a lot better.

“I should have rejected it straight away ... it was a dumb decision by me.”

Mr Marryatt said he under-

stood the backlash.

“It was the mood in the city at that time, everyone was frustrated and very tired.”

He said the pay rise became a “political football” for the city councillors, forcing him to launch a personal grievance case against councillors who joined the protest.

“Enough was enough. I just had to draw that line about what councillors were saying about me and the staff. That line was about professionalism, about what is acceptable and what was not as an employer.”

The grievance was settled, with the city council paying for his legal costs.

Mr Marryatt said he had no option but to resign after the council’s ability to issue building consents was revoked last July.

He was put on special leave while an investigation was carried out. He said the investigation report vindicated him, but there was no other option.

“At the end of the day I always said when the majority of the council didn’t want me then I would resign.” - APNZ

A West Auckland police station was evacuated yesterday after a man brought in a suspected bomb he found buried in a garden. It turned out it was actually a World War Two training shell that was not explosive, but the Henderson Police Station was cordoned off for about an hour from 12.45pm before the all-clear was given.

Senior Sergeant Matt Broderick said the shell was shaped like a bullet and was 30cm long and 8cm-10cm wide. The man found the shell buried in a Henderson rental property garden he was preparing for new tenants. - APNZ

Kayakers safe A father and son were found safe and well yesterday after spending a night at the base of a cliff following a kayaking trip that went wrong off the Canterbury coast.

The pair, aged 46 and 17, took their kayak to Sumner, Christchurch to go kayaking some time after 10.45am on Thursday and failed to return. Their stationwagon was later found still parked at the Sumner lifeboat park and a search was launched. The pair were found in a small cove on rocks below a cliff off Godley Head about 5am yesterday, Search and Rescue coordinator Detective Logan Penrose said.

- APNZ

Search resumes A search continued yesterday for an Auckland man who went missing after jumping into the sea to retrieve his fishing rod in the Bay of Plenty on Thursday. Peato Samele Ilalio, 40, disappeared after he went into the sea from a jetty when a stingray pulled his fishing rod in at Kauri Point, north of Katikati, about 2pm, police said.

Senior Constable Lindsay Freeman said the man and his wife had been fishing from the end of the jetty. “He’s jumped off the wharf to retrieve his fishing rod and reel. He’s got into difficulty in the channel because it’s an outgoing tide,” he said.

- APNZ

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NEWSMAKERS OF 2013 As 2014 gets under way, the Guardian is taking a look back at the year that’s been and looking at some of Mid Canterbury top stories. Reporter Toni Williams looks at the demolition and rebuild of Ashburton Hospital.

A bigger and better hospital A

shburton Hospital is fading away as demolition work continues on seismically damaged buildings . . . but they will rebuild it and it will be back, better than ever.

The hospital hit the headlines in June this year with an $8.7 million rebuild planned to strengthen unsafe operating theatres and outpatients buildings.

It is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2014.

Ashburton and Rural Health Services general manager Garth Bateup said staff welcomed the announcement which gave certainty around the future of surgical services for Ashburton.

He said most pre-demolition work was handled by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) facility development team and the threat of asbestos had been an issue.

“Before the actual demolition started, contractors were engaged to remove asbestos from the outpatients, therapy services and theatre buildings so there was a lot of work done before demolition even began.”

Since then, further asbestos contamination had been found within the old theatre block plant spaces and as late as Christmas Day, they were waiting for test results from possible underfloor contamination.

Ashburton Hospital maintenance staff removed some fixtures to be kept for future use.

While the rebuild was not announced until June, hospital staff had moved out of the earthquake damage

Asbestos contamination has delayed demolition of Ashburton Hospital’s old theatre block.

buildings into other parts of the hospital, several months earlier.

“There has been minimal disruption for staff and members of the public as the demolition area has been isolated but staff have been watching the progress with interest.”

Consultants are currently developing building options which will be reviewed by user groups from the

hospital. Once these were finalised, Mr Bateup said detailed drawings would be developed and tenders opened up for different construction work.

There is also minor strengthening work to be done and some wards will be refreshed.

The work is funded as a joint venture between the CDHB ($7.2 million) and a group of local charities facilitat-

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ed by the Advance Ashburton Foundation ($1.5 million).

“We would hope work would start before the middle of 2014 and the end result will be a modern theatre and procedure room, a more functional Acute Admissions Unit and improved clinical areas, along with a return of surgical services to Ashburton,” Mr Bateup said.

■ CHRISTMAS-NEW YEAR ROAD TOLL

Seven killed on roads over holiday period

BY TEUILA FUATAI The number of road deaths over the Christmas-New Year holiday period edged one higher than last year following a motorcyclist death on Thursday afternoon.

In total, seven people - including two children - died over the official holiday period, which began at 4pm on Christmas Eve and ended at 6am yesterday.

Last year’s six deaths over the period was the lowest number on record since 1956/57.

The increase in fatalities has prompted top officials to call for greater driver responsibil-

ity on the roads - however one organisation has also hit out at tough anti-speeding campaigns on roads.

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse said it was important to remember every fatality represented a family who had lost a loved one and were without them during the holiday season.

“I encourage drivers to continue to take responsibility and ensure when they are travelling over summer, they stay within the speed limit, drive to the road conditions, and watch following distances.”

Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing, Dave Cliff, also

said it was reassuring to see the number of roading deaths in December had dropped significantly since the launch of the Safer Summer campaign but seven deaths were still too many.

“I am also very mindful that victims from this holiday period include a 4-year-old girl and 11-month-old baby. No family should have to endure this kind of loss.

“I take some comfort from the fact that since we launched our Safer Summer campaign we have achieved the lowest number of December deaths since 1965 with 23 fatalities.”

“With one of the busiest travelling weekends of the

year ahead of us, I urge all road users to play their part by keeping their speed down, avoiding alcohol and ensuring everyone in their vehicle is using the appropriate restraints,” Mr Cliff said.

However, car buyers website the Dog and Lemon Guide, hit out at police and “tough antispeeding” campaigns - saying they were not enough to reduce the number of accidents.

“When the holiday road toll drops, the police claim credit,” editor Clive Matthew-Wilson said.

“When the holiday road toll rises, as it did this year, the police blame the motorists. They can’t have it both ways.”

ROAD DEATHS ■ Sandy Paul Waenga Brown, 21, of Paua killed on Christmas Day. ■ 11-month-old Olivia Lu of Paraparaumu died when the van she was in left the road on December 28.

■ 56-year-old woman from China died in a crash on the Te Anau-Mossburn Highway on December 29.

■ Aucklander Gregory John Spargo, 50, died on December 29 ■ 4-year-old Kahui Matauwhati of Masterton died on December 29.

■ Lynelle Joy Bray, 46, of Hamilton killed in a collision between a car and a bus on December 30.

■ 52-year-old motorcyclist died on Thursday.

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■ OBITUARY - ARTHUR WOLFREYS

Farewell to fire service stalwart

By Myles HuMe

myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

It was only fitting Ashburton’s Arthur Wolfreys was escorted to his funeral in a beloved 1938 Ford V8 fire engine, an appliance he once served in and maintained as a volunteer for years.

Family, friends and fellow servicemen gathered at Aeroview last Friday, when the man who has contributed 20 years to the fire service, countless years to the fire brigade museum at the Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum, the Ashburton Vintage Car Club and other parts of the community, was remembered.

In years gone by, so often it was Mr Wolfreys, 82, and fellow fire engine restoration enthusiast, firefighter and mate Alan McQuarters who sat behind the wheel of a vintage appliance at such an event, but this time it was Mr Wolfreys’ turn.

The small Selwyn town of Leeston in 1931 provided the backdrop for the first chapter in Mr Wolfreys’ life, a life that saw him uproot to the West Coast, North Canterbury and then to the Ashburton County numerous times due to the nature of his father’s railway job.

Never a fan of school, Greymouth High School and Christchurch Technical Col-

lege played host to his secondary education before he finished as a 15-year-old at the Ashburton Technical School and went to work as a young workshop hand, fuelling his love for cars and trains.

In 1946 he became the first mechanic apprentice at Burnett’s Motors, owned by Bob Burnett.

There he worked, learning his craft on a wide range of vehicles and gaining close support when his father was electrocuted in a dragline accident in 1954.

He then went on to work for Frank Drummond and Joe Hurley in 1955 where he emerged as a Rover and Land Rover specialist, servicing vehicles from all over the county.

It was an era that would lead him to own more than 60 cars in his lifetime and restore 13 cars from the chassis up, along with a strong contribution to the restored fire engines held at the Plains Museum.

His wife Wilma said he could always be found in the garage.

A five-year stint owning the Methven Milk run then followed from 1965, before travelling about the region reconditioning vehicles for Gordon Blacklow of G J Blacklow & Co. It was during that time he joined the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade in

1962, a job many saw as a combination of his keen interests – vehicles and fire.

A pump operator at the fire scene, Mr Wolfreys’ other roles during his 20-year service included the vital job of maintaining the appliances and driving to the scene. He was also promoted to the rank of station officer.

He later became the caretaker at Ashburton College, a job he took great pride in. A former principal recently noted that once Mr Wolfreys retired in 1990, repair bills from contractors crept up considerably.

During that time, Mr Wolfreys left the fire brigade, but his passion for the service continued with the restoration of old fire engines, which he took great pride in bringing back to Ashburton and to their former functioning glory.

That passion spread to the Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum with Mr McQuarters, both contributing strongly to the new lease of life for many of the classic machines, including the horse drawn vintage steamer, and the committee.

His retired life saw him spend many man hours on vintage cars, giving one to each of his four offspring, and spending more than 35 years in the Ashburton Vintage Car Club – in that time also serving on the committee.

“Arthur has quite understandably been held in very high regard within the motoring fraternity,” Guardian motoring reporter Bernard Egan wrote.

Mr Wolfreys also served as a member of the Compulsory Military Training and was a member of the Manchester Unity Lodge for more than 50 years.

But above all, he valued his family, recently celebrating 60 years of marriage and proud always of the endeavours and achievements of his wife Wilma, children and nine grandchildren.

A service on December 27 at Aeroview gave many of those touched by Mr Wolfreys a chance to say a final goodbye, with the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade holding a guard of honour and sounding of the siren to show their appreciation as the V8 Fire Engine carrying Mr Wolfreys passed the fire station.

Known as a practical man not to fuss, exaggerate or over-do anything, his son Lester said it would have been a special occasion for his father to look down on.

“With the engines that were at the funeral service and guard of honour, dad would have been overwhelmed.”

Mr Wolfreys died, aged 82, peacefully at his Ashburton home on December 23, 2013. He was survived by wife Wilma and children Lynda, Lester, Colin and Jo and nine grandchildren.

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■ MID CANTERBURY PERSON OF THE YEAR

■ EDUCATION

School injuries hit 77,000

Judith doing her bit for the community

By Nicholas JoNes

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Ashburton woman Judith Lilley is the humble winner of the Ashburton Guardian’s Mid Canterbury person of the year. She was nominated for her work within the Salvation Army Community Ministries.

It is varied, diverse work and not always easy - but for Judith it has its own rewards.

It helps that she knows a thing or two about people. She has working relationships with people who are going through emotional extremes...she sees them at their best and at their worst, whether they choose their circumstances, are born into them, or things have temporarily taken a turn for the worst.

She works with youth who are trying to get qualifications for the second time, she works with families needing support, has an ear for listening and a voice confident to spread the word.

She is by no means a big woman but she has shoulders for anyone to lean on. She does not judge.

But even the strongest woman needs a support network and for Judith it comes in the form of husband John, her family and the network of people who work and volunteer for Salvation Army.

“I can only do what I’m doing because of John’s support and my family’s support. I also have neat volunteers.

“I’ve always had my faith, always been a Christian.”

Before raising a family she was a nurse but jokes it was “a 100 years ago”.

It wasn’t until 2001 and the death of her father, that Judith got involved with the Salvation Army through volunteering at the Family Store.

Her involvement grew as she became involved with the Salvation Army Church, went to

Judith Lilley joins other volunteers to deliver Meals on Wheels around Ashburton.

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Bible College in Christchurch and completed a Ministry Internship.

By the end of 2005 she took over as the Ashburton Salvation Army Community Foodbank co-ordinator. It was just the beginning.

Now she is the foodbank manager, an Employment Plus chaplain, a court chaplain, the South Island representative on the Salvation Army Mission Advisory Council, a Meals on Wheels volunteer and always, a wife and mother.

At Employment Plus, she is working with tutors and young people, those who are second time learners. It is a positive side of her work and one she especially enjoys.

“That’s where I can get an opportunity to share my faith.

“I get a buzz, it’s not a buzz for me but a buzz for them, like the light turns on. Sometimes a lot of people get lost and it’s really nice to see them on their journey. Not everybody fits in (at school) but these guys do better when it’s tailored to their

learning”.

With up to 10 in a class the students can sit two programs; the service sector doing tourism and hospitality, or focusing on careers computing.

“The point of difference for Employment Plus is it’s faith based.

“I certainly don’t Bible bash but if they do (accept the Lord) that’s lovely.”

In the courts her role is to be there for the defendant and their family.

There is an agency for victims through Victim Support and the Salvation Army offer a similar service for the accused.

“Our general and founder William Booth believed everybody was entitled to social justice.”

The Sallies offer whatever the defendant needs whether it be food, someone to talk to, or accommodation.

“I’m there in the court, solicitors, lawyers know I’m there and can call on me for their clients.

“I don’t judge, they’re no dif-

ferent, their choices might be... but for me they are no different.”

At the Community Foodbank, people needing food supplies to tide them over – because of a short term money problem with a large bill due or just the cupboards are bare - staff will help.

And as the representative on the advisory council there are regular trips to Wellington to discuss Salvation Army business. She is also involved with women’s fellowship.

“It’s not just me but I’m part of a team. I can talk to people and be in front, but there’s always a team behind me.”

She cites a few of the many people who work tirelessly, Salvation Army Family Store manager Maria Macdonald, Employment Plus tutors Kylie Olds and Heather Daly, Meals on Wheels co-ordinator Claire Tutty, but there are many more volunteers.

“If not for those guys I couldn’t get out and do what I do.”

With all her commitments it’s not all serious and heavy, Judith is a avid member of the Ashburton Wahine Club (the women’s equivalent of the Ashburton Savage Club). Members meet regularly, put on huis and sing, dance and perform for each other.

It’s a chance to relax and unwind in an environment “so different” from her everyday.

Judith is excited about the future and talk of the foodbank relocating into its own property. It currently shares with the family store and its future will be looked at later in the month.

The Lilleys are also planning a well deserved break to visit their son and daughter-in-law in the United Kingdom. It has been nearly three years since they last saw each other.

“I believe it’s going to be an exciting year...” she says.

School injuries are on the rise with explosions, scalding liquid, and fungi ingestion among the causes of more than 77,600 injuries in the past year.

Figures released by ACC under the Official Information Act show 72,175 student injuries and 5428 teacher injuries at schools in the last financial year - a 5 per cent jump on the total in 2011/12.

The total cost of active claims has also increased 3 per cent to $26,074,149.

The figures have put the spotlight back on the level of health and safety culture appropriate for schools, and an education union has said the increases show a schooling system straining to cope.

“When your school is struggling to provide you with a clean, safe and dry workspace at a minimum, and you are dealing with kids with more complicated needs - it all adds up,” said Angela Roberts, president of the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA).

In New Zealand, injuries are the major cause of hospitalisation and death for school-aged children, and ACC has specific programmes aimed at reducing school accidents.

Principals’ Federation president Phil Harding said schools were closely monitored for safety, and the increase could reflect people reporting injuries more willingly.

“Caretakers go around every week and there’s a full schedule that demands people check playgrounds for sticking up nails, or chains that are worn.”

There has been a recent pushback against an over-cautious health and safety culture by some schools, with an increasing body of research highlighting the importance of “acceptable risk” in play.

One Christchurch intermediate has even successfully reintroduced unsupervised bullrush, a popular move with both students and parents, and Mr Harding said it was important to strike the right balance.

According to the ACC figures, the single biggest cause of injury to pupils was a loss of balance or personal control, resulting in 21,397 claims.

Another 10,973 injuries were caused when students were knocked over by an object or hurt in a collision.

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■ MID CANTERBURY HOLIDAY SPOTS - WOOLSHED CREEK

■ MEASLES OUTBREAK

100 people assessed for risk of measles

By Martin Johnston

Woolshed Creek Hut is in the midst of its busy season on the Mt Somers Track.

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he Woolshed Creek Hut “sells itself ” when it comes to publicity, the Department of Conservation says.

Ranger Murray Thomas said because so many people accessed the hut via the Mt Somers Track and stayed there, news of it travelled by word of mouth.

“It generates its own marketing, because so many people do it,” Mr Thomas said.

“It’s a real popular easy tramping track, it has built up a name for itself over the years.”

And this time of year in particular the hut was bursting at the seams, as people from around New Zealand and the

Looking for an easy tramp these summer holidays? The Woolshed Creek Hut is a popular destination, as Susan Sandys finds. world visited the area.

It was not possible to make a booking to stay in the 26-bed hut, which has the luxuries of tapped water, a pseudo-flush toilet, mattresses, a fireplace, and flyscreens on windows to keep out sandflies.

The hut is just seven years old, making it more modern than many other back country huts.

Hut tickets, available at the Mt Somers and Staveley

stores, must be purchased, and then it is a case of “first come, first served”.

Generally over the December to January period there are many people who end up having to sleep on the floor, balcony or in tents they bring themselves.

The hut has warden’s quarters, and Mr Thomas said hut ticket compliance was usually good at the hut due to the presence of a voluntary war-

den on site.

Hut tickets are $15 for adults and $7.50 for youth.

It is about a three-hour walk into the hut, from the Woolshed Creek car park via the old Blackburn Mine.

It involves some hill walking, and if you are staying the night you will have to take enough food and water.

It is advised to boil any water from the area for three minutes, including tap water at the hut. Many other walks can be accessed from the hut.

There is an alternative route out via Rhyolite Ridge, or trampers can walk through to Staveley via the Pinnacles Hut, or even walk to the summit of Mt Somers.

■ BOY RACER CAPITAL

Christchurch racing away with boy racer title By haMish Mcneilly Christchurch is racing away with the title of boy racer capital of New Zealand.

The city has almost twice the number of illegal street racing offences than the next highest centre, figures released under the Official Information Act reveal.

Christchurch recorded 618 street racing offences from

December 1, 2009 to June 30, 2013, with the next highest Manukau (329), followed by North Shore (245), Hamilton (243) and Tauranga (225).

Of South Island centres, Invercargill recorded the second highest number of offences with 186, followed by Nelson (162), Dunedin (116) and Timaru (109).

Ministry of Justice figures show 4413 street racing offences with just 10 offenders re-

cording three or more convictions. A spokesman said when a person had been convicted of a third illegal street offence within four years, the court had the discretion to order the confiscation and/or destruction of a vehicle involved in the offending.

The first under the “boy-racer legislation “was flattened at a Lower Hutt scrap-metal yard in June 2012, after its owner was convicted of his fourth driv-

ing offence. Christchurch had the highest number of drivers (3) on three driving-related offences, followed by the North Shore (2).

Christchurch also recorded the highest number of people having two street racing offences (40) and a single street racing offence (575).

The only boy racer recorded in Otago and Southland with three offences was in Gore.

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More than 100 people in Auckland, Waikato and the Lake Taupo area have been assessed for measles risk related to the outbreak of the disease among those who attended a hip-hop event in Sydney.

Some have been asked to stay in voluntary isolation at home because they are not immune to measles and are at risk of having caught it from one of the confirmed cases. Some are in isolation awaiting results of testing of their blood for immunity.

Measles is one of the most highly communicable of all infectious diseases. More than 90 per cent of non-immune people who have contact with a measles case will catch the illness.

Nearly a third of cases develop complications. The fatality rate in Western countries is around one in 1000 cases, and much higher in the Third World.

An 11th New Zealand case was confirmed on Thursday - in the Turangi/Taupo area. Ten of the cases are in that area and from two extended families; one is an 18-year-old woman from Auckland. The cases range in age from 5 to 28.

Four of the New Zealand cases attended the “World Supremacy Battlegrounds” hiphop street dance competition, held in Sydney on December 7 and 8.

The rest are from their extended families.

The first notified case following the competition - an Adelaide competitor - came to light last Friday and a Sydney case also linked to the event was notified this week, the NSW Government health service said.

Public health nurses and doctors have followed up around 40 contacts of the Auckland case and more than 50 contacts of the Turangi/Taupo cases. Most of these people are immune to measles because they have been fully vaccinated or were born before 1969 and are therefore expected to have natural immunity from childhood exposure to measles.

Waikato public health unit spokeswoman Mary Anne Gill said an official had contacted around 20 people in Hamilton and Huntly who attended the Sydney competition.

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Lake Heron Conservation Group volunteer Kem Johnson receives a Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board award from DOC director general Lou Sanson. photo supplied

Conservation work pays off

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he Department of Conservation (DOC) can’t save birdlife on its own, and needs the help of the community and landowners.

So says Lake Heron Conservation Group founding member, Ross Gordon. Mr Gordon and Lake Heron Station owner Philip Todhunter established the group four years ago with the aim of eradicating predators from around the lake.

In December their efforts were recognised when the group was named runner-up in Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board awards.

“The land owners can’t do it on their own, the community can’t do it on their own and DOC can’t do it on their own, by combining all three we can make a difference,” Mr Gordon said.

“It’s ‘everyone in’, it’s the cornerstone of what we do.”

And while it was great to be recognised by the conservation board, the real reward was in a high number of predators being caught, corresponding with promising bird counts.

Just last week a three-monthly count spotted 36 Australasian crested grebes on six of the lakes – Heron, Roundabout, Clearwater, Camp, Emily and Maori West. The number is similar to the last four years,

The award-winning Lake Heron Conservation Group is saving native waterfowl at the Ashburton Lakes, inspiring others to undertake similar projects. Susan Sandys reports.

Lake Heron Station owner Philip Todhunter (centre) and fellow volunteers Brian Senior (right) and Ross Gordon catch their 76th bird predator, a stoat, at the lake, in 2010. photo 280410-ss-002

meaning the endangered species is holding its own.

The group has caught and killed as many as 600 predators since the trapping programme began, including cats, stoats,

weasels, ferrets and hedgehogs.

Mr Gordon said he began talking to Mr Todhunter about initiating such a programme after reading a magazine article where Mr Todhunter was

quoted as saying he wanted to see native birdlife increase in the area.

Shortly afterwards, he and wife Trudy happened to be at Lake Heron, where he got

talking to Mr Todhunter. “One conversation led to another,” he said.

And today it seemed the results spoke for themselves.

“It can be difficult to know the exact effect of what the trapping is, if we get ‘x’ amount of critters, how many birds that translates into saving, but you don’t have to be Einstein to work out that if you take 600 predators out of an ecosystem that it’s going to increase the chances of conservation of the species that are there.”

Mr Gordon said most cats caught had been tabby, but there had also recently been a ginger and a few black cats.

None of the cats had been “panther-size”, but many had large teeth and were in prime condition, showing they had been “predating well”.

“It’s just good to see them out of the area,” he said.

And he was heartened to hear of a similar group which had been established at the nearby Maori Lakes. He hoped others throughout New Zealand would also be inspired.

The Lake Heron Conservation Group had many volunteers, but it would be good to get more.

Anyone interested can phone Mr Gordon on 302-8840.

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t the age of 12 Eddie Kohunui ran away from home. The freedom was liberating. He was on the streets of Auckland with other kids who had had similar troubled backgrounds.

“It’s sort of a freedom, if you are not getting bashed or abused it can be a freedom,” he said.

“It soon wears off when you realise it goes from being free to learning to survive.”

He lived under the K’Road bridge in the viaduct in Queen Street, scrounged for food and became addicted to sniffing glue.

“It can be hard. There’s things you have to do to survive

Eddie Kohunui and wife Rana.

Eddie Kohunui of Fairton knows what it is like to sleep rough. He did it for seven years from the age of 12, living on the streets of Auckland. Now he is a family man, committed to helping others.

Susan Sandys reports. sometimes, I have eaten out of rubbish bins or sat there and waited for people to finish their food. Just walking around the streets, if you get hungry looking for food, pretty much just wandering, a lot of the time out of it,” he said.

“The majority of our time just pretty much being out of it on glue most of the time, or any other stuff we could get our hands on.”

Hanging out with gangs was occasionally part of the scene,

but Eddie was there more for the free feeds and parties rather than to join up.

“It wasn’t anything to do with becoming one of them. I just wasn’t interested in it.”

There was a lot of time spent in police cells, the majority of the time for detox, where police “just wanted us to sober up a bit and let us go”.

“They were always coming to visit us, they knew where we slept as long as we weren’t annoying the public and being a

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menace they pretty much just left us alone.”

And one time a patrolling policeman saved his life.

He was sleeping between train tracks, his head on one rail, his feet up on another.

An officer walking on an overbridge shone his torch and saw him, and told him to move on. Eddie thought all the trains on that track had already gone through for the night, but minutes later a large freight train rumbled through.

Eddie was in and out of boys’ homes and foster family homes, but found the majority of them to be abusive, and invariably ended up back on the streets.

He was in Auckland for two years, before living on the streets of South Auckland for another five.

Eddie had been born to a teenage mother and given away against her will to an unrelated family by his relatives. He rebelled against an upbringing which was physically and emotionally abusive, and when at the age of 10 he found out he was adopted, he had started to rebel even more.

He mainly lived on the streets until he was 19, when he got an opportunity to come to Canterbury and he took up a job as a meatworker.

Today he continues in that job while he and wife Rana home school their three children, Nikita, Zion and Angel. They lost their son Eru 12 years ago when, as a toddler, he was run over at the Ashburton showgrounds.

Eddie and Rana are members of Ashburton New Life Church, and say being part of a wider church family has helped the family come through its grief.

“It’s hard, every day is a struggle, people look at us and say Christians are supposed to be perfect but we all have our struggles, we are only human.

It’s just having the right friends around you, an awesome family, choosing the people you want to hang with.”

He wanted to let others know it is possible to come to terms with one’s past and tragedy in your life, and wanted anyone needing to talk about such issues to get in touch with him.

“When you keep it in and hide it and it builds up and builds up on you and then you go out and

have a drink, the anger starts coming out when you start drinking, and you want to go out and fight everybody.”

Recently the couple and their oldest daughter went to Cambodia with fellow New Life members, following a similar trip last year. They were aligned with a house-building charity and another charity combating child trafficking.

As they spent two weeks in a village building a house for a needy family, they would jump on a tuk tuk in their spare time and go into the city to hang out with street kids.

“You can’t rescue them but we could love them,” Rana said.

They would mainly spend time with them, and sometimes take toys to give.

“There really is nothing for these kids, their lifestyles consist of selling bracelets until about 2am.”

Eddie and Rana daily wear several of the colourful cotton bracelets, and Eddie is today grateful he has managed to find his birth parents and even gets on well with his adoptive parents.

He appreciates the life he has with his family, and treasures every moment with his children.

“That’s one promise I made to myself when I was on the street, that if I ever had kids they would not have to go through this.”

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Fairton man Eddie Kohunui is a family man determined his children will never have to go through what he did as a teenager.

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Below: Cotton bracelets worn by Eddie and Rana are made by street kids in Cambodia.

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Eddie is accustomed to jumping on a tuk tuk and spending time with street kids in Cambodia when he undertakes volunteer work in the country.

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■ Bake the stacks for 10 to 15 minutes until they are heated through and the cheese is melt-

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■ Season and serve drizzled with the olive oil and garnished with the fresh thyme leaves.

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Wind made it tough for the 78 competitors, including Ashburton’s Heather Goodall (pictured), at the Allenton Bowls Club Triples Tournament yesterday.

However, that did not stop Ashburton’s Graham Taylor, John Lilley and Ray Keeling from taking out the top prize out of the 26 teams from across the district playing in the Friday competition, which each club takes a turn at hosting on a regular basis.

Methven’s Bruce Harper, Wendy Blackwell and Ivan Syme played strongly, finishing second overall, followed

by Allenton’s Bob Brasell, Francis Frewen and Brian Marsden.

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Williams sisters target for 2015 One Williams was a coup for the ASB Classic this year but tournament organisers are hopeful of a Williams double-act for the 2015 edition.

World No 1 Serena Williams will be the principal target for next year’s ASB Classic and tournament director Karl Budge will also hope to secure Venus.

It might sound a fanciful proposition, given the status of the tournament on the WTA Tour - its US$250,000 prizemoney is near to the lowest on tour - but Budge said they weren’t far off securing Serena for this year’s event.

He had mentioned it to Venus this week, partly tongue-incheek, but will put it more seriously to the pair at the upcoming Australian Open.

“I think the response will be favourable,” he said.

“We weren’t a million miles away from getting Serena this year. She was my No 1 target this year.

“I know for a fact Serena sat in her hotel room with her agent and debated for some time where she was going to go in week one [this season].

“One of the problems was she was defending champion at Brisbane.”

The Williams sisters: In Auckland next year?

There are myriad issues to overcome, not least of all money.

Budge has a limited budget to offer appearance fees to top players and a lot of that was pocketed by Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic this year.

Williams stands to take home close to US$100,000 if she wins today in prizemoney and appearance fees - her contract offered good inducements to go deep into the tournament.

Another complicating factor is the ASB Classic is restricted to just one top 10 player, and it’s difficult to predict how players will fare in the rankings this year.

Ivanovic has also been good value this week and been a crowd favourite and Budge

would attempt to get her back next year if she wins today’s final.

“If Ana wins, that might change things a little,” Budge said. “We have to do the right thing by our champions and invest in them as well. Those are the considerations you always have to have.

“If Venus wins, maybe that’s a reality and we could put a deal together for both of the Williams sisters. My revenue wouldn’t stretch as far as having Ana and Serena.

“It’s always a balancing act.

There’s always money for a good idea.

“We can probably afford to go out and get both of them if I know in March and figure out how to commercialise it. If it’s

Sports quotes of the week: “I think it would be extremely romantic.” - Australian captain MICHAEL CLARKE on the possibility of fielding the same XI for an entire Ashes series. They did. * * * * * * “Happy New Year everyone!

Rory and I started 2014 with a bang! ... I said YES” - tennis ace CAROLINE WOZNIACKI’s tweet after her golf superstar boyfriend Rory McIlroy proposed to her on Sydney Harbour.

“Happy New Year everyone! I have a feeling it’s going to be a great year!! My first victory of 2014 #shesaidyes!!” MCILROY’s tweet.

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They said it

done in September, you’re left with what is in your budget at the start of the year.”

Budge admits he’s “ambitious” and has aggressively chased Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the past for the Heineken Open. He also has on his wishlist for the women’s tournament at some stage in the future players like rising American Sloane Stephens and former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki.

Serena Williams has dominated woman’s tennis for much of the last decade, winning 57 singles titles, including 17 grand slam singles titles, and banked more than US$54 million in career prizemoney. She won 11 titles last year, including both the French and US Opens.

She typically plays the first week of the year, having played in Brisbane the past three years, and wouldn’t normally consider a tournament of the ASB Classic’s level if it was held further before a grand slam tournament.

Venus Williams has talked enthusiastically about playing in Auckland and said she has felt “like a Kiwi” because of the support she has received at Stanley St. She also said earlier this week she wished she had played the ASB Classic sooner in her career and would try to lure Serena to - APNZ Auckland next year.

* * * * * * “If the political position gets any worse, I sure as hell won’t be risking my safety just for an Olympic Games.” - Australian Winter Olympic gold medal prospect TORAH BRIGHT after the two suicide bombings in Russian city Volgograd. * * * * * * “The Olympics sometimes and other sporting events kind of make me sick with how much money is spent on them because the world doesn’t need to be without clean water or food and in poverty.” - BRIGHT again. * * * * * * “It’s time for us to say that enough is enough,” - A-League boss DAMIEN DE BOHUN after FFA charged the Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne victory with bringing the game into disrepute over fan violence. * * * * * * “I don’t think he’s a weak link at all, every Test match he plays we win,” - MIKE HUSSEY on struggling Test middle order successor George Bailey. * * * * * * “It is true that (in 2013) I played a lot of days with antiinflammatories.”

- RAFAEL NADAL on a 2013 season in which he won 10 titles including two grand slam titles and regained the world No.1 ranking despite his dodgy knees. - AAP

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Fours Keith’s last shot

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton’s Sandra Keith and bowls partner Serena Matthews failed in their bid to defend their pairs title at the national bowls championships in Dunedin yesterday.

In a close-fought match, the Dunsandel duo lost in the semifinal to Kensington/St Clair’s Ann Muir and Carolyn Crawford 15-18 after winning their quarter final match earlier in the day.

It now leaves Keith just the fours competition to claim a coveted fifth national title, after also bowing out of the women’s sin-

gles competition before the final eight stage.

If she, along with Matthews, Pam Clarke and Karolyn Boon are able to qualify and win post section play later in the week it will put Keith in an elite class of lawn bowlers with a gold star – only given to those who have five national titles.

The singles and pairs women’s finals are set down for today, with Burnside’s Tayla Bruce and Victoria Helen King to face off for singles supremacy. Meanwhile, Muir and Crawford will face Black Jacks pairing Val Smith and Jo Edwards in the pairs final.

In the men’s singles final, also to be played today, Broadbeach’s Sean Ingham and Havelock’s Ali Forsyth will do-battle, while the men’s pairs final will see John and Ross Munro take on Tony Grantham and Michael Nagy.

With the national fours championships getting under way tomorrow, the men’s draw features a four from Hinds, while the women’s will see Keith in an allDunsandel team, along with a Mid Canterbury composite team featuring players from Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven.

The national tournament is set to end on Thursday.

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Glamour final in Classic

By MicHael Brown

Heineken Open organisers should know by now whether Andy Murray will play next week after they offered the world No 4 a wildcard spot following his early exit from the Qatar Open in Doha.

Tournament director Karl Budge expected a flat no when

Two-time Bathurst 1000 champion John Bowe believes the demise of the car manufacturing industry in Australia can only have a positive effect on the V8 Supercars. The 1995 Australian Touring Car Champion said both Holden and Ford were currently losing money “hand over fist”. “In the next couple of years their businesses will become profitable and I see no reason why they should leave motorsport,” Bowe told reporters at Summernats 27 in Canberra yesterday. Bowe said with Holden and Ford both taking their manufacturing offshore, rival car com-panies may see an additional opportunity to try and break into the V8 Supercars competition.

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A-League champions Central Coast Mariners will be without star playmaker Marcos Flores for the rest of the A-League season after scans confirmed he has a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. The Argentine is expected to undergo reconstruction surgery on his right knee for the injury suffered in training on Thursday. Yesterday’s diagnosis means the Mariners are certain search for a quality replacement in the January transfer window.

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Crackdown on violence We see you and we’re coming after you. That’s the warning to trouble-making fans from Football Federation Australia after it charged the Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers over the ugly conduct of fans last Saturday, threatening both with the loss of three competition points for further breaches. “It’s time for us to say that enough is enough,” said A-League boss Damien de Bohun, who revealed that 99 fans had been banned from attending A-League games in the past 18 months. “Today we are saying that maintaining the Hyundai A-League as a safe, family-friendly environment is of paramount importance. It’s number one.”

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Solskjaer for Cardiff Ana Ivanovic: Advanced to the final in a straight-sets win over her doubles partner Kirsten Flipkens.

Both players held serve in the second set but Ivanovic dominated the tiebreak, winning 7-3.

Flipkens found it difficult to handle Ivanovic’s big serve, and also failed to find any sort of rhythm in the blustery

conditions that prevailed.

It had been expected Ivanovic might struggle in the wind, given she hits the ball harder and flatter than the Belgian, but she quickly found her range and pulled out a number of impressive passing shots.

Williams might feel refreshed after a day off the court but Ivanovic said afterwards she enjoyed playing every day to get into a rhythm and hoped to carry on her form today in a battle of the former world No 1s.

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Murray considering Heineken Open offer

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Departure ‘positive’

Flores out for season

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The dream final at the ASB Classic between Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams is a reality after both progressed to the final in differing circumstances.

Williams advanced after her semi-final opponent Jamie Hampton withdrew because of a hip injury picked up while warming up yesterday morning.

Hampton admitted she would “probably” have played if the Australia Open wasn’t around the corner but didn’t want to jeopardise her chances of playing in the year’s first grand slam event.

Ivanovic was impressive in beating doubles partner and third seed Kirsten Flipkens 6-0 7-6 (3) in only 70 minutes.

She steamrolled through the first set in just 21 minutes, breaking an out-of-sorts Flipkens three times, but was made to work a little harder in the second set.

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he put an offer the Murray’s team on Thursday but they have not ruled it out and Budge should have received an answer when Murray arrived in Melbourne last night.

The two-time grand slam winner was playing his first tournament since back surgery in September and was ousted in the second round in Doha

by German Florian Mayer. He might opt to stay in Melbourne and play an exhibition match in the Kooyong event but might also want tournament match practice before the upcoming Australian Open and head to Auckland.

“I spoke to his agents this morning,” Budge said. “He’s currently flying from Doha to

Melbourne and is aware of our offer. We will wait with bated breath for his answer when he gets off the plane. Hopefully he’s had a sleepless night wondering what he should do.

“I expected a blanket no so the fact they are considering the offer is encouraging. I still think it’s unlikely but we will see.”

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has no qualms about working for Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan, he said after being appointed as the Premier League strugglers’ new manager yesterday. The 40-yearold former Manchester United striker has signed a rolling contract with the south Wales club and succeeds Malky Mackay, who was sacked on December 27 after his relationship with Tan broke down.

Cardiff were promoted to the Premier League after a 51-year absence last season.

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France, Poland in final France have secured a spot in today’s Hopman Cup final against Poland after Alize Cornet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s posted wins at Perth Arena yesterday. Cornet overcame an injury scare to beat Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2 6-2, before Tsonga defeated journeyman Daniel Munoz-De La Nava 6-4 6-7 (9-7) 6-2 in 135 minutes. The wins gave France an unassailable 2-0 lead in the tie, ensuring they finished on top of Group B. - AAP

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Cricket’s odd couple It’s not clear who’s the untidy one and who’s the neat freak in this Big Bash League version of the odd couple. But we do know things are a lot quieter around the house when Glenn Maxwell’s away. Melbourne Renegades’ captain Aaron Finch has taken in his Victoria Sheffield Shield and Australia T20 international teammate as a tenant. The bighitting pair will go head to head tonight at Etihad Stadium when the Renegades (2-2 win-loss) host Maxwell’s Melbourne Stars, who are unbeaten after three games.

The Renegades will boast a strong pace attack led by fit-again James Pattinson who has claimed 7-60 in two matches.

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Mid Canterbury primary cricket representative Jayden Fuller joins his team-mates for one of the squad’s final hit-outs before embarking on the South Island Primary Cricket Tournament in Gore tomorrow.

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Horror test debut It’s hard to imagine a player enduring a more forgettable debut than England’s fast bowler Boyd Rankin at the SCG yesterday. The 29-year-old, who has played oneday cricket for both England and Ireland, twice managed just one delivery in a spell before pulling up with a hamstring strain on each occasion. That he was sent back onto the field with a dodgy hammy seemed some form of black comedy from the England camp, which has lurched from one drama to the next on a miserable tour.

Rankin started the day on a high - receiving his first Test cap under overcast skies. The tall right-arm quick knew he’d get the chance to show off in front of 45,000 fans at one of world cricket’s iconic grounds. Sadly, that was to be the high point of his day.

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Batting ‘must improve’ An emphatic Ashes triumph has done nothing to mask Australia’s lingering batting frailties heading into next month’s tour of South Africa. England might have failed to take advantage of top order inroads, but Dale Steyn and co. will be licking their lips at Australia’s regular failings against the moving ball. There’s no denying that Michael Clarke’s team have made enormous improvements against England and momentum is with them. But England have played a part in their own demise and South Africa are the world’s No.1 team.

Australia’s last five wickets this summer have produced more runs than their first five.

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Bad blood all over The simmering tensions which bubbled throughout the Ashes this summer won’t erupt in the final Test, both captains insist. The bad blood emerged early when Australia skipper Michael Clarke was caught by the stump mic telling English tailender Jimmy Anderson to “get ready for a broken f***ing arm”. Australia enforcer Mitchell Johnson has also been involved in run-ins with Ashes villain Kevin Pietersen and young allrounder Ben Stokes. But England’s Alastair Cook insists that since the Gabba and Adelaide Tests, neither team has done anything to upset the complex on-field rules both teams abide by. “Apart from the first two Test matches ... the last couple have been played without ugly incidents,” Cook said. “On the field relationships (are) tough but I don’t think we’ve crossed that line.”- AAP

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By Myles HuMe

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It has been a mixed lead up for the Mid Canterbury Primary cricket squad, but the youngsters are keen to show they can match it with their South Island counterparts once again starting Monday.

Batting has been the squad’s only sore point prior to its South Island Primary Cricket Tournament to start in Gore on Monday, after showing in recent practice matches they are a true threat with the ball.

Having to cancel their last warm up match against South Canterbury scheduled to take place yesterday with some of the youngsters on holiday, it is time in the nets they will be relying on before their first match against Christchurch Black on Monday in the five-day tournament.

Coach Garfield Charles said warm-up matches had proven to be “a mixed bag” for the squad, with at least three losses and a win, all of those close encounters.

With an entire team that can

bowl, except for the wicketkeeper, the bowling and fielding has shown its devastation by dismissing North Otago for 37 and a Christchurch team for about 100.

However, it is runs that will be in their sights next week.

“Putting totals on the board is never easy at these tournaments, batting tends to be the harder of the disciplines, so it’s going to require a complete performance in each game to do well,” Charles said.

The team came away satisfied at the last tournament held in

Christchurch this time last year, with three wins and two losses.

With the rotational draw in place at each tournament, Mid Canterbury has struck a challenging draw this year, including two-time defending champions Christchurch Red to contend with on day four.

With Christchurch Black to provide the first hurdle for Mid Canterbury, it will be West Coast on Tuesday that the local squad should look to beat, before playing rivals South Canterbury on Wednesday, followed

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By Ben Horne Steve Smith and Brad Haddin kept Australia on target for a 5-0 Ashes whitewash, after coming to the rescue on day one of the fifth Test in Sydney.

Bowled out for 326, man-of-the-series Mitchell Johnson ensured Australia went to stumps on a high when he removed Michael Carberry in a thrilling climax to leave England 1-8 in reply.

After England won their first toss of the series, Australia were sent into bat and were in trouble when Smith and Haddin came to the crease with the home side reeling at 5-97.

But the pair put on a crucial 128-run sixth wicket stand which instigated a stunning turnaround, despite England allrounder Ben Stokes claiming careerbest figures of 6-99.

It gave England a nerve-wracking

six overs to face before close and once again Johnson (1-3) delivered, with Nathan Lyon taking a superb diving catch at leg slip.

The day’s play followed an all-toofamiliar theme for the series, with England letting Australia off the hook and Johnson making them pay.

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Black Caps seeking series lead

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Producing an encore effort to rival Wednesday’s ferocious hitting display is probably out of the question, so the Black Caps will be hoping they can take a crucial 2-1 series lead against the West Indies in Nelson today.

Wednesday’s rain-affected one-day international in Queenstown saw Corey Anderson and Jesse Ryder bludgeon centuries at a blistering pace as Anderson made the fastest on record in 36 balls, while Ryder’s seemed nearly pedestrian as he needed 46 deliveries.

Their rapid 191-run partnership meant New Zealand were never in doubt of winning the 21-over affair, which they eventually did by 159 runs, as they levelled the five-match series at 1-1.

After a washout in Napier last Sunday, New Zealand could ensure they can’t lose the series with victory today as Nelson’s Saxton Oval hosts its first men’s one-day international.

Anderson has gone from promising youngster to an overnight celebrity in the cricketing world following his unbeaten knock of 131, which included 14 sixes, but he didn’t forecast a repeat performance today.

“It was one innings and one innings doesn’t make a summer,” Anderson said.

“I’ve still got to come out and do what I can to stay in the side and try and contribute to victories.”

After his efforts on Wednesday it’s fair to say his spot in the side is secure for the foreseeable future, and that must be a good feeling for a player who has endured his fair share of injuries in his career despite only being 23.

“I feel pretty good,” Anderson said in regards to his health.

“I’ve had a run where I’ve stayed away from niggles and that.

“It’s a sport and you’re always going to get injured at some stage but the longer I can stay on the park, I guess the better performances I can put in.”

While Anderson may not be forecasting another booming century, one forecast that may have both sides concerned is the rain, which is predicted to greet the teams in Nelson.

Ryder, who finished with 104 from 51 balls on Wednesday and even wheeled down four economical overs of off-spin as opposed to his usual medium-pacers, was keen to see some sun.

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away so we can get a proper game in but if the weather plays its part, it plays its part. There’s not much you can do about it,” he said.

As for his off-spinners, which he bowled because New Zealand needed to power through their overs to beat the rain in Queenstown, the 29-year-old said the call to do it took him by surprise.

“I wasn’t expecting to have to bowl spin.”

After losing the opening game of the series in Auckland on Boxing Day, New Zealand clearly have momentum on their side following their impressive performances in the test series before Christmas.

Their batting line-up is looking balanced and with seamer Mitchell McClenaghan in search of another eight wickets in the next two games to become the fastest man to 50 in one-day internationals, the Black Caps will open as firm favourites today.

They will just be hoping the summer weather finally joins them.

Following today’s game the series moves to Hamilton for the fifth and final encounter on Wednesday.

- APNZ Jesse Ryder (left) smashed the world’s sixth-fastest one-day century last Wednesday, and will be hoping for a similar performance in Nelson today.

Chance to turn big bash into big cash

By JAMes IHAKA A world-record century by Corey Anderson could put him in line for a lucrative contract in the Indian Premier League.

Heath Mills, head of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, said he had already batted off a number of calls from media outlets in India who are keen to

know what the future holds for the big-hitting 23-year-old.

Anderson made headlines around the world when he scored a century in just 36 balls on New Year’s Day. His performance had commentators speculating on Twitter that his potential worth in the IPL had probably sky-rocketed.

Mills said Anderson’s display

as he set a new world record for the fastest one-day international century was “amazing”.

“It’s been seen around the world and any good performances in short-form cricket are picked up by people in India or the likes of the Caribbean league or the other leagues around the world,” he said. “It certainly hasn’t done him any harm.”

Asked if his performance would put him in the top bracket of IPL earners, Mills said it was hard to know.

The Mumbai Indians paid US$1 million ($1.2 million) for Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell last year, who had at that stage played only eight onedayers and nine T20s for his country.

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The veteran wicket-keeper has now scored four half centuries and a ton from every first innings he’s played this series and is in the form of his career.

England’s hopes of stopping Australia record the third 5-0 whitewash in Ashes history were hampered further by a hamstring injury for fast bowler Boyd Rankin, one of three debutants for the tourists.

Rankin went off just one ball into his

second spell, and remarkably attempted a comeback only to break down again.

Australian openers David Warner and Chris Rogers went cheaply, and Michael Clarke and Shane Watson followed before lunch - with Stokes, Stuart Broad and James Anderson sharing the spoils.

Selectors gave George Bailey another chance at No.6, ensuring this Australia side goes down in history as the

first to field an unchanged XI through a five-match series.

However, the romanticism couldn’t inspire Bailey and his spot is now in jeopardy after edging Broad for 1.

Stokes was on a hat-trick when he dismissed Ryan Harris (22) and Peter Siddle (0), and although he missed the milestone, he also claimed Smith in the same over to end the innings in a flurry.

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Brad Haddin: Scored a half century in every match.

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Couple chase southern gold

Filly fulfils promise Pre-race confidence in Ruakaka debutant El Sagrado wasn’t misplaced and the English-bred filly ran out a commanding winner yesterday. The three-year-old, which had won at the Cambridge trials last month, was forced to cover extra ground from the outside gate but when rider Leith Innes asked her to sprint on straightening she responded to win with ease. “She’s a lovely filly and while Leith sat three wide she relaxed well,” said Wayne Pike, whose son Tony trains the filly with Mark Donoghue.

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A visit to family in the South Island might be a trip paved in gold for Grant and Tana Shaw and their hardy stayer Noble Warrior.

“We’ve got a son in Hokitika and a new grandson who is three months’ old so Grant’s taken the horse down and will stay with them,” Tana Shaw said.

She has remained at home while Grant will saddle the travel-wise Noble Warrior for today’s Monteith’s Brewing Company Greymouth Cup and then

Al Pacino chasing Millions Matamata trainers Peter and Jacob McKay are likely to continue on a Karaka Million path with their Ruakaka winner Al Pacino.

The Alamosa colt was successful yesterday at his second raceday appearance to add momentum to his late bid for a starting berth in the country’s richest race.

“We’re a little bit behind with him, but if he comes through this run okay we’ll give him another race and see if we can sneak him in,” Jacob McKay said. Al Pacino jumped well to lead at Ruakaka and after cornering awkwardly he rallied strongly for rider Mark Du Plessis to gain a long neck decision.

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on to the Kumara Gold Nuggets on January 11.

Noble Warrior ran third and fifth in the respective events last year and, given his recent performance to finish second in the Gr.3 Counties Cup, he is in the right form to improve on his previous South Island efforts.

“Grant’s away for six weeks at a time in Papua New Guinea, he’s a structural engineer, and that keeps the cash flow going,” Shaw said.

“I work at Westbury Stud and

have just finished foal watch so I’m back on days. It’s a passion for us and this horse doesn’t owe us anything.”

The stakes winner of eight races and $190,000, Noble Warrior also has form on wet and dry tracks and will be ridden at Omoto by Chris Johnson (right).

Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers has a sizeable team ready for the southern circuit and will be represented by a fresh Sonny Wellington and Our Alchemist in the Greymouth Cup. - APNZ

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Thorndon start for Ringo ‘a possibility’

Mike Breslin will decide in the coming days whether he presses on to the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile at Trentham with the smart four-year-old Ringo.

The winner of four of his nine starts, he wasn’t disgraced

when unplaced from the outside gate in the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile and was then fifth in the Gr.3 Manawatu Challenge Stakes.

“He twisted a fetlock joint at his last start, it’s nothing major,

and he’s been on the aqua walker and we’ll give him a gallop before we decide if we carry on to the Thorndon,” trainer Mike Breslin said.

Stablemate Salamanca is in the spelling paddock after fail-

ing to recapture the form this season that won him last year’s Listed Champagne Stakes.

“He never really came up at all,” Breslin said. “The time away won’t do him any harm though.”

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Thames gallops Today at Thames Raceway

Thames JC Venue: Thames Meeting Date: 04 Jan 2014 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.50pm (NZT) THAMES VALLEY INSURANCE/NZ INSURANCE MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1000m 1 246x4 El Primo (3) 58.5 ............................. S Spratt 2 6x248 La Punta (10) 58.5 .................... M D Plessis 3 x2249 Dan The Man (2) 57 ................ R Smyth (a3) 4 57520 Code Duello (12) 57 ............ R Hutchings (a) 5 350x Grey Hero (1) 57 .........................T Thornton 6 Another Red (4) 57 ...................T Wenn (a4) 7 0 The Musician (7) 57 ...................M Cameron 8 7. Weshallsee (6) 56.5 .................. A Collett (a) 9 8x68 Edge Of Fame 56.5 ...................... Scratched 10 09x9x Goldie 56.5................................... Scratched 11 Jafa Jill (9) 56.5 ........................ B Grylls (a2) 12 0007x Resume 56.5................................ Scratched 13 0x8x Valorephin (11) 56.5............. M Cheung (a3) 14 80x Circus (5) 55 ................................... C Grylls 15 The Likely One (8) 57 ................M Coleman 16 Shaara 57 .................................... Scratched 17 Street Wars 57 ............................. Scratched Emergencies: The Likely One, Shaara, Street Wars 2 1.25pm PAK N’ SAVE THAMES SPRINT RATING 85 $17,500, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 106x6 Gaston tdm (1) 59.5 ........................S Collett 2 x63L7 Rough Odds d (5) 58.5... A Collett (a) 3 21342 Statham d (6) 58 ........................M Cameron 4 x1214 Regalia dm (3) 56 ............... R Hutchings (a) 5 2410x Speech Craft d (4) 56...................... D Nolan 6 73077 Sweet Suitor dm (2) 56 -

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5 x0569 Sing Hang Star t (4) 55.5 ............T Thornton 6 7x789 Viking Chief (3) 55.5 ....................... M Wenn 7 508x0 Smuckers (7) 54.5 ....................... C Dell (a1) 8 06489 La Tourneau m (2) 54 .............. P Turner (a1) 9 x0607 Ashley (1) 54 ............................. A Collett (a) 10 x0999 Belinda’s Girl (10) 54..................M Sweeney 6 3.46pm GOLDRIDGE MARINE FARMS RATING 75 2000 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2000m 1 92835 Russianov d (3) 59 .......................... M Wenn 2 90201 Bouvier (1) 58 .......................... B Grylls (a2) 3 0x101 One O Eight d (2) 58 ..................M Cameron 4 00089 Tempelten 58 ............................... Scratched 5 06541 Seagold d (6) 57 ....................... A Collett (a) 6 44420 Denmark (5) 56 ............................... S Spratt 7 06304 Billie Jean King (8) 55.5 .................. C Grylls 8 0x147 Sophie Claire b (4) 55.5 ...... R Hutchings (a) 9 76255 Didgeridoo (7) 55 ...................... M D Plessis 10 0x042 Mr Chez 54 .................................. Scratched 7 4.21pm COASTWOOD HOMES LOCKWOOD THAMES CUP $25,000, OPN HCP, 2000m 1 45337 Joey Massino (5) 59........................ S Spratt 2 94804 Made My Point (10) 58.5 ............M Cameron 3 x5372 High Roller (7) 57 .......................M Coleman 4 x2596 Red Dragon t (2) 57 ................ R Smyth (a3) 5 x7062 Classcoroc (6) 55 ...................... A Collett (a) 6 81261 Travel Wise m (11) 55 ......... R Hutchings (a) 7 35404 Vincent Street (1) 55 ................ B Grylls (a2) 8 14x70 Quest d (4) 54 ........................... M D Plessis 9 80714 Even Better (9) 54 ...........................S Collett 10 36019 Xalted td (8) 54 ...........................T Thornton 11 00089 Tempelten d (3) 54 .....................M Sweeney

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0x198 Dreamcoat td (6) 54.5 ..................... S Spratt x9x09 Green Wings d (4) 54 .............. R Smyth (a3) 43x10 Jersey Girl td (1) 54 ................. B Grylls (a2) 89717 Rich Billie Marsh (5) 54 ................... M Wenn 0387x Phlorum (7) 54 ................................S Collett 9 5.31pm PAKI PAKI BIKE SHOP RATING 65 1200 $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 x0184 Red Lamar d (8) 59 ....................M Coleman 2 x318x Who Said d (1) 59 ............... R Hutchings (a) 3 x3533 Eveready d (5) 58........................T Thornton 4 35421 Simbaah 58 .................................. Scratched 5 1049x Command d (7) 57.5 ................ B Grylls (a2) 6 0x524 Pipeline t (6) 57.5 ............................ S Spratt 7 120 Alchemy’s Flight db (4) 56.5.......M Cameron 8 43x10 Jersey Girl t (2) 56.5 -

9 858x9 Courier d (3) 55.5 ............... R Smyth (a3) Blinkers on: Code Duello (R1), Ashley (R4), Sing Hang Star, Ashley (R5) Blinkers off : Iona Abbey, Alezan (R3), Who Said (R9) Winkers on : El Primo (R1), Red Dragon (R7) Winkers off : Sing Hang Star (R5) SELECTIONS Race 1: La Punta, El Primo, Dan The Man, Another Red

Sam Spratt has the ride on topweight Race 2: Statham, Regalia, Rough Odds, Speech Craft Joey Massino in the $25,000 Thames Race 3: Speeding, Stoneleigh, Alezan, Hidden Secret Cup in Thames today.

Race 4: Denmark, Cops ‘N’ Coyote, Screw Loose, Rosie Rules Race 5: Mr Chez, Makers Mark, Catch On, La Tourneau Race 6: Russianov, One O Eight, Bouvier, Seagold ING 75 1000 $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1000m Race 7: High Roller, Made My Point, Joey Massino, Travel Wise 1 73077 Sweet Suitor m (3) 61 Race 8: Cassie May, Green Wings, Dreamcoat 2 x4364 Cassie May td (2) 55 ...................T Thornton Race 9: Alchemy’s Flight, Who Said, Eveready, Pipeline

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Otaki Maori RC Venue: Otaki Meeting Date: 05 Jan 2014 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.33pm HAUNUI FARM WFA CLASSIC 22/02 RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 5x273 Mels Evie td (1) 59 ..........................R Myers 2 5414x Volgus (7) 59 ...................................J Riddell 3 1313 Miss Benci d (5) 57 ................L Whelan (a1) 4 x7230 Lumiere Blue d (2) 57 ......... R Hutchings (a) 5 51146 Tinka Tinka tdm (6) 56.5 ................ J Parkes 6 42x71 Sharmack d (3) 58.5 ......................H Tinsley 7 6x299 Peit Rox m (4) 56 8 88617 Miss Rhythmic d (8) 54 ..................D Walker 2 1.08pm 94.3FM THE SOUND OF KAPITI 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 2 The Quiet Man (6) 57.5 ....... R Hutchings (a) 2 5x55x Terse (3) 57.5 ........................... S Wong (a4) 3 3x74 Golden Emperor (2) 57.5 ...............H Tinsley 4 Albrecht (5) 57.5 ......................... B Lammas 5 Nisaean (8) 57.5 .........................T Thornton 6 Tainui (4) 57.5 .................................J Riddell 7 x0295 Irish Strings (9) 55.5....................... J Parkes 8 7x34 Ultra Explosive (1) 55.5 ....................S Doyle 9 Heni (7) 55.5 ...................................R Myers 3 1.43pm HOROWHENUA SHELTER TRIMMERS MDN $7000, MAIDEN, 2100m 1 94264 Hunter Street b (6) 58.5 -

Rosie Myers rides Gamer Royale in the Riverstone Cafe Handicap at the Otaki Maori meeting in Otaki tomorrow.

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55803 Cold Hearted h (4) 58.5 ... J Shackleton (a2) 43939 Joe Bonanno (9) 58.5 .....................J Riddell 6x675 Albakirkee (11) 58.5 .......................D Walker 20808 Mack (12) 58.5 ...............................H Tinsley 07 Sir Gus (1) 57.............................. B Lammas 35258 Grace O’Malley (10) 56.5 ................ K Myers 5x704 Timely Magic (3) 56.5 .............. A Taylor (a2) 30561 Shezastunna 56.5 ........................ Scratched 0x007 Gina (7) 56.5 ....................... R Hutchings (a)

11 0x800 Rise And Fall h (8) 56.5 .........L Whelan (a1) 12 x8453 Satanya (5) 55................................ J Parkes 13 8x937 Poster Girl h (2) 55 ..........................R Myers 4 2.18pm THE PAINT POT RATING 65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 42x71 Sharmack 59.5 ............................. Scratched 2 212 Kawi db (5) 58 .................................J Riddell 3 63x00 Bam A Lam (6) 57 ..........................H Tinsley 4 829x7 Elated dm (3) 57 ................. M Dravitzki (a2) 5 21 Fancy Nancy tdh (4) 56.5 ............ B Lammas 6 48214 Porotene Lollipop db (7) 56 ............ J Parkes 7 x0473 Nena Greena (1) 55 ........................R Myers 8 57621 Fergalicious (2) 54.5 ........... R Hutchings (a) 5 2.55pm RIVERSTONE CAFE RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 00355 Langdon tdh (2) 59................ N Teeluck (a4) 2 00736 Taikomochi m (3) 57 3 00963 Deliciano tdb (7) 56.5 ....................D Bradley 4 110x0 Down Town t (6) 55.5 .............L Whelan (a1) 5 01647 Gamer Royale td (4) 55.5................R Myers 6 31909 Slah tm (10) 55 ................... R Hutchings (a) 7 00836 Lasswade t (9) 54................ M Dravitzki (a2) 8 x9526 Little Storm t (8) 54 ........................D Walker 9 05062 Mister Spiderman (1) 54 10 80402 Ellie’O (5) 54 ................................. T Russell 6 3.32pm SPEIGHT’S MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 94264 Hunter Street b (2) 58.5 ................D Bradley

2 26 Wayne (7) 58.5............................T Thornton 3 5x045 Forever Dreaming (3) 58.5 ...............K Smith 4 0830x Norbert (8) 58.5 ..................... B Murray (a4) 5 3x70x Powerade (4) 58.5 ..........................H Tinsley 6 4x050 Antonio (13) 58.5 ........................ B Lammas 7 8000 Bayrum (9) 58.5 ..............................R Myers 8 8 Willhe (5) 58.5 ..................................S Doyle 9 25535 Vendemiaire (10) 56.5 .....................J Riddell 10 3 La Cite (11) 56.5 ................. R Hutchings (a) 11 80. Meir (12) 56.5.................................. K Myers 12 70761 Mrs Clooney 56.5 ......................... Scratched 13 0x800 Rise And Fall 56.5 ........................ Scratched 14 648 Azraf h (1) 55 ................................. J Parkes 15 58x9 Durham Rose (6) 55 ......................D Walker 16 9x699 Kalinga 55 .................................... Scratched 7 4.09pm THE DOMINION POST MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 89497 Scarred (4) 58.5 ...................... D Turner (a2) 2 0 Via Dolorosa 58.5 ........................ Scratched 3 0 Wilder 58.5 ................................... Scratched 4 2 High Tec (12) 57 .............................H Tinsley 5 4 Stowaway (9) 57.............................D Walker 6 8 Doncrest h (14) 57 ..........................R Myers 7 Elroi (7) 57 ...................................... K Myers 8 77 National Pride (10) 57 ...................D Bradley 9 4 Nova Eight (3) 57 10 x2353 Crackling Rosie (6) 56.5......... B Murray (a4)

11 x523x Ought To Be Bad b (13) 56.5 ......... J Parkes 12 Waikaha (1) 56.5 ......................... B Lammas 13 75x62 Diamantine (8) 55 ............... R Hutchings (a) 14 4x54 Twoznotenough (5) 55 .....................S Doyle 15 6 Zafrenzy (16) 55 16 0 Centre Cross (2) 55 ....................T Thornton 17 08x Guarantor (15) 58.5 ........................J Riddell 18 90x Buddy Broke (11) 58.5 .....................K Smith 19 38x Corbyn 58.5 ................................. Scratched 20 4 Talk To Me 56.5 ............................ Scratched Emergencies: Guarantor, Buddy Broke, Corbyn, Talk To Me Blinkers on : Timely Magic (R3), Gamer Royale (R5), Norbert, Antonio (R6), National Pride, Buddy Broke (R7) Blinkers off : Volgus (R1), Doncrest, Ought To Be Bad (R7) Winkers on : Doncrest, Ought To Be Bad (R7) Winkers off : Norbert (R6)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Miss Benci, Mels Evie, Lumiere Blue, Sharmack Race 2: The Quiet Man, Ultra Explosive, Terse, Tainui Race 3: Grace O’Malley, Hunter Street, Satanya, Poster Girl Race 4: Kawi, Bam A Lam, Fancy Nancy, Porotene Lollipop Race 5: Deliciano, Taikomochi, Little Storm, Lasswade Race 6: La Cite, Vendemiaire, Wayne, Hunter Street, Antonio Race 7: High Tec, Stowaway, Ought To Be Bad, Diamantine

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Saturday, January 4, 2014

■ FRONTRUNNERS

Lake Hood the place to be

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury holidaymakers are being urged to head down to Lake Hood for different reason this morning as the second stage of the National Frontrunner Series begins.

The man-made lake has become a popular hotspot for holidaying activities as the weather continues to improve in Mid Canterbury, and tomorrow even more are expected to

flock to the aquatic park to race in either 6km or 10km walk/ run races.

The inaugural Ashburton three-part series is one of seven around the country under the Frontrunner umbrella, with the first stage at Lake Hood held on November 16.

Frontrunner Ashburton’s Donna Mealings encouraged people from all walks of life to descend on the park to trek the lake’s shores, with the 6km

track allowing walkers and runners and the 10km to challenge any keen runner.

“It’s a great and safe environment to race at and it’s not just for the top athletes, so if you’re keen and thinking about it you should come down,” she said.

The Ashburton Harriers Club has been a keen supporter of the series with many more expected to turn out today, along with those in Mid Canterbury who may be on holiday.

Spot prizes and awards for place-getters will be distributed among competitors.

Keen entrants are expected to sign in near the Lake Hood rowing course by 9am with racing to begin at 10am. Entry fees for the 6km event are $15 per adult and $10 per child, while the 10km run is $20 per adult and 15 per child.

The third stage of the Frontrunner Series at Lake Hood will be held on February 1.

■ BASKETBALL

Wilkinson of old to boost Breakers

By Kris sHannon Gary Wilkinson knew it was coming. So did Dean Vickerman.

The American’s 31-point haul against Sydney surprised few within the club - now the challenge is sustaining that level as the Breakers attempt to claw their way back into

the competition. That continues tonight in Adelaide, where Wilkinson (right) will again take centre stage in the absence of Alex Pledger.

The Breakers suffered little in their first outing without their starting big man. In fact, it could be argued the team’s complexion was enhanced with Wilkinson as-

suming the place in the starting five he owned during his first two seasons at the club.

Crucially, he led the Breakers to their fifth win of the season, one which lifted the defending champions from the bottom of the ladder at the halfway mark of the campaign.

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In brief Hernandez returns A smile was back on the face of Carlos Hernandez today when the Wellington Phoenix midfielder learned he would be back in action earlier than anticipated. The Costa Rican international returned early from the Phoenix’s successful two-game road trip when an X-ray revealed a fracture in his left wrist following a fall in the 1-0 win over Melbourne Heart last week and was told to expect five to six weeks on the sideline. But a visit to the surgeon in Wellington, along with a CT scan, showed it to be an old injury, perhaps up to five years old, and that an operation would not be necessary at this stage.

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Another green jacket?

Adam Scott is confident changing his successful schedule because of his hectic Australian campaign won’t hurt his US Masters title defence.

In Hawaii to start his season at the Tournament of Champions, world No.2 Scott will also play next week’s Sony Open then shut it down, missing his usual tour stops in Los Angeles and also the WGC-Match Play Championship. It’s a decision he made having played four weeks straight in Australia late last year as he celebrated his Masters green jacket with home fans. Everything is now being geared toward repeating that success at Augusta National in April.

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Over the next five weeks the Ashburton Guardian wants to see how fellow Mid Cantabrians enjoy and capture their summer holidays.

Because life is all about people, you must have a person in your photograph to qualify.

Most days during the holidays we will select a number of pictures to be published in the Guardian.

At the beginning of February the team at the Guardian will select the best three photos who will all receive a wonderful prize.

Entries are now open and close on Saturday, 1 February 2014.

To enter Email us your photo to photographers@theguardian.co.nz along with: Your name Contact phone number Your age (junior section under 16 years) and a caption to illustrate your photograph Or deliver your entry to the Ashburton Guardian, 161 Burnett Street, Somerset House, Ashburton, 7700.

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■ SFO APPOINTMENT

New Aussie SFO boss charts future

BY HAMISH FLETCHER Australian lawyer Julie Read has taken the helm of the Serious Fraud Office at a time when its future has yet to be charted.

With the tsunami of failed finance company cases mostly completed, the new SFO director says there is now some “breathing space” to consider where the agency goes next.

Like many government departments, the SFO is being reviewed for its “fitness for purpose”.

“We are in a process of transition because we’ve been through that enormous hump of litigation with the finance companies that just consumed our attention and resources, and so in a way there’s a question and what we’re looking at with the [review] is where are we and where are we going next,” she said.

“Part of what we’re doing is trying to understand precisely what the SFO is here for. Not to justify our existence but to understand what our role is,” Read said.

Read left her home in Hobart to take charge of the fraud watchdog in October, her husband and two beagles also moving to Auckland.

SFO director Julie Read says her job is to promote the office and its work.

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During her decade-long stint with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Read led an investigation into the Australian Wheat Board paying the Iraqi Government in order to get around United Nations sanctions.

The wheat exporter indirectly paid more than US$200 million ($242.9 million) in kickbacks to

Six weeks into the job, she said the Christchurch rebuild and corruption were some of the issues on her radar.

Read doesn’t think New Zealand has a problem with corruption but said the country’s solid reputation made for a lot of interest from the public that could lead to complaints about alleged corrupt practices.

the regime of Saddam Hussein, a 2005 United Nations probe found. No criminal charges were laid but ASIC brought civil proceedings against wheat board directors in 2007, some of which are ongoing.

“It was high stakes, high profile, high difficulty,” Read said of the investigation, which she counts as a highlight of her ca-

reer.

The challenge of bringing a complex legal case is what Read says she has enjoyed across her career. Part of the attraction of working for a corporate watchdog like ASIC is being involved with big cases, she said.

“If you’re [a lawyer] at the private bar you might get one case but there’s certainly no guarantee you’re going to get the next one or the one after that,” Read said.

Before ASIC, Read had 13 years working for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, responsible for the conduct of prosecutions in her home state, Tasmania.

“Coming here is the next step in my career. It’s a great opportunity ... I get to run a big investigation and prosecution practice which is at the sharp end of making a difference.”

Read, who said she was old enough not to want to reveal her age, appears to have flown under Australian media radar and while that may be different in New Zealand, she’s not interested in personal publicity.

“I’ve always taken a lower-key approach ... I’m not personally interested in being famous. I see my job as promoting the office and its work.”

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■ FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET

■ RAISING FUNDS

Kiwi slips as positive US economic data points to continued tapering

Chatham Rock seeks $6m more from investors

BY TINA MORRISON

Seabed mine developer Chatham Rock Phosphate is seeking a private placement of up to $6 million from international investors, having appointed resource specialist London-based corporate financiers Wimmer Financial as advisers.

Chatham Rock is proposing to mine seafloor phosphate using a suction dredge operation on the Chatham Rise, targeting about 1.5 million tonnes a year in depths of about 400m.

Mining the phosphate will be the responsibility of 18.7 per cent shareholder Boskalis, while Chatham becomes a shore-based phosphate trader.

Chatham chief executive Chris Castle said the offering,

The New Zealand dollar weakened after positive US economic data reinforced expectations a reviving US economy will prompt the Federal Reserve to continue to pull back its monetary stimulus this year.

The kiwi slipped to 81.99 US cents at 8am in Wellington, from 82.28 cents at 5pm on Thursday.

The Fed announced last month that it would start pulling back its US$85 billion of monthly bond purchases this month as it gains confidence about a revival in the world’s largest economy. Supporting that view, reports on Thursday

showed a gauge of US factory activity held near a 2-1/2 year high, the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell and construction spending hit its highest in nearly five years.

“It wasn’t stellar data but it just continues the trend,” said Stuart Ive, senior advisor at OMF. “That broad US dollar strength is on the belief that tapering is going to continue.”

A Reuters poll of economists taken in mid-December forecast annualised first-quarter US economic growth of 2.5 per cent, reaching 3 per cent by year-end. But since then, economic data has tended to exceed forecasts, Reuters said.

Investors will closely watch a speech by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke for clues about the central bank’s plans for further easing of its monthly bondbuying programme.

The New Zealand dollar is benefiting from investors selling the euro and the sterling in favour of the kiwi and the Aussie, said OMF’s Ive. The local currency advanced to 59.98 euro cents from 59.76 cents on Thursday and rose to 49.98 British pence from 49.60 pence.

The kiwi weakened to 91.89 Australian cents from 92.17 cents on Thursday and dropped to 85.81 yen from 86.62 yen.

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OUR VIEW

Weather, just grin and bear it Erin Tasker

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ave we ever talked about the weather before, as much as we have in recent weeks?

In the past few weeks it’s been a hot topic thanks to the miserable conditions which we all had to put up with throughout the festive season.

We’ve gone from spring storms bringing wind and hail, to summer rain, and yesterday we finally got back to the norm for Mid Canterbury – a hot, blustery summer’s day.

Not good news for the district’s firefighters, but good news for those still on holiday seeking some sun.

And it’s going to continue if weather forecasts are to be believed. The MetService is warning of strong winds again this weekend.

It’s time to batten down the hatches.

At least it’s not likely to rain … until Tuesday, that is. Showers are set to develop on Tuesday and continue for a few days.

Not great news for those with children home for the school holidays who are going to be stuck inside yet again.

The weather is the news at the moment. Yesterday as we were battling to keep the dust out of our eyes thanks to the blustery wind, those in central New Zealand were also getting battered.

There were traffic delays, power outages and trees and lamp posts were struggling to stay upright.

Even closer to home, emergency services were kept on their toes as wind was believed to have contributed to a fourwheel-drive towing a caravan leaving the road near Mayfield yesterday, while firefighters also dealt with a fire in a pile of trees at Westerfield.

Yesterday’s wind was just the latest in a string of weather events making news at the moment and it’s news that can’t be changed.

The weather is something that can’t be altered and at the end of the day it’s not going to please everyone.

We’ve just got to deal with it.

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The carnival is over

Yesterday’s result Q: Will you be making a New Year’s resolution?

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t’s all over!

The hubbub, the noise, the crowded aisles in the big retail boxes, and eating till you feel like bursting, It’s been many years since we had small children at our family gatherings, so I’ve been able avoid the toy aisles.

For some reason I can’t explain, this year I ventured forth.

It was a big mistake.

I’ve read here and there recently about the pink phenomenon, but I hadn’t really taken it in.

Sure, I’ve made a point of casting my eyes over popular magazines, and I’ve acknowledged that, yes, as I’ve been hearing, there is a lot of pink about.

In the aisles of the stores little Madams were bashfully simpering at their Mums about Santa bringing them pink things; dolls, little tea sets, bicycles, clothing.

I don’t recall previous generations being so manipulative, and I’m not saying it’s the kids’ fault, but a constant diet of television ads involving passive toys must have some effect.

It’s a long time since I’ve seen the results of any surveying of children’s viewing habits, but when I last did the trends for little girls were towards passive and pink.

Now on the whole I can cope with a bit of pink. I am wearing a bright pink T shirt myself.

But overall, too much pink makes me bilious.

I don’t know when this pink for girls came into being. I’ve been told it’s something to do with pink for girls and blue for boys.

Now my Mother and her generation knitted layettes by the dozen for friends and family who were expecting new arrivals. I don’t ever remember them being pink or blue They were snowy white and pale lemon and pastel green.

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On the whole I can cope with a bit of pink. I am wearing a bright pink T shirt myself.

But overall, too much pink makes me bilious

I suspect that since the new parents in those days had no way of knowing whether they were having a boy or a girl, those colours were pretty safe.

Plus, they could hand them down.

But no one seemed to care much one way or the other.

Anyway I didn’t actually start off to go on about pink, but I’m easily distracted.

My issue is the difference between active and passive pastimes Passive to me are dolls, which I suppose can be dressed or undressed but not much else.

Active toys mean the development of some skills, and often interaction with others.

Balls and bikes come to mind.

On a cold rainy miserable day of the type we invariably see in the holidays, balls and bikes might be a bit difficult, and passive dolls are likely to lose their charm quite quickly.

But there are answers.

Lego and other construction toys are my choices, alongside books and board or card games.

However if I ever have to play another game of Monopoly It’ll be too soon.

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■ LEBANON

Arrest in priest killing

Lebanese citizens gather at the site of an explosion in a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion took place during rush hour in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood.

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Explosion in Beirut kills 5 An explosion tore through a crowded commercial street yesterday in a south Beirut neighbourhood that is bastion of support for the Shiite group Hezbollah, killing at least five people, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the Beirut skyline.

It was the latest in a wave of attacks to hit Lebanon in recent months as the civil war in Syria increasingly spills over into its smaller neighbour.

The violence has targeted both Sunni and Shiite neighbourhoods, further stoking sectarian tensions that are already running high as each community in Lebanon lines up with its brethren in Syria on opposing sides of the war.

The Lebanese army said 20 kilograms of explosives were

placed in a dark green SUV. It said authorities were investigating how the explosives were set off.

A security official said that human remains were found in and around the vehicle, and that authorities were investigating whether the blast could be a suicide bombing.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media, said a DNA test will be conducted to try identify the person who was in the car.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency said at least five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the explosion, which left the mangled wreckage of cars in the street and blew out the windows of

store fronts. The director of the Bahman Hospital, where dozens of the wounded were taken, said some of the injured were in critical condition.

Images from Associated Press television showed firefighters putting out the smouldering hulks of several cars that had been set ablaze. Crowds swarmed around ambulances waiting for the wounded with their lights flashing.

At least one building had part of its facade blown off, and several neighbouring buildings were also damaged.

Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said the explosion occurred “a few hundred metres from the politburo of Hezbollah.” It said the political office was not the target of the attack. Hezbollah’s deputy chief Sheik Naim

Kassim told al-Manar that the blast was aimed at “the whole of Lebanon”.

“Suddenly, the whole area went bright and we started running away,” Ali Oleik, an accountant who works in a nearby office building, told The Associated Press.

“I saw two bodies on the street, one of a woman and another of a man on a motorcycle who was totally deformed.”

Hezbollah security agents as well as Lebanese troops were trying to cordon off the area to keep the angry crowds away from the blast site. Authorities brought out bomb sniffing dogs, and at one point announced over megaphones that there might be another bomb, setting the panicked crowd scattering.

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A suspect was arrested yesterday in the killing of a respected priest and educator who was found dead in a church rectory in California.

Gary Lee Bullock, 43, was taken into custody by deputies in the killing of the Rev Eric Freed, according to a statement released by Eureka police.

Bullock had been named in an arrest warrant. The statement says he had been in and out of police custody in the hours before Freed died.

Officials were seeking a motive in the killing.

Freed’s body was found on New Year’s Day in the St. Bernard Church rectory after he failed to show up for morning Mass.

Bullock was initially arrested on Tuesday for public intoxication in Garberville and taken to jail in Eureka, His erratic behaviour led police to send him to a hospital for an evaluation.

He became agitated and deputies had to restrain him. He was booked into jail for about eight hours then released shortly after midnight.

At 2am Wednesday, Eureka police responded to a call about a suspicious person a couple blocks from the jail and a short distance from the church where Freed was found.

Officers referred Bullock to an emergency shelter for the night. Later that evening, a security guard heard noise near the church and went to investigate.

He saw a man matching Bullock’s description and, after a short conversation, told him to leave the property, police said.

It is not clear exactly when Freed was killed An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Freed grew up in Southern California and graduated from Loyola Marymount University.

He completed his graduate studies in linguistics while in Italy, where he also learned how to speak Italian.

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■ CAMBODIA

Witnesses claim police open fire on strikers Several striking Cambodian garment workers were wounded yesterday when police opened fire during a confrontation with the protesters, witnesses said.

An Associated Press photographer and human rights workers said police fired AK47 rifles after several hundred workers blocking a road south of the capital Phnom Penh be-

gan burning tires and throwing objects at them. Several wounded workers could be seen after the shots were fired.

Chan Soveth of the humanrights group Adhoc said one person was killed and at least five wounded, but the death could not be immediately confirmed by officials or medical authorities.

The workers are part of a

nationwide strike demanding a doubling of the minimum wage to $160 a month. About 500,000 Cambodian are employed in the garment industry, the country’s biggest export earner. The government has offered $100 a month.

The clash comes a day after Cambodian soldiers forcefully quelled a separate demonstration by striking workers, de-

taining Buddhist monks and labour leaders.

The violence comes at a time of political stress, as the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has protested daily for Prime Minister Hun Sen to step down and call elections.

Hun Sen won elections last July that extended his 28-year rule in the poor Southeast Asia nation.

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■ UNITED STATES

Wintry blast hits northeast A winter storm thrashed the US Northeast with numbing winds, punishing cold and up to 600mm of snow early yesterday, extending the Christmas break for some students and presenting a first test for New York’s new mayor and perhaps a last one for Boston’s outgoing one.

Some schools in New England and New York closed, well ahead of the snow, while cities mobilised ploughs and salt spreaders, and state offices sent workers home early. Some major highways were ordered shut down overnight. US. airlnes cancelled more than 2,300 flights nationwide in advance of the storm.

The heavy weather began rolling in just a day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in to lead the nation’s largest city and a few days before Boston Mayor Thomas Menino ends 20 years in office.

Menino announced a parking ban and said schools would be closed in Boston, where up to 36 centimetres of snow was originally forecast.

The National Weather Service reported that Boxford just north of Boston had received nearly 60 centimetres of snow and parts of upstate New York had already received 45 centimetres.

De Blasio, who as public ad-

Massive drug bust Chinese authorities have deployed helicopters, speedboats and paramilitary police in a massive raid on a single southern village notorious for illegal drugs production. Guangdong province’s police force says officers surrounded and then entered the village of Boshe, where more than a fifth of households were involved in or linked to production and trafficking of drugs. The police statement said police and paramilitary forces from four cities arrested 182 suspects in the raid.

Boshe’s villagers have resisted Chinese authorities for years, blockading the village entrance with motorcycles, brandishing replica AK-47s, laying nail boards on the road and hurling rocks and homemade grenades at officers.

- AP

Death warrant signed

A Frontier airplane waits for passengers at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. more snow is expected to fall over the Chicago metro area with even more falling in the southern part of the region. photo Ap

vocate in 2010 criticised his predecessor Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his handling of a post-Christmas storm, said hundreds of ploughs and salt spreaders would be on the streets as soon as the snow started falling.

“We have to get it right, no question about it,” de Blasio said. “We are focused like a laser on protecting this city and getting everyone ready. We have all hands on deck.”

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Snow had also fallen in parts of New England and New York state.

Forecasters said temperatures would plummet to well below freezing.

The weather service issued a blizzard warning for Cape Cod, coastal areas north and south of Boston and part of Maine as well as New York’s Long Island, where up to 25 centimetres of snow could fall and winds could gust to 72km/h.

New York City was expecting 20 centimetres, while Philadelphia could see up to 18 centimetres.

As the storm approached, a worker at a suburban Philadelphia salt storage facility was killed when a 30-metre-tall pile of road salt fell and crushed him. Police said the man was trapped while operating a backhoe. There was no immediate word on what may have caused the accident.

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■ ANTARCTIC

South dismisses north’s Rescued passengers calls for improved ties head for open water South Korea yesterday dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s calls for improved ties and urged his government to take nuclear disarmament steps first.

Kim made the overture in his New Year’s Day speech that included typical rhetoric against Seoul and Washington and a warning of nuclear war.

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Euido told reporters yesterday that North Korea must first make “sincere” efforts for nuclear disarmament if it wants to improve strained ties with Seoul.

He said Seoul was doubtful about Pyongyang’s overture because the country made a similar offer in a New Years’ Day message last year but quickly followed that with a nuclear test and a string of military threats that sharply raised tension on the peninsula.

Analysts said North Korean

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leader Kim’s hopes for better ties with South Korea could be linked to his vow to revive the moribund economy and improve his people’s living standards as outside investment and aid are necessary to realise his promise.

Prospects for inter-Korean relations were put in doubt after last month’s execution of Kim’s once-powerful uncle and mentor Jang Song Thaek on treason charges in the biggest political upheaval since Kim took power following the death of his father Kim Jong Il in late 2011.

Seoul officials have said North Korea may increase provocations against South Korea to bolster internal unity to cope with possible instability triggered by Jang’s execution.

In his New Year’s Day speech, Kim said the country’s unity has been strengthened after the elimination of “factionalist filth” in a reference to his late uncle.

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All 52 passengers rescued after being trapped for more than a week on an icebound Russian research ship in the Antarctic were aboard an Australian icebreaker slowly cracking through heavy sea ice yesterday toward open water after their dramatic rescue by a Chinese helicopter.

A spot of clear weather allowed the multinational rescue operation after blinding snow, strong winds and thick sea ice forced rescuers to turn back time and again.

The twin-rotor helicopter — its red and yellow colours contrasting with the ice and snow — took seven hours to carry the scientists and tourists from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy to an Australian icebreaker, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Rescue Co-ordination Centre, which oversaw the rescue.

Earlier, the passengers had

linked arms and stomped out a landing site in the snow next to the Russian ship for the helicopter, which is based on a Chinese icebreaker.

Helicopter pilot Jia Shuliang told China’s official Xinhua News Agency that frequent weather changes and landing on ice were among the major challenges he faced in using a transport helicopter on a rescue operation for which it was ill-equipped.

The rescue came in the never-ending daylight of summer after days of failed attempts to reach the vessel, which was trapped since Christmas Eve. The icebreaker Aurora Australis is expected to take two weeks to bring the passengers to Tasmania.

“I think everyone is relieved and excited to be going on to the Australian icebreaker and then home,” expedition leader Chris Turney said by phone from the Antarctic.

- AP

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a death warrant for the man convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jimmy Ryce on his way home from school almost 20 years ago. Forty-sixyear-old Juan Carlos Chavez is scheduled to die by injection February 12 for the September 11, 1995, slaying. The boy was abducted after being dropped off by a bus near his home in south Miami-Dade County. Chavez took him back to his trailer, where he raped him. He held Jimmy captive for three hours before he shot the boy as he tried to escape.

- AP

Sentence cut denied A judge has denied a Saudi man’s request to return to his home country to complete his prison term for sexually abusing his Indonesian housekeeper and keeping her as a virtual slave.

Homaidan al-Turki is serving eight years to life in a state prison after being convicted in 2006 of unlawful sexual contact by use of force, false imprisonment and other counts. The Saudi government had asked the judge to allow al-Turki to be deported to Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials promised to enforce whatever terms Colorado imposed.

- AP

Ace fighter pilot dies World War Two fighter pilot William Overstreet Jr, who gained fame for flying beneath the Eiffel Tower’s arches in pursuit of a German aircraft, has died. He was 92. According to Oakley’s Funeral Home, Overstreet died at a Roanoke hospital. Overstreet’s famous flight in Nazi-occupied Paris has been credited with lifting the spirits of French Resistance troops on the ground.

- AP

Panama canal fight Panama’s president said he’ll travel to Italy and Spain to seek their governments’ help in resolving a $1.6 billion dispute that’s threatening to halt the Panama Canal’s expansion. The consortium responsible for most of the expansion issued an ultimatum giving the Panama Canal Authority 21 days to pay for a cost overrun that’s roughly half of Grupo Unidos por el Canal’s original $3.2 billion bid to build a third set of locks.

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86 88 Obstinate Slow (10) (10) 91 Divide into three 93 Thick syrup (7) (7) 95 Father (4) 97 Play divisions (4) 96 98 Arrow To bootcase (2,4)(6) 97 Fermented 99 Pranks (6) fodder (6) 98 100 Sweet Refusecourse to buy(7) from (7) 101 Self-assurance (10) 103 Pen name (3,2,5) 102 Voting event (8) 104 Endless time (8) 103 105 Claw Inane(5) (5) 106 Silt up (6) (anag) (6) 108 Whole 107 Chore (6) 109 Summary (6) 109 Bread spread 111 Engrossing (9) (9) 114 Vigilant (8) 116 Roundish handle (8) 115 Fabric for tents, sails (6) 117 Sturdy (6) 116 True (7) 118 Instruct (7) 120 Gives shelter to (8) 122 War memorial (8) 121 Gambling hall (6) 123 Skin sketch (6) 122 Slightly open (4) 124 Following (4) 123 Fulcrum (5) 125 Buy off (5) 124 Bottomless pit (5) 126 Monotonous low hum (5) 127 Spiv (5,9) 129 Lustre Claim innocence (5,3,6) 134 (5) 136 Playing card (5) 137 Tier (5) 139 Defensive Over (5) ditch (4) 138 140 Exchange 139 Sore to the(4) touch (6) 141 Documents (6)(8) 140 Sit astride of 142 Income Ore-crusher 143 (7) waste (8) 145 Blackguard (7) 144 False front (6) 146 Diverse (6) 145 Duplicitous (3-5) 147 Envoy Red sausages (8) 148 (9) 150 Made fun of (9) 150 Clay user (6) 152 Wheedle Strip bare(6) (6) 152 153 Limits (6) 156 Shortfall (7) 157 Bill Discard (5) 157 at exorbitant prices 158 Guns (8) (6,2,3,3,1,3) 160 Arsonist Bewildering 161 (7) (10) 165 Buccaneer Aglow (7) (6) 162 166 Crowd Mourn scene (6) actors (6) 163 167 Company Debated (6) 164 (4) 168 Plume Tart (4)(7) 165 169 Sexually Modified unrestrained (7) 166 170 Unrewarding (10) (10) 171 Eternal Stray off(7) the subject (7) 167

DOWN 11 Arm joint (5) Venomous snake (5) 22 Worth a lot(8) (8) Hard metal 33 Detective Seasoned (6) preserved 4 Glossy sausagefabric (6) (5) 54 Elapsed (anag) Sanctuary (5) (7) 65 Hold-up (7)(4) Foolhardy 76 Business Make an room impact(6) on (7) 87 Religion of Awning (6) Muslims (5) 108 Rival (10)friend (5) Spanish 1110Level (7) Assistant (4) 1211 Reduce (6) Self-important (7) 1712Digit (10) Highly decorated (6) 20 (3) (10) 17 Pixie Belligerent 2118Edges Pilot’s(7) badge (5) 23 Dutch 22 Citrus cheese drink (8)(4) 25 leafstalk (5) (7) 23 Edible Slight colouring 26 Alleviation (6) 24 Confectionery flavour (7) 27 boots 26 Angler’s Irretrievable (4) (6) 28 Disease of dogs (6) 28 Reveal (7) 30 Drain (5) 29 Shock (6) 3130Echo sounder Evil spirits (6) (5) 33 Group of singers (5) 31 Smother (6) 34 Small island (4) 33 Unpolluted (5) 35 Drag along (4) 35 Turning machine (5) 41 Hedge shrub (6) 36 Framework of lines (4) 42 In the air (5) 37 Feel nostalgia for (4) 44 Absent (4) 43 Symbol (6) 45 Waterfall (7) 44 Zest (5) 46 Ran hastily (6) 46 Avoid (4) 47 Roof overhang (5) 47 Recovery setback (7) 48 Sword sheath (8) 48 Breadwinner (6)

49 (6) (5) 49 Food Divinestore messenger 50 sashfrom (10)flying (8) 50 Waist Prohibited 51 51 Cricket Evasivespell (6) (4) 52 (7) (2,8) 52 Scoffed Verdi opera 57 (5) 53 Lacking Fluctuatedistinctness (4) 58 Speed contest (4) 54 Durable (7) 62 59 Decorate Initial (5) (5) 63 Endure (8) 60 Elderly (4) 65 Admit to 64 Trap (5) (7) 66 (7) 65 Questionable Huge (8) 68 Fleet of warships (6) 67 Non-professional (7) 69 68 Humorously Earnest (7) vulgar (6) 70 (6) 70 Handwriting Writing desk (6) 73 Intact (5) 71 Body shape (6) 75 (5) (6) 72 Cake Smalltopping castle tower 76 Entice (5) 75 Similar (5) 77 store(5) (4) 77 Grain Gangway 78 Alone (4) 78 Uncanny (5) 83 79 Elementary Heinous (4) (5) 84 Throttle (8)(4) 80 Information 85 Queasiness 85 Evident (5) (6) 86 Chaos (5) 86 Guess (8) 87 Well-ventilated (4) 87 Without effort (6) 88 Dangle (7) 88 Reverie (5) 89 Tumbled along (6) 89 Young elephant (4) 90 Darkness (5) 90 Correspondence (7) 92 Coral ridge (4) 91 Elevated (6) 93 Keep up, prolong (7) 92 Stolen (5) 94 Police line (6) 94 Space (4) 99 Sheer and translucent 95 Public sale (7) (10) 96 Wee (6)

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100 fraudulently 101 Copy Drink container (4,6)(5) 104 102 Precious Backless metal seat (5)stamp (8) 105 brother 106 Religious Sword sheath (8) (5) 106 107 Windpipe Dwelling (5)(7) 108 108 Floating Lured (7)platform (4) 110 Unshakeable in purpose, 110 Ladder step (4) determination, opinion 112 Small barkless dog (7) (7) 111 Dung beetle (6) 113 Stumble (4,2) 112 with a key 114 Open Rectangular (6) (6) 113 Renowned (6) 115 Unchanging (6) 115 117 Porcelain Proportion(5) (5) 117 Ordeal (5) item (5) 119 Collector’s 118 (4) 120 Quarry Annul (4)

119 121Headland Leave (4)(4) 125 (6) (6) 127Jacket Furry animal 126 leather(5) (5) 128Soft Innovative 128 apparatus (4) 130Weaving Bawdy (4) 129 house 131Small Placate (7) (7) 130 Shared (6) 132 Linen square (6) 131 (5) (5) 133Scope Lukewarm 132 Build (5) 134 Rebellion (8) 133 (6) 135Ceremony Annually (6) 134 Cemeteries (8) 136 Pirate flag (5,5) 135 Probability (4) 137 Type (4) 136 138Ghost Sisters(7) (anag) (7) 141 Stand-in 143 Ape (5) (10)

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142 144 Bound Ferventalong (4) (4) 146 148 Wildebeest Muggy (5) (3) 147 medical (8) dressing 149Heated Counter-poison 151(8) Envisage (7) 149 apparent 152 Clearly Disagreement (7)(7) 150 Keep from happening (7) 154 Doodle (6) 151 Citrus hybrid (7) 155 Unhampered (4,2) 153 156Formula Fan out (6) (6) 154 Invent (6)(5) 159 Mistake 155 of the 161Roof Margins (5)mouth (6) 158 Caribbean country (5) 162 Microbes (5) 159 Appraises (5) 163 Long ago (4) 160 (5) 164 Sporting Labyrinthevents (4)

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Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

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22T Track Excavator for hire.

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Comes with experienced Operator.

Phone Doug on 027 439 1560 or Murray on 027 439 1556

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems phone 0274 362 362 or 308 4573.

CLEANERS EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING (2012) Professional service and a friendly team for a job well done.

Call Sandra and the team on 03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Home • Commercial • Office

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Wicksey’s Lawn Mowing Service Lawns cut and tidied - spick and span - for your home, rental or business properties.

Servicing the Mid Canterbury area.

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Ph Graeme on 027 457 6508

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Solution to Giant Crossword found on page 34

Birthday Greetings

GIANT CROSSWORD SOLUTION 104 101

ACROSS: Supersonic, Scuffle, 13 Baffle, Impasse, 18 ACROSS:1 1Envious, Cutlass,44 Hermit crab, 99Harpoon, 13Belt, Bind,14 14Settle, Gloves,1515 Pencil,1616 Adamant, Wear out one’s 20 welcome, 19 21 Berthed, 24 Hungriest, Brilliant, 29 31 19 Assignment, Euphoria, Youth, 21 24Mallet, Cherry,22 25Deadly, Pliers, 27 32Liberate, Espresso, Statue, 32 Conceal, 36 Insignia, 37 Sponge, 38 Afar, 39 Toxic, 40 Spear, 43 Fancy-dress 33 Coerce, 34 Agility, 38 Merciful, 39 Gazebo, 40 Vein, 41 Staff, 42 Ledge, 45 As green ball, 50 Cross, 53 Pilot, 54 Pass, Reveal, 56 Premiere, 59 Neutral, 60 Cadets, 61 Braceas grass, 52 Level, 55 Abyss, 5655 Purl, 57 Region, 58 Pictures, 61 Deposit, 62 Appeal, 63 let, 64 Scoundrel, 66 Survey, 67 Abroad, 71 Prank, 72 Brownies, 74 Disconnect, 79 RamNightcap, 66 Passenger, 68 Steady, 69 Siding, 73 Ducat, 74 Creation, 76 Balustrade, 81 ekin, 80 Locate, 81 Origin, 82 Balm, 83 85 Bassoon, Sire, 96 Deserve, 82 Dilute, 83 Absurd, 84 Stir, Puerile,86 88Headstrong, Decelerate, 91 93Trisect, Treacle,9597 Acts, Quiver, 97 Silage, 98 100 Dessert, 101 103 Confidence, 102 Election, 103 Talon, 106 108 Tulips, 107 98 As well, 99 Tricks, Boycott, Nom de plume, 104 Eternity, 105 Silly, Entire, Errand, 109 Margarine, 114 Watchful, 115 Canvas, 116 Factual, 120 Harbours, 121 Casino,123 122 109 Précis, 111 Absorbing, 116 Doorknob, 117 Robust, 118 Educate, 122 Cenotaph, Ajar, 123124 Pivot, 124125 Abyss, 127126 Black marketeer, 134 Gloss, 137 Layer, 138 Moat, 139 Tender, Tattoo, Next, Bribe, Drone, 129 Plead not guilty, 136 Joker, 139 Above, 140 140 Straddle, 143 Revenue, 144 Facade, 145 Two-faced, 148 Messenger, 150 Potter, 152 Swap, 141 Papers, 142 Tailings, 145 Villain, 146 Varied, 147 Saveloys, 150 Ridiculed, 152 Cajole, 156 Deficit, 157157 Charge an158 armFirearms, and a leg, 161Perplexing, Firebug, 162 163166 Extras, 164 Denude, 153 Bounds, Scrap, 160 165Pirate, Radiant, Grieve, Firm, 165 Feather, 166 Licentious, 167 Endless.

167 Argued, 168 Sour, 169 Altered, 170 Profitless, 171 Digress.

DOWN: 4 4Satin, 5 Pleased, Office, 88Islam, 10 DOWN: 11Elbow, Cobra,22Valuable, Tungsten,3 3Sleuth, Salami, Haven, 5 Rash, 66 Robbery, Impress, 77 Canopy, Amigo, Competitor, 11 Flatten, 12 2018 Elf,Wings, 21 Margins, 23 Edam,23 25Tinge, Rhubarb, 10 Hide, 11 Pompous, 12Lessen, Ornate,1717Forefinger, Aggressive, 22 Lemonade, 24 26 Relief, 27 Rabies, 29 30 Trauma, Empty, 3130Sonar, 33 Choir, 34 Isle, Haul,35 41 Lathe, Privet, Caramel, 26 Waders, Lost, 2828 Uncover, Demons, 31 Stifle, 33 35 Clean, 42 44 Miss, Away,43 45Emblem, Cascade,4446Gusto, Darted, Eaves, Scabbard, 49 Larder, 50 Cum36 Aloft, Grid, 37 46 47 Shun, 47 48 Relapse, 48 Earner, 49 Angel, 50 merbund, Over, 52 52 Sneered, 57 Vague, 58 Race, 62 Adorn, 63 Tolerate, 66 Grounded,5151 Shifty, La Traviata, 53 Vary, 54 Lasting, 59 First, 60 Aged,65 64Confess, Snare, 65 Suspect, 68 Armada, 69 Ribald, 70 Script, 73 Whole, 75 Icing, 76 Tempt, 77 Silo, 78 Solo, Gigantic, 67 Amateur, 68 Sincere, 70 Bureau, 71 Figure, 72 Turret, 75 Alike, 77 Aisle, 78 83 Basic, 84 Strangle, 85 Nausea, 86 Havoc, 87 Airy, 88 Suspend, 89 Rolled, 90 Night, Eerie, 79 Evil, 80 Data, 85 Plain, 86 Estimate, 87 Easily, 88 Dream, 89 Calf, 90 Letters, 92 93 Sustain, 9494 Cordon, Forge, 104 Hallmark, 105Stool, Friar,106 106 91 Reef, Raised, 92 Taken, Room,99 95Diaphanous, Auction, 96 100 Little, 101 Beer bottle, 102 Trachea, 108 Raft, 110 Adamant, 111 Scarab, 112 112 Unlock, 113 Famous, 117 Trial,115 118 Scabbard,107 Abode, 108 Enticed, 110 Rung, Basenji, 113 Trip115 up,China, 114 Oblong, Prey, 119117 Cape, 125 119 Blazer, 126120 Suede, 128121 Loom, 130 Novel, Mutual,130 131 Lewd, Range,131 132 Stable, Ratio, Curio, Undo, Exit,129 127Cottage, Rabbit, 128 Erect, 133 132 Ritual, 134 Graveyards, 135Uprising, Odds, 136 141 Jolly Substitute, 142 Kind, Lope,138 146 Appease, Napkin, 133 Tepid, 134 135Spectre, Yearly, 136 Roger, 137 Gnu, 147 143 Poultice, 149144 Evident, 150 Humid, Prevent,149 151 Antidote, Tangelo, 153 154 Create, 155 154 PalResists, Mimic, Avid, 148 151 Recipe, Imagine, 152 Dissent, ate, 158 Haiti, 159 Rates, 160 Games.

Scrawl, 155 Free of, 156 Spread, 159 Error, 161 Edged, 162 Germs, 163 Once, 164 Maze.

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Rachel Rickard Happy 3rd birthday!!

We hope you have a fun day.

Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Ella and Kate.

it’s what we know and it’s what we do best. That’s why clients have chosen us, again and again.

211 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton (03) 307 61 30 www.calderstewart.co.nz

Guardian Motoring

Lotto, and Duty Manager

Jessica Ruby King Happy 9th Birthday.

Have a great day.

Lots of love Gran Grandad & Sam. xxxx

WANTED

$ CASH PAID $ Full Time and $ $ Part Time $ FOR SCRAP $ Retail Assistants

If you are honest, motivated and reliable with excellent time management skills, have a passion for customer service and enjoy being part of a busy team in a 7 day business, we have two positions available.

Jessica Ruby King Happy 9th Birthday.

We hope you have a wonderful day. Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Joshua, William, Fluffy and Cooper. xxxxxx

Building –

SITUATIONS VACANT

Qualifications are preferred but full training is provided.

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

SITUATIONS VACANT

If this sounds like you please complete an application form from Netherby Four Square and attach your CV.

by January 11, 2014

Eva Redwood Happy 3rd Birthday to a beautiful and much loved little girl. Have a wonderful day Eva. Love Mum, Dad and Alex. xxxx 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.

PAINTER Required for a couple of days.

Interior work.

Call 308 4369

Your local Telecom store East Street Ashburton (03) 308 0308

See Kitchen Kapers and make your own

Summer Kiwiana Cupcakes

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The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

TRADES, SERVICES

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

WANTED

PRIVATE board for 58 year old female. Non-smoker.

Tinwald area or near town.

Preferably long term. Call 302 4032.

TRADES, SERVICES

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

ROOFING - for all your roofing requirements, new roofs, reroofing, commercial, insurance claims, repairs. Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-476-0203.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting of cars, homes & offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety & security.

Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator 307 6347 or 0800TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ.

Guardian Situations Vacant

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Daily Events Saturday

Monday

9.00am - 12.00noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Weekly farm fresh produce, plants, coffee, food and more. North end of the West Street car park.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Saturday’s in the West Street Car park.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL .

Outdoor swimming pool open. Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

Sunday 8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship. Methodist Church Lounge, Baring Square East.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Summer time worship. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play an Ambrose. Drawn teams of three. Rakaia Golf Club.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Outdoor pool open in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

Holy Communion every Sunday. 151153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.00am - 3.00pm RODS AT METHVEN. Hot rod show with street machines, classic cars and motorbikes. Town Centre, Methven (Blue Pub area).

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study His word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping God and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

11.00am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Combined service with St James, Tinwald. cnr Graham and Thomson Streets. Morning tea at 10.15am, NOTE: no service at St Paul’s.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 7.00pm TINWALD SWIMMING POOL. Outdoor pool open for swimming in the Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. EXPLORE service, Menorlue, front of Ashburton College, Walnut Avenue.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study His word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

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RURAL TRADING POST

PUBLIC NOTICES

Feed Wanted

with one simple ingredient

NEW

Call Stuart for a top price

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall)

range from theCream in-store now

DONALDSON CONTRACTING ‘Focused on Quality Feeds’

HEALTH 2000 ASHBURTON The Arcade, Ashburton Phone: (03) 308 1815 www.health2000.co.nz

027 BALE HAY

PUBLIC NOTICES Benneydale – Mangapehi – Pureora District Reunion January 25th/26th 2014 Waitomo Club. Te Kuiti Registration forms and information.

Jenifer Reinhardt 07 878 4885.

jenifer.graeme@slingshot.co.nz

Nancy Timmo 07 878 3303 kntimmo@xtra.co.nz David Hunter 07 886 5337 da.@xtra.co.nz .

PLANTS, PRODUCE

Southberry Open 7 days 9am - 6pm Freshly picked: Raspberries Boysenberries Tayberries Blackberries Red and Black Currants And P.Y.O. No Eftpos.

56 Tinwald/ Westerfield/ Mayfield Road.

Phone 03 308 1338.

RURAL TRADING POST

GRASS SEED STRAW wanted for the coming season.

Phone Jacob Holdaway 027 422 5464.

MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

MEETINGS, EVENTS South Rakaia Bach Owners Assn. Inc AGM The annual general meeting will be held 2pm, January 11, 2014 at the Dorie Hall. Dorie.

M. Price Secretary

Guardian Classifieds Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

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Purchase theCream face or men for only $59.00 - SAVE $10.00!

LIVESTOCK, PETS

GRAZING

FOR SALE

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 03 322 7626.

FLOAT hire - single, double and tandem. Reasonable rates. Morrison’s Saddlery & Feed. Phone 308-3422 anytime.

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

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village.

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

RIVERTON holiday home to let. Warm, sunny, two bedroom cottage. Second bedroom with ensuite. Five minute walk to main street and ten minute walk to beach. $100 per night for up to four people. Phone 308 8857.

GARAGE SALES

GARAGE Sale: Saturday, ADULT January 4, 8am - 12 noon.

George Street, Tinwald. ENTERTAINMENT Women’s, men’s, boys and baby girls clothes, cot, tools, ASIAN. Pretty, classy, sexy Tupperware, bedding, toys, body, busty 10D, friendly and heaters, kitchenware, child full service. Ph 022 061 4428. safety gate, suitcases, and lots more.

CALL Zoe. Available every FOR SALE day. No texting. Discretion assured. Ph 021 0233 9259.

FIREWOOD - green old man pine - $130, green blue gum PHEBE. Busty, slim, back for + macrocarpa - $150, green poplar - $90. All per 3.6m3. Ph one day only. Private house.

Shane James Firewood 03 Don’t miss out. 9am till late.

Ph 021 175 2760.

303 7063.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

You’re very welcome!

Cnr Cass & Cameron St 308 7610 - 308 7062

HOUSE for rent. Five bedroom house on Walnut Avenue, no dogs, $425pw, references required. Phone 027 532 9720.

St David’s Church 48 Allens Road Everyone welcome www.st-davids.org.nz

LANDLORDS. Don’t leave the management of your valuable asset in the hands of a company that’s primary income is from selling properties.

Property management is our sole focus 24/7. Contact B&N Properties Ltd now, 0800 111 252 www.bnproperties.co.nz

Evangelical Presbyterian Church

THREE bedroom house, Allenton, open plan living, dining, kitchen, double garage. $310 per week. No pets or smokers, references required.

Phone Leslie Property Management Ltd, 308-6275 or 021-1779-9265

Every Sunday

DUTY DOCTORS

MENTAL HEALTH

Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

TINwALD POOL

PHARMACIES

Unichem Pharmacy, cnr East & Burnett

ASHBURTON HOSPITAL GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 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.

10.00am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

10.00am

10.30am Worship 63 Princes Street All Welcome

Minister: Rev David Bayne Ph 307 7355

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts, Phone 308 5409

Website www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10am - Morning Service joined by the Salvation Army Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison

Creche Available Refreshments to follow 6.00pm House of Prayer YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY WELCOME

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency Group Bookings by arrangement

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

Heart to God And Hand to Man Combined Service at the Ashburton Baptist Church

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.nz for more information.

For weekend doctor and emergency details please telephone the Methven Medical Centre, ph 303 5002.

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.

We hope to see you this Sunday!

100% Natural.

Up to 85% Colostrum.

0% Bull.

Streets, Ashburton, will be open from 9.30am - 12.30pm Saturday, from 10.30am HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring - 12 noon Sunday, and from 6pm - 7pm both 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice. evenings.

MEDICAL SERVICES

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA

Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

Offer ends 31/01/2014 or while stocks last. Use as directed.

Weekend Services This service is for EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE ONLY. Please remember your Community Services Card. Emergency phone until 8am Tuesday - 0800 700 155.

Tinwald Medical Centre, Main South Road, Tinwald will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm.

No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565.

Sealy Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 1212.

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Heal your skin

Milking quality standing grass – 1,000 bales Ryegrass straw at harvest – 4,000 bales

Ashburton Guardian

SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.

COMMUNITY POOL

WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.

Tinwald Domain, Maronan Road. Weekends 1pm – 7pm

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

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

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: The duty Call us free on (0800 787 797). vet for emergencies this weekend is: Ben Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES Hallenstein. Full emergency service all LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, weekend.

INFORMATION CENTRES unrestricted visiting.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm.

OMMUNITY ERVICES CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven.

Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am ART GALLERY visiting.

Saturday clinic: 9am-12 noon. Weekend until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted emergencies: Kathryn Lewis.

METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Ashburton. Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm visiting.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Holidays 10am until 3pm.

Closed Public Holidays.

EMERGENCY DENTIST Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY If you do not have or cannot contact your Saturday clinic 9am-12 noon. Weekend BUS DEPARTURES regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. emergencies: Large: Reon McMurtrie, Small: Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service. Jess Wood. for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Sundays and Public Holidays.

1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday ASHBURTON MUSEUM Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. clinic: 9am-12 noon. 24-hour weekend Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 ELPLINE ERVICES emergencies: Large: Phil Stokes. Small: Ian Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Hodge.

Closed Statutory Holidays.

ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE

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Saturday, January 4, 2014 TV ONE

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6am Te Karere 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Christchurch – From The Streets 3 0 7:30 How The Other Half Lives 3 0 8am Make The Politician Work 3 0 8:30 60 Minute Makeover 3 9:30 Come Dine With Me Omnibus PGR 3 Noon There’s No Taste Like Home 12:55 Masterchef All Stars 3 0 2pm The Chase 3 0 3pm Recruits Paramedics PGR 3 0 3:30 Coastwatch 3 Fishery officers find hidden snapper at Kawakawa; a helicopter must pick a man up off the rocks of Cape Reinga; a paua investigation is mounted in Southland. 0 4pm Fishy Business 0 5pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 3 0 6pm One News 0 7pm NZ Story 0 7:30 N Coastwatch See what is involved in patrolling and enforcing the law that protects our coastlines, waterways and billion dollar Kai-moana industries. 0 8pm F Showtime PGR 0 8:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries 0 9:40 With Strings Attached 11pm M An Education PGR 2009 Drama. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina.

12:45 Emmerdale PGR 3 2:45 Neighbourhood 3 0 3:30 Infomercials 5:30 World To Come

CHOICE TV 6am Destination Flavour 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Get Growing 8am The Edible Garden 8:30 Home By Novogratz 9am From Birmingham To Bombay 9:30 Destination Flavour 10am Fantasy Homes By The Sea With Jenni Falconer.

11am American Restoration 11:30 Bondi Vet Noon House Crashers 12:30 Kirstie Allsopp’s Home Style 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 2:30 Get Growing 3pm The Edible Garden 3:30 Guide To The Good Life 4pm Marbella Mansions 5pm No Kitchen Required 6pm Nigel Marven’s Rhino Adventure 7pm Lonely Planet – Best In Asia An inspirational and interactive travel show which road-tests the best experiences in Asia nominated by travellers.

7:30 Natural World 8:30 M Felon AO 2008 Crime Drama.

Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer.

10:30 Guide To The Good Life 11pm Marbella Mansions

SUNDAY

Midnight Nigel Marven’s Rhino Adventure 1am Natural World 2am Lonely Planet – Best In Asia 2:30 Flatmates AO 3am M Felon AO 2008 Crime Drama.

Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer.

5am No Kitchen Required

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2014

TV THREE

FOUR

6am Tiki Tour 0 6:25 Wiki The Kiwi 3 0 6:30 Pocoyo 3 0 6:40 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 7:05 Stitch! 3 0 7:25 Gravity Falls 3 0 7:50 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:15 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:40 Adventure Time 3 0 9:05 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 9:10 Young Justice – Invasion PGR 0 9:35 Regular Show PGR 3 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Rodney 3 0 11am H8R PGR Noon M Skyrunners PGR 2009 Sci–fi. 0 1:50 Mad AO 3 0 2pm Secret Life Of The American Teenager PGR 3 3pm Mobbed 0 4pm Baby Daddy 0 4:30 Seriously Funny Kids 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 According To Jim 3 0 6pm The Amazing Race 0 7pm M 2012 PGR 2009 Action.

An academic researcher leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar in the year 2012. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor. 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 2012 PGR Continued.

10pm M Jonah Hex AO 2010 Action.

Josh Brolin, Megan Fox.

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Outdoors With Geoff 3 7am Gone Fishin’ 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 Saving Gen-Y PGR 0 10am Extreme Makeover – Weight-Loss Edition 0 11am New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker 3 Noon Project Runway PGR 3 0 1pm N Flipping Out Tension arises between Jeff and Gage over the revamping of their dream home.

2pm America’s Next Top Model – British Invasion 3 3pm King Of Dirt 4pm Wild Life At The Zoo 3 0 5pm Outdoors With Geoff Geoff Thomas showcases the outdoors in New Zealand and abroad.

5:30 Fishing Show 3 6pm 3 News 7pm Fusion Feasts 0 7:30 Survivor – Blood v Water 0 8:30 M The Green Mile AO 3 1999 Drama.

In a Southern prison in 1935, the cell block’s head guard develops a relationship with an inmate who possesses a magical gift.

Tom Hanks, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Duncan, David Morse. 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Rocko’s Modern Life 3 7:30 Invader Zim 3 7:55 All Grown Up 3 8:20 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8:45 BeyWheelz 3 9:10 Redakai 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 The Suite Life On Deck 3 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 30 6:30 M The Flintstones 3 1994 Comedy. Adaptation of the animated television series chronicling the lives of two stone-age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles. 0 8:30 South Park AO 3 9pm M The Strangers AO 3 2008 Horror.

Three strangers terrorise a young couple in a remote house after they return from a wedding.

Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Scott Speedman.

10:45 Excused AO 3

11:40 M The Losers AO 2010 Action. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans.

1:30 M London Boulevard AO 3:20 Batman – Under The Red Hood AO 0 4:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 5:05 Fresh 5:30 It Is Written 3

11:55 Outrageous Fortune AO 3 As the Wests are divided over vengeance and lynching, there are tribulations, and also some trials. 0 12:55 Underbelly – Razor AO 3 1:50 Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:40 Infomercials

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Home Shopping 7:30 Tennis – ASB Classic (Highlights) Day Five. From the ASB Tennis Arena, in Auckland.

8:35 Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK 3 Noon The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 3 1:30 Father Ted PGR 3 2:15 Top Gear USA PGR 3:15 Telefrag 3 3:45 Junior Bake-off 3 4:20 Tennis – ASB Classic (Highlights) Day Five. From the ASB Tennis Arena, in Auckland.

5:30 Prime News 6pm N Pop Star To Opera Star A group of pop stars, who have never sung opera, are turned into opera superstars.

7pm Storage Wars 3 7:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things 8pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course 8:30 N The Mighty Mississippi with Sir Trevor MacDonald Sir Trevor sets out on a journey through the heartland of America, following the course of its most famous and important river, the Mississippi.

9:35 N Indian Ocean AO 10:50 True Blood AO 3 11:50 Cricket – International New Zealand v West Indies – Fourth One-Day International. From Saxton Oval, Nelson.

1am Top Gear USA PGR 3 2am Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm Tribe PGR 3 2:30 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 Rugby League – Fox Memorial Shield 3 Howick Hornets v Mangere East Hawks.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Tepu 3 2 6:30 Whatukura Mareikura 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M My Neighbour Totoro 1988 Family. When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with

THE BOX 6am Mountain Men PG Eustace’s land is in jeopardy.

6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Monk PGV 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 10:15 Raw MC 1:10 The Pretender Marathon PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 Modern Family PGL 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm Lizard Lick Towing MVL 9:30 Mountain Men PG Eustace’s land is in jeopardy.

10:30 Monk PG 11:30 Spartacus – Blood And Sand 18VLS

SUNDAY

12:30 The Pretender Marathon PG 3:50 Spartacus – Blood And Sand 18VLS 4:45 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:10 Lizard Lick Towing MVL 5:35 The Simpsons PG

6am Tennis – ASB Classic (Highlights) Semi-finals.

7am Tennis – ASB Classic (Highlights) Match of the Day – Semi-finals. 8:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

9am Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) 9:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 10:30 L Cricket – International New Zealand v West Indies – Fourth One-Day International. Coverage of the first innings from the Saxton Oval, Nelson.

2:35 Cricket – HRV Cup (Highlights) 3:05 L Cricket – International New Zealand v West Indies – Fourth One-Day International. Coverage of the second innings from the Saxton Oval, Nelson.

7pm The Cricket Show 7:30 Cricket – International (Replay) Pakistan v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Five.

9:05 The Cricket Show 9:35 L Cricket – International Pakistan v Sri Lanka – First Test, Day Five. Coverage of the afternoon session from Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

2:30 Fox Sports News 3am Tennis – Brisbane International (Highlights) Semifinals.

4am Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Two. Coverage of the last two hours from the Sydney Cricket Ground.

SKY SPORT 2 the forest spirits who live nearby.

Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Toshiyuki Amagasa.

9:10 M The Celestine Prophecy PGR 3 2006 Adventure.

Through a mysterious set of coincidences a man finds himself going to Peru in search of ancient scrolls known as the Celestine Prophecy. Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies.

11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Ragin’ Cajuns PG 10:30 Deadly Seas PG 11:30 Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG Noon Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 12:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 1:30 Mythbusters PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Blood And Oil PG 4:30 You Have Been Warned PG 5:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 6:30 World’s Top Five PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Spain’s Worst Rail Disaster PG 9:30 The Unexplained Files PG 10:30 Ben Earl – Trick Artist PG 11:30 American Digger PG

SUNDAY

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 Dirty Jobs PG 1:30 Ghost Lab M 2:30 Ghost Lab M 3:30 Ghost Lab M 4:30 Ghost Lab M 5:30 Mythbusters PG

2012

7:00pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:50 This Is 40 16LS 2012 Comedy.

Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann.

9:05 The Marine 3 – Homefront 16VL 2013 Action. Mike Mizanin, Neal McDonough.

10:35 Fun Size MLS 2012 Comedy.

Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann.

12:05 The Expatriate AO 2012 Thriller. Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko.

1:50 This Is 40 16LS 2012 Comedy.

Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann.

4:05 Biography – Cameron Diaz PG 4:55 Nitro Circus – The Movie MC 2012 Action. Travis Pastrana.

6:30 Killer Elite 16VL 2011 Action.

Jason Statham, Clive Owen.

8:30 The Amazing Spider-Man MV 2012 Action.

10:50 Silent Hill – Revelation 16VL 2012 Horror.

SUNDAY

12:25 Sea Beast 16V 2008 Sci-fi.

1:50 Biography – Cameron Diaz PG 2:40 Nitro Circus – The Movie MC 2012 Action.

4:10 Killer Elite 16VL 2011 Action.

The Green Mile 8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:20 Sleepy Hollow MC 1999 Horror. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci.

9:05 Dumb And Dumber PGV 1994 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly.

10:55 Lara Croft – Tomb Raider MV 2001 Action Adventure.

Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight.

12:35 Lara Croft Tomb Raider – The Cradle Of Life MV 2003 Action.

Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler.

2:30 Interview With The Vampire 16V 1994 Horror. Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas.

4:30 Gone In 60 Seconds MV 2000 Action. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie.

6:30 The Bone Collector MVL 1999 Thriller. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie.

8:30 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

10:35 Fight Club 18VL 1999 Thriller.

SUNDAY

12:50 Biography – Brad Pitt PG 1:35 Interview With The Vampire 16V 1994 Horror. 3:35 Fight Club 18VL 1999 Thriller. 5:50 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 Action.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

4Jan14

6am Cricket – HRV Twenty20 (Replay) Auckland Aces v Otago Volts.

9:30 Golf - Inside The PGA Tour 10am Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day One. Noon L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Two. Coverage of the morning session from the Sydney Cricket Ground.

2:35 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

3:05 L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Two. Coverage of the afternoon session from the Sydney Cricket Ground.

8pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Tournament of Champions. From the Plantation Course, Hawaii.

8:30 Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder. From the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth.

9pm L Cricket – T20 Big Bash League Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars. From the Docklands Stadium, Melbourne.

SUNDAY

12:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Third One-Day International.

1:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Two. 2am Football – A-League (Replay) Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory.

4am Football – A-League (Replay) Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar.

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Sunday, January 5, 2014 TV ONE

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6am Mucking In 3 0 6:55 60 Minute Makeover 3 7:40 Tagata Pasifika 8:10 Praise Be 8:40 Attitude 9:10 Saving Face PGR 10am Marae Summer Series 10:30 Waka Huia Summer Series 11am Neighbourhood 0 11:30 NZ Stories 0 Noon Football – English Premier League Southampton v Chelsea.

From St Mary’s Stadium.

2pm Hotel Inspector PGR 0 3pm Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey 3 0 4pm Piha Rescue 0 4:30 Walk On The Wild Side 0 5pm Monster Bug Wars 0 6pm One News 0

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2014

6am Tiki Tour 0 6:25 Fireman Sam 3 0 6:35 Jungle Junction 3 0 7am The Looney Tunes Show 3 0 7:20 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 7:45 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 7:50 Rated A For Awesome 0 8:15 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 8:40 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 9:05 Mad PGR 3 0 9:15 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 9:40 Good Luck Charlie 3 0 10am The Big Bang Theory PGR 30 Noon M Avalon High PGR 2010 Drama Fantasy. 0 1:45 Jane By Design 2:45 Scrubs PGR 3 0 3:45 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 4:15 M Alpha And Omega PGR 2010 Animated. 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 6:30 Malibu Country 0

7pm M Toy Story 3 7pm Australia’s Got Talent 0 2010 Animated.

8:40 Vera When a respected Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim surgeon is shot dead days Allen, Joan Cusack. 0 before his retirement, and 9pm M The House Bunny his teenaged daughters AO 2008 Comedy. Anna Faris, abducted, Vera and her team Colin Hanks, Emma Stone. 0 must find the killer.

10:55 M The Shining 10:40 Without You AO 3 AO 1980 Horror.

A woman’s life is upset A struggling writer becomes when her husband dies in caretaker of an isolated, a car accident, along with a closed-for-winter hotel with woman with whom everyone a grisly past. Jack Nicholson, believes he must have been Shelley Duval, Danny Lloyd. having an affair.

11:35 The Chawners’ Last Chance AO (Starting Today) 3 Britain’s fattest family are given one last chance to turn their lives around.

12:30 Family Feuds AO 3 1am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Guide To The Good Life 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am Marbella Mansions 8am No Kitchen Required 9am Greek Myths The Tall Tales of Travellers and Traders.

10am Travelling Birds PGR Noon Natural World 1pm Nigel Marven’s Rhino Adventure 2pm Lonely Planet – Best In Asia 2:30 Early Edition 3:30 Bread 4:10 Food And Drink With Michael Roux jr.

4:50 Grand Tours Of Scotland 5:30 Coast 6:30 N2K PGR 7pm Gourmet Farmer 7:30 Beachcomber Cottage An escape to a rural idyll has long been the fantasy of many a city commuter – but is it achievable in a time when we are used to easyliving, with all amenities on tap?

8:30 Moses Jones AO Police investigate a mutilated body found in the Thames which appears to be the product of a witchcraft killing.

9:45 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die PGR Hosted by renowned documentarian Morgan Spurlock.

11pm Food And Drink With Michael Roux jr.

11:30 No Ordinary Party

MONDAY

12:30 N2K PGR 1am Beachcomber Cottage 2am Gourmet Farmer 2:30 Moses Jones AO 4am Bread 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food?

5am Coast

1:40 Superman/Batman – Public Enemies AO 2:55 Infomercials 3:25 Detroit 1-8-7 AO 3 4:10 It Is Written 3 4:40 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 7:55 Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:25 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 8:55 Hitched PGR 3 0 9:15 Missing Pieces PGR 3 0 9:40 The Block – All Stars Omnibus PGR 0 2:30 Watersport – Bridge To Bridge Waterski Classic.

3pm Motorsport – Motul Cup Round Two – Pukekohe.

3:30 Motorsport – Roycroft Trophy 4pm Motorsport – Three-Way Challenge 4:30 Motorsport – D1NZ 5pm Ice-Road Truckers 3 6pm 3 News 7pm M Madagascar 3 2005 Animated. 0 8:45 M Billy T – Te Movie AO 2010 Documentary.

The life of New Zealand entertainer Billy T James, exploring his talent as musician, singer, comedian, actor, writer, and artist, his rise to national fame, and his fall into ill-health and financial collapse. Billy T James, Judy Bailey, Jeff Bennet. 0 10:30 M Curse of the Golden Flower AO 3 2006 Horror.

Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong.

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Rocko’s Modern Life 3 7:25 Max Steel 3 7:50 All Grown Up 3 8:10 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8:35 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:45 Wonder Pets 3 9:10 Tickety Toc 3 9:20 Dora The Explorer 3 9:45 Moe 3 9:50 Bryan And Bobby 3 10am Humf 3 10:10 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion 3 10:25 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 10:40 Barney And Friends 3 11:05 Wonder Pets 3 11:35 Tree Fu Tom 3 Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3

PRIME

THE BOX 6am The Pretender Marathon PG 9:20 Monk PG 10:15 Modern Family PGL 10:40 The Simpsons Marathon PG 12:45 Mountain Men PG Eustace’s land is in jeopardy.

1:40 Pawn Stars PG 2:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:30 Lizard Lick Towing MVL 2:55 Raw MC 5:45 Main Event MC 6:45 Smackdown MC 8:30 CSI MV 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 Deadliest Warrior MV Viking v Samurai.

11:30 Main Event MC

MONDAY

12:30 Smackdown MC 2:10 CSI MV 3am CSI MV 3:55 Danger Beach PG 4:20 Deadliest Warrior MV Viking v Samurai.

5:10 Modern Family PGL 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

6am Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies. Fourth One-Day International.

7am Tennis – Brisbane International (Highlights) Semifinals. 7:30 Cricket – The Ashes 9:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) 11:30 Tennis – Brisbane International (Highlights) Noon Tennis – ASB Classic (Replay) 2pm Tennis – Brisbane International (Highlights) 2:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3:30 Tennis – Brisbane International (Highlights) 4pm L Basketball – NBL Melbourne Tigers v Cairns Taipans.

6pm Basketball – NBL (Highlights) 6:30 L Tennis – Brisbane International Final.

7pm Just Shoot Me! PGR Nina is 8:30 Cricket – International 7pm Storage Wars 3 despondent at the retirement 7:30 Antiques Roadshow (Highlights) New Zealand v 8:30 The Marvellous Mrs of a long-time rival; Jack’s West Indies – Fourth OneBeeton with Sophie Dahl desire to gain fame by Day International. From the Sophie Dahl explores the naming a park after himself Saxton Oval in Nelson. life of Victorian homemaker backfires. 0 9:30 Golf – US PGA Tour Mrs Beeton by cooking her 7:30 The Biggest Loser Australia (Highlights) Tournament of original recipes, exploring her 9:20 WANNA-BEn AO 3 Champions – Round Two. home remedies and childcare 9:50 The Ricky Gervais Show AO From Plantation Course, advice, and giving a Victorian 3 Hawaii. dinner party.

10:20 Excused AO 3 10pm Cricket – The Ashes 9:35 The Millers PGR 3 10:45 Entertainment Tonight Australia v England – Fifth 10:05 QI PGR 3 Weekend Test, Day Three.

10:40 F Whites AO

12:45 Infomercials 11:40 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

11:20 Upstairs Downstairs PGR (Starting Today) 3 As 165 Eaton Place reopens its doors, two new arrivals make their mark.

12:30 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 2pm Aa Rau 3 2:30 F The Native Diet 3 3pm M My Neighbour Totoro 3 1988 Family.

Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Toshiyuki Amagasa.

5pm Tribe PGR 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Whanau Factor 3 8pm Whare Taonga 3

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Mayday PGR 3 12:55 Customs PGR 3 1:25 Bondi Rescue 3 2:20 Danger Beach PGR 3 2:50 Top Gear USA PGR 3:45 Nigella Express 3 4:20 Tennis – ASB Classic (Highlights) The singles final at the ASB Tennis Arena, in Auckland.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

by Eddie McGuire.

6:30 Nigella Bites Nigella shares dishes from her family kitchen, including Granma’s chocolate refrigerator cake, asparagus with soft eggs, and Liptauer cheese.

Midnight Tennis – ASB Classic (Replay) Finals. From the ASB Tennis Arena in Auckland.

2am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Melbourne Tigers v Cairns Taipans.

4am UFC Fight Night (Replay) Saffiedine v Lim.

SKY SPORT 2 6am Tennis – ASB Classic (Highlights) Finals.

7am Golf – US PGA Tour Tournament of Champions.

9am Cricket – International (Highlights) New Zealand v West Indies – Third One-Day International.

10am Cricket – T20 Big Bash League (Highlights) Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars.

10:30 Tennis – ASB Classic Madagascar (Highlights) Finals.

7:00pm on TV3 11:30 Cricket – The Ashes (Highlights) Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Two. MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS 6:05 The Amazing Spider-Man MV 7:50 Gone In 60 Seconds MV 2000 Noon L Cricket – The Ashes 2012 Action. Andrew Garfield, Emma Action. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie. Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Three. Coverage of the morning 9:45 The Bone Collector MVL Stone. session from the Sydney Cricket 1999 Thriller. Denzel Washington, 8:20 Silent Hill – Revelation 16VL Ground.

Angelina Jolie.

2012 Horror. Sean Bean, Radha 2:35 The Cricket Show 11:40 Interview With The Mitchell.

3:05 L Cricket – The Ashes Vampire 16V 1994 Horror. Tom 9:55 Nitro Circus – The Movie MC Australia v England – Fifth Test, Day Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas.

2012 Action. Travis Pastrana.

Three. Coverage of the afternoon 1:40 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 session from the Sydney Cricket 11:25 Killer Elite 16VL 2011 Action.

Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie.

Jason Statham, Clive Owen.

Ground.

1:20 The Amazing Spider-Man MV 3:40 Guess Who MS 2005 Romantic 8pm Cricket – T20 Big Bash 2012 Action. Andrew Garfield, Emma Comedy. Bernie Mac, Ashton League (Highlights) Melbourne Kutcher.

Stone.

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(Highlights) Australia v England – Judd.

11:15 The House At The End Fifth Test, Day Three.

Of The Street AO 2012 Horror.

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GUTHRIE – Peter and Kate (nee Reesby) are excited to announce the safe arrival of their beautiful baby girl, Georgia Kate (8lb 9oz), born on Christmas Eve. Special thanks to midwives, Jacqui and Linda and also the team at Christchurch Women’s Hospital.

DEATHS CHMIEL, Egon – On December 30, 2013, peacefully at home. Aged 77 years. Beloved husband of Jackie. Loved father of Egon Jnr., Stephen, Christine, Ana, Terry, and partners Lisa, Glenys, and Hannah.

Grandad of Leo; Logan, Jessica, Samuel and Matthew; Rosa, and Luke; India; Hope and Toby; and Emily.

“Rest in peace” A Funeral Mass to celebrate Egon’s life will be held at The Church of The Holy Spirit, Thomson Street, Tinwald TODAY, SATURDAY, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by private interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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COOPER, Lexie Alice – Of Carterton, formerly of Ashburton. Peacefully at Roseneath, surrounded by her loving family on January 2, 2014. Aged 84 years.

Dearly loved wife of the late Grahame (Joe). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Larry and Sharolyn, Kevin and Noeline, Michael and Alisson, and Leanne and Evan. Loved stepmother of John and Wendy, and Raymond. Dearly loved nana of all her grandchildren and great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers a donation to Diabetes Wairarapa, 482 Casstlepoint Rd, RD6, Masterton, 5886 would be appreciated and may be left in the chapel foyer. A service for Lexie will be held in the Richmond Chapel, Richmond Road, Carterton on TUESDAY January 7, 2014 at 2.00pm followed by interment at the Clareville Lawn Cemetery. Messages to the Cooper family C/- P.O. Box 185, Carterton 5743 or can be left on Lexie’s tribute page at www.tributes.co.nz

POOKE, Malcolm Desmond Dearly loved son of Audrey and Desmond. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Priscilla, Donald and Cathy, Kate and Leo, and Quentin and Yoshie. Adored uncle of Nicholas, Rachael, Oliver, Francis, Dylan and Mitchell.

Treasured friend of John, Graham, Andrew, James, David, Evan, Ian, and many in the wider family.

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KING, David Gordon (Gordon) – Loved third son of Olive and the late Bob King. Died after a short illness in Christchurch Hospital. Memorial service will be held at Aoraki Chapel, Mountain View Road, Timaru on MONDAY, January 6 at 2.30pm.

POOKE, Malcolm Desmond Suddenly on January 1, 2014 Dearly loved husband and soulmate of Trish. Dearly loved and respected dad of Jason and Kate, Samantha and James. In lieu of flowers and in memory of Malcolm, donations towards the next GunFighter Reunion would be appreciated and may be left at the service. Messages c/o 4 Camberwell Place, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042. A service to celebrate Malcolm’s life will be held in Aoraki Funeral Home Chapel 160 Mountainview Road, Timaru on THURSDAY, January 9, 2014 at 11:00am followed by interment in the Timaru Cemetery.

Aoraki Funeral Home, FDANZ WRIGHT, Dulcie; formerly Crosson (nee Kerr) – On January 3, 2014 peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Jim Crosson and the late Colin Wright. Dearly loved and loving mother, mother in law, grandmother and great grandmother of Beverly and Rex Scarf, Emma, James and Emily and baby Darcy. Loved “Dulcie” of Alison and Bob, Peter and Christine, Jane and Ben, Mark and Marthie and honorary great grandma of Samantha. Messages to 7 Millstream Lane, Ashburton.

At Dulcie’s request a private funeral service will be held.

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Adelaide Amsterdam GEORGE - McDOWELL – Bangkok Hamish and Courtney, along Berlin with their parents, Peter and Brisbane Jill, and Paul and Barb, are Cairns thrilled to announce their Cairo engagement on December Calcutta Canberra 27, 2013.

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Showers about the divide turning to rain, with heavy falls, scattered rain further east later. Northwesterlies easing to gale.

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QUINN, Richard Anthony (Tony) – November 21, 1934 - January 5, 2011. It has been three years Dad, since you left and this notice is still so hard to write. You are so greatly missed by everyone. We miss your kindness and compassion and wisdom every day. We miss your cuddles and your laughter too. We love you now and always. Love from all your family, children and grandchildren.

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13. Biblical weed shows vessel’s empty weight (4) 18. Be treacherous as elf, perhaps, following recreation (4,5) 19. What’s swinging may perhaps upend Mac’s chimney (8) 20. Feeble as an excuse, having difficulty walking? (4) 24. Once more put one’s name to quit the office (6) 25. Pull-out for the man who writes the cheque (6) 26. Turn up a jacket without all ease (5) 28. Classifies the printer’s founts (5)

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The first weekend of 2014 gives you a chance to make a fresh start, setting some precedents for all the other weekends that will follow.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Even if you’re still on holiday this is a day for keeping your professional hat on, as the Moon makes his first visit to your career sector for the year.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) The more you can focus on what you want to ultimately achieve rather than how you’ll get there, the easier it will be to go with life’s ebbs and flows.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) Before you start worrying about what will, might or might not happen and when, take time out over the first weekend of 2014 to live in the moment.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) The first weekend of 2014 is a microcosm of the year itself and especially of the main themes driving things in the early months of the year.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) There is a chance today to both listen to your emotional and intuitive responses and to let your intuition and imagination run wild.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) There is no doubt that things got a little too serious at times last year but there are some hints today that the universe is set to make up for lost time.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) In a year set to hold huge professional opportunities, especially in the second half of the year, you can afford to ease back into things slowly.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) The first weekend of 2014 provides an opportunity to set a precedent for all the weekends that will follow over the course of the coming year.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Your new professional year is set to get off to a busy start and whether back at work or still on holiday, your head is already in the game.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) This is a chance to listen to your intuition, imagination and emotional responses first, looking ahead without over thinking things.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Time out to recharge your batteries, taking it easy is more important than you realise. Chances are this is when you’ll have your best ideas.

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Moon Chair

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SKU03191335

$

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