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Thompsons Track scene of early morning vehicle crash By Katie todd

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Four people were injured and a car was flung off the road into a maize field during a high-speed crash on Thompsons Track yesterday morning. The car collided with a truck at the intersection of Thompsons Track and Somerton Road, Hatfield, at around 8.20am. Police, Fire and Emergency and St John Ambulances raced to the scene from Rakaia and Ashburton. St John Ambulance staff treated three patients for moderate injuries and one patient for minor injuries. The patient with minor injuries and one of the patients with moderate injuries were later transported to Christchurch hospital for further treatment. One lane of the road was shut for an hour while a large amount of glass was swept off the road. At the very same intersection in June 2014, a crash between two cars claimed the lives of four people, including two children.

Emergency services work to clean up the wreckage of a collision on Thompsons Track yesterday morning. PHOTO KATIE TODD 26038-KT-007

■ MYCOPLASMA BOVIS

MPI calls for cattle cull

By Colin WillisCroft

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More than 3000 cows in Mid Canterbury will be culled following the Ministry for Primary Industries announcement that all cattle on properties infected with the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis must be destroyed. MPI’s response director Geoff Gwyn said yesterday afternoon that de-population of entire herds on all 28 infected properties across the country was a critical measure to control the spread of the disease and the ministry would be working closely with those farmers to plan how that will happen. “This will be a big job and won’t happen overnight, but we’ll be meeting with the affected farmers in the coming days to discuss the operation, develop the plans

and cleaned, these farmers can start re-building a disease-free herd from scratch. Gwyn declined to place a dollar figure on the likely compensation bill, other than to say the value of around 22,000 cattle was “very significant”, adding that the precise value will be determined by independent on-farm valuations, so MPI can calculate the right amount of compensation. Gwyn said the decision to cull was made because MPI is now confident M. bovis is not well established in New Zealand. “The testing of milk from every dairy farm in New Zealand is very well advanced and to date has only identified one new infected property. “This, combined with MPI’s extensive surveillance work tracing every possible movement

and talk through compensation.” There are four infected properties in Mid Canterbury and the total number of cattle on those properties is 3253. None of the infected Mid Canterbury farms has had a full cull and Gwyn said MPI has not directed any animals on those farms to be culled until now, although a small number of animals from those properties have been culled for surveillance purposes. Nationwide 22,332 cattle on 28 properties will be culled. All farmers with infected properties will be compensated for their verifiable losses, MPI said, adding that it is building its compensation team to make sure farmers are compensated as quickly as possible. Once farms are de-populated

of animals from infected farms, gives us the confidence to say the disease is not widespread, but is limited to a network of farms connected by animal movements. “Culling these animals is now the appropriate action.” Non-infected farms that are under Restricted Places Notices or Notices of Direction are not being asked to cull their herds at this point because infection has not yet been confirmed on those properties. Seven farms were depopulated in December last year before MPI halted further culling until it better understood the spread of the disease. “We are now at that point where we have that understanding and can complete this work with confidence,” Gwyn said.

Federated Farmers has applauded the decision to cull the cattle. “Basically what this says to us is that the government and MPI are still committed to trying to eradicate this disease,” federation president Katie Milne said. “Their determination to do the best we can to get rid of it should be acknowledged by all farmers.” However, it also needs to be acknowledged that this means a devastating loss to the families and businesses involved with these properties, she said. “This is a truly appalling time for the families and farm staff who own and manage the stock involved. “We need families, friends and communities to gather together to support our people going through this.”

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Magic of Mt Somers landscape celebrated By SuSan SandyS

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Thirty-five years of discovering and sharing the intriguing Mt Somers landscape was celebrated at the weekend. Mount Somers Walkway Society members journeyed throughout its forested nooks and crannies, waterfall crevices, sparkling pools, former coalmining areas and tussock-covered hills backdropped by expansive glaciated valleys and towering mountains, to Woolshed Creek Hut on Sunday. The four-hour return trek into the hut for lunch followed an anniversary dinner the night before at Stronechrubie Restaurant. Founder and life member David Howden said the weekend had been fantastic and it was good to see the society in such good heart. “What pleased me on the Sunday [was] to actually see in the field the passion of the current members,” Howden said. This extended to maintaining the walkway and its many features, which is now world renowned and visited by thousands each year. “Because of DOC’s severe shortage of funding, it’s becoming necessary for our volunteers to do more in the way of maintaining the tracks they are just doing a marvellous job,” Howden said. And it is thanks to volunteers that the track has become what it

is today and it’s a group that president Barry Austin is proud to lead. Austin said it had been interesting to note the number of people on the walk had been about 35, and, with other walkers in the area as well, there had been 35 cars in the Woolshed Creek carpark that day, just the same number of years the society had been going. The first guided walk of what was to become the Mt Somers Track was held in 1983. The 26-bed Woolshed Creek Hut is a replacement for what was once a musterers’ hut and later on local Andrew Yates instigated a new hut project, the 14-bed Pinnacles Hut at the track’s northern end. It was funded and built by the public and later gifted to DOC.

Above – Charles Ross, David Howden, Bryan Humm and Rob Schikker were among Mount Somers Walkway Society members trekking into Woolshed Creek Hut on Sunday. PHOTOS SUSAN SANDYS 260318-SS-002

Left – Mount Somers Walkway Society founder and life member David Howden views the swing bridge and Emerald Pool near the Woolshed Creek Hut on Sunday. 260318-SS-006

Police get vital clues about burglary By Katie todd

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Things are looking a little more hopeful for Christchurch’s Tu Meke Dragon Boaters after a “distressing” burglary at the Allenton Scout Hall on Saturday night. The team returned from the Dragon Boating national championships prizegiving to discover their property had been ransacked and stolen from the Scout Hall, including all their fundraising money, two speakers, jewellery and prescription glasses. However, a group of girls who returned early from the prizegiv-

ing and saw two males in the hall’s kitchen window returned to Ashburton yesterday to help police in the investigation. Police believe they may know of the offender, said Tu Meke president Peter Mitchell. Although the girls had thought little of the males at the time they saw them – presuming they were affiliates of the scout club – they were called in by police to look at photos of people who police believe may be responsible for the burglary. The girls had also seen a twin cab ute in the carpark which like-

ly belonged to the offenders. Mitchell was also returning to Ashburton yesterday to pass on two potential pieces of evidence. One piece was an anklet – which appeared to have been dropped by a thief – and the other a wine bottle, which someone had opened and drunk. “Overall, it’s a bit of progress … things are actually looking like they could be reasonably successful,” Mitchell said. He had been in touch with members of the scout group who he said were obviously “pretty devastated as well”.

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Prior to the incident, the Allenton Scouts had installed extra security lights around their hall. “But I guess, as they said, security lights only put off honest people,” Mitchell said. Following news of the incident, locals took to Facebook to describe their frustration and embarrassment about what happened to the visitors. The team had in fact won all three divisions at the national dragon boating championships, and the burglary was a “big low” at the end of a successful weekend of highs.

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Yesterday, police were still urging locals to come forward if they had any information which could assist with the investigation. As police made enquires, Sergeant Bryan Ennis said they were seeking any information from anyone who was in the Melrose Road area between 6pm and 9pm on Saturday night. “Police remind members of the public to report anything suspicious to police via 111 if it is currently happening, or to your local station as soon as possible,” he said.

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■ COATS FOR KIDS

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Keeping kids warm this winter Winter is on the way, and Coats for Kids is calling for anyone who wants to donate. Safer Ashburton youth support worker Jenny Rae said any coats in a clean and tidy condition were acceptable, and she was also on the lookout for people who needed coats. “We are starting both collecting and distributing for the season, we have a few left over from last year,” she said. Anyone with coats can drop them into one of three blue bins, found at Base, New World and Community House.

Charges dismissed An Ashburton District Court judge has dismissed a charge of careless driving causing injury laid against a North Canterbury man following an accident on Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road last June. Geoffrey Winter had pleaded not guilty to the charge and his lawyer Tony Garrett had planned to call several witnesses, including an expert who would canvas the effects of low and uneven road surfaces. But police offered no evidence when the case was called yesterday and the charge was dismissed by Judge Tom Gilbert. Garrett said he intended to file an application for costs arising from the prosecution.

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From left; whanau navigator Juanita Richards, youth health co-ordinator Sheree Kershaw, Base co-ordinator Katrina Ward and Safer Ashburton youth support worker Jenny Rae. PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 200318-SS-010

An Ashburton man who admitted charges of receiving a stolen child’s stroller has been remanded to May 14 for sentence. A presentence report for Michael Howard, 35, is expected to include the suitability of sentencing options, including supervision.

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Stop put to illegal dump site By SuSan SandyS

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Illegal dumpers will soon no longer be able to access the McCrorys Road gravel pit at Pendarves. The Ashburton District Council is in the process of repairing a gate at the site and securing

it from casual use. The council has been investigating the illegal dumping of asbestos and other household rubbish at the site this month. Waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin said the asbestos had now been cleaned up. There was still some older ordinary rubbish

on site which would be removed in due course. “Notwithstanding deliberate unauthorised entry onto the site, we anticipate no further problems at the Mc Crorys Road pit,” Goodwin said. He said while it was unlikely the council would be able to find

who was responsible for the asbestos dumping, he hoped the incident would be a reminder to everyone that such a material was costly to clean up. “Anybody who does this is putting other people at risk, people need to understand they are creating a cost for other ratepayers.”

Strikes loom as nurses vote no on pay deal Strikes by thousands of nurses around the country are a step closer after they rejected a pay offer from district health boards. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation, which represents more than 27,000 nurses and midwives workers nationwide, said yesterday that members had voted down an offer of a 2 per cent hike backdated to Novem-

ber and another 2 per cent rise in August. That meant negotiations between nurses and the country’s health boards had reached an “impasse”, NZNO industrial services manager Cee Payne said. The organisation will meet in mid April to discuss the need for a ballot for industrial action. “Industrial action is the last re-

sort in the event it is not settled,” Payne said. “We understand the impact that industrial action will impose on the health sector. “Nurses are responsible and professional and will be concerned to ensure that adequate life preserving services will be available should a strike occur.” Council of Trade Unions presi-

dent Richard Wagstaff said the decision reflected years of under-funding and undervaluing of nurses. “They’re understandably very frustrated, but we have an opportunity now for NZNO, the DHB employers and the government to work together to find a more sustainable balance.” – NZME

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is on the hunt for a new chief press secretary as incumbent Mike Jaspers moves into a different role in her office. Jaspers will move sideways into a new role as chief advisor of strategic communications. Ardern currently has four press secretaries. – NZME

Easter warning Ahead of the Easter holidays, the Commerce Commission is reminding businesses if they apply a surcharge it needs to be clearly disclosed to consumers. Commissioner Anna Rawlings said surcharges were sometimes applied to recover additional costs such as staff wages, as employees get a higher pay rate when working a public holiday under the Holidays Act. She said it was the responsibility of the companies to clearly and accurately inform consumers there was a surcharge. Rawlings said businesses also needed to be careful not to mislead customers about the reasons for the surcharge. Rawlings said consumers who felt they had been misled could contact the commission. – NZME

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Helpful guide ready for distribution By Katie todd

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It’s the how-to guide for everything Ashburton and around 15,000 copies of it are about to make their way around town. Safer Ashburton have released the latest edition of their biennial Helping Hands booklet, which includes dozens of up-to-date addresses and contacts for local organisations and community groups. The book is designed to help children, young adults and families seeking assistance with peer, relationship, home or school issues and can be particularly helpful for newcomers to town, Safer Ashburton’s Mary Bailey said. She said free copies will be available from the Safer Ashburton’s office in Community House and a number of books will also be distributed to places like schools, medical centres and playcentres. Althought 15,000 copies might look like a lot, “it’s always amazing how fast they go,” she said. Right – Safer Ashburton’s Mary Bailey holds hot-off-thepress Helping Hands guides, ready for distribution around town. PHOTO KATIE TODD 260318-KT-011

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f it wasn’t big enough yesterday morning, mycoplasma bovis grew in gigantic proportions by yesterday afternoon. The disease, which just months ago no-one really knew an awful lot about, has gripped New Zealand’s rural, and particularly dairy, community. Farmers have sat on tenterhooks waiting for a decision on whether or not the Ministry for Primary Industries would move to eradicate the disease from our shores or introduce a stringent management plan to control the spread of the disease around New Zealand. Yesterday, they got their answer. The Ministry for Primary Industries announced that they would move to cull all cattle on

farms which have been confirmed as being infected by the disease. That’s, at this stage, 28 confirmed farms, four of which come from here in Mid Canterbury. A further 48 farms sit on Restricted Places Notices while they await the results of testing – so the number could grow even further in the weeks to come. MPI is predicting more than 22,000 cattle will be culled as a

result of the decision. More than 3000 of those will come from Mid Canterbury farms. The news is bound to cause shock across the country and will take a huge emotional toll on those at the coal face who are going to have to watch as entire herds are wiped out. But what it will do is give them some clarity. They’ll be paid out for their losses and can start with a blank canvas, knowing that every imaginable step possible has been taken to stop the disease returning in an effort to allow them to return to some form of normality. But that won’t make it any easier. The uneducated would suggest that dairy farmers only see the

dollar bills behind a cow’s eyes. But many of these farmers will know these cows individually, having been there when they were born and having watched them grow. Like any animal that you spend enough time with, there is a form of attachment – a bond if you like – that, when broken, takes some repairing. No-one will have wanted the news that came yesterday to have come. But many will have been expecting it. Farmers have been waiting on a decision like this and the chance to put the entire saga behind them and attempt to move forward again will be a welcome one at the end of the day. Locally the impact will be felt far and wide.

We are a strong and vibrant part of the New Zealand dairy sector and there is a close bond among the like-minded people from within its boundaries. If one bleeds, then all will bleed with them, especially on an emotional level. It will be how the country, and particularly the South Island, where all, bar one, of the infected farms come from, bounces back from this that defines how the dairy sector moves forward into the future. Resilient and used to the odd challenge thrown at them, the safe bet is that they’ll come back better and stronger than ever with greater awareness and security in place around such diseases to ensure a repeat is unlikely in the future.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, March 27, the 86th day of 2018. There are 279 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 27, 1968, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in 1961, died when his MiG-15 jet crashed during a routine training flight near Moscow; he was 34. On this date: In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted presentday Florida. In 1625, Charles I acceded to the English throne upon the death of James I. In 1802, The Treaty of Amiens is signed, ending the French Revolutionary War. In 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3000 cherry trees given to the US as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo. In 1933, Japan officially withdrew from the League of Nations. In 1942, during World War Two, Congress granted American servicemen free first-class mailing privileges. In 1958, Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party. In 1964, Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake (the strongest on record in North America) and tsunamis that together claimed about 130 lives. In 1977, in aviation’s worst disaster, 583 people were killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off in heavy fog, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife. In 1980, 123 workers died when a North Sea floating oil field platform, the Alexander Kielland, capsized during a storm. In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra, made by Pfizer,

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n his column last week Meat & Wool chairperson Miles Anderson highlighted the importance of constructively engaging with stakeholders. Throughout the past three years I have endeavoured to use this approach with key stakeholders of the Federated Farmers Arable Industry Group. We’ve been particularly active on arable industry biosecurity challenges through our involvement in the pea weevil, velvet leaf and blackgrass responses. Don’t get me wrong, there have been situations where the constructive engagement approach has not worked and Federated Farmers has needed to take further action to get the results we needed for our members. I need only think back to the velvet leaf response where an action had been agreed by the governance group and was not actioned for a number of months.

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In our view this jeopardised the long-term success of the response and we wrote to the then Minister for Primary Industries requesting immediate action. A benefit of the constructive approach, rather than coming out guns blazing and potentially alienating other stakeholders, is that interested parties can often discuss matters more calmly and arrive at solutions before the issue blows up and a more forceful approach is required. It is about taking these opportunities when they present themselves that drive results. It is for this reason the arable industry group executive of

Federated Farmers is meeting in Wellington in early April. The group has planned meetings with officials from MPI, the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment, the Environmental Protection Authority, FMG, and Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Fire and Emergency New Zealand was established on July 1, 2017 as a single service, with mandated responsibility in the rural and urban fire space. It is important that Federated Farmers builds and establishes a relationship with this new organisation to ensure fire, as a land management tool, is recognised and processes for managing it are fit for purpose and common sense. I look forward to continuing discussions with officials at MPI regarding our nation’s biosecurity. Of particular concern is the movement of uncleared goods

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Toxic gas kills family Autopsies indicate an Iowa couple and their two children died from inhaling toxic gas at a rented condo on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, but there was no sign of foul play or suicide, Mexican authorities said on Sunday. The prosecutors’ office in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo said that “the cause of death was asphyxiation from inhaling toxic gases.” It said the type of gas hadn’t yet been determined, but added that “any violent act or suicide has been discounted.” Photos released by the office showed investigators in anticontamination suits and firefighters with air tanks examining gas connections to a stove in the condo in Tulum. The office said investigators “carried out a physical investigation of the gas connections in the room,” and the civil defence office of Tulum would issue a technical report on the findings. In 2010, the explosion of an improperly installed gas line at a hotel in the nearby town of Playa del Carmen killed five Canadian tourists.

The family from Iowa who perished in a Mexican condo. Iowa officials identified the family as Kevin Sharp, 41; his wife, Amy Sharp, 38, and their children Sterling, 12, and Adrianna, 7. They were from Creston, Iowa. The family was reported

missing by relatives in their hometown about a week after the family left for vacation. Creston police contacted the US State Department, and the bodies were found during a welfare check at the condo in Tulum, on the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Quintana Roo prosecutors’ office said the family had been dead for between 36 and 48 hours by the time they were found on Saturday at the Tao condominium complex. The developer of the condo complex where the deaths occurred declined to comment. The Creston News Advertiser newspaper in Iowa reported that the family flew to Cancun on March 14. According to her sister, Amy Sharp texted their mother the next day to say they had reached Tulum, but relatives didn’t hear any more from the family. The sister, Renee Hoyt, said the Sharps were scheduled to return to the US this week. They were scheduled to depart from the Cancun airport on Wednesday and fly to St Louis on a non-stop flight. The family had planned to then drive about 200 miles (322 kilometers) to Danville, Illinois, to watch a basketball game Thursday, Hoyt said. When the family didn’t arrive in St Louis, family members contacted authorities, she said. - AP

Just don’t call her ‘hot’ An Australian interviewer has been called creepy by some viewers for a 60 Minutes interview with Kylie Minogue. Karl Stefanovic interviewed the pop singer to promote her album Golden. During the segment, Minogue gave Stefanovic a glimpse of her cheeky outfit from her Spinning Around music video which the presenter called “those very hot, hot pants”. But the most awkward part of the interview came right at the very end. Minogue, 49, was talking about her positive attitude when Stefanovic said: “Well, you’re doing very well. It helps obviously that you’re a hot 50-year-old.” Minogue was caught off-guard and replied: “Um, yeah. I don’t know what to say to that.”

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Pastor orders child starved for three weeks two-year-old had a demon inside him and that fasting would save him. Prosecutors believe Benjamin Aparicio was denied food for more than three weeks. Police began investigating after receiving a tip that congregants at the evangelical nondenominational church had held a failed resurrection ceremony before the parents took the body to their native Mexico.

Meza was a self-proclaimed prophet who managed to convince congregants who lived with her in the same house that she could exorcise evil spirits. Prosecutors called as a witness one of the congregants who lived in the house and said that the pastor would tell people “the devil is speaking through you” whenever someone objected to her practices. The congregant, Naza-

reth Zurita, testified that she did not intervene while she watched as the two-year-old boy was being denied food. She said that the boy’s parents, Liliana and Zenon Aparicio, were afraid to report Meza to the police or to seek treatment for their son because they were illegal immigrants. The parents took the baby’s body to Mexico to be buried. They still face criminal charges in the United States. - AP

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In recent weeks, much has been made of the fact that Claire Foy was paid a lower wage than The Crown co-star Matt Smith – despite portraying the main character. And in a new interview the 33-year-old actress has broken her silence about the wage disparity, admitting that she finds it “odd” to have been the focus of such a discussion when she didn’t invite it. She said: “I’m surprised because I’m at the centre of it, and anything that I’m at the centre of like that is very very odd, and feels very out of ordinary. But I know that Matt feels the same that I do, that it’s odd to find yourself at the centre of a story that you didn’t particularly ask for.”

A Dallas-area pastor who investigators say ordered that food be withheld from a toddler in order to rid him of a demon has been sentenced to 99 years in prison in the child’s 2015 starvation death. A jury has convicted 52-yearold Aracely Meza of felony injury to a child causing serious bodily injury, The Dallas Morning News reported. Investigators say Meza and the boy’s parents believed the

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In brief Sky boss steps down

Hart loses $14m tax battle ties, the Servicio de Impuestos Internos, investigated this transaction and were unimpressed. “As a result of the audit, the SII found the 2008 loan was a hidden distribution of profits and recharacterised the loan under the Chilean tax laws,” the ruling said. Rank settled the tax investigation in April 2011 in a deal that saw 93 per cent of interest and penalties waived, and $14m was paid to SII. Hart’s Rank Group had launched the legal action in New York in 2012 arguing the takeover deal included provisions indemnifying it from tax payments – meaning Alcoa’s former owners were liable for the payment. Judge Broderick ruled the loan was agreed at the time of Rank’s takeover to be an assumed liability varying a $10m deferred tax liability. According to Forbes rich-list rankings Hart should be able to take the ruling in stride. Since the Alcoa deal a decade ago he has doubled his net worth, and is now by some margin New Zealand’s richest man with a valuation of $14b. - NZME

Surcharge warnings Ahead of the Easter holidays, the Commerce Commission is reminding businesses if they apply a surcharge it needs to be clearly disclosed to consumers. Commissioner Anna Rawlings said surcharges were sometimes applied to recover additional costs such as staff wages. She said it was the responsibility of the companies to clearly and accurately inform consumers there was a surcharge. - NZME

Real estate rockets The availability of land for new homes to be built has been attributed as one reason Tauranga has been identified as one of the country’s most valuable cities for residential real estate. Tauranga’s value of the city’s housing stock has grown 63 per cent over the past three years, reaching $34.4 billion. - NZME

Graeme Hart is New Zealand’s richest man.

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per cent of crops would be ready for harvesting soon. About 14 million cartons of apples will be packed this year in the Hawke’s Bay, which is an additional two million cartons compared to last year. Hawke’s Bay Fruitpickers Association president Lesley Wilson said grower were “very grateful” for the extension but the region was still short of a “significant number” of backpackers. When the labour shortage was

first declared, orchards in the region were in need of about 400 people more than usual. Bostocks labour resources manager Vikki Garrett said while inquiries from backpackers had been flowing in, those inquiries were not coming to fruition. “Last week we had maybe seven people sign up and they were predominantly locals. “So, as far as backpackers coming out of the woodwork – that hasn’t happened.” - NZME

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Labour shortage ‘critical’ With half of all Hawke’s Bay’s apples still waiting to be picked, the Government is extending the region’s seasonal worker labour shortage to give it more time to find enough workers to pack seven million apple boxes. Although more than 300 extra apple pickers have come forward to help lessen Hawke’s Bay’s apple-picking crisis since the Ministry of Social Development declared a labour shortage on March 12, MSD East Coast regional commissioner Annie Aranui said the region still needed more. The declared labour shortage was due to end on April 6 but had been extended to April 29. “Where an industry so important to this region has a clear and immediate need, we back them. “We’re continuing to proactively work alongside the horticultural sector in Hawke’s Bay to look at the crops, when they will be ready to harvest and what workers and support is needed to make that possible, and how we can help. “We have placed a huge number of people into work so far. Since October last year, in the East Coast region alone, we have supported nearly more than 1100 jobseekers into industry vacancies.” Since a labour shortage was declared in Hawke’s Bay more than 300 jobseekers had been connected with the horticulture industry. “The weather conditions this summer has seen a bumper crop produce bigger volumes of larger apples. Although we’re providing all the people we can to help with seasonal work opportunities through Work and Income, more are still needed.” Aranui said the remaining 50

Sky chief executive John Fellet is stepping down later this year. Fellet has been with the company for 27 years, joining in 1991 as chief operating officer before taking on the chief executive role in 2001. “When I started we had 125 employees and three channels,” Fellet said. “I am immensely proud of the work of our team in growing Sky to the company it is today.” - NZME

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Rank Group, the holding vehicle for New Zealand’s richest man Graeme Hart, has lost a tax wrangle over a $14 million Chilean tax bill. The dispute, over a Chilean subsidiary of packaging giant Alcoa, had taken six years to wind through the United States district court in New York. The case was finally resolved last week with judge Vernon Broderick ruling Alcoa’s former owners were not liable for the tax debt. Rank acquired Alcoa in a $3.9 billion deal in 2008, and the core of the dispute was a $48m loan by the Chilean subsidiary to its British Virgin Islands parent. After closing the takeover deal, Rank sought ways and means to restructure the arrangement and centralise the profits. According to the ruling “Rank’s goal was to find a way to ‘unwind’ the loans without triggering a tax.” The terms of the loan were amended by Rank, with the debt substantially increasing in duration and allowing renewal. In 2010 the Chilean tax authori-

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Sale crossbred prices surprise By Colin WillisCroft colin.w@theguardian.co.nz

Mt Somers farmer and one of the people behind Beltex New Zealand, Blair Gallagher, is pretty pleased with the way the European breed’s inaugural New Zealand sale went on Friday – but he admits it didn’t pan out the way he thought it would. The ram lamb sale, at Gallagher and wife Sara’s Rangitata station, attracted more than 300 people, with a top price paid of $15,000 for an individual sire. That was for a beltex/suffolk cross, while another suffolk cross went for $12,500. The top price paid for a purebred beltex was $12,000, with the next two highest purebred prices $7000 and $8000. Gallagher was surprised that the highest price went to a crossbred lamb, rather than one of the 16 purebreds on offer. “I thought the purebreds might have brought a bit more than they did,” he said, adding that the average purebred price was about $5000. “But the suffolks went through the roof and exceeded our expectations hugely, with the $15,000 a record price for a ram lamb in New Zealand. “I don’t know the reason for that (crossbreds exceeding purebreds), after all you can’t have a crossbred without a purebred. “I think the prices were pretty good for the people buying purebreds.” Buyers were spread throughout the country, with some of the sires going to Northland and others to Wyndham in Southland. North Island buyers were well represented, coming from across the island, while those from the South Island included Marlborough winemaker Peter Yealands. He plans to put his two pur-

chases across the small southdown babydolls he runs in his vineyard. Although the sale is only just been, it’s full steam ahead for Beltex New Zealand, whose other players are farm adviser John Tavendale and his wife Lynley, and former Invermay boss and head genetic scientist Jock Allison and his wife Hilary. They have already embarked on the second stage of the Bel-

tex New Zealand breeding programme. That began with a trip back to the UK to source embryos from three or four different studs to widen the genetic base of their programme. Then last week some of those embryos were transferred into poll dorset and suffolk ewes on the Gallaghers’ Mid Canterbury farm, with that work continuing this week. Artificial insemination

of others also gets under way this week. Gallagher is confident that the beltex breed, known for its big backside and meat production quality in the UK and the rest of Europe, has a rosy future in New Zealand. “It’s got the attributes to make a real contribution to our sheep industry, particularly around extra meat yield and confirmation in the carcass.”

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Cattle controls on Cook Strait

Canterbury-North Otago Dairy Industry Award winners, announced on Saturday night, were (from left) Salem Christian, Daniel and Paula McAtamney, and Will Green. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Winners new to industry The major winners in the 2018 Canterbury-North Otago Dairy Industry Awards are relatively new to the dairy industry and believe their success is due to their full involvement in their business. Daniel and Paula McAtamney were announced winners of the region’s Share Farmer of the Year competition at the annual awards dinner on Saturday night. The other big winners were Will Green, who was named the region’s 2018 Dairy Manager of the Year, and Salem Christian, the 2018 Dairy Trainee of the Year. The McAtamneys, aged 30 and 25 years, are contract milking 1150 cows on Rob Wilson’s Rangitata Dairies’ 300ha farm in Temuka. They won $13,982 in prizes. Prior to beginning his dairying career, Daniel was a beef, sheep and deer farmer, while Paula was nursing. They both entered the dairy industry in 2014. “We are proud of what we have learnt and achieved, given the short time we have been in the industry,” Paula said. The couple see their strong partnership as a strength of their business. “We are both fully involved in the business, both

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on-and-off farm,” Daniel said. The winner of the Dairy Manager of the Year title spent three years working on his family’s dairy, beef, sheep and cropping farm in the UK, before entering the New Zealand dairy industry three years ago. Green, who is farm manager for Kieran and Leonie Guiney on their 240ha, 830cow farm at Fairlie, won $6825 in prizes. “The awards process have enabled me to benchmark myself against the best in the industry,” he said. He believes pasture utilisation is a strength of his business. “We talk weekly as a whole team and focus on consistent 1500 residuals,” he said. “We stick to a strict feed budget and rotation length planner in the spring and autumn.” The Dairy Trainee of the Year winner is in his third season in the dairy industry. Christian, 20, who won $6630 in prizes, is assistant manager on a 750-cow, 198ha property at Temuka. He enjoys the challenges of farming, believing that it’s a great lifestyle. Future farming goals include farm ownership.

farm to farm. This means Minister of Agriculture cattle traceability between and Biosecurity Damien properties is critical to findO’Connor has announced ing all affected animals and an intensive programme stopping further infection. to track cattle movements “Operation Cook Strait is across Cook Strait to help necessary if we are to have control the further spread any chance of controlling of cattle disease mycoplasthis disease. There is no ma bovis. quick exit strategy for myThe failure of some farmcoplasma bovis and farmers to comply with the Naers complying with Nait is a tional Animal Identificabottom line for any option. tion and Tracing scheme “Eradication is what evecompromised the Ministry rybody would like, but it for Primary Industries’ rehas to be technically possponse to the M. bovis outDamien O’Connor sible, practically achievable break, which prompted a and affordable for all. If we review of the scheme. O’Connor said the Nait review report he can’t improve Nait compliance, we can’t get received showed the system was not work- past go. “Operation Cook Strait will be based ing well enough, with only 57 per cent of farmers who recorded their animal move- where trucks stop in the upper South Isments doing so within the required 48 land and will be run by the Ministry for Primary Industries. It will check that farmers hours. “I’m told overall farm-to-farm recording moving cattle from the south to the North may be as low as 30 per cent,” O’Connor Island comply with their legal obligations under the Nait Act. Non-compliance will said. “Nait is an important part of our biosecu- result in fines. “I remain hopeful mycoplasma bovis rity net and it needs improvement. “Mycoplasma bovis is mostly spread can be eradicated from New Zealand,” through movement of infected cattle from O’Connor said.

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Snow leopard proposal ‘crazy’ Federated Farmers says it is stunned to learn of a proposal to introduce a snow leopard sanctuary in the South Island high country. The Ministry for the Environment has been petitioned by a Hastings man, who is inviting a private landowner to give up their land to create a safe haven for the endangered species. “This idea, with all due respect, is outlandish and just plain crazy. It’s a poorly thought-out concept,” Federated Farmers’ environment spokesperson Chris Al-

len said. “As a high country farmer you’d be worried about your livestock and your own welfare for that matter, this would actually become a health and safety issue. “The truly worst case scenario for any farmer is a rogue animal on their property or nearby.” Allen said Federated Farmers trusts the ministry will make a sensible decision and banish the idea, adding that it’s widely acknowledged that snow leopards are a pest to landowners in Mongolia as they are known to attack livestock.

MARKET REPORT Dairy Dairy farmers will be hoping for a quieter week this after the tumultuous events of last week. However, the mycoplasma bovis issues are persisting with D-day rapidly approaching over MPI’s decision whether or not to eradicate. This decision needs to be made soon to allow farmers to be able to continue with necessary stock movements, not to mention knowing what the future holds and how best to plan for it. One new positive reactor dairy farm was declared near Ashburton last week although another farm, strong hearsay has it, also tested positive, this farm fortunately is confined to replacement heifers, unfortunate but more manageable for the owners. The GDT result although overall down was relatively positive for New Zealand dairy farmers with whole milk powder bucking the downward trend with a, be it a small, 0.1 per cent lift. With Fonterra lifting the farmgate price to $6.55 it makes the outlook for the future positive. International commentators are less bullish, mainly based upon the uncertainty around the US economy and its impact on world trade and the amount of production coming out of Europe. Also, while the farmgate price went up, the added values share dividends have reduced somewhat, no doubt as a result of the poor China investment in Beingmate and the issues with Danone.

Sheep Schedules and saleyard prices are holding

well and the grass keeps growing. Farmers will look back at this season as being one out of the bag, once they got past Christmas. Livestock throughout the district are blooming and added weight is getting well rewarded by the processors, so weight may make up for the reduction in numbers coming forward. One processor has predicted that numbers for the remainder of the season will be 10 per cent down on last year. Overseas, all the main markets appear to have good to strong demand.

Beef As with sheep, good saleyard prices for beef, although both manufacturing and prime grades took a trim this week. Weaner prices are looking positive with some lines making up to $1100 for steers. Finishers are looking a bit cagey with reports of a growing domestic supply in the US starting to push prices down. From New Zealand’s producers’ perspective, the big drivers are likely to still be supply versus demand and the impact of the US dollar.

Deer No change to the continuing good season with both major processors paying $11/kg and these prices are likely to remain with good product and livestock demand. The first of the weaner sales are not far away now, which may have finishers apprehensive about how much they will be paying, although the wallets should be full with a good season behind them.

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Photographic challenges BY KATHLEEN STRINGER

here is never nothing to do in a museum. At Ashburton Museum, one of our gaols is to make the collection as accessible as possible and one of my projects concerns our extensive photographic holdings. We are fortunate that one of our talented team members, Anita Badger, has spent many hours professionally photographing the framed image collection. This is a great advancement for access. These large images, many of sports teams or family groups, are very hard for people to access. Some access is made difficult due to identification, as usually the information is only a basic description of what the photo looks like and a list of any names on the image. Physical access can also be a challenge, as many of the framed images are large. We sometimes require two people to handle the item to show researchers what it looks like. And if a researcher needs to browse through a number of images, this can take a lot of time. Having a digital copy makes a huge difference. In the past, we have struggled to provide a good, clear reproduction due to the size of these framed images, and the fact that most framed images are also covered with very reflective glass. Due to Anita’s work, we now have such high quality digital copies that we can offer much better access and reduce the need to prise framed images from their homes in storage. Glass plates Another part of our image collection that poses problems are glass plate negatives or slides. If you think back to the old-time photographers with tripods and black material over their heads that you see in movies, that is what they were working with. They were around for quite a long time, from the 1850s until the 1930s. As the name implies, the negatives are made of glass and so are fragile. They are also highly susceptible to damage as the emulsion (what the image is made of ) sits on the glass, so any scratch, knock or change in temperature or humidity, and the image will literally fall off. Their size makes copying or scanning difficult. However, done well, they make fantastically clear and deep images.

1 – From the Ashburton Guardian Collection, a view of the approach to the Rakaia Bridge. 2 – One of my favourites. Looking at it with my eyes I saw the Methven hotel building, but upon scanning it I discovered the main street in ﬂood. 3 – It’s not just people we now have images of, this is a new view of Old St Andrew’s church.

1 WHAT DO GLASS NEGS LOOK LIKE?

In another museum I worked at I was told of a man who made a glasshouse out of these cool pieces of glass he had found! What made them so interesting was that they has designs painted on them, or so he thought! Glass plates are rectangular pieces of thick glass that have photographs on them. Being negatives, sometimes they may appear almost all black but holding them to the light you can see an image. If you are lucky enough to ﬁnd any, please handle them with care, at the edges, and contact us at Ashburton Museum, for advice on how to copy and preserve them. Many positives give a good image, but they often appear flat or one dimensional. Most glass plates are so detailed that the people appear to be real 3D beings trapped in a moment of time. As many of our glass plates were used by amateur photographers, they usually contain views we don’t have anywhere else in the collection and spending a little time working with them can uncover some real gems. Before we had the technology on-site, many of these images were only given basic catalogue statements, generalising them as family photos or rural view. Now we have technology available that can scan glass negatives, we can see for the first time, what the image really is of. This has been what I have been doing recently. It’s been a fun process as I feel as if I am uncovering some long-lost images that haven’t been seen for years.

I have really enjoyed working with the images and I thought I would share some of them with you.

Honouring the Fallen The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: March 28: George ASHTON, George Kenneth DUFF; March 29: Joseph BROOK, William Claude GILHAM, Thomas HILLOCK, John Timothy LAFFEY, William Edward VAGUE; March 30: Stanley G BERRYMAN, David John Wilson DOAK. Angus GILLIES, Charles Gibson McCONACHIE; March 31: John McQueen BRUCE; April 1: (John) BETHUNE, George Arthur PAGET

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4 – Another Ashburton Guardian negative, unidentiﬁed school children. Any familiar faces?

5 – The perfect detail of a house with a pram out the front is marred by a scratch in the emulsion at the back. 6 – Family groups and activities form a large section of this collection. Picnic groups especially are common. 7 – Harvesters in the ﬁeld.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club March 24 Barr Memorial Shield – “In-House” drawn Men’s Triples sponsored by Patersons Funeral Services 1st D. Hickman, P. Gibson & B. Brasell – 3 wins, 20 ends & 37 points, 2nd B. Holdom, F. Frewen & J. Van Der Heide – 2 win, 15 ends & 28 points, 3rd N. Sharplin. M. Reid & T. Johnson – 2 wins, 10 ends & 23 points

Ashburton Bowling Club March 21 Aussie Pairs. Rained off after two games. 1st R & D Gutberlet 2 wins 12 ends 25 points, 2nd I Syme & W Blackwell 2-11-30, 3rd B Molloy & S Thomas 2-11-24, 4th P & O Collins 2-11-20, 5th B Williams & L Spargo 2-10-21, 6th B Redmond & P McElwain 2-9-19

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club March 19 B & C Ladder N/S 1st Pauline Scott & Helen Briggs, 2nd Bruce & Heather Sim, 3rd Graham & Ann Gilbert. E/W 1st Fiona Williamson & Zilpha Earl, 2nd David Fisher & George Brown, 3rd Georgina Black & Maryke Blignault March 20 A Ladder N/S 1st Mike Holdaway & Judith Edmond, 2nd Melva Stowell & Pauline Fergus, 3rd Maree Moore & Rewa Kyle. E/W 1st Anne & Maurice Reid, 2nd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 3rd Jeanette Lovett & Val Palmer March 21 Individual Ladder 1st Rosemary McLaughlin & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Melva Stowell & Peter Downward, 3rd Kay Robb & Rona Brownlie March 22 2 rds, diff ptner N/S 1st Bev Macaulay & John Fechney, 2nd Trish Small & Peter Downward, 3rd Martin de Jong & Rosemary McLaughlin. E/W 1st Val Palmer & Maurice Small, 2nd Trish Downward & Edna Segers, 3rd Jeanette Lovett & Perry Jowers

■ Croquet Secondary School Golf Croquet March 21 Regional Final - Timaru A grade 1st L McCorkindale & J Tallents Ashburton College, 2nd K Small & C Spittal Mt Hutt College, 3rd E Fordyce & C Hall Mt Hutt College B grade 1st H Wilson & S McMaster Waitaki Boys High School, 2nd B Hargreaves & R Stevenson Timaru Boys High School, 3rd A Doyle & J Martin Timaru Boys High School March 24 and 25 Croquet South Canterbury Teams event Timaru Golf croquet winner Aorangi club, runner up Waireka club Association Croquet winner Waireka Club, runner up Aorangi club

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 24 Radius Care Player of the day: Sam Clarke with a score of 73-12=61nett from the Red Tees. Other winning scores: Ivan Blain 62; Don McQuarters 63; Noel Sutton, John Power and Sean Strange 64; Jordan Green 65; Pat Turton, David Fisher, John McArthur and Brian Fauth 66; Tufuga Sa and Bruce Day 67 on c/b from several. Twos: Charlie Alexander, Jordan Green (#3), Sam Clarke, Matt Tait, Kevin Smith and Terry Kingsbury. Nearest The Pins: South Island Seeds: Gaby

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Jansen; Rothbury Insurance Sharon Bradford; Allenton Meat Centre: Sharon Bradford; Braided Rivers: Kevin Smith; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Tufuga Sa. Birdie Jackpot: #14, Nett Eagles: #10 Nine Hole The top score in the Par round was Oliver Prince +2 from Mel Trewavas +1 and Hughie Murchie and Kate White all square.

Methven Golf Club March 21 Ladies Division 1st Waddington Plate: Ellen Kemp 94-23-71, Jenny Senior 88-15-73, Robyn Maw 98-2474 Margaret Lilley Putting: Jenny Senior 30, Jan Lane 30, Sally Jones 31, Ellen Kemp 31 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett: Ellen Kemp 71 Nearest the Pins #6 Silver Methven Foursquare Jenny Senior, #17 Bronze A Methven Travel Heather Santy, #4 Bronze B Methven Pharmacy Sandra Marr, #13 Open Aribica Jane Helmore, #14 2nd Shot (sat girls) Supervalue Robyn Maw, #4 Sat ladies Cinema Paradiso Sally Jones Two’s & Nett Eagles: Naiomi Fairfull x3. Robyn Maw x2 March 24 Men’s Division Duff Qualifing. Senior: Piers Rolton 76-6-70. Intermediate: Tim Robinson 85-15-70 by lot. Junior A: Gavin Santy 91-21-70. Junior B: Alan Lock 94-24-70. Other Good Scores: 70 Barry Wackwitz. 71 Gary Foy, Michael Kemp, Simon Wareing, Mark Gazzard, Jim Lattimore, John Robinson, Ian Lucas. 72 Craig Middleton, Phil Elliott, Jim Rooney. Two’s: Piers Rolton, Gary Foy, Jim Lattimore, Rodger Callaghan. Dubliner Best Nett: Barry Wackwitz 70 by lot. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Tim Robinson 70 by lot. Methven Travel Best Gross: Piers Rolton 76. Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Piers Rolton. Hunters Wine No 6: Piers Rolton. Ski Time No 13: Mark Gazzard. Green Parrot No 17: Barry Wackwitz. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Alan Lock. Next Week: 31st 3rd Round Green Jacket, Tri Nations.

Rakaia Golf Club March 21 Ladies Division Nancy McCormick 36 Holes. AM Play Freda Bierema and Val Sisson - 105 – 32 – 73 PM Play Teresa Booker and Marion Wederell – 92 – 21.5 – 70.5, Overall Winners – Teresa Booker and Marion Wederell 9 Hole Stroke Play Val Bell 50 – 16 -34 by lot, Judy Moore 49 – 15 – 34 Rakaia Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 – Judy Moore, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Val Bell, Val Bell Nearest the Pin Bronwyn Oakley

Tinwald Golf Club March 22 Twilight Stroke Leading scores in the final stroke round of the season. -6; John Smitheram 34. 7-10; Paul lane 31, Graham Mills 33. 11 plus; Eddie Tulip 32. Women: -14; Belinda Kirdy 33. 15 plus; Sharon Watson 35. Nearest the pin: # 16 John Smitheram. Two’s; Graham Mills. March 24 Stroke Leading scores in the Findlay Cup 4BBB qualifying round: Chris Hart and Warren Scott 61, Steve McCloy and Brian Rouse 62, Roger Bruce and Gordon Rennie 62. Stroke round; Cameron Miller 71, Richard Hewson, Cawte Whiting, Kerry Whiting 73. Women; Christine Kinita 69, Sue Newman 75.

www.guardianonline.co.nz Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Terry Reynolds. Gluyas Ford # 6; Brent Smith. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Steve McCloy. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Steve Anderson. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Dave King. Two’s; Wayne Mellish, Selwyn Munro, Steve McCloy, Maxine Whiting, Brent Smith, Rod Harris. Net eagle; # 17 Steve Kircher, Roger Bruce.

■ Motor racing Australian Grand Prix Results from the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday (58 laps): 1. Sebastian Vettel (FER) 1hr 29min 33.283s 2. Lewis Hamilton (ENG/MER) +5.036 3. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/FER) 6.309 4. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/RBR) 7.069 5. Fernando Alonso (ESP/MCL) 27.886 6. Max Verstappen (NED/RBR) 28.945 7. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/REN) 32.671 8. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/MER) 34.339 9. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/MCL) 34.921 10. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/REN) 45.722 11. Sergio Perez (MEX/FOR) 46.817 12. Esteban Ocon (FRA/FOR) 1min 0.27 13. Charles Leclerc (MON/SAU) 1min 15.75 14. Lance Stroll (CAN/WIL) 1min 18.28 15. Brendon Hartley (NZL/STR) 1 lap Not classified: Romain Grosjean (FRA/HAA) 34 laps Kevin Magnussen (DEN/HAA) 36 laps Pierre Gasly (FRA/STR) 45 laps Marcus Ericsson (SWE/SAU) 53 laps Sergey Sirotkin (RUS/WIL) 54 laps

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club March 25 Club Drawn Doubles Winners: Rewa Kyle and Jonathan Crum, Runners up: Wil Nuberg and Richard Browne, Third: Christine Carr and Karen Bensdorp.

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby March 22 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Darfield 26 v Wareings Methven 24 March 24 Section One Devon Tavern Hampstead 0 v Lincoln 43, Glenmark-Cheviot 47 v West Melton 21, Darryl Phillips Celtic 48 v Ohoka 17, Saracens 16 v Waihora 14, Ashley 17 v BDI 43, Southbridge Bye Section 2: Springston 27 v Kaiapoi 24, Prebbleton 29 v Hurunui 14, Rolleston 5 v Railway Tavern Rakaia 57, Stu Tarbotton Southern 30 v Oxford 15, Hornby Bye

Super Rugby Round 6 CRUSADERS 33 (Jack Goodhue 2, Scott Barrett, George Bridge, Codie Taylor tries Mitch Hunt 4 cons) bt BULLS 14 (Travis Ismaiel, Marco Gerhardt van Staden tries Handre Pollard 2 cons) at Christchurch Stadium. Referee: Federico Anseimi. REBELS 46 (Will Genia, Ross HaylettPetty, Amanaki Mafi, Bill Meakes, Anaru Rangi, Fereti Sa’aga tries Jack Debreczeni 4, Reece Hodge cons Debreczeni, Hodge pens) bt SHARKS 14 (Marius Louw, Lwazi Mvovo tries Curwin Bosch, Robert du Preez cons) at AAMI Park. Referee: Shuhei Kubo. Crowd: 8,393. CHIEFS 61 (Solomon Alaimalo 2, Damian McKenzie 2, Tyler Ardron, Nathan Harris, Liam Polwart, Brodie Retallick, Sean Wainui tries McKenzie 8 cons) bt SUNWOLVES 10 (Semisi Masirewa, Hosea Saumaki tries) at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. Referee: Will Houston. HURRICANES 29 (Ben Lam 2, Vince Aso, Beauden Barrett tries B Barrett 3 cons Jordie Barrett pen) bt HIGHLANDERS 12 (Waisake Naholo 2 tries Lima Sopoaga con) at Westpac Stadium. Referee: Mike

Fraser. STORMERS 25 (Dewaldt Duvenage, Wilco Louw, Raymond Rhule tries Damian Willemse 2 cons 2 pens) bt QUEENSLAND REDS 19 (Filipo Daugunu, Alex Mafi, Caleb Timu tries Jono Lance 2 cons) at Newlands Rugby Stadium. Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen. JAGUARES 49 (Emiliano Boffelli 2, Javier Ortega Desio 2, Bautista Delguy, Bautista Ezcurra tries Nicolas Sanchez 5 cons 3 pens) bt LIONS 35 (Malcolm Marx 2, Lourens Erasmus, Sylvian Mahuza, Marvin Orie tries Elton Jantjies 5 cons) at Velez Sarsfield. Referee: Jamie Nutbrown. New Zealand Conference P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Crusaders 5 3 0 2 159 119 40 3 15 Hurricanes 4 3 0 1 1 11 61 50 2 14 Chiefs 4 3 0 1 152 104 48 1 13 Highlanders 4 3 0 1 111 95 16 1 13 Blues 4 1 0 3 113 140 -27 2 6 Standings Rebels 5 4 0 1 188 111 77 4 20 Lions 6 4 0 2 232 206 26 3 19 Crusaders 5 3 0 2 159 119 40 3 15 Hurricanes 4 3 0 1 111 61 50 2 14 Chiefs 4 3 0 1 152 104 48 1 13 Highlanders 4 3 0 1 111 95 16 1 13 Q’land Reds 5 3 0 2 94 101 -7 1 13 6 3 0 3 160 171 -11 1 13 Stormers NSW Waratahs 4 2 1 1 137 116 21 0 10 Sharks 5 1 1 3 124 142 -18 3 9 Brumbies 4 2 0 2 76 93 -17 0 8 Jaguares 6 2 0 4 150 190 -40 0 8 Blues 4 1 0 3 113 140 -27 2 6 Bulls 5 1 0 4 112 162 -50 1 5 Sunwolves 5 0 0 5 112 220 -108 2 2

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Mick Hooper lost to Paul Cousins 1-2, Ron Carlson drew with Jimmy Hunn 1-1, Amy Muckle lost to Heather Bowker 0-4, Kyla Clement beat Kate Williams 4-0. Nick Marshall beat Billy Nolan 3-1, Rob Giles drew with Melissa Wilson 2-2, Jan Lee lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3. Adam Clement beat Jimmy Hunn 4-0, Jordan Hooper drew with Ian Dolden 2-2, Rebecca Abernethy beat Charlotte Smith 4-0, Hannah Mowat beat Jane Kingan 4-0. Brendon Adam beat James McCloy 4-1, Steve Devereux lost to Harry Stanway 2-3, Shane Muckle lost to Julie Smith 0-3, Robbie Kok beat Kate O’Reilly 2-1. Chris O’Reilly lost to John McDonnell 0-4, Nathan Forbes drew with Julie Smith 2-2, Kirsty Clay beat Reece Wallington 2-1, Rebecca McCloy beat Sian Hurley 3-0.

■ Shooting Nelson Championships March 17 and 18 At Westport A grade: John Snowden 346.33, (after shoot off), Allan White 346.33, Richard Rowlands 345.31, John Miller 344.30, Malcolm Dodson 343.35, Karl Valpy 339.28, Andre Doyle 338.32, Chris Kershaw 337.30. B grade: Chris Burgess 340.26, Coby Snowden 327.21, John Fleming 324.23. C grade Darian Miller 328.20, Sam Kershaw 322.17, Brian Hawksby 322.15. FTR Geof Smith 397.23, Mark Alexander 392.20, Daniel Alexander 390.21, Brian Graystone 378.11, K Slape 369.5, Phil Gardiner 359.9. F Open: Mike Chui 413.46, Phil Nicol 337.2.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis March 24 A Grade Southern lost to Tinwald 8 sets to 7 J. Feutz & L. Glendining beat E. Dargue & D. Scott 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4), A. Watt & L. Gilbert beat H. Tawatao & J. Jones 4-6, 6-3,

1-0 (10-4), J. Feutz lost to E. Dargue 3-6, 4-6, L. Glendining lost to D. Scot 0-6 0-6 (injured), A. Watt lost to H. Tawatao 3-6, 6-4, 0-1 (4-10), L. Gilbert beat J. Jones 6-0, 6-0. Fairton lost to Allenton 6 matches to 0: T. Leonard & E. Connelly-Whyte lost to A. Reid & A. van Rooyen 1-6, 3-6, P. Crozier & S. Hands lost to C. Brosnahan & B. Looij 2-6, 2-6, T. Leonard lost to A. van Rooyen 0-6, 3-6, P. Crozier lost to C. Brosnahan 0-6, 0-6, E. Connelly-Whyte lost to B. Looij 2-6, 0-6, S. Hands lost to A. Reid 0-6, 0-6. Hampstead beat Methven 4 matches to 2 P. Kirwan & M. Thyne lost to P. Leonard & S. Bubb 1-6, 4-6, M. Lucas & Jade Brosnahan beat G. Evans & J. Leslie 6-1, 6-2, P. Kirwan lost to S. Bubb 2-6, 2-6, M. Kerr beat G. Evans 7-5, 6-3, M. Lucas beat J. Leslie 6-0, 6-1, Jade Brosnahan beat Jane Brosnahan 7-5, 7-6 (10-3). A Reserve Allenton beat Hampstead Hammers 6 matches to 0 J. Parsons & L. Moore beat S. van Rooyen & D. Burgess 6-0, 6-1, C. Collins & I. Cabalse beat J. Chapman & K. Williams 6-1, 6-0, J. Parsons beat S. van Rooyen 6-3, 6-0, L. Moore beat D. Burgess 6-1 6-1, C. Collins beat J. Chapman 6-0, 6-0, I. Cabalse beat K Williams 7-5, 6-0. Methven Gold lost to Hampstead Aces 4 matches to 2 J. Sheridan & H. Simpson lost to O. Bubb & J. Barry 0-6, 4-6, J. Ermio & G. Newton beat M. Hopkins & A. Spicer 6-2, 6-3, J. Sheridan lost to O. Bubb by default, H. Simpson lost to J. Barry 1-6, 1-6, J. Ermio lost to M. Hopkins 1-6, 1-6, G. Newton beat A. Spicer 6-1, 6-1. Southern Wakanui beat Methven Diamonds 4 matches to 2 R. Watt & L. Adam lost to N. Alombro & V. Talbot 3-6, 4-6, A. Spooner & H. Feutz beat S. Fulton & A. Ermio 6-3, 7-5, R. Watt lost to N. Alombro 3-6, 0-6, L. Adam beat V. Talbot 7-5, 6-1, H. Feutz beat S. Fulton 6-2, 7-5, A. Spooner beat A. Ermio 6-2, 6-2. Junior B Southern lost to Methven 29 games to 23 L. Jones & F. Fulton beat R. Giera & G. Oates 6-4, S. Wilson & R. Kidd beat T. King & C. McSweeney 6-3, L. Jones lost to R. Giera 0-6, F. Fulton beat G. Oates 6-4, S. Wilson lost to T. King 1-6, R. Kidd lost to C. McSweeney 4-6. Methven White lost to Allenton 6 matches to 0 J. Campbell & A. Parsons lost to J. Gilbert & S. Holland 2-6, N. Cavanagh & E. Watson lost to A. Ciora & H. Bradford 3-6, J. Campbell lost to J. Gilbert 0-6, A. Parsons lost to S. Holland 3-6, N. Cavanagh lost to A. Ciora 2-6, E. Watson lost to H. Bradford 5-6. Hampstead Pelicans lost to Dorie 5 matches to 1 R. Wall & L. Feutz lost to S. Kingsbury & O. Jackways 2-6, J. Bruce & B. McRae lost to B. Drye & S. Drye 1-6, R. Wall lost to S. Kingsbury 2-6, L. Feutz lost to B. Drye 2-6, J. Bruce beat O. Jackways 6-4, B. McRae lost to S. Drye 1-6. Tinwald Federer lost to Southern/Allenton 5 matches to 1 A. Burgess & S. Jessep lost to A. Cromie & J. Ellis 2-6, J. Chapman & L. Sloper lost to L. O’Connell & J. Reed 4-6, A. Burgess lost to A. Cromie 0-6, S. Jessep lost to J. Ellis 0-6, J. Chapman lost to L. O’Connell 2-6, L. Sloper beat J. Reed 6-3. Junior C Dorie beat Hampstead 5 matches to 1 D. McBain & D. Dolan beat A. Artz & R. McKay by default, M. Keller & C. Heneghan beat I. Wall & L. Watson 6-2, D. McBain beat A. Artz 6-0, D. Dolan beat R. McKay by default, M. Keller beat I. Wall 6-1, C. Heneghan lost to L. Watson 3-6. Tinwald beat Methven Blue 4 matches to 2 P. Soshnikov & D. Soshnikov lost to H. Redfern & F. Cudmore 5-6, A. Houston & Laura beat E. Armour & A. Cudmore 6-3, P. Soshnikov beat H. Redfern 6-4, D. Soshnikov beat F. Cudmore 6-2, A. Houston lost to E. Armour 3-6, Laura beat A. Cudmore 6-5.

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In brief Warriors confident Captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck says the Warriors are growing in confidence as they look to continue their historic winning run in next Saturday’s clash against the Roosters. The Warriors are unbeaten with Saturday’s thrilling comefrom-behind victory giving them three wins to start the season for the first time in the club’s 24year history. Tuivasa-Sheck said the three results have reinforced that they are on the right path, as they eye a fourth-straight season opening win and third-consecutive away victory against his former Roosters team in Sydney. - NZME

Fulton’s future clouded Rugby league immortal Bob Fulton’s future in the game appears in grave doubt as the fallout from Manly’s salary cap breaches continues. The NRL handed down a $750,000 fine to the Sea Eagles, wiping $330,000 out of this year and next year’s caps and suspending the registration of two past and present officials. But the NRL were powerless to act on Manly legend Fulton, who they claimed had significant involvement in contract negotiations that saw a total of 13 players promised $1.5 million in payments outside the cap over the past five years. - AAP

Townsend on target

Members of the Hampstead side who claimed honours in A Grade tennis action this season. Michael Kerr, Mary-Anne Thyne, Jade Brosnahan and Mathieu Lucas. Absent were Aidan Mitchell and Peter Kirwan. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend insists there’s no reason why he can’t continue his incredible goalkicking strike rate and become one of the elite marksmen in the NRL. Townsend is one of two players who have yet to miss this season, nailing all 12 of his attempts as the Sharks’ first-choice goalkicker this season after the departure of James Maloney. The other goalkicker perfect from the tee in 2018 is Brisbane winger Jamayne Isaako. - AAP

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Injuries hit Broncos

Champions of the court

Brisbane will be without Corey Oates and Tevita Pangai Jr for Sunday’s NRL derby with Gold Coast. The pair both suffered injuries in the Broncos’ goldenpoint 9-7 win over Wests Tigers at the weekend. Oates (hip flexor) and Pangai (hamstring) are both expected to miss up to two weeks, potentially ruling them out of Brisbane’s away clash against Newcastle as well. - AAP

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Hampstead have been crowned as Mid Canterbury’s premier A Grade Interclub side after a convincing victory on Saturday’s Finals Day. The strong side, who have battled it out with Methven for much of the season for supremacy recorded a comprehensive 4-2 win on the weekend to claim

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 31 The Easter Saturday mixed Greensome for the Keig Cup (family pairings) and Coasters Cup (any pairing) will be held. Starting times: Morning 8am; Afternoon report to the Pro Shop at 12.00pm for a 12.30pm start. Nine Hole golfers report at 1.00pm for a 1.30 start.

the title in a prolonged interclub season. The overall match was still very much anyone’s after the two doubles matches, with Peter Leonard and Sam Bubb, playing for Methven, beating Pete Kirwan and Mary-Anne Thyne 6-1, 6-4 on one side, while Mathieu Lucas and Jade Brosnahan for Hampstead beat Gareth Evans and John Leslie 6-1, 6-2.

Bubb made it an unbeaten day on the court when he beat Kirwan 6-2, 6-2 in the top seed singles, but that was Methven’s lot for the day. Michael Kerr beat Evans, 7-5, 6-3. Lucas beat Leslie 6-0, 6-1 and Brosnahan beat her mother, Jane 7-5, 7-6 in the other match. In other matches from the day’s play, Allenton proved too strong for Fairton winning 6-0

after putting up a strong quartet of Aaron Reid, Andre van Rooyen, Connor Brosnahan and Byn Looij. The other A Grade match between Southern and Tinwald was a much closer affair with Tinwald winning 8 sets to 7. In A Grade reserve matches Southern beat the Methven Diamonds 4-2 and the Hampstead Aces beat Methven Gold 4-2.

April 2 The Easter Monday Turkey Trot individual stableford match will be held. Again a mixed competition day. Starting time: Report at 11.30 for a 12noon start.

March 28 Section A Lincoln v Waihora, 7:30pm, Linc1, S O’Reilly, H Cook, A Webber March 29 Section A West Melton v Ashley, 7:00pm, Wmelt 2, A Brosnahan, D Sullivan, M Hanson Burn/Duns/IRW v Southbridge, 7:30pm, Duns 1, R Goodman, M Gameson, R Amyes Ohoka v Glenmark, 7:30pm, Mand 3, K Hancox, R Lane, S Marshall March 31 Section A Darryl Phil l Motor Celtic v Devon Tavern Hampstead, 1:00pm, Celtic 1 W Burrett, J O’Connor, H Grant Saracens Bye

March 28 Section B Prebbleton v Stu Tarbotton Southern, 7:30pm, Prebbleton, J Currie, A Brosnahan, P Turnbull Rolleston v Darfield, 7:30pm, Roll 1, J LeGross, Marcelo Wibmer, K Hore March 29 Section B Hornby v Wareings Methven, 7:30pm, Denton Oval, G Peddie, J Rodgers, G McKenzie Railway Tavern Rakaia v Springston, 7:30pm, Rakaia Domain, K Opele, M Gallagher, P Hunt Hurunui v Kaiapoi, 7:30pm, Cul1, A Stead, S Laird, A Reeve Oxford Bye

■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby March 28 First XV Ashburton College v Timaru Boys, 5:30pm, Ashburton College, K Faalogo Hampstead U16 Hampstead U16 v TBHS 5pm G Jopson Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition

McCracken in trouble Former rugby league star Jarrod McCracken has been handed a $5000, two-year good behaviour bond for leaving the country while bankrupt. McCracken, 47, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to three charges of leaving Australia, and one of preparing to leave Australia, while an undischarged bankrupt. The court heard the embattled former New Zealand captain, who was declared bankrupt in 2012 after a lengthy dispute over a north Queensland property development, left the country on three occasions between 2014 and 2015. He travelled to New Zealand on two occasions – once for the funeral of a friend’s son and once for a coaching clinic. He also took an 18day holiday to Bali with his family without seeking permission from the trustee. - AAP

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In brief

■ VIN DE DANCE

Derby hopes please trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman got the answers they were looking for on Saturday. The Cambridge trainers were well-satisfied by the performances of their Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) contenders Vin De Dance and Mission Hill in the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m), although disappointed with the post-race verdict on the former. Vin De Dance finished runnerup behind the Chris Waller-prepared D’Argento, only to be relegated to fourth with jockey Jason Waddell copping a six-meeting suspension for causing interference in the straight. He will return in time for the ride in the Derby on Saturday week. “I was quite surprised they overturned it, but what can you do?” Forsman said. “That aside, we were rapt with both horses. When you go over there you never really know how they’re going to measure up and

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 27 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.05pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0, 457m 1 321 Go Brat nwtd ...................................R Wales 2 53523 Melting World nwtd.........................J Guthrie 3 44254 Lucky Blair nwtd .............................. R Wales 4 46277 Sly Carl nwtd ................................... R Wales 5 68886 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 6 74346 Glass Harpoon nwtd ......................J Guthrie 7 x6333 Pat Allie nwtd .................................. R Wales 8 688x5 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 2 12.23pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN MCLEOD C3/4, 390m 1 85453 Know Respect 22.74 ......................G Cleeve 2 37586 Express Gunn 22.34 .....................R Adcock 3 63238 Abrasador 22.17 ...............................B Eade 4 47518 Sozin’s Blue 22.70 ....................J McInerney 5 55461 Cawbourne Britty 22.42 ...............C Roberts 6 41715 Queen Kong 22.69 ....................J McInerney 7 66767 Cosmic Richie 22.60 .................J McInerney 8 61787 Lonely Baxter 23.05 ..................J McInerney 9 83858 Gotcha Majenta nwtd ................J McInerney 10 75756 Super Bad 22.52 ..........................D Roberts 3 12.40pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C3, 390m 1 15567 Botany Whisper nwtd ................J McInerney 2 17145 Sozin’s Fortune 22.65 ...............J McInerney 3 54364 Gotcha Penny nwtd ...................J McInerney

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 27 Mar 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 2.15pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 73824 Cosmic Ryder nwtd ...................J McInerney 2 36 Knocka Rush nwtd .......................... M Grant 3 Okuku Terra nwtd ............................R Casey 4 44 Chitina Tin nwtd ..................................A Lee 5 35 Okuku Maree nwtd ..........................R Casey 6 22568 Cosmic Britney nwtd ................. M Dempsey 7 3 Smash Rock nwtd ........................... M Grant 8 54521 Culvie Chairman 17.56 H & ................Taylor 9 Step Inside Love nwtd ......................A Joyce 10 83867 Feral Dove Love nwtd ..................M A Butler 2 2.33 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C1, 295m 1 66537 Goldstar Scout 17.50 S & ............... B Evans 2 42283 Distinctive Miss 17.60 ......................A Joyce 3 57858 Opawa Sledge nwtd ........................ R Wales 4 585F4 Smash Damage 17.30 .................... M Grant 5 65346 Feral Kaiaka 17.72 .......................M A Butler 6 55718 Loose Donald 17.81 .................. M Dempsey 7 72458 Kalonga 17.42 S & ..........................B Evans 8 x6422 Seeking Baxter 17.28................J McInerney 9 x3787 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 10 65876 Culvie Yogi 17.38 H &..........................Taylor 3 2.52pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND DASH C0, 295m 1 728 Daring Affair nwtd ........................ L Waretini 2 62251 Hi Ho Tonto 17.66 ...............................A Lee 3 42752 Boston Powers nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 4 78 Okuku Billy nwtd .............................R Casey 5 33343 Holly Grace nwtd............................. M Grant 6 65462 Shanly Star nwtd ................................C Weir 7 6 Okuku Mistress nwtd.......................R Casey 8 77 Kevron nwtd .................................C Roberts 9 Step Inside Love nwtd ......................A Joyce

they were both good and they’ve come through it well.” Vin De Dance raced close to the speed from an inside gate and fought on gallantly in the run home while Mission Hill finished solidly from back in the field to run seventh under rider Damian Lane. “He was really good, Damian said he got caught a bit flat-footed and got home well the last bit,” Forsman said. The stable promises to have a strong Derby hand with Mongolian Marshal, who failed to get a start off the ballot in the Rosehill Guineas, and Weather With You to run in Saturday’s Gr.2 Tulloch Stakes. “They’re both fit and well,” Forsman said. Mongolian Marshall has won his last two starts at Avondale and Ellerslie while Weather With You finished fifth over a mile at Warwick Farm at his most recent outing. - NZME

Lizzie taking a break Multiple Group One winner Lizzie L’Amour won’t be part of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s team in Sydney. The Zabeel mare has been turned out following her last-start seventh in the NZ Stakes. “She’s gone for a spell. She felt the hard track at Ellerslie and that put us on the back foot and ruled out Sydney,” Forsman said. - NZME

Mare in hot form Progressive mare Porcelain Princess will head to a Group Three challenge in winning form. She was successful at Tauherenikau on Sunday after rider Alysha Collett perfectly executed a pre-race plan by taking the daughter of Sir Percy to the front 600m out. “I said to Alysha to make it more of a staying test as the mare needs more ground,” trainer Fraser Auret said. - NZME

Praise for Seabrook

Vin De Dance is ready to tackle the Australian Derby.

New Zealand-bred filly Seabrook did an excellent job to finish fifth in Saturday’s Gr.1 Golden Slipper, according to Damien Oliver. “The speed there appeared to be on the inside before the race didn’t eventuate and the winner got over pretty cheaply,” he said. - NZME

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

4 37541 Magic Mike 22.40 .........................C Roberts 6 1.33 SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C3/4, 457m 10 66687 Dave’s Pick nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 71243 Opawa Waihemo 22.75 ................... R Wales 1 453x4 Rover Bale 25.64 .........................C Roberts 9 2.25pm WWW.BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ C1, 390m 6 28765 Coco Bango 22.71 ....................J McInerney 2 57777 Zipping Jen nwtd ......................... B I Conner 1 44872 Leo’s Son 22.84 ........................J McInerney 7 52243 Zugzwang 22.88 .........................R Hamilton 3 38835 Charlie Runkel 25.89 ........................B Eade 2 23213 Mitcham Faye 23.02 ..................J McInerney 8 23351 Opawa Binge 22.34......................... R Wales 4 77211 Must Be Rusty 26.13.................J McInerney 3 12456 Homebush Scorpio 23.38 .........J McInerney 9 83858 Gotcha Majenta nwtd ................J McInerney 5 67417 Botany Alan 25.88.....................J McInerney 4 25226 Homebush Hundy 23.22 ...........J McInerney 10 75756 Super Bad 22.52 ..........................D Roberts 6 46665 Princely Gold 25.97...................J McInerney 5 36832 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 187x6 Regalyn 26.19 ...................................B Eade 4 12.58pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C5, 390m 6 66823 Broken Penniless 22.94 .................G Cleeve 8 46722 Hard Questions 26.04 ....................G Cleeve 1 56527 Homebush Rufus nwtd ..............J McInerney 7 26271 Koputai nwtd ..................................J Guthrie 2 12267 Opawa Sheldon 22.22..................... R Wales 7 1.50 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAHAM TAPIKI C1, 457m 8 34745 Senorita Julie nwtd....................J McInerney 3 13141 Zipping Clyde 22.54 .................... B I Conner 9 74586 Homebush Kazzy 23.66 ............J McInerney 1 52F55 Know Dollars nwtd .........................G Cleeve 4 23126 Wheelchair Norm 22.08 ............J McInerney 2 33322 Malaga Molly nwtd ....................J McInerney 10 68787 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 5 37157 Macey Baxter 22.97 ..................J McInerney 3 66452 Cosmic Stu nwtd .......................J McInerney 10 2.45 TONI@BODYAUDIT.CO.NZ 021657001 C1, 390m 6 31426 Hey Jude nwtd ..........................J McInerney 4 61587 Luciastar 26.03 .........................J McInerney 1 F5548 Avalanch City nwtd....................J McInerney 7 63127 Homebush Miles 22.44 .............J McInerney 5 17223 Dyna Vernon 27.03 ......................C Roberts 2 75446 Black Dan 22.71........................J McInerney 8 31667 Sergess nwtd ............................J McInerney 6 26257 Zipping Ripley nwtd ..................... B I Conner 3 38533 Cosmic Ruben nwtd ..................J McInerney 9 34751 Botany Cold nwtd ......................J McInerney 7 56821 Token Vikkers 26.67 ........................ R Wales 4 55763 Joey Baxter 22.65 .....................J McInerney 10 67148 Flaming Sambuca 22.65 ...........J McInerney 8 44476 Homebush Ragna 26.53 ...........J McInerney 5 144F4 Bigtime Kendall nwtd...................R Hamilton 5 1.15 NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED FINAL NZ- 9 66687 Dave’s Pick nwtd .......................J McInerney 6 81472 Lightning Crash nwtd ....................R Adcock 10 87888 Opawa Richie 26.19 ........................ R Wales RSf, 457m 7 84213 Mounga nwtd ............................J McInerney 1 62113 Southern Lights 25.84 .................R Hamilton 8 2.08pm FAREWELL LIAM TIDMARSH C1/2, 457m 8 35165 Jinja Cody nwtd.........................J McInerney 2 31625 Opawa Norris 26.06 ........................ R Wales 9 74668 Ana Dior 22.85 .............................C Roberts 1 63446 Know Conclusion 26.34 .................G Cleeve 3 34843 Homebush Banker nwtd ............J McInerney 10 68787 Sacred Opera nwtd ........................J Guthrie 2 52536 Amy Bale nwtd .............................C Roberts 4 58245 Think Tank nwtd ........................J McInerney 3 23538 Shift The Blame 25.94...............J McInerney 11 3.05pm FAREWELL CHRIS BOYD C1/2, 390m 5 14243 Tom Tee 26.06...............................R Adcock 4 76653 Valyrian Steel 26.46 ..................J McInerney 1 85582 Chop Shop nwtd .......................J McInerney 6 76134 Know Hassle 26.00 ........................G Cleeve 5 11778 Darlek Ian 26.22........................J McInerney 2 45361 Homebush Sloan 22.50 ............J McInerney 7 12186 Opawa Brad 26.63 J & ....................D Fahey 6 51631 Dave’s Dot nwtd ........................J McInerney 3 34133 Disclaimer 22.63 ...........................R Adcock 8 15513 Sarcasm 26.17 ...............................G Cleeve 7 43131 Jitterbug Jewel nwtd.....................C Roberts 4 14274 Homebush Hazel nwtd ..............J McInerney 9 38835 Charlie Runkel 25.89 ........................B Eade 8 31541 Homebush Boden 26.94 ...........J McInerney 5 85424 Barellen Panther nwtd ..................C Roberts 10 25775 Nozzno Fear 26.16.................... A Bradshaw 9 48681 Homebush Austin 26.64 ............J McInerney 6 78651 Pip Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney

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52555 Sozin’s Roar nwtd .....................J McInerney 15888 Stormy Sunday 22.91 ...............J McInerney 48681 Homebush Austin 22.87 ............J McInerney 74668 Ana Dior 22.85 .............................C Roberts 12 3.21pm RACING AGAIN 10TH APRIL C1/2, 390m 1 8F122 Debbie Baxter 22.57 .................J McInerney 2 64781 Star Bucking 22.97....................J McInerney 3 43463 Sozin’s Emperor 22.78 ..............J McInerney 4 14466 Oskitz nwtd ..................................C Roberts 5 68387 Storming Mack 22.85 .................. B I Conner 6 51573 Homebush Scribe 22.48 ...........J McInerney 7 82766 Unverified nwtd .........................J McInerney 8 42331 Cosmic Jase 22.90 ...................J McInerney 9 48681 Homebush Austin 22.87 ............J McInerney 10 74668 Ana Dior 22.85 .............................C Roberts SELECTIONS

Race 1: Go Brat, Melting World, Lucky Blair, Glass Harpoon Race 2: Express Gunn, Abrasador, Queen Kong, Cosmic Richie Race 3: Opawa Binge, Magic Mike, Zugzwang, Opawa Waihemo Race 4: Wheelchair Norm, Hey Jude, Homebush Miles Race 5: Southern Lights, Tom Tee, Opawa Norris, Know Hassle Race 6: Rover Bale, Must Be Rusty, Charlie Runkel, Botany Alan Race 7: Malaga Molly, Token Vikkers, Zipping Ripley, Homebush Ragna Race 8: Know Conclusion, Dave’s Dot, Amy Bale, Shift The Blame Race 9: Mitcham Faye, Broken Penniless, Leo’s Son, Zip Zap Zoe Race 10: Lightning Crash, Black Dan, Bigtime Kendall, Jinja Cody Race 11: Disclaimer, Chop Shop, Barellen Panther, Homebush Hazel Race 12: Debbie Baxter, Sozin’s Emperor, Cosmic Jase, Oskitz LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

4 57x74 Waimac 30.57 ...........................J McInerney 5 62726 Opawa Al 30.75............................... R Wales 6 3153 Opawa Lawsey 31.06 J & ...............D Fahey 1 75551 Goldstar Scooby 30.97 S & ............. B Evans 7 76372 Majestic Action 30.00 S & ............... B Evans 2 78888 Opawa Sophie 30.52....................... R Wales 8 84753 Amelia Rob 30.90 ..................... M Robinson 3 66451 Dyna Bart 30.67 ...........................C Roberts 9 22786 Crystal Flame 30.59 ........................ M Grant 4 22528 Dunk It nwtd ..................................... B Dann 5 15 Jinja Ellie 31.40 ................................A Joyce 10 88855 Eyrewell Lucy 31.14 ....................... H Cairns 6 53264 Raylene 31.01 ...............................R Adcock 8 4.21pm GLENBYRE TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 43731 Oliver Black 17.51 .................... A Botherway 7 61181 Platonic Affair 30.83 ..................... L Waretini 2 36665 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant 8 15466 Homebush Fued nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 84462 Goldstar Scooter 17.52 S & ............ B Evans 9 22786 Crystal Flame 30.59 ........................ M Grant 4 x5655 Cee Ash nwtd.................................G Cleeve 10 77658 Take By Storm 31.05................. A Bradshaw 5 3.27 CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 5 64326 Verbena 17.52.............................. K Cassidy 6 68572 Homebush Ivana nwtd ..............J McInerney 1 72872 Smash Gator 17.79 ......................... M Grant 7 46623 Smokey Action 17.49 S & ............... B Evans 2 66786 Opawa Val nwtd .............................. R Wales 8 76867 Opawa Minstrel nwtd....................... R Wales 3 61672 Eyrewell Tango nwtd ...................... H Cairns 9 67476 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................J McInerney 4 21212 Native Scout 17.44 ........................... B Dann 10 77586 Jinno Gino 17.51 ......................... J McMillan 5 84755 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50 S & .............. B Evans 6 68385 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 9 4.39pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 7 83568 Sea Spray Elsa 17.47 .................B Freeman 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 68388 Magic Janet Lass 17.48 ............J McInerney 8 88854 Nicky Baxter 17.34 ....................J McInerney 2 54576 Matariki nwtd ....................................A Joyce 9 67476 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 41373 Cold Affair 17.84 .......................... L Waretini 10 15686 Goldstar Power 17.65 S &............... B Evans 6 3.46pm CRATE & BARREL HOTEL DASH C1, 295m 4 57858 Scissor Clip nwtd ........................B Freeman 5 57663 Culvie Jay Dee 17.53 H & ...................Taylor 1 86746 Jealous Much 17.67 ..................J McInerney 6 27554 Vasterbottenost 17.47 .........................A Lee 2 x6457 Goldstar Spotty nwtd S & ................ B Evans 7 86773 Black Tori 17.49......................... A Bradshaw 3 67447 Sierra Delta 17.47 S & .................... B Evans 8 66763 Goldstar Sawyer 17.60 S & ............. B Evans 4 51333 Smash Ocean 17.58 ....................... M Grant 9 x3787 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 5 44266 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 10 87857 Goldstar Bindi 17.89 S &................. B Evans 6 55647 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 ..............................R Casey 7 63734 Ohoka Pheobe 17.64 ................... L Waretini 10 4.56pm THE TURF BAR STAKES C1, 520m 1 67136 Torpedo Tuck nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 8 8858x Opawa Spirit nwtd ........................... R Wales 2 75161 Eyrewell Martin 30.77 .................... H Cairns 9 x3787 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 3 33784 Opawa Shay 31.13.......................... R Wales 10 77847 Mac Wagger 17.87 .................... M Dempsey 4 25153 Replica Casino 30.81 .....................B Pringle 7 4.06pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C1, 520m 5 27748 Velvet Girl 30.55 ............................... B Dann 1 17717 Little Krakatoa 30.84 ................. A Bradshaw 6 66228 Homebush Ellie 30.49 ...............J McInerney 2 43832 Twizel Storm 31.17.......................... M Grant 7 25447 Peekay Shout 30.89 J & ..................D Fahey 3 14724 Know Potential 30.71 .....................G Cleeve 10 75574 Charlie’s Champ nwtd ..................... M Grant

4 3.11pm LITTLE BROWN JUG STAKES C1, 520m

8 61444 Know Equal 31.03 ..........................G Cleeve 9 22786 Crystal Flame 30.59 ........................ M Grant 10 33876 Goldstar Chief 30.85 S & ................ B Evans 11 5.16 ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C1, 295m 1 66366 Homebush Pansy 17.69 ............J McInerney 2 42644 Goldstar Bryton nwtd S &................ B Evans 3 67565 Know Bias 17.75 ............................G Cleeve 4 58571 Lord Protector 17.41 ........................ B Dann 5 36313 Rambo nwtd ..................................R Adcock 6 77542 Just James 17.43 .......................H Anderton 7 57474 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 8 53474 Epic Style 17.65 .........................J M Jopson 9 67476 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 55885 Lavarno 17.72 S & ..........................B Evans 12 5.36pm COALGATE TAVERN STAKES C1, 520m 1 74846 Goldstar Liberty 30.75 S &.............. B Evans 2 34472 Black Eye Bill nwtd .................... M Dempsey 3 x1462 Cerrone Bale nwtd .......................C Roberts 4 32333 Know Leave 30.90 .........................G Cleeve 5 55352 Go Belle 30.96 ................................R Wales 6 x1336 Shoe Fly nwtd ............................J M Jopson 7 87464 Jealous Affair nwtd ....................... L Waretini 8 23326 Gotcha Rocky nwtd ...................J McInerney 9 22786 Crystal Flame 30.59 ........................ M Grant 10 66684 Extra Salsa nwtd S & ...................... B Evans 13 5.51 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 85x74 Randy Fields 17.59 .......................R Adcock 2 77551 Fiery Affair 17.30...............................J Dunn 3 43444 Know Sweat 17.39 .........................G Cleeve 4 24475 Poetik 17.59 S & .............................B Evans 5 34277 Homebush Patriot nwtd .............J McInerney 6 26347 Snickerdoodle 17.48 ........................ B Dann 7 35222 Goldstar Linkin 17.52 S & ............... B Evans 8 76718 Tikao Jackie 17.63 M & ....................... Smith 9 67476 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 57856 Tilt 17.39 ...................................... L Waretini 14 6.12pm CHRIS & LISA EARL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 51116 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &............... B Evans

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67817 Mitcham Moody 17.37............... A Bradshaw 83353 Chippy Jordy 17.37 .........................J Tanner 12674 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 65652 Homebush Skip 17.50 ...............J McInerney 24265 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................ B Evans 52451 Bula Roberts 17.40 ......................C Roberts 24566 Idol Georgie 17.31 ............................ J Rush 67476 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................J McInerney 77388 Idol Eve 17.43 .................................R Wales 15 6.28pm LIVAMOL DASH C1, 295m 1 F1772 My Ginger Kiss 17.80 S & ............... B Evans 2 87544 Tubby Kevie nwtd .........................C Roberts 3 56725 Butterface 17.70 ..............................J Tanner 4 62564 Belfast Delanie 17.59 H & ...................Taylor 5 13445 Whose He 17.44 ..............................A Joyce 6 47274 Zephaniah 17.45 ....................... A Bradshaw 7 12657 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.62 S & ............. B Evans 8 1 Dahteste 17.31................................. B Dann 9 x3787 Little Snicko 17.54 .....................J McInerney 10 8x676 Smash Prince 17.66....................D Kingston SELECTIONS

Race 1: Culvie Chairman, Chitina Tin, Cosmic Ryder, Smash Rock Race 2: Seeking Baxter, Smash Damage, Goldstar Scout, Kalonga Race 3: Hi Ho Tonto, Holly Grace, Daring Affair, Boston Powers Race 4: Platonic Affair, Goldstar Scooby, Raylene, Dunk It Race 5: Native Scout, Nicky Baxter, Smash Gator, Opawa Val Race 6: Lisa’s Boy, Goldstar Spotty, Smash Ocean, Sierra Delta Race 7: Know Potential, Majestic Action, Twizel Storm Race 8: Oliver Black, Opawa Minstrel, Homebush Ivana Race 9: Black Tori, Culvie Jay Dee, Vasterbottenost, Cold Affair Race 10: Eyrewell Martin, Velvet Girl, Opawa Shay, Replica Casino Race 11: Rambo, Just James, Goldstar Bryton, Epic Style Race 12: Goldstar Liberty, Know Leave, Shoe Fly, Black Eye Bill Race 13: Fiery Affair, Goldstar Linkin, Know Sweat, Poetik Race 14: Mitcham Moody, Bula Roberts, Chippy Jordy, Homebush Skip Race 15: Dahteste, My Ginger Kiss, Tubby Kevie, Butterface LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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In brief

■ CRICKET

NZ wins a classic New Zealand’s Black Caps have won the first test against England by an innings and 49 runs at Eden Park. It was the first pink ball test in New Zealand and the hosts bossed the match throughout. England started their second innings 369 behind and were finally dismissed for 320. New Zealand need three wickets in the final session yesterday and chipped them away. At the end they had 18.5 overs to spare. Craig Overton went lbw to legspinner Todd Astle, after chasing a second chance through the DRS, while Neil Wagner, full of energy as always, got a short lifter onto Chris Woakes and he popped a catch to short leg after a valiant 52, his fourth test half century. Jimmy Anderson then fell driving a catch to deep mid off from Astle, who finished with three for 39. England now go to Christchurch’s Hagley Oval needing a win to square the two-test series, starting on Friday. For a time, obdurate defence seemed to have given England a good chance of hanging on for a draw, until the last over of the middle session. Ben Stokes, who had done so well in getting to 66 batting through the first two sessions with staunch defence, tried to upper cut a short ball from seamer Wagner. Tim Southee at point ran back

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road. 9.30am ASHBURTON U3A. Speaker John Wright on irrigation development from late 1800’s to today. St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road. 10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes

WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady As You Go Exercise group. Meet at 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St David’s Church, Allenton. 10am

F1 rivaly cools down One of Formula One’s fiercest rivalries appears to have cooled with Sebastian Vettel claiming a shock Australian Grand Prix win over fellow four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in Melbourne. Mercedes driver Hamilton looked to have further stoked their feud when he admitted wanting to wipe the smile off Vettel’s face ahead of the F1 season opener. But instead of giving Hamilton stick after claiming back-to-back Albert Park victories on Sunday, Vettel offered an olive branch. Asked if there was extra satisfaction in beating Hamilton, Vettel said: “Not really. He was joking. We don’t have a problem with each other.” - AAP

Cricket’s darker arts Big Bash star Chris Lynn admits ball-tampering isn’t the “Australian way”, but says it’s more prevalent in cricket at all levels than horrified supporters might think. Lynn refused to condemn banned skipper Steve Smith or any of the current players, saying “every cricketer” had engaged in the dark art at some point to differing degrees. “I reckon every cricketer’s probably done it throughout their career in grade cricket or whatever level,” Lynn said. “I think Faf du Plessis said when he got done he was more ball-shining than tampering. There’s a fine line between all that stuff.” - AAP

Neil Wagner was the hero for New Zealand on the last day of the test.

Burling leads the way and judged the awkward catch expertly. Stokes had battled 268 minutes, and faced 188 balls before his mad moment with the interval four balls away. He had added 83 with Woakes and with the pitch playing well, they looked set to possibly carry England to safety. New Zealand had 32 overs left

in the test to take the last three wickets. England started the day at 132 for three and simply needing to bat out the day to save the match. But they weren’t good enough and New Zealand were well worth the victory, achieved with threatening dark clouds surrounding the ground.

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Trent Boult, nine wickets in the match, took three for 67, Wagner three for 77 and Southee took the other wicket. It was New Zealand’s 10th test win in 102 matches against England. It was also just their second against the English at Eden Park, a venue which was celebrating its 50th test.

The wild Southern Ocean hasn’t slowed down Peter Burling’s Team Brunel as the led the Volvo Ocean race fleet over the halfway point in leg seven. The vessels set out on the leg from Auckland to Itajai, Brazil, a little more than a week ago and while they were still 3385 nautical miles (6269km) from their destination, Brunel were in a handy position. - NZME

March 27 & 28, 2018

school and public holidays). 10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning for new people to the area. Nosh Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun filled days for over 60years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. METHVEN- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. All Saints Church, 1 Chapman Street, Methven. 1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, new members welcome. 115 Racecourse Road. 1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. RAKAIA - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Presbyterian

Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road . 2pm ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Senior Parishioners Easter Holy Communion. Park Street. 6pm INTEGRATIVE YOGA. Weekly yoga classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON.

5km run/walk series, Adults $2, children free. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion, Ashburton Domain. (Last meeting for season). 7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace. 7.30pm ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. All welcome to our meeting being held at 160 Havelock Street (next to Ashburton Public Library).

MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street. 10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN 206 CLUB. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday each week, 60 years and older. More information ring Age Concern 3086817. Cameron Street. 10am ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Week Holy Communion, Harrison Street, Allenton.

10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL TOWN - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton. 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays). 1.30pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly

supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton. 6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. 5km town circuit. All walking abilities and fitness levels catered for. Leaves from Philip Street beside the croquet lawn at 6pm sharp. 6pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Practise and coaching evening, anybody welcome. 115 Racecourse Road. 7pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Hinds Domain. Contact Georgia 0276888686

or Aleisha 0278489309. 7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginners/ intermediate(8pm-9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Fitness Fun and Friendship. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC. Results 1st open and entries landscape. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICES

MEETINGS, EVENTS Notice of intention to take land for plantation purposes bushside (diamond town), Ashburton district

Notice of intention to take land for plantation purposes - bushside (diamond town), Ashburton district NOTICE is hereby given that the Ashburton District Council proposes to take under the Public Works Act 1981 the land described in the Schedule to this notice (“land”). The land is required for plantation purposes. The reasons why Ashburton District Council considers it reasonably necessary to take the land are:

To: The owners specified in the Schedule to this notice and their successors;

(a) The land was subdivided in 1878 but was abandoned by the owners in the early 1900's;

(b) Over time Ashburton District Council has taken over maintenance of the land and has utilised the land for forestry and plantation since 1936;

Take notice that Ashburton District Council proposes to take under the Public Works Act 1981 the land described in the Schedule to this notice (“land”).

The land is required for the Plantation Purposes.

(d) Neither a will nor successors to the owners could be located despite advertisements published in five national newspapers and Lawtalk; and

A plan of the land intended to be taken is available on request by contacting Chris Jones, The Property Group Limited, Level 2, 169 Madras Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011. Postal Address: PO Box 7240, Sydenham, Christchurch. Telephone: (03) 363 5902.

REASONS FOR TAKING LAND

(e) To ensure proper future administration and management of the land.

The reasons why Ashburton District Council considers it reasonably necessary to take the land:

The owners of the land and their successors and those persons with a registered interest in the land have been served with notice of the Ashburton District Council's intention to take the land by publication and notified of their right to object.

(a) The land was subdivided in 1878 but was abandoned by the owners in the early 1900’s;

Any person having the right to object may send a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court, Justice & Emergency Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, or PO Box 2069, Christchurch 8013 or DX: WX11113 Christchurch, within 20 working days after the date of publication of this notice.

If any objection is made in accordance with this notice a public hearing will be held with the right of the objector to appear and be heard personally unless the objector otherwise requires and each objector will be informed of the time and place of the hearing.

(b) Over time Ashburton District Council has taken over maintenance of the land and has utilised the land for plantation purposes since 1936; (d) Neither a will nor successors to the owners could be located despite advertisements published in five national newspapers and Lawtalk; and (e) To ensure proper future administration and management of the land. The land has not been taken yet.

Any person requiring further information in respect of this advice should contact Chris Jones, The Property Group Limited, Level 2, 169 Madras Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011. Postal Address: PO Box 7240, Sydenham, Christchurch. Telephone: (03) 363 5902.

You have a right to object to the taking of the land.

Canterbury Land District - Ashburton District

If you wish to object, you must send a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court, Justice & Emergency Services Precinct, 20 Lichfield Street, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, or PO Box 2069, Christchurch 8013 or DX: WX11113 Christchurch, within 20 working days after the publication of this notice.

If you make an objection, a public hearing of the objection will be held unless you give written notice to the Tribunal that you want the hearing to be held in private.

Area (Ha) | Description

0.4047

Lot 73 - 74, Lot 123 and Lot 131 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB10K/1135.

0.2023

Lot 6 - 7 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB87/48.

0.1012

Part Sections 21514 - 21515 (shown as road, Lot 20 and Lot 11 DP 274), Computer Freehold Register CB75/251 (part cancelled).

Lot 55 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB87/82.

0.6247

Lot 77, 97, 107, 109, 120 - 122, 124 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/17.

Lot 59 - 60 and Lot 63 - 66 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/8.

0.3035

Lot 57 - 58 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/20.

Lot 102 and Lot 141 - 142 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/10.

0.2023

Lot 52, Lot 62, Lot 81 and Lot 94 95 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/22.

Lot 87 - 88 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/136.

0.3035

0.2023

Lot 128 and Lot 149 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/25.

Lot 129 and Lot 147 - 148 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/137.

0.7082

0.6146

Lot 14 - 19 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/26.

Lot 132 - 134 and Lot 143 - 146 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/226.

0.2023

Lot 96, Lot 125, Lot 127 and Lot 126 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/28.

Lot 54 and Lot 61 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB91/78.

0.1012

Lot 100 - 101 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/29.

0.1265

0.1012

Lot 22 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/31.

0.1012

Lot 13 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB86/222.

0.6070

Lot 25, Lot 103, Lot 26 - 28 and Lot 56 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB86/293.

4.2962

0.8096

0.2099 0.5691

0.4047

0.2023

0.2529

0.3035

Lot 12 and Lot 157 - 158 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB86/294. Lot 69 - 71 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB87/13.

If you make an objection; (a) You will be advised of the time and place of the hearing; and (b) You will have the right to appear and be heard personally or to be represented by a barrister or a solicitor or any other person you authorise.

YOUR RIGHT TO COMPENSATION 10. This notice, and the right to object described above relate to the taking of the land and not to your right to compensation. Under the Public Works Act 1981 you are entitled to full compensation, if your interest in the land is taken. If this compensation cannot be agreed between you and Ashburton District Council, it can be determined in separate proceedings before the Land Valuation Tribunal. WARNING THIS NOTICE CONCERNS YOUR RIGHTS OVER THE LAND REFERRED TO. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT ITS EFFECT YOU SHOULD OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DELAY. Canterbury Land District – Ashburton District Schedule Area (Ha)

Description

Owner

0.4047

Lot 73 – 74, Lot 123 and Lot 131 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB10K/1135.

Patrick Carr

4.2962

Part Sections 21514 – 21515 (shown as road, Lot 20 and Lot 11 DP 274), Computer Freehold Register CB75/251 (part cancelled).

Richard Morgan

0.8096

Lot 77, 97, 107, 109, 120 – 122, 124 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/17.

Henry Sawtell and Robert Struthers

0.2099

Lot 57 – 58 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/20.

William Izard and Henry Hamilton Loughnan

Lot 51 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB91/79.

0.5691

Lot 52, Lot 62, Lot 81 and Lot 94 – 95 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/22.

Lilian Margaret Charlesworth

0.2023

Lot 128 and Lot 149 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/25.

Alexander Clifford

Lot 24 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB91/146.

0.6146

Lot 14 – 19 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/26.

Edward Binion Cooper

0.4047

Lot 96, Lot 125, Lot 127 and Lot 126 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/28.

Charles Maud Phillips

0.7133

Lot 150 - 156 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB94/287.

0.2023

Lot 100 – 101 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/29.

Robert Sparke Perrett

0.1012

Lot 22 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/31.

Grace Morgan and John Todd Morgan

0.1012

Lot 130 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB98/160.

0.1012

Lot 13 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB86/222.

David Craig

Lot 108 and Lot 119 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB98/162.

0.6070

Lot 25, Lot 103, Lot 26 – 28 and Lot 56 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB86/293. Catherine Salkeld

0.2529

Lot 12 and Lot 157 – 158 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB86/294.

Catherine Salkeld

0.3035

Lot 69 – 71 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB87/13.

James Henry Robinson

0.2023

Lot 6 – 7 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB87/48.

Elizabeth Stringer

0.1012

Lot 55 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB87/82.

Henry Gain

0.6247

Lot 59 – 60 and Lot 63 – 66 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/8.

Francis John Marquand

0.3035

Lot 102 and Lot 141 – 142 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/10.

George William Mortimer

0.2023

Lot 87 – 88 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/136.

Robert Branden

0.3035

Lot 129 and Lot 147 – 148 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/137.

Henry Adam Clarkson

0.7082

Lot 132 – 134 and Lot 143 – 146 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB89/226.

John Kent, Charles Richard Walsh, John Vaughan, John Dowse Langley and Mervyn Archdall

0.2023

Lot 54 and Lot 61 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB91/78.

Henry Thompson Gourlay

0.1012

Lot 51 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB91/79.

Henry Thompson Gourlay

0.1265

Lot 24 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB91/146.

Frank Guinness

0.7133

Lot 150 – 156 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB94/287.

Richard Norman Newby

0.1012

Lot 130 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB98/160.

John McCarthy

0.2023

Lot 108 and Lot 119 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB98/162.

John Alexander Rankin

0.1012

Lot 43 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/24.

John Wesley Ellen

0.4046

Lot 8 – 9, 34 – 35 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/19.

Catherine McConvill

0.2023

0.1012 0.4046

Lot 43 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/24. Lot 8 - 9, 34 - 35 DP 274, Computer Freehold Register CB85/19.

This land is bordered by Winterslow Road, Springburn Bushside Road and Mayors Road, Bushside. Dated at Ashburton this 20th day of February 2018. Andrew Dalziel, Chief ExecutiveAshburton District Council

This land is bordered by Winterslow Road, Springburn Bushside Road and Mayors Road, Bushside. Dated at Ashburton this 20th day of February 2018.

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◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR Saturday, April 28, departing 9.30am. Visits include Riccarton House and Christs College. Lunch at The Papanui Club ◊ WICKED April 21 at 2pm. Isaac Theatre Royal, Chritchurch. For bookings phone 308 7646

YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT 5.

Schedule

Beckley Coachlines Programme

Andrew Dalziel Chief Executive Ashburton District Council

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ OPERATUNITY “The Rat Pack” Memories of Frank, Dean and Sammy. March 28, Theatre Royal, Timaru at 11am. Features Ashburtons Tainui Kuru ◊ KAIKOURA DAY TRIP March 31. Limited vacancies now available. For bookings phone 308 7646

TRADES, SERVICES

CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street. COMPUTER PROBLEMS ?? Prompt reliable Computer repairs and laser engraving. Contact Kelvin, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989. Proudly serving locals for 30 years. Same day service if possible. SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

SHELLY – health massage. Open 9am - 9pm. Chinese girl. Ashburton. Phone 022 684 1692. YOGA - Integrative Yoga. Discover the secret calm of yoga with gentle relaxing postures and stretching to make you feel good from inside out. Classes start 6pm till 7.30pm. Comfortable, warm and spacious venue. Phone Marta Levitt 03 908 1337.

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Puzzles

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

Quick crossword 1

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 6 Excellent – 14 Amazing – 14

Previous solution: ACCUSTOM

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Previous cryptic solution

Across 1. Handsome 4. Aces 8. Rob 9. Minim 10. Urn 11. Cleaner 12. Unite 13. Corrections 17. Opera 18. Whither 20. Spa 21. Eaten 22. VAT 23. Date 24. Grumbles Down 1. Horace 2. Noble 3. Minor 5. Caution 6. Singer 5 7. Ammunition 9. Mind-reader 14. Overact 15. Dowsed 16. Crates 18. Water 19. Hovel 3 7 6

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1 3 7 Across 1. Desists 5. World 8. Polling booths 9. Sir 6 2 3 7 10. Tornadoes 12. Bagels 13. Looped 15. Retracted 16. Sop 9 2 18. Shoulder blade 20. Aisle 21. Keepers Previous solution: ape, aper, are, ave, aver, ear, Down 1. Dopes 2. Self-righteous 7 3. Scintilla 4. Sugary 8 4 5 www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz era, par, pare, pave, paver, pea, pear, per, rap, 5. Who 6. Rite of passage 7. Disused 11. Avoidable 9 7 2 3 rape, rave, reap, rep, rev. 12. Barista 14. Streak 17. Peeps 19. Lie 27/3 6 5 1 8 5 4 7 3 PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS 1 8 Sudoku Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

ACROSS 6. Concerned (7) 7. Refund (5) 9. Home for a swine (3) 10. Unbiased (9) 12. Complex (11) 15. Wrong way round (4,2,5) 17. Extremely funny (9) 19. Block up (3) 21. Move stealthily (5) 22. Deceive (7)

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): If the enemy is within, so is the hero of this story, as well as all of the angels and champions and muses who help the plot along. Believe in yourself, and know that you’re stronger than you think. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve many traits and characteristics that attract admirers. You’ll favour the people who appreciate the part of you that is most authentically who you are and who you want to be. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Most things you’ll deal with today can’t be rushed – or rather rushing will ruin them. The day will go better when you accept things as ready when they’re ready, not just ready when you want them to be. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The desire for perfection is a prison. The need for acceptance is a prison. The shame of unrealised goals or past mistakes or current shortcomings – all prisons. You hold the keys. Break free. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Choose your target. If you narrow it down to one, you’ll hit it. More ninja tips for a successful day: Only act when you’re sure. And use what’s in your environment to your best advantage. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Everything has a shelf life, but not everything comes marked with an expiration date. So when do you call it a day? When the risk of getting sick from a thing outweighs the benefit of having it. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Today’s task is worth doing right. Look for a shortcut if you must, but you won’t find one that’s suitable. Any time saved will also be lessons not learned. Time to buckle in and take the main road. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Whether it’s a swimming pool or an ocean, you can only occupy as much of it as you do. You’ll have to tread water just the same. Don’t worry about where the bottom is; just stay near the top. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): When you look around you’ll see so many things you’ve acquired, some of which were hard-won. It’s difficult to believe you could still want more. But you do. Consider making a trade to lighten your load. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): One size definitely will not fit all. Seize the opportunity to custom fit what you do to the needs of another. What’s in it for you? That will be a wonderful surprise. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Some are slaves to status, others claim they don’t notice it and don’t need its symbols. The former is hard to tolerate, the latter hard to believe. You’ll settle somewhere in the middle of the matter. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): If you wonder why so many seem to be one call away or even at arm’s reach from you today, it’s because your heart is open and radiating. All can feel the energy you project.

Previous quick solution 6

Your Stars

ACROSS 1. Hasn’t got a body? Form it into one, then! (11) 8. The laying bare of shot in camera, perhaps (8) 9. Make a skilful return from an island in the Med (4) 10. Like a layer, it is very pale (5) 13. It is always present in the vernacular (4) 16. It will make dunderhead unwell, getting in a pickle (4) 17. First headquarters branch to cause some damage (4) 18. Go like the wind – clockwise! (4) 20. The woman will not quite finish with lustre (5) 24. Five hundred sheets may create a bigger bore (4) 25. Extra work is finished, as one met with difficulties (8) 26. Focus all one’s attention on the animal feed (11) DOWN 2. Sleep, using last of the ice on back of the neck (4) 3. Deserted garden, as is apparent with nothing ahead (5) 4. Fight for it professionally and pucker up one’s lips (5) 5. A cricketer starts energetically, but will slacken off (5) 6. Oyster-catchers go down for what may be made into a string (5,6) 7. Red who took in MP in dare unfortunately got told off (11) 11. Birds one sells the way door-to-door salesman does (5) 12. Around start of the evening it’s pleasant for her (5) 14. Were one to restart it, one would lay such meat bare (4) 15. To run away with the sound of one hopping in for a bite (4) 19. Capital Italian type is upright (5) 21. He used van somehow for asylum (5) 22. ‘0 hateful ____, melancholy’s child’ (J Caesar) (5) 23. Trouble in the streets? What a laugh! (4)

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FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Northeasterlies freshening.

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OVERNIGHT MIN

Midnight Tonight

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TIMARU

SUN PROTECTION ALERT

11:00 – 4:15 AM

PROTECTION REQUIRED Seek shade, reapply sunscreen Data provided by NIWA

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Wind km/h less than 30 fine

fog

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

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rain

snow

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NZ Today

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

Thick high cloud at times, with brief rain in the south late afternoon and in the north during the evening. Gusty northerlies, turning westerly during the evening.

About the divide, rain developing, heavy at times. Further east, high cloud increasing then scattered rain from afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Gale NW 65 km/h, easing to 50 km/h by evening. Wind at 2000m: Gale NW 75 km/h rising to severe gale 90 km/h for a time.

TOMORROW Fine. Easterly breezes developing around midday.

FZL: 3000m, lowering to 2800m in the south

TOMORROW

THURSDAY

FZL: Above 3000m

Mainly fine. Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h, easing to 30 km/h. Wind at 2000m: Gale NW 70 km/h, easing to 40 km/h.

Partly cloudy with a few showers about the foothills. Easterly breezes.

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

Fine. Northeasterlies.

Areas of cloud, then fine. Light winds.

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FRIDAY

Fine at first with northwesterlies. Showers spreading north with a southerly change.

Showers about the divide, fine further east. Northwesterlies strengthening.

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

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12:48 7:08 1:17 7:28 1:47 8:02 2:12 8:22 2:42 8:53 3:04 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.

Rise 7:43 am Set 7:33 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 2:09 am Rise 5:15 pm

Full moon

1 Apr

fine

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

1:38 am

Rise 7:44 am Set 7:31 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 3:19 am Rise 5:56 pm

Last quarter

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7:19 pm

Rise 7:45 am Set 7:29 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 4:31 am Rise 6:33 pm

New moon

16 Apr 1:58 pm

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25 25 26 25 21 21 24 21 27 25 20 23 22

Palmerston North fine Wellington

fine

Nelson

few showers

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

rain

Christchurch

fine

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

brief rain

Dunedin

brief rain

Invercargill

brief rain

River Levels

17 13 16 16 17 15 13 11 11 7 9 11 11

cumecs

3.20

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 8:05 am, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 173.8 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

6.88 nc

Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

8.95

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:10 pm, yesterday

88.5

Waitaki Kurow at 2:08 pm, yesterday

319.1

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

Thursday

8 0 12 6 24 16 30 25 14 7 20 9 18 7 33 24 0 -10 25 15 26 18 27 13 20 9 11 -4 9 4

overnight max low

Auckland

Forecasts for today

25 7 32 8 27 29 32 36 24 31 34 35 31 9 7

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A ridge recedes to the upper North Island today, while a front, preceded by strong northwesterlies, moves northwards over the South Island. A front becomes slow moving over central New Zealand tomorrow and a ridge builds across the South Island. A front moves slowly northwards on Thursday.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 24.1 24.6 Max to 4pm 10.4 Minimum 6.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm March to date 61.2 Avg Mar to date 51 2018 to date 363.8 159 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 20 At 4pm Strongest gust N 28 Time of gust 3:17pm

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With Ellen Pompeo and Devin Dawson. 0 10am Whanau Living 10:30 Four In A Bed 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale (Part 2) 0 1pm Guess This House 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Ready For Take Off Behind the scenes at Australian airline, Qantas. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

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6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 3 0 7:25 Be Cool Scooby-Doo! 3 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst 3 8:15 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 8:35 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am My Kitchen Rules PGR 3 0 12:10 Jeremy Kyle 1:10 Judge Rinder 2:10 Home Improvement 3 0 2:40 Home And Away 3 0 3:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:40 Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy PGR 3 0 4pm Fanimals Tui the three-legged cat is on SPCA Diaries; how to make a cat self-petting station; a family competition. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 0 8:50 F Instant Hotel The jury visits the final two instant hotels, Babe and Bondi’s apartment at Bondi Beach, and Terry and Anita’s Brisbane property. 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 The Wall Sisters Michelle and Bron hope to win big. 0 8:35 Murder Uncovered AO 0 9:45 20/20 0 10:45 1 News Tonight 0

11:15 Major Crimes AO When Captain Sharon Raydor and the Major Crimes Division investigate the murder of a woman found in the LA River, their case is impeded by a secretive private investigator. 0 12:10 Secrets And Lies AO 3 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:20 Mom AO 0 11:50 How To Get Away With Murder AO 0 12:40 The Whispers AO 3 1:25 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:55 F Scandal AO 3 4:25 Hope And Faith 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

THREE

11:15pm on TVNZ 1

BRAVO 10am Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 10:55 David Tutera – Celebrations 3 11:50 Snapped PGR 3 12:45 Real Housewives Of New York City PGR 1:40 Relative Success With Tabatha PGR 3 2:35 Little Big Shots – Forever Young 3 3:30 How Do I Look? 4:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5pm Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 6:30 David Tutera – Celebrations 7:28 The Dish 7:30 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover 3 8:30 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne Reunion episode. 9:35 Dating Naked AO 10:33 The Dish 10:35 Intervention Canada AO 11:25 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

MAORI

CHOICE

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Family Feud Australia 3 12:30 Dr Phil PGR 3 1:30 Married At First Sight Australia PGR 3 0 3pm Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Family Feud Australia 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:25 The Block Australia The couples start planning their hallways and laundries, and buyer advocates check out the houses to give the teams feedback and the chance to win $10K towards their renovations. 5:30 Modern Family 3 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am The Legend Of Korra 3 6:25 Ben 10 – Alien Force 6:50 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 7:15 Kid v Kat 3 7:40 Monsters v Aliens 3 8:05 Max Steel 3 8:30 Bella And The Bulldogs 3 8:55 The Moe Show 0 9:20 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Ed PGR 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars

6:30 Waiata Mai 6:40 F Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Te Mana Kuratahi 7:40 Kia Mau 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Swagger 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Waiata Mai 3:10 F Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Te Mana Kuratahi 4:10 Kia Mau 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Fresh 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am The French Collection 7am Junk Gypsies 7:30 Love Nature – Jungle Atlantis 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 10am Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail 10:30 Treasures Decoded 11:30 Big Ben – Saving The World’s Most Famous Clock 1pm Love London 1:30 Heritage Rescue 2:30 Vikings 3:30 Love Nature – Catching The Impossible 4:30 Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure Jimmy Doherty explores the wild foods of Australia as he cooks and camps in outback style. 5pm A Taste Of South Africa 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve

7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight Australia PGR 0 9:05 SVU AO 0 10pm Road Cops PGR 3 0 10:30 NewsHub Late

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great British Bake Off For bread week, the bakers take on three difficult challenges, including a sculpture showstopper. 0 8:35 The Seventies PGR 9:35 Rolling Stone – Stories From The Edge AO 10:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Cam’s Kai 3 8pm The Topp Twins – Do Not Adjust Your Twinset 3 8:30 School Of Hard Knocks PGR 9pm Songs From The Inside AO 3 Recording session 2. 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai 10:30 SmackDown PGR 3

7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 9:30 Money For Nothing Sarah Moore saves three items from being thrown out, transforms them into bespoke and valuable pieces, and returns the profit to their owners. 10:30 Cash Cowboys

11pm The Blacklist AO 3 As The Cabal prepares to assassinate Liz, Red calls on the task force to combine efforts to out-manoeuvre The Cabal to exonerate her. 0 Midnight Infomercials

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news. Midnight Closedown

11:30 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 Midnight KaweKorero 3 Inside news from at home and around the globe. 12:30 Closedown

11:30 Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure Midnight A Taste Of South Africa 12:30 Junk Gypsies 1am Indian Ocean With Simon Reeve 2am Love Nature – Catching The Impossible 3am Heritage Rescue 4am Location, Location, Location 5am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

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Major Crimes

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7:25 The Bye Bye Man 16VC 2017 Horror. Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount. 9am Matters Of The Heart PGLS 2015 Drama. Patrick Wilson, Amy Smart. 10:20 Dusty And Me MVLSC 2016 Comedy. Luke Newberry, Money for Nothing Ian Hart. 9:30pm on Choice 11:55 The Bye Bye Man 16VC 2017 Horror. Douglas Smith, SKY 5 Lucien Laviscount. 1:30 Allied 6am Last Man Standing MVLSC 2017 Drama. Brad Pitt, PG 6:25 Modern Family Marion Cotillard. 3:35 Lila PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG And Eve 16VL 2015 Crime. 7:15 Scorpion ML 8:05 Pawn Jennifer Lopez, Viola Davis. 5:10 Dead Draw MVL Stars PG 8:30 The Force 2016 Thriller. Gil Bellows, MC 8:55 Helicopter ER M 9:45 NCIS PGV 10:40 SVU MV Bitsie Tulloch. 6:45 The Family Fang MLC 11:35 Last Man Standing 2016 Comedy. Nicole Kidman, PG Noon MacGyver Jason Bateman. M 1pm L Raw MVC 8:30 Free State Of Jones 16VC 4:15 The Simpsons 2016 Drama. A Confederate 4:45 Last Man Standing deserter disillusioned by the 5:10 Modern Family PG war leads an army of women, 5:40 Helicopter ER M slaves, and farmers to rebel 6:30 The Force MC and break away, creating a free 7pm Pawn Stars PG state. Matthew McConaughey, 7:30 Crisis On Earth-X MVS Keri Russell. 10:50 Resident Evil – The 1/4. Final Chapter 16VC 2016 Sci8:30 Crisis On Earth-X MVS fi. Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, 2/4. Shawn Roberts. 9:30 NCIS PGV WEDNESDAY 10:30 SVU MV 12:35 Chronically 11:25 Helicopter ER M Metropolitan MLSC 2016 WEDNESDAY Comedy. Mary-Louise Parker, 12:20 Border Security Chris Noth. 2am The Family M 1:20 Pawn Stars PG Fang MLC 2016 Comedy. 1:50 Crisis On Earth-X MVS Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman. 2:40 Crisis On Earth-X MVS 3:45 Free State Of 3:30 SVU MV 4:20 The Force Jones 16VC 2016 Drama. MC 4:45 NCIS PGV 5:35 The Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell. Simpsons PG

MOVIES GREATS 7am What Women Want PGL 2000 Romantic Comedy. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt. 9:05 Leap Year PGV 2009 Romantic Comedy. Amy Adams, Matthew Goode. 10:45 The Hours MC 2002 Drama. Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman. 12:40 Battleship MVL 2012 Action Adventure. Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker. 2:50 What Women Want PGL 2000 Romantic Comedy. Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt. 4:55 Coyote Ugly PGS 2000 Romantic Drama. Melanie Lynskey, Tyra Banks, Piper Perabo. 6:35 The Green Hornet MVL 2011 Action. Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz. 8:30 Big Miracle PGL 2012 Biography Drama. True story of a small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three grey whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore. 10:20 Zero Dark Thirty MVL

WEDNESDAY

12:55 Jackass Presents – Bad Grandpa 16LS 2013 Comedy. Johnny Knoxville. 2:35 Coyote Ugly PGS 2000 Romantic Drama. Melanie Lynskey, Tyra Banks, Piper Perabo. 4:15 Big Miracle PGL 2012 Biography Drama. John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Aussie Rules – AFL (RPL) Richmond v Carlton. 9am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Raiders v Warriors. 9:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Storm v Cowboys. 10am Cricket – ICC CWC Qualifier (HLS) Final. 11am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – First Test, Day Five. Noon ICC Cricket 360 12:30 The Cricket Show 1pm NRL 360 2pm Big League Wrap 3pm L Ice Hockey – NHL Vegas Golden Knights v Colorado Avalanche. 6pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Raiders v Warriors. From GIO Stadium, Canberra. 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Hurricanes v Highlanders. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 The Golf Show 10:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Sunday. Titans v Dragons; Roosters v Knights. 11pm Hook Me Up

WEDNESDAY

Midnight AFL Weekly Highlights 12:30 The Breakdown 1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Bulls. 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Jaguares v Lions. 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Sunwolves v Chiefs.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Hook Me Up 7am Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Bulls. 7:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Rebels v Sharks. 8am Rugby – Super Rugby Hurricanes v Highlanders. 8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Sunwolves v Chiefs. 9am Rugby – Super Rugby Stormers v Reds. 9:30 Rugby – Super Rugby Jaguares v Lions. 10am Golf – LPGA Kia Classic – Round Four. 10:30 Golf – World Championship Dell Technologies Match Play. 11:30 UFC Ultimate KOs Noon UFC Main Event 1pm Kickboxing – King In The Ring 2:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 3pm Sky Sports News UK 3:30 The World Sailing Show 4pm Football – A-League 4:30 Timbersports – International Championship 6pm The World Sailing Show 6:30 Cricket – International 7:30 ICC Cricket 360 8pm Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Fan 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby 11pm Cricket – International

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Super League Fulltime 12:30 NRL Try Time 1:30 ISPS Handa Premiership Highlight Show 2am Football – A-League Shootout 3am Football – A-League Hour 4am Football – A-League 27Mar18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG Million-Dollar-Bet. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Fireball Stun Gun. 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Spring Has Sprung. 10am Diesel Brothers PG Special – The Doubleheader: Game 2. 11:40 Murder Among Friends M Dungeons and Dying. 12:30 Blood Relatives M Let’s Slay Together. 1:20 Evil Lives Here PG 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 100% Injury Rate. 4:45 What On Earth? PG 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Return to Pike’s Peak 2/2. 7:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Street Science PG Hollywood Explosions. 9:50 Street Science PG Masters of Fire. 10:15 Moonshiners M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Evil Lives Here PG

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Bering Sea Gold PG

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Sport Record breaker An Ashburton youngster has started a path to shot put stardom after breaking a Canterbury youth record. Toby Grant, 9, was one of two Mid Canterbury athletes in the Canterbury team competing against Tasman recently when he threw 11.63cm with a 1.5kg shot put – smashing the previous record by 51cm. Grant attends Allenton School and has spent most of his Saturdays over the summer in Christchurch competing in all the track and field disciplines. He is also a member of the Ashburton Athletics Club which meets on Wednesday evenings. Grant said he was stoked to set a new Canterbury record and personal best at Nelson. He also won the 100m, the 200m and discus and was part of his age-group’s winning relay team. Grant was also in top form at the Canterbury championships where he won a trophy for the top nine-year-old athlete over all events. The youngster said his favourite events were 100m and discus. Next summer he moves into the 10 year age-group and will throw a 2km shot put. He will continue across all track and field disciplines and is looking forward to learning the Fosbury flop when high jump is added to his programme. Proud mum Stacey Grant said Toby had worked hard all season and achieved the goals he had set for himself. She said there had been fantastic support from the Ashburton club, which had sent a contingent of 24 young athletes to the Colgate Games earlier in the year and hosted other events. Eight-year-old Ollie Jackways from the Ashburton club was also selected for the Canterbury team and he competed in the 60m, 200m, shot put and relay, winning the 60m and relay and bettering his shot put personal best by more than a metre. The Ashburton club’s season finishes with prizegiving on April 11.

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