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It’s the glorious smell of traditionally cooked smoked goods that gets most people. And few prepare artisan food better than local success story, Fat Albert’s Smokehouse, in Carew. Fat Albert Smokehouse part owner and operator Jennifer McLeod, pictured with freshly cooked smoked salmon, is part of a family-run business that is making READ MORE P2 its mark.

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SHOP smart SHOP loca Smoking hot family business Cover story

Maddison Gourlay It’s funny how things happen.

Just ask the owners of the family-run Fat Albert Smokehouse near Carew.

Farmers Juliet and Alasdair (known as Ju and Ali) McLeod were driving south

by Fairlie one day when they saw a business for sale on the highway.

“Ali was looking for a project for when he retires and saw that and thought it was perfect,” said Jennifer McLeod, a Fat Albert Smokehouse part owner, operator and daughter-in-law of Juliet and Alasdair.

“But Ali hasn’t quite been ready to retire from the farm yet, so they brought myself and my husband Tom along to get it up and running.

“I never expected to be smoking salmon.”

And so, back in 2018, the Fat Albert Smokehouse artisan food business began, which for the McLeods included spending a month with the previous owners, who passed on tips around preparing and serving the freshest and most delicious traditionally smoked goods.

“We rented a campervan and parked outside of his shop near Fairlie and we took turns living in it while he trained us,” McLeod said.

“It was an intense month course.”

The McLeods slowly began perfecting their craft with smoked salmon and duck breast. Now they’re looking at adding additional items, with cold smoked venison in development.

And the pandemic hasn’t really hit the smokehouse too hard, because they also have a contract with High Country Salmon in the Mackenzie District.

Before Covid-19 hit, they had also been supplying some local Ashburton

Fat Albert’s Smokehouse part owner and operator Jennifer McLeod next to a fresh batch of smoked salmon.

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cafes, but that hasn’t resumed yet because of the stress on some of those small businesses.

Fat Albert Smokehouse does a lot of their trading through their website, but in the summer months, Ju and Ali, can be found at farmers’ markets.

They’re now in the early stages of rebranding and hope to have that completed by the beginning of February.

“We are making it our own,” she said.

“It feels like the right time.”

Fat Albert Smokehouse also thinks it’s the perfect time for the Ashburton

Guardian’s Shop Smart, Shop Local - Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign because, as a small business themselves, they know how much support local companies need.

It’s that local feel that Jennifer loves so much. She moved from Canada to New Zealand in 2014, settling in Mayfield and has never left.

With the Fat Albert Smokehouse humming, and two young children and the love of rural Mid Canterbury, you get the feeling that she and the family wouldn’t dream of leaving anytime soon.

Fast facts Business: Fat Albert Smokehouse Online: www. fatalbertsmokehouse.com Phone: 021 135 4099 Email: fatalbertsmokehouse@ gmail.com

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Curves Gym – working it out Weigh to go for popular women’s gym

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Maddison Gourlay Curves in Ashburton is more than a gym for owner Viv Williams. It’s also a community.

Williams, who opened the Curves Ashburton branch way back in 2006, treats everyone that walks through the door as a close friend, because to her they are.

Williams clearly enjoys the close relationships she and her team have with those clients at Curves in Ashburton, which is a women’s only gym catering for all fitness levels.

“Our members are awesome in the true sense of the word,” Williams said.

“Our numbers allow us to know our members well.

“But they are amazing, when we do something for the community, like our current Christmas present gathering for the grandparents’ association, we had a massive response and our members have been so generous.”

Williams is grateful her Curves move has been such a life-changing success.

She moved to Ashburton from Hastings 15 years ago, wanting to relocate to Canterbury because she had grown up in Timaru.

But before her Curves story began, Williams was intimidated by traditional gyms. She was

Business: Curves Gym Where: 222 Havelock Street Phone: 03 308 4085

Curves Gym Ashburton’s staff members (from left) Christine Pooke, Viv Williams and Jessica Leech.

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looking for a more rehabilitation focus and strength training. She stumbled upon Curves Hastings and never looked back.

Moving to Ashburton, and not getting the job she had applied for, it was at that moment Williams thought: “I’ll open my own

Curves here.”

Setting out to find a location, it took 20 minutes’ driving before she found the for-lease sign at 222 Havelock Street.

“And the rest is history,” Williams said.

Now, Williams can be found in

Curves 90 per cent of the time, always saying hello to members and happy to help.

When asked how she feels about her job helping women get active and be there to see their journey, she said it was “tearful”.

“It’s a huge privilege,” she said.

“It’s rewarding to create positive change and see women make that positive change in their lives.

“I really enjoy being part of that.”

Like any gym, it involves some hard work though. Curves is designed like a circuit, with equipment and cardio stations next to each other, but the machines work on hydraulics.

“Nothing beats hydraulics.

There is no need to lift heavy weights to prepare the machine,” she said.

“The harder you push, the more resistance you feel.”

Now, though, as gyms push their way through the challenges of the pandemic, Williams said she was right behind the Ashburton Guardian’s Shop Smart, Shop Local - Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is community-boosting and business supportive campaign.

“I am grateful to be a part of it,’’ she said. “(After) seeing too many businesses close due to lack of support, this campaign will make a lot of difference.

“I could talk about this place (Curves) for a long time.”

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Three Waters: Mayor calls process ‘farcical’ if decided back in June Adam Burns

Claims that the mandating of Three Waters was agreed to months ago has added further controversy to the contentious shake-up of local water infrastructure.

Ashburton councillor Stuart Wilson has described the proposals as a farce, a view which has been echoed by district mayor Neil Brown “if found to be true”.

Cabinet papers, revealed last week, indicate that the mandating of Three Waters was agreed to on June 14, which included a “staged approach to the release of information and policy announcements” and “[consideration] of a legislated ‘all in’ approach to reform”.

National’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Watts believed this was enough to establish the process and mandate had been premeditated.

Mayor Brown said if it had been decided back in June, then it made the proposals look farcical.

“It wouldn’t go down well with anyone,

Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown says the Three Waters proposals have been made to look shambolic if it was decided that it would be mandated in June.

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they were supposedly consulting and giving the option of opting in and opting out,” he said.

“If they’ve made that decision way back

it just makes a farce of the whole process.”

The Cabinet papers noted that communities achieving the full benefits of reform required “comprehensive participation by

local government, and there were risks to achieving the outcome under a voluntary ‘opt-out’ approach”.

He said council staff had to put in “horrendously” long hours during the consultation process.

“We lived up to our end of the bargain but if they had an ulterior motive the whole way through then it’s not a good look.”

It was confirmed last week that legislation on the reforms would be delayed until the new year to provide more time for the working group to offer feedback.

Councillor Wilson, who has been one of the district’s most outspoken critics of the Three Waters proposals, said he was surprised by the contents of the Cabinet documents.

“I thought as time went on they might make it compulsory after so many councils came out against it,” he said.

“But to hypocritically tell us straight out lies . . . it was straight untruth.

“Complete waste of time, I wouldn’t trust them an inch now.”

The Ashburton District Council has moved to join other councils around the country to oppose the Government’s planned reforms by proposing an alternative model.

Courthouse currently under Covid framework

Santa dishes out early treats at school

The Ashburton Courthouse now comes under the Covid-19 protection framework.

Courts and Tribunals Regional Service Delivery group manager, Jacquelyn Shannon, said the Ashburton District is classified as orange and came under the protection framework on December 6, continuing through to February 1, 2022.

She said remote participation allows for video conferencing in some court proceedings where courts can contact directly with prisons and other video conferencing platforms but didn’t say whether remote attendance is an option for use in Ashburton.

Shannon said Covid-19 restrictions continue to impact courts.

Longbeach School’s Angus Rickard gets an early festive treat from Santa.

Pupils and staff of Longbeach must have been extra good this year to receive an early Christmas surprise, with local farmer John Booth dropping Santa off in style swapping the reindeer and sleigh for Clydesdales and a carriage.

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Nationally since August 18, more than 60,000 court events have been adjourned or rescheduled in the district and youth courts.

She said people don’t require a vaccination pass to enter courthouses.

“Health and safety measures include supplying masks and hand sanitiser and ensuring compliance with social distancing requirements,” she said.

Shannon said active cases in the Ashburton District Court increased from 105 as at July 31, 2021 to 109 as at October 31, 2021.

There are 16 court sitting days at the Ashburton District Court between December 6 and January 21, 2022.

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‘We should be in green’ Adam Burns Numerous calls for the South Island to be flicked down to green have gone unanswered.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister Jacinda Adern announced regions currently in red would move to orange on December 30, with the next review to take place mid January.

No changes were announced for the South Island.

Opposition MPs and some Ashburton businesses have advocated for a lowering of the Traffic Light System from orange to geen, at least for the mainland.

There are 33 active community cases of Covid-19 in the South Island, including 10 in the Canterbury region.

Ashburton’s Kellys Irish Cafe and Bar believe the South Island should be in green and that the Traffic Light System felt strangely more restrictive than the alert level framework.

Co-owner Cathy Trembath said with very few cases in the South Island, restrictions should be loosened.

“I would totally understand being in orange and having restrictions if Covid was just coming in and we were riddled,” she said.

She said it had been sad to not allow a handful of regulars who were not vaccinated.

“I would have liked to have seen it stay the way that it was,” she said.

“I understand the Traffic Light System and I respect it, but I’ve lost regulars because of it.

“We have a few who would come down for a beer every single night who can’t now.”

Without a few of the pub’s loyal clientele, Trembath said they may feel the pinch after the New Year break.

National Party’s Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg slammed the Government on her social media page last week, saying it was nonsensical that the South Island was stuck in orange.

It followed revelations that preliminary advice from public health officials that was to have some regions, including the entire South Island, to start in the green setting.

“We’ve gone and got vaccinated in record numbers, and vaccination is working,” she said.

“When there is absolutely no health advice to support that decision (to be in orange) and given we clearly align with the criteria they set themselves for green.

“This is just nuts and needs to be sorted out.”

The National Party’s Matt Doocey told the Guardian there was a lack of transparency around the criteria of remaining in orange for the South Island.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been resolute in the view that nowhere in the country would move to green before mid-January.

Owners of Ashburton hair salon Minx Hair Spa were hesitant about a move to green for the South Island, although it was dependent on the settings for Auckland.

“I reckon we should stay in orange, even though I don’t want to,” owner Leanne Wills said.

She said it would be hard if the South Island went to green too soon only to go back again.

The salon had lost about 20 clients as a result of the vaccination requirements, Wills said.

“It’s a really lousy thing to have to do and I’ve lost a lot of sleep over it.

“The girls and I have worked really hard to build up a client base.”

The South Island, including Mid Canterbury, will remain in the orange setting for the rest of 2021.

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To pass or not to pass . . .

Jonathan Leask The Ashburton District Council is set to decide which of its facilities require My Vaccine Pass moving forward under the traffic light system.

As it stands in the Ashburton District the EA Networks Centre is requiring vaccine passports, however, no concrete decisions have been made on other council operated sites throughout the district.

That may change on Wednesday.

While 91 per cent of the Ashburton District has had a second dose of the vaccination the council will consider if introducing the pass requirements will reduce the levels of service and access to members of the community who have elected to

remain unvaccinated.

It is understood the council will take a “case by case” approach to deal with each site specifically.

Under the “do some” option, the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre, Ashburton Public Library and Mt Hutt Memorial Hall are among the facilities most likely to see a pass requirement introduced.

On Monday neighbouring Selwyn District Council announced that as of Friday vaccine passes will be required to enter all of its council staffed facilities.

Selwyn council chief executive David Ward said the extension follows the introduction of vaccine pass requirement at several key facilities last week, and aims to provide maximum protection to the Selwyn community and council staff.

He said Selwyn’s approach is to maintain access to council services for as many people as possible while keeping people safe, especially during the holi-

day period when some council facilities are likely to see higher numbers of visitors.

“Requiring vaccination passes means we can continue to provide our full services to the maximum number of Selwyn residents with the least restrictions,” Ward said.

Like Selwyn, most Christchurch City Council facilities, with the exception of transfer stations, require the vaccine pass.

To the south, access to all Timaru District Council’s indoor facilities require a vaccination pass, and it is the same in the Mackenzie and Waimate districts.

Like Ashburton, the Waimakariri District Council has partial implementation, but is also discussing its options on Wednesday.

Not all councils were adopting the vaccine passport requirements as in Hurunui, a pass is only required to access the Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools.

Vaccine passes are currently required to access the EA Networks Centre with the council set to make a decision on its other facilities this week.

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Grocery grab boost for successful vendors Jonathan Leask The promotion was for clients who listed with Ray White from October 1 and sell before December 31 to receive a two-minute shopping spree at Ashburton New World.

“With the property market being so extremely busy we have a number of grocery grabs happening in the leadup to Christmas and there will be quite a number in January,” Ray White owner Kim Miller said.

They held the first three at the weekend with each couple taking home close to $1000 in groceries, Miller said.

“We had three young families who have got their Christmas and New Year goodies all sorted courtesy of successfully selling their properties with Ray White.”

There are a further eight this week and more the following week before taking a break over the festive period, and then more in January.

“We have a few properties to confirm so there are likely to be a few more added to the list by the end of the month.

“It has been an extremely busy three months in real estate.

“But it’s been fabulous for us to give something back.

“To be able add the cherry on the top at Christmas time in a year that hasn’t actually been great for a lot of people.

“It’s been a really successful promotion for us,” Miller said.

Left – Three happy couples after completing a grocery grab at New World after succesfully selling their homes with Ray White.

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Mark your things or lose them Malcolm Hopwood Neighbourhood Support has identified a solution to a spate of burglaries and thefts in Ashburton.

It’s progressively distributing safety marking kits to its 165 street co-ordinators so residents in their areas can clearly or invisibly mark their belongings and attach a sticker to the window of their homes.

They’re also working with Ashburton Men’s Shed to engrave or mark larger possessions such as cars, boats, caravans, trailers, sporting gear, and tradie’s tools.

The initiative follows burglaries of building sites during Christmas and New Year last summer where thieves broke into lock-ups and removed a range of tools.

District Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator, Sue Abel, said buildings sites were targeted with a high rate of theft, not just once but on several occasions.

“They didn’t just do it once but returned six weeks later when new tools had been purchased and left overnight,” she said.

Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins identified the issue and raised it with Neighbourhood Support earlier this year.

“We saw the problem and

District Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator, Sue Abel, shows off a safety marking kit. looked at ways we could address it,” Abel said.

“It was serious enough to do something about it.”

“Our focus was on prevention and we recognised there was lit-

tle information about how theft could be stopped and what precautions were available.”

Neighbourhood Support, together with Ashburton Police and Safer Communities, ran a

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campaign from late October until earlier this month to educate the community about burglary, theft, and how to prevent it.

“We wanted to encourage individuals and businesses to be

Zone committee gets to see if the grass really is greener Peering at a patch of grass might not be some people’s idea of fun, but the Ashburton Water Zone Committee members were fascinated by the variety of pasture on offer at a Westerfield dairy farm, as part of a recent field trip.

The committee visited Align Clareview’s regenerative farm system, which aims to improve soil health, biodiversity and have less environmental impact.

The farm’s head of environment and innovation, Clare Buchanan, is one of the committee’s new members and co-hosted the tour.

When it comes to pasture, the cows in the regenerative system get to dine on a range of mixed and diverse species within one paddock, including chicory, plantain, clover, lucerne, and ryecorn.

The animals graze the paddock to a much higher residual height than conventional grazing, to protect the soil and its root structure and reduce run-off to waterways.

Align Farms chief executive Rhys Roberts said as well as offering the animals a more varied diet and boosting biodiversity, bringing back native bees, birds, and bugs, regenerative agriculture lowers reliance upon conventional synthetic inputs like fertiliser.

“We’re proud to have a lower impact on our community and to be putting some more options out there in front of people in the industry,” Roberts said.

“It’s all about finding a better balance – maintain a living, but lowering our impact.”

Weekly data including supplements fed, milk production, and pasture growth, is uploaded on the farm’s website for all to view.

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We’re happy to share what we’re learning as a working farm transitioning to more regenerative practices and we are definitely still learning in this area.

“We’ve had 20 years of conventional farming experience and only about 20 minutes of regenerative farming,” Roberts said.

Clareview’s transition to regenerative farming started in the 2019-20 season and, after encouraging results, Align decided to conduct a trial and put 50 per cent of the farm into regenerative pastures for comparison.

Ashburton Water Zone Committee chair, William Thomas, said initiatives like those at Clareview Align, highlighted simple measures, like the introduction of diverse pasture species and increasing the grazing round length, that could collectively make a big difference

in the catchment if other farms got on board.

“It’s so valuable to see what can be achieved on a commercial farm, rather than within a more traditional scientific setting.

“Sharing their data, feedback and practices so openly with the farming community is just the attitude we need to get positive change happening.”

The trip to Align was part of a full day outing to explore the challenges and opportunities for better water quality in the Ashburton district.

A busy itinerary, which focused on some of the key issues the Ashburton Water Zone will be acting on next year, gave the members more detailed technical information as well as valuable first-hand insights from people in the community.

more vigilant, especially in the lead-up to Christmas,” Abel said.

The campaign was accompanied by making available safety marking kits to street co-ordinators. They, in turn, will lend the kits, which comprise an invisible marker, torch, registration form so people can list their belongings and a sticker for the window, to nearby residents. People can also have their belongings engraved.

“Currently when homes are burgled and police retrieve possessions, they don’t know who they belong to,” Abel said.

“But, if they’re marked with a driver’s licence number or other identifiers, then police can return them to their owners.”

More importantly Abel said burglars aren’t going to steal valuable possessions that are marked and can’t be passed on to second-hand dealers.

“We have some initial data that shows our campaign has been valuable and we’re studying further analysis about its effect,” Abel said.

“We’re a community organisation working with the community to set up prevention opportunities.”

Neighbourhood Support is alerting people now with a recommendation that Christmas gifts should be identified so Ashburton can see a reduction in burglaries and become more educated and knowledgeable about theft prevention.

Dog owners urged to be wary of parvovirus Dog owners are being urged to make sure their pets are vaccinated, amid a reported rise in canine parvovirus cases in Christchurch.

Ashburton District Council strategy and compliance group manager, Jane Donaldson, said parvovirus was a contagious illness and there were fears it could easily spread to wider Canterbury.

“It’s really important our dog owners know about parvovirus and get their puppies and dogs vaccinated before going out and about,” Donaldson said.

The vaccine costs about $40 to administer and most puppies are vaccinated against parvovirus at six weeks of age.

A booster every three years is recommended.

Parvovirus affects a dog’s gastrointestinal tract and initial symptoms include lethargy, lack of appetite, and fever.

This usually progresses to vomiting and bloody diarrhoea and can be fatal.

The SPCA in Christchurch has warned dog owners about a recent rise in parvovirus cases, prompting the warning to Ashburton District dog owners to be wary and take preventative measures.

Donaldson said while the disease was highly contagious, it was preventable.

“Vaccination is the key to preventing this disease and protecting dogs,” she said.

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Keep irrigation water off roads Mid Canterbury farmers are being asked to take care where their irrigation water goes – and keep it off the roads this summer.

Summer is now here and that means irrigation is getting under way across the region. Water is a precious resource and Environment Canterbury’s southern zone delivery lead Janine Holland said farmers should irrigate efficiently and keep the water off the road.

“It’s vital irrigation systems only water within people’s property boundaries and not on the roads where it causes a hazard,” Holland said.

“The most common reasons for water going over-boundary are the extra spray from end guns on pivot irrigators, and travelling irrigators getting too close to roads.”

On hot, windy days, irrigation water drifts on to roads, where it can contribute to road deterioration and make the hot tar slippery.

“These problems can be easily solved by checking that end guns are set and operating correctly and setting back travelling irrigators an adequate distance from the road,” Holland said.

Anyone who notices irrigation spray on the road should contact ECan. If there is an immediate danger to road users, they should contact the police.

Careful placement of irrigators is also needed during northwesterly wind conditions, to ensure irrigators aren’t knocked over.

Water is a precious resource in the Ashburton, Orari Temuka Opihi Pareora, and Waitaki areas – particularly in dry periods like summer.

It was important anyone carrying out irrigation ensures they keep up-to-date with the latest restrictions, Holland said.

“These cover specific areas, which may relate to the consent you hold. Restrictions are put in

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It’s vital irrigation systems only water within people’s property boundaries and not on the roads where it causes a hazard

Anyone carrying out irrigation needs to ensure they keep up-to-date with the latest restrictions. place to help reserve water when stock is low.”

More than 500,000 hectares is irrigated in Canterbury.

Irrigation can support better growth in paddocks, providing more feed for animals and better conditions for growing crops.

Rural landowners can find information about irrigation restrictions by calling Environment Canterbury on 0800 324 636 or on

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the irrigation restriction webpage which is updated daily with irrigation restrictions – just search ‘irrigation’ at ecan.govt.nz.

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There’s plenty to celebrate David Clark

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y all measures it has been one heck of a year for many of our community, particularly our farmers who were hit by the full force of the floods in May, statistically a once-in-a-lifetime scale event.

Added to that we have all had the disruption of Covid-19 and its associated restrictions, a lack of staff across all sectors, the escalating costs of inputs and some folk still have mycoplasma bovis turning up in their herds.

What we often don’t hear about is the positives of this district and the positives of the diverse agricultural sector in Mid Canterbury.

We are now home to some of the highest performing dairy farms in the country; this district is the centre of the New Zealand arable industry with its production world-renown for seed quality and purity; our lamb finishing systems dovetailing into the arable rotation to provide integrated income streams, markets for store lambs and out-of-season production; and our foothills and high country sheep and beef farms producing much sought after store stock and fine wool.

Along with this goes all of the service industries that have a symbiotic relationship with our farmers, inter-dependent on each other, resulting in prosperous businesses and near full employment across the county.

I came to Mid Canterbury in 1994 and on reflection, this was an area still dusting itself off from the droughts and economic downturn of the 1980s. This was a district that our young people aspired to leave, now it is a place they yearn to stay or return to.

There is no doubt that in some ways there has been over-reach, which is generally acknowledged.

Key milestones in that jour-

Mid Canterbury is home to some of the highest performing dairy farms in the country. ney would be the Clean Streams Accord requiring the fencing of waterways in the dairy industry and the implementation of the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan (CLWRP) by the government appointed commissioners at Environment Canterbury.

It is much more politically expedient to shout that we are going to hell in a handcart.

That’s not quite true.

The same goes for Climate Change. The Paris Accord in Article Two specifically states – “Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate

county is home to some of the “ This world’s best farmers and we are fortunate to live in a prosperous, diverse district

The CLWRP puts in place a set of targets for groundwater nitrate that will be difficult to achieve, but with changes to farm management systems, will be able to be met.

You seldom hear commentators point out that the CLWRP sets a maximum nitrate level for all of Canterbury’s groundwater that is lower than the average nitrate level of the reticulated drinking water for the City of London.

change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production”.

So why is that relevant for us?

New Zealand farmers with their pastoral grazing production systems are world leaders in food production on the basis of GHG emissions per unit of food production.

Any reduction in stock numbers or food production in New

Zealand will reduce the NZ emissions profile, but result in that food being produced elsewhere, arguably by less efficient producers thus resulting in a net increase in GHG per unit of food produced.

Does that mean to say we shouldn’t strive to be even more efficient. Absolutely not, we are already on a path of constant improvement, which will only accelerate as technologies become available.

The agricultural sector is the only sector of the New Zealand economy or society that is actually reducing GHG emissions, so if we are genuinely concerned about Climate Change, then we all have some changing to do.

The point of this article is not to argue we don’t have things to improve on, nor is it to suggest the rate of change should be slowed.

I am confident that farmers in this district are up for the challenge, and they only ask that the changes be fair, reasonable and correctly targeted.

Unachievable targets seldom achieve anything.

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In the last few years, what has been lost in the noise of political rhetoric is to stand back and reflect that this county is home to some of the world’s best farmers and we are fortunate to live in a prosperous, diverse district that offers social, recreational and employment opportunities to all.

After the year we have had, and the damage caused to so many by the floods, I would like to acknowledge the gut-busting efforts of those affected, our council and social agencies, and the sports groups, clubs, friends, neighbours, family, and hundreds of volunteers who out-stretched a hand to lift our people up out of the mud. Thank you.

In closing, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Be safe and have a wonderful time relaxing with your own special people.

And in the words of a good friend of mine, “Lean on a gate and talk to a mate”.

David Clark is Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president

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Exemptions welcomed, but migrant process complex Exemptions to allow more dairy farm assistants and heavy machinery operators into New Zealand have been welcomed, but agricultural sectors still face a complex and lengthy process to get overseas workers across the border.

The Government has approved border class exceptions for key agricultural jobs including 200 mobile plant machinery operators, 40 shearers and 50 wool handlers.

Changes have also been made to the dairy worker border exception, allowing more dairy farm assistants to meet the high demand for entry level staff.

“We’ve approved these exceptions to support key autumn harvest requirements and relieve workforce pressures created by Covid-19,” Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said.

“We’ve also altered the existing class border exception for 200 dairy workers to remove the previous split of 150 assistant dairy farm managers and 50 dairy farm assistants.

“There’s huge demand for dairy farm assistants, so we’re providing more flexibility for our dairy sector to fill jobs up to the maximum of 200 where they see the strongest need.”

Dairy NZ said more workers are needed and it is continuing to push for another 1500 dairy international workers to be let into

Federated Farmers immigration spokesperson Chris Lewis said the border exceptions would allow approved workers to assist with the shearing and arable sectors over their peak busy period. the country for the 2022 dairy season.

The workers will help alleviate crippling staff shortages that are having a serious impact on farmer wellbeing.

Despite the border exemption, only three out of a potential 200 dairy workers had arrived in New Zealand by the start of November.

Rural contractors last month said that the shortage of skilled agricultural machinery operators

was reaching a crisis point, with many unable to meet farmer requirements and increasing fears for their health and safety.

O’Connor said the latest exceptions followed previous work to help the sector meet workforce needs.

“Shearing is a skilled trade and while the sector is working hard to attract and train new people this will help get our quality wool to overseas markets.

“Mobile plant machinery operators use large high-tech vehicles and are vital for the arable and horticulture sectors to get harvests in.

“I know there are still labour challenges across the sector and we will continue working with the sector to meet them where possible.

“Taking into account our most recent decisions, the primary sector has received more than 5100 class exceptions since June 2020 – making it close to healthcare for the most industry exceptions.

“Added to this we started oneway for quarantine-free travel for RSE workers in October. Combine that with the one-off pathway to residence now available to some 9000 migrants working in rural New Zealand and we’re making progress.

“We’re continuing discussions with the meat sector on how to address their labour needs, particularly regarding halal slaughterers.”

Federated Farmers immigration spokesperson Chris Lewis said the border exceptions would allow approved workers to assist with the shearing and arable sectors over their peak busy period.

“For seasonal work such as shearing and the arable harvest it is essential that we bolster our local workforce with talent from overseas.”

“We are also pleased to see the settings are being changed for the dairy border exception. Farmers across the country are asking for boots on the ground to help milk and feed livestock and the dairy assistant is the right role for doing this.”

The government’s exemption changes follow many meetings and many months of advocacy

by Federated Farmers, DairyNZ, the Shearers Contractors Association, Rural Contractors NZ and Dairy Women’s Network to try and get an improved class exception process and staff on farm.

“Last week we met twice with ministers to give this another push and get messages across,” Lewis said.

While the border exceptions have been approved, employers and their workers are still faced with a complex and lengthy process to get employees into New Zealand and working on farms.

“The border exception is just the first part of this process,” Lewis said.

“Employers and their workers will need to work closely with their respective industry groups to sort MIQ, flights and all the associated paperwork.

“This is not an easy or cheap task for either party, but with unemployment at such low levels this is really the only option for much of the primary industries at the moment.”

Fonterra should be able to ‘capitalise on opportunities’ RNZ Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says some small tweaks still need to be made to Fonterra’s capital restructure but he will support the legislative change needed for it to go ahead.

Shareholders overwhelming voted for a new capital structure for the dairy co-op last week.

But for the changes to be made, the government needs to amend the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act.

O’Connor previously raised concerns over the proposal.

But O’Connor has now said he was confident the government could work with Fonterra to get the change across the line.

“It’s a very clear result and I’m pleased for Fonterra. It was really important that they get a clear mandate for change and there’s an indication that the farmers are behind the board.

“There’s been a shift in focus for both the board and management over the last couple of years. This is an endorsement of

the direction of travel.”

But there were still some issues that needed to be discussed, he said.

“There were concerns around the possible consolidation of votes or the influence in the hands of some. It’s important [that] it’s easier for new farmers to get involved and this does that to some extent but we have to ensure that the companies working in their long term interests and future generations as well.

“Making sure the milk price

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settings are right to ensure there’s no gaming – that’s been one of the criticisms made by independent companies.”

There were always issues around competition policy and law in New Zealand, making sure that a dominant player in any industry was not able to utilise excessive market power and those things needed to be worked through, O’Connor said.

“In my perspective, I need to know that the people who are minority shareholders, they may only own a third of the shares

that they’re entitled to are being looked after and that those who own four times the shares that they might be entitled to that they aren’t dominating the proceedings at the board table.”

He said there would not be drastic changes but it was important that if legislation were to be passed, it was done right.

“We’ve committed to work with the board, this is our biggest and best company. We’ve got to make sure that it’s in the best position to capitalise on the opportunities into the future.”

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6am Breakfast 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1pm Cowboy Builders 0 2pm Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 0 3pm Tipping Point 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Extreme Cake Makers Molly is asked to reproduce two dogs in wedding cake form for their owners’ big day. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F Moving Houses PG A treacherous journey around Lake Wakatipu for a 100-year-old church. 0 8:30 Paramedics M Australia’s ambulance crews fight to save lives in a race against time. 0 9:30 Coronation Street PG 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm Inside Belmarsh Prison 3 Ross Kemp takes us inside HMP Belmarsh, the UK’s most notorious Category A prison. 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Hey Duggee 0 6:30 Clifford The Big Red Dog 3 6:55 Eliot Kid 0 7:20 SpongeBob SquarePants 0 7:45 The Deep 0 8:10 Darwin And Newts 8:20 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 8:30 Book Hungry Bears 3 0 8:40 Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood 0 8:55 Chuggington – Tales From The Rails 3 0 9:05 Infomercials 10am Les Mills Core 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Friends 3 0 Noon The Royals PG 0 1pm Doctor Who PGC 3 0 2pm The Mindy Project PG 0 2:30 Home And Away PGC 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGVL 3 0 3:35 Bluey 3 0 3:40 Get Clever 3 0 4:05 We Bare Bears 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory PG 3 0 6pm Neighbours 0 6:30 Home And Away PGC 0 7pm Shortland Street PGV 0 7:30 Beauty And The Geek PG The couples must step into their partners’ worlds. 0 8:50 M Office Christmas Party 16LC 2016 Comedy. In a bid to save the jobs of his co-workers, a boss throws a Christmas party to seal a business deal, but things soon get out of hand.

Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston. 0 11:05 2 Broke Girls M 3 0 Wednesday 12:30 Debris M 0 1:20 Shortland Street PGV 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:40 Selling Houses Abroad PG 3 4:15 The Middle 0 4:40 Neighbours 3 0 5am Infomercials

7am Animal Cribs PG 0 7:55 Ninja Warrior UK 3 8:50 Infomercials 10:35 Bondi Vet 3 11:30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 12:05 House Hunters Renovation 1:05 How Do Animals Do That? 0 1:35 M A Christmas Mission PG 2020 Romance. Emma is too busy to go home for Christmas.

When her old boyfriend Aaron returns from active military duty, he makes it his mission to get her home. Mary Antonini, Michael Xavier, Alex Poch-Goldin. 0 3:35 Millionaire Hot Seat 4:30 Newshub Live At 4.30pm Comprehensive coverage of local and global news with the Newshub team.

5pm Outback Opal Hunters PGL 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm Bondi Rescue 3 Series that follows Bondi Beach surf lifesavers through their working day. 0 7:30 The Block Australia PG The cheating scandal comes to a head when two contestants sit down for a tell-all interview. 0 8:45 M American Sniper 16 2014 Action. The story of US Navy Seal Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in US military history. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller.

11:15 Newshub Late 11:45 Westside 16 3 12:45 Infomercials

8am Ready Set Dance 3 0 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 9am Fishy Business 3 0 10am The Office PGC 0 11am Shipping Wars PGL 3 0 11:30 Qi PGC 3 12:35 American Pickers 3 1:35 Parks And Recreation PGC 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers 3 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun PGC 3 Tommy becomes the school basketball mascot, while Dick becomes obsessed with collecting. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Force MC 3 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Michael Bublé’s Christmas In The City 0 8:30 N Five Bedrooms MLS The gang’s plan to buy their new house is upended when Liz sees her former husband with a mystery woman and a baby. 0 9:30 Sharp Objects 16VLSC Camille crosses a line in her investigation of the prime suspect; Adora takes pains to keep an ailing Amma under her roof. 0 10:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 11:30 Love Island UK 16LS 12:30 Infomercials

6am Money For Nothing 7am Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 8am Orang-utan Island 9am The Great Food Truck Race PG 10am Gino’s Italian Escape 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Salvage Hunters 12:30 Top 10 Treasures – Egyptian Mummies PG 1:30 Uncharted New Zealand 2pm Rick Stein’s Cornwall 2:30 Lapland – The Ultimate Winter Wonderland 3:30 How Do Animals Do That?

4pm How Do Animals Do That?

4:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Festive Feast PG 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Quick Little Builds A couple plan to convert their garage into a family room with a soft play area.

8:30 Ugly House To Lovely House 9:30 Escape To The Chateau 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC Wednesday 12:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Festive Feast PG 1:30 Gino’s Italian Escape 2am Money For Nothing 3am How Do Animals Do That? 3:30 How Do Animals Do That? 4am Quick Little Builds 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Wednesday

Midnight F Burden Of Truth PG 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:30 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am Catfish PG 3 10:50 Botched PGLSC 3 11:45 Snapped MVC 3 12:40 Killer Couples MVC 3 1:35 The Real Housewives Of New York City M 3 2:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 3:30 Face Off PGC 3 4:30 Love It Or List It 5:30 Shark Tank PG 6:30 Botched PGLSC 3 7:30 Rich Kids Go Skint ML Twenty-one-year-old Susannah from Kensington has her ideas about hard work and making money challenged. She lives with Leah and her family, in Stafford.

8:30 The Real Housewives Of Melbourne 16L Jackie’s wellbeing-inspired babymoon has yet to bring calm; Simone and Cherry’s squabble over a fashion designer continues.

9:35 Framed By The Killer MVC When a woman disappears without a trace her husband and her boyfriend are both quick to point the finger at each other.

10:35 Snapped MVC 3 11:30 Killer Couples MVC 3 12:20 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 Pawn Stars PG 7:10 Storage Wars PG 7:35 Mountain Men PG 8:25 Border Security M 8:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:40 The Cops MV 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Pawn Stars PG Noon Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fourtune 12:50 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 1pm Raw MVC 1:40 Outback Truckers PGL 2:30 The Cops 3:20 Mountain Men 4:10 Jeopardy!

4:35 Wheel Of Fortune 5pm Storage Wars PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security M 7:30 The Cops MV 8:30 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 9:30 Outback Truckers PGL 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Mountain Men PG

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12:30 Wheel Of Fortune 1am Jeopardy! 1:25 Border Security M 1:50 Outback Truckers PGL 2:35 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 3:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:20 FBI MV 5:10 The Cops MV

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7:02 Survive The Night 16VLSC 2019 Thriller. Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray.

8:29 Outback MVLC 2020 Thriller. Lauren Lofberg, Taylor Wiese. 9:52 Ride Like A Girl PGL 2019 Drama.

11:28 The Glorias MLSC 2020 Drama. 1:50 Crisis 16VC 2020 Thriller. 3:45 The Nomads M 2019 Drama. 5:20 Bill And Ted Face The Music PGVL 2020 Comedy. 6:50 Force Of Nature 16VLC 2020 Action.

Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch.

8:30 Half Brothers MVL 2020 Comedy. Two very different half-brothers are brought together for a road trip that traces the path their ailing father took from Mexico to the US. Luis Gerardo Mendez, Connor Del Rio. 10:10 The Night House MVLSC 2020 Horror. Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth discovers that her lakeside home is haunted.

Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg.

11:55 Superintelligence PGLS 2020 Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale.

Wednesday 1:40 The Postcard Killings 16VLSC 2019 Thriller. 3:25 The Furies 18VL 2019 Horror. 4:50 Monster Hunter MVC 2020 Action.

6:25 Unbroken MV 2014 Drama. Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson. 8:40 The Matrix Reloaded MVS 2003 Sci-fi Action. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, CarrieAnne Moss, Hugo Weaving.

10:54 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller. Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone. 12:47 La La Land ML 2016 Musical Comedy. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling. 2:51 The Lady In The Van ML 2015 Biography Drama. 4:34 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama.

6:25 Pride And Prejudice 2005 Drama. Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland.

8:30 Patriots Day 16VLC 2016 Drama. In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, a community comes together despite destruction and chaos, to hunt the perpetrators and serve justice. Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon.

10:45 Friday The 13th 16VLS 2009 Horror. Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker.

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12:25 Rules Of Attraction 18VLSC 2002 Drama.

2:15 Almost Famous MC 2000 Drama. 4:18 The Queen ML 2006 Drama.

SKY SPORt 1 7:15 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Wasps v Munster.

9:15 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Castres v Harlequins.

11:15 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Northampton v Racing 92. 1:15 Fightback – Joseph Parker 2:45 Best Of Tokyo Sevens (HLS) Men’s Pool Round. 5:45 Best Of Tokyo Sevens (RPL) Women’s – New Zealand v Great Britain.

6:10 Best Of Tokyo Sevens (RPL) Women’s – New Zealand v Kenya. 6:35 Best Of Tokyo Sevens (RPL) Women’s – New Zealand v Russian Olympic Committee. 7pm Best Of Tokyo Sevens (RPL) Women’s Quarter-final – New Zealand v Russian Olympic Committee.

7:25 Best Of Tokyo Sevens (RPL) Women’s Semi-final– New Zealand v Fiji. 7:45 Best Of Tokyo Sevens (HLS) Gold Medal Women’s Sevens Medal Ceremony. 8:45 NPC Cup (RPL) Premiership Final – Waikato v Tasman.

11:15 NPC Cup (RPL) Championship Final – Taranaki v Otago. Wednesday 1:45 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Cardiff v Toulouse.

3:45 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Bordeaux v Leicester.

5:45 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Leinster v Bath.

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8pm Piri’s Tiki Tour PGC 3 8:30 Last Of The Giants 3 Lions, desert giraffes and one of the last tusker elephants from the Southern Cape to East Africa.

9:30 Wild Kai Legends PG 10pm Hunting Aotearoa M 3 10:30 National Sprint Championships 11pm Te Ao Marama 11:30 Closedown

UKtV 6:45 EastEnders PG 7:15 The Graham Norton Show PG 8:05 The Bill MVC 8:50 Inspector George Gently M 10:20 Father Brown MVC 11:05 Death In Paradise MVC 12:05 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:40 The Bill MVC 2:35 New Tricks MS 3:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:35 The Graham Norton Show ML 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG Jon Cryer.

6:20 Qi PG 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 Qi M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG Comedy panel show where contestants bluff about their secrets.

8:30 Heartbeat MVC 9:30 Grantchester PG 10:30 Doc Martin PG 11:20 Midsomer Murders MVC

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12:55 Qi M 1:25 Qi M 1:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:25 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:10 Heartbeat MVC 4am Grantchester PG 4:45 Doc Martin MC 5:30 The Graham Norton Show MLS 14Dec21

DISCOVERY 6:05 How Do They Do It? PG 6:30 How It’s Made PG 6:55 House Hunters Renovation PG 7:45 House Hunters International PG 8:10 House Hunters International PG 8:35 Top Gear PG 9:25 Fast N’ Loud PG 10:20 Builds On Wheels PG 11:15 Gold Rush MLC 12:10 How It’s Made PG 12:35 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 2pm Naked And Afraid M Beware the Bayou. 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Naked and Ghosted. 3:50 Deadliest Catch MLC 4:45 Gold Rush MLC White Water – The Pound Zone. 5:40 Fast N’ Loud PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Blowing Up History PG 8:30 Ancient Unexplained Files PG Riddle of the Child Mummies.

9:30 The Alaska Triangle PG 10:30 Expedition Unknown PG 11:25 Naked And Afraid M Wednesday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch PG 2:45 Naked And Afraid M 3:35 Moonshiners MLC 4:25 Gold Rush PG 5:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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6am Breakfast 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1pm 1 News Special 1:30 Coronation Street PG 3 0 2:30 Extreme Cake Makers 3pm Tipping Point 3 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Extreme Cake Makers Rosie’s latest treat is for a Hospice Charity; Eloise looks for inspiration for a Super Bowl party cake. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 The Million Pound Cube – Christmas Special Phillip Schofield hosts as celebrity contestants compete to win one million pounds for charity. 0 8:20 Lotto 8:25 The Million Pound Cube Christmas Special Continued. 0 8:40 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help people find their dream homes. 0 9:40 Coronation Street PG 0 10:40 1 News Tonight 0 11:10 Nurses M 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Hey Duggee 0 6:35 Clifford The Big Red Dog 3 0 7am Eliot Kid 0 7:25 SpongeBob SquarePants 0 7:50 The Deep 0 8:15 Darwin And Newts 0 8:25 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 8:35 Book Hungry Bears 3 0 8:45 Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood 0 9am Infomercials 9:25 Religious Programming 10am Les Mills Grit Cardio 0 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Friends 3 0 11:55 The Royals PGVLC 0 12:55 Doctor Who PGC 3 2pm The Mindy Project PGC 0 2:30 Home And Away PGC 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGV 0 3:30 Bluey 3 0 3:40 N Horrible Histories PG 0 4:10 We Bare Bears 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6pm Neighbours 0 6:30 Home And Away PGC 0 7pm Shortland Street PGVC 0 7:30 Young Sheldon 0 8:25 Mom PG 0 9:30 Would I Lie To You? PG 0 10:05 Taskmaster NZ 16 3 0 11:05 Back To Life M 0 11:45 Mom PG 3 Bonnie is worried when Christy falls back into old habits. 0 Thursday 12:35 Motherland – Fort Salem M 0 1:20 Shortland Street PGVC 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:40 Selling Houses Abroad PG 3 0 4:15 The Middle 0 4:40 Neighbours 3 0 5am Infomercials

7am Animal Cribs PG 0 7:55 Ninja Warrior UK 3 8:50 Infomercials 10:35 Bondi Vet 3 11:30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 0 Noon House Hunters Renovation 0 1:05 How Do Animals Do That? 0 1:35 M Christmas On The River PG 2019 Romantic Comedy. When a woman returns to her hometown to attend the Sugarcane Christmas Festival, she rediscovers the magic of the season.

Jana Kramer, Percy Daggs III. 0 3:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 4:30 Newshub Live At 4.30pm 5pm Outback Opal Hunters PGL 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 0 7:30 The Block Australia PG The most dramatic night in the Block history with a body corporate meeting from hell. 0 8:45 F Love It Or List It Australia Blair wants to be able to relax and enjoy life, not do more work around the house. But his wife Nora wants to fix it.

9:50 F Chasing Ghislaine M A look at the men around Jeffrey Epstein; Ghislaine Maxwell tries to escape Jeffrey’s orbit, but is drawn back by a revealing photo.

11:05 Newshub Late 11:35 NCIS – Los Angeles M 3 12:30 Infomercials

8am Ready Set Dance 3 0 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 9am Fishy Business 3 0 10am The Office PGC 0 11am Shipping Wars PGL 3 0 11:30 QI PGC 3 12:35 American Pickers 3 1:35 Parks And Recreation PGC 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers 3 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun PGC 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Force MC 3 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Traffic Cops 3 Series that follows the work of UK traffic units. 0 8:30 Ambulance 16LC 3 A repeat caller causes problems; a suspected terror incident brings back memories of the Manchester Arena attack. 0 9:45 Strike Back 18VLC Section 20’s search for the missing nuclear warhead leads them to India. 0 10:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 11:45 Love Island UK 16LS

6am Money For Nothing 7am Jamie And Jimmy’s Festive Feast PG 8am How Do Animals Do That? 8:30 How Do Animals Do That? 9am The Great Food Truck Race PG 10am Gino’s Italian Escape 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Quick Little Builds 1:30 Escape To The Chateau 2:30 Ugly House To Lovely House 3:30 Extinct Or Alive PG 4:30 Giada Entertains 5pm Giada At Home 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Forged In Fire PG 7:30 Jade Fever PG Josh starts his own trucking business; Robin is excited about a new lens; Larry tries to clean up one of his scrap yards.

8:30 Robson Green’s Grand Slam 9:30 Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters PG 10:30 Forged In Fire PG 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC Thursday 12:30 Giada Entertains 1am Giada At Home 1:30 Gino’s Italian Escape 2am Money For Nothing 3am Extinct Or Alive PG 4am Robson Green’s Grand Slam PG 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Thursday

12:05 Mallorca Files PG 3 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:30 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 10:50 Botched PGLSC 3 11:45 Snapped MVC 3 12:40 Killer Couples MVC 3 1:35 The Real Housewives Of New York City M 3 2:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 3:30 Face Off PGC 3 4:30 Love It Or List It 5:30 Shark Tank PG 6:30 Botched PGLSC 3 A facial skin graft growing pubic hair challenges Dr Nassif.

7:30 Dog Rescuers PG Comedian Alan Davies is acting vet’s assistant at Harmsworth animal hospital in London.

8:30 24 Hours In Emergency PG A man is involved in a serious cycle collision; an elderly woman becomes unwell at home.

9:35 Embarrassing Bodies MSC The mobile clinic visits Weston-Super-Mare, where Dr Pixie meets a local with an eyewatering condition. 0 10:35 Snapped MVC 3 Idle hands turn deadly and leave a bar owner dead.

11:30 Killer Couples MVC 3 12:20 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 Pawn Stars 7:10 Storage Wars PG 7:35 Mountain Men PG 8:25 Border Security M 8:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:40 The Cops MV 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Pawn Stars Noon Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune 12:50 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 1:40 Outback Truckers PGL 2:30 The Cops MV 3:20 Mountain Men PG 4:10 Jeopardy!

4:35 Wheel Of Fortune 5pm Storage Wars PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security M 7:30 The Cops MV 8:30 Law And Order – Organized Crime MVLC 9:30 Lethal Weapon 16VLSC 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Mountain Men PG Thursday 12:30 Wheel Of Fortune 1am Jeopardy!

1:25 Border Security M 1:50 Lethal Weapon 16VLSC 2:35 Law And Order – Organized Crime MVLC 3:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:20 FBI MV 5:10 The Cops MV

Thursday

12:55 Closedown 1am Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:30 Radioactive M 2019 Drama Biography.

Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley.

8:18 Warrior Queen MV 2020 Action. Devika Bhise, Rupert Everett. 9:58 The Night House MVLSC 2020 Horror. 11:43 Honest Thief MVL 2020 Action. 1:20 2 Hearts MLS 2020 Drama.

3pm Voyagers 16V 2021 Adventure. 4:45 The Outpost 16VLC 2020 Drama.

6:45 Greed 16L 2020 Comedy.

Isla Fisher, Steve Coogan.

8:30 Lake Placid – Legacy 16VC 2018 Horror. A group of curious explorers set out to investigate an area that has been removed from modernday maps and is home to a dangerous and forgotten secret. Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon.

10:05 Jumanji – The Next Level PGVL 2019 Adventure.

The gang returns to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, but they soon discover the game has changed. Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black.

6am Last Flag Flying MLSC 2017 Drama. Bryan Cranston.

8:05 Friday The 13th 16VLS 2009 Horror. Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker.

9:40 8 Mile MVLS 2002 Drama. 11:30 Alpha Dog 16VLS 2006 Drama.

1:30 Cadillac Records MVLS 2008 Drama. 3:20 The Other Boleyn Girl MS 2008 Drama History. 5:15 Bridget Jones’s Diary MVLS 2001 Comedy Drama. 6:55 The Whole Nine Yards MVLS 2000 Crime Comedy. Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry. 8:30 The Tourist MVL 2010 Drama.

An American tourist visiting Italy is seduced by a woman, and becomes ensnared in an international plot involving the Russian Mafia. Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie.

10:15 Changeling 16VC 2008 Drama. In the 1920s, a mother deals with corrupt police when she hunts for answers to her son’s disappearance, only to be confronted by a truth that will change her. Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich.

Thursday 12:35 The Patriot 16VC 2000 War Drama. 3:18 The Blair Witch Project MLC 1999 Thriller.

4:40 Hacksaw Ridge 16VC 2016 Drama.

Thursday

12:05 Follow Me 16VLC 2020 Horror. 1:35 Greenland MV 2020 Action. 3:30 Disturbing The Peace 16V 2020 Action.

5am Little Women 2019 Drama.

SKY SPORt 1 7:45 Fightback – Joseph Parker 8:55 Playmakers – Joseph Parker 9:15 David Nyika – Tokyo 2020 10am Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Clermont v Ulster.

Noon Best Of All Blacks (RPL) Rugby Championship – All Blacks v Springboks.

2pm Best Of All Blacks (RPL) Bledisloe Cup, Game One – All Blacks v Wallabies.

4pm Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Exeter v Montpellier.

From Sandy Park, Exeter.

6pm Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Connacht v Paris.

From The Sportsground, Galway.

8pm NZ Rugby Awards (RPL) 9:30 Best Of Super Rugby (RPL) Trans-Tasman Final 2021 – Highlanders v Blues.

From Eden Park.

Thursday

Midnight Heartland XV v NZ Barbarians (RPL) 2am Heartland Championship – Meads Cup (RPL) Final – Thames Valley v South Canterbury.

4am Heartland Championship – Lochore Cup (RPL) Final – Whanganui v North Otago.

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6:30 E Ki E Ki 3 6:35 Takoha 3 6:45 Takaro Tribe 3 7am Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 7:10 Potae Pai 3 7:20 Kia Mau 3 7:30 Paia 3 7:40 Darwin And Newts 7:50 He Rourou 3 8am Pukana 3 8:30 Oranga Ngakau 3 9:30 Whanau Bake-Off 3 10am On Country Kitchen 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Our Songs 3 11:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 Noon Te Ao Tapatahi 12:30 Big Beasts Last Of The Giants 3 1:30 Toku Reo 3 2 2:30 Ako 3 2 3:30 E Ki E Ki 3 3:35 Takoha 3 3:45 Takaro Tribe 3 4pm Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 4:10 Potae Pai 3 4:20 Kia Mau 3 4:30 Paia 3 4:40 Smooth 3 4:50 He Rourou 3 5pm Pukana 3 5:30 Te Mana Kuratahi 3 6pm Haka Ngahau A-Rohe – Te Arawa 3 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7pm Waiata Nation 3 7:30 Life Of Kai PG 3 Maori culinary artists share tips and tricks to give Maori kai a modern edge.

8pm Haka Global 3 Matai Smith sets out to discover where in the world haka are being performed.

8:30 Ka Pai Living PG 3 9pm Only In Aotearoa MCL 9:30 Mura O Te Ahi PG 3 10pm Rage Against The Rangatahi PG 3 Politics.

10:30 Ki Tua 3 11pm Te Ao Marama 11:30 Closedown

UKtV

DISCOVERY

6:25 EastEnders PG 6:55 The Graham Norton Show ML 7:45 The Bill MVC 8:35 A Touch Of Frost M 10:20 Father Brown MVC 11:05 Death In Paradise MVC 12:05 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:40 The Bill MVC 2:35 New Tricks MS 3:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:35 The Graham Norton Show MLS 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG Laverne Cox. 6:20 Qi MLS 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 Qi M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG Comedy panel show where contestants bluff about their secrets.

8:30 Mallorca Files PG A drug dealer tips off Miranda and Max that a fugitive on Mallorca’s Most Wanted list, has returned.

9:30 Holby City MC 10:35 Fawlty Towers PG 11:20 Midsomer Murders MVC Thursday 12:55 Qi M 1:25 Qi M 1:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:15 Holby City MC 4:15 Midsomer Murders MVC 5:50 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 15Dec21

6:05 How Do They Do It? PG 6:30 How It’s Made PG 6:55 House Hunters Renovation PG 7:45 House Hunters International PG 8:10 House Hunters International PG 8:35 Top Gear PG 9:25 Fast N’ Loud PG 10:20 Ancient Unexplained Files PG 11:15 The Alaska Triangle PG 12:10 How It’s Made PG 12:35 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 2pm Naked And Afraid M 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Amazoned Out. 3:50 Deadliest Catch MLC 4:45 Gold Rush MLC White Water –No Guts No Glory Holes. 5:40 Fast N’ Loud PG Holy Grail Firebirds Part 2. 6:35 Homestead Rescue PG Raney Ranch – Living on the Edge. 7:30 Homestead Rescue PG Raney Ranch – One if by River Two if by Air. 8:30 Building Off The Grid PG 9:30 Barnwood Builders PG 10:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG 11:25 Naked And Afraid M Thursday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch PG 2:45 Naked And Afraid M 3:35 Moonshiners MLC 4:25 Gold Rush PG 5:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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The Great Kiwi Bake Off Christmas Special, at 7:30pm

The NeverEnding Story, at 7:30pm

The Masked Singer USA, at 7:30pm

Bull, at 10pm

Wheeler Dealers, at 10:30pm

6am Breakfast 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1pm Coronation Street PG 3 0 2pm Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 0 3pm Tipping Point 3 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Extreme Cake Makers Pre-schoolers provide Molly with inspiration for a metre-wide cake to celebrate the school’s fifth birthday. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 The Great Kiwi Bake Off Christmas Special PG Six celebrities bake up a storm for charity. 0 9pm Extreme Cake Makers Phil and Christine create a fusion of English country garden and elegant Indian style for a spectacular wedding cake. 0 9:30 Coronation Street PG 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm The Hotel Inspector M 3 0 11:55 20/20 3 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Hey Duggee 0 6:30 Clifford The Big Red Dog 3 6:55 Eliot Kid 0 7:20 SpongeBob SquarePants 0 7:45 The Deep 0 8:10 Darwin And Newts 8:20 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 8:30 Book Hungry Bears 3 0 8:40 Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood 0 8:55 Chuggington – Tales From The Rails 3 0 9:05 Infomercials 9:30 Religious Programming 10am Les Mills Body Balance 0 10:35 Neighbours 3 0 11:05 Friends 3 0 Noon The Royals PGV 0 1pm Doctor Who PGC 3 0 2:10 The Mindy Project PGC 0 2:35 Home And Away PGC 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PGVC 3 0 3:40 Horrible Histories PG 0 4:10 We Bare Bears 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6pm F Neighbours 0 6:30 Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PG 0 7:30 M The NeverEnding Story 3 1984 Adventure. 0 9:25 It’s Your Fault I’m Fat PG 0 10:25 Booze Patrol PG 3 0 10:55 Gold Coast Cops M 0 11:25 The Panthers 16L 3 0 Friday 12:25 F Hungry Ghosts 16VLC 0 1:25 Shortland Street PG 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:45 2 Tunes 3:10 Brooklyn Nine Nine PG 0 3:55 Bob Hearts Abishola 3 0 4:15 The Middle 3 0 4:40 Neighbours 3 0 5am Infomercials

7am Animal Cribs PG 0 7:55 Ninja Warrior UK 3 8:50 Infomercials 10:35 Bondi Vet 3 11:35 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 0 12:05 House Hunters Renovation 1pm How Do Animals Do That? 0 1:35 M Christmas Unwrapped 2020 Comedy. A reporter learns the true meaning of Christmas when she investigates a millionaire, who insists that all the gifts in town are from none other than Santa himself.

Marco Grazzini, Amber Stevens West, Cheryl Ladd. 0 3:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 4:30 Newshub Live At 4.30pm Comprehensive coverage of local and global news with the Newshub team.

5pm Outback Opal Hunters PGL 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 0 7:30 The Masked Singer USA PG The remaining singers battle for their spot in the final eight; another wildcard enters the competition. 0 8:30 The Graham Norton Show Graham is joined by Will Smith, Richard Osman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and singer Yola. 0 9:30 Live At The Apollo 16 3 0 10:30 Newshub Late 11pm SVU 16 3 0 Midnight Infomercials

8am Ready Set Dance 3 0 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 9am Fishy Business 3 0 10am The Office PGC 0 11am Shipping Wars PGL 3 0 11:30 Qi PG 3 12:35 American Pickers 3 1:35 Parks And Recreation PGC 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers 3 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun PGC 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm NZ Football Show 6:30 The Force MC 3 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 F Ocean Predators PGL 3 New Zealand sea lions are on the brink of extinction. Kina gets to witness them at their most powerful. 0 8:30 Joseph Parker – Fight Back 3 0 10pm Bull MC TAC represents a child recovery agent charged with fraud for not having documented proof of his covert work. 0 11pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG

6am Money For Nothing 7am Giada Entertains 7:30 Giada At Home 8am Extinct Or Alive PG 9am The Great Food Truck Race PG 10am Gino’s Italian Escape 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Forged In Fire PG 12:30 Jade Fever PGC 1:30 Robson Green’s Grand Slam 2:30 Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters PG 3:30 Saving Britain’s Wildlife PG 4:30 Rachel Khoo’s Chocolat!

Christmas Special 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Wheeler Dealers 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG 8:30 Forged In Fire – Knife Or Death PG 9:30 Aussie Salvage Squad PG The team heads to Western Australia to try to salvage a 10-metre yacht, whose owner is AWOL. 10:30 Wheeler Dealers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Friday

12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:30 Te Karere 3 2

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 10:50 Botched PGLSC 3 11:45 Snapped MVC 3 12:40 Killer Couples MVC 3 1:35 The Real Housewives Of New York City M 3 2:30 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 3:30 Face Off PGC 3 4:30 Love It Or List It 5:30 Shark Tank PG 6:30 Botched PGLSC 3 Dr Dubrow helps a woman whose breast implant fell out while brushing her teeth.

7:30 Tattoo Fixers MLSC Jay, Sketch and Alice end Nathan’s inking nightmare, give Craig’s tatt the finger and cover Gina’s randy chicken.

8:30 Below Deck M As the season begins, an unfamiliar face welcomes the My Seanna crew aboard that shocks everyone.

9:30 Botched PGLSC A man with superhero, silicone arms got dumped because of his plastic surgery obsession.

10:30 Snapped MVC 3 Manipulative and deadly envy leads to the murder of a father in his own home.

11:25 Killer Couples MVC 3 12:15 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 Pawn Stars 7:10 Storage Wars PG 7:35 Mountain Men PG 8:25 Border Security M 8:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:40 The Cops MV 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Pawn Stars Noon Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune 12:50 Law And Order – Organized Crime MVLC 1:40 Lethal Weapon 16VLSC 2:30 The Cops MV 3:20 Mountain Men PG 4:10 Jeopardy!

4:35 Wheel Of Fortune 5pm Storage Wars PG 5:30 Pawn Stars 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security M 7:30 The Cops MV 8:30 Forensics – The Real CSI MVC 9:45 Seal Team MVSC 10:45 FBI MV 11:45 Mountain Men PG Friday 12:40 Wheel Of Fortune 1am Jeopardy!

1:20 Border Security M 1:45 Seal Team MVSC 2:30 Forensics – The Real CSI MVC 3:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:20 FBI MV 5:10 The Cops MV

Friday

Midnight Love Island UK 16LS 1am Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

7:13 Summerland PGC 2020 Drama. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. 8:49 The Craft – Legacy MC 2020 Drama.

Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon.

10:21 Unhinged 16VLC 2020 Thriller. Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius. 11:51 The Legend Of Baron To’a 16VLSC 2019 Comedy. Uli Latukefu, Nathaniel Lees. 1:35 Alone 16VL 2020 Thriller. Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca. 3:10 The Kindness Of Strangers MLSC 2020 Drama. Zoe Kazan, Andrea Riseborough.

5:05 The Marksman MVL 2021 Action. Liam Neeson, Katheryn Winnick. 6:50 Red Joan MS 2018 Drama.

Judi Dench. 8:30 The Last Duel 16VLSC 2021 Action. King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.

Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer.

11:05 The New Mutants MVLC 2020 Action. Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy. Friday 12:40 Embattled 16L 2020 Action. 2:35 Words On Bathroom Walls MLC 2020 Drama. 4:25 A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood PGVL 2019 Drama.

7am The Vow PGLS 2012 Romance. Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum.

8:45 Charlie’s Angels MV 2000 Action. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu. 10:25 Untraceable 18V 2008 Crime. Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke.

12:07 The Iron Lady PG 2011 Biography Drama.

Meryl Streep. 1:55 Frost/ Nixon ML 2008 Drama.

3:57 Marley And Me PGC 2008 Comedy. 5:55 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16 2011 Crime. 8:30 Assault On Precinct 13 16VL 2005 Action.

A police sergeant must rally cops and prisoners together to protect themselves from a mob that has surrounded his police station. Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne.

10:20 Brokeback Mountain MVLS 2005 Drama. A ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection.

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal.

Friday 12:30 Fame PGL 2009 Musical. 2:30 The World’s Fastest Indian PGL 2006 Drama. 4:35 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16 2011 Crime.

Friday

12:30 Rachel Khoo’s Chocolat!

Christmas Special 1:30 Gino’s Italian Escape 2am Money For Nothing 3am Saving Britain’s Wildlife PG 4am Forged In Fire – Knife Or Death PG 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

SKY SPORt 1 6am Fightback – Joseph Parker 7:05 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Ospreys v Sharks.

From Swansea.com Stadium, Wales.

9am Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) La Rochelle v Glasgow. From Stade Marcel Deflandre, La Rochelle.

11am Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – First Test, Day One. Noon Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – First Test, Day Two. 1pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – First Test, Day Three.

2pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – First Test, Day Four.

3pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – First Test, Day Five.

4pm L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day One. From the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Friday

12:35 New Zealand Rugby Awards (RPL) 2:05 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Wasps v Munster.

4:05 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Castres v Harlequins.

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6:30 E Ki E Ki 3 6:35 Waiata Mai 3 6:45 Takaro Tribe 3 7am Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 7:10 Te Nutube 3 7:20 Kia Mau 3 7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Smooth 3 7:50 He Rourou 3 8am Polyfest 3 8:30 Oranga Ngakau 3 9:30 Whanau Bake-Off 3 10am Easy Eats 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Sidewalk Karaoke 3 11:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 Noon Te Ao Tapatahi 12:30 The Casketeers PGC 3 1pm Uka 3 1:30 Toku Reo 3 2 2:30 Ako 3 2 3:30 E Ki E Ki 3 3:35 Waiata Mai 3 3:45 Takaro Tribe 3 4pm Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 4:10 Te Nutube 3 4:20 Kia Mau 3 4:30 Potae Pai 3 4:40 Darwin And Newts 3 4:50 He Rourou 3 5pm Polyfest 3 5:30 Te Mana Kuratahi 3 6pm Haka Ngahau A-Rohe – Te Arawa 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7pm Fresh 3 7:30 Café Melanesia Jennifer Baing-Waiko continues her food journey with the Tabuavou and Waqavakatoga family from Suvavou, Fiji.

8pm Funny Whare – Gamesnight PG 3 8:30 The Ring Inz 3 9pm Ka Hao – Tira Waiata A group of East Coast youth document their journey recording an album of new music.

9:15 Te Waiora 3 9:30 Ahikaroa MCL 10pm My Maori Midwife 10:20 K’Rd Chronicles PG 10:30 JC Tha Barber 16CL 3 11pm Te Ao Marama 11:30 Closedown

UKtV 6:30 EastEnders PG 7am The Graham Norton Show MLS 7:50 The Bill M 8:40 A Touch Of Frost MVLC 10:25 Father Brown PG 11:10 Death In Paradise MVC 12:10 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:45 The Bill MVC 2:40 New Tricks MS 3:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:35 The Graham Norton Show ML 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG Megan Mullaly.

6:20 Qi PG 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 Qi M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG Comedy panel show where contestants bluff about their secrets.

8:35 The Jonathan Ross Show ML With Ian McKellen, Darcey Bussell, Romesh Ranganathan and Rag’n’Bone Man. 9:30 The Graham Norton Show PG 10:25 Grantchester PG 11:20 Midsomer Murders M Friday 12:55 Qi M 1:25 Qi M 1:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:15 The Graham Norton Show PG 4:05 Midsomer Murders MVC 5:35 The Jonathan Ross Show M 16Dec21

DISCOVERY 6:05 How Do They Do It? PG 6:30 How It’s Made PG 6:55 House Hunters Renovation PG 7:45 House Hunters International PG 8:10 House Hunters International PG 8:35 Top Gear PG 9:25 Fast N’ Loud PG 10:20 Homestead Rescue PG 11:15 Building Off The Grid PG Mountain Timber Frame.

12:10 How It’s Made PG 12:35 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 2pm Naked And Afraid M 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Ring of Fire. 3:50 Deadliest Catch MLC 4:45 Gold Rush MLC White Water – Enter the Superclaw.

5:40 Gold Rush MLC Ground War. 7:30 Gold Rush MLC Battle of the Greenhorns.

9:30 Gold Rush MLC Dave Turin’s Lost Mine – End Game.

10:30 Homestead Rescue PG Raney Ranch – One if by River Two if by Air. 11:25 Naked And Afraid M Friday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch PG 2:45 Naked And Afraid M 3:35 Moonshiners MC 4:25 Gold Rush PG 5:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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Mrs Brown’s Boys – Mammy’s Memories?, at 9:50pm

Have You Been Paying Attention? Deep Impact, at 7:30pm Christmas Special, at 7:30pm

6am Breakfast 2021 Special. 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon F 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1pm Coronation Street PG 3 0 2pm Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 0 3pm Tipping Point 3 0 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 F Extreme Cake Makers 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm F Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas PG Jamie shares a way to use the whole turkey in a more flexible way. 0 8:30 Gordon, Gino And Fred – Desperately Seeking Santa 16L 3 The trio go on a boys’ trip away before the madness of a family Christmas begins. 0 9:50 Mrs Brown’s Boys – Mammy’s Memories? 16L 3 The new year starts badly when Winnie’s place is burgled; Cathy is worried about her impending birthday. 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0 11pm Us 0

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Hey Duggee 0 6:35 Clifford The Big Red Dog 3 0 7am Eliot Kid 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:50 The Deep 0 8:10 Darwin And Newts 8:20 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 8:35 Book Hungry Bears 3 0 8:45 Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood 0 8:55 Chuggington – Tales From The Rails 3 0 9:05 Infomercials 9:35 Religious Programming 10:05 Les Mills Body Combat 0 10:35 Neighbours 0 11:05 Friends 3 0 Noon F The Royals ML 0 1pm Doctor Who PGC 3 0 2:10 The Mindy Project PGC 0 2:35 Home And Away PG 3 0 3:05 Shortland Street PG 3 0 3:40 Horrible Histories PG 0 4:10 We Bare Bears 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons PG 3 0 5:35 The Big Bang Theory PG 3 0 6pm Home And Away 0 7pm Shortland Street PGC 0 7:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? Christmas Special PG Join Hayley Sproull and regulars Vaughan Smith and Urzila Carlson in this festive special. 0 8:30 L Aotearoa Music Awards New Zealand’s biggest and brightest musical stars take to the stage for the 56th annual awards. 0 10:30 F Casual 16 0 11:45 Kung Fu PGVC 0 Saturday 1:20 Shortland Street PGC 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 2:45 2 Tunes 3:05 Console Wars PG 0 4:40 American Housewife PG 3 0 5:05 Brain Busters 3 0

Saturday

1:15 Te Karere 3 2 1:40 Infomercials

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy 3 10:55 Botched PGLSC 3 11:50 Snapped MVC 3 12:45 Killer Couples MVC 3 1:40 The Real Housewives Of New York City M 3 2:35 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 3:35 Face Off PG 3 4:30 Love It Or List It 5:30 Shark Tank PG 6:30 Botched PGLSC 3 7:30 M Crown For Christmas 2015 Comedy.

After she gets fired from her job at a fancy New York hotel, Allie takes up a job as a governess to the daughter of the king of Winshire.

Danica McKellar, Rupert PenryJones.

9:25 Buried In The Backyard MVC 3 A psychic comes up with answers to the disappearance of a missing girl, whose car is found abandoned.

10:25 Snapped MVC 3 A killer strikes a small Alaskan village. Investigators must untangle a twisted romance to find out what led to the stabbing.

11:25 Killer Couples MVC 3 12:15 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 Pawn Stars 7:10 Storage Wars PGL 7:35 Mountain Men PG 8:25 Border Security M 8:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:40 The Cops MV 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Pawn Stars PG Noon Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune 12:50 Border Security – Australia’s Frontline M 1:40 Seal Team MV 2:30 The Cops MV 3:20 Mountain Men PG 4:10 Jeopardy!

4:35 Wheel Of Fortune 5pm Storage Wars PG 5:30 Pawn Stars PG 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security M 7:30 The Cops MV Frontline Staffordshire police officers are fitted with cameras that will show the best and worst of humanity.

8:30 Trucking Hell M 9:30 Extreme Salvage Squad ML 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Mountain Men PG Saturday 12:30 Wheel Of Fortune 1am Jeopardy!

1:25 Border Security M 1:50 Extreme Salvage Squad ML 2:40 Trucking Hell M 3:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:20 FBI MV 5:10 The Cops MV

6am Infomercials 7am Animal Cribs PG 0 7:55 Ninja Warrior UK 3 8:50 Infomercials 10:35 Bondi Vet 3 11:30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 0 12:05 House Hunters Renovation 0 1:05 How Do Animals Do That? 0 1:35 M Swept Up By Christmas 2020 Comedy. An antique dealer and a cleaner, clash over how to downsize an estate.

They end up helping a reclusive house owner reconnect with Christmases past. Lindy Booth. 0 3:30 Millionaire Hot Seat 4:30 Newshub Live At 4.30pm Comprehensive coverage of local and global news with the Newshub team.

5pm Outback Opal Hunters PGL 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 0 7:30 M Deep Impact M 1998 Sci-fi Action. Two comets on a collision course for Earth must be destroyed to avoid mass destruction and the possible extinction of humanity. Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni. 0 9:45 Newshub Late 10:15 Golden Boy PG 3 Mitch decides to get CCTV at the dairy, with embarrassing results.

10:45 Magnum PI M 11:45 Infomercials

CHOICE

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Truck Night In America, at 8:30pm

Shed Of The Year, at 8:30pm

8am Ready Set Dance 3 0 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 9am Fishy Business 3 0 10am The Office PGC 0 11am Shipping Wars PGL 3 0 11:30 Qi PG 3 12:35 American Pickers 3 1:35 Parks And Recreation PGC 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm American Pickers 3 5pm 3rd Rock From The Sun PGC 3 Dick tries to win Mary back, while Officer Don introduces Sally to bowling. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Force MC 3 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Pawn Stars PG Rick and Chumlee head to Los Angeles to look at iconic set pieces from The Terminator.

8:30 Truck Night In America PGL The Four Horsemen punishes one rig to its breaking point; the safety crew is called into the Green Hell. 0 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Illawarra Hawks v NZ Breakers.

From the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong.

11:30 Raw MVC

6am Money For Nothing 7am Rachel Khoo’s Chocolat!

Christmas Special 8am Saving Britain’s Wildlife PG 9am The Great Food Truck Race PG 10am Choccywoccydoodah 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 11:30 Wheeler Dealers 12:30 Deadliest Catch PG 1:30 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 2:30 Game Of Pawns M 3pm Game Of Pawns M 3:30 Dr Dee Alaska Vet PG 4:30 Simply Nigella Christmas Special 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home PG George takes on a 1910 Edwardian Terrace full of amazing original features.

8:30 Shed Of The Year A couple has discovered a hidden basement in their new home and want to turn it into a casino.

9:30 Location, Location, Location 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC Saturday 12:30 Simply Nigella Christmas Special 1:30 Choccywoccydoodah 2am Money For Nothing 3am Dr Dee Alaska Vet PG 4am Shed Of The Year 5am Mysteries At The Museum PGC

Saturday

12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 1:30 Love Island UK 16LS 2:30 Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:10 Irresistible MLS 2020 Comedy. Steve Carell, Rose Byrne. 7:50 Music MVLC 2021 Drama.

9:35 Misbehaviour ML 2020 Comedy. 11:20 Inherit The Viper 16LC 2019 Drama.

12:42 Survive The Night 16VLSC 2019 Thriller. 2:12 The Doorman 16V 2020 Action.

3:47 Sniper – Assassin’s End 16VL 2020 Action. 5:20 Hard Kill 16V 2020 Action.

6:56 Half Brothers MVL 2020 Comedy. Luis Gerardo Mendez, Connor Del Rio. 8:30 Monster Hunter MVC 2020 Action. In a new world, Captain Artemis and her soldiers battle enormous enemies with incredible powers. Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman.

10:15 Nobody 16V 2021 Action. After a terrifying experience, a mild-mannered man finds the courage to fight back and protect his family from a dangerous adversary.

Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen.

11:45 Bad Boys For Life 16VLSC 2020 Action.

Will Smith, Martin Lawrence.

Saturday 1:50 Rams PGVL 2020 Drama. 3:50 Black Water – Abyss 16VL 2020 Horror. 5:30 Baby Done MLSC 2020 Comedy.

7:10 The Matrix Revolutions MV 2003 Scifi Action. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, CarrieAnne Moss, Hugo Weaving.

9:20 Money Monster MVLS 2016 Thriller.

George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell. 10:55 The Soloist ML 2009 Drama.

Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey jr.

12:55 Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle MV 2003 Action.

2:40 Milk MLS 2008 Biography Drama. 4:50 Rules Of Attraction 18VLSC 2002 Drama. 6:42 Non-Stop MVL 2013 Thriller. Lacey Chabert, Veronica Cartwright, Betsy Russell. 8:30 Maverick PGVL 1994 Western Comedy.

A gambler and a con woman join forces to get the money to enter a lucrative poker game.

Based on the television series.

Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner.

10:35 Interstellar ML 2014 Sci-fi. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway.

Saturday 1:20 The Debt 16VL 2010 Thriller.

3:10 Bridget Jones – The Edge Of Reason MLS 2004 Romantic Comedy.

4:55 Keeping Mum MVS 2005 Comedy.

SKY SPORt 1 6am Playmakers – Joseph Parker 6:20 Fightback – Joseph Parker 7:30 Cricket – Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

From the MCG, Melbourne.

8am Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Northampton v Racing 92.

10am Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Exeter v Montpellier.

Noon New Zealand Rugby Awards 1:30 Between Two Posts 2:30 Glory Days 3pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – Second Test, Day One. 4pm L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Two. From Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Saturday

12:35 Best Of First XV Rugby (RPL) Otago Boys’ High v King’s High School.

2:10 Best Of First XV Rugby (RPL) Rotorua Boys’ High v Napier Boys’ High.

3:50 Best Of First XV Rugby (RPL) Palmerston North Boys’ v Napier Boys’.

5:35 Best Of First XV Rugby (RPL) Scots College v St Kentigern.

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6:30 E Ki E Ki 3 6:35 Takoha 3 6:45 Takaro Tribe 3 7am Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 7:10 Potae Pai 3 7:20 Kia Mau 3 7:30 Paia 3 7:40 Darwin And Newts 3 7:50 He Rourou 3 8am Polyfest 3 8:30 Oranga Ngakau 3 9:30 Whanau Bake-Off 3 10am Café Melanesia 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Iwi Anthems 3 11:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 Noon Te Ao Tapatahi 12:30 5 Minutes Of Fame 3 2:30 Ako 3 2 3:30 E Ki E Ki 3 3:35 Takoha 3 3:45 Takaro Tribe 3 4pm Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 4:10 Potae Pai 3 4:20 Kia Mau 3 4:30 Paia 3 4:40 Smooth 3 4:50 He Rourou 3 5pm Polyfest 3 5:30 Te Mana Kuratahi 3 6pm Haka Ngahau A-Rohe – Te Arawa 3 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7pm Polyfest 3 7:30 Home, Land And Sea 3 8pm Kai Safari 8:30 M The Fifth Element PGCV 1997 Sci-fi Action. A cab driver becomes involved with a strange woman who may be responsible for saving the world from destruction.

Bruce Willis, Millia Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Luke Perry.

10:45 Ahikaroa MCL 11:15 Te Ao Marama 11:45 Closedown

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6:20 EastEnders PG 6:50 The Graham Norton Show ML 7:40 The Bill MVC 8:30 A Touch Of Frost MVLC 10:15 Father Brown MVC 11am Death In Paradise MVC Noon Midsomer Murders MVC 1:35 The Bill MVC 2:30 New Tricks MS 3:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:30 The Graham Norton Show PG 5:25 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG Hilary Duff.

6:15 Qi PG 6:50 Mrs Brown’s Boys M 7:25 Qi MLS 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG 8:30 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night PG 9:05 Staged 16L 9:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 10:30 All Round To Mrs Brown’s ML 11:25 Midsomer Murders MVC Saturday 1am Qi M 1:30 Qi M 2am Would I Lie To You? PG 2:35 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:20 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night PG 3:50 Staged M 4:15 All Round To Mrs Brown’s ML 5:05 The Jonathan Ross Show M 5:50 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night PG 17Dec21

6:05 How Do They Do It? PG 6:30 How It’s Made PG 6:55 House Hunters Renovation PG 7:45 House Hunters International PG 8:10 House Hunters International PG 8:35 Top Gear PG 9:25 Fast N’ Loud PG 10:20 Gold Rush MLC 12:10 How It’s Made PG 12:35 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 2pm Naked And Afraid M 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Twinning.

3:50 Deadliest Catch MLC 4:45 Gold Rush MLC Battle of the Greenhorns.

6:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:30 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:30 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG Piece by Piece.

10:30 The Alaska Triangle PG The Dark Pyramid and Violent Nature.

11:25 Naked And Afraid M Saturday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch PG 2:45 Naked And Afraid M 3:35 Moonshiners MC 4:25 Gold Rush MLC 5:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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6am Te Karere 3 2 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Fishing And Adventure 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 8:30 Religious Programming 9am Kids – An Instruction Manual 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 11am L Cricket – Super Smash Women’s Central Hinds v Otago Sparks. From McLean Park in Napier. 0 2pm Eat, Shop, Save 0 2:30 The Great Kiwi Bake Off Christmas Special PG 3 0 4pm The Attitude Awards 2021 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas Jamie’s simple ways to reinvent leftovers as tasty dishes. 0 8pm Lotto 8:05 Heathrow – Britain’s Busiest Airport Life behind the scenes at Europe’s biggest airport. 0 8:35 Christmas At Chatsworth House 3 0 9:35 Christmas At The Plaza 3 0 10:35 Dinner Date 3 0 11:35 Manifest PG 3 0

6am The Adventures Of Paddington 0 6:10 Emma! 0 6:20 Not Too Late Show 3 0 6:35 Spidey And His Amazing Friends 0 7am Love Monster 3 0 7:05 Stretch Armstrong 3 0 7:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 0 7:55 M Batman Vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PGVC 2019 Animated. Troy Baker, Eric Bauza, Darren Criss. 0 9:25 The Simpsons PGVC 3 Treehouse of Horror Special. 0 10:25 Mike And Molly PG 3 0 12:10 The Middle 3 0 1pm Pooch Perfect 0 2:15 The Bachelor PG 0 4:05 The Voice US 0 6pm The Cube 0 7pm M Mr Bean’s Holiday PG 2007 Comedy. Mr Bean goes on holiday in France and discovers cycling, his true love, and the Cannes Film Festival. Rowan Atkinson. 0 8:45 M Almost Christmas PGL 2016 Comedy. A dysfunctional family reunite on Christmas for the first time since the tragic death of their mother.

Gabrielle Union, Danny Glover. 0 11pm M Austin Powers – International Man Of Mystery MC 1997 Comedy. Michael Myers, Elizabeth Hurley. 0

6am Charles Stanley PG 6:30 Infomercials 9:30 One Of A Kind 0 10am One Of A Kind 0 10:30 All 0 11:30 Gingerbread Giants 0 12:30 Home Town 0 1:30 M First Christmas PG 2020 Drama. Writer Halle Downing is invited to spend Christmas in New Orleans with the biological family she never knew she had. Idara Victor, Tonea Stewart, Darren Cain. 0 3:30 Rescue My Renovation 3 0 4pm All-Star Gingerbread Build 3 0 4:55 Cannonball 3 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm M The Grinch 3 2018 Animation. A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville. Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones. 0 8:40 M 28 Days M 3 2000 Comedy. A big-city newspaper columnist is sent to rehab after crashing a car where she examines her life. Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Bullock.

10:45 M Killer App M 3 2017 Thriller. Ashley Rickards, Skyler Maxon, Greg Ellis. 0

6am Infomercials 8am The Casagrandes 3 0 8:25 Hunter Street PG 0 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 10am SmackDown PGV 3 11am Raw MVC 3 Noon Weather Gone Viral PGC 3 0 1pm Celebrity Trawlermen PGL 3 0 2pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

PGC 0 3pm American Pickers 3 4pm Fishy Business 0 4:30 Judge Judy PG 5pm Border Security – Australia’s Front Line PGC 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Hellfire Heroes PGVC 3 The team pry an injured man out of the wreck of a pickup truck after a high speed collision; a freight train derails in the middle of town. 0 7pm Storage Wars PGL 0 7:30 Tough As Nails PGL Crew members must complete a paint job and clean the outside windows of a skyscraper. 0 8:30 M Oslo 16VLC 2021 Drama. Secret negotiations and quiet heroics between a group of implacable enemies lead to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott. 0 11pm NXT PGV

6am Luke Nguen’s Railway Vietnam PG 6:30 The Great Food Truck Race PG 7:30 Dr Dee Alaska Vet PG 8:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 9:30 Location, Location, Location 10:30 Simply Nigella Christmas Special 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 1:30 Shed Of The Year 2:30 Jade Fever PG 3:30 Wildlife SOS PG 4pm Wildlife SOS PG 4:30 Nigella At My Table Christmas Special 5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG The Jager family boat hits the water after being grounded for four months.

8:30 Missing Pieces 9:30 Alone – Million Dollar Challenge PG Predators continue harassing the participants and they must adapt and innovate if they hope to survive.

11pm Luke Nguen’s Railway Vietnam PG 11:30 Wildlife SOS PG Sunday Midnight Wildlife SOS PG 12:30 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Alone – Million Dollar Challenge PG 3am Aussie Lobster Men PG 4am Missing Pieces 5am Nigella At My Table Christmas Special

Sunday

12:25 Blindspot MV 3 0 1:10 Nashville M 3 0 2:40 Infomercials

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6am Infomercials 10am Shark Tank PG 3 10:55 Dr Christian – 12 Hours To Cure Your Street PGC 3 11:50 Dr Christian – 12 Hours To Cure Your Street PGC 3 12:45 Flip It Like Disick PG 3 1:45 Flip It Like Disick PG 3 2:45 Love It Or List It 3 3:40 Catfish PG 3 4:35 Stop Search Seize PG 3 5:35 Keeping Up With The Kardashians PGLSC The family buries a time capsule to commemorate their years on Keeping Up. 6:35 Million Dollar Listing – Los Angeles PG 7:35 Hoarders PG Filled with 500 tons of clutter, Margie and Bethel’s house is an extreme fire hazard.

8:35 Kitchen Nightmares 16L Gordon continues to come head-to-head with Mill Street Bistro owner Joe Nagy over the quality of food in his restaurant. 0 9:35 Vanderpump Rules M 10:35 Accident, Suicide Or Murder? 16C 3 11:30 Snapped MVC 3

Sunday

Sunday

12:45 M Austin Powers In Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy.

Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles. 0 2:20 M Reign Of The Supermen PG 2019 Animation. Jerry O’Connell, Rebecca Romijn, Rainn Wilson. 0 3:50 2 Tunes 4:45 Will And Grace PG 3 0 5:30 Religious Programming

12:20 Infomercials 2:40 Infomercials 5am Love It Or List It 3

6am Trauma Rescue Squad M 7am Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 8am Massive Engineering Mistakes PGC 9am The Force MC 9:30 Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 10am Traffic Cops MVLC 11am Sewer Squad MLC Noon Pawn Stars PG 1pm NXT PGV 2pm SmackDown MVC 4:05 Traffic Cops MVLC 5pm Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 6pm Massive Engineering Mistakes PGC 7pm The Force MC 7:30 Pawn Stars PG Corey checks out a signed letter that knocks his White Sox off; Rick examines a John Wilkes Booth poster.

8:30 RBT MC 9pm Sewer Squad MLC 10pm Trauma Rescue Squad M 11pm Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 11:30 Traffic Cops MVLC Sunday 12:20 Massive Engineering Mistakes PGC 1:20 The Force MC 1:50 Pawn Stars PG 2:50 RBT MC 3:20 NXT PGV 4:05 Sewer Squad MLC 5:05 Trauma Rescue Squad M

Sunday

12:35 Infomercials 5am Brian Houston @ Hillsong PG 5:30 Charles Stanley PG

Sunday

Midnight Love Island UK 16LS 1am Infomercials

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

7am One Night In Bangkok 16VLSC 2020 Action.

Mark Dacascos, Kane Kosugi.

8:45 The Nest 16L 2020 Drama. Jude Law, Carrie Coon.

10:30 Radioactive M 2019 Drama Biography.

Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley.

12:20 Force Of Nature 16VLC 2020 Action.

Mel Gibson, Emile Hirsch.

2pm Outback MVLC 2020 Thriller. Lauren Lofberg, Taylor Wiese. 3:25 Let Them All Talk ML 2020 Comedy.

Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen.

5:15 Warrior Queen MV 2020 Action. Devika Bhise, Rupert Everett. 6:55 Lake Placid – Legacy 16VC 2018 Horror. Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon. 8:30 Zack Snyder’s Justice League 16VL 2021 Action. Bruce Wayne enlists the help of Diana Prince in order to save the world from mass destruction. Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot.

Sunday 12:27 Charm City Kings 16VLC 2020 Drama. Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill. 2:26 The Nomads M 2019 Drama. Tika Sumpter, Tate Donovan. 4am Follow Me 16VLC 2020 Horror.

Keegan Allen, Holland Roden.

5:29 Inherit The Viper 16LC 2019 Drama.

6:35 Knight And Day MVL 2010 Action. Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard.

8:30 Get On Up MVLSC 2014 Biography Music.

Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd.

10:45 The Green Hornet MVL 2011 Action. Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz. 12:40 The Queen ML 2006 Drama.

Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen.

2:20 Edge Of Darkness 16VL 2010 Thriller. 4:12 A Few Good Men PGL 1992 Drama. 6:25 La La Land ML 2016 Musical Comedy.

Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling.

8:30 Kingsman – The Secret Service 16VL 2014 Action. A troubled street kid is recruited into a secret British spy organisation, where he must prove his mettle to save the world.

Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L Jackson.

10:40 Erin Brockovich ML 2000 Drama. Julia Roberts, Albert Finney.

Sunday 12:50 Death At A Funeral ML 2007 Comedy. 2:20 Bridget Jones’s Baby MLS 2016 Comedy. 4:22 Butterfly On A Wheel 16VL 2007 Thriller.

5:57 Requiem For A Dream 18LSC 2000 Drama.

SKY SPORt 1

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7:15 Best Of First XV Rugby Auckland Grammar v King’s College. 8:55 L Heineken Champions Cup Ulster v Northampton.

From Kingspan Stadium, Belfast. 11am Cricket – Big Bash League Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars.

11:30 Cricket – Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades.

Noon Cricket – Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorcher. 12:30 Cricket – Big Bash League Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

1pm Heineken Champions Cup Montpellier v Leinster.

3pm Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Two. 4pm L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Three.

From Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Sunday 12:35 Best Of Super Rugby Aotearoa Final – Crusaders v Chiefs. 1:05 Best Of Super Rugby 1:25 Best Of Super Rugby 1:55 L Heineken Champions Cup Harlequins v Cardiff.

4:10 Sale GP 4:35 Golf – PGA Tour 5am L Golf – PGA Champions Tour PNC Championship – Round One.

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Kia Mau 3 6:50 Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 Contemporary beats, melodic rhymes and captivating colours for preschoolers.

7am Mahi Pai 3 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 Children share their stories about kapa haka.

7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Purakau 3 7:40 Smooth 3 Series with skits, music, and competitions to inspire, educate, and entertain.

7:50 Polyfest 3 Highlights from the Polynesian secondary school festival.

8:20 Potae Pai 3 8:30 Pukana 3 A Maori language show for children.

9:30 Korero Mai 3 Series using drama to teach te reo Maori.

Noon Whanau Living 3 Stacey Morrison reveals how to balance a busy lifestyle as a wife, mother and broadcaster.

1pm Whanau Bake-Off 3 2pm Lucky Dip 3pm 5 Minutes Of Fame 3 4pm Sidewalk Karaoke 3 4:30 Kai Safari 3 5pm Moon Tide Fishing 3 5:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 6pm Shear Bro 3 6:30 Haka Global 3 7pm M Lost Christmas PGC 2011 Drama. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy’s life are reversed one Christmas Eve, in Manchester. Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng.

8:45 M Mandela – Long Walk To Freedom MCL 2013 Biography.

Film celebrating Nelson Mandela’s journey from his childhood in a rural village to his election as President of South Africa. Idris Elba.

11:15 Ahikaroa M 11:45 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6:20 Qi M 6:50 Qi M 7:20 Qi M 7:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:25 Would I Lie To You? PG 8:55 Would I Lie To You? PG 9:30 The Bill MVC 10:25 The Bill M 11:20 The Bill M 12:15 The Bill M 1:10 The Bill M 2:05 Casualty PG 3pm Death In Paradise MVC 4:05 Holby City MC 5:10 A Touch Of Frost M 6:40 Call The Midwife PG 7:40 Casualty PG British drama series set in an inner-city hospital.

8:35 Midsomer Murders M A family feud dating back to the First World War comes to a head when retired colonel Henry Hammond is murdered.

10:25 Staged M 11:20 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia PG Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

Sunday 12:20 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 1:05 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 1:50 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 2:35 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:20 Midsomer Murders MVC 4:55 Midsomer Murders MVC 18Dec21

6:05 How It’s Made PG 6:30 How It’s Made PG 6:55 Gold Rush MLC 7:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 8:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:20 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 12:10 Building Off The Grid PG Mountain Timber Frame. 1:05 Homestead Rescue PG Raney Ranch – One if by River Two if by Air. 2pm Gold Rush MLC Battle of the Greenhorns. 3:50 What On Earth? PG 4:45 What On Earth? PG 5:40 What On Earth? PG 6:35 Rocket Around The Xmas Tree PG Oh Tannenbomb.

7:30 Maine Cabin Masters PG Bunganuc Creek Landmark.

8:30 Building Off The Grid PG Mountain Timber Frame.

9:30 Barnwood Builders PG 10:30 How The Universe Works PG 11:25 How The Universe Works PG Sunday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 Blowing Up History PG 1:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 2:45 What On Earth? PG 3:35 What On Earth? PG 4:25 What On Earth? PG 5:15 What On Earth? PG

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American Pickers, at 10:30pm

6am Attitude 3 0 6:25 Tagata Pasifika 3 7:35 Praise Be 3 0 8:05 The Living Room 0 8:55 Shop Well For Less 3 0 10am L Cricket – Super Smash Women’s Wellington Blaze v Canterbury Magicians. From the Basin Reserve in Wellington. 0 1pm Attitude 0 1:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Men’s Wellington Firebirds v Canterbury Kings. From the Basin Reserve in Wellington. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm F Country Calendar PG 0 7:30 Give Us A Clue Christmas Special PG Paula Bennett, Hilary Barry and Tom Sainsbury return for a festive special. 0 8:30 Intruder 16VL (Mini-series) 1/4.

A couple’s perfect life is shattered when Sam confronts intruders in their home and attacks one of them with a knife. 0 9:30 Britain’s Most Expensive Home PG Follow the complex build of a home costing millions in Mayfair, London, belonging to billionaire John Caudwell. 0 10:30 Bancroft 16 3 0 12:30 Infomercials

6am Rescue Bots Academy 3 0 6:10 Bluey 0 6:40 Toon Bops 0 6:45 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:50 Powerpuff Girls 3 0 7:10 Ben 10 3 0 7:35 Moomin Valley 0 7:55 Island Of Mystery 0 8:05 M Scooby-Doo! Return To Zombie Island PG 2019 Animation. Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard. 0 9:25 Bunnicula 0 9:35 Shortland Street Omnibus PGVL 3 0 11:40 Home And Away Omnibus PGC 3 0 2:30 M What A Girl Wants 2003 Comedy.

Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth. 0 4:35 Christmas With Delta Goodrem PG 0 5:55 5 Gold Rings 3 0 6:55 Merry Madagascar 0 7:30 Harry Potter – Hogwarts Tournament Of Houses 0 8:30 M Last Christmas M 2019 Comedy. A hapless Londoner who works in a year-round Christmas shop becomes involved with a man who could be the answer to all her problems. Emilia Clarke. 0 10:30 M Annabelle Comes Home 16C 2019 Horror. While babysitting the daughter of two demonologists, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll. Vera Farmiga. 0 Monday 12:30 Killing Versace – Hunt For A Killer MVC 0 1:20 Mysteries And Scandals PG 2:05 Hashtag Murder MV 0 2:55 The Price Of Duty M 0 3:40 AP Bio PGSC 3 0 4:05 Infomercials 4:35 Religious Programming 5am Infomercials

6am Life TV PG 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV PG 7am Charles Stanley PG 8am Life TV PG 8:30 Turning Point PG 9am Life Of Kai PG 3 0 9:30 Hotels By Design 3 0 9:55 One Of A Kind 3 0 10:20 One Of A Kind 3 0 10:45 Dr Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet PG 0 11:35 Rescue My Renovation 0 Noon Ultimate Tag PG 3 0 1pm Motorsport – Muscle Garage PG 1:30 Motorsport – Rolex Monterey Reunion Part Two. 2pm Motorsport – Waimate 50 Horsepower Hillclimb 3pm Motorsport – FIM Speedway Grand Prix Round Two. 4pm Motorsport – V8 Supercars Super2 Round Five.

5pm The Fishing Show Classics PG 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm The Block Australia PG 0 8:35 M Men In Black – International M 3 2019 Action. Decorated Agent H and determined rookie M face a new alien threat that can take the form of anyone, including MIB agents.

Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson. 0 10:45 Emergency Call USA M 0 11:40 NCIS M 3 12:45 Infomercials

6am Religious Programming 6:30 Believe It Or Not 3 7:30 Religious Programming 10am Which Car 3 0 11am NXT PGV 3 Noon Outback Truckers PGL 0 1pm Surveillance Dashcam PGV 3 0 2pm Traffic Cops 3 0 3pm L Basketball – NBL Melbourne United v NZ Breakers.

From John Cain Arena in Melbourne.

5pm Fish Of The Day PGC 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Walking Britain’s Lost Railways PG 3 Rob’s journey through Dartmoor begins in the garage of a model railway enthusiast. 0 7pm Storage Wars PGL 3 0 7:30 Outback Truckers PGL With a truckload of valuable horses and a tight deadline, Mick Sekulich and Sue Cordell get lost in the Simpson Desert. 0 8:30 Mountain Men MVLC As night falls, Mike treks through bear country with fresh meat; Jake’s lion hunt takes him into wolf territory. 0 9:30 World’s Most Unexplained MC Some die-hard Michael Jackson fans believe the King of Pop faked his own death and started a new life. 0 10:30 SmackDown PGV 11:30 Love Island UK 16LS Monday 12:35 Love Island UK Aftersun 16LS 1:30 Infomercials

6am Luke Nguen’s Railway Vietnam PG 6:30 Through The Bible With Les Feldick PG 7am Leading The Way PG 7:30 Key Of David PG 8am Dream Gardens 8:25 Giada’s Holiday Handbook 8:50 Colours Of China 9:45 Strip The City 10:40 American Pickers 11:35 Location, Location, Location 12:30 Wildlife SOS PG 1pm Wildlife SOS PG 1:30 Antiques Roadshow 2:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG 3:30 Dual Survival M 4:30 Jamie’s Quick And Easy Food Christmas Special 5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG The Tunnel Rats get the lifeline they desperately need; Col Duff is preparing for a week-long hunt far from civilisation.

8:30 The 1990’s – The Deadliest Decade M 9:30 Aaron Hernandez M 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Outback Opal Hunters PGL Monday 12:30 Antiques Roadshow 1:30 Luke Nguen’s Railway Vietnam PG 2am Colours Of China 3am The 1990’s – The Deadliest Decade M 4am Aaron Hernandez M 5am Location, Location, Location

BRAVO 6am Love It Or List It 3 6:45 Love It Or List It 3 7:35 Love It Or List It 3 8:20 Love It Or List It 3 9:10 Millionaire Matchmaker PGLS 3 10am Millionaire Matchmaker PGLS 3 10:50 Hoarders PG 3 11:40 Undercover Boss PG 3 12:35 Botched PGLSC 3 1:30 Botched PGLSC 3 2:30 Million Dollar Listing – Los Angeles PG 3 3:30 Shark Tank PG 3 4:30 Shark Tank PG 3 5:30 Shark Tank PG 3 6:30 Love It Or List It 3 7:30 M The Perfect Man PG 2005 Comedy. Tired of moving every time her mother has a failed relationship, a teenage girl conceives the perfect plan to catch the perfect man. Heather Locklear, Hilary Duff, Chris Noth. 0 9:40 M Beautiful And Twisted 16V 3 2015 Crime.

Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack jr, police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy. Rob Lowe, Paz Vega.

11:30 Vanderpump Rules M3 12:20 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Traffic Cops MVLC 7am FBI – Most Wanted MV 7:55 NXT PGV 8:50 Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 9:15 Mountain Men PG 10am Pawn Stars PG 11am RBT MC 11:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 12:30 FBI – Most Wanted MV 1:30 Border Security – Canada’s Frontline M 2pm Raw MVC The latest WWE action.

4:45 NXT PGV 5:45 SmackDown MVC Programme featuring the WWE SmackDown superstars.

7:30 FBI – Most Wanted MV Following a failed home invasion, the team must track down killers who are holding the surviving family members hostage.

8:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV Five-0 races to Mexico where Chin puts his life on the line to rescue his kidnapped niece.

9:30 Shades Of Blue MVLSC 10:30 Knightfall 16VLSC 11:25 Mountain Men PG

Monday

12:15 SmackDown MVC 1:55 FBI – Most Wanted MV 2:40 Mountain Men PG 3:30 Knightfall 16VLSC 4:20 Hawaii Five-0 MV 5:10 Shades Of Blue MVLSC

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

6:50 Superintelligence PGLS 2020 Comedy.

Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale.

8:32 Strange But True MLC 2019 Thriller. 10:04 The Nomads M 2019 Drama.

11:38 The Call 16VLSC 2020 Horror. 1:12 The Grudge 16VC 2020 Horror. 2:43 Shadow In The Cloud 16V 2021 Action.

4:04 Unhinged 16VLC 2020 Thriller. 5:31 The Craft – Legacy MC 2020 Drama.

7:02 Disturbing The Peace 16V 2020 Action. Guy Pearce, Devon Sawa. 8:30 A Quiet Place Part II MVC 2021 Thriller.

The Abbots hit the road in search of safety and soon find out the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats they will have to face.

Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy.

10:05 Crisis 16VC 2020 Thriller.

The lives of an undercover cop, a professor and a grieving mother collide in dramatic fashion against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic.

Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer.

Monday Midnight The Glorias MLSC 2020 Drama.

2:25 The Furies 18VL 2019 Horror. 3:50 The Postcard Killings 16VLSC 2019 Thriller.

5:35 The Doorman 16V 2020 Action.

7:40 Pride And Prejudice 2005 Drama. Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland.

9:45 Kingsman – The Secret Service 16VL 2014 Action.

Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L Jackson. 11:55 Eat Pray Love ML 2010 Romantic Drama. Julia Roberts.

2:15 Changeling 16VC 2008 Drama. Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich. 4:37 Patriots Day 16VLC 2016 Drama.

6:50 Charlie’s Angels MV 2000 Action. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu. 8:30 Arrival ML 2016 Drama.

When giant spaceships land on Earth, a linguist is called in to interpret the intentions of the aliens and stop a global war breaking out.

Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker.

10:25 Jane Eyre MC 2011 Drama. A young governess softens the heart of her surly employer, only to discover he is hiding a terrible secret. Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench.

Monday 12:25 Lion PG 2016 Drama. 2:25 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. 4:20 Point Break MVL 1991 Action Adventure.

SKY SPORt 1 6am Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – Second Test, Day Three.

7:05 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Network Special – Evolve.

7:30 L Golf – PGA Champions Tour PNC Championship – Round One. 11:30 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Harlequins v Cardiff.

From Twickenham Stoop, London.

1:30 Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Bath v La Rochelle.

From The Recreation Ground, Bath.

3pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – Second Test, Day Three.

4pm L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Four.

From Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Monday

12:35 Cricket – International (HLS) Pakistan v West Indies – First One Day International.

1:35 Best Of Super Rugby (HLS) Aotearoa Final – Crusaders v Chiefs.

1:55 L Heineken Champions Cup Scarlets v Bordeaux. From Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli.

4:10 Heartland XV v NZ Barbarians (RPL)

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Kia Mau 3 6:50 Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 Contemporary beats, melodic rhymes and captivating colours for preschoolers.

7am Mahi Pai 3 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 Children share their stories about kapa haka.

7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Purakau 3 7:40 Smooth 3 7:50 Polyfest 3 8:20 Potae Pai 3 8:30 Whanau Living 3 9am Oranga Ngakau 3 10am Waiata Nation 3 10:30 Whaikorero 3 11am Te Ao Tapatahi 11:30 Iwi Anthems 3 Noon My Party Song 3 12:30 Haka At Home 3 1:45 M Lost Christmas PGC 2011 Drama. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy’s life are reversed one Christmas Eve, in Manchester. Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng.

3:30 Pacific Music Awards 2021 5pm Te Ao Toa 6pm Marae 2 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7pm Waka Huia PG 3 7:30 Heritage Rescue Treasures ranging from Jurassic fossils to some of the finest examples of Maori weaving, are languishing at Kawhia Museum.

8:30 M The Seagull MC 2018 Drama. At a lakeside estate, a love triangle develops between a diva, her lover and an innocent young woman. Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan.

10:20 Putauaki – He Maunga Korero 3 Distinctive korero from around the country made by iwi.

11:20 Closedown

UKtV 6:25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 7:05 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night PG 7:35 Holby City MC 8:35 EastEnders PG 9:05 EastEnders PG 9:35 EastEnders PG 10:05 EastEnders PG 10:35 Heartbeat MVC 11:25 The Graham Norton Show PG 12:15 The Jonathan Ross Show M 1pm Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night PG 1:35 Midsomer Murders MVC 3:25 The Singapore Grip ML 4:25 Death In Paradise MVC 5:30 Heartbeat MVC 6:30 Grantchester PG 7:25 Death In Paradise PG 8:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG Hilary Duff.

Actress Hilary Duff uncovers the tale of an ancestor who led an American colony to battle a notorious gang of pirates.

9:20 A Touch Of Frost M 10:50 The Singapore Grip ML 11:40 Casualty PG Monday 12:25 Death In Paradise MVC 1:25 Grantchester PG 2:10 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 2:55 A Touch Of Frost M 4:10 Father Brown MVC 4:55 Father Brown MVC 5:45 Father Brown MVC 19Dec21

DISCOVERY 6:05 How Do They Do It? PG 6:30 How Do They Do It? PG 6:55 Ancient Unexplained Files PG 7:45 Barnwood Builders PG 8:35 Homestead Rescue – Raney Ranch PG 9:25 Building Off The Grid PG 10:20 The Alaska Triangle PG 11:15 Gold Rush MLC Battle of the Greenhorns.

1:05 Gold Rush MLC Dave Turin’s Lost Mine – End Game.

2pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 4:45 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Naked And Afraid MLC Okay Boomer.

9:30 Blowing Up History PG 10:30 Ancient Unexplained Files PG Riddle of the Child Mummies.

11:25 Homestead Rescue PG Raney Ranch – One if by River Two if by Air. Monday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 The Alaska Triangle PG 1:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 2:45 Naked And Afraid M 3:35 Naked And Afraid M 4:25 Naked And Afraid M 5:15 Naked And Afraid M

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Rolling In It, at 7pm

Beauty And The Geek, at 7:30pm

Noel, at 8:45pm

The Expendables 2, at 8:30pm

Uncharted New Zealand, at 8:30pm

6am John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen 3 0 7am Sun, Sea And Selling Houses 3 0 8am The Repair Shop PG 3 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 0 10am Tipping Point 0 11am L Cricket – Super Smash Women’s Auckland Hearts v Northern Brave. From the Eden Park Outer Oval in Auckland. 0 2pm Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 0 3pm Tipping Point 3 0 4pm Te Karere 2 0 4:30 N Country House Hunters PG 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm N Rolling In It 0 8pm F Barkley Manor PG It is the end of the school year at Barkley Manor; there is mayhem at the country park. 0 8:30 Intruder 16L (Mini-series) 2/4.

Angela is determined to play games with Sam, using what she knows about the death of Syed as leverage. 0 9:30 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings M 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0 11:05 The Cricket Roadshow M 0 11:35 The Trump Show 16L 3 1/3. 0 Tuesday 12:35 Meat The Family PG 3 0 1:30 Te Karere 3 2 1:55 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 2

6am Les Mills Born To Move 0 6:25 Hey Duggee 0 6:30 Clifford The Big Red Dog 3 6:55 Eliot Kid 0 7:25 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:45 The Deep 0 8:10 Darwin And Newts 8:20 Dorothy And The Wizard Of Oz 0 8:30 Book Hungry Bears 3 0 8:40 Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood 0 8:55 Chuggington – Tales From The Rails 3 0 9:05 Infomercials 10am Les Mills Body Combat 0 10:35 Mike And Molly PG 3 0 11am Friends 3 0 Noon Ellen’s Game Of Games 3 0 12:55 Doctor Who PGC 0 2pm Home And Away 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGC 3 0 3:30 Bluey 3 0 3:40 Horrible Histories PG 0 4:10 We Bare Bears 0 4:35 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6pm Home And Away PG 0 7pm Shortland Street PGC 0 7:30 F Beauty And The Geek PG A challenge set to take the final three couples out of their comfort zones, like never before. 0 9:05 M Three Wise Cousins PG 2016 Comedy. A young New ZealandSamoan man travels to his motherland to try and impress a young woman.

Neil Amituanai, Gloria Ofa Blake. 0 10:50 Two And A Half Men PG 3 0 Tuesday 12:20 Wynonna Earp 16VLC 0 1:05 Shortland Street PGC 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Selling Houses Abroad PG 3 4:10 The Middle 3 0 4:35 The Ring Inz 3 5am Infomercials

7am Animal Cribs PG 0 7:55 Ninja Warrior UK 3 0 8:50 Infomercials 10:35 Bondi Vet 3 0 11:30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 0 12:05 House Hunters Renovation 0 1:05 How Do Animals Do That? 0 1:35 M Christmas In Montana PG 2019 Romantic Comedy.

A financial advisor goes to Montana just before Christmas to help a man save his ranch. Kellie Martin, Colin Ferguson. 0 3:25 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 0 3:55 Yard Crashers 0 4:25 Beachfront Bargain Hunt 0 4:55 Outback Opal Hunters PGL 0 6pm Newshub Live At 6pm 7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 Bondi is under attack from bluebottle jellyfish; lifeguards share a wave with a blind surfer. 0 7:25 The Block Australia PG 0 8:45 M Noel PG 2004 Drama.

Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.

Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker. 0 10:40 M Secrets In The Water M 3 2020 Thriller. A mother enlists the help of her daughter’s best friend to figure out who killed her daughter. Emily Skinner, Alexis Burnett, Cerina Vincent. 0 12:35 Infomercials

8am Ready Set Dance 3 0 8:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 0 9am Samurai Jack PGV 3 0 10am The Office PGC 0 11am Shipping Wars PGL 3 0 11:30 Qi PG 3 12:40 American Pickers 3 1:35 Parks And Recreation PGC 0 2pm The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Tagata Pasifika – Pacific Music Awards 2021 5:30 Prime News 6pm Football – A League Women (HLS) Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix.

6:30 Football – A League (HLS) Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix.

7pm Surveillance Oz PGV 0 7:30 American Pickers Mike and Frank travel America looking for rare artefacts and national treasures.

8:30 M The Expendables 2 16V 3 2012 Action. Mr Church enlists Barney Ross and his team for what is supposed to be an easy mission in Eastern Europe, but the team find themselves in a hostage situation.

Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth. 0 10:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PG 11:35 Love Island UK 16LS Tuesday 12:35 Closedown 1am Infomercials

6am Money For Nothing 7am Colours Of China 8am Dual Survival M 9am Kids BBQ Championship 10am Choccywoccydoodah 10:30 Outback Opal Hunters PGL 11:30 American Pickers 12:30 Dual Survival M 1:30 Antiques Roadshow 2:30 Jamie’s Quick And Easy Food Christmas Special 3:30 Orangutan Island 4:30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC 6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 Copenhagen – Europe’s Greatest 8:30 Uncharted New Zealand Carolyn visits the Hokitika and Punakaiki; Tim enjoys the crystal waters and historic sites of the Bay of Islands.

9pm Rick Stein’s Cornwall 9:30 Top Ten Treasures – Egyptian Mummies PG 10:30 Salvage Hunters PG 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum PGC Tuesday 12:30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas 1:30 Choccywoccydoodah 2am Money For Nothing 3am Orang-utan Island 4am Copenhagen – Europe’s Greatest 5am Mysteries At The Museum PG

BRAVO 6am Infomercials 10am 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 10:55 Botched PGLSC 3 11:50 Shark Tank PG 3 12:45 Love It Or List It 3 1:40 The Real Housewives Of New York City PGLSC 3 2:35 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy PGLC 3 3:35 Face Off PGC 3 4:30 Love It Or List It 5:30 Shark Tank PG 6:30 Botched PGLSC 3 7:30 Snapped MVC A father is found stabbed to death. Detectives investigate a picture-perfect family that might not be so perfect.

8:30 Mark Of A Serial Killer MVC Investigators set up an operation to catch a killer who is mutilating young women.

9:30 Accident, Suicide Or Murder? 16C The discovery of a body in upscale Boston, leads to an unbelievable truth that seems more like the plot of a movie.

10:30 Snapped MVC 3 Detectives investigate the discovery of a half-dressed, partially-frozen body of a Navy veteran found lying in a ditch.

11:25 Killer Couples MVC 3 12:15 Infomercials

SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 6:45 Pawn Stars 7:10 Storage Wars PG 7:35 Mountain Men PG 8:25 Border Security M 8:50 Ice Road Truckers PG 9:40 The Cops MV 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Pawn Stars Noon Jeopardy!

12:25 Wheel Of Fortune 12:50 Knightfall 16VLSC 1:40 Shades Of Blue MVLSC 2:30 The Cops MV 3:20 Mountain Men PG 4:10 Jeopardy!

4:35 Wheel Of Fortune 5pm Storage Wars PG 5:30 Pawn Stars 6pm Ice Road Truckers PG 7pm Border Security M 7:30 The Cops MV Frontline Staffordshire police officers are fitted with cameras that will show the best and worst of humanity.

8:30 RBT MC 9pm RBT MC 9:30 Traffic Cops PGVC 10:30 FBI MV 11:30 Mountain Men PG Tuesday 12:30 Wheel Of Fortune 1am Jeopardy!

1:25 Border Security M 1:50 Traffic Cops PGVC 2:40 RBT MC 3:05 RBT MC 3:30 Ice Road Truckers PG 4:20 FBI MV 5:10 The Cops MV

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREAtS

7:10 Infinite MVLC 2021 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor. 8:55 The Bad Twin MVLSC 2016 Thriller. Haylie Duff, Grace Van Dien. 10:25 The Burnt Orange Heresy 16VLSC 2019 Action. Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki. Noon Lost And Found MVLSC 2019 Thriller. Samaire Armstrong, Sierra McCormick. 1:30 Greed 16L 2020 Comedy. 3:15 Black Water – Abyss 16VL 2020 Horror. 4:55 Ride Like A Girl PGL 2019 Drama.

6:35 Embattled 16L 2020 Action. Stephen Dorff, Darren Mann. 8:30 Land M 2021 Drama. Unable to stay connected to the world she once knew, a grieving woman retreats to the wilds of the Rockies. Robin Wright, Demian Bichir.

10:05 The Last Duel 16VLSC 2021 Action. King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel. Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer.

6:25 The Iron Lady PG 2011 Biography Drama.

Meryl Streep. 8:12 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16 2011 Crime.

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer.

10:50 Unbroken MV 2014 Drama. 1:05 Butterfly On A Wheel 16VL 2007 Thriller.

2:42 The Other Boleyn Girl MS 2008 Drama History.

4:40 Almost Famous MC 2000 Drama. 6:45 Untraceable 18V 2008 Crime. Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke.

8:30 My Week With Marilyn ML 2011 Drama. A young production assistant documents his week in the idyllic British countryside in 1957 with Marilyn Monroe. Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne.

10:10 The Patriot 16VC 2000 War Drama. A peaceful farmer is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a British officer murders his son.

Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson.

Tuesday 12:52 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16 2011 Crime. 3:27 Maverick PGVL 1994 Western Comedy.

5:35 Rules Of Attraction 18VLSC 2002 Drama.

Tuesday

12:40 Antebellum 16VL 2020 Thriller. 2:25 The Outpost 16VLC 2020 Drama.

4:25 Bellbird ML 2019 Comedy.

SKY SPORt 1 6am Golf – PGA Champions Tour (HLS) PNC Championship – Round One. 6:30 L Golf – PGA Champions Tour PNC Championship – Round Two. 10:30 All Access – Black Ferns Black Ferns captain Les Elder talks about combining motherhood with professional rugby.

11am Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Racing 92 v Ospreys.

From Paris La Defense Arena, Paris.

1pm Heineken Champions Cup (RPL) Glasgow v Exeter.

From Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow.

3pm Cricket – The Ashes (HLS) Australia v England – Second Test, Day Four.

From the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

4pm L Cricket – The Ashes Australia v England – Second Test, Day Five.

From the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Tuesday

12:35 Best Of Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Championship Final – Manawatu v Hawkes.

2:50 Best Of Farah Palmer Cup (RPL) Premiership Final – Canterbury v Waikato.

5:05 Between Two Posts

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; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over; PG Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits FM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

6:30 Pipi Ma 3 6:35 Tamaiti Tu 6:45 Takaro Tribe 3 7am Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 7:10 Potae Pai 3 7:20 Kia Mau 3 7:30 Paia 3 7:40 Darwin And Newts 3 7:50 He Rourou 3 8am Pukana 3 8:30 Oranga Ngakau 3 9:30 Whanau BakeOff 3 10am Traditional Kai 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am My Party Song 3 11:30 Tangaroa With Pio 3 Noon The Hui 12:30 Heritage Rescue 3 1:30 Toku Reo 3 2 2:30 Ako 3 2 3:30 Pipi Ma 3 3:35 Tamaiti Tu 3 3:45 Takaro Tribe 3 4pm Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 4:10 Potae Pai 3 4:20 Kia Mau 3 4:30 Paia 3 4:40 Smooth 3 4:50 He Rourou 3 5pm Pukana 3 5:30 Te Mana Kuratahi 3 6pm Haka Ngahau A-Rohe – Te Arawa 6:30 Toi Te Ora 3 7pm Globe 3 7:30 Moosemeat And Marmalade 3 8pm Summer Series Moana Maniapoto hosts a rare interview in English with The Godfather of the Maori language movement, Sir Timoti Karetu.

8:30 The Land Of The Enlightened MLC 3 A journey through war-torn Afghanistan, shot over seven years.

Including an insight into gangs controlling trade routes.

10pm Ki Tua 10:30 Whiua Te Paatai 11pm Lucky Dip 3 11:30 Closedown

UKtV

DISCOVERY

6:30 Would I Lie To You? PG 7am The Graham Norton Show PG 7:50 The Bill MVC 8:40 A Touch Of Frost M 10:25 Father Brown MVC 11:10 Death In Paradise MVC 12:10 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:45 The Bill MVC 2:40 New Tricks MS 3:40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown M 4:35 The Graham Norton Show PG 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG Molly Shannon.

6:20 Qi M 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 Qi M 8pm Would I Lie To You? PG Claudia Winkleman, Kate Bottley, Sara Barron and Ed Gamble join Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell.

8:30 The Good Karma Hospital M 9:30 The Singapore Grip MV 10:20 DCI Banks PG

Tuesday

12:05 Midsomer Murders MVC 1:35 Qi M 2:05 Qi M 2:35 Would I Lie To You? PG 3:05 Who Do You Think You Are? USA PG 3:50 The Good Karma Hospital M 4:40 The Singapore Grip MV 5:25 Call The Midwife PG 20Dec21

6:05 How Do They Do It? PG 6:30 How It’s Made PG 6:55 House Hunters Renovation PG 7:45 House Hunters International PG 8:10 House Hunters International PG 8:35 Gold Rush MLC 10:20 Gold Rush MLC 11:15 Builds On Wheels PG 12:10 How It’s Made PG 12:35 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 2pm Naked And Afraid M 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch MLC 4:45 Gold Rush MLC 5:40 Fast N’ Loud PG Chopped and Dropped Model A: Part One. 6:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 7:30 Aussie Mega Mechanics PG Rush Hour.

8:30 Builds On Wheels PG 9:30 Mighty Ships PG MSC Oscar.

10:30 Killers Of The Cosmos PG Death Ray. 11:25 Naked And Afraid M Tuesday 12:15 How It’s Made PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 What On Earth? PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch PG 2:45 Naked And Afraid M 3:35 Moonshiners MC 4:25 Gold Rush PG 5:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Inventory time. To know what you long for is a blessing that doesn’t feel like one. Better to have a specific want than the maddeningly vague sense that something’s off.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Are you tempted to blurt out what’s on your mind or flash a reckless reveal of heart? It’s truth you’re spilling, but beware: The truth evokes unpredictable responses – laughter, tears or anger.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): To take responsibility for your life is to realise that even though so much is out of your control, it is also true that you are here because of the choices you’ve made.

You’ll celebrate and ponder the matter today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Your personal rituals can be as expected or unexpected, regimented or elaborate, as you like. There’s a spot in your day that is devoid of vibrance, waiting for an infusion of your personality.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Good news: There’s a mutual attraction between you and the subject that fascinates you. You need more of the subject, and the subject needs more of you. Consider taking a class.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You don’t need to find a workaround for obtaining what you want. All you have to do is request it. Every time you ask for what you want, it gets a bit easier.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): What you do is not the same as who you are, and you’re wise not to confuse the two. Offer yourself some softness for the mistakes, and, for balance, temper your response to victories, too. Your efforts are well-intended.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): It’s a strong day for your powers of visualisation, and you’ll see very clearly where you’re headed. The image of who you want to be is as clear to you as the person staring back from the mirror.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You want some sparkle and awe, and there are two ways to go about it: Follow your curiosity deeper and deeper until it leads you to wonderland, or create the marvel you wish to see.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Everything in this world was built by people who had ideas or fleshed out ideas that were in motion. You’re thinking about what you’ll contribute. Don’t hold back.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): While some consider being wrong a fate worse than a lightning strike to the skull, you don’t mind it at all. In fact, you don’t even take yourself seriously enough for wrongness to look bad on you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Ultimately, the answer is to take action while thinking positive. You’ll skip the part where you discuss the issue with people who categorically can’t do anything about the situation at hand.

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Tourism cash and Covid-19 H

ands up if you’re slightly anxious about what awaits from tomorrow?

That’s when thousands of holiday-hungry Aucklanders will bring much needed dollars – and, sadly, Covid-19 – south for the holidays.

From Wednesday, the fully vaccinated or those with proof of a recent negative Covid test, will be allowed to leave Auckland.

You remember that place, our biggest city that’s been in lockdown since August. Well, not anymore, with the possibility that up to 4000 people a day could fly into Christchurch from Auckland in the 10 days leading up to Christmas.

And Queenstown could have up to 10 flight arrivals daily from Auckland, peaking at 15 on Christmas Eve. Potentially, that’s a lot of travellers and that doesn’t include those heading our way on Cook Strait

Daryl Holden ferries.

We all understand that the influx of Aucklanders, and their cash, will be vital to tourism hot spots in the South Island, which would include Methven’s flash new Opuke thermal pools and day spa.

Aucklanders make up about 70 per cent of Queenstown’s domestic tourists for a start. We also know that the resort town, and nearby Wanaka, has literally been on its knees waiting for the arrival of the city of sails’ brigade.

But – and it is a worrying and important but at that – we in the South Island should also be a tad

apprehensive about those travellers spreading the virus. Hold on.

Wind back the tape. We should be a heck of a lot more than just a tad concerned.

figure, so it could be much, much worse.

The Southern DHB will hope its numbers are not out of whack because, for one thing, it has only 20

all understand that the influx of “ We Aucklanders, and their cash, will be vital to tourism, but we should also be a tad apprehensive about those travellers spreading the virus.

Clearly, the Southern District Health Board is worried. Chief executive Chris Fleming has already been reported as saying that the arrival of Covid-19 in the region was inevitable. He’s said it’s possible they may have to deal with about 20 people a day in hospital.

That’s a conservative planning

intensive care unit beds between Invercargill and Dunedin, and just 52 ventilators across the whole region.

So that’s why it has locked in extra spaces – like motels and hotels – for Covid cases needing to self-isolate. They’re also setting up extra pandemic testing facilities in

Queenstown and Wanaka.

So good on the Southern DHB for being proactive. It has to be, but make no mistake about the fact that we are entering dangerous times. No-one can convince me otherwise.

Covid-19 cases would also add further stress and pressure to what is normally heavy summer workloads for doctors.

Yes, millions of tourism dollars coming into popular South Island holiday spots would be such a relief for those under-pressure, near collapsed businesses. No question.

But is it worth the risk of events and some of those areas suddenly becoming pandemic super spreaders?

Is it worth the risk to our health?

Is it worth the risk of having one death, five, or more?

We all know the answer to that.

Don’t we.

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Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Things have certainly changed M

addison Hooper turns five years old tomorrow and in the weekend we had not one, but two parties for her.

The first one was a family gathering on Saturday which morphed into a beer club. Beer club happens most Saturdays at either our place or at this time of the year, Rangitata Camping Ground. We try and sample some new craft beers each week.

We started quite early with a barbecue lunch and had planned on an early night, so we were nice and fresh for the dozen or so little people firing around the place the next day.

Best laid plans and all that, some of us got our second wind and we didn’t wind up until 11pm.

I must confess, when Manda said we should get a bouncy castle for Maddy’s birthday a few weeks ago, I thought, jeez didn’t need bouncy castles back in my day. But when I woke up a bit dusty on Sunday morning, I muttered to myself, “Thank god for the bouncy castle”.

Eighty-seven per cent of the kids’ time at the party was spent bouncing. Add in a game of pass the parcel, pin the nose on Olaf, afternoon tea and the Happy Birthday- blow out the candles and it was job done. Too easy!

Pass the parcel went off without a hitch, thank God. I was a tad nervous beforehand and could picture two kids in a tug of war battle with the present.

Or worse still an all-in maul with biting and eye gouging, akin to a good old fashioned test match against the French.

The overall winner did a great job of retaining a hold of the present as the music stopped.

In a dummy pass – show and go move that Dan Carter would have been proud of, she retained possession and scored.

Phill Hooper OFF THE AIR A less skilled player could well have let it go a second too early and knocked it on into the opposition’s lap.

My favourite part of the day, apart from scoffing into the beautiful cake that my very clever wife created, was watching Maddy as we all sung happy birthday to her.

She cast her eye around the room to make sure everyone was participating with a big satisfied grin on her face which said “Yeah that’s right, sing it up people, Princess Maddy is enjoying your efforts”.

My least favourite part of the day was when the bouncy castle bloke said: “Kids only on this castle”. And gave me a look as if to say “Don’t even think about it fat boy”. Bugger!

On a different note. My facebook feed has been loaded with posts about vaccine passports of late and then I hear reports of local businesses being on the receiving end of abuse for following the rules.

We are on a bit of a knife-edge at the moment and all need to tread carefully, so here’s my thoughts on it.

Whatever side of the vaccine fence you sit, you do you and don’t jam that down other people’s throats.

Till next week Hoo Roo Phill Hooper Pass the parcel referee.

Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

The Covid Chat Red Card System – the cure to the Covid conversation

By Matt Heath - NZME Coviding Verb 1. Engaging in long, tedious discussions about the Covid-19 virus.

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ew Zealand was once the home of great chat. Nowadays, we just prattle on about Covid. The Covid Chat Red Card System offers Kiwis hope.

It’s the key tool we have to protect people from the spread of boring Covid-19 conversations.

Two years ago, the people of our great nation talked about cool stuff like weather, sport and what we were watching on Netflix.

After a few drinks, things naturally turned towards sex, more weather and telling strangers at urinals “I really love you man, you’re my best mate”.

Excellent topics, good times.

Then out of the blue the bug hit

and entertaining conversations died. All discussions were instantly infected with the virus.

The Covid Chat Red Card System (CCRCS) will slow that spread.

What we put into our brains shapes what comes out. We talk a lot about Covid because we hear nothing else. New Zealand media is riddled with the virus.

That’s the way it should be. They have key info to share, questions to ask and products to sell.

When we’re not absorbing Covid from the news, it remains in the forefront of our minds thanks to QR codes, vaccine passports and border restrictions.

Then there’s social media transmission. Unsurprisingly, online is a cesspit of Covid bollocks. There are people all over the country scoring own goals

by Coviding away on Facebook,

Instagram, Reddit and Twitter.

It’s a simple equation. If you feed on virus chat 24/7, it’s bound to come out both ends at Christmas dinner.

The Red Card System is a Covid chat protection framework.

A pathway to eliminating virus talk.

The Red Card System empowers Kiwis to bring a yellow and a red card to all social occasions. If someone mentions Covid, show them the yellow. That’s a warning. If they do it again, it’s a red, and the guilty party must leave the room, yard, or beach for 10 minutes.

It’s a clear message to Kiwis: bring up Covid and you’re outta here!. If we all do our part, we can return to a normal way of talking.

The yellow card acknowledges that no-one is perfect. One slipup is understandable. Someone

might ask “what you have been up to?”. The knee-jerk answer for Aucklanders is “nothing, my whole city was locked down for four months”. That’s a yellow.

You have accidentally mentioned a Covid-adjacent word: “lockdowns”. The yellow gives you a chance to learn, assess and adjust. If you mention Covid again, you are gone — 10 minutes on the bench, no sympathy.

Egregious offending will earn a red card immediately. If, for example, you arrive at a barbecue and ask “how was your lockdown?”. You will be shown the red straight away. That is a cynical infraction.

The following terms will earn you a card at all social occasions: Delta, Omicron, vax, anti-vax, team of five million, Bloomfield, Wiles, Baker, Hendy, modelling, the border, MIQ, alert level, breach, Hipkins, traffic light, Bri-

an, announcement, announcement of an announcement, Hannah and Tamaki. Use any of these words, and you are out.

Covid restrictions have taken a lot from New Zealand. Let’s not lose our summer to Covid chat.

It’s time Kiwis re-learnt the art of wide and varied conversation.

Together we can enjoy each other’s company free from Coviding.

It’s two cards for summer fam, two cards for long days and warm nights. Two cards is the key, two cards to gather whanau, two cards to share a feed. Two cards to have a sing-a-long, even two cards to do the deed.

Stand up Aotearoa and find something more interesting to talk about than Covid.

• I have red-carded myself for writing this article.

Matt Heath is a Radio host on Radio Hauraki and NZ Herald columnist

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Purdon masterstroke leads to Methven success Matt Markham Two important decisions, made more than an hour apart at Methven on Sunday, underlined just why Mark Purdon is regarded as one of the best in the business.

And the first came when very few were watching.

Purdon, who trains in partnership with Hayden Cullen at Rolleston, took his star trotter Oscar Bonavena – a short-priced favourite for the Trotters Green Mile – out onto the track a few races earlier to give him a quiet bowl around the track to get a feel for the surface, and to see whether or not the stallion would be able to handle the conditions.

The second decision came halfway through the two minutes and six seconds it took to conduct the actual race, when he elected to stay on the fence and chance his arm at a bit of luck in the home straight.

And both proved to be masterstrokes.

Armed with the knowledge from his quiet bowl around a little earlier on in the day, Purdon summed up the race perfectly, knowing full well that working

hard and getting a little wider on the track would leave him susceptible late in the race, so he stayed boxed in and waited for the gap to come at the top of the straight.

And when it did, Oscar Bonavena did the rest.

“Once he saw daylight, he always felt like he was going to win,” Purdon said.

“I could have come out down the back straight, but I didn’t want to be too wide on that last bend, so I took a chance and waited to have one go at them, and luckily it worked out perfectly.

“He’s just a great horse with a wonderful temperament.”

While Oscar was dominant, Purdon couldn’t quite make it double delight on Sunday by winning the Pacer Green Mile however with another favourite in It’s All About Faith.

The Stonewall Stud-prepared Alta Wiseguy made the race his own in the hands of Tim Williams, sitting parked and dashing away from his rivals at the top of the straight to win from fast-finishing local, Cranbourne.

After a wet weekend there were some fears on how the Mt Harding track would hold up on Sunday, but feedback from raceday drivers to the Methven club was really positive, and with close to $1.5 million set to have been in-

Mark Purdon and Oscar Bonavena dash away to win Sunday’s Trotters Green Mile at Methven. vested on the meeting it can only be hailed as a resounding success.

The meeting was a tough day at the office for the local con-

tingent, with second placings for the Michael Heenan-trained Sister’s Delight and the John Hay trained Kosciuszko the best results for the day alongside Cran-

INTERDOM HISTORY REPEATS

Brosnan turns back the clock 42 years with Maori Law

BY MICHAEL GUERIN NZ HERALD

Looking back now over the 42-year-old gap between his Inter Dominion victories, Kiwi trainer Richard Brosnan realises how little he knew.

Brosnan and his son Emmett trained Maori Law to win the $150,000 Trotting Final at Menangle on Saturday, beating fellow New Zealand horseman Anthony Butt driving Oamaru trotter Majestic Man. The win came 42 years after Brosnan trained and drove No Response to win the 1979 Inter Dominion Trotting Final at Addington, one of the most amazing come-from-last wins in New Zealand harness racing history.

Back then, Brosnan was 30, and the prince of a golden era in New Zealand racing.

Soon after he had champion pacer Bonnie’s Chance, who won a New Zealand Cup by seven lengths among a stable of stars.

It was all so easy. Too easy to be true.

A move north from his South Canterbury base to Auckland, a change of racing patterns, the rise of the all-conquering forces of trainers such as Mark Purdon and the reality of not having huge

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Wendy Stevenson prepared Not Over to place third in the last race at a big dividend.

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Races this week

The Ashburton Racing Club will host their final meeting for 2021 this Thursday at the Ashburton Racecourse. With a busy period of racing ahead heading into the Christmas and New Year period, big numbers are expected for the mid-week meeting, where eight races have been initially programmed, with the prospect of a few more added if numbers are big enough.

Longshots galore The father-and-daughter driving combination of Gerard and Sarah O’Reilly rocked the punters at Addington on Friday when landing big-priced winners on the programme.

Gerard started the ball rolling when he won with Reggie Golightly, who stormed up the inside to win at $73-to-one, and then Sarah delivered for former Mid Canterbury trainer, Colin Harrison in the last when Oliver North boomed home to win paying $32.

Maori Law and Greg Sugar lead the Inter Dominion Trotters Grand Final with a lap to run on Saturday night.

PHOTO SUPPLIED sums to play with at the yearling sales meant much of Brosnan’s next 30 years was spent working hard without getting close to the lofty peaks of the early 1980s again.

“I was so young then, you think these things come easy, you almost take them for granted,” he said.

“But I look back now and realise I was lucky to have a patch like that.

“A lot of better trainers than me train their whole lives and never have an open class horse, and I had five at the same time.

“Which is one reason winning this final means so much, because now I know how rare these moments are.

“The other reason is I get to do this with Emmett.

“To train an Inter Dominion winner in partnership with your son is a dream.”

Brosnan moved to Australia five years ago to spend more time with his adult children, three of whom live there, but these days, training horses is more a hobby than a business.

Then along came former age group star Maori Law, and the Brosnans worked together on his soundness issues and that, combined with a happy horse and a perfect run in the 3009m race, closed that gap of 42 years to provide another special chapter in Inter Dominion racing history.

Williams bags four Leading South Island jockey Kylie Williams moved to within 10 wins of 800 riding successes on Saturday when she bagged a quartet of wins at Invercargill.

Williams was in sublime form winning with Humbucker, Demand Respect, Nomen Ludi and Robina Joy on the programme and looks odds on to reach the 800 mark over the coming six weeks with a busy racing schedule ahead of her.

Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, December 14, 2021

2021 ends on a loss for Country Mid Canterbury Matt Markham Country Mid Canterbury will be pleased to see the back end of the first half of the 2021/2022 Tennis Canterbury Premier season, after they crashed to another defeat on the weekend in Christchurch.

After losing four on the trot, the side trekked north on Saturday with high hopes of getting things back on track in their match with the similarly placed Bishopdale Te Kura Hagley Park side, but again left it off the court as they were humbled five matches to one in the encounter.

Cameron McCracken again provided the only resistance for the side – winning his singles match 6-2, 6-3 – Country Mid Canterbury’s only win for the afternoon.

Again, it was a case of what might have been, with three of the defeats going to a tie-break, only to fall on the wrong side for the Mid Canterbury team.

Jack Tiller pushed hard to find some form again in his singles match, dropping the first set before bouncing back to win the second before losing the tiebreak 5-10.

Nathan McKenzie also went to a third after winning the first 6-0

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Sports cancelled

Most sport in the Mid Canterbury region was cancelled on Saturday as the rotten run of luck with the weather continued to impede on season progressions. Softball, tennis and cricket at all age groups and levels were cancelled due to the rain on the weekend, including the two senior club cricket matches in Timaru on Saturday afternoon. With most sports set to break for the year before returning early in 2022, the hope will be for brighter days once January rolls around.

Nationals coming The Waireka Croquet Club will host the best and biggest names in croquet in the country early next year. The NZ Golf Croquet Nationals will be held at the Ashburton Club beginning on January 16 and running through until January 23. The event sees the best players in the country competing in both doubles and singles across the seven-day event.

Finals re-introduced

Cameron McCracken was the only member of the Country Mid Canterbury side to claim success on the weekend.

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before dropping the second 2-6.

He lost his tie-break 7-10.

In the doubles, Tiller and Ben Smith lost in straight sets while McCracken and McKenzie fought out a titanic battle.

They won the first 6-2 before losing the second 0-6.

The tie-break was an all-consuming affair, but they came out on the wrong side of it losing 1113.

With just one victory registered from their six matches thus far, it’s been a tough start to the campaign for last season’s

beaten finalists, and they’ll need to really turn things around in 2022.

The side now get close to two months to dwell on it all before returning to the court on February 12, where they will take on Cashmere.

Semi-finals and finals will return to the Heartland Championship in 2022. After Covid saw a truncated season undertaken this year, normal service resumes next year. The shadow draw for the competition has been released, with Mid Canterbury gaining home games against South Canterbury, East Coast, West Coast and King Country, with away trips against Whanganui, North Otago, Horowhenua Kapiti and Buller. A start date for the competition is yet to be released by NZRU.

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Rain sees Hawke Cup opener end in a draw Matt Markham The weekend’s wet weather across the South Island resulted in a drawn match for Mid Canterbury in their first Hawke Cup game of the season against South Canterbury in Timaru.

Just 25 overs of play were conducted in the two-day match which began on Saturday, with the remainder of the weekend spent looking towards the sky for some clear air – which never came.

Play got under way shortly after lunch on Saturday, with Mid Canterbury winning the toss and electing to bat first.

They started strongly with Nick Gilbert and Angus Jemmett at the top of the order scoring 42 for the opening partnership.

Gilbert fell for 25 first, and Jemmett followed 10 overs later for 34 – with just one over left to go in the day’s play.

That left Devon Flannery and Des

Kruger in the middle at the end of a truncated Saturday’s play and Mid Canterbury at 78/2, with hopes of a good morning on Sunday to put a decent tally on the board.

It never came though.

Multiple pitch inspections were conducted over the morning, before the decision was made to call the match a draw and see points split between the two sides.

Adding a little more insult to the frustration of not getting a game in was that Otago Country pinched a march on the standings by claiming first innings points in their match against North Otago, played in Alexandra.

However, the result could have been a lot worse, with North Otago rolled for 118 in their first innings.

They then took down the Otago Country line-up for 253 and batted out the remainder of the match to seal a draw, finishing at 306/5 when stumps were drawn.

Mid Canterbury will have to wait until the middle of January now to get back out into the middle, when they travel south to play Southland in the second round of the competition on January 15 and 16.

Angus Jemmett top-scored for Mid Canterbury on the weekend in their drawn match against South Canterbury to open the Hawke Cup campaign.

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Gail’s a volunteer of the highest order Matt Markham

The sport of netball might be so much about what happens on the court each week, but it’s what happens off the court that makes the sport tick over locally.

And those who work tirelessly behind the scenes and ensure that the sport runs smoothly were recognised earlier this month at the Mid Canterbury Netball AGM, where a number of special awards were handed out to clubs and individuals for their efforts.

At the meeting, tireless worker Gail Benseman was acknowledged for the hours of work she puts in to organising

Award winners Pat Craig Trophy for Administrative excellence within a club – Methven Netball Club Anstiss Paper Plus Cup for administrative excellence – Hampstead Netball Club Sport Mid Canterbury Trophy for a Volunteer – Gail Benseman Elsie Adlam Memorial Trophy – Nerida Jemmett

Mid Canterbury Netball’s Kev Opele presents Gail Benseman with the Sport Mid Canterbury Trophy for a volunteer at MCN’s AGM recently.

PHOTO SUPPLIED the bench duties on Thursday nights during the season’s premier netball competition.

Benseman was awarded the Sport Mid Canterbury Trophy for a volunteer.

“Gail is just such an awesome and valued member of our Mid Canterbury Netball family, nothing is ever a bother for her,” Mid Canterbury Netball centre manager Erin Tasker said.

Charged with ensuring that each week there are bench officials for matches, Benseman

was given extra responsibility this year with the addition of a new premier three grade – meaning more games and more officials to be found.

“Gail has managed to recruit a really good team of bench officials over the years, and most weeks she manages to fill the spots on the benches.”

As well as receiving her award, Benseman was also on hand to present one at the AGM as well.

She handed out a new trophy, the Gail Benseman Tro-

phy, which is awarded to a bench official from during the season.

This year was the second year it had been presented, and the 2020 recipient was Leonie Donald, who had come along each week and quietly helped out where needed, and even stepped further up the ranks by benching at games in Christchurch.

The Elsie Adlam Memorial Trophy was also awarded at the AGM, to Nerida Jemmett for administrative excellence.

Valiant effort from the Aorangi ladies Matt Markham It was a week of narrow defeats and what might have been for the Aorangi side at the NZ Golf Women’s Interprovincial in Timaru last week.

The experienced side endured a tough start to the week where they lost three consecutive matches 3-2 to open their campaign, before bouncing back in the second half of the tournament to post some good results.

Losses to Bay Of Plenty, Canterbury and Waikato by the barest of margins unfolded in the opening two days of the week, before points were put on the board with a halved match against Hawkes Bay and Poverty Bay combined.

That match featured a clutch effort from Catherine Knight, who had to land a 15-foot putt to halve her match and stop their rivals from taking the outright win.

A tough loss to Taranaki on Friday morning put them out of contention for a semi-final spot, but the week did end on a high though, with victory on the final day of pool play where they beat Northland 3-2.

Northland needed to win the overall match to push into the top four and shunt out Canterbury, but the Aorangi ladies stood tall and delivered in style with their most polished performance of the week.

Wellington emerged victorious in the event, beating Canterbury in the final 3.5 to 1.5.

They booked their spot by beating Manawatu and Wanganui in the morning, while Canterbury saw off Bay Of Plenty via a playoff hole after the sides couldn’t be split at the end of play.

The tournament closed off a huge two weeks for the Aorangi region, with both the men’s and women’s events held here with great success.

SPORTS RESULTS ■■ Bowls

Ashburton MSA Bowling Club

Ashburton MSA Outdoor Bowling Club Friday Half Day Triples played at Ashburton Bowling Club on December 10, kindly sponsored by Skip 2 It Flooring Xtra and Greg Donaldson Contracting.

1st: R. McGarry, G. Clarke, D. McEvedy - 3 wins 22 ends 51 points. 2nd: M. Hill, P. Collins, K. Walker - 3 wins 15 ends 25 points, 3rd: M. Quinn, D. Muir, R. Petrie - 3 wins 13 ends 30 points.

■■ Croquet

Waireka Croquet Club

Waireka Interclub Results Advanced Grade: Waireka v Aorangi: Played at Waireka 6 December: Singles: Logan McCorkindale 7 Graeme Simpson 2; Chris Spittell 7 Oscar Baird-Gosling 3; Bill Allnutt 3 Kevin McGlinchy 2; Bev Blair 7 Brian Maxwell 5; Logan McCorkindale 7 Oscar Baird-C-Gosling 2; Chris Spittall 6 Graeme Simpson 7; Bev Blair 7 Kevin McGlinchy 6; Bill Allnutt 7 Brian Maxwell 3; Doubles: Logan McCorkindale and

DRAWS ■■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday December 18 (Summer Stableford & Property Brokers Shootout Qualifier) 7.30am for 8.00am Tee Off. 12:00 noon for 12.30pm Tee Off. (9 Holers) 1.00pm for 1.30pm Tee Off.

Chris Spittall 6 Graeme Simpson and Oscar Baird-Gosling 7; Bill Allnutt and Bev Blair 7 Kevin McGlinchy 6; Total games won: Waireka 7 Aorangi 3; Total hoops won: Waireka 64 Aorangi 41.

Primary Grade: Waireka Red Waireka White: Played at Waireka 8 December: Singles: Judith Smith 7 Janice Allen 67; Pauline Scott 7 Carol Greer 6; Lyn Jones 7 Jim Kennedy 2; John Davis 7 Jocelyn Molloy 5; Judith Smith 7 Carol Greer 6; Pauline Scott 6 Janice Allen 7; Lyn Jones 7 Jocelyn Molloy 3; John Davis 7 Jim Kennedy 4; Doubles: Judith Smith and Pauline Scott 6 Janice Allen and Carol Greer 7; Lyn Jones and John Davis 7 Jim Kennedy and Jocelyn Molloy 5; Total games won: Waireka Red 8 Waireka White 2; Total hoops won: Waireka Red 68 Waireka White 51.

■■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday, December 11 - Radius Care Christmas Salver & Property Brokers Shoot-out Qualifier.

Radius Care player of the day Sue Hastie 41pts, 2nd George Brown 37pts, 3rd Tim Newton 36pts.

Other good scores: Ray Lambert 36pts, Bev Chinn 36pts, Robert Pawsey 35pts, Paul Greer 35pts, Bruce Day 35pts, Brad Fallaver 35pts, Paul May 34pts, Terry Kingsbury 34pts, Barry Jury 34pts, Tom Blacklow 34pts, Grant Hastie 34pts and Perry Hunt 34pts. Twos: George Brown, Paul Greer and Bev Chinn.

Nearest Pins: Hole 4# Dock’s Seafood Bar & Grill: Tom Blacklow, Hole 8# South Island Seeds Processing & Storage Co: Bev Chinn, Hole 12# Value Plus: Ken Clucas, Hole 14#: 3 Stogie’s. Brown Bombers: Robert Pawsey, Hole6# Hamish Niles

■■ Shooting

Shout!!: Adrian Hopwood, Hole 9# Ton’s Thai Longest Putt: Bev Chinn. Bonus Spot Prize: Alluvial Restaurant Tinwald Spot Prize: Dave Hampton.

Ashburton District Rifle Club

Midlands Seed Social Teams

December 10 Top Team: The Inconsistents 92.5 – Daniel Snowball, Ian Snowball, Jake Sherratt, Isaac Robertson. Men: Any Holes A Goal 89, Bunker Brats 87.5, Hunters & Collectors 84, Mike’s Mob 84. Women: Mayfield Misfits 91, Business Birdies 87, Lynn’s Lassies 87. Mixed: Puff Caddies 88, Gabites Swingers 86. Top lady: Judy Fielder 34.

Top man: Jake Sherratt 35.5.

Nearest Pins: Columbus Coffee Harley Shearer, Mac & Maggies Jacinta Schmack, Paul May Motor – Hilary Ward, Gabites Ltd – Tai Sa, Twos: Hilary Ward. Murray Young Property Brokers Longest Putt No 18: Matt Hunt, Karen McRae Property Brokers Longest Putt No 9: Rob Coyle.

Rakaia Golf Club

Saturday – December 1. Stableford round 1st Dan McCloy 36, 2nd Paul Whittaker 36, 3rd Tony Hurst 35. Nearest the pins: 6 Not Struck, 15 Visitor, 8 & 17 Paul Whittaker. 2nd Shot Mark Hutchins. 3rd Shot Reon Hoare

Tinwald Golf Club

Twilight – Thursday, December 9 Leading scores in the twilight stableford played on Thursday: Men; – 6; Adam Lowe c/b Robin Simms 21, Dave King, Andy Peck 20. 7-10; Ross Preece c/b Steve Mealings 21, Eveyn Beach, Andy Hill 20, Chris Hart, Matt Stoddart 19, Brian Rouse, Ryan Bell 18 c/b. Lawrence McCormick 22, Jonny Gray, Pete Ranson 20, Les Hunter 19 c/b.

Jeremy Moore claimed the Lynne Trophy at Tinwald on the weekend.

Women; - 14; Jenny Harrex 20, Belinda Kirdy 19. 15 plus; Karen Young 21 Barb Cochrane. Non-Handicap; Tod White net 39. Two’s; Belinda Kirdy Kellie Kenton, John Smitheram, Johnny Moore.

Hokonui Hacker; Shaun Hope 6 points.

Saturday December 11 Grade winners in the Lynne Trophy par played Saturday: Men; - 12; Paul Hefford 1 down. 13-18; Jeremy Moore 3 up. 19 Plus; Roger Bruce 2 up. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland #2; Andrew Barrie. Gluyas Ford #6; Pete Marshall. The Fine Lion #12; Gary Lee. Ace Automotive #16; Struan Scott. Twos; Andrew Barrie, Gary Lee, Bruce Collins. Net Eagle; #5 not struck.

The Lynne Trophy was won by Jeremy Moore with his score of 3 up.

Centennial Celebration shoot at The Butts, 11 December.

TR, A, Chris Kershaw 48.4, 50.7, 50.8, 148.19, John Snowden 50.6, 49.6, 49.5, 149.17, Andre Du Toit 49.5, 50.7, 48.1, 147.13, Martin Fleming 49.7, 48.5, 49.3, 146.15, Malcolm Dodson 48.4, 48.4, 50.5, 146.13, Allan White 50.7, 43.3, 50.5, 143.15, Bruce Horwood 49.4, 47.1, 44.0, 140.5.

TR, B, John Miller 47.6, 49.6, 49.5, 145.17, Clinton White 45.2, 50.2, 49.6, 144.10, Sam Kershaw 48.6, 47.4, 47.2, 142.11, Robbie Gilchrist 44.2, 45.0, 50.5, 139.7, Megan Snowden 47.3, 45.1, -, 92.4.

TR, C, Gareth Miller 45.2, 48.3, 49.4, 142.9, John Fleming 44.3, 46.4, 47.3, 137.10, Brian Hawksby 45.2, 38.1, -, 83.3.

FO, Mike Chui 60.7, 58.4, 58.6, 176.17, Murray Cook 57.4, 59.4, 58.6, 174.14, David Smith 57.4, 56.3, 57.4, 170.11.

FPR, Darryl Bradley 55.3, 57.3, 57.4, 169.10.

FTR, J Pearce 55.4, 54.1, 58.4, 167.9, Daniel Alexander 55.4, 57.1, 55.2, 167.7, Mark Alexander 58.3, 56.2, 53.1, 167.6, Les Grimsey 57.2, 51.0, 58.1, 166.3, Coby Snowden 56.2, 55.5, 52.2, 163.10, Brian Greystone 55.1, 50.1, 54.3, 159.5. .303, Andrew Orr 38.2, 44.2, Bob Girvan 18.

12 December at 700 yards.

TR, John Snowden 50.5, 49.4, 99.9, Bruce Horwood 49.4, 49.6, 98.10, Martin Fleming 48.3, 49.4, 97.7, John Miller 47.1, 47.2, 94.3, Gareth Miller 49.7, 44.1, 93.8, John Fleming 38.0, 47.4, 85.4.

FO, Mike Chui 57.5, 58.4, 115.9, David Smith 53.1, 53.2, 106.3.

FTR, Charlie Ledbrook 53.2, 52.2, 105.4, Brian Greystone 48.1, 50.1, 98.2.

FPR, Darryl Bradley 57.3, 57.1, 114.4.

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Locals aiming for national glory Matt Markham There will be a strong Mid Canterbury presence in Christchurch early in the New Year, when the Bowls New Zealand nationals come to Canterbury.

The annual event, which draws the attention of lawn bowlers from around the country, sees seven days of play in both singles and pairs, and the 2022 edition is to be hosted by Bowls Canterbury, with the world class Burnside Bowling Club main base for the week’s event.

Entries for the event closed earlier this month, and the draws were released late last week for both men’s and women’s action, with plenty of local names featuring among the sections for the qualifying stages of the two events.

Three-time national champion, Sandra Keith spearheads the local contingent.

She’s the only Mid Canterbury player in

the women’s singles, as she looks to repeat her effort from the 2011-2012 season where she was victorious in the coveted event.

She’ll also be in action in the pairs, combining with Canterbury’s Bev Morel to form a strong combination.

Allenton’s Raylene Heads will also compete in the pairs as part of a composite team.

In the men’s action eight players from our shores will do battle in the singles.

Outstanding singles player Brentton Donaldson leads the local line-up, alongside noted players Craig Carter, Jeff Nowell, Rob Fensom and Richard Kane.

In the pairs, which is held later in the week’s play, 10 pairings featuring local players will compete, including some who have joined forces with players from outside of Mid Canterbury.

Carter and Fensom will prove a strong combination while Rodney Greaney will also be in action.

Players will play in six matches through the section stage with qualifiers advancing to the knockout stages of the competition after those rounds have been completed.

Locals in action Bowls NZ National Singles and Pairs – January 2-9 2022 Singles –

Men: Alan Hill, Brent Mayson, Brentton Donaldson, Craig Carter, Jeff Nowell, Richard Kane, Rob Fensom, Simon Fleetwood (Oxford) Women: Sandra Keith

Pairs –

Men: Brent Mayson & Bruce Redmond, Craig Carter & Rob Fensom, Jeff Nowell (composite), Gary Blackwell & Greg Lock, Gary Eddington & John Eddington, Neil Atkinson & John Drayton, Reg McGarry & Regan Broker, Richard Kane & Pete Whinham, Rodney Greaney (composite).

Women: Sandra Keith (composite), Raylene Heads (composite).

Singles dynamo Brentton Donaldson will take his place in the Bowls NZ national singles early next year.

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Secondary school bragging rights went on the line at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre during the Mid Canterbury Secondary Schools’ singles tournament this week. Jonathan Leask popped along early on in proceedings to capture some of the boys’ action.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14

AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON, 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Enquiries to 308 6817.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

Held at All Saints Anglican Church. Chapman Street, Methven.

12pm-2pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. (Signing Centre).

JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays.

No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

Held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church. Bridge Street, Rakaia.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Competition and social play, all welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport.

Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, singles -6 to 8 handicap and 9 to 16 handicap.

The domain, Philip Street.

1.15pm R.S.A. INDOOR BOWLS. Weekly social indoor bowls at the RSA Linton Lounge. Cox Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

Hakatere Presbyterian Parish, 65 Oxford Street.

7pm-9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Badminton Club night. All abilities welcome. EA Networks Centre. River Terrace.

7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

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9.30am - 11.30am PICKLEBALL ASHBURTON. Check out this fast growing racket sport. Come and have fun every Wednesday. Equipment supplied.

EA Network Stadium. River Terrace.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Hip Hop for Seniors. Phone 308 6817. Seniors Centre. Cameron Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Enquiries to 308 6817.

10am - 12am

WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. The domain, Philip Street.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

Held at Buffalo Lodge Hall. Cox Street.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated classes, $3. Classes start this week. MSA Havelock Street.

1pm - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Doubles, The domain, Philip Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, drawn doubles.

The domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

Held at Buffalo Lodge Hall. Cox Street.

2pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

It would be great to see a good turnout in this rural area. Held at Staveley Hall.

3.15pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Children’s after school programme. 48 Allens Road.

5pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Youth Group. 48 Allens Road.

9am - 2pm (summer hours) ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Call in and have a chat and a cuppa. 8 William Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am-11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Badminton, daytime section, all abilities welcome. EA Networks Centre.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, handicap singles.

The domain, Philip Street.

10am MSA TAI CHI. Cost $3 per session, classes start this week, MSA, Havelock Street.

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6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in hall. 48 Allen’s Road. Allenton.

9am - 2pm (summer hours) ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Call in and have a chat and cuppa.

8 William Street.

9am-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport.

Seafield Road.

9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme. Contact 308 6817.

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Cloudy, with patchy drizzle or light rain.

Wind at 1000m: Light, then SE 30 km/h developing in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: E 35 km/h developing in the morning.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Wednesday Mountain weather hazard: Rain.

Drizzle turning to rain with heavy falls.

Wind at 1000m: SE rising to 30 km/h, then dying out at night.

Wind at 2000m: SE rising to 35 km/h, then dying out at night.

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5:42am 9:13pm 5:43am 9:14pm 5:43am 9:15pm

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sports wrap

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