Ashburton Guardian, Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Hunter Jayke takes top prize

Jayke Duncan – take a Christmas scavenger hunt bow.

The Methven eight-year-old is probably still grinning from ear-toear like the proverbial Cheshire moggy after walking away with a massive first prize win in the scavenger hunt organised by Ashburton law firm, Tavendale and Partners (TP).

The hunt, supported by 20 Ashburton CBD retailers who generously donated $1500 of prizes, involved participants answering Christmas-themed clues connected to each of the competing businesses.

And it was Jayke Duncan, who won the big one from about 200 entries.

The only challenge he had was collecting his near back-breaking firstplace hamper, containing $800 of prizes, his prize booty being almost too big for him to hold as he posed for a celebration photo.

Brothers Ryder and Brax Mills also picked up one of the three prize hampers, as did Austin Galletly.

All in all, the scavenger hunt was a massive success, according to TP’s senior associate Katrina Palmer.

“Thank you to all those who took part and got out there to support our local retailers and have a fun time while getting some Christmas shopping in,’’ Palmer said.

There was also a serious side to the scavenger hunt because one of the reasons why local firm TP set it up was to show support for Ashburton retailers.

They’ve had to try and make ends meet in a forever demanding Covid-19 world, with dire labour shortages, a cost-of-living crisis and an under-pressure goods’ supply chain that was still making product availability a nightmare.

Palmer said TP wanted to provide a boost for Ashburton businesses.

“We wanted to support them, but also just celebrate our great wee town.’’

Don’t drop it: Tavendale and Partners’ Christmas Scavenger Hunt winner Jayke Duncan looks thrilled to win $800 of prizes.

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Overwhelmed: Birthright Ashburton social worker Christine Muff (right), with Heartland Bank consultant Millie Hopwood, was left speechless just before Christmas Day. That’s what happened when she collected hundreds of Christmas presents that had been dropped into Heartland Bank to be delivered across the district to one-parent families in need of a little help and love.

never expected so many. I’m just amazed with the community’s generosity,” Muff said.

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Left – Gotcha: Lexi, a seven-year-old pooch with a craving for Christmas soft toys, particularly liked this little elf while watchful owner Jo Dickson who got the perfect shot.

– Keep your distance: Ashburton’s Keiana Tuara, 10, and Tanner Rouse, 6, strike an unforgettable pose.

Love those jerseys: Looking the part are, (from left), a family gathering involving Terry Hewitt, Ian Blakemore, Wendy Hewitt, Ray Hewitt, Dianne Hewitt, Joy Newth, Des Newth, Sophie Shearer, Ollie Shearer, Sam Shearer, Jazmin Blakemore, Kaitlin Blakemore, Ruby Kingsbury and Chloe Shearer.

Far left – Scootering fun: A group of Ashburton friends were out and about for their annual Christmas Eve scootering jaunt around the town’s CBD dressed in their Christmas finery.

Left – Lovely: Ashburton’s Gabriella Medeiros, 4, was happy and content after meeting Santa at Paper Plus for a photo.

January 2022

At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

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Below right – A shift in alert level settings was cause for concern once again for many already struggling businesses around the district, including

Above – The shift to the red alert level setting resulted in Nicky Milmine and Roger Farr being forced to cancel the much-anticipated Jesus Christ Superstar show which was set to open early in the year. It would return much later in 2022, however.

Left – Hundreds of budding young tenors, sopranos and everything in between converged for the annual Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School run by Jo Castelow.

Below – Locals Phillip and Marilyn Coster were just two of thousands of Mid Cantabrians to line up and receive their booster shots to combat Covid-19.

– People from all over the South Island once again flocked to Methven for the annual Methven Summer School.

left – Tempers grew and frustrations began to boil as work on the refurbishment of the Walnut Avenue and West Street roundabout resumed for the year.

for Speight’s Ale House’s Tony Potts.

Above – After a deluge of wet weather, farmers were put under the pump to get harvest completed before crops went to waste.

Left – Students faced another new challenge when they returned to school for the year with the requirement that they wear masks in the classroom to help reduce the chance of Covid-19.

Right – Much to the delight of the locals after a few months out of action for repairs, the Mayfield Pool was reopened for use.

Mid Cantabrians did their bit by rising to the cause to help support efforts for Tonga following a volcanic eruption and tsunami which caused widespread devastation.

Faced with not being able to hold the event in full noise due to Covid-19, the annual Relay For Life turned digital and the community got right behind the cause in the best way they knew how.

Emissions

It has released its response to the more than 23,000 submissions to its plan, though final decisions will not be made until next year.

“After listening to farmers and growers through our recent consultation, and engaging over recent months with industry leaders, today we have taken the next steps in establishing a proposed farm-level emissions reduction system as an alternative to the ETS backstop,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’ Connor said the government understood the need for greater certainty for farmers and growers in their business planning.

“We have committed to a five-year price pathway for levy rates from 2025, giving farmers the price certainty they have asked for out to 2030,” he said.

The plan is similar to its initial proposal, with emissions counted at the individual farm level, and biogenic methane from animals and nitrous oxide from fertiliser priced separately.

Carbon dioxide from things like vehicles is not part of the pricing system.

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can be used to offset emissions.

The farming industry and Māori will be allowed to give input on setting the price of the levy.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said overseas customers want low-emissions products and without a credible plan to cut dangerous gases the future of New Zealand exports were at stake.

Ardern told media she always felt government and the industry had the same goals in mind, “that is to be the most sustainable food producers in the world”.

Initially, the government wanted to exclude scattered stands of trees and shelter belts, but there was pushback from farmers who objected to being charged for emissions without being recognised for the full range of sequestration efforts.

Last month the government announced it was having another look at the strategy, and later said it was working on a process to recognise stands of trees that can be quantified in a “scientifically robust” way.

However, a crucial difference is that instead of using the rising price of carbon to drive behavioural change, as the Climate Change Commission suggested, the gov-

ernment is now going to set the levy price as low as possible.

It will also increase what types of trees and vegetation on New Zealand farms

At a minimum it means that from 2025 management of indigenous vegetation and riparian margin planting done since 2008 will be eligible for offsets.

Initially the system will be managed in the pricing scheme, farmers will fill out a declaration about their eligible land at the same time as they report emissions data.

Payments would be available for the uptake of incentives and eligible sequestration.

Management of the system would transition to the ETS as soon as possible.

This ultimately means the trees and vegetation must be recognised by international methods of accounting for tree planting which counts towards New Zealand’s targets and emissions budgets, but for now that higher standard would not be required.

The report said the ETS was the most appropriate mechanism to reward all forms of eligible sequestration from vegetation. Having one system that recognises sequestration for all landowners in Aotearoa is a coherent, efficient and equitable approach.

The government is proposing to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) to encourage interested parties to invest in science and research, to include further categories in New Zealand’s emissions inventory and the emissions trading scheme.

Mobile shingle screening and crushing plant, custom built for farmers’ work. Truck available for shingle spreading if required. Cost effective alternative

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor address media after the government made changes to its proposal to price agricultural carbon emissions.

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World record –for two days

A Taihape teenager’s shearing world record has already been beaten, just 48 hours after it was set.

Nineteen-year-old Reuben Alabaster got the title for the highest number of strong wool lambs shorn over eight hours on December 20.

He is also the youngest to shear the world record.

But, just two days later, Te Kuiti’s Jack Fagan broke the same record.

At Puketiti Station in the Waitomo District, a packed shed watched on as Fagan tirelessly shore 754 lambs over eight hours – eight more than Alabaster.

Clay Wilson, who watched the event, said Fagan was already ahead of his rival by six before the final round.

“He’s managed to finish really strongly.

“Watching it there, [he] was just really cracking on in those last 10 minutes and big cheers from the crowd.

“It works out to about 95 lambs every hour, and one shorn every 37 or 38 seconds.

“He did his 754, and the buzzer went and he did one more just for good measure.”

Watching with the crowd was his dad, Sir David Fagan, who is a 16-time Golden Shears New Zealand Champion and held 10 world records.

“Also [it is] 30 years to the day when his dad broke the nine-hour record in Southland in 1992, so a bit of a nice symmetry there for this new world record for Jack Fagan,” Wilson said.

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FENZ issues warning

Farmers are being urged to ensure their hay is completely dry before it’s baled and stored over the holiday period.

Fire and Emergency national wildfire manager Tim Mitchell said some farms have had a very wet few weeks and conditions were not great for hay baling.

He said hay must be completely dry before its baled, stacked and stored for use as winter feed.

“There’s little bacteria that live or are within that grass or on that straw and if that moisture is still there when it gets baled, they continue to work, and during that process that builds up heat within the hay bale itself.

“If that heat can’t escape – which obviously if it’s compressed into a bale it’s really difficult – and then if you stack all those bales together it makes it even harder.

“What can happen is that the heat can build up to a point where it reaches ignition temperature and then it spontaneously combusts.

“Then not only do you lose the hay but, depending on where you’ve stored it, you could lose the hay, you could lose the hay barn, the shelter belt, the other things around it as well.”

Mitchell said every year Fire and Emergency was called out to fires started by hay bales which spontaneously combusted.

He said most hay bale fires started

between two and seven weeks after storage and farmers should be checking their bales during that time.

“Use a steel rod to check the hay is not overheating,” he said.

“Hay should be stacked loosely to improve airflow and keep the bales cool.

“Ideally store them away from things that could feed a fire after it starts –such as sheds, hedges and trees.”

Mitchell said there were also warning signs to keep an eye out for if hay is stored in a shed, such as steam condensation on the roof, mould growth on or inside bales, and acrid fumes or hot humid air at the top of the stack.

“It’s better not to get to that point,” he said.

“If everyone takes the extra time to dry the hay out properly, hopefully we’ll see far fewer haystack fires this summer.”

Mitchell urged farmers to avoid the pressure to get everything done before Christmas if the conditions were not right.

“I know it’s tempting at this time of year – we all want to get things squared away before Christmas,” he said.

“This can put pressure on people to get the work done quickly and miss some crucial steps.

“But getting bales into the shed before they’re completely dry is a recipe for all the bales going up in flames.”

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King Country shearer, Jack Fagan, broke the solo world eight-hours strong wool lamb shearing record on 22 December, 2022.

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Fire and Emergency is urging farmers to make sure hay is dry before baling and stacking – and to check later if temperatures are building up in the bales.

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Christmas wishes do (partly) come true

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t was just a brief comment, but it meant so much and for so many reasons.

It came from Ashburton District Council deputy mayor Liz McMillan, who announced on her Facebook page her pleasure about the completion of what was an obvious and much needed Methven walkway to keep people safe.

But McMillan wasn’t just pleased for herself. Her delight was also on behalf of long-time Methven and district council political colleague and friend Rodger Letham, who died this month.

“We were told that the new shingle path going from Racecourse Avenue, up past the (Ōpuke Thermal) hot pools to the walkway would be in by Christmas. And it was!

“This was something that Rodger and I advocated for and it’s so good to see so many people

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using it,’’ McMillan said of a project they had been promoting for over a year.

McMillan’s delight is understandable because it means Methven residents now have safer access to key amenities in the northern corner of the township. So that’s part one of the project with a big tick.

Part two would follow when they make that stretch of road even safer by reducing the speed limit. Both the Methven Community Board and the council want that to happen, having suggested the speed be dropped to 50kph from Racecourse Road to the Methven walkway. Right now, it’s

at a still dangerous 100kph. The generally ice age-manoeuvring decision makers at the Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency have recognised the concern and have proposed reducing the speed limit from 100kph to 80kph.

Let’s just call that a good start, but it’s clearly not enough.

And one more thing . . .

It should be obvious, but in this day and age, where anything and everything seemingly goes, perhaps my advisory message that follows is not such a given.

So, in a tongue-in-cheek community service kind of way, please let me remind everyone

their car break down in the car park. The man told his wife to carry on with the shopping while he fixed the car.

The wife returned later to see a small group of people near the car. On closer inspection, she saw a pair of hairy legs protruding from under the chassis.

Although the man was in his shorts, his lack of underpants turned his private parts into glaringly public ones. Unable to stand the embarrassment, the wife dutifully stepped forward and quickly put her hand up his shorts and tucked everything back into place. “That’s better,’’ she thought to herself.

Rest assured, McMillan, with the presence of Letham always in her thoughts, will do whatever it takes to make them see light. It won’t be easy but it’s surprising what persistence and a commonsense approach can result in.

that you should always wear underwear in public, especially when working under your vehicle.

From a Brisbane community newspaper, came this story of a couple who drove their car to the shopping centre, only to have

But on regaining her feet, she looked across the bonnet and found herself staring at her husband – who was standing idly by watching.

The emergency breakdown mechanic however had to have three stitches in his forehead.

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6pm Haka Ngahau a-Rohe – Te Arawa 3 6:30 Marae 3 2

7pm Amplify

7:30 Pio Terei Tonight 3 8:30 M Redfern Now –Promise Me 16CS 2015 Drama.

Two women, who are victims of a violent crime, deal with it in different ways. Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair.

10:10 Ahikaroa MLSC Geo and Chantelle are still unable to see eye-to-eye; Chantelle takes pity on Tipene; Kid and Te Ururangi are on red alert.

10:40 Ahikaroa MLSC 3 11:10 Closedown

6:05 Pool Kings PG Twice as Nice. 6:30 How Do They Do It? PG Sydney Opera House, Handsaws. 6:55 Mysteries at the Museum PG Sci–fi a Bomb, Ford v Ferrari.

6:40 The Conjuring 3 – The Devil Made Me Do It 16VC 2021 Horror. Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga. 8:30 Eraser – Reborn 16VLC 2022 Action.

A US Marshal who engineers fake deaths for federal witnesses, must work with his latest assignment if they are to survive a team of assassins.

Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai.

10:15 The Card Counter 16VLSC 2021 Thriller.

Whilst trying to keep a young man on the straight-and-narrow, a former military interrogatorturned-gambler is drawn back into his dark past. Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan.

Thursday 12:05 X 18VLSC 2022 Horror.

1:50 South of Heaven 16VLSC 2021 Action. 3:50 Malignant 18VLC 2021 Horror.

5:40 Secret Life of a Celebrity Surrogate MVLSC 2020 Thriller.

4:45 Keeping Mum MVS 2005 Comedy. 6:30 The Social Network ML 2010 Drama. Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield.

8:30 I Am Legend MV 2007 Drama. Years after a plague kills most of humanity, and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York must find a cure. Will Smith, Alice Braga.

10:15 Zodiac 16V 2007 Crime.

Based on a true story, a serial killer terrifies San Francisco, and taunts police and the public with letters while investigators search for the murderer.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo.

Thursday

12:50 Pacific Rim MV 2013 Sci-fi.

3am Requiem for a Dream 18LSC 2000 Drama.

4:40 The Grudge 2 MC 2006 Drama.

8am Football – Women’s A-League (RPL) Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers.

10am Football – Women’s A-League (RPL) Melbourne City v Perth Glory. From AAMI Park. Noon Cricket – BBL (RPL) Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat.

3:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Harlequins v Bristol Bears.

5:30 Cricket – Pakistan v Blackcaps (HLS) First Test, Day Two.

5:50 L Cricket – Pakistan v Blackcaps First Test, Day Three.

From the National Stadium, Karachi.

Thursday

2am Rugby – Best of 2022 (RPL) Super Rugby Aupiki –Matatu v Hurricanes Poua.

4am Rugby – Best of 2022 (RPL) Super Rugby Aupiki –Blues v Chiefs Manawa.

The Bill MVC 2:35 New Tricks MVS 3:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown MLS 4:25 The Jonathan Ross Show ML 5:15 Who Do You Think You Are? PG Daniel Radcliffe. 6:20 Qi PG 6:55 EastEnders PG 7:25 Qi MLSC 8pm Would I Lie to You? PG With James Acaster, Gabby Logan, Melvin Odoom and Fay Ripley. 8:35 Dragons’ Den PG The creator of a mystery puzzle game tries to get past go. 9:40 Holby City MC 10:45 Professor T MV 11:40 Midsomer Murders MVC

Thursday 1:15 Qi PG 1:45 Qi MLSC 2:20 Would I Lie to You? PG 2:50 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:50 Holby City MC 4:55 Dragons’ Den PG

7:45 Ed Stafford – First Man Out MLC Ed v Will Lord. 8:35 Dino Hunters PG Million Dollar Dino. 9:25 Fast N’ Loud MLC Stung. 10:20 Expedition Unknown PG Lindbergh’s Lost Rival. 11:15 Mysteries of the Deep PG Secrets of the MS Estonia. 12:10 Pool Kings PG Twice as Nice. 12:35 How Do They Do It? PG Sydney Opera House, Handsaws. 1:05 Naked and Afraid MLC Twinning. 2:55 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail MLC 3:50 Deadliest Catch MLC 4:45 Dino Hunters PG 5:40 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 6:35 Deadliest Catch MLC 7:30 Deadliest Catch MLC 8:30 Deadliest Catch Special MLC 9:30 Moonshiners MLC 10:30 Moonshiners Special MLC 11:25 Naked and Afraid MLC

Thursday 1:05 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch MLC 2:45 Naked and Afraid MLC 4:25 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail MLC 5:15 Aussie Salvage Squad PG

Girls Trip, at 9pm Bradley Walsh’s Blankety Blank, at 7pm

Sewer Squad, at 9:30pm New Zealand Today, at 10:50pm Nigelissima, at 4:30pm

Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere o Te Waru 3

9:30 A&E After Dark MLC Doctors treat the victim of a violent baseball bat attack; a motorbike crash casualty; an obese patient who is struggling to breathe. 10:30 Snapped M Halloween becomes a reallife horror story when police discover a mother of four murdered. 11:30 Injustice with Nancy Grace MC 3

6am Outrageous Acts of Science PG 3 0 6:55 Buddy v Duff 3 7:50 Dr Jeff – Rocky Mountain Vet PG 3 8:50 Infomercials

10:30 Gold Rush – White Water PG 3 0

11:30 Flip or Flop 0

Noon M Christmas on the Bayou PG 3 2013 Drama. A successful New York executive is torn between the city and her southern roots. Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton. 0

1:55 Cutthroat Kitchen

2:55 Top Secret Swimming Holes 3:55 Sand Masters PG 4:25 Bondi Vet PG 3

4:55 Gold Rush – White Water PG

6pm Newshub Live at 6pm 0 7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 0

7:30 Lego Masters USA

Teams are tasked with a spacethemed challenge. 0 8:30 M 28 Days M 3 2000

Comedy. A big-city newspaper columnist crashes her car and is sent to rehab, where she examines her life. Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Bullock. 0 10:25 New Zealand Today 16 3 11pm NCIS – LA M 3

The team investigates the disappearance of an officer who was looking into a recent UFO sighting; Anna makes a bold decision about her future. 0

11:55 Breaking Amish M 3

Friday

12:45 Infomercials 5:30 Sand Masters PG 3 0

7:05 Joe Bell MVLSC 2020

Drama. Mark Wahlberg, Connie Britton. 8:35 Tentacles 16VLSC 2020 Horror. Dana Drori, Casey Deidrick.

10am Separation MVLC 2020 Horror. 11:45 Vanquish 16VL 2021 Action. 1:15 The War Below MVC 2021 War.

2:50 Ambulance 16VLSC 2022 Action. 5:05 No Sudden Move 16VL 2021 Thriller.

7pm V for Vengeance 16VLS 2022 Horror. Jocelyn Hudon, Grace Van Dien. 8:30 Dog MLC 2022 Drama Comedy.

Two former army rangers race down the Pacific Coast hoping to make it to a fellow soldier’s funeral on time.

Channing Tatum, Jane Adams. 10:15 Downton Abbey – A New Era PGL 2022 Drama. The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith.

Friday 12:20 Firestarter 16VLC 2022 Horror. 1:53 12 Mighty Orphans M 2021 Drama. 3:48 Moonshot MVLSC 2022 Comedy.

5:30 Sorority Sister Killer MVLSC 2021 Thriller.

The FBI apprehend the leader of a drug cartel and one of the world’s most wanted men. 0

9:30 Stacey Dooley – The Truth Behind 16VLSC

Stacey investigates how Prague has become the sex capital of Europe.

10:40 Football – A-League 11:50 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert PG Friday 12:50 The Comeback MVLC 3 1:25 Closedown

1:30 Infomercials

6:20 The Impossible ML 2012 Drama. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor. 8:15 Green Zone MVL 2010 Action.

Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear. 10:10 Monster’s Ball 16VLS 2001 Drama. Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton.

12:05 King Arthur – Legend of the Sword MVL 2017 Adventure. Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Jude Law. 2:10 The Green Hornet MVL 2011 Action.

Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz.

4:10 State of Play MVL 2009 Crime. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck. 6:15 Hulk MV 2003 Adventure. Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte. 8:30 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy MVL 2012 Drama. During the Cold War, an espionage veteran must leave semiretirement to discover a Soviet agent within MI6. Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch. 10:40 Ali MVL 2001 Drama. Jon Voigt, Will Smith.

Friday

1:15 Robin Hood MVLS 2010 Action. Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett. 3:35 The Dark Tower MV 2017 Action.

5:10 Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle MV 2003 Action.

6:30 Restaurant – Impossible 7:20 The Pioneer Woman 7:45 Trisha’s Southern Kitchen 8:10 Giada in Italy 8:40 Nigelissima 9:10 Mysteries at the Museum PG 10:10 American Pickers

PG 11:05 Stone House Revival 11:40 Restored by the Fords 12:05 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 1:10 Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan PG 2:10 Shipping Wars PG 2:40 Border Security Australia PG 3:10 Restaurant –Impossible 4pm Bizzare Foods – Delicious Destinations

4:30 Mary Berry’s Quick Cooking

5:05 Mysteries at the Museum PG

6pm American Pickers PG

7pm Shipping Wars PG 7:30 Border Security Australia PG Immigration compliance officers enter a farm; a quarantine dog detects something in the bags of a passenger.

8pm Bay Patrol PG Lifeguards have their hands full when a beachgoer requires urgent medical attention.

8:30 All That Glitters PG Six up-and-coming jewellers return to the workshop to make a cocktail ring and a bib necklace.

9:40 My Big Family Farm PG 10:40 Shipping Wars PG 11:10 Border Security Australia PG 11:40 Beat Bobby Flay 12:10 Infomercials

6:30 Tamaiti Tu 3 6:40 ZooMoo 3 6:50 Taki Atu Taki Mai 3 7am Darwin and Newts 3 7:10 Smooth 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Haati Paati 3

7:40 He Rourou 3 7:50 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 8am Polyfest 2018 3 8:30 Oranga

Ngakau 3 9:30 Whanau

Living 3 10am Huro Pepi 3 10:30 Toi Te Ora 3 11am Pio

Terei Tonight 3 Noon Tagata

Pasifika 12:30 M Go Fish PG 3 2019 Animated Adventure.

Voices of Elijah Dhavvan, Justine Ezarik. 2pm Toku Reo 3 2 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Tamaiti

Tu 3 3:10 ZooMoo 3 3:20 Taki

Atu Taki Mai 3 3:30 Darwin and Newts 3 3:40 Smooth 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 He Rourou 3 4:20 Kainga Whakapaipai 3 4:30 Whare Takataka

5pm Polyfest 3 5:30 Polyfest 2021 3

6pm Haka Ngahau a-Rohe – Te Arawa 3 6:30 Marae 3 2

7pm Eke Panuku IRL

7:30 Haka Pedia 3

8pm Only in Aotearoa MC 3 8:30 Rage Against the Rangatahi PG Rangatahi from across Te Taitokerau speak their minds.

9pm Black Comedy MLC A sketch show by Blackfellas, an ensemble cast of indigenous writers and performers.

9:30 Hari with the Maori Sidesteps PG 3 10pm Mura o te Ahi PG 3 2 10:30 Unsettled PG 11pm Ahikaroa MLSC 3 11:30 Closedown

6:05 Pool Kings PG It’s About Time. 6:30 How Do They Do It?

Carnivore.

You? PG With Susie Dent, Bob Mortimer, Ore Oduba and Stacy Solomon. 8:35 All Round to Mrs Brown’s ML 9:35 The Jonathan Ross Show MLC 10:30 Mallorca Files PG 11:25 Midsomer Murders MVC Friday 1:05 Qi MLS 1:35 Qi MLSC 2:10 Would I Lie to You? PG 2:40 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:40 All Round to Mrs Brown’s ML 4:35 The Jonathan Ross Show MLC 5:25 The Graham Norton Show MLS

6am Country House Hunters 3 0 6:30 F 5 Gold Rings 3 0 7:30 The Great British Sewing Bee 3 0 8:55 Lingo 3 0 9:55 Tipping Point 3 10:55 The Chase 3 0

Noon Country Calendar 3 0 12:30 Emmerdale PG 0 1:30 Coronation Street PG 3 0 2:30 Jamie’s Easy Meals for Everyday PG 0 3pm Te Karere o Te Waru 0 3:30 Tipping Point 3 4:30 Pictionary 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News at 6pm 0 7pm F Bradley Walsh’s Blankety Blank 0 7:45 The Repair Shop Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms and the memories they hold, back to life. 0 8:40 Doc Martin Christmas Special PGC Portwenn is full of festive cheer –until Doc Martin cancels the Santa Parade. 0 10:05 Hard Quiz PG 3 0 10:45 Give Us a Clue PG 3 0 11:45 Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr 3 0 Saturday

12:55 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings ML 3 1:45 Te Karere o Te Waru 3 2:10 Infomercials 5:30 Religious Programming

Motel 16V 0 4:20 Madam Secretary PG 0 5:05 United States of Al PG 3 0 5:30 2 Tunes

Ocean’s Thirteen, at 8:30pm

6am Outrageous Acts of Science PG 3 0

6:55 Buddy v Duff 3 7:50 Dr Jeff – Rocky Mountain Vet PG 3

8:50 Infomercials

10:30 Gold Rush – White Water PG 3 0

11:30 Flip or Flop 0

Noon M The Magical Christmas Shoes 3 2019 Comedy. A pair of magical shoes step into Noelle’s life, allowing her to rediscover the Christmas spirit and find love. Erin Karpluk, Damon Runyan. 0

1:55 Cutthroat Kitchen

2:55 Top Secret Swimming Holes

3:55 Sand Masters PG 4:25 Bondi Vet PG 3

A cockatiel is bought in with a broken leg.

4:55 Gold Rush – White Water PG

6pm Newshub Live at 6pm 0

7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 0

7:30 Lego Masters USA

The contestants bring dinosaurs and special effects to life. 0

8:30 M Ocean’s Thirteen PG 3 2007 Crime Thriller. Danny Ocean plots a dazzling heist after a casino owner double-crosses one of his original eleven. George Clooney, Brad Pitt. 0

10:40 New Zealand Today 16 3 11:10 Ahir Shah – Dots 16 3 12:30 Infomercials

7am Hunt for the Truth

MVLSC 2016 Thriller. Willa Ford, Tilky Jones.

8:35 Blackbird MLC 2019 Drama.

10:10 Last Night in Soho 16VLSC 2020 Horror.

12:05 Kimi 16VLSC 2022 Thriller.

1:35 The 355 MVL 2022 Action.

3:35 Great White 16VLC 2020 Horror.

5:05 Falling for Figaro ML 2021 Comedy.

6:50 Fortress 16VLC 2022 Action. Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray.

8:30 Fortress – Sniper’s Eye 16VLC 2022 Action. Weeks after the deadly assault on Fortress Camp, retired CIA agent Robert Michaels is confronted by an enemy he thought he would never see again. Bruce Willis, Jesse Metcalfe.

10:10 Venom – Let There Be Carnage MVL 2021 Action. When a deranged killer also becomes host to an alien symbiote, Eddie Brock and Venom must put aside their differences to stop his reign of terror. Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson.

11:45 Operation Mincemeat ML 2022 Drama. Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen.

Saturday

1:50 American Underdog PG 2021 Drama.

3:40 Scream 16VL 2021 Horror.

5:35 A Day to Die 16VLC 2022 Action.

8am The Moe Show 3 0 8:10 Pig

Goat Banana Cricket PGV 0

8:35 Breadwinners 0 9am The Moe Show 3 0 9:30 Jeopardy 3

10am F Tough as Nails

PGL 3 0 11am Storage Wars

PGL 3 0 Noon Uncharted with

Sam Neill PGC 3 0 1pm American Pickers PG 3 2pm The Late

Show with Stephen Colbert PG 3 3pm Wheel of Fortune 3

3:30 Jeopardy 3 4pm Outback

Truckers PGL 3 0

5pm Rural Delivery 0

5:30 Prime News

6pm The Middle PG 0

6:30 Storage Wars PGL 3 0

7pm Pawn Stars PG

7:30 Border Security – America’s Front Line PG 3 0

8pm Hardcore Pawn – Chicago PGL A gambler needs quick cash for a horse-racing bet; an elderly couple want to sell an unusual medical device. 0

8:30 Pawn Stars PGL

9:30 Raw PGV 10:30 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert PG 11:30 F How to Make It in America M

Ben looks to stitch Crisp back together; Domingo and Cam try to clear the Rasta Monsta name; Rachel gets advice from Edie. 0

Midnight Infomercials

6:55 Broken City 16VL 2013 Crime. Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine ZetaJones. 8:45 Conspiracy Theory MV 1997 Thriller. Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts. 11am Shopping 16VLC 2013 Drama. Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman. 12:40 The Theory of Everything M 2014 Biography. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones. 2:45 Man on a Ledge MVL 2012 Action Crime. Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks. 4:25 Apollo 13 PGL 1995 Drama. 6:40 The Legend of Tarzan MV 2016 Adventure.

Alexander Skarsgard, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens. 8:30 Inception MV 2010 Action. In a world where it is possible to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly-skilled thief is given his toughest job to date.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page. 10:55 Twilight MV 2008 Fantasy. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson.

Saturday 12:55 The Departed 16VL 2006 Crime. 3:25 The Blair Witch Project MLC 1999 Thriller. 4:45 The Perfect Storm ML 2000 Adventure.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire UK, at 7pm

6:30 Restaurant – Impossible 7:10 The Pioneer Woman 7:40 Trisha’s Southern Kitchen 8:10 Bizzare Foods – Delicious Destinations

8:35 Mary Berry’s Quick Cooking 9:05 Mysteries at the Museum PG 10am American Pickers PG 11am Stone House Revival 11:25 Hidden Potential 11:55 My Big Family Farm PG 12:55 All That Glitters PG 2:05 Shipping Wars PG 2:35 Border Security Australia PG 3:05 Restaurant – Impossible 4pm Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction

4:30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 5pm Mysteries at the Museum PG 6pm American Pickers PG 7pm Who Wants to Be a Millionaire UK 8pm Bay Patrol PG A nine-year-old girl seeks help to locate her missing father; a lifeguard in training requires immediate medical assistance.

8:30 Celebrity Gogglebox 16 A cast of celebrity households comment on highlights of the week’s television, from the comfort of their own sofas.

6am Rugby – Gallagher Premiership 7am Rugby – Best of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific – Crusaders v Hurricanes. 7:30 Rugby – Best of 2022

Super Rugby Pacific – Blues v Hurricanes. 8am Rugby – Best of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific – Fijian Drua v Rebels. 8:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 9am Rugby – Best of 2022 9:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 10am Rugby – Best of 2022 10:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 11am Rugby – Best of 2022 11:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 Noon Rugby – Best of 2022 12:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 1pm Rugby – Best of 2022 1:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 2pm Rugby – Best of 2022 2:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 3pm Rugby – Best of 2022

6:30 Tamaiti Tu 3

6:40 Purakau 3

6:50 Takaro Tribe 3 7am Darwin and Newts 3 7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3

7:30 Kids Kai Kart 3

7:40 He Rourou 3 7:50 Cube 3

8am Tribe 3 8:30 Oranga

Ngakau 3 9:30 Whanau Living 3 10am Lucky Dip 3 10:30 Toi Te Ora 3

11am Rage Against the Rangatahi PG 3

11:30 Giants 3 Noon Tagata Pasifika 3 12:30 Only in Aotearoa MC 3 1pm The Walkers PG 3 1:30 Toku Reo 3 2

2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Tamaiti Tu 3

3:10 Purakau 3 3:20 Takaro Tribe 3 3:30 Darwin and Newts 3 3:40 Tamariki Haka 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3

4pm Kids Kai Kart 3 4:10 He Rourou 3 4:20 Cube 3 4:30 Tribe 3

5pm Polyfest 3 5:30 Polyfest 3

6pm Haka Ngahau a-Rohe – Te Arawa 3 6:30 Marae 3 2

7pm Pacific Island Food Revolution 3

8pm Going Native Humourist and author Drew Hayden Taylor explores the positive impacts of native culture around the globe. 8:30 Asian Art Stories Aotearoa New Zealand artists reflect on how life in Aotearoa informs their creative work and sense of identity.

9pm Merchants of the Wild 9:30 Skindigenous 3 10pm AI MLSC

Talking about sex and sexual health with rangatahi. Hosted by Kamaia Takuira-Mita, Pere Wihongi and Rei. 10:50 Ahikaroa MLSC 11:20 Closedown

Round to Mrs Brown’s MLS

30Dec22 metservice.com

6am

6am Te Karere o Te Waru 3 0 6:30 I Need New Zealand 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 3 0 7:30 Infomercials 8:30 Religious Programming 9am Lap of Luxury 3 0 9:30 Tagata Pasifika 0 10:15 F McDonald and Dodds PG 3 0

12:10 Call the Midwife PG 3 0

1:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Central Stags v Northern Brave.

From Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News at 6pm 0 7pm The Tiny Design Christmas Challenge PG 0 8pm Lotto 0

8:05 M Mamma Mia! PGC 3 2008 Musical. The story of a brideto-be trying to find her real father.

Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep. 0

10:05 The Royal Variety Performance 2021 3

Alan Carr hosts the 150th Royal Variety Performance, featuring Ed Sheeran, James Blunt, Elvis Costello and Sir Rod Stewart, with comedy from Bill Bailey. 0

11:50 New Year’s Eve 2022 Sunday

12:05 The Royal Variety Performance 2021 3 0 12:50 M Best in Show M 2000 Comedy. 2:20 F Talkback –Box Set 16L 0 4:30 Infomercials 5:30 Religious Programming

of New Year’s Eve. Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher. 0 10:50 Taskmaster’s New Year Treat 16L 3 0 11:50 New Year’s Eve 2022 0 Sunday 12:05 M Rock of Ages MLSC 2012 Comedy Musical. 0 2:10 M Poseidon MVC 2006 Drama. 0 3:50 United States of Al PG 3 0 4:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show PG 5am Infomercials 5:30 Religious Programming

6am Charles Stanley PG 6:30 Infomercials

9:30 Extinct or Alive PG 3 0 10:30 Celebrity Family Feud PG 3 Celebrity families compete to win the prize money. 0

11:25 Grand Designs NZ 3 The stories of people who build their own unique and inspirational homes.

12:30 Love Yurts 0

1pm Arranged NZ 3 0 2pm The Zoo PG 3 0

3pm Fresh Off the Boat PG 3 0 3:30 Fresh Off the Boat PG 3 0 3:55 The Masked Singer USA PG 3 4:55 Family Game Night

6pm Newshub Live at 6pm 0

7pm M Jumanji PG 3 1995 Family. Two children from the present discover a man trapped in a board game he played as a child 20 years earlier. Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt. 0 8:55 M Cast Away M 3 2000 Adventure. An executive must survive after being stranded on a deserted island. Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt. 0 11:35 M This is the End 16 3 2013 Comedy. While at a party, six friends find themselves trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events. James Franco, Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill. Sunday

1:30 Infomercials

5am Leading the Way PG 5:30 Charles Stanley PG

7:20 Every Breath You Take 16VC 2021 Thriller. Casey Affleck, Sam Claflin.

9:05 Blue Bayou MVLC 2020 Drama. Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander.

11:05 King Richard MVL 2021 Drama. Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis.

1:30 Here Today ML 2021 Comedy. Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish.

3:30 Crawlspace 16VLC 2022 Thriller. Henry Thomas, Bradley Stryker.

5pm Eraser – Reborn 16VLC 2022 Action. Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai.

6:45 Cry Macho MC 2021 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett.

8:30 Redeeming Love MVSC 2022 Drama. Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. However, she later meets someone who could mend her broken heart. Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis.

10:45 The Northman 16VLSC 2022 Action.

Alexander Skarsgard, Nicole Kidman.

Sunday

1am Belfast MVL 2021 Drama. Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe.

2:40 Happening 16SC 2021 Drama. Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein. 4:20 X 18VLSC 2022 Horror.

5pm Fishy Business PGC 0

5:30 Prime News

6pm Gordita Chronicles PGC 0

6:30 Raised by Refugees PGS 3 0

7pm Head of the Class PGC 0

7:30 American Auto PGC Sadie and Cyrus struggle with how honest to be about Katherine’s car idea. 0

8pm Grand Crew MC Wyatt convinces Noah to try therapy; Anthony helps Nicky navigate a casual hookup; Fay plays matchmaker for Sherm. 0

8:30 The Kings of Napa 16LC August and Dana argue over the family business – with surprising results; Dana makes an alarming request of Quincy. 0

9:30 Game of Thrones 18VLSC 0 11:55 NXT PGV Sunday

12:55 Closedown 1am Infomercials

6:55 State of Play MVL 2009 Crime. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck.

9am Notting Hill MLS 1999 Comedy. Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe. 11:05 Gladiator MV 2000 Action. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen.

1:35 Gone Girl 16VLS

2014 Thriller. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike.

4pm Twilight Saga – Eclipse MV 2010 Fantasy. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. 6:05 Man on Fire 16VC 2004 Crime. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning.

8:30 The Revenant 16VS 2016 Drama. A frontiersman on a fur-trading expedition in the 1820s must survive after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by his own companions.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter.

11:05 Crazy Stupid Love MLS 2011 Comedy. Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling.

Sunday

1:05 Twilight Saga – New Moon MV 2009 Drama.

3:15 Daredevil MV 2003 Action Fantasy. 5am Gangster Squad 16VLS 2012 Action.

Southern Kitchen 8:10 Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction 8:35 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape

9am Mysteries at the Museum PG 10am American Pickers PG 11am Lost and Found with Mike and Jesse PG Noon Escape to the Chateau –DIY PG 1pm Joanna and Jennifer –Absolutely Champers

2pm Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? UK

3pm Bad Dog! PG 4pm The Best Thing I Ever Ate Roger Mooking, chef Beau MacMillan and Alton Brown check out rich, hearty, Southern homestyle cooking. 4:30 Ice Cream Nation 5pm Mysteries at the Museum PG 6pm American Pickers PG 7pm It’s Me or the Dog UK PG 7:30 Celebrity Catch Phrase PG 8:30 M Inherent Vice 16 2015 Crime. In 1970s Los Angeles, a private investigator looks into the disappearance of a former girlfriend. Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin. 11:20 Forged in Fire PG Sunday 12:15 Beat Bobby Flay 12:50 Infomercials

6am Baseball – ABL Tuatara v Sydney Blue Sox. 8:35 L

Football – Premier League West Ham United v Brentford. 10:45 Rugby – Best of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific –Moana Pasifika v Brumbies. 11:15 Rugby – Best of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific – Waratahs v Blues. 11:45 Rugby –Best of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific – Force v Hurricanes. 12:15 Rugby – Best of 2022 Super Rugby Pacific – Rebels v Highlanders. 12:45 Football – Premier League Liverpool v Leicester City. 2:45 Football –Premier League 3pm Rugby – Best of 2022 3:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 4pm Rugby – Best of 2022 4:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 4:55 L Football – Women’s A-League Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United. 7:05 Darts – World Championship 8:05 Rugby – Best of 2022 8:30 Cricket – Pakistan v Blackcaps 11pm Rugby –Best of 2022 11:15 Rugby – Best of 2022 11:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 11:45 Rugby – Best of 2022 Sunday Midnight Rugby – Best of 2022 2am Rugby – Best of 2022 3:50 L Football –Premier League Manchester City v Everton.

6:30 ZooMoo 3

6:40 Purakau 3

6:50 Taki Atu Taki Mai 3

7am Tamariki Haka 3

7:10 Darwin and Newts 3

7:20 Haati Paati 3

7:30 Potae Pai 3

7:40 Cube 3

7:50 Kainga Whakapaipai 3

8am 5 Minutes of Fame PG 3

Bringing fresh new singing talent in season two as they go head-to-head for a shot at fame.

5pm M Letters to Juliet 2010 Romantic Comedy. When an American woman on holiday in Italy finds an unanswered ‘letter to Juliet’ left at the fictional lover’s Verona courtyard, she starts a quest to find the lovers.

Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave.

7pm M Street Dance 2 MLC 2012 Drama.

After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.

Falk Hentschel, Sofia Boutella.

8:30 M La Dolce Vita PGC 1960 Comedy Drama.

A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée.

11:30 Closedown

6:05 Nature’s Strangest Mysteries – Solved PG 6:30 How Do They Do It? PG 6:55 Deadliest Catch Special MLC 7:45 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 8:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 9:25 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 10:20 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 11:15 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 12:10 Deadliest Catch Special MLC 1:05 Deadliest Catch MLC 2pm Gold Rush – Dave Turin’s Lost Mine MLC 2:50 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail MLC 3:40 Building Alaska PG 4:10 Building Alaska PG 4:40 Building Alaska PG 5:10 Building Alaska PG 5:40 Building Alaska PG 6:10 Building Alaska PG 6:40 Reclaimed MLC 7:30 Mysteries at the Museum Special PG 8:30 Moonshiners Special MLC 9:30 Moonshiners MLC 10:30 Blowing Up History – Seven Wonders PG Sunday 12:15 Nature’s Strangest Mysteries – Solved PG 12:40 How Do They Do It? PG 1:05 Weird Earth PG 1:55 Aussie Salvage Squad PG 2:45 Contact PG 3:35 Contact PG 4:25 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 5:15 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG

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New Year’s Eve, at 8:30pm

Mamma Mia!, at 8:05pm

American Auto, at 7:30pm

Jumanji, at 7pm Celebrity Catch Phrase, at 7:30pm

6am Heathrow Britain’s Busiest Airport 3 0

6:25 Lodgers For Codgers PGC 3 0

7:15 Tagata Pasifika 3

7:40 F Praise Be 3 0 8:10 Happy Campers – The Caravan Park 3 0 9:15 Happy Birthday Mr Bean 3 0 10:15 F The Platinum Party at the Palace 3 0 1:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Canterbury Kings v Wellington Firebirds. From Hagley Oval, Christchurch. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News at 6pm 0 7pm N Starstruck UK

Olly Murs welcomes the first superfans who will transform into their idol for a special performance. 0

8:05 N McDonald and Dodds PGC McDonald and Dodds investigate the death of a young woman in a busy park in broad daylight. 0

10pm Hard Quiz M 3 Tom Gleeson puts four selfproclaimed experts through the wringer on The Big Bang Theory, the Jonestown cult, the rock band Queen and the adventures of Tintin. 0 10:35 Line of Duty 16V 3 0 11:40 Manifest PGV 3 0 12:40 Infomercials

2020 Drama. An eclectic group of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon. 0

Monday

12:50 M Kemper on Kemper –Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer 18VC 2018 Documentary. 0 2:20 In Ice Cold Blood 16VSC 0 3:55 2 Tunes 4:05 Infomercials

6am Life TV PG 6:30 Turning Point PG 7am Charles Stanley PG 8am Life TV repeat PG 8:30 Turning Point PG 9am Extreme Couponing PG 0 9:25 A New Zealand Food Story PG 3 0 9:50 2nd Chance Charlie 3 10:20 How Do Animals Do That? 3

10:40 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 3

11:30 American Loggers PG 12:30 Gold Rush PG 1:30 Gold Rush PG 2:25 M Godzilla PG 3 1998 Sci-fi. A giant, mutated lizard goes on a rampage in New York City. Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo.

5pm Great Barrier Reef with Russell Crowe PG 3 0

6pm Newshub Live at 6pm 0

7pm The Block Australia PG 0 8:15 The Graham Norton Show NYE Special M Graham is joined by Olivia Colman, Hugh Laurie, Romesh Ranganathan and Leah Williamson, with music from the stars of the West End revival of Cabaret.

9:45 9-1-1 – Lonestar M 3 10:35 Taranaki Hard 16 3 11:25 Extreme Couponing PG 3 11:50 Infomercials 0 Monday

2am Infomercials 5:30 Sand Masters PG 3 0

6:05 Jackass Forever 16LC 2022 Comedy.

Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius.

7:40 The Many Saints of Newark 16VLSC 2021 Drama.

Michael Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Vera Farmiga. 9:40 Dream Horse PGL 2021 Drama.

Toni Collette, Damian Lewis.

11:30 Dear Evan Hansen MLC 2021 Musical. Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever. 1:50 Good Boy 16VLSC 2020 Horror.

Judy Greer, Steve Guttenberg.

3:20 Our Ladies 16LSC 2021 Comedy. Tallulah Greive, Abigail Lawrie. 5:05 Killing Field 16VLC 2021 Action.

6:40 The Lost City MVS 2022 Action. Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum.

8:30 Fantastic Beasts – The Secrets of Dumbledore MV 2022 Adventure. Albus Dumbledore assigns Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission related to the rising power of Grindelwald. Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law.

10:55 Kimi 16VLSC 2022

Thriller. Zoe Kravitz, Rita Wilson.

Monday

12:25 Here Today ML 2021 Comedy. 2:20 Jackass Forever 16LC 2022 Comedy.

3:55 Old MVC 2021 Horror.

5:40 Christmas Comes Twice 2020 Drama.

6am

1pm

2:10

5:30 Prime News

6pm Pawn Stars PGL 3

Rick takes a swing at a 1996 Atlanta Braves National League Championship ring; a customer comes in with a Jurassic Park Pog collection.

7pm Storage Wars PGL 3

The buyers attend auctions in the snow; Mary weathers the storm with gusto as Casey tries to keep Rene’s eye on the prize. 0

7:30 Outback Truckers PGL 3 Rain is playing havoc with the schedule as truckie Mark Bolitho prepares for a marathon five-day trek across Australia. 0

8:40 The Way Down 16

A plane crash in Tennessee draws public attention to the mysterious Remnant Fellowship Church and its charismatic founder, diet-guru Gwen Shamblin Lara.

9:40 Game of Thrones 18VLSC 3

Daenerys holds court; Cersei returns a gift; the Lannisters pay their debts; Arya comes home.

Monday Midnight SmackDown PGV 1am Infomercials

6:50 Into the Blue MVL 2005 Action. Jessica Alba, Paul Walker. 8:40 The Impossible ML 2012 Drama. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor.

10:33 Unfaithful 16VS 2002 Drama. Diane Lane, Richard Gere. 12:35 Batman v Superman – Dawn of Justice MV 2016 Action.

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. 3:05 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy MVL 2012 Drama. 5:10 Hancock MVL 2008 Action.

6:42 Deepwater Horizon ML 2016 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell. 8:30 The Best

Exotic Marigold Hotel PGLS 2011 Comedy Drama. British retirees travel to India to live in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy. 10:33 Jarhead 16VLS 2005 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard.

Monday

12:35 The Hunger Games MV 2012 Sci-fi Adventure.

2:55 Into the Blue MVL 2005 Action. 4:45 The Dark Knight MV 2008 Action.

6am Key of David PG 6:30 Through the Bible with Les Feldick PG 7am Leading the Way PG 7:30 Turning Point PG 8am Girl Meets Farm 8:25 The Best Thing I Ever Ate 8:50 Ice Cream Nation 9:15 Mysteries at the Museum PG 10am American Pickers PG 10:45 Lost and Found with Mike and Jesse PG 11:30 Beat Bobby Flay Noon Chopped Sweets

1pm Ridiculous Cakes

1:30 Celebrity Catch Phrase PG 2:30 Dr Dee – Alaska Vet PG 3:35 Ben and Jerry’s – Clash of the Cones

5pm Mysteries at the Museum PG

6pm American Pickers PG

7pm Baggage Battles PG 7:30 The Motorway PG An HGV driver reverses down the motorway, endangering lives; Dave and Ali race to a car that has been T-boned by a truck; Tony and Terry shut the M1 after a car rams into the back of a truck.

8:30 M The Courier M 2020 Thriller. An unassuming businessman is recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan.

10:40 Forged in Fire PG 11:30 Beat Bobby Flay Midnight Infomercials

6am Rugby – Best of 2022

Heartland Championship –Thames Valley v West Coast. 8am Football – Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United. 10am Football – Premier League Brighton v Arsenal. Noon Rugby – Best of 2022 Heartland Championship –North Otago v Horowhenua Kapiti. 12:15 Rugby – Best of 2022 Heartland Championship – King Country v East Coast. 12:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 Heartland Championship –Whanganui v Mid Canterbury. 12:45 Rugby – Best of 2022 1pm Rugby – Best of 2022 1:15 Rugby – Best of 2022 1:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 3:45 Football – Premier League 5:45 Football – Women’s A-League 6pm Tennis – Australian Open Originals 7pm Football –Premier League 9pm Football – A-League 9:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership 11:25 Rugby – Best of 2022

6:30 ZooMoo 3 6:40 Purakau 3 6:50 Tamaiti Tu 3

7am Tamariki Haka 3 7:10 Darwin and Newts 3

7:20 Haati Paati 3

7:30 Potae Pai 3 7:40 Cube 3

7:50 Kainga Whakapaipai 3

8am 5 Minutes of Fame PG 3

Noon M Letters to Juliet PGL 3 2010 Romantic Comedy. When an American woman on holiday in Italy finds an unanswered ‘letter to Juliet’ left at the fictional lover’s Verona courtyard, she starts a quest to find the lovers.

Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave.

2pm M Street Dance 2 PGL 3 2012 Drama.

After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, a street dancer looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch. Falk Hentschel, Sofia Boutella, George Sampson.

3:30 M The Red Turtle PGC 2016 Animation.

A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle that changes his life.

Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson.

5pm M La Dolce Vita PGC 3 1960 Comedy. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée.

8pm Lucky Dip on the Road Hosts Luke Bird and Marcia Hopa take the family game show on the road.

8:30 M 8 1/2 PGC 1963 Drama.

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. Marcello Mastroianni.

10:50 Taringa 11:30 Closedown

Think You Are? PG 1:35 Call the Midwife PG 2:40 Call the Midwife PG 3:40 Sticks and Stones ML 4:30 Sticks and Stones ML 5:15 Sticks and Stones MLC

Starstruck UK, at 7pm Outback Truckers, at 7:30pm Godzilla, at 2:25pm The Courier, at 8:30pm

The Royal Variety Performance, at 7:30pm

6am Country House Hunters 3 0 6:30 Eat Well for Less 3 0 7:40 The Great British Sewing Bee 3 0 9am Lingo 3 0

10am L Cricket – Women’s Super Smash Auckland Hearts v Otago Sparks. From Kennards Hire Community Oval, Auckland. 0 1pm Te Karere o Te Waru

1:30 L Cricket – Super Smash Men’s Auckland Aces v Otago Volts.

From Kennards Hire Community Oval, Auckland. 0 5pm The Chase 3 0 6pm 1 News at 6pm 0 7pm N Country House

Hunters – New Zealand Matt Gibb takes Simon and Carolyn through three unique homes in stunning Akaroa. 0 7:30 The Royal Variety Performance M

Lee Mack hosts the Royal Variety Performance with music from George Ezra, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Ellie Goulding and a celebration from Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber. 0 10pm Hard Quiz PGL 3 0 10:35 Crossfire 16VLC (Mini-series) 0 11:35 Nurses Down Under PGC 3 0

Tuesday 12:25 Inside Central Station 3 0 1:15 Te Karere o Te Waru 3 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere o Te Waru 3

A Star is Born, at 8:30pm

The Block Australia, at 7:30pm

6am Outrageous Acts of Science 3 0 6:55 Buddy v Duff 3

7:50 Dr Jeff – Rocky Mountain Vet PG 3 8:45 Infomercials 10:30 Gold Rush – White Water PG 3 0

11:30 Flip or Flop 0

Noon M The Christmas Switch PG 3 2014 Family. Santa

Claus temporarily switches bodies with a younger man to make his job easier during Christmastime.

Natasha Henstridge, Brian Krause, Cedric Smith. 0

2pm Cutthroat Kitchen PG 0

2:55 Top Secret Swimming Holes 3:55 Sand Masters PG 4:25 Bondi Vet PG 3

5pm Gold Rush – White Water PG 0 6pm Newshub Live at 6pm 0 7pm Bondi Rescue PG 3 0

7:30 The Block Australia PG

The contestants think the judges are playing favourites. 0

8:30 Next Level Chef PG

The participants are challenged to take the classic hamburger to the next level. 0

9:25 Heartbreak Island 16 It is a full house and a full moon party with the Island’s latest arrivals; the originals get twitchy and bitchy.

10:25 New Zealand Today 16 3 10:50 Married at First Sight USA PG 3 11:40 Flip or Flop 3

6pm The Middle PG 0 6:30 Storage Wars PG 3 0 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 American Pickers PGC

The Wolfe brothers visit a home that was custom built around a Texas-size collection of pieces.

8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild PG 9pm M The Legend of Zorro MVC 3 2005 Action. Ten years on, the masked hero finds himself caught between his obligation to serve the oppressed people of California and his responsibilities as a husband and father. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. 0

11:45 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert PG Tuesday

Paramedics on the Front Line, at 8:30pm

Woman 7:45 Ben and Jerry’s – Clash of the Cones 9am Mysteries at the Museum PG 10am American Pickers PG 11am Stone House Revival 11:30 Hidden Potential Noon Location, Location, Location 1pm American Restoration 1:30 Baggage Battles PG 2pm The Motorway PG 3pm Restaurant – Impossible 4pm Giada Entertains 4:30 Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food

5pm Mysteries at the Museum PG 6pm American Pickers PG

7pm Shipping Wars PG 7:30 Border Security – Australia PG A man from the US catches the attention of Customs by behaving strangely; officers find a huge number of prohibited weapons.

8pm Border Security – Australia PG 8:30 Paramedics on the Front Line PG

Paramedics treat a teenager with suspected meningitis, a diabetic with dangerously high blood sugar levels and a man with a suspected swollen artery.

6:30 Tamaiti Tu 3

6:40 Purakau 3 6:50 E Kori 3

7am Darwin and Newts 3

7:10 Tamariki Haka 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3

7:30 Kids Kai Kart 3

7:40 He Rourou 3

7:50 Cube 3

8am Pukana 3

8:30 Oranga Ngakau 3 9am Easy Eats 3 9:30 Whanau Bake-Off 3 10am Kai Safari 3 10:30 Toi Te Ora 3 11am Moko PG 11:30 Lucky Dip on the Road

Noon Tagata Pasifika

12:30 Celebrity Playlist 3

1pm Heritage Rescue 3

2pm Toku Reo 3 2

2:30 Ako 3 2

3pm Tamaiti Tu 3 3:10 Purakau 3 3:20 E Kori 3 3:30 Darwin and Newts 3 3:40 Tamariki Haka 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3

4pm Kids Kai Kart 3 4:10 He Rourou 3 4:20 Cube 3 4:30 Pukana 3

5pm Polyfest 3 5:30 Polyfest 2021 3 6pm Haka Ngahau a-Rohe – Te Tai Tokerau 3 6:30 Marae 2

7pm Te Ngakau Tapatahi 3

7:30 Chatham Islanders 3

Hollyoaks PG 3 0 4:45 2 Tunes 5am Infomercials

Tuesday 12:10 Infomercials 5:30 Sand Masters PG 3 0

7:05 Escape Room –

Tournament of Champions

MVL 2021 Horror. Taylor Russell, Logan Miller. 8:40 Military Wives MLS 2019 Comedy.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan. 10:30 Together MLSC 2021 Comedy. James McAvoy, Sharon Horgan. Noon South of Heaven 16VLSC 2021 Action.

2pm Dune MV 2021 Action.

4:35 Snake Eyes – GI Joe Origins MVL 2021 Action.

When a woman is found stabbed to death, investigators uncover an unnerving history of harassment.

8:30 An Unexpected Killer MC A woman vanishes in the middle of the night, a bloodsoaked bedroom and horrific discovery point police to a killer close to home.

9:30 The Real Murders of Atlanta MVC Marietta is rocked when a 16-year-old girl is killed in her family’s jewellery store.

10:30 Snapped M Trick-or-treaters have no idea that the sweet grandmother passing out lollies is also hiding a deadly secret.

11:30 Injustice With Nancy Grace MC 3 12:20 Infomercials

6:35 Marry Me PGLS 2022 Comedy. Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson. 8:30 Blue Bayou MVLC 2020 Drama.

A Korean adoptee raised in a Louisiana town confronts his past when he discovers he could be deported.

Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander.

10:30 Redeeming Love MVSC 2022 Drama. California, 1850. Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. However, she later meets someone who could mend her broken heart.

Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis.

Tuesday

12:40 Moonshot MVLSC 2022 Comedy. 2:25 Christmas Waltz 2020 Drama. 3:50 No Sudden Move 16VL 2021 Thriller. 5:45 The Current Occupant 16VLSC 2020 Horror.

12:45 Closedown 1am Infomercials

7:15 Conspiracy Theory

MV 1997 Thriller. Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts. 9:27 Batman Begins MV 2005 Adventure. Christian Bale, Michael Caine.

11:45 The Legend of Tarzan MV 2016 Adventure. Alexander Skarsgard, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens.

1:35 Looper 16VL 2012 Scifi. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis.

3:33 The Hunger Games – Catching Fire MV 2013 Action. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

5:58 Gladiator MV 2000 Action. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen.

8:30 Gone Girl 16VLS 2014 Thriller. On his fifth wedding anniversary, a man reports his wife missing and, as his portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble, suspicions of murder build. Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike.

10:55 Troy MV 2004 Action. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom.

Tuesday

1:35 Suicide Squad 16VLC 2016 Action. Will Smith, Margot Robbie.

3:35 Superman Returns MV 2006 Action. Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth.

9:30 Emergency Rescue – Air, Land and Sea PG 10:30 The Curse of Oak Island PG 11:30 Beat Bobby Flay Midnight Infomercials

6am Cricket – Pakistan v Blackcaps 8:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership

10:30 Football – Premier League 10:45 Football

– Premier League

11am Football – Premier League 11:15 Football – Women’s A-League 11:30 Football – Women’s A-League 11:45 Football – Women’s A-League Noon Football – Women’s A-League 12:15 L Football –Women’s A-League Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers.

2:25 L Football –A-League Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City. 5pm Football – Premier League 5:15 Football – Premier League 5:30 Football –Premier League 5:45 Football – Premier League

6pm Football – Women’s A-League 8pm Football –Women’s A-League 8:15 The Best of The Crowd Goes Wild 8:45 L Cricket – BBL Tuesday 12:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 2:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 3am Rugby – Best of 2022 3:30 Rugby – Best of 2022 5:30 Rugby – Best of 2022

8pm Indigenous 100 PG 3 8:30 M Jiro Dreams of Sushi 2011 Documentary. Sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant and his relationship with his son and heir, Yoshikazu.

10pm Matangireia 10:30 Ki Tua 3

11pm Sidewalk Karaoke 3 11:30 Closedown

6:05 Blowing Up History PG 6:55 Deadliest Catch MLC 7:45 Deadliest Catch MLC 8:35 Deadliest Catch MLC 9:25 Deadliest Catch MLC 10:20 Deadliest Catch MLC 11:15 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 12:10 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 1:05 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 2pm Aussie Gold Hunters PG 2:55 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 3:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 4:45 Dino Hunters PG We Got Skull. 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG Aussie Serpents. 7:30 Railroad Australia PG 8:30 Building Alaska PG The Race is On. It is spring in Alaska and the race is on for three builders trying to construct homes before winter returns. 9:25 Pool Kings PG Texas Backyard Staycation. 10:25 Railroad Alaska PG 11:25 Naked and Afraid MLC Stars Against the Storm. Tuesday 12:15 Ed Stafford – First Man Out MLC 1:05 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG 1:55 Deadliest Catch MLC 2:45 Naked and Afraid MLC 3:35 Bering Sea Gold MLC 4:25 Moonshiners MLC

The Legend of Zorro, at 9pm

Crockery carrier will attempt to hold last of china (4)

They don't forget to help as net is thrown for them (9)

Where Venetian bathers have cover and nothing more (4)

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): As empathic as you may be, your life can only be experienced from your own perspective. Even though you know you are not the centre of the universe, it's your responsibility to care for yourself as though you were.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Over 2,000 years ago, Socrates, who is regarded among the all-time great thinkers, said, "I know only one thing: that I know nothing." You may feel woefully uniformed today, but you will be in mighty fine company.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): This is not the kind of game you can win once and be a champion of forever. This is the kind of game in which you are judged by your last play and the one before that matters a lot less. Persist and try to better yourself.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You don't always realise when you are setting up a pattern that will repeat hundreds of times, but it's what is happening now. This can be a good thing if you make the action something you'd love to see repeated.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Just because an opinion is unpopular doesn't mean it's incorrect. What if you're the only one who perceives the truth of the situation? Voice what you see, as you might just break the spell of a collective delusion.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Try to take a picture of the moon or a sunset and you'll realise life is better than the picture it. When filters and tricks are applied, things get interesting, and yet nothing compares to the flawed and sprawling reality.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You think ahead because imagining the future helps you avoid feeling purposeless. You want to know why you should show up before you do. Knowing the stakes in a situation will help you relax and play your best.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You'll accept the truth of a situation when you hear it, but you won't accept the first thing you hear as the truth. You'll go digging and digging until you get to the answer that resonates.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There are two ways to solve the problem: the simple way and the hard way. When you're relaxed, the simple way is easier to see and apply. In a nonrelaxed state, you'll notice only the hard way.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You're willing to bring your whole self to the scene and process your experience with a wide range of feeling. It's like you're emoting for the stoic types who feel they must, for whatever reason, hold back.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your expectations may conflict with reality, but not because you're unreasonable. It's likely many people don't do what they say they'll do. Don't lower your standards just because they go unmet.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Though you genuinely want to help, you do not yet understand enough about the situation to properly assist. Observe to find the questions you ask to get a comprehensive understanding of what's really going on.

January 2022

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Above – Hawke Cup cricket returned to Mid Canterbury when they hosted Southland on the Ashburton Domain Oval. The match ended in a draw.

– Many of New Zealand’s best croquet players converged on the Waireka Croquet Club to take to the greens for the national championships.

– Zoe Spillane found some outstanding early year form in competitions held by the Tinwald Cycling Club.

– Multisport athlete Braden Currie showed some good early season form by winning the Tauranga Half Ironman.

left – Jason Laking has his family on hand to help him celebrate his win in the famed Kumara Gold Nuggets with Camino Rocoso.

right – Sandra Keith was the toast of the bowling nation after she teamed up with Christchurch’s Bev Morel to win the Bowls New Zealand pairs national championships at Burnside.

February 2022

Above – There were plenty of laughs and some good and not so great golf shots during the annual Celtic Rugby Club golf tournament in Tinwald.

Left – The Tech Stags were the toast of local cricket by claiming their maiden victory in South Canterbury’s Tweedy Cup – the ultimate prize in senior cricket across the two regions.

Right – Mid Canterbury Rugby welcomed its new boss to the chair with Tanya Dearns taking over as the union’s chief executive.

Thinking of renovating?

The Hampstead Rugby Club shocked the local rugby community by announcing they wouldn’t be fielding a team in the 2022 senior rugby competition, instead focusing on their Senior B side.

The mother and daughter combination of Charlotte Cox and Isabel Wall were just two of a number of Ashburton rowers to perform with distinction at the New Zealand Rowing Championships.

Locals shine in pre-Christmas rush

Legendary horseman passes away

Revered thoroughbred trainer Colin Jillings passed away in Auckland last week, aged 91.

Jillings, who retired from training in 2005, had a lengthy and hugely successful career in racing, initially as a jockey and then as a trainer.

He never trained on a large scale, which made winning a premiership an unrealistic target, but from the outset displayed a rare ability to successfully target big races.

Three races into the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Christmas meeting last week and the locals were making a play for total domination.

Races one, two and three for the day had local connections in the winners’ circle, including a double to local driving legend Ricky May.

He kicked off the day by producing one of his trademark perfectly timed runs to get the Darryn Simpson-trained Fearless home by the barest of margins.

But May’s spot in the sulky wasn’t the only local aspect of the win.

Fearless is a son of the former Patrick O’Reilly-trained mare Never Fear, who was bred and raced by Michelle Baird, who also bred Fearless.

May was back in the action two races later, combining with good friend Laurence Hanrahan to win with maiden pacer Kalasa.

Quick away from the stand, the pair found the front and never looked back, clearing out for a comfortable win.

“I told Ricky not to be unlucky, and if he managed to get away quick enough to look to roll them along and be out in front and out of trouble, and it worked out well,” Hanrahan said.

Kalasa is owned by locals Margaret and Craig Ingold, and with win number one out of the way it won’t be long before win number two comes as well.

In between the May double, local trainers Brent and Tim White ended a huge run of frustration with the very talented Lone Wolf, who finally put it all together and produced a big run to win in the hands of Sarah O’Reilly.

The talented young horsewoman then kept her form up the following night at Addington, when she made it back-to-back wins with Invitation Only for Cran and Chrissie Dalgety.

Styxie for Trent Yesberg, and then managed to get his own runner Bettor Be Sharp home later in the night.

In between the May double, local trainers Brent and Tim White ended a huge run of frustration with the very talented Lone Wolf, who finally put it all together and produced a big run to win in the hands of Sarah O’Reilly.

John Morrison kicked off what will be a busy time of racing with two winners across the Ashburton and Addington meets – taking the honours in the last race on both occasions

He won the last event at Ashburton with Coachella for trainer Ken Barron, and then the last at Addington for Ken’s brother Tony with talented mare Life’s A Beach.

His ability to set a horse for a feature race and get it to the target in peak form and at the right weight – a key skill during the period when the richest races were mostly handicaps – was almost unmatched.

Underpinning his success was a strong work ethic and keen attention to detail, together with a genuine affection for horses. He believed that “every horse is an individual” and should be fed and worked accordingly.

Jillings was riding trackwork at Ellerslie as a 10-year-old and had his first race ride at 12. A fractured skull, suffered in a trackwork fall, sidelined him for 11 months but he still recorded his first win as a 13-year-old, when a pupil at St Peters College.

He was always going to get too big to remain a jockey for long but was the leading northern apprentice in the 1945-46 season and won the Railway at Ellerslie and finished third in an Auckland Cup before his riding career ended.

He later mentored many capable riders, among them Bob Vance, Mark Sweeney and Sam Spratt.

Jillings spent the bulk of his training career at Takanini and won more than 1300 races as a trainer in New Zealand.

His star performers included Uncle Remus, Stipulate, McGinty, Yeman, Sharivari, Tycoon Lil, Sedecrem and top jumper Brockton.

More than half of those wins came when in partnership with Richard Yuill, who became a training partner in 1987.

Jillings was 25 when he trained the first of his four Auckland Cup winners and was particularly proud of his Derby record at Ellerslie.

He won the Great Northern Derby with Lawful and Stipulate, and the NZ Derby, which replaced the Great Northern Derby in 1973, with Uncle Remus, I’m Henry and The Phantom Chance.

The four Auckland Cup wins – with Yeman, Stipulate, Perhaps and Irish Chance – were spread over 43 years, and there were victories in the New Zealand and Wellington Cups.

But it was O’Reilly’s father Gerard who was the star of the night, with a driving double including a training victory as well.

He won early in the night with Icee

A three-year-old by Bettor’s Delight, Bettor Be Sharp has become a model of consistency on the track, winning twice in 14 starts as well as picking up seven placings.

As well as the O’Reilly successes,

Morrison is likely to be a prominent figure on the Central Otago harness circuit which kicks into gear in the coming days, as well as trekking back to Canterbury for the popular meeting at Motukarara on Thursday.

Jillings did not take a lot of horses to Australia but one of the high points of his career came in Melbourne, when he won the 1993 Cox Plate with The Phantom Chance. McGinty (3) and Tycoon Lil were also Group One winners across the Tasman.

Jillings deserved a Cox Plate win. He had been unable to spare the time to accompany Yeman on a spring campaign in Australia in 1958 and the horse won the Cox Plate for Larry Wiggins.

Gerard O’Reilly grabbed a winning double at Addington late last week including one of his own runners, Bettor Be Sharp.

PHOTO SUPPLIED

Matt Markham

A team with no name

It’s the rugby team with no name, or names, but we want to correct that.

Robin Meaclem contacted the Ashburton Guardian last week with this image that was located while clearing out a family member’s home recently.

The image comes with very little information, and Meaclem would like to try and learn as much about the photo as is possible.

“We have no knowledge of the photo or the players,” he said.

“We wish to know who the players are and their history – whatever happened to these guys.”

The image was taken in 1905 with the club name, H.F.C. engraved on the ball.

What leads to the belief that it is of an Ashburton-based rugby side is that the card around the image has Halma’s Studio Ashburton marked on it.

Meaclem contacted the New Zealand Rugby Museum to see if they were able to help with the quest.

They confirmed that in 1905 there were three clubs that began with the letter H – Hinds, Hampstead and Hakatere.

The Hakatere club, they were able to confirm through their records, was successful in winning a sub-union competition

around 1905 or 1906 leading to the understanding that the team pictured is most likely to have been of players from that club.

For no other reason than wanting to be able to understand the history of the image,

the club and the team the Meaclems are keen to try and get answers and we want to help find them.

Do you know anything about this image?

E-mail, matt.m@theguardian. co.nz with any information.

■ Golf

Allenton

Bowling Club

On Friday December 16 the Friday triples was played at the Allenton Club. Results were as follows:

First: Doug Kinvig, Des Prendergast, Peter Quinn 3 wins 16 ends 25 points.

Second: Tony Inwood, Gus Hurrell, Alan Husband 3 Wins 15 ends 32 points.

Third: Reg McGarry, Heather Goodall, Leonie Spargo 2 Wins 1 Draw 16 ends 33 Points. Fourth: Min Hall, P Collins, Trevor Pearce 2 wins 13 ends 28 points.

We hope you all have a lovely break with your families and friends and return Happy and Healthy ready for the New Year.

To all who are going to Auckland to play in the Nationals, the best of good bowling to you, may the weather be kind and the greens to your liking.

To everyone else, if you are having an Ashburton festive season do remember that the Club is holding a New Year’s Eve get-together, start time 5.30pm. Bring a plate of finger food to share, and your BOWLS, a corner to corner, plus something else??!!

Basketball – going from strength to strength

Maintaining and growing numbers in sport is becoming harder by the year.

People’s lives are much busier, their time much more valuable and with rising costs of everything else in day-to-day life there’s a lot that needs to be sacrificed.

And sadly, playing sport – particularly at the age group level, is one of the main sectors caught in the crossfire.

So, it’s surprisingly brilliant to see that basketball in Mid Canterbury is bucking the trend.

As another sporting year comes to an end there’s plenty to reflect on.

From victories at club level right through to international and national success Mid Canterbury has again produced the goods. Matt Markham works through 10 of his favourite story subjects in no particular order from 2022.

They’re growing exponentially, and there’s no sign of it stopping in the near future.

Popularity in the sport as a whole has risen in recent years. Young Kiwis are enamoured with what Steven Adams is doing in the NBA, but for parents the idea of taking your child to a sport that’s indoors, during the week and often at a decent hour is helping drive the rise too.

Basketball Mid Canterbury are onto a winner here, and for all the hard work, dedication and volunteer work that goes in across the region – they thoroughly deserve it.

We sang their praises a few weeks ago as their school age competitions for the year came to a close, and Basketball Mid Canterbury boss, Mark Douglas proudly told us of the fact they have welcomed more than 1000 players onto the courts around the district in the past 12 months – a significantly higher number than ever before.

With a real focus on introductions to the game, their programmes such as Girls Got Game and Hoops In Schools have opened the possibility of playing basketball to hundreds of school children around the district. And they’ve taken it up. Filling the courts during the week playing miniball and 3x3 basketball throughout the year.

The goal for 2023 is to see things grow even more, with another 20-30 per cent

increase in player numbers the target.

Lofty – but not inconceivable.

In one school this year which they ran programmes they grew the registered playing numbers within the school from 12 originally to more than 60 by the time the programme had finished.

But it’s not just the age group basketball that’s flourishing.

The popular men’s competition had another big year, with new names stepping

out onto the court to join those who have been there for years and the women’s competition also grew massively.

That led to a Mid Canterbury women’s basketball team being resurrected for the first time in no-one seems to know how long, and they went away and played tournament basketball late in the year.

For a long time, we’ve been known for producing good players and administrators.

There are national age group representatives out there and some current stars and rising stars of the future starting to make a big mark at senior levels.

It’s fast-making basketball in this district one of the most exciting and rapidly-expanding sports available and a true credit to all those behind the scenes who are making it happen.

Can you help? This rugby team photo, believed to be taken in 1905 is of an Ashburton based rugby club starting with H which the New Zealand Rugby Museum understands is Hakatere.

2022 SPORTING TOP TEN

Plenty of youngsters are enjoying their basketball.

Matt Markham

PlayPlanner

whatson@theguardian.co.nz

Every day

Mt Hutt Memorial Hall

10am, 160 Main Street, Methven. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories.

Ashburton Aviation Musuem 1-3pm, Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Weekdays

Mid Canterbury Connector Provides low-cost return trips to Ashburton, Mondays to Fridays, any time between 9am and 4.30pm.

Ashburton Aviation Museum 1-3pm. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Mondays

Age Concern Ashburton Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am.

Ashburton Bridge Club 1.05pm, Bridge Club Rooms, 79 Alford Forest Road.

Ashburton Community Walking Group Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am. Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

Ashburton Pipe Band practice Pipe Band rooms, Every Monday, 7.30pm onwards.

MSA Dance Section

Monday 4.00pm to 6.00pm. All welcome at the MSA Havelock St.

Tuesdays

Ashburton Menz Shed 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

Age Concern Ashburton Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Prevention Exercises. All levels of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr session.

• Held at Methven All Saints Anglican Church Chapman St at 10.30am, starting February 7.

• Rakaia St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Bridge St at 1.00pm.

MSA Tai Chi

Classes at 11am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Justice of the Peace

JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12pm-2pm. No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House, 44 Cass St.

RSA Indoor Bowls

Every Tuesday at 12.45. RSA in the Doris Linton Lounge. $2, followed by a cuppa & chat.

Pickleball Ashburton EA Networks Centre from 5-7pm. Paddles provided.

Mid Canterbury Badminton Club Badminton Club night from 7-9pm. All abilities welcome at EA Networks Centre.

Waireka Croquet  Club

Draw 9.45am GC Handicap Singles. Ist Tuesday in the Month Handicap Singles 19 hoops. Draw 1.15pm. Singles Handicaps -0 5; 6-9; 10-16.

Wednesdays

Ashburton Menz Shed 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

Ashburton Ladies Friendship Club 9.45am, Sinclair Centre. Speeches, morning tea, every fourth Wednesday of the month.

Wednesday Walk Group 9.30am. Meet Walnut Avenue on the west side of the Ashburton College Auditorium entrance.

Age Concern Ashburton

Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Prevention Exercises. All levels of ability are welcome. $2

per 1hr session.

What’s on Where

Do you have an event for Play Planner? Email us with all the details to whatson@theguardian.co.nz.

welcome, mallets available.

• Held at Allenton St David’s Church, Allens Rd at 9.30am.

Pickleball Ashburton

Every Wednesday from 9.30am - 11.30am at EA Networks Centre.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church Holy Communion at 10am on Park Street.

Age Concern Ashburton Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am.

Hip Hop for Seniors

10am-11am at the Ashburton Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street, Ashburton, $5.

Ashburton open coffee mornings

All are welcome at the Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street. 10.30am - 12 noon.

Thursdays

Ashburton Bridge Club

Every Thursday, 7.05pm, Bridge Club rooms, 79 Alford Forest Road.

Ashburton Menz Shed 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

Age Concern Ashburton

Ladies exercise class at 9.30am at Ashburton Seniors Centre at 206 Cameron Street.

Mid Canterbury Badminton Club 9.30am-11am at EA Networks Sports Centre.

MSA Tai Chi

Classes at 11am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Age Concern Ashburton

Steady as you Go Gentle Falls Prevention Exercises. All levels of ability are welcome. $2 per 1hr session.

• Ashburton St Stephen’s Church, Park Street at 1pm.

• Ashburton Buffalo Lodge Rooms, Cox Street at 1pm.

Fridays

Ashburton Community Walking Group

Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church

Seniors Coffee Club, 2nd and 4th of the month at 10.30am, St Stephen’s Parish Centre, Park St.

Ashburton Justice of the Peace

JP available for all signing services from 12-2pm. No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House. 44 Cass Street.

Pickleball Ashburton

EA Networks Centre from 6-8pm. Paddles provided.

Saturdays

Ashburton Farmers Market Saturday mornings, 9am-12.30pm, north end West Street car park. Plants, hot and cold food, vegetables.

Ashburton Aviation Museum Ashburton Airport from 10am - 3pm.

Ashburton Woodworkers

Clubrooms at Plains Museum site 1pm-4pm.

Seventh-Day Adventist Church 10am, Weekly worship & Bible Study.

11am, Sabbath singing & Sermon.

At Grace Presbyterian Church building, 63 Princes St. Ashburton. All welcome!

Vintage Car Club

The museum and parts shed, 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald, will be open ONLY on the following Saturdays during the month of January, 2023 (times 10am to 12 noon):

January 14, 21, 28.

Waireka Croquet Club

AC Singles or Doubles. Draw 9.45 and 12.45, GC Draw 1.15 pm Doubles. New players

Sundays

Ashburton Anglican Parish

Sunday - St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park St, 10 am. Holy Communion

Sunday - St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Thomson St. 10 am. Holy Communion, 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Sunday January 1, 2023: 10am Combined Service at St Andrew’s. Service led by Rev. Eric Mattock. All welcome. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Grace Presbyterian Church 10am at 63 Princes Street.

Hakatere Presbyterian Parish We have several combined services in December/January and this is the service schedule –

Sunday January 1 – joining in a Combined Service at 10am at St Andrews, Park Street.

Sunday January 8 – Combined service - 10am at 65 Oxford Street – led by Rev. Johanna Warren.

Sunday January 15 – joining in a Combined Service at 10am at Baring Square Methodist Church.

Sunday January 22 – Combined service - 10am at 65 Oxford Street – led by Rev. Johanna Warren.

Sunday January 29 – joining in a Combined Service at 10am at St Andrews, Park Street.

Each week from Sunday February 5 – Morning Worship at 10am. All welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

St Paul’s Church, Mid Canterbury CCAANZ

Chertsey Community Hall, Chertsey Line Road, Chertsey, 10am Sunday. Communion 1st and 3rd Sundays. “Knowing Jesus and making Jesus known”.

Pickleball Ashburton

Sunday is organised competition day at EA Networks Stadium from 5-7pm. Prior registration through our facebook page is required. Some courts are available for social play.

Every Monday and Saturday

Allenton Assn Croquet Club

Venue Allenton Sports Club. Monday, Saturday. Start every week Monday September 19 until March 27 2023. Starting time 1.15pm.

Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Methven Croquet Club

We play croquet every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1.30pm at the Methven Domain. All welcome to come along.

Every Tuesday and Friday

Methven Museum – Christmas Display 60 Main St, Methven. Open Tuesday and Friday 2-4pm. Believe it or not an orange was once a treat as were nuts. Many families could only afford these treats if they saved up all year. Come to the museum and see what gifts were given at Christmas of yesteryear, and what decorations were put up in the

home. There are puzzles for the children to do and the history of Methven is on display. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

Every Thursday and Saturday

Ashburton Toy Library

Open every Thursday and Saturday from 9.30am-12.30pm, plus every alternate Tuesday 3.30pm-5pm at 106 Victoria Street.

Every Wednesday, Saturday

Allenton Golf Croquet Club

Wednesdays & Saturdays. Start every week from Wednesday September 21 2022 until March 29 2023, starting time 9.45am.

Last Sunday of every month

Nor’Westers Muso’s Club

All are welcome, as is any style of music. 2pm - 6pm at Feeneys Lounge, Devon Tavern.

First Sunday of every month

Methven Market

At Methven Resort, from 9am to 1pm.

Third Monday of every month

The Ashburton Electronic Organ & Keyboard Club meets on the third Monday of every month (except December/January) at Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street at 7.30pm

Second Fri of every month

In Colour, art and craft club

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month. 10.30am - 12 noon.

Second and fourth Friday of every month

St Stephen’s Anglican Church Seniors Coffee Club 10.30am on Park Street.

Monthly

Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild

Meet Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street

first Saturday of the month 10.30am-3.30pm, second Thursday of the month 1pm-3.30pm, third Tuesday of the month -9pm, and the fourth Thursday of the month 10.30am-3.30pm.

December events

St David’s Union Church

Sunday January 1, 2023, 9.30am. St David’s Union Church. Worship & Communion Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road.

Tuesday January 3, 9.30am. St David’s Union Church. Walking Group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

Sunday January 8, 9.30am. St David’s Union Church. Worship Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road.

Tuesday January 10, 9.30am. St David’s Union Church. Walking Group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road

Waireka Croquet Club

Philip Street. Tuesdays, Waireka Croquet Club GC Draw 9.45am and 1.15 Singles.

Vintage Car Club

The museum and parts shed, 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald, will be open ONLY on the following Saturdays during the month of January, 2023 (times 10am to 12 noon):

January 14, 21, 28

21, 2022,

peacefully at Lister Home, Waimate, aged 86 years.

HIRE

GENERAL hire. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street.

Open Monday-Friday 7.00am - 5.30PM; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MOTORING

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

A ridge of high pressure dominates Aotearoa New Zealand for the next few days. A front moves onto the far south late Thursday, followed by southerlies, then weakens as it moves up the country on Friday.

Tuesday

Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Mostly cloudy, with scattered rain, easing to isolated showers in the evening.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Wednesday

Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Areas of morning cloud then fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light. NW 30 km/h developing at night.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

DEATHS DEATHS

Dearly loved husband of Lorna for 65 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Grant and Robynne (Waimate), and Barry and Beth (Ashburton). Adored and loved Pop of Lilee and Steve, Matt and Abbey, and Esther and Kyle. Loving great-Pop of Kobe, Isla, and Meadow; Elliot; and Alby, and Zaylen. Loved brother and brother-in-law of the late Ian and Margaret, the late Annette and Arthur Bell, and the late Cynthia Tobin.

Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. “Now at Rest”

Messages to the Hayman family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A private family interment for Don will be held at the Waimate Lawn Cemetery, followed by a Memorial service at the Gunns Bush Camp, 36 Gunns Bush Road, Hunter, Waimate, on WEDNESDAY, January 4, commencing at 2pm.

BLEE Hilda Catherine, on December 25, 2022, peacefully at Terrace View Retirement Village, Ashburton, aged 91 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Gilmour. Cherished mother and mother and law of Alan and the late Debbie, Suzanne (Sue) and Ron Murdoch, and Deirdre (Dee). Loved Gran of Pamela, and Kirsten: Shane: Donna, and Joel, and great-Gran of Kaila, Bella, and Jonty. Messages to the Blee family, P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. No flowers by request please. A service to celebrate Hilda’s life will be held in Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Friday December 30, commencing at 10.00am, followed by a private interment.

CROMIE, June Margaret (formerly of Rakaia): Passed away peacefully, at Bellevue Village, Christchurch, on December 23, 2022, aged 93 years, after a short illness. Loved wife of the late Laurie, beloved mother and mother-in-law of Kay and Kevin, Mark and Sheryl, and Ali and Gregor, and a dearly loved grandmother and great-grandmother. Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late June Cromie, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. A Private Family Memorial Service will be held in January.

Forever loved and sadly missed.

BISHOP, Adrienne Elizabeth, Peacefully at Timaru Public Hospital on Monday, December 26 2022. Aged 77 Years.

Dearly loved mum and motherin-law of Stephanie and Jim, and Grant and Angela. Loved nana of Katanya, Michael; Kane, and Jasmine. Great grand mother of Delilah.

The Service celebrating Adrienne’s life will be held at Aoraki Funeral Services Chapel 160 Mountain View Road Timaru on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 2:00pm.

Messages to: Aoraki Funeral Services, PO Box 4091, Highfield, Timaru 7942.

HAYMAN, William Donald (Donald) –

FDANZ.

On December 21, 2022, peacefully at Lister Home, Waimate, aged 86 years. Dearly loved husband of Lorna for 65 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Grant and Robynne (Waimate), and Barry and Beth (Ashburton). Adored and loved Pop of Lilee and Steve, Matt and Abbey, and Esther and Kyle. Loving great-Pop of Kobe, Isla, and Meadow; Elliot; and Alby, and Zaylen. Loved brother and brother-in-law of the late Ian and Margaret, the late Annette and Arthur Bell, and the late Cynthia Tobin. Loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews. “Now at Rest” Messages to the Hayman family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A private family interment for Don will be held at the Waimate Lawn Cemetery, followed by a Memorial service at the Gunns Bush Camp, 36 Gunns Bush Road, Hunter, Waimate, on WEDNESDAY, January 4, commencing at 2pm.

FUNERAL FURNISHERS

H 7:45am 8:12pm L 1:26am 2:00pm

8:12pm L 1:25am 2:00pm

8:45am 9:15pm 2:24am 2:59pm

8:41am 9:09pm 2:20am 2:57pm

8:29am 8:59pm 2:08am 2:43pm

9:46am 10:16pm 3:23am 4:00pm

9:38am 10:06pm 3:17am 3:54pm

9:30am 10:00pm 3:07am 3:44pm

5:48am 9:20pm 5:49am 9:20pm 5:49am 9:20pm 9:45am 12:04am 11:05am 12:35am 12:21pm 1:00am

A rugby team