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Photo Donna Wylie 230713-DW-032Rosebank Retirement Village residents Sue McDonnell (left) and Edna McGrath join in on celebrations over the birth of the royal baby.

What will they call the royal baby?

By Myles Hume

Will it be David, or Michael, maybe George or even William?

Now we know it’s a boy, the question on everyone’s lips is what William and Kate will decide to call their baby son - the Prince of Cambridge and third in line to the thrown – who was born early yesterday.

Even residents at Ashburton’s Rosebank Retirement Village have got in on the hype, hold-ing a sweepstake involving more than 70 participants to guess the name that will be given to the world’s most talked about

baby. Diversional therapist Debbie Shore said more than half the names were wiped away after it was announced Kate gave birth to an eight pound six ounce boy yesterday.

“A lot of the residents and staff thought it was going to be a girl ... the place has been abuzz after seeing it on the news when it was announced by the town crier,” she said.

George, Alexander and William are hot favourites in the retire-ment home, closely followed by Michael, David and James.

However, it could be days before the sweepstake winner claims their prize if recent his-

tory is anything to go by. It took a week before William’s name was revealed and more than a month to announce Charles’.

The retirement village was decorated with British flags, red and blue banners and played home to several avid royalists yesterday.

No more so than Edna McGrath who had her William and Kate scrap books out on show, and she even brought her $700 Duke and Duchess of Cambridge fine China dolls out of the cupboard.

She was happy for the couple, but did not want to hazard a guess at the baby’s name, stat-

ing it was up to Catherine to decide that. Fellow resident Sue McDonnell said she was “excit-ed and very pleased” for the couple, and picked the Prince of Cambridge would be named after his father William.

The as-yet unnamed baby is third in line to the throne and in the direct line of succession after Queen Elizabeth II’s eld-est son and heir Prince Charles, and then his eldest son William.

Kate spent 10 hours in labour in the private Lindo Wing of London’s St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, in central London before giving birth at 4.24pm (about dawn NZ time).

Mayoralelectionhots up

By Susan Sandys

It is no longer a one-horse may-oral race in Mid Canterbury, as Ashburton businessman Russell Ellis throws his hat into the ring.

The 51-year-old announced his intentions at a 10am media brief-ing, organised by a supporter, at the Ashburton clock tower yesterday.

He read from a prepared state-ment in front of four media repre-sentatives, before answering ques-tions.

“I have chosen this location next to our iconic town clock for the rea-son that I believe that it is time for change,” Mr Ellis said.

“It’s time to listen and make deci-sions after talking with the public, not before. It’s time for more open-ness. Don’t make the hard decisions behind closed doors. It’s time that the affordability of rates is para-mount.

“It’s time to get the rate payers of Ashburton back on side with council and working together for the greater good of the district. It’s time our roads and footpaths were of a standard that is acceptable.”

He believed that, if elected, the mayoral role would be a challeng-ing one, and he would have to do “a pretty big crash course to start with”. But with the support of the many people behind him, he could do it.

“There hasn’t been a week go by that someone hasn’t come and asked me to do so (stand for mayor),” Mr Ellis said.

Mr Ellis has hit headlines in Mid Canterbury in recent times for his role in the Ashburton Citizens’ Association, of which he is currently vice chairperson.

He has been opposed to the town’s art gallery and museum project, but building won’t stop if he becomes mayor.

As the project was already under-way, he said the priority would now be making it pay its way. This would also be the case for the sports sta-

dium project. He did however want to put the location of the second Ashburton River bridge back on the table.

“I do not believe Chalmers Avenue is the right location, I think we would be wrecking it.”

He also wanted to look at the issue of council meetings times, believing a time later in the afternoon could suit working people better.

Mr Ellis and wife Jackie are parents to twin 13-year-old boys, and operate Kitchen Express on East Street. Mr Ellis grew up in Ashburton and moved back here about seven years ago, from Nelson where the couple operated a dif-ferent kitchen franchise, Kitchen Studio.

Mr Ellis said he would sell the business and focus completely on being mayor if he won the election.

Meanwhile, incumbent Angus McKay had not heard about Mr Ellis throwing his hat into the ring until the Guardian phoned to ask him for comment late yesterday morning.

Mr McKay is attending an annu-al local government conference in Hamilton, with councillor Stuart Wilson and chief executive Brian Lester.

“I think it’s good that there’s com-petition and it will give the voters in Ashburton District a choice,” Mr McKay said.

He objected to the “behind closed doors” claim of Mr Ellis. The major issues of the art gallery, bridge and stadium were all on the agenda when he became mayor, and deci-sions made on the projects since had been made in public, with asso-ciated newspaper articles revealing which way individual councillors voted.

Nominations for this year’s local body elections open on July 26 and close on August 23. Voting documents will be posted between September 20 and 25 and voting closes at noon on October 12.

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business and sports news, and will also carry the revamped version of our current feature sections Simply Living and

Motoring. Our readers tell us they have enjoyed the recipes in the Simply Living section, and along with the improved restaurant guide, we think the Guardian will be an attractive proposition for food lovers.

After all, the new format will also include a daily quick recipe in the Your Place section and our general fascination with food is also getting well-served in the monthly YOU lifestyle magazine.

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NZ firstwith a 21-gunsalute

By Kate Shuttleworth

New Zealand was one of the first Commonwealth countries to mark the birth of the Royal baby yesterday with a 21-gun salute.

The New Zealand Defence Force held the salute at Point Jerningham in Wellington at noon.

Troop Commander Lieutenant Michael Doughty said they received word yesterday morn-ing of the birth.

“I’ve heard that because of the late timing of her birth last night we’ll likely be the first country in the world to fire a salute,” he said.

About 40 members of the public turned out to watch the salute carried out by members of the 16th Field Regiment, an artillery unit based at Linton Military Camp.

Roseneath resident Holly O’Rourke, 12, said she was excited by the birth and hoped the couple would call their first-born Jack.

“They’re a nice couple, I made a Facebook video of the gun salute,” she said.

Her grandmother, Christina Speirs, preferred the names James or George.

“We usually watch the salutes from home because we look over Point Jerningham, but we decided to come down today,” she said.

Another resident, Lou Hunt, said she had the day off work after her building needed fur-ther structural inspections after Sunday’s earthquake.

“I’ve always wanted to see the salute live.”

Lieutenant Doughty said the guns were kept at Point Jerningham permanently for salutes.

“It’s historically been the loca-tion of gun salutes, because it points out into Wellington.”

The royal birth had been the talk of the last few weeks, he said.

“We are pretty excited about it. It’s always good to see a new baby being born.” - APNZ

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• Hunt for arsonistsThe teacher at an early

childhood centre which was engulfed by flames after an arson attack says the culprits are sure to be found in the small town. The fire ravaged the Sandhoppers early child-hood centre in Ahipara, where Amy Bolstad works. The week-end blaze burned through Nga Puriri, the room which the older children use, destroying their bikes and other toys, and killing caged birds inside the room. -APNZ

• Road works injuriesMore than 50 people have

been injured while working on Western Bay of Plenty roads and bridges in the past two years. Figures released to the Bay of Plenty Times show 29 claims were lodged with ACC in each of 2012 and 2011. Strains and sprains were among the most common inju-ries. -APNZ

• Iwi wants land Both sides of the city

entrance to Tauranga Harbour could end up in Maori owner-ship under a proposal being pursued by Ngai Te Rangi iwi. Matakana Island hapu and their iwi have spent 18 months talking to the Western Bay of Plenty District Council on the return of Panepane Point, which is the southern-most tip of the forested part of the island opposite Mauao. Council and iwi negotiators are proposing a staged approach to the possible return of the estimated 200-hectare block to tangata whenua. -APNZ

• Man killed in crashA man was killed in a col-

lision between a car and a truck near Palmerston North yesterday morning. Police were called to the crash about 6.55am at the intersection of Camerons Line and Waughs Road. The male driver of the car died at the scene. The driv-er of the truck was uninjured but shaken. The road was closed until just after 11am.

• Migrants ‘cheaper’A major construction

company involved in the Christchurch rebuild says it uses migrant workers because they are cheaper than local builders. It comes at a time when builders say they are lay-ing off staff and facing finan-cial ruin because of delays from insurance companies and the Earthquake Commission. Leighs Construction says it has brought in 52 qualified Filipino construction work-ers with another “10 on the water” because subcontract-ing to local building firms cost too much. -APNZ

• Disappointing resultDunedin police have

expressed disappointment after 14 drivers were charged with drink driving. Police breath-tested 2239 drivers at checkpoints and random stops from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon. In total 145 people returned breath tests that showed alcohol had been consumed before driving. Fourteen people were charged with driving with excess breath alcohol and will appear in court. -APNZ

• Singlets honour birthParliament’s exhibition

space is showing a selection of hand-knitted baby singlets in honour of the royal birth. They are part of a nationwide project to knit baby singlets in honour of the birth of the first child of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge. The exhibition is run by the New Zealand handicrafts soci-ety Creative Fibre. A selec-tion of 144 of the singlets is on display at Parliament’s Bowen House exhibition space and includes some knitted by parliamentary staff and keen crafters from across New Zealand. -APNZ

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Ashburton’s volunteer firefighters are having a busy year.

They’re more than 80 call-outs ahead of what they were at the same time last year.

As of yesterday morning they’d attended 274 call-outs for the year, compared to 191 at the same time last year.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Alan Burgess said the big jump was due largely to a busy summer with traditional hot weather fires, particularly in rural areas.

There had also been a spike in medical call-outs for the brigade, but that had calmed down more recently.

Among the most recent calls were two in the early hours of yesterday morning. First they tended to a small fire sparked by a light fitting which caused some structural damage to timber in a ceiling at a Thomas Street house at about 1.30am.

“Luckily the lady who owned the place was up, so when it did malfunction she was able to deal with it straight away,” Mr Burgess said.

There would be some repair work required, but the fire could have been much worse, he said.

The second call-out was at 4.30am, to Walnut Avenue where a recycling bin had been set alight.

Things might be getting busier, but a volunteer fire brigade was here to stay, Mr Burgess said. The brigade had an excellent record when it came to response times so paid firefighters were not in the immediate future for Mid Canterbury.

In recent years, the Ashburton brigade has hit 400 calls for the year more than once, but last year’s numbers were down slightly, at 372, thanks in part to a quiet summer to start 2012.

This year’s total is already at 274 – a number it did not hit until October last year.

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To celebrate 20 years of serving Kiwis breakfast, McDonald’s NZ is giving away up to 130,000 free breakfasts – with 1000 free bacon and egg McMuffins being given away in Ashburton as part of that.

It will be one of the 130 restaurants handing out free breakfasts to locals from 7am to 10am on July 29.

Franchisees Dave and Andrea Whalley are looking forward to the giveaway.

“Monday mornings can be tough for everyone so we wanted to make early easy.

There’s no catch but you will need to set your alarm early to enjoy this iconic breakfast favourite on the house – first in, first served so the early bird will get the bacon,” Mr Whalley said.

“It may be our breakfast’s birthday, but locals will get the present! To put the number of bacon and egg McMuffins we are giving away to Ashburton locals into perspective, it is enough to feed one in five of the total Allenton population.”

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HILL, Flint Alexander – On July 18, 2013. Passedaway peacefully, at homeafter a courageous battle.Aged 88 years. Devotedhusband of the late Nettie(Annette). Loving father andfriend of Elly, Fred andDebs, Jim and Gill, Mary,Jo, and Barry. Much loveduncle of Larry and WendyLangley, and Tina and GregMartin. Adored grandad ofGarth, Kelly, and Hayley;Ryan, and Matthew; Joseph,and Holly; and Stacey, andto Catherine, Lydia, andJessica Langley; and Arthur,and Tazma Martin. Greatgranddad of Madison; andLaurie. Messages to 79 HillsRoad, R D 1 Ashburton. Aspecial thank you to FatherGray for his support to Dadand the family, and also theDistricts Nurses, andPalliative Care team fortheir loving care. A funeralmass to celebrate Flint’s lifewill be held at the Church ofthe Holy Name, Sealy Street,Ashburton on SATURDAYJuly 27, commencing at11.00am. Followed byinterment at the AshburtonNew Lawn Cemetery.Recitation of the Rosary willheld at the Church, Fridayevening at 7.00pm. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton

WRIGHT, James Ernest Henry (Jim); (Driver 17080 Regiment No 1 Ammunition Co 2nd NZEF) – Previously of Island Cliff(North Otago) andAshburton. Peacefully atMcKenzie Health Care,Geraldine, on July 21, 2013.Loved husband of the lateLeslie and dearly lovedfather and father in law ofJacqueline (Jackie) and KenAnderson, Jillian (Kahu)Wright, Carolyn Keen andDave Willetts, Elvina (Ena)Coster and the late MichaelMay. Dearly loved grandadof Richard and Debs, Caroland Steven, Chrissie andAdam, Tony, Lisa and Steve,Zane, Kate and Dwayne,Jodi, Tony and Sheryl andhis eleven greatgrandchildren. In lieu offlowers donations to the RSAWelfare Fund would beappreciated and may be leftat the service. Messages to:9 Hewlings Place, Temuka.A service to celebrate James’life will be held at OurChapel, Cnr East & CoxStreets, Ashburton onTHURSDAY, July 25,commencing at 1.00pm.Followed by cremation. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Please note all late deathnotices or notices sentoutside ordinary office hoursmust be emailed to: [email protected] ensure publication. During office hours noticesmay also be sent to: [email protected]

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Keen to stand for councilYoung candidates are coming out of the woodwork, announcing their intentions on Facebook to stand for the Ashburton District Council. Councillor Donna

Favel, who is planning on standing again, has introduced three via her ‘Donna Favel – Councillor’ Facebook page. They include:

Sam Quinton, 21Miss Quinton left

Ashburton College at 18 and attended Aoraki Polytechnic in Ashburton. She has certificates in top-ics including teacher aid-ing, parenting and care of children, and national computing. She is a mem-ber of the Ashburton Youth Council, and has finished environmental studies at Lincoln University. She is now studying law from home, and hoping to study political science in the future. Skills she hopes to bring to a councillor role include being able to relate to any age group, and Miss Quinton has already accepted an invite to attend a Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter meeting next month to hear about proposals for a cat policy for the town.

Alden Thomas, 26Mr Thomas is a fifth generation

Ashburtonian, and purchased his first property, in Tinwald, when he was 21. “I have served on a number of committees around Ashburton and Christchurch over the years so have a good understanding of com-mittee protocol,” he has written on his Facebook page, ‘Alden Thomas – For Ashburton District Council’. “I have also learnt valuable lessons from experiences on these commit-tees. I am still currently on the com-mittee for the Canterbury Steam Preservation Society, and in charge/overseeing of a partial restoration of a Burrell traction engine on behalf of this committee and club. I work full-time at a local garage and also run a small business from home. I very much like living in Ashburton so I am very keen to improve public/council relations and see Ashburton go forward with a younger voice on council that listens to the public that vote him there.”

Cody Dowdle, 27Mr Dowdle lives on a lifestyle block

on the outskirts of Ashburton, and works as a security guard. His job gives him a night-time perspective on the CBD, and he would like to see more security cameras installed in the town, and fairy lights returned to the oak trees lining East Street. He believes the new art gallery “was a waste of rate payers money and that the original building could have easily been renovated or expanded on”. He wants to see the council engage with the public via social media. “One of the biggest issues I see with the council is that they are so out of touch with the community as a whole. I would like to see the ADC move more with the technological times and uti-lise things such as Facebook and Twitter. Times are changing and as the next generation is getting older and using such devices instead of pen and paper the ADC needs to reflect these changes. This would in turn let people have more of a say with their ADC.”

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Mask-making a hit with the kidsEleven-year-old Logan Harrington and five-year-old Ethan Thomas built papier mâché masks yesterday at the Mitre 10 Kids DIY school holiday workshops. The children will return for a second class on Thursday, to paint the masks.

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Quake insurance claims flood inBy Matthew Backhouse, Teuila Fuatai

and Rebecca Quilliam

More than 1000 claims have been lodged with the Earthquake Commission (EQC) following the swarm of quakes centred off the Seddon coast.

The claims have flooded in as shop-pers and workers returned to central Wellington yesterday for the first time since the magnitude-6.5 quake hit on Sunday.

EQC general manager customer ser-vices Bruce Emson said the claim total stood at 1050.

About two thirds related to damage in Wellington, with the remaining number coming from the Marlborough region.

“Claims received have been for mostly minor damage or damaged contents.”

If required, additional staff would be brought in to deal with an influx of claims, Mr Emson said.

“There is unlikely to be any impact on processing claims from the Canterbury quakes.”

There was also sufficient cover through levies, reinsurance and the Crown guar-antee to provide for all valid claims, he said.

Building inspections in central Wellington continued yesterday, as a number of buildings remained closed

and 12 were cordoned off over concerns about falling debris and glass.

Mayor Celia-Wade Brown said of the nearly 2500 buildings inspected, engi-neers discovered about 35 with super-ficial damage, but there may be more problems that have yet to come to light.

The Wellington Regional Council build-ing on Wakefield St was among those to have has suffered some damage, forcing the council to speed up its plans to relo-cate to new premises.

Structural engineers have indicated that while the building structure as a whole had not sustained significant damage, the stairwells were compro-mised and should not be used.

The council said it had brought for-ward its plans to move from its Wakefield St address to Shed 39 on the Wellington harbour - a move originally planned for November.

It hoped to move at least half of its 280 staff at Wakefield St to the waterfront in about two weeks, with the other half to be relocated to other offices before a full move at the end of the year.

The council said its operations includ-ing water supply, flood protection, bios-ecurity, parks and the harbourmaster had not been affected and continued to operate normally.

Ms Wade-Brown said there was still a fair bit of cleaning up to do in the central

city, and some workers would return to find their “papers refiled on the floor”.

Among the buildings to have suf-fered damage was the Old Public Trust building at the corner of Stout St and Lambton Quay, home to Creative New Zealand, which was understood to have suffered extensive internal damage.

A source said it had been “trashed inside”, with fallen ceiling panels among the damage, leaving it unusable for some time.

Three major car parking buildings in the central city will remain closed today while they continue to be inspected for possible structural damage.

The council says Featherston St remains an issue due to the threat of falling glass or masonry, with traffic down to one lane in parts and pedestri-ans having to zig-zag through cordons.

The chance of an aftershock measur-ing up to 6 in magnitude in the week following the quake remained at 19 per cent.

Tertiary institutions remained par-tially closed yesterday, with Victoria University’s law school and Pipitea cam-pus closed, and Whitireia Polytechnic also staying closed while engineers con-tinue to check for structural damage.

Massey University’s Wellington Campus reopened yesterday morning.

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and through Silly Singing Bridge to Treasure Island, children joined Dora the Explorer on an epic journey in Ashburton yester-day, before helping her confront the dreaded Pirate Piggies.

It was a mission that took the combined counting, singing and map reading skills of the young audience at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, which Dora visited on her school holiday trip around the South Island.

After tickets to the only live Ashburton show completely sold out, Dora and her friends put on an extra show for the children in Ashburton.

The show was produced by JCD Entertainment in Invercargill,

and features a troupe of young actors aged seven to 24 as Dora, Boots the Monkey and their friends.

The next stop for the show will be in Timaru today, at 2pm at the Theatre Royal.

Ministry wants vans,not bus fordisabled

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The Ministry of Education has responded to calls from Ashburton parents, telling a transport com-pany to scrap its bus service and take disabled pupils to school via van.

It’s the latest in a six month saga involving the controversial Ritchies Bus and Coach contract to take disabled pupils to Ashburton College and Hampstead School.

Ashburton College Board of Trustees chairman David Rush said yesterday he received a let-ter from the Ministry of Education saying it had requested the bus Ritchies used to transport disa-bled pupils be replaced by total mobility vehicles, or small vans.

“So hopefully that will meet the expectations of parents, it meets everything they have brought up and discussed so the bus is going to go, the ministry agreed it was not the best vehicle,” Mr Rush said.

The college board wrote to the ministry two weeks ago on behalf of concerned parents, asking the ministry to reconsider the contract

it handed to Ritchies this year.The bus had a raft of modifica-

tions made to meet the expecta-tions of parents and the college, however there were still several outstanding safety concerns.

Although Mr Rush had hoped Ashburton Taxis would be handed back the contract, he said the ministry’s latest decision would hopefully settle what has been a long process.

“It’s good to see someone actu-ally listened to us and a bit of common sense has prevailed,” Mr Rush said.

Although Ritchies managing director Glenn Ritchie was not available for comment yesterday, he has previously said the com-pany would change the transport service to vans if asked to.

“If the Ministry of Education wants us to run vans, we will do it ... but that’s between us and them,” Mr Ritchie said.

Mr Rush said it was now up to the ministry, Ritchies and the col-lege to meet to determine how the request will be implemented.

He hoped to have the new ser-vice up and running early in the new school term.

Courses a taster for tertiary studyBy Myles Hume

Revolutionary university courses could provide a taster for school leavers or workers contemplating tertiary study, Mid Canterbury principals say.

Massey University announced yesterday it would be the first tertiary provider in New Zealand to offer free online courses.

The move has won the sup-port of local secondary prin-cipals, who say it would open more doors to upskill and share information.

The online courses involve video links, interactive learn-ing and discussion forums, and can be completed in about four weeks.

However, that’s where it ends as the online study does not earn credits towards a degree or a tertiary qualification.

Students are issued a certifi-

cate if they score high enough in multi-choice tests.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said the fact there was no degree at the end of the study may create a “disin-centive” to do the course.

“But it could help to know if you’re interested in a course,” he said.

“We are always encouraging people to be life-long learners, you don’t have to assess every-thing.

“So from that point of view people can learn something they are interested in, whether or not it leads to something, it keeps them engaged.”

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said it could be a useful tool for school leavers who are not certain about where they wanted to go in tertiary study.

He called it “an interesting approach” as tertiary provid-

ers kept their information and resources highly confidential.

“We are moving into an infor-mation age, the information is out there it’s now up to you what you do with it,” he said.

Other New Zealand tertiary providers have been sceptical of the move, questioning how Massey University’s new model would work and how it would be received.

However, Mr McMillan pre-dicted online resources, teach-ing and assessments would be the future of education.

“But the problem for schools is we have to make sure all learning is able to be accessed by all students regardless of their circumstances, so that will always be a factor in schools’ thinking.”

Massey will run the cours-es through Australian website Open2study before the end of the year,

TV TakeBack brings in 900 sets By Erin Tasker

Mid Cantabrians have recycled nearly 900 old televisions since the launch of the TV TakeBack pro-gramme in March.

The programme only has four weeks left to run in the South Island, so anyone yet to recycle their old TV is being urged to do so now to ensure they receive the Government subsidy.

The cost to recycle unwanted televisions is subsidised by the Government until August 21 in the South Island.

So far, 894 TVs have been col-lected in the region since the pro-gramme was launched on March 25.

“The response from South Islanders has been great, but we’re encouraging those who haven’t yet done so to drop their TVs off at their nearest collection point,” Glenn Wigley, operations manager at the

Ministry for the Environment said. “TVs contain valuable compo-

nents that can be reused in new products, as well as materials like lead that are hazardous to the envi-ronment so they should be recycled responsibly.

Ashburton has so far collected 65 per cent of its allocated quota, but time is running out. Residents will still be able to recycle their unwant-ed televisions once TV TakeBack finishes in the South Island, but they will miss out on the subsidised rate.”

The TV TakeBack programme, launched by Minister for the Environment Amy Adams, is an initiative to encourage the public to recycle their old TVs, diverting them from landfill.

TV TakeBack is also investing in recycling infrastructure and raising public awareness about the benefits of recycling TVs.

With increased investment, e-waste recyclers will have the

capacity and capability to deal with increased volumes. “TVs contain components and valuable materials that can be recycled locally, or sent overseas to specialist recycling facil-ities, as well as hazardous ones that can be harmful to the environment and shouldn’t be thrown away,” Mr Wigley said.

“Metals can be melted down and used in new items for the con-struction or agricultural industries. Precious materials can be recovered for use in new electronic items. Glass can be remanufactured over-seas into new televisions or moni-tors, used for sand blasting or in industrial processes.”

The Government has committed funding from the Waste Minimisation Fund for TV TakeBack, to cover investment in recycling infrastruc-ture, subsidies for TV recycling and a public awareness programme. Money for the Waste Minimisation Fund comes from a levy charged on waste disposed of at landfills.


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Watching the television news this week has been an eerie experience

for anyone in Canterbury.Having lived through the

quakes of 2010 and 2011, all of us will be feeling a genuine sense of sympathy and concern for those living on both sides of the Cook Strait.

Sunday’s major earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks bring back strong memories of our first exposure to that initial rattle back on September 4, 2010.

Mid Canterbury, along with the wider Canterbury region got its first real taste of the power of our planet and made us realise that the term Shaky Isles was not just a tourism moniker.

The way the story in Wellington and Marlborough has been playing out over the past day must give many a bizarre sense of déjà vu.

Like in September 2010, the

damage has been reasonably small, nobody got killed and the capital city feels it may have escaped a bullet.

The recent days have been dominated by assessing buildings for structural damage and starting to count the cost of another stream of EQC claims.

Wellingtonians and the rest of New Zealand had witnessed the lethal threat of the Christchurch quakes and

thankfully had already started strengthening the city.

The Christchurch experience had raised the awareness and preparedness around the country, but the Canterbury

events must also give Wellingtonians a sickening sense that this may simply be a prelude.

Yesterday’s admission by GNS that the Seddon shakes could be triggered by an unknown faultline sounds far too familiar.

Before 2010 we had never heard of the Greendale fault, the crack in the Port Hills or the one off the coast in Pegasus Bay. And we all know how deadly those ‘new’ faultlines have been.

Wellingtonians know they

have been living on borrowed time as seismologists have long known that the city is on the cross roads of two continental plates and has been overdue for a Big One.

New Zealanders have been assuming that a major catastrophe would be triggered by the Alpine Fault but that no longer seems our most imminent concern.

As nervous office workers in Wellington yesterday returned to their high-rise buildings in the CBD, few will dare to complain

about the potential cost of earthquake strengthening.

It is also a timely reminder for the council and building owners in Mid Canterbury that short-term costs cannot take precedence over the safety of its citizens, tenants and customers.

We must simply hope that we are investing and preparing for events that may never happen, just like Wellington and Blenheim people can only hope that they have seen the end, and not the start of their own earthquake nightmare.

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Sections arehot property inCanterbury

By Cullen Smith

Subdivision developers in and around Christchurch are barely keeping pace with the demand for new sections as buyers move away from traditionally popular suburbs.

Sections in once highly priced hill suburbs are lingering on the market as buyers look for more greener fields in new develop-ments on the north-western and southern city fringes and out to the Selwyn and Waimakariri districts.

One real estate agent described the buyers’ interest in subdivi-sions as a “gold rush”.

“Buyers seem to be rushing to sign contracts on sections as they become available,” he said.

Sections in Selwyn and Waimakariri are selling quickly in line with the latest property valuation figures showing a con-tinuing upward trend.

Nationwide, residential values rose further in June - up 7.6 per cent on the past year, with a 2.8 per cent increase in the last three months, according to Quotable Value.

Property values in Selwyn have increased 10.6 per cent in the year to June - slightly ahead of the Christchurch’s 10.4 per cent increase - but QV said the Selwyn rate had slowed in the last three months.

QV Christchurch valuer Daryl Taggart said values were con-tinuing to rise amid “more hype around the property market in

the city particularly”. Section val-ues were also reflected in the residential property statistics, with new developments cater-ing for the demand around Christchurch.

“We haven’t seen the same sort of growth in section values as we have in the residential property market,” he said.

Knight Frank Christchurch director of valuation and research Will Blake said there was a “strong market” for all subdivi-sions on the southwest outskirts of the city since the earthquakes.

He said large tracts of land in southwest Christchurch had long been earmarked for future development.

“It’s just that the future has arrived a lot quicker than any-body expected,” Mr Blake said.

“Anybody with a section for sale or a subdivision is experi-encing a pretty strong demand.”

Average prices ranged between $175,000 and $225,000.

Simes Ltd managing direc-tor Peter Cook said the large Aidanfield development at Halswell had almost sold out.

The average price of lots when the 900-section develop-ment began some nine years ago was $92,000, compared with $251,000 now.

Ray White Rolleston real estate agent Brendan Shefford said the average price of a 750 sq m sec-tion prior to the earthquakes was between $145,000 and $160,000.

“Today you’ll pay upwards of $170,000 for the same size sec-tion.” -APNZ

Dangerous dogsI read the account of the con-

victed couple whose mastiff dogs attacked five people, and their sentencing.

I note with extreme irony that they have claimed they can only repay their hefty fine with $10

per week, because I’m sure it cost more than that to feed those two dogs, not to mention the cost of purchase and the containing of them.

I’m disappointed to see how the judge was so easily duped. If you have the means, I would be very appreciative if this sentiment

could be passed on to her.Heidi Dobbie

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The Methven couple say they can only afford reparation of $10 a week!

Surely it would have cost more than that to keep two large dogs?

So innocent victims have to wait almost four years to be refund-ed money that they shouldn’t have needed to spend in the first instance!

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A rose thorn scratch left a fit and healthy Tauranga man with major organ failure and in a four-month battle to save his life.

Tauranga Intermediate School caretaker Roger McAlley has praised family, friends and hos-pital staff after a successful fight with blood poisoning – caused by the staphylococcus (staph) aureus bacterium – finally saw him return home on Friday.

“I’d been weeding under some roses one day. I didn’t have gloves on, and unfortunately my hands and arms were punctured with rose thorns,” said Mr McAlley.

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transfused; loss of skin; loss of weight (18kg); muscle wastage; respiratory problems necessitat-ing a tracheostomy (opening a direct airway through an incision in the windpipe); and discitis (an infection in the intervertebral disc space).

Having been transferred to the Acute Renal Unit at Waikato Hospital, Mr McAlley received the first indication he was on the mend.

“After four sessions of dialysis the duty doctor was looking at my tests, turned around and said ‘you don’t need dialysis’, because my kidneys had kicked in. I just cried.”

Last weekend, after four months and three days, the former BNZ bank manager returned to his Matua home. He said he felt pro-foundly fortunate and grateful.

“The most telling thing in the whole experience for me was the love of my family,” said an emo-

tional Mr McAlley. “Heather spent time lying on a mattress on the floor in Waikato Hospital to be with me at night.”

For the first four days in Tauranga Hospital’s ICU, Mr McAlley’s family – wife Heather, son Mark, daughter Bex and brother-in-law Trevor – did not leave his side.

He also praised the care of the Tauranga and Waikato Hospital nursing staff.

“The staff were absolutely amazing. They went to the end of the trail to try and keep me going. Even to the extent of nurses doing double shifts just to care for me.”

Mrs McAlley, a nurse in Tauranga Hospital Special Care Bay Unit, said: “We couldn’t believe it had happened to a healthy 63-year-old man who is passionate about sport, doesn’t smoke, drinks in moderation. It was all very surreal.” - APNZ

Mince and cheese pie crowned NZ’s bestBy APNZ

A “perfect” mince and cheese pie has been crowned best in the country, breaking a controversial two-year winning streak for fruit pies.

Crafted by David Liem, of Greenland Bakery & Cafe in Botany, Auckland, the winning mince and cheese pie held off an exotic field of entries at the 2013 Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards announced last night.

A record-breaking 4522 pies from 505 pie-makers through-out the country included ostrich; pulled pork, peas, puha & scrumpy cider; duck breast, orange, bacon, mushroom tiger prawns, calamari, scallops & gur-nard; lamb rump, beetroot, onion, lemon zest & dried thyme; and raspberry macaroon pie, red vel-vet pastry, raspberries, chocolate, cream and coconut.

But this year’s Supreme Pie Awards saw a resurgence of the ‘classic’ categories – with 634 mince and cheese, and a whop-

ping 682 steak and cheese pies submitted for judging.

With hundreds of mince and cheese pies to choose from, judge and Bakels executive chair-man Duncan Loney, known in the industry as ‘the Pie Man’, described the winner as “impec-cable”.

“It was well rounded and well flavoured, with a perfect balance between the strength of the mince and the cheese,” he said.

“The pastry was good quality, with a crunchy flaky top, robust rim, and a lovely even colour. It stood out.

Celebrity judge, chef Michael Meredith, described the mince and cheese winner, announced at a dinner last night in Auckland, as “a classic”.

“The balance between the pas-try and filling was perfect - it brought me back to my old school days, the visits to the tuck shop.”

While Greenland Bakery & Cafe has won multiple awards over the years, this is the first time Liem has taken out the Supreme spot.

Liem proved his prowess with

vegetable pies too, taking home a Silver award in the vegetarian cat-egory with his broccoli, pumpkin, carrot, spinach, capsicum and mushroom, and a Bronze award in the chicken and vegetable cat-egory.

The 22 judges spent a long day in the kitchens last Thursday judging the pies which were blind coded in 12 categories.

Chief judge Tim Aspinall said the competition this year was tight, with just a few points sepa-rating the top category pies.

“The beauty of these awards is that anyone from anywhere can win – from small bakers to the big commercial ones. There are so many finely crafted pies on offer, and every year new bakers enter.”

Award winners were spread throughout the country.

The Gold Award winners were:

* Mince & Gravy: Japan You, Champion Bakery & Café, Wellsford

* Steak, Vegetables & Gravy: Cameron Butchart, Butchart’s Home Cookery, Wanganui

* Chicken & Vegetable: Tai Khau,

Better Quality Pies Ltd, Rotorua* Gourmet Fruit: Vong Hean,

Mairangi Bay Bakery, Mairangi Bay - Brandied Apple & Apricot with Sweet Grape

* Gourmet Meat: Buntha Meng, Euro Patisserie Torbay, Torbay - Chicken, Cranberry & Camembert Cheese

* Vegetarian: Patrick Lam, Patricks Pies, Tauranga - Stir Fry Vegetables, Roast Pumpkin, Potato, Kumara in Spinach Cream Sauce

* Bacon & Egg: Chad Meehan, Kidds Cafe & Bakery, Christchurch

* Mince & Cheese: David Liem, Greenland Bakery & Cafe, Botany, Auckland

* Steak & Cheese: Roger Cathro, Pak’n’Save Petone, Wellington

* Seafood: Vong Hean, Mairangi Bay Bakery, Mairangi Bay - Salmon, Scallops, Leeks & Crab Meat

* Commercial Wholesale: Michael Welch, Dad’s Pies, Silverdale, Auckland

* Café Boutique: Ben Walker, Sweet Kitchen, Merivale, Christchurch - Apple, Vanilla Bean, Frangipane, Rum & Cinnamon

* Supreme: David Liem, Greenland Bakery & Café, Botany, Auckland - Mince & Cheese - APNZ

Opportunistic thievesBy Teuila Fuatai and Matthew

Backhouse

Opportunistic thieves made off with a safe containing $1300 from a cafe in one of Wellington’s land-mark buildings in the CBD as the city emptied following Sunday’s big earthquake.

CCTV captured four young peo-ple stealing the safe from Mojo State cafe in the State Insurance Tower on Willis St at 12.20am on Monday.

Police say there had been no looting following the 6.5-magni-tude quake and that the bur-glary could have happened on any night.

Social media users have been quick to condemn the young offenders, whose undisguised faces were clear in the CCTV foot-age which was posted on Facebook.

The CCTV footage had been shared on Facebook more than 130 times last night and had been liked more than 30 times.

Marian Simons posted: “tht[sic] would count as looting given the

earthquakes etc”. A comment from Etonz Bloggers read: “Disgusting to see people taking advantage like this, so sorry this happened to you”.

Rosalene Fogel also wrote: “Good work ... let’s hope someone recog-nises these low lifes!”

Cafe owner Dale Rangihaeata said he was disappointed over the “opportunistic” theft.

Mr Rangihaeata, who also owns a Mojo in nearby Bond Street, said both his cafes were open on Monday to support those who had come in to the central city to work despite safety fears.

“People appreciated that,” he said.

“We’re here to support Wellington and make sure people can still get their coffee fix, and there were a lot of stressed people in town.”

The shoe-box size safe contained about $1300 and weighed approx-imately 4kg.

He said his staff were surprised to find they had been burgled on a night when many residents were suffering from aftershocks and quake damage. -APNZ


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Body to be released to family

By Matthew Theunissen

Video footage of chaotic scenes at an Auckland housing protest in which Mana Party leader Hone Harawira was arrested last year has been played to a court.

Harawira was in Auckland District Court yesterday defending a charge of failing to comply with a police instruction, an offence punishable by a $10,000 fine.

He was arrested last October when he joined protesters – fighting the removal of state houses in the east Auckland suburb of Glen Innes – who allegedly occupied a property being removed in preparation for redevelopment.

Harawira allegedly locked himself in his car and turned his music up loud, blocking a Housing New Zealand-contracted truck and trailer unit from accessing the property.

Footage of the incident shot by a forensic police photographer was

played to the court yesterday after-noon.

Giving evidence in court, the offic-er in charge of the police operation, Inspector Peter Gibson, said Harawira did not move despite numerous requests by police.

“I went up to the driver’s side and knocked on the window and received no response. I then knocked even harder on the window. I received no response. The driver, Mr Harawira, was just looking straight ahead,” Mr Gibson said.

He knocked some more, and even positioned himself at the front of the vehicle in Harawira’s line of sight, he said.

“There was no response to that. I then went back to the driver’s side again and knocked on the window once more and again received no response.”

Police eventually smashed a back window of the car and arrested Harawira, along with four other pro-testers.

Mr Gibson, told the court it was police’s lawful duty to assist the truck to leave the location.

Harawira, who represented himself in court, quizzed him about the legality of his arrest, and whether the charge was appropriate.

He asked whether Mr Gibson had heard loud music coming from his car, to which he responded he had, and whether it was even possible for him to move his car given there was a police vehicle directly behind him.

Harawira asked Mr Gibson over the feelings of Glen Innes residents set to lose their homes.

“Are you aware of the depth of feeling the people of Glenn Innes have about this issue?” he asked, and Mr Gibson said that he was.

Harawira’s supporters were too numerous to fit into the court room, prompting an apology from Judge Stan Thorburn.

Harawira’s hearing is set down for two days. - APNZ

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Country star inspires childrenAshburton country music star Liam Kennedy-Clark inspired children at the St David’s school holiday programme yesterday with both music and stories of his musical journey. The programme will continue today with a talk from children’s book writer Marilyn Cross, and tomorrow with Britney Moore and Hannah Wakeland from the Ashburton School Council.

By Mike Dinsdale

The body of a man found in the Hokianga Harbour will be released to his family for burial as soon as his iden-tity is confirmed.

Police believe the body found on a beach near Opononi, about 3pm on Sunday is that of Darrell “Deli” Hamilton-Singh.

Mr Hamilton-Singh, 46, a father of three boys, had not been seen since he set his net on a tidal flat at Motukauri, on the northern side of Hokianga Harbour, about 3am on July 9.

Extensive searches during the past two weeks failed to turn up any sign of the man, but Whangarei police Search and Rescue boss Senior Sergeant Cliff Metcalfe said it was likely the body was that of Mr Hamilton-Singh.

However, the body could not be

released to his family until the formal identification process had been carried out, Mr Metcalfe said.

Once the coroner was satisfied that the identification had been formally made, the body could be released. It is up to the coroner to establish cause of death.

“It’s highly likely it is Mr Hamilton-Singh, but the correct process has to be followed to make sure we’ve got every-thing right and the coroner is satisfied we’ve got the identity right,” Mr Metcalfe said.

“It will be done as soon as possible so the family can have some closure.”

The body was found by a couple walk-ing on a beach at the end of Brindle Road, on the southern Hokianga Harbour, almost directly south, on the other side of the harbour, from where he went into the water. Mr Metcalfe said the beach had been searched several

times during the hunt for Mr Hamilton-Singh.

Mr Hamilton-Singh’s partner said the family was grateful for all the support and help from people, particularly dur-ing the many searches.

The woman said it had been exhaust-ing work for all concerned and she was pleased her partner was finally found.

The family was thankful that the body had been found but were waiting for conformation of his identity and deliv-ery of Mr Hamilton-Singh back to the Hokianga so his tangi could be held. It had been hoped to hold the tangi tomorrow, but that was unlikely now.

“We want closure, but we’ve just got to wait,” she said.

A rahui placed on the area stretch-ing from Rangi Pt to Motukaraka would remain in place until after Mr Hamilton- Singh is buried.

- APNZ

Murray accused of ‘nit-picking’By Edward Gay

Lawyer Davina Murray is “nit-pick-ing” in her attack on police search war-rants, a court has been told.

Murray, a Maori Party candidate at the 2011 election, has denied smug-gling an iPhone, cigarettes and lighter to convicted murderer and rapist Liam Reid.

Her 11th-hour bid to dismiss the evidence police took from her cellphone was heard at Auckland District Court yesterday.

That evidence includes text messages which police say shows Murray planned to secretly marry Reid inside prison.

In one of the messages, Murray asked a friend in Australia to come to New Zealand.

“... Need to smuggle in two witnesses into jail as my staff to witness my wed-ding.”

Murray discussed wedding vows with the friend and acknowledged the secret marriage could jeopardise Reid’s appeal.

“My heart says: ‘I should just do it’ but my head says: ‘Wait’.”

A verdict in the case and the result of

her application will be given by Judge Russell Collins next month.

Murray could also face a Law Society investigation.

A spokesman from the society said he could not comment on individual lawyers but in general, the Law Society will look into any lawyer facing criminal charges.

Yesterday in court Murray’s lawyer Alistair Haskett said the police search warrants did not identify informants and was wide-ranging.

He said the evidence was obtained unlawfully and therefore could not be used in the hearing.

Mr Haskett said police trawled through 12,500 text messages that went back as far as five months before Reid was allegedly caught with the phone inside Mt Eden Prison.

Mr Haskett said there had been no evidence Reid had been texting Murray and her cellphone contained privileged messages between the lawyer and other clients.

“It is important it is seen as it is – a lawyer using a tool we all use to com-municate information with our clients.”

But police prosecutor Anna Longdill

described the submissions as “nit-pick-ing”.

She said police applied for a broad search warrant to show the relationship between Murray and Reid went further than a lawyer and client.

“It established a developing relation-ship.”

She said Murray visited Reid 61 times while he was inside Paremoremo during a period of eight months and a further 19 visits to Mt Eden over six weeks.

Ms Longdill said data from the prison showed Reid had called Murray 268 times.

“Mr Reid hadn’t called anyone else – a very important piece of information – no one else.”

She sad police had not breached any law and therefore the evidence could be used.

Murray has described herself as an advocate for Reid who is serv-ing a 23-year sentence for raping and killing deaf woman Emma Agnew in Christchurch in 2007, and the rape, attempted murder and robbery of a 21-year-old student in Dunedin nine days later.

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• 500 inmates escapeMilitants have attacked two

Iraqi prisons, including noto-rious Abu Ghraib, freeing at least 500 inmates in assaults that left at least 40 people dead. The co-ordinated attacks on Taji prison, north of Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib, west of the capital, were launched on Monday night and triggered fighting that raged for around 10 hours. The two prisons had held around 10,000 inmates between them, an interior ministry official said. He said the escaped prisoners were “terrorists” but that, to his knowledge, no inmates man-aged to break out from Taji.

- AFP

• Quake kills 92Rescuers have braved land-

slides and blocked roads to help victims of twin earth-quakes in northwest China that killed 92 people and injured almost 600. The trem-ors in Gansu province – with magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.6 – triggered landslides which buried often crudely con-structed local houses, govern-ment-run broadcaster CCTV reported. Pictures from the scene showed simple buildings reduced to rubble, with pieces of corrugated metal roofing scattered over the wreckage. The government of Dingxi city in Gansu said on a social media account that 14 people remained missing. - AFP

• House a pig-styA Tasmanian couple have

been told to get rid of up to 60 pigs living in their house by their local council. Vicki and Morry Jackson’s home has been taken over by the long-haired, miniature ani-mals they have bred for the past eight years. They say their well-loved pigs are living indoors because their one-acre block on the state’s east coast has not dried out after flooding rains. But the Jacksons have been given 30 days to evict them or face the prospect of a fine after complaints by neigh-bours. “They’re quite good but, look, I’ve had enough,” Ms Jackson said. Ms Jackson, 54, said the pigs were obedi-ent, and even affectionate, but could also be trouble. - AAP

Strong demand for Synlait sharesBy Jamie Gray

Shares in Canterbury-based milk processor Synlait Milk ended their first day of trading on the NZX at a 54-cent, or a 24.5 per cent, premium to their $2.20 issue price, reflecting strong investor demand and a limited supply of stock.

Synlait Milk shares debuted at $2.62 and went on to trade in a $2.61 to $2.90 range before finishing at $2.74.

The initial public offer attracted strong support from institutions in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong and New Zealand

retail investors. China’s Bright Dairy will remain Synlait Milk’s cornerstone shareholder with a 39.1 per cent hold-ing, down from 51 per cent before the offer. Japan’s Mitsui has a 8.4 per cent stake.

The company’s chief executive John Penno said the successful initial pub-lic offer and share market float was “an endorsement of where we have got to and where we are going”.

Holland’s Royal FrieslandCampina surprised the market by picking up a 7.5 per cent stake during the book-building phase early this month, which may have added to the stock’s attrac-tion.

“Having Royal FrieslandCampina on the register is impressive support, so some people seem to be taking heart from that,” Shane Solly, portfolio man-ager at Mint Asset Management, said. FrieslandCampina, with Bright Dairy, would represent a powerful investor base, he said.

The offer was priced at the lower end of an indicative $2.05 to $2.65 price range but Penno told a news confer-ence the company was more focused on getting a good share register togeth-er rather than pricing.

“Price is important but ultimate-ly we were not prepared to sacrifice the share register to get the ultimate

in price,” he said. Penno said the strong market price was a reflection of FrieslandCampina coming on board and unsatisfied retail demand.

Rakaia-based Synlait Milk success-fully raised $75 million in new capital from the IPO, which it said it would use to repay debt and help fund con-struction of a new lactoferrin extrac-tion and purification facility, an on-site blending and consumer packaging plant, a new dry store, a quality testing laboratory, a butter plant and a new spray dryer.

FrieslandCampina is one of the larg-est dairy co-operatives in the world and is an existing customer of Synlait

Milk. NZX chief executive Tim Bennett said the IPO showed that there was “strong underlying demand” from off-shore for investments in the domestic agriculture sector.

“We have had a very strong run of IPOs this year and the pipeline looks good,” Bennett told the news confer-ence.

The IPO process added 2296 new shareholders to Synlait Milk’s share register.

The offer, which also allowed existing Synlait Milk shareholders to sell into, resulted in gross proceeds of $114 million.

- APNZ

By Christopher Adams

Kiwis have cemented their reputation as some of the world’s most voracious fast-food consumers with a newly opened Wendy’s outlet in Waikato selling 20,000 burgers in its first week of operation, set-ting a record for the global chain.

The burger company says its Hamilton store, which opened in Frankton on July 11, served 10,000 customers during its maiden week, beating the previous weekly sales record by 6.7 per cent, or $12,000.

A company spokeswoman declined to reveal the total sales figure, saying it was commercially sensitive.

At the end of last year Wendy’s was operating 6560 restaurants in 28 coun-tries around the world, according to its 2012 annual report.

Other Wendy’s stores in New Zealand have also set global records for the brand.

Its Palmerston North store set a record for first week sales when it opened in December last year and before that its Christchurch outlet, which closed after the February 22 earthquake, held the title.

And fast food sales records are not isolated to Wendy’s in New Zealand.

A Carl’s Jr store which opened in Henderson’s Lincoln Rd in November turned over almost $180,000 in its first week of operation – a world record for the brand which operates in

more than 20 countries. A hospitality industry report published by the Restaurant Association of New Zealand and the Auckland University of Technology this month showed takeaway sales hit nearly $1.5 billion last year, up from $1.36 billion in 2011.

Takeaway sales have steadily increased in the past five years, with figures showing the 2012 total was 25 per cent higher than four years earlier.

Restaurant Association chief executive Marisa Bidois said many Kiwis were choosing takeaways over restaurant meals to fit in with lower budgets.

- APNZ

First home buyers remain “a priority” for the government and “all tools have to be consid-ered” in balancing their needs with the Reserve Bank’s likely imposition of restrictions on home lending for buyers with small deposits, says Prime Minister John Key.

Speaking to the Local Government New Zealand conference in Hamilton, Key appeared to accept the central bank was unlikely to heed his earlier call to exempt first home buyers from any restrictions on high loan to value ratio lending.

But he stopped short of explicitly endorsing sugges-tions over the weekend by Housing Minister Nick Smith that one way to assist first home buyers would be to give them greater access to funds in their KiwiSaver accounts.

Key backed the Reserve Bank’s concern about the emerging housing bubble and its desire not to react to that by raising interest rates unnecessarily.

“Absent of any other alternative, then rapidly increasing house prices may see the Reserve Bank raising interest rates, which will affect everyone – all mortgage holders and businesses, whereever they are in the country, as well as the Government,” said Key.

“That is certainly not in the best interests of first home buyers.

“And higher interest rates would put upwards

pressure on the Kiwi dollar, which would hurt exporters.

“Even with LVRs introduced, interest rates may ultimately rise anyway, but the intention with these loan to value ratios is to provide the Reserve Bank with other tools to dampen demand,” Key said.

The international evidence, such as the hous-ing value destruction caused when the US sub-prime mortgage bubble burst, showed how an

unchecked housing bubble could leave some borrowers “substantially overexposed in an overvalued market.”

“And we all know what hap-pens if those values start to fall.”

“So, this issue is of serious concern. I remain of the view that all tools have to be con-sidered. Demand-side issues are largely the purview of the RBNZ, which is independ-ent, and they will in the end have to make a decision. The

Government is keen to see all New Zealanders have the opportunity to buy a house.”

He pointed specifically to the government’s Housing Accords model, which intends to see a large increase in the number of houses built in Auckland, where a lack of supply is pushing prices, and reforms to the Resource Management Act to speed up the resource con-sents process.

- BusinessDesk

Waikato Wendy’s outlet sets global burger record

First home buyers still a priority, Key says

It’s a boy for Britain’s Kate and William

Prince William, his wife Kate and their new son spent their first night together last night after it was announced that Britain has a new future king.

Cheering crowds rushed towards the gates of Buckingham Palace as it was announced that the Duchess of Cambridge had pro-duced a healthy male heir weigh-ing 8lbs 6oz (3.8kg).

The as-yet unnamed baby is third in line to the throne and in the direct line of succession after the Queen’s eldest son and heir Prince Charles, and then his eldest son William.

“We could not be happier,” William, the son of Charles and the late Princess Diana, said in a brief statement yesterday.

US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle led international tributes to the “joyous occasion”, while Canada was the first to hail the birth among the 15 overseas realms to which the baby will be heir.

Kate Middleton, 31, spent 10 hours in labour after she and William arrived at London’s St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.

“Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm,” Kensington Palace said in a state-ment just over four hours after she gave birth. “The baby weighs 8lbs 6oz. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth.”

It was in the same hospital wing that Princess Diana gave birth to William in 1982.

Royal aides later placed a formal

bulletin on a gold easel in the fore-court of Buckingham Palace which said that both Kate and her son were “doing well”.

Royal doctor Marcus Setchell added: “Wonderful baby. Beautiful baby”.

The Queen, 87, said she was “delighted” while Prince Charles said he was overjoyed.

British landmarks including the London Eye and BT Tower were lit in red white and blue to celebrate the baby’s birth while cannon fire will ring out across the capital today.

Newspapers splashed the arrival over their front pages, with many saying simply: “It’s a boy”.

The arrival of a royal baby and a new generation for the British monarchy had been hotly antici-pated ever since the couple mar-ried in 2011 after a decade-long romance.

The popular couple have been widely credited with revitalising “The Firm”, as the British royals are known, following decades of scandal and the death of Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997.

The palace said the boy’s name would be revealed later, but he will be known as Prince of Cambridge.

Bookmakers say the favourites are George and James, traditional names for a future monarch.

William, also 31, has been on annual leave and will take two weeks paternity leave from his job as a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot.

The birth came later than widely expected, adding to the sense of

anticipation – as well as the frus-trations of hundreds of members of the international media who waited outside the hospital for three weeks.

Prince Charles said that he and his second wife Camilla were “over-joyed at the arrival of my first grandchild”.

“It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy,” the 64-year-old heir to the throne said in a statement.

“Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone’s life, as count-less kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormous-ly proud and happy to be a grand-father for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future.”

The fact that it is a boy averted the need to rush through new succession laws across the 16 Commonwealth realms, which would mean that a royal princess could no longer be overtaken by any future younger brothers.

Royal fanatics gathered in London could not hide their excite-ment.

The new arrival is Queen Elizabeth’s third great-grandchild.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said outside his Downing Street office that it was “wonderful news” for Britain.

“It is an important moment in the life of our nation. A proud nation is celebrating with a very proud and happy couple,” Cameron said.

- AFP

‘Higher interest rates would put upwards

pressure on the Kiwi dollar, which would

hurt exporters’

Ap pHOTOA police officer tries to control a crowd of people trying to get to the railing to take pictures of a notice proclaiming the birth of a baby boy to Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge on display for public view at Buckingham Palace in London, yesterday.

Crowds besiege palaceA joyful crowd popped corks,

cheered and strained to glimpse the official notice outside Buckingham Palace, after the birth of a baby boy, a future monarch, to Prince William and wife Kate.

The centre of attention at the palace was a golden easel upon which royal officials placed the formal birth announcement yes-terday.

“We just wanted to mark the birth in our own way,” said Itsuki Kuroda, a Japanese man living in London, who came to get pictures of himself and his wife Kenta with their two-year-old daughter Akari, who was dressed in the red, white and blue of the Union Jack.

“This boy’s going to be king one day – it’s historic!” Kenta said.

Camera flashes lit up the even-ing scene outside the Queen’s official residence as dozens of people tried to immortalise the moment it was announced that

the third in line to the British throne had been born.

The crowds pressed against the iron gates of Buckingham Palace and spilled onto the steps of the huge statues of Queen Victoria and other monarchs in the plaza in front of the vast building.

Cheers went up outside the palace the minute the announce-ment came, as they did at the central London hospital where the baby was born and where more well-wishers gathered along with hundreds of international media.

“We are delighted to be here, it’s a very good feeling and a great atmosphere,” said Sylvie Beaver, a 28-year-old from London who was outside the palace with her boyfriend.

Patriotic songs rang out as the night wore on but the atmos-phere was still welcoming for for-eign visitors.

“We think it’s so exciting that there is a new third in line to

the throne – we came here on Thursday and were very hopeful we would be here for the exciting news, we don’t have royalty, so to us this is very, very exciting,” said Janice, a visitor from Ohio in the United States.

Rob, a Londoner, said: “I’m hugely excited - I’ve been waiting all day for the news and I can’t wait to find out the name of the boy. I’m going for Albert.”

London’s landmarks also joined in the celebrations.

The London Eye, a huge wheel with viewing pods that towers above the capital, was lit up in red, white and blue, while the BT Tower carried the message “It’s a boy” on huge digital screens.

The joyous scenes of partying came after a sense of relief earlier in the day for the international journalists who had camped for three weeks outside St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, central London, waiting for Kate to give birth. - AFP


• Hunt for killerA poetry-writing suspect-

ed killer is being hunted by Japanese police after the bod-ies of five people were found in a tiny mountain village. The five victims represent a third of the population of the hamlet in western Yamaguchi prefecture, where police ear-lier found three corpses after two houses were burned to the ground. Investigators yes-terday discovered the bod-ies of two more people, who reports said appeared to have been battered to death. All five victims were in their 70s or 80s. The chief suspect is a 63-year-old villager at whose home police found a “haiku” poem stuck to the window. The haiku reads: “Setting on fire – smoke gives delight – to a country fellow”. - AFP

• Rhino gores manA rhinoceros gored a man to

death as he fished in a river in southern Nepal in what experts say is a rare event. The 38-year-old was killed at the weekend by the animal in Chitwan National Park, Nepal’s biggest conservation area, located in the southern plains, police said yesterday. Although attacks on humans are common as deforestation forces wildlife to stray into vil-lages, rhinos rarely kill people, an expert said. - AFP

• 19 dead in crashNineteen people have been

killed and 20 hurt in a head on fiery crash between a double decker coach and a truck in central Thailand. “Altogether there are 19 dead – 18 died at the scene and another one died at the hospital,” an offi-cial from the national insti-tute for emergency medicine in Bangkok said. She added that 20 people were injured in the crash in central Saraburi province. The bus, which was travelling from Bangkok to Roi Et in the northeast of the country, caught fire after the crash. Images from Thai tele-vision news showed the extent of the damage to the vehi-cle, which appeared to have been incinerated. Police, who have arrested the driver of the truck, said the crash was a head-on collision involving three vehicles. - AFP

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Rapturous welcome for Pope

Man gets 40 years for murdering childrenA Spanish man has been sen-

tenced to 40 years in prison for killing his two children, aged six and two, to take revenge on his wife for leaving him.

Jose Breton said the children, Ruth who was the eldest and Jose, went missing on October 8, 2011, while on an outing with

him at a park in the southern city of Cordoba, a month after his wife had left him and moved to another city with the two youngsters.

The 41-year-old former soldier, who has always proclaimed his innocence, was arrested 10 days later on suspicion of kidnapping.

Police drained local ponds, dragged rivers and searched properties but failed to find any trace of the children.

However, the investigation which has gripped Spain took a twist in August 2012 when two forensic scientists hired by the children’s mother deter-

mined that a mass of charred bones found in a homemade oven on a piece of land outside of Cordoba owned by Breton’s parents belonged to a two-year-old and six-year-old child.

Police scientists had originally said the bones found in the fur-nace belonged to animals.

Forensics experts determined that the children were given tranquilisers but could not say if they were still alive when they were incinerated in the oven.

The trial jury, made up of seven women and two men, found Breton guilty of murder-ing his young children on July

12. This weeky, a Cordoba court gave him a jail sentence of 40 years – 20 years for each mur-der.

“The accused conceived of the idea of killing the children as revenge against his spouse,” the court wrote in its ruling.

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The Pope got a rapturous wel-come from tens of thousands of pilgrims as he arrived in Brazil on his first foreign trip as pontiff, but violent protests later swept the streets.

The 76-year-old Argentine rode in a open-top Jeep through the centre of Rio de Janeiro yesterday, kicking off a week-long visit to a country whose Catholic numbers are slipping and in which eco-nomic progress has recently been joined by social unrest.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was cheered by throngs of the faithful, but police used tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades to disperse scores of rioters hurling firebombs after the Catholic leader met with President Dilma Rousseff at the state governor’s palace.

AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba, who was capturing the confrontation, was clubbed on the head by a riot policeman and received three stitches.

Earlier police blocked access to the palace as hundreds of Anonymous “hacktivists” and gay militants rallied to denounce Rio state Governor Sergio Cabral’s policies as well as the $US53 mil-lion spent on the Pope’s landmark visit to the world’s most populous Catholic nation.

Rousseff’s popularity has plunged in recent weeks, amid frustrations with corruption, poor public services and slow-ing economic growth. The leftist and Brazil’s first female president acknowledged the social discon-tent, saying Brazil’s youth was

fighting for “a new society”.Despite the heavy security, with

30,000 soldiers and police mobi-lised, several people were able to stop the Pope’s convoy and touch him through his open window. The pontiff, in Brazil to attend World Youth Day, an event expected to draw 1.5 million young Catholics, shook hands and kissed babies.

The threat of danger was height-ened when the army announced that soldiers had discovered an explosive device during a train-ing session on Sunday in a bath-room at the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Sao Paulo state, which the pope will visit today.

The homemade device was destroyed and authorities said it was nowhere near the area where the Pope or pilgrims will congre-gate.

The Pope, who carried his own luggage on to the papal plane, has come to Brazil to promote his vision of a more humble church.

Excitement about his first over-seas visit brought huge crowds into the streets, chanting “long live the Pope”, singing and waving the flags of Argentina and other countries.

The Pope, first in a small four-door car and then an open-top jeep, waved at the crowd after deciding to leave his armoured “Popemobile” behind.

“I have learned that, to gain access to the Brazilian people, it is necessary to pass through its great heart; so let me knock gently at this door,” Francis said at the governor’s palace.

- AFP A crowd of faithful cheer as Pope Francis rides through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. Ap pHOTO


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opened its doors on Friday the 30th July, 2004.

Owners Ton and Patti Kittikote are proud to support local contractors and suppliers in bringing this delicious asset to the town.Together with their two children

- Gina and Jinny, Ton and Patti enjoy the Mid Canterbury lifestyle and are keen members of the community through school, sports groups and the friends they make through the restaurant.As a chef at the busy Ironside

restaurant in Christchurch, the couple felt they needed to bring Thai cuisine to Ashburton and with other business and management degrees between them, this was just the

challenge they were after. Charming Thai has grown to

be one of Ashburton's top meal destinations, offering only the freshest ingredients and the best service in town. Charming Thai are proud to

say no to MSG and most of their meals can be made gluten free for you. There are four variants of hotness: mild, medium, hot and Thai hot, for the more adventurous.Charming Thai chefs are

brought over from Thailand from 5 star hotels and resorts, to ensure authenticity and top quality dishes. Although some pastes and spices need to be sourced from Thailand, the restaurant uses local vegetables and meat, in season for the freshest taste.

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My partner and I have been a few times to Charming Thai restaurant and we love it. The decor is lovely, the staff are very friendly and the food is delicious.

Sue and Gary Cardigan Charming Thai has become a Sunday night ritual for us whether it be dine in or takeaway. We are never anything other than completely satisfied with the food and service Ton and his team deliver and we have raved about Charming Thai to everyone we know! Sue and Gary.

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I love coming to Charming Thai, Good value for money, very good hosts, delicious food, great platters.

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Best Thai Ever! I have been here lots of time and the food and service are great and fast. My favourite would be the Satay Chicken. Make sure you come and try this if you are in Ashburton.

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I recommend Charming Thai without reservation, the food is wonderful, the selection on the menu kept everyone happy. Great value for money, Ton and the team are very helpful and friendly. Super food and excellent hosts.

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We have dined in and have taken away and every time the food has always been consistent, delicious and very filling. The staff are always very friendly and polite, also there are many choices for children which can be hard to find in Thai restaurants. Highly recommend Charming for a great night out with friends or with family.

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The condiment of contrastsBy Daniel Neman, Toledo Blade

Mellow, yet fiery. Smooth, yet piquant. Mustard is the condiment of contrasts. It is an essential element of, say, an

elegant piece of sole with herb butter, but it is also perfectly at home squiggled on top of a hot dog.

It’s the condiment that goes with everything – meat, fish, vegetables. And you can even eat the plant leaves.

Mustard comes in practically every flavour you can imagine: but the kind we are going to focus on today is one of the most common and popular types, Dijon.

Dijon mustard, from France’s Dijon region, is extremely smooth and almost creamy. It has a bit more bite than you find in the bright yellow mustard, but less heat than many of the other, more rustic mustards.

It is always made using white wine and it usually has to be cooked to create it, which is not the case with many other mustards.

It is also more versatile than most. Other mustards have straightforward uses; yellow mustard goes with a pastrami sandwich, grainy mustard is superb with German sausages. Dijon is great with these and more, but it can be used as an ingredient in cooking, too. It adds a rich undertone of warmth to a cream sauce, or a pungent depth to grilled meats.

But don’t go overboard. Dijon mustard has such a forthright,

dominating taste, it can blast away other ingredients in a dish unless it is used with discretion.

That was a lesson I learned early, when I first began cooking with mustard. I would just smear Dijon mustard – maybe mixed with a little olive oil – on chicken and then sprinkle on some herbs before roasting it.

The result wasn’t bad at all, but the mustard definitely stood out.

In the years since then, I have learned to have a gentler hand with the Dijon.

For a more ambitious dish, I tried chicken breasts with brandied mustard cream sauce from a recipe in the never-disappointing The Frog Commissary Cookbook.

I was immediately attracted to the sauce, which includes brandy, Dijon mustard, cream and a healthy dose of vermouth.

The dish was fabulous. But to be perfectly frank, anything made with that sauce would be fabulous.

If you want that great sauce but you don’t want the extra calories from the butter, the dish would work just as well on chicken that had been grilled, baked or even steamed. Or try the sauce on veal or fish.

Next up was an inspired pairing of grilled swordfish with a sauce of Dijon mustard, shallots and chives.

Swordfish is notable for its fresh sweetness, and the sharp flavours of the mustard, shallots and chives made an intriguing contrast.

In fact, you’ll find a little pot of Dijon mustard is a good friend in the kitchen.

Chicken a la dauphin

6 chicken thighs, with skin Salt and pepper 2 tsp oil 2 tsp Dijon mustard ¾ C dry white wine 2 sprigs thyme or ¼ teaspoon dried 1 tsp honey

• Patchickendrywithpapertowelsandseasonwithsalt and pepper.

• Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heatand brown chicken on both sides, beginning with the skin side. While the chicken browns, whisk together the mustard and the wine.

• Usingtongs,removechickentoaplatterandpouroff oil and grease in the pan.

• Addwine-mixturemix to hot pan, return chickenpiecesandaddthyme.Bringtoaboil,coverandreduce heat to a low simmer. Cook until chicken is done,about30minutes.Removesprigsofthyme,return chicken to a clean platter, stir honey into jus untilitdissolves,andservechickenwiththejus.

• Serves:3-6people

Chicken breasts with brandied mustard cream sauce

4bonelesschicken-breasthalves,skinned ½ C flour seasoned with 1 teaspoon each salt and

pepper ¼ C butter (recipe follows) 2 tsp minced shallots ½Cdryvermouth 2 tbsp brandy 5 tsp Dijon mustard ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper 1Cheavycream 2 tsp minced parsley • Preheat the oven

to 100 degrees Celsius. Dredge the chicken in the seasoned flour and shake off the excess.Heat thebutter in a pan. Add the chickenand saute overmedium heat for 5 minutes. Turn the chicken and saute 3-5 minutesmore or until just done. Removefromthepanand

keepwarmintheoven.• Discardanybutterleftinthepan.Addtheshallots,

vermouthandbrandytothepan;turntheheattohigh and reduce the liquid to 3 tablespoons while stirring to scrape up any browned bits. Whisk in themustard.Addthesalt,pepperandcreamandcookovermedium-highheatfor2-3minutes,stir-ringoccasionally, untilmixture is the consistencyofalightgravy.Transferthechickenfromtheovento dinner plates, mask with the sauce, dust with parsleyandserveatonce.

• Serves:4

Rosemary dijon pork loin

1 (1.8kg) boneless pork loin 2 tbsp Dijon mustard 2 tbsp chopped red onion 2 tsp salt ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper 1clovegarlic,minced 2tbspcoarselychoppedrosemaryleaves,plusa

few sprigs for garnish

• Preheatovento175degreesCelsius.• EvenlyrubtheentireporkloinwiththeDijonmus-

tard, followed by the onion, salt, pepper and garlic. Make sure to really rub in the spices, and then sprinkletherosemaryevenlyalloverthetop.

• Placetheporkinaroastingpanlinedwitharack,and roast for 20 minutes. Reduce the tempera-ture to 150 degrees, and continue roasting until a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part reads70,about1hourmore.Transfertheporktoacuttingboard,coverlooselywithfoilandletrestfor 10 minutes.

Slice and arrange on a platter garnished with rose-mary sprigs.

• Serves:8

Grilled swordfish with mustard

5 tbsp Dijon mustard 2tbspoliveoil 6 tbsp white wine ½ C minced shallots ½Cchoppedfreshchives ½ tsp white pepper 6 swordfish fillets Salt and pepper to taste Oliveoilforbrushing • Preheatgrillashotaspossible.• Mixmustard,oliveoil,whitewine,shallots,chives

andpepper inasmallbowl.Coverwithplasticwrap,andreserve.

• Seasonfishalloverwithsaltandpepper.Grill about 3 minutes per side, brush-ing with olive oil after turning.Transfer onto serving plates,spoon sauce onto plates andserveimmediately.

• Serves:6-SHNS

Despite much publicity lately it appears as if there are still some elderly people being captured in a scamming trap.

Some believe that it is just a “computer thing” and don’t recognise the dangers. This is not the case as scamming can occur through the mail and even over the telephone.

A simple definition of scamming is that it is a scheme designed to defraud or swindle by tricking anyone who can be attracted to the possibility of becoming rich.

A recent television programme revealed that millions of dollars are being scammed out of pensioners each year through fake lotteries. In one case a 79-year-old man lost $20,000 after he sent cheques to the scammers to claim his prize while another man received 169 lottery scam letters in just one day.

One of our major banks is so concerned about this issue that they have appointed a fraud co-ordinator to try track the perpetrators down.

Evidence has shown that the scams ask for anything between $10 to $90 which is supposedly a processing fee to release funds that the victim has ‘won’ and once your name gets into their systems you are inundated with this mail.

The best way to deal with this is to write RETURN TO SENDER on the envelope and put it in the post.

Evidence has shown that these schemes can come from all over the world, even from reputable countries. It is well known that in many cases there is a criminal element involved.

If you should happen to open one of these unsolicited letters don’t act on your own. Ask a family member or someone you can trust whether it is genuine.

Dont get trapped into smart so called attractive offers, they will always be too good to be true.

Age Concern will follow up any incidents that come to our notice. There are a lot of good things happening around us, don’t let the despicable things take over.

Jeanette Tarbotton is a member of Age Concern

Have you been caught?

Jeanette TarbottonServing the ageing


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Cle an He at libr ary SeSSion

The Ashburton District Council would like to invite Ashburton Residents to a public information session about the Clean Heat Ashburton Programme. This will be held at the Ashburton Public Library between 11.00am and 1.00pm on the following dates:

• Thursday25July

A representative will be available on site to offer advice, provide guidance and answer any questions that you have relating to Clean Heat Ashburton and the options that are available to home owners who live within the Ashburton Clean Air Zone.

For further information visit www.cleanheatashburton.org.nz or call (03) 307 7700.

Together – Let’s clean up our air

r CatCHPoWle, environmental Monitoring Manager

UPCoMing PUbliC MeetingS - JUly / aUgUSt 2013

All meetings are open to the public unless specified and residents are welcome to attend.

thursday 25 JulyFinance & Community Services Committee – 1.30pm

thursday 1 augustCouncil Meeting – 1.30 pm

thursday 5 augustMethven Community Board – 1.30 pm

thursday 15 augustOperations Committee – 1.30pm

thursday 22 augustEnvironmental Services Committee - 1.30pm

Council and committee meetings are held in the Council Chamber, Ashburton District Council offices,5BaringSquareWest,Ashburton.

Methven Community Board meetings are held in the meeting room of the Methven Heritage Centre, Main Street, Methven.

b leSter, Chief executive

C620 reSe alS anD PreSe al rePairS, a SHbUrton DiStriCt, 2013/14

Tendersare invitedforthechipresealingofapproximately50kmofbothruralroadsandurban streets in the Ashburton District. The work includes minor smoothing and seal texturizing as preseal repairs, approximately 3,300m2 of asphalt paving and approximately 380,000m2ofchipsealingwithavarietyofbindersandtreatments.

TenderdocumentsareavailablefromtheAshburtonDistrictCouncil,POBox94,5BaringSquareWest,Ashburton-Phone(03)3077700,Fax(03)3081836. All inquiriesshouldbedirected to Brian Fauth, Roading and Street Services Manager.

Tenders closewith the Chief Executive, Ashburton District Council, P O Box 94, 5 BaringSquareWest,Ashburton,at4.00pmonTuesday6August2013.

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

5 Baring Square West, Ashburton 7700 PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 P (03) 307 7700 e [email protected] www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

a SHbUrton DiStriCt liCenCing CoMMit tee

Sale anD SUPPly oF alCoHol aCt 2012 aPPliCationS For CoMMittee MeMberS Ashburton District Council is appointing a District Licensing Committee (DLC) to deal with alcohol licensing matters within our district. The new Act requires the Committee to be establishedby18December2013.TheCouncilhasrecentlyappointedaCommissionerandisnow seeking applications for at least 3 committee members.

A briefing document is available online which outlines the competencies, experience and requirements committee members must meet. The new Act requires members to have experience relevant to alcohol licensing matters but excludes those who have an actual or perceived connection with the alcohol industry and certain other nominated occupations.

Technical guidance and training will be provided to ensure you understand the new regulatory framework and the role you will play within it.

Committee members will be remunerated in accordance with the new Act.

Applications which include a cover letter outlining your experience against the necessary competencies and a CV containing at least two referees will be accepted online or by post to People & Capability Manager, Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7700.

applications close 29 July 2013.

3 july 2013

bUilDing SySteMS aDMiniStr ator

Keen to administer, audit and coordinate?

In this full-time position your daily duties will vary from assisting and supervising a small administration team, monitoring and reporting our system compliance, facilitating and introducing refinements into our business processes. You will play a key role in ensuring our system continues to comply with legislation and our ongoing accreditation assessments so previous experience in administration of International Accreditation New Zealand requirements would be of advantage, though not necessary.

To be successful, you will need to be a great communicator with transferable skills gained from previous experience working in a quality system environment, auditing business systems or ensuring compliance within a legislative environment. Strong administration and computer skills are the key as your building knowledge will develop through exposure and training.

Not only will you have an eye for accuracy and a friendly confidence to answer customer queries, you will also need to enjoy working within a busy interdependent team which has statutory timeframes to meet.

Our district will provide you and your family a lifestyle unrivalled by most; apply online with aCVandcoverletterby29July2013tomakethemostofthisuniqueopportunity.

l aUriSton Fire Station oPening – CoMMUnit y invitation

Lauriston Volunteer Rural Fire Force and the Ashburton District Council invite members of the community to the opening of the new fire station at 19 Lauriston Barrhill Road on Sunday28thJuly.Theeventwillcommenceatmidday,withabarbecuelunchprovidedfrom12.30pm.Thiswillbefollowedbytheformalitiesandchildren’sactivities.Allwelcome.

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Birthday Greetings

William WoodsHappy 5th Birthday to our big boy. Have fun at school.Love always Mum, Dad and all the family. xx

William WoodsCongratulations on your graduation

from Ruma Whakawhanui – The Extension Room. Happy

birthday and happy school days from all your friends and teachers at Childs Play Preschool, Tinwald.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor

office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion, otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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Ryan LedinghamHappy 3rd Birthday Ryan.Hope you had a great day.Love always Mum, Dad and Emma.

Actors Wanted!Methven Theatre Company invites budding and experienced

actors to audition for this year’s show.

‘Happy Coupling’ is a New Zealand comedy with punch!

Be part of this hilarious show which willstage 9-12 October in Methven.

Audition Details:

Sunday 4 August, 1pm-4pm

Please note change of venue - Mt Hutt College Hall, Methven

Successful actors need to attend a call back between 5pm and 7pm that day.

To register your interest in auditioning, please contact

Wayne Pannett 0278 138 016,

Alister Body 0274 923 997or

Tammy Dickson on 027 407 1501 by Sunday 28 July.FOR SALE

CONTAINERS for sale orhire, ex shipping: generaland insulated. Sidelifteravailable for delivery. –Wilson Bulk Transport,Phone 308-7772.

GRAZING

GRAZING wanted for 200dairy heifers from July toMay 2014. Phone Greg 027378 6314. CanterburyGrazing Ltd.

HIRE

GENERAL hire. Lawn-mowers, chainsaws, concretebreakers, trailers, and more.All your DIY / contractingwork, Call and see U-HireAshburton. 588 East Street.Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm;Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sun-day 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph:308 8061 A/h: 308 7460www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

LET OR LEASE

INDIVIDUAL spacious officeto let. Ground floor andcentral location. Phone Julia027 688 4334.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwantedanimals. Cattle, bobbycalves, horse and all farmanimals. We also sell petfood. Call Nick’s Pet Food0272-101-621 A/H 03-322-7626.

CALF SHED BEDDING.Premium wood mulchchipped from the outsideedges of our logs.Guaranteed 100% wood andcontaminant free. NODEMOLITION MATERIALSused here. AdamsSawmilling, MalcolmMcDowell Road - Ph 308-3595.

READYMADE CALFSHELTERS - HENHOUSES - PUMP SHEDS.Sturdy well built sheds madeto last. Choice of colours andsizes as we make to order.Your readymade specialists -Adams Sawmilling, MalcolmMcDowell Road. Ph 308-3595. Mon-Fri 7am-5.30pmSat 8am-12 noon.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

ASHBURTON Society ofArts. Winter show Short StStudio. Starts Saturday,July 20 for 9 weeks. Open:Mon, Wed, Sat 10am - 2pm.Ph 308 4533.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Willowby Hall A.G.M.

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July 31, 2013 7.30pm

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MOTORING

WHEEL Alignments at greatprices. Maximise the life ofyour tyres with an alignmentfrom Neumanns Tyre Ser-vices Ltd, 197 Wills Street.– Phone 308-6737.

TRADES, SERVICES

SUN CONTROL WINDOWTINTING. For professionalwindow tinting of homes,offices and vehicles. UV(fading) privacy, glare andheat control. Phone youronly local applicator, CraigRogers 307-6347. Member ofMaster Tinters NZ.

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DAILY DIARY TODAY - WEDNESDAY JULY 24

9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am - 12noon. ST DAVID’S CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. For 5-12 years, cost $2.50 per child per day, no bookings needed. Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

9.45am. ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Monthly Social meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech Building, 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 7.00pm. ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM Open, Baring Square East.

10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock St.

1.15pm. TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

1.30pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome, Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St

7.00pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm. ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton Hall, Harrison Street.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Entries, set subject Sepia Image, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

TOMORROW - THURSDAY - JULY 25 9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY

SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop

enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy

House.

9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB.

Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall,

Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12noon. ST DAVID’S CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PROGRAMME. For 5-12 years, cost $2.50 per child per day, no bookings needed. Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open

today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second

time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass

and Havelock Street.

10.30am. MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK.

New Comers coffee morning group. McDonald’s

Ashburton.

10.30am. ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Make Hairy

Maclary, a birthday card. Childrens Library, Havelock St.

10.30am - 3.30pm. ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD.

Christmas decorations. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

12.30pm. M.S.A. PETANQUE. Petanque has started,

everyone welcome, Racecourse Road.

1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR

BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Clas-

sic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport,

Seafield Road.

1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners

welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St.

2.00pm. TINWALD GARDEN CLUB. Gaye Henderson.

Hellabores, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

2.00pm. R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. Social afternoon with

entertainment. R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence

dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall,

Creek Road.

We are seeking a bright, outgoing and eager to learn Office Junior to join our firm.The successful applicant will possess:

• A pleasant personality• An excellent telephone manner• Accuracy in message taking• Word processing skills to a high standard

You will be working in a busy environment and be expected to handle telephone enquiries, reception work, typing and general office duties. This is an entry level position with opportunities for an aspiring legal secretary or a person wishing to pursue a career as a legal executive (involving qualification at tertiary level).Please apply in your own handwriting, enclosing a copy of your CV, to

The Office ManagerArgyle Welsh FinniganSolicitorsPO Box 454Ashburton 7740Or email: [email protected]

Applications will close at 5pm on Friday, July 26, 2013.

Office Junior Women’s Fashion

Sales PersonWe have an exciting position available in our Women’s Fashion area.

If you enjoy people, clothing and fashion, want to work for a well established company and to be part of a fun, dedicated, talented team we want to hear from you.

At Sparrows our clothing and customer service is what sets us apart and we are looking for a person who has the ability to understand customer needs and will ensure their in-store experience is a memorable one.

Hours are flexible, however will include rostered weekend hours.

If this sounds like you then please email your CV to [email protected]

Experienced Car PainterExperienced car painter required on a short term contract to restore some classic Ford cars and tractors.

Email your CV to Peter Gluyas: [email protected]

Or phone 307 5800

GLUYAS MOTOR GROUPKERMODE STREET, ASHBURTON

Loader Driverrequired to screen

shingle etc.

Truck and trailer licenses required.

Phone 302 8039.

Methven Shingle Supplies

After School Care:

Wednesdays andThursday,

Five hours per week, three children,aged 8, 5 & 3Own vehicle

required

Please callAmanda

021 688 015

Skilled trades people and labourers required

for local mid Canterbury landscape business.

Please call Shannon on 027 876 2544 for details of positions

available immediate start required.

Full Time Cleaner/GroomerA full time cleaner/groomer required for our tractor division on short term contract.

HT license and some mechanical expertise would be beneficial.

Email your CV to Peter Gluyas: [email protected]

Or phone 307 5800

Gluyas Ag CentreASHBURTON

Cook/Kitchen Staff RequiredWe require someone to help our existing team to cater

for our live in staff during the silage season running October 2013 to March 2014

General cooking abilities required, experience cooking for large numbers would be helpful but not necessary.

Working weekends will be required on a roster system.

Possibility of flexible hours depending on applicants.

Must have own transport

For more information please call 03 302 5890

Please apply by email [email protected]

Looking for the ideal part-time driving job?

We need school bus drivers!Driving a school bus is very rewarding and allows you plenty of time to follow other pursuits in between daily trips.

We currently have vacancies within our company for School Bus Drivers in the Ashburton area.

Assistance may be available for suitable applicants to obtain the required licences.

For further information, please direct enquiries to:

The ManagerPearsons Coachlines Ltd

403 West StreetAshburton

Email: [email protected](03) 308 2992 or 021 344 647

Website: www.pearsonscoachlines.co.nz

AUTOMOTIVE MACHINISTAn opportunity exists in our engine reconditioning workshop for an experienced Automotive Machinist/Engineer.We are seeking a versatile, motivated individual with a mature outlook. A level of competence on machines associated with automotive engineering is required.We offer a challenging variety of work and competitive remuneration.If you like to be considered for this position, please send your application and CV to –

Peter BlacklowG.J. Blacklows and Co LtdP.O. Box 135Ashburton 7740Or – Email: [email protected] close August 8, 2013

We have a fixed term position available in our busy garden department starting early August – February 28, 2014. The position is full time, Tuesday – Saturday roster.

This position does require some lifting therefore a level of fitness is required. The person we are looking for will need to be focused on customer service, be a keen gardener and be able to work in a team.

If you think you have these attributes, we would like to hear from you. Please send your c.v. and covering letter to:

[email protected] or post to: Human Resources, P.O. Box 35, Ashburton 7740.

Applications remain confidential and close on Thursday, August 1, 2013.

GARDEN DEPARTMENTSALESPERSON

(FIXED TERM)

IT Systems AnalystWe are seeking an experienced IT Systems Analyst to join our organisation.

Key duties in this diverse role include• Primary contact for all IT support requirements (desktops/servers/software). • Liaising with and escalating issues to our third party support providers.• Completing routine maintenance including backups and managing disaster recovery plan.• Providing Tier 1/Tier 2 technical desktop support to our 50 users across the network.• Maintaining the PBX and telephone systems.

Skills and experience required• Minimum 3-5 years experience in Information Technology roles.• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or certification (e.g. MCTS/MCSA/MCITP).• Experience providing Tier 1/Tier 2 support to users.• Experience with Windows Server (2008 R2). Windows 7, Microsoft Systems Centre, Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, DNS, DPM, TMG/ISA.• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting EA Networks’ IT systems, as such you must be confident and able to work independently and autonomously.

EA Networks offers an interesting and varied role for the successful applicant. This is a great opportunity to join a stable and successful local company and make a difference that will be recognised.

To apply for this role please send your resume to;

[email protected] quoting ref EA122

» Machine Operators/DriversRooney Earthmoving is one of New Zealand’s leading privately owned civil contractors specialising in earthworks and civil projects. The organisation employs over 215 staff and operates a significant fleet of heavy machinery in the central South Island.

The company is currently looking for

» Experienced Scraper Operators. » Skilled Dump Truck Drivers.

Applicants should possess:•A good work ethic•Be capable of working unsupervised•Maintain regular attendance•Be a team player •Be prepared to work overtime as required•Hold the required licences

These positions are based at the Ashburton Branch and reporting to the Area Manager.

Applicants need to apply to:

The Area Manager, PO Box 403, Ashburton.

Ph: (03) 308 6011

email: [email protected]

We would like to employ a new team member who can work at least 20 hours per week.

The successful applicant should have the following skills:•The ability to complete accounts through to finalising•The ability to interact well with other people•Process GST returns•A good knowledge of farming practices and terms•Knowledge of FBT and payroll would be an advantage

We can offer the successful applicant:•A competitive wage•Flexible hours•Centrally located office•The advantages of working in a small office structure

Applications toFalloon & Co Ltd

P O Box 103Ashburton

E-mail [email protected]


phone 307 7900

Silver Fernson a netballingmerry-go-round

By Dana Johannsen

The defection of Magic stars Laura Langman and Irene van Dyk has set in motion an intrigu-ing player merry-go-round in the transtasman league.

After weeks of rumours of a player walkout brewing at the Magic, it was confirmed at the weekend that Langman had signed with the Northern Mystics, while van Dyk is to link up with the Central Pulse.

Having lost two of their “big four”, the Magic are now scram-bling to keep star defensive duo Casey Kopua and Leana de Bruin from following their Silver Ferns team-mates out the door.

With some of New Zealand’s most valuable netball commodi-ties on the market for the first time in over six seasons, it has left several imports shopping around for new franchises.

The arrival of Langman at the Mystics casts doubt on whether the Auckland side will have enough room in their budget for Australian international Julie Corletto.

The star defender crossed the Tasman this year, joining her husband, Daryl, a shooting guard for the NZ Breakers.

He still has another year to run on his contract with the Breakers and Corletto is said to be keen to remain in Auckland.

But the Mystics, who are searching for a naming rights sponsor after their five-year partnership with LG ended this season, need to weigh up whether they can afford the athletic defender, who has ongoing injury concerns.

Mystics coach Debbie Fuller believes that in Langman they have secured the key piece of the puzzle that was missing this year.

Having also re-signed captain Maria Tutaia, Anna Harrison and Kayla Cullen for the 2014 season, the Mystics have a strong core to build the team around.

“Now that we’ve got Laura we’re reassessing whether that import spot should be utilised.

“It’s good to know with Anna, Kayla, Maria and now Laura we’ve got a lot of strength there and now we need to look where our priorities lie,” she said.

Confident in the development of some of their young defensive talent, the Auckland side are likely to first look at shoring up their attacking end, with Silver Ferns Cathrine Latu and Grace

Rasmussen top of their list.Australian shooter Caitlin

Thwaites is also on the lookout for another franchise after van Dyk’s move to the Pulse.

Thwaites has been linked with the Vixens and the Swifts, but where she winds up may depend on where veteran shooter Catherine Cox decides to go.

Cox, who is off-contract with the Fever, has been tipped to fol-low former coach Julie Fitzgerald to the Magic, but is believed to be more likely to sign with either the Sydney or Melbourne teams.

That raises the possibility that Thwaites could be targeted by the Magic.

Former Silver Ferns Liana Leota and Joline Henry are among the invited trialists at Netball New Zealand’s selection camp next month.

The national selectors yester-day confirmed the 24 players who have been invited to try for positions in the Silver Ferns and national accelerant squads.

Along with the current mem-bers of the two squads, seven further players have been invited to try out - Leota, Henry (Pulse), Jane Watson (Tactix), Rachel Ras-mussen, Courtney Tairi, Phillipa Finch (Steel), and former Pulse midcourter Katarina Cooper, who sat out the 2013 season with a knee injury.

Leota and Henry will be eyeing a return to the Silver Ferns test side for September’s Constellation Cup series against Australia.

There will be at least two spots up for grabs, with incumbents Harrison (pregnant) and Bailey Mes (knee injury) to miss the international season. - NZH

Laura Langman: Signed with the Northern Mystics for next season.

Khawaja chasing big hundredsBy Ben Horne

Usman Khawaja admits he hasn’t been hard enough on himself in his pursuit of big hundreds.

Khawaja spent two years out of the Australian team, and in his return at Lord’s he played a sloppy shot to get out in the first innings before making a fighting 54 in the second.

But the 26-year-old said he needed to be stricter on himself and not accept 50s and 60s as good scores.

Khawaja is looking to cement his place at No.3, a position that sums up Australia’s failings over the past few years.

Shaun Marsh in Sri Lanka 2011, is the only Australian No.3 out of eight candidates to have scored a hundred since Ricky Ponting moved from the pivotal first-drop position in 2011.

Khawaja knows he needs to be the next.

“I played five games last year of Shield cricket for Queensland.

“I scored a hundred and a couple of 80s. I missed a few hundreds. So I probably wasn’t hard enough on myself person-ally,” Khawaja said.

“I can’t speak for other players. I know it frustrates me to hell getting 50s and 60s.

“You do all the hard work and it’s probably the best time to bat.

“Obviously it’s up to the indi-vidual in terms of batting and trying to go big. Putting that onus on themselves.

“Ever since I got dropped from Australia a couple of years ago it’s been up and down, trying to find my way back.

“I feel like I’m in a good place now. Hopefully I can make some of those starts into big scores.”

However, Khawaja admitted

that in many ways, there’s no quick fix for Australia.

While England boast 628 caps between them, Australia share just 298.

Khawaja doesn’t believe the Sheffield Shield competition is a factor in poor performance, but says you can’t buy experience.

“There’s been a lot of nice per-formances over the last couple of years.

“It probably hasn’t been as consistent or everyone doing it at

the same time,” he said.“We’ve got a young side. I think

eventually you’ll find players find-ing their feet.

“I think the (Shield) schedule was alright last year and I think it’s getting better this year.

“I’ve got no complaints about it.”Khawaja replaced Ed Cowan in

the line-up for the Lord’s Test and will get another chance to spend time in the middle in Australia’s three-day tour match against Sussex starting on Friday. - AAP

Usman Khawaja: One of the few Aussie batsmen to score runs.


6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Good Morning. 10.00 The Chase. (G, R, T) 11.00 Coach Trip. 11.30 House Guest. (G, R) 12.00 ONE News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (T) 1.30 Come Dine With Me. 2.00 Four Weddings USA. 3.00 Renovation Game. 3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 MasterChef Australia.

(T) Teams are tasked with their first restaurant service at the ‘MasterChef Pizzeria’, including all preparation, order management and even home delivery.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat. (T) Six contestants go head-to-head to win the cash in a game of strategy, skill and survival, hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 Fair Go. (T) 8.00 Showtime. (New, PGR,

T) New Zealand reality series.

8.30 One Born Every Minute. (T) Two very differently romantic couples and two dads from tough upbringings who want better lives for their sons.

9.30 Hoarding: Buried Alive. (T) Extreme hoarder Mary Thompson is in denial while Anne Thomas fears she’s passing down her compulsion to son Brendan.

10.35 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.05 Hit And Miss. (PGR) 12.05 Attitude. (R, T) 12.45 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.10 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.25 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Fish Hooks. (G, R, T) 7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. (G, R, T) 7.50 Generator Rex. (G, R, T) 8.15 Franklin. (G, R, T) 8.40 Mike The Knight. (G, R, T) 8.50 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (R, T) 11.30 Scrubs. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Cougar Town. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 My Kitchen Rules. (G, R,

T) 3.10 Spongebob

Squarepants. (G, R, T) 3.40 Good Luck Charlie. (G,

R, T) 4.05 FILM: Arthur And The

Revenge Of The Maltazard. (2009, G, T) Selena Gomez, Freddie Highmore, Stacy Ferguson.

6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, T) 7.00 Shortland Street. (T) 7.30 Two And A Half Men.

(PGR, T) 8.00 The Neighbors. (G, T) 8.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PGR, T) When the girls’ trip to Vegas falls through, the guys invite them to a Dungeons & Dragons date night that causes Sheldon and Amy’s relationship to take an unexpected turn.

9.00 2 Broke Girls. (PGR, T) 9.30 Devious Maids. (T) 10.30 Supernatural. (AO, T) 11.30 Are You There, Chelsea?

(PGR)

12.00 Neighbours At War. (PGR, R, T) 12.30 20/20. (R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Desperate Housewives. (AO, R, T) 3.25 Charlie’s Angels. (AO, R, T) 4.05 Anderson. (PGR, R) 5.05 Just The Job. (G, R, T) 5.30 Infomercials.

6.00 3 News: Firstline. 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 10.30 The Shopping Channel. 11.30 Everybody Loves

Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 3 News. 12.30 Home And Away. (G, R,

T) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGR, R) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR,

R) 3.00 House Rules. (PGR, R)

Nick and Chris hand over the keys to their house for their competitors attempt to translate their House Rules and deliver them the home they’re dreaming of.

4.00 Rachael Ray. (G, R) 5.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(G) 5.30 Home And Away. (G, T)

Zac tries to reach out to Holly, and Roo wonders if Sally is hiding a secret.

6.00 3 News. 7.00 Campbell Live. 7.30 House Rules. (PGR) 8.30 3rd Degree. 9.30 Helen Clark. (AO, T) The

story of Helen Clark’s battle to win the hearts and minds of the Labour Party, ordinary Kiwis, and ultimately, her tory father.

10.30 Nightline. Your late edition news, weeknights with Sacha McNeil.

11.10 Hawaii Five-O. (AO, R, T) Five-0 investigates a suspicious plane crash and the death of a customs agent who was on board.

12.10 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

(G) 2.00 Cops LAC. (PGR, R) 3.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (G,

R) Six contestants take turns in the hot seat answering questions of varying difficulty in the quest to win $1 million.

3.30 Getaway. (G, R) Enjoy the wonders of the world from the comfort of your chair as the Getaway team takes you to some of the most beautiful destinations in the world.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R)

5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) 6.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (G) 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild. 7.30 Mythbusters. (PGR) 8.35 Elementary. (AO)

Sherlock agrees to take a case from a man claiming to be Moriarty, hoping it will bring him closer to finding his nemesis.

9.30 Game Of Thrones. (AO) Arya has a surprise visitor.

10.40 Back Benches. (PGR) Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie welcome a panel of sitting MPs from a variety of parties to come together to discuss political issues.

11.35 The Late Show With

David Letterman. (G) 12.35 Home Shopping. (G) 1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

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bizarre death of a Marine and his two friends may be linked to their past, but its Gibbs who ends up taking a trip down memory lane.

9.30 SVU: Special Victims Unit. (M) 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NCIS. (M) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

(PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.05 NCIS. (M) 3.55 SVU: Special Victims Unit. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

7.35 Flicka 3: Best Friends. (2012, G) Clint Black, Kacey Rohl.

9.05 Directors: Roland Emmerich. (2010, PG).

9.35 J Edgar. (2011, M) Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer.

11.50 Cowboys & Aliens. (2011, M) Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford.

1.50 Contagion. (2011, M) Matt Damon, Kate Winslet.

3.35 Mr Popper’s Penguins. (2011, G) Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino.

5.10 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. (2010, M) Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce.

6.50 This Means War. (2012, M) Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine.

8.30 The Woman In Black. (2012, M) Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer. A lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

10.10 Three Inches. (2011, M) Noah Reid, James Marsters.

11.40 True Justice 2: One Shot One Life. (2012, 16) Steven Seagal.

1.10 Prowl. (2010, 18) Ruta Gedmintas, Joshua Bowman.

2.35 True Justice 2: One Shot One Life. (2012, 16) Steven Seagal.

4.05 Prowl. (2010, 18) Ruta Gedmintas, Joshua Bowman.

5.30 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. (2010, M) Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce.

6.45 Fear. (1996, M) Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, William Petersen.

8.25 National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, M) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo.

10.00 Eastern Promises. (2007, 18) Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen.

11.40 The Watcher. (2000, 16) Keanu Reeves, James Spader.

1.20 Fear. (1996, M) Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, William Petersen.

3.00 Home Alone. (1990, PG) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci.

4.45 The Prestige. (2006, M) Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale.

6.55 Napoleon Dynamite. (2004, PG) Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez.

8.30 Spider-Man. (2002, M) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy high school student gains spider-like abilities which he must use to fight evil as a superhero.

10.35 The Ghost Writer. (2010, M) Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan.

12.45 The Prestige. (2006, M) Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale.

2.55 Spider-Man. (2002, M) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

4.55 The Ghost Writer. (2010, M) Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan.

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Wests Tigers v Warriors. Highlights. 6.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Round 19 Saturday. Highlights. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Round 19 Sunday. Highlights. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Rabbitohs v Dragons. Highlights. 8.00 Rugby. International Women’s Rugby.

Black Ferns v England. Third Game. 9.00 AFL Weekly Highlights. 10.00 Re:Union. 11.00 Investec Super Rugby Review. 12.00 Golf Central. 1.00 Golf. 2.00 Darts. World Matchplay. Day Four.

Replay. 6.00 NASCAR. STP 300. Highlights. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. England v

Australia 2nd Test. Day Five. 7.30 Triathlon. ITU World Series. Hamburg. 8.30 To Be Confirmed. 9.30 ANZ Golf World. 10.00 Re:Union. 11.00 Sky Sport What’s On. 11.30 Athletics. IAAF Diamond League.

Monaco. Highlights. 12.30 Deaker On Sport. 1.30 Triathlon. ITU World Series. Hamburg. 2.30 Crowd Goes Wild. 3.00 Golf Central. 4.00 Soccer. UEFA Womens Euro. Quarter-

final Three. Norway v Spain. Replay.

6.00 Motorsport. British Superbikes Championship. Brands Hatch Grand Prix. Round Six. Highlights.

6.30 Golf Central. 7.30 Cycling. Tour De France. Stage 21.

Highlights. 8.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Wests Tigers v Warriors. Replay. 10.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Raiders v Eels. Replay. 12.00 Re:Union. 1.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. First Qualifier.

Replay. 3.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Second Qualifier.

Replay. 5.00 Golf Central. 6.00 Sky Sport What’s On. 6.30 Golf. 7.30 Athletics. IAAF Diamond League.

Monaco. Highlights. 8.30 Deaker On Sport. 9.30 NRL 360. 10.30 Gridiron. Lingerie Football League. 12.00 Fight Night On SKY. 2.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. First Qualifier.

Replay. 4.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Second Qualifier.

Replay.

6.00 Destroyed In Seconds. (PG) 6.30 Dirty Jobs. (PG) 7.30 Sons Of Guns. (M) 8.30 Gold Rush. (PG) 9.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 10.30 Heroes Of Hells Highway. (PG) 11.30 Extreme Smuggling. (M) 12.30 Fatal Encounters. (M) 1.30 Nightmare Next Door. (M) 2.30 River Monsters: The Most Bizarre.

(PG) 3.30 Sons Of Guns. (M) 4.00 Sons Of Guns. (M) 4.30 Gold Rush. (PG) 5.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 6.30 Bering Sea Gold. (PG) 7.30 Deadliest Catch. (PG) 8.30 Alaska: The Last Frontier. (PG) Otto

gets creative to beat the frozen soil when he realizes he must move the outhouse, now.

9.30 American Guns. (M) 10.30 Scorned: Love Kills. (M) 11.30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? (M) 12.00 I Married A Mobster. (M) 12.30 Sons Of Guns. (M) 1.00 Sons Of Guns. (M) 1.30 Deadliest Catch. (PG) 2.30 Alaska: The Last Frontier. (PG) 3.30 American Guns. (M) 4.30 Man Vs: Wild. (PG) 5.30 Auction Kings. (PG)

6.00 Quick Study 6.30 Answers with Bayless Conley 7.00 Booga Booga Land 7.30 The Lads TV 8.00 Creation’s Creatures 8.30 Life with Paul de Jong 9.00 David Jeremiah 10.00 Born To Be Free 10.30 Life Church: Paul Scanlon 11.00 Little Film Big Heart 11.30 Christian World News 12.00 Life with Paul de Jong 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 Nzone Now 1.45 Christianity Explored 2.00 Lakewood Church: Joel Osteen 3.00 Booga Booga Land 3.30 The Lads TV 4.00 Creation’s Creatures 4.30 Ultimate Choice 5.00 Xtreme Life TV 5.30 Little Film Big Heart 6.00 Life Church: Paul Scanlon 6.30 Destined to Reign 7.00 The 700 Club 7.30 All Over the World 8.00 H2O: A Journey of Faith 8.30 Lakewood Church: Joel Osteen 9.30 Christian World News 10.00 Life with Paul de Jong 10.30 The 700 Club 11.00 Answers with Bayless Conley 11.30 All Over the World 12.00 Hymns of the Forefathers 12.30 David Jeremiah 1.30 Life Church: Paul Scanlon2.00 Nzone Now 2.15 Christianity Explored 2.30 H2O: A Journey of Faith 3.00 Lakewood Church: Joel Osteen 4.00 All Over the World 4.30 Little Film Big Heart 5.00 Life with Paul de Jong 5.30 Answers with Bayless Conley

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Day, Dr. Zoidberg eats the Earth flag.

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7.30 Glee. (PGR, R) The New Directions pay homage to the movie Saturday Night Fever by grooving to disco-infused dance numbers.

8.30 Grimm. (AO) Nick and his mother team up to fight the Mauvais Dentes, and

details about Juliette’s affliction come to light as Monroe and Rosalee race against the clock to save her.

9.30 American Horror Story: Asylum. (AO) Lana plans an escape from Briarcliff, and enlists Grace’s help.

10.25 The Event. (AO, R) Thomas shares the message he received with Sophia, Diane Geller and other Sleepers.

11.20 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G)

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick RacewayMeeting Date: 24 Jul 2013 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16 Trebles : 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 14, 15 and 161 12.09pm (NZT) ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 24234 Thunder Time nwtd G & ............ Sarah Ross 2 4 Magherafelt nwtd ....................... B Johnston 3 74432 Sedgebrook Glory nwtd ......................F Kite 4 45723 Another Stone nwtd ..................J McInerney 5 32 Addicted nwtd ..................................L Ahern 6 Magic Tobin nwtd U & ................ McCracken 7 74856 Intense Zoom nwtd .....................J McArthur 8 35443 Groovy Leo nwtd .......................J McInerney 9 77 All The Milk nwtd ..............................G Quirk 10 785 Crazy Katie nwtd ...................... S Gommans2 12.29pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 1 Samy Louise nwtd ...................... K Hanover 2 53238 Cool Heir nwtd U & .................... McCracken 3 55674 Fantas Fiction nwtd .........................S Fagan 4 64262 Cuts Deep nwtd ...........................P Blanche 5 43354 Coyote Caught Ya nwtd ........ E S Duganzich 6 4766x Knocka Off Time nwtd ................G M Clarke 7 58524 All For One nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 No No Romeo nwtd .........................G Quirk 9 77 All The Milk nwtd ..............................G Quirk 10 768F5 One Ear Poised nwtd ............... S Gommans3 12.47pm J P PRINT, PETONE C0 C0, 520m 1 35363 Versatile Richie nwtd........................T Agent 2 46845 Billy Holmes nwtd ......................G M Clarke 3 F2536 Miss Sara nwtd ................................L Ahern 4 23453 Gucci Rush nwtd L & ......................... Morris 5 88775 Seconds Good nwtd ................A Duganzich 6 32221 Another Another (c1) nwtd ........J McInerney 7 68757 Looptastic nwtd .......................T McCracken 8 47855 Jimmy Buffett nwtd K & .....................Phillips 9 58577 Cluain Meala nwtd ..................... B Johnston4 1.04pm GARY ROSS DECORATOR C1 C1, 305m 1 27138 Judy In Disguise 18.02 ..............R N Maisey 2 88482 Black Mercedes 17.85 ............. S Gommans 3 43317 Homebush Diamond 18.00 .......J McInerney 4 45243 Jager 17.94 ................................G M Clarke 5 25737 Asia Ostee nwtd .............................. M Mann 6 66312 Uno Orange 17.63 ..........................S Maher 7 64863 Opawa Crusher nwtd .......................... J Udy 8 57286 Sedgebrook Lad 18.06 .......................F Kite

9 77767 Amicus Curiae nwtd ......................... C Clark 10 55888 Imagination nwtd ........................ T M Furner5 1.22pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 56457 Viohlay 18.05 ...................................T Agent 2 55562 Bearly Possible nwtd ........................... J Udy 3 62856 Kate Rose 17.96 ......................... C D Brider 4 45785 Riba Lorda 17.73 .......................G M Clarke 5 47685 Bubble Ostee nwtd.......................... M Mann 6 11451 Snuffalopogas 17.53 ........................L Ahern 7 68885 Sedgebrook Skite 18.19 .....................F Kite 8 78x53 Jimmy The Buck 18.03 ................ P Denbee 9 74876 Cawbourne Anna nwtd .............J McInerney 10 36588 Tanybryn 18.02 L & ............................ Morris6 1.39pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR C1 C1, 305m 1 64357 Opawa Black nwtd B & ................ G Atwood 2 57756 Sydenham Bubbles 17.51 ..........G M Clarke 3 35886 Lavender Sal 17.85 ...................... P Denbee 4 55413 Supreme Shelleen 17.78 ..........J McInerney 5 15221 I’m A Catch 17.59 L &........................ Morris 6 11361 Sophie’s Terra nwtd C & .................... Fagan 7 34588 Red Hot Dutch 18.26 ................. S Drysdale 8 788x7 Bo Woo nwtd ................................... M Mann 9 77767 Amicus Curiae nwtd ......................... C Clark 10 8x887 Fawn Allegro 18.08 .........................P Knight7 1.57pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD (NZ) LTD C1 C1, 520m 1 53546 Belldeen 30.24 .........................A Duganzich 2 66421 Ellie Waves nwtd C & ......................... Fagan 3 33764 Darby Lane nwtd L & ......................... Morris 4 22247 Big Girl Welshy 30.23 ...............J McInerney 5 2x112 Graduation 30.34 .............................L Ahern 6 67614 Opawa Jen nwtd .............................S Maher 7 16725 Sue Sews Socks 30.65 ............ T Mischefski 8 54537 Belle Cadeau 30.76 ........................H S Kite 9 53853 Time For What nwtd ......................M Gowan 10 54855 Runs Like Al nwtd ....................... C D Brider8 2.15pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 44548 Gina Mac 17.71 ..........................J McArthur 2 65451 Another Drink 18.11 ..................J McInerney 3 33711 Sydenham Opal (c2) 17.89 ........G M Clarke 4 86755 Flayosc nwtd .............................. T M Furner 5 23343 Scarilicious 18.03 L & ........................ Morris 6 24144 Sectioned 17.89 .........................M Goodwin 7 22822 Working Waikato 17.75 ................. D Donlon 8 77753 Homebush Cindy 17.97 ..................P Knight 9 78775 Homebush Julie 18.55 ............. S Gommans 10 86867 Kiwi Ranger 18.15 ..............................F Kite

9 2.33pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 1 56382 Gracy Racer nwtd ...........................S Fagan 2 66878 Sydenham Sam 17.73 ...............G M Clarke 3 62244 Another Pizza nwtd ...................J McInerney 4 88744 Thrilling Halo nwtd ........................M Gowan 5 66532 Lucylicious nwtd ...............................T Agent 6 58764 Face The Demon 18.24 ....................R Hunt 7 56645 Found Roman nwtd............................ R Udy 8 458x5 Red Herring 17.90 ......................J McArthur 9 78775 Homebush Julie 18.55 ............. S Gommans 10 37787 Gunna Excite 18.03 L & ..................... Morris10 2.50pm MORRIE GIBBONS SIGNS C1 C1, 305m 1 53521 Kim Dotcom (c2) 17.82 ....................T Agent 2 33211 Mamalulu nwtd C &............................ Fagan 3 33361 Creme Da Genes 17.72 ...................L Ahern 4 67345 Sub Silentio nwtd ........................B Goodwin 5 63582 Dolly Wind 18.08 6 73257 Homebush Anabel 18.12 ................. C Clark 7 24576 Homebush Coco 17.83 .............J McInerney 8 615 Kiribati Girl 18.33 ..................... S Gommans 9 74876 Cawbourne Anna nwtd .............J McInerney 10 88887 Mrs. Bouquet 18.22 ....................G M Clarke11 3.08pm KEENAN CONCRETE C1 C1, 520m 1 13434 Summer Tension 30.51 ........ E S Duganzich 2 23628 Excited Royale ......................................nwtd 3 25224 Uno Charm nwtd ..............................L Ahern 4 47643 Botany Molly nwtd .....................J McInerney 5 71833 Matisse nwtd U & ....................... McCracken 6 2336F Opawa Token nwtd ..........................S Maher 7 22113 Cognac Diamond nwtd G & ...... Sarah Ross 8 43447 Thrilling Ava 30.51 ..........................B Marsh 9 53853 Time For What nwtd ......................M Gowan 10 74458 Jag You Are nwtd ....................... B Johnston12 3.25pm BOX 9 CATERING C0D C0d, 645m 1 47731 Sydenham Jade nwtd ................G M Clarke 2 17778 Miss Foley nwtd .........................G M Clarke 3 7x112 Noaki Hurricane nwtd K & ................Phillips 4 14228 Bigtime Jet nwtd ..............................L Ahern 5 37453 Bigtime Latte nwtd ...........................L Ahern 6 33656 Backyard Bully nwtd...................G Hodgson 7 32361 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd .....................B Mitchell 8 24743 False Impression nwtd .....................L Ahern 9 43447 Thrilling Ava nwtd ............................B Marsh 10 23453 Gucci Rush nwtd L & ......................... Morris13 3.43pm BROAD ROOFING C2 HEAT 1 C2q, 305m 1 83686 Okuku Bobo nwtd .......................... R Casey

2 64717 Hair He Is nwtd .................................. R Udy 3 54432 Azure Dreams 17.84 ..................G M Clarke 4 62675 Kango Klink 17.69 .........................B Mitchell 5 65476 What A Peanut 18.01 ................J McInerney 6 32218 Hat Trick Chaos 17.73......................L Ahern 7 75884 Cawbourne Steffi 17.56 ...... J Woolston-Bell 8 57664 Cawbourne Flick 17.70 .............J McInerney 9 77846 Bound By Pride 17.52 ......................G Quirk 10 88775 Still Helina 17.84 G & ............... Sarah Ross14 4.00pm GARY PEACOCK REMEMBRANCE C2 HEAT 2 C2q, 305m 1 32787 Sydilicious 17.84 ................................ R Udy 2 51575 Wunya 18.34 .............................J McInerney 3 11223 Dum Diddly Do 17.95................. G Holswich 4 34365 Furious Response 18.05 ..................... L Bell 5 78278 Okuku Lilly nwtd ............................. R Casey 6 8646x My Bad Jonny 17.62 ..........................W Kite 7 44361 Groovy Shane 17.63 B & ............. G Atwood 8 57623 Gone Awol 17.74 ......................J McInerney 9 77846 Bound By Pride 17.52 ......................G Quirk 10 88677 Naughty Courty nwtd ...................... M Mann15 4.18pm RENOWN BAKERY C2 HEAT 3 C2q, 305m 1 16774 Judge To Excel nwtd .......................... R Udy 2 32x62 Agent Jorge 17.77 .............................. J Udy 3 66452 Thrilling Terror nwtd .........................G Quirk 4 88211 Techno Tacho 17.91 F & ................Turnwald 5 46638 Homebush Hayley 17.59 ...........J McInerney 6 46645 Kazillion 17.68...................................D Edlin 7 36678 Your On Fire (c1) 17.89 ............. B Johnston 8 1113F Little Rascal 17.54 ...........................L AhernEmergencies: 9 77846 Bound By Pride 17.52 ......................G Quirk 10 88775 Still Helina 17.84 G & ............... Sarah Ross16 4.35pm GUTHRIE BOWRON C2 HEAT 4 C2q, 305m 1 71486 Opawa Charlie 17.77 ......................... R Udy 2 77668 Gem’s Conquest 17.86 ...................... R Udy 3 68782 Chelsea’s Beauty 17.84 ............... T Downey 4 83677 Eric’s Song nwtd ........................ B Johnston 5 44483 Mr. Big Stuff nwtd .............................G Quirk 6 43677 Jimmy Jurante 17.80 .................J McInerney 7 56557 Homebush Hell’s 17.63 .................... C Clark 8 13614 Zippit Sweetie 17.98 ........................L Ahern 9 77846 Bound By Pride 17.52 ......................G Quirk 10 88677 Naughty Courty nwtd ...................... M MannLEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd -

First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Waikato RC Venue: Paeroa Meeting Date: 24 Jul 2013 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 81 12.20pm (NZT) PAEROA RACINGS FUNCTION CENTRE HURDLE $12,000, RST OPN HDL, 2900m 1 42340 Yamanaura (5) 74 .............................R Cully 2 01246 Ima Dancer m (1) 66 ......................S Phelan 3 0x403 The Missing Link m (6) 65.5 ............E Stack 4 Px852 Applaud (2) 65 .......................S Sanders (3) 5 2F452 It’s A Message tm (9) 65 ..............M Mitchell 6 x4643 I’m Isaac m (13) 65 .........................G Walsh 7 63579 Air Cadet (12) 65 ...........................C Perrett 8 0300P Space Oddity (4) 65 ........................ I Lupton 9 08P7P Brave Buccaneer (7) 65 .................. C Studd 10 07488 Skai Glen t (3) 65 ......................A Kuru (1.5) 11 78295 St Picasso (10) 65 ....................M Cropp (a) 12 60309 Winnipeg (8) 65 .......................... S Houston 13 0x907 Xalted (11) 65 .............................. P Ormsby2 12.55pm COOMBE & ASSOCIATES MAIDEN STEEPLE-CHASE $7000, MDN STP, 4000m 1 x6204 Snodroptwinkletoes m (1) 68 .....J Rathbone 2 x033F Go Jimmy Go (6) 68 .................M Cropp (a) 3 90x54 Desperado (7) 68 ..........................E Farr (3) 4 7PPF5 Generous Type m (4) 68 .................G Walsh 5 796F6 Marvon Downs (2) 68 ....................S Phelan 6 60P23 Radinka mb (5) 66 .......................M Mitchell 7 6613L The Rose (3) 66 .............................. I Lupton3 1.30pm WHYTELINE LTD STEEPLECHASE $12,000, RST OPN STP, 4000m 1 57274 Tobouggie Nights m (7) 73 ...............R Cully

2 2164P Rosetown Joe m (4) 70 .................C Perrett 3 66612 Tallentire dm (2) 68.5 .....................S Phelan 4 33237 Dane Ruler tdm (5) 67 .................M Mitchell 5 x0123 At The Top tdm (6) 66 ..................... I Lupton 6 Px54L Smoke tdm (1) 65.5 .............G Walsh 7 x951L O’Connor m (3) 65.5 ......A Kuru (1.5) 8 x5L17 Roberty Bob d (8) 65 ........... C Studd4 2.05pm K E HILL CONTRACTING MAIDEN 1150 $7000, MAIDEN, 1150m 1 2 Passing Parade b (2) 58.5 ........... O Bosson 2 05x85 He’s Myn (10) 58.5.................... M Cameron 3 Vanilla Lad (7) 58.5 .........................S Collett 4 9x Wickedly (1) 58.5 ........................C Dell (a1) 5 Better Keep Up (4) 58.5 .......... P Turner (a1) 6 Metallic (11) 58.5 ........................D Johnson 7 77 Waitoa (12) 58.5 .........................B Lammas 8 92 Alice Web Ellis (8) 56.5 ..........K Chiong (a4) 9 45549 Pantana b (5) 56.5 ..................B Hutton (a3) 10 77x80 Miss Zeta (6) 56.5 .................... T Wenn (a4) 11 8x Oceana Sands (3) 56.5................... S Spratt 12 8970x The Daughter (9) 56.5 .................... C Grylls5 2.40pm SUZUKI MAIDEN 1350 $7000, MDN, 1350m 1 0x503 Kontiki (5) 58.5 ............................. O Bosson 2 6 Flash Forward (3) 58.5 ...................S Collett 3 9 Chequesinthemail (7) 58.5 ............... L Innes 4 388x9 Longview (4) 58.5 .................... T Wenn (a4) 5 60x Sir Al Syd b (10) 58.5 ......... R Hutchings (a) 6 0x09 Sugar Daddy (6) 58.5 .................C Dell (a1) 7 000x9 Wayward Wonder (15) 58.5 ............R Jones 8 63652 Stella (1) 56.5 .........................B Hutton (a3)

9 66047 Blackwood (14) 56.5 ......................... D Hain 10 80x65 Cartelora (2) 56.5.......................M Sweeney 11 8699x All Of The Lights (12) 56.5 ........ M Cameron 12 8x9 Hidden Secret (8) 56.5.................... C Grylls 13 89x08 Rusta (13) 56.5 ...........................D Johnson 14 00. Simone (11) 56.5 ..................B Lammas 15 00x0 Te Atatu Princess (9) 56.5 ................ M Hills6 3.15pm GOLD FM RATING 65 2100 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 3331 Real Treasure m (1) 70.5 ..M Roustoby (am) 2 0x812 Atomic Road m (6) 69.5 ......S MacNab (am) 3 1734F Montopoli (8) 69.5 .............M Northcott (am) 4 9Px85 Bobby (4) 67 ....................... L Wheeler (am) 5 7x003 Kokanee Gold tm (5) 67 .......... S Wenn (am) 6 9x07x Candidly (7) 66.5 ..................B Ropiha (am) 7 x9565 Keepa Lady m (3) 66.5 ..............A Tata (am) 8 36564 King Piccolo (11) 66.5...............K Hillis (am) 9 05777 Raisafuasho (9) 66.5 ............. J McKay (am) 10 64700 Sneaky Shan d (10) 66.5 ...... A Barlow (am) 11 28476 C’mon (2) 66.5 ..................... C Rusling (am) 12 24008 Now Weretalkin’ (12) 66.5 ...M Fenwick (am)7 3.50pm GOLDDIGGERS PAEROA MAIDEN 2100 $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 45x62 Beau Ransom (7) 58.5................B Lammas 2 40362 Istimagic (2) 58.5 ................. M Cheung (a4) 3 734 Tequila At Midnite (10) 58.5 .....A Jones (a4) 4 60630 Lochwood (6) 58.5 ............................ M Hills 5 60x80 Jachil (4) 58.5 ................. K Kalychurun (a3) 6 0x825 Chloe Keeper (5) 56.5 .................. R Norvall 7 x9943 Saucy Penny (9) 56.5 ..................... C Grylls

8 0x948 Caradonna (1) 56.5 .................B Hutton (a3) 9 57 Leaper Faith (8) 56.5 ................ M Cameron 10 Itsaarun (3) 56.5 .....................R Smyth (a3)8 4.25pm THANK YOU ST JOHN PAEROA VOLUNTEERS RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1670m 1 x6428 Black Attack mb (3) 59................. O Bosson 2 22221 King Panamera m (11) 59 .......R Smyth (a3) 3 31902 Cardon Boy m (8) 58.5 ...............B Lammas 4 71033 Edward The Eighth m (6) 58.5 P Turner (a1) 5 74410 Wrecking Crew (14) 58.5 .. L Magorrian (a4) 6 08506 Ruby Lips (16) 58 ........................... C Grylls 7 84439 I Chianti (10) 57.5 - 8 0x150 Pioneer 57.5................................. Scratched 9 74154 Maeve Davone 57 ........................ Scratched 10 76x6P Currency Spike 57 ....................... Scratched 11 8316x Ashley (12) 56.5 .............................. S Spratt 12 9x564 All About Fun m (2) 56...............M Sweeney 13 81900 Hardtaluva (15) 55.5 .......................S Collett 14 10565 Smuckers (7) 55 ................................ M Hills 15 8x344 Go Paddy m (9) 55.5 ................ M Cameron 16 x3826 Seams Like Magic (1) 54 .... R Hutchings (a) 17 44030 Postage m (4) 55.5 .....................D Johnson 18 9x005 Ballypiper (13) 54 - 19 x9860 Rockonby 55 ................................ Scratched 20 59x07 So Bling m (5) 55 -Em: Go Paddy, Seams Like Magic, Postage, Ballypiper, Rockonby, So BlingBlinkers on : Rusta (R5), Hardtaluva (R8) Blinkers off: Pantana, The Daughter (R4), Hidden Secret (R5), C’mon (R6) Winkers on: Stella (R5) Winkers off : Wayward Wonder (R5) Pacifiers on: The Daughter (R4) Pacifiers off : Oceana Sands (R4)


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You can look for-ward to some very vivid and illuminat-ing dreams tonight Aries, and if you are someone who tends to have some ‘epics’ at the best of times, you may find your-self really tripping the light fantastic. Your sixth sense can also be important later on. Someone may seem fine but perhaps they are set to withhold their true feelings.

Your ruler Venus is newly located in one of the most special areas of your solar horoscope and its magic will radi-ate brilliantly for the next four weeks. Also today, she links superbly with the Sun. If you are fortunate enough to feel close to anyone special at this time, expect the feelings to be amplified to a beautiful new level.

Sometimes people accuse Gemini peo-ple of being fickle and quick to say the right things without always meaning them. Does this seem grossly unfair or is there an echo of truth? Either way, this is one of those days when if you do want to con-vey a very sincere or genuine message or be generous to some-one you love, it can really hit the mark.

In many cases the influence of Saturn is not very edifying. Yet all this week it has been keeping a watching brief on proceedings and providing some welcome grounding. By the weekend its influence will be less helpful again so use today’s bond with Jupiter in your sign to good effect. Look to concentrate on crea-tive themes that can be lasting.

The Full Moon at the start of the week may have taken some of the shine off the arrival of the Sun in your zodiac sign. But hopefully now you are starting to experience the fizz and giant warmth that your ruler can bring. Chances are, especially with the help of Venus, you can exude an extremely appealing vibe that is set to draw things to you.

Whilst you may be riding a wave of popularity as the Sun and Saturn begin to square at the week-end, some of what you are being told now may seem in time to be a little hollow. This is NOT to say you should be wary or mistrusting, but just be conscious that moods and modes can switch quite quickly and that no-one should be taken for granted.

Someone may draw on your good nature later today but if you are weary and have your own needs to attend to, try not to feel guilty if you decide to say, “Sorry, I am tied up”. This contin-ues to be a time when your professional aspirations are look-ing better and some very solid foundations going down. In love, has one friend been taking more interest?

Saturn has been with you since last October. How are you finding it? If you were born in the early part of the sign the impact has probably been all the greater. Yet for all Scorpios, Saturn asks you to simply hone down to what is truly essential. Today anything that points more towards growth has a better chance of flourishing.

For the rest of this week Venus is in direct opposition to the dreamy energies of Neptune. This may make love issues a little less straightfor-ward, and with the Moon moving later into Pisces and glid-ing towards Neptune itself, you might end the day feeling less clear-headed than usual. It may be bet-ter not to be too trust-ing at this time.

You may continue to have high hopes around one person but it will be impor-tant to use the anchor that is planet Saturn to avoid get-ting too swept away in what may be pos-sible. The rest of this week is going to be a crucial time for con-verting hopes into an increased stream of dialogue. If you get clear answers, great. If not, defer.

Sugars, calorific goodies or a nice glass of wine! These are things that many of us like to have from time to time but if you find yourself being tempted to up the ante on these, try to figure out why. The chances are, you are putting a lot of effort in just now, so rewards may be all the more tempting but your body can be sensitive to over-indulgence.

If you enjoy your work or the com-pany of the people that you work with, you may find yourself spending time with colleagues socialis-ing. In fact, invites can come from a lot of situations not ordi-narily associated with entertainment. Yet your feelings around one person or one relationship may remain hazy, or can become so from now.

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Detroit – Motor City – Motown - declared bankrupt.

What next! Like Yankee cars or not, it has to

be acknowledged that Detroit was in its heyday the motor car capital of the world.

It’s where Henry Ford set up his famous production line, and in the process changed history forever.

And of course Detroit changed too. All sorts of innovative designs

came out of the city which derives its name from the French who first set-tled there in 1701.

People flocked to Detroit in the 1920s to work in the car industry.

In the 1960s we were introduced to the now famous Motown sound.

There were great sounds coming out of the city, large buildings sprang up and some amazing cars were pro-duced.

At around 700,000 the population of Detroit is still large, but it’s less that half what is was in the glory days of the 1950s, and the city is plagued with crime and decay-ing buildings.

It almost beggars belief to think a city like Detroit could go bankrupt, especially to the tune (not a Motown sound) of $18 billion.

That’s a whole lot of Fords and Chevvies!

What would Henry Ford think of it all?

He’s probably doing wheelies in his grave!

Detroit may never ever again be what is was, but it will always have a place in the annals of motoring and music history.

So for petrol heads and music buffs the news has been sad; how-ever there is a gilmour of hope - Clint Eastwood he of the Magnum 44 and “make my day punk” fame, says we haven’t heard the last rumble of an American V8 engine coming out of Motown just yet.

Not about to argue with him, so let’s hope Clint’s right!

And as long as there are American car and Motown music enthusi-asts the legend will never die, it would take a lot more than a mere $18 billion to do that.

Thanks.We all know it and I’ve been reminded of it – we are sur-rounded by many good people.

And one of them did a kind thing for me last week.

But I am disappointed, that’s because I don’t know who this Good Samaritan is.

I’ll explain what happened and maybe

the person concerned will read this and know that I’m grateful.

Last week I parked my car in Cameron Street east, outside the Seniors Centre.

As I got out I dropped a pullover on the road, but I didn’t realise that until I came back to the vehicle quite a while later and found the garment tied around the mirror.

The pullover is a bit like a pair of

favourite old pair of slippers, well actu-ally its nothing like a pair of old slip-pers, but I’m sure you’ll understand what I mean.

Actually I haven’t even got a pair of favourite old slippers, although as a joke another chap and I did buy an old slip-per for somebody once.

But that’s another story!Getting back to the pullover it’s been

around a fair while, but I like it and I would miss it if I lost it, thanks to some kind person I still have it.

Maybe that kind person may read this, maybe someone knows who it was.

I’d like to hear because I’d like to be able to say thanks in person.

I know this is just one of many acts of kindness which happen in our commu-nity every day, the person who did me a

favour has probably done the same for many others and is likely to continue doing so.

But as well as keeping me and my pullover together the person has reminded me that we live in a great community and has made me hope I can do something similar for someone else one day.

Thank you whoever you are.

Bernard EganMOTORING AND OTHER

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Good Samaritans who go unrecognised

Motown gets the bluesRookie Marc Marquez won the US Grand Prix

on Monday, extending his championship points lead and becoming the youngest rider in Moto GP history to win back-to-back series races.

The 20-year-old Spaniard, who won earlier this month in Germany, captured his third vic-tory of the season as he beat out German pole sitter Stefan Bradl at Laguna Seca raceway.

“I’m very happy because it’s great to go into the summer break with this result,” Marquez said. “It’s a new circuit and I’ve got 25 points.”

Bradl claimed his first podium spot and nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi fin-ished third. With the victory, the Repsol Honda rider becomes the first rookie to win at Laguna Seca.

Marquez also won races at a new course in Austin, Texas, in April and last week in Germany, as he sur-passed Freddie Spencer as the youngest to record consecutive victories.

- AFP

Rookie cleansup in Grand Prix

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Serious Detroit iron came in all shapes and sizes - but most big, big or big.

By Ed Jackson

Australian Owen Kelly will achieve a boyhood dream when he lines up in

August’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New York’s Watkins Glen road course.Kelly will become the eighth Australian to compete at the highest level of NASCAR

racing when he competes for Phoenix Racing in the August 11 event.

The 36-year-old Tasmanian was given the nod by Phoenix Racing’s owner James Finch after impressing behind the wheel at a minor-category Nationwide Series event last month.

“The phrase ‘a dream come true’ is used a lot, but there is no other way to describe this,” Kelly said. “When you look at the num-bers, NASCAR is the pinnacle of world mot-orsports and I am humbled that an organisa-tion with the history of Phoenix Racing has

provided me with this opportunity.”Kelly will join fellow Tasmanian and former

V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose on the grid at Watkins Glen.Crew chief of the51 car Kelly will race next

month, Nick Harrison, said Kelly had been the outstanding candidate to fill the seat.

“We are pumped to have him as part of our operation. Anyone who looks at his career and has watched him in Nationwide knows he has got talent.” - AAP

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• Hard road for U17sThings got a lot tougher for

the Mid Canterbury under 17 netball side yesterday after two heavy defeats on the second day of the New Zealand under 17 Championships in Hastings. In its first game, the U17 team lost 46-28 to usual tournament heavyweights Hamilton City before going on to play Rotorua in the afternoon, losing 40-27. The tournament features 32 teams and is the first time school aged players get the chance to show their skills to New Zealand netball selectors.

• Cooper Maori coachColin Cooper says he is hum-

bled by his appointment as New Zealand Maori coach. The new role for Cooper, a former NZ Maori player and current Tara-naki coach, was announced yes-terday. He will direct the team that will tour North America in November. Crusaders assistant coach Tabai Matson has been announced as Cooper’s assis-tant. Cooper, of Ngati Pukenga descent, who represented NZ Maori from 1982-1983 said: “This is pretty special for me. I am very proud of my Maori heritage, and I feel very privileged to be appointed to this job. The Maori All Blacks have always been a unique team that celebrates the best of Maori and rugby.” - APNZ

• ‘We don’t rely on GI’John Sutton denies South Syd-

ney are over-reliant on Greg Inglis after the NRL ladder-leaders slipped to their third defeat this season following Monday’s loss to struggling St George. Inglis has been ruled out for six to eight weeks after damaging his pos-terior cruciate ligaments in last week’s State of Origin decider. In the superstar’s absence Souths produced their least effective display of the season as the Dragons ran out 22-18 winners in golden point to ease their fears of claiming the wooden spoon. “I thought it was our defence that let us down night and Greg stands at the back so it had nothing to do with him not being there,” Sutton said. - AAP

• Life bans for officialsPlayers and officials of four

Nigerian amateur clubs involved in two promotion play-off games that produced farcical 79-0 and 67-0 scorelines have been banned for life. A Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) committee in- vestigating the results also rec-ommended that the match offi-cials in the two matches should be given life bans. All four clubs, Plateau United Feeders, Akurba FC, Bubayaro FC and Police Machine FC, have been banned from the game for 10 years. - AFP

• Refs together againThe two men at the centre of

the NRL video referee howler at the weekend will be together again on Friday night, but not in the box. Justin Morgan and Luke Phillips - who attracted wide- spread condemnation for a award- ing a try to Penrith’s Dean Whare on Sunday afternoon, have sur-vived the cut this weekend, with both to play a role in the Can- terbury-Parramatta contest. But the pair won’t be side-by-side, with Phillips to be in the middle with a whistle alongside Matt Cecchin, and Morgan to be joined in the video referees box by expe-rienced referee Jared Maxwell. Whare was awarded a try at Cen-trebet Stadium despite replays clearly indicating the centre had his hand on the sideline before touching down. - AAP

• Cadel’s boss quitsCadel Evans’ team sporting

director John Lelangue has quit in the wake of a disastrous Tour de France for BMC Racing outfit. The Belgian oversaw Australian Evans’ historic tour victory in 2011 during his six years with the American-owned team. However, BMC Racing announced his immediate depar-ture “for personal reasons” yesterday, just a day after the finish of the 100th Tour de France in which the big budget team under-performed. Team leader Evans failed to back up his Giro d’Italia third placing by contending for a podium spot, finishing 39th. - AAP

• Dope ban for BraunMilwaukee Brewers star Ryan

Braun has been suspended for the remainder of the season for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy. Commissioner Bud Selig announced the suspension yesterday and said it was effective immediately, which means the outfielder Braun will miss the final 65 games of the Brewers’ season which will cost him about $US3 million of his $US8.5m sal-ary. “As I have acknowledged in the past I am not perfect,” said Braun, 29, who was the most valuable player of the National League in 2011. “I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions. I wish to apologise to anyone I may have disappointed - all of baseball fans and especially those in Milwaukee.” - AFP

ResultsGolfAshburton Golf ClubWomen’s SectionJuly 23Rnd 3 Smallbone TrophyWendy Suttie 43, Kathryn Green 36, Catherine

Bell 35, Daphne Hinton, Trish Cates 34Nearest The Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Vicki Moore,

No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Catherine Bell, No.12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Not Struck No. 14 Todds of Ashburton: Pauline Bell, 2nd Shot to Green: Kathryn Green

Nine Hole SectionJuly 23Rnd 4 Marion Marshall, Stroke – Sue Lamb 36Carpet Court ball- Alison Glossop

Rugby leagueSuper League results standingsSaints 22 Warriors 16Giants 48 Tigers 32Wolves 34 Rovers 6Bulls 19 Hull 12Widnes Vikings 38 Quins 12

Reds 16 Dragons 12Rhinos 20 Wildcats 18Standings P W D L F A BP PtsHuddersfield Giants 22 17 0 5 703 421 0 34Wigan Warriors 22 16 1 5 736 338 0 33Warrington Wolves 22 16 1 5 721 373 0 33Leeds Rhinos 21 13 1 7 557 415 0 27Catalan Dragons 22 11 2 9 544 514 0 24Hull Kingston Rovers 22 12 0 10 546 619 0 24St Helens 22 11 1 10 534 467 0 23Hull FC 22 9 2 11 478 449 0 20Wakefield Wildcats 21 9 1 11 550 568 0 19Bradford Bulls 22 8 2 12 490 539 0 18Widnes Vikings 22 7 2 13 571 695 0 16Castleford Tigers 22 6 2 14 508 703 0 14Salford City Reds 22 6 1 15 369 779 -2 11London Broncos 22 3 2 17 393 820 0 8* Salford City Reds deducted 2 points

ShootingCoronation Smallbore Rifle ClubJuly 22Some excellent scores posted this week.Sandy Collett, Nina McKenzie and Heather Ross

all with personal bests. Mark Stewart a possible in 20yard practice.

Individual scores were:Savanna McArthur 93.2, 94.4, Murray Cook 84.0,

80.0, Steve McArthur 193.10 , 96.2, Sandy Collett 98.5, 100.7, Heather Ross 91.3, Bill Rankin 95.2, Brian Hawksby 95.4, 94.2, Coby Snowden 97.4,

93.1, Sarah Clifford 97.4, 97.3, Bryan Hunter 93.1, 95.4, 98.5, Nina McKenzie 96.5, 99.5, Hailey Beevor 94.3, Nick Squires 90.0, Graham Hunter 98.5, Mark Stewart 97 and 100.

Mayfield Smallbore Rifle ClubJuly 22J Fleming 99.6, 99.5. P McClintock 91.2. P Fleming

90.0. E Chamberlain 65.0. B Nordqvist 70.1. A Wakelin 93.2. B Austin 91.2, 94.4. C Nordqvist 98.5, 95.5. S Bartlett 98.5, 95.2. M Fleming 99.7, 98.4, 196.11, 98.7.

Tinwald Golf ClubJuly 20Stroke – Alan Teale MemorialSenior: Bill Mason 70, Bryan McFarlane 72 b/l.

Intermediate: Bruce Collins 70, Gavin Smith 72, Lyndon Moore 72, Justin Smith 73. Junior: Riki Shearer 72, Malcolm Fechney 72, Dave Rush 73, Eddie Tulip 75 b/l.

Women: (Stableford) Helen Spicer 37, Leen Bell 36.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Peter Walker. Gluyas Ford # 6; Dave Horrell. Stirling Sports # 12; Riki Shearer. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Wayne Mellish.

Two’s: Graeme Hortin, Dave Horrell, Riki Shearer, Bill Mason, Sonja Mee. Eagle; Nigel Heney # 14Net Eagle; # 10 Justin Smith

Winner of the R.S.A. Trophy: Snow Pierce. Winner of the R.S.A. Cup: Graham McCall.

SCOREBOARD

Aki a welcomesurprise packagefor the Chiefs

By Patrick McKendry

The Chiefs will be without the injured Tim Nanai-Williams when they take on the rapidly improving Crusaders midfield in Saturday’s Super Rugby semi-final, but sec-ond-five Bundee Aki believes his side has the depth to cope.

It has been a challenging season for the Chiefs midfield.

Aki has been one of the positives, along with the way Nanai-Williams has converted to centre, but now that he has been ruled out with a groin problem, for which he will need surgery, much of the onus will fall on 23-year-old Aki, who is playing his first season at this level.

Coaches Dave Rennie and Co have selected seven different mid-field combinations.

The absence of Sonny Bill Williams has been keenly felt, as they knew it would be, but they have managed to find the consist-ency necessary to finish at the top of the table despite some bad luck.

Former All Black Richard Kahui was ruled out earlier in the season with yet another shoulder injury, leaving the Chiefs with one of the smallest midfields in the competi-tion.

But as the players around him have come and gone, Aki has been a virtual constant at second-five - he has started 12 of the Chiefs’ 16

matches in the No12 jersey.Last year he was a member of

the Chiefs wider training squad, a sideline to his main job as a bank teller for Westpac in Mangere.

Now the Counties player is earning interest on a growing reputation.

“It’s pretty unlucky for him,” he said of Nanai-Williams’ injury, “but I back the other players to step up and do what he’s been doing.

“All the players that we have can do the same things he does.

“It’s a good thing for the team,” Aki said of the midfield rotation earlier in the season.

“Everyone’s on edge and with the injuries that we’ve had, the coaches have confidence in every player we have.”

Now is a good time to have con-fidence.

The Crusaders have not only shown an improvement up front, playmaker Dan Carter has hit a rich vein of form which is allowing the relatively new midfield combination of Tom Taylor and Ryan Crotty to flourish.

Both Taylor and Crotty are smart, precise players.

They are solid defenders too but perhaps lack the flair that Aki possesses.

Charlie Ngatai is likely to be Aki’s midfield partner at Waikato Stadium.

He and Aki played in both the

Chiefs’ matches against the Crusaders this season and Ngatai adds a bit of size to the No13 jersey which has been swapped around a fair bit.

Nanai-Williams has seen the most action there but Kahui, Ngatai, and Save Tokula have all played at centre.

Andrew Horrell, who has had ankle problems, has also been tried at second-five.

Aki, who scored the Chiefs’ first try against the Blues in front of his family and former workmates at Eden Park, admitted he had been surprised by his progress.

“I actually have been surprised at how I’ve adapted in my first season of Super Rugby.

“I’m enjoying it at the moment and hopefully there’s a lot to learn and hopefully I’ll get better.”

Counties coach Tana Umaga, the former All Blacks midfielder, has been a major influence, but Aki said all of the Chiefs coaches had had input into his progress this year - not only Rennie and Wayne Smith but also Tom Coventry and Andrew Strawbridge.

“They’re a high-quality coaching staff and everything they’ve been teaching me has been helping.”

It is the direction the former bank teller will be counting on in the biggest match of his career. - APNZRight: Bundee Aki has been a revela-tion for the Chiefs this season.

Blues camp upbeat after talking with BenjiBy Wynne Gray

The Blues have been boosted by Benji Marshall’s positive reaction about playing Super 15 rugby next season and have made an offer to the Kiwi five-eighth.

Several other groups including the Waratahs are chasing Marshall’s signature and he expects to make a decision about his future in the next few weeks.

Blues chief executive Andy Dalton and coach John Kirwan flew to Sydney, where they spent a number of hours with Marshall and his agent Martin Tauber, explaining their rugby vision for the standoff if he returns home.

“It was the first face-to-face meet-ing we had, he was a really genuine guy and he is ready for a change,”

said Kirwan. “We are very keen to have him.

“He wants to play rugby. We spoke about how we do things, what our goals are and what we want to achieve and I think we are in with a shot for sure.”

The Blues cannot compete finan-cially with offers to stay and play rugby in Australia, but the Blues pitched a broad proposal to Marshall about rugby, lifestyle and career opportunities in New Zealand.

They thought he was receptive to their ideas and understood he needed to make a decision which suited him and his family’s future.

That verdict would be made in the next few weeks as neither party wanted drawn-out discussions.

“For us it is a matter of putting an offer to him and making sure

we negotiate properly in the next while,” said Kirwan.

There were always some difficul-ties with any deal but there were always solutions.

“The most exciting thing for me was walking out of the room, think-ing he would be a real asset to our franchise and he felt the same.

“If it doesn’t work out from a contract point of view, so be it, but I think he would be a fantastic profes-sional to have in the organisation,” Kirwan added.

“He is a leader, he knows what he wants, he has great experience, he is a good guy who looks you in the eye and tells you what he is thinking and what he is feeling.

“I got a good vibe out of it.”The Blues staff spent last week

debriefing the players and conclud-ing their season reports before they

turned their minds to next year’s roster and roles they needed to bolster.

As they did that, the search for a new chief executive continues with murmurs the Blues were looking to trim a large list of applicants to about five contenders.

Noises have grown that Breakers boss Richard Clarke is in that frame, while mentions were made of Martin Snedden and Iain Abercrombie, but both said the timing was not right while former Blues chief executive Peter Scutts is not on the short- list.

The Blues’ player recruitment has not turned up any senior locks to replace captain Ali Williams or Anthony Boric, who are heading to overseas contracts.

“We do have our feelers out there,” said Kirwan “and we are having a

broad look all over the place.”The Blues failed to entice Dominic

Bird away from the Crusaders last year and he wants to stay while James Broadhurst has also signed on again with the Hurricanes.

Meanwhile, they wait to see whether Brand Benji will cross the Ditch.

“He has a mix of clothing, media and business interests, is an x-factor player and works well on TV programmes.

“All those ideas could help him in the future.

“We had a go and I am also the type of person who says you really have to want to come here, it is not just about the money and I did not get that impression about him.

“He has to want to come back home though.”

- NZHBenji Marshall: ‘Ready for a change’

Blair playing for new dealBy Melissa Woods

Melbourne Storm centre Maurice Blair knows a thing or too about timing and he’s hoping his defend-ing champion NRL club gets it right again this season.

Blair is in the final year of his contract at the Storm and has been in a purple patch of form.

Apart from Melbourne’s shock 39-0 loss to the Bulldogs in their last outing, the 28-year-old has scored at least one try in seven successive games.

The Storm say they want to keep Blair but salary cap pressure may dictate that his future lies back home in Queensland, with the Titans reportedly interested.

“Playing good at this time of the year always helps,” Blair said.

“My manager is handling it and I’m just trying to play well every week but hopefully we will get it sorted sooner rather than later.”

From round 18 last year Mel-bourne lost four straight but then found some winning momentum to claim five straight to finish the regular season before their success-ful finals campaign.

Despite their shellacking at the hands of the Bulldogs, Blair said there was still confidence they could repeat the feat.

The Storm’s heavy loss came when they were missing their State of Origin foursome, but Blair warned they couldn’t rely purely on their stars to lift them to victory.

“We’re going to enjoy getting the boys back but everyone else in the team has to play their role too,” Blair said.

“Origin takes a bit out of you so we have to get in there and help them out.”

The Storm travel to Auckland to face the Warriors on Sunday - a team that historically lifts to take on their Melbourne rivals.

The Warriors beat Wests Tigers 24-12 last round to sit 11th on the ladder.

Apart from a loss to the competi-tion-leading Rabbitohs, they’ve won three of their last four games.

“They’re a quality side and we’re really going to have to be on our game to beat them,” Blair said.

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Broncos wield axeBy Laine Clark

Whether it came too late remains to be seen but Brisbane captain Sam Thaiday claims a selection shake-up was just what the Broncos needed as they look to keep their slim NRL finals hopes alive.

Needing six wins from their last seven games to stay in the top eight mix, Broncos coach Anthony Griffin finally wielded the axe ahead of Friday night’s away clash with North Queensland - and Parramatta-bound Corey Norman was the big-gest scalp.

Norman has been banished to the second-tier Queensland Cup for the first time since 2011 after being replaced by Josh Hoffman at fullback.

Ben Hunt is the new No.7, replac-ing former NSW halfback Peter Wallace who will be used off the bench mainly at hooker.

Ex-Test prop Ben Hannant has been named in the starting front-row but will be given until the last minute to overcome his troublesome calf complaint.

“It’s something that we probably need to do,” Thaiday said.

“We’ve got nothing to lose at the

moment so we can make those changes and hopefully it makes people want their spot a little bit more and work harder.

“It’s always a different competition after Origin. It feels like we’re start-ing our season over again.”

Griffin did his best to pour cold water over any conspiracy theo-ries around Eels-bound Norman’s dumping.

“People say ‘oh he’s going to Parra-matta’. Well he’s been going to Par-ramatta since round three,” he said.

“Obviously our form is not where it needs to be and putting Josh back there might give us something more defensively and offensively.

“I am not telling any porkies.”The last time Griffin made such

sweeping changes, the Broncos suffered their worst home loss - a 56-18 thrashing at the hands of New Zealand Warriors in round 12.

But Griffin said yesterday: “We need to do something to try and get ourselves back into the winners’ circle.

“I have been patient and loyal to a lot of those guys for a long time - it’s not something I decided to do flippantly or off the cuff.

“I think it will help the team this weekend.” - AAP

Sam Thaiday: ‘Selection shake-up just what the Broncos needed’

Court decision on America’s Cup todayBy Paul Lewis

It should be known today whether a court injunction will stop the America’s Cup, and Emirates Team New Zealand’s promising march towards a showdown with holders Oracle.

It is all to do with a little-known African-American sailing group, African Diaspora Maritime. They contend that Oracle’s host yacht

club, Golden Gate Yacht Club, unfairly dismissed their attempts to compete in a defender series to win the right to defend the Cup in San Francisco.

If ADM win the injunction, the America’s Cup regatta would halt.

The purpose of the injunction is to win the approval of the New York Supreme Court for an ADM entry to the Cup and a series against Oracle to decide who will race against the winner of the Louis Vuitton. That

will almost certainly be Team NZ.The problem is that ADM do not

have a boat or a crew. It would take years to design, build and launch a boat and train a crew sufficiently skilled to take on Oracle.

Few people took this legal effort seriously until ADM’s attempt to prove breach of contract against GGYC was approved on appeal.

And that is making a few people in the America’s Cup nervous.

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From Monday 29th July

By Myles Hume

It was a mixed bag for Mid Can-terbury youngsters competing in the football Friendship Tournament at the Ashburton Domain yesterday.

The first day of the 12th grade com-

petition saw the Mid Canterbury/Hosoe mixed side play in two contrasting games, losing 11-0 to Nelson Royal and then turning around to beat South Canterbury 3-2 in their second game.

The straight Mid Canterbury side managed to post two wins out

of their three matches, pushing theirs claim as a contender for the Japan Cup.

Up against East Southland in their first match, the team scraped through with a 2-1 win before going on to play North Canterbury, where they found themselves on the wrong

side of a narrow 5-4 defeat.In their third game, the side

played against Japanese visiting side Hosoe, where they pieced together a 6-3 victory.

Mid Canterbury Football devel-opment officer Peter Roberts said it was an exciting day’s play with

some high class football in all 18 matches.

Both Mid Canterbury and Hosoe have their own representative squads for the tournament, and have also selected extra players to form a third team, the mixed Mid Canterbury/Hosoe side, which has

two captains and two coaches.In today’s matches, Mid Canter-

bury/Hosoe takes on Selwyn and Canterbury Red, while Mid Can-terbury confronts the Nelson White side.

Matches start at 10.30am with the tournament ending tomorrow.

• Radford hangs toughKane Radford produced a strong

performance to finish 20th in a blistering men’s 10km open water swim at the world swimming championships in Barcelona yesterday. The Rotorua swim-mer dropped off the top group in the final 800m to clock 1:49.43, 28 seconds behind Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece, who took out his second 10km world title ahead of Thomas Lurz of Germany. Swimming New Zealand open water manager Philip Rush said Radford had impressed in what he believes was arguably the strongest men’s 10km open water field ever assembled. - APNZ

• Peats to ParramattaStruggling Parramatta have

continued their rebuilding by signing South Sydney utility forward Nathan Peats on a three-year deal from next NRL season. Peats, who can play at hooker and lock, has been granted a release by the ladder-leading Rabbitohs, having earlier this year signed a new deal with them until the end of 2015. He has found his opportunities limited this season due to the good form of Issac Luke. - AAP

• Siddle a RenegadeBig Bash League semi-finalists

Melbourne Renegades yesterday signed Test quicks Peter Siddle and James Pattinson for the next two seasons. Leggie and Test hopeful Fawad Ahmed will form a spin trio with Aaron O’Brien and Sri Lanka’s Test world-record holder Muttiah Muralidaran at the Renegades in the BBL 03 domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The season starts on December 20 when the Melbourne Stars host the Renegades at the MCG. - AAP

• Victory tests depthFor Melbourne Victory, their

dream clash with English Premier League giants Liverpool is about sending the kids to school. The Victory will dispatch one of their youngest ever sides to battle at the MCG tonight - shorn of several of last season’s star players. But coach Ange Postecoglou hopes pitting his side against the likes of internation-als Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez will leave a lasting imprint - both on his players and the growth of the A-League club. Archie Thompson, Mark Milligan and new signing Mitch Nichols are away on Socceroos duty, while Adama Traore and Gui Finkler are recovering from long-term injuries. Last season’s starters Marco Rojas and Marcos Flores have departed, with no new major signings secured. - AAP

PHOTO KIRSTy ClAy 230713-KC-096Mid Canterbury/Hosoe player Lily Burdett works to control a corner in her team’s 3-2 win over South Canterbury Black in the football Friendship Tournament yesterday.

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PHOTO KIRSTy ClAy 220713-KC-047Rebels player Debbie Summerfield lays up a shot against Ashburton College in the women’s A grade basketball final on Monday night.

Rebels sharpshooter Nicole Witterick netted a three-pointer on the buzzer to win her side the women’s A grade basketball com-petition on Monday night.

The Rebels took on competition front runner Ashburton College at the Mid Canterbury basketball

stadium in a closely contested A grade competition final that went into extra time.

The two teams could not be separated through the extra time period, until the Rebels claimed an all-important rebound.

Witterick latched on to the final

pass and stood outside the circle to shoot the winning points and claim her side a 52-51 victory and the women’s A grade title.

Rebels coach Ange Leadley said she was proud of the character her side showed in the thrilling encounter.

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Abercrombie’sloss will be Breakers’ gain

By Kris Shannon

Tom Abercrombie will fly to China today to join up with the Tall Blacks after an unsuccessful stint with the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Summer League.

The Breakers swingman had hoped to put himself in the shop window during the Las Vegas tour-nament but struggled for minutes as his Suns side reached the final unbeaten.

Phoenix were defeated by Golden State in yesterday’s showpiece, though that result was of little consequence for Abercrombie.

After playing 15 minutes in the Suns’ first game, the 26-year-old never managed more than four minutes’ court time during the subsequent six games, finishing with two points and three rebounds in total.

It was hardly enough of a con-tribution for Abercrombie to turn heads but his misfortune is far from bad news for the Breakers.

With the very real possibility of league MVP Cedric Jackson leav-ing, after appearing to outgrow the ANBL last season, Abercrombie’s departure would have dealt a double blow.

The club have remained firm in

their goal of providing their players opportunities to further themselves within the sport, so Breakers brass will genuinely have mixed emotions about Abercrombie’s plight.

But his suiting up when the new season begins will be an agree-able sight, given the additional losses of coach Andrej Lemanis (Australian Boomers) and veteran Dillon Boucher (retirement).

And Abercrombie will not be too disheartened by his time on the bench in Vegas.

He went into the tourna-ment with eyes wide open and fully aware of the difficulty in breaking into the world’s best basketball league, while time is still on his side if he wishes to take his talents offshore.

“Well that chapter is over, summer league was a great experience just wish I would have got more of a chance,” Abercrombie tweeted. “Moving on...off to china tmrw!”

That will be music to the ears of Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic, who has been

shorn of several key players as he prepares to face Australia next month.

With big guns Kirk Penney and Steven Adams joined on the side-lines by six other frontline players, the Tall Blacks will rely on a squad featuring four debutants.

Abercrombie will add some much-needed savvy to the unseasoned side, which will face the national team twice and play two tourna-ments during their fortnight in

China.Then comes the two-game

showdown with Lemanis’ Boomers in the Fiba Oceania Championship, at which Abercrombie will be a wel-come presence. - APNZ

Tom Abercrombie: No luck with the Suns

Bukuya caught up in drugs probeBy Michael Brown

A Warriors recruit has been caught up in the drugs probe into Australian sport, and it could have an impact on the makeup of Matt Elliott’s squad next season.

Jayson Bukuya, who in May signed a two-year contract to play at Mt Smart from 2014, was named as one of eight Cronulla players who had reportedly been considering a deal with anti-doping officials that would have seen him accept a six-month ban.

Up to 14 Cronulla players are

said to be among 30 NRL players and a number of support staff who have been told to schedule inter-views with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority’s (Asada) as part of their ongoing drugs investigation. The players had 48 hours to respond and interviews will commence on August 1.

Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah said they had not had any contact from Asada advising them of any of their players being on the list. “And nor do we expect any [contact],” Scurrah said.

They will, however, be watching developments across the Tasman

with interest, and it will be a similar situation with the Kiwis.

The Newcastle Knights, who in February were one of six clubs to meet with the NRL’s integrity unit after being named in the Australian Crime Commission’s investigation into drugs in sport and organised crime, have neither confirmed nor denied Jeremy Smith was one of the 30 players. Smith, a fixture in the New Zealand side, was at Cronulla in 2011 - the year that has become a focus of Asada’s investigations.

Players face bans of up to two years if charged with doping offences. - APNZ

Ashburton Guardian, Wednesday 24 July 2013

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