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Methven death ‘unexplained’ BY KATIE TODD
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A police cordon and a forensics tent remain outside Our Lady of the Snows Parish, Methven, as police continue to investigate the death of a woman. Emergency services were called to the Main Street address at 9.30am on Saturday morning, where police later announced that a woman in her thirties had died. They described the death as “unexplained”. Police are yet to formally name the woman in her thirties, thought to be a local mother, or confirm the circumstances around her death. However, Area Commander for MidSouth Canterbury Inspector Dave Gaskin said he wants to reassure the community that there is no danger to the public following this incident.
Other media outlets have chosen to name the deceased, but out of respect the Guardian has chosen not to until formal identification is complete. Officers were seen working at the scene throughout Saturday and Sunday. Behind a white cordon, masked officers in white suits were examining a house next to the church. Tents and police vehicles have also taken residence in the driveway around the church. Police have carried out a post-mortem, and advised that the scene examination would be continuing today. The Sunday morning church service at Our Lady of the Snows Parish was relocated to the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. Parishioners were advised via email, and from a police officer at the gate, that they were unable to enter the area. Viv Barrett of Our Lady of the Snows
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Parish said the service was a fairy sombre affair. “Everyone was pretty sad. Somebody has died and we don’t know why,” he said. Our Lady of the Snows School is located behind the church, but it is understood that the classrooms can still be accessed. Around 30 primary students are enrolled there, and will be on school holidays for the remainder of this week. Board of trustees chairperson Deidra O’Shea said the school would keep parents informed if there were concerns about access. “We haven’t heard from police yet, but at this stage we haven’t needed to,” she said. Police investigators and forensic support are expected to remain at the scene over the next few days.
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■ PLASTIC BAGS
■ HEALTH
Countdown cuts plastic bags
Pill could help obese teens lose weight
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Countdown stores in Ashburton will be among 67 supermarkets to begin phasing out single-use plastic bags today. Customers need to remember to take their reusable bags when they shop, though $1 reusable bags will be available to buy for those who forget. The bags are expected to last 150 uses and will be replaced for free when they wear out. Emergency plastic bags can
also be bought, but for 15c each. Profits from these bags will be donated. A Countdown spokesperson said all South Island stores would be phasing out the single-use plastic bags from today, meaning 85 per cent of all Countdowns were reusable bag stores. “Our first preference is that customers bring their own bags with them when they shop with us. Our next best option is our black $1 reusable Bag for Good, which is tested to be used up to
150 times and we’ll replace in store for free when it wears out. “The 15c reusable, emergency bag is provided as an affordable last resort option for customers when they get caught out with a load of groceries and have forgotten to bring their own bags.” Over the next year Countdown will look at how many people use the 15c bag and why, any Government regulation, and review whether it’s still needed once people have had time to get used to bringing their reusable bags
when they shop. The spokesperson said that having more retailers come on board to remove plastic bags will also help customers get used to reusable bags as the norm. “Since we made this announcement, we have seen a 17 per cent decrease in the amount of plastic bags our customers are using when they shop with us.” Customers who use Countdown’s online shopping service will receive their goods in paper bags.
■ ST JOHN CADETS
St John cadets perform well at competitions By katie todd
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Nine cadets from Ashburton St John Youth put their life-saving skills to the test during the South Island Region Youth Competitions last weekend. After earning the right to compete by winning in their respective age groups at the Aoraki District competitions, the cadets faced off in first aid scenarios, drill, caregiving, communication and written tests. Around 30 individuals and 30 teams aged 12-17 years came together from across the South Island to compete in the event at Living Springs in Banks Peninsula. The Ashburton squad was trained and managed by youth leaders Terri Spencer, Simon O’Reilly and Kyla Clement. Intermediate individual Drew Porter placed third in drill, second in communication and first in resuscitation. Intermediate team Maddy Halkett-Young, Ruby Lake, Amelia Swan and Shania Cartman placed second in drill and first in a special test. Senior team Caitlin Smith, Jessica Smith, Elise Ford and Jacob Swan placed second in drill and Elise placed third in her individual test. Right - St John cadets (back row, from left) Gemma Fitzgerald (Oamaru), Caleb Jopson (Oamaru), Elise Ford, Jacob Swan, Jessica Smith; (middle row, from left) Shania Cartman, Ruby Lake, Drew Porter, Maddy Halley-Young; (front row, from left) Elizabeth Fountaine (Oamaru), Jayde Read (Oamaru) and Amelia Swan.
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A pill containing healthy gut bacteria from faeces is being tested on 90 obese teens to see whether it will help them lose weight. The cutting-edge research is being carried out by the Liggins Institute at Auckland University and if successful could also help with other health problems such as diabetes and depression. Co-leader of the study Professor Wayne Cutfield said there was growing evidence that gut bacteria influenced a person’s health and the current research involving 90 teens would prove just how much. While the first study was focused on weight loss, there was suggestive evidence that mcrobio capsules and transfers could also improve the risk of diabetes, bowel issues, allergic reactions and behavioural and psychiatric issues such as anxiety, depression and autism. “Based on association studies and mice studies, this is the hottest new area of biomedical research probably on the planet. Having said all of that, all of this is suggestive evidence or indirect evidence that it could be effective and until intervention studies like our are done it’s just not clear how good is this potential,” Cutfield said. As well as looking at whether it can help with weight loss, it is also the first study that will look at a number of other factors such as whether healthy gut bacteria can protect them from diabetes, improve bowel habits and can make them feel better. The study will follow the 14-18-year-olds for six months and uses gut bacteria taken from four men and four women. The bacteria is removed from the waste and put inside two capsules so that it does not break open until they reach the bowel and have the best impact. - NZME
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■ MACKENZIE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Two men’s generosity benefits many By Sue NewmaN
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Charitable trusts and charitable foundations are the lifeblood of many organisations in the Ashburton District. Applications are made, grants are received and those organisations go about their business, often with little knowledge of the benefactors from whose generosity those trusts and foundations have grown. One of those, the Mackenzie Charitable Foundation, has been in the philanthropy business since 1976 and since then has given away $7.828 million in grants. The story of the Mackenzie Foundation began simply enough – two brothers Alan and Don, both unmarried – who wanted people living in the community they had loved and lived in all their lives, to benefit from their estates. Alan Mackenzie was born in 1921, his brother Don in 1925. Both attended Ealing School. In their post school years, Alan came home to the family farm while Don worked at Winchmore Irrigation Research Station. Their property was originally bought by their father Kenneth John Mackenzie in the 1920s. It was increased in size in 1960 when Mackenzie bought a neighbouring 296 hectare property. The enlarged property saw Don return home to work with his father and brother and the large property was then farmed by the KJ Mackenzie and Sons partnership. Don later became a Nuffield scholar and was active in rural politics and was involved in the development of the Mayfield Hinds Irrigation Association. Alan’s focus was the farm and farm forestry. During their lives the two men were strong supporters of the Temuka Children’s Home. Their deaths were to come sooner than either expected, with both dying from cancer while in their 50s. Knowing their lives were limited, the brothers decided to put their 825 hectare farm at Ealing into a trust and from the first grants in 1980 until 2002, when
Alan Mackenzie the farm was sold, profits were distributed in the form of grants to various community groups. With the sale of the farms, grant funds came from investments. In 1991 the smaller block of land was sold, with the homestead block sold in 2002. Proceeds from those sales became part of the foundation’s investment portfolio which stands at $13.608 million as at March 31, 2018. In the past year, the foundation gave away $798,976 in grants. Over the last two years grants totalling $1.720 million have been made. A stipulation of the brothers was that grants were strongly weighted towards cancer research, education and agriculture research and training. They also wanted their trustees to make general grants to other
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charitable purposes, but particularly to meet the needs of younger people who were disabled or disadvantaged. In the early days of the trust there was a strong emphasis on supporting cancer research and sizeable grants were made to a cancer unit that was being established at Christchurch Hospital. A lump sum was also made available – $25,000 in seed funding – to establish the CCS Mackenzie Centre in Ashburton’s Mona Square (now the Cancer Society headquarters). With the exception of some small holdings in equities in Australia, all investments are New Zealand based. While many smaller grants are made each year, the foundation has for many years continued supporting two major initiatives,
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Don Mackenzie the Mackenzie Chair in Freshwater Ecology at Canterbury University and the Mackenzie Chair in Cancer Medicine at Otago University. Together, grants to these two chairs, will exceed $4.475 million over a 10-year period. The trust continues to support both the Ashburton and Geraldine Benevolent Trust, both of which provide assistance to needy families in their respective communities. Support is also ongoing to the Ashburton Learning Centre’s BOOST child literacy programme, Presbyterian Support and the Ashburton Mackenzie Community group. Over the last two tears the foundation has supported the Ashburton Museum and Historical Society, K2Youth Development Trust, Ashburton Multi-Cultural Bite,
Seabrooke McKenzie Centre, the Cancer Society, The Champion Centre, Battered Women’s Trust, Community House Ashburton, Youth Café, Hinds School, Starjam, Riding for the Disabled and the Family Help Trust. It also provides continued support to Ashburton Hospital and was one of the contributors to the $1.5 million funding pool for the hospital rebuild. With the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, it supports the operation of the Rural Health Academic Centre at Ashburton Hospital. Currently the Mackenzie Foundation’s trustees are; John Acland, Don Church, Graham Kennedy, Mary Ross and Don McFarlane. Previous trustees have been the late Pat Morrison and Graham Sinclair.
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■ 1941 MASSACRE
More local links to massacre unearthed By Katie todd
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Ashburton Public Library staff have discovered more local links to the 1941 Stanley Graham massacre on the West Coast, following the discovery of a slain police officer’s grave recently. Graham’s wife came from Rakaia, while the first person to find Graham’s victims came from Ashburton. Library manager Jill Watson said she discovered the links in the 1979 book Manhunt, by H.A Willis. Willis’ book and the 1982 film on which it is based, Bad Blood, detail what was one of New Zealand’s worst massacres. The horror began on October 8, 1941 when four police officers approached a farmer near Kowhitirangi who was in dispute with his neighbour, and attempted to confiscate his firearms. The famer, Graham, shot and killed all the officers, including Ashburton-born 26-year-old Frederick Jordan, sparking a 12day manhunt. Three civilians also died before Graham was finally located and shot. Watson said Dorothy Graham, Stanley’s wife, was from Rakaia, and she was responsible for obtaining the weapon which later killed Jordan. “She had gone over to work at the Longford Hotel in Kokatahi,
built by Stanley’s father, then owned by his sister, Mrs Webster. She seems to have shared his love of firearms as well as his dangerous levels of paranoia,” she said. “The week of September 8, Dorothy visited Rakaia and stayed with her parents, making two trips up to Christchurch during the week to procure a rifle to replace a .303 which had been requisitioned by the police for the use of the Home Guard, which was happening nationwide. Before going home to the Coast she was able to arrange the purchase of a 7mm Mauser rifle from Ashby Bergh Ltd, and it arrived later in September. This was to be the rifle with which her husband shot and killed Constables Jordan and Tulloch”. Furthermore, the murder scene was located opposite the Lower Kowhitirangi School, where a 20-year-old Ashburton reliever Pearl was working at the time of Jordan’s death. “The police had delayed approaching Graham over his threatening behaviour to neighbours until school was over for the day,” Watson said. “After the shots were fired, Pearl ran to the Stanley’s gate, where Sergeant Cooper’s body was lying, then went to phone the Hokitika police station from the post office.”
Child found safe A four-year-old has been found after he went missing from his home in northern Waikato, sparking a “frantic” search. Police were alerted to the autistic toddler’s disappearance at 1pm and promptly started searching fearing for his safety. The toddler was found safe and well about 3.45pm at a nearby address. - NZME
Victim named Police have released the name of a woman who died after being found with “unexplained” but critical injuries on a Hamilton street. She was 24-year-old Takotoroa Mareikura. Police were called to Charlemont Street, Hamilton on September 29 about 8pm, where Mareikura had critical injuries. She was taken to Waikato Hospital but died overnight. - NZME
Man found dead Police are investigating after a 44-year-old man was found dead at a property in a small South Island town. Emergency services were called to an address on Belt Street, Waimate, at 7.30pm, where the man was found dead, police said. - NZME
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■ SCOUT CAMP
Action-packed camp By Katie todd
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Forty-four local cubs have returned from an action-packed adventure featuring bivvy building, flying foxes, compass work and hiking. The Mania-O-Roto Cubscout Pack, along with leaders, scout helpers and parent helpers, descended on the Omaka Scout Camp on the outskirts of Christchurch last weekend for their annual Spring Zone Cub camp. “The cubs were excited and nervous about spending two nights away from home without
family and familiar items,” zone cub leader Lori Rusbatch said. She said they tried many new activities, from spotlight after tea to the first night spent in a tent for some of the cubs. “The Saturday was full-on with different activities such as obstacle course, flying fox, water slide and tubing down a stream. The squeals of delight and laughter were a joy to hear.” She described the annual camp as the highlight of the cub scout year, a chance for participants to learn to be team supporters while joining in challenging activities.
One person has died after a car collided with a tree in west Auckland. The crash occurred in Henderson at 11pm on Saturday night, police said. - NZME
Drive-by shooting A 21-year-old man remains in hospital after a drive-by shooting in Stokes Valley yesterday. A police spokeswoman said an investigation was under way as police look to find those responsible. Police were called to Hanson Grove at 2.30am after the young man was shot from a passing vehicle, she said. The man was in a “serious but stable condition”. - NZME
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Virus dents rabbit numbers A new rabbit haemorrhagic virus disease introduced by Environment Canterbury will eventually take its toll on the wild rabbit population in the Lake Heron area. ECan’s regional leader biosecurity Graham Sullivan said the virus was not released in Mid Canterbury but with releases at West Melton and Rolleston/Burnham, it was expected to spread throughout the eastern South Island over time. “Rabbit numbers are generally low in the Ashburton district, with the exception of the Lake Heron area.” Results of the wider virus release are in line with expectations, with a 40 per cent kill rate. Sullivan said it was important to remember the virus, RHDV1 K5, was just one of the tools available to agencies and landowners to control rabbits. “The new strain has certainly helped us in the control of wild rabbit populations by supplementing more traditional control methods. “The overall 40 per cent kill rate is in line with what we anticipated when the programme started. However, K5 was never going to be the silver bullet for rabbit control.” The virus was released at 92
sites in Canterbury. Analysis across 400 kilometres and 27 high country stations in the Mackenzie Basin, the area with the largest problem, showed an average reduction rate of 40 per cent, with
individual properties ranging from zero to 70 per cent. The virus was also released in Otago, with a kill rate of 34 per cent. “Now that the virus is estab-
lished, it will continue to spread naturally,” Sullivan said. Rabbits are a pest for farmers in the high country, contributing to soil erosion and water quality degradation.
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Biking for dementia When Australian Greg Kelly rides into town later this month, he will be on a crusade to educate and enlighten Ashburton people about dementia and its impact on both sufferers and their families. Kelly is on a world-wide awareness crusade for the condition that is affecting growing numbers of people from mid-age onwards He will speak at an Ashburton Pakeke Lions breakfast at the Hotel Ashburton on October 19 and the previous afternoon will be escorted into town by members of the Ashburton Ulysses Club. Kelly’s New Zealand tour is sponsored by Ford. While in Ashburton he will be hosted on Thursday afternoon by Gluyas Ford and will meet with business leaders and Ashburton District councillors. Pakeke Lion Ron Paterson said that tickets for the breakfast on October 19 were selling well, particularly to corporate groups. Profits from ticket sales will go to Dementia Support in Mid Canterbury. Breakfast guests will also have an opportunity to bid for a wide range of goods in a post meal auction.
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■ MT HUTT
Giving kea a fighting chance By Katie todd
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Mt Hutt are ramping up conservation efforts for a much beloved bird species. Staff at the skifield have launched their own intensive trapping programme to tackle kea’s biggest predators, after parent company NZ Ski secured a platinum partnership with the Kea Conservation Trust (KCT) last month. The alpine parrots are a real personality in the mountains, ski area manager James McKenzie said, yet their populations have declined in recent years, partly due to introduced pests. Just a decade ago, it was not uncommon to see 20 of the cheeky birds in the carpark and by June last year, three kea had settled into Mt Hutt. This year, only a couple of kea sightings have been reported and no regular residents. “But it’s not too late,” McKenzie said. By deploying traps around the mountain, staff at the skifield are working to eliminate pests like possums, stoats and rats, and increase the kea’s chances of survival. The results have already been sub-
stantial, McKenzie said with around a dozen catches in the first week. They are focusing, in particular, on an area of the mountain where kea have bred in the past and using sophisticated traps which kill pests quickly and humanely with an electric shock, before recharging after each catch. Through the NZSki and KCT partnership, Mt Hutt staff have also been engaging in education initiatives like classroom visits and contributing funds to other work and research into the species. Mt Hutt, the Remarkables and Coronet Peak will be collectively spending more than $250,000 on kea conservation initiatives over the next five years. Mt Hutt has also, for some years, collected money in donation boxes towards kea conservation. McKenzie said skiers can help out by donating or doing their own bit to trap pests in their backyard. “And the number one thing we can do is not feed them,” he said. Mckenzie said that staff at the skifield were excited about the new initiatives. The trapping will continue throughout the summer months.
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574 new housing lots in Orewa A Chinese-owned firm is creating nearly 600 new housing lots at Orewa after paying rich listers Peter and Joanna Masfen $40 million for the land. Changda International New Zealand, 60 per cent owned by the People’s Republic of China and part of the Changda construction and development business, got Overseas Investment Office consent to buy 37ha of land on Sunnyheights Road, Orewa from the Masfens. Dao Yang, Changda’s finance and HR manager based at Albany, said last week that work was well under way to establish sites for new houses on the land where group builders Signature and Golden Homes had bought. The project is Pacific Heights. “We are creating 574 residential sites,”
Yang said of the property at 207 West Hoe Heights. Changda needed OIO consent to buy because the land was classified as sensitive and Yang said it had extensive stands of native bush. Peter Masfen, a prominent Auckland businessman, appeared on this year’s NBR Rich List with an estimated $530m fortune. Masfen Group owns shares, private equity and property. It is managed by the Masfens’ son, Rolf. Rolf Masfen of Masfen Group said: “After a long period of ownership, investment company Sunnyheights Ltd decided to sell the property at Orewa to an experienced developer, who would bring a large number of sections and houses to the market helping to satisfy increasing demand for housing in Auckland.” - NZME
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Kavanaugh sworn in Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the 114th justice of the US Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament. The run-up to the appointment shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarisation – now encroaching on the court that the 53-year-old judge may well swing rightward for decades to come. Even as Kavanaugh took his oath of office yesterday in a quiet private ceremony, not long after the narrowest Senate confirmation in nearly a century and a half, protesters chanted outside the court building across the street from the Capitol. The climactic 50-48 roll call capped a fight that seized the national conversation after claims emerged that he had sexually assaulted women three decades ago – allegations he emphatically denied. Those accusations transformed the clash from a routine struggle over judicial ideology into an angry jumble of questions about victims’ rights, the presumption of innocence and personal attacks on nominees. His confirmation provides a defining accomplishment for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, which found a unifying force in the cause of putting a new conservative majority on the court. Trump, flying to Kansas for a political rally, flashed a thumbs-up gesture when the tally was announced and praised Ka-
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Chief Justice John Roberts (right) administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Justices’ Conference Room of the Supreme Court Building. Ashley Kavanaugh holds the Bible with daughters, Margaret (left) and Liza. PHOTO AP vanaugh for being “able to withstand this horrible, horrible attack by the Democrats”. He later telephoned his congratulations to the new justice, then at the rally returned to his own attack on the Democrats as “an angry left-wing mob”. The justices themselves made a quiet show of solidarity. Kavanaugh was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts and the man he’s replacing, retired Justice An-
thony Kennedy, as fellow Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan looked on – two conservatives and two liberals. Trump has now put his stamp on the court with his second justice in as many years. Yet Kavanaugh is joining under a cloud. Accusations from several women remain under scrutiny, and House Democrats have pledged further investigation if they win the majority in November. - AP
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Fifty dead in tanker truck fire
Banksy art shreds after sale
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 100 badly burned after a tanker truck in the Democratic Republic of Congo collided with another truck and burst into flames as villagers rushed to collect the leaking fuel. “We deplore the deaths,” interim governor of Kongo-Central province Atu Matubuana said. Officials were identifying the charred bodies in preparation for burial, Matubuana said. The accident occurred overnight in the village of Mbuba, not far from Kisantu city and about 200 kilometres southwest of the capital, Kinshasa. The fire quickly spread to nearby homes, Congo’s health ministry said. An investigation was under way into the cause of the accident. “The driver of the tanker truck has disappeared while the driver of the tractor trailer died at the scene,” the ministry said. Twenty charred bodies had been recovered, and four other people died after arriving at a hospital. The UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo said it had offered assistance for the injured, with nine ambulances en route to help with medical evacuations. - AP
Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist has selfdestructed in front of startled auction-goers, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($A1.2 million). In an Instagram post, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making. The spray-painted canvas Girl With Balloon went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equalling a record price for the artist. Then, as an alarm sounded, it ran through a shredder embedded in the frame, leaving half the canvas hanging from the bottom in strips. A post on Banksy’s official Instagram account showed the moment – and the shocked reaction of those in the room – with the words “Going, going, gone...” A video was later posted on the account, stating: “A few years ago I secretly built a shredder into a painting in case it was ever put up for auction.” The video showed images of a shredder being implanted into a picture frame along with footage of the auction finale. Banksy’s spokeswoman, Jo Brooks, confirmed that the post was genuine. Sotheby’s – which had noted before the sale that the work’s ornate gilded frame was “an integral element of the artwork chosen by Banksy himself” – appeared as shocked as anyone else. “It appears we just got Banksy-ed,” said Alex Branczik, head of contemporary European art at the auction house. The auction house said it was “in discussion about next steps” with the buyer, whose identity was not disclosed. Some art-market watchers say the work could be worth even more in its shredded state. “We have not experienced this situation in the past where a painting spontaneously
Tina Turner has revealed she underwent a kidney transplant with an organ donated by her husband. The 78-year-old singer says in an upcoming autobiography she has suffered from kidney disease and by 2016 her kidneys were at “20 per cent and plunging rapidly”. She says her husband, Erwin Bach, “shocked me by saying that he wanted to give me one of his kidneys”. Turner says she was “overwhelmed by the enormity of his offer”. Turner married German music executive Bach in 2013 after a long relationship. - AP
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Making TV history Television history will be made when Doctor Who’s lead character is taken over by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to play the role since it began 55 years ago. The actress plays the 13th Doctor in the sci-fi series, picking up from where her predecessor Peter Capaldi left off. Whittaker made a very brief debut as the Doctor in last year’s Christmas special when Capaldi’s version of the beloved character regenerated, but from this week, the role is all hers. Her first full episode as the Doctor is aptly titled The Woman Who Fell To Earth. - PA
People watch as the spray-painted canvas Girl with Balloon by artist Banksy is shredded at Sotheby’s, in London. PHOTO AP
shredded, upon achieving a record for the artist,” Branczik said. “We are busily figuring out what this means in an auction context.” Geneva-based artist Pierre Koukjian, who was at the auction, said the buyer was “very lucky” to own a now-historic piece. He called Banksy’s prank “a turning point in the history of contemporary and conceptual art”. Koukjian, who has met Banksy, said he is sure he caught a glimpse of the artist in the saleroom amid the confusion of the moment. “What he did is really shocking, in a good way,” Koukjian said. “I think it will be historic and people will talk for a long time about it.” Brooks would not say whether the artist had been at the auction. She said Sotheby’s had been “100 per cent” unaware of the planned stunt. - AP
Peter Brock’s car sold The legendary car driven by the late Peter Brock in his 1982 and 1983 Bathurst wins has fetched the highest price in Australian auction history, selling for $2.1 million ($NZ2.3m). The famous HDT VH Commodore was the first car to win two Bathurst races in a row and sold at Lloyds Auctions before the eyes of racing identities Allan Moffat, Fred Gibson and David Parsons. It beats the previous auction record set by the sale of the Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III once owned by cricketer Jeff Thomson, which sold for $1.03 million in June. - AAP
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Emerging Ashburton artist Grace Henry says her creative flair has always been there, “it was just a matter of doing it”. The Grace Gallery co-owner has opened her first ever exhibition entitled On the Line at the Dobson Street West site, after a little gentle encouragement from friends and her partner, sculptor Brent Holley. The exhibition is comprised of paintings and an enormous dangling centre-piece – true to the exhibition name, all skilfully styled with lines. Henry said she has always been drawn to linear patterns. “I like the way that lines flow and converge.” Several of the works are acrylic and oil, while others are made using spray paint. The hanging piece is produced from more “raw” materials, Henry said, including craft paper. “I think craft paper is an underrated material,” she said. She first started chipping away on it at home. In her patterns, she started to see faces, and then decided to cut holes. “I like the way that now it’s hanging, it moves around … and you can see little bits of light and colour through the holes.” Henry said one of the best bits of the creative process is coming up with names for her pieces. She has a general idea in her head when she starts, and then puts the words together when the piece is completed. The gallery held an opening evening for On the Line on Tuesday, and Henry said she is happy with the response so far. The exhibition will run throughout October – it is a year this month since the Grace Gallery first opened. The gallery is open from 10am until 2pm from Wednesday to Saturday, and is located beside Smiths City.
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Reporting on a difficult time O
ver the weekend the Guardian followed up a major news story in Methven. It was a difficult story to break and undoubtedly very difficult news to receive for many people in the community. As the Guardian’s youngest reporter, I am learning quickly how to balance the need for care and compassion around a death, with the need to serve the public interest. A small number of people have approached the Guardian and expressed concern that we should not be reporting on the event at
all while family and friends are still grieving. Other media outlets have received similar responses and I have learnt that it is not uncommon for people to feel this way around such an event. There is no handbook for how
these types of events should pan out, or step-by-step ethical rules on how the media should handle them. But in the era of digital reporting and multiple media platforms, it’s even more important to be careful. I can’t pretend to understand the gravity of the devastation a death like this could cause for family and friends, nor the ripple effects it will have in years to come. As reporters, all we can do is try our absolute best to show our respect for the people who it is most raw, and the privacy and
bouncing higher and lower, Wall Street plunged again. The Dow Jones industrial average lost another 189 points to close at 9258. German farmer Karl Merk, who received the world’s first complete double arm transplant, told reporters that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery to discover he had arms again. Five years ago: The White House said President Barack Obama would nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the nation’s central bank. Britain’s Peter Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in physics for helping to explain
how matter formed after the Big Bang. One year ago: Harvey Weinstein was fired from The Weinstein Company amid allegations that he was responsible for decades of sexual harassment against actresses and employees. Vice President Mike Pence left the 49ers-Colts game in Indianapolis after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee during the national anthem. Today’s birthdays: Actor Paul Hogan is 79. Rhythm-and-blues singer Fred Cash is 78. Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson is 77. Comedian Chevy Chase is 75. Author R.L. Stine is 75. Actor Dale Dye is 74. Country singer Susan Raye is 74. TV personality
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dignity of the deceased. With any issue of this nature, however, there are people out there with a lot of questions, speculations and a lot of concerns for themselves and the community around them. There probably will be in days, weeks to come – and it is our duty to listen and to voice what answers and facts we can. It is not for us, but for others in the community, that we publish the relevant information that police want to share and attempt to answer the inevitable question of “why is there a forensics tent in town?” before the rumour mill
goes into overdrive. News is a service and we can’t afford to turn our backs on the people around us who are asking questions. That is why we reported on this incident and will continue to share, with respect, what we can. My heart goes out to those impacted by the Methven incident. It will be a weekend to remember for all the wrong reasons, and the weeks to come will not be easy. But if there’s one standout thing I’ve observed since moving here, it’s the extraordinary power of a tight-knit community in moving through such an event.
Sarah Purcell is 70. Rhythm-andblues singer Airrion Love is 69. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 69. Rhythm-and-blues singer Robert “Kool” Bell is 68. Producerdirector Edward Zwick is 66. Country singer-musician Ricky Lee Phelps is 65. Actor Michael Dudikoff is 64. Comedian Darrell Hammond is 63. Actress Stephanie Zimbalist is 62. Rock musician Mitch Marine is 57. Actress Kim Wayans is 57. Rock singer Steve Perry is 55. Actor Ian Hart is 54. Gospel/rhythmand-blues singer CeCe Winans is 54. Rock musician C.J. Ramone is 53. Actress-producer Karyn Parsons is 52. Singer-producer Teddy Riley is 52. Actress Emily Procter is 50. Actor Dylan Neal
is 49. Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 48. Actor-comedian Robert Kelly is 48. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is 48. Actor Martin Henderson is 44. Actress Kristanna Loken is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Byron Reeder (Mista) is 39. Rock-soul singer-musician Noelle Scaggs is 39. Actor Nick Cannon is 38. Actor Max Crumm is 33. Singersongwriter-producer Bruno Mars is 33. Actor Angus T. Jones is 25. Actress/singer Bella Thorne is 21. Thought for today: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” — Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (1875-1961). – AP
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, October 8, the 281st day of 2018. There are 84 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On Oct. 8, 1998, the House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote. On this date: In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted. In 1918, US Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led an attack that killed 25 German soldiers and resulted in the capture of 132 others in the Argonne Forest in France. In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for murder in the death of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman told a press conference in Tennessee, that the secret scientific knowledge behind the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada. In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. In 1981, at the White House, President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of Anwar Sadat. In 1982, all labour organisations in Poland were banned. In 2001, The United States pounded terrorist targets in Afghanistan from the air for a second night. In 2002, A federal judge approved President George W. Bush’s request to reopen West Coast ports, ending a 10-day labour lockout that cost the US economy an estimated $1 to $2 billion a day. In 2004, 34 people, most of them Israelis, were killed when suicide bombers blew up the Taba Hilton Hotel in Egypt. In 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people. Ten years ago: After a day of
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any signs of being suicidal. In the days, weeks, months and even years after, you wonder what you could have done. What you missed. The text message you could have sent or the phone call you could have made. I think they felt alone. Not alone in the sense that they didn’t have friends, but alone with thoughts they wrongly believed they couldn’t share with anyone. In some cases things that they’d done, or things that had been done to them. In others simply overwhelmed, but with a fear of even being labelled “suicidal”. Frightened of being shunned, of how their friends, their family and community might treat them. It’s a view held by comedian Mike King, now a mental health campaigner. That it’s the fear of a judge-
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gone, but the issues haven’t. In my experience, they’ve got worse. Testing timeframes for farmers have increased from a few weeks to months. Compensation claims which the Ministry for Primary Industries say can be paid in 7 to 10 days take infinitely longer. Some farmers who were confirmed for bovis at the start of this year are still waiting to be paid in full. It’s adding up to enormous levels of stress in our community. If you know of anyone having a rough time, give them a call. Let them know that it’s safe to talk, that they won’t be judged. There is support available, but if we always wait for people to ask it might be too late. Rural Support Trust: 0800 787 254 Need to Talk counselling service: call or text 1737
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Garonga Safari Camp in Makalali Game Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa.
A safari to soothe the soul By Christine MCGinn
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s we wake before dawn breaks, millions of stars shine above the netted mosquito bed. We stare at them as we lie on a platform elevated in the canopy, in what feels like a treehouse for adults. Just west of Kruger National Park in South Africa, the sun begins to rise. Hues of yellow and pink kiss the sky above the 22,000-hectare Makalali Private Nature Reserve, which is home to Garonga Safari Camp’s sleep-out platform. Together with three other ladies, I drink hot coffee and tea while soaking up the vastness of the reserve. Our driver Derrick Nyathi and spotter Kaizer Mathebula arrive in the leather-seated, open-air transport. Today we are on the hunt for cheetahs. We climb up the sides of the
truck and take our seats in the hope of seeing the fastest land animal on Earth. There’s never a promise of seeing the big five game animals – lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo and leopard. “It is only Mother Nature, only she knows what she will give us,” driver and tracker Jaffeth Malapane had warned when we first arrived at the camp two days before. I pull the heavy mink blanket just under my nose and down to my toes, a shield from the icy morning wind, as we bounce along the redden earth track on our cheetah search. Our experts have heard there is one close, so we wait in an open plain for instruction on its location. Word comes over the radio and Mathebula jumps off the front of the vehicle to follow the cheetah’s tracks, before we lose sight of him as he heads into the bush. With our hands firmly on the
backs of the seats in front, we tear along the track, veering down steep slopes and over trees, which spring back, until we meet our tracker with some good news. Mathebula saw zebras race past him, heard a “grr” and saw four cheetahs on the chase. We follow the tracks only to arrive at a pride of lions. “They were chasing cheetahs because they think they might have killed something,” Nyathi says. “They are big scavengers.” The king lies with lionesses and two cubs, about three-monthsold, as we stop less than 10 metres away. The adults stare at the jaw-dropped humans before resting their heads on the ground. But the inquisitive cubs stare intently before they tumble with each other and one lays its head on its mother’s back and the other licks her face and neck. We sit mesmerised; the king of the jungle appears just as tame as a domestic cat licking its paws
and saving its energy for the real catch. It’s time to get moving again; two microlight planes from Leading Edge Flight School are waiting to take us up for an aerial display of the reserve and the animals. We soar above hippopotami, giraffes, zebras and even crocodiles with a stomach-curdling rollercoaster twirl just for good measure during the ride. Once back on land, breakfast calls and we are met with a lavish bush feast with the other five guests. We head back to camp with the option of a massage, a bush bath or a swim in the pool. Afternoon high tea is served on the deck as elephants wander to the main camp’s watering hole. “I always wanted a safari experience after having experienced it as a kid in Kenya and that stuck with me ever since,” Garonga Safari Camp owner Bernie Smith tells me in his office.
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“Every day is a surprise, no drive is the same. That’s the beauty of safari.” We soon hit the trail again for the afternoon game drive. A loud crunch rings out as a lion’s jaws crack the head of an impala, unwilling to share it with two cubs who unsuccessfully go in for a taste. We’ve now ticked off lions, hyenas, impala, zebra, elephants and giraffes – some towering at least five metres tall. As night falls, we are treated to an astrology lesson before tucking into a traditional South African barbecue dinner back at the lodge. With our stomachs full and our souls soothed, it’s time to go back to our villas. The tent-like front door is unzipped before I slip under the thick doona of the mosquito netted-bed. Tomorrow we will go in search of hippopotami. - AAP
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The Ashburton Barbarians have defied the odds to claim the title of Aoraki’s top rugby league side, winning the Duncan McGregor Memorial Cup with a 27-20 win over the Country Cowboys in Ashburton on Saturday. Down on numbers and missing a couple of vital players for the Aoraki rugby league competition’s final at Robilliard Park, the Barbarians took to the park against the defending champion Cowboys knowing the odds were stacked against them. But, after a slow start, the Barbarians built into the game and gradually gained the upper hand, manager Matt Milne said. “The Cowboys were up 10-0 within about 10 minutes and they were just running through us, and the boys just got into gear and started making their one-on-one tackles and put them under pressure,” Milne said. “At halftime it was 16-14 to us, then we scored again and then the Cowboys caught up and it was 20-all.” The call went out to get ahead, and a Marvin Brown dropped goal did just that, putting the Barbarians up 21-20 before a try right before full time sealed the deal. Steve Gamble – who came out of retirement for last weekend’s win over the Timaru Outlaws which earned the Barbarians the right to host the final – took to the field again on Saturday and was given the honour of kicking the final conversion in what was his final game for the Barbarians, take two. And it was a big deal, given the Cowboys were a class side which formed the core of the Aoraki Eels rep team, Milne said. “They played well, we just put them under pressure and I guess we were hungrier.” He said it was an incredible result given the lack of experience
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in the Barbarians squad that lined up for Saturday’s seasonending match. “The boys just went out there and did the job,” Milne said. “We had so many guys that were away, the likes of Dev (Devaun Thompson), Johno (Johno Simon) and Teej (Teej Heke), guys who have been in the starting line-up all year. So it was actually one of the smallest teams we have ever fielded. “Basically, everyone who was on the bench was someone who had just joined up for this competition, but it’s been great because it’s introduced these guys to our culture and given them a taste of rugby league, and we will have a lot of fresh blood in the Barbarians next year.”
Milne said it was a team effort, across the full 80 minutes. “But Logan Price, he was one of our players of the day. He came to us in the last week when we sent out an SOS for players, and boy that kid can tackle,” Milne said. “It doesn’t matter what size, he just drops them. He just gets in there, and we gave him a job and he went about it and did it, and I would love to have him in the squad next year.” Saturday’s win came weeks after the Barbarians failed to fire in the finals of the Canterbury Rugby League division one competition, missing out on the final after having been one of the stand-out performers early on. Milne said Saturday’s win
showed that the Barbarians could handle the pressure of finals footy and had learnt from that experience. While the game brought the Barbarians seniors’ season to an end, the work wasn’t finished behind the scenes. The Barbarians fielded its first ever junior teams during the Aoraki Cup competition, in minitournaments which formed part of two double-header rounds in both Ashburton and Timaru. Milne said the feedback from that had been so positive that the club was now set to hold a meeting in a few weeks’ time to work out the logistics of actually fielding junior teams in the Christchurch competition next season.
Maguire hopeful Bromwich will play for NZ Michael Maguire has his fingers crossed that Jesse Bromwich won’t join the growing list of Kiwis forwards to be unavailable for this week’s trans-Tasman rugby league test. Former skipper Bromwich didn’t assemble with the New Zealand squad on Saturday, instead remaining with his family in Melbourne following the pre-
mature birth of his third child. Kiwis coach Maguire told journalists he had been in regular contact with the influential Storm prop and expected him to join the Kiwis early this week and play in Saturday’s test at Mt Smart Stadium. “Obviously we hold the family side in high regard. So we’re looking after that part of hav-
ing the little fella come into the world and I think Jesse should join us fairly soon,” Maguire said. Having the 29-year-old’s services will bring solidity to a Kiwis pack rocked this week by three withdrawals. Fellow Melbourne front rower Nelson Asofa-Solomona was ruled out with injury along with
two players poised to make their Test debuts – Zane Tetavano and Corey Harawira-Naera. Warriors trio Agatius Paasi, Isaiah Papalii and Peta Hiku were added to the 24-man squad. Forwards Paasi and Papali’i will make their debut if selected. Maguire will name his squad tomorrow. - AAP
New Zealand Porsche racer Jaxon Evans keeps on his march towards winning the 2018 Carrera Cup Australia championship. Evans was in action over the weekend in a support category for The Great Race and picked up a first, a second and a third over his three races. He now has a handy 114-point lead over his nearest rival heading into the final round on the Gold Coast later this month. Evans has one hand on the series trophy, but more importantly he has clinched the Porsche Motorsport Junior Programme Shootout spot for Australia. He was announced as one of the four drivers to be part of the Porsche Michelin Junior Programme at the beginning of the year. He used his experience to come out well on top with 252 points and clinch the shootout spot to be held on at a track somewhere in France later this year. Evans will be following the path set by fellow Kiwi Earl Bamber who won a place in the shootout back in 2013. As a result, he had a funded drive in the Porsche Supercup in 2014, which he duly won, and the rest is history as they say for the two-time Le Mans 24 winner and World Endurance Champion. “It’s awesome to wrap up that Michelin Junior Championship so early and be rewarded with the Porsche Shootout Scholarship. “Porsche reward you quite well through their pyramid system [The base of the pyramid starts with Porsche’s customers and motorsport driving events like the Porsche Sport Driving School and other Clubsport events. Next up are the one-make-series the likes of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, the international Carrera Cups and Porsche GT3 Cup Challenges. After success there you move up to the factory 911 RSR and the 911 GT3 R used in the FIA World Endurance Championship (24 Hours of Le Mans, etc.) and the IMSA Sport Car Championship (24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, etc.). Here drivers fight on behalf of both customer teams and factory teams. Lastly, at the top of the pyramid is the pinnacle of Porsche racing, or it use to be, the 919 Hybrid, the LMP1 class at the top of FIA WEC racing — Flatsix.com] “I’m hoping I can emulate others who been through the system and get to race in Europe following in the footsteps of someone like Earl.” - NZME
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In brief Dutch ace shines Dutch international Siem de Jong has provided early evidence of his class and looks to be another shrewd import choice for Sydney FC, after helping them reach the FFA Cup final. The former Ajax captain scored from a perfectly executed free-kick and laid on a goal for Trent Buhagiar with a well judged pass, in the 3-0 semi-final away win over Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday. - AAP
Pakistan win toss Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in their opening test at Dubai International Cricket Stadium beginning yesterday. Teams: Australia: Tim Paine (capt), Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Jon Holland, Nathan Lyon. Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (capt), Imam-ulHaq, Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Bilal Asif, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Wahab Riaz. - AAP Mid Canterbury’s Isireli Masiwini makes a break during his side’s loss to Buller on Saturday.
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Lochore Cup only hope By Erin TaskEr
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Mid Canterbury is in real danger of missing out on a Heartland rugby championship finals spot after losing to Buller 37-19 in Westport on Saturday. Despite the loss, Mid Canterbury’s place on the competition leaderboard didn’t actually change – the side remained in seventh spot but was now nine points off fourth place putting the Meads Cup (top four) well out of reach. The best the Hammers could now hope for was a spot in the Lochore Cup (fifth to eighth) finals, and even possibly a home semi-final if the side could topple King Country in the final round next weekend. But, if Mid Canterbury lost to King Country there was a high chance the Hammers could miss out on a top eight finish and not feature in any finals at all. Mid Canterbury had not missed out on a finals berth since the Heartland Championship changed to its current format in 2012. Its lowest finishes were in 2012 and 2016 when the side lost in the Lochore Cup semi-finals.
Heading into Saturday’s game against Buller, coach Sean Carter said his players were feeling positive and in a good headspace, but that didn’t translate out on the park. “We performed poorly and just didn’t get into our systems, for whatever reason,” Carter said. “We just didn’t stick to our structure and shape and didn’t play the patterns and tactics that we’d worked on all week, and again some of the boys went off the reservation and did their own thing.” Carter said there was no real urgency in support when someone made a break, and his side didn’t look after the ball at crucial times. With 10 minutes to go Buller led 30-19 but Mid Canterbury had broken out of its 22 and surged up field to be hot on attack five metres out. But, the side knocked the ball on, and with that went any hopes of a comeback. It was a big occasion for Buller even before the opening whistle. The side had not won a game all competition so far and with it being Luke Brownlee’s 200th game
for the province, Buller had nothing to lose, and started the game like that. Buller got out to a 13-0 lead before Mid Canterbury scored a couple of tries to Matt Groom and Angus Lindsay to narrow the gap to 13-12 at halftime, but it was again Buller that started the stronger of the two in the second stanza, and other than another outstanding try to wing Brian Matoramusha, Mid Canterbury had no answers. Carter said his side had one focus now and that was beating King Country to ensure the Hammers season didn’t come to a premature end. But that game wasn’t going to be a walk in the park – King Country was in striking distance of a home Meads Cup semi-final, currently fourth on the table having lost just two games this season, while Mid Canterbury had lost four and won three. “Now we are really fighting to stay above water simply for the fact that everyone else is nipping at our heels,” Carter said. The Hammers side was seventh on the table on 17 points, with West Coast eighth and also
on 17 points, while ninth placed North Otago (16 points) and Poverty Bay (15 points) were both still Lochore Cup finals contenders with one match to go. Mid Canterbury’s season started well, with a win over last year’s runners-up Horowhenua-Kapiti in round one, but the only other wins it had picked up since then had been over West Coast and East Coast. “It’s not all doom and gloom. The coaching staff are asking questions of themselves, and at the end of the day we need to reflect on the fact we’ve still got another game to go and if we win that we’ll have another week,” Carter said. Meanwhile at the top of the table Wanganui had secured a home Meads Cup semi-final with a win over East Coast on Saturday, with South Canterbury’s win over North Otago on Saturday keeping the green and blacks in second spot, with Thames Valley third after narrowly edging past Horowhenua-Kapiti. King Country was fourth after beating Poverty Bay, while Wairarapa beat West Coast in the day’s other game.
Harlequins side finish tournament runners-up A Mid Canterbury Harlequins sevens side headed to Christchurch on Saturday to play in the first leg of a Spring Sevens Tournament and came home as the runners-up. The young side made up of Mid Canterbury club players took on Marist Albion in the final and lost, which was a disappointing end to an otherwise top day,
Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) chief executive Ian Patterson said. Patterson travelled with the Mid Canterbury side and said his side drew the toughest pool, which also included Christchurch and University. But Mid Canterbury beat University in its final pool game of the day to top the pool, and then beat Linwood
in the semi-finals. The Spring Sevens Tournament was a three leg series, with the first leg being played in Hoon Hay on Saturday, the next leg this weekend and the third leg taking place on October 27. With the Mid Canterbury rugby team still in action in the Heartland Championship, it was a young and fresh sevens side that
took to the park under the Mid Canterbury Harlequins banner. Patterson said the Mid Canterbury sevens campaign would start to hit full gear around midNovember, with both the South Island sevens and the nationals sevens being held before Christmas this year. In past years the national sevens had been held in the New Year.
Webb urges rethink Golf great Karrie Webb has called for a rule tweak after Australia missed out of Sunday’s final day singles at the LPGA’s International Crown women’s teams tournament in South Korea. The Australian team of Minjee Lee, Su Oh, Katherine Kirk and Sarah Jane Smith produced the country’s best performance in three editions of the event to finish the pool stage with seven points – equal thirdbest. But they still missed out on the five teams which contested the concluding singles to decide the title when beaten in a suddendeath playoff for the wildcard fifth spot. - AAP
Bowled over Billy Wildgoose had withdrawn from the trials of the Hawke’s Bay age-group tenpin teams because it was too soon so his father, Graham, entered him as an individual competitor this week. Wildgoose didn’t disappoint, emerging as the singles junior graded national champion at the first New Zealand Junior/Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship at Superstrike Hastings on Wednesday. “When I went into it, I didn’t think I was going to do that well but then I made it into the masters but the way I bowled I had a pretty good feeling about it,” said the 11-year-old from Bledisloe School in Napier who also became the graded junior masters winner. - NZME
Day wins sixth Gold Surfers Paradise surf ironman Ali Day is the undisputed king of the Coolangatta Gold endurance race after claiming a record-breaking sixth title by a record margin. Day romped to victory by almost 21 minutes from New Zealand’s Max Beattie, clocking a time of four hours and one minute. It took him past Caine Ecksten who won five titles between 2005 and 2011. “I love this event so much,” said Day, who sequence of six wins is broken only in 2014 when he was unable to compete due to illness and injury. - AAP
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New Zealand’s players celebrate at the end the Rugby Championship match between South Africa and New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. PHOTO AP
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The ABs’ great escape Add it to the list. Another great escape. By now we should be accustomed to the All Blacks coming back to break hearts at the death and win against all odds, from circumstances no other team even entertains the thought. Yet this team still manage to surprise with their ability to stand up when it matters most. They didn’t get it right by shunning the dropped goal and fluffing the last pass in Wellington. This though was a clear example they learnt from that experience. This time, they got the composure bit bang on. The All Blacks, very ordinary for large periods, looked dead. Down 30-13 in the final quarter, the inspired Springboks were in total control. The All Blacks had no right to win. But with one of the best responses you will see they somehow rallied to stun the locals 3230. Three second half tries to Aaron Smith, Rieko Ioane and Scott Barrett got them within touching distance of the seemingly unthinkable. Richie Mo’unga, who mo-
ments earlier got a favourable bounce with his penalty kick landing five metres out from the Boks line, then stepped up to nail the match-winning conversion. Cool as ice. Just when it seemed the Boks would back up efforts in handing the All Blacks their first home defeat since 2009, victory was stolen from them. This was a completely different match to Wellington three weeks ago. In many ways the Boks did an All Blacks to the All Blacks, setting the agenda with pace and tempo. Losing Jack Goodhue to illness pre-match and Sam Cane, in serious discomfort as he left the field with a neck injury, after 35 minutes didn’t help the All Blacks and the latter will be cause for concern. But it was obvious the Boks are now a different proposition. Spurred on by a heaving Loftus Versfeld, they were men possessed, proving they continue to improve and deserve to be considered genuine contenders again. Only after doing all the hard work here they couldn’t finish
the job. Faf de Klerk led the charge for the Boks, outplaying opposite Smith. De Klerk, a constant threat with ball in hand, caught Smith from an early scrum and his kicking game was superb. He was not alone. Malcolm Marx won penalties and snaffled turnovers; Eben Etzebeth was everywhere. So, too, Siya Kolisi. And the Boks midfield flourished. Perhaps edgy given the importance of the rematch and cauldron atmosphere in Pretoria, the All Blacks were sloppy from the outset which only aided the Boks. Largely through their own errors, the All Blacks were forced to defend for long, long periods, barely touching the ball in the first half. Those energy-sapping efforts came back to haunt them in the second half when the Boks broke the game open. The All Blacks conceded turnovers. They threw forward passes; Beauden Barrett’s kicking game was out of sorts before shifting to fullback. They were beaten at the break-
down, in the air on several occasions and lost a crucial lineout throw late after Cody Taylor was replaced. Under the weight of relentless pressure applied by the Boks the All Blacks gave away penalties. Five in a row at one point as they desperately defended. While the wheels fell off elsewhere to nullify attacking fluidity, the All Blacks defence initially held firm and they were fortunate to be level at the break. Just after halftime, though, cracks began to appear. Damian de Allende profited when inspirational skipper Kolisi charged through Tim Perry and offloaded brilliantly. And midfield partner Jesse Kriel scored a stunning try bursting through Ryan Crotty and Waisake Naholo. Victory was in the Boks’ hands and then, just like that, it wasn’t. It was that quick and cutthroat in the final 10 minutes. This was true character from the All Blacks; their bench, Ardie Savea once again shining, providing the difference. Winning well is great but sometimes winning ugly is far more important. - NZME
The Wallabies have produced a huge second-half comeback to beat Argentina 45-34 and potentially save coach Michael Cheika’s skin. But it may not be enough to avoid change to his coaching panel after a listless first half in Salta left them staring down the barrel of a Rugby Championship catastrophe – and Cheika, potentially, at the end of his reign. After promising all week to do their talking on the field, Australia turned in an atrocious opening stanza to trail 31-7 at the break. By that stage, it was already the biggest score they had ever conceded against Los Pumas. A halftime bake from an angry Cheika seemed to do the trick, however, and the Wallabies emerged from the sheds at Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena a different side. Their problematic defence suddenly stiffened and their misfiring attack somehow clicked with Izack Rodda, Israel Folau and Dane Haylett-Petty all scoring tries inside the first 11 minutes of the second half to reduce the margin to three points. Then David Pocock twisted through a mess of Los Pumas bodies in the 64th minute to put Australia in front for the first time at 35-34. A crossfield bomb from Bernard Foley in the 66th minute set up Haylett-Petty for his second try, before a Foley penalty ensured the tourists would escape with just their third win of the year. Australia finished the match with 14 men after Tolu Latu was yellow-carded for striking Pumas replacement prop Santiago Garcia Botta in the face, seemingly unprovoked. But while they also managed to avoid their maiden Rugby Championship wooden spoon, the fact it took 40 minutes for the Wallabies to start playing well under the circumstances should spur Rugby Australia to act in some way. It was the worst start imaginable – five minutes into the contest and they were already 14-0 down, and the knives were out for Cheika. First, Pablo Matera blasted through a Foley tackle before rounding Will Genia and going under the posts untouched to put Los Pumas in front. Seconds later, a shellshocked Australia tried to respond through a left-edge surge but it crumbled in the worst possible way. Reece Hodge’s attempted offload for Michael Hooper was intercepted on their 22m line - and by the time they’d realised what had happened, fullback Emiliano Boffelli was celebrating after finishing off a rapid counter-attack. Hooper eventually managed to get over the stripe himself in the 14th minute but Los Pumas crossed twice more and added a penalty before the break to lead by a whopping 24 points. - AAP
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In brief Wedding postponed Damien Cook has revealed he has postponed his wedding to make his international debut in the Kangaroos’ end-of-season tests. The South Sydney and NSW rake organised his big day on October 19 but was forced to rejig plans after Cook was named in the Kangaroos squad for Auckland tests against New Zealand (October 13) and Tonga (October 20). Cook said his partner Courtney made the call to postpone the wedding. “It was a hard one. I wasn’t sure if I would make (the Kangaroos squad) or whether there was even going to be a second game (against Tonga),” Cook said. - AAP
Uncertain future
The Mid Canterbury under-15 boys’ hockey team that finished eighth at the under-15 nationals in Dunedin last week. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Eighth place finish for under-15 boys’ team Mid Canterbury’s under-15 boys’ hockey team has finished eighth at the 2018 National Under-15 Boys’ Hockey Championships in Dunedin. The young Mid Canterbury side started the tournament in pool B with a resounding 5-0 win over Manawatu, with Jayden Etheridge scoring two goals and Harry Soal, Callum Barker and
William Wilson scoring one each. In game two Mid Canterbury suffered a 4-1 loss to Thames Valley after the two sides went to the break tied at 1-all, with Mid Canterbury’s first half goal coming courtesy of Jack Miers. That loss was followed by a win over Otago, 3-2, where Adam Shears slotted two goals and Miers one, and a 1-all draw
with Marlborough during which Etheridge scored his side’s sole goal. In the final game of pool play Mid Canterbury took on South Canterbury, and went down 7-0 after trailing 3-0 at half time. Those results saw Mid Canterbury line up against North Harbour in its first cross pool game, and it was the northerners that
came out on top 6-1 after leading 5-0 at the break. Mid Canterbury’s goal was scored by Shears. That loss put the Mid Canterbury side into a play off for seventh position against Wellington, which Wellington took out 4-2, with Mid Canterbury’s goals both coming in the first half with one to Wilson and one to Cole Aitken.
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Contract extended Four-time Hawthorn premiership coach Alastair Clarkson has signed a contract extension that ties him to the AFL club until the end of the 2022 season. The Hawks announced the new three-year deal at their best-and-fairest ceremony, won by Brownlow Medallist Tom Mitchell, on Saturday night. Clarkson, who took over from Peter Schwab ahead of the 2005 season, will have been at the helm for 18 seasons at the conclusion of his new contract. - AAP
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Diamonds down Silver Ferns Seven-game losing streak? Make it eight to Australia. Failing to improve on last month’s promising Quad Series five-goal loss to the Australian Diamonds, the Silver Ferns fell to a 57-42 defeat in Brisbane yesterday. Tipping off the Constellation Cup in style, however, the Ferns were level 10-all with the Diamonds after what looked a promising performance from the New Zealand side. But that’s when things fell apart. Falling off the pace in dramatic fashion, the Ferns responded with their lowest quarter score (six) against the Aussie side in almost a decade. Silver Ferns captain Laura Langman took responsibility for a weak midcourt performance which left the New Zealand shooters little opportunity to score. Young goal shoot Aliyah Dunn became increasingly hesitant under the hoop during the second quarter after making her first starting seven appearance, before Maia Wilson struggled to make much difference in the second and third. The Silver Ferns struggled to keep up with the pace and their rivals ultimately took control of the clash to storm ahead with a massive 17-goal lead. Defensively, the Silver Ferns provided plenty of impetus with none better than the defensive pairing of Grant and Watson, who put the heat on Australia’s shooters.
Fremantle midfielder Lachie Neale insists he wouldn’t sit out next AFL season if the Dockers don’t trade him to Brisbane. Neale’s future remains up in the air, with the 25-year-old keen to join the Lions on a lucrative five-year deal. The 177cm onballer still has one more year to run on his contract at Fremantle, and the Dockers have indicated they would require more than Brisbane’s pick No.4 for the deal to go through. Neale capped off a fine season by winning Fremantle’s best and fairest award on Saturday night. - AAP
Move over Al Pacino. Michael Cheika might have edged you. The Wallabies coach’s cinematic halftime spray in Salta was one for the ages. With Australia trailing by 24 points against Argentina and Cheika potentially facing the sack, the furious mentor gave his underperforming players a piece of his mind. Encircled by them in the dressing room, Cheika was ranting, raving, pointing, pacing and at one point grabbed five-eighth Bernard Foley’s jersey to remind them all exactly what they were playing for. Perhaps it wasn’t as purely motivational as Pacino’s speech in Any Given Sunday but Cheika’s rendition of the riot act worked brilliantly. - AAP
Gaff rejects Roos deal
Liz Watson of the Australian Diamonds and Laura Langman of the New Zealand Silver Ferns challenge for the ball. The defending duo grabbed a game-high four intercepts before Sulu Fitzpatrick took to the court in the final quarter for her first Silver Ferns appearance in seven years. Meanwhile, veteran Maria Folau continued to lead her shooters with a decent 90 per cent performance, but it wasn’t until coach Noeline Taurua called Te Paea Selby-Rickit on at goal attack in the final quarter that
things started to shift. Connections began to flow again and the Ferns’ midcourt settled. But it was too little too late to make back the hefty amount of lost ground. The Ferns will face the Diamonds again on Wednesday night in Townsville for the second test of the Constellation Cup series. - NZME
Andrew Gaff has reportedly turned his back on a huge free agency offer from North Melbourne to sign a new AFL deal with West Coast. The star winger has agonised over the big career decision but is believed to have put months of indecision behind him yesterday when he informed the Roos he will stay in Perth. The 26-yearold, who missed the Eagles’ premiership triumph after copping an eight-game ban for punching Fremantle’s Angus Brayshaw, is out of contract and had been mulling a return to home state Victoria. - AAP
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Savvy Coup dominates Pre-post favourite Savvy Coup left no room for excuses when she dominated her rivals in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings. The Savabeel mare had been backed into microscopic odds on the Fixed Odds markets after she put a flashing light on her Livamol chances with a slashing run for second in the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) on the middle day of the Hawkes Bay carnival. Handled impeccably by experienced jockey Chris Johnson, last season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner settled in a perfect position beyond midfield as pacemakers Big Mike and Saint Emilion set a breakneck speed in front. Johnson never panicked as he eased his mount to the outer at the 700m mark before looping the field to challenge on the home turn. Savvy Coup bolted clear with Johnson keeping her up to the mark as she hit the winning post more than two lengths clear of a game Lizzie L’Amour with Danzdanzdance closing well to pip Scott Base for third. An emotional Michael Pitman, who prepares the mare with son Matthew from their Riccarton base, was choking back tears as he fielded congratulations from a throng of well-wishers after the race. “I didn’t want to get ahead of myself but when she ran second the other day we were so confident,” he said. “She’s not a 1400m or mile horse yet she ran second to the
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Savvy Coup left no room for excuses when she dominated her rivals in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings. best sprinter-miler in the country and was taking ground off her. “Chris was adamant she should have won that day but I was rapt to run second. “It’s a big thrill I tell you.” Pitman, who is battling bowel cancer after being diagnosed with the disease back in February, will now look to fulfil a promise he made weeks ago with Savvy Coup destined to take on wonder mare Winx in the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 27. “I might not get there myself
“I went early on her, probably a bit too early, but she kept up a strong run to the line.” The win brought up career victory number six from just 16 starts for Savvy Coup who is raced by a group that includes South Island identity Ray Coupland along with New Zealand Bloodstock’s Jim Bruford. The win was also a triumph for her breeder, Waikato Stud, who had earlier produced Gr. 2 Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) winner, Madison County. – NZ Racing Desk
Riccarton called off Saturday’s race meeting at Riccarton was abandoned after horses were seen to slip during the running of race two. Overnight rain saw the track rated a Dead4 however an incident reported by rider Terry Moseley after the first race saw a group of senior riders and raceday officials inspect the track, which was deemed safe to continue. The quite obvious slip of the Sharon Robertson trained Faux Pas in the second event resulted in a delegation conducting a further inspection where the decision was taken to call the meeting off. “It’s just devastating for all,” Riccarton Park Chief Executive Tim Mills said. “The stipes thought that (the slip in race one) might have just been an isolated incident for that particular runner however after the second race more riders expressed their concerns for the footing of their horses which meant there was no option. “We are going to verti-drain the track later today and tomorrow, which is part of our regular maintenance, and will endeavour to race on Tuesday. “We will put some horses around the track on Monday to give us the confidence that Tuesday will be a goer.” New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has confirmed that the races that were abandoned on Saturday will be run on Tuesday, October 9. The fields will remain the same with scratchings re-instated. – NZ Racing Desk
Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway
Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 1 21154 Pick A Pascal 22.03 ....................A Turnwald porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 01 2 45654 Go Ash nwtd .....................................M Flipp October 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 3 35865 Flying Koko .................................. Scratched and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 4 57721 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 5 75x16 Azandei nwtd ....................................D Edlin 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 1.15pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 6 236x1 Bigtime Alldone 21.99 ........................L Cole MONDAY C1 C1, 375m 7 85881 Cawbourne Lyns 21.67 ....................... L Bell 1 47323 Broken Wallet nwtd .................. K Gommans 8 88765 Cool Wolf nwtd .............................. D Donlon 2 78665 Magma nwtd ...................................L Doody 9 73855 Homebush Razz nwtd ...............J McInerney 3 72761 Ndora 21.90 ......................................D Edlin 10 45586 Cawbourne Rob ........................... Scratched 4 58622 Zara Zara 21.67 ................................M Flipp 4 2.07pm J P PRINT, PETONE C4/C5 C4/5, 375m 1 54614 Opawa Lyon 21.63 ............................. N Udy 5 22225 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 2 15362 Tazia 21.56................................... D Denbee 6 77x85 Five Starlass nwtd........................ D Denbee 3 54168 Cawbourne Mezza 21.30 J & ..............D Bell 7 13656 Choice Lass ................................. Scratched 4 31171 Bigtime Basher 21.25.........................L Cole 8 86258 Watch My Back 22.14 ................B Goldsack 5 66712 Mila Mila 21.68 ............................A Turnwald 9 73748 Leo’s Son nwtd..........................J McInerney 6 41333 Benny Burrito 21.31 ....................A Turnwald 10 54854 Bigtime Nibbles ............................ Scratched 2 1.32pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C1 C1, 375m 7 26731 Hard Merch 21.45 G & ........... S Fredrickson 1 17855 Our Tyson nwtd .................................M Flipp 8 31157 Rain And Tears 21.72...................M Roberts 2 78334 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 9 8x627 Fusion Cronulla ............................ Scratched 3 65476 Cawbourne Bee 21.81 J & ..................D Bell 10 74454 Three Amigos............................... Scratched 4 13241 Billy’s Churn nwtd....................... G Hodgson 5 2.25pm NANCY COBAIN DISTANCE HEATS OCT. 5 51463 Cawbourne Johno 21.93 .......... K Gommans 15TH C2d, 660m 1 75176 Iris Allen nwtd..............................A Turnwald 6 67867 Lissadell Marcus 22.16 ................. D Donlon 2 61736 Cawbourne Trixy .......................... Scratched 7 56537 Kellydean nwtd ................................C Morris 3 21263 Allen Mack nwtd ...........................M Roberts 8 43771 Mitcham Moody nwtd ................J McInerney 4 77574 Bigtime Lonestar nwtd G & .... S Fredrickson 9 68634 Skitzer .......................................... Scratched 5 31562 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ......................M Goodier 10 86543 Homebush Tulip ........................... Scratched 3 1.50pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C1 C1, 375m 6 56151 Don’t Knocka Gee 38.62 ....................L Cole
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but the horse will,” he said. “I’m having an operation but I’ve said all the way along if we win the Livamol we’re going to the Cox Plate.” A typically laid-back Chris Johnson summed up the mare’s run after the race. “I think the 2000m helped as she got her chance to get going,” he said. “I was hoping to be a little bit handier but I got back as usual and managed to get her to settle. When I pulled out at the 700m she came into it real fast.
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7 23263 Cawbourne Krusty ....................... Scratched 8 44762 Mija Sydney 39.00 ......................A Turnwald 2.42pm RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH C2 C2, 375m 1 62343 Naharis 22.12....................................D Edlin 2 88432 Mary Blue Blood 21.92..............J McInerney 3 56576 Bigtime Conrad nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 4 31125 Trojan Hoarse nwtd ............................L Cole 5 26837 Cawbourne Chops ....................... Scratched 6 65282 Plan Stan 21.87 ............................. L Pearce 7 51163 Cawbourne Agar nwtd .................M Roberts 8 12147 Goldstar Sawyer nwtd ......................S Stone 9 16633 He’s A Sharkie 21.83 ............... K Gommans 10 66538 Gotcha Penny .............................. Scratched 7 2.57pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C2 C2, 375m 1 45855 Doosh 21.60..............................J McInerney 2 82521 Blackjack Man 21.65 ..................B Goldsack 3 44411 Thrilling Eddie 22.16 J & .....................D Bell 4 14F34 Wet Gambler nwtd ......................A Turnwald 5 56362 Stole Me Wallet nwtd................ K Gommans 6 56147 Lucha 21.75 ......................................D Edlin 7 81286 White Comet 21.68 ....................... D Donlon 8 56446 Sozin’s Fortune ............................ Scratched 9 14855 Opawa Bucks ............................... Scratched 10 62638 Blue Precision .............................. Scratched 8 3.17pm BROOKS TIMING C2/C3 C2/3, 375m 1 31277 Cawbourne Symsy 21.56 J &..............D Bell 2 67418 Cawbourne Brandy 21.58 J & .............D Bell
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8 66641 Bigtime Kiowa 26.34 ..........................L Cole 9 65456 Tranquil Blossom.......................... Scratched 10 87868 Idol Jan nwtd .....................................M Flipp LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Zara Zara, Ndora, Broken Wallet, Nero Race 2: Billy’s Churn, Cawbourne Johno, Mitcham Moody, Judge Me Jackie, Our Tyson Race 3: Bigtime Alldone, Cawbourne Lyns, Stole Me Car, Pick A Pascal, Go Ash Race 4: Bigtime Basher, Benny Burrito, Mila Mila, Tazia, Opawa Lyon Race 5: Don’t Knocka Gee, Mija Sydney, Bigtime Chloe, Bigtime Lonestar Race 6: Trojan Hoarse, Naharis, Plan Stan, Mary Blue Blood, Cawbourne Agar Race 7: Wet Gambler, Blackjack Man, Doosh, Thrilling Eddie Race 8: Cawbourne Symsy, Tommy The Jett, El Hefe, Bigtime Kylie, Mikachu Race 9: Butterball, Bigtime Emjay, Bigtime Bucko, Bigtime OnFire, Smash Charger Race 10: Bigtime Kiowa, Fancy Fifita, Firefly Laffey, Cawbourne Ridge, Bigtime Leeroy
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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 2 4.19pm M & M MASTER BUTCHERS C3 C3, 457m 4 87662 Bigtime Mike 26.18 ............................L Cole 8 21272 Cawbourne Liz nwtd ....................M Roberts porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 08 1 61315 Fare Dodger 26.36 .......................M Goodier 5 57x78 Bigtime Mia 26.09 ..............................L Cole 5 5.14pm OUTBACK TRADING CO. MANAWATU CUP October 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 2 12654 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole 6 75637 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole FINAL OCT. 15TH C5, 457m 1 61515 Bigtime Wendle 25.93 ........................L Cole and 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 7 x6276 Fusion Cronulla 25.81 .................A Turnwald 3 11251 Trojan Hoarse 26.36...........................L Cole 1 4.04pm (NZT) STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS 4 25223 Argus Filch 26.14 ........................A Turnwald 8 65736 Dyna Vernon nwtd ........................M Roberts 2 22716 Bigtime Vanessa 25.87 ......................L Cole C3 C3, 457m 5 12773 Cawbourne Symsy 26.53 J &..............D Bell 4 4.57pm NANCY COBAIN DISTANCE HEATS OCTO- 3 81645 Bigtime Caleb 26.04...........................L Cole 1 87217 All Black Star 26.18..................E Duganzich 4 31172 Monster Fish 25.75 .....................A Turnwald 6 57364 Tommy The Jett nwtd ..................A Turnwald BER 15TH C4, 457m 1 21116 Big League Diva 25.95 ................A Turnwald 2 44335 Bigtime Doug 25.82 ...........................L Cole 5 13334 Ask King Jeff 25.78 ............................L Cole 7 56751 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 2 31466 Viktoria Vikkers nwtd ....................M Roberts 3 121x8 Hot Platter nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 6 52123 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 8 47845 All About Space 26.04 .............E Duganzich 4 37754 It’s A Threat nwtd ........................A Turnwald 3 4.40pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C3/C4 C3/4, 3 71131 Cheese And Chalk nwtd ....................L Cole 7 63211 Arden Emgrand 26.07 .................A Turnwald 4 34283 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole 5 47624 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 457m 8 13441 Djay Dynamix 25.79 ...........................L Cole 5 48124 Bigtime Lily 25.91 ...............................L Cole 6 24311 Sub Eighteen 26.48 ...........................L Cole 9 32628 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 1 76871 Bigtime Michelle 25.80 .......................L Cole 6 33463 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 7 86635 Millie Prince 26.46..............................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Dis2 57387 Bigtime Brucie 26.16 ..........................L Cole 7 x8125 Bigtime Bucko 26.15 ..........................L Cole tance 8 82818 Bigtime Owen 26.42 G & ....... S Fredrickson 3 21687 Bigtime Kate 26.13.............................L Cole
fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Hot Platter, Bigtime Doug, Sub Eighteen, Mija Sydney, All Black Star Race 2: Bigtime Forest, Trojan Hoarse, Argus Filch, Tommy The Jett, Fare Dodger Race 3: Bigtime Michelle, Lunch Special, Fusion Cronulla, Bigtime Kate, Bigtime Brucie Race 4: Bigtime Lily, Cawbourne Liz, Cheese And Chalk, Bigtime Fred, Bigtime Liam Race 5: Monster Fish, Bigtime Levi, Ask King Jeff, Bigtime Wendle, Djay Dynamix
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Runners-up actually champs Mid Canterbury’s under-18 rugby side left the field following the South Island under-18 tournament’s bowl final as bowl runners-up. Or so they thought. The team had lost the final to the Canterbury Cavaliers 29-14, but because the Cavaliers was a team brought in late to make up the numbers after North Otago pulled out, the Cavaliers couldn’t win the bowl title. “So even though the score says we lost, we were actually the bowl champions,” Mid Canterbury coach Shaun Bovey said. Mid Canterbury played two games which counted towards the South Island championship in recent weeks, against South Canterbury and Canterbury Metro. Because Mid Canterbury lost both of those games it went into the bowl section when the teams came together in Kaiapoi on Friday for the semifinals and finals of the championship. Mid Canterbury took on
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Birthday Greetings The bowl winning Mid Canterbury under-18 rugby team. Waitaha on Friday and won 5519 to seal a spot in the final. Bovey said the bowl win was a step up from last season, when Mid Canterbury’s under-18s won the tournament’s plaque section. The tournament’s big final was contested between Otago Metro and a Canterbury Metro side featuring Mid Can-
terbury’s Josh Ree, and it was Otago Country that came out on top 37-17. Meanwhile, Mid Canterbury’s under-16 team was in action at the South Island under-16 tournament in Nelson and came away with three losses from its three outings. Mid Canterbury took on Southland in its first game and
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October 8 & 9, 2018 12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. A Free lunch. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road. 1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street. 1.30pm LITTER FREE ASHBURTON. Volunteers needed to help pick up litter. Meet East Street Chess board, opposite
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Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school and public holidays). 10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Coffee morning for new people to the area. Nosh Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun filled days for over 60 years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street. 10.30am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. METHVEN- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. All Saints Church, 1 Chapman Street, Methven. 12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIGNING CENTRE. Open every Tuesday for documentation signing with a JP on hand. Community House, 44 Cass Street.
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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your warrior nature will be called out in a situation so ordinary and lowkey you’ll be surprised at your own reaction. In Mr. Miyagi’s words, “It’s OK to lose to opponent. Must not lose to fear!” TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): No matter how great your day may be going, there’s always a tiny part of your mind too aware that somewhere someone is having the worst day ever. Let it help you feel grateful. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Neuroscientists have captured it on film – molecules morphing into memories – so is it such a stretch to say there’s actual mass to what you remember? It will certainly feel as if that is the case today. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Social faux pas are easy to make. An unanswered text or the wrong sort of social media comment could cause dissonance. Counteract by being more sensitive and conscientious than you think you need to be. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The repetition of some behaviours seem silly, but if it means something to someone, then its significance should be noted. Rituals matter to people – unreasonably so! Don’t waste time negating this. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The potential for fresh faces is high today. You’ve the space for a new friend to drop into your world. If the other person also has the room, things will develop very quickly. If not, it will be a slow-grow situation. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Be aware that many don’t have the high emotional intelligence it takes to bridge gaps of understanding between people. You do, so use this talent today. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): There are several ways out of the entrapment of false need. Being grateful for what we have inoculates us from a lot of superfluous needy feelings. So does differentiating between need and want. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ll wind up in an unexpected yet enjoyable conversation. It doesn’t have to lead anywhere to add sparkle to your life. But if it does develop into friendship, that will be great, too. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): There is an exhausting amount of nuance involved in casual social relationships. The trick is to be sensitive to your place without putting too harsh a limit on your natural instinct. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ve been the “minime,” and had a copycat of your own. These situations usually end with the realisation that similarities between even very similar people only go so far. Today is no different. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There are times for listening, talking and for saying nothing, just offering a compassionate heart or a hug. You’re sensitive to what mode is right for the situation, and you’ll lead with this understanding.
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Messages to the Kleinschmidt family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Sharon’s life will be held at the Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Street TOMORROW Tuesday, October 9, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.
McMANUS, Desmond Aloysius ( Reg No. 455795, J Force) – On Thursday, October 4, 2018. Passed away peacefully after a short illness at Essie Summers Retirement Home in Christchurch. Aged 94 years. Loved husband of the late Joan. Loved father and father-in-law of Tony and Judi, 8, Mike, Kevin and Monday, October 2018 22 Ashburton Guardian Ally, Garry and Ali, Jo and Jerry, and Brian. Beloved grandfather to Hayley, Kurt, Todd, Aimee, Scott, DKimberley, EATHS Jordan, Charlotte, DEATHS DEATHS Ryan, Catherine, and Zac and loved Poppa to all CRAWFORD, Dallas his great grandchildren. Campbell (Campbell) – Messages to the McManus Passed away at Redwood McMANUS, Desmond family, PO Box 472, Lifestyle Care and Village, Aloysius ( Reg No. 455795, Ashburton 7740. Special Blenheim, on Saturday, 6 J Force) – thanks to the staff and of Essie October 2018. Aged 84 years. On Thursday, October 4, management Canterbury for theirowned, wonderful Dearly loved husband of the 2018. Passed away Summers operated and support. A funeral late Mary, loved and adored peacefully after a short illness carelocally father and father-in-law of at Essie Summers Retirement service for Des will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Susan and the late Hamish Home in Christchurch. Aged France, Linda and Andrew 94 years. Loved husband of Sealy Street, Ashburton Tuesday, Taylor, Fiona, and Kirsty the late Joan. Loved father TOMORROW October 9, commencing at and Ian. Beloved grandad and father-in-law of Tony 11.00am. Followed by and great grandad of Amy and Judi, Mike, Kevin and interment at the Ashburton and Shannon, Jessica and Ally, Garry and Ali, Jo and New Lawn Cemetery.
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KLEINSCHMIDT, Sharon Anita – On October 1, 2018. Unexpectedly at Christchurch. Aged 61 years. Beloved wife and best friend of Kevin. Cherished Mum of Lillie and Armando Mendez, Gloria, Daniel and Allyssa, and David and Staci. Treasured ‘Mimi’ of Jasmine, Judah, Evangeline, and Ezra; Lucas, and Emery; Aiden, Derek, and Edith. Messages to the Kleinschmidt family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Sharon’s life will be held at the Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Street TOMORROW Tuesday, October 9, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.
Jerry, and Brian. Beloved grandfather to Hayley, Kurt, Todd, Aimee, Scott, Kimberley, Jordan, Charlotte, Ryan, Catherine, and Zac and loved Poppa to all his great grandchildren. Messages to the McManus family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Special thanks to the staff and management of Essie Summers for their wonderful care and support. A funeral service for Des will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton TOMORROW Tuesday, October 9, commencing at 11.00am. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.
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Please note all late death WALKHAM Cecil Raymond notices (Ray) – or notices sent outside ordinary office hours Passed away peacefully must be emailed to: on October 6, 2018 at deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Ashburton. 90 years. to ensureAged publication. Eldest son of the late Cecil To place a notice and Eva Walkham.during Loved office hours contact brother and please brother-in-law us on 03 307 7900 of Ngaire and the late Ivan for moreand information Kermode, the late Murray, and Jill AnyWalkham. queries Much loved Uncle all his pleaseofcontact nieces and nephews 0800 and their families. ASHBURTON Messages to the Walkham(0800-274-287) family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Ray’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on Thursday October 11, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.
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McMANUS, Desmond Aloysius ( Reg No. 455795, J Force) – On Thursday, October 4, 2018. Passed away peacefully after a short illness at Essie Summers Retirement Home in Christchurch. Aged 94 years. Loved husband of the late Joan. Loved father and father-in-law of Tony and Judi, Mike, Kevin and Ally, Garry and Ali, Jo and Jerry, and Brian. Beloved grandfather to Hayley, Kurt, Todd, Aimee, Scott, Kimberley, Jordan, We help save Charlotte, lives every day through the Ryan, Catherine, and Zac and development of improved andresearch loved Poppa to all be er prediction and treatment his diagnosis, great grandchildren. A University of Otago Centre Messages the McManus of Research Excellence of heartto disease in our hospital and community. family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Special Find tooutthe howstaff you and can help by visiting: www.otago.ac.nz/chchheart thanks management of Essie Summers for their wonderful care and support. A funeral service for Des will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton TOMORROW Tuesday, October 9, commencing at 11.00am. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.
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NZ Situation
Wind km/h less than 30 fine
mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers 30 to 59
fog
isolated snow thunder flurries
sleet thunder
Canterbury Plains TODAY
TODAY
Fine. Northerlies developing in the afternoon.
60 plus
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Rain at times. Southerlies dying out, but returning later.
FRIDAY
FZL: Lowering to 1400m
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Bad fishing
Rise 6:39 am Set 6:30 pm
New moon
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Napier
fine
fine fine
Greymouth
showers
Christchurch
fine
Timaru
clearing
WEDNESDAY
Queenstown
fine
Dunedin
fine
Invercargill
showers
fine cloudy fine fine showers rain fine fine thunder cloudy fog fine fine showers showers
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showers fine fine showers fog fine cloudy thunder rain showers drizzle showers cloudy showers cloudy
Tuesday 9 noon 3
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9 pm am 3
Bad fishing
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9 noon 3
6
9 pm
Rise 6:50 am Set 7:50 pm
Bad
Rise 7:10 am Set 7:42 pm
First quarter
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Rise 7:39 am Set 8:53 pm
Full moon
25 Oct 5:46 am
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River Levels
cumecs
Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday
1.23
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday
78.4
Nth Ashburton at 12:05 pm, yesterday
4.86
Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday
5.91
Rangitata Klondyke at 2:10 pm, yesterday
42.8
Waitaki Kurow at 2:09 pm, yesterday
292.6
Source: Environment Canterbury
Canterbury Readings
Wednesday
Rise 6:52 am Set 7:49 pm
Bad
22 19 25 27 24 24 21 32 11 21 26 29 25 30 19
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Palmerston North fine
Blenheim
9:36 3:55 10:02 4:17 10:27 4:44 10:52 5:07 11:19 5:32 11:42 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 4 minutes.
Rise 6:54 am Set 7:48 pm
Bad
fine
Nelson
1
3:25
Hamilton
fine
2
0
fine
Wellington
Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3
Auckland
Forecasts for today
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overnight max low
Showers about the divide and mainly fine farther east. Cloud increasing in the evening and a shower or two at night. Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h developing in the afternoon, rising to gale 65 km/h at night. Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h developing afternoon, rising to gale 65 km/h at night. Rain, with heavy falls and snow to 500 metres at night. Strong northwesterly, changing southerly at low levels.
Rain, possibly heavy with snow to 400 metres, easing later. Southerlies.
Monday
NZ Today
TOMORROWFZL: 1800m lowering to 1500m at night
Rain developing in the afternoon as strong northwesterlies changing cold southerlies. Snow lowering to 500 metres in the south at night.
fine fine rain fine showers fine fine fine showers thunder fine fine fine fine cloudy
hail
Fine spells and isolated showers. Wind at 1000m: SW 30 km/h developing late morning, dying out overnight. Wind at 2000m: SW 50 km/h developing in the morning, dying out overnight.
TOMORROW
World Weather
snow
Canterbury High Country
Patchy morning drizzle in the south, then fine apart from isolated afternoon and evening showers inland. Light winds.
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Monday, 8 October 2018
A weak trough lies over the Bay of Plenty. A weak cold front is expected move onto Invercargill by midnight night. A large ridge covers the Tasman Sea. A strong northwest flow develops over the country ahead of a front tomorrow. The front is expected to move over the South Island on Wednesday.
Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.5 17.6 Max to 4pm 5.0 Minimum -0.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm October to date 1.8 Avg Oct to date 13 2018 to date 695.0 526 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 13 At 4pm Strongest gust SW 28 Time of gust 4:49am
to 4pm yesterday
Methven
Christchurch Airport
Timaru Airport
15.1 16.0 7.0 –
16.7 17.6 2.9 -0.3
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0.0 1.2 11 616.2 499
0.0 0.0 12 572.8 382
E 15 – –
NE 17 SW 37 5:09am
SE 20 S 33 3:07am
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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Ellen DeGeneres brings her brand of humour to daytime talk. 0 10am Tipping Point Quiz show in which players take on a machine, hoping to win its jackpot. 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR (Part 2) 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0
6:30 Kiddets 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am My Little Pony 3 0 7:25 Mysticons 3 0 7:50 F Beyblade Burst Evolution 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:35 Doc McStuffins – Toy Hospital 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room PGR 3 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home And Away 3 0 2:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 0 3:35 Kirby Buckets 3 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0
6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day. 9am The Café A lifestyle and entertainment show. 10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV News stories from around the globe. Noon Dr Phil PGR 3 1pm Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 2:30 Wipeout 3 0 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia PGR 3 Five teams inspect each other’s finished bathrooms before starting on their second room, the guest bedroom. 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm
7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Border Patrol 0 8:30 Take Two AO 0 9:30 Lucifer AO 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 Re – Late 0
7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Project Runway New Zealand PGR 0 8:45 Motorway Patrol PGR 0 9:15 N The Walking Dead AO 0 10:40 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0
7pm The Project 7:30 Married At First Sight NZ PGR 0 9pm 9-1-1 AO 0 10pm Beach Cops AO 0 10:30 NewsHub Late
11:10 F Blindspot AO Jane must recruit someone from her past to help prevent a dangerous alliance. 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2
11:10 2 Broke Girls AO 3 0 11:35 Claws AO 3 0 12:25 F Step Dave AO 3 0 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 Judge Rinder 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials
11pm The Hui 3 Mihingarangi Forbes presents a mix of currentaffairs investigations, human interest, and arts and culture stories. 0 11:35 Newshub Nation 3 Weekly current affairs show. 0 12:50 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church
Take Two
8:30pm on TVNZ 1
BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:28 The Dish 3 10:30 Clean House 11:30 Snapped 3 12:28 The Dish 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Potomac 1:30 How To Look Good Naked – USA 2:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 3:30 Hoarders 3 4:30 The Profit 5:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 6:30 Undercover Boss 7:30 Flipping Out PGR 8:30 Body Fixers PGR Punk rocker Kat wants to become a drag king; Catherine has had enough of her exceptionally long hair, and wants her first proper haircut. 9:30 60 Days In Seven months after the completion of Sheriff Noel’s programme, the eight participants return home with different perspectives as many of them consider new life goals. 10:30 Snapped 11:30 My Crazy Ex AO 3 12:15 Infomercials 3
The Walking Dead 9:15pm on TVNZ 2
SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 The Amazing Race PG 8:05 Pawn Stars PG 8:30 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 9:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 CSI – Miami MV 11:35 Jeopardy! PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:30 NCIS – New Orleans MV 1:25 NCIS – New Orleans MV 2:15 NCIS MV 3:05 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 6pm DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 The Cops MV 9:30 Trauma Rescue Squad M 10:30 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow M
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12:20 Longmire 16V 1:20 Pawn Stars PG 1:50 Trauma Rescue Squad M 2:40 The Cops MV 3:30 CSI – Miami MV 4:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG
6:30 Takaro Tribe 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Potae Pai 7:30 Pipi Ma 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am R&R 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Kitchen Kura 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Matangi Rau 3 Noon Waka Warriors 3 12:30 The Ring Inz PGR 3 1pm Gate To The Globe 3 1:30 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Pipi Ma 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Hahana 3 5pm Swagger 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2
6am Before And After 7am Wild Britain With Ray Mears 7:30 Baby Animals And Friends 8:30 Flippin’ RVs 9:30 River Cottage Spring 10:30 Big Dreams Small Spaces 11:30 Tiny House Nation 12:30 British Treasure, American Gold 1:30 Peter Ackroyd’s Thames 2pm Luxury Uncovered 2:30 Baby Animals And Friends 3:30 Love Nature – A Year In The Wild 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie makes cauliflower macaroni, chicory salad with ‘insane dressing’, followed by stewed fruit. 5pm Hemsley And Hemsley – Healthy And Delicious 5:30 Cold Water Cowboys PGR 6:30 American Pickers
7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M The Mummy AO 1999 Action. Archaeologists at an ancient tomb accidentally awaken a cursed priest and unleash his forces of vengeance. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. 0
7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Real Pasifik 3 8pm Native Affairs 8:30 City Of Gold AO A documentary portrait of Jonathan Gold to tell the story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate. 10:10 Whare Taonga 10:40 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3
7:30 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 8:30 Britain’s Biggest Superyachts 9:30 Secret Cities 10:30 American Pickers
11:05 Youth Olympic Games (HLS) In Buenos Aires, Brazil. 12:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 1:05 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 1:35 Football – English Premier League Liverpool v Manchester City. 3:35 Closedown
11:10 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:40 KaweKorero 3 News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events. 12:10 Closedown
11:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Midnight Hemsley And Hemsley – Healthy And Delicious 12:30 Auction Kings 1am Cold Water Cowboys 2am Love Nature – A Year In The Wild 3am Peter Ackroyd’s Thames 3:30 Luxury Uncovered 4am Joanna Lumley’s Nile 5am Britain’s Biggest Superyachts
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MOVIES GREATS 6:25 Hunt For The Wilderpeople PGVL 2016 Adventure. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. 8:05 The Bank Job 16VLS 2008 Drama. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows. 9:55 The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 16VL 2009 Thriller. Denzel Washington, John Travolta. 11:40 This Means War MVLS 2012 Action Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy. 1:15 Once Fallen 16VL 2010 Crime. Brian Presley, Ed Harris. 2:45 Hunt For The Wilderpeople PGVL 2016 Adventure. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. 4:25 Green Lantern MV 2011 Action. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively. 6:20 Flags Of Our Fathers MV 2006 Action. Ryan Phillippe. 8:30 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama. Three men, linked by a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, are reunited when one of them loses his daughter. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon. 10:50 What To Expect When You’re Expecting MLS 2012 Romantic Comedy. Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chase Crawford.
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6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 0 6:25 Duck Dodgers 3 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Johnny Test 3 8:05 Sanjay And Craig 3 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 3 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Doctor Who PGR 3 0 1:35 Mad About You PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3
6:20 Ripped 16C 2017 Comedy. Russell Peters, Faizon Love. 7:50 Willed To Kill M 2012 Drama. Sarah Jane Morris, Dylan Bruce. 9:25 Mark Felt – The Man Who Brought Down The White House ML 2017 Drama. Liam Neeson, Diane Lane. 11:10 Fist Fight 16VLSC 2016 Comedy. Ice Cube, Charlie Day. 12:40 Tulip Fever MVS 2017 Drama. Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz. 2:25 Maze Runner – The Death Cure MVL 2018 Action. Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario. 4:45 Web Of Lies M 2009 Thriller. Majandra Delfino, Andrew W Walker. 6:15 Logan 16VLC 2017 Scifi Action. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart. 8:30 Hampstead PGLS 2017 Drama. Left in debt by her unfaithful husband, a widow forms an unlikely alliance with a reclusive man living on Hampstead Heath. James Norton, Lesley Manville. 10:15 Detroit 16VLC 2017 Crime. Chris Chalk, Mason Alban. 12:35 Surprise Me PG 2017 Comedy. Jonathan Bennett, Fiona Gubelmann. 2:05 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 2:35 Web Of Lies M 2009 Thriller. Majandra Delfino, Andrew W Walker. 4:05 Logan 16VLC 2017 Scifi Action. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart.
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12:40 The Recruit MVL 2003 Thriller. 2:35 Green Lantern MV 2011 Action. 4:25 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 4:40 What To Expect When You’re Expecting MLS 2012 Romantic Comedy.
SKY SPORT 1 6am Motorsport – F1 (RPL) Japanese Grand Prix. 8:30 Motorcycling – MotoGP (HLS) Thailand Grand Prix. 9am Golf – Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (HLS) 9:30 Golf – PGA European Tour (HLS) Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – Round Four. 10am Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Safeway Open – Round Three. 10:30 L Golf – PGA Tour Safeway Open – Round Four. 1:30 Rugby – The Championship (HLS) Argentina v Australia. 2pm Rugby Nation 3pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Saturday. 3:30 Rugby – The Championship (HLS) South Africa v New Zealand. 4pm Rugby – The Championship (RPL) Argentina v Australia. 6pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Sunday. 6:30 Rugby Nation 7:30 All Or Nothing – New Zealand All Blacks 8:30 The 1014 Rugby Show 9pm Rugby – The Championship (HLS) South Africa v New Zealand. 9:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership (HLS) Round Six. 10:30 Cricket – APL T20 (HLS) 11pm Summer Youth Olympics (HLS)
TUESDAY
Midnight Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Semifinal One. 2am Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Semi-final Two. 4am Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Million Pound Game – Toronto Wolfpack v London Broncos.
0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1
SKY SPORT 2 6am Golf – Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship 6:30 Rugby League – Super League Million Pound Game – Toronto Wolfpack v London Broncos. 9am Fox Sports News 9:30 Netball – Constellation Cup Australia v Silver Ferns. 10am Rugby – The Championship Argentina v Australia. Noon Rugby League – Super League Semi-final Two. 2pm Rugby League – Super League Million Pound Game – Toronto Wolfpack v London Broncos. 4pm Rugby League – National Premiership Promotion/Relegation Final. 6pm Rugby League – National Premiership Grand Final. 8pm Cricket – Women’s International Australia v White Ferns – Third T20. 8:30 Netball – Constellation Cup Australia v Silver Ferns – First Test. 9pm Fox Sports News 9:30 Golf – LPGA Tour 10pm Golf – PGA European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – Round Four. 10:30 Golf – Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship 11pm Netball – Constellation Cup Australia v Silver Ferns – First Test.
DISCOVERY 6:35 Gold Rush PG The Holy Grail. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M A Very Kilcher Christmas. 10am Strange Signals From Outer Space PG 10:50 The Great UFO Conspiracy PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Dark Water. 12:30 Blood Relatives M Buzz Kill. 1:20 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M Phantom Killer of the Opera. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Eclipsed. 4:45 Misfit Garage PG Sue’s Custom 1956 Ford 2/2. 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Souping Up a Super Ford GT 2/2. 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Pan-Tera’s Labyrinth. 7:30 American Chopper M Welcome Back. 8:30 American Chopper M Getting the Bike Back Together. 9:25 Misfit Garage PG Guardian of the Galaxie. 10:15 Outback Opal Hunters PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 The 1980s – The Deadliest Decade M
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12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? TUESDAY 12:30 UFC Now 1:30 Fight PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Night 3:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Sunday. 4am Rugby Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse – Mitre 10 Cup Saturday. Masters PG 4:55 How It’s 4:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Made PG 5:20 How Do They 5am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup 5:30 The World Rugby Show Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG 8Oct18
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FULL STORY P15 The Ashburton Barbarians won Aoraki Rugby League’s Duncan McGregor Memorial Cup with a 27-20 win over the Country Cowboys in Ashburton on Saturday. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 07102018-HM-0245
Seventh a fairytale finish Craig Lowndes has achieved a fairytale Bathurst 1000 win on his last full-time drive at Mount Panorama, partnering with Steven Richards to achieve a stunning seventh triumph in the Great Race. Lowndes capitalised on an unfortunately-timed cramp to race leader David Reynolds, which denied the pacey Erebus Motorsport team a huge chance to retain the Peter Brock trophy. The 44-year-old Lowndes overtook Reynolds for the lead with 27 laps remaining, cruising to victory ahead of fellow Commodore Scott Pye and Warren Luff. DJR Team Penske pair of Scott McLaughlin and Alex Premat were third. With a boisterous crowd – totalling more than 206,000 across the weekend – chanting “Lowndesy,
Lowndesy, Lowndesy”, their hero admitted his emotion. “It’s almost like the ’06 back again I think,” he said, referring to his 2006 triumph which came just weeks after his mentor Peter Brock’s death. “I didn’t have any air in the coolsuit for the last three stints. “Richo and I came into this weekend with a lot of confidence off the back of Sandown. But you never know. “We didn’t have the speed at the start of the race but we were hoping it would develop and the track would could to us. And it did.” The success ties Lowndes with Jim Richards, the father of his codriver Steven, on seven wins, and leaves him behind only Brock, the King of the Mountain, with nine. Steven Richards became a fivetime winner at the age of 46.
After qualifying ninth, the planets aligned for car No.888 on race day. Favourites Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell were brought down to earth early, losing a wheel down the main straight. James Courtney and Jack Perkins were forced into an early retirement with an oil issue, while Cam Waters’ co-driver David Russell suffered a shunt from teammate Chaz Mostert to send him down the order. And Lowndes and Richards steadily went to work. The Red Bull Holden Racing Team Commodore brought serious speed to the 1000-kilometre classic and moved through the field. A safety car exit on lap 97 effectively reset the contest as a 64-lap, two-stop race for main game drivers, with only Reynolds in front of Lowndes. - NZME
Lochore Cup the Hammers’ last chance hope
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