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Some skiers on Mt Hutt had a day to remember yesterday when a major power outage stopped chairlifts and sparked an evacuation. The skifield’s power connection at Blackford Road dropped out at 11.16am, stopping all lifts and electrical activity in the base lodge. The quad and triple chair were able to run on alternate power sources but skiers on the Summit Six lift to the top of the mountain were stuck, some for up to 90 minutes. Skifield manager James McKenzie said 65 guests on the Summit Six were lowered to the ground by mountain staff using a static line as technicians worked on

restoring full power to the skifield. He said ski patrollers kept the stranded skiers informed and prioritised evacuations as necessary. No guests had reported being distressed by the wait though some young skiers said they were comfortable but getting cold after sitting for 45 minutes. Evacuation procedures are practised by staff, who can unload 180 guests from the Summit Six in two hours under emergency situations. They took just 30 minutes to unload the 65 guests yesterday. McKenzie said the skifield had a usually stellar electrical supply from EA Networks and it was just unfortunate the outage was on a busy Sunday afternoon. In 11 years as manager, he could think

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of only a few other outages that had affected business. EA Networks network manager Brendan Quinn said a malfunction in a transformer at the bottom of the hill, on Blackford Road, was to blame. An oil surge in the transformer had caused it to trip, cutting electricity to the skifield. Staff were dispatched quickly and were able to restore electricity, allowing the mountain to return to business as usual. Technicians who inspected the transformer were planning to repair or replace the equipment overnight. The outage was unrelated to wind, he said. McKenzie said the skifield stayed open longer, to 5pm, yesterday to allow guests to make up for lost time.

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Search for Rangitata youth MP begins Rangitata’s Member of Parliament Andrew Falloon is on the hunt for a youth MP to take his place temporarily next year. Youth Parliament is a triennial opportunity for young people to debate issues of the day and selected youth MPs from all over the country will travel to Wellington on July 16 and 17 next year to attend. Falloon said it was fitting to begin his search yesterday on International Youth Day. He has written to all secondary schools in the electorate asking them to encourage their young people to apply. Nominees must be aged 16-18 and will be youth MPs from March 1 until August 31. They will sit in Parliament in July, debate draft legislation and important issues facing young people in New Zealand. Each MP has the opportunity to select a youth MP, with electorate MPs choosing someone from their area. “It’s a great chance for a young person from our region to put a voice to issues in our local area. The media report on what happens in Youth Parliament, giving

someone the opportunity to have an issue they feel strongly about debated and discussed,” Falloon said. “My wife Rose was a youth MP, and she’s happy to give any guidance to anyone who wants to apply, and to the person who ultimately becomes Rangitata’s youth MP.” He said he was looking forward to reviewing applications and seeing what issues young people would raise in the Youth Parliament. Nominations close September 21. Applications should be made in writing to andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz It is up to applicants to determine the form of their application, but applications should consist of no more than 750 words, and should include what the young person would like to achieve or focus on as the region’s youth Member of Parliament. Right - Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon is looking for a youth MP to share his seat with in the debating chamber next year. PHOTO SUPPLIED

■ LAKE HOOD

Huge step forward for Village Green By Sue NewmaN

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Village Green developers John Skevington and Joanne Ruane heaved a huge sigh of relief when their big ticket development near Lake Hood was given approval to use an innovative sewage system. The couple have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the project over several years and a high water table meant the traditional gravity scheme sewage system would be very expensive to install. While assets manager Andrew Guthrie did not like the propos-

al and wanted it turned down, councillors at Thursday’s Ashburton District Council meeting did not agree. They asked questions, got the answers they wanted and agreed a low pressure system in the Village Green subdivision made sense. “We’ve been working on this for 12 years, it’s a good-life lifestyle subdivision, a special project, a new concept for Ashburton. We live and breathe the project and we’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on it so far,” Skevington told councillors.

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The cost of installing the gravity scheme would be high and the work complex; the low pressure system, on the other hand, was cost effective, easier to install and would be much easier to service, he said. “We need a positive decision from council to accept the low pressure system or we will have no option but to abandon the project. We can’t have any more stalling. We’ve already lost sales. This isn’t an idle threat to abandon, it’s a necessity.” If the project was abandoned, the council would lose money in

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future rates and it would lose the opportunity to attract 35 middle to high income families to the district and possibly new businesses as well, Skevington said. “All we want is to be treated fairly; the future of our project is in your hands today.” Councillors agreed to overturn Guthrie’s recommendation to decline the application, clearing the way for the Village Green project to proceed. However, they did want the approval ring-fenced to ensure other developers could not automatically assume they could use

low pressure rather than gravity, Walking away from the project would have been heartbreaking Skevington said, but the reality was, as developers, they could not absorb extra costs. “We’re now on track to start work later this year and that’s a huge relief.” Securing approval for the low pressure system had been almost the biggest battle in the entire project, bigger than the plan change, Ruane said. “To have had it falter at almost the last hurdle would have been devastating,” she said.

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Burglary witness’ health struggle By Katie todd

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A Mayfield father remains in hospital, struggling with basic tasks, after suffering a brain haemorrhage while trying to stop two thieves on the run. ACL truck driver Alan Manhire had witnessed a burglary at the Mayfield Service Station two weeks ago and was on the hunt for the two offenders when his brain “exploded in pain”, stopping him in his tracks. Wife Deborah Manhire said since stopping a dairy robbery three years ago, Alan had voluntarily patrolled the streets of Mayfield at night in the hope of deterring any more offenders. In the early hours of Sunday, July 29, two individuals broke into the Mayfield Service Station to steal cigarettes and Snickers bars and set off the alarm – and Alan was quick to the scene to try and catch them on foot. “He said he wished he’d been a bit fitter, because they managed to run away … but on the CCTV footage you can see they were armed with a crowbar and a big axe, so I’m actually kind of glad he didn’t,” she said. Alan proceeded to call the police and notify the service station’s owner, who he hopped in a car

Alan Manhire with his stepdaughter Jessie and his son Jake before the incident. with to try and find the offenders. It was in the car he suffered an intracerebral subarachnoid brain haemorrhage, Deborah said.

“Through his heroic actions his blood pressure just exploded,” she said. Alan has been in Ashburton

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Hospital since and is likely to remain in hospital for some time longer. Deborah said she and Alan have

since learned that 60 per cent of people who suffer the same type of haemorrhage die. “And the doctor said the haemorrhage was really big … it was the size of a small egg,” she said. “He is really lucky to be alive.” Alan has two children, called Katie and Jake, a stepson called Harry and a stepdaughter called Jessie. For years prior to the incident, Deborah had been working hard to build a food caravan on the front of her property. She said she the project was close to completion – with menus, an oven and most of a pergola constructed – but with the setback of Alan’s haemorrhage, she is now appealing to the public for financial help. Without being able to complete it and earn income, she said she is worried about the future of her family. She created a Givealittle page last week and nearly $700 has already been donated, including sums from friends, family and strangers in the North Island. Meanwhile, inquiries into the theft of the service station are ongoing, as is Alan’s recovery. “Alan doesn’t deserve to have this happen to him, while trying to help others,” Deborah said.

■ HISTORIC PLACES TRUST

Keep county council building, Historic Places Trust urges By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton should be looking to marry the best of its old architecture with the best of the new, says chair of Historic Places Trust Mid Canterbury, Julie Luxton. Luxton and the organisation’s deputy chair Nigel Gilkison made a presentation at Thursday’s Ashburton District Council meeting, during which they made a pitch for the council to retain the old county council building rather

than demolish it to make way for the new civic centre and library. The council had a unique opportunity Luxton said, to strengthen and reuse the building as part of the development. “My question is if you choose to demolish this building what will you design and construct that is desirable and gracious – or can you use this building?” she said. In addition she asked the council to retain the historic Pioneer Hall on Havelock Street as part

just accept these old buildings will go. We should look at options to retain those buildings,” he said. Deputy mayor Neil Brown did not agree. “Is it always cheaper to strengthen than rebuild? Our information indications this is not correct. It is more expensive to strengthen and modernise this building than to replace it, $1million more.” When the trust assembled a

board with a range of historic buildings on it and asked people to mark the ones they thought had the highest heritage value, the county council building and the Allen’s Road Chinese settlement came out on the top, Luxton said. Design work for the new complex has not yet started, but the council intends to demolish both the Methodist Church hall and the county building to create a clear site for the project.

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of the new development. That building could then have a community use, Luxton said. “People in this town do care about their historic buildings,” she said. Gilkison said it would cost less to strengthen the county building and use its floor plate than it would to construct a new building from the ground up. “I see this as a sustainable design option; retain the old buildings, they’re already there. Don’t

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In brief Two-car crash One person was cut from a vehicle after a two-car crash at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Oak Grove on Saturday. The accident happened about 11.50am and emergency services reported all passengers were conscious and speaking. The scene was cleared by 12.35pm.

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Kevin Daly at the Smiles 4 Miles event on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-050

Anthony van Asperen (right) enjoyed a ride in a vintage car. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-061

■ SMILES 4 MILES

Smiles galore at event Big trucks generated big smiles in Mid Canterbury on Saturday when more than 100 children and adults living with special needs had the best seat in the house. Around 50 big rigs, including stock trucks, milk tankers, a fire engine, an ambulance and a police car, gathered at the Tinwald yard of Ryal Bush Transport for Smiles 4 Miles, where long queues of passengers awaited for their turn for a ride. Ryal Bush stock manager Matt Johnson said it was a magic three hours as drivers burned a 28km track around Ashburton, with their passengers grinning from ear to ear. “We went from our yard, through town to Racecourse Road, then hooked a left, went to the top of Racecourse Road and hooked left again and then back to the yard.” He said demand was constant from 12pm until the event closed at 3pm, with people being continuously loaded and unloaded. The transport yard also had hot rods, vintage cars and machinery on show, plus a continuous sausage sizzle. He said it was a big logistical exercise making sure everyone got to ride in the vehicle of their

Man arrested A man who allegedly escaped from Auckland District Court on Tuesday has been arrested after police were called to reports of a man with a pistol in Manurewa. Police had been searching for Darcy Hayes since he allegedly escaped earlier in the week. Yesterday they confirmed Hayes was arrested during an Armed Offenders Squad callout in Manurewa. - NZME

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Brody Spale was all smiles as he took a ride in the rural fire truck on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-057

choice but drivers and organisers were rewarded with big smiles and many kind words. “It was very humbling and our drivers got just as much of a kick out of it as they did.” Johnson said the passengers came from around Canterbury,

“I STILL GET TO THE FARM ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.” I have been a farmer since 1956. The transition into town wasn’t nearly as unsettling as I thought it would be. Yes, my neighbours live a lot closer but you really don’t notice and the Villas are so warm. I still enjoy being able to visit and work on the farm, but now I am living at Lochlea Lifestyle Resort, I have the opportunity to travel as much as I like to.

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Two people have been arrested in relation to an attempted kidnapping in North Dunedin. Detective Jenepher Glover said a 29-year-old male and a 29-yearold female were arrested yesterday following Saturday’s attempted kidnapping. The victim received minor injuries in the incident. They pair were due to appear in Dunedin District Court tomorrow on charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to injure. Glover said police thanked the members of the public who assisted with the investigation. - NZME

with a group from Christchurch back again after taking part last year. Drivers from various transport companies in Mid and South Canterbury spent several hours earlier cleaning down their vehicles for the special event and

Johnson said it was a quieter time of the season for the rigs and drivers to donate their time. Other Mid Canterbury businesses donated sausages or other goodies. The event will be run annually in August.

Police are still searching for missing Hamilton woman Mi-Sook Yang, known as Annie, despite various efforts to locate her over the weekend. She has been missing since Thursday and was last known to be in the Pukete area around 5pm and has not been seen since. Yang is Korean and was wearing a black puffer jacket and black jeans. Detective Sergeant Jason Earl says the disappearance is “out of character”. - NZME

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■ CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL

Rooftop helipad moves a step closer The Maia Health Foundation raised over $145,000 from a special feast on Saturday to help fund a rooftop helipad at Christchurch Hospital. Mid Canterbury patients taken to the hospital by helicopter are currently transferred by ambulance when the helicopter lands at nearby Hagley Park but a rooftop helipad will mean they can access medical help 13 minutes faster. Those minutes can be crucial. The foundation’s feast at the Christchurch Art Gallery on Sat-

urday raised money with a live auction, pledge and golden ticket raffle. Chief executive Michael Flatman said the support reflected how much the community wanted to be a part of building a world class health system. “We’re now $1.58 million closer to getting our loved ones emergency hospital care immediately on touchdown.” Maia still needs to raise $416,000 to reach its $2m target. Items auctioned on Saturday

included tickets to see the Black Caps play Australia in the Boxing Day test at the MCG, a luxury weekend at the coastal retreat Annandale, a spectacular sculpture by Canterbury artist Neil Dawson and 23 signed 2018 Crusaders jerseys. Guests were treated to a private concert by Bic Runga and the Christchurch symphony orchestra, while the culinary experience was provided by White Tie Catering. Maia’s Mid Canterbury fund-

raising arm, Club Ninety Eight, has organised a Spring Indulgence night on October 13 to help raise funds for the helipad project. The night of decadence will be held at Trott’s gardens and include a four-course meal by well-known local chef Chantelle Quinn. Tickets are still available. Christchurch Hospital contains New Zealand’s busiest trauma centre and is the only major hospital without a helipad on site. Initial plans for the new Acute Services Building included a

small rooftop helipad but with the increased use of air retrieval services it is obvious a larger helipad will be needed to cope with future demand. A larger helipad and purpose-built rooftop clinical support unit will mean critically unwell patients receive emergency care immediately on touchdown and a quicker transition to full care for routine transfers. For the neonatal unit, it will quicken the pick-up and unloading of a neonatal incubator by up to an hour on a round trip.

■ MID-WINTER CHRISTMAS DAY OUT

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There was fun for everyone at a Mid-winter Christmas Day Out in Ashburton on Saturday. A steady stream of people ventured down to Mania-O-Roto park where they could take part in art and craft, tackle an obstacle course or eat a pikelet cooked on a mini-camp fire. Activities indoors included karate demonstrations and the chance to play on toys provided by the Ashburton Toy Library, while outdoors the New Zealand Fire Service used fun, virtual reality technology to share a serious message about keeping safe in the event of a fire. The day was organised by Mid Canterbury Plunket and the Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network and a good crowd spent the afternoon moving among 15 activity stations designed to engage and entertain. The aim of the day was free, family fun. Right - Scout Genevieve Felton, 11, was cooking pikelets for the crowds at the Midwinter Christmas Day Out on Saturday.

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■ ARTILLERY ROUND

Historic bomb detonated An historic bomb has been detonated by the defence force in Paraparaumu. Children found the World War Two-era artillery round during the school holidays three weeks ago in the Belmont Regional Park. A police spokesperson says the children had been handling the shell and planned to take it to their school’s show-and-tell. “The kids took it home to their grandparents’ house, and after googling the item they thought it was safe to keep and clean it up to take to school for show and tell,” Constable Rob Eastham said. “Last night the children returned to their home in Awatea Ave in Paraparaumu with the artillery round in the car.” An adult saw the children playing with the undetonated round and, concerned it was unsafe, moved it to the backyard. This

morning they called the police about it. Police visited the children’s house, evacuated three nearby properties and put in place a safe cordon as a precaution. The New Zealand Defence Force Bomb Disposal Unit inspected the projectile and confirmed it was potentially still live and should be detonated in a controlled explosion. The unit carefully transferred the projectile to a safe location at Higgins Quarry in Paraparaumu. The item was buried under about a metre of gravel in a safe part of the quarry and detonated by remote from 300m away. A quarry employee says the bang was disappointingly quiet. Eastham said it was a reminder that anyone who finds such an item should contact police straight away and avoid touching it. - NZME

Less than a year ago, Jacinda Ardern took on the weight of leading a country and the global fame that came with it. Now for motherhood. “I’m seven weeks in. I don’t think I can claim to be the knower of all things and a baby whisperer. I’m a new mum and I imagine I’m going to learn a lot of things along the way,” New Zealand’s prime minister said at the end of her first week back in parliament after six weeks of maternity leave. “I don’t feel like I should be a poster child for anything.” It’s fair to say it’s been a busy week back in the captain’s chair, one laden with a flurry of government announcements, welcomes back, and fierce debate about the state of the economy. Meanwhile, Ardern’s daughter, Neve, has settled into the prime minister’s floor of the Beehive government offices. “(It’s) top of my mind: can I be a good politician while also being a good mum? And I believe it’s possible, but ask me in three years,” Ardern says. “I, just at the end of every day, have to feel like I did my best for both.” That said, the 38-year-old

insists she’s got it easier than many new parents and that the logistics have been straight-forward so far. Partner Clarke Gayford is taking on the role of full-time dad, space has been made for Neve and everything she needs, and the prime minister has a degree of flexibility in her schedule – breaking up her days into threehour slots to allow for feeding. “Every parent when they’re going back into the workplace makes a bit of an adjustment, and I’ll be no different. But in lots of ways I’m also lucky,” Ardern says. “Not everyone has that. I’m in a pretty good position to make this work.” So is there now pressure to set an example for working families? “I feel that pressure on everything,” she replies. The list that follows includes: proving a complex coalition government can work, living up to the expectations of the progressive movement she leads, doing her best for her country and, now, being the best mother she can be. “So, you know, pick your guilt,” she laughs. - AAP

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Canterbury mudfish facing extinction Sinkhole in Taupo

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Conservationists have serious concerns for the future of some of Mid Canterbury’s smallest and most unique fishy residents. According to the latest New Zealand Threat Classification System report on freshwater fish, the Canterbury mudfish is right on the brink of extinction. Canterbury mudfish once populated inland and coastal wetlands across the region, but land development has forced their species into dramatic decline. Canterbury mudfish now live in areas of Mid Canterbury like river branches, irrigation canals and stock water races. A release of Canterbury mudfish has also taken place in a protected wetland near Willowby, south of Ashburton, where it was hoped they would survive and reproduce. Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage released the report on Thursday, providing the latest conservation status of New Zealand’s 76 known freshwater fish species. She said Canterbury mudfish remain in the Threatened – Nationally Critical category, and continue to decline.

The Canterbury mudfish is on the brink of extinction.

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Canterbury mudfish have the ability to survive out of water in damp refuges if their wetland habitat dries out periodically over summer, but struggle to coexist with any other species.

ing, it’s sad but not surprising that the loss of aquatic and other wetland habitat has had a major impact on Canterbury mudfish and other wetland-dependent indigenous freshwater fish.”

“Much of the Canterbury mudfish habitat is on private land and is severely impacted by agriculture,” she said. “With a mere 10 per cent of New Zealand’s wetlands remain-

Two Taupo teenagers raised the alarm after a sinkhole opened up and consumed a substantial part of a suburban street. Jono Park and Bailey Malloy were biking home along Arrowsmith Avenue about 5.30pm on Saturday when they heard gushing water. As they passed 12 Arrowsmith Avenue they saw a water pipe had burst, and the grass berm and part of a fence were starting to sink into the ground, said Taupo District councillor Anna Park, Jono’s mother. “Jono rang 111, the fire brigade, and Bailey went to 12 and 14 Arrowsmith Ave as they were right where the incident was happening. Luckily nobody was at home.” The boys then rang their parents, and Park quickly relayed the information to the council team. Park and her partner also went down to help. Within 45 minutes the footpath gave way, and soon after, half the road did. The sinkhole had taken out a grass berm, half a lane and was about six metres deep, Park said. - NZME

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August 18: No Holds Bard at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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August 19: Ashburton Society of Arts Early Spring Show at the Short Street Studio (until September 16), International Photography Day photo walk hosted by Emmily Harmer Photography.

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August 25: Ashburton Society of Performing Arts Vocal and Instrumental Competitions at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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September 15: Celtic Illusion at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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September 22: Adam McGrath & the Roaring Days at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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October 7: Ashburton Society of Arts member art and craft sale and Late Spring Show opening at the Short Street Studio.

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October 10: The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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October 13: Lions club of Ashburton County present Stars In Your Eyes at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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October 26: Uniquely Ubana — Another Side of Paul Ubana Jones at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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October 31: Entries close for the Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award 2019.

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November 1: Seven deadly Stunts & The Messy Magic Adventure at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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November 10 & November 11: Armistice Day Remembrance Concerts at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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When Grace Gallery owner Brent Holley called on the Ashburton community to unleash their inner artistic prowess, that’s precisely what the Ashburton community did. The creations of 28 talented locals now line the walls of the gallery, following Ashburton’s first community art challenge last month. Holley said inspiration for the event came from a glimpse into the garage of his friend Stuart Mitchell – known to most as the Netherby Butcher. Mitchell quietly been experimenting with sculpture, and Holley was amazed at the quality of the work he’d been hiding away. He convinced Mitchell to exhibit and eventually to enter the Kimbolton Sculpture Festival in the Coromandel – where Mitchell ended up winning the small sculpture award. “I now refer to him as an award winning artist whenever I can… I think he’s still getting used to it,” Holley said. Wondering what other hidden talents he could discover, Holley then dreamt up the community art challenge. Locals could submit entries of any art medium, for indoors or outdoors, for an exhibition to run throughout August at the gallery. The only prerequisite was entries measured 30cm by 30cm. “I wanted to try and find a few more artists… and who knows, some might end up exhibiting in the future,” he said. Local art personalities Vashti Johnson and Lisa Harper were among those to contribute, as well as budding creators as young as nine, and radio personality Phil Hooper and his wife Amanda. Holley, a sculptor, also had a go at painting and submitted a piece himself. “I guess I couldn’t really call it a challenge, if I didn’t do it!” he said. All artworks are priced under $300 and several have already been sold. Holley said he will definitely be looking to host another community art challenge next year. The artworks will be on show throughout August and can be viewed from 10am-2pm from Wednesday to Saturday, or by appointment. Gallery visitors also have a chance to vote for the People’s Choice Award – and in turn go into the draw to win a voucher from Bedrock Bar & Stonegrill. The Grace Gallery is located 35 Dobson Street West and more information can be found on the Grace Gallery Facebook page.

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Above and left – some of the works of art contributed by 28 local artists and which can now be found on the walls at Grace Gallery.

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van de Wetering’s extensive knowledge of the Dutch master, the exhibition works have been digitally restored to look exactly as they did when left Rembrandt’s studio nearly 400 years ago. Curated by Australasia’s foremost Rembrandt specialist, Dr Erin Griffey – the head of art history at the University of Auckland, the works – which include The Nightwatch, The Anatomy Lesson and The Jewish Bride – are presented in their original size and displayed in

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chronological order with accompanying text telling the story of the works, as well as stories from the painter’s life. “The contemporary technology behind this exhibition allows us wonderful insight into the life and work of the great 17th century Dutch master,” Arts Centre chief executive Philip Aldridge said. “The works alone are remarkable – we are able to see them as fresh as the day Rembrandt made his final strokes. Viewing them in the beautifully restored

Great Hall makes it extra special.” Rembrandt’s original works are scattered around the globe, including several in private collections – some are damaged, some lost, and some modified. Rembrandt Remastered gives Great Hall visitors the rare opportunity to see many of his works together in one space. Tickets can be purchased on entry at the Great Hall or online at artscentre.org.nz/events/ rembrandt-remastered.

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Mid Canterbury’s Timoci Nabakeke tries to evade the tackle of a South Canterbury player during a pre-Heartland Championship rugby match at the Hinds Domain on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-064

Scott Marshall sends the ball towards the goal during his Wakanui side’s win over Northern Hearts in the Mid/South Canterbury senior men’s hockey competition’s semi-finals on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-043

Tyler Blackburn looks to clear the ball to his backs during Mid Canterbury’s preHeartland Championship loss to South Canterbury at Hinds on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-065

Angus Moore, 3, enjoyed plaing on the Ashburton Toy Library toys at the Mid-winter Christmas Day Out at Mania-O-Roto Park on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-010

Above - Jack Palmer makes a bust for his Methven under-17 side during Mid Canterbury Rugby’s JAB Gala Day on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-028

Left - Adam Walker has the try line in his sights, playing for a Methven under-7 side during Mid Canterbury Rugby’s JAB Gala Day on Saturday.

Wakanui hockey players are quick off the mark defending a penalty corner during their side’s 5-1 win over Northern Hearts in Ashburton on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-042

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Mid Canterbury’s Brian Matoramusha looks to make a bust down the sideline against South Canterbury on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-066

Peter Fawcett with his son Miles, 9 months, Pearl Byron, 3 decorates paper family at the Mid-winter Christmas Day Out at Ma- dolls at the Mid-winter Christmas Day nia-O-Roto Park on Saturday. Out at Mania-O-Roto Park on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-020

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I must remember my reusable bags T

he Government has pledged to rid the country of singleuse plastic shopping bags over the next year. The Government has pledged to rid the country of single-use plastic shopping bags over the next year. The Government has pledged to rid the country of single-use plastic shopping bags over the next year. If I write this a thousand more times, I might remember to take my reusable bags to the supermarket next time I visit. I am trying very hard to reprogramme my brain, along with a great many other people I suspect. Sometimes I remember to organise the reusable bags before I

leave, then leave without them; sometimes I remember to put them in the car then forget to take them into the store; twice lately I have not only remembered them, but used them. No-one noticed. The experts believe it takes an average of 66 days to create a habit, so I’ve just begun my conversion journey. I want to succeed, but please

could the supermarkets keep the odd cardboard box around to keep me on the straight and narrow. The Government has released a consultation document for people who want more information about when the bag phase-out. Please, just get on with it … like a bandaid, people will heal and find new ways to take their groceries home or line their rubbish bins. Sustainability marketing lecturer Joya Kemper says consumers are ready for action and that there’s been a shifting tide in consumer attitudes towards plastic bags. I agree. There was huge consumer backlash when some supermarkets trialled a voluntary 5c levy on plastic bags back in 2009 but

there is good evidence now to show an outright ban will be a more effective way to change behaviour. Perhaps plastic bag supporters might even become the new smokers as it becomes the social norm not to provide plastic bags. So while the supermarkets are mostly leading our changing behaviour, should the ban apply to all retailers? Absolutely. The transition to a life without plastic bags is already happening. Another of the experts that popped up last week said shops are already offering, sometimes in parallel to single use bags, reusable bags and paper bags. Until we all get used to having a shopping bag in the car or folded up in a pocket or in our

handbags, shops will be happy to sell or give us a reusable bag with their branding. Be alert for freebies then, and help boost your supply of reusable bags. The main reason we use plastic bags is convenience and while I consider I was a responsible disposer of plastic bags (is there such a thing?), it has been dreadful to see images of ocean plastic pollution. But plastic bags also clog communities and rubbish dumps. My beloved bin liners end up in landfills where they could take a thousand years to break down into micro-plastics. Compare that to the few minutes it takes to rinse out a bin if it gets messy.

the first time since the start of the war. Libya agreed to set up a $2.7 billion fund for families of the 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing. Ten years ago: Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals. Sandy Allen, who was recognised as the world’s tallest female at 7 feet, 7 inches tall, died at age 53. Five years ago: Israel released

26 Palestinian inmates, many convicted in grisly killings, on the eve of long-stalled peace talks, angering families of those killed by the prisoners. One year ago: In a statement, the White House said President Donald Trump “very strongly” condemns individual hate groups such as “white supremacists, KKK and neo-Nazis;” the statement followed criticism of Trump for blaming the previous day’s deadly violence

at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on “many sides.” Today’s birthdays: Actor Kevin Tighe is 74. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 70. High wire aerialist Philippe Petit is 69. Movie director Paul Greengrass is 63. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 59. Actress Dawnn Lewis is 57. Actor John Slattery is 56. Actress Debi Mazar is 54. Actress Quinn Cummings is 51. Actress Seana Kofoed is 48. Country singer

Andy Griggs is 45. Actor Gregory Fitoussi is 42. Country musician Mike Melancon (Emerson Drive) is 40. Actress Kathryn Fiore is 39. Actor Sebastian Stan is 36. Actor Eme Ikwuakor (is 34. Pop-rock singer James Morrison is 34. Actress Lennon Stella is 19. Thought for Today: “The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.” — John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, English journalist (1838-1923). – AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, August 13, the 225th day of 2018. There are 140 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On August 13, 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin’s eastern and western sectors before building a wall that would divide the city for the next 28 years. On this date: In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured Tenochtitlan, present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs. In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal family. In 1846, the American flag was raised for the first time in Los Angeles. In 1910, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, died in London at age 90. In 1932, Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out “for all or nothing”. In 1942, Walt Disney’s animated feature Bambi had its US premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York, five days after its world premiere in London. In 1960, the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1. The Central African Republic became totally independent of French rule. In 1967, the crime caper biopic Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, had its US premiere; the movie, directed by Arthur Penn, was considered shocking as well as innovative for its graphic portrayal of violence. In 1989, searchers in Ethiopia found the wreckage of a plane which had disappeared almost a week earlier while carrying Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, and 14 other people — there were no survivors. In 2003, Iraq began pumping crude oil from its northern oil fields for

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ext month will mark one year since the 2017 election. It’s not unreasonable to expect that by now we’d have some idea of the direction the ArdernPeters Government intend to take us in. Usually in Opposition a party will use its time well. Prior to becoming the Government in 2008, National published a series of discussion documents, inviting New Zealanders to provide their ideas and feedback on our economic and social platform. It became the framework for our period in office through to last year. We’re again doing the same. Over the next few months we’ll be opening up our policy process in a range of areas. In the nine years we were in Government we accept we didn’t get everything right, and we’ll be working hard to fix that as we head into the 2020 election. But with the current Government, it doesn’t appear to be the case. Instead of doing that work in Opposition they’ve come into Government without the level of

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policy detail we’d expect. It’s the reason they’ve had to create more than 130 working groups, to do that work for them. They come in at more than a million dollars each, and are often run by former Labour Party heavyweights like Michael Cullen, Annette King and Pete Hodgson. It’s not the cost of these committees and quangos that’s the biggest worry, it’s the effect that the uncertainty is having on our economy. The economy isn’t some mythical concept that only a few faceless businesspeople should be concerned about. The economy is jobs. It’s what affects wages and salaries. It produces the revenue that politicians get to spend as if it’s their own money. So when economic growth

suffers, so does job creation, so do our pay packets, and we have less available for our schools, hospitals and core infrastructure. In the past year we’ve gone from having the second highest level of business confidence in the developed world, to the second lowest. That lack of confidence, and lack of economic certainty from Wellington, is now impacting on other more important areas. In National’s last two years in office, right up until September last year, the New Zealand economy was growing well and producing 10,000 new jobs every month. Eleven months later that number’s now fallen to just 4000. There are 6000 fewer people in work as a result. It’s not hard to see why. During the election Labour promised to cut inward migration by 20,000 to 30,000, but we still have no idea what policies they’re bringing in to achieve it. Whenever I ask the minister his response is the same – we’ll have to wait to find out. Here in Mid Canterbury it’s impacting the ability of businesses

and farms to recruit for the jobs they have available, and some are struggling to stay afloat. Ninety day trials have been axed for many businesses. They gave employers the confidence to give someone a go, often people who might have been out of employment for some time, young people, or former prisoners. And there’s more to come. Axing the starting out wage. National awards. Unfettered union access to workplaces including farms. All things that have been signalled by the Government. Businesses of all sizes need certainty. Without it, we don’t have investment, job growth, and the money we need to run important services. All things this Government promised, and should be delivering. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Ten in hospital after Manchester shooting Ten people are in hospital after a shooting in the Moss Side area of Manchester. Armed officers from Greater Manchester Police were called to Claremont Road at 2.30am (local time) yesterday and discovered several people had been hurt. The injuries range from minor to major, but most do not appear to be life-threatening, police said. Footage reportedly showing the aftermath of the incident was posted on social

media. The video appears to show a panicked group of people being helped by police. As a voice cries out, shouts of “move” can be heard, while another voice asks “can you hear me”. A number of people were in the area following the Caribbean Carnival, which had finished some hours before. Detective Superintendent Debbie Dooley said: “We currently have a number

of people in hospital all being treated for different injuries but thankfully most do not appear to be life-threatening at this time. “Officers are trying to establish exactly where this incident took place and who is responsible for such a dangerous attack. Police have deployed a “large number” of armed and unarmed officers in the area after the alarm was raised. Investigations are continuing. - PA

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Crews gain in battle with fire Firefighters made significant progress trying to damp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials have said. Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to protect Lake Elsinore and other foothill communities as the fire sweeps through the dense, bone-dry brush of the Cleveland National Forest in California. The Holy Fire – named for Holy Jim Canyon, where it began Monday – grew to nearly 85 sq km by Saturday morning but firefighters also made progress, with containment rising from 10 to 29 per cent. High temperatures have made it difficult for fire crews to get a handle on the blaze. Some hillsides were being allowed to burn as a way to reduce fuel and make it harder for flames to jump roadways into communities if winds pick up again. On Saturday, officials allowed some residents to return to their homes in Lake Elsinore, but others still remained under evacuation orders. The man accused of deliberately starting the fire appeared in court on Friday, but his arraignment was postponed. Forrest Clark, 51, made several outbursts, claiming his life was being threatened and saying the arson charge against him was a lie. A court commissioner ordered his bail to remain at $US1 million. A fire that broke out near the communities of Fairfield and Vacaville had destroyed a home and two other structures, according to the Vacaville Fire Department. The largest fire ever recorded in California – the Mendocino Complex – is burning north of Sacramento and has destroyed 119 homes. The fire had reached 508 sq km and was 67 per cent contained by Saturday. - AP

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Baby number three Baby number three is on the way for sporting greats Dan and Honor Carter. The couple announced the news on Instagram yesterday. “Very excited another little Carter will be added to our family soon,” the post read. The couple have two sons: Fox was born in 2015 and Marco in 2013. The Instagram announcement shows the couple with their two young sons at St Heliers. Carter is about to begin the next chapter of his celebrated rugby career with a move to Japan. He has signed a two-year deal with the Kobe Steelers. - NZME

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Friends of Richard Russell give parting hugs after making a statement to the media at the Orting Valley Police and Fire Department, in Orting, Washington. PHOTO AP

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Hijacker crashes plane The man who stole a Horizon Air Q400 plane from Seattle’s international airport for a short, dramatic flight before crashing on a nearby island has been identified. According to The Sun, Richard Russell worked for Horizon Airlines as a ground service agent but is not believed to have had a pilot’s licence. “We don’t know how he learned to do that,” Horizon Air CEO Gary Beck said. “Commercial aircraft are complex machines.” Russell was married, studying for a degree in social sciences from Washington State University and had dreams of joining the military, according to The Sun. But he was also, reportedly, suicidal. The local Pierce County Sheriff, Paul Pastor, confirmed that the man was acting alone when he made the unauthorised flight and was chased by F15 fighter planes. Officials said the jets were not involved in the crash. Caught on video, the chase ended when the turboprop 76-seater aircraft crashed on Ketron island, around 50km southwest of Seattle. The stolen aircraft belonged to Alaska Airlines’ sister carrier, Horizon. Video taken by a bystander showed the passenger aeroplane making an unlikely upside-down aerial loop, then flying low over Puget Sound before crashing into the sparse-

ly populated Ketron Island in the northwestern US state of Washington. The crash sparked a fire in the dense forest. Flames lit up the night as they spread from the burning wreckage to nearby trees. The ABC reported air traffic control was in radio contact with the pilot right throughout the emergency. Some of the audio was aired on the news bulletin. “I got a lot of people that care about me and it’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this. I’m just a broken guy. Got a few screws loose...” An airline employee “conducted an unauthorised takeoff” of an aeroplane carrying no passengers, then “crashed in south Puget Sound,” Sea-Tac Airport officials said. The stolen plane was a twin engine turboprop Q400 aeroplane belonging to its sister carrier Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines said on Twitter. It normally carries 76 passengers. “This is not a terrorist incident,” Ed Troyer with the Pierce County Sheriff’s office wrote on Twitter. The sheriff’s office also said that the F-15s, which were scrambled out of Portland, in the nearby state of Oregon, arrived minutes after the plane was stolen and kept the aircraft “out of harms way and people on ground safe”. - AP

Pop superstar Pink returned to the stage in Sydney with a vengeance after illness forced her to postpone four shows during the week. The US singer was admitted to hospital on Monday night “in excruciating pain”, a day after being treated for dehydration and a stomach virus. She apologised to her fans through social media. “I flip, dance, fly, harness, silk, and scream my way through a total s**t show of awesomeness (no pun intended). Therefore, I need to be physically healthy and well in order to perform this show. I think all of you deserve the full show and me at my best.” - AAP

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Emergency birth Parenthood actress Erika Christensen has revealed her husband delivered their newborn daughter at home at the weekend because they did not call the doctor in time. The US actress shared a photograph of herself cradling the baby, named Polly, while husband Cole Maness rests his head on her shoulder. She wrote: “It happened! It happened this morning. And it will go down in family history because baby girl’s own, incredible Dad delivered her all by himself.’ - AAP

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Smiles all round at Mid Canterbury event Kayla Hood took a ride in a small car at Smiles 4 Miles on Saturday. More than 100 children and adults living with special needs took a ride on big rigs, including stock trucks, milk tankers, a fire engine, an ambulance and a police car. They were all gathered at the Tinwald yard of Ryal Bush Transport for the event, where long queues of passengers awaited for their turn for a ride. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-060

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Bay of Islands: Waters of winter

Opua in the Bay of Islands.

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woke up to a smooth calm sea, an impossible deep green reflecting the bush of the island around us. We had Pipi Bay, on Moturoa Island, completely to ourselves. Under summer circumstances I would be diving without hesitation into the sea, but this was two days short of the winter solstice. There wasn’t a ripple. The water was so clear. I dived in. After a few seconds getting acclimatised to the feeling of my face freezing, I luxuriated in having the sea to myself. I saw the bottom long before I could touch it, and turned back to the Raven 31, Liaison, the yacht that was home to me and my knowledgeable sailing buddy for a couple of days of off-season sailing. I’d headed to the Bay of Islands to cheat winter. It’s a season that New Zealand’s northern tourism organisations would like to wipe from their lexicon, brushing over it as off-season rather than a period others associate with snow and ice. Nestled in Opua’s harbour is Great Escape, a fleet of sailyourself yachts. As well as Ravens it has Davidson 20s, and Noelex 25s and 30s. They are good, sturdy, simple sailboats, easy to

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The Bay of Islands provides a beautiful backdrop for winter yachting lessons, as Alexia Russell discovers. handle and comfortable, with all you need on board. Including, on the Ravens, a hot-water shower. If you’re new to sailing, there are plenty of options for learning the ropes with experienced owners Julie and Bill Kidman. The yachts don’t come with staff but they are affordable — cheaper than a nice hotel for what is your home, transport and activity base for a jaunt around some of the most beautiful waters in the country. The company is the first and only International Yacht Training certified school in New Zealand, so passing sail school here means you can hire a boat around the world. In Europe, that’s becoming an increasingly attractive option as large cruise ships clutter up the Mediterranean. My previous yachting experience was as chief babysitter and ballast on my dad’s home-made decked-over racing 18-footer. It gave me both a general feeling for sailing (wet, sunburnt) and a taste of excitement (the mast has snapped, we’re in a gale under the harbour bridge and have

only oar power). It also often left me confused as Dad yelled out incomprehensible instructions as I battled with the tiller (what do you mean, uphill? The sea is flat!). Julie is somewhat more patient, which, granted, is probably easier when you’re not worrying about six children tumbling into the sea. Liaison is also easier to get back on to from the water, with an open stern (the back bit) and a ladder (no technical term for ladder). From the Opua dock you load your supplies into a dinghy, get your briefing, turn on the engine, unhook yourself from the mooring and move off. As we cleared the cluster of boats in the harbour we pulled up the main — with a reef in the sail since it was blowing a bit — and we were sailing. There is nothing like the feeling of the lift of a yacht when a gust of wind fills the sails. Your body automatically stacks out to balance the tilt of the vessel, and the thrill of it has you grinning to split your face. Around us the blues piled on blues, there were 100 shades

of shimmery greys and a milky sun took the edge off the cold. A beanie, polyprop gear and a decent jacket was more than adequate protection. We sailed past the famous Eagles Nest luxury lodge, high on a Russell cliff, and I wasn’t even envious. I scanned the sea for some of the 450 dolphins that apparently live in the Bay of Islands but we didn’t have a map to their homes and they made themselves scarce on this trip. But all around us, gannets plunged into the sea, evidence there was something thriving below. Once at our destination for the night I wrangled the anchor, we uncapped the vino and set up our beds. I slept forward (in the sharp bit), cosily snuggled into my duvet and staring through the hatch, which without light pollution, displayed a blanket of stars. We could hear kiwi screeching at each other through the night. Next morning after a bacon and eggs breakfast from the compact galley, the swim and subsequent defrosting, we headed for another birdsong

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island — Urupukupuka. Once again the only boat in the bay, we dragged our dinghy on to the deserted white sand beach and headed into the hills. Along the way we were serenaded by tomtits, delightfully long-legged North Island robins, an army of dive-bombing piwakawaka, raucous tui, even a kakariki and a saddleback. From the trig the islands were laid out, every one an opportunity for exploration if you have a sailboat at your disposal. Over a cheese and crackers lunch we debated trying our luck with another night on the water in the face of a deteriorating weather forecast. As we did so the forecast was updated to gale force gusts so we upped anchor for a run home. White mare’s tails against a startling blue sky ahead of us indicated icy winds on their way. As the sun set we expertly picked up Liaison’s mooring, safely back before the storm hit. Sure, you can do this in summer with everyone else, when the days are longer and the water warmer. But for the sheer bliss and beauty of a mid-year escape, an off-season sail is an absolute treat. - NZME

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Back three ‘the best’ By Daniel Gilhooly The Warriors possess a matchwinning back three which is unrivalled in the NRL in the eyes of Mitchell Pearce. Newcastle halfback Pearce lauded the trio after being blitzed by fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and trampled over by hulking Warriors wingers David Fusitu’a and Ken Maumalo in a 20-4 loss in Auckland. Asked how the Warriors outside men stacked up against other teams in the league, Pearce was adamant. “I probably rate them the best,” he said. “Melbourne have got a pretty good back three, and the Roosters, with Fergo (Blake Ferguson) and guys like that. “But the way Roger’s playing at the moment and then obviously their two wingers, they were making 30-40m in three plays just on their own.” Pearce marvelled particularly at the hot-stepping form of for-

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is leading from the front. mer Roosters team-mate Tuivasa-Sheck. He said the 25-year-old is unearthing the giddy standards hit before his club allegiance switched across the Tasman in 2016. “Everyone was disappointed at

that time at the (Roosters). “He’s a super player and a great leader up here and with the Kiwis,” Peace said. Warriors coach Stephen Kearney wasn’t getting as carried away with a largely methodical

display which all-but assures his sixth-placed team of post-season duty. Asked about Pearce’s back three assessment, Kearney simply responded: “I’m not going to argue there”. Kearney said his team’s defence had reached a “base standard” in successive wins over the Dragons and Knights. However, the attack is still in need of a polish, he contended, starting next week against the Bulldogs in Sydney. Knights counterpart Nathan Brown said the Warriors can’t be discounted in the finals after his team had their energy sapped by the physical nature of Friday’s match. “I don’t think the Warriors are any worse chance of putting two or three games together (in the play-offs) than any of the other sides,” he said. “Nine (Issac Luke), seven (Shaun Johnson) and one (Tuivasa-Sheck) have all played a fair part in the Kiwis’ resurgence in rugby league, winning World Cups and Tri-Nations.” - AAP

Tigers fend off Raiders in a thriller By oliver Caffrey Wests Tigers have put a week of drama behind them to hold off Canberra 22-20 and keep their NRL finals hopes alive. The Raiders have dominated the Tigers in recent meetings, including a 36-point smashing in June, but the visitors produced a hot start yesterday at GIO Stadium and got on with the job. They managed just one penalty goal in the second half but man-

aged to hold out a Raiders team who came alive after an insipid start. The Tigers responded to a tumultuous few days, in which coach Ivan Cleary was linked with a controversial return to Penrith, by scoring the opening three tries of the contest. Cleary’s side capitalised on Raiders centre Joseph Leilua being sent to the sin bin early to jump out to a 16-0 lead before second-rower Joseph Tapine fi-

nally put Canberra on the scoreboard with a try in the 29th minute. Despite the Tigers being the far better team in the first 40 minutes, they only led 20-10 at the break after Raiders forward Josh Papalii just before halftime. Canberra were a different team in the second half as Leilua and Tapine scored tries within five minutes of each other to reduce the margin to only two points. But that’s where the score

stayed as the Tigers bravely defended for the final 15 minutes to secure their 11th win of the season. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, Moses Mbye, Michael Chee-Kam and David Nofoaluma scored great tries for the Tigers, while Benji Marshall and Luke Brooks combined perfectly in the halves. Tapine was comfortably the best player for the Raiders, who lost halfback Aidan Sezer before kick-off. - AAP

Barrett will stay at Manly, says Gorman By Steve Zemek Manly CEO Lyall Gorman says he expects Trent Barrett to see out his contract following fresh speculation that the coach could depart over lack of resources at the NRL club. Barrett has instructed his manager Wayne Beavis to fire off a legal letter to the Sea Eagles outlining his concern over deficiencies in the football department.

Gorman was asked yesterday about a rumour that Barrett had given notice in July and was set to depart at the end of the year. “Trent and I have made no comment on that at all and I’m not going to speculate. Damage can be done to this game with speculation,” Gorman said. But Gorman said the club was moving to ensure he had the support he needed and he expected Barrett to see out his deal until

the end of the 2020 season. “Trent’s contracted to coach at this club next year and we fully expect him to be coaching here next year,” he said. The timing of the latest report is intriguing, coming in the wake of Penrith coach Anthony Griffin’s sacking, with Barrett a wellregarded former Panthers assistant. But Gorman was adamant Barrett would get what he needed to be successful at Manly. - AAP

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The comeback kings Even first-time NRL head coach Cameron Ciraldo has been around long enough to know his Penrith side won’t win a premiership playing like that. A completion rate of 65 per cent and constant, basic errors haunted the Panthers for the first 75 minutes of their clash with the Gold Coast on Saturday. Down 16-6 with five minutes to play, everything was pointing to a gloomy finish to a week that began with the sacking of coach Anthony Griffin. Ciraldo could afford a smile after Penrith scored twice and then nailed the field goal in golden point extra time to make it three incredible comeback wins on the trot. - AAP

Roosters find identity Cooper Cronk has declared the Sydney Roosters have discovered their “identity” as they show signs of peaking with September on the horizon. After a lacklustre start to the year, the Sydney Roosters provisionally moved to the top of the NRL ladder with a gritty 18-14 win over fellow title contenders South Sydney. After winning 11 of their last 13, they are arguably the form team of the competition with three games remaining. With the arrival of Cronk and James Tedesco this year, many pundits believed that unless they win a premiership over the next two seasons, it would be considered an underachievement. - AAP

Dragons in freefall St George Illawarra’s NRL premiership hopes could hang on a knife’s edge. The Dragons will nervously await the results of scans on Gareth Widdop’s shoulder after he dislocated it in the first half of their shock 40-4 loss to Parramatta on Saturday. Widdop injured his right shoulder when he awkwardly attempted to ground a Mitchell Moses grubber, only to trudge off and be ruled out for the rest of the match. Asked how Widdop was after the match, McGregor said: “Not good. His shoulder’s popped up and come back in. He’ll have a scan tomorrow.” - AAP

Cleary staying put Ivan Cleary has vowed to honour his contract with Wests Tigers and rejected suggestions he had done a secret deal to return to Penrith. Cleary fronted the media on Saturday morning at Campbelltown Leagues Club, the first time he has spoken publicly following revelations he was the Panthers’ preference to replace sacked coach Anthony Griffin. Cleary is one of the most composed clipboard holders in the NRL, but was visibly nervous when reading a statement. He declined to take any other questions during an awkward press conference. Asked to confirm he would be staying put – Cleary is contracted until the end of 2020 – he replied: “I’m honouring my contract.” - AAP

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In brief Player dies after tackle French rugby is in mourning after a young player died during a second division friendly match on Saturday. Louis Fajfrowski died in the in the changing room of his club Aurillac, the Pro D2 team announced on social media. According to French newspaper La Montagne, the 21-year-old centre was taken off after 60 minutes following a heavy tackle. His club announced on its Twitter account that Fajfrowski had died “as a result of a discomfort in the locker room”. - NZME

ABs head to Sydney The All Blacks departed for Australia ahead of the first Bledisloe Cup test today, with star backs Sonny Bill Williams and Nehe MilnerSkudder not on the flight. Williams was not expected to make the squad for Saturday night’s opening fixture as he continues to recover from injury, while Milner-Skudder was left behind due to squad size. The All Blacks can only take 32 players, and Dane Coles will make the trip with the team. With Milner-Skudder missing the All Blacks squad, he will be free to line up for Manawatu in their Mitre 10 Cup opener against Waikato in Palmerston North on Saturday. - NZME

Hooper declared fit

Mid Canterbury’s Paovale Sofai tries to evade the South Canterbury defence at the Hinds Domain on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-062

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Big tick from the coaches By Erin TaskEr

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They may not have won, but Mid Canterbury’s coaching team got what they wanted out of Saturday’s pre-Heartland Championship rugby clash against South Canterbury at the Hinds Domain. South Canterbury won the match 28-17, but it was a close match, with the two sides level at 7-all at half time and South Canterbury scoring four tries to Mid Canterbury’s three. With just two weeks to go before the start of the Heartland Championship, Mid Canterbury coach Sean Carter said the game against South Canterbury was a good old battle that ticked all the boxes for himself and co-coaches Jason Rickard and Dale Palmer. For them, it was a chance to see the players they’d chosen playing together as a team for the first time, and building combinations and putting systems in place that they’d build on in the coming weeks. The game had been set to be played as four 20-minute quarters, but with both sides down on numbers due to injuries, sickness and player unavailability, they decided to play just the two 40-minute halves, Carter said.

Mid Canterbury were missing six players from the 25 that they named in their Heartland Championship squad a week prior. Loan players Sam Cottam and Dan Fransen were away, as were Mark Andrew and Isireli Masiwini, while Tom HanhamCarter had been ill and Sheppard Mhembere was injured. But the players who were there gave their coaching team plenty

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in each. In the second 40 they did something you wouldn’t often see a team doing – they tried to play without the ball, with a focus on creating turnovers – before making the final 30 minutes a chance for the team to simply give things a crack. Carter said South Canterbury had the bigger forward pack by far, but Mid Canterbury’s forwards impressed him.

We were certainly the lighter pack, but the forwards set a really good platform

to smile about, sticking to the plans they’d put in place and scoring some good tries. Brian Matoramusha, Andrew Letham and Angus Lindsay all crossed for tries in the game which the team broke down into sections. Carter said Mid Canterbury broke the first half down into two 20-minute sections where they set out to achieve specific goals

“Our forward pack handled South Canterbury really well. “They were big boys but they were mobile and skilled as well,” Carter said. “We were certainly the lighter pack, but the forwards set a really good platform.” Mid Canterbury’s one fresh injury worry from the game came from the forwards, with Seta Koroitamana taking a knock to the thigh.

Carter said Koroitamana had put in a big 70 minutes so with a hint of an injury, they took him off. He was confident it was just a soft-tissue injury and the powerful Rakaia player would be back for Mid Canterbury’s next and last pre-season clash against Canterbury Metro in Ashburton this weekend. Mid Canterbury would hit the road for their opening Heartland Championship match on August 25, heading to Foxton to take on Horowhenua-Kapiti, with a rematch with South Canterbury awaiting them in Timaru in round five. Carter said South Canterbury were also light on numbers on Saturday, so both teams could find when they met again in the competition proper, that they were both very different teams. Mid Canterbury had only named a squad of 25 last weekend, where they could have gone up to 30. With the space and ability to add a couple of names to Mid Canterbury’s playing roster still, Carter was also an interested spectator as Mid Canterbury’s development side went down 3817 to South Canterbury A in Saturday’s curtain-raiser.

Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has passed a fitness test and will join exciting uncapped backs Tom Banks and Jack Maddocks in an expanded squad for the Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks. Openside flanker Hooper, who signed a new five-year $6 million Rugby Australia contract, hasn’t played for seven weeks since injuring his hamstring early in the first test against Ireland. Prop Scott Sio (shoulder) and outside back Dane Haylett-Petty (knee) have also passed fitness tests and will be available for Saturday’s opening round Rugby Championship match at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium against New Zealand. - AAP

Bid for women’s RWC New Zealand has entered a race against Australia to host the 2021 women’s Rugby World Cup. NZ Rugby confirmed it submitted a bid to stage the ninth edition of the tournament, three days after Rugby Australia unveiled details of its proposal. Both countries want to become the four-yearly event’s first southern hemisphere host. A tournament in New Zealand would be held at up to four venues, including Eden Park, in host cities Auckland and Whangarei. - NZME

Rieko Ioane rampant Rieko Ioane has delivered the Wallabies a reminder of his enormous threat as the All Blacks cruised through a pre-Bledisloe Cup hitout in Christchurch. Ioane scored four tries across two 40-minute trials against provincial opponents. The All Blacks beat Otago 32-0 in the first clash and were too good for a Canterbury selection, 40-5. Coach Steve Hansen elected to rest most of his squad’s Crusaders players, who have endured a heavy workload on their way to clinching the Super Rugby championship. Ioane was played out of position at outside centre but proved as lethal as ever in an ominous sign ahead of the Bledisloe Cup opener. - NZME

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Stead gets the nod for Black Caps

Gala Day brings out the youngsters Methven’s Kaylum Manning makes a dash down the sideline during a game against Hampstead at Mid Canterbury Rugby’s JAB Gala Day on Saturday. Grades right from under-six Rippa Rugby through to under-13s were contested throughout the day, with all games played at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-029

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Steel go back-to-back By Cheree Kinnear The Southern Steel successfully defended the ANZ Premiership title in a tightly-contested grand final yesterday, where the Invercargill side defied all odds to take the spoils in dramatic fashion. Chasing the Central Pulse for the entire clash, a back-to-back title for the defending champions looked out of reach before a sudden turn-around in the final minutes saw the Steel take a 5453 victory and rob the favourites of the trophy. Steel captain Wendy Frew was overwhelmed with emotion at the sound of the final whistle as the Southern netball legend couldn’t have picked a better way to end her 16-year long career. Meanwhile, the Pulse were left completely devastated after narrowly missing out on the title after dominating the Premiership ladder all season. The Pulse were in fine form in the opening quarter of the clash as the home side stormed ahead to excite their passionate home crowd. Teenage shooter Aliyah Dunn, who has risen as the top Kiwi goal shoot in the country since

her Premiership debut last year, was back in formidable form alongside Silver Fern Ameliaranne Ekenasio. After spending most of the season on the bench while her teenage team-mates grabbed the spotlight, Ekenasio showed her hand in the tense match. Mastering the balance of experience and youth, the shooting duo were fast off the blocks in the opening quarter while intercepts from Karin Burger provided the pair with plenty of turnovers. Meanwhile, Steel shooter Jen O’Connell boasted a faultless accuracy rate, but under the pressure of Pulse defending duo Katrina Grant and Sulu Fitzpatrick, struggled for space in the circle. As the Steel became hesitant, the home side surged ahead with a decisive six-goal lead that extended with leaps and bounds as the visitors continued to let major opportunities slip. Steel goal keep Courtney Elliott fought to contain Dunn under the hoop with agile vertical leaps but wasn’t able to snatch many rebounds off the towering Pulse shooter. As the Steel looked to slow things down on the court and

Steel’s Gina Crampton treasure the ball, they managed to claw back some lost ground in the dying stages of the second quarter. A run of long-range shots from Te Paea Selby-Rickit pulled the clash back to a six-goal difference as the Pulse held the half-time advantage at 30-24.

But the Pulse’s lead was slowly eaten away in the third quarter as the Steel took advantage of the Pulse’s sudden change in pace and style of attack with 17-yearold Tiana Metuarau in place of Ekenasio. Steel midcourter Gina Crampton led her side from the front as she found solid connection with O’Connell and Selby-Rickit from the circle edge while Frew kept her defence unit in form. As the Steel edged their way to trail by just four goals, Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie called Ekenasio back onto the court in hopes that the Silver Ferns’ presence could reignite the side’s Premiership-winning form. In an all-or-nothing final stanza, the Steel looked dangerous on the court while the Pulse were let down by a number of penalty calls. The Steel converted on prime opportunities to threaten their Southern rivals but as the passionate Palmerston North crowd grew louder the Pulse looked set on claiming the trophy. However, a sudden lapse in focus saw the Steel surge ahead to steal the show and stun the home side. - NZME

If Gary Stead gets the rubberstamped approval from the New Zealand Cricket board to be the next national coach, it will be a deserved appointment that comes with a proviso. This is captain Kane Williamson’s team now. The 28-year-old has brought an inclusive style since graduating to the fulltime leadership role in April 2016. His sportsmanlike mantra from eight years at international level has influenced how the world perceives New Zealand cricket. Williamson has skippered New Zealand in 17 of his 65 tests, 53 of his 127 one-day internationals and 33 of his 51 Twenty20s. What’s more, he is surrounded by senior players who have helped fashion one of the great New Zealand eras. The likes of Trent Boult, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor and BJ Watling, with an average age of 30, also potentially have years left to play. Stead no doubt has an immense knowledge of the game, having played at all levels, but the streetwise course of action will be to take a back-seat to Williamson and co in the fledgling stages of his tenure, much like Mike Hesson did once he had installed Brendon McCullum as skipper. Williamson is more introverted than McCullum, but his cricketing mind is no less astute. This is his chance to bloom. Stead should be gifted a smooth transition into the role, with next winter’s World Cup a major target. The 46-year-old will bring ideas which helped guide Canterbury to three Plunket Shield titles in the last five seasons and the 201617 Ford Trophy, alongside taking the White Ferns to international finals in the 50-over and 20-over formats during 2009. A key difference from his six seasons as Canterbury coach will be that most players already have established international careers. That provides a contrast to developing his charges at domestic level. In theory, a more collaborative approach might be required. Stead appeared to meld well when filling in for batting coach Craig McMillan over the 2016-17 New Year period. New Zealand were playing Bangladesh and he put a decent shoulder into the spaghetti ladle, delivering relentless throwdowns to Williamson in the Saxton Oval nets. The result? Williamson finished 95 not out in the next day’s eightwicket victory. Importantly, Stead knows the value of grafting as a cricketer. The former batsman played five tests for New Zealand in 1999, averaging 34.75, and accumulated 101 first-class and 103 List A caps for Canterbury over a 15-season span. He looks a sound pick. - NZME

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In brief Woakes smashes ton Chris Woakes struck a maiden test century and Jonny Bairstow added 93 as England dominated the third day of the second test at Lord’s, reaching 6-357 to open up a significant 250-run lead over India. Arriving at the crease with England 5-131, Woakes – back in the side as a replacement for Ben Stokes – scored freely in a partnership of 189 with Bairstow, bringing up his century with a pull for three. Bairstow looked set to join him in getting his name on the Lords’ honours board, but the Yorkshireman fell for 93, caught excellently by wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. Woakes ended the day unbeaten on 120. - PA

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Ashburton College’s Elama Touli attempts to get around the Nelson College defence during his side’s 63-5 loss in the final round of Canterbury secondary school rugby’s UC Championship on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-033

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Tough season winds up By Erin TaskEr

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They didn’t win a game all season, and some of their losses were hefty, but the players that made up this season’s Mid Canterbury Combined First XV never lost heart. And as a rugby coach, that’s all you can ask for, Blair O’Donnell said. O’Donnell was in his first season in charge of the team made up of players from Ashburton College and Mt Hutt College, and they always knew it was going to be a tough season with a relatively young side taking on some big powerhouse schools in the Crusaders region’s secondary schools’ UC Championship competition. They targeted games against other combined sides as ones they could win, and when they didn’t, they didn’t let it get to them.

After every loss, players still turned up to training and when they were injured, turned up to watch games. “They still kept their heads up, even if they got a big, big hiding, they kept on playing and kept on trying and you can’t ask for any more than that as a coach,” O’Donnell said. The last loss came on Saturday, when they went down 63-5 to Nelson College in their final round match at the Ashburton College field. “We were a bit slow starting this week, where we are usually pretty good at starting, but it was only like 20-5 in the second half so we did a lot better, and we scored the first try in the second half,” O’Donnell said. “That was the hardest game we have had to play this year I think. “All of their players were there and it was a very hard game – those boys were very big.”

Nelson College just missed out on the UC Championship semifinals, finishing fifth overall with Rangiora High School sneaking into fourth spot and into their first ever UC Championship semi-final. Rangiora will take on Christchurch Boys’ High in one semi-final, while Christ’s College would take on St Bede’s in the other. Mid Canterbury Combined’s season may have come to an end, but O’Donnell was already thinking ahead to next season and had big plans in mind, which included also having a second XV. He said Mid Canterbury’s preparation for this season was less than ideal. They were late starting and it showed, so O’Donnell wanted to get things going a lot earlier ahead of the 2019 season. He was planning on recruiting new coaches, while he’d taking on more of a manager’s role

instead, overseeing both the first and second XV. He wanted to get all of the players hitting the gym before Christmas, and planned to send everyone away for a Christmas break with a plan, and then take a squad of around 40 players away on a pre-season tour in 2019. But for his plans to come to fruition, support would be needed, not just from the players but also from the community, and he was hoping people would get behind them because if Mid Canterbury did not have a first XV in the future it would be devastating, O’Donnell said. Around 12 players from this year’s squad would be back again in 2019, including captain Brynmor Workman. “We’ve got some really exciting talent coming through next year. “It’s going to be a very young team, but it’s going to be very competitive,” O’Donnell said.

Steve Smith and David Warner are likely to be targeted by a new T20 start-up in the United Arab Emirates, which has the potential to cause Cricket Australia consternation given it’ll clash with the Big Bash League. The BBL has traditionally owned the months of December and January. A new challenger has emerged in UAE T20x, a tournament backed by the Emirates Cricket Board and slated to run from December 19 to January 11. The prospect of the banned superstars batting in Dubai, while test team-mates face India and the extended BBL season unfolds, is far from unthinkable. - AAP

Pogba remains cryptic Speculation about Paul Pogba’s future at Manchester United continues to mount amid reports in the British media that the midfielder is afraid he will be punished if he says the wrong thing. The France World Cup winner has been linked with a big-money move to Barcelona after a series of apparent fallouts with United manager Jose Mourinho. The 25-year-old is reported to be so unhappy that he has informed executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward of his desire to leave. But Pogba was made captain for the Premier League season opener against Leicester City and was praised by Mourinho for his performance. - AAP

Winning star for Monaco Second-half substitute Radamel Falcao scored a goal and provided the assist for another as last season’s runners-up Monaco cruised past Nantes 3-1 for a winning start to their Ligue 1 campaign. Captain Falcao came on after 67 minutes at the Stade de La Beaujoire and sparked Leonardo Jardim’s team into action as they scored three times in 14 minutes to kill off the contest. - PA

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Chelsea, Spurs cruise to early EPL victories By Jim van WiJk New Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has opened his first Premier League season with a comfortable 3-0 win at Hudderfield. Italian Sarri, who replaced sacked compatriot Antonio Conte in July, had seen his Blues well

beaten by champions Manchester City in the Community Shield at Wembley. Chelsea, though, soon put that behind them with an impressive away performance to get their league campaign off to an ideal start. The visitors, with world-record STG72.1 million ($126m) goal-

keeper signing Kepa Arrizabalaga making his debut, went ahead after 34 minutes through a scuffed effort from France’s World Cup winning midfielder N’golo Kante. Chelsea were 2-0 up just before half-time when Jorginho coolly converted a penalty when Christopher Schindler had brought

down Marcos Alonso. Pedro added a third after being set up following a breakaway by Eden Hazard with 14 minutes left. Tottenham won 2-1 at Newcastle, where all the goals came inside the opening 18 minutes. Fulham started life back in the top flight with a 2-0 home defeat

at the hands of Crystal Palace. The Cottagers, promoted after winning the play-off final at Wembley, had produced a positive first half, but went behind when Jeffrey Schlupp drilled in a left-foot shot on 41 minutes. Wilfried Zaha added a second with 11 minutes left. - PA

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Shamal takes out big steeple Hunterville visitor Shamal capitalised on a perfect trip throughout to take out the 144th running of the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The Ken Duncan trained eight-year-old hugged the rails throughout as rider Buddy Lammas positioned him behind the steady pace set by stablemates Amanood Lad and Kings Deep. Shamal never covered an inch of extra ground until Lammas angled him into the clear to make his challenge with two fences left to run in the time-honoured event. Southern raider Tai Ho joined issue at that point and the pair drew clear to fight out the finish with Shamal proving too tough in the final stages as he eased clear to score the biggest win of his 38-start career. Lammas, who had partnered Shamal to victory in the Manawatu Steeplechase (4000m) at Trentham last month when having his first ride on the Zabeel gelding, admitted he was confident of a win as his charge travelled comfortably throughout. “He travelled really good,” he said. “Last time I led on him and this time I took a sit. “He was pulling all the way but I just had that much horse underneath me. “I knew once we got over the last fence all I had to do was keep him going and he fought really well to the line.” Lammas intimated that the decision to bring the horse to Riccarton had been made relatively

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Last season’s Gr.2 Royal Stakes (2000m) winner Hello It’s Me made a winning start to her spring campaign when she took out the opening event at Ruakaka yesterday. The Darci Brahma mare was having her first start since taking out the Ellerslie feature on New Year’s Day to round out her three-year-old season. Prepared by the local powerhouse stable of Chris Gibbs and new training partner, Michelle Bradley, Hello It’s Me was expected to have too many guns for her five rivals in the sprint and so it proved as she cruised clear in the run home to record an effortless victory. - NZME

Lazarus’ winning debut

Shamal with Buddy Lammas aboard plough through the fences on his way to victory. late in the piece, a fact that was confirmed by Duncan. “The plans don’t go back that long as he is a day-to-day proposition,” Duncan said. “When we lined him up at Wellington he wasn’t quite as I would have l wanted him, but he still won well. “The improved track conditions in the middle there were a great help which gave me some confidence. “I really looked at the weather forecast and the sun gods have come out for me. “It’s a huge thrill as it has been

in my family for generations to win this race so it’s just fantastic.” Duncan is no stranger to success in New Zealand’s prestige jumping events having produced pint-sized mare Wee Biskit to win the 2014 running of the Great Northern Hurdles (4190m) along with consecutive victories in the 2015 & 2016 Wellington Hurdle (3400m). Race favourite Chocolate Fish put in his usual honest finish to snatch third while sentimental favourite Amanood Lad weakened out to finish sixth.

Meanwhile young Dunedinbased apprentice Corey Campbell emerged as one of the stars of the riding ranks during the Christchurch Winter Carnival at Riccarton when he completed his second winning double for the week on Saturday. Campbell, who has just started his second full season of riding, guided home the Sean Cameron trained Amun Ra in race three before producing a copybook effort in the next event to land The Man a comfortable winner for his employers, Brian and Shane Anderton. - NZME

Champion pacer Lazarus started his North American racing career with a bang, taking out the $325,000 Dan Patch Stakes in Indiana. And he did so with such authority, from the outside draw, that local media and fans were in raptures post-race at what they had just seen. Driver Yannick Gingras had no qualms about hunting forward straight off the mobile arm, and he was rewarded with the lead. “I don’t mind post nine when you’re 1-5 ($1.20), you’ve usually got some-one that wants to follow you,” he said. “It’s a lot harder when you’re 99-1 and drawn there.” - NZHN

A hat-trick for Flash The Nicholas Bishara-trained Verry Flash kept up a run of winning form with another comprehensive victory when taking out the Haunui 1600m at Pukekohe on Saturday. With regular pilot Rowena Smyth aboard, the four-year-old racefavourite jumped nicely to settle in mid-field on the rail. Smyth guided Verry Flash to the inside of Waipipi Lad to take control around the home bend and establish a winning break. - NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 9 76574 Opawa Bucks 22.51 .........................R Waite 1 78322 Manly Monkey 21.91 J & .....................D Bell 5 57613 Sozin’s Roar nwtd .....................J McInerney porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 13 10 84768 Watch My Back 22.14 ................B Goldsack 2 54452 Tiger Uppercut 21.84 .......................... L Bell 6 12683 Cawbourne Chops 21.73 ......... K Gommans 7 33755 Cawbourne Symsy 21.68 J &..............D Bell Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 3 12.50 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESORIES C1, 375m 3 74213 Naharis 22.12....................................D Edlin 8 32221 Blue Precision 21.76 .......................C Morris and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 1 82818 Fantastic Dutchy nwtd .................A Turnwald 4 24163 He’s A Sharkie 21.83 ............... K Gommans 9 45716 Banshee Reel 22.12 ........................R Waite 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 5 66645 Spirit Of Nathan nwtd ......................C Morris 2 75747 Cawbourne Merl 21.64 J & .................D Bell 1 12.15pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 3 83671 Bigtime Hannah nwtd .........................L Cole 6 76473 Idol Alan 22.06 ..................................M Flipp 10 66186 Homebush Belle 22.01..............J McInerney 7 32517 Cawbourne Moss nwtd ................M Roberts 8 2.17pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C2, 375m MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 4 32844 Broken Wallet nwtd .................. K Gommans 8 57767 Skitzer nwtd ............................. K Gommans 1 72128 Homebush Shea nwtd...............J McInerney 1 33223 Bigtime Jetty nwtd ..............................L Cole 5 66754 Lucha 21.83 ......................................D Edlin 9 84777 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 2 72656 Gotcha Penny nwtd ...................J McInerney 2 33564 Swift Liberty nwtd.............................R Waite 6 67746 Cawbourne Serina 21.64 ............. T Downey 10 83878 Epic Style nwtd ................................. B Hunt 3 72513 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 .......... K Gommans 3 5 It’s Complicated nwtd .........................L Cole 7 62247 Choice Lass 21.83 ..........................C Morris 4 11558 Zara Zara 21.67 ................................M Flipp 4 72234 Cawbourne Agar nwtd .................M Roberts 8 34877 Bigtime Chloe 21.65.....................M Goodier 6 1.42pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 375m 1 82257 Crackle 22.11 ................................. L A Hunt 5 32641 Opehu Express 21.89 ......................R Waite 5 7 Three Of Hearts nwtd .................B Hodgson Emergencies: 2 25866 Bigtime Chris 21.74............................L Cole 6 8x72x Bigtime Michelle nwtd ........................L Cole 6 6 Bigtime Kiowa nwtd ............................L Cole 9 88455 Cawbourne Rob nwtd .............. K Gommans 3 76865 Cawbourne Owen 21.69 .......... K Gommans 7 16466 Bigtime Kylie 21.56 ............................L Cole 7 2 Lizzy O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 10 78684 Lil Diva 21.87 ............................J McInerney 4 86128 Tammy’s Fire nwtd ............................M Flipp 8 23648 Rambo nwtd .....................................S Lozell 8 47341 Epic Spark nwtd ................................ B Hunt 9 86435 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 9 2 Bigtime Jasmine nwtd ........................L Cole 4 1.07pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C5 C5, 375m 5 82678 Blackjack Man 21.65 ..................B Goldsack 1 33238 Bigtime Crackem 21.18 ......................L Cole 6 84211 Bigtime Emjay 22.03 G & ....... S Fredrickson 10 78418 White Comet 21.68 ....................... D Donlon 10 68536 Bigtime Clever nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 2 31115 Allegro Gun 21.10 ..............................L Cole 7 34233 Sozin’s Fortune 22.13 ...............J McInerney 9 2.35pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C3, 375m 2 12.32pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 3 42228 Bigtime Lucy 21.58 ............................L Cole 8 21176 Fantastic Teddy 21.70 .................A Turnwald 1 45856 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd J & ...............D Bell 1 34332 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 4 64413 Benny Burrito 21.31 ....................A Turnwald 9 4F146 Bigtime Logan nwtd ...........................L Cole 2 458x7 Cawbourne Frost 21.89...................C Morris 2 71157 Diddilee nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 65813 Cawbourne Mezza 21.30 J & ..............D Bell 5 10 85158 Totes 21.56 ...............................J McInerney 3 67567 Hungry Machine nwtd .....................L Doody 3 45124 Bigtime Panther 21.89........................L Cole 6 12123 Bigtime Eve nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 2.00 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C2, 375m 4 11111 Cawbourne Liz 21.89 ...................M Roberts 4 44535 Cawbourne Johno nwtd ........... K Gommans 7 62362 Lunch Special 21.36 ..........................L Cole 1 7272x Dynamite Danger nwtd ...............A Turnwald 5 77175 I’ll Be Loyal 21.11 ......................... T Downey 5 52221 Plan Stan 21.87 ............................. L Pearce 8 33613 Thomas William 22.35.................. D Denbee 2 28762 Bigtime Flyer nwtd .............................L Cole 6 77544 Jelani 22.00.......................................D Edlin 6 17687 Bigtime Roll nwtd ...............................L Cole 9 17186 Hard Merch 21.45 G & ........... S Fredrickson 3 41423 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 7 24744 Bigtime Boy 21.91 ........................M Goodier 7 11325 Bigtime Autumn 21.90 ........................L Cole 8 15311 Bigtime Reece 21.77..........................L Cole 5 1.25pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C1 C1, 375m 4 81236 Kiwi Baxter nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 32242 Kirkham Coby 21.54 .......................C Morris

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9 67147 Sozin’s Noir 22.00 .....................J McInerney 10 14718 Lucky Sunday 21.73..................J McInerney

10 2.52pm BROOKS TIMING C3/C4 C3/4, 375m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

43641 Mikachu 21.84.............................A Turnwald 53251 Bigtime OnFire 21.68 .........................L Cole 51313 Tazia 21.62................................... D Denbee 35168 El Hefe 21.59 G & .................. S Fredrickson 86864 Bigtime Caleb 21.57...........................L Cole 71874 Three Amigos 21.96 J & .....................D Bell 55275 Bigtime Winter 21.72 ..........................L Cole 41266 Butterball 21.61 .............................M Gowan 14718 Lucky Sunday 21.73..................J McInerney 88427 King’s Call 21.96 ..............................R Waite SELECTIONS

Race 1: Bigtime Jetty, Lizzy O’Shea, Epic Spark, Cawbourne Agar Race 2: Bigtime Reece, Bigtime Boy, Cawbourne Johno, Jelani Race 3: Bigtime Hannah, Lucha, Broken Wallet, Choice Lass Race 4: Allegro Gun, Lunch Special, Benny Burrito, Bigtime Lucy Race 5: Naharis, Manly Monkey, Tiger Uppercut, Idol Alan Race 7: Dynamite Danger, Retail Mayhem, Cawbourne Chops Race 8: Bigtime Michelle, Rambo, Gotcha Penny, Bigtime Kylie Race 9: Diddilee, Cawbourne Liz, Kirkham Coby, Bigtime Roll Race 10: Bigtime OnFire, Bigtime Winter, Three Amigos, El Hefe LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This TracK

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 9 4827P Dyna Bentley nwtd .......................M Roberts porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 13 10 85746 Thrilling Stan 23.68 ...........................D Edlin Aug 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 2 3.34pm KAMADA PARK C4 C4, 457m 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 1 12758 Spare Some Time 22.42 ....................L Cole 1 3.10pm ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSUL- 2 72482 Bigtime Zack 26.25 ............................L Cole TANT C1 C1, 410m 3 56441 Bigtime Doug 25.82 ...........................L Cole 1 81667 Luke Skywalker nwtd ..................... L A Hunt 4 17345 Millie Prince 26.46..............................L Cole 2 34272 Fancy Fifita nwtd .............................C Morris 5 56885 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole 3 42626 Bigtime Blast 23.69 ............................L Cole 6 43738 Bigtime Tears 25.87 ...........................L Cole 4 57526 Go Ring nwtd ....................................M Flipp 7 64853 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 5 27476 Goldstar Holly nwtd ........................... B Hunt 8 11114 Djay Dynamix 25.79 ...........................L Cole 6 55431 Bigtime Hunter nwtd...........................L Cole Emergencies: 7 156 Tiddy Cash nwtd .......................J McInerney 9 65778 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole 8 25655 Cawbourne Lick nwtd J & ...................D Bell 10 47F26 Me Jane 25.94 ...................................L Cole

3 4.00pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C2/C3 2 42235 Rumors nwtd ......................................L Cole 3 12142 Big League Diva 26.37 ................A Turnwald C2/3, 457m 4 74721 Dyna Vernon nwtd ........................M Roberts 1 75444 Party Every Day nwtd..................A Turnwald 5 22521 Bigtime Kate nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 28133 Bigtime Acacia 26.22 .........................L Cole 6 43164 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 3 6x778 Opawa Cheviot nwtd ........................S Stone 7 33813 Bigtime Buster 26.41 G & ...... S Fredrickson 4 75747 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd J & ..............D Bell 8 82416 Bigtime Mike 26.18 ............................L Cole 5 83325 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 9 64667 Bigtime Serena 25.94 ........................L Cole 6 54652 Blazin’ Audrey nwtd ............................L Cole 7 81676 Bigtime Wild 26.50 G & .......... S Fredrickson 10 84888 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson 8 63866 Five Eyes 25.98 ........................... D Denbee 5 4.42pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1 C1, 457m 9 56244 Bigtime Monty 26.10 ..........................L Cole 1 31745 Electrical Storm nwtd ...................M Goodier 10 35255 Bigtime Rosie 26.46 G &........ S Fredrickson 2 44442 Vicarious nwtd..............................M Roberts 4 4.17pm M & M MASTER BUTCHERS C2 C2, 457m 3 4x563 Kirkham Webby 25.95 .....................C Morris 4 311 Buddy Loaded nwtd ................... G Hodgson 1 17367 Bigtime Joshy 26.14 G &........ S Fredrickson

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72224 Fare Dodger nwtd ........................M Goodier 63556 Cawbourne Sandy nwtd ........... S Gommans 63483 Bigtime Sam 26.08 G & ......... S Fredrickson 33128 Brazil Cambara nwtd ...................A Turnwald 85645 Bigtime Allgood 26.70 G & ..... S Fredrickson 86366 Bigtime Nibbles nwtd.......................L Doody SELECTIONS

Race 1: Bigtime Hunter, Luke Skywalker, Cawbourne Lick Race 2: Bigtime Levi, Djay Dynamix, Bigtime Doug, Bigtime Forest Race 3: Blazin’ Audrey, Party Every Day, Bigtime Fred, Five Eyes Race 4: Dyna Vernon, Bigtime Kate, Rumors, Bigtime Joshy Race 5: Buddy Loaded, Vicarious, Fare Dodger, Brazil Cambara LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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

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

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Previous cryptic solution

Across 1. Locale 4. Bright 9. Gamboge 10. Stain 11. Took 12. Stum 13. Due 15. Trot 16. Glib 19. Gum 21. Nook 22. Giro 24. Riata 25. Csardas 26. Dawdle 27. Hearty 6 7 5. Resemble 9 Down 1. Light-fingered 2. Comfort 3. Loop 6. Gland 7. Tendentiously 8. Petty414. Downfall 17. Blinder 2 7 1 18. Pouch 20. Miaow 23. Haze

TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 8 Excellent – 13 Amazing – 16

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Being constantly up for critique is a grind, but at least you can take heart in the fact that this is a direct result of being known, significant and integral to the lives of others. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll be entering into new challenges, and you could really use a coach. There are behaviours that will be expected, and it will pay to know what they are and exactly how to execute them. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There’s an ancient part of your brain that couldn’t care less about your hopes and dreams. It wants what it wants. It’s completely irrational and very strong. Success depends on your ability to trick it. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Should you punish yourself for a mistake? Your aim is to avoid repeating it, and you think the harshness would help you remember. It might motivate you in the short term, but in the long term the opposite. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You know what you want with clarity and detail. Taking the time to visualise this again and again will help you have the willpower to overcome obstacles and prevail in weaker moments. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Get on your own side. It’s important on days such as today, when you’re taking on something new. Keep reminding yourself you’re just as worthy as anyone else. With confidence, you’ll excel. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Love is a real human need, but you can’t eat it. However, with a degree of contentment, care and a sense of belonging, you will be relaxed, clever and resilient enough to figure out how to make money. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): One great thing about the past is that it got you here. Another great thing about it is that the bad parts are over. So bless it and leave it back there, where it belongs. Better days are ahead. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): To realise our full potential, our ego needs to shrink, not grow. The desire to feel special is understandable, yet no one should have to feel superior in order to feel worthy of respect and love. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Take an understanding approach to yourself. Your suffering won’t lessen if you’re hard on yourself. You won’t overcome perceived shortcomings by merely demanding it. Try self-compassion instead. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Accept yourself with an open heart. The constant need to assess how you’re measuring up is exhausting. Drop it and enjoy the sense of wholeness and oneness with others that follows. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The correctness of an action may be difficult to discern right now, as there are many facets to consider. Think in terms of doing what’s helpful and what’s useful instead of merely what’s correct.

ACROSS 1. Being out after plunder of a drug, am in a mess (9) 5. Throw it by the vestibule (3) 7. One bird will sound exultant over another (4) 8. Break-away group coming out of the wood (8) 10. Premium on borrowed money may concern one deeply (8) 11. An exploit arising from a twist of fate (4) 13. How can boar be depicted in a piece of jewellery? (6) 15. Was supported if one didn’t leave (6) 18. It was pain and grief to pay it to the unemployed (4) 19. Area outside store for this sort of fowl (8) 22. It makes perfect business for a professional, they say (8) 23. Old line it’s easy to get money for (4) 24. Quickly make one’s way out of Bath, I expect (3) 25. Chivalrous remark about tall, angry characters (9) DOWN 1. An engine endlessly repaired by mechanic (7) 2. What birds come home to may be nothing of the sort (5) 3. To be a burden of poem is possible (6) 4. Look pleased to have spirit that’s about right (4) 5. To let Tory loose may be a gamble (7) 6. Turbo’s dropped nothing, but might go off (5) 9. Bishop and castle may endure (5) 12. Check development of such a tricky performance (5) 14. Let one go and see Lear for a change (7) 16. The odd dyer may become unsteady with age (7) 17. Don’t let it stand being caught with broken lance (6) 18. How far it is to the bottom of an explosive charge (5) 20. Here and there it’s going on the opposite tack (5) 21. To play the stock market thus is only for the boys (4)

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

DONALDSON, Shirley Agnes: (nee Howden) – On August 11, 2018. Surrounded by family at Ashburton Hospital. In her 85th year. Dearly loved wife of Ron for over 62 years. Treasured Mum and motherin-law of Neil and Janeen, Anne and Alan Copland, Sue, Maree and Martin Bush, Barry and Ceilidh, and James and Tracy. Adored and much loved Nana Shirley of Karl and Courtney, Lana and Aaron, Rachel and Leighton, Hugh, and George; Sonya and Greg, Belinda and Grant, Thomas and Claire, and Selina; Emma, and Kelsey; Angus, Fraser, Isla, and Campbell; Josh and Kate, Kees, Ben, Simon and Amanda, Libby and her seven great grandchildren. Memories are a beautiful thing They last from day to day They don’t get lost They don’t wear out They never fade away. Messages to the Donaldson family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Shirley’s life will be held at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on Thursday August 16, commencing at 1pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

GREEN, Barbara Ann – On August 9, 2018 at Ashburton Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Aged 64 years. Dearly loved and treasured mother and mother in law of Shane and Nadia, Sandy and Chris, Jason and Lora and the late Ricky. Nana of Sam, and Jack; Jayden, and Tahlia; Monyke, Jacob, and Alex. And great Nana of Lenix. Messages to the Green Family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held in our Chapel cnr East and Cox Street, Ashburton TOMORROW, Tuesday August 14, commencing at 1pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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GORDON, Rhonda (nee Glass) – On August 12, 2018 at Ashburton Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Aged 85 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Tom. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Linda and Gordon Monk and the late Ashley. Dearly loved Granny of Ryan and Tanja, Bryce and Rebecca, and Stacey. Adored great gran to her treasured great grandchildren Maja, and Leni, and Charli, and Alfie. Loved and cherished friend of Ron and many others. Messages to the Gordon family PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Funeral details to follow.

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MacLENNAN, Adrienne Jessica (formerly Office and Chapel MAGINNESS) – Corner East & Cox On August 10, 2018, aged Streets, Ashburton 87 years, passed peacefully at St Allisa Lifecare, Christchurch, surrounded by her family. Beloved wife of the late Gordon Maginness, IN MEMORIAM and wife of Iain. A cherished mother and mother-in-law of Margaret and Trevor Curd, Noel and Shirley Maginness, Stuart Maginness and his late wife Sharon, and Ross Maginness. A wonderful Nana of Lucille and Rob, Hunter, AMOS, Warick Ian – Ilisa and Chris, Luke and August 13, 1951 Nichola, Holly, Jack, and Mia. Treasured memories of our A very special Great Nana of darling eldest son. May, Fraser, Charlotte, Henry, So dearly loved Archie, and Walter. She was So sadly missed adored by her extended Mummy, Daddy, sister and family and her special friends. brothers. A very special thank you to the compassionate staff of St Allisa Lifecare for their FUNERAL wonderful care of Adrienne. Messages may be addressed FURNISHERS to: The Family of the late MASTER Adrienne MacLennan, c/PO Box 39001, Christchurch MONUMENTAL MASON 8545. In memory of Adrienne, E.B. CARTER LTD donations to Alzheimer’s For all your memorial NZ would be appreciated and may be made at the requirements service. A Celebration of New headstones and designs Adrienne’s life will be held in Renovations, our Westpark Chapel, 467 Additional inscriptions, Wairakei Road, Burnside, Cleaning and Concrete work Christchurch on Wednesday, Carried out by qualified August 15, at 10am, followed tradesmen. by a service at the Ashburton 620 East Street Ashburton Cemetery at 2pm.

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DEATHS

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Thick high cloud, and occasional light rain about the divide. Wind at 1000m: N 45 km/h. Wind at 2000m: N 55 km/h.

TOMORROW High cloud and northeasterly winds during the morning, then showers spreading north during the afternoon with a gentle southwest change.

TOMORROW

Showers clearing early morning and becoming fine. Southwesterlies, dying away during the afternoon, then northeasterlies developing.

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Rangitata Klondyke at 4:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 13.5 14.6 Max to 4pm 5.7 Minimum 4.6 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm August to date 3.0 Avg Aug to date 23 2018 to date 619.0 424 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 19 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 44 Time of gust 9:41am

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With Kim Kardashian and Imagine Dragons. 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up AO 0 2pm F Peter Andre’s 60-Minute Makeover 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask Comedy game show featuring a panel of stand-up comedians who interact with contestants for prizes. 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm F Highway Cops PGR 0 8:30 Criminal Minds AO 0 9:25 Lucifer AO 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 Blindspot AO 3 0

12:50 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

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BRAVO 10am Beverly Hills Pawn 3 10:28 The Dish PGR 3 10:30 Catfish 3 11:30 Snapped 3 12:28 The Dish PGR 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Miami AO 1:30 How To Look Good Naked – UK PGR 2:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 3:30 Clean House 4:30 Dress To Impress 5:30 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 6:30 Catfish 3 7:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 3 8pm Beverly Hills Pawn 3 8:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR When a deal unexpectedly falls through, Steve’s solution for getting the unit sold may end up draining his personal bank account. 9:30 60 Days In New challenges emerge after the men switch pods and the women suspect a snitch. 10:30 Snapped 11:25 60 Days In PGR 3 12:15 Infomercials 3

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6:30 Kune’s Kitchen 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Peppa Pig 0 7am The 7D 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 3 0 7:50 Thunderbirds Are Go! 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:35 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Less Than Perfect PGR 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle AO 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home Improvement 3 0 2:30 The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 Andi Mack 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

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Travel Guides PGR 0 8:30 Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back AO 0 9:30 Station 19 AO 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:55 Mom PGR 0

11:20 Empire AO 3 0 12:05 Step Dave AO 3 0 12:55 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:20 Switched At Birth PGR 3 0 3:05 Jeremy Kyle 3 4am Judge Rinder 4:50 Regular Show 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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12:25 The Flash M 1:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 1:50 Million Dollar Car Hunters PG 2:40 Combat Dealers PG 3:30 Town Of The Living Dead MV 3:55 Hardcore Pawn 4:20 Border Security M 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon Dr Phil PGR 1pm The Block NZ PGR 3 0 2:30 Come Dine With Me NZ 3 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm Susie Nordqvist presents comprehensive coverage of global and local news. 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm Family Feud Australia 5:30 Modern Family Claire tackles spring cleaning; Phil has a difficult time when Luke seems to outperform him at many things; Haley must distract Alex by taking her to a music festival. 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 The Block NZ PGR 0 8:30 Westside AO Rita finds comfort in the arms of someone else; Cheryl goes in search of her dream wedding dress; Riana returns to stir up trouble for the Wests. 0 9:30 Killer Women With Piers Morgan AO 3 0 10:40 NewsHub Late

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 6:25 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Trulli Tales 7:55 Atomic Puppet 8:05 Sanjay And Craig 3 0 8:30 The Thundermans 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Jeopardy 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Conviction 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 American Restoration 3 0 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Instinct PGR Dylan and Lizzie must discover who murdered an acting troupe of costumed characters when two members are killed using highly sophisticated poisons. 0 9:30 M Panic Room AO 2002 Thriller. 0

6:30 Takaro Tribe 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 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 Cam’s Kai 3 10am Traditional Kai 3 10:30 The Big Sing 3 11am Tales From The Trails Noon Get Your Fish On PGR 3 12:30 Funny Whare – Gamesnight PGR 3 1pm Head Start 1:30 Polyfest 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 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Hahana 3 5pm Fitness In The Whare 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Real Pasifik 3 8pm Native Affairs 8:30 M Soundtrack For A Revolution PGR 2009 Documentary. 10pm Taha Tauiwi 3 10:30 Te Matatini 3

6am Gok’s Fill Your House For Free 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 North Pole – Ice Airport 9:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure 10:30 Building The Dream 11:30 Flipping Bangers 12:30 Storage – Flog The Lot! 1:30 Britain’s Ancient Capital – Secrets Of Orkney 2:30 Freddie Flintoff Goes Wild 3:30 Love Nature – Tigers About The House 4:30 River Cottage To The Core 5:30 Backroad Bounty Antiques experts Marty and Bam Bam discover vintage gems, from antique furniture to forgotten family heirlooms. 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy 8:30 Treasures Decoded 9:30 The Story Of China Between 1850 and 1950, three revolutions shook China to the core but, out of them, today’s China emerged. 10:30 Backroad Bounty

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6:05 Thor – Ragnarok MV 2017 Action. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett. 8:15 Matters Of The Heart PGLS 2015 Drama. Patrick Wilson, Amy Smart. 9:35 The Legend Of Barney Thomson 16VL 2015 Comedy Crime. Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson. 11:10 The Snowman 16VLC 2017 Drama. Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson. 1:10 Hidden Figures PGL 2016 Drama. Octavia Spencer, Taraji P Henson. 3:15 Thor – Ragnarok MV 2017 Action. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett. 5:25 Welcome Home PG 2015 Drama. Luke Perry, Erica Cerra. 6:50 Goon – Last Of The Enforcers 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Seann William Scott, Alison Pill. 8:30 Split 16VC 2016 Thriller. Three teenagers are abducted and held captive by a disturbed man with dissociative identity disorder. James McAvoy, Anya TaylorJoy. 10:30 Manchester By The Sea MVLC 2016 Drama. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams.

7:50 I Give It A Year MLS 2013 Romantic Comedy. Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall. 9:25 Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game Of Shadows MV 2011 Action. Robert Downey jr, Jude Law. 11:30 Battle – Los Angeles MVL 2011 Action. Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez. 1:25 Magic Mike 16LS 2012 Comedy Drama. Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn. 3:15 The Five-Year Engagement M 2012 Comedy Romance. Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt. 5:15 American Outlaws MV 2001 Action. Scott Caan, Colin Farrell. 6:50 Jersey Girl MLS 2004 Comedy Drama. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler. 8:30 The Two Faces Of January MVL 2014 Thriller. Two wealthy American tourists become embroiled in a murder scandal after befriending an expat con man. Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen. 10:10 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Defoe.

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SKY SPORT 1 6am L Golf – PGA Championship Round Four. 11am Live From The PGA Championship 1pm Motorsport – MotoGP (HLS) Motorrad Grand Prix Von Osterreich. 1:30 Swimming – Pan Pacific Champs 2pm Golf – PGA Championship (HLS) Round Four. 3pm The World Rugby Show 3:30 Sailing – World Championships (HLS) Aarhus Event. 4:30 Golf – PGA Championship (HLS) Round Four. From Bellerive Country Club in St Louis, Missouri. 5:30 Live From The PGA Championship 7pm Golf – Women’s British Open Film 8pm The World Rugby Show 8:30 The 1014 Rugby Show Hosted by Gareth Dinneen and Steven Prescott. 9:30 Fox Sports News 10pm Cycling – Road Racing Series Barry Sheen Festival. 11:18 L Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup Spain v USA.

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1:30 Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup (HLS) Ghana v Football Ferns. 2:18 L Football – Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup Germany v Haiti. 4:30 Sailing – World Championships (HLS) Aarhus Event. 5:30 InCycle

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24 Ashburton Guardian

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FINALS-BOUND

Wakanui’s Hayden Sinclair scored two second half goals in his side’s win over Northern Hearts on Saturday, which put Wakanui into the Mid/South Canterbury senior men’s hockey final. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 110818-RH-044 BY ERIN TASKER

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Hampstead and Wakanui are both through to the finals of their respective Mid/South Canterbury senior hockey competitions. Both finished top of the table at the end of the round robin, putting them into preliminary finals on Saturday at the Ashburton Hockey Turf, where Hampstead progressed to the women’s final with a 4-1 win over Cambridge, and Wakanui made the men’s final with a 5-1 win over Northern Hearts. Wakanui player/coach Sam Moore said it was one of his side’s best performances of the season. “I heard some of the guys saying after the game that it was the best game we have played since the Ian Smith tournament (which

the heavily Wakanui-influenced Mid Canterbury side won), and I would tend to agree,” Moore said. Wakanui scored three first-half goals to put themselves in a strong position, but Northern Hearts dominated territory and possession for long periods in the second half, really putting the home side to the test. Wakanui scored their fourth before Northern Hearts converted a stroke after Hayden Bonnington stopped a goal by deflecting it off his head and over the turf fence. “Our goalkeeper was out and had been beaten, and Hayden was the last man standing on the goal line and the ball skimmed off the top of his head,” Moore said. Wakanui weren’t done with though, as Hayden Sinclair saved the best goal for last with

a screamer from near the circle edge which found the back of the net high and wide of the keeper, for a final score of 5-1. Sinclair scored both of Wakanui’s second half goals, with Scott Marshall, Sam Bennett and Jeremy Moore scoring in the first half. Wakanui will now have a week off while Northern Hearts played the winner of the three versus four match, Cambridge, for the other spot in the final. “Whenever we play Hearts, the scoreline doesn’t really show how physically demanding playing them is, because they are pretty strong on the ball,” Moore said. So, while a week off could be a good thing, to let tired bodies recover, Moore said the side were hoping to find some kind of game

time this weekend to keep their momentum going. Hampstead were also keen to maintain momentum, with a game scheduled this weekend against one of the teams that didn’t make the semi-finals. Craighead took on Hampstead/ Collegians in the five versus six match on Saturday and won 3-2, which put Craighead into a scheduled match against Hampstead this weekend. Hampstead coach Rex Turnbull was hoping they would make the trip up to Ashburton even though there was nothing riding on the game, because his side still had plenty to work on going into the final. Hampstead’s match against Cambridge in Ashburton on Saturday followed a similar pattern

to Wakanui’s, with the home side getting out to a 3-1 lead at half time before having to spend a lot of time defending in the second half. Turnbull said that fullbacks Sarah Hayman – who was the side’s player of the day – and Rebecca Clarke worked tirelessly to keep Cambridge out, while Kerry Chapman also had a great game in goal. At the other end of the turf Hampstead’s goals came courtesy of Hannah Mowat (2), Emma Mealings and Sam Dalziel. Turnbull said half the job was done, with the biggest match of Hampstead’s season awaiting in a fortnight. Cambridge would this weekend play Geraldine for the other spot in the final.

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