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The status of an inner-town section might now be clear, but community organisation St John is still waiting for answers as it seeks to buy that section from its owners, the Ashburton District Council. St John is out of room in its Tancred Street headquarters and wants to buy the council’s Burnett Street section that adjoins its own property. For several years St John has used this section to access the rear of its ambulance base, but
with work ready to start on building extensions, it needs guaranteed access to make the new build viable. It asked the council for right of way over the land. The council said no. Discussions then started on possible lease or purchase options but stalled because the council did not know the status of the section – was it freehold, reserve land or land acquired by some other means? That land has now been identified as having reserve status, said council chief executive Hamish Riach. However, that meant disposal of the
section was less straightforward than it would be with a regular property; its description as Crown-derived, places conditions on how the council can manage the land, he said.
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Putting his passion of Mt Somers to paper By Matt MarkhaM
Left – David Howden proudly displays his new book, Best Foot Forward, which officially goes on sale this week.
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As a young lad growing up in Mayfield, David Howden would often find himself staring up at the magnificence of the nearby Mt Somers as he sat and milked the family cow. He would watch on as seasonal changes brought about the varying faces of the mountain and thus began a lifetime of dedication to the mountain which led him towards becoming an integral part of the now hugely popular Mt Somers Track. Howden is the founding member and now life-member of the Mt Somers Walkway Society and has dedicated more than three decades of his life to the track which sees thousands of visitors every year. And now, Howden has taken his passion to a whole new level with the launch this week of his book, Best Foot Forward, which details the history of the tourist location – and everything that surrounds it. “I decided one day, that the story should be told,” Howden said this week. “I’ve always been a bit of a magpie in that I have kept a whole heap of information about things relating to the walkway and its history, so it was a case of compiling it all together.” After nine months of reverently working away on the project, everything is go, and this week the official launch of the book will take place at Paper Plus on East
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Street – a moment Howden is certain will be a very proud and satisfying one. “Writing it was a pleasure, like
anything though, there’s been hurdles to overcome. “I’m certainly no IT expert so I have been very fortunate to have
had the help of numerous typists and proof-readers along the way who have lent me a hand.” Howden has gone to the next
level in his dedication to the walkway with all proceeds from the sale of the book going into maintaining the track – a decision he said was quite easy at the end of the day. “I want to share the experience with generations to come and while organisations like DOC are fantastic with their support keeping the huts and the carparks well-funded, unfortunately they don’t stretch to the maintenance of the track, so every little bit helps.” While focusing on the track and its history, Howden’s tale looks at other aspects of the area with tales from those involved in and around the mountain. “Anyone with an interest in the high country will find a lot of what is in the book, interesting. “It’s also a story of how a small group of people can come together and what they can do with passion if given the opportunity.” The official launch will be held on Friday night at 6.30pm at Paper Plus on East Street and Howden will be back in the store on Saturday from 10am until 12.30pm and is willing to sign any copies purchased. Best Foot Forward – The Story, retails for $25.
No quick fix on St John issue From P1 “These properties need to follow a detailed process, which does not allow us to simply offer the land to St John straight away.” The council had been investigating the best option for the
property since late July when it was approached by St John requesting legal access through the section, Riach said. At that stage, councillors agreed the best solution could be to sell the land and staff began investigating a potential sale
to St John. This would ensure access to their Tancred Street property, he said. At the council’s October meeting a land sale decision was delayed until status of the land was confirmed. This has now been done and a full report on the is-
sue will come to the council’s November 29 finance and business support committee meeting. St John general manager South Island Region, Kelvan Smith, said the organisation was working to reach a decision from the
council to enable its building alterations to progress as soon as possible. Advice had been sought from an independent property consultant and St John would be discussing this with the council in the next few days, Smith said.
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Toilet block revamp for college By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
The ball has begun rolling on a plan to redecorate and bring life back to some important facilities at Ashburton College. A group of teachers have taken it upon themselves to redecorate the school’s toilets to try and change a culture of vandalism and damage that exists currently. Teacher Shelly Robson, a selfproclaimed Facebook addict, said she was scrolling through the social media platform one day and saw photographs of school toilets that had been redecorated and painted with posiIt might have been muddy underfoot, but that didn’t keep the crowds away from this year’s Methven’s High Country Fete tive messages. PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 211118-SN-0055 “I liked and shared the post and a few other teachers commented saying that would be really cool for us to do,” she said. Robson said the group of teachers behind the project are operating off a zero dollar budget, but hope to have one set of boys and girls toilets done before the end of the year. The toilets are currently painted with an anti-vandalism paint, which will require multiple layers of different paint to cover to be By Sue NewmaN Yes, there was mud underfoot, leaving with bundles of bags; we Stall manager Fiona Lister said able to decorate the bathrooms Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz but there was plenty of blue sky can definitely call it a success.” the plants were a passion for the with the positive messages they Sergeant said it was great to nursery owner who had been colGumboots and jackets rather than and sunshine up above. want. More than 100 stall holders see the way people supported the lecting seeds for many years. He sandals and shorts might have Tues 14th Aug 2018 -has “Our painting contractor been the garments of choice, but were confirmed for the fete, with event in spite of some pretty ap- now has more than 15,000 plants offered Sat to help us getting 18th Aug 2018paint the sun shone, the crowds came more wanting to make late book- palling weather early in the week. but is still reluctant to part with at a discounted price but with any of these, she said. “There was great music, a great and Methven’s pre-Christmas fete ings in the preceding week. Boundary Road Brewers the zero budget and applying for Steinlager Heineken Tiger Crystal earCarlsberg 330mlpeople Jagermeisterand he 42 Below DB Draught, Exportskies Gold, Export 33 Somersby Apple Cider Choice Range 330ml “He’s a conservationist When the opened atmosphere and seemed is Steinlager beingPure heralded a success by orfunding taking time, we are on 330ml Bots 12s 330ml Bots 18s 330ml Bots 15s 330ml Bots 12s Bots 15s 700ml 700ml 330ml Bots 12pk Cans 6pk Tui EIPA 330ml Bots 24s 330ml Bots 12s lier in the week there were a few to appreciate the quality of the collects seeds from swampland ganisers. lookout for any donations (of old $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 $ .99 32 up to yes29 cancellations, 35 25 12 22 32 35 paint that is no longer needed, all around New Zealand.” Sergeant22 said, but 22stalls,” she said. In25 the days leading The only things the plants Those stalls offered everything terday’s event, the Met Service more than 90 per cent turned up. or equipment such as rollers, And while they may not have from food and beverages to cloth- needed to thrive was sunshine was on speed dial for organisers brushes and drop cloths), or labeen doing brisk business in the ing, garden art and carnivorous and water. Their appearance was Denise Dixey and Julie Sergeant. bour,” Robson said. Corona 355ml Bots 12s $25.99 quite structural, but they were And even though there was first two hours, from midday plants. Those looking to offer support Lion Red, Waikato, DB Draught, Export Orchard Thieves Amstel also a dynamic crowds to build. And carnivorous plant every indication can either get in contact 330ml started Heineken 330ml 330mlthe 330mlstall Somersby Appleplant, 4.5% functioning Chatelle with Speight’s, Summit Ultra the Gold, Tui EIPA 330ml Export 33 Apple 330ml Premium Pilsner Carlsberg Coronaday 330ml wouldEmerson’s organic fly catcher, Lister Feedback visitors was Botsrun Nurseries did brisk be330ml rainBots free, Beefeater Beam15s OR Absolutwomen Jagermeister 1L 1LShelly Baileys Bots 12sfromJim Bots 12s by CP Cans 10pk VSOP 1L 24s the Bots 12sas an 330ml 330ml Bots 12s Bots 15s Bots 18s said they6pk Bots Range at 700ml Rh@ashcoll.school.nz OR Beefeater Jim Beampositive, she said. Canadian Club/ Chivas 12YO Larios said. Flavours OR hours early business. It was one of the nurshad$ a few anxious or by contacting the school office $ .99 $ .99 $1L $ .99 $ .99 $ $ .99 $ .99 $ 2 1L for $40 for $60 Grants 1L$25.99 Stil 1Lpictures on page Black 700ml Original 36.99 23.99 22 19 211L.99 More 18fete 45 35.99 ea Jameson 700ml39 ea 5. 24 700ml on 032308-4193. “We had23 lots ofSpiced happy people ery’s rare sale days. morning.
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District water management debated By Sue NewmaN
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Finding the right solutions for managing surface water in the Ashburton District involves striking the right balance between environmental, cultural, social and economic needs, submitters to a draft management plan say. Hearings on the Ashburton District Council’s draft water management strategy wrapped up on Tuesday and, while most submitters supported the council’s goals and objectives, they said it needed to move more quickly in some areas such as water race closures. Submissions came from four of the district’s irrigation schemes, the MAR governance group and from several organisations and individuals. Speakers for Mid Canterbury’s Save the Rivers group made an impassioned plea for the council to give high priority to boosting flows in the Ashburton River. Brett Colgan said the degradation of the river had been a major concern for many people for a long time and it was a major concern that there is limited reference to issues relating to the river in the strategy, compared to say water races, he said. “Even if the river is not managed by the council it needs to be seen to be actively supporting any moves to reach CWMS (Canterbury Water Management Strategy) flow targets for the river and this must be clearly identified in the strategy,” he said. Save the Rivers wanted water currently taken from the river for stockwater races to be kept in the river when those races closed, rather than being diverted to other off-river uses, Colgan said. “Keeping water in the river was a use that improved both recreational and environmental values, he said. “Our rivers are already stressed and without remedial action our fresh water fishery will continue to be at threat.” Trading consents was opposed by the organisation. Farm advisor Phillip Everest said the challenge for the community, and the council, was to achieve race closures that balanced social, economic and
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environmental needs. “The council has a vital role in pulling our community together and showing leadership to build on knowledge and to seek solutions for the future,” he said. Eiffelton farmer Ian Mackenzie said that over the past 150 years stockwater races had opened up what was essentially a desert for farming, the same as drainage had in the area below Hinds, and there was a real issue with trying to turn back the clock, he said. “We need to have a holistic approach to how we manage water.” One race couldn’t be closed without consideration of the impact on other areas, Mackenzie said. In answer to how water races that were strategically left open for biodiversity reasons should be funded, Mackenzie suggested this should be through rates be-
cause the benefits were social and environmental. District councillor Peter Reveley became a private individual for the day and said affordability had to be a priority when closing stockwater races and that the council needed to start talking to irrigation companies. And in closing races, the council needed to remember the water saved did not belong to it, it was consented water from a water body – ECan, he said. “If we don’t want it, it has to go back to ECan, it’s not ours to give away.” The council would also be up for some hefty bills to install fish screens at inlets, Reveley said. There were also increasing issues with stormwater in rural areas with many irrigation races now filled in or about to be filled in, and rural land was now flood-
ing in times of heavy rainfall, he said. Rebecca Whillans from the Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation (ALI) scheme said the council needed to confirm, with urgency, the number of stockwater ratepayers and the number of properties with access to the water race network. Water races needed to be decommissioned at a faster rate and as part of the closures, ALI wanted the council to trial delivering stockwater through its piped network. That would allow the council to gather information that would help when it made decisions on the future of the wider stockwater network, Whillans said. Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Ltd (BCI) John Wright was also keen to trail piped stockwater and he also wanted shorter time-frames
on race closures. He urged the council to be more ambitious on its time-frames. “We do recognise the cultural and biodiversity features of some of those races and there’s a need to quickly prioritise those with significant value,” he said. “By using the infrastructure of existing irrigation schemes there were obvious synergies to better and more efficiently deliver stock water in the district,” Wright said. The council’s draft Surface Water Strategy details how it will work with the community and other organisations to sustainably manage surface water resources. The council is responsible for the management of Mill Creek/ Wakanui Stream, stormwater networks in Ashburton, Methven and Rakaia townships and its water race network.
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Methven Fete popular place to be Not even the prospect of having to carry an extra pair of socks was enough to stop hundreds flooding to the Methven Racecourse yesterday for the annual Methven High Country Fete. Sue Newman headed along with her camera in hand and captured some of the faces. Top left – Gladys Baker, Edith Paterson and Greer Ricketts. 211118-SN-0028
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US court blocks Trump ban Migrants camped in Tijuana after travelling in a caravan to reach the US were weighing their options after a California court blocked President Donald Trump’s asylum ban for illegal border crossers. Many said they have no intention of breaking the law, but were feeling pressure after antimigrant protests in this Mexican border city and claims by Trump and the Tijuana mayor that the caravan harbours gang members and criminals, something they strongly deny. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited a San Diego Pacific Coast beach examining up close the newly installed razor wire wrapped around a towering border wall that cuts across the sand. “This is a border wall with row upon row of concertina wire,” Nielsen said. “Make no mistake, we are very serious. You will not get into our country illegally.” She said there were as many as 500 criminals and gang members in the groups heading northward, though she refused to answer questions about how they were identified or what crimes they had committed. She added that caravan migrants had assaulted “border
Central American migrants, part of the Central American caravan trying to reach the United States. PHOTO AP police in multiple countries,” even using “incendiary devices,” though she provided no evidence. A day earlier, Tijuana officials said they had arrested 34 caravan members for drug possession, public intoxication, disturbing the peace and resisting police, and they would be deported to their home countries. Nielsen said there were 6200 migrants already camped in Tijuana and another 3000 in Mexicali, a few hours’ drive to the east. She said most were young single men who have no legitimate claim to US asylum, adding that wanting to get a job
in the US or be reunited with family were not reasons to be allowed in. Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum has made a point of saying the city is not happy with the migrants who began arriving last week, and he compared the Central American group unfavourably with about 3000 Haitians who ended up staying after their bid to reach the US failed last year. The Mexican government gave the Haitians temporary transit permits, and after they failed in attempts to enter the United States, many have since applied for Mexican residency.
The majority in the Central American caravan have refused Mexico’s repeated offers of residency or asylum, and vowed to cross the border. Some local police and residents have expressed concern that portraying the caravan as criminals has tarred its innocent members and exposed them to reprisals. US border inspectors are processing only about 100 asylum claims a day at Tijuana’s main crossing to San Diego, and there was already a waiting list of 3000 when the new migrants arrived, so most will have to wait months to even be considered for asylum. For most people in this city of 1.6 million, the arrival of thousands of Central Americans is not very noticeable. Most of the migrants stay within a three-block radius of the sports complex that faces the towering metal walls topped with barbed wire at the US-Mexico border. But the United States has dramatically increased security at ports of entry in preparation for the caravan, placing cement barriers topped with razor wire that can be quickly moved to block passage if a mass of migrants try to force their way into the country. – AP
Vaccine for Alzheimer’s a step closer A vaccine against Alzheimer’s has come a step closer to reality after scientists succeeded in preventing the build-up of toxic brain proteins linked to the disease. Experiments on mice showed that the DNA vaccine, injected into skin, could potentially delay the onset of Alzheimer’s with no serious side-effects. The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer’s Research And Therapy, could pave the way for clinical trials with human patients, said the scientists. Two kinds of toxic protein or protein building blocks are
thought to play a key role in Alzheimer’s – beta-amyloid and tau. Beta-amyloid accumulates in sticky clumps in the brain and is a characteristic hallmark of the disease seen in patient postmortem examinations. Tau is a protein which produces destructive “tangles” within nerve cells. Some research suggests that the two are linked, with beta-amyloid promoting the formation of tau tangles. The new vaccine contains DNA coding for a segment of the beta-amyloid protein building block, or peptide.
In the study the vaccine triggered an immune response that not only led to a 40 per cent reduction in beta-amyloid buildup, but also reduced tau formation by 50 per cent. The research was conducted on mice which were genetically engineered to develop a rodent equivalent of Alzheimer’s disease. A major obstacle to developing effective Alzheimer’s vaccines has been finding safe ways to introduce them to the body. One previous experimental vaccine developed in the early 2000s caused brain swelling in
some patients when tested on humans. The new vaccine is injected into skin instead of muscle, which leads to a different kind of immune response. If repeated in humans, the effects seen in mice would have “major therapeutic value”, said the researchers. A number of drugs that target amyloid brain deposits and tau tangles are under development or in clinical trials. But an effective vaccine would be a better strategy, according to the Texas scientists. It would be both more accessible and less expensive. – PA
Police guard Minogue concert Police armed with sub-machine guns have guarded a Kylie Minogue concert in the German city of Cologne after information about a possible security threat was received, authorities say. “The concert organiser approached us about a possible threat scenario resulting from social media,” a police spokesman said. “We can’t remain idle with something like that.” Some 20 police worked with security and safety staff to monitor the arrival of concert-goers. Police said the concert by the Australian pop star proceeded “completely trouble-free”. Police had received information about a potential disturbance from Belgium.
De Niro, Hightower split Robert De Niro and his wife of more than 20 years, Grace Hightower, have split. The New York Post‘s Page Six, which broke the news, reports that the couple are not living together right now and that the Oscar winner has been appearing solo at events that he would normally attend with his wife over the past few months. The Raging Bull star, 75, married the actress and singer, 63, in 1997 after they met a decade earlier while she was working at a restaurant in London. The couple welcomed their first child the following year but in 1999 De Niro filed for divorce. They subsequently reconciled.
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Dead whale found full of plastic rubbish A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops. The awful discovery has caused concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world’s largest plastic polluting countries. Rescuers from Wakatobi National Park found the rotting carcass of the 9.5-metre sperm whale in Southeast Sulawesi province after hearing villagers had surrounded the dead whale and were butchering the rotting carcass. Park chief Heri Santoso said
researchers from wildlife conservation group WWF and the park’s conservation academy found about 5.9kgs of plastic waste in the animal’s stomach. This included 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops, a nylon sack and more than 1000 other assorted pieces of plastic. “Although we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful,” said Dwi Suprapti, a marine species conservation co-ordinator at WWF Indonesia. It wasn’t possible to determine if the plastic was respon-
sible because of the advanced state of decay. Indonesia, an archipelago of 260 million people, is the world’s second-largest plastic polluter after China, according to a study published in the journal Science in January. It produces 3.2 million tons of mismanaged plastic waste a year, of which 1.29 million tons ends up in the ocean. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia’s co-ordinating minister of maritime affairs, said the whale’s discovery should raise public awareness about the need to reduce plastic use. “I’m so sad to hear this,” said Pandjaitan, who recently
has campaigned for less use of plastic. “It is possible that many other marine animals are also contaminated with plastic waste and this is very dangerous for our lives.” Indonesia is trying to reduce the use of plastic, by urging shops not to provide plastic bags for customers and teaching about the problem in schools, to meet a government target to reduce its use by 70 per cent by 2025. “This big ambition can be achieved if people learn to understand that plastic waste is a common enemy,” Pandjaitan said. - AP
Rebel Wilson joining Cats The Aussie actress will play Jennyanydots in the feature that will also star Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Ian McKellen. Tom Hooper will direct. Cats tells the story of a tribe of felines called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as the Jellicle choice and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life. The musical — which was the longest-running Broadway show ever from 1997 until 2006 — features some of the best-known songs from the stage, including Memory. Production on Cats is set to take place later this year in the UK.
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re 1950’s mechanical watches are ith gold still at ith buyers from John Bertrand (Collectneeded urgently by the buyers from relatively high ables) Ltd in Ashburton & Mid CanterJohn Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd, visiting right now bury from 24-25th November, Mr Tony Grant levels, would be an Ashburton & Mid Canterbury from 24from the company says “Now is a fantastic opportune time to 25th November. “Collectors at this stage opportunity to go through those drawers and go through the old want brands such as Rolex, Omega, cupboards and dig out those unwanted items jewellery box and Patek Philippe, Vacheron & Constantin and turn them into cash” Especially wanted by dig out those old just to mention some. These brands can the buyers are Old Gold and Collectables such gold chains, rings and command large prices depending on the as Military Medals, Old Coins & Banknotes, brooches and turn them into condition, what they are made of etc. Vintage Watches and any interesting old items. cash. Tony Grant says “Now is a great Many of the other brands are only “We are keen buyers, especially of the items time to sell. We will buy anything made required for parts. In any event we will in the list below” of gold – old jewellery, coins, alluvial buy any mechanical watch, even if its only said Mr Grant. “Ev(river gold), virtually anything, even a few dollars for parts” said Tony Grant, gold teeth! We also need sterling buyer for the company. Battery operated eryone has somesilver in any form, including cups, watches are not needed. “If you are unsure thing we want to buy tea services, cutlery, old coins and just bring any watches to us at the venues and nothing is too the like” he said. and have them appraised” he said. small for our consideration. We are just as happy to buy one item as we are arly New Zealand Banknotes dated Ten Shilling or One Pound banknote from buying 1000 items”. before 1932 are currently fetching a New Zealand trading bank dated 1932 or The buyers will be in big money! This is according to Mr Tony before. convenient locations Grant, author of the John Bertrand New Denominations of five pounds and in the area this weekMr Anthony (Tony) Zealand Coin & Banknote Catalogue. higher would be worth from $700. “Any end (see below). If W. Grant Mr Grant is in Ashburton & Mid banknote dated prior to 1900 would be Fellow of the Royal Numismatic you are in doubt Canterbury from 24-25th November worth at least $1000” said Mr Grant. Society of New Zealand Incorporated about any items you Also purchased are any Reserve Bank of on a buying trip for John Bertrand Director and Buyer wish to sell, take John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd (Collectables) Ltd and would be very New Zealand pre-decimal issues, especially them in for an inAuthor of the John Bertrand keen to see any of these issues. “We will 50 Pound notes. All overseas banknotes NZ Coin & Banknote Catalogue stant appraisal. pay at least $300 for any undamaged prior to the 1950’s are also wanted.
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Big Demand for Military Medals
urrently, throughout NZ and the world there is a big demand by collectors for Military Medals. These cover all wars right through from the New Zealand Land Wars and the Boer War, to the First and Second World Wars and the later Korea and Vietnam conflicts. New Zealand Servicemen and Women first served overseas in the Boer War in South Africa around 1900 and the Military Medals awarded for this service are needed by the buyers, as are any other Medals from early New Zealand and the New Zealand Wars. General service medals from both the First and Second World Wars will also be purchased, but as can be imagined these were awarded in fairly large numbers. “If a group of medals has any special award for bravery such as the Military Medal, Military or Flying Cross or other medals for Distinguished Conduct or Meritorious Service, these can add great value to a group” stated Mr Tony Grant, buyer for John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd. “Many families have old medals, some dating back to early Imperial days, that they are not sure what to do with. We will be happy to look at any Military Medals whatsoever, just bring them in to venues” he said.
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heck those drawers and cupboards, you may have a rarity lurking amongst your coins. This advice from Tony Grant, buyer for John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd. “We want to see any old foreign coin accumulations put together before 1950. We will be quite happy to go through your coins on the spot and give you an idea of what we can pay. You just never know what can turn up! New Zealand silver coins up to 1946 will be purchased at 10 times their face value” he said.
JOHN BERTRAND (COLLECTABLES) ARE BUYING NOW!! OLD GOLD • Unwanted Jewellery or Broken Rings • Gold Chains • Gold Watch Cases • Alluvial (River) Gold • Dental Gold • Gold Coins • Gold Racing & Trophy Cups
COINS • All Gold & Silver Coins • Gold Sovereigns • Gold Half Sovereigns • NZ Silver Coins 1946 & Before (10 times face value) • Australian Silver Coins to 1963 • English Silver Coins to 1946 • NZ 1935 “Waitangi Crown” • USA Coins up to 1964 • Old Collections & Accumulations of World Coins • Modern Platinum & Palladium Coins & Sets • NZ Reserve Bank Sets • Also wanted NZ & World Coins after 1946 *No Pennies or Halfpennies Please*
GOLD & SILVER • Racing Cups • A&P Show Cup • Sports Cups • Presentation Keys & Trowels • Show Pieces • Sterling Silver Tea Sets • Sterling Silver Cutlery • Scrap Gold & Silver *No EPNS or Silver Plated items Please*
WRIST & POCKET WATCHES • Any Rolex Watches • Omega Gents Watches • Gold & Silver Pocket Watches • Any Breitling, Jaegar Le Coultre, Vacheron & Constantin, Patek Philippe, or IWC Watches • Moon Phase Watches • Chiming or Alarm Watches (Pocket or Wrist) • Military Watches • Divers Watches • All other pre 1950s wind up watches (parts value only) *No Quartz or Battery Operated Watches Please*
TOKENS • NZ & Australian “Tradesmen’s” Tokens • NZ Transportation Tokens • Railway Passes • Tram Tokens (not Dunedin Tramways) • Presbyterian Church Communion Tokens • Bread Tokens • Theatre, Cafe, Discount Tokens etc • Any other tokens relating to early New Zealand
POSTCARDS & PENS • Albums & Accumulations of Pre 1920s Postcards (used or unused) • Old Fountain Pens
MILITARY MEDALS ETC • The New Zealand Wars & Boer War Medals • 1st World War Medals • 2nd World War Medals, Stars etc • Orders and Decorations • Korea & Vietnam Medals • Antarctic or other Polar Medals • Fire Brigade Medals • Lodge Medals • Shooting Medals • Military Badges and all other Military Medals • Gold returning Fob Medals or “Tokens of Honour” from residents of small town New Zealand
HISTORICAL MEDALS • A&P Show- Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals • Commemorative Medals & Medalets • Prize Medals (Gold & Silver) • Sports Medals (Gold & Silver) • Life Saving Medals • Shipwreck Medals • Coronation Medals • etc, etc, etc
BANKNOTES • NZ & Australian “Trading Bank” Notes pre 1932 (e.g. Bank of New South Wales, Bank of NZ etc) • Reserve Bank of NZ Pre-Decimal Notes • Any £20, £50 or £100 Notes • Hong Kong & Malayan Banknotes • Australian Pre Decimal Notes • Australian “Star” Notes • Early Fijian and Samoan Banknotes • NZ Traders Promissary Notes (1840s) • NZ Government Debentures • NZ Banknotes overprinted for use in Fiji, Cook Islands etc • Postal Notes • All other pre 1950s World Banknotes
WE WANT TO BUY – CASH-IN NOW
No item too small for our consideration
JOHN BERTRAND (COLLECTABLES) LTD OUR BUYERS ARE IN ASHBURTON & MID CANTERBURY THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 24-25th NOVEMBER
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
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OUR VIEW
Drink driving, are we getting worse? M
meanours. During this week’s court proceedings, 10 people appeared on drink-driving charges and at the sitting before that, seven people appeared – 17 people in the course of a month. In fact, no matter how long the period of time in between appearances, it is 17 people too many.
So, how do we stop it? The millions of dollars spent each year on drink driving campaigns would appear not to be working. If anything, it seems to be getting worse. And that’s where you have to start feeling for those involved in situations caused by drink drivers. It’s the likes of police and emergency services who have to attend accidents that these drivers can cause, it’s the hardworking groups like Acads who do so much within our community to try and curb this kind of behaviour.
They’re the ones who really suffer, largely because they are the ones who see first-hand the damage that drink-driving can cause. It leaves an ever-lasting mark. There’s no denying the community has got a lot better at trying to stop such behaviour. It’s rare to go to an event these days where there isn’t a courtesy option available to get people home safely, or easy access to a ride-sharing service or a taxi. Our sporting clubs have really lifted their game as have many drinking establishments around the district. But it’s not the people who
defeating Japan. Lyricist Lorenz Hart died in New York at age 48. In 1955, comic Shemp Howard of Three Stooges fame died in Hollywood at age 60. In 1967, the UN Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognise Israel’s right to exist. In 1975, Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain. In 1977, regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis. In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having
failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced she would resign. In 1995, acting swiftly to boost the Balkan peace accord, the UN Security Council suspended economic sanctions against Serbia and eased the arms embargo against the states of the former Yugoslavia. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush snared fresh international support on the economy and North Korea at a Pacific Rim economic summit in Peru. One year ago: A former confidant of ousted leader Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, returned to Zimbabwe to become the next
president a day after Mugabe resigned; he promised a “new, unfolding democracy”. Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two, was convicted of genocide and other crimes by the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and sentenced to life behind bars. Today’s birthdays: Actor Michael Callan is 83. Actor Allen Garfield is 79. Actor Tom Conti is 77. Singer Jesse Colin Young is 77. International Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King is 75. Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt (aka Little Steven) is 68. Rock musician Tina Weymouth
ost people go through life without ever having to worry about troubling
the law. A routine police check on the side of the road is often about as close as they get to becoming an outlaw. But a concerning growing trend is creeping into society – it’s alarming and the numbers are becoming quite horrific. Every time the Ashburton District Court opens its doors, there are conversations in our newsroom about the seemingly growing number of drink drivers appearing in front of a judge to face the music for their misde-
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want rides that we need to worry the most about. It’s the ones who say they’re fine to drive when in reality they’re not. It’s the mate who will slyly slip out the back door of the pub to get home without having to listen to the ribbing from his mates. It’s the person who lives just down the road – not too far at all and hardly dangerous. They’re the people we should be keeping an eye out for. Our local tally of drink drivers is too high. We need to get it down, but it takes a bit of effort from everybody.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, November 22, the 326th day of 2018. There are 39 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded; a suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was arrested; vicepresident Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president. On this date: In 1906, the “S-O-S” distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin. In 1914, the First Battle of Ypres during World War One ended with an Allied victory against Germany. In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight. In 1939 British-born but New Zealand-raised, LieutenantGeneral Sir Bernard Freyberg was a charismatic and popular military leader, who later served as governor-general. Freyberg was awarded numerous honours. Having retired from the British Army because of a heart problem in 1937, Freyberg offered his services to the New Zealand Government when World War Two began. Appointed to command the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), he led its fighting arm, the 2nd New Zealand Division, through campaigns in Greece and Crete, North Africa and Italy. Following the war, Freyberg was invited to be New Zealand’s governorgeneral. A popular choice for the post, he was the first person with a New Zealand upbringing to hold the position. – nzhistory. govt.nz In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for
(The Heads; Talking Heads; The Tom Tom Club) is 68. Rock musician Lawrence Gowan is 62. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 60. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 57. Rock musician Charlie Colin is 52. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 51. International Tennis Hall of Famer Boris Becker is 51. Actress Sidse Babett Knudsen is 50. Actor Josh Cooke is 39. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 34. Singer Candice Glover (TV: American Idol) is 29. Thought for today: “Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.” — Charles de Gaulle (born this date in 1890, died 1970). – AP
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The people have spoken: make it happen council
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s a kid growing up in Ashburton in the 1960s, a highlight was accompanying my dad down to the fire station in Burnett Street on Sunday mornings for “station duty”. I’m not quite sure how this fitted in around my reluctant other life as an emerging Methodist, but I do know which I related to more. And it wasn’t droning my way through church tunes, which all seemed pitched wrong for my honky vocal delivery. I remember gazing at the church rafters and frequently changing between a bad falsetto and baritone to try and find the sweet spot. I never did and joining the choir seemed like the final ridiculous straw. But gee that big pipe organ was impressive and sounded magnificent. But really, my heart was at the fire station. Nuggeting the tyres and polishing the brightwork. Watching the guys clean and roll hoses, repair couplings, charge batteries and generally ensure the kit was in top-notch order for the week ahead. To keep Ashburton safe. And that old two-storey brick building. In my mind I can still wander throughout every nook and cranny of it. From the imposing big boardroom, to the flat upstairs, the smelly old-fashioned men’s loo (located semi-outside in a kind of lean-to and not much more than a sheet or two of corrugated iron and a half clay pipe), the social hall, the wooden custodian’s house across the yard and the “motor room” where the gleaming fire appliances were lined up ready for action. That building was always fascinating to me for it seemed to evoke something quite grand ... in a dated kind of way. And no wonder, for back in 1885, according to John Brown’s excellent History of Ashburton, the fire brigade inherited the site and buildings which had previously been the council chambers and yard. It is the very same site now at the centre of an appeal from St John to be made available for its
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required expansion, in an area which is essentially an emergency services precinct. I don’t really need to add my weight to the very vocal chorus calling on the council to get this sorted for St John, but there seems to be some difficulty in determining the legal status of said piece of land. And perhaps, that is also being used an excuse. I don’t know. So as a handy reference, the Borough was constituted in 1878 and by 1885 this site was handed to the brigade (controversially after a mass-resignation of the brigade – they didn’t want to vacate their old site in the Triangle where the Plunket rooms later stood), and remained the fire station site until the new station was built immediately next door to the east in the 1970s. Now I’m no legal mind, but it appears this has been council property from the get-go. I’m pretty sure some dude ain’t gonna be pulling up to the kerb anytime soon and hollering “get off there, that’s mine”. Unless perhaps, there are some treaty implications. Who knows? Historically, since 1885 this has been land utilised by Ashburton’s emergency services, for the safety and well-being of our community. All I’m hearing loud and clear
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are two things. 1: St John really needs this land to be able to effectively go about its critically important work in our community. 2: The Ashburton community through this paper, social media and word on the street are virtually unanimously calling for this land to be made available for utilisation by St John – gift, long-term peppercorn lease, legal transfer of title ... whatever. It has been used by emergency services for community benefit since 1885 (until more recently as a scrappy carpark). What can possibly be so difficult about finding a way to make this happen? Maybe a renewable lease for a start with a view to sorting out the legal framework for a property transfer down the track. But get things happening. Stall stall stall. It’s not a good look. Listen to councillor Selwyn Price. I’m not his usual champion to be fair, but he’s 100 per cent on the button reading this one correctly. Tolerance has been tested with the information centre debacle. Doug Forsyth is a regular and outspoken writer to this paper. Doug’s a Scotsman and hates parting with money. Doug thinks we should gift this land to St John, so if that’s not a barometer of the public will, I don’t know
what is. Yes there are processes and we all understand that, but even more importantly is the matter of a “will to act”. To do the right thing. If there is, in fact, a welldisguised council will, then I’m afraid it isn’t being picked up at all on the street. And from out here in citizenland it’s looking like we should change the name of our town to something like “Procrastinationville”. I’ve done some rough sums based on the number of ratepayers and a reported figure of $400,000 the land could be worth commercially. That is approximately $258 per ratepayer. To enable our local ambulance service to do the job to assist you, me, our families and persons passing through our district for now and the years to come. We elected this council to do a job on our behalf. The people have spoken. Strongly. Find a way. Develop the will. Just make it happen. Do it. Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
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Dairy prices trending downwards By Tim Cronshaw
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Dairy commodity prices dropped 3.5 per cent at the Global Dairy Trade auction (GDT) for the seventh market fall in a row. The last time auction prices were in positive territory was on August 18 when there was no change. Prices averaged $US2727 at the overnight auction on Tuesday among 170 bidders vying for 42,966 tonnes of dairy product. Prices were last at this level in mid-2016 and dairy farmers will be nervous about another revision to Fonterra’s milk price, sitting this stage at $6.25-$6.50 a kilogram of milksolids. If there was any consolation for farmers it was that the main ingredient of whole milk powder fell only slightly from the last auction on November 6. Whole milk powder was back 1.8 per cent to $US2599. Driving the drop was heftier falls for anhydrous milkfat (AMF) and butter. NZX dairy analyst Amy Castleton said she was surprised by the modest decline for whole milk powder. “The 1.8 per cent fall in the whole milk powder price index was a surprisingly resilient result. Whole milk powder offer volumes were at their highest for the season at the November 20 event. In addition, New Zealand milk production figures released yesterday showed October production was up 6.5 per cent on a milksolids basis.’’
Milk prices have fallen, worryingly, again. Most of the whole milk powder sold went to North Asia, which includes China, she said. Regular grade whole milk powder to ship in January was unchanged from the previous auction. Leading into this event, the NZX Dairy Derivatives market
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was expecting a lift of 1.6 per cent for this grade and contract of product. AMF prices dropped 9.4 per cent to $US4577 and butter was lower, by 9.6 per cent, at $US3637. Castleton said regular grade AMF for January shipping decreased 9.9 per cent and unsalted
butter 10.3 per cent. Ahead of the event, the derivatives market had expected lifts for the grades and contracts of each of the products. Bafflingly, there was lower AMF volumes sold compared with the previous event, but there was more butter traded.
Analysts last witnessed such a big change in prices for either AMF or butter in late 2016. Skim milk powder prices softened by 1.6 per cent. The price of European skim milk powder increased slightly, however, Oceania product managed to maintain its premium.
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The Waikato Regional Council manager of investigations and incidents Patrick Lynch says he expects a 300 to 400 per cent increase in prosecutions of dairy farms this year. Earlier this month, H & S Chisholm Farms Limited in Putaruru was fined almost $60,000 for two discharges of effluent into a stream flowing into the Waipa river. The regional council was alerted by a member of the public who said the Waipa Stream looked contaminated. When investigated the council found an effluent holding pond overflowing into the nearby stream, and on a return visit found that dairy effluent was still entering the stream from an effluent irrigator used on the farm that had been left on. Judge Melanie Harland said the company’s response to the incident was exemplary but it should not have occurred. “Dairy farmers in the Waikato region have had ample time to understand what is required to lawfully manage dairy effluent.” Lynch said the regional council has prioritised resources to focus on high risk farms, which he said was 19 per cent of farms in the Waikato. “We’re now really focusing our monitoring those farms that we just know have got really high risk systems, so these are the seven days or less [effluent] storage. “What we’re starting to find is a lot of really serious breaches. “That means we’ve got about 800-ish
dairy farms in the Waikato that, if you had a week of wet weather, which happens a lot in the Waikato, then [they’re] going to be unlawfully discharging effluent into the environment.” Waikato farmer and Waikato Federated Farmers chair Ben Moore built a new 8000 litre storage pond after consent for his old system ran out. He said it gave him about 50 days storage, which was less than the recommended best practice of 90 days. “The trouble is this 90 days storage is sort of plucked out of thin air. What’s as important as storage is spreadable area. We’ve got 40-50 days [effluent storage] that we can spread over 60 hectares. “If you’ve got 90 days storage and you’ve got 6ha of spreadable area, then what are you going to do to that 6ha?” Moore said farmers were trying to protect their brand and needed to be seen to be doing the best thing. He said farmers across the board were pretty disappointed when these breaches occurred. “All you’ve got to do is jump on Twitter and have a look. “The majority have done the right thing,” Moore said. “And with generational change, we’re getting better at it. “[But], if there’s one key message to farmers it’s ‘sort your shit out, otherwise it’s going to get sorted for you’.” Lynch said 400 of the approximately 800 high-risk farms would be visited this year which would likely result in more prosecutions for some. – NZME
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Normal El Nino unlikely By Tim Cronshaw
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Good gains in sheep meat prices seem set to continue.
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Steady meat prices expected By Tim Cronshaw
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Sheep meat prices are expected to remain strong as beef returns show signs of softening again next year. Another year of solid returns is signalled in a Rabobank report and should keep sheep and beef farmers in a pleasant mood. That will be tinged with some nervousness as the bank’s Global Animal Protein Outlook report says increasing global beef supplies, combined with weakened United States demand, points to pressure going on beef export returns throughout next year. However, a higher dollar is forecast to reduce some of the impact on farm gate prices. Rabobank animal proteins analyst Blake Holgate said US demand for New Zealand beef exports was expected to reduce and China would become an increas-
ingly important export market. “Just five years ago China accounted for less than 10 per cent of New Zealand’s total beef export receipts, however, this was up to 23 per cent last season. While the US remains New Zealand’s largest beef export market, the proportion of product being exported to China is anticipated to grow further in 2019.’’ New Zealand beef production is expected to decline slightly by about 3 per cent with cow slaughter lower than this year when the culling of mature dairy herds led to a jump in overall beef processing. For sheep meat, the outlook remains positive for strong prices. “Despite some consumer resistance to high prices, and the potential for Brexit to disrupt New Zealand sheep meat exports into the UK and EU market, continuing strong demand in New
Zealand’s other key export markets, particularly China and the US, is expected to hold farm gate prices within a similar range to what was experienced last season,’’ said Holgate. Total lamb slaughter was forecast to decrease to 19 million head, a fall of two per cent from this year, he said. “This would make it New Zealand’s lowest lamb kill on record and is being driven by the continual decline of New Zealand’s sheep flock and a lower national lambing percentage this season,” he said. Holgate said sheep and beef farmers would “be wise” to keep a close eye on local issues with the potential to impact farm production costs and productivity. Regulations were set to tighten for livestock farming over the next 12 to 18 months for water quality, bio-diversity and greenhouse gas
emissions. Sourcing labour was expected to remain a challenge for farm owners and meat processing companies and this could impact on their productivity. Holgate said the US-China trade war was having much wider implications. “Of most significance for New Zealand sheep and beef farmers is the impact of the trade war on beef trade flows. While we do not see any direct beef trade between the US and China in 2019, we do see US exports looking for new destination markets and this has the potential to distort other trade flows,” he said. Global feed prices set for a gradual increase would help to improve the trade competitiveness of pasture-driven New Zealand, particularly for beef. Biosecurity risks have the potential to upset the global sector in the coming year.
Farmers bracing themselves for a dry El Nino can almost certainly bank on an oddball weather pattern deviating from conventional events. NIWA meteorologists have confirmed an “abnormal El Nino’’ weather event is looking likely for New Zealand over summer. Meteorologist Ben Noll said NIWA had been keeping a watch on the potential weather pattern for months and there was now an 80 per cent chance it would happen. “El Nino conditions have still yet to officially arrive but the Pacific Ocean continues to make strides towards it,” he said. This El Nino is likely to start late and is exhibiting some non-traditional characteristics in the ocean. “The most unusually warm sea surface temperatures are in the central equatorial Pacific – typically they are found further east, closer to South America.” Noll said this was known as a central-based El Nino, or El Nino Modoki – a Japanese word meaning “same, but different”. This pattern is likely to differ from conventional events. During summer a typical El Nino shows stronger and/or more frequent winds from the west in New Zealand, leading to an elevated risk of drier-than-normal conditions in the east of both islands and above normal rainfall in the west. Westerly air flow patterns are favoured through to next year and the summer season may come with a bit more variability. El Nino Modoki may be associated with periodic easterly quarter wind flows that bring some rainfall to eastern areas. The next three months was likely to have above average or average temperatures throughout New Zealand with rainfall below normal or near normal for most areas, Noll said. The regions identified by NIWA for developing dry conditions this summer season include the lower/western South Island. While an El Nino can be confined to summer, the chance for this to carry on into autumn is higher and stands at 55-60 per cent.
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UK company bids for Trade Me By Jamie Gray A surprise bid for online auction site Trade Me has thwarted what was likely to have been a big fall for the local sharemarket following on from Wall Street’s sharp decline overnight. Trade Me said it had received a preliminary, non-binding, indicative proposal from a company called Apax Partners to acquire 100 per cent of Trade Me at a cash price of $6.40 per share – a 25.5 per cent premium to Tuesday’s closing price of $5.10. The indicative proposal is subject to a number of conditions, including the completion of due diligence. Shares in Trade Me – a constituent of the NZX50 index – rallied by 96 cents or 18.8 per cent to $6.06 on the back of the news and by 10.35am the index was down by just 0.3 per cent at 8691.
In contrast the Dow Jones index closed at 24,465.64, down 551.80 points or 2.2 per cent, as weak results from retailers and mounting losses for big technology companies pushed the market back into the red for the year. Energy companies were also weak on the back of a 7 per cent plunge in the price of oil. Mark Lister, head of private wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners, said the market would have been looking at a much sharper decline had it not been for Trade Me’s announcement. “That is cetainly offsetting broader weakness as a result of overnight moves on US markets,” he said. “It’s not a bad start today for the local market.” Among the other moves, Fletcher Building rallied by 7c to $5 after Tuesday’s share decline, while a2 Milk dropped by 25c to $10.10. – NZME
Right – A predicted big fall in the New Zealand sharemarket was thwarted by a surprise overseas bid for online auction site Trade Me.
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Wood fuel could dramatically reduce New Zealand’s industrial emissions within five years, but not without a policy framework that actively encourages it, Azwood Energy general manager Brook Brewerton says. The country has abundant wood residues sitting in its hills which can be transformed into energy, he says. Some firms are starting to look at it as an alternative to coal, but many lack the capital to make the change. Without that demand that fuel will remain in the hills, he said. The quickest way to drive that would be for the Government to provide accelerated depreciation on renewable heat plant, or lowinterest Crown loans for them. “It’s just waste and we can use it but we need to create the demand,” he told NZME. “Biomass is a proven technology and with a long-term, secure, mapped supply strategy it could dramatically cut our emissions over the next five years.” Heavy industry accounts for about 15 per cent of the country’s emissions. Food processing, heavily reliant on hot water and steam, accounted for about a third of the almost 9 per cent that came from manufacturing in 2016, according to government data. While the scope to reduce emissions from some high-temperature processes like steel and cement making is considered
limited, the Productivity Commission earlier this year recommended that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority take a more active role developing policy to reduce coal use in process heat, including greater promotion of biomass supply and use. Crown forestry research institute Scion estimated New Zealand produced about 5.5 million tonnes of wood residues last year, of which just over 3 million tonnes – or 22 million gigajoules of energy – could be recovered. It expects those recoverable volumes to peak at 4 million tonnes and 27 million GJ in 2022, and trough around 2037. Azwood has been recovering forestry waste around Nelson for 40 years and considers the Scion estimates conservative. While the national residue volume is dominated by the Bay of Plenty, Brewerton notes that all regions have some wood and current demand is low. If demand did take off a lot could be done to use empty trucks and rail wagons on return trips to shift wood waste around the country. Brewerton said a real barrier to current uptake is the poor advice some firms get on boiler design and fuel specification. Many consultants are not really across the technology and some are still designing projects with a “fossil fuel” mindset and little understanding of the properties
of wood and how to burn it properly. Azwood executives have previously complained that some projects are being designed for wood chip boilers when lowercost, larger grade ‘hog’ would be a more economic wood fuel for larger-scale users. Azwood is supplying Fonterra a blend of wood chip and hog which the company is blending with coal to reduce emissions from its Brightwater milk powder plant. It will use about 2000 tonnes of wood a year. The company also plans to convert its cheese plant at Stirling, near Balclutha, using industrial scale heat pump technology to run on electricity. That will reduce coal use there by about 9700 tonnes annually. Chris Win, Fonterra’s operations manager for the upper South Island, said sites looking at alternative fuels have to look carefully at their overall energy needs. Energy efficiency remains a major driver, but firms also have to look through their lower heat processes to see what can be provided with electricity, what still requires thermal and what loweremission options they have for that, he said. Developing a plan, without closing out options to use technologies that are still evolving or not yet economic, is also key. “We need to get going on this as a country and as a company,” he said. – NZME
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
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Allenton Bowling Club Well not really the weather for bowling but the days that were good we played. Results: Progressive Pairs November 10 Leads 1st Martin Watson Skips 1st Murray Palmer. Well done. On Show day we had our annual Tournament and had a wonderful morning of bowls with everyone in a relaxed and bowling mood for good fun, laughter and general banter that goes with it. Finished with a lovely BBQ with “Chef” Lenny at the helm and the salad queen Ali, Bish was in the background keeping an eye on proceedings! A big thank you to all. Avo entertainment was sweeps etc on the races all organised by Richard, thanks. Overall the winner on the day was bowls but the competition winners were Reg McGarry’s team of Rowan, Maurice and Anne. Congratulations to them and well played. A very enjoyable day had by all. A reminder our Ladies Charene Tournament is on Friday 23 so fingers crossed for good weather day. That’s all this time. Good bowling to all.
Allenton Croquet Club President Ann Sunbeam chaired our November meeting held on Wednesday 14 and was attended by sixteen members. The Ashburton Engravers tournament for association croquet, the date had to be changed to November 20 due to another tournament that day. Twelve teams have entered. Golf croquet members have completed their pairs championship matches and have made a good start to playing their singles. All arrangements for our Christmas lunch on December 5 are well underway. Caterers we asked were available for this date. Jill McCormack kindly offered to make the Christmas cake for us to enjoy with our cuppa at afternoon tea time. Georgina Black and Jennifer Bateman to organise nibbles to be had when the members arrived before lunch. Our gardens are looking weed free again thanks go to Yvonne Lister and Maurice Sunbeam. With the recent rain plant grown has been great but that also means weeds were a plenty. Our next meeting is to be on January 16, 2019 at 3.15pm. Best wishes for a Merry Christmas to all and good croquet in the New Year.
Ashburton Bowling Club The weather has been a bit kinder to the bowling community except for Sunday at Hampstead where we got hailed off and missed the last 2 ends of play. Gavin Eder, John Kewish & Winston Lee managed a 2nd at that tournament with 4 wins. Also, at the Hampstead Green that day another Ashburton skip, Murray managed to get a prize for being the best trier closely followed by another Ashburton team. At Allenton on show day Alistair & Noeline Mackenzie along with Doug Kinvig & Heather Goodall managed a 2nd with 3 wins. Murray Anderson, Min Hill along with Laraine & Jim Mills getting 3rd with 2 wins GT’s team did not lose a game but missed out on the prize money, 2 draws and a win. Ashburton members please remember the In-house tournament this Saturday starting 1:15pm whites to be worn names
reindeer. Thank you individual performers who have played during the year, and those who put their hands up for supper duty.
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Mid Canterbury Central Friendship Club Wet weather did not deter 65 members from attending our November meeting. After welcoming one visitor, President Barry Quantock reminded those going to the over 89’s afternoon tea on November 30 that transport is available if required. Our Mini speaker was Ross Todd. In 1941 his father was captured and made a prisoner of war in Germany. After the war his father was a joint manager of the Todd family business in Ashburton. Ross was born in 1948 and attended Borough Primary School and later Ashburton Tech. After leaving school in 1964 he went farming and worked on a Kaiapoi lease belonging to Walter Lemon up on the board at the club. Good luck to those players who have entered the over 70’s on Monday check the paper for your teams. In the mid-week inter-club Ashburton 2 going down to Methven 2-1 on the last bowl. Ashburton 1 did not play last week. At the time of writing the greens have gone under water again so the good spell did not last long. Good Bowling.
Ashburton Combined Friendship Club President Errol told us of participating in the Armistice Day march through the French town of Leper (previously known as Ypres) to the Menin gate. The local people are still very grateful for the efforts and sacrifices of the NZ soldiers. Errol was also our mini speaker and told us about the Otahuna Luxury Lodge where a Christmas present voucher enabled Ngaire and him to stay one night and enjoy dinner, bed and breakfast. The house, built in 1895 for Heaton Rhodes and his wife, was once the homestead of a 5000 acre farm. The homestead and gardens have been restored to a very high standard and is now a very high end luxury accommodation experience catering in the main for very wealthy overseas visitors. The incredible attention to detail in the rooms and the outstanding six-course dinner made the overnight stay an unforgettable experience. Our main speaker was well known Ash-
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who Ross described as a very good employer. In 1971 he came to work at the Ashburton Freezing Works at Fairton. He became a butcher on the chain and during his 41 years saw the chains reduce from 3 to 1 as sheep numbers declined. Ross married in 1975 and had 3 children. He is also a classic car enthusiast. After the tea break our main speaker introduced by Derek Prebble was Andrew Falloon, MP for the Rangitata electorate. Born in 1983, Andrew grew up in Ashburton, attending Allenton Primary School, Ashburton Intermediate and Christ’s College. He then completed a degree in Political Science at Canterbury Univerburton identity Pup Chamberlain who is a very accomplished public speaker. He told us about growing up on a small western Southland farm, boarding school, a year working in the bush before embarking on a police career. He related some anecdotes from his early police career in Invercargill which was a steep learning curve and described the difficult task of bringing tragic news to families which changed their lives forever. When he gained some experience, he spent several years relieving at small country police stations which provided him with more stories to tell. On moving to Ashburton, he became very involved in community policing and spent a lot of time in schools but still did some of the grittier aspects of police work including attending accidents and working in Christchurch after the earthquake. Since leaving the police he has worked in Community Public Health, much of his work is now “helping the helpers” providing support to those who work in areas like health promotion in schools, rural mental health and men’s health. Meetings second Tuesday of month, Seniors Centre 206 Cameron St, 9.30am. Visitors welcome. Phone Errol 308 2365. ashcomboclub@gmail.com
Ashburton Creative Fibre If you have any items for babies or new mothers these would be gratefully received by Little Sprouts for new families in need. Collected at Ashfords. We will be selling craft at the Saturday market on Saturday, November 24 at 9am-12.30pm, setting up at 8am for goods to be dropped off. All goods to be in a packet with name and amount and a care label on garments. Our Christmas lunch will be on December 3 at the Plains, Finger food to be dropped off in the room, then meet at the chapel. Our project for next year will be to process one fleece how ever you want with progress photos. Items to be displayed as part of our 50th anniversary. We look forward to some workshops in the New Year, they sound exciting. The next craft day is on December 9 at the Plains in the cottage. Go into the domain gate past the tennis court to the cottage. The visit to Rosebank is Tuesday Decem-
sity before taking a job in parliament working for finance minister Steven Joyce. When Jo Goodhew resigned from parliament he gained the national nomination for her seat which he duly won in the 2017 election. He described some of the highs and lows of life in parliament and mentioned that the news media tend to highlight the scrappy infighting and melodrama at the expense of the more positive and serious business which is often overlooked. Andrew is a keen advocate of doublelaning State Highway one between Ashburton and Christchurch. After questions he was thanked by President Barry and the meeting concluded. ber 4 at 1.30pm.
Ashburton electronic organ and keyboard Our club had our final get together for the year. An almost full year of music, music, music. To the full house that turned out on a dreadfully cold night, I don’t think we disappointed. Thank you Barbara (H) for playing in. Rose and Audrey put together a full night’s entertainment, made up of the six groups that practise regularly during the year. It is because of these groups, that the Ashburton electronic organ and keyboard club, enjoy giving pleasure to both themselves and the public. Men’s singing group, the mixed singing group, The skiffle group, Accordion group, Piano trio, and the remaining two of the past five bands that played at the Balmoral Hall for almost eight years, for the sequence dance group, under Norman Jackson. Some of our members belong to two or more of the above groups, so the music just keeps rolling on, and it showed on Monday night. The selection of songs and music were delightful, and we quite forgot the time. Our thanks to Lorraine and Bev (S) for their hilarious stories, that threaded through our programmes. Some of which were a tad below standard, but ya gotta laugh. Also a huge welcome back to Fairlie after her marvellous recovery. Fairlie was part of the piano trio, and hasn’t played with Audrey and Rose since 2015. Bernard’s band paid tribute to Judith by playing a bracket of one of the many scores she wrote by hand when she was with them. Take a bow, both performers and audience, for making our year, yet another success. Some of the songs that each group performed: Michael on Kawai: I’ll be home for Christmas, Sleigh ride. Accordions: All ashore, When the moon says goodnight to the mountain, Piano trio: Mignon, Gypsy Rondo, Singing group: Memories are made of this, Cool cool cool of the evening. Bernard’s band: Dancing with my shadow, Baby face bracket Skiffle: How ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm, Grandma got run over by a
The last meeting of the Ashburton Garden Club for 2018 was held at the Seniors Centre on November 15. After a brief meeting, Toni Hurley was welcomed to speak of her busy life much of it involving flowers not to mention numerous other activities. She is well known for her Flower Stand outside her home in Racecourse Road, with floral sprays selling for $20. The enterprise is increasing as it is getting better known. She also has a gift shop which is open on Fridays between 10am to 3.30pm. We were treated to a wide selection of gifts available ranging from leather-look jackets of varying styles and colours, hats, scarves, jewellery, soaps, not to forget the beautiful posies of flowers. Our members had the opportunity to purchase goodies afterwards. In her very busy life, Toni works for a Wholesale Plant Company from Nelson so travels around the South Island selling their plants too. With the Christmas Market coming up at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on December 2, she will have her stall there too. Having a much loved garden of her own, with flowers being the attraction, I’m sure the bees love visiting her paradise! We finished our meeting with a special Christmas afternoon tea. The first gathering for 2019, will be a Garden Walk on January 17, 2019 beginning at 2pm at Joy Stack’s Nursery at Tinwald. Competition Results: Premier Bloom Paeony Audrey Leath 1 1st, Lois Bradley 1 2nd, 1 3rd, Pat Tarbotton 2 1st, 1 2nd, 1 3rd, Kathie Collie 2 1st, Pamela Bird 1 2nd, Mary Leighton 1 1st, 1 2nd, 1 3rd, Alison Jones 1 2nd, 1 3rd, Heather Gray 1 1st, 1 3rd, Kaye McLenaghen 1 2nd, 1 3rd, Jennifer Marks 1 2nd, 1 3rd.
Ashburton Golf Club The weather held off for a decent sized field on show weekend, and Paul Greer combined well with Greg Fleming to pick up the Sutherland trophy on countback from Kevin Smith and Gordy Crawford. Both pairs had a combined stableford score of 80 points, so well done to all four. The big hard luck story has to go to poor old Terry Kingsbury, who shot the course’s lights out, with a superb 73 for an awesome 44 points, unfortunately Terry drew the short straw when it came to partners, and he ended up with a big Yorkshire pudding who could only muster a paltry 34 points, leaving the pair two points light. The pudding was later heard complaining that Terry had left 2 or 3 shots out there and that the loss was really on him. This Saturday we have the Sante Marie trophy and the final of the RMF Cup. Charlie sits on the top of the pile, and of course a win this Saturday will see him pick up next years club sub, thanks to Russell Moon and Fail. Noel sits 14 points behind in second place, but with the bonus 15points for winning this week, Sooty can snatch the prize off Charlie with an outright win. Ian Rive in 3rd needs an outright win and for Charlie to finish 5th or worse to become champ for the 2nd time. All of the top 13 have got a mathematical chance of winning as long as they get an outright win, then they need to see where Charlie finishes. It should be a great day, with the top four, Chaz, Sooty, Ian and George Brown in fourth, playing together at the back of the field, trying to put a bit of pressure on each other. We have prizes for the final top four, with a brand new golf bag for 2nd place thanks to Matt and Sega Golf, so there is something for all the top 20 finalists to shoot for. For all of us mere mortals, the Sante Marie trophy is our last chance to bother the engraver, and get our names on a trophy for this year. This trophy, along with all the others that I haven’t won, will be handed out on presentation night, which is now on Saturday December 1, tickets available at the club. Dine, dance and good all round fun, with a much better MC than the last few years, thank goodness. Till next time good golfing.
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Thursday, November 22, 2018
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ABs fans can’t blame Read’s age By GreGor Paul No nation knows how to clamber on board a defeat quite like New Zealand to try to sink all those involved without a trace. A loss for the All Blacks it seems can never be just that. The vagaries of sport can never explain an All Blacks loss apparently and the notion that Ireland simply played better on the day isn’t sitting well with many. Nor is everyone willing to believe that defeat in Dublin represents just one test loss. Seemingly it is indicative, or confirmation even, that all is not well with the All Blacks and that they have been creaking and just about breaking for some time now. Perspective might not be such a bad thing to inject at this point. Test matches are called test matches for a reason – they are a test of character, of resilience of creativity of whatever qualities are required to gain a victory and what may have been forgotten is that they are supposed to be hard. Romping to big wins is supposed to be the exception not the norm and only the supremely arrogant would believe the All Blacks could go to Twickenham and rightfully expect to beat England with daylight between the two teams. The margin of victory in tests is irrelevant – it is a win-or-lose scenario, no more, no less. That the All Blacks won by a point says nothing other than they found a way to beat an excellent England side by a point. That they did it on England’s home turf where only one other team has won in the last three years, says the All Blacks have character and resilience and not that they are losing their touch because they beat Australia by heaps more. The defeat in Dublin that followed confirmed the qualities of Ireland more than it did that the All Blacks are flailing. Clearly, the All Blacks aren’t quite right at the moment, but
McCaw proved the doubters wrong in 2015 and with Read likely to find some of his missing athleticism and agility in the preseason, the All Blacks coaches have a high degree of confidence that the current skipper will deliver a similarly powerful finish to his career. His performance in Dublin was otherwise strong. He was running as hard in the last minute as he was in the first. He was always available and at no stage did he go missing. His work rate, fitness, willingness to be involved and lead by example – they were all apparent. The attacking finesse was missing but so too was that the case when Beauden Barrett threw the ball to Rob Kearney, when Rieko Ioane tossed the ball wildly after making an electric break and when Brodie Retallick dropped the last pass of the game. Accuracy and composure were missing in those critical moments across the team and not confined to Read. He was outplayed by his opposite CJ Stander but that’s what happens in big tests – sometimes the opposition have their day and why not confine the analysis to congratulating the Irish rather than castigating the All Blacks? Read didn’t have a great game but nor was he awful and what’s maybe been missed in the hurry to throw him to the wolves is that he made a bold and decisive decision to kick for goal on 67 minutes. There will be different views on whether it was the right or wrong call but the point surely is that he had the composure and certainty to make it, presumably calculating that the All Blacks would get the ball back and still have 12 minutes to score the points they needed. Read was at the heart of the battle where he needed to be, he just didn’t deliver on the accuracy and who knows, maybe he will lose his edge before the World Cup, but there is no reason to believe that right now. - NZME
Kieran Read made a few costly errors ... but so did Brodie Retallick. they are not fundamentally broken as some of the reactions would suggest. They need to strike a better balance in their back three and get a better handle on whatever transition to their gameplan they have been trying to make. They haven’t quite found their attacking flow in the back half of the year – not against the best teams – but then again, they haven’t been as contained as has been suggested. They scored four tries in Pretoria and it was the way they found space and stretched England which generated their penalty opportunities. And against Ireland, they created four clear-cut try-scoring chances. Three times they opened Ireland up and twice they blew the last pass and once they were denied a certain try by a truly
heroic piece of covering by Peter O’Mahoney. The All Blacks didn’t get going the way they wanted, but nor were they impotent and without threat. A bit of spit and polish and they could have won by a length as they botched an absolute sitter when Kieran Read couldn’t gather his charge down of Jacob Stockdale’s kick. And Read is a topic in himself given the harsh judgement about his performance. The inference from the postmatch analysis is that the two big mistakes he made – the failure to gather the charge down and a terrible pass to no one when the All Blacks were in a promising spot – indicate that he’s past it. That’s the sub-text coming through that Read’s too old now, not the player he was or the player
he needs to be to get the All Blacks through the World Cup next year. Again, perspective is missing. He made two big errors but they shouldn’t be attributed to age. The All Blacks have taken a calculated risk to keep playing Read knowing he’s not quite 100 per cent yet from major back surgery. But they believe he’s on track to get there and turning up in all the places he’s expected to be and doing everything that has been asked. He’ll forever be compared with the 2013 version of himself but his role has long been modified since then to suit the evolving needs of the team. His predecessor, Richie McCaw, went through the same role evolution throughout his career and faced the same accusations a year out from a World Cup that he was on the slide.
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CLUB NEWS – continued Grey Power Ashburton Inc. On Monday, November 19, President Peter Thomas welcomed 60 plus members to the annual Christmas meeting of Grey Power Ashburton. Apologies were received from; Colin & Isabel Cameron; Cath & Ray Carr; Carol Price; Brian Gunn; and Shona Thomas; Greer moved acceptance, seconded by Sheila, carried. Peter announced that there were some booklets called Why Keep it Secret available from treasurer Sheila for the very special price of $5. Grey Power Rotorua published this handy little booklet to record all your details in one place and make things easier for those left behind when you pass away. Entertainment for the afternoon then commenced with a round of carols with Bernard playing the organ. This was followed by a bracket of easy listening country and western style songs with Barry and Glenys Kirwan. Sheila and Greer then conducted the drawing of the raffle and distribution of the prizes.
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More carols and entertainment from Barry and Glenys followed. Natalie announced the winners of the 10 lucky door prizes; the winning tickets had been drawn by members of the Age Concern Ashburton 206 Club who were meeting in the next room. Presentations of gift packs were made to Bernard and Margaret who had entertained through the year; and to Barry and Glenys. Peter thanked everyone for their generous donations to the foodbanks. The meeting closed at 3pm and afternoon tea was served. Next meeting February 18, 2019; where the speaker will be from Paterson’s Funeral Directors.
Netherby WI 26 members attended the meeting on November 12. Results from the A & P Show in October were very pleasing. We gained 3rd place for our Tray entry – Hues of green, white and purple.
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In brief Kuchar primed Spending the day hitting a tennis ball rather than a golf ball has Team USA talisman Matt Kuchar primed to return to winning form in this week’s World Cup of Golf in Melbourne. World No.29 Kuchar will partner Kyle Stanley (No.30) at the Metropolitan golf course with the American pair opening their account this morning alongside the Australian team of Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith. Kuchar arrived in Sydney last week from Mexico where he ended a four-year title drought on the PGA Tour. But the 40-year-old was unable to continue that run at the Australian Open, fading in the final two rounds to tie for 23rd. - AAP
Live trade ‘unknown’ The AFL’s new X-factor of live draft trading is about to meet the richest crop of player talent in nearly two decades. While the live trading of draft picks could be a fizzer in Thursday night’s first round, everyone agrees this is the best group of players since the famed 2001 crop. This year, it is a given that Sam Walsh, Jack Lukosius, Izak Rankine and Max King will be among the top five choices. But for the first time, clubs can trade where they are in the draft order. - AAP
Rugby ‘needs to evolve’ Veronica Wall will be among those competing at this weekend’s Ashburton Rowing Club regatta, but under the banner of the Southern RPC. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN
■ ROWING
Lake Hood to host regatta By Erin TaskEr
Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz
Lake Hood is set to welcome hundreds of rowers this weekend, when the Ashburton Rowing Club hosts its first regatta of the season. Around 500 to 600 crews are set to take part in the annual Ashburton Rowing Club regatta, with crews coming from around Canterbury and North Otago, Ashburton Rowing Club coach Justin Wall said. Wall said the regatta comes at a point where crews are just starting to get into their earlyseason stride. He said rowers from the Southern Rowing Performance Centre (RPC) and high-performance pathway rowers will be among those competing over
the weekend, and it will be the first 2km, laned, held start regatta of the season for a lot of the Canterbury crews. With Ashburton’s standout performer in recent years, Veronica Wall, now rowing out of the Southern RPC, up and coming locals like Mollie Gibson and Haxby Hefford are among the Ashburton club’s big hopes this season. Coach Wall said the Ashburton Rowing Club has punched above its weight in recent years, and the aim is to continue along that same pathway. Gibson – who competed for New Zealand at her first junior world championships earlier this year – is eyeing up the under-18 girls’ single sculls title at this season’s national secondary
schools’ Maadi Cup regatta, to continue Ashburton’s dominance in the event. Gibson already has national under-16 and under-17 titles to her name, while Veronica Wall won the national under-18 single sculls title the past three years running, along with two under-17 and two under-16 titles. Ashburton’s dominance in senior girls’ rowing in recent seasons has extended to bigger boats, winning three under-18 coxed girls’ quad titles. Hefford is now out of school so is competing as a club rower, and his focus is on gaining national under-21 honours this season, Justin Wall said. With the school rowers in the middle of exams, rowing train-
ing has been pared back slightly to seven trainings a week, but once exams finish it will ramp back up to around nine trainings a week, Wall said. The Ashburton Rowing Regatta is the second of the season on the calendar at Lake Hood this summer, but the Clark Boyce Regatta – scheduled to have been held three weekends ago – fell victim to the weather and was blown out. With Mid Canterbury having already experienced a mixed bag of weather this week, rowing club officials are hoping that clear blue skies and no wind will greet them when racing gets under way. Racing will run through until about 1.30pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Evolve now or fizzle out. That’s the thinking behind Andrew Forrest’s Global Rapid Rugby, and Western Force skipper Ian Prior predicts it will become rugby’s version of Twenty20 cricket. Forrest will launch his new competition in either late February or early March, with the proposed rule changes set to encourage a more free-flowing, exciting brand of rugby. One of the new rule changes that excites Prior the most is the chance to pull off a rugby league-style 40-20 kick. Nine-point Power Tries, rolling substitutions, and no direct kicks for touch from inside the defensive 22m will also add to the spectacle. - AAP
Petaia signs new deal Exciting Wallabies rookie Jordan Petaia has rejected interest from NRL clubs and committed his future to rugby union, signing a new four-year contract with Rugby Australia. A talented junior rugby league player, 18-year-old Petaia grew up idolising Israel Folau, Billy Slater and the North Queensland Cowboys. Cruelly denied a Test rugby debut against Italy last weekend due to a hamstring injury at training, Petaia said he had no hesitation signing the deal despite NRL approaches. - AAP
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Biting allegations emerge in Hayne case New allegations have emerged that Jarryd Hayne bit the woman he is charged with sexually assaulting in September. A reticent Jarryd Hayne said nothing to reporters as the outof-contract NRL star reported to police to satisfy his strict bail conditions while on a sexual assault charge. Hayne, 30, was charged with aggravated sexual assault and in-
flicting actual bodily harm after handing himself into Ryde police station on Monday afternoon. He was released in the early hours of Tuesday morning after first reporting to the station around 4pm on Monday. Police will allege that the woman was bitten by Hayne, causing profuse bleeding which led to her going to hospital, according to the Seven Network.
It is also alleged Hayne had advised a taxi driver to wait for him outside after he was taken to the woman’s house in the Hunter region. Hayne said nothing as he was swamped by reporters on his way to and out of Castle Hill police station around 7.30pm. He was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on December 10, a
police statement said, without naming Hayne. “Police will allege in court that the man attended a home in the Hunter region on Sunday 30 September 2018, and sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman.” The assault allegedly took place on the night of the NRL Grand Final. It was reported Hayne declined to be formally interviewed. - NZME
Bragging rights will be worth more than the $US9 million prize money to Phil Mickelson when he takes on Tiger Woods in an 18-hole winner-takes-all pay-per-view showdown in Las Vegas. For two of the world’s richest athletes the prospect of pocketing millions for playing an afternoon round at Shadow Creek Golf Club on Friday may not set the heart racing. But for Mickelson the thought of forever being able to wave that cheque in Woods’ face was something priceless ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday clash. - AAP
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■ ULTRA-RUNNING
Legend breaks record for Cape Reinga to Bluff run
Ashburton’s Hugh Donaldson, who was recently named in the New Zealand elite water skiing squad, will be among those in action this weekend at the Lake Hood Slalom. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN
■ WATER SKIING
Kicking off a busy season By Erin TaskEr
Erin.t@thEguardian.co.nz
Water skiers will get a chance to blow out the cobwebs at Lake Hood this weekend, ahead of what could be a big few months for some. The Lake Hood Slalom – the first tournament on the national water skiing calendar for the season – was set to be held over two days this weekend, and organisers were hoping that after a week of wild and unpredictable weather, things would literally calm down in time for skiers to hit the waters. Water Ski Lake Hood’s Janeen Donaldson said skiers from Rangiora to Wanaka, and everywhere in between, were expect-
ed to converge on the lake to test out their early season form. Among them would be some of Mid Canterbury’s top water skiers including Hugh Donaldson, who was second overall for men in New Zealand last season and had recently been named in the New Zealand elite squad – the first Mid Cantabrian to make the squad. He and twin brother George were both eyeing up spots at the under-21 world championships next year, and the open worlds which were being held in Malaysia. The New Zealand nationals were being held in Auckland at Easter, and would be preceded by the Oz Kiwi Chal-
lenge in March. Lake Hood was set to host three tournaments, with this weekend’s being the first, followed by the AquaFest tournament and another threeevent tournament in March, just before the Oz Kiwi event. As it was still early season, this weekend’s tournament at Lake Hood involved just one event – the slalom – and Janeen Donaldson said it was a chance for people to see where their early season form was at, and work on their ski fitness. She said there had been few opportunities to get on the water in recent weeks due to the weather. “We are so weather dependent, especially when we haven’t
got any shelter from the northerly or the southerly,” she said. The only wind they didn’t mind was an easterly, because it blew straight over top of them. Adding to the excitement of the first tournament of the season, was the fact that the skiers would get the opportunity to ski behind a brand-new boat – a new Nautique which is currently being trialled in the South Island. Competition would get under way at 8am on both Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. The Water Ski Lake Hood club was also planning on hosting a ski school at Lake Hood, run by Rachel Donaldson, in the two weeks before Christmas.
■ MOTORSPORT
Whincup vows to do what he can for SVG By LainE CLark Jamie Whincup says he will do whatever he can to help teammate Shane van Gisbergen win the Supercars championship this weekend. And he has not ruled out using controversial team orders. Ford fans were livid when Whincup, who is out of title contention, appeared to dramatically slow down at the last round at Auckland, allowing van Gisbergen to pass and finish second. The result restricted Ford gun Scott McLaughlin’s series lead over van Gisbergen to just 14 points going into this weekend’s final round in Newcastle, ensur-
ing the closest title race in a decade. Red Bull Racing team claimed their driver Whincup was simply running out of fuel in Auckland but social media went into meltdown over what they thought were blatant team orders, sparking an official investigation. RBR were later cleared with officials claiming team orders were legal. While Whincup denied he was following team orders, he vowed to do what he could to help RBR teammate van Gisbergen claim a second Supercars title. “What happened in New Zealand, I was pushing hard to race and we didn’t win, unfortunately
car 17 (McLaughlin) did us in strategy,” he told AAP. “The only thing I can do this weekend is get out with the leaders and try and win a race. “At the same time we do what we can to help car 97 (van Gisbergen) score as many points as they can. “I certainly won’t be doing anything untoward to any other team or driver. “That’s not the way we play. We go out and race hard and fair and do what we can to get maximum points.” Seven-time series champion Whincup finds himself in the rare situation of not being in title contention ahead of the final round.
Whincup is third in the 2018 championship, just 58 points ahead of Supercars great Craig Lowndes who will contest his final round as a full-time driver. “I am a bit disappointed we are not in contention come the last round but I have been around long enough to know that you can’t win them all,” Whincup said. “But we are third in the championship fighting it out with Lowndesy for the last place on the podium in the championship. “I want to make sure I finish the year off well.” Practice starts on Friday with 95 lap races on Saturday and Sunday. - AAP
He did it! 18 days after Perry Newburn began his journey at Cape Reinga, the 64-year-old Kiwi runner arrived at Stirling Point, Bluff, yesterday afternoon, breaking a long standing record for the fastest run of the length of New Zealand. It was no easy feat: Newburn battled extreme weather, from heat to torrential rain and flooding, and only beat the record with a few short minutes to spare. Fuelled mostly by chocolate milkshakes, Newburn ran the length of New Zealand in 18 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes. The record for the run along the length of New Zealand was 18 days and 9 hours, set by Siggy Bauer in 1975. No one had ever managed to beat that until yesterday, when ultra-running legend Perry Newburn, 64, of Feilding, took a quarter of an hour off that time and set a new record. Newburn, who lives in Napier, began his record-breaking journey at 4.30am on November 3, at Cape Reinga. It took him just over 18 days to cover 2113km on his own two feet. He had to run almost 120km a day for 18 consecutive days. That meant running about three marathons a day every day for nearly three weeks, without a single day to rest in between. Newburn’s run had a bigger goal: he is raising funds for the Running on the Spectrum charity, which helps Kiwi children with autism. The ultramarathon man is not new to big audacious challenges. After the Christchurch earthquake, he ran from Auckland to Christchurch to raise funds. He also holds an impressive world masters record for his run across the United States, in 51 days, 16 hours and 40 minutes. Newburn attempted to run the length of New Zealand last year but “the weather pretty much derailed the run”. He also had an injury that started playing up so, all in all, decided it was smarter to delay it. Newburn doesn’t like saying never but feels like this could be his last run of this type. His Facebook page for the challenge is called The last Hurrah – Length of NZ 2018 and he feels this may very well be his last hurrah. The day before starting his record-breaking journey, Newburn told the Herald that, if he was going to do something crazy like running the length of a country one final time, it had to be New Zealand. - NZME
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Wilma’s future up in the air Which country Wilma’s Mate will officially represent and whether she will get a start in the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship are both totally up in the air. One thing is certain, though – Wilma’s Mate herself will soon be up in the air. The six-year-old missed a guaranteed starting spot in the upcoming series by just one place when final rankings were released on Wednesday. Her 25th placing in the trotting rankings has made her immediate racing future totally uncertain. What is definite is that Wilma’s Mate will be doing it in Australia. She was to represent trainer Paul Nairn in the series had she gained a start and that is still a possibility as she only needs one horse to pull out to gain a starting spot. The scenario has led to Nairn and owner Richard Cornelius working on a secondary plan in case that does not happen. “She only needs one to pull out in either of the heats,” Nairn said. “Richard has got a plan b, the horse will still go over, even if she doesn’t get in to the Inter Dominions.” “She will go to Tim Butt in Sydney and if she were to sneak in to the field at the last minute he can still take her down there.” Wilma’s Mate’s last start fifth behind Marcoola in the Dominion was enough to suggest she was worthy of an Inter Dominion tilt. “She trotted a lot better so, hopefully we have got her right,”
She may have missed a guaranteed staring spot in the Inter Dominions, but Wilma’s Mate is still heading to Australia, just in case. Nairn said. “I hope it is not just a one-off, there has been a mix of things. “A couple of her runs were a bit disappointing, but in saying that, she was coming back from a long spell and it is a tough grade to come back in.” “She has had a couple of checks that have not really been her fault, that have caused her to gallop.” Wilma’s Mate heads back to Australia with the hope she can keep her unbeaten record there
intact. She won the Victorian Trotting Derby and the Breeders Crown three-year-old fillies title, as well as a minor race, in the winter of 2016. Whether she makes it to the Inter Dominion in Nairn or Butt’s colours will decide if three or four trotters fly the New Zealand flag in the series. Speeding Spur has been ranked the number one trotter in the series after Wednesday’s final rankings. Trainer Phil Williamson’s pair
of Monty Python and Alderbeck are ranked ninth and 11th, respectively. The release of the final rankings for the Interdominion pacing series confirmed just three New Zealand pacers are set to head to Melbourne. All Stars pacer Cruz Bromac is the number two ranked horse in the series behind Tiger Tara, while Spankem sits in 15th spot, one higher than Pat’s Delight, who is in 16th. - NZ Harness News
Ellis catches another Shark at ready to run sale Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis has had plenty of success at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale and he is hoping his latest acquisition can reach similar heights. Ellis purchased triple Group One winner Gingernuts at the sale in 2015 for $42,500 and went to $230,000 to secure current stable star Te Akau Shark a year later. The Rip Van Winkle gelding has won five of his six career startsto-date, including the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m)
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at his last-start, and Ellis went to $152,500 to secure his threequarter brother at Karaka on yesterday. “I thought it was really fair (price), we would have gone a bit more,” Ellis said. “When you buy a horse at this sale for $150,000 that has been broken in and educated you have got to be happy.” Ellis said there are striking similarities between the two sons of Rip Van Winkle and he believes his latest acquisition can develop
into a similar animal as his threequarter brother. “Even though he is not a chestnut, he is absolutely identical to Te Akau Shark in every other way,” Ellis said. “He is a very lovely colt with a lot of class and (comes from) a family that is really going places.” Ellis initially passed on the colt when he was offered as a yearling at Karaka earlier this year, but he was impressed with the way he has developed as a two-year-old. “I did (look at him as a year-
ling), but he has developed enormously since the yearling sales, as these horses do, and I was very taken by him,” Ellis said. Like Te Akau Shark, Ellis thinks his new purchase will take a bit of time to develop and won’t be seen on the track until he is a three-year-old. “He’s not a two-year-old, but he’s a real 2000 Guineas colt I think. We’ll just put him up on our website now and syndicate him. We’ve got no firm owners in the horse yet.” – NZ Racing Desk
Dream horse goes to Hale Cambridge Bloodstock agent Stuart Hale lay awake on the eve of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale with a Savabeel colt running through his mind and he decided then and there he was going to buy him. Hale did just that on Wednesday, going to $500,000 to secure lot 84, a Savabeel colt out of Group Three winner Lady Chaparral. “He was the best horse of the sale with the best pedigree. He jumped over my bed all night,” Hale said. “By Savabeel out of a Groupwinning High Chaparral mare, where can you go wrong?” The colt’s new owner, Mr Wong Shing Ngai of Regency Stables, resides in Hong Kong and that is where the colt’s future lies after an initial stint with Cambridge trainer Brendon Hawtin, who was suitably impressed with the colt. “He’s an outstanding colt with a great pedigree,” Hawtin said. “He was the pick of the sale for us. “We had a budget to spend and were willing to go a little bit higher if we had to. We’re just rapt for the owner, he’s had success with purchases in the past and no doubt this will be another one.” Hale said he was given orders by his long-standing client to secure the best colt of the sale and he believes he has delivered on that. “The minute he walked out of the box I said this is the one,” Hale said. “Mr Wong told me to buy the best colt of the sale and he was the best. “He had the pedigree and he had the look. He vetted beautifully and I think he’s an exciting horse. “He’s got a good attitude and he’s a real athlete. I wasn’t going to leave here without buying him.” Hale said the Savabeel colt will follow a similar path to Regency Bo Bo, another horse Hale bought for Mr Wong at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2015 Yearling Sale. “He’ll stay here and trial. He will do exactly the same programme as Regency Bo Bo, a Denman I paid $400,000 for,” Hale said. - NZ Racing Desk
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3x4 Fancy Schmancy (3) fr ..................B Orange 02754 Mhai Uptown Girl (4) fr ........ S Iremonger (J) 0 Sheikh Yabooty (5) fr .................... B Mangos 80x98 Lady Liberty (6) fr...........................B Towers 78449 Geoff’s Legacy (7) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 5536 The Bandit Queen (21) fr ............. D Butcher 322 Mr Incredible (22) fr .......................Z Butcher 88x32 Mr Billiards (23) fr.................... T Macfarlane 9x655 Ain’t Nothing Bettor (24) fr .......... K Marshall 0 Reckon Im Smart (25) fr.................. C Driver 3 6.12pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ r40-r48,r53 w/c., mobile, 2000m 1 84095 Vinibaka (1) fr................................Z Butcher 2 39728 Express Play (2) fr........................ B Mangos 3 50043 T C Business (3) fr ........................B Orange 4 x2722 Liberal Arden (4) fr .........................S Phelan 5 030x1 Iamthedream (5) fr ....................... D Butcher 6 63806 Artanne (6) fr........................ D Ferguson (J) 7 8x674 Dana Dawn (7) fr ........................P Ferguson 8 7x896 Change Is Good fr........................ Scratched 9 66x61 Majorca (21) fr......................... T Macfarlane 10 34704 Itsokbeingbetter (22) fr ................ K Marshall 11 64891 Helix (23) fr ...............................S Abernethy 4 6.37pm FOCUS PLANNING MOBILE PACE $9000,
non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2500m 1 91406 Armstrong (1) fr ....................... T Macfarlane 1 60 Lady Jenny (1) fr .......................S Abernethy 2 x4772 Lincoln’s Girl (2) fr .........................Z Butcher 2 56242 K B La Salle (2) fr..........................Z Butcher 3 1x357 Cha Cha B (3) fr .........................P Ferguson 3 Downtown Babe (3) fr ................P Ferguson 4 8x583 Sweet Maggie Ryan (4) fr .... D Ferguson (J) 4 Milner (4) fr....................................B Orange 5 35x03 Lynton Creek (5) fr ....................... D Butcher 5 7x086 Santanna Legend (5) fr ............... K Marshall 6 x5437 Captain Kirk (6) fr ......................... B Mangos 6 73x47 Arty Pharty (6) fr ................. S Iremonger (J) 7 65318 Command Lustre (7) fr ..................B Orange 7 Tommy Tahi (7) fr.......................... B Mangos 8 x3099 Drum Withers (21) fr........................ C Driver 8 08235 Ideal Tiger (U1) fr ...........................S Phelan 7 7.52pm MERRY XMAS FROM MITRE 10 MOBILE 9 8P338 Lucas Hood (U2) fr............... D Ferguson (J) PACE $9000, r48-r53., mobile, 2500m 5 7.02pm “BIGTIME” RACING KENNELS MOBILE 1 09510 Jakira (1) fr ....................................Z Butcher PACE $9000, r40-r48., mobile, 2500m 2 632x0 Our Wicklow (2) fr ........................ B Mangos 1 0x031 Amaro (1) fr .......................... D Ferguson (J) 3 000x9 Mustang GT (3) fr.................... T Macfarlane 2 80803 Nerve Of Steel (2) fr ......................B Orange 4 79x52 Scelta Uno (4) fr .......................... K Marshall 3 7x709 Marrera (3) fr .................................Z Butcher 5 4x968 Lincoln Moment (5) fr ................S Abernethy 4 07799 Jack Bates (4) fr .......................... K Marshall 6 9x444 Jetenara (6) fr .............................. D Butcher 5 76067 Rangi Rangdu (5) fr .......................S Phelan 7 P0825 Franco Empire (7) fr ......................B Orange 6 06472 Sky City King (6) fr .................. T Macfarlane 8 27146 Westburn Yield (21) fr ....................S Phelan 7 0x355 Sharknado (7) fr ........................... D Butcher 8 8.17pm CHRISTMAS MEETING DECEMBER 11 & 8 72x45 Pure Desire (21) fr .....................P Ferguson 13 MOBILE PACE $9000, r57-r80., mobile, 2500m 9 5x007 Red River Dash (22) fr ..............S Abernethy 1 35471 Bubble Gum (1) fr..........................Z Butcher 10 7x896 Change Is Good (23) fr ................ B Mangos 2 7x506 Sauchiehall (2) fr ..................... T Macfarlane 6 7.27pm PAULINE BROWN @ REMAX MOBILE 3 36x18 Delightful Kas (3) fr ...................... B Mangos PACE $9000, 3yo+ r52-r56., mobile, 2500m 4 12092 Bettor Sensation (4) fr ................. K Marshall
5 4x225 Gotta Moment (5) fr...................S Abernethy 6 6x944 Delightful Zen (6) fr ...................... D Butcher 7 27111 Franco Saxon (7) fr .......................B Orange LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Need Luck, Majestic One, November Guy, Laura Bush Race 2: Fancy Schmancy, Onedin Punter, Mr Incredible, Mhai Uptown Girl Race 3: Majorca, Liberal Arden, Express Play, T C Business Race 4: Ideal Tiger, K B La Salle, Milner, Lucas Hood Race 5: Sky City King, Amaro, Nerve Of Steel, Pure Desire Race 6: Captain Kirk, Lincoln’s Girl, Armstrong, Cha Cha B Race 7: Jakira, Mustang GT, Scelta Uno, Westburn Yield Race 8: Franco Saxon, Bettor Sensation, Delightful Zen, Gotta Moment
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M3 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 22 November 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.02pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 44382 Cosmic Jase 17.42 ...................J McInerney 2 44215 Twizel Storm 17.58.......................... M Grant 3 87641 We Rocking 17.44 H & ........................Taylor 4 82466 Mick The Mower 17.75 ..............J McInerney 5 33528 Boston Powers 17.36 ................A Bradshaw 6 32523 Smash Bomber 17.23 ..................... M Grant 7 82563 Jaded Affair 17.35 ........................ L Waretini 8 35152 Melan 17.33 S & .............................B Evans 9 76846 Miss Dupre 17.33 ............................. B Dann 10 16887 It’s A Joke 17.26........................J McInerney 2 12.19pm HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY GAYLENE TURNWALD DASH C4, 295m 1 34626 Hankenstein nwtd .....................A Bradshaw 2 13445 Debbie Baxter 17.21 .................J McInerney 3 1367F It’s That Fresh 17.29 S & .................B Evans 4 x4157 Zugzwang 17.43 .......................A Bradshaw 5 67715 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 ..............................R Casey 6 25332 Fiery Affair 17.19...............................J Dunn 7 46568 Call Me Flo 17.24 ..................... A Botherway 8 57634 Ohoka Clare 17.17 ....................... L Waretini 9 66881 Koputara 17.37...............................J Jopson 10 48x77 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S & ...................B Evans 3 12.36pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 186x7 Ohoka Angel 17.41 ......................A Waretini 2 43537 Hi Ho Tonto 17.38 ............................ B Dann 3 21383 Sierra Delta 17.45 S & ....................B Evans 4 18364 Smash Reward 17.23...................... M Grant 5 11525 Nelso Allen 16.99 .........................C Roberts
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45482 Sarcasm 17.02 ...............................G Cleeve 11354 Goldstar Dodge 17.47 S & ..............B Evans 57866 Cosmic Marty 17.65 ..................J McInerney 45567 Mitcham Reado 17.48 ...............J McInerney 16887 It’s A Joke 17.26........................J McInerney 4 12.54pm A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH.0800222583 DASH C4, 295m 1 13327 Loco Lola 17.18 ........................A Bradshaw 2 2457x Midnight Bolt 17.36 ............................C Weir 3 84446 Asserting Power 17.24 ..............A Bradshaw 4 31613 Jinja Ellie 17.39 ................................A Joyce 5 11375 Botany Cold 17.22 ....................J McInerney 6 155F7 Come A Guster 17.33 ..................... M Grant 7 22214 Jitterbug Jewel 17.36 ...................C Roberts 8 3x566 Who’s John Galt nwtd ....................J Jopson 9 87725 Saraya Jayde 17.25 ..................... L Waretini 10 48x77 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S & ...................B Evans 5 1.11pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C5, 295m 1 25425 Special Affair 17.30 ...........................J Dunn 2 74127 Dizzy Banjo 17.13 ..............................C Weir 3 11521 Too The Nail 17.02 J & ....................D Fahey 4 11131 Opawa Jumper 17.15 ......................R Wales 5 36154 Cosmic Ruben 17.23 ................J McInerney 6 65142 Sunlit Johnny 17.16 ...........................C Weir 7 64255 Nozzno Fear 17.16.................... A Bradshaw 8 31288 Hatfield 17.28 ............................... L Waretini 9 34835 Cash A Roo 17.27 S & ....................B Evans 10 87184 Dissident 17.30 ............................C Roberts 6 1.29pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS DASH C3, 295m 1 13267 Smash Calling nwtd ........................ M Grant 2 15875 Disobedience 17.36 S & .................B Evans 3 26735 Broken Penniless 17.45 .................G Cleeve 4 22533 Inside Affair 17.16 .............................J Dunn 5 56123 Shanly Star 17.39 .....................J McInerney
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28814 Epic Rose 17.50.............................J Jopson 16465 Hear This 17.30............................... M Grant 3648x Cosmic Richie 17.30 .................J McInerney 76846 Miss Dupre 17.33 ............................. B Dann 16887 It’s A Joke 17.26........................J McInerney 7 1.45pm CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C3, 295m 1 37846 Know Approval 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 2 88765 Princely Gold 17.19...................J McInerney 3 5866x Opawa Waihemo 17.33 ...................R Wales 4 14751 Ketchikan Kim 17.26 .........................J Dunn 5 31635 Smash Damage 17.30 .................... M Grant 6 22151 Homebush Boden 17.47 ...........J McInerney 7 61578 Fired Up Jed 17.31 .......................... B Dann 8 41633 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.25 S & .............B Evans 9 64568 Tubby Kevie 17.37 ..........................J Jopson 10 16887 It’s A Joke 17.26........................J McInerney 8 2.04pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C3, 520m 1 63143 Martha Magic 30.17 H & .....................Taylor 2 61267 Frosty Blaze 30.42 ........................R Adcock 3 4484x Opawa Abbie Joy 30.25 J & ............D Fahey 4 74574 Go Brat 30.16 J & ...........................D Fahey 5 12482 Ming Ming 30.39 .......................A Bradshaw 6 11537 Bertie Allen 30.03 ........................C Roberts 7 62615 He’s All Power 30.16 J & .................D Fahey 8 72633 Amy Bale 30.64...............................J Tanner 9 52637 Panel Beater nwtd S & ....................B Evans 10 54438 Archie’s Ranger 30.86....................J Jopson 9 2.22pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 17261 Dyna Elwyn 29.67 ........................C Roberts 2 51131 Avenger Bale 29.82......................C Roberts 3 12124 Dirk Bale 30.03 ............................C Roberts 4 62411 Bookie Monster 30.33 .......................J Dunn
46711 Know Shame 30.04........................G Cleeve 76364 Perfect Result 30.15 ......................R Adcock 21153 Barge Bale 30.20 .........................D Roberts 74184 Dyna Monty 29.94 ........................C Roberts 26455 Opawa Rooster 29.99 J & ...............D Fahey 38372 Kiacatoo Fever 30.20 S & ...............B Evans 10 2.41pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C5, 295m 1 21165 Rocket Raccoon 17.01 .......................C Weir 2 32261 Pita Ramos 17.26 .............................J Dunn 3 11213 Chitina Tin 17.15 .................................A Lee 4 54388 Kalonga 17.36 S & ..........................B Evans 5 42226 Platinum Marshal 17.00 ...............C Roberts 6 11265 Shallay Pallay 17.07 J &..................D Fahey 7 252x7 Detective Dash 17.41 ................J McInerney 8 28363 Flower Bomb 17.06 ...................A Bradshaw 9 34835 Cash A Roo 17.27 S & ....................B Evans 10 26636 Dove Love 17.15 ................................C Weir 11 2.57pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C5, 295m 1 31182 Treville 17.27 .............................R Blackburn 2 12346 Wheelie Wheels nwtd.........................C Weir 3 43224 Oskitz 17.12 .................................C Roberts 4 22374 Custom Paint 17.06............................C Weir 5 11112 Sheza Rippa 16.91 J & ...................D Fahey 6 42534 Smash Wild 17.08 ........................... M Grant 7 48218 Fired Up Jasper 17.04 ..................... B Dann 8 67325 Sergess 17.28 ...........................J McInerney 9 34835 Cash A Roo 17.27 S & ....................B Evans 10 17538 Black Tori 17.35.........................A Bradshaw 12 3.15pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 81664 Shady Banjo 17.29.............................C Weir 2 168x3 Another Belle 17.22 .......................J Jopson 3 F63F1 Goldstar Linkin 17.32 S & ...............B Evans 4 15777 Go All Lin 17.30 ........................A Bradshaw 5 57816 High Dreamer 17.24........................ M Grant
6 42372 Know Sweat 17.33 .........................G Cleeve 7 44127 Flaming Sambuca 17.26 ...........J McInerney 8 41564 Cawbourne Britty 17.26 ...............C Roberts 9 67374 Elodea 17.40 .............................R Blackburn 10 48x77 Aussie Hoon 17.21 S & ...................B Evans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
11 0000x Luuka h (11) 56.5 ............................C Johnson 5.27pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES SAT 15 DEC HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 x7827 Fulltothebrim tdh (3) 59 ......................K Selvan 2 56x41 Haywood mh (4) 59 ..................... D Bothamley 3 610x8 Riding High d (7) 58 ...............C Campbell (a2) 4 447x2 Shirley Maude h (2) 57.5 ................. T Moseley 5 108x3 Black Lizzie m (5) 56.5 ......................C Barnes 6 1x750 Regent Street mh (13) 56.5...... K Mudhoo (a1) 7 21836 Boyslightup m (9) 56 .................. B Murray (a2) 8 2377x Valetina Vittoria (12) 56 .................. K Kwo (a3) 9 148x8 Verify th (11) 56 .............................S Muniandy 10 900x9 The Likely Lad h (1) 55.5 ............G Jogoo (a1) 11 6x003 Knutquacker d (8) 55...................T Jonker (a3) 12 68x65 Tapilize (6) 54.5 ...............................C Johnson 13 705x9 Leila Eve tdh (10) 54 ................R Mudhoo (a4) Blinkers on : Docket (R1), Snowbelle, Tapilroc, Sweet Oak (R2), Road To Redemption (R4), Tapilize (R9) Blinkers off : Spider Lily (R3), The Publican, Rock Master (R6) Winkers off : Tapilroc (R2) LEGEND: Runner Form b - Beaten favourite at last start c - Won at this distance on this course d - Won at this distance on another course h - Home track m - Won in heavy going t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Race Information hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan wins
opn - open r80 - rating 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age and up 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined age groups c&g - colts and geldings cg&e - colts, geldings and entires e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares hwt - high weight sw - set weight swp - set weights and penalties spa - set weights, penalties and allowances wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances SELECTIONS: Race 1: Timy Tyler, Taniwha, Secret Power, King Pin, Docket Race 2: Maks Legend, To Sir With Love, Chowder, Supertramp, Haka Star Race 3: He Ain’t Heavy, Nomen Ludi, Spider Lily, Beaufighter, Red Major Race 4: Slammer, Lil Miss Swiss, Franconi, Kauri Cove, Midnite Kaos Race 5: Riviera Rock, Producer, Zedaam, Times Flying, Macpac Race 6: Little Bossing, Patromia, The Publican, Rock Master, Our Boy Ritchie Race 7: Friar Tuck, The Bumper, Flicka Of Gold, Crispin, Taponisme Race 8: Danzi Creek, Trizac, Our Boy Baz, Aulyn Star, Tee Gee Ell Race 9: Shirley Maude, Haywood, Fulltothebrim, Riding High, Black Lizzie
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5 41245 Scott The Looks 18.76 U &..............Cottam 6 28365 Shot Gun Harry 18.65 ................ H Mullane 7 15514 Red Dee 18.53 .............................. P Green 8 48121 Kapai Lana 18.57 R & ....................... L Udy 9 F7875 Ken Wilde 18.53 ......................... H Mullane 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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SELECTIONS: Race 1: Cosmic Jase, Boston Powers, Smash Bomber, Melan, We Rocking Race 2: Debbie Baxter, Hankenstein, Fiery Affair, Ohoka Clare, It’s That Fresh Race 3: Nelso Allen, Sarcasm, Smash Reward, Hi Ho Tonto, Ohoka Angel Race 4: Loco Lola, Midnight Bolt, Jitterbug Jewel, Asserting Power, Saraya Jayde Race 5: Too The Nail, Opawa Jumper, Special Affair, Sunlit Johnny, Dizzy Banjo Race 6: Smash Calling, Inside Affair, Disobedience, Cosmic Richie, Hear This Race 7: Ketchikan Kim, Goldstar Jay Jay, Opawa Waihemo, Know Approval, Princely Gold Race 8: Martha Magic, Frosty Blaze, Ming Ming, Go Brat, Opawa Abbie Joy Race 9: Dyna Elwyn, Avenger Bale, Dirk Bale, Dyna Monty, Know Shame Race 10: Rocket Raccoon, Chitina Tin, Pita Ramos, Shallay Pallay, Platinum Marshal Race 11: Wheelie Wheels, Sheza Rippa, Treville, Oskitz, Custom Paint Race 12: Shady Banjo, Cawbourne Britty, Know Sweat, Another Belle, Go All Lin
Southland gallops Today at Ascot Park
Southland Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Meeting Date: 22 November 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.45pm (NZT) SPEIGHT’S HANDICAP $12,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 86944 Secret Power tdmh (3) 59 ......C Campbell (a2) 2 72x73 Taniwha th (5) 59................................. J Morris 3 12348 Timy Tyler tdm (4) 58.5............... B Murray (a2) 4 330x8 King Pin dh (2) 58 .......................... K Kwo (a3) 5 1820x Accidental Offside tdm (6) 56.5 .......C Johnson 6 424x8 Docket td (1) 54...................... R Beeharry (a3) 2 1.20pm SADDLERY WAREHOUSE INVERCARGILL MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 224x5 Maks Legend b (13) 58.5 ................C Johnson 2 4250x To Sir With Love (4) 58.5 ......... A Bohorun (a3) 3 0787x Chowder h (3) 58.5 .................... B Murray (a2) 4 7x80x Perfecto h (2) 58.5....................... D Bothamley 5 7x Twilight Dancer (5) 58.5 ................S Muniandy 6 528x4 Haka Star (14) 56.5 .................. K Mudhoo (a1) 7 386 Supertramp h (12) 56.5 ....................... J Lowry 8 6 Jessie Janet (10) 56.5 ..................... T Moseley 9 858x Snowbelle (8) 56.5 ..................... Z Bholah (a4) 10 Little Flick h (1) 56.5 .................R Mudhoo (a4) 11 8x7 Tapilroc (9) 56.5 ..........................G Jogoo (a1) 12 8x07 Sweet Oak h (6) 55 .....................T Jonker (a3) 13 70x0x Eager Beaver (7) 56.5 14 090 Xanthia (11) 56.5 ...................C Campbell (a2) Emergencies: Eager Beaver, Xanthia 3 1.55pm BAILLIE AND LEWIS PHARMACY HANDICAP $11,000, Rating 82 Benchmark, 2130m
M9 Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 22 November 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.11pm (NZT) SPEEDMAPS ON TAB MOBILE APP SPRINT C1, 318m 1 37585 Jetsun Jamie 18.72 ...................... G Wilson 2 34543 Fancy Gas 18.70 M & ......................J Smith 3 18588 Wairoa Bonnie 18.61 .................. H Mullane 4 82478 On Demand 18.54 ..........................M Black 5 85388 Tilly’s Silly nwtd R & .......................... L Udy 6 x8x76 Brick With Eyes 18.45 R & ........N O’Regan 7 58834 Hows Your Mum 18.62...................S Codlin 8 26444 Botany Esmay 18.72 ..................... P Green 9 46886 Snippy Pippi nwtd R & ....................... L Udy 10 38458 Bigtime Tyson nwtd R &.............N O’Regan 2 4.27pm $5,000 BONUS QUADDIE STAKES C1/2, 527m 1 67757 Deception Diva 30.81 W & ............ T Steele 2 82624 Bear Claws 31.29 W & .................. T Steele 3 34773 Bark De Triomphe 31.03..................B Craik 4 67578 Zipping Silva nwtd .............................D Ray 5 12155 Heart Shaped Box 30.90 .................B Craik 6 21378 Jetsun Swan 30.83 ....................... G Wilson 7 82731 Opawa Loyal 31.12..........................S Clark 8 115x7 Thrilling Carly 30.87 ...................... K Walsh 9 4x558 Bigtime Clyde nwtd..................... H Mullane 3 4.47pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C1, 318m 1 18 Nexus 18.99 ..................................G Farrell 2 67776 Untouchable nwtd.......................... P Green 3 74787 Thrilling Arnold 18.70 ....................S Codlin 4 25222 Bright Concept 19.03 R &.................. L Udy 5 74773 Ima Lucky Zarr 18.60 U & ...............Cottam
1 8x274 He Ain’t Heavy tmb (4) 59 ....... A Bohorun (a3) 1 26840 Little Bossing (1) 58.5 .................T Jonker (a3) 2 44557 Beaufighter mh (2) 55.5 ...................... J Morris 2 67x40 The Publican (3) 58.5 .........................K Selvan 3 4x121 Nomen Ludi m (3) 55 ............... K Mudhoo (a1) 3 408x0 Beam Me Up Scotty h (4) 58.5 . K Mudhoo (a1) 4 39118 Red Major m (6) 55 ......................... T Moseley 4 57x67 Rock Master h (2) 58.5..................S Muniandy 5 35564 Spider Lily m (5) 54 .........................C Johnson 5 48x0 Our Boy Ritchie (5) 57................ B Murray (a2) 6 00x00 Friday Knight (1) 54 ................ R Beeharry (a3) 6 530x6 Patromia (6) 56.5 ...................C Campbell (a2) 4 2.30pm ILT FOUNDATION HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 7 95x0 Dante Fire (8) 56.5 .............................. J Lowry 65 Benchmark*, 2130m 8 360x9 Peggy Stewart (7) 56.5 ....................... J Morris 1 09126 Kauri Cove m (11) 59 ...................... T Moseley 9 0x8 Raise A Saint (9) 56.5 .......................C Barnes 2 32921 Midnite Kaos m (3) 58.5 ............. B Murray (a2) 7 4.17pm ASCOT PARK HOTEL HANDICAP $11,000, 3 17854 Franconi h (1) 57.5 ........................S Muniandy Rating 72 Benchmark, 1400m 4 830x9 Road To Redemption h (12) 57.5K Mudhoo (a1) 1 36511 Flicka Of Gold dm (6) 60 ............ Z Bholah (a4) 2 02601 The Bumper dm (7) 58 ............... B Murray (a2) 5 672x6 Slammer (2) 57 ................................... J Lowry 3 223x3 Friar Tuck t (3) 57.5 .....................G Jogoo (a1) 6 17x89 Squizzy m (6) 57 ................................. J Morris 4 58418 Taponisme tdm (1) 57.5 ..................C Johnson 7 45168 Ticky Tu m (8) 56.5 ...................R Mudhoo (a4) 5 2407x Teddytwinkletoes (5) 57.5 ............... T Moseley 8 57100 Battle Kat m (7) 56 ..........................C Johnson 6 1162x Crispin td (2) 56.5 ..................C Campbell (a2) 9 69838 Skeen (9) 55.5.............................T Jonker (a3) 7 680x0 Promising tm (8) 55 ........................ K Kwo (a3) 10 58x76 Higher Authority m (4) 55 ..................C Barnes 8 34300 Amour La Vie d (4) 54 ............ R Beeharry (a3) 11 84443 Lil Miss Swiss m (10) 55 ................ K Kwo (a3) 12 00x38 Madam De Soir t (5) 55 ..........C Campbell (a2) 8 4.52pm MARQUEE & PARTY HIRE MAIDEN $10,000, 5 3.05pm CATR FASHIONS IN THE FIELD SAT 15 DEC MDN, 1400m MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2130m 1 2288x Our Boy Baz (9) 58.5 ..................... K Kwo (a3) 1 32 Riviera Rock (2) 58.5 .......................... J Lowry 2 2 Trizac (4) 58.5 ......................... A Bohorun (a3) 2 x8793 Producer (6) 58.5 ........................T Jonker (a3) 3 90x54 Aulyn Star h (2) 58.5 ...................G Jogoo (a1) 3 7x659 Southern Jazz (5) 58.5............ A Bohorun (a3) 4 0x304 Tee Gee Ell (3) 58.5 .................R Mudhoo (a4) 4 09x95 Macpac h (4) 56.5 ........................... T Moseley 5 464x6 Buster Bolt (7) 58.5 ................C Campbell (a2) 5 05 Zedaam (1) 56.5.................................. J Morris 6 Odysseus (5) 58.5 ........................... T Moseley 6 008x Highly Royal 56.5 .............................Scratched 7 865x2 Danzi Creek (8) 56.5 ........................... J Lowry 7 0x7 Times Flying (3) 56.5 ........................C Barnes 8 x9652 Gemstone Jewels h (1) 56.5 .......T Jonker (a3) 6 3.40pm McCALLUMS GROUP MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 9 3x3 Picture Me Rollin h (10) 56.5...... B Murray (a2) 1600m 10 077x Choice du Jeu h (6) 56.5 ..................... J Morris
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58726 Parra Eels 18.97 R & .................N O’Regan 87456 Mr. Tucker 18.85 .............................M Black 57422 Agistri 18.68 S &.............................. G Hunt 44548 Jetsun Bear 18.66 ........................ G Wilson 76858 Mighty Mezz 18.87 R & .............N O’Regan 4 5.11pm LAST ONE STANDING 25 NOVEMBER SPRINT C1, 318m 1 28564 Spark ‘Em Up 19.14 ......................S Codlin 2 41346 Ti Amo 18.78 ...................................B Craik 3 63866 Bah Baa 18.82 R &....................N O’Regan 4 8F472 Scott No Value 18.51 S & ................ G Hunt 5 74666 Snoopy’s Hero 19.05 .........................D Ray 6 87845 Alf Tupper nwtd ..............................L A Hunt 7 53F67 Unconscionable 18.61 R & ................ L Udy 8 23174 Jinja Liv nwtd U & ............................Cottam 9 23557 Hop On Mate 19.00 ....................... T Green 10 78578 Spider Phil 18.75 R & ................N O’Regan 5 5.36pm TROPHIES PLUS SERIES HEAT 1 C2q, 318m 1 87212 It’s Pawsible 18.74 ......................... P Green 2 41575 Hey Khali 18.67 U & ........................Cottam 3 51725 Barwon Bandit 18.68 S & ................ G Hunt 4 42221 Your Valentine 18.59........................B Craik 5 32113 Thrilling Ivy nwtd............................ K Walsh 6 41445 Hitch A Ride 18.69 ........................ T Green 7 26586 Gotcha Millie 18.65..................... H Mullane 8 77x66 Bigtime Pink nwtd ....................... H Mullane 9 87887 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R &.............. L Udy 10 7676F Our Sambo 18.78 ..................... M Mathews 6 5.58pm TROPHIES PLUS SERIES HEAT 2 C2q, 318m 1 66733 Clover Victoria 18.65 .....................S Codlin 2 88212 Luke Skywalker 19.07 ...................L A Hunt 3 81558 Fishing For Lisa 18.81 ................ H Mullane 4 12358 Yella Ella 18.79 R & ........................... L Udy
5 x5177 Little Moo 18.57 U & ........................Cottam 6 62113 Jetsun Woody 18.79 ..................... G Wilson 7 33636 Just A Matthew 18.73 .....................M Black 8 41356 Bombshell Blonde 18.79 ............ H Mullane 9 7676F Our Sambo 18.78 ..................... M Mathews 10 87887 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R &.............. L Udy 7 6.24pm TROPHIES PLUS SERIES HEAT 3 C2q, 318m 1 47387 Pyro Polly 18.73 ......................... H Mullane 2 45331 It’s A Must nwtd W & ..................... T Steele 3 34615 Was Just Saying 18.59 R & ............... L Udy 4 65254 Cawbourne Cool 18.77............. K T Herbert 5 26186 Billy Bullet 18.68 ..............................H Scott 6 57455 Kuridrani 18.71 ............................A Cleaver 7 1141F Jetsun Paint 18.62 ........................ G Wilson 8 61586 Nangar Magic 18.67 ........................B Craik 9 7676F Our Sambo 18.78 ..................... M Mathews 10 87887 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R &.............. L Udy 8 6.52pm MT WELLINGTON TAB STAKES C1, 527m 1 47657 Peekay Shout nwtd U &...................Cottam 2 76563 Bigtime Welldone 30.65 R &......N O’Regan 3 45762 Opawa Velocette 30.86 W & .......... T Steele 4 38F73 Crackling Gal nwtd ........................ T Green 5 35747 Vicarious nwtd R & ....................N O’Regan 6 54575 Home Bound nwtd R & ...................... L Udy 7 67637 Finkle Foot Hero 31.27 ......................D Ray 8 45375 My Red Hero 30.87 ...........................D Ray 9 4x558 Bigtime Clyde nwtd..................... H Mullane 9 7.16pm HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C4, 318m 1 44413 Highland Laddie 18.32 ............... H Mullane 2 76352 Brotastic 18.57 ................................B Craik 3 78281 Amazing Contact 18.58 .................S Codlin 4 14117 Irinka Stono 18.74 R & ..............N O’Regan 5 12248 Junk Mail 18.68 W &...................... T Steele
53343 Mad Harry 18.47 ...........................S Codlin 22771 Ekali 18.42.....................................G Farrell 11573 Blocker 18.57 R & .....................N O’Regan 42124 C’est L’Amour 18.67 ........................B Craik 16175 Spare Some Time 18.66............. H Mullane 10 7.42pm QUALIFIED PET SERVICES SPRINT C4/5, 318m 1 74114 Blitz ‘Em Rene 18.35 U & ................Cottam 2 11546 Retired Mouse 18.71 ..................... T Green 3 66274 Waerenga Star 18.63 U & ...............Cottam 4 43678 Alex Attack 18.38 U &......................Cottam 5 11356 Just One Smile 18.29 ......................B Craik 6 13463 Classy Impact 18.35 ...................... T Green 7 32641 Wong Way 18.44 U & ......................Cottam 8 76181 Thrilling Katie 18.40......................... E Potts 9 41366 Mobility Scooter 18.81 ....................M Black 10 81858 Harry Brown 18.33 ..................... H Mullane 11 8.07pm JACK’S WHOLESALE MEATS STAKES C3/4, 527m 1 48157 Yooldome 30.59.............................G Farrell 2 12271 Go Angel 30.70 .............................G Farrell 3 73625 Pat Tama 30.60................................S Clark 4 36844 Cristiane Cyborg 30.34............... H Mullane 5 34221 Token Jasper 30.72 .........................S Clark 6 17411 Thrilling Jo nwtd ............................ K Walsh 7 54532 El Narco 30.69............................... P Green 8 47142 Bigtime Phantom 30.80 .............. H Mullane 9 44316 Amy Amy 30.47 .............................G Farrell 10 53274 San Tan Samson 30.68 ................. T Green 12 8.33pm DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C3, 318m 1 42513 On Fleek 18.56 ................................B Craik 2 31354 Vee Marina 18.78 U & .....................Cottam 3 23841 On Da Quest 18.68 R & .................... L Udy 4 14828 Bruce Banner 18.71 ................... H Mullane
SELECTIONS: Race 1: Jetsun Jamie, Botany Esmay, Fancy Gas, On Demand, Hows Your Mum Race 2: Opawa Loyal, Thrilling Carly, Heart Shaped Box, Bear Claws, Deception Diva Race 3: Nexus, Bright Concept, Thrilling Arnold, Ima Lucky Zarr, Agistri Race 4: Ti Amo, Scott No Value, Spark ‘Em Up, Jinja Liv, Unconscionable Race 5: Thrilling Ivy, Your Valentine, It’s Pawsible, Hey Khali, Hitch A Ride Race 6: Clover Victoria, Fishing For Lisa, Little Moo, Luke Skywalker, Bombshell Blonde Race 7: Nangar Magic, It’s A Must, Pyro Polly, Was Just Saying, Jetsun Paint Race 8: Opawa Velocette, Bigtime Welldone, Peekay Shout, Vicarious, Crackling Gal Race 9: Highland Laddie, Brotastic, Junk Mail, Mad Harry, Blocker Race 10: Blitz ‘Em Rene, Thrilling Katie, Just One Smile, Alex Attack, Classy Impact Race 11: Cristiane Cyborg, Pat Tama, Yooldome, Go Angel, Thrilling Jo Race 12: On Fleek, Shot Gun Harry, Kapai Lana, Vee Marina, Bruce Banner
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8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship, make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 9.30am and 10.45am (2 sessions) ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for 0-5 year olds and caregivers. Mixed ages, gold coin donation. 48 Allens Road. (excludes school holidays) 9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun exercise during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street. 9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. All ages and abilities welcome, racquets available. E A Network Centre Stadium, 20 River Terrace. 9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street, in the Triangle. 9.30am- 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church. Cass Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.
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6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 6am BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309 (not public holidays).
Nov 22 & 23, 2018 AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. CENTRAL- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street, Ashburton. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road. 1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road. 2pm RSA WOMENS SECTION. Social with entertainment. Competition Christmas button hole. RSA, Cox Street. 5pm - 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 6.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Twilight Petanque, social play and practise, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road. 7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS. Players of all experience who are interested are urged to come along and have a go. R.S.A. Cox Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Annual General Meeting. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.
9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP SHOP. Op Shop open, clothing donations welcome. Ashburton Baptist Church. Cass Street. (not public holidays). 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.
10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts. co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road. 10am - 4pm HAKATERE POTTERY AND CERAMIC. Wood and Clay exhibition by local potters and woodworkers. Open 16-23 November. 108 Victoria Street in the Triangle.
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10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts. co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road. 10am - 4pm HAKATERE POTTERY AND CERAMIC. Wood and Clay exhibition by local potters and woodworkers. Open 16-23 November. 108 Victoria Street in the Triangle. 10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excluding school holidays). 10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school holidays). 11am AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. TINWALD - Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. Holy Spirit Catholic Church rooms, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 1pm AGE CONCERN, SAYGO EXERCISES. ALLENTON- Gentle exercises for muscle strength and balance in a friendly supportive environment. St Peters Anglican Church, Harrison Street, Allenton. 1pm
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A Russian Triple Bill
Susan Spencer and Jenny Beach bring you a show filled with songs from the 50’s and 60’s including My Girl, Saturday Night at the Movies, Blue Beat plus many more. With a cast of 19 and live band led by Penny Wilson this show will have you toe tapping and singing along. Adult $29 / Senior $25 / Group of 5 $95 Fees included
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NOVEMBER 23, 24, 25
Following their sell-out performances of A Festival of Russian Ballet, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to New Zealand with A Russian Triple Bill. This is the first time that the company have brought this stunning programme to New Zealand & Australia. Adult from $82*, Child from $52* (017yrs) (Students FT, Seniors 65+), Group of 8 or more from $72pp*
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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Enjoyment and gratitude go hand in hand. Seeing someone truly enjoy a thing can be far more meaningful and satisfying than taking part in the formalities around saying “thank you”. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You have mantras whether you know it or not. Distract yourself from repeating unhelpful thoughts by consciously feeding yourself something better. This seeds an all-around joyful attitude. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You have heard the call of a dream, but you’re not sure how to answer it. One way to give credence to your dreams is to share them. The passing mention between loved ones can start something rolling. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Before you attempt to make anyone happy (including yourself) note that our appetites often have nothing to do with what’s really good for us. Happiness is wanting what you already have. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Trying new things puts you in a fun mood. It doesn’t even matter how well they turn out. All the fun is in the way your senses wake up when you’re doing something for the first time. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll get several assists today from those around you, people behind the scenes, even those at a distance. It’s like you’re a universal favourite and everyone wants to make things a little easier for you. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Serving tradition will be just as satisfying as breaking it, so no matter which way you go, you can’t go wrong. Why not try to do a little of both? Also the more inclusive you are, the better you’ll feel. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): When you talk to an elder, you’re talking to all the ages that person has been, and you can connect by aiming your conversation well. The older generation will light the path to treasures of the soul. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Take a deep breath in and know that you don’t have to be anyone other than who you are. You are accepted so just relax and enjoy yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): When things are still uncertain, be certain anyway. You’ll be the rock, the idea person who saves the day with a wink and a smile. You’re not doing it to be a hero, it just turns out that way. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’re beyond capable and could conceivably do most, if not all, of today’s work on your own. But why? Sharing the work is more fun than sharing the play. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re not about to let formalities get in the way of forming bonds. Fussy extras are only fun if they don’t distract from the main goal, which is to foster a sense of belonging between all who gather with you.
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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS
CROSS, Steven Bruce – It is with much sadness that the family of Steve announce his death, on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Nurse Maude Hospice, aged 68 years. Treasured and dearly loved husband, soul mate and best friend of Marilyn Cross, and cherished father and father-in-law of Nick and Siobhan Cross, Rachael and Andrew Greer and much loved and special Papa and Mapa of Sam, Bill, Izzie and Rosie. Much loved son of the late Clifford and late Paula Cross and dear brother and friend of Karen Rose and Rob Garlick, treasured awesome uncle to Ben and Emilie Gray, Kirsten Gray and Andrew Broughton, Jonathon and Jamie Rose, and Matt Rose. Special great uncle to Manon and Tom, Ella and Oli, and Taylor. Special thanks for the wonderful care and love from the staff at Nurse Maude Hospice, Merivale, and from Dr Penny Holdaway and the Ashburton District Nurses. In lieu of flowers, donation to Nurse Maude Hospice would be gratefully accepted and can be left at the service. Messages to the Cross family, c/- PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740. A celebration of Steve’s life will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Road TOMORROW Friday, November 23, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.
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Cloudy with occasional rain south of Ashburton, clearing for coastal areas by midday but isolated showers continuing about the foothills. Mainly fine further north. Northeast breezes.
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Set 6:36 am Rise 9:45 pm
New moon
7 Dec
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8:22 pm
7.55
Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:15 pm, yesterday 198.0 Nth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday
11.4
Sth Ashburton at 12:05 pm, yesterday
18.5
Rangitata Klondyke at 12:05 pm, yesterday
101.5
Waitaki Kurow at 12:03 pm, yesterday
464.6
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Palmerston North fine
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
overnight max low
Areas of morning cloud, and a few showers south of Lake Tekapo until afternoon, then becoming fine. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light. Cloud gradually increasing, and isolated showers from afternoon. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light, then NE 40 km/h developing evening.
SATURDAY
Rise 5:51 am Set 8:47 pm
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Thursday, 22 November 2018
A complex low and associated fronts weaken today and move off to the east. However, another large low pressure system and fronts are approaching from the Tasman Sea. A front, associated with the broad complex low, is expected to move southeast across the country during tomorrow and Saturday.
mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers
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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.1 14.4 Max to 4pm 2.2 Minimum -1.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm November to date 131.8 Avg Nov to date 45 2018 to date 903.0 617 Avg year to date Wind km/h S 20 At 4pm Strongest gust S 35 Time of gust 1:31pm
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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Ellen DeGeneres brings her brand of humour to daytime talk. 0 10am Tipping Point Quiz show in which players take on a machine, hoping to win its jackpot. 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Homemade 0 8:30 Inside Out Homes Zac demolishes a mock mansion in Surrey, replacing it with a high-performance prefab; Monty helps build its cantilevered staircase, while Rosie installs a silver birch and ferns. 0 9:35 Coronation Street PGR 0 10:35 1 News Tonight 0 11:05 20/20 Current-affairs programme presented by Carolyn Robinson, featuring international content and in-depth investigative pieces. 0 12:05 F Eat Well For Less 3 0 1:20 Te Karere 3 2 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2
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BRAVO 10am I Found The Gown 3 10:30 Catfish 3 11:28 The Dish 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Toronto AO 3 1:28 The Dish 3 1:30 Made In Chelsea 2:30 Bachelorette Australia PGR 3 3:33 The Dish 3 3:35 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:05 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:35 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 3 6:30 Catfish 3 7:28 The Dish 3 7:30 Million Dollar Matchmaker Teen Mom’s Farrah Abraham, a reality star known for being in the adult industry, and an overprotective father who needs his sex appeal back, seek Patti’s help to find love. 8:30 Bachelorette Australia PGR 10pm Below Deck – Mediterranean AO 11pm Snapped PGR 3
FRIDAY
Midnight I Found The Gown 3 12:30 Infomercials 3
MAORI
6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR Noon Dr Phil AO 3 1:05 M Caught PGR 3 2015 Thriller. A housewife discovers her husband is having an affair, and kidnaps his mistress, but what starts as a prank quickly becomes out of control. Anna Camp, Sam Page, Amelia Rose Blaire. 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia After nominating Hayden as challenge apartment treasurer, Sara un-nominates him, giving all the power to the penthouses. 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 All-Star Family Feud – 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 Funny Girls v Funny Guys 8pm N Highway Patrol PGR PGR 0 0 8:30 Seven Year Switch UK AO 0 8:30 M 13 Hours – The Secret Soldiers Of 9:35 Don’t Tell The Doctor PGR 0 Benghazi AO 2016 Action 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 History. 0 0
6am Trulli Tales 3 6:15 Atomic Puppet 3 6:25 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 6:50 The Powerpuff Girls 3 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Ben 10 3 0 8:05 Kid v Kat 3 8:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 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 Sleepy Hollow AO 3 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MasterChef 0 8:30 Salvation PGR 0 9:30 Ambulance AO 0 10:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR
11:10 Police Ten 7 3 0 11:40 The Last Ship AO 0 12:30 Marvel’s Inhumans AO 0 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:25 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:15 Judge Rinder 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials
11:45 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news. 12:15 Closedown
6:30 Maia The Brave 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 The Insectibles 0 7:20 Ben 10 0 7:50 Pokemon Sun And Moon Ultra Adventures 0 8:15 Muppet Babies 0 8:35 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Survivor Australia 12:30 Jeremy Kyle AO 1:30 Judge Rinder 2pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 0 2:30 Home And Away 0 3pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Peppa Pig 0 3:35 Girl Meets World 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5:05 The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0
11:20 Road Cops 3 Motorists’ tempers flare at a routine police road stop; it’s a race against time to reach a rolled truck; Constable Rogers pulls over a modified vehicle that defies belief. 11:50 NCIS – LA AO 3 0 12:50 Infomercials
MOVIES PREMIERE
MasterChef
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7:10 Pitch Perfect 3 MLSC 2017 Comedy. Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson. 8:45 Chasing Gold 16VLC 2016 Drama. Fiona Dourif, Robert Z’Dar. 10:15 The Book Of Henry MLC 2017 Drama. Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay. Don't Tell the Doctor Noon The Commuter MVL 9:35pm on TVNZ 2 2018 Action. Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga. SKY 5 1:45 Wind River 16VLSC 6am Jeopardy! PG 2017 Crime. Elizabeth Olsen, 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune Jeremy Renner. PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 3:30 Pitch Perfect 3 MLSC 7:15 The Amazing Race PG 2017 Comedy. Anna Kendrick, 8:05 Pawn Stars PG 8:30 DC’s Rebel Wilson. 5:05 Love On Legends Of Tomorrow Ice 2016 Romantic Comedy. MVS 9:20 Hardcore Julie Berman, Andrew Walker. Pawn PG 9:45 NCIS MV 6:30 Logan Lucky ML 2017 10:40 CSI – Miami MV Crime. Channing Tatum, 11:50 Wheel Of Fortune Adam Driver. PG 12:20 Nightwatch 8:30 Fifty Shades Freed 16VLSC M 1:15 The Crayfishers 2018 Romance. Newlyweds PG 1:45 The Loggers PG Christian and Ana fully embrace 2:15 NCIS MV 3:05 The their inexplicable connection Amazing Race PG 4pm The as they face dangerous figures Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! from their past. Dakota Johnson, PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune Jamie Dornan. PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn 10:20 The Hero MLSC PG 6pm DC’s Legends Of 2017 Drama. Sam Elliott, Tomorrow MVS 7pm Pawn Laura Prepon. Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 11:55 Vows Of Deceit MVC 8:30 NCIS MV 2018 Thriller. Katherine Bailess, 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV Damon Dayoub. 10:30 DC’s Legends Of FRIDAY Tomorrow MVS 1:25 Love On Ice 2016 11:30 CSI – Miami MV Romantic Comedy. FRIDAY Julie Berman, Andrew Walker. 12:45 The Amazing 2:50 Logan Lucky ML 2017 Race PG 1:35 Pawn Stars Crime. Channing Tatum, PG 2am Hawaii Five-0 Adam Driver. 4:45 Fifty MV 2:50 NCIS MV 3:40 CSI Shades Freed 16VLSC 2018 – Miami MV 4:45 NCIS MV Romance. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan. 5:35 The Simpsons PG
MOVIES GREATS
7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Traditional Kai 3 8pm Game Of Bros PGR 3 8:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 9pm Takes A Village AO 9:30 Find Me A Maori Bride 3 10pm The GC PGR 3 10:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3
11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 KaweKorero 3 News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events. Midnight Closedown
SKY SPORT 1 6am Bowls – Bowls3five 7am Pro Kabaddi League Tamil Thalaivas v Telugu Titans. 7:30 Pro Kabaddi League Gujarat Fortunegiants v Dabang Delhi KC. 8am The Back Page 9am Golf – Australian Open Round Four. 10am Cricket – International Australia v India – First T20. 10:30 Cricket – Women’s World T20 West Indies v England. 11am Cricket – Women’s World T20 Bangladesh v South Africa. 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Cricket – International Australia v India – First T20. 4pm Pro Kabaddi League Patna Pirates v Tamil Thalaivas. 4:30 Pro Kabaddi League Gujarat Fortunegiants v U Mumba. 5pm #SkySpeed 5:30 World Endurance Championships 6:30 Rugby – International 7pm The Breakdown 7:30 The Ultimate Fighter 28 8:30 Team Talk 9pm Rugby – International 9:30 Cricket – International 10pm Pro Kabaddi League 10:30 Pro Kabaddi League 11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Team Talk
12:35 Valkyrie MVL 2008 Drama. Tom Cruise, Kenneth Brannagh. 2:35 The Grudge 16C 2004 Horror. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman, Clea DuVall. 4:05 The Making Of Tower Heist PG 4:20 The Dilemma MLS 2011 Comedy.
Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 The Back Page 1:30 Golf – World Cup 2am Golf – European Tour 2:30 Basketball – NBL 4:30 Football – Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup 5am Surfing – World Championship Tour
FRIDAY
CHOICE
6:30 Takoha 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Te Nutube 3 7:30 Nia’s Extraordinary Life 3 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Smooth 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Ka Tu Ka Korero 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am F Real Pasifik 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Whare Taonga 11:30 Whare Taonga Noon School Of Training 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm Waka Man PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Te Nutube 3 4pm Nia’s Extraordinary Life 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Smooth 3 4:30 The Big Sing 3 5pm Waka Huia 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2
7:30 Pushing Tin ML 1999 Comedy. John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie. 9:35 The Grudge 2 MC 2006 Drama. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn. 11:15 Lord Of War 16VLS 2005 Crime. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke. 1:15 The Incredible Hulk MV 2008 Action. Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Robert Downey jr. 3:05 The Grudge 16C 2004 Horror. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman, Clea DuVall. 4:35 The Dilemma MLS 2011 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Queen Latifah. 6:25 Body Of Lies 16VL 2008 Action. Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe. 8:30 Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography. Story of country music legend Johnny Cash, from his early days on an Arkansas farm to his rise to fame and his relationship with June Carter. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon. 10:50 Anger Management MLS 2003 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.
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6am DIY SOS – The Big Build 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Wild Britain With Ray Mears 8am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 8:30 Paul Hollywood’s Pies And Puds 9:30 Supercar Megabuild 10:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 Robson Crusoe – A Surprising Adventure 2:30 Fishy Business 3:30 Ben Fogle – The Great Migration 4:30 Masters Of Taste With Gary Mehigan Gary ends up in Olive, the restaurant that started it all in Bandra, and meets AD Singh and chef Rishim to taste their signature dishes. 5pm Paul Hollywood City Bakes 5:30 Forged In Fire 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Stephen Fry In Central America Stephen Fry concludes his journey across Central America, ending up in Costa Rica, a stable democracy with an enviable living standard far above its neighbours. 8:30 Horizon – E-Cigarettes Miracle Or Menace? 9:30 The Food Hospital 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Masters Of Taste With Gary Mehigan Midnight Paul Hollywood City Bakes 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Forged In Fire 2am Ben Fogle – The Great Migration 3am American Pickers 4am Stephen Fry In Central America 5am The Food Hospital
SKY SPORT 2
DISCOVERY
6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 #SkySpeed 7am Rugby – International (HLS) Italy v Australia. 7:30 Rugby – International (HLS) Scotland v South Africa. 8am Rugby – International (HLS) France v Argentina. 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Rugby – International (HLS) Ireland v All Blacks. 9:30 The Breakdown 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Bowls – Bowls3five (HLS) 11:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v India – First T20. Noon Golf – European Tour (HLS) DP World Tour Championship. 12:30 Bowls – Bowls3five (HLS) 1:30 Golf Central 2pm L Golf – World Cup Round One. 7pm Football – Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup (HLS) Ghana v New Zealand. From Montevideo. 7:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v India – First T20. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 #SkySpeed 9pm Fox Sports News 9:30 L Basketball – NBL Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks.
6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Dodge Hodge Podge Part 2 – Oldsmobile Delta. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M Strength in Numbers. 10am Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 10:50 Outback Pilots PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Blood Relatives M Rocking the Cradle. 1:20 Murder Comes To Town M Tragedy Comes in Pairs. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Bering Sea Gold PG King of Nome. 5:40 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Ferrari Fix 1 – Dead-Head Bus. 6:35 Gold Rush PG Durt Reynolds. 7:30 Gold Rush PG The Return of Freddy Dodge. 8:30 Bering Sea Gold PG Bigger and Badder. 9:25 Treasure Quest PG 10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Texan Torture. 11:55 Murder Comes To Town M Tragedy Comes in Pairs.
Midnight #SkySpeed 12:30 World Endurance Championships (HLS) 1:30 Team Talk 2am Rugby – International (RPL) Scotland v South Africa. 4am Rugby – International (RPL) Chile v Maori All Blacks.
12:45 Blood Relatives M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 MythBusters PG
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Sport
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Rowers heading to Lake Hood
Legend breaks record
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Season not over
Ella McSweeney takes the ball towards the hoop for her Mount Hutt College side against The Honey Badgers, during what was meant to be the final night of the Basketball Mid Canterbury senior women’s competition at the EA Networks Centre on Tuesday night. The competition was due to come to an end this week, but the teams were keen to keep playing, so a decision has been made to extend the season. The last night of competition would now be December 4. There are 80 women across a wide range of ages playing in the competition, spread across nine teams. PHOTO ERIN TASKER 201118-ET-0021
Bouchard signs on for ASB One of the most recognisable names in women’s tennis has signed on for Auckland’s ASB Classic this summer. Tournament director Karl Budge has unveiled his full field for the tournament beginning on New Year’s Eve and it features 24 year old Canadian Eugenie (Genie) Bouchard. With Budge having earlier announced the return of Grand Slam champions Caroline Wozniacki, Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka, the addition of the former world number five
Wimbledon finalist Bouchard was the biggest talking point of yesterday’s full field unveiling. “Genie is the icing on the cake of what is going to be an incredible women’s field this year. Three former world number ones, three grand slam champions, our defending champion and now one of the biggest names in the sport, it is going to be huge,” tournament director Karl Budge said. “It will give us an opening round like we’ve never seen before. We are going to have to split Caroline, Goerges, Venus, Vika
and Genie across two sessions. I am not sure we have had star power like that in one session as early as this before.” The former world number one ranked junior played in Auckland as an 18-year-old wildcard in 2013 after winning Junior Wimbledon in 2012, and the following year she reached Grand Slam semifinals at the Australian Open and Roland Garros before losing to Petra Kvitova in a onesided Wimbledon final. But since that breakthrough season Bouchard’s stocks have
plummeted and her ranking slipped out of the top 100 in January for the first time since 2013. She has fought back to her current position of 88 and is the second to last direct entry into the main draw. It means Budge who would have given her a wildcard, still has a couple up his sleeve with one no doubt reserved for Kiwi Marina Erakovic should she decide she’s able to return to tennis following a year out with a back injury. - NZME
Eugenie (Genie) Bouchard
‘Supremely arrogant’: ABs fans can’t blame Read’s age
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