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5 Salt and obesity ageing linkObese teenagers who eat a lot of salty food may be getting old before their time, a study suggests. Scientists found evidence the teenagers’ cells were ageing more quickly than those of overweight teens who consumed less salt, or slimmer individuals. “Lowering sodium intake, especially if you are overweight or obese, may slow down the cellular ageing process that plays an important role in the development of heart disease,” said lead scientist Dr Haidong Zhu, from Georgia Regents University in Augusta, US. The fi ndings are based on a study of telomeres, protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that shorten as we age. Telomeres have been compared with the plastic tips that stop shoelaces fraying. When they get too short, cells become inactive or die. Research has shown that the speed of telomere shortening can vary between individuals, corresponding to di� erent rates of biological ageing.

3 Nanny hired ahead of royal tourWilliam and Kate have announced the appointment of a new nanny for Prince George ahead of the upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand. Kensington Palace said yesterday Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo had recently started working with the family and confi rmed she would accompany the Duke and Duchess and their son on the 10-day trip next month. Ms Borrallo trained at the respected Norland College and her duties will include looking after George while his parents are away on planned visits to Queenstown, New Zealand and Uluru in Australia during the tour.

Hemsworth, Pataky welcome twinsThor star Chris Hemsworth and his actress wife Elsa Pataky have become parents to twins. The Fast & the Furious 6 beauty gave birth to their new bundles of joy at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles yesterday. Hemsworth and his Spanish wife, who wed in 2010, already have a 22-month-old daughter named India Rose.

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Giant Easter egg hunt a fundraiserThey could be hidden in the park, down an alleyway or staring you right in the face. One hundred giant eggs were hidden in secret locations throughout Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to kickstart an Easter egg hunt. Dozens of volunteers helped to hide the eggs – which have been decorated by people including Dick Frizzell, Dame Trelise Cooper and Colin Mathura-Je� ree – for the Whittaker’s Big Egg Hunt that runs until April 22. It supports the Starship Foundation, a charity supporting the national children’s hospital. Each egg has a unique code on it that can be texted in to win the overall prize, a 340g 18ct Whittaker’s Gold Slab made by Partridge Jewellers.

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Humans are good smellersWe may not compete with Lassie, but humans have a greatly underestimated sense of smell, new research has shown. In fact, scientists now believe the human nose can sni� the di� erence between one trillion di� erent odours – probably more. Previously, experts thought for decades that we could discriminate between 10,000 smells at the most. The fi gure is cited in scientifi c journals and quoted in popular magazines, but the estimate, made in the 1920s, was more of a guess than a scientifi c fi nding. “Our analysis shows that the human capacity for discriminating smells is much larger than anyone anticipated,” said Dr Leslie Vosshall, from Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the US, who co-led the new study. “I hope our paper will overturn this terrible reputation that humans have for not being good smellers.”

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Jockey put back into comaBy Erin [email protected]

A jockey seriously injured in an accident during an Ashburton race meeting a week ago woke from her coma on Thursday, but has been put back under.

Ashley Frye was flown to Christchurch Hospital follow-

ing the accident 150 metres from the starting gates in a race a week ago yesterday, when her mount Zuleika stumbled and fell following what was later discovered to have been a rup-tured artery.

The horse had to be put down.Frye – a promising up and

coming jockey - was in an in-duced coma in Christchurch Hospital and was known to have a broken collar bone and a frac-tured vertebrae at the top of her neck.

South Island racing’s chief steward Nigel McIntyre said he understood Frye had woken

from her coma on Thursday but was put back into an induced coma as her recovery continued.

“By all accounts when she came out she recognised the family and they were talking to her,” Mr McIntyre said.

It had been a long week for the family, and for the extended

‘family’ which was the racing industry, but they were buoyed by positive signs.

“You wouldn’t wish it on any family but they will stay strong and the racing fraternity will gather around them. The racing industry are a very close knit fraternity,” he said.

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Official opening follows a long gestationBy MichEllE [email protected]

The story of Valetta Irriga-tion has been a long time in the pipeline, chairman Alistair Morrison told those gathered at the Lagmhor Westerfield Hall yesterday, at the official opening of the piped scheme.

Mr Morrison said the pro-posal to pipe the scheme was first suggested in 2007 during an informal meeting.

The following year Aqual-inc Research came on board to evaluate the proposal, and found 37 per cent (1.2 cumecs) of the water entering the open race was wasted, worth about $14.4 million annually.

This equated to almost half the $31 million price tag, and the decision to proceed was made, with the rest of the scheme funded by the 41 share-holders.

“Looking back it was an em-barrassment,” Mr Morrison said.

Gerard van den Bosch, gen-eral manager of Aquaduct and Bosch Irrrigation, put together a proposal to import extruders from China and incorporate hy-dro-generation into the scheme.

Aquaduct set up on site to

manufacture the pipes, and Bosch Irrigation installed them.

When installed the turbines will generate about 2.2 mega-watts of electricity – or enough to power 1000 households.

Productive land had been re-claimed from filling in the open

races, and Valetta Irrigation had installed nine fire hydrants along the scheme.

Mr Morrison said other ad-vantages of the piped scheme were the reduced fire risk from more irrigated land, increased productivity, the ability to sell

water, and from a farmer’s point of view to be able to turn wa-ter on and off via their smart phones.

The scheme was switched on in October.

Yesterday committee mem-bers, shareholders and contrac-

tors took a bus tour of the re-cently piped scheme, up to the Rangitata Diversion Race inlet.

The section of piping con-necting the RDR to the piped scheme will be completed, and the turbines installed during the next few months.

Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew looks over the map with Valetta Irrigation chairman Alistair Morrison at yesterday’s official opening. Photo tetsuro MitoMo 210314-tM-072

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In briefWoman escapes attackA New Zealand woman has escaped a militant attack in a Kabul hotel in which nine people died. The four gunmen, who were said to be teenagers, broke into the five-star Serena Hotel in the Afghan capital with pistols hidden in their socks. They attacked diners in one of the hotel restaurants. Foreign media initially reported a New Zealander was among the dead. But the Ministry for Foreign A airs and Trade (MFAT) last night confirmed that while a New Zealand woman was in the hotel, she was not one of the casualties.She was the only New Zealander known to be at the hotel, an MFAT spokesman said. - APNZ

Generous donations Big-hearted Kiwis have dug deep today and donated more than $16,000 in just a few hours to support a terminally ill breast cancer su erer. Kelleigh Burkett, 41, is desperately fundraising to try to get accepted for experimental drug trials in Australia which could buy her more precious time in creating a lifetime of memories for her children. Her goal was to raise $10,000. But in just a few hours yesterday, thousands of dollars’ worth of donations flooded in. At 3pm, the total was sitting at $22,087. “It is beyond our imaginations and is what dreams are made of,” a Facebook page dedicated to Mrs Burkett’s story said (www.facebook.com/getkelleighandcraigthere/info). - APNZ

Red-zone dumpingClaims of illegal industrial waste dumping by a contractor on earthquake-damaged residential red zone land are being investigated, authorities confirmed yesterday. A joint investigation by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera), ECan and the Christchurch City Council is under way. On average, two rubbish dumping sites are found each day, Cera said. It can range from household waste to trailer-loads of industrial waste and concrete slurry. - APNZ

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February sales take a dipBy Sue [email protected]

Continuing competition in the late night market saw sales at the Ashburton Trust dip in February.

After months where trading figures continued to climb, in February the Trust watched sales drop 1 per cent, to $1.4 million from the same month in 2013. Over the past 11 months

of the trading year, however, sales were up 1 per cent on the same period to $16.4 million.

The increase was driven by a 3 per cent increase in accom-modation and 2 per cent in off-licence sales.

While accommodation sales continued to hold up well with good forward bookings, Trust chief executive Giles Beal said there would be increased

competition from Christch-urch over the next two years as more providers came back into the market.

“This is expected to provide some challenges,” he said.

The late night market would continue to present challenges, he said, because of the greater number of outlets and a chang-ing regulatory environment.

“Management is exploring an

number of options to address this issue, however, until there is sufficient clarity around the proposed local alcohol policy and its possibly detrimental ef-fects on the Ashburton market, strategies to address this are limited,” Mr Beal said.

Cash flow remained strong and the management team was looking at a number of re-in-vestment options, he said.

Olympic gold medallist rower Hamish Bond shows off his medal during his visit to Rakaia Primary School yesterday. Bond was in town as the special guest for the inaugural Rakaia Sports Awards on Thursday night and called in at Dorie and Rakaia schools yesterday.

He spoke of his rowing ca-reer, Olympic glory and an-swered some questions from the children as well as having some questions for them as well.

Bond was taken aback by some of the answers he got from his nutrition question, “what type of foods should you eat?”, when he received an answer of pro-tein, grains and white meat which he described as “the most educated response he had ever had” to the question.

The 28-year-old attended Chertsey Primary and recalled an incident at a sports day at Rakaia School involving one of the trees but wasn’t sure what haunted him more, the incident or that it was 20 years ago. Photo Jonathan Leask 210314-JL-04

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� HAKATERE 4WD SAFARI

Safari a blast from the past for many enthusiastsThe inaugural Hakatere 4WD Safari will be a blast from the past for the many enthusiasts set to turn out on Sunday.

The 55km round trip begins at Barrosa and travels up the Stour River Valley with lunch at the remote Manuka Lake.

Drivers will then travel past Double Hut and the Swin Riv-er, around the back of Sugar-loaf and exit out the top of Lake Heron through Lake Her-on Station.

The event is a joint fund-raiser for the restoration of the historic buildings at Hakatere corner and between the Haka-tere Heritage Committee and the local 4WD group.

Chairman David Howden

said the safari route was rich in history.

“When Leach, Potts and Philips first searched for graz-ing land in 1857 they travelled up the Rakaia River but not finding any easy country in the headwaters, they turned south to follow Lake Stream,” he said.

“This brought them to a lake with numerous kotuku/white heron around the shore. Potts was so fascinated that he named it Lake Heron.

“After exploring the tussock lands of the Hakatere Basin, Potts chose to claim the south western area around lakes Camp and Clearwater while Leach favoured Lake Heron.

Returning to Christchurch

via Mount Somers they filed their respective claims.”

For those keen to take part in the first 4WD event of its kind, a high clearance vehicle will be needed, although the route is regarded as relatively easy.

Vehicles will travel in con-voy with planned stops along the way.

A commentary is available by using a radio tuned into an al-located station. Spark arresters are required and may be pur-chased on the day.

Registration is at 8am at Barrosa which is 15km up the Ashburton Gorge Road from Mount Somers. Cost per vehi-cle is $65 with the cancellation date being April 6.

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Fears over wi-fi effectson children quashedBY MYLES [email protected]

Any concern over the effects of school wi-fi on children’s health has been quashed.

It is a relieving yet unsur-prising result from a Ministry of Health snapshot study, Mid Canterbury principals say, many who run schools that heavily rely on wireless internet.

Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew confirmed this week wi-fi in schools does not pose a health risk to children or staff, with exposures many thousands of times lower than the relevant standard.

“The report covers a snap-shot study carried out follow-ing concerns from some schools and parents over whether ex-posure to radio frequency fields produced by wi-fi could cause health problems, particularly in young children,” Mrs Goodhew said.

Two wi-fi-enabled New Zea-land primary schools took part in the study with the results compared to the current New Zealand Standards for exposure to radio frequency fields and in-ternational research.

“Generally, exposures were 10,000 times lower than the lev-el specified for the public by the

Standard. At their maximum, exposures were approximate-ly 4000 times lower than the standard,” says Mrs Goodhew.

Mid Canterbury’s 23 schools all have access to ultrafast broadband thanks to an EA Networks initiative, meaning most schools use wireless in-ternet to run laptops and other electronic devices.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy said he was not sur-prised by the study’s finding, saying schools were unlikely to use wi-fi if it was widely be-lieved it posed a health risk.

“Without wi-fi, schools would be pretty hamstrung. With all the devices used at the moment its just as necessary as the tools themselves. You really need wi-fi if you want that flexibility in schools.”

Mrs Goodhew said the study also measured exposure from laptops, and found on average it was 100,000 times lower than the standard. The results in-dicated typically devices were transmitting for less than 18 seconds an hour in total.

“These levels are similar to what a person would be exposed to when walking down a main city street,” she said.

BY ERIN [email protected]

A cake of black forest choco-late has won an Ashburton pensioner the opportunity of a lifetime.

After spending his working life as a traffic officer, Mr Max-well has won himself a new job for the next few months.

He’s going to be a Cadbury chocolate taster – a job many would class as their dream job.

Mr Maxwell found out about his win at the same time as the rest of the country – when his name popped up on the tel-evision screen at the end of Thursday night’s episode of Cadbury Dream Factory on TV3.

“A lady called last week and she said to watch the chocolate thing (on Thursday night),” Mr Maxwell said.

“Nobody was more surprised than I was when my name came up on the television screen.”

The prize includes $10,000 cash – which Mr Maxwell and his wife Mary plan to put in the bank – a job as a chocolate tast-er over the coming months, and a trip to the Cadbury factory in Dunedin where he’ll watch the annual Jaffa race down the world’s steepest street, and come up with his own chocolate creation.

Mr Maxwell is one of seven chocolate tasters who will win the rare opportunity to get sneak preview tastes of new Cadbury products before they hit the shelves over the next couple of years.

He’s likely to be one of the older chocolate tasters, with two of the earlier winners be-

ing just teenagers, although Mr Maxwell won’t reveal his actual age.

“I’m over 70, put it that way,” he said.

He likes his chocolate and remembers entering the com-petition through a cake of Cad-bury’s black forest chocolate he purchased.

“We buy a bit of chocolate, not a lot of chocolate. It’s mainly blocks of chocolate as a treat.”

Last week’s phone call tell-

ing him to watch on Thursday night made him suspicious. He thought maybe he’d won some chocolate; he never expected to win what he did.

He’s now looking forward to the chocolate that’s going to arrive on his doorstep over the coming months for him to give the taste test.

But he’s also got his thinking cap on trying to come up with the kind of chocolate he might create during his trip to Dun-edin in July.

Retired Ashburton man Bob Maxwell has won a job as a choc-olate taster through a Cadbury promotion.

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Assault on ambo A Rotorua ambulance o�cer was assaulted in the street after helping to treat a distressed patient. The incident happened on Thursday around 5.30pm. St John territorial manager Hilary Morrish Allen said the o�cer had treated the woman when she was suddenly assaulted. She received multiple hits to her head which resulted in a black eye, swollen cheek and concussion. “The crew was responding to a 111 call to a patient who was unwell and very distressed,” she said. Rotorua police are investigating the incident and have arrested the patient the ambulance o�cer was trying to assist. - APNZ

United in supportThe Rotorua Japanese community has united to show their support and raise money for the recovery of Sakurako Uehara who was mauled by dogs in Murupara. The 7-year-old has had a 10-hour operation to begin to repair the facial wounds she received during the attack two weeks ago. It was the first reconstructive operation in what is expected to be a “very, very long recovery process” into her adulthood. Kyoko Austin said the Japanese community wanted to raise funds that will go directly in supporting Sakurako and her family. “We have made 1000 origami cranes, it’s a traditional gift for someone who is sick and is needing peace,” she said. “Every time we make one we say a prayer.” - APNZ

Wild food festivalIt’s likely judges will be hoping that sea snail sou�e isn’t on the menu of the inaugural Gladstone Inn Wild Food Competition, but “edible” is the only rule. The competition will run on Saturday, March 29, from 3pm. The main rule, according to manager Alana Russell, is that the judges must be able to eat the food. Contestants will hunt, forage, dive and bush whack to source their wild food and then cook it up for the three discerning judges. Dishes will be judged on four categories: presentation, dish name, taste and use of local wild ingredients. - APNZ

Funds missingA liquidator says he is disappointed at a lack of co-operation from members of a defunct Dunedin club in handing over money from the club’s sale.Liquidator Trevor Laing and Associates has spent more than a year tracking down the $350,000 from the sale of the Otago Bowling Club, and more than $100,000 remains unpaid. - APNZ

Ad ‘not offensive’A complaint about the “o¡ensive” use of Christmas carol lyrics to promote condom use has been chucked out by the Advertising Standards Authority. C da Silva complained to the authority that an AIDS Foundation Love your Condom poster emblazoned with lyrics from the Christian song Oh Come All Ye Faithful was o¡ensive. The O’s in the lyrics had been replaced with images of condoms. The authority said the poster advocated an important public health message. - APNZ

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ONE CHRISTCHURCH PERFORMANCE�

By Erin [email protected]

Former Ashburton man Si-mon O’Neill is a world class tenor who is about to come back to Christchurch to per-form for one night only.

In 2009, London’s The Tel-egraph called him the best he-roic tenor to emerge over the last decade and now Canter-bury audiences are preparing themselves for a one-night-only event featuring their home-grown star.

O’Neill is taking time out of his demanding international concert schedule to perform in a one-off event on April 3.

He’ll take audiences on an intimate journey through his life and career in a live, inter-view-style event, hosted by the Christchurch City Choir’s former music director of 22 years, Brian Law.

Anecdotes and personal in-sights from his extraordinary life story will be punctuated by live performances, as Simon sings from some of his favour-ite operatic arias.

From Ashburton piano les-sons with Mrs Perkins at the age of 8, to principal artist with Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Teatro alla Scala, O’Neill has earned critical ac-

claim as one of the finest ten-ors on the international stage.

Promoters say the April event will provide a truly unique opportunity to get up close and personal with the ‘persuasive artistry’ of this ‘turbo-charged tenor’.

VIP ticketholders will also

get the opportunity to meet him in a post-performance supper reception.

The event will take place at 7.30pm on April 3 at the Au-rora Centre in Christchurch. Doors open at 7pm.

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AccuseddischargedBy Jimmy Ellingham

Stephen Dudley’s father Brent often gets up on the morning and visualises his son emerg-ing from his bedroom.

But memories are all the dev-astated Auckland family is left with after Stephen, 15, died following a rugby training ses-sion on June 6 last year.

A 16-year-old, whose name is suppressed, was yesterday dis-charged without conviction on an assault charge and given no further penalty. The 16-year-old admitted that charge after a count of manslaughter was withdrawn.

Following the sentencing in the High Court at Auckland, an upset looking Mr Dudley and his wife Mona emerged from court.

“Clearly there’s no winners here today,” Mr Dudley said. “Its just one very very sad fam-ily. With actions should come consequences and maybe that didn’t happen today.”

The court heard Stephen was struck by the 16-year-old and, allegedly, an older teen who is also said to have struck a blow to Stephen’s neck.

Stephen did not throw a punch himself.

He had an undiagnosed heart condition that made him espe-cially vulnerable.

Justice Helen Winklemann said the 16-year-old had al-ready been held to account for his actions. - APNZ

NEW YEAR’S HONOUR�

Firefighter gets his QSMBy Erin [email protected]

Chris Price has been looking af-ter himself the past few weeks to make sure he was fit and healthy for an important trip to Wellington this week.

Mr Price received a Queen’s Service Medal in this year’s New Year’s Honours for his long involvement in the New Zealand Fire Service and on Thursday he was officially pre-sented with his medal at a cer-emony at Government House, by Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae.

It was an amazing experi-ence; one Mr Price was lucky to be there for, following a mo-torbike crash a few weeks ago which landed him in hospital.

Mr Price is still off work as he recovers from the crash, which saw him break ribs and take a decent knock to the head.

He can’t remember anything about the crash, but yesterday’s

experience will stick in his mind forever.

It was his first time at Gov-ernment House and while it was a formal ceremony, how casual Sir Jerry Mateparae was, was refreshing.

Mr Price was joined in Wel-lington by his wife Jeanette, his son Andrew – also a firefighter – and his in-laws.

Following the investiture ceremony Mr Price and five other members of the New Zealand Fire Service who were also honoured, were treated to a luncheon by the New Zealand Fire Service which featured an appearance by Peter Dunne – the Minister for Internal Af-fairs.

Members of the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade last night gathered at the Ashbur-ton Fire Station to celebrate Mr Price’s achievement.

“We don’t get many QSMs in the fire brigade,” Mr Price said.

When the Guardian spoke

to Mr Price when his honour was announced at New Year, he spoke of a tough 2013 dur-ing which he battled prostate cancer. News of his medal was good news after a tough year and now, receiving the medal

was another bright spot after his accident, and an event he’d been looking forward to.

Now he’s looking forward to getting back to work and to a happy and healthy remainder of 2014.

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Ashburton Hospital clinical nurse leader mobile surgical services Liz Grant at the entrance of the transformer-like surgical unit. Photo toni Williams 110314-tW-030

OPERATING THEATRE COMES TO YOU�

Bringing surgery to rural areasBy Toni [email protected]

It rolls into town at night like a caped crusader and unfolds it-self like a transformer.

By the morning its doors open for those with an appoint-ment, giving access to people most in need.

It is the Mobile Surgical Unit: A 42-tonne blue and yellow 20m truck and trailer unit that parks up outside the Ashburton Hos-pital outpatients department every five weeks.

The unit operates three weeks in the North Island and two weeks in the South Island. It is driven in roster by two drivers.

To the unsuspecting, the unit is a fancy truck and trailer unit.

But in that rear container is a well hidden facility.

A fully equipped operating theatre, complete with admin-istration/staff room, waiting area, scrub room, operating room, clean room (sterilisation) and dirty rooms (instrument cleaning) and a recovery room.

It is just like the tardis – small on the outside but amazingly spacious and roomy on the in-side.

The theatre staff do simple elective day surgery procedures where patients are treated and, after recovery, home by tea time.

Ashburton Hospital clinical nurse leader mobile surgical services Liz Grant travels with the unit for one week, every five weeks.

Mrs Grant is rostered to cov-er the East Coast of the North Island.

She enjoys the experience, travels independently of the truck and gets to see the coun-tryside.

“It’s a very good service for the community, in all the areas it covers,” she said.

Without the facility Mid Can-tabrians would wait longer to be seen in the city.

Mrs Grant said each of the 23 destinations on the unit’s route was staffed by hospital person-nel from that area – except for the clinical team leaders who

were sourced from around the country and rostered to work.

All Ashburton Hospital staff are fully trained in operating procedures.

The bus is privately owned

by Mobile Health Solutions and works in partnership with the Ministry of Health, District Health Boards and other health providers.

The service delivers low risk

elective day surgery to rural New Zealanders.

It has been in operation since 2002, and more than 14,000 pa-tients have benefitted through-out the country.

Staff scrub up in preparation for the next elective day surgery patient.Photo toni Williams 110314-tW-028



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By Toni [email protected]

Accident Compensation Cor-poration (ACC) has reimbursed the full cost of a used epi-pen to allergy sufferer Ann McKay.

Mrs McKay recently discov-ered that ACC could reimburse some costs but this week she received the full amount of her used Epi-pen.

It was the first time in 10 years the Ashburton woman had heard reimbursement was an option through the corpora-tion.

She said people needed proof from their doctor that they needed an Epi-pen, or auto in-jectors, for anaphylaxis relief.

They also needed the original receipt for the Epi-pen, and an ACC number after an episode.

The cost of Epi-pens were around $160.

Usually, people were aware they had an underlying allergy and were prone to anaphylaxis if exposed to allergens.

As a result, they carried an adrenaline auto-injector to manage any anaphylaxis.

There were thousands of peo-ple nationwide affected by aller-gies.

Anaphylaxis was the serious and life-threatening allergic reaction to a substance – often food, insect bite or sting but dif-ferent people had intolerances to a range of substances. An injection of adrenaline stopped the reaction instantly.

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RAISE A GLASS TO SUCCESS�

Jade bids for new initiativeBy Erin [email protected]

An Ashburton entrepreneur is one of six finalists competing for a share of a $25,000 cash prize that will enable her to reach her goal.

Ashburton mum Jade Teme-para, who founded Hand Over A Hundy, is up against five oth-er entrepreneurs from around New Zealand for the new ini-tiative from Seddon winemaker Peter Yealands which aims to reward enterprising Kiwis.

The finalists all emulate the Kiwi ‘number eight wire’ atti-tude that has enabled New Zea-landers to succeed.

Ms Temepara believes that anyone is capable of learning to live a more sustainable and productive life and in 2011 she established the not-for-profit organisation Hand Over A Hundy. With $100, she men-tors and teaches families, schools and other organisa-tions how to grow their own fresh produce in their own backyard.

Founder of Yealands Family Wines, Peter Yealands, knows all too well how difficult it can be to succeed against the odds. The third generation Marlbor-

ough resident built his iconic Seaview vineyard from scratch.

Now it is one of the most sustainable in the world and his wines have won more than 500 awards since launch.

“We’ve achieved a number of world firsts in sustainable winegrowing with innovative thinking and a ‘can-do’ attitude and I wanted to support inno-vation in other New Zealand-ers,” Mr Yealands said.

“We came up with the Raise a Glass to Success initiative because we saw a link between celebrating achievement and the traditional toast to success we associate with special occa-sions”.

Other finalists include Auck-lander Dave Williams, who aims to be the first to climb the highest mountain in each of the seven continents from the closest sea, to raise awareness and $100,000 for men’s mental health.

In Christchurch, Juliet Ar-nold has launched Rekindle, a social enterprise which uses waste wood and other materi-als sourced from houses in the red zone to create furniture and jewellery.

There is also a $5000 prize, to contribute towards others’ own personal goals. You can

raise a glass to success and vote online at www.yealand-sraiseaglass.co.nz.

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Ashburtonian Jade Temepara is in the running to win a share of $25,000 through a new initiative from a Seddon winemak-er. Photo suPPlied

TRUSTPOWER NATIONAL COMMUNITY AWARDS�

Multi-Cultural Bite team vies for top honour The team behind Ashburton’s successful Multi-Cultural Bite festival will vie for national honours in Invercargill this weekend.

They were the winners of the local TrustPower Commu-nity Awards and this weekend they’re joining with the coun-try’s other regional winners to

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They’ll give an eight minute presentation on what they’ve done and will be judged on that, along with a written sum-mary of their work.

The awards - the country’s largest recognition programme

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The community awards pro-gramme recognises voluntary groups and organisations and is run in 26 regions around New Zealand in conjunction with lo-cal city and district councils.

The supreme winners from each of the regional Communi-ty Awards held during 2013, as well as council representatives and invited guests attend the three-day awards event.

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BY MYLES [email protected]

It is fair to say Ashburton bank worker Hugh Copland has not forgotten his roots.

The ANZ agri relationships manager joined 11 colleagues, as well as parents, pupils and staff yesterday at Chertsey School to give it a much-needed spruce up.

The working bee saw the vol-unteers take care of the school’s gardens and finish off a wall mural as part of an ANZ initia-tive to help out local schools.

But for Mr Copland it was also a prime opportunity to give back to the place where he started his schooling back in

the 1990s. “It’s really good to be able to give back, I have some fond memories here with the Chertsey School pet days and inter-school sports,” he said.

For principal Kerrin Lester, it was an opportunity to take care of business the school has not been able to attend to as it charges on with its busy sched-ule.

“It’s a good chance to take care of the summer growth be-fore we head into winter,” she said.

The ANZ team have previ-ously done work at Mt Somers-Springburn School and will head to Longbeach School in a fortnight’s time.

Former pupil Hugh Copland (from left) with Chertsey School pupils Rebecca Johnsen, 8, and Sean McArthur, 7, at the school’s working bee yesterday. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 210314-TM-007

Chertsey School benefits from ANZ working bee

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Preschool celebrates fifth birthdayOllie Grant, 3, keeps a close eye on Asheley Elizabeth as she paints SpongeBob SquarePants onto his cheek as part of birthday celebrations at Tiddlywinks Preschool yesterday. Tiddly-winks was celebrating its fi fth birthday with a fun-fi lled day including party games and face painting.

SUPREME COURT�

Dotcom still defiantBY PATRICE DOUGAN AND TEUILA FUATAI

March 21 - Internet mogul Kim Dotcom says he will not give up fighting his extradi-tion battle against the United States despite the case suffer-ing a major blow yesterday.

An appeal by Dotcom’s law-yers, arguing for access to all the FBI investigation files be-fore his extradition hearing, was dismissed by the Supreme Court at Wellington today.

But the Mega millionaire said he will not be defeated.

Following the decision Dot-com posted a message to his 354,000 followers on Twitter.

“Being defeated is often a

temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it perma-nent,” he said.

The defiant message came shortly after a sad-faced emoti-con, tweeted immediately after the ruling was announced.

Dotcom, Finn Batato, Mathi-as Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk are defending charges of mass copyright infringement, online piracy, and money laun-dering. Yesterday’s judgment comes after the Court of Ap-peal reversed a decision by the District Court to allow Dot-com the documents.

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“The appeal has been dis-missed and costs have been re-served.”

The District Court had “no power” to order the US to dis-close information, the Supreme Court ruled, saying no argu-ment had been put forward to “suggest that exceptional cir-cumstances exist that would warrant a formal request” for further information from the US authorities. - APNZ



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Mental health a growing problem in AshburtonA 35 per cent increase in

people seeking Ash-burton’s mental health

service in 12 months has seen a clinician added to the district’s team.

Canterbury District Health Board general manager mental health, Toni Gutschlag, said demand was substantial in Ashburton. It had increased Canterbury wide.

Across the region, the Can-terbury District Health Board is reviewing its mental health services and has put a number of priority areas under review.

One area was to look at how they could reduce waiting times for services and use staff more efficiently. They were looking at targeting people who were most likely to benefit from help.

The Mental Health Foun-dation of New Zealand said that “nearly 50 per cent of the population will be personally affected by mental illness at some point in their life, and one in five people will have been af-fected in the last 12 months”.

Two of the most common forms of mental illness are anxiety and depression.

Ms Gutschlag said 35 per cent over a year was a “big increase” but with the addition

of another clinician in Ashbur-ton, the team were meeting the needs of the community.

“These figures will include people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and drug issues.”

There is a separate service in Ashburton for people with al-cohol and drug issues called the Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (Acads).

In Christchurch the demand on mental health services was compounded by a limited sup-ply of suitable housing for the service’s clients. These people were being kept hospitalised until suitable housing became available. By mid-February, there were 23 in-patients look-ing for accommodation.

Even those under the care of mental health services, but liv-ing independently, were housed in non-ideal situations.

The living conditions of 84 people were described as un-suitable, unsafe or homeless.

The DHB had no intention

of increasing its number of residential services, preferring to support people in their own homes. But due to the lack of affordable housing in the city, it has increased its investment in housing options.

This included the provision of respite beds to help keep services flowing through in-patient and residential services.

Ashburton does not have the same issues.

The earthquakes have caused accommodation difficulties in Christchurch, but Ms Guts-chlag said this had not stopped people in Ashburton being released from hospital.

“Since the earthquakes (peo-ple) are having a greater diffi-culty accessing suitable accom-modation for all small groups of clients, mostly because of the increasing costs of rental accommodation.

“However, they have not seen an increase in delayed discharge from Ashburton Hospital as a result of accom-

modation issues.”Other areas under review by

the Canterbury District Health Board include the home-based support service and looking to provide some consistency around access to this service.

Youth mental health pro-viders will be “upskilled” and given more training as well.

There was also going to be more alcohol and drug services available for offenders and an increased presence of mental health clinicians in the courts.

Mental health activity in the major services across Canter-bury has increased by 12 per cent a year, for the past two years.

There has also been an in-crease in new people to Psychi-atric Emergency, which had 25 per cent more people than this time last year.

The DHB says the increase is consistent with research sug-gesting there is always a rise with mental health issues three years after a major disaster.

The number of people seeking care in Ashburton for mental health issues has grown considerably and the increase has meant an extra staff member has been employed. Health reporter Toni Williams reports. The Mental Health Foundation of

New Zealand specialises in mental health promotion trying to support a society free from discrimination. Suicide prevention is a core focus of their work.

They have free information available to any New Zealander on depression awareness, youth mental health, social inclusion and discrimination, older people’s men-tal health and workplace mental health.

They can be contacted through their website www.mentalhealth.org.nz

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Environment Canterbury: Ashburton Office: 4 McNally Street, Ashburton, 7740. Phone: 0800 324 636. [email protected]

Native plant buffer to protect important science reserve

Work has begun on planting a buffer of native vegetation to manage weeds at the Harris Scientific Reserve. The planting by Ashburton Community Conservation Trust around the existing remnant will improve its chances of survival as it is under threat from fire, accidental incursion by stock, and pests such as rabbits, hares and possums.

Conservation Trust Chair Edith Smith says the support from volunteers is invaluable but they are always keen for another pair of hands.

“Our many volunteers are invaluable to the site and about 700 hours are worked annually by those willing people. However sometimes there are difficulties organising volunteer teams when particular work such as weeding and spraying is required.

“We appreciate Immediate Steps funding for plants which will be planted in September as part of a public planting day”.

Water quality and quantity the focus of Hinds recommendations

Public submissions on Environment Canterbury’s draft Annual Plan are open until 14 April 2014.

We are very much on track to fulfil the objectives we set two years ago in the Long-Term Plan 2012-2022 and are only proposing minor changes to the draft Annual Plan for the coming year. For example, we are proposing that some of our activities previously funded by user-pays charges, such as water-science investigations, will be met by rates.

Do you think this is good for the future of Canterbury’s environment?

What do you think of our plans?

To be read in conjunction with the 2012-22 Long Term Plan

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To have a look at our draft Annual Plan and make a submission, visit www.ecan.govt.nz or contact Customer Services on 0800 324 636.

This work has previously been supported by the Living Legends Programme as well as funding through Environment Canterbury and the Ashburton District Council. In November 2013 the Ashburton Zone Committee approved $9800 of funding through the Immediate Steps Programme to support the work of the Ashburton Community Conservation Trust at the Reserve. The money will go towards planting locally sourced native plants, including kanuka, as well as labour to maintain the significant amount of work that has taken place at the reserve already.

The Ashburton Community Conservation Trust meets regularly with volunteers at the reserve on a Thursday morning for a working bee. morning for a working bee. morning

If you would like to be part of the volunteer group please contact Edith Smith on 03 308 4440.

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A package of 43 recommendations on the water quality and quantity of the Hinds catchment was delivered to Environment Canterbury recently. The recommendations from the Ashburton Zone Committee and the community are considered a significant contribution towards the achievement of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) targets.

The recommendations are that farmers need to progressively reduce the level of nitrates discharged into the water bodies over the next 20 years. All farmers need to reach industry 'good management practice' level by 2017 and dairy and dairy support going beyond good practice by 2020. In addition, the committee has recommended that a trial takes place on whether groundwater can be recharged with low nutrient water to dilute the concentration of nitrate (to achieve an average concentration of 6.9 mgN/L). At this nitrate concentration most aquatic species would be able to survive.

The committee has recommended a stream by stream approach to set surface water allocation and minimum flows.

Setting these will take time and will need to involve users and stakeholders. The recommendations are for the establishment of a Hinds Working Party to assist the zone committee to develop surface water allocations and minimum flows.

Once the Ashburton Zone Implementation Programme Addendum is received by both Environment Canterbury and Ashburton District Council, the Hinds sub-regional section will be prepared as a variation to the Land & Water Regional Plan. This Resource Management Act process will involve notification of the variation to the Plan, a call for submissions, followed by a public hearing run by a panel of independent hearing commissioners, before recommended changes are made to Environment Canterbury. The process is expected to run later this year before a final version of the variation is ready.

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Deciding whether to choose disposable or cloth nappies can be a headache for parents keen to save money and do their bit for the environment. But as Lydia Anderson and Erin Tasker report, it doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

To use cloth or disposables ... What is the answer?Smelly statistics

It’s an unavoidable part of child rearing - buying, clean-ing or disposing of nappies.

A huge amount of disposable nappies end up in landfill each year and can make a fair impact on the wallet if used as a sole solution.

Although many parents are curious about using eco-friendly products, a 2013 Canstar Blue survey of parents showed less than half thought it was impor-tant for their own families.

The survey showed about one-in-five parents mostly used cloth nappies because of cost consciousness and eco-friendly concerns.

As Cloth Nappy Week (23-30 March) approaches, the ‘Nappy Lady’ Kate Meads is on a mis-sion to inform parents about the benefits of using cloth nappies.

Ms Meads says close to a mil-lion disposable nappies end up in New Zealand landfills each day, based on a conservative estimate of 145,000 children under two-

and-a-half using six disposable nappies

a day.The fig-ures do

not

include products used to combat bedwetting in older children, or adult incontinence products.

“Over the past nine years since I had my son, the number of new disposable products avail-able to new parents is amazing,’’ she says.

“It is also scary to think there are so many more new con-venience products that are going into landfills after a single use.’’

The amount of waste inspired the creation of a recycling company Envirocomp, based in Christchurch and Wellington, which recycles nappies and other sanitary products.

Envirocomp’s website says sanitary hygiene products represent around 3 per cent of landfill waste nationwide - about 96,000 tonnes each year.

Weighing up the cost

When you’re a family with five children, anything you can

do to save a bit of money is a bonus.

That’s one of the main rea-sons Ashburton mum Monique Rouxel has used cloth nappies for all five of her girls.

The oldest of her children is now seven and the youngest is just five months, so for almost eight years without a break,

she’s had at least one child in nappies.

She uses disposables at night, but during the day it’s cloth nappies all the way, meaning Monique and partner Matiu Andrews have probably saved thousands of dollars over the years.

A 2009 Consumer New Zea-land report found cloth nappies were the cheaper option and using them fulltime until a baby was two-and-a-half could cost $700 for a traditional nappy through to about $2200 for fit-ted cloth nappies in two sizes.

In comparison, disposable nappies would cost about $4100 over the same period, Consumer NZ found.

Mrs Rouxel said she’d always used cloth nappies so knew no different.

“You just have to get yourself into a routine. People say I can’t be bothered washing them and things like that, but you save so much money,” she said.

Cloth nappies do need to be washed and they need to be changed more frequently than disposables, but the work is worth it in the long run.

Ms Meads said families could save about $4000 per child by using cloth nappies, but they didn’t have to be a complete

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To use cloth or disposables ... What is the answer?

Some people used disposable nappies for convenience when out and about, and use cloth nappies at home.

“If every baby in nappies in New Zealand used just one cloth nappy each day this would prevent around one mil-lion disposable nappies from entering our landfills every single week.

“It is not hard, we don’t all have to be environmental saints, we all just need to do a little bit and that is better than doing nothing.’’

From March 23-30, the ‘Nappy Lady’ Kate Meads will be touring

the country to promote easy-to-use modern cloth nappies.

She says teaching parents about the modern versions of re-usable nappies, and dispel-ling all of the “silly myths’’ about using cloth nappies

are the main focuses of her workshops, but she will also include new information on cost-effective ways to reduce waste in the home.

Attendees will each go home with a free trial pack of mod-ern cloth nappies.

The value of the packs vary from region to region and can

be worth up to $170 in some places.

This year Ms Meads is chal-lenging parents who attend the workshops to commit to using one cloth nappy every day on their baby.

For information on regional workshop dates go to www.clothnappyweek.co.nz.

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Cloth nappies might be a bit more work than disposable nappies, but they’re more environmentally friendly and families can save $4000 per child.


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Ashburton’s business as-sociation might be look-ing at a new, challenging

and perhaps uncertain future, but its past is littered with suc-cess stories.

It’s been a lobby group, a support group and was largely responsible for upping the standard of customer service in Ashburton. It might have achieved much, but today the association is floundering under member apathy. The successes of its past are no longer rele-vant and it is struggling to find a new path and a new future.

Retired retailer Russell Anstiss is well versed in the workings of the association. He came to it as a young bookseller and was viewed by many of the establishment as a bit of a renegade.

Russell was part of the new wave of retailers who were keen to shake up the old guard. They wanted to breathe new life and energy into Ashbur-ton’s retail heart and rather than simply following the direc-tive of the establishment they wanted to have a say.

“When I became involved the retailers’ association was only for the rag, the white and the brown (clothing, whiteware and furniture) trades, it didn’t include businesses like grocers, jewellers and booksellers,” he said.

That exclusive “old boys’ club” frustrated the new breed of retailers and it took just one arbitrary decision to galvanise the challengers into action.

“They decided, these white and brown retailers, that they’d change late night shopping from Friday to Thursday night. No discussion, that was it.”

Russell and fellow young retailers Mick Stayt and John Brown were furious. They got together, planned a strategy and took their com-plaint to the top, to Ashburton Mayor Darcy Digby.

“I was a young book-seller and

our magazines came in on a Fri-day. I wanted to sell them on a Friday and I guess this got a bit heated. I told the mayor there was this group in town calling itself the retailers’ association but it wasn’t fully representa-tive of all retailers and yet they were making decisions as though they were representing all retailers in the district,” he said.

They also pointed out that if the association was a retail association, it should be open to all retailers not just a chosen few. The days of the post-war, old boys’ club were over, he said.

The dissident group made submissions to the council, the council discussed the issue and decided that the association had to open its doors to all-comers and that the town’s late night should remain as Friday.

Allenton’s retailers, however, opted en mass to change their late night to Thursday.

“It was a good outcome. We were invited to their meetings and we told them we needed to do some-

thing in the town to revitalise it. Someone said to me, ‘you’re the smart little bugger, you come up with some ideas then’.”

He did. While he won’t claim too much credit, Russell’s name and the origins of Boulevard Day are tightly linked.

“I decided I’d come up with something that would rock the socks off Ashburton, something we could all get involved in and this was it.”

Over the years since, the as-sociation has been strong and has had a high profile in town, but in its heyday it was clearly a retailers’ association with a retail focus, Russell said.

He sees today’s issue, where the association is drowning under member apathy, as having everything to do with its loss of focus.

“It’s now a business associa-tion and it’s too fragmented. It needs to come back to being a retailers’ associa-

tion; in recent years

they’ve bought in old uncle Tom Cobbly and all. It should be what it was set up to be – big is not always beautiful.”

Retail was retail. You could call an organisation what-ever you wanted but to work it needed strong leadership and it needed a strong focus, Russell said.

And it is finding that focus that’s the challenge for today’s executive, a tough call in an organisation where a meeting to discuss its future attracted less than 20 of its 130-odd mem-bers.

That meeting earlier this month was called to determine whether the association had a future. No-one seemed to know; no-one seemed willing to pull the pin either.

Ideas were floated, sugges-tions made. And while many of those were good, had potential even, there appeared to be no magic fixes and no-one willing to lead the charge.

While there were no ques-tions raised over the future of Boulevard Day, the town’s Christmas Parade is likely to be canned. With just a small executive left to do all the work, it’s one step too far to be asked to raise money for the event and to do all the organising.

Today the not-for-profit as-sociation is struggling. It

has more members than ever before but it also

appears to have more member apathy.

Its only income is from member subscriptions and with these due to

go out shortly, its executive

fears

there might be more than a few defaulters.

For president Carol Johns there are just two questions – do you want the organisation and if so what do you want it to do and be?

“We need to identify what we are and what we are doing. It’s disappointing we’re get-ting no feedback from members. Perhaps this is not what they want.”

And there’s a simple follow-on, she says – if you have ideas, help us implement them; if you don’t then you might have to ac-cept that the organisation folds.

Long-serving member Bob McDonald believes shutting up shop is not an option.

The association, he says, is a voice for retailers. It’s non-political and it can fight for the rights of individuals or the group.

He’s been a member for more than 20 years and said that back in the day, the member-ship might have been around 50 retailers but most were actively involved. That involvement drifted over time and a decision was made to replace retail with business in the name to broaden the base.

If the organisation folds the business community will lose a lobby group that over the years had battled the council over a range of issues from parking to trade waste charges.

“I see the problem right now is that the town is doing well and people think what’s the point because if they’re doing well then they can’t say they can’t afford to join,” he said.

The association was needed in some form because of the power of a non-political group to rep-

resent its views, Bob said.

As the Ashburton Business Association decides whether to reform and refocus or to shut up shop, one of its strongest supporters, Russell Anstiss, shares with reporter Sue Newman his thoughts about the association – past and present.



Where to from here for ABA?

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Beauty queen rapedWhen 18-year-old Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World in 1998, the tears streaming down her cheeks appeared to be the overwhelming joy of a young woman fulfilling a childhood dream. Few knew the painful truth behind them — that just six weeks earlier she had been raped at knifepoint. Unlike most victims of sexual assault, Abargil refused to keep quiet. She pressed charges, spoke out publicly and testified at a trial that sent her attacker to prison for 16 years. Her ordeal inspired other Israeli women to break their own silence and she is taking her campaign against sexual violence global. - AP

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Planes fail to find debrisSearch planes sent to find ob-jects in the south Indian Ocean that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet began re-turning without success yester-day, and an Australian official said the hunt would be extend-ed again for another day.

The planes are part of an international effort to solve the nearly 2-week-old aviation mystery by locating two large objects a satellite detected float-ing off the southwest coast of Australia about halfway to the Antarctic.

The area in the southern In-dian Ocean is so remote it takes aircraft four hours to fly there and four hours back, and leaves them only about two hours to search. The satellite discovery raised new hope of finding the vanished jet and sent another emotional jolt to the families of the 239 people aboard.

But like the first day of searching Thursday, efforts Friday were fruitless, said John Young, manager of the Aus-tralian Maritime Safety Au-thority’s emergency response division.

“Although this search area is much smaller than we started with, it nonetheless is a big area when you’re looking out the window and trying to see something by eye,” Young said.

“So we may have to do this a few times to be confident about the coverage of that search area,” he said.

Young said that although the

weather improved from Thurs-day, there was still some low cloud cover over the search area 2300km from western Australia. Given that radar did not pick up anything on Thurs-day, searchers were using their eyes instead of equipment to try and spot the objects, forcing the planes to fly very low over the water.

The aircraft are planning to head back to the search zone today, but the search area will change slightly depending on water movements overnight, Young said.

AMSA officials are also look-ing to see if there is any new satellite imagery that can help provide searchers with new or more information, he said.

Speaking at a news confer-ence in Papua New Guinea, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, “We’ve been throwing everything we’ve got at that area to try to learn more about what this debris might be.”

He said that the objects “could just be a container that’s fallen off a ship — we just don’t know.”

Abbott spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom he described as “devastated.” Of the 227 passengers on the miss-ing flight, 154 were from China.

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Can you go unplug yourself from digital technology for 48 hours? Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten reckons he can only do it for a day.

He joined calls yesterday for Australians to join a digital de-tox and “clean the bloody ga-rage” instead.

The 48-hour digital detox is part of a campaign to stamp out cyberbullying by the Bully Zero Australia Foundation, which provides care to bullying victims.

“It is really about Australia taking a step back and detox-ing,” foundation boss Oscar Yildiz told reporters on the na-tional day against bullying.

“Just to see what life’s really like whether it’s cooking for mum, whether it’s going for a run, whether it’s actually going outside and kicking the football.

“Clean the bloody garage.“We want people to go back

to some of those things that they miss out on and take for granted.”

Money raised from the cam-paign will be spent on anti-bul-lying programmes in schools.

The foundation says one in three Australians have been cy-berbullied and 70 per cent are using social media to an extent “that they can’t let go”.

Mr Shorten, who was on hand to acknowledge a partnership between Essendon Football Club and Bully Zero Australia, said he would love to give the detox a try.

“I reckon I can go 24 hours,”

the Opposition Leader said.Modern Australians did not

need to have their phones by their bed every night, he said.

“Adults carry their smart phones around with them closer than they even carry their wal-lets these days. Australia will not have a bad day if Austral-ians turn off their social media.

“A 48-hour digital detox will do more for the mental health of Australians than a lot of other options we’ve got in our busy crowded lives.” - AAP

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Chris Gayle (West Indies)

He likes the ball coming on to the bat, so Gayle may need to pick his moments. But he is still the West Indies’ most danger-ous batsman. If he’s on song - and an unbeaten 58 off 38 balls against England this week sug-gests he’s not far off - the de-fending champions, who have good spin options and decent hitters through the order, will be a real threat.

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

Only Aaron Finch sits above him in T20 batting rankings. No one has scored more T20 runs than the New Zealand skip-per. The debate continues over where he should bat. Put it this way, somewhere in the top three is the answer. Scores fast even when not at his best. A poor McCullum return will severely handicap NZ’s hopes.

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

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Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan)

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Aaron Finch (Australia)

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Playing chicken

Warriors fans might have left Eden Park disappointed for two reasons on Saturday. Not only did they see their side slump to a 31-12 defeat to the Dragons but they also couldn’t look forward to nine pieces of finger lickin’ good KFC for $9.95 on Tuesday. KFC sponsor the video ref de-cisions and plaster the deal on the big screen at grounds but it’s available only in Australia. Given the obesity epidemic in this country, it’s probably just as well.

Getting lost

You could forgive fans or taxi drivers for not knowing where games are being played these days, given how often stadiums have name changes. The War-

riors are playing at the curious-ly-named 1300Smiles Stadium on Saturday night, which is the fourth name for the stadium at Townsville since the Cowboys entered the competition in 1995 (Stockland, Malanda, Dairy Farmers). The Titans are onto their third name (Skilled, Ro-bina and now Cbus Super Sta-dium) in eight years. Manly’s home ground has been known as Brookvale Oval since it was opened in 1911. Like it.

Going west

They already have an appropri-ate name should the relocation happen, but the Wests Tigers and NRL have moved to reas-sure fans the team won’t be re-locating to Perth as they battle with mounting debts. The Bal-main side of the merger is strug-

gling to meet their half share of costs and prompted suggestions they might relocate to Perth. The Western Reds played out of Perth in the mid-1990s but folded because of debts at the end of the 1997 season.

Retiring type

It’s a nice gesture but it really doesn’t make any sense. The Broncos will retire the No 5 jersey for tonight’s m a t c h a g a i n s t the Roost-ers in h o n o u r of retired w i n g e r J h a r a l Yow Yeh, who was

forced to retire this week after a string of serious injuries. Retir-ing a jersey, an American tradi-tion, normally means taking it out of circulation forever, not one game. The Warriors retired the No 19 jersey in honour of the Mad Butcher.

New heights

The NRL should be applauded for introducing testing for pre-scription drugs but there’s a sense players will go off and find the next way to get a kick. Sure-ly they won’t be silly enough to continue with the practice of mixing sleeping pills and energy drinks, now the NRL will test them for it. Maybe clubs should be open about responsible drink-ing to allow young people to be young people.

No ball

Just as well the NRL provided more than one ball for last week-end’s game between the Warri-ors and Dragons at Eden Park. G a r e t h W i d d o p ( r i g h t ) kicked his c o n v e r -sion into the top tier of the West S t a n d but there were no spectators there among the sparse crowd. Two security guards needed to take a lift to the top of the stand to retrieve the ball. Just another reason the Warriors should rethink their plans to relocate to Eden Park.

Jharal Yow Yeh

By DaviD Leggat

In Ross Taylor’s mind, where the New Zealand team is con-cerned right now, momentum and confidence are distinctly different things.

New Zealand have one, but not the other going into the world T20 tournament, accord-ing to the country’s premier batsman.

Any notion that New Zealand will take momentum into the tournament, starting against England at Chittagong early tomorrow morning, gets short shrift from Taylor. Confidence is another story.

“I think momentum is impor-tant but I don’t think we can take much from the home sum-mer because it’s been a while since we played,” he said yester-day.

“But we can take confidence from how we played [against the West Indies and India].

“If we start the tournament strongly, get a couple of wins, then things like momentum can come into it a bit more.”

Taylor is battling a wonky right elbow, which is affect-ing his throwing more than his batting. He’s hopeful of being ready to face England, a side that wouldn’t rank among the tournament favourites, but which Taylor is wary of.

They beat New Zealand twice early last year and “they are a dangerous side - we can’t take them lightly”.

Openers Alex Hales and Mi-chael Lumb, Ian Bell, Eion Morgan, Luke Wright and Jos Buttler are all batting threats. Stuart Broad leads a bowling attack mixing craft and guile in the form of Tim Bresnan and

offspinner James Tredwell.New Zealand lost both their

official warm-ups, to Pakistan and Australia. Taylor acknowl-edged there were areas that needed tidying up.

“But they were definitely good hit-outs and it doesn’t matter how you play in the warm-ups; it’s how you play in the proper competition”.

There’s no denying New Zea-land have explosive qualities in the middle order. Give Corey Anderson, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi and Jimmy Neesham a solid springboard and there’s much to lick the lips at.

Taylor hopes World Cup newbies, like Anderson and Neesham, thrill to the challenge on a big stage.

“I’m sure they’ll be excited. Sometimes those youngsters who haven’t been in that scenar-io, they get overwhelmed. Some embrace it.

“We’ve got a lot of guys who’ve played a lot of World Cups and others who bring a different dimension.

“I’m sure if we play to our potential we’ll give ourselves a good chance.”

New Zealand have decent prospects of at least making the semifinals, something they’ve

only accomplished once before in the four previous editions of the format.

Failure to do so - and they must make the top two from England, South Africa, Sri Lan-ka and a qualifier, probably Ire-land - would be disappointing.

It could come down to their final group game, against one of the favourites, Sri Lanka, on April 1 so early points are cru-cial rather than having to rely on a late rails run.

Just where outright favour-itism lies is a moot point. The West Indies are defending champions and despite a fine talent for inconsistency, have the players who, if they get on a decent roll, will be hard to stop.

This is one title which has eluded Australia. They certain-ly have batting muscle.

Pakistan, winners in 2009, have quality spin and piles of passion but slip up when least expected.

India will certainly threaten, but Sri Lanka - with batting greats Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene announc-ing T20 retirement days ago - have a good allround blend. Plus expect their two marvel-lous veterans to want to end with a flourish. - APNZ

David Leggat picks five players he expects to have a big say at the world T20 tournament starting early tomorrow.

Ross Taylor


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RUGBY� In brief

Carney dismisses talkCronulla playmaker Todd Carney says it’s stupid to suggest Andrew Fifita should be dropped like hooker Michael Lichaa because he’s leaving the NRL club. Lichaa, who came o� the bench to make his Sharks debut against Canterbury on Monday, announced this week he’ll move to Canterbury in 2015 and was subsequently dumped to reserve grade by coach Peter Sharp. Lichaa is rated one of the best young players in the game, but Sharp decided it was not in the club’s interest to fast-track his development for the benefit of another team and recalled experienced Isaac De Gois.

Toe infectionThe toe infection that ruled Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson out of the World Twenty20 has spread to his leg.In an update on injured players released yesterday, Cricket Australia (CA) indicated Johnson may now face a race against time to be fit to take up his lucrative $1.15 million deal in the Indian Premier League in April. “He is recovering from an infection that began in his right big toe, before a�ecting his right leg,” CA wrote.“He is being managed by a team of medical specialists. Depending on how quickly he recovers, Johnson’s next scheduled commitment is the 2014 Indian Premier League where he will represent Kings XI Punjab which finishes at the end of May.”

McMeniman staysWestern Force coach Michael Foley is confident his side can cover the loss of Wallabies forward Ben McCalman for tonight’s Super Rugby clash with defending champions the Chiefs. McCalman has been a star performer for the Force this season, but the bustling No.8 copped a one-week ban for a lifting tackle during last week’s 31-29 win over the Highlanders in Dunedin. But McCalman’s loss has been o�set by the return of another Wallaby, with Hugh McMeniman recalled to the starting side in a reshu�ed back row.McMeniman, who injured his neck three weeks ago, will slot in at No.6, with Angus Cottrell replacing McCalman in the No.8 jersey.The Force’s confidence is sky high following bonus point wins over the Rebels and Highlanders.

United turning pointManchester United wants to use their trip to West Ham to show their comeback against Olympiakos was not another false start. United have been enduring a tough first season under new manager David Moyes, and they sunk to a new low with the 3-0 home defeat by arch-rivals Liverpool at the weekend. Moyes’ side responded to overturn a 2-0 deficit against the Greek side in the Champions League last 16 second leg at Old Tra�ord on Wednesday, with a 3-0 win taking them through to the quarter-finals.However, consistency has been hard to fine since Moyes replaced Alex Ferguson in the pre-season, and with nine matches left the English champions are 12 points behind fourth-placed Manchester City. United midfielder Juan Mata could return to the side. - AAP

Hurricanes lose to HighlandersBy Daniel RichaRDson

And just like that, the pressure is back on the Hurricanes.

After opening their Super Rugby campaign with three losses, they kept the knockers at bay for a brief period with a 60-27 destruction of the Cheetahs last weekend but they were brought back to reality as the Highlanders knocked them over 35-31 in Dunedin last night.

As has been a problem for most of the season, the Hurri-canes fell off plenty of tackles, made basic errors and looked stunted on attack.

Coach Mark Hammett has been in the firing line from the Hurricanes’ faithful this season and there’s no reason to think the blowtorch won’t be applied to him and his management team again in the coming week as they look to get their season on track.

Considering the Crusaders are on the agenda next, things won’t get any easier for the Hurricanes, who have prob-lems across the board but never seem to look completely out of the games they play.

Halfback Chris Smylie was a late scratching for the Hur-ricanes last night, which was a tough blow for the visitors giv-en the veteran No 9 had looked sharp against the Cheetahs last week but his withdrawal pre-sented a chance for TJ Perenara to redeem himself after an in-different start to the year.

The halfback did have a hand in a late Hurricanes try with a deft offload, although his kick-ing and option-taking are still areas of concern.

Highlanders centre Malakai Fekitoa has been a revelation this season after spending 2013 as a full-time training partner

at the Blues.The Tongan-born speedster

has looked dangerous on attack all year and delivered a thun-derous hit on his opposite num-ber Conrad Smith early in the second spell.

A forgettable first half, that was dominated by penalty goals, was quickly put to bed in the second stanza when Highlanders second-five Phil Burleigh bagged a five-pointer in the 50th minute after some phenomenal work from High-landers fullback Ben Smith.

Smith was one of the best on show during the game and must be planting some thoughts in to the mind of All Blacks coach

Steve Hansen ahead of the June tests.

Smith’s vision and ability to find his way through gaps, while also holding the ball up in the tackle are a fine mix of skills, while he is also astute under the high ball.

When Hurricanes midfielder Hadleigh Parkes threw a pass, which was intercepted by ram-paging wing Patrick Osborne mid-way through the second half, the Highlanders eased out to a 35-12 advantage.

Late tries to Ben Franks and Beauden Barrett (two) saw the Hurricanes claw their way back in to the contest but it wasn’t enough to see them pull off a

comeback win as they dropped their fourth contest of the cam-paign.

Despite missing a dolly of a penalty goal in the early stages, Lima Sopoaga, a Wellington born, raised and educated five-eighth, had an absolute bumper evening off the kicking tee and he eventually landed nine from 10, including seven conversions and two penalties.

Highlanders 35 (Phil Burleigh, Patrick Osborne tries; Lima Sopoaga 7 pen, 2 con) Hurricanes 31 (Beauden Barrett 2, Ben Franks tries; Barrett 4 pen, 2 con) Halftime: 18-9

- APNZ

New Zealand athletics has waited a long time for a rivalry like it.

Next weekend’s shotput showdown between the junior star Jacko Gill, the Devonport dynamo who enjoyed phenom-enal success at an early age but now experiencing growing pains as he makes the step up to the senior ranks, and Timaru’s Tom Walsh, the quiet achiever who is finally reaping the re-wards for his years of hard work, is the most anticipated athletics match-up in over 50 years.

The pair will go head-to-head for the first time since De-cember 2011 when they meet at the national track and field

championships in Wellington next Saturday. On that occasion a 16-year-old Gill shattered his own New Zealand senior re-cord, throwing over 1.5m fur-ther than Walsh.

But since then a lot has changed for both athletes.

Much like the optimum tra-jectory of the shotput, Gill enjoyed a steep ascent early on his career, but his progress has levelled out as he makes the difficult transition from the 6kg shot to the 7.26kg senior weight. His throw of 20.38m on that balmy December even-ing in 2011 remains his per-sonal best.

Walsh meanwhile took some tough knocks as a junior but

has continued chipping away in the sport and the rewards have come. He took the New Zealand record off Gill in December last year, before announcing his ar-rival on the international scene with a bronze medal at the world indoor championships in Poland earlier this month. His throw of 21.26m extended his national record and easily met the Commonwealth Games ‘A’ qualifying standard.

Since Walsh eclipsed Gill’s record four months ago, little has been seen or heard of the 19-year-old star. The eccentric teen has gone to ground as the pressure of his looming battle with his Canterbury rival and the frustration of his stalled

progress has placed him under huge strain. But his few public statements have added even more intrigue to the upcoming battle.

Earlier this month Gill post-ed a video montage of his out-rageous, high-octane training sessions. In the youtube clip, the strapping 118kg youngster is seen bounding over hurdles, squatting 250kg and doing one-arm shoulder presses, be-fore bizarrely staring down the camera as he ate a raw chilli without flinching.

It was meant to send out a strong statement that Gill is in top shape ahead of the nation-als.

- APNZ

Track stars’ rivalry set to thrill

Hurricanes flanker Jack Lam (left) gets across to tackle Highlanders’ fullback Ben Smith. The Highlanders won the Super 15 encounter 35-31.

Photo otago Daily times





BY JONATHAN LEASK [email protected]

Ashburton College rowers don’t intend on making up the numbers at Maadi Cup, the National Secondary Schools’ Rowing Championship at Lake Ruatani-wha next week.

College coach Steve Beveridge is hoping his small squad punch above

their weight at the regatta, which features 1633 crews from 125

schools, the largest secondary school competition in the Southern hemisphere.

“The main aim is to make A finals at the end of the week,” Beveridge said.

“Like I told the kids, the B finals are only there to give the TV boat time to turn around and get back up to the start for the next A final so if they want to get on TV, they better get in the A final.”

Last year College had their best ever medal tally with a silver and bronze but overall with five A and three B final ap-

There are 41 cups, shields and trophies up for grabs from the 48 events, and two exhibition events, on the Maadi Cup programme.

The actual Maadi Cup is awarded in the boys’ under 18 eight.

Inscribed on the cup is: “This cup, the gift of Dr Youssef

Bahgat of the Cairo Rowing Club, Egypt, was presented to the Maadi Camp Rowing Club as a token of friendship between members of the Cairo Rowing

Bond revivedfor anothergolden seasonBY JONATHAN LEASK [email protected]

Olympic champion Hamish Bond told Rakaia primary school students that the hardest part about winning the gold was the four years leading up to the day,

Bond and pairs partner Eric Murray are halfway through that process again.

“It has come around relatively fast. Over the last year we have tried to establish and create new challenges that motivate us.”

Bond is coming off a freshening up summer where he and Murray predominantly sat in single boats.

“The idea of doing another summer just in the pair didn’t particu-larly enthuse me.”

“I had always been able to train pretty well in the single and go fast but had struggled to translate that into racing perfor-mances so that was the goal this sum-mer.”

He achieved his goal, picking up the national men’s single title beating Olympic

champion Mahe Drysdale in the process, for the fourth time in four regattas over the New Zealand summer.

“Now we are back in the pair our fitness levels are really high and we have good speed at the moment.

“Our rhythm is a little bit off and taking some time to get it right. It’s not quite com-fortably yet and for me if you are comfortable you end up going fast.

“It’s just that time out of the boat and estab-lishing that rhythm but that is harder for Eric. I just do what I do and he has to tune in.”

Unbeaten since 2009, the plan is for the pair to maintain that record right on through to Rio and defend their title for a second gold medal.

Then Bond could be up for a new challenge “potentially” moving to the single for a

crack at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.“That’s still a wee way away and you don’t know what shape you’re going to be in both mentally and physically as far as going around the block again.”

The single may be a future challenge but Bond is firmly fixated on his current one, reclaiming Olympic gold in Rio.

Bond and Murray, along with the rest of the New Zealand crews have a big block of training before

heading to Europe in June, racing in France, Switzer-land and then the world championships in Amster-

dam.

Big effort for Maadi

College crews aim for top finishes

Maadi Cup rowing history

Hamish Bond with his gold medal.


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� Natalie Bocock � St Margret’s coxswain Bocock

is lining up a big finish to her secondary school career and bettering her gold and silver medals from last year, where she was also selected into the South Island under 18 squad. The St Margret’s caller came away with three gold medals in the under 18 eight, under 15 four and eight, and a bronze in the under 18 four, at the South Islands a fortnight ago.

� Craighead Crew � Renee Olley and Alice Murdoch

won gold in the under 18 pair at the SISS, and a silver with Sarah Dyke, the younger sister to New Zealand junior repre-sentative Emma, in the coxed four.

� Michaela Watt � Former Ashburton College

crew member, Michaela Watt, will row in the Timaru Girls’ High School under 16 squad, four and double.

� Kate Hayman � Hayman transferred to Rangi

Ruru at the start of the year. She won silver in the under 17 single and a bronze in the un-der 17 double for Ashburton College at the Maadi Cup last year. She won silver in the pair at the SISS (behind the Craig-head boat) as well as a bronze in the under 18 quad and eight, and could only manage fourth in the under 18 single, where she finished 7th at last year’s Maadi.

The Guardian regrets if we have missed anyone. Contact

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EX-PATS ON THE WATER

schools, the largest secondary school competition in the Southern hemisphere.

“The main aim is to make A finals at the end of the week,” Beveridge said.

“Like I told the kids, the B finals are only there to give the TV boat time to turn around and get back up to the start for the next A final so if they want to get on TV, they better get in the A final.”

Last year College had their best ever medal tally with a silver and bronze but overall with five A and three B final ap-

pearances it was the best regatta across the board.

They aren’t expected to better that ef-fort this year but Beveridge is still hope-ful of some top eight finishes.

The message from Beveridge is to deliver in the heats or find a nice place to sit.

“We want to have as many boats as we can still on racks at the end of the week still racing.

“That’s the main aim of any regatta.

Not sitting on the bank watching.”College had some promising results

at the South Island Secondary Schools’ regatta at Lake Ruataniwha a fortnight ago, qualifying for 11 A finals and three B finals but were without a medal.

Beveridge was happy enough with the boats progressing but expects them to lift their intensity.

“They just have to take that next step.“Maadi can be a tough one as some

crews don’t peak until this week, even

though the South Islands were two weeks ago.

“Fingers crossed some of our boats are peaking at the right time too.”

The programme has heats on Monday and Tuesday, with some repechage races possible for Tuesday evening.

Wednesday has repechage and quarter finals, with semi-finals on Thursday.

The finals run over Friday and Satur-day, where college hope to have plenty of boats still on the water.

There are 41 cups, shields and trophies up for grabs from the 48 events, and two exhibition events, on the Maadi Cup programme.

The actual Maadi Cup is awarded in the boys’ under 18 eight.

Inscribed on the cup is: “This cup, the gift of Dr Youssef

Bahgat of the Cairo Rowing Club, Egypt, was presented to the Maadi Camp Rowing Club as a token of friendship between members of the Cairo Rowing

Club and Kiwi oarsmen of the Second NZEF following the winning of the Fryberg Cup by the New Zealand oars-men in competition with members of the Cairo Rowing Club at a regatta on the Nile on the 20th November, 1943.”

The Kiwi oarsmen of the Maadi Camp Rowing Club won the regatta for the Freyberg Cup by 11 points to six.

However, they donated the trophy to the Cairo Rowing Club for future compe-tition.

In return Dr Bahgat presented them with a cup that was to become the Maadi Cup.

At the conclusion of the war it was brought back to New Zealand where it was named the Maadi Cup and presented to the NZARA (now the NZRA) for the annual eight-oared competition among the New Zealand secondary schools.

The first race was held at Wanganui in 1947 and it was won by Mt Albert Grammar but is currently in the hands

of Hamilton Boys’ High School.As the premier event the Maadi Cup is

last on the programme.The overall regatta trophy is the Star

Trophy which was introduced in 1997 and is awarded to the champion school that accumulates the most points from A finals.

There is also the Presidents Scull for the best sculling school on points in scull events and the Executive Trophy for the best sweep oar event school.

Big effort for Maadi

College crews aim for top finishes

Maadi Cup rowing history

Left - Matt Rae on the college rowers’ training ground at Lake Hood.



BASKETBALL�

Methven Trotting Club’s meeting at Mt Harding Race-course tomorrow, March 23. NZ Meeting number: 8. 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.

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M8 Methven harnessTomorrow at Mt Harding Raceway

After 20 years and six Australian NBL titles, CJ Bruton played his final game for the Breakers at Vector Arena last night, going down to the Cairns Taipans 83-95. He recalls in his own words numbers that marked his glittering career.

7 - First basketball mem-ory

When I was seven, any time Dad (Cal-vin Bruton, Sr.) was playing, we’d go as a family, wish him luck, and when he went in the locker room we’d go to the back court and get some shots up. Eventually they’d shuffle everyone into the stands but, as soon as the game started, I’d tell my mum I had to go to the toilet. I hardly watched my dad play in the early years - I was too busy shooting at the toilet sign. That was my bucket and, with my imagi-nation, I’d play against my dad and who-ever he was playing with. I’d throw jump hooks, work on my lay-ups, and if I hit the toilet sign it was a bucket. They were great memories and helped me to the point that, when I played my first game, I felt comfortable because I’d played it all in my head.

3 - The fi rst three-pointer of many

My first game (for Perth in 1994), I came on close to the end of the first quarter and I fouled Darryl Pearce on a three-point shot. The Iceman, as smooth as silk, just knocked down all three. I knew I had to make up for it really quick, other-wise I might not hit the floor again. The next play, it was almost the end of the quarter. I dribbled down, got between the three-point line and half-court and let it fly. It went in off the backboard. I just kept running towards the bench and eve-ryone was up and celebrating. I couldn’t

celebrate - I just thought, at least I made the shot and hopefully coach doesn’t bench me for what I did wrong. He let me start the next quarter.

1 - The fi rst championship with Sydney

It was the fifth game of the series and everyone was out of gas. Everyone was running up and down on their last legs, just hoping someone would miss a shot. Down the stretch, [West Sydney] got in front and it felt like I had nothing left. Then Ebi Ere, the import from Oklaho-ma, went down and made three straight shots and started clapping. And that clap meant we were ready to go. We closed the game out, drew fouls and made our foul shots. When that final buzzer went it was like magic. I went to my dad, hugged him, and gave him the ring.

2000 - Up-and-down crowds at beginning with Breakers

I just thought we were talented, we had threats everywhere and we could score 110 points every game. People would say to me, ‘Why are you going to the Break-ers?’ But with [Andrej Lemanis] and Tony Ronaldson, they put a lot of things in place before I got here. Once we start-ed shocking teams and we were in first or second, they realised we were a force to be reckoned with. But the first year was still rough. We dropped really quickly and, when we collapsed, I remember go-ing from sell-out crowds to seeing like 2000 people.

4 - Fourth championship

Before we ran out on the floor, I looked at the boys and told them how special it

was to play in big moments like that. I said, ‘Right now, I’m proud to go with my brothers to war. This is going to be one of the moments we’ll remember for a lifetime’. All the players I’ve won a ti-tle with, when we walk out on the floor, I tap twice. When we have double-claps, it means we’ve gone through the war and we have that special bond.

6 - Sixth ring and rivalry with Perth

After we got dropped by Perth in the first game that season, I remember being writ-ten off and people saying it was over. As we rolled on, we lost to them again, then we lost to them in Perth. But when it counted, when it came finals time, I knew we would beat them. We’d seen each oth-er so much and it was physical - on the court, it was as rough as it was going to get. We had the ring and they were com-

ing for it but, when it counted, we were right there, we looked them in the eyes and said, ‘Bring it’. For our club, what it meant, what we were going for, who we had to go through - it was special.

516 - The fi nal appearance in the ANBL

I just hope the fans enjoy themselves and appreciate what I’ve done, even those watching at home on TV. There’s been a lot of messages and letters coming to the club and it’s been very special to hear what I’ve meant to the club. For me, it’s been a blessing. From meeting (owners) Paul and Liz (Blackwell), to the organisa-tion, to playing in front of sell-outs. I’ve envisaged playing in front of sell-outs since my dad was able to do that with the Wildcats. He did it for a club - I get to go do it for a country. - Kris Shannon, APNZ

CJ Bruton, in his own words

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Matt HannahBUSINESS MATTERS

Matt Hannah is a senior manager for KPMG Private

Enterprise

BIG RED SHED MAKEOVER�

The Warehouse Ashburton is the latest big red shed in New Zealand to undergo a makeo-ver.

The lighter, brighter store will be unveiled on April 3 following a significant invest-ment in refreshing the inte-rior, which included doubling the space for sports gear and toys.

Areas housing clothing have also benefitted from more space.

“This is an exciting time for The Warehouse and our

customers as over 50 per cent of our stores have had a refit and we continue with our na-tionwide multi-million dollar store refurbishment strategy,” The Warehouse CEO Simon Turner said.

The Warehouse Ashburton store manager Nick Boyd, has received positive feedback from the community in the lead up to the re-launch.

Port FM will be at the store on opening day from 11am to 1pm with giveaways and prizes.

Lighter, brighter storeto be unveiled April 3

US INVESTMENT�

Super fund tips $300minto US oil and gas

Exporting can be an excellent way to access new customers and grow

your business. Before you take the leap,

however, it is important to consider whether your business is export ready and to fully understand what is involved before you start.

Obviously, you need to have a product or service which is of value to an overseas market.

Then take a look at your existing business and ensure you have the necessary skills, resources and information to support export activity.

In many ways, getting ready for international business is similar to starting your local

business. There are also a lot of different operational considerations, such as label-ling requirements, freight and logistics.

You need to ensure you con-centrate your effort on a market in which you can succeed. Critical to becoming a success-ful exporter is understanding your target market so under-take research and use facts to support your decisions.

Once you have selected the overseas market, make sure you take the time to visit. Hav-ing first-hand experience will provide you with invaluable knowledge of the customers, the market conditions and help you recognise what is required to succeed.

Be prepared to play a long game. There is a lot of cost involved in establishing your presence, building momentum and moving your product. Often costs rise sharply before revenue filters through. Put-ting time in up-front forecast-

ing and putting together a funding plan will make sure you get through the initial tough period.

It is also vital to make sure you don’t neglect your lo-cal market. You may consider bringing additional resource in to help manage your domestic operation while you focus on establishing the export side of your business.

Having strength in the do-mestic market will also provide you with working capital and funding to invest in developing your export market.

Like most big strategic decisions, there are risks with export. But seeking the right advice and sound planning will help you succeed.

However, the short-term challenges and effort have the potential to transform into long-term rewards.

Get your business export ready

BY JAMIE GRAY

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund said it would invest up to US$250 million ($292.5m) in North American gas and oil opportunities with US energy investment firm, KKR.

Up to US$175 million would be directed to new KKR energy private equity investments in North American natural gas exploration and production, NZ Super Fund said in a statement.

The remaining US$75 million would be invest-ed with the $2 billion KKR Energy Income and Growth Fund, a new KKR fund focused on invest-ing in the development of unconventional gas and oil resources in North America.

The NZ Super Fund’s other energy sector in-vestments over the past 12 months have includ-ed US$100m in Bloom Energy, which uses solid oxide fuel cell technology to create power, and US$55m in wind turbine maker, Ogin.

The investments follow extensive research into opportunities in the energy sector by the Fund over the past couple of years, NZ Super Fund said.

“These new investments will broaden and di-versify the Fund’s current exposure to energy, in line with what is a changing global energy sec-tor,” the fund’s general manager investments, Matt Whineray, said.

Whineray said the KKR investment was prem-

ised on attractive long-term returns in energy and significant market changes including the rapid development of natural gas and unconven-tional oil assets.

Developments in North American gas and oil are profoundly changing both global energy mar-kets, Whineray said. - APNZ

Kiwi slang confusion

Coen LammersEDITOR


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OUR VIEW

YOUR VIEW

by David FletcherCRUMB

Language can be the key to success and happiness.

The Dorie community has initiated a terrific language course for local immigrants to improve their English and pick up some Kiwi slang in the process.

As we witnessed again during Thursday’s citizenship ceremony, and in last year’s Census, immi-grants are becoming an increas-ing part of the Mid Canterbury community and language plays a vital role in their integration.

The ability to understand peo-ple around you, explain yourself, watch television or read the pa-per can be the difference between feeling confident and at home, or feeling like an outsider.

Many foreigners who come to New Zealand have a good understanding of the English language, but even the better prepared immigrants often get a shock when they get their first dose of Kiwi slang.

It reminds me of a Dutch friend, who spoke fluent BBC English, but still got all confused at her arrival, wondering why the customs officer wanted her to get into a non-existent “lift”, simply because she misunderstood the New Zealand pronunciation of going “left”.

And if our peculiar pronuncia-tion is not challenging enough, most New Zealanders speak at a break-neck speed and throw in hundreds of strange words and expressions that are uniquely Kiwi.

Just imagine arriving from abroad and hearing your work mates say something like: “Grab your togs and your jandals and we’ll head over the bach. We’ll get some grog, spuds, sausies and other tucker at the dairy and we’ll fire up the barbie.’’

Confusion would reign su-preme and may turn into panic, especially when the newcomer is told not to “be a piker”.

A better understanding of Kiwi English will lead to faster integration and more effective communication at work.

Most importantly, better skills to express themselves will avoid isolation or frustration and will increase confidence and unlock the true potential of the new-comers.

In the meantime, if any person in our community struggles to understand you, don’t make quick judgements about their intel-ligence, but maybe try talking a bit slower.

Alcohol policyI wanted to clarify that our business has not appealed the Ashburton local alcohol poli-cy. A provisional policy has not even been released yet.

We’ve worked really hard with councils right around New Zealand, including in Ashbur-ton, to meet with them, be part of the public consultation pro-cess and provide information about our customers’ alcohol purchasing patterns that they otherwise wouldn’t have had.

We agree that community feedback is important and the new act says that councils must consider this together with evidence about alcohol-related harm in the community when deciding if further local restric-tions are necessary over and above the current law.

It’s our understanding that across the country there are close to 50 appeals that have been lodged with the Alcohol

Regulatory Licensing Author-ity, from a range of organisa-tions, including the police and some health groups.

It is inaccurate to state that we are holding up the process. We also understand the first LAP hearing in August will be treated as a test case because this is new law and there is some uncertainty.

As retailers we remain com-mitted to working with coun-cils as they work through their decision-making process.

Dave Chambers,managing director,

Progressive Enterprises

FirefightersOn Thursday we published an article on the work of the Ad-vance Ashburton Community Foundation, including men-tion of the Ashburton District Volunteer Rural Fire Fighters Welfare Fund.

A photo that ran with the ar-

ticle on the welfare fund may have caused confusion about its recipients.

The welfare fund, established with the foundation, is for Ash-burton’s rural volunteer fire-fighters. These forces risk their lives to save lives and property in our rural community and this welfare trust fund will be avail-able to assist rural firefighters and their families in need.

The Ashburton District Council has given a donation of $10,000 to start and al-ready donations are coming in from farmers, homeowners and business owners grateful for the quick and professional as-sistance of the volunteer rural forces.

To date donations totalling $22,800 have been received. Donations can be made to Ad-vance Ashburton Community Foundation for the welfare fund to PO Box 310, Ashburton.

Elizabeth AshfordDeputy chair/trustee

Advance Ashburton Community Foundation

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On penguins and polar bears

New Zealand, or ‘God-zone’, is often charac-terised by its pluses

– rivers, forests, beaches and birdlife.

It can also be defined by its lacks – no snakes, bears or hun-gry predators out to get you every time you go bush.

There is no bush to speak of in Antarctica, but it shares some similar traits, provided you don’t freeze to death, fall down a crevasse, or get on the wrong side of a hungry leopard seal, it is fairly safe as well.

Penguins are the epitome of the benign wildlife of the south.

Dressed like little waiters and sporting the IQ of your average chicken, they are synonymous with the South Pole and have been used to promote every-thing from open source soft-ware to salt and vinegar chips.

We encountered several vari-eties on our trip, each with their own quirks and customs.

Adelies look like they have had five cups of coffee too many, constantly darting left and right with a slightly crazed look in their glassy eyes.

These are the downtown commuters of the ice, making their way to the edge of the bergs in packs that resemble crowds on a railway platform, then spilling into ocean en mass, mirroring the 5pm office exodus.

Gentoo penguins are some-what larger, with white patches over their eyes that resemble chic noise-cancelling head-phones.

They could do with such ac-cessories too, as their call has the timbre of braying donkeys.

During the summer months much of the cacophony comes from the chicks, triangular fluff-balls with bottomless stomachs that are constantly pestering their parents for a feed.

You can see the penguins, you can hear the penguins, but what the postcards and nature documentaries don’t tell you, is that the birds could do with an industrial-scale drenching in Coco Chanel.

In short, they stink. The

guano combination of fish and krill that coats the rocks throughout the rookeries can be seen from afar and smelled from even further away.

This aroma did not deter early scientists from getting up close and personal with the wee waddlers.

The Fit for a FID cookbook details researchers’ recipes from the 1950s, and has a whole sec-tion dedicated to penguins.

The author prefaces the sec-tion with the admission that

“when cooking penguin, I have an awful feeling inside of me that I am cooking little men who are just that little too curi-ous and stupid”.

These days penguin is off the menu and we photograph pen-guin nests instead of devouring penguin breasts.

Nevertheless, some people come up with interesting new ways of communing with the colonies.

Turning around to find two human-sized penguins posing

with their Lilliputian relatives was a surprise, to say the least.

Antarctica is much more than penguins and photo opportuni-ties, but no trip south would be complete without a mention of both.

Sure, if you lie still photo-graphing the penguins for long enough a southern giant petrel may decide you resemble a tasty snack, but at least there are no roaming polar bears to finish you off. In that respect, it’s just like home after all.

Above – Adelie penguins on ice.Below left – Penguin wannabes.Below right – A gentoo penguin feeds her baby. Photos suPPlied

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Easy Care Easy Living This tidy townhouse is just one block from the

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bedrooms each and great back yard area for kids and pets to roam. No

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Netherby 9 Davis Crescent 3 A 1 F

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Down By The Seaside This hut and all its contents could be yours.

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Netherby 1960’s dwelling, tile roof, 718m2 section. Updated kitchen with a

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Trades & ServicesTo place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifi eds�theguardian.co.nz

Continuous SpoutingAlps

Manufacturers and installers of continuous spouting, fascia and downpipes.

Ben Kruger • Phone 308 4380 or 027 390 1027 • email: [email protected]

Need new spouting, fascia and downpipes? Give Ben a call for a free quote. All jobs guaranteed.

» Marmox insulation board » Fully installed » Free quotes » Locally owned and operated

Under Tile Heating Under Tile Heating

Contact David on:T/F 027 599 4028E [email protected]

Phone 0800 48 48 49www.oasisclearwater.co.nz

Lawns cut and tidied - spick and span - for your home, rental or business properties.Servicing the Mid Canterbury area.

Good rates, free quote.

Ph Graeme on 027 457 6508

Wicksey’s Lawn Mowing Service

Trades & ServicesTo place a Trades & Services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifi [email protected]

Our family business services all rural and urban areas in Canterbury

• Interior and Exterior Painting • Furniture Restoration • Small Plastering Jobs

• Paper Hanging • Murals

PAINTING & DECORATING

Phone Dion or Peta 302 3816 or 027 312 3073

Local third generation painter - Over 30 years experience - friendly and reliable service.

No job too big or too small

Your local family business servicing locals

Online appraisal enquiries: www.mcgregorrealestate.co.nz/property-appraisal/Online Rental enquires: www.mcgregorrealestate.co.nz/property-management/

Phone Enquiries: 308 6173

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Enquiries: Enquiries: 308 6173 308 6173

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Entries close 28 March 2014 to our offi ce at 248 East Street, winner will be drawn from all correct entries entered, under police supervision, and notifi ed.

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The way they help get our profile across each week helps us with the key messages we want to communicate to our customers.

Our consultant is friendly and efficient and when we are unsure she is quick to step in with the designers and create us something perfect. Thanks Ashleigh and the team at Ashburton Guardian.

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GARDEN MAINTENANCE

ATTENTION: PROPERTY OWNERSFor your rural, residential and

commercial property maintenance, contact us.

• Landscape and garden renovations• Ride-on lawn mowing• Gardening• Hedge trimming• Clean-ups

• Ride-on lawn mowing

Don, Sue & Chris Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257

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Classifieds

Earthmoving Machine OperatorsAshburton Based

Due to our increasing workload at Paul Smith Earthmoving we require the following operators in

our civil and rural earthworks division:

Scraper OperatorsExperience preferred but training will be provided, this position is to operate a 627G Cat Scraper on a variety of earthworks contracts.

Grader OperatorsExperienced operators required who are able to work unsupervised if needed; an understanding of the rural sector would be preferred along with final trim on civil works.

Excavators OperatorsExperienced operators required to operate 5T – 30T excavators

To be considered for these roles you must:• Be experienced with good references• Appropriate and current licences are required• Be able to learn Laser and GPS control units• Be flexible and prepared to work both on the

ground and on the machine• Have a good work ethic, keen attitude and take

pride in your work• Be punctual and reliable• Capable of following instructions• Adopt safe workplace practices • Provide pre-employment drug free test• Undertake random drug screeningTo apply please send CV to

[email protected] or phone 027 574 6803 Kerry Bartlett (Jacko)

SITUATIONS VACANT

Truck DriverGreg Donaldson Contracting is an Ashburton based company looking for an experienced Class 5 truck and trailer driver.

This position would involve driving a new truck for general bulk cartage. The successful applicant would have to have a clean driving record and be able to perform daily maintenance of his truck. In return you would be offered a good remuneration package.

Key attributes: ¾ An eye for detail and the ability to work to deadlines ¾ A good sense of humour ¾ Good communication skills ¾ A positive attitude ¾ Able to work with minimal supervision ¾ Focused on delivering high quality work ¾ The ability to interact with other staff and clients

We also require the names and phone numbers of at least two work related referees.

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.

To apply please send your cover letter, along with current CV to:

Greg Donaldson Contracting LtdP O Box 439

Ashburton 7740Email: [email protected]

Enquiries in the first instance to Greg Donaldson 0274 326 915

Relief MilkerFull-time,

experienced milker required.

Hinds/Lowcliffe area. Will be sole charge at times.

Milking 250 cows. Phone

027 229 9774 03 303 7680

Trounce Transport LtdDriver

RequiredWe are currently seeking a driver

for one of our bulk grain truck and

trailer units.

If this interests you and you have Class 5 licence,

please give Ian a call

027 432 9788.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Farm employee position available on an

irrigated stock/arable farm in Ashburton Forks

district.

Wide range of duties, working in a team

environment.

Contact David Clark on 303 6132

Birthday GreetingsBrought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

Jessie LuscombeHappy 4th Birthday for tomorrow. Love Dad, Mum, Sam, Emma and Chris.

Chris LuscombeHappy 4th Birthday for

tomorrow. Love Dad, Mum, Sam, Emma

and Jessie.

Jack JonesHappy 9th Birthday Jack!

Have a great day.Love from Mum, Dad,

Josh and Molly.

Hayley NolanHappy 8th Birthday!Have a fun day. Lots of love from Mum, Dad, Madeline and Liam. xxx

Birthday Greeti ngs are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greeti ngs must be received at least two working days before date of inserti on otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground fl oor offi ce for collecti on aft er noti ce has appeared in the paper.

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Jack JonesHappy 9th Birthday Jack. Have a special day.Love from Nana, Grandad and uncle Brent.

We design, we build, we innovate.

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Looking for a builder with a little more experience?

Ph 03 308 9936 or 0274 323 258

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Contact Des anytime for an obligation free quote.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Feed Procurement ManagerExciting opportunity for someone experienced in the agricultural industry

ANZCO Foods Limited is one of New Zealand’s largest exporters employing over 3,000 staff worldwide. A dynamic, multinational group of companies, the company’s core purpose is to procure, process and market New Zealand beef and lamb products to the world.

Five Star Beef, owned by ANZCO Foods, is based near Ashburton and is the only large scale commercial cattle feedlot in New Zealand with a standing capacity of 20,000 head.

We are looking for a Feed Procurement Manager with the capability of implementing strategies and programmes to secure the required feed for the nutrition of up to 35,000 cattle per annum. Reporting to the Feedlot Manager, your key responsibilities will include:

• Feed budgeting and planning• Development of procurement strategies and supply

programmes• Feed delivery logistics• Coordination of waste product distribution to growers• Provide assistance in feedlot operations where required

To be successful you will have:

• Experience in the agricultural industry and preferably involvement in farmer supply relationships

• The ability to implement procurement strategies in conjunction with the feedlot requirements

• A proven ability to develop relationships with suppliers, other stakeholders and company personnel

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

This role provides a unique opportunity to progress and develop within Five Star Beef and with the wider ANZCO group in the future.

If you want to make a difference with a growing company, please apply online at www.careers.anzcofoods.com or contact Jamie Gordon on 027 230 6660 for more information.

Applications must be received by 4pm 28 March 2014.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Dixon Homes are a new home building franchise now established in New Zealand. Our team are committed to working with their customers to achieve their ultimate goal of a brand new home.An opportunity exists in the Ashburton area for a local builder to join in our success.Are you:• Tradequalifiedinthecarpentry

and joinery industry• Currently self employed• Computer literate• A team player• Driven for success• Tired of being uncompetitive with

the big players• Ready to go to the next level in

your careerA Dixon Homes building franchise offers:•Being part of a national team with

the same ethics and goals•Exclusive franchise territory•National purchasing power•The use of an international brand•Business systems and support

For further information please contact:David Pickles

Ph. 021 330 732 or 03 434 1000By Friday, April 4, 2014

Ashburton College‘Individual Excellence in a

Supportive Learning Environment’

special education teacherTo work in the College’s

Student Learning Support Unit.This is a part-time (0.6 FTTE – 15 hours/week),

fixed-term position, three hours/day for the balance of

Term 1 and Term 2 2014.Ability to teach all subjects at Levels 1-3 of the New Zealand Curriculum required.Commencement as soon as is practicable.

Applications close 4:00pm Monday 31 March 2014.

Enquiries/applications to: Sheena Tyrrell, Management Administrator Phone: 03 308 4193, ext 812. Cell: 027 247 8003 Email: [email protected], Fax: 03 308 2104 Ashburton College, P O Box 204, Ashburton 7740

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NIGHT FILL SUPERVISOR

An opportunity has come up for a Supervisor to take control of our night fill team of four staff in our Mitre 10 MEGA store in Ashburton. Mitre 10 is a well established part of the Mitre to brand with stores in three locations: Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru.

This is a pivotal role in our business to ensure our night fill processes and the process of transfers between stores runs smoothly. This position is Monday – Friday 1pm – 9pm and would suit someone with night fill or merchandising experience however training will be given.

The successful applicant will have the following attributes:• Good communication skills• Ability to lead a team• Organisational and planning skills• Able to set and meet targets• Reliable• Forklift licence or ability to obtain one

This is a great opportunity for the right person to be part of a great team and make a contribution to a growing business. In return we offer job security and excellent staff buying privileges.

Please forward your C.V. and covering letter to:

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

All applications remain confidential and close on Friday, March 28, 2014.

Heartland Schools’ Music FestivalAdministrator - Person Description The successful applicant will need to possess integrity, good inter-personal skills, word processing abilities and must be able to: •work unsupervised• follow procedures in a methodical manner•carry out secretarial duties for the Annual Meeting and

other music festival related activities•organise the procedures required for setting up of venues

for the annual Music Festival (Ashburton Intermediate School Hall and Ashburton Trust Event Centre).

•co-ordinate procedures for the annual Festival, including the massed choir rehearsals.

•work closely alongside the Music Director

It would be an advantage to have:•a background in educational administration.

For application package please contact:

Fiona Maw - Music DirectorPhone 302 8492 – evenings

or [email protected] SalespersonWe are seeking an enthusiastic sales person who is able to work Saturday’s with some on call work available.

Must be reliable, with a keen interest in sports.

Please reply toThe Manager PO Box 321, Ashburton 7740

By March 28, 2014

SITUATIONS VACANT

Excavator OperatorDue to an increased workload, we are looking for a new sta� member to operate a new 6 ton excavator.Key attributes:

¾ An eye for detail and the ability to work to deadlines ¾ A good sense of humour ¾ Good communication skills ¾ A positive attitude ¾ Able to work with minimal supervision ¾ Focused on delivering high quality work ¾ The ability to interact with other sta� and clients

Previous experience in both urban and rural excavation is required for this position and all applicants must possess drivers licences Class 1-5, WTR. In return, we o�er an excellent remuneration package.We also require the names and phone numbers of at least two work related referees.Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.To apply please send your cover letter, along with current CV to:

Greg Donaldson Contracting LtdP O Box 439

Ashburton 7740Email: [email protected]

Enquiries in the first instance toGreg Donaldson 0274 326 915

Forklift Operators/

Process Staff Required

We are currently looking for quali�ed and experienced forklift operators and process sta� for our upcoming potato and onion season.· Applicants must have

a positive can do attitude,

· Willingness to work as part of a team,

· The ability to work a variety of shift times,

· A full driver’s licence would be an advantage.

· Forklift operators must be competent,

· Have a reasonable level of experience,

· Have a minimum OSH forklift licence.

If this sounds like you please contact Agsta�

0800 247 8233 andrew@agsta�.co.nz

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Classifieds

We have two new positions available.

1) Excavator & Preparation Team MemberApplicants will need to be fit and reliable, have a Class 2 drivers licence, and preferably have some civil construction experience.

2) Trainee Concrete ScreederApplicants will need to be fit and reliable, and preferably have concrete placing experience.

Both positions are full-time and permanent with overtime available.

Please apply via email, or in writing, to

Tony Worsfold, Managing Directoremail: [email protected]

13 Robinson Street, Ashburton 7700

South Rakaia HotelEst.1872

We are a busy country pub with full bar and TAB facilities, seven pokie machines, a small

bottle store and a full restaurant. We are looking for staff to fill a couple of spots in our team.

Experience in the hospitality sector is essential and strong customer service skills a must.

Bar ManagerIf you’re looking for a Bar Managers position with a bit of responsibility and being involved in a little bit of everything, then you may be interested. We are offering a full time position with Salary options and a possible accommodation package if you might be new to the town.A Bar Managers certificate is essential and experience in both TAB and Pokies are also a must. We need a staff member who is ready to hit the road running and be a leader, but also a participating team member.

Kitchen - CookWe are looking to revamp our kitchen/menu and team and are looking for a good solid Cook with bistro experience who can both produce good looking food that tastes great too.A Food Handler’s certificate is essential and ability to work in a small team and with management a must. Ability to set menus and costing’s is a bonus.If either of these positions sound like you, please send CV and references to:

South Rakaia Hotel, PO Box 8, RAKAIAAttn: Lara Reihana

A position has become available for a permanent Financial Administrator at our school.

We are seeking experience in managing day-to-day accounting and some general office administration duties.

The position will be for 35 hours per week during school terms.

Applications close Friday, March 28, 2014 at 4.00pm.

For further information contact the Principal Gavin Cooper 308 9563 or 021 496 912. Post your application to:

The Principal, Ashburton Intermediate SchoolPO Box 294, Ashburton 7740

Or email to: [email protected]

Financial Administrator

SITUATIONS VACANT

Think Water Leeston, owned by the Broomhall family, has been providing specialist water solutions to the rural community throughout the South Island for over twenty fi ve years.

Their services include irrigation design and installation, dairy shed water reticulation, effl uent design and installation, stock water supply, water meter installations, lifestyle and domestic water supply, and most importantly 24/7 servicing and backup.

This rapidly growing company now wishes to appoint an Operations Manager. You will report to Thinkwater’s General Manager, co-ordinating and leading the Company’s ten fi eld staff.

Input into developing the organisation’s strategic goals, including the ability to offer a clear vision of how operations will help achieve them, is key to this role and the growth of the business.

You will deliver the administration functions, including timesheets, job cards, client and plant reports, purchase orders, project plans and forward work reports etc.

You will also take control of the utilisation, operation and maintenance of plant and machinery.

Competencies required to be successful in this role include:• Knowledge of production planning in an engineering environment• Experience with in-full-on-time co-ordination and delivery of projects• Ability to motivate and lead your team to deliver great service• Exposure to health and safety systems, including hazard identifi cation and control compliance,

training and monitoring.

Effi ciency, continuous improvement, commitment to quality, system reliability and on-time delivery will be your core values. Maintaining good quality long term client relationships will be essential.

To enquire about this role in confi dence, please phone either Al Coll on 027 229 1444 or Deb Francis on 021 224 5000. Otherwise, please send your CV with covering letter to [email protected] (quote ref TWOM) by Thursday 3 April.

Operations ManagerLeeston

www.agrecruit.co.nzWe specialise in agri-business

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Daily Events Saturday 9.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Weekly farm fresh produce, plants, coffee, food and more. North end of the West Street car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 12. noon ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 12 noon ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Saturday’s in the West Street Car park.

10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Doubles competition. Ashburton Domain, Philip Street.

Sunday8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship led by Betty Watson, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Church lounge, Baring Square East.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Peter and Sandy Renew, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, Maronan Road.

10.00am ASHBURTON M.S.A. QUOITS. All welcome to have a throw. Racecourse Road M.S.A. Sports ground.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

10.00am HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

10.00am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10.00am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

10.30am EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping god and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby.

11.00am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship, St James, Jane Street, Tinwald.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

7.00pm ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown in the Sinclair Centre, cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

7.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Senior youth group meets in youth room. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Monday9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including

DC3. Seafield Road.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm TINWALD INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. Opening night for the season, all welcome to come and have a bowl. Tinwald Hall, entry off McMurdo Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Speaker Lester Hurst, decorative ‘Autumn Gold’. Sport Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

SITUATIONS VACANT Cook/Customer

Service Tuesday to Saturday

4.30pm to 9.00/9.30pm Senior position,

maturity/common sense required. Handwritten

letter of application and CV:

Boston Burger 86 East Street

Ashburton 7700

SITUATIONS VACANT

Gardener

Gardener with experience required for redevelopment

and regular maintenance of large country garden near

Methven. Phone

027 436 2358

TENDERS

Terrace View Retirement Village

Stage 2Ashburton

Closing Wednesday, March 26, 2014

at 10.00amContact: Kate Knegt


Phone: 03 359 5901Fax: 03 359 9416

Tenders Downloadable From: www.tenderlink.com/

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TRADES, SERVICES

• Bark• Oamaru stone• Rocks• Organic compost• Sand• Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much moreFREE loan trailer available!From a shovel load to

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Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm

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Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Mid-CanterburyMetal Recycling

Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane Riverside Estate

(Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or027-228-1467 anytime

TRADES, SERVICES 4 TINT-A-WINDOW solarprotective films, UV block,fade, heat and glare control,privacy and safety films forglass. FREE quotes - 20years local service, BillBreukelaar - phone 0800 368468. www.tintawindow.co.nz

COMPUTER PROBLEMS?For prompt, reliable service,contact Kelvin Boult, KJBSystems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place,Ashburton, ph 308 8989, 30years local experience.SUPERGOLD discount cardaccepted.

HOME handyman available.Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph027-677-1952.

SOLAR-SHADE-WINDOW-TINTING. Controlling theSun. Best Product, bestinstallation, best price.Lifetime warranties. Ph 0800473 242, www.hpwf.co.nz

SUN CONTROL WINDOWTINTING. Professionalwindow tinting of cars, homes& offices. Quality films forprivacy, UV (fading), heat,safety & security. PhoneCraig Rogers your ONLYlocal applicator 307 6347 or0800TINTER. Member ofMaster Tinters NZ.


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Weekend ServicesMEDICAL SERVICESHML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Health Advice.DUTY DOCTORS This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card. Emergency phone until 8am Monday - 0800 700 155.Allenton Medical Centre, Harrison Street, will be the duty practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm both days. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9139.METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA For weekend doctor and emergency details please telephone the Rakaia Medical Centre, ph 303 5002. Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service. Except in cases of emergency persons requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners note of referral. PHARMACIESWises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9.30am - 12 noon Saturday, from 10am - 12 noon Sunday, and from 6pm - 7pm both evenings.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURSASHBURTON HOSPITALGENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2pm - 4pm and 6pm - 7.30pm Children must be accompanied by an adult.CHALMERS WARD - (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING.MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. -Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm.TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, -unrestricted visiting.ASHBURTON REST HOMESCOLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.EMERGENCY DENTISTIf you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

HELPLINE SERVICESALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSCall 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.nz for more information.

MENTAL HEALTH Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP 24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - Direct dials to a volunteer. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message.ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE Call us free on (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days.LIFELINE - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353

COMMUNITY SERVICESART GALLERYPhone 308 1133. Baring Square East, Ashburton. Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pmClosed Public Holidays. ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARYHavelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pmSunday 1:00pm - 4:00pmASHBURTON MUSEUMBaring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pmClosed Statutory Holidays.Group Bookings by arrangement

COMMUNITY POOL WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm.MAIL CLOSING TIMESASHBURTON MAIL CENTREFAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pmSTANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pmPOST DELIVERY CENTRESAllenton: Mon - Fri 5pmTinwald: Mon - Fri 5pmMethven: Mon - Fri 4.30pmRakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pmASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pmResidential Area: Mon - Fri 1pmINFORMATION CENTRESASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.METHVEN - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or [email protected] DEPARTURESReservations & timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

ANIMAL SERVICESDOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROLAshburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24 hour service

MID CANTERBURY SPCAWEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER - Contact (cats) Tracey 021 1356 969 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350VETERINARIANSCANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Rd, Methven. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Jade Hackney. VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. 24-hour weekend emergencies: Large: Jen Closey. Small: Refer Vet Life.VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Large: Ciprian Verdes, Small: Alex Avery. Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after hours small animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual. ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: The duty vet this weekend is: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

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MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at greatprices. Maximise the lifeof your tyres with analignment from NeumannsTyre Services Ltd, 197 WillsStreet. Phone 308-6737.

LOST, FOUND

LOST: Digital camera in bag,from Braebrook/Nethberbyarea, Wednesday, March 12.Please phone 745 4118 andleave a message.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwantedanimals. Cattle, bobby calves,horse and all farm animals.We also sell pet food. CallNick’s Pet Food 0272 101621, A/H 03 322 7626.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

PUPPIES to give away! 9week old breaded crosspointers. Phone 027 6329754.

LET OR LEASE

OFFICE SPACESAVAILABLE. Parking, fibreoptic hub, 24 hour access,security monitored. Clean andtidy. Lease options. $PBN. Ph021 554 570.

RURAL TRADING POST

WINTER grazing for sale,Chertsey/ Dromore area.Fodder beet, oats, kale 1100cows. Please phone 0274329 386

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FOR SALE77 Friesian & Friesian X R1 Heifers, BW175 PW184, 1st May delivery – Capital line being sold due to sale of property & exiting dairy industry, top heifers.

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MEETINGS, EVENTS Mid Canterbury

Vintage Machinery Club

A.G.M. Wednesday, April 2, 2014

8pm In the K88 Room, Plains Museum.

All welcome. Ross Warner Secretary.

GRAZING GRAZIERS required toaccommodate increaseddemand for dairy heifergrazing and winter cowgrazing, immediate, or May 1,2014. For all grazingrequirements. Contact Phone:Matt cellphone no: 027 6083226.

HIGH quality supervisedgrazing available for Rising 1Heifers, now, or at May 1,2014. For all grazingrequirements. Contact: Mattcellphone no: 027 608 3226.

FOR SALE FIREWOOD for sale - Greenold man pine $130, poplar$90, green blue gum $150 all3.6m3. Please phone ShaneJames firewood 303 7063.

HAY. 11 medium squares,red clover and rye grass. $50+ GST per bale. 200conventional bales meadowhay $6 + GST per bale.Rakaia area. Ph 03 960 2335.

SHACKLOCK fridge SC370,$100. In good condition.Phone 302 4899 / 027 4382311.

FOR SALE SCOOTER’S - new andsecondhand three and fourwheel electric scooters andwheel chairs. Call FredReddecliffe at ElectricMobility Ashburton today.Phone 308-3602

RURAL TRADING POST CLEARING sale, vintagetractors, vehicles, sundries.NA & JH Tiffen, 1428 KyleRoad, Pendarves. Thursday,March 27, 12.30pm. 20 plusyears of collecting! ContactNoel Lowery 027 432 8859.For more details.www.crt.co.nz/OurProducts/FarmServices/Auctions/NA--JA-Tiffen/

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING,spacious holiday home, 3bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, allelectric heating. Sky, all modcons, short walk to village.Phone Brian 307-8000 or308-6180.

HIRE GENERAL hire. Lawn-mowers, chainsaws, concretebreakers, trailers, and more.All your DIY / contractingwork, Call and see U-HireAshburton. 588 East Street.Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm;Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 3088061 A/h: 308 7460www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

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Maize | Silage | Baleage | Hay | Grass | Straw

MAIZE FOR SALEWe are down to the LAST

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Very limited amount available.Contact one of our salesmen for details: James 027 436 9989 Ricky 027 436 9317 Andrew 027 436 9307

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to lease. Excellent location.

Please phone027 369 6399

LET OR LEASE

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Approximately 72 sqm Great foot and vehicle traffi c Ground fl oor Somerset House Various lease options available Currently fi tted out as offi ces POA

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10am Morning Service

Speaker: Pastor Rob Davison

LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church)Creche Available

Refreshments to follow6.00pm House of PrayerYOU AND YOUR FAMILY

ARE VERY WELCOME

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts Phone 308 5409

Website www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

131 Thomson Street(Tinwald School Hall)

Sunday Morning 10.30amSunday Evening 7pmWednesday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pmWe hope to see you this Sunday!

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove

308 4695

St David’s Church48 Allens Road

Everyone welcomewww.st-davids.org.nz

Assembly Of GodSunday Meeting

10.00amHakatere Marae

SH1, FairtonYou are welcome

EnquiriesPhone 308-8699

Jubilee Christian Fellowship

10am Every SundayAll WelcomeIt’s now! Now! Now!

Faith is now! 206 Cameron Street

Pastors Jim & Ida HeathPh 308 7511

Church Services

Join us for an Encounter with

Jesus ChristSundays @10.00am

IncludingChildren’s church

Everyone is welcome.See you at Cnr Cass &

Cameron St’sPh 308 7610 or 308 7062

PLANTS, PRODUCE

OPEN 7 DAYS

N.Z Tomatoes - 500gm $1.99 bagOnions - 1.5kg $1.99 bagNectarines - 1kg $4.99 bag10kg Potatoes (Karaka) $6.99 bag

Specials available from 18/03 - 25/03

Seedless Grapes $3.99kg

Main South Road Tinwald

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF RATEPAYER MEETINGSRatepayers in the Selwyn and Ashburton districts are being urged to have their say on flood protection and land drainage for their properties. Environment Canterbury is holding a series of public meetings over the next month to elect new river and drainage liaison committees and discuss works programmes, budgets and rating levels for the next 12 months. Liaison committees serve for three years, usually meeting annually in March.The following ratepayer meetings are planned:• March 26, Lower Hinds River RD, Hinds Community Centre, 2:00pm • March 26, Ashburton Hinds Drainage RD, Eiffelton Hall, 7:30pm• March 27, Upper Hinds River RD, Mayfield Hall, 7:30pmFurther information regarding these meetings can be obtained by contacting Daniel Harrison, Area Engineer on 03 365 3828

Voting for the above to take place as follows:

Wednesday, March 26 1pm - 6pmThursday, March 27 1pm - 7pmFriday, March 28 1pm - 6pm

Brenda CostelloGeneral Manager

Ashburton Returned & Services Association (Inc)

Election of Officers

REAL ESTATE

Shop/Gallery for Lease

Be part of the Ashford VillageOpportunity to work in an established retail and tourist facility on busy State Highway 1.

78.5m2 (includes small kitchen). Available April 1st, 2014.

Reasonable rental.

ContactAshford Handicrafts Ltd415 West StreetAshburtonPh. 308 9087

The Mania-o-roto Jamboree Scout troop would like to thank the following sponsors for their contribution which enabled 43 scouts and 7 leaders to experience the Jamboree held in Fielding.

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Wilsons TransportB & V Motor homesToll

Fairview WindowsMania-o-roto RoversWrights Drycleaners

Grazing Available

May to May for 150 dairy heifers in

Hororata area.Will also take calves

in DecemberPhone Greg Tait 027 378 6314

MEETINGS, EVENTS SCVCC

29th Annual Swap Meet &

BazaarSaturday April 5

Gates open 7.30pmSomething for everyone, car parts, bric-a-brac, food, clothes, plants, display cars etc. Great low-cost family day out. No dogs allowed. Cost $5 per person under 15 free.

All Scouting families, past Scouters and interested persons involved with this magnificent building are warmly invited

to the official openingSunday 30 March 2014 at 2pm.

New Zone Building

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AMBER. New, sexy, toned,tanned, versatile brunette. Ph022 397 4656.

ASIAN, NEW, sweet, spicy,busty 38DD, soft skin, longhair, good massage. Ph 021034 3980.

BORED out of your tree,need some excitement? Giveme a call. Xander. Phone 0210233 9259 (no texting) Notime wasters.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CINDY Kiwi, 36, size 6,attractive, busty, long hair.GFE. Phone calls only. Newlocation, 027 448 7011.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL TO RENT: two double bed-room unit, very tidy, suitprofessional couple, no pets.$300 per week. Pleasetext/phone 021 048 0210.

WEST side town central,three bedroom family home,heat-pump, double garage.$340pw. No pets. Phone 027444 5314.

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Monday-Friday 8am – 5.30pm Saturday 10am – 1pm

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11:40 M Show Of Hands AO 2008 Comedy Drama. Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt. 0 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:35 Neighbourhood 3 0 4:05 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

12:10 M Flash Of Genius AO 2008 Biography Drama. Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Alan Alda. 0 2:25 M Employee Of The Month AO 2006 Comedy. Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard. 0 4:15 The Apprentice PGR 3 5:05 Fresh 5:30 It Is Written 3

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11:40 Infomercials 11:40 Torchwood – Miracle Day AO 3 The Torchwood team arrives in California to plan a raid on PhiCorp headquarters, but a stranger known only as the Gentleman is following them. 12:50 Home Shopping

11:55 L Rugby – Super Rugby Force v Chiefs. From nib Stadium in Perth. 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Cheetahs. 4am L Rugby – Super Rugby Lions v Reds. From Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

6am Pocoyo 3 0 6:05 Poppet Stars 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 0 6:20 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends 3 0 6:40 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 0 7:05 The Amazing World Of Gumball 3 0 7:30 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 7:50 Phineas And Ferb 0 8:20 Green Lantern – The Animated Series 0 8:45 Beware The Batman 3 0 9:10 Young Justice – Invasion PGR 0 9:35 Regular Show PGR 0 10am Fresh 10:30 Rodney 3 0 11am Wipeout 0 Noon The Bachelorette 3 0 1:25 Mom PGR 3 0 1:55 The Carrie Diaries PGR 0 2:55 The Fosters PGR 4pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 4:30 Full House 3 0 5pm Extreme Makeover – Home Edition 3 0 6pm The Amazing Race PGR 3 0

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:30 Both Worlds 3 11am House Rules PGR 3 Noon House Rules PGR 3 1pm F Flipping Out PGR Jeff and Jenni must resolve their serious problems; Gage fears Jeff’s idiosyncratic work habits will threaten a deal for a new paint line. 2pm F America’s Next Top Model – British Invasion PGR 3 3pm Last Man Standing 3:30 The Great Food Race 3 5pm Outdoors With Geoff Geoff revisits some of his greatest experiences around the country. 5:30 Destroyed In Seconds 3 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 8:30 Rugrats 3 8:55 Rocket Power 9:20 Redakai 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm iCarly 5:30 Big Time Rush (Starting Today) 3 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 M A Simple Wish 3 1997 Family. Mara Wilson, Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Francis Capra. 0

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK 3 Noon NRL Full Time (Highlights) 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 2:30 Father Ted 3 3pm Paul Merton’s Adventures 3 3:55 Peta’s Culinary Adventures In France 3 4:30 Forever Summer With Nigella 3 5pm Fishing And Adventure Series following the top-water session at the Poor Knights, where day two consists of crayfish, tuna, and kingfish. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Popstar To Opera Star 6:30 Popstar To Opera Star

6am Lost Treasure Of The Maya MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen. 7:40 She Wants Me MLS 2012 Comedy. Josh Gad, Hilary Duff. 9:10 Prometheus 16V 2012 Sci-fi. Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender. 11:15 The Possession 16VL 2012 Horror. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick. 12:45 Act Of Valour 16VL 2012 Action. Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez. 2:35 Movie 43 16VLS 2013 Comedy. Hugh Jackman, Emma Stone. 4:10 The Horses Of McBride PG 2012 Family. Aidan Quinn. 5:40 Cloud Atlas 16VLS 2012 Adventure. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry. 8:30 The Man With The Iron Fists 16VLS 2012 Action. 10:10 Gangster Squad 16VLS 2012 Crime. SUNDAY 12:05 On The Inside 16VL 2011 Thriller. 1:35 The Making Of The Bourne Legacy MV 2am Cloud Atlas 16VLS 2012 Adventure. 4:50 Gangster Squad 16VLS 2012 Crime.

6:05 The Making Of Robin Hood PG 6:20 Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon. 8:35 No Country For Old Men 16V 2007 Crime. Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem. 10:35 My Best Friend’s Wedding ML 1997 Romance. Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz. 12:20 Letters To Juliet PGL 2010 Romantic Comedy. Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave. 2:05 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin M 2001 War. Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz. 4:15 Michael Clayton MVL 2007 Crime Drama. 6:15 Backdraft PGL 1991 Thriller. 8:30 Frequency MV 2000 Thriller. 10:30 The Legend Of Zorro MV 2005 Action. SUNDAY 12:40 Biography – Teen Heartthrobs PG 2009 Documentary. 1:30 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin MVS 2001 War. 3:35 Backdraft PGL 1991 Thriller. 5:50 The Making Of Sex And The City 2 PG

6am Ax Men ML 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Lie To Me MV 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG 10:15 Raw MC 1:10 The Pretender Marathon PG 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 7pm The Simpsons PG The Simpsons fly down to Rio to find a missing Brazilian child who Lisa sponsors. 7:30 Modern Family PGL 8pm Pawn Stars PG 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm Hardcore Pawn PG 9:30 Ax Men ML 10:30 Lie To Me MV 11:30 Criminal Intent MV SUNDAY 12:30 The Pretender Marathon PG 3:50 Criminal Intent MV 4:45 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 5:10 Hardcore Pawn PG 5:35 The Simpsons PG

6am Basketball – NBL (Replay) New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans. 8am L Golf – US PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round Two. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. 11am Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Founders Cup. 11:30 Wood Chopping – Timber Championship (Highlights) 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans. 1:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Three Friday. 2pm L Rugby League – Holden Cup Panthers v Bulldogs. From Centrebet Stadium in Penrith, NSW. 4pm L Rugby League – NSW Cup Penrith v Canterbury. From Centrebet Stadium in Penrith, NSW. 6pm L Rugby League – NRL Panthers v Bulldogs. From Centrebet Stadium in Penrith. 8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Sharks v Dragons. 11pm L Rugby League – NRL Cowboys v Warriors. From 1300 Smiles Stadium in Townsville. SUNDAY 1am Football – A-League (Replay) Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix. 3am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Cowboys v Warriors. 5am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans. 5:30 L Golf – US PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round Three. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.

6am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Highlanders v Hurricanes. 8am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Broncos v Roosters. 10am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Wests Tigers v Rabbitohs. Noon Darts – Premier League (Replay) 3pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Highlanders v Hurricanes. 3:30 Sport 365 4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Southern Steel v West Coast Fever. From the More FM Centre in Dunedin. 6pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Arnold Palmer Invitational, Round Two. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. 6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) Highlanders v Hurricanes.

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10am Toku Reo 3 2pm Homai Te Pakipaki 3 3:30 It’s In The Bag 3 4pm Whanau Factor 3 4:30 2014 Waka Ama Sprints As 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of Waka Ama Sprint Nationals in New Zealand, the programmes showcase the event as it unfolds, and reflect on the history of the sport. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Journey To The West 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2

7:30 M Short Circuit 2 PGR 3 1988 Family. Robot Johnny Five goes to the city, and is manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes. Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Tim Blaney. 9:30 M City Of Men AO 3 2007 Crime Drama. Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen. 11:20 Te Kaea 3 2 11:50 Closedown

6am What’s Really In Our Food? 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8am Selling London 8:30 Cash And Cari 9am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 9:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 10am You Live In What? 11am 20th Century Roadshow 11:30 Travel Wild Noon House Crashers 12:30 Great British Garden Revival 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens 3pm Selling London 3:30 Out In The Cold For a handful of people living in the extremes of the Arctic, going out in extreme conditions is their work. 4pm Fantasy Homes In The City 5pm Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure 6pm Nigel Marven 7pm James Nesbitt’s Ireland 7:30 Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 8:30 A History Of Scotland 9:40 Outcasts AO In 2045, a fleet of anti-matter transporters departed Earth for a newly discovered, life-supporting planet. 10:30 Out In The Cold 11pm Fantasy Homes In The City SUNDAY Midnight Nigel Marven 1am Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 2am James Nesbitt’s Ireland 2:30 Flatmates AO 3am A History Of Scotland 4am Outcasts 5am Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure

6:30 MythBusters PG 7:30 MythBusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 10am Off The Hook – Extreme Catches PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG 11:30 Ultimate Fish – Barramundi PG 12:30 River Monsters – Lair Of Giants PG 1:30 MythBusters PG 2:30 Auction Hunters 3pm Auction Hunters 3:30 Gold Rush PG 4:30 Futurescape With James Woods PG 5:30 World’s Biggest Ship PG 6:30 How Booze Built America PG 7:30 Treehouse Masters PG 8:30 Survive That! PG 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:30 Moonshiners M 11:30 American Digger PG SUNDAY Midnight Porter Ridge M 12:30 Heroes Of Hell’s Highway PG 1:30 What Happened Next? PG 2am One Step Beyond PG 2:30 Man v Wild PG 3:30 Man v Wild PG 4:30 Man v Wild PG 5:30 MythBusters PG

7pm Country Calendar Becca got her first working dog at nine years old, and ever since, she has wanted to be a farmer. Now she has achieved her dream. 0

7:30 MasterChef Masterclass MasterChef judges Josh Emett and Ray McVinnie cook dishes using fresh pasta. 0

8:30 F Sherlock AO 0 10:25 F Accused AO 3

7pm M Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince PGR 3 2009 Adventure. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. 0

8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw.

8:05 M Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince PGR 3 2009 Adventure. Continued. 0

10:10 M Bangkok Dangerous AO 2008 Action. Nicolas Cage. 0

7pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking PGR 0

7:30 Ice Road Truckers PGR 0 8:30 CSI – New York AO 0 9:30 Hannibal AO

The team seeks a serial killer who digs up victims, creating a totem pole of their bodies. 0

10:25 M Adam AO 3 2009 Romantic Comedy. Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne. 0

8:25 Dream Factory PGR 3 9:25 The Real Housewives of

Orange County AO Tamra and Vicki quarrel when a business commitment is questioned, leading to an abrupt end to their wine-tasting excursion in Malibu.

10:25 Friends with Benefits AO 10:50 Excused AO 3

7:30 The Paradise PGR 8:40 MasterChef USA PGR

Fifteen home cooks remain, and tackle a Mystery Box filled with ingredients from around the world.

9:40 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Cheetahs. From Eden Park, Auckland.

7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Blues v Cheetahs. From Eden Park in Auckland.

9:35 L Rugby – Super Rugby Brumbies v Stormers. From Canberra Stadium.

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TV ONE TV TWO TV THREE FOUR PRIME6am Rural Delivery 3 6:25 60 Minute Makeover 3 7:10 Sunday 3 0 7:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 8am Praise Be 8:30 Attitude 0 9am Q+A 10am Marae 2 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Neighbourhood 3 0 11:35 My Kind Of Place 3 0 Noon Football – English Premier League The London derby, Chelsea v Arsenal, from Stamford Bridge. 2pm Location, Location, Location 3 0 3pm Undercover Boss USA 3 0 4pm Fair Go 3 0 4:30 Walk On The Wild Side 3 0 5pm F Nature’s Great Events 3 0 6pm One News 0

11:40 Last Chance To Live AO 12:45 Attitude 3 0 1:10 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:05 Marae 3 Maori current affairs show. 2 3:35 Infomercials

12:25 M The Joneses AO 2009 Drama. Demi Moore, David Duchovny. 0 2:10 Posh Nosh 3 0 2:30 Supernatural – The Animation AO 2:55 Infomercials 3:30 Detroit 1-8-7 AO 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Island Wars AO 3 5:30 Infomercials

11:30 7 Days AO 3 12:05 Jono And Ben At Ten AO 3 Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce give their take on New Zealand current events. 12:35 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

11:10 Entertainment Tonight Weekend The biggest entertainment stories of the last week. 12:05 Infomercials

11:45 N Alone In The Wild PGR Eight sport and television personalities are left alone in remote locations with only a handheld camera, and must find water, food, and shelter, and face the elements and wildlife. 12:50 Home Shopping

Midnight Rugby Nation 1am Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Melbourne Vixens v BOP Magic. 1:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Central Pulse v Mainland Tactix. 2am Fox Sports News (Replay) 2:30 L Cycling – Milano-Sanremo

6am Fireman Sam 3 0 6:10 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:20 Pocoyo 3 0 6:25 Art Attack 0 6:50 Jungle Junction 3 0 7:10 The Looney Tunes Show 0 7:35 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 8am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 Noon Pretty Little Liars AO 0 1pm Twisted PGR 1:55 Scrubs PGR 3 0 2:25 Super Fun Night PGR 3 0 2:55 Trophy Wife PGR 3 0 3:25 Home And Away Omnibus 3 0 5:50 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 6:20 M Happy Feet 2006 Animated. Into the world of the emperor penguins, which find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born that cannot sing – but he can dance. 0

6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 8am Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God 8:30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah 9am Re-Think PGR 9:30 Three60 10am The Nation 11am The Best Of Campbell Live 11:35 Hitched PGR 3 0 12:30 N ‘Til Death PGR 1pm The Block Unlocked PGR 1:30 Motorsport – Octane Academy: Camp Deegan 2:30 Motorsport – V8 SuperTourers 5pm Ice-Road Truckers 3 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion 3 7:25 Max Steel 3 7:45 The X’s 8:10 Rugrats 3 8:35 Rocket Power 9am Fanboy And Chum Chum 9:25 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Infomercials 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Entertainment Tonight Weekend 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Survivor – Brawn v Brains v Beauty

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box Noon Better Homes And Gardens 3 12:50 Indian Ocean PGR 3 2pm Marco’s Great British Feast PGR 3 3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK PGR 3 3:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Week Three. 4:30 Rugby Nation The latest action from the Super Rugby 2014 season. 5:30 Prime News 6pm History Under The Hammer 3 6:30 One Man And His Campervan

6:45 On The Inside 16VL 2011 Thriller. Nick Stahl, Olivia Wilde. 8:15 The Horses Of McBride PG 2012 Family. Aidan Quinn. 9:45 Cloud Atlas 16VLS 2012 Adventure. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry. 12:35 The Man With The Iron Fists 16VLS 2012 Action. Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu. 2:10 Gangster Squad 16VLS 2012 Crime. Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling. 4:05 Ghost Rider – Spirit Of Vengeance MVL 2011 Action Fantasy. Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds. 5:40 The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey MV 2012 Adventure. 8:30 This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Comedy. 10:20 The Grey 16L 2011 Action. MONDAY 12:15 Everything She Ever Wanted Part 1 MVS 2009 Drama. 1:45 The Making Of The Bourne Legacy MV 2012 2am Ghost Rider – Spirit Of Vengeance MVL 2011 Action Fantasy. 3:35 This Is The End 16VLS 2013 Comedy. 5:20 The Grey 16L 2011 Action.

6:05 Michael Clayton MVL 2007 Crime Drama. George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson. 8:05 Frequency MV 2000 Thriller. Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel. 10am The Legend Of Zorro MV 2005 Action. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. 12:10 Backdraft PGL 1991 Thriller. Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Rebecca de Mornay. 2:25 Indecent Proposal ML 1993 Drama. Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Robert Redford. 4:25 Proof Of Life MVL 2000 Action. Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe. 6:40 The Runaways 16LS 2010 Drama. Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning. 8:30 Closer 16LS 2004 Drama. 10:15 Commando MVL 1985 Action. 11:45 Indecent Proposal ML 1993 Drama. MONDAY 1:40 The Runaways 16LS 2010 Drama. 3:25 Closer 16LS 2004 Drama. 5:05 Proof Of Life MVL 2000 Action.

6am The Pretender Marathon PG 9:20 Lie To Me MV 10:15 The Simpsons Marathon PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 12:20 Modern Family PGL 12:45 Ax Men ML 1:40 Pawn Stars PG 2:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 2:55 Raw MC 5:45 WWE Main Event MC 6:45 SmackDown! MC 8:30 CSI MV One of the CSI’s own is killed during a bank heist and Grissom is faced with a major decision while dealing with his hearing loss. 9:30 CSI MV 10:30 Most Shocking 16C 11:30 WWE Main Event MC MONDAY 12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 CSI MV 3am CSI MV 4:20 Most Shocking 16C 5:10 Modern Family PGL 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

11am Cricket – ICC World Twenty20 (Highlights) England v New Zealand. Noon Sport 365 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Football – A-League (Highlights) Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix. 1:30 L Sunday Footy Show A review and preview of all the weekend NRL league games. 3:30 Sky Sports News UK 4pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Founders Cup – Round Three. 4:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round Three. 5pm L Rugby League – NRL Sea Eagles v Eels. 7pm L Rugby League – 40/20 8pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Cowboys v Warriors. 8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Titans. From GIO Stadium in Canberra. 10:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Lions v Reds. MONDAY 12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Bulls v Sharks. 2:30 Super Rugby Review 3am Fox Sports News 3:30 Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Founders Cup – Round Three. 4am Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round Three. 4:30 The Fishing Show 5am Sky Sport – What’s On 5:30 L Golf – US PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round Four. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.

6:05 L Rugby – Super Rugby Bulls v Sharks. From Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. 8:15 Small Blacks TV 8:30 Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) Tokyo – Day One. 10am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Force v Chiefs. Noon Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) Blues v Cheetahs. 2pm L Netball – ANZ Championship NSW Swifts v Queensland Firebirds. From Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in Sydney. 4pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens v Waikato BOP Magic. From Hisense Arena in Melbourne. 6pm Sky Sport – What’s On 6:30 Super Rugby Review

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Rake 9:30pm on TV One

Happy Feet 6:20pm on TV2

10am Korero Mai 3 2pm Aa Rau 3 2:30 Whare Maori 3 3pm F Ahuwhenua Showcasing the top three Maori dairy farms in the Ahuwhenua Trophy competition 2012. This episode features Waewaetutuki 10 Wharepi Whanau Trust. 3:30 Football – UK Super League 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 2

7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Cowboys. 9:30 M Puzzle AO 1974 Thriller. An Argentinian housewife finds she has a gift for assembling puzzles and starts practising for a tournament with a man she met through an ad in a puzzle shop. Senta Berger, Luc Merenda, Umberto Orsini. 11:05 Te Kaea 3 2 11:35 Closedown

6am Out In The Cold 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am Fantasy Homes In The City 8am Hairy Biker’s Mississippi Adventure 9am Days Of Our Lives Omnibus PGR Noon Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness 1pm Nigel Marven 2pm James Nesbitt’s Ireland 2:30 Early Edition 3:30 Danny By The Sea 4pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 4:30 Catch And Cook 5pm Survival School PGR 5:30 Extreme Frontiers Canada 6:30 N2K PGR 6:55 Gourmet Farmer 7:30 All Roads Lead Home 8:30 Vexed AO Follow a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything from on the job policing to their own personal lives. 9:30 Alan Partridge – Welcome To The Places Of My Life In this special one-off documentary, Alan treats viewers to a guided tour of his beloved Norfolk. 10:30 Survival School 11pm Paul And Nick’s Big Food Trip 11:30 Early Edition MONDAY 12:30 N2K PGR 1am Gourmet Farmer 1:30 All Roads Lead Home 2:30 Vexed AO 3:30 Alan Partridge – Welcome To The Places Of My Life 4:30 What’s Really In Our Food? 5am Extreme Frontiers Canada PGR

6:30 MythBusters PG Is Yawning Contagious? 7:30 MythBusters PG Explosions A to Z. 8:30 Futurescape With James Woods PG Robot Revolution. 9:30 Savage Family Diggers PG 10am Porter Ridge M 10:30 Survive That! PG 11:30 Moonshiners M 12:30 Curiosity – Volcano Time Bomb PG 1:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 7:30 Curiosity PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 10:30 Chineseness PG 11:30 Alaska Gold Diggers PG

MONDAY 12:30 How Booze Built America PG 1:30 Auction Kings PG 2am Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 2:30 A Haunting M 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Brew Masters PG 5:30 A Haunting M

7pm Sunday 0 7:30 MasterChef New Zealand 0 8:30 Offspring AO 0 9:30 Rake AO Cleaver must defend

his loan shark on murder charges, which means working with Barney again; hopes of dodging his back taxes are fading. 0

10:40 Betrayal AO 0

8:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD AO 0

9:30 The Tomorrow People AO 0 10:30 M Final Destination 5

AO 2011 Horror. Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse are hunted by an invisible force that seems to be Death itself coming to collect its due. Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell. 0

7pm The Great Food Race PGR The teams take their cooking skills to an international destination.

8:30 The Blacklist AO 0 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 AO

A camping trip becomes dangerous when an armed man takes McGarrett and a girl hostage. 0

10:25 House of Cards AO

7:30 Glee PGR 8:30 M Say Anything

AO 1989 Romantic Comedy. An improbable couple meet after high school graduation and must deal with the pressure of their friends and family to stay together. John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney.

10:45 The League AO

7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 7:30 Top Gear PGR 8:45 Rick Stein’s India

In Lucknow, known as the curry capital of India, and possibly the world, Rick Stein cooks nimish, a dessert with hints of saffron, pistachios and cardamom, and paneer jalfrezi.

9:45 Strike Back AO 10:45 Monroe AO 3

7pm L Netball – ANZ Championship Central Pulse v Mainland Tactix. From Pettigrew Arena in Napier.

9pm Football – Arsenal TV Chelsea v Arsenal.

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TODAY: Morning and evening cloud, otherwise � ne. Northeast.

TOMORROW: Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies.

MONDAY: Mainly � ne, morning cloud. Northeasterlies.

TUESDAY: Showers developing. A change to cooler southerlies.

Auckland few showers 24 15Hamilton few showers 25 10Napier rain 19 13Palmerston North � ne 22 9Wellington mainly � ne 19 11Nelson � ne 21 9Blenheim � ne 18 6Greymouth � ne 18 10Christchurch mainly � ne 18 8Timaru mainly � ne 18 7Queenstown � ne 23 7Dunedin mainly � ne 17 11Invercargill � ne 19 9

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Adelaide � ne 10 22Amsterdam rain 2 10Bangkok rain 24 32Berlin drizzle 6 15Brisbane showers 20 29Cairns thunder 23 28Cairo rain 13 26Calcutta � ne 23 34Canberra thunder 13 26Colombo showers 25 31Darwin showers 25 33Dubai � ne 24 31Dublin showers 1 8Edinburgh cloudy 1 7Frankfurt drizzle 8 12

Geneva rain 9 11Hobart showers 11 17Hong Kong � ne 15 19Honolulu showers 20 27Islamabad rain 11 26Jakarta rain 24 30Johannesburg � ne 12 22Kuala Lumpur � ne 25 34London rain 4 11Los Angeles drizzle 12 18Madrid showers 5 14Melbourne � ne 13 20Moscow � ne 4 13Nadi showers 21 32New Delhi � ne 16 31

New York rain 5 18Paris showers 7 13Perth thunder 18 33Rarotonga rain 23 28Rome rain 8 16San Francisco � ne 11 20Seoul � ne 3 15Singapore � ne 24 33Stockholm � ne 0 8Sydney showers 19 27Taipei cloudy 11 20Tel Aviv � ne 10 24Tokyo � ne 5 15Washington cloudy 2 18Zurich showers 8 15

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 109.8

Selwyn Whitecli� s (NIWA) at 12:00 pm, yesterday 1.52 nc

Nth Ashburton at 12:00 pm, yesterday 4.23

Sth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday 5.84

Rangitata Klondyke at 1:00 pm, yesterday 58.3

Waitaki Kurow at 9:00 am, yesterday 320.3

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TOMORROWCloudy periods, mainly morning and evening. Northeasterlies.

MONDAYFine apart from morning cloud. Northeasterlies.

TUESDAYShowers developing with a change to cooler southerlies.

WEDNESDAYShowers clearing. Southwesterlies easing.

TODAY FZL: About 3500mMorning and evening cloud about the foothills, otherwise � ne. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light.

TOMORROW FZL: Above 3500mFine. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: Light.

MONDAYMainly � ne in the east. Cloudy periods increasing near the divide, and late rain in the south. Northwesterlies developing, strong and possibly gale about the tops.

TUESDAYRain spreading from the west for a time, then clearing. Northwesterlies dying out at low levels and turning southerly about the tops.

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BIRTHS LEE - PREBBLE – Sarah and Mark are veryproud to announce the arrivalof their son, Josh MarkPrebble, born Monday, March17, 2014 at Dunedin PublicHospital. Special thanks to allconcerned with helping Josharrive safely.

WOODHAM – Grant, Elaine, Ruby and Leoof Wanaka welcome with loveFlorence Chrivalle KerrWoodham, March 13, 2014 inDunedin. All well.

DEATHS LOCHHEAD, Gareth Samuel19.6.1979-4.3.2014. It is withsadness that we tell you ofGareth's accidental death inSouth Korea. Loved,cherished and admired sonof Alan and Olwyn [Rakaia],brother and brother in law ofSimon and Natalie, Scott andJethro. Adored boyfriend ofBridget. We will meet tocelebrate Gareth's life onTUESDAY, March 25 at11.00am at Lincoln BaptistChurch, Birchs Road, Lincoln.

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IN MEMORIAM

FAGAN, Faye – In loving memory of ourdearest mum and gran.Passed away one year agotoday. Gran, your strength wehave carried with us everyday, helping us through ourown journeys. Your invisiblepresence has been with usevery day . . . thank you forwalking alongside grandad . .. . We knew you were with us.

Now butterflies dancing together.

All our love, Suzanne, Max,Molly, Charlie and Harry.

FAGAN, Faye – 22-3-2013

“Butterflies don’t know the colour of their wings;

But human eyes know how beautiful they are.

Likewise we know how good and special you were.”

Dearly loved mum and friendof Nicola and Doug and Granof Caitlin, Oliver, and William

MACTIER, Colin – In loving memory of a dearlyloved husband, father, fatherin law and grandfather wholeft us one year ago today. In our home stands a photo,

More precious to us than gold,

A photograph of you, Your memory will never

grow old. Those we love don’t go away,

They walk beside us every day,

Unseen, unheard, but always near,

Still loved, still missed, and very dear.

From Ettie, Vicki, Rangi, Samand Chloe Waaka, Shane,Dalene, Matthew and LaurenMactier, and Jason, Kylie andShanan Mactier.

Sadly missed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSJONES, Joseph Philip Roy (Phil) – June, David and Sue, Robertand Linda, Janice and Alister,Heather, and families wouldlike to express their sincerethanks to family, friends andneighbours for baking, cardsand phone calls of sympathyin the recent passing of Phil.Many thanks also to Dr’sGrove and MacCallum andstaff at Riverton MedicalCentre, Longwood CareHome, Riverton R.S.A andJ Fraser & Sons for their careof Phil. Thanks to the ladiesfor the afternoon tea. Asmany addresses are notknown please accept this asa personal acknowledgement.

MONTGOMERY, Rob – Daphne, Scott and Emmawish to thank everyone whohas offered us support, loveand kindness since Rob’ssudden death. Thank you toeveryone who attended Rob’sfuneral, helped with catering,sent flowers, cards, bakingand visited with comfortingwords. Special thanks to allScott and Emma’s friendsand their families for theirongoing support. To all ourfriends, neighbours and thewider farming community,we appreciated all yourassistance and guidance onthe farm.

PROCTER, Isabel Evelyn –Reg, Chris, David andMichelle, James and Lynley,and families wish to sincerelythank everyone for thekindness and support shownto us during Isabel’s illnessand passing. We werehumbled by the visits, phonecalls, flowers and cards whichserved as a great comfortto us and were greatlyappreciated. Please acceptthis as a personalacknowledgement of ourthanks.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20)There is a chance this weekend to take a deeper look at what you want from your relationships and of what they need from you in return.TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) There are no excuses to hide behind when it comes to communication on the relationship front, with a need to ask for what you need.GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22)You have reached an important weekend for friendship and relationship building, but also where matters of the heart need to be a priority.CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24)This is a weekend where finding the right balance between work and play is important, with having the right work/life balance now essential.LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Your emotional and intuitive responses will be alerting you to home and family matters that might normally fly under the radar this weekend.VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) As Ceres retrogrades back into your income sector there is a chance to take a deeper look at your priorities, especially as new options open up. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Clearer income expectations and a developing sense of what your dream job looks and feels like is bringing a new sense of confidence on both fronts.SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) As well as a nose for money there’s a chance to revisit the income expectations you moved into the year with, in light of new work revelations.SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Just in time for the Sun’s first weekend in a fun, playful and romantically charged part of your chart something special develops on the social front.CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) While Mars gives you a chance to tap into old professional passions and a fighting spirit, there’s a chance to redefine your definition of success.AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19)Just in time for the weekend there’s a chance to take some but not all of the focus off your professional game and embrace the social forces in play.PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) There’s a need to keep your money and professional hats on over the weekend, with a chance to clarify your income and professional objectives.

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l4. Eternal shape in the percussion section (8)16. Cash machine for a pharmacist? (9)17. It’s not Oxbridge, and it’s not Yellowstone (8)18. He doesn’t believe he gets endless capital from Greece (7)21. One to tend wounds for the tirewoman (7)22. Fungus appears to put seaweed jelly in charge (6)24. Foot of column, the only one to include its top (5)25. French flower chewed up by heron (5)

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