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Eric Gardiner’s council flat might not have any insulation, but a combination of a heat pump and plenty of sun- Book it, or shine help him ward off the chill of winter PHOTO SUE NEWMAN 080819-SN-003 miss out P3 Insulation conundrum By Sue Newman units does not allow sufficient space for and we are unable to insulate due to the [email protected] insulation to be installed. constructions of the units – we would It could come down to a battle between Once current tenants leave, its only need to replace the roofs to do this work. bulldozer and budget as the Ashburton option will be to leave the flats unten- “The other two units are partially in- District Council ponders the future of anted. sulated as we can’t insulate under the some of its elderly housing units. Insulation has been installed in all floor as the floor height does not meet Like many local authorities around units where this is possible, but concrete the minimum safety standard for the in- New Zealand, the council has been floors and a lack of ceiling space means sulation staff,” Brake said. caught by changing regulations around this is impossible for some, said council For 16 years Eric Gardiner has lived in insulation in rental properties. business support group manager Paul an uninsulated council flat in Friend- Canty The new standard comes into effect in Brake. ship Lane, but he’s not complaining – July, 2021, if a unit is let to a new tenant Currently there is one uninsulated now. and in July, 2024, for all units with exist- unit sitting empty, however, 16 units are ing or new tenants. unable to have insulation installed. In honours Not only is there a significant cost in two insulation can only be partially in- the insulation requirements, the roof stalled. CONTINUED P2 P17 structure of some of the council’s 112 “The 16 units are at Friendship Lane

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By Sue Newman and-a-half hour walk, but now [email protected] people won’t be disappointed.” The days of racing the clock to Considerable work has been secure an overnight bed in the Mt carried out on the track over the Somers track’s Woolshed Creek winter with track clearance and a Hut are a thing of the past; from rebuild on the steeper section of October 1, beds will need to be track leading into PInnacles Hut. booked in advance. “We’re looking at all the pinch The track joins dozens of oth- points and we’ll be bringing them er walks around New Zealand up to standard, making it a bit where overnight accommodation easier,” Austin said. must be pre-booked and that will While overnight numbers were affect trampers using both the very high at Woolshed Creek, the Woolshed Creek and Pinnacles society was working on increas- huts. ing guest night numbers at Pin- It’s a change that wasn’t an all- nacle Hut so it could build a case round winner with members of with DOC for an upgrade of this the Mt Somers Walkway Society, hut. It currently has just 17 beds who believed the first-in-first- and often these were used by served system had served the large groups staying for two or track well for years and was an es- three nights, making it difficult tablished part of its culture. for one-nighters to get accommo- But feedback from track users dation. indicated many had experienced The track opened in 1987 and the disappointment of arriving is described as a one-to-two day at Woolshed Creek, in particular, Woolshed Creek Hut walk. It can be walked from one and finding all 26 beds had been end to the other, or a return route taken, said society chairman Bar- via Mt Somers southern face can ry Austin. be used to create a 26-kilometre In many ways the track had be- loop. come a victim of its own success, out again because there are no bags on the living room floor and habit for people who were track Growing user numbers has with tramper numbers now at an beds. We don’t want that to hap- the verandah. regulars, but for most users the meant wardens have been in res- all-time high and beds during the pen as these youngsters are the While trampers would now booking system would be wel- idence at both huts over recent summer months in high demand, trampers of the future.” have to plan in advance to use the comed. summers. he said. At peak last summer there track’s huts, Austin said becoming “Until now you’ve had to leave The DOC online booking sys- “We’ve all seen young families were more than 70 sleeping at part of the DOC booking network the Woolshed Creek carpark by tem for the Mt Somers Track huts who’ve been on the track, get to Woolshed Creek on occasion, was another step forward for the 10am if you wanted to be sure of will be effective from October 1 the hut and find they have to walk with trampers setting up sleeping track. It might require a change of a bed for the night. It’s only a two- until April 30. Ashburton council’s insulation conundrum From P1 abut being cold, Gardiner said. – rentals should provide enough to be insulated to the new stand- pool for significant renovations. Around 12 years ago the flats The oldest of the council’s pen- money for ongoing maintenance. ards. It has claimed it does not “There is talk of asbestos in were freezing and Gardiner and sioner flats are the Mona Square Currently it is spending $200,000 have the funds to carry out this some roofs and one thing leads to wife June were spending $335 a units in Dobson Street. These a year on cyclic renewals, but re- work. another and then another and at month on power during the peak were built in the late 1950s/early serves are rapidly being depleted. It could be up to six months some stage we need to say, where of winter. Running a heater or 1960s and were purchased from An estimated $40,000 to $60,000 before a report to the council on are we going with these units, staying in bed were the only two the Housing Corporation in July, needs to be spent on each unit in future options for the pensioner what is our long-term vision?” ways to stay warm. 1983. order to upgrade it and the coun- units is completed. One of the options that had Gardiner bit the bullet and in- The council has to make some cil would need to find tenants al- Councillor Russell Ellis, who to be considered by council was stalled a heat pump and since hard decisions on the future of its ternative accommodation while chairs the finance and business whether it would be more cost-ef- then his power bill has dropped housing stocks. this work was done. support committee responsible fective to demolish some of the to $133 a month and his flat is On the table are the options of Estimates for a rebuild could for the pensioner units, said the older flats and then rebuild, Ellis toasty warm. And while his is one spending a considerable amount run to $150,000 per unit and the council’s policy around pension- said. of the 16 that cannot be insulated, of money to renovate the older council would need to borrow er housing was that while they “We have to ask, could we do he’s not complaining. units, demolishing these and re- this money. met a community need, they still better by the community by doing Yes, the council might have a building or striking a deal with a It is not alone in facing some had to be cost neutral in terms of something else there?” problem in the future when it fails third party to manage the hous- tough decisions over changing their impact on rates. That suggestion should not be insulation standards, but tenants ing portfolio. insulation requirements, with Under that policy, rental was seen as a negative by the council’s in the sunny flats, now all fitted Its policy is that the pensioner Christchurch City having identi- set aside for maintenance, but tenants, the outcome could be a with heat pumps, can’t complain units should be self supporting fied 930 of its properties needing there was never a large enough good and positive one, he said.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz Thursday, August 8, 2019 Ashburton Guardian 3 Fatal intersection Over 5000 speeders under investigation caught in

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay [email protected] Safety options are being ex- one year plored for an intersection in the Ashburton District where two people lost their lives. By Jaime Pitt-MacKay In June two people died in a [email protected] two-vehicle smash at the Arun- In a one-year period highway patrol staff del Rakaia Gorge Road and Wai- issued around 5400 speed notices to marama Road intersection, and drivers in the Ashburton District. in the aftermath, the Ashburton A report presented to the Ashburton District Council and NZ Trans- District Road Safety Co-ordinating Com- port Agency staff are joining mittee by Mid South Canterbury High- forces to come up with safety way Patrol Sergeant Steve Burgerhout improvements for the accident shone a light on the number of tickets black spot. police have been handing out to motor- Speaking at the Ashburton ists. District Road Safety Co-ordinat- From July 1 last year to June 30 this ing Committee meeting on Tues- year, highway patrol staff issued 5400 day, NZTA maintenance contract speed notices. manager John Keenan said that Forty-eight per cent of those were in engineers would visit the site to dom accident, but after further supportive of any improve- rear-ended, which we all know the range of being one to 15km/h over investigate the issues that had investigation, it revealed there ments. the dangers of if a car is shunt- the speed limit. been highlighted in the fatal had been a number of crashes at McMillan said neighbours ed into oncoming traffic as a re- More than 600 notices were issued by crash report. the intersection and that it may were keen to assist with the pro- sult,” the letter said. regular Ashburton police staff. The accident involved a car warrant further investigation. cess where possible in increasing “This was while there were Learner and restricted drivers did not and a truck at around 11.15am The safety improvements safety at the intersection. two police cars parked at the escape the attention of highway patrol on June 4. would be a joint venture between Katherine and Adam Glass, bridge presumably issuing in- staff, with learner and restricted drivers Options to improve the inter- between the Ashburton District who farm adjacent to the inter- fringements, so busy that it was being issued 770 notices, while 110 no- section could involve increased Council and NZTA as half of the section, said in a letter tabled at I do not believe that the police tices were issued by Ashburton police signage in the area, the addition roads involved with the intersec- the meeting that they regularly officers were even aware of the staff. of median islands and adjust- tion are council controlled and saw the dangers of the intersec- incident as the cars pulled over Two-hundred intersection offences ment to vegetation in the area, half are NZTA controlled. tion. and dealt with it themselves. were dealt with by highway patrol staff in such as removal of shelterbelt Co-ordinating committee “As an example it was only on “Could you please advise on the year-long period, and 130 were dealt hedging close to the intersec- chairwoman Liz McMillan said the afternoon of Saturday, June how we get all parties to be ac- with by Ashburton police staff. tion. she had received two letters 8, that I witnessed the last ac- tively involved in this intersec- A total of 128 drivers were apprehend- Keenan said it initially ap- from neighbouring landowners cident at the intersection from tion and how we may be of ser- ed for alcohol or drug impaired driving, peared the crash was a lightning expressing their concerns about traffic heading down from the vice to assist with getting some 43 of which were by highway patrol staff, strike crash, in that it was a ran- the intersection and would be mountain, albeit only a car being changes made.” and 85 by Ashburton staff. Burgerhout said compulsory testing had begun in Ashburton recently to test for impaired drivers, but due to highway patrol staff only being trained to com- plete these, Senior Sergeant Leigh Jen- Police ops catch restraint offenders kins has secured a Christchurch Traffic Alcohol Group member to provide train- By Jaime Pitt-MacKay said they had planned opera- Road Safety Co-ordinating Com- previously. Sixteen offences were ing for non-certified members of staff to [email protected] tions targeting restraint offenc- mittee. detected during the 75 minutes allow them to carry out the tests. If you were fined by police in July es, which had resulted in the 100 Burgerhout said police also the operation took place. The test involves drivers being asked to for not wearing a seatbelt while notices being issued. conducted a laser speed opera- Burgerhout said it was note- leave their vehicle and complete a num- driving, you were not the only “Most of these operations also tion at the northern end of Ash- worthy that none of the speeds ber of tasks such as walking a straight one, with Mid South Canterbuy detect cellphone offences and burton on August 1, close to the were anywhere near as high line and placing a finger on their nose. 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■■TERTIARY EDUCATION Luxton applauds new vocational education system

The government’s new vocational it will help learners access more to make sure a number of bot- education system has been given work-relevant and tailored sup- tom lines are met. the thumbs up by Labour Party list port. It will ensure new models • New Regional Skills Leadership MP for Rangitata, Jo Luxton. of education delivery are respon- Groups will represent regional The new system will create a sive to employer and industry de- interests and will work across single and strong vocational sys- mand.” education, immigration and tem and Luxton said she was con- For too long trades training welfare systems in each region fident all learners would be given and apprenticeships had played to identify local skill needs and the education and training they second fiddle to university edu- make sure the system is deliv- deserved. cation, but the announcement ering the right mix of education “The new system will allow for underlined the importance the and training to meet them. greater collaboration, flexibility government was placing on trades • Over the next two to three years, and innovation and it will support training and apprenticeships as a the role of supporting work- the growth and future-proofing meaningful way of earning while place learning will shift from of industry sectors, employers, learning, she said. industry training organisations employees and learners,” Luxton Transitioning to the new system to training providers. said. would take time with no changes • Centres of Vocational Excel- It would help tackle the long- expected until at least April 2020, lence (CoVEs) will be estab- term challenges of skills shortages but the implementation would lished at regional campuses to across a number of industry sec- not be rushed, Luxton said. drive innovation and expertise, tors, as well as the mismatch be- Key changes: and improve linkages between tween training provided and the • Around four to seven indus- education, industry and re- needs of employers, she said. try-governed Workforce Devel- Jo Luxton search. “What the changes also mean is opment Councils will be created • A Maori Crown Tertiary Educa- that the dual funding system will by 2022. replacing and expand- will be brought together to op- tion that provides on-the-job tion Group that will work with be more unified and simplified to ing most of the existing roles of erate as a single national cam- and off-the-job learning. The education agencies and Min- encourage greater integration of industry training organisations. pus network. A new Institute head office will not be in Auck- isters and cover all aspects of on-the-job and off-the-job learn- • The country’s 16 institutes of will start on April 1, 2020 and land or Wellington, and a char- tertiary education will be estab- ing. This is important because technology and polytechnics will be a new kind of organisa- ter will be set out in legislation lished.

■■ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT Engineer fined for cellphone use

An Ashburton man found guilty The court proceedings to that He followed the ute, with the It was just bad timing the of- phone in circumstances that were of driving while illegally using a point had been an expensive ex- patrol car’s lights flashing, until it ficer saw it in his hand, he said. unlawful. Those circumstances cellphone may appeal his convic- ercise and he was going to take pulled over after Grahams Road. He produced a record of calls included making and receiving tion and penalty. the matter further. “I think it is The officer said Anderson was he said related to the phone, calls, texts and emails and in a Rodger Wightman Anderson pretty unfair, to be honest.” at the wheel. He denied speaking which showed it had not been in way other than described in other told the Ashburton District Court Police constable Brad Turnbull on the phone and pulled out a use at 5.02pm. sub-clauses of the relevant legis- yesterday he has holding his said he was parked on Manches- flip-top phone and asked the of- He also said the police officer lation. phone, but scratching his face, ter Street about 5pm on August ficer to check the call log. was mistaken in the cellphone he “We have heard evidence from when a police officer saw him 21 last year, watching traffic 15 The officer said it was not the had seen and that the reason he a police constable, who said he driving on Archibald Street in Au- metres away on Archibald Street phone he had seen in use and hadn’t stopped was because he saw you holding a mobile phone gust last year. (State Highway One) for drivers said he had been able to see the didn’t realise the patrol car was to your face while driving. He Justices of the Peace Eric Weir using cellphones and people not back of the phone, and its camera chasing him. gave evidence he had a good clear and Maria Hibberd heard from wearing seatbelts. porthole, from where he had been Police prosecutor Iva Hitila view on a fine day and he was Anderson and the officer in a Those two offences were sitting on Manchester Street. said Anderson did not answer able to identify you were holding short hearing at the court before among the top four risk factors, Anderson, when it was his turn the charge when it was called in a phone. entering a conviction and impos- according to a police action plan, to give evidence, said he had been December and was found to be “In your defence, you have ad- ing a fine of $80, plus $30 court he said. making important calls on the guilty then by formal proof, evi- mitted holding a phone up to costs. Anderson will also incur At 5.02pm he saw a white, flat- phone that day. dence of the officer handed to the your face and you say it was to demerit points. deck utility being driven south. “I got into the truck and I knew I court. Then, much later, he had scratch your face and therefore The engineer said he had not The driver was holding a cell- had to ring a number back. I held wanted to appeal the outcome. the way you were using the phone been using a cellphone, but phone in his right hand, and the phone in my hand. I knew I JP Weir said Anderson had appears to come under the de- agreed he had been holding one. holding it against his left ear. had to do the call.” been charged with using a mobile scription of the sub-clause F.” OUT TOMORROW Check out Guardian Property in tomorrow’s Ashburton Guardian.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz Thursday, August 8, 2019 Ashburton Guardian 5 In brief Nominations A second nomination has been A pile of rubbish – lodged for the Ashburton mayoralty. Neil Brown yesterday announced his intention to stand for the district’s top job and has now completed the paper work. He has been nominated by John Leadley and Darryl Nelson. Sitting councillor Thelma Bell has been nominated for the Ashburton urban with good intent ward by Carl Anderson and Rex Whiting. By Heather Mackenzie Late change to BIll [email protected] At face value it looked like an- A late change to a bill described as other pile of rubbish left sitting de facto decriminalisation of drug on the side of the road but, rath- use is likely to swing the balance er than being sinister, an atten- more towards police prosecutions tion grabbing pile of trash over and away from health referrals, the weekend was actually there the Police Association says. But because of good work. association president Chris Cahill Motorists, on State Highway said he still expected the Misuse of One north of Ashburton, over Drugs Amendment bill, expected the weekend would have been to pass its third reading yesterday, left a little disappointed at the to lead to a “significant” drop in pile which had been placed near prosecutions for drug use. The the road side, probably presum- change to the bill means that the ing it was illegally dumped by test for prosecuting drug users will some unscrupulous character. be whether a therapeutic approach But that wasn’t entirely the would be more beneficial “to the case. public interest” rather than for the The pile was the result of lo- individual involved. – NZME cal group Litter-Free Ashburton cleaning out the tree area be- NZ yachties to rescue side the State Highway. New Zealand yachties have been The amount collected was involved in the rescue of a pair of too much for the volunteers to distressed Danish sailors after their remove in their cars so, as per yacht started to sink near Nuie. their agreement with the Ash- A distress call was made from burton District Council, the the Gwendoline at 6.15pm (NZT) material is gathered into single Tuesday after it hit an object in the collection points to be gathered This pile of rubbish was the result of local group Litter-Free Ashburton cleaning out the tree water and started to sink. Rescue up by the waste collector. area beside State Highway One. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 030819-HM-0145 Co-ordination Centre NZ search “It is much more cost effec- and rescue said the yachties said of road would be difficult to problem, but was less than ide- clean up the mess,” McCann tive to wait until we know where they were going to abandon their fence off due to its length. al. said. they all are, size up the problem vessel. Two yachts, Inspire from “Council is looking at install- “The levels of illegal dumping “If it’s a repeat offender, we and then send the appropri- New Zealand and Filizi from Greece, ing some bollards around the are relatively minor when tak- then will go further and explore ate vehicles and staff out once were located around 16 kilometres picnic area to prevent vehicles en in the context of the whole the legal options such as in- a week,” Ashburton District away and quickly responded. By the from moving from the picnic district, and these levels have fringements and such.” Council service delivery man- time the Danish pair were rescued, area onto the State Highway remained fairly steady over the The penalties include; maxi- ager, Neil McCann pointed out. their damaged vessel was taking on and vice versa.” he said. past few years.” mum infringement $5000 and Litter Free Ashburton’s Bev water very quickly. – NZME Skates said that the trees which Cost is also a factor in relation Illegal dumping is gone maximum penalty on summary border the eastern side of the to de-limbing the trees. through to look for any type of conviction $20,000. Sheep part of protest busy highway were a big collect- “Some of the trees have been personal information/identifi- Skates said the hope was that ing point for rubbish. de-limbed up around the picnic cation. by keeping the area clear, peo- A Waiheke Island woman has “Unfortunately the trees pro- area however, to do the entire If something is found the ple would be less inclined to brought her pet sheep to protest vide a perfect cover,” she said. length of trees would be a cost- person concerned is contacted leave their own rubbish behind at Parliament. The woman, “Ideally our group would like ly exercise. More trees will be to see if they can help with the when visiting. accompanied by her pet sheep, told to see the bottom branches of de-limbed as our Open Spaces council’s enquiries. “Rubbish attracts rubbish MPs that a proposed marina at the the trees removed to open the team have the capacity over the “If we have bulletproof ev- so if these areas are kept litter island’s Kennedy Point would be area up and bollards placed at winter months.” idence, such as a witness ac- free, hopefully people will be baaaaaaaaaaaad. Sue Pawley spent each end of the walkway so cars McCann reported that illegal count, and a vehicle registra- inspired to dispose of their fast four days driving to Parliament can no longer gain access.” dumping of rubbish, from the tion number or even a photo of food containers and glass bot- from Waiheke Island to deliver a McCann is aware of the issue perspective of the entire dis- the offender in action, we will tles etc sensibly. 9000-strong petition to MP Nikki and suggested that the stretch trict, wasn’t considered a major pursue that person for costs to “Don’t be a tosser,” she added. Kaye. – NZME YOUR BELGIUM DONUTS! GETCinnamon fl avoured donut fi lled with jam and fresh cream and topped with white icing.

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6 Ashburton Guardian Thursday, August 8, 2019 www.guardianonline.co.nz ■■CANCER TREATMENT Pedestrian Pharmac to fund two new cancer drugs dies following NZME Left – Kadcyla, for HER-2 pursuit positive metastatic breast Pharmac yesterday announced cancer, and Alecensa for pos- plans to fund two new cancer itive advanced non-small cell NZME drugs – one for breast and the lung cancer are to be made other for lung cancer – pending publicly available. A pedestrian died following a po- public feedback. lice pursuit in New Brighton, The national drug funding Christchurch yesterday. agency are proposing that by Pharmac, given the number of The incident took place in the December 1 Kadcyla, for HER-2 deaths caused by lung cancer coastal suburb, with police confirm- positive metastatic breast can- each year. ing the pursuit took place on Hawke cer, and Alecensa for positive Hope said currently lung can- Street. advanced non-small cell lung cer drugs get $2,771,115.00 – or In a statement, police confirmed cancer will be made publicly 2.3 per cent – of funding. that a pedestrian had been struck available. More than 600 Kiwi women around the same time. A drug that treats relapsing re- die each year from breast cancer, Unichem Pharmacy manager mitting multiple sclerosis, known the nation’s third most common George Mansour said they heard as Ocrevus, is also planned to be form of cancer. the sound of a police chase and funded. Funding applications still moments later saw someone on the They say they are seeking pub- pending include for Ibrutinib ground. lic feedback on the proposal to and Venetoclax for chronic lym- He said a little while later a police fund the three drugs by August phocytic leukaemia; Lenalido- officer came into the store to tell 2019. mide for multiple myeloma, an them someone had passed away. All feedback received before incurable blood cancer; for Lyn- Acting Canterbury District Com- the closing date will be consid- parza and Avastin to be funded mander Mike Johnson said a pursuit ered by Pharmac’s Board (or its for ovarian cancer; six drugs for was initiated after a person of inter- delegate) prior to making the fi- myeloma; Myozyme for late on- est failed to stop for police. nal decision on this proposal. set Pompe disease, a rare and However, it was abandoned due to This comes after a long-stand- it could extend and save. the disease every day while a fur- fatal metabolic disorder; and the manner of the driving. ing fight from advocacy groups Earlier this year Lung Cancer ther six are diagnosed. medications including Keytruda, Sam Heselwood was working and New Zealanders dying of Foundation chief executive Phil- It launched a petition calling Osimertinib and Crizotinib for nearby on Pages Rd when a man cancer campaigning for the lives ip Hope said five people die of for more and fairer funding from advanced lung cancer. wearing a grey hoodie sped past in a Subaru Legacy wagon with a police car in pursuit. Shortly afterwards, the same car sped back the other way, with eight or so police cars behind him, Hesel- wood said. Ten arrests in huge drug raid Again, several minutes afterwards, the same man, now in a van, drove back in the other direction. NZME The warrants are part an oper- also seized. “We want to send a strong The police officers had by that ation dubbed Operation Madd- In total, more than $1 million message that anyone who point appeared to have pulled out of Police have arrested 10 people ale, run by the National Organ- worth of cash and assets have chooses to cause harm to our the pursuit, Heselwood said. and seized over $1 million in ised Crime Group. been restrained. community through the man- Johnson said the vehicle was lo- cash and assets following a ma- Operation Maddale is a The National Organised Crime ufacture or supply of this drug cated shortly after the chase was jor operation targeting the sup- 10-month long investigation Group’s Detective Inspector Greg will be found out and held ac- abandoned and two of three were ply and distribution of metham- into the supply and distribu- Cramer says the seizures and countable.” arrested without any troubles. phetamine. tion of methamphetamine and arrests have disrupted a sophis- Ten people, aged between 21 “Shortly afterwards the third oc- More than 150 staff executed subsequent money laundering ticated methamphetamine net- and 42, will face more than 70 cupant stole a nearby vehicle and search warrants at 17 residen- throughout the country. work within New Zealand, and charges between them, includ- rammed a police dog van,” he said. tial and commercial properties To date the investigation has will prevent a significant amount ing supply of methampheta- “Soon after the stolen vehicle col- throughout the wider Auckland, seized 20kg of methampheta- of harm to our communities. mine, possession for supply lided with a pedestrian at the inter- Canterbury and Otago districts mine, with an estimated street “This drug has a devastating of methamphetamine, money section of Hawke Street and Shaw yesterday. value of more than $12 million. impact on our communities and laundering and participating in Avenue, New Brighton.” The seizures took place across More than $550,000 in cash affects countless Kiwi families. an organised criminal group. As a result of the collision, the pe- a number of Auckland suburbs was also seized, along with sev- The seizure of 20kg of meth- They are due to appear in the destrian died and inquiries are un- including New Lynn, Blockhouse eral high-end vehicles including amphetamine will prevent sig- Auckland, Christchurch and der way to locate the driver of the Bay, Avondale, Manukau, Mt a Porsche Macan, Jeep Wrangler, nificant further harm to those Dunedin District Courts this second fleeing vehicle. Eden, Grey Lynn, Karaka, Green- three Harley-Davidsons, a Ford families,” he says. week. “Police are currently working to lane, Manurewa and Northcote, Ranger, a Yamaha bike, and a jet Detective Inspector Greg This investigation remains identify and notify next of kin,” John- with search warrants also taking ski. Cramer says police are deter- ongoing and police could not son said. place in Avonside, Christchurch Jewellery, including a necklace mined to take the profit out of rule out the possibility of further “The full circumstances are being and central Dunedin. worth more than $70,000, was the supply of this harmful drug. seizures and arrests. investigated by police.”

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■■HONG KONG China warns protesters

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China warned it will be “only a matter of time” before it pun- ishes those behind two months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that have increas- ingly devolved into violent clashes with law enforcement. The comments by Yang Simpsons composer sues Guang, spokesman for the Chinese Cabinet’s Hong Kong The longtime composer of The Simpsons and Macao Affairs Office, are a has sued over his dismissal from the further indication that Beijing long-running series, saying he was will take a hard line against discriminated against because of his age the demonstrators and has no and a perceived disability. The lawsuit plans to negotiate over their de- filed by Alf Clausen in Los Angeles mands for political reforms. Superior Court for age discrimination, Singling out “brazen, violent wrongful termination and retaliation and criminal actors” and the comes nearly two years after Clausen “meddling hands behind the says he was fired from composing and conducting all music for The Simpsons. scenes” as they focus on law en- Policemen in riot gear move to disperse protesters in Hong Kong. PHOTO AP forcement efforts, Yang said, “As The 78-year-old Clausen’s lawsuit says for their punishment, it’s only a government’s request. which promised the city cer- leader to step down. he was told that he was being replaced matter of time.” While Hong Kong author- tain democratic freedoms not Protesters late Tuesday and because the series was “taking the music China so far has not visibly ities have said they don’t an- afforded to the mainland. But early Wednesday surrounded in a different direction”. No other details intervened in the situation, ticipate any need to bring in some Hong Kong residents feel a police station to demand the were included. though it has published a series troops or police from China to that Beijing has been increas- release of a university student of strongly worded editorials in help impose order, the Hong ingly encroaching on their free- arrested for apparently buy- state media condemning “vio- Kong army garrison and police doms. ing laser pointers in the latest lent radicals” and “foreign forc- in the city of Shenzhen across A string of demonstrations confrontation for the Chinese es” allegedly inflaming them. the border have both released began in June against pro- city. Police used tear gas at one Speculation has grown that videos recently of their officers posed extradition legislation point to try to clear the dem- the Communist Party-led cen- training to disperse groups of that would have allowed some onstrators from the blue-collar tral government will deploy people dressed in black and suspects to be sent to mainland Sham Shui Po neighbourhood. the military to quell demon- wearing masks and construc- China for trial. While the gov- During a “People’s Press Con- strators after Chinese officials tion helmets like many of the ernment has since suspended ference,” a protester using the pointed to an article in Hong Hong Kong protesters. the bill, protesters have pressed pseudonym Jerry Chan indicat- Kong law that allows troops A former British colony, Hong on with broader calls for dem- ed that demonstrators would already stationed in the city to Kong was returned to China ocratic reforms, an investi- not attempt to confront the help with “public order main- in 1997 under the framework gation into allegations of po- military if it made an appear- Expert to examine will tenance” at the Hong Kong of “one country, two systems,” lice brutality and for the city’s ance. A Michigan judge agreed to allow a handwriting expert to examine wills discovered in couch cushions after Aretha Franklin’s death. During a Embrace leads to fatal fall Polish village lacking boys hearing, Oakland County Probate Judge Jennifer Callaghan also placed NZME noz sits on the bridge railing, AP jobs in the future. administration of Franklin’s estate under wrapping her legs around Vidal County Mayor Rajmun court supervision. That means the A Peruvian couple tragically before losing her balance and A county mayor in south- Frischko, a father of two girls, court will have a role in major decisions plunged to their deaths dur- falling backwards, taking Vidal western Poland is promising said that he will have a nice about her estate, including the sale of ing a passionate embrace after with her over the side. a surprise award for the cou- surprise ready for those who property. A handwritten 2014 document a night out. Maybeth Espinoz The couple tried to hold on to ple who next have a boy in a next have a boy. shows Franklin apparently wanted and Hector Vidal were on their the barrier, but fell 15m to the village where only girls have Community head, Krysty- her son, Kecalf Franklin, to serve as way home from a nightclub in road below. been born for nearly a decade. na Zydziak, said 12 girls have the representative of her estate. Erich the city of Cusco when they fell Espinoz died instantly and Authorities in the village of been born since 2010. Speckin was hired by the son to verify from the Bethlehem Bridge. Vidal suffered horrific injuries Miejsce Odrzanskie, which Statistics show that more his mother’s handwriting. Speckin told CCTV footage shows the cou- and died later in hospital. has around 300 residents, boys than girls are born in Po- Callaghan it will take him about three ple stopping on the bridge to Panamerica reported that the don’t know why no boys have land. hours to analyse the documents. After kiss just after 1am, according to pair were mountaineers who been born there since 2010, In 2017, 207,000 boys were Franklin’s death last August her heirs media. had relocated to Cusco to work but they are beginning to born compared to 196,000 agreed to put the estate in the hands of In the heat of passion Espi- as tour guides. worry about filling farming girls. Franklin’s niece, Sabrina Owens. OUT TOMORROW

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OUR VIEW Abortion bill gets it half right

on’t get me wrong, I’m weeks before their time, battle even up to 16 weeks. After that of the unborn baby, but that’s a not against an overhaul of for life, heard and seen the suc- it’s a pretty grey area. pretty broad brush. DNew Zealand’s abortion cess stories that many of those Not too many years ago a baby It’s getting into morally un- laws, that’s long overdue, but babies become, you might think born at 32 weeks gestation was comfortable territory. there are a few worrying issues differently. considered viable. With new No argument, a woman hiding in the mass of words that Fifteen years ago, a young man ways of supporting premmies, should have a right to choose Sue Newman are the current Bill. SENIOR REPORTER close to my heart was born at 24 viability came down to 28 weeks, what happens to her body, but Absolutely, abortion should be weeks and five days gestation. then 25 weeks and now there the time for making that choice removed from the Crimes Act; He weighed just 800 grams. To- are babies born at 23 weeks who must come well before the half- absolutely it should become an The new Bill gets it right in day he is an academically able, not only survive but who go on way mark in a pregnancy. issue of choice for a woman. It’s many respects but, in includ- musically gifted, spirited, caring to lead normal, healthy lives. The Bill has its first reading archaic thinking to tie abortion ing a clause that would allow and, in every way, a normal teen. That’s just three weeks over the today and MPs will vote accord- only to saving the life of a moth- abortion after 20 weeks with the Today a baby of his gestation 20 week abortion mark. ing to their own conscience. If it er or preserving her physical or support of a health practitioner, could have been an abortion It’s not too much of a leap to passes, the public will have an mental health. it goes way, way too far. statistic if the pregnant woman push that viability barrier out opportunity for input. The way the law currently How you view a post 20 week had found an amenable health even further. And yet, as a coun- In my book there are two stands whether or not your plea abortion will have everything practitioner. try we’re considering allowing issues at stake here, The first for an abortion is successful to do with your own experience It all comes down to viability. abortions beyond 20 weeks. is around removing abortion depends on the approval of two with pre-term babies. When is a baby a baby and when Yes, the criteria will be around from the Crimes Act – that’s a doctors. Luck of the draw who If you’ve spent time in the is it not? the woman’s physical and men- no-brainer; it’s the second issue, you get. Choose to get one any neo natal unit in Christchurch It’s difficult to argue with the tal health and her wellbeing, and late term abortion that’s the other way and you’re breaking Hospital, spent time watching right of a woman to choose an one assumes that takes into ac- worrying part and a rethink is the law. tiny, tiny babies, born many abortion in her first trimester, or count issues around the health needed.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Thursday, August 8, the 220th day of 2019. There are 145 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal, announced he would resign the following day. On this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile. In 1876, Thomas A Edison received a patent for his mimeograph. In 1915, during World War One, New Zealand’s Wellington Battalion captured Chunuk Bair In 1942, during World War Two, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the US were executed in Washington, DC; two others who co-operated with authorities were spared. In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed the US instrument of ratification for the United Nations Charter. The Soviet Union declared war against Japan during World War Two. In 1968, the Republican national convention in Miami Beach nominated Richard Nixon for president on the first ballot. In 1973, Vice President Spiro T Agnew branded as “damned lies” reports he had taken kickbacks returned to port. the Hudson River in New York City, Nita Talbot is 89. Actor Dustin blues singer Drew Lachey is 43. from government contracts in In 2002, Saddam Hussein organised killing nine people, including five Hoffman is 82. Actress Connie Rhythm-and-blues singer Marsha Maryland, and vowed not to a big military parade and then Italian tourists. Typhoon Morakot Stevens is 81. Country singer Phil Ambrosius is 42. Actress Lindsay resign – which he ended up doing. warned “the forces of evil” not slammed into Taiwan, leaving Balsley is 80. Actor Larry Wilcox Sloane is 42. Actress Countess In 1993, in Somalia, four US soldiers to attack Iraq as he sought once more than 670 either dead or is 72. Actor Keith Carradine is Vaughn is 41. Actor Michael Urie were killed when a land mine more to shift the debate away missing. 70. Movie director Martin Brest is 39. Tennis player Roger Federer was detonated underneath their from world demands that he live Five years ago: The US unleashed its is 68. Percussionist Anton Fig is 38. Actress Meagan Good is 38. vehicle, prompting President Bill up to agreements that ended the first airstrikes against the Islamic is 66. Actor Donny Most is 66. Rock musician Eric Howk is 38. Clinton to order Army Rangers Gulf War. State group in northern Iraq amid Rock musician Dennis Drew is 62. Actress Jackie Cruz is 35. Princess to try to capture Somali warlord In 2003, the Boston Roman Catholic a worsening humanitarian crisis. Actor-singer Harry Crosby is 61. Beatrice of York is 31. Actor Ken Mohamed Farrah Aidid. archdiocese offered $55 million Israel and militants from Gaza Rock musician The Edge is 58. Baumann is 30. Pop singer Shawn in 1995, Shakti (Asian Women’s to settle more than 500 lawsuits resumed cross-border attacks, Rock musician Rikki Rockett is Mendes is 21. Actress Bebe Wood Support Group) began in New stemming from alleged sex abuse after a three-day truce expired. 58. Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 57. is 18. Zealand by priests. One year ago: The United States Rock musician Ralph Rieckermann Thought for today: “It is the In 2000, the wreckage of the In 2008, China opened the announced that it would impose is 57. Rock singer Scott Stapp anonymous ‘they,’ the enigmatic Confederate submarine H L Summer Olympic Games with an new sanctions on Russia for is 46. Country singer Mark Wills ‘they’ who are in charge. Hunley, which sank in 1864 extravaganza of fireworks and illegally using a chemical weapon is 46. Actor Kohl Sudduth is 45. Who is ‘they’? I don’t know. after attacking the Union ship pageantry. in an attempt to kill a former spy Rock musician Tom Linton is 44. Nobody knows. Not even ‘they’ Housatonic, was recovered off Ten years ago: A small plane collided and his daughter in Britain. Singer JC Chasez is 43. Actress themselves.” — Joseph Heller, the South Carolina coast and with a sightseeing helicopter over Today’s birthdays: Actress Tawny Cypress is 43. Rhythm-and- American author (1923-1999). – AP Opinion

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SIMON BRIDGES Email us! editor@theguardian. co.nz Bridges’ blooper Facebook us! PRESS COUNCIL oor old Simon B, desperate As Gilbert and Sullivan put where the residents would still This newspaper is subject to for a killer political punch it – to describe a totally different feel honoured to have him as the New Zealand Press Coun- Pto slow the ever-upward situation – “a nice dilemma he their MP – hard to believe, I cil. Complaints must first be progress of the higher and has there!” (we have here) “that know, but true. directed in writing to editor@ higher flying St Jacinda, has, this calls for all our wit”! One more matter to raise, theguardian.co.nz week, landed a low blow suffi- Meanwhile, we hear, Wily Win- the still on-going fall-out from If unsatisfied, the complaint may cient to leave the pundits and Nick Lindo ston, despite having been closely the Labour convention of three be referred to the Press Council the people gasping. EYE ON POLITICS involved in the discussions years ago from which accu- PO Box 10-879, The Terrace, He called her a “part-time regarding the new Abortion Bill sations of sexual harassment Wellington 6143 or email info@ PM”, while her back was turned and having not mentioned such emerged. presscouncil.org.nz as she pluckily ploughed her way real rough and tumble of pol- an outcome, is now demanding The passage of time seems to Further detail and an online through the angry sea to visit the itics – as immortalised by the a binding, nation-wide referen- have done nothing to heal the complaints form are available at forgotten few of Tokelau, one of redoubtable Robert Muldoon, dum on the issue before he will wounds of that event and now www.presscouncil.org.nz the outposts of the empire of Ao- whose fists we’re permanent- allow it to go any further, in we are getting disguised voices tearoa, and not visited by a New ly clenched as he anticipated parliament or beyond. from darkened screens express- Zealand PM for 15 years. his next round with the sil- Understandably, that has in- ing disgust with the lack of ac- Bridges felt she should have ver-tongued David Lange, by censed Andrew Little, the Justice tion and announcing decisions LETTERS changed her schedule and gone, whose verbal cuts and thrusts Minister, who was clearly of the to resign from the Party. instead, to the location of the Rob – and his Mob – were fre- belief all ‘i’s’ had been dotted It makes you wonder whether, EMAIL US/WRITE US latest Maori protest over “stolen” quently baffled and broken. and ‘t’s’ crossed leaving only a despite her star rating, there land – despite there being in For Bridges, such adrena- formal vote to ensure its passing aren’t traces of clay adhering to [email protected] place a well-established agree- lin-fuelled moments are not to the statute book. the otherwise fashionable shoes ment between iwi and Fletchers really available. What’s more, Tracey Mar- of PM Jacinda. PO Box 77 – Ihumatao. That his opponent is, indeed, tin, NZ First member and the Across the seas, Trump con- To many – of whom I am one an attractive female, means his minister most directly involved, tinues his mission to undermine We welcome your letters and – Ardern’s decision not, imme- range of parliamentary invec- has also been caught completely the presidency of the United emails, but: diately, to go to Ihumatao, was tive is limited and his room for unawares, having had no idea States with an endlessly tweeted absolutely the right one, rather sneaky manoeuvring curtailed. her own Party was going to insist tirade of insults and bigotry. than run the risk of inflaming an In other words, he can’t be on such a procedure. It must be hoped, from the ■■ They should be of no more already touchy situation. the really full-blooded National Thus the new abortion bill assortment of would-be Dem- than 300 words. The difficulty for Bridges leader, “coming out swinging” hangs in the balance while ocratic candidates for the ■■ We reserve the right to remains the same, a female – as they say – and landing po- Winston again flexes his polit- presidency, one will be found edit or not publish. opponent. litical punches on the personage ical muscle and makes it clear who has what will be needed to In his younger days when, opposite. the day-to-day existence of the unseat Trump before the harm ■■ They must include your no doubt, he dreamt – as per His natural respect for a creaky coalition depends entire- he continues to cause becomes name. We will only publish Cameron in the UK, while he woman prevents him from un- ly on his whim. If he doesn’t like irreparable. under a nom de plume if a was at Eton – of becoming Prime leashing the sort of criticism he “it” it doesn’t happen. suitable case for anonymi- Minister of Aotearoa, New Zea- would like to let go, as he knows Under MMP such travesties The views, opinions, positions land and, with his pugnacious – or should do by now – anti are only too possible. or strategies expressed by the ty is made clear. approach to life, trading blows Jacinda remarks are counterpro- With Peters it was ever thus, author and those providing com- ■■ They must also include with his Labour opposite num- ductive and more likely to lead and could be for yet more years, ments are theirs alone, and do your address and phone ber, until there was blood on the to a bump in the polls for the if he can find himself an elector- not necessarily reflect the views, number, which will not be floor and the elation of a victory PM and another dive in Bridges’ ate, real or “list”, for next year’s opinions, positions or strategies well-won. standing in the preferred PM election, prepared to have him. of the Ashburton Guardian Co published. 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10 Ashburton Guardian Thursday, August 8, 2019 www.guardianonline.co.nz Meat companies need to work together By Heather Chalmers ment in future. where cost was not an issue, but who [email protected] While it was a good time to be in sought healthy and quality food that Silver Fern Farms’ chief executive Si- the meat industry, the mood of farm- was ethically produced, Limmer said. mon Limmer says export meat com- ers was somewhat pessimistic, Lim- Rather than just being an export panies need to work more collabora- mer said. company, SFF was moving closer to tively, rather than undermining each A challenge was finding enough the market. other. staff, with an estimated shortage of Grass-fed is now a major selling “The parochial views from the past 1000 staff across the meat industry point and prominent on all its brand- have really held up this industry,” at peak season. Other primary sector ed packaging. he told SFF’s farmer conference in industries were also struggling to re- To more closely link the producer Christchurch. cruit staff. and consumer, SFF wants farmers to “The challenge for us today and the “The cost of labour is going up, deal directly with its livestock repre- chairs, directors and farmers of other the flexibility of labour is becoming sentatives. “SFF needs a direct rela- companies is to sort this out. tighter and the availability of labour tionship with suppliers, rather than “We have got to look for opportuni- is non-existent. a middle person giving mixed mes- ties where we can collaborate. “We are at zero unemployment in sages.” “There are many ways that we can my view. The rise of plant-based protein still be competitors, but do things far “We are leaving value on the table such as the Impossible burger was more sensibly,” Limmer said. because we can’t deliver the market an inevitability and meat produc- While some farmers previously specifications we want,” Limmer ers shouldn’t be scared of it, Limmer campaigned for a merger between said. said. SFF and farmer co-operative Alli- Surplus processing capacity was “It tells me that there is a demand ance Group in a bid to inject more also constraining the industry. “These for protein and that people want dif- profitability into the meat sector, are the empty hooks because of de- ferent proteins.” SFF instead opted in 2016 to form a clining livestock numbers and some Providing sufficient protein for a partnership with Chinese company ill discipline regarding how some global population estimated to rise to Shanghai Maling. It is now equal- people are investing in the industry. nine billion by 2050 would be a strug- ly-owned by Shanghai Maling and “This is a significant challenge. We gle. farmer shareholders. need to fix this part of the industry From 2005 to 2050, global demand “We have a balance sheet that al- to ensure our manufacturing base is for beef was expected to rise from lows us some comfort in deciding on cost-efficient and we are being driven 64m to 106m tonnes, while mutton how we want to invest,” Limmer said. by the market and not livestock pro- demand was expected to lift from “We have lived hand-to-mouth at curement.” 13m to 25m tonnes. Demand for oth- some points in history, but it is not In 2017, SFF closed its Fairton plant er meats would also grow, including the case today.” near Ashburton, following a contin- pork, expected to rise from 100m to SFF had invested $85 million in ued decline in regional sheep num- 143m tonnes. Silver Fern Farms’ chief executive Simon Limmer says infrastructure in the last three years bers. “We haven’t got a demand prob- export meat companies need to work more collabora- and would continue similar invest- SFF needed to cater for consumers lem,” Limmer said. tively.

■■GLOBAL DAIRY TRADE AUCTION Global dairy prices fall NZME tion price of $US3253 a tonne against $US3412/tonne at the last auction. Dairy prices reversed nearly all last “Offer volumes were higher but the month’s gains at yesterday’s Global Dairy weaker yuan would have restricted the Trade auction, with prices falling across buying power of Chinese buyers who tend the board as weakness in the Chinese yuan to buy about half the dairy commodities made its presence felt. sold via GDT,” ANZ Bank said in a com- The GDT price index dropped by 2.6 per mentary. cent compared with a 2.7 per cent gain at The price of whole milk powder, which the last auction in mid-July. has the greatest bearing on Fonterra’s The auction, the first since China al- farmgate milk price, fell by 1.7 per cent lowed its currency to drop to an 11-year $US3039 a tonne, following a 3.6 per cent low on Monday, yielded an average auc- gain at the last auction. Business

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By Diana Clement a conflict of interest. They earn NZME commission when clients take out Do you kick yourself when mort- new mortgages. Reports from the gage rates fall? Financial Markets Authority and Many Kiwis regret having fixed at Reserve Bank of New Zealand here a higher rate when rates continue and regulators across the ditch to nosedive. suggest commission can drive the The trouble is that you may have wrong outcomes. to pay a break fee to get out of your So, do ask your broker what they existing mortgage. will earn from the transaction and When rates plunged in 2008 consider whether there could be a many borrowers were desperate conflict of interest. Mortgage bro- to escape the contracts and angry kers can earn $4000 when you sign when banks hit them with astro- up for a mortgage. nomic break fees. These days the Banking Obudsman Nicola Slad- banks can only claw back the actu- den adds: “Consumers are entitled al loss, says Sue Tierney of Sue Tier- to ask for information about the ney Mortgages. You’ve entered a contract No one has a crystal ball That’s what we preach in this office. relationship between the mortgage Tierney points out that lenders Bawden says he doesn’t have a Mortgage broker Campbell Hast- If you take that approach then in- broker and any banks, including are legally allowed to charge break lot of sympathy for the banks and ie of Go2Guys points out that no- terest rate movements don’t matter information about remuneration fees. It means you’re probably not their fees. He is on their side, how- one can really predict what markets as much.” structures. The laws governing going to be better off overall once ever, when it comes to break fees. are going to do. That means fixing Ask the question disclosure for mortgage brokers you’ve paid the break fee. “People fixing mortgage interest is always going to be a gamble. It costs nothing to ask the bank are currently under review and Fixing provides certainty rates should understand clearly “If you can do that then tell me if you can break. You may be lucky disclosure requirements are likely People generally fix for one of that they are entering into a con- what the Lotto numbers are for to- and get off the hook if there is no to be strengthened.” Don’t be the two reasons, says mortgage broker tract which very simply states that morrow night please.” cost to the bank. If you do manage customer who is too embarrassed Geoff Bawden, of Bawden Consult- they agree to borrow a certain You could break your mortgage to get out of your contract make to ask. ing. Either they want some certain- amount of money for a certain pe- at a cost, re-fix then find they go sure you think deeply about your Banks and mortgage brokers ty around their level of outgoings riod of time at a certain rate. You down again. next move, says Tierney. often recommend splitting your or they think the new rate is a good take a flutter when you sign up for “The best course of action is to “It’s really important when you mortgage in three. One portion is deal. Tierney says the certainty of a fixed rate. If the rates fall, you mostly ignore the market and fo- are fixing rates in the first place to on a floating rate so that you can knowing what you are going to pay lose. cus on your current situation and think ahead.” overpay and also take advantage for the period of the fix makes up “You don’t see people leaping to future plans. Know your own num- Whose interest is the break in? of falling rates should that happen; for paying a little extra should rates break fixed rate contracts if rates bers. Set some goals. Get an expert There has been noise lately one third on a short-ish term rate fall before the end of the fix. subsequently go up.” eye on it, and re-fix accordingly. about mortgage brokers’ having and one slightly longer.

■■RESERVE BANK Guardian Compiled by Shares & Investments NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET Source: NZX and Standard & Poors At close of trading on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 RBNZ slashes official cash rate S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross Company CODE Buy Sell Last Daily Volume 10920 price price sale move ’000s By Rebecca Howard terest rate track eases to 0.9 per cent ic activity continues to weaken, 10846 a2 Milk Company ATM 1641 1659 1657 +1 531.2 NZME in late 2020. The prior monetary trimming demand for New Zea- Air NZ AIR 272 274.5 273 +6 510.8 10772 The Reserve Bank slashed the offi- statement in May showed the OCR land’s goods and services. Height- ANZ Banking Gr ANZ 2821 2830 2830 +50 13.60 10698 cial cash rate by 50 basis points to 1 tracking going from 1.7 per cent to ened uncertainty and declining in- Argosy Prop ARG 140.5 141.5 141 +1.5 2.0m 10624 per cent due to a softer outlook for 1.4 per cent in March 2020 before ternational trade have contributed Arvida Gr ARV 137 138 137 +3 1.6m employment and inflation, slower lifting in late 2021. to lower trading-partner growth. Auckland Intl Airpt AIA 943 954 950 +21 803.4 10550 2/8 7/8 12/7 19/7 26/7 economic growth and weaker glob- The “RBNZ’s OCR forecast now Central banks are easing monetary Chorus CNU 557 562 562 +25 800.0 al conditions. The New Zealand has a low of 0.9 per cent, still im- policy to support their economies, Contact Energy CEN 780 795 792 +24 1.2m pS&P/NZX 50 Gross dollar tumbled. plying an easing bias. The meeting it said. Ebos Gr EBO 2431 2455 2431 +46 45.68 10,786.26 +199.09 +1.88% F&P Healthcare FPH 1565 1602 1600 +20 554.0 “Our actions yesterday demon- minutes and statement were less New Zealand’s official cash rate S&P/NZX 20 index Fletcher Building FBU 471 476 474 +2 1.2m p strate our ongoing commitment clear on the need for further action, is now in line with that of Austral- 7,216.29 +142.31 +2.01% to ensure inflation increases to the but continued to note downside ia. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank Fonterra Share Fund FSF 378 380 378 +3 383.5 Freightways FRE 841 846 845 –3 70.77 pS&P/NZX All Gross mid-point of the target range, and risks,” said ASB Bank chief econo- of Australia held rates steady at 1 Genesis Energy GNE 337 343.5 342 +10 537.8 11,646.75 +209.36 +1.83% mist Nick Tuffley. per cent but left the door open for employment remains around its Gentrak Gr GTK 523 525 523 +8 184.8 p Rises 99 q Falls 28 maximum sustainable level,” the The New Zealand dollar recently more cuts. The Kiwi dollar dropped Goodman Prop Tr GMT 207.5 210 208 +2 1.1m Top 5 NZX gainers monetary policy committee – which traded at 64.24 US cents from 65.44 to 95.60 Australian cents from 96.50 Heartland Gr Hldgs HGH 159 160 160 +4 185.5 Company daily % rise includes three external members – cents just prior to the statement. cents immediately before the RBNZ Infratil IFT 470 476 475 +13 1.2m Chatham Rock Phos +21.05% said in a statement. According to the central bank, release. Investore Property IPL 188 190 190 +3 79.87 Serko +6.67% New Zealand’s central bank now “GDP growth has slowed over the Tuffley said even after yesterday’s Kathmandu Hldgs KMD 208 213 210 +3 101.9 Paci c Edge +6.00% has a dual mandate to support max- past year and growth headwinds are surprisingly big cut in New Zealand Kiwi Property Gr KPG 162 163 163 +2.5 1.1m Mercury NZ +5.56% imum sustainable employment and rising. In the absence of additional “the risks remain skewed to an even Mainfreight MFT 4092 4125 4125 +5 33.72 Rakon +5.00% keep annual inflation between 1 per monetary stimulus, employment lower trough than the current 1 per Mercury NZ MCY 485 495 494 +26 982.2 Top 5 NZX decliners Company daily % fall cent and 3 per cent over the medi- and inflation would likely ease rel- cent OCR. We forecast a further 25 Meridian Energy MEL 476 484 484 +16 2.0m Metlifecare MET 431 438 437 +9 129.2 Mercer Gr –6.98% um term, with a focus on the mid- ative to our targets.” basis point cut to 0.75 per cent, in Snr Tr Retire Village –5.26% NZ Refining NZR 210 212 212 +1 183.3 point of 2 per cent. Annual inflation It noted that annual GDP growth November,” he said. Scott Tech –4.49% NZX NZX 118 119 119 +2 316.0 is currently running at 1.7 per cent. was 2.5 per cent in the March quar- Regarding employment, the Cavalier Corp –3.45% Oceania Healthcare OCA 103 104 103 +1 1.9m Global Aggregate –3.39% Sixteen of 17 economists polled ter, “below our estimate of poten- committee said it was pleased Port of Tauranga POT 604 609 607 +4 193.5 by Bloomberg had expected a 25 tial growth in the New Zealand to see labour market data held Precinct Properties PCT 177 180 179.5 +4 1.9m METAL PRICES basis point move while one had ex- economy.” up relative to expectations in the Prop for Industry PFI 226 229 229 +3.5 284.1 Source: interest.co.nz pected the bank to stay on hold. The Reserve Bank cut its forecast June quarter but “agreed that the Pushpay Holdings PPH 320 330 321 –4 320.0 pGold London – $US/ounce According to a summary record for GDP growth in the June quarter balance of risks to achieving its Restaurant Brands RBD 985 998 998 +6 32.00 1,482.80 +17.55 +1.20% of meeting, the members debated to 0.5 per cent from a prior forecast consumer price inflation and max- Ryman Healthcare RYM 1320 1335 1330 +30 1.7m qSilver London – $US/ounce the relative benefits of a 25 basis of 0.7 per cent. It now sees GDP imum sustainable employment ob- Sanford SAN 680 695 690 +16 67.83 16.38 –0.1 –0.61% point cut and communicating an growth of 0.6 per cent in the Sep- jectives was tilted to the downside.” Scales Corp SCL 454 455 454 – 157.6 pCopper London – $US/tonne easing bias, versus reducing the tember quarter versus a prior fore- New Zealand’s unemployment rate Skellerup SKL 236 240 240 +6 183.5 5,667.0 +20.0 +0.35% cash rate by 50 basis points now. cast of 0.9 per cent. hit an 11-year low in the June quar- Sky Network TV SKT 122 124 121 – 137.3 Skycity Ent Gr SKC 390 395 394 +6 756.8 NZ DOLLAR “The committee reached a con- It said, however, that monetary ter, falling to 3.9 per cent from 4.2 Source: BNZ As at 4pm August 7, 2019 Spark SPK 410 413 412 +14 4.7m stimulus is expected to give impe- per cent in the March quarter. Country TT buy TT sell sensus to cut the OCR by 50 basis Stride Prop & Inv SPG 225 236 228 +2 190.0 points to 1.0 per cent. They agreed tus to growth from late 2019. Market “Slower GDP growth over the past Australia 0.9719 0.9384 Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM 570 573 570 +18 212.8 Canada 0.8688 0.8363 that the larger initial monetary interest rates have declined since year is expected to reduce capacity Synlait Milk SML 938 945 938 +6 30.20 China 4.789 4.2008 stimulus would best ensure the the start of 2019. This supports pressure and reduce employment Tourism Holdings THL 404 405 404 +4 114.5 Euro 0.5854 0.5597 committee continues to meet its consumption and investment, and relative to its maximum sustaina- TrustPower TPW 760 766 766 +11 103.3 Fiji 1.4391 1.319 Great Britain 0.5368 0.5176 inflation and employment objec- keeps the New Zealand dollar ex- ble level in the near term. Inflation Vector VCT 382 385 385 +7 423.4 Japan 69.57 66.59 tives,” it said. change rate lower, the committee is likely to remain below the 2 per Vista Gr Intl VGL 540 553 550 –15 380.2 Samoa 1.7792 1.5497 Changes to the central bank’s said. cent target mid-point throughout Vital Hlth Prop Tr VHP 260.5 261 260.5 +3 246.1 South Africa 9.7232 9.3652 forecasts in the latest monetary pol- Fiscal policy is also expected to 2019 and into 2020,” it said. Westpac Banking WBC 2870 2985 2980 +93 14.41 Thailand 19.97 18.99 icy statement also show a chance support growth. 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Ashburton Community and a few of us, has beens, in the 20s. ward to further meetings with Hamish. Speaker is Toni Snowman from Restor- eon at the Ashburton Hotel at 11.45am. Committee Of The Blind Who knows what was to blame, it was a The next meeting of the Citizens Associ- ative Justice. The raffles were won by Janice Street beautiful day, the course, as always, was ation will be held on Thursday, Septem- Individual members if you are on a Rural and Janet Crearer. 57th Annual Report, 2019 in great condition. Can’t think what else ber 19 at 7pm in the MSA Meeting Room. Mail delivery, you are most welcome to Our guest speaker for the day was Paul Recently we held our AGM at The Plains to blame for bad golf, maybe a king tide Everyone is welcome. come to join us. (PUP) Chamberlain who came to talk to which has become our regular place or something in Greymouth or Venus Remember it is not too late, to put your Rural Women continue to support all us in his role as Health Promoter for the for committee and the following lunch was rising in Uranus, either way there name forward for election to the Council involved with mycoplasma bovis. We Canterbury District, speaking on Mental meetings for members, every fourth was plenty of poor scores to go round. (or Mayor) and the Licensing Trust if you thank Marg Verrall for her tireless and Wellness issues. Thursday of the month. This Saturday we have round two of the want to have more of a say in how our caring work in this field. Before morning tea he gave us an in- We acknowledge and thank Lorayne Brandon Cup and with no great scores town functions. Region 2 Canterbury Conference was sight into his family background and Oakley of The Plains and are also very shot, everyone should still be in with held on Friday, July 26 in Ashburton. A how he became a policeman. He also appreciative of the wonderful entertain- a shout as all three scores count, final Lynnford Rural Women great day enjoyed by likeminded Rural gave us some hard facts about the life of ers who give so freely of their time at round is next week. Ashburton, being a rural town with Women from near and far. Theme Get- a policeman especially in rural districts. these gatherings. On the sponsors corner one of our great no public transport, have once again ting Fleeced. The sights and sounds and the realities Usually every second month we also sponsors Hamish Niles picked up one of stepped up to help with newcomers to Speakers from NZ Sock Company Ash- of life that most people don’t come into fit in an outing. These have included the favourite prizes, sinking the longest the District, some with English as a sec- burton and AOK Knitwear, shared their contact with. the Rotary Club of Ashburton and the putt on number 9 picking himself up a ond language. businesses journey, both starting from Eventually these pressures take a toll Tinwald Red Cross’s afternoons of en- lovely voucher to take Karen out for a Mid Canterbury Newcomer Rural Driver small, humble beginnings. and over a career lifetime they build up tertainment, both of which have enter- spot of Thai cuisine, care of Tom and the Licensing Scheme, a free programme We were delighted to meet and hear stress levels. tained the blind for 70 years. great gang at Charming Thai. through Rural Support is a three-year first-hand information from National He asked us five questions: How do you The blind group came under the Red It’s always a super feed down there be it pilot programme, well supported by var- office Project and Events Manager Lisa deal with stress in your life? Do these Cross banner when it first began. lunch or dinner. Pop down and sample ious philanthropic organisations and the Thompson, who is working on many strategies work for you? Are they a pos- We also enjoyed afternoon tea at the some wonderful dishes. Many thanks for local council. fresh, innovative ideas. Competition of itive influence for you and for others? Lake House helping to celebrate Os- all the help Tom. Wendy Hewitt gave us an insight into a child’s knitted hat are being donated Are they sustainable? Are they safe for sie Symon’s 100th birthday; Christmas Story of the week is a cracker, some how the group works and helped with to Cholmondeley House. you and other people? Dinner at the MSA; meeting up with folks might not be aware of the tradition mainly females gaining their driver’s li- A collection of non-perishable items to After morning tea Pup explained how the Christchurch Blind at The Stables; a of the drive that does not reach the la- cences to ease them into life in the dis- Ronald McDonald House. stress can build up over a period of time cuppa at the Weirs at Lake Hood; and dies tee. It has a few names, none suita- trict so they can be independent and A woven cushion cover saw May Green- and eventually it gets the better of us. the ever popular BBQ at Coniston with ble for a family paper. find friendships with others. slade awarded the Brunei Trophy. Women are usually much better at deal- generous hosts, Donald and Carol Wil- Tradition states that the man should Intake is limited to 12 participants on National News ing with things than men. liamson. walk to and play his next shot with his each course. Two lessons with a driving The Road Safety Strategy 2020-2030 After 38 years in the police force and af- Red Puppy Appeal in March and Blind pants around his ankles to prove he is a instructor are included in the course and Road to Zero has been released. ter a series of traumatic incidents eg the Week in November, were both organ- man when playing his second shot from a subsidised driving test. So far there Rural interests and those relating to Christchurch Earthquakes, he decided a ised by Andrew McDonald. We thank behind the ladies tee. Nobody wanted has been a 90 per cent pass rate. School Bus Safety were largely silent. change of direction was necessary and Andrew and all collectors for making to see that, so it changed to a round of Volunteers help with child minding and Rural Women are conducting an online now is enjoying his job promoting men- these events successful. drinks in the bar afterwards for the dis- transport and mentoring while trainees survey amongst members especially tal wellness. Our organisation also appreciates the graced golfer. get to grips with New Zealand road rules around rural roads and School Bus Safe- He gave us the new Mental Health support provided by Advance Ashbur- On our second hole, the ladies is some and other road users. ty. RWNZ will be forwarding a submis- Foundation pamphlet with five ways to ton, Methven RSA, MSA Club, Pakeke Li- 50 metres in front of the men’s and After Wendy took her leave, our meet- sion on these two issues. Wellbeing. Connect (talk and listen, be ons, Rotary Club of Ashburton, Waireka has caught out a few over the years, ing commenced. I am sure the rain has been well received there, feel connected) Give (your time, Croquet Club, Methven’s volunteer driv- yours truly included. Saturday last, a Members stood in silence for past mem- by all in both rural and urban areas. your words, your presence) Take Notice ers, Allcomers Band, Hinds WI, Ashbur- scratch golfer from now on referred to bers. (remember the simple things that give ton Taxis and private donors. as Hefty Kay, lent into his drive, watched Many members attended and formed a The Plains Ladies you joy) Keep Learning (embrace new Our committee and volunteers are a it decapitate a few worms finishing a Guard of Honour at the funeral of Mona The Plains Ladies met on Monday July experiences, see opportunities surprise team of hardworking, caring, wonderful massive 25 metres from the tee. With Wright, a passionate member of WDFF 22. Birthdays and Anniversaries were ac- yourself) Be Active (do what you can, people, dedicated to helping the group’s hoots of laughter and smacking of lips and then Rural Women, first at Fleming- knowledged and we discovered that we enjoy what you do, move your mood). members. in preparation of free beer ringing in his ton, then with that branch closure in the had five people who qualified to attend If you introduce these five simple strat- Recently we have received resignations ears, young Hefty took another almighty 1980s transferring to Lynnford. the over 89s function which will be held egies into your life you will feel the ben- from two very long standing committee heave at the ball, this time moving it 15 While at Flemington, Mona filled roles later on in the year. efits. members. These we accept with ac- metres. as secretary and competition secretary The financial update was reported and Pup finished his talk by playing us a very knowledgment and appreciation of their Records have been checked and it and was renowned for her skills in bak- explanation was given about where our poignant song – a poem written by him many years of service – Pamela Bird for seems that it was 1895 since a scratch ing, sewing and knitting. subscriptions are spent. about his career in the police force and 27 years and Rona Hayward for 26 years. golfer last played his third shot from be- The following week members attend- Members were reminded that next set to music by a local musician Liam In total this committee have given over hind the ladies tee, it did not name the ed the funeral of Nancy Moore, a past month’s meeting is our Birthday Lunch- Kennedy Clark. 215 years to the local blind with our vol- said golfer but ask Spud because I think member and long-time local resident of unteers adding a further 32 years, a total he was playing that day. Good golfing Lynnford. of 247 years. Following on from the framed print We welcome Janet McNally and John Citizens Association of last month, Phyllis has done some CLUB NEWS TERMS Curd to the committee. The Citizens Association was delighted enquiring and has found that it was Chairman Dennis Swaney to welcome Ashburton District Coun- presented to the Lynnford School in Vice Chair Lynne Curd, Secretary Elea- cil Chief Executive, Hamish Riach to its recognition for the work pupils did in We love receiving your club news! nor Weir, Treasurer Carol Hall, meeting last week. collecting coupons after World War Two. Committee: Mac Bruce, John Curd, Mar- Hamish outlined his reasons for pursu- It is yet to be determined where its next However, to make it fair on everyone, ilyn Galletly, Alan Hall, Verna Hamp- ing this position and his goals and then home will be. ton, Sheila Hare, Judith Hughes, Janet answered questions put to him by the Annual General Meeting of Mid Canter- we need a maximum of 300-500 words McNally, Margaret Reddecliffe, Alison members. bury Provincial, August 14 at 2.30pm Shearer, Beverly Watkins, Betty Wilson We were able to be updated on the var- Ashburton Seniors Centre. in your report. and Joy Wilson. ious projects under way in the town and Lynnford are responsible for the raffle. Ashburton Golf Club receive some background into the rea- A new correspondence secretary will be sons why the bridge siting, for instance, needed. There are times where your stories may The course must have played very tough is not likely to be changed. last Saturday, with 39 points picking up This of course has been an ongoing Mid Canterbury Provincial need to be abridged due to space restrictions top prize. topic of discussion at Citizens meetings Rural Women This was shared by Stu Dunlop and Sam with members holding strong views. also, but you can still see the full reports on Clarke, with Sean Strange just behind on Mid Canterbury Provincial Rural Wom- Members are appreciative of the im- 38. en AGM is being held Wednesday, Au- proved lines of communication between There were many scores in the low 30s gust 14, 2pm at the Ashburton Seniors guardianonline.co.nz the council and residents and look for- Centre. Theme Embracing the Future. SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS Vessey, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Al- Paddy Helmore, Dayle Lucas. Rodger ■ 88.0, Kate McIntosh 63.0, Fiona McFall lan Dixon, No 5 Marilyn Cross Property Callaghan, Alan Lock, Piers Rolton, Mark ■ Shooting 91.2, 91.0, Byron Pincott 80.0, Michae- RESULTS Brokers: Dan Hall, No 14 ANZ Bank: Ste- Gorman, Mark Gazzard. Target Shooting Mid la Smith 94.2, 95.4, Emma Smith 99.6, ve King, 9&18 second shot: Murray Keir Twos: Keith Middleton. Canterbury Amelia Swan 99.3. Twos: Rosehope Rommey Player of the Dubliner Best Nett: Richard Maw 68. August 5-6 ■■ Golf Day: John Low 88.18.70 Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: July 30-31 Coronation: Kevin Hooper 96.5, 91.2, August 6 - Ladies Division Jim Lattimore 69. Methven Travel Best Coronation: Emma Smith 95.4, 98.2, 92.2, Emma Smith 97.4, 97.3, Char- Mayfield Golf Club Final Ruapuna Rosebowl Christine Ross Gross: Dayle Lucas 79. 96.1, 195.6, Colin Taylor 97.4, 191.5, lotte McKenzie 99.5, 191.5, Jack Jones August 1 - Mayfield Mixed Foursome beat Lal Mulligan 2/1. Championship 3rd Closest to the Pin: Aqua Japanese Res- Kevin Hooper 95.1, 98.3, Nina McKenzie 92.1, 95.4, Colin Taylor 96.1, 193.6, 194.6, Tournament Round Ruth Keeley beat Juliet McLeod taurant No 4: Barry Wackwitz. Hunters 97.3, Jack Jones 93.1, 98.4, Charlotte Sandy Bennett 98.4, 198.14, Steve Winners: 1st Ian Beach and Sanae Hydes 1up. Eclectic Stableford Round Alison Wine No 6:, Ski Time No 13: Jim Latti- McKenzie 97.3, 97.4, Shirley Herridge McArthur 97.4, 196.12, 197.10, 99.5, Sam net 63.5, 2nd Sara Gallagher and David Vessey 23, Jan Clucas 21, Anne-Maree more. Green Parrot No 17: Michael Kemp. 91.1, 96.0, 97.4, 96.3, 88.1,, Sandy Ben- Smith 88.2, 94.3, 185.2, Michaela Smith Morrow net 64.5, 3rd Jacquie and James Blair 21. Marilyn Cross 2nd Shot 2&11 Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Ber- nett 99.7, 195.9, Keith Bonnington 94.4, 91.2, 186.4, Nina McKenzie 99.2, Shania Murdoch net 66.5, 4th Wayne and Anne Grade 0-29 Betty Wilson Grade 30+ nard Walsh. 98.4, 185.6. Jacob Kilworth 94.4, 93.3, Harrison-Lee 100.9, 100.7, 98.7, Jacob Maree Blair nett 67, 5th Andrew Lake Judy Fielder. Sims Bakery No 5 Nearest Next Week August 10: Team Stroke. Mark Stewart 97.4, 194.8, Sam Smith 91.1, Kilworth 88.1, Sarah Du Toit 93.2, Bryan and Lynley McKenzie, Jeff MacNelly and the Pin, Judy Fielder Mr Manns Bakery & 183.5, 185.4, Michaela Smith 89.2, 190.7, Hunter 190.3, Nina McKenzie 197.7, T.J. Marion Wedderell net 68.5. Café No 14, Nearest the Pin Not Struck. Tinwald Golf Club T.J. Stewart 98.5, Stewart 195.8, 194.7, Keith Bonnington August 3 - 3rd round club champs August 6 – Ladies Division LGU Phoenix: Claudia Cudmore 76.0, Bront- 190.6. Senior: Andrew Peck beat Steve King, Methven Golf Club Silver: Marilyn Bennett 80, Bronze 1: Leen son Cudmore 91.3, Amelia Swan 93.1, Phoenix: Madison Tourle 87.1,93.3, Char- Wayne Blair beat Logan Tasker; Inter- August 3 - Men’s Division Bell 73, Bronze 2: Barb Harris 77, 9 Hole, Jack McIntosh 91.2, 91.1, 91.3, 89.1, Nick lie Howden 71.0, Amelia Swan 92.2, 96.5, mediate Alan Dixon beat Gordon Duthie, Last Round Club champs qualifying, Fi- Maureen Colville 38 Stewart 99.2, 195.8, Colin Taylor 195.9, Jack McIntosh 91.1, 90.1, Byron Pincott Murray Keir beat Charlie Rapsey; Jun- nal round Callaghan trophy. 9 Hole Competition – Putting 193.6, Andrew McKenzie 194.6, T.J. Stew- 82.0, Tane Moore 83.0, Sean McQuillan ior A Grant Early beat Jeff McNeilly, Ali Senior: Craig Middleton 81-8-73. Inter- Diana Wellman 13, Shirley Young13. art 99.4, Shania Harrison-Lee 200.12, 88.0, Gene Moore 87.0, Kevin Hooper McLeod beat Ian Beach; Junior B James mediate: Richard Maw 84-16-68. Junior Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Jacob Kilworth 93.2, 90.1, Sarah DuToit 186.5, Bill Rankin 191.8, Colin Taylor 195.8, Murdoch beat Mark Schrader A: Jim Lattimore 89-20-6920-66. Junior Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Maureen Colville, 95.5, Keith Bonnongton 186.4, Madison Sandy Bennett 196.12. Other game Stableford round John Low B: Les Linton 103-29-74 Sims Bakery #6 Colleen Linney, Mac & Tourle 89.1, 91.3, Jacob Swan 88.1, Sato 38, Greg Cook 35 Other Good Scores: 71 Ross Breach, 72 Maggie #12 Not Struck, Outdoor Adven- 57.0, Charlotte McKenzie 94.3, 96.0, More results and draws on Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: Wayne Eric Grimwade. 73 Athol McAlpine. 74 ture (2nd Shot) #16 Di Bell. Charlie Howden 68.0, Sean McQuillan Page 14 Sport

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■■GOLF Ko hits back at ‘haters’, ex-coach

NZME the cut by 10 shots. It was her second consecutive Lydia Ko has fired back at the “hat- missed cut at a major after hav- ers” after her former coach David ing similar struggles at the Evian Leadbetter criticised her “misguid- Championship in France where she ed” relationship with her parents. finished seven shots behind the cut The Kiwi golf superstar has line. slumped to two consecutive missed Ko’s sister Sura, who is part of Lyd- cuts at majors and fallen to a world ia’s management team, also chimed ranking of 23, after holding the in on the situation, defending her number one spot for 84 weeks while sister’s form issues. at her peak. “I don’t think this is the time On Tuesday, Leadbetter – who was where we need to explain anything Ko’s swing coach from 2013 until the beyond and there shouldn’t be any end of 2016 – spoke out about the particular reason with this struggle 22-year-old golfer’s drop in form, either,” Sura Ko told Radio Sport. saying it was “a very sad situation to “Every sports person is the same, observe”. tiring from the travel, technique is- “Her team have to be thinking sues, etc but for now we want to just that they have made some huge hang in there and try the hardest we mistakes taking an unbelievably can to get back to the level.” talented player and turning her into The Kos’ response could be seen ordinary,” Leadbetter told Radio as a direct reply to Leadbetter who Sport. has been an outspoken critic of “I hope she gets it back but restor- their parents’ influence on Lydia’s ing confidence is never the easiest career. thing to do. Her parents have a lot to “I just think that those parental answer for – a case of unbelievable issues have been such that I think ignorance.” she’s been misguided. I think her In an Instagram story, Ko hit back parents are naive as far as what at her former coach saying the should happen in the game of golf. words from her haters are only mak- “I think her parents need to sort ing her stronger. of let her go and do her thing. She’s “Thank you to the haters for mak- 21-22 years of age now. She could ing me stronger and push me to be control her own career. She should the best version of myself,” Ko wrote know what’s best for her. on Instagram. “She’s not a 12-year-old anymore. “And thank you to each and So they need to let her go, let her every one that have supported me, fly, let her leave the nest so to speak your love makes a bump feel like a and find her own way. If she can do smooth ride.” that, I mean yeah we could see Lyd- Ko’s struggles with form contin- ia back.” ued last week at the British Open, Leadbetter’s advice for Ko was to where she shot a horror 80 in the take some time off golf to “get her second round – following up a four- head together, relax, get away from over 76 on the first day – to finish the game and rethink this whole the major in second last, missing thing”. Lydia Ko has hit back at her “haters”. Warriors chasing Koroisau SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS Wright 78, Allan Mitchell 92.2, James Storey 94.4, NZME reer at Souths, played a season with the Leo Wildey 96.5, Greg Menzies 97.4. Panthers, and joined Manly in 2016. RESULTS Final of Springfield Shield Competition, round five The Warriors are on the chase again, wav- The battle for Koroisau has come down and totals, Greg Menzies 198.12, 984.59, Brent Frame 193.9, ing big money at Sea Eagles’ Api Koroisau. to the Warriors and Bulldogs. The Warri- ■■ Target Shooting 974.47, Martin Fleming 195.10, 971.50, John Flem- With Issac Luke’s ride at the Auckland ors were also reported to be after Broncos ing 196.11, 968.46, Andy Oram 196.9, 966.39, Carl club about to end, the 26-year-old Koroi- hooker/half Jake Turpin with a $1.2m of- August 4 Nordqvist 195.8, 965.36, Steve Millichamp 190.3, sau would be a terrific replacement. fer, but Turpin has just re-signed with the Ashburton District Rifle Club, at 500 yards 954.22, Wayne Tubb 188.6, 923.23. The Fijian international started his ca- Brisbane club. TR, John Fleming 46.2, 50.7, 96.9, Brian Hawksby 48.6, 47.6, 95.12, John Miller 46.3, 48.4, 94.7. FTR, Murray Cook 58.2, 59.8, 117.10, Mark Alexander DRAWS 57.4, 58.5, 115.9, Brian Graystone 52.1, 59.3, 111.4. 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■■INDOOR BOWLS Golden moment for Laird

By Matt Markham [email protected] Bernice Laird became the 30th player in the history of Ashbur- ton Indoor Bowls to win her gold star for five championship titles at the weekend, winning the annual championship triples alongside her husband, Geoff and Russell Ellis. The trio fought off the challenge of a strong field of competitors to claim the title, giving Bernice her fifth title, Geoff his sixth and Ellis his 11th. Played at the McNally Street Sta- dium on Saturday, nine teams took to the mats with five doing enough to qualify for post-section play. The Ellis skipped trio had to do it the hard way, winning through the play-off to make the top four against the Gilbert family of Colin, Merv and Jackie before they faced Martin and Jenny Nordqvist in one semi-final. A score of two on the last end of the game was enough to give Ellis and his team victory while in the other semi-final match up another family side of Ken, Rowe- na and Laura Mackenzie emerged victorious over Winston Lee, Doug Thorne and Georgina Black. In the final Ellis and his side proved too strong for the Macken- zie trio, winning comfortably. While it was Laird’s fifth title, the 11th for Ellis shifted him into an elite category of players to make it past 10 titles. He joins; Michael Lawson (35 Russell Ellis skipped his side to success in the Ashburton championship triples on Saturday, gaining his lead, Bernice Laird her titles), Sandra Keith (32), Ken gold star. PHOTO HEATHER MCKENZIE 030819-HM-0241 Mackenzie (23), Graeme Chap- man (22), Alister Keith (16), Grant On Sunday a strong side head- but it wasn’t to be a positive day burton, they weren’t able to keep New Zealand representatives and Wilson (12), Chris Talbot (11) and ed to Christchurch for the annual for the visitors who were handed a up with the pace of a very strong also a number of form South Is- Kevin Smith (11) as some of the grudge match against Canterbury tough defeat. Canterbury side which featured land players as well. most decorated players locally. at their stadium on Kearney’s Road Despite a strong start by Ash- a number of current and former Canterbury won 93-51.

■■RUGBY LEAGUE Warriors desperate to avoid 20-year NRL record NZME here and the Panthers match. There were parts of our perfor- The Warriors will hope to avoid an WARRIORS’ HOME HEARTBREAK mances where we beat ourselves, unwanted milestone tomorrow because we didn’t execute well against Manly. enough.” As well as needing a good per- On a couple of occasions this formance against the Sea Eagles ■■ April 20 v Cowboys 10-17 ■■ June 8 v Storm 10-32 season the Warriors have stayed to get their season back on track, ■■ May 5 v Knights 18-36 ■■ June 30 v Panthers 18-19 together in hotels the night before the Auckland team should have ■■ May 25 v Broncos 2-8 ■■ August 2 v Raiders 12-46 a match in Auckland to replicate extra motivation to earn a victory. the away day feel, but Kearney Another defeat would create ■■ 2019 record at Mt Smart: P 8 W 2 L 6 said that is not feasible all the history, bringing up the longest time. streak of losses at their Mt Smart “You have to remember, we are base in the club’s history. is no embarrassment, and the a lot of close relationships and away for three days when we go to The team’s victory song hasn’t Raiders were red-hot last week, that connection stays really tight Australia,” said Kearney. been heard in Penrose since but some other performances are because you do a lot of good “It’s not an hour drive from Par- round four, a stretch of almost 18 Stephen Kearney harder to explain. things together,” said Blair. “[But] ramatta into the city, or 40 min- weeks. While there have been some I couldn’t put a finger on why the utes along the M4 to Penrith. The In that time the Warriors have This year’s run has been termi- close games, the only wins at Mt team hasn’t been performing at boys are away a fair bit so to bring dropped games to the Cowboys, nal to the team’s overall chances Smart in 2019 have come against home. There has obviously been them home and then take them Knights, Broncos, Storm, Pan- of success. in the bottom two of the NRL lad- some pretty poor performances away again into camp is a lot. thers and Raiders. Their record away from Mt der. and we’ve been really inconsist- Sometimes we do that, where we To put that stretch in context, Smart has been respectable (5- “Maybe change the name of the ent.” think that’s important. the last time the Warriors endured 5), with wins in Wellington, Bris- stadium, put on the away strip,” For his part Kearney played “[But] it doesn’t matter if it is a such a poor run at home, coach bane, Penrith, Newcastle and the joked Blake Green. “[I’m] not sure down talk of a pattern. home or away, executing what we Stephen Kearney was still playing. Gold Coast, while they were also what the difference is.” “Every game is different but we think is going to work for us is the His last game for the club – a dreadfully unlucky in Melbourne Senior forward Adam Blair have put ourselves under pres- most important thing. 38-12 loss to Manly – in round 24 on Anzac day and against the Eels. pointed to the extra time spent sure,” said Kearney. “Against the “We have shown that it doesn’t of the 1998 season started a se- But the home form (two wins, together on trans-Tasman trips as Cowboys our execution allowed matter if we play away from home; quence that extended to the first six losses) has been a killer. a correlation. them back into the game and it if we can do it away from home, week of May in the following year. Losing to the Storm (round 13) “When you go away you build was the same with the Broncos why can’t we do it at home?” Sport

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■■CRICKET Archer ripped for appearing in 2nd XI game

NZME centre wicket practice against top-quality stars was a better The loss of Jimmy Anderson may way to prove a bowler’s fitness not be as big a blow to England’s rather than dropping them Ashes hopes as cricket fans think down to 2nd XI level. judging by the scary showing “I played county cricket. I cap- Jofra Archer delivered overnight. tained Derby. I know what guys A video of the fast bowler went can do and can’t do. This is not viral in the UK as he tuned up the platform for these guys to for a likely test debut at Lord’s by prove their fitness. It’s bulls***,” frightening, then dismissing, a Jones said. host of hapless Gloucestershire Real pace can make batsmen 2nd XI batsmen. freeze and you only have to look Archer, who was a revelation at the wickets Archer took of as England won its first ever batsmen staying leg side of the World Cup title and bowled the ball, throwing their hands at it super over that clinched victory without any footwork and get- over New Zealand in the final, is ting caught behind the wicket expected to be given a test debut to appreciate just how quick he Tested for representative honours after Anderson was ruled out of was bowling. the second Ashes Test with a calf Archer also demolished the With the club rugby season nearing its end, attention is turning to representative action. So on injury. stumps a couple of times en Sunday, the Ashburton Celtic Rugby Club played host to an open skills and fitness session for England’s leading test wick- route to his six-wicket haul. players keen to represent Mid Canterbury at under-13 level this season. Among those taking part et-taker could only manage four Up-and-coming players usu- was George Fulton (centre). overs in the first innings of the ally relish the chance to play PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 251-run loss to Australia at Edg- against professionals but fac- baston before being struck down ing up to a man who can hit by the same injury he sustained the 150km/h mark must have ■■RUGBY playing county cricket for Lan- been terrifying for some of the cashire a month ago. Gloucestershire batsmen who, Archer dealt with a side strain according to English cricket during the World Cup and trot- writer Chris Stocks, were ex- ted out for the Sussex second XI tremely young. Beware the Tongan Thor as he works his way back into “This has been a brutal intro- long-form cricket and proves his duction to top-level cricket for fitness ahead of the second test. many of these Gloucestershire NZME If he’s fit he’s almost certain to lads,” Stocks wrote on Twitter. replace Anderson at Lord’s and “Eleven of the 12-man team are Wallabies front rower Sekope English selectors would have aged 20 or under. One, 19-year- Kepu has sent a warning to the All loved what they saw from the old, Milo Ayres was hit in the Blacks about their not-so secret Barbados-born quick with the grille.” weapon: ‘Tongan Thor’ Taniela red ball in hand. Archer will have an important Tupou. He decimated Gloucester- job to do if called into action at Tupou – whose 135kg frame shire’s batting line-up, tak- the home of cricket after An- along with his power both in the ing 6/27 from 12.1 overs as he derson left a huge hole in the scrum and with the ball earned helped skittle the opposition for England side when he was un- him the superhero moniker – just 79 before lunch on the first able to bowl in Birmingham. will likely feature against the All day. But despite Anderson coming Blacks in the first Bledisloe Cup One ball in particular provid- into the series opener under an clash on Saturday in Perth. ed a terrifying sight and did the injury cloud, captain Joe Root Kepu, Tupou’s rival for the Wal- rounds on social media – a sear- said he didn’t regret playing the labies’ No. 3 jersey, was full of ingly quick bouncer that decked man with 575 test wickets to his praise for his younger teammate back after hitting the pitch and name. ahead of the anticipated match beat both the batsman and the “It was a group decision to se- in Perth, saying the 23-year-old wicketkeeper. lect him,” Root said. “He passed prop is the “strongest guy I have It looked like an easy bye was every fitness test, we went about ever seen”. on offer but the non-striker it how you normally would. “He is definitely ahead of where didn’t appear too keen to run “It’s one of those freak things, I was when I was 23,” Kepu told through for a single and get he pulled up in the middle of a rugby.com.au. himself on strike to face the fear- game. The other bowlers work “We always have a giggle about some English quick. extremely hard to take it up but it because we are 10 years apart. Just a few hours after being we weren’t able to build enough He is 23 and playing tighthead posted online the footage had pressure. and he is the strongest guy I have Taniela Tupou during Wallabies training. already been viewed more than “It’s easy in hindsight. Jim- ever seen in terms of his physique 180,000 times. But Australian my went through every medi- and the way he lifts in the gym. cricket great Dean Jones didn’t cal check absolutely fine and it “He has got it all and now I am scrummaging power in their 16- still out,” Kepu said. like what he saw. was a unanimous decision from starting to see his mental prepa- 10 win over the Pumas in Bris- “He hasn’t come back, and “I am sorry but ECB contract- all parties. Sometimes things ration. bane last month, and is set to get that’s even more exciting for us as ed players should not be playing go against you and you have to “I room with him a lot and to even stronger with the return of a front row and also as a forward 2nd XI cricket,” Jones tweeted find a way of getting through the see him go about his work, he is Allan Alalaatoa once he recovers pack. in response to the video. “Never game. up early and either stretching or from injury. “But you can’t be all smiling and liked it when our guys did it in “We miss a bowler of Jimmy’s we are trying to do stuff together. Kepu said he was excited by the happy about that and get caught Australia either with (Josh) Ha- calibre. He has a fantastic re- “But yeah, I have seen him Wallabies’ new-found power in with our pants down on Saturday, zlewood and (Mitchell) Starc!” cord on this ground and against since he first came into camp in the pack, something the side has so we have to turn that around Jones added it was “bloody Australia in England. We are still 2017/18. He has that confidence lacked in over the years. and keep moving forward.” dangerous” to have someone very capable of taking wickets now and we are going to push “What excites me is the guys The Wallabies host the All of international calibre sending and being more competitive each other as hard as we can to do that came on and finished the job. Blacks in the first Bledisloe Cup down thunderbolts to players than we were here in the rest of our best.” It is probably something we have test of the year at Perth’s Optus of a lesser standard, and said a the series.” The Wallabies showcased their lacked over the years, and Allan is Stadium on Saturday night. Sport

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George Gregan ■■RUGBY Gregan still haunted by ‘four more years’ sledge

Former Mid Canterbury schoolboys (from left) Liam McCormack, Josh Ree and Elama Touli are making waves on the Canter- NZME bury rugby scene. PHOTO SUPPLIED Former Wallabies halfback ■■RUGBY George Gregan will always be remembered by Kiwi rugby fans for uttering three simple words: “Four more years.” Canterbury honours for more of our own During the 2003 World Cup, Gregan used the words as a When Canterbury take to the two former members of the Mid They’ll now form part of a Can- on the heels of another couple sledge toward his All Blacks field at the annual Jock Hobbs Canterbury Combined Schools’ terbury Under-19 team that will of players with Mid Canterbury counterpart Byron Kelleher in Memorial National Under-19 Team, a combination of play- play the under-19 teams from roots – Dallas McLeod and Josh the dying stages of the Wallabies’ tournament next month, a cou- ers from Ashburton College and Tasman, Southland and Otago, Bokser – making the Canterbury 22-10 semifinal win over their ple of Mid Canterbury boys look Mount Hutt College, Josh Ree and and those results would deter- squad for the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup. New Zealand rivals. set to feature. Elama Touli. mine the seedings for the South Canterbury’s Farah Palmer Cup The words rubbed salt into the A 31-strong Canterbury Un- Ree and Touli both now play Island teams at the national tour- squad would also have a Mid wound as the All Blacks’ World der-19 squad was named this their club rugby in Christchurch, nament. Canterbury influence, with Mela- Cup drought extended to a min- week to contest the South Island with Ree playing for Christchurch, Another promising former Mid nie Puckett making the squad and imum of 20 years as they fell out tournament, ahead of the nation- and Touli playing out of the Bel- Canterbury schoolboy, Liam Mc- the Mid Canterbury Rugby Un- of the 2003 competition. al tournament, which will be held fast club, where both had put in Cormack, has also been named in ion’s new women’s and schools’ However, the tables have now in September. strong showings in the 2019 sea- the Cantabrian Colts team. development officer Nicole Pur- turned. The All Blacks will go And within that squad were son. Their success followed hot dom named in the wider squad. into this year’s World Cup look- ing to win their third consecutive title, while the Wallabies haven’t hoisted the Cup in 20 years and haven’t won the Bledisloe Cup in nearing 16 years. Speaking to Fox Sports, Gregan ‘Vulnerable’ talk inflames said because of recent results Ki- wis have no issues with engaging By Patrick McKendry and high ground that he needs in the moment? I really don’t know,” have a long and rich playing his- in a bit of banter with the Walla- NZME order to find the performance he former loose forward Waugh said tory which has featured classic bies great. In the 19th century, the main col- and his team are craving. recently on Australian television. tests, huge disappointments for “I cop it for that line all the ony of Perth was built about 20km If there was an edge missing Shot fired and narrative es- both sides, flare-ups, fist-fights time,” Gregan said. up the Swan River on a low-lying from the All Blacks in Buenos tablished, it was down to the and last-minute winners. The “There was no premeditated, land of lakes and swamps due to Aires and Wellington recently, Wallabies to attempt to douse All Blacks won all three tests last I’m going to say this when the ease of defence. there is no excuse for it to be ab- the flames, starting with outside year fairly convincingly, but the moment comes, but you’re in the Any invading ships that made sent in a sold-out stadium filled back Reece Hodge. A prediction: year before they needed a last heat of the moment and it was it over the protective sandbar with gold replica jerseys on Sat- Neither Hansen nor Cheika will minute try from Beauden Barrett Byron Kelleher, we had a feisty, would presumably be vulnerable urday. say anything which could be to win an extraordinary test in halfback relationship. to attacks on either side of the There are many New Zealand- construed as remotely inflam- Dunedin. “And when you’ve got a chance river. ers here but the locals will ensure matory when they face the media The bottom line is the Walla- to give it to each other – it was Cities don’t come much flat- the All Blacks know they’re in separately today. bies last held the Bledisloe Cup that moment where we were on ter than this one perched on the enemy territory and that, com- “I definitely wouldn’t say in 2002 but have always had the top.” edge of the Indian Ocean, so it bined with what is at stake – a they’re vulnerable,” Hodge said. ability to cause the All Blacks The former halfback reprised was about making the best of cherished trophy played for over “We are confident in ourselves difficulties due to their inherent the line in Air New Zealand’s lat- what you’ve got and preparing the next two tests – should com- and what we’re trying to do but confidence no matter the situa- est All Blacks-inspired safety vid- accordingly. bine to bring out the best in the they’re going to be extremely tion. It is a special rivalry. eo, and said it was the first time Which brings us in a round- visitors. confident themselves as well. “They’re the team that has re- he’d said the line since the 2003 about way to the Bledisloe test Talk of vulnerabilities will be “They would have been tri- ally been able to get under our semi-final. between the Wallabies and All music to Hansen’s ears and could alling a few things ahead of the skin the most, probably,” assis- “They had a bit of fun (in mak- Blacks at the magnificent new lead to smoke coming out of rival World Cup. I’m sure they’re con- tant coach Ian Foster said. “They ing the ad), I do like that about Optus Stadium built within a coach Michael Cheika’s because fident that’s going to come to fru- know us well, they’d love to beat them, there’s a bit of that Anzac clearing kick of the Swan. nothing provides motivation like ition on Saturday. us and we know it’s a battle roy- spirit,” he said. That’s because the talk of this criticism, implied or otherwise, “I don’t think they’ll be talking ale.” “They had a bit of a laugh and All Blacks team being “vulnera- from an opposition camp. about any vulnerability in the Cheika and company may in- I said ‘I know you’re really sensi- ble” as suggested by former Wal- “They’re not nearly as domi- camp. It’s up to us to really go out deed sense the All Blacks are vul- tive because every time I come laby Phil Waugh may have hand- nant as they were – almost to the there on Saturday and test them nerable, but they would be wise back into your country, every ed All Blacks coach Steve Hansen point where you could say are as much as we can.” to keep it to themselves this week Kiwi gives it to me over saying all the metaphorical ammunition they the best team in the world at The All Blacks and Wallabies and next. that’.” Racing

18 Ashburton Guardian Thursday, August 8, 2019 www.guardianonline.co.nz Show-jumping prize paves Todd takes tonne

By Jonny Turner way to breeding success Harness News Trainer Regan Todd’s road from Wyndham to Woodend led him NZ Racind Desk to a 100-win milestone at Forbury Park on Sunday. Saturday’s Gr.3 Winter Cup Todd got to 100 wins on New (1600m) added some black-type Zealand soil when King Of Heroes lustre to a brief foray into thor- scored a deserved win for driver oughbred breeding for Carole Tim Williams. and Doug Isaacson. The Southland born horse- The time-honoured Riccarton man’s career has taken off recent- feature was won in strong style ly, with 71 of his 100 wins coming by Dez, who was bred by the in the past three seasons. Dannevirke couple in unusual Before then, Todd trained a circumstances. small team of his own while over- Doug Isaacson is a respected seeing the beach training arm of name in show-jumping, where Mark Jones’ stable. he competed with distinction for That progression has given him several decades before retiring an introduction to stable man- earlier this year at the age of 71. agement that set him up for fur- One of his many victories in ther success, Todd said. that arena came in Masterton a “I never had more than four or decade ago, where the winner’s five horses of my own before hav- prize set the Dez story in motion. ing a bigger team for the last three Doug Isaacson is currently in seasons.” Scotland, but Carole reflected “It is probably good the way this week on how the unusual things have worked up, to build story played out. up over time and get a clientele “It all started with a prize that behind you.” Doug won, but he didn’t really “I am very lucky in that respect, want to breed a racehorse and I I have got some great owners.” did,” she said. Prior to working with Jones “Doug was competing in a and becoming the man behind Dez (inside) winning the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m). PHOTO RACE IMAGES SOUTH Grand Prix during a show in Mas- former star trotter, Master Lav- terton, and Sam Williams from commented on what a lovely “Doug knew Simon well from for now, Isaacson has not ruled ros, Todd gained experience with Little Avondale Stud walked up mare she was,” Carole Isaacson show-jumping, and when he out dipping her toes into thor- Brendon McLellan and David and to the announcer and said he’d continued. “Then he got on her was over in Waipukurau one day oughbred waters again in the Catherine Butt. add a service to Zed to the prize. and said she felt terrific to ride, he offered to sell him the horse.” future. The combination of Todd’s un- Zed was standing at Little Avon- and he thought she was a very Wilson shares ownership of “We’ve had a bit to do with rac- doubtedly ability as a trainer and dale at that stage. good jumper too. I said, ‘Too bad Dez with friends Sam Lennox ing over the years without being the band of owners he has gath- “Doug won that competition, – she’s going in the broodmare and Paul Mitchell, and he trains directly involved – Doug’s dad ered has seen his stable’s success and then we had to choose a paddock’. him at Waipukurau. was very much into it,” she said. has continued to grow since he mare for the service to Zed. I “Unfortunately, Dez was the Nursed back to health after a “The only breeding we’ve done branched out on his own. happened to see a mare adver- only foal we were able to breed tendon injury in the early stages in recent years is a few crossbred Last season he notched a per- tised somewhere, where the lady from her. We lost her the follow- of his career, the now eight-year- horses, who we’ve sold. sonal best 27 wins, following tal- that owned her said she was up- ing year while she was foaling a old gelding has won seven of his “But, now that Doug’s not do- lies of 26 and 18. setting a gelding that she had. I warmblood. That’s the sad thing 17 starts. He finished third in last ing the show-jumping any more, Todd has ticked off training did some research and saw that about it.” year’s Winter Cup before going you never know.” 100 winners in New Zealand this mare had won a couple of When the time came to start two better on Saturday. Dez becomes the 11th stakes and kicked the goal every train- races, and I thought she might preparing Dez for a racetrack “We’ve been very proud to winner for Grangewilliam Stud er strives for – training a group 1 be suitable.” career, the Isaacsons had their watch everything that he’s done,” stallion Zed, the well-bred son winner. The mare was Black Falcon, a hands full with their show-jump- Isaacson said. “We’ve followed of Zabeel who has continued to His two Australasian Breeders daughter of Felix the Cat. From ers. The beneficiary of that was him closely all the way through deliver quality middle distance Crown race victories with Show 25 starts in the Karen Zimmer- Simon Wilson, an old friend and we’re really pleased. Simon horses, stayers and jumpers. Gait mean Todd trained a total man stable, she recorded two from equestrian circles. has done a great job with him Standing at $6000+GST this of 29 winners, last season, and wins and four placings. The vic- “Once he was a rising two- and it’s been fantastic to watch. season, Zed is the sire of dual his total career haul stands at 102 tories came over 2060m at Wan- year-old, we were busy with our “Saturday’s win was special. Group One winner Verry Ellee- wins. ganui and 2200m at Awapuni, show-jumpers and knew we He’s a horse who clearly loves gant, who is nearing a return and With two big goals already both in 2006. weren’t going to be able to do racing and tries so hard.” expected to be a major player in checked off, Todd’s sights are “When we got the mare, Doug both,” Isaacson said. While watching Dez is enough Australia in spring. firmly on the new season. Waikato dogs M3 Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Race- 3 37785 I’m A Leo nwtd W &...... T Steele 6 1.43pm YVETTE BODIAM PHOTOGRAPHY SPRINT 9 16464 Kiwi Gal 21.27 U &...... Cottam 5 65163 Thrilling Vice 25.48...... K Walsh way Meeting Date: 08 August 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 73658 Stay Rich 21.52 M &...... J Smith C1, 375m 10 83887 Powerful Lomar 21.29...... B Craik 6 73231 Thrilling Billy 25.48...... P Ferguson 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 5 72756 Botany Wayne 21.24...... P Green 1 24547 Flying Dewy 21.87 R &...... L Udy 9 2.36pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT 7 38231 Billy Bright 26.10...... P Ferguson Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 6 17785 Bigtime Jacob 21.24...... H Mullane 2 15883 Secret Babe nwtd...... J T Pruden C4/5, 375m 8 41861 Keysile 25.56...... P Ferguson 1 12.16pm (NZT) COOKIES CAFE SPRINT C0, 375m 7 37378 Sheyna 21.17...... S Lozell 3 74345 Jinja Liv 21.44 U &...... Cottam 1 34451 Fancy Fox 21.21...... C Henley LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance 1 34235 Tango Miss nwtd...... T Green 8 15274 Yella Ella 21.54 R &...... L Udy 4 45441 Mad Jack nwtd...... T Green 2 13147 Athenais 21.19...... S Ross fstd - First Start This Distance 2 Thrilling Stomp nwtd...... K Walsh 9 33564 Monsoon Malabar 21.54 U &...... Cottam 5 x1786 Stellar Babe 22.10 P &...... J Cleaver 3 61333 Jinja Bailey nwtd U &...... Cottam 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 3 2 Little Teegs nwtd...... A Lawrence 10 67486 Botany Esmay 21.58...... P Green 6 47732 Kai Nan 21.63...... G Farrell 4 63126 Ashen nwtd...... B Bond SELECTIONS: 4 74 Donny nwtd U &...... Cottam 4 1.08pm FARMLANDS COPRICE SPRINT C1, 375m 7 15485 On Demand nwtd...... M Black 5 41131 Buddy Boom 21.01 U &...... Cottam Race 1: Little Teegs, Thrilling Stomp, Sovereign Pride, Tan- 5 React Respond nwtd...... R Roper 1 74433 Thrilling Arnold 21.48...... S Codlin 8 3468x Bigtime Paige nwtd...... H Mullane 6 21x62 Taking Aim nwtd...... P Henley go Miss, Tamantha 6 32225 Sovereign Pride nwtd...... S Ross 2 36883 Decision nwtd...... S Clark 9 85688 Bigtime Serena nwtd...... H Mullane 7 11226 Suspicious Minds 20.89...... B Craik Race 2: Grey Way, Elouera Mist, Tribal Conquest, In Focus, 7 44332 Tamantha nwtd...... B Bond 3 34412 Fancy 21.71...... H Mullane 7 2.01pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C3, 375m 8 74143 Your Valentine 21.40...... B Craik Opawa Kong 8 57468 Xena Poppy nwtd R &...... L Udy 4 56544 Don Morocco 21.33 P &...... J Cleaver 1 21354 Oskitz 21.47...... S Codlin 9 13445 Classy Impact 21.13...... T Green Race 3: Nangar Dream, Stay Rich, Botany Wayne, Bigtime 9 78 Forego nwtd M &...... J Smith 5 63566 Double Change nwtd U &...... Cottam 2 22874 Barossa 21.38...... A Lawrence 10 75846 Mobility Scooter 21.20...... M Black Jacob, Sheyna 10 88 Mr Felix nwtd...... M Black 6 67878 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &...... L Udy 3 42176 Bigtime Zack nwtd...... H Mullane 10 2.54pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C1, 457m Race 4: Thrilling Bruce, Fancy, Decision, Don Morocco, 2 12.33pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANETTE DAVIS C1, 7 1 Thrilling Bruce 21.52...... K Walsh 4 21111 Sophia Noir 21.42...... A Lawrence 1 64225 Tuff’s My Mum 25.93...... S Ross Thrilling Arnold 375m 8 64745 Just Maddie 21.72...... M Black 5 82258 It’s A Stroll 21.46 U &...... Cottam 2 36888 Bigtime Ollie nwtd...... M Prangley Race 5: Wedgwood Warrior, Native Scout, Kapai Tahi, 1 22585 Elouera Mist 21.33...... J T Pruden 9 85688 Bigtime Serena nwtd...... H Mullane 6 67185 Cry Lonely 21.40...... S Lozell 3 44524 Crackling Gal 26.08 U &...... Cottam Waiterimu Ripper, Go Home Harry 2 21161 Grey Way 21.72...... G Pomeroy 5 1.26pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C2, 7 53683 Pat Tama 21.35...... S Clark 4 628x2 Massimo Osti nwtd...... P Ferguson Race 6: Mad Jack, Secret Babe, Jinja Liv, Kai Nan, Flying 3 27448 Talkabout Sophie nwtd...... M Black 375m 8 73166 Opawa Big 21.44...... G Farrell 5 14434 Thrilling Roar 26.41...... K Walsh Dewy 4 63558 Seven Sharp 21.56...... W Toomath 1 72111 Wedgwood Warrior 21.81 M &...... J Smith 8 2.18pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT 6 F4762 Salvarotti 25.75...... B Craik Race 7: Sophia Noir, Oskitz, Barossa, Pat Tama, Cry 5 63222 Tribal Conquest nwtd R &...... L Udy 2 54716 Snoopy’s Hero 21.44...... D Ray C4, 375m 7 32331 Stefano 25.83...... A Lawrence Lonely 6 54688 Finkle Foot Hero 21.52...... D Ray 3 31411 Kapai Tahi 21.56 R &...... L Udy 1 836F6 Gao Gao 21.50...... G Farrell 8 86465 Jinja Jake nwtd W &...... T Steele Race 8: Raging Demon, See Eye Be, Call Me Leo, Typical, 7 44574 In Focus 21.66 P &...... J Cleaver 4 41228 El Narco 21.67...... P Green 2 36312 Raging Demon 20.99 R &...... L Udy 9 17768 Dignity Dented nwtd...... T Green Noah Who 8 26473 Opawa Kong nwtd...... G Farrell 5 12224 Go Home Harry 21.58...... S Clark 3 47833 See Eye Be 21.04...... H Mullane 11 3.12pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER FERGUSON Race 9: Buddy Boom, Suspicious Minds, Taking Aim, Fan- 9 85688 Bigtime Serena nwtd...... H Mullane 6 18684 Bigtime Jason nwtd...... H Mullane 4 48638 Noah Who 21.03...... M Prangley C4/5, 457m cy Fox, Jinja Bailey 3 12.51pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT 7 56343 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R &...... L Udy 5 38773 Typical 21.25...... S Ross 1 16642 Odnoc Ankie 25.85...... P Ferguson Race 10: Stefano, Massimo Osti, Thrilling Roar, Tuff’s My C2/3, 375m 8 21342 Native Scout 21.58...... P Green 6 42322 Call Me Leo 21.28...... T Green 2 41354 Frosty Blaze 26.16...... T Green Mum, Salvarotti 1 62745 Bigtime Hunter 22.08...... H Mullane 9 31636 Afridi 22.06 W &...... T Steele 7 57177 Zipping Gabby 21.32...... P Ferguson 3 41448 Damaging Lomar 25.53...... B Craik Race 11: Thrilling Amigo, Thrilling Vice, Keysile, Thrilling 2 46468 Nangar Dream 21.16...... G Farrell 10 47185 Smoochie 21.37...... A Lawrence 8 66733 Zipping Ringo 21.31...... D Ray 4 25161 Thrilling Amigo 24.96...... K Walsh Billy, Damaging Lomar Racing

www.guardianonline.co.nz Thursday, August 8, 2019 Ashburton Guardian 19 Christchurch dogs M9 Today at Addington Raceway Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Adding- 5 84235 Come A Guster 17.30...... M Grant 4 11223 Our Dazzel 17.00...... R Wales 5 84335 Bahama Queen 30.17...... J Dunn 7 25845 Disobedience 17.19 S &...... B Evans ton Raceway Meeting Date: 08 August 2019 NZ Meet- 6 51748 Hilton Hangover 17.15...... B Dann 5 73661 Mohican Run 17.13...... A Bradshaw 6 21111 Dyna Dave 29.67...... C Roberts 8 74347 Loco Lola 17.18...... A Bradshaw ing number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 7 67267 Cosmic Jase 17.42...... J McInerney 6 21317 Chasing Fame nwtd...... M B Fuller 7 22724 Sailor Allen 30.07...... C Roberts 9 78482 Mitcham Quinn 17.15...... A Bradshaw 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 58221 Culvie Lass 17.33 H &...... Taylor 7 25527 Cawbourne Britty 17.22...... C Roberts 8 14145 Bigtime Rod nwtd...... L Cole 10 78864 Debbie Baxter 17.11...... J McInerney 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 9 78482 Mitcham Quinn 17.15...... A Bradshaw 8 31536 Busy Rocca 17.29...... M Grant 9 12536 Must Be Rusty 30.24...... J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this 1 4.55pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT 10 27756 Goldstar Spotty 17.31 S &...... B Evans 9 87378 Nippa Martino 17.22...... J McInerney 10 54563 Gazza’s Girl 30.44 G &...... S Fredrickson Distance C3, 295m 4 5.54pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS DASH 7 6.51pm CHALLENGE OPAWA OTB PRESIDENTS 10 7.43pm 2019 GRNZ NATIONALS N.Z. DISTANCE fstd - First Start This Distance 1 68355 Shaw Winner 17.52 J M...... McCook C3/4, 295m CUP HEAT 2 C5q, 295m FINAL C2df, 732m 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track 2 42585 High Dreamer 17.24...... M Grant 1 55655 Goldstar Major 17.26 S &...... B Evans 1 45111 Platinum Marshal 17.00...... C Roberts 1 73324 Race Me Home nwtd...... B Hodgson 3 74641 Black Tori 17.35...... A Bradshaw 2 22513 Smash Grenade 17.38...... M Grant 2 11411 Sheza Rippa 16.91 J &...... D Fahey 2 25211 Opawa Hilary 43.07 J &...... D Fahey SELECTIONS: 4 1122x Go Gunna 17.25...... R Wales 3 85767 Princely Gold 17.15...... J McInerney 3 52144 Jinja Ellie 17.25...... A Joyce 3 35535 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd...... M Roberts Race 1: High Dreamer, Go Gunna, Culvie Ness, Jinja 5 14111 Culvie Ness 17.31 H &...... Taylor 4 13136 Special As 17.30 J M...... McCook 4 47353 Wildebeest 17.20...... A Bradshaw 4 21332 Von Strass nwtd J &...... D Fahey Sneak, Black Tori 6 7444F Homebush Velma 17.46...... J McInerney 5 72781 Kalonga 17.36 S &...... B Evans 5 41582 Smash Wild 17.07...... M Grant 5 62344 Goldstar Sydney nwtd S &...... B Evans Race 2: Bender Truth, Ezra Blueblood, Justin Ryan, 7 41121 Jinja Sneak 17.36...... A Joyce 6 27248 Hear This 17.30...... M Grant 6 28522 Goldstar Trooper 17.01 S &...... B Evans 6 32252 Shooters Hill nwtd...... S Lozell Golden Bay, Mitcham Quinn 8 46356 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &...... B Evans 7 16432 Dyna Kushida 17.00...... C Roberts 7 x1671 Chanyaka 17.23...... B Dann 7 11211 Dyna Weslyn 42.65...... C Roberts Race 3: King Kali, Hilton Hangover, Memoir, Home- 9 78482 Mitcham Quinn 17.15...... A Bradshaw 8 24253 Nozzno Fear 17.10...... A Bradshaw 8 67817 Flora Dora 17.06...... R Adcock 8 71142 Bigtime Chloe nwtd...... M Goodier bush Boots, Culvie Lass 10 78864 Debbie Baxter 17.11...... J McInerney 9 7F563 Know Hassle 17.29...... G Cleeve 9 87378 Nippa Martino 17.22...... J McInerney 9 75585 Flash Barry nwtd...... B Hodgson Race 4: Goldstar Major, Dyna Kushida, Smash Gre- 2 5.14pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT 10 66773 Ma Chere 17.31...... A Bradshaw 8 7.06pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C3/4, 10 87567 Opawa Hope nwtd...... R Wales nade, Nozzno Fear, Special As C3/4, 295m 5 6.16pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C3, 520m 11 8.01pm KOLORFUL KANVAS DISTANCE C1/2d, Race 5: Danziger, Smash Achiever, Mitcham Reado, 1 88787 Reign Of Fire 17.36...... J McInerney 295m 1 64315 Double Speed 30.11 H &...... Taylor 645m Punch On Buzz, Fickle Mistress 2 47166 Justin Ryan 17.27 S &...... B Evans 1 58716 Fickle Mistress 17.47 H &...... Taylor 2 38163 Bashful Buffy 30.55...... J McInerney 1 35322 Perfect Result 37.59...... R Adcock Race 6: Our Dazzel, Mohican Run, Dahteste, Beck 3 73336 Lisa’s Boy 17.24...... R Casey 2 43171 Black Eye Bill 17.47...... M Dempsey 3 62145 Know Shame 30.04...... G Cleeve 2 76355 Kia Tere 38.18 S &...... B Evans Eleven, Chasing Fame 4 35856 Ezra Blueblood 17.33...... J McInerney 3 54261 Danziger 17.10...... R Blackburn 4 31354 Dyna Varsity 30.17...... C Roberts 3 87567 Opawa Hope 38.37...... R Wales Race 7: Sheza Rippa, Platinum Marshal, Flora Dora, 5 12751 Cawbourne Cruz 17.57...... D Roberts 4 11231 Smash Achiever 17.16...... M Grant 5 34373 Egomaniacal 30.08...... D Roberts 4 54715 Hot Platter nwtd...... A Turnwald Jinja Ellie, Chanyaka 6 74516 Golden Bay 17.13 J M...... McCook 5 45412 Billy Frost 17.44...... M Grant 6 17551 Emgrand Park 30.00...... A Turnwald 5 36266 Lady Jellybean nwtd...... M Goodier Race 8: Emgrand Park, Double Speed, Dyna Varsity, 7 27185 Bender Truth 17.11...... A Bradshaw 6 82247 Goldstar Dodge 17.26 S &...... B Evans 7 21741 Thrilling Watch 30.60...... D Roberts 6 47833 Know Anxiety nwtd...... G Cleeve Egomaniacal, Our Jolene 8 53824 Smash Damage 17.17...... M Grant 7 x1232 Punch On Buzz 17.37...... J McInerney 8 41844 Our Jolene 30.32...... R Wales 7 24141 Opawa June nwtd...... A Turnwald Race 9: Dyna Dave, Nature’s Gent, Sailor Allen, Trojan 9 78482 Mitcham Quinn 17.15...... A Bradshaw 8 54662 Mitcham Reado 17.24...... J McInerney 9 73137 Cosmic Stu 30.52...... J McInerney 8 36424 Opawa Silver nwtd...... R Wales 10 27756 Goldstar Spotty 17.31 S &...... B Evans 9 7F563 Know Hassle 17.29...... G Cleeve 10 77173 Sefton Joy 30.38...... R Wales 12 8.28pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C3/4, 295m Hoarse, Know Refusal 3 5.32pm A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE 10 66773 Ma Chere 17.31...... A Bradshaw 9 7.24pm 2019 GRNZ NATIONALS N.Z. MIDDLE 1 64211 Homebush Finn 17.21...... J McInerney Race 10: Dyna Weslyn, Opawa Hilary, Von Strass, Big- PH.0800222583 DASH C3, 295m 6 6.34pm CHALLENGE OPAWA OTB PRESIDENTS DISTANCE FINAL C5f, 520m 2 12187 Know Cause 17.29...... G Cleeve time Chloe, Goldstar Sydney 1 85345 King Kali 17.19...... M Grant CUP HEAT 1 C5q, 295m 1 34333 Trojan Hoarse nwtd...... L Cole 3 13182 Dyna Lenny 17.17...... C Roberts Race 11: Perfect Result, Opawa June, Hot Platter, Op- 2 41834 Memoir 17.44 H &...... Taylor 1 66212 Fantastic Amy nwtd...... S Lozell 2 41325 Nature’s Gent 30.11...... A Turnwald 4 21221 Ohoka Clare 17.17...... L Waretini awa Silver, Kia Tere 3 72336 Homebush Boots 17.41...... J McInerney 2 27316 Dahteste 17.24...... A Lee 3 25454 Waitohi nwtd...... A Turnwald 5 83234 Smash Attack 17.22...... M Grant Race 12: Ohoka Clare, Loco Lola, Dyna Lenny, Martha 4 86137 Know Scrutiny 17.24...... G Cleeve 3 47322 Beck Eleven 17.41...... L Waretini 4 52412 Know Refusal 30.35...... G Cleeve 6 46522 Martha Magic 17.33 H &...... Taylor Magic, Mitcham Quinn Woodville-Pahiatua gallops M4 Today at Woodville Woodville Pahiatua Racing Club Venue: Woodville 3 45316 Ottavio m (1) 58.5...... J Kam (a4) 7 9x321 Chosen Peak m (4) 56.5...... R Myers 6 30160 Princeville (3) 57.5...... C O’Beirne (a3) Race Information Meeting Date: 08 August 2019 NZ Meeting number: 4 4 21750 Lovetokeephim tm (8) 57...... B Ansell (a4) 8 29669 Beltoy dm (9) 55.5...... Z Moki (a2) 7 7813x Casino El Jay (16) 57...... L Hemi hcp - handicap mdn - maiden nmw - no metropolitan Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5 36621 Pincanto (6) 55.5...... E McCall (a3) 9 21960 Veloce dm (5) 55...... C O’Beirne (a3) 8 x6144 Maidstone Park m (1) 57...... R Hannam wins 5, 6 and 7 6 11346 Play The Field m (5) 55...... D Bradley 10 47709 Brother One dm (8) 55...... B Ansell (a4) 9 98247 Prince Turbo d (15) 57...... D Hirini (a1) opn - open r80 - rating 1 12.42pm (NZT) DOUG LOCHEAD PAINT & DECO- 7 L1x06 Stumpy (3) 54.5...... L Allpress 11 8x097 Deuce Coupe dm (11) 54...... D Bradley 10 5445x Hypatia b (14) 56.5...... S McKay 3yo - nominated age 3yo & up - nominated age RATOR MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 8 57x7x Nothinglefttolose (10) 54...... C McLean (a4) 12 x0087 Madam Makfi (1) 54...... M Hudson (a3) 11 64758 Veracious tdm (17) 56...... M Singh and up 1 733x4 Regal Reward (2) 57.5...... C Johnson 9 49180 La Turque mh (9) 54...... S Collett 6 3.43pm FOR HOMES FOR FARMS MAIDEN 1600 12 1859x Champagne Bride (9) 55.5...... S Collett 3yo f - nominated age and type 3 & 4yos - combined 2 4 Robrocks (6) 57.5...... S McKay 10 x0370 Last Chance m (7) 54...... R Hannam $10,000, MDN, 1600m 13 79187 Lady Verawood d (12) 55.5.... H Andrew (a1) age groups 3 The Irish Gambler (1) 57.5...... R Hannam 4 2.27pm CENTRAL LINEN MAIDEN 1300 $10,000, 1 2623 Lincoln Town (10) 58.5...... R Hannam 14 0x505 Fully Charged m (6) 55...... C Johnson c&g - colts and geldings 4 7 World Tour (7) 57.5...... S Collett MDN, 1300m 2 23625 Rio Star b (14) 58.5...... L Hemi 15 x0280 Brahmarahma (10) 56.5 - cg&e - colts, geldings and entires 5 5x7 Here Comes Trouble (5) 55.5...... R Myers 1 75532 Greystone (10) 58.5...... L Allpress 3 90x32 Monkey Town (12) 58.5...... H Andrew (a1) 16 x7030 Sheriffs Daughter d (5) 54.5 - e&g - entires and geldings f&m - fillies and mares 6 7x0 O’Ceirin’s Calling (3) 55.5...... M Hudson (a3) 2 2 Overstayer (4) 58.5...... S Collett 4 57237 Derecho (2) 58.5...... D Hirini (a1) 17 204x0 Cornerstone m (13) 56.5 - hwt - high weight sw - set weight 7 Sovereign Express (4) 55.5...... L Allpress 3 66 Oceans Away (13) 58.5...... R Hannam 5 65806 Heremon (4) 58.5...... E McCall (a3) 18 00480 Zedabel Lass m (20) 54 - swp - set weights and penalties 2 1.17pm CAROLE BUICK MAIDEN 1100 $10,000, 4 460x8 After You (1) 58.5...... M Singh 6 Mr Flynn (11) 58.5...... C Johnson 19 8x9x0 Dignify dm (7) 54 - spa - set weights, penalties and allowances MDN, 1100m 5 Burton (14) 58.5 - 7 7099x Wrinkle (15) 58.5...... Z Moki (a2) 20 978x6 Keep It Savvy m (8) 59 - wfa - weight for age wlt - welter weight 1 5x49x Meryace (12) 58.5...... S McKay 6 x000x War Of Words (11) 58.5...... J Bassett (a4) 8 43222 Bae Corp (9) 56.5...... B Ansell (a4) Emergencies: Brahmarahma, Sheriffs Daughter, Corner- wfp - weight for age with penalties and allowances 2 x6408 Thewayyoumademe (7) 58.5...... C Johnson 7 625x Shelly’s Lass (7) 56.5...... D Hirini (a1) 9 07422 Smooth Cognac b (5) 56.5...... S Collett stone, Zedabel Lass, Dignify, Keep It Savvy 3 900x Shanpark (2) 58.5...... L Hemi 8 0x3 Manhatten Affair (5) 56.5...... Z Moki (a2) 10 22460 Heirloom (8) 56.5...... L Allpress Blinkers on : World Tour, O’Ceirin’s Calling (R1), Grand SELECTIONS: 4 96 Empower (3) 58.5...... H Andrew (a1) 9 95x3 More Than Enough (3) 56.5...... R Myers 11 37424 Relda b (6) 56.5...... R Myers Mayson (R3), Oceans Away, Irish Prayer (R4), Techni- Race 1: Here Comes Trouble, Regal Reward, Robrocks, 5 Burton (1) 58.5...... L Allpress 10 x548x Backfire (2) 56.5...... C O’Beirne (a3) 12 05063 Tintero (7) 56.5...... S McKay cian (R5), Heremon (R6) The Irish Gambler, World Tour 6 0x000 Just One More (5) 58.5...... M Singh 11 95x05 Muzzarati (12) 56.5...... M Hudson (a3) 13 x0066 In Dreamland (1) 56.5...... C O’Beirne (a3) Blinkers off : Shanpark, Just One More, Red Pepper Race 2: Vroom, Calling Us Home, Power And Money, 7 3336x Calling Us Home (4) 56.5...... R Myers 12 08x90 Carazzi (9) 56.5...... S McKay 14 88986 St Theresa (3) 56.5...... M Singh (R2), Nothinglefttolose (R3), War Of Words, Backfire Shanpark, Sanctum 8 97x03 Thatz Daisy (13) 56.5...... C McLean (a4) 13 0 Irish Prayer (8) 56.5...... L Hemi 15 x000x War Of Words 58.5...... Scratched (R4), Just One More (R6) Race 3: Nothinglefttolose, Whatsup, Grand Mayson, 9 9x064 Keep It Real (11) 56.5...... E McCall (a3) 14 5357x Shakespeare (6) 56...... C Johnson 16 0x000 Just One More (13) 58.5 - Winkers on : Shakespeare (R4) Stumpy, Pincanto 10 470 Sanctum (6) 56.5...... C O’Beirne (a3) 5 3.03pm DOWNLAND SHEEPWORLD 1400 $10,000, Emergencies: War Of Words, Just One More Winkers off : World Tour (R1), Monsieur (R5) Race 4: Overstayer, More Than Enough, Shakespeare, 11 779x Red Pepper h (9) 56.5...... Z Moki (a2) Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 7 4.18pm TARARUA CAMPER HIRE 1600 $10,000, LEGEND: Manhatten Affair, Shelly’s Lass 12 8 Vroom (8) 56.5...... S Collett 1 050x9 Batabullet tdm (2) 60...... L Hemi Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m Runner Form Race 5: Chosen Peak, Showmeware, Technician, Kahu 13 Power And Money (10) 54...... R Hannam 2 x4537 Technician m (12) 60...... C Burdan (a3) 1 x6753 Lord Turbo m (18) 60...... R Myers b - Beaten favourite at last start Rock, Keep It Savvy 3 1.52pm LOWE SCHOLLUM JONES 1100 $11,000, 3 978x6 Keep It Savvy dm (10) 59...... R Hannam 2 15 Come Sei m (19) 59...... L Allpress c - Won at this distance on this course Race 6: Bae Corp, Lincoln Town, Smooth Cognac, Rel- Rating 72 Benchmark, 1100m 4 x3313 Kahu Rock t (3) 58.5...... S Collett 3 079x6 Nunchucks d (4) 59...... Z Moki (a2) d - Won at this distance on another course da, Tintero 1 51222 Whatsup mb (2) 60...... H Andrew (a1) 5 415 Showmeware m (7) 57...... L Allpress 4 0x234 Kirkland tdb (11) 58...... M Hudson (a3) h - Home track m - Won in heavy going Race 7: Kirkland, Come Sei, Lord Turbo, Maidstone 2 3325x Grand Mayson b (4) 59...... C O’Beirne (a3) 6 07x6x Monsieur tdm (6) 57...... H Andrew (a1) 5 59510 Painless dm (2) 58...... C Burdan (a3) t - Won at track X - Spell of three months Park, Nunchucks

Daily Events August 8 & 9, 2019 THURSDAY for toy hire. Victoria Street, The Opportunity shop open daily, 1pm 1pm Triangle. donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street. ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU 9.30am SECTION. GO. AGE CONCERN EXERCISE CLASS. 9.30am - 4pm 10.15am ASHBURTON MENZSHED. MSA TAI CHI. Club day, new players welcome. Supportive fall prevention group, all Weekly classes. Seniors Centre, 206 Boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern Cameron Street. Come and join fellow sheddies for some Beginners refresher and learning of fun and fellowship make/fix something Tai Chi for arthritis. MSA Social Hall, Ashburton. 308-6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox 9.30am - 11am in our new workshops. 8 William Street. Havelock Street (not school holidays). 1pm Street. BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. 10am 10.45am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU 1pm - 3pm Join our friendly group for fun exercise MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. MSA TAI CHI. GO. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. during term time. Balmoral Hall, Supportive fall prevention group, all A great selection of over 30 aircraft Cameron Street. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Stretching exercises for all abilities. MSA Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern from the past to the future on display. 9.30am - 11.30am Main Street, Methven. holidays). 308 6817. St Peters Church, Allenton. Open daily with extended hours on a MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON 1pm Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton CLUB DAY TIME SECTION. 10am - 4pm 11am HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. airport, Seafield Road. New members very welcome, rackets SHOP. GO. Mahjong. Newcomers welcome. $4. 7.30pm available. EA Networks Stadium, River Tuition available for new players. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Terrace. Quality clothing and homewares. Supportive fall prevention group, all Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern Waireka Croquet Club. The domain, Old time/sequence dancing. Learn to 9.30am - 12.30pm 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Philip Street. dance. everyone welcome. Allenton ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. 10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Street, Tinwald. Scout Den, Melrose Road. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings FRIDAY MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. 10am - 4pm Seniors Coffee Club, all welcome. Park 1pm - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Street. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY 6am NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, HISTORY GROUP. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Opportunity shop open daily, 1pm - 3pm Main Street, Methven. donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Open for research, visitors welcome. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in the Ashburton Heritage Centre, West hall, 48 Allens Road. 10am - 4pm 10.30am - 11.30am A great selection of over 30 aircraft HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP WALKING NETBALL. from the past to the future on display. Street. Closed most public holidays. 9am SHOP. Open daily with extended hours on a 7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace. Quality clothing and homewares. Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton ST STEPHENS PARISH CENTRE. Zumba, 48 Allens Road. 10.30am Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. ST STEPHENS PARISH CENTRE. airport, Seafield Road. Quizco and mystery auction. Teams of 10am 4 $20. Park Street. The Club Orchestra will be AS N performing Saturday December 19 BOXING DAY RACES 7.30pm “It’s an institution” $10 entry, under 18 FREE First race starts at 12.30pm Members, guests and affi liates all welcome. Pack a picnic for a fantastic day out at the Boxing Day Races 231 Burnett Street, Ashburton Ph 308 7149 www.ashburtonclub.co.nz Courtesy van available. Fun and games for the kids and music by Nyree December 22 @ 7.30pm Classifieds Immaculate Misconceptions Presented by Georgina Sivier and Anna He ernan. A Tongue- in-cheek Christmas Comedy. Featuring musical Guests; Wayne & The Waynebows. Created in a mere 9 days, it mirrors the gestation period of our rst characters child. Leah is heavily pregnant, over- 20 Ashburton Guardian Thursday, August 8, 2019 emotional and locked in a barn. www.guardianonline.co.nz Watching over her like some sort of incompetent guardian angel is her eager yet chaotic estranged sister. COMIN G All tickets $10 Jan 15 @ 7.30pm, Jan 16 @ 2pm & 7.30pm

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Northerlies (Chris) – On August 6, 2019 Gerard ak ai On August 5, 2019 at home passed away suddenly at 15 a developing. peacefully surrounded by his home, aged 65. Beloved MAX 10 OVERNIGHT MIN 0 loving family, after a soulmate of Felicity; much As hbur courageous fight with Motor loved father of Sam, Tom and Geraldine ton Midnight Tonight Neurone Disease, aged 63 Violet; dearly loved eldest son DICKSON, Darryn years. Adored and so loved of late Fred and Kathleen; Ran Carlisle – gitata husband of Lois, much loved brother and brother-in-law of Passed away 08-08-2017 and admired father and Joan (deceased) and Those we love father-in-law of Kate, Sara Rodney, David and Catherine don't go away, TIMARU and Tom and Tom and and beloved uncle to his they walk beside us 15 Rachel. Amazing fun loving nieces and nephews; adored every day. grandad Tis of Jude, Bowie, and cherished Poppa to his Unseen, unheard, and Teddy. Former site grandchildren. but always near, manager of Anzco Foods We never lose so loved, so missed, Canterbury. Messages to the the ones we love. so very dear. Baird family, c/- PO Box For even though Love from all the family. 11101, Christchurch 8443. they are gone, Waimate Look after your people within the hearts MEMORIAL SERVICES Wind km/h NZ Situation Thursday, 8 August 2019 and your people will of those who care less than 30 A disturbed northwest ow covers New Zealand. look after you. their memory lingers on. DICKSON, Ralph n e mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers n e showers clearing showers Several weak fronts and surface troughs cross the A celebration of Chris' life will Will be sadly missed by Alexander – 30 to 59 North Island. A cold front moves onto Fiordland this be held in the Ashburton many. Funeral details will Joy, Karen and David Jones Trust Events Centre, Wills follow. invite family and friends to afternoon, then weakens away. A broad trough moves fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus Street, Ashburton on attend a memorial service for thunder  urries onto the country from the west over the weekend and SATURDAY, August 10, 2019 Ralph. To be held at The on Monday. Please note all late death at 1pm followed by an Papanui Club, 310 Sawyers overnight interment at the Ashburton notices or notices sent Arms Road, Christchurch on Canterbury Plains Canterbury High Country NZ Today max low Cemetery. outside ordinary office SATURDAY, August 10, 2019 TODAY TODAY FZL: 1700m Auckland showers 15 10 hours must be emailed to: commencing at 2pm. [email protected] Fine, variable high cloud. Northerlies. Variable high cloud. However, a few showers Hamilton rain 15 9 to ensure publication. FUNERAL about the divide, with snow to about 1400 To place a notice during TOMORROW metres. Napier  ne 18 9 FURNISHERS Fine at  rst, then cloud increasing in the office hours please contact Wind at 1000m: NW 45 km/h, rising to Palmerston North showers 15 9 us on 03 307 7900 for more MASTER afternoon and scattered rain developing gale 65 km/h north of Mt Hutt in towards information. MONUMENTAL MASON with a southeasterly change. evening. Wellington  ne 13 10 BAIRD, Chris – Any queries please Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to gale We loved you so very much E.B. CARTER LTD SATURDAY Nelson  ne 14 5 contact 0800 For all your memorial 70 km/h in the afternoon. our amazing Dad/Grandad ASHBURTON Periods of rain with snow possible near the ‘Tis’ and we didn’t want to requirements Blenheim  ne 16 4 (0800-274-287) New headstones and designs ever have to say goodbye but foothills. Easterlies. TOMORROW FZL: Lowering to 1200m Renovations, Greymouth showers 12 7 your suffering is now over Additional inscriptions, SUNDAY A  ne start apart from a few showers about and you are free. No words Cleaning and Concrete work the divide. Cloud increasing and scattered Rain gradually clearing. Snow possible Christchurch  ne 15 3 are enough to describe how Carried out by qualified rain developing in the afternoon. Snow much we already miss you. about the foothills at  rst. Northeasterlies tradesmen. possible to 800m late. Timaru  ne 15 0 Love you for all 620 East Street Ashburton developing. of our days and beyond. Ph/Fax 308 5369 Wind at 1000m: NW 60 km/h easing in the Queenstown  ne 10 0 Sara, Tom, Jude, Bowie and or 0274 357 974 MONDAY morning to light winds. Teddy Moon X Canterbury owned, [email protected] Wind at 2000m: NW gale 65 km/h easing in Dunedin  ne 14 5 I’m being followed locally operated NZMMMA Member Showers developing with a southwest change. the morning to light winds. Invercargill showers 12 4 by a moon shadow. Patersons Funeral Services World Weather Forecasts for today River Levels cumecs and Ashburton Adelaide showers 13 9 Frankfurt  ne 27 14 New York thunder 29 23 Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 4.24 Amsterdam  ne 23 14 Geneva cloudy 28 14 Paris  ne 27 15 Crematorium Ltd Bangkok rain 33 26 Hobart showers 11 2 Perth showers 17 5 Berlin  ne 25 15 Hong Kong  ne 34 28 Rarotonga rain 24 22 Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 136.0 Office and Chapel Brisbane  ne 28 14 Honolulu showers 32 23 Rome fog 34 23 Corner East & Cox Cairns  ne 28 19 Islamabad rain 33 24 San Francisco drizzle 19 13 Nth Ashburton at 3:05 pm, yesterday 6.56 Streets, Ashburton Cairo  ne 36 25 Jakarta cloudy 33 24 Seoul  ne 33 25 Calcutta thunder 33 26 Johannesburg  ne 25 10 Singapore thunder 33 26 Sth Ashburton at 3:05 pm, yesterday 8.58 Canberra showers 11 2 Kuala Lumpur  ne 32 25 Stockholm showers 22 14 Ph 307 7433 Colombo thunder 31 27 London cloudy 27 15 Sydney windy 21 11 Darwin  ne 32 19 Los Angeles fog 28 19 Taipei rain 30 27 Rangitata Klondyke at 3:15 pm, yesterday 48.6 Delhi drizzle 33 27 Madrid  ne 33 18 Tel Aviv  ne 31 22 Dubai  ne 42 32 Melbourne showers 13 7 Tokyo cloudy 35 27 Waitaki Kurow at 3:05 pm, yesterday 396.1

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Charlotte Samson and her United A netball team mates will secure a semi-final spot if they beat Methven A tonight. PHOTO ERIN TASKER 010819-ET-0023 Semi-final spots on line

By Erin Tasker in the third round so far and way meaning a win will put them en by Mt Somers in round two, and place that’s shaping up to be the [email protected] only dropped one game in round ahead of College, so long as they while they got revenge for that loss team to beat. By the end of tonight, the four two, to a United A side that went don’t concede a bonus point. by beating them 21-14 last week, Celtic B were relegated from teams to fight it out for a spot in through round two unbeaten. Meanwhile, the battle for third the second half of the season has premier one at the end of the first the Mid Canterbury Netball pre- Celtic A, while they looked to be and fourth is pretty much down to been far from Methven A’s best. round, and while Southern A were mier one final will be known. back to their best in their win over United A and Hampstead A. While they’re on the improve the top team in premier two in Heading into the last games of United A last week, did go through Fifth placed Methven A may again, they could find the going round two, Celtic B are on top in the third and final championship a bit of a lull towards the end of still have a mathematical, but tough again tonight, with a Unit- round three. round at the EA Networks Centre, the second round and at the start very outside chance, of finishing ed A side that – despite having lost Celtic B will tonight take a Col- two teams are firm in their spots of the third round, which includ- fourth. But for that to happen it two on the trot now – still look like lege A side currently occupying for the semi-finals, and they are ed a loss to College A in their last requires them to smash United A title contenders, in front of them. the fourth semi-final spot, while College A and Celtic A. meeting which – literally – had the tonight, and relies on Mt Somers Three weeks ago, United A the teams occupying second and But what order they finish up in young College players jumping for beating Hampstead A. hadn’t been beaten all season, but third – Southern A and Methven B will come down to tonight, with joy. While Hampstead A were well College A and then Celtic A have – will also square off tonight, leav- the top two sides set to square off Whoever ends up doing the beaten by College A last week, go- managed to topple them in the ing Celtic C and Hampstead B to in tonight’s final round, and if you celebrating at the end of tonight’s ing down 41-23, Hampstead A will past two weeks. play in the night’s other game. were to go off last week’s perfor- game will be the team that will top still head into tonight’s game as United A were the team auto- The top four teams have already mances you’d be hard pressed to the table heading into the finals. favourites, with Mt Somers yet to matically promoted into premier been found in premier two, with pick a winner. College A are currently on top win a game in the third round and one at the end of this season’s first the bottom two teams – Celtic College A have arguably been with 16 points, while Celtic A are only having picked up one win in round, after being relegated last C and Hampstead B – unable to the more consistent of the two. second on 13 points, with a bonus round two. season, and back down in premier catch up with the fourth placed They’re the only unbeaten team point they picked up along the Methven A were the team beat- two it’s the team that took their team. Ko hits back at ‘haters’ and her former coach P14