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Wānaka Hub: to put it succinctly, we are in trouble Pat Deavoll

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he $3.8m Wānaka Hub is in dire straits according to Wānaka Community Hub chair Yeverley McCarthy.

McCarthy presented a submission for consideration in the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) annual plan last Wednesday stating “to put it succinctly, we are in trouble.

“Since we opened in November we have had a debt of $1 million,” she said. “This is made up of $500,000 from local benefactors that have contributed by way of loans at zero per cent.

These loans come due in August of this year.”

A further loan of $500,000 was secured at 4.9 per cent last December. This loan is due in December 2020.

At that time the Hub had paid off all of its contractors, said McCarthy, but “being a building on leasehold land it is not easy to get loans on this level.

“As part of our code of compliance, the Hub owes another $40,000 to the council, which at this stage, we simply cannot pay.”

Arrow International, who were the initial contractors for the Hub, went into receivership early in the build at an unexpected $260,000 extra to the Hub. The organisation has met this by way of the loans raised.

Coronavirus has made a significant impact with all bookings for the building cancelled.

The budget showed that it could service the debt from income, but this is now very precarious with so many lost opportunities, said McCarthy.

“The Hub had been very fully supported up until coronavirus. It has been the centre for the flu injections, food vouchers...

“It has proved a valuable asset so far for a range of community activities as well as exceeding our expectations.

“And what are we doing ourselves?”

The Hub has a house it is putting up for

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The Wānaka Hub appeals to the QLDC for urgent funding.

“Successive mayors and councils have sale within the next week. It is being built by Aspiring Rotary,” McCarthy said.

“We feel this will certainly bring hope to our committed to the community hub concept, and Stonewood, and other local tradespeople. The lovely village. ” we have an incredible asset here in Wānaka to Hub hopes this will provide a profit of $250,000.

The Hub urgently needs some monetary serve the needs of the community.

“And in November we are running a twosupport from the council, she said.

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Wānaka filmmaker wins best A solid Queen’s Birthday weekend NZ film award for Wānaka businesses?

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Wanaka filmmaker Richard Sidey is the winner of the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival best NZ Film award.

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The winner of the Hiddleston/MacQueen Award presented at the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival will go to Wānaka local Richard Sidey for his film The KFC. The beautiful film follows five New Zealanders as they take on a paragliding adventure in Tanzania, with the ultimate aim of flying from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro is the highest freestanding mountain in the world; the altitude change from the top to the bottom makes it the biggest glide possible to do on the planet.

Stunning imagery, experiencing a new culture, adventure and camaraderie make this a quintessential Kiwi tale.

The award is presented in the names of two Wānaka adventurers and is a nod to the spirit of adventure they lived for.

Sidey says, "One of the highlights for me was flying places where no one had ever seen a paraglider, some people came out to see, others ran to hide. Winning the award was unexpected, but we are delighted to have the film recognised in this way, as a lot of work goes into a project like this. All the guys pitched in with their footage which made the film possible, sharing their own stories, as it's pretty much impossible to stay together when paragliding in a foreign land. The prize money will go back into the film to help us enter festivals overseas. Hopefully, there's even a little leftover to document the next adventure.

I hope The KFC inspires people to get outdoors with their friends and have an adventure, and maybe make a film about it too."

One of the judges, Whitney Oliver, commented, "The KFC took top marks from me. The cinematography was creative, with captivating footage; great pacing with the editing, good energy and balance; the story was fun and definitely carried the spirit of everyman's adventure; great characters and good laughs; and ultimately left me with feelings of joy and inspiration, which I think is a great result for any adventure film."

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Over the past few months, the organisers of the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival have been quietly optimistic about running the iconic event in 2020. Patience and timing have paid off, and tickets go on sale for the downsized and reshaped function on Monday, June 1.

The 18th NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival is scheduled to run live in five venues in Wānaka and Queenstown simultaneously from June 26 to 28 and nationally online from June 26 to July 5. The events will include the famous opening night, guest speakers, award-winning films and books. The trust received over 188 entries in the filmmaker competition; 54 films are included in the programme, including nine world premieres and 13 New Zealand made films. The movies make up the sessions in these categories: NZ Pure, Snow Show, Environmental and Cultural and the Free Family shows. Each session includes awardwinning films. The Pure NZ session will include the Hiddleston/MacQueen Award - Best NZ Film.

Festival Director, Mark Sedon, is delighted with the opportunity to proceed with the event.

He says, "We are pleased to be able to bring our loyal festival fans to the event this year.

Although the festival will look a little different, we are pleased to be able to run in several small venues rather than two large halls. We feel incredibly humbled to have continued to receive support from our sponsors and benefactors, not to mention the exceptional contributions by filmmakers, authors and speakers, who will make up a world-class programme this year. We hope the community will enjoy this year's event."

Speakers include our local Jo Haines, speaking about her travels across Georgia, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan by bike. Geoff Spearpoint will talk about his life in the NZ backcountry and his book The Great Unknown, which won the NZ Mountain Book of the Year. Tara Mulvany, who completed the first-ever kayak circumnavigation of the Svalbard Archipelago in the high Arctic will talk about her adventures, and Scott Donaldson, who became the first solo kayaker to successfully paddle from Australia to New Zealand, will also speak.

It was like a January weekend in Wānaka’s CBD this Queen’s Birthday weekend, with filled restaurants and cafes setting up waiting lists or having to turn guests away at the door.

It was the first long weekend since lockdown restrictions have eased to allow for domestic travel.

“Anecdotally, people visiting came from as close to home as Queenstown for a staycation and as far afield as Auckland, with a good number of Dunedin, Southland and Canterbury holidayhomers and first-time visitors coming to Wānaka for the long weekend,” said Ignite Wānaka Executive Officer Naomi Lindsay.

“First time visitors are great as they hopefully enjoy their trip so much they'll choose to come back at a different time of year.

“With bluebird afternoons on Sunday and Monday, Wānaka really showed off her natural beauty to our out of town visitors, and already we've seen some epic photos taken across Wānaka and Hawea over the weekend.

“Our LoveWānaka campaign, in conjunction with Lake Wānaka Tourism, has been a great success, providing businesses with a platform to share their business offering, including deals, to those wanting to visit Wānaka. This gave Kiwis the perfect opportunity to explore their

backyard. From what we've seen online, people love Wānaka as much as we do,” said Lindsay.

Although too soon to see official stats and figures for the weekend, many cafes and restaurants on the lakefront reported an increase on last year’s Queen’s Birthday weekend takings from 10 to 30 per cent, even with the fewer tables and slower rate of turnover due to Alert Level 2 table service restrictions. Some places were caught off guard by the influx of patrons, with reports of restaurants running out of ingredients, cafes running out of coffee, and some even having to close early.

Accommodation providers were also the closest to fully booked they’ve been in a while.

Peter Sutherland, owner of The Moorings Wānaka, said it was the “busiest Queen’s Birthday weekend” they’d had since coming to Wānaka four year ago, with tourists taking advantage of the lower rates post-coronavirus.

The crowds may have been mainly restricted to the centre of town, though, with Albert Town’s Prince Albert pub, Albert Town Fish Co. takeaway and newly rebranded Henrietta’s chicken restaurant taking “significantly less” than last year.

“We had support from our regulars and locals but missed a lot of our usual out of town long weekend holiday makers and tourists,” said manager Cassie Hailes.

Stu Thorne awarded Queen’s Service Medal

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Queen’s Service Medal winner Stu Thorne said his achievements were a “team effort” and gave his “greatest thanks” to his wife Heather.

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Former Department of Conservation (DOC) manager Stu Thorne was one of three Wānaka residents featured on this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list, being awarded the Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for 50 years of contribution to conservation and search and rescue.

Thorne (73) worked with the Department of Lands and Survey before starting his career with DOC as a ranger. During his tenure, he achieved outstanding results in eradicating the waterweed lagarosiphon major from Lake Wānaka, and helped reintroduce buff weka to the islands of Lake Wānaka in 2001 and the South Island robin to the West Matukituki Valley in 2008. The South Island robin population has since increased from 25 birds to approximately 400.

Thorne retired from DOC in 2010 after 40 years.

A long-time volunteer with the Matukituki Charitable Trust and DOC trapping and monitoring programmes, Thorne also played an instrumental role in assisting the establishment of the Upper Clutha Tramping Club and Te Kākano. - a not-for-profit organisation replanting native trees in the Upper Clutha area, for whom he still plays an active role on the committee and

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at weekend planting sessions.

From 1984 to 2014, Thorne was also a search and rescue police adviser in the Wānaka region and was involved in more than 150 search and rescue missions. He was a life member of the Wānaka Search and Rescue (Wānaka SAR) volunteer group and the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council, including a term as chairman.

Thorne said he was “very honoured and pleased” to be awarded the QSM, adding that he had “always worked with a great team of dedicated people” in all aspects of his career. He impressed that many of his achievements were a “team effort” and gave his “greatest thanks” to his wife Heather. “[She has] had to keep the home and the family running smoothly while I’ve been away on my many absences doing conservation activities,” he told the Wānaka Sun. Chairperson of the Wānaka SAR group Aaron Nicholson said: “The Wānaka SAR group is very proud of the recognition received by two of its members on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Both Stu Thorne, who is a retired life member of the Wānaka SAR group, and John Lamont ,who is an active incident management team member, received Queen's Service Medals for services to conservation, search and rescue and aviation respectively."

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Night ‘n Day attacker denied parole

MAC placed under statutory management

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Assault victim Kahu Vincent with family to today: Kobe (6), Kahu, Savannah (9), Jade, and Roman (five months.)

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Ahu Stanley Taylor (44), jailed for the attempted murder of Kahu Vincent in 2015 in Wānaka has been denied bale.

Taylor was jailed for 10 years eight months following the assault on Kahu Vincent which took place at a Night ’n Day convenience store.

At the hearing, the prisoner was unable to give any motive for the attack.

Vincent was in an induced coma for 12 days followed by three weeks in the hospital's critical care unit with traumatic brain injury.

He then was subjected to years of rehabilitation.

Vincent, who was a father of two young children at the time, suffered traumatic brain injuries in the prolonged attack and had to learn

how to walk, talk, eat and shower again.

Taylor's application for leave to appeal was dismissed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday last week.

In his application, Taylor said it was unfair he and Rowles [the other attacker] had received different sentences, but the decision said there had been "no miscarriage of justice".

It also said there was "ample evidence" that suggested Taylor's intent to kill and that intent "might [have been] more difficult to establish in the case of the co-offender".

Taylor also stated that in the trial Judge Nicholas Davidson failed to highlight the effect alcohol and drugs had taken on him during the attack. The document found that jurors were informed that drunken intention was "still an intention".

Further delays to airport survey findings

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The MartinJenkins airport impact assessment findings report - first set for April, then delayed to the second half of May due to the impact of Covid-19 - is now not due to be published until mid-June.

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The MartinJenkins airport impact assessment survey to gather public feedback on the social and economic impact of a controversial airport expansion in Queenstown and Wānaka closed on March 11, but the findings report - first set for April, then delayed to the second half of May due to the impact of Covid-19 - is now not due to be published until mid-June.

“Along with many other organisations, MartinJenkins has had its own challenges working through the coronavirus effect, both on the report and its own operations,” Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) spokesperson Jack Barlow said on May 21. “Most organisations have faced delays due to the lockdown and MartinJenkins is no exception.”

“Airports have nearly ground to a halt, with current predictions it will be some years before pre-coronavirus flight numbers are seen. With this in mind, plus the adoption of the SOI (with the modified one not due until October), time pressure is not as critical as it may be under normal circumstances.”

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councillors Niamh Shaw and Nikki Gladding that the document was no longer fit-for-purpose given the current pandemic.

QLDC’s reasoning for the continued delay goes on: “People have been focusing on responding to issues around coronavirus, including job losses and accessing or providing access to basic welfare needs such as food, accommodation or heating.

Given the upheaval the country has been facing – the effects of which are far from fully understood – we believe most people will understand the small delay in the report’s publication.”

But anti-airport group Protect Wānaka have criticised the delay of the reports, which were “promised by Jim Boult during the election last year, costing ratepayers $300,000 or more.”

“There is no reason that these external consultants should be delaying work, when all the key data was gathered prior to lockdown,” read the group’s online statement. “MartinJenkins are citing operational problems, yet on their website they are offering ‘rapid turnaround’ coronavirus response work, and on their homepage they claim that ‘Everyone at MartinJenkins is set up to work from home without any restriction to our services. We are available to you via email, phone and video conferencing.’”

“Have they dropped the reports for more lucrative work, or is there something fishy going on?” Protect Wānaka asked.

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In a statement last week, acting MAC board chair Ed Nepia said that the board had requested the Ministry of Education to appoint a Limited Statutory Manager to “work alongside us.”

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Following a string of Board of Trustees (BOT) resignations – including that of Principal Wayne Bosley – Mount Aspiring College (MAC) will be assigned an independent Limited Statutory Manager (LSM), it was announced last Thursday.

The intervention by the Ministry of Education (ME) will see some board powers temporarily removed and vested in the LSM in an effort to address governance issues and support the BOT back to a place of self-sufficiency.

There are nine different statutory interventions that can be used by the ME to support schools, with the appointment of an LSM being the eighth action on a scale from monitoring the BOT through to dissolving it.

In a statement last week, acting MAC BOT chair Ed Nepia said that the board had requested the ME to appoint an LSM to “work alongside us.”

“We believe the appointment is a positive step, and look forward to turning our full attention to other key areas such as monitoring student achievement, recruiting a new principal and supporting our staff and students after what has been a challenging few months for our community,” he said.

Principal Bosley’s resignation last week closely followed that of BOT chair Glenn Peat’s and parent representative Tracey Gibson’s, both of whom stepped down citing conflicts with the school’s leadership and direction - which have come under scrutiny since an Education Review Office (ERO) report in March deemed the school “developing.”

In the months since the report, two groups of parents have raised concerns about leadership issues at the school. A letter signed by 49 parents was sent to the ME asking for an investigation into the lack of governance at the school following Peat’s resignation, and stating that parents wanted to “place firmly on the record a vote of no confidence in MAC’s board of trustees” including the principal.

Meanwhile, a second group, Parents of MAC, continually raised concerns with the board’s strategy and communication.

Nepia said that the BOT hoped the LSM appointment would “mean the Parents of MAC group feel their perspectives will be fully considered and that any necessary changes will be actioned by the school.”

He said the appointment, which he believed would be made by the end of this week, would “enable this to happen quickly and minimise the ongoing impact on the students, staff and school.”

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Queen’s Service Medal for Warbirds pilot

Lamont flies a Lavochkin La-9 in an acrobatic display.

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John Lamont has been awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to aviation in the Queen’s Birthday awards.

Lamont has had a life-long association with classic and Warbirds aircraft and the Warbirds Over Wānaka [WOW] International air show.

Warbirds Over Wānaka general manager Ed Taylor said the news had been especially important given the major disappointment of having to cancel this year’s air show because of coronavirus.

“There have been a few long faces around the organisation for the past few weeks since having to cancel the air show for the first time ever in its 32-year history but news of John’s honour has brought more than a few smiles.”

Lamont has been a driving force behind the Warbirds Over Wānaka airshow and is one of New Zealand’s most experienced warbird pilots.

He joined the Royal New Zealand Air

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Force (RNZAF) before his 30-year career as a commercial pilot.

He flew in the first Warbirds Over Wānaka airshow in 1988 and is one of only two pilots to have flown in every show since.

He has given countless hours of his time to the organising and running of the event over the past 22 years.

As chief pilot of the Wānaka-based Fighter Collection, he has set and implemented standards of piloting of rare and restored aircraft which have been adopted throughout the country.

He has flown at airshows in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Australia and the United States.

He was invited to lead the Royal New Zealand Air Force Red Checkers’ 50th anniversary flight over Christchurch in 2017.

Lamont has voluntarily served as an instructor for the New Zealand Warbirds Association for the past 40 years, is a board member for the New

Lamont flies a Spitfire MkXIV over Omaka.

Zealand Airshows Association and is a current incident manager for Wānaka Search and Rescue.

“John has made a massive contribution to not just the Wānaka air show but also Warbird events around New Zealand and the world. He is one of the very best Warbirds pilots in terms of skill level and is always happy to pass on his knowledge to the new guys coming through,” Taylor said.

Lamont is a director of Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshows Limited which stages the biennial event.

He said he was "stunned" to be given the award but was very fortunate to have been involved in aviation and, in particular, Warbirds Over Wanaka, its great group of people and the organisation.

He said he had been fascinated with aeroplanes since the age of four when his family moved to Blenheim and were not very far away from the Omaka aerodrome.

"I saw aeroplanes flying over all the time, and from then on I was hooked," he said.

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Aspiring Biodiversity No new freshwater Trust appoints patron pests found Lydia Bradey in Otago

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Koi carp or Cyprinus carpio are considered a pest fish in New Zealand. They cause a reduction in water quality and compete with native fish for food.

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Department of Conservation rangers searching for “freshwater baddies” found no sign of pest fish and no new aquatic weed infestations, after a comprehensive search of 31 sites, on private and public land in the Otago region.

This is good news for native fish and plants, who suffer when introduced species find a foothold in rivers, lakes and wetlands.

There are no known sites where pest fish are found in Otago - and rangers want to keep it that way.

Ranger Helen McCaughan said: “Surveying for pest fish is all about protecting native species and ecosystems, because pest fish cause reductions in water quality, increase competition with native fish for food sources, and eat native invertebrates, fish and their eggs.

“Thepestfishwewerelookingforthissummer were rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), koi carp (Cyprinus carpio), gambusia/ mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), and catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus).

“Whilst looking for pest fish the crew also kept their eagle-eyes open for some pest plants, particularly hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) and lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major).

“While we didn’t find any pest fish, we did find natives – the common bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus), giant bully (Gobiomorphus gobioides), eel/tuna (Anguilla spp.), īnanga/īnaka (Galaxias maculatus), and freshwater crayfish/kōura (Paranephrops zealandicus). These species can all thrive in a healthy, pest fish free waterway.”

Pest fish are most often spread by people introducing them illegally to waterways.

Harmful waterway weeds, fish and their eggs are spread by people moving equipment between waterways. Fishing gear and boats need to be cleaned when moving them from place to place.

Goldfish are increasingly found in waterways around the country – including Otago. While not technically classified as a pest fish, they are certainly a nuisance fish and can compete with native fish and degrade water quality.

Everyone can help to protect our special freshwater places by preventing the spread of freshwater pests, just remember to: • Check, Clean, Dry all gear when moving between waterways.

• Do not release fish or plants into waterways.

• Do not move fish or plants between waterways.

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From left to right: Lydia Bradey, Anthony Coote and Dean Staples in the Crucible Basin.

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The Aspiring Biodiversity Trust (ABT) is delighted to announce the appointment of Lydia Bradey, international mountain and ski guide, mountaineer and physiotherapist as patron.

ABT chair and co-founding trustee, Anthony Coote, said: "We knew the right person would naturally come along for the patron role, when the time was right. Lydia is certainly the right fit for ABT and our aspiration to protect and restore indigenous biodiversity and connect people with nature.”

Bradey recently participated in ABT's alpine and upper river predator control programme (in this case trapping stoats and rats) for protection of threatened species in the Makarora catchment.

She was with her partner Dean Staples, who was on secondment from Adventure Consultants for this programme.

Lydia was inspired by the objectives of the Aspiring Biodiversity Trust as they align with her passion for the environment. She was keen to take the opportunity to support the trust, “having spent many years benefiting from our wild places both physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially.”

“Siberia in New Zealand is a stunning valley of bush and braided river surrounded by 2000m mountains, and remarkable cliffs. The jewel in the crown is Lake Crucible, at 1172m under a cirque of cliffs, Mt Alba directly above. We followed and checked traps up to Crucible finding four stoats and some mice (more stoats on other traps lines).

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we were so deep in the valley, but our hearts soared in this beautiful place,” said Bradey.

From the Aspiring Biodiversity Trust's predator control programme which Bradey participated in, autumn 2020 data shows an alarming increase in stoat activity amongst monitored rock wren territories, in two separate alpine basins in the Wilkin and Siberia valleys. The timing of the increased stoat activity is provided by Encounter Solutions' celium system of remote predator control trap monitoring set up in the Castalia and Crucible basins In the Castalia basin, where there had been no stoats killed in predator control traps all summer, 50 per cent of the traps were triggered (killing stoats as verified by later trap servicing) in a relatively short time-frame: between February 26 and April 28. The traps would normally be cleared when 30 per cent were triggered freeing traps for further stoat killing; however, frustratingly, trap clearance could not take place until after Level 3 lockdown.

The Aspiring Biodiversity Trust would like to acknowledge Otago Regional Council for the continued support of the Makarora Catchment Threatened Species Project From Ridge To River, through an additional $3,000 via the ORC EcoFund.

Emission trading reforms another step to meeting climate target Pat Deavoll

editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will finally start to cut New Zealand’s greenhouse gas pollution as it was originally intended to, because of changes announced on Tuesday by the Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw.

The changes include a limit on the total emissions allowed within the ETS, rules to ensure emission prices are more predictable, and a provisional emissions budget for the 2021-2025 period.

“A reformed ETS will be one of New Zealand’s most efficient and cost-effective tools for reducing emissions and ensuring we leave behind a safe planet for our children and grandchildren.

“Our announcement will give business and foresters the certainty they have been asking for – as well as reassuring New Zealanders that there is a clear pathway towards meeting our climate targets,” Shaw said.

Tuesday’s announcement sets out: The amendments the government is making to the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Bill, which will better incentivise emissions reductions The changes that are necessary to make the ETS work as it should. These changes will be implemented through regulation once the bill is law and include the cap on the total emissions allowed in the ETS, and rules for the auctioning of emission units “We know that meeting New Zealand’s climate targets is a real challenge, but it is becoming more and more achievable because of the policies our government is putting in place.

“An effective Emissions Trading Scheme is a key part of what needs to be done. Unfortunately, the rules set by previous governments left the scheme too weak to have any real impact on reducing our emissions.

“A good example of this is the fact that until now the ETS has been a cap and trade system without a cap. This has meant that emissions permitted under the scheme were, in effect, unlimited. I [Shaw] am delighted to say we are finally changing that.

“The changes I have announced will better translate our emission reduction targets into a predictable emission price, which will incentivise our biggest polluters to invest in the transition to a clean, climate-friendly economy.

“As a complete package, these reforms take a big step towards a safer future. New Zealanders now know what our emissions limit is for the first half of this decade, and the contribution the ETS will make towards keeping us below that level.

“We have also put everything in place to make sure businesses covered by the ETS can play their part in tackling the climate crisis in fair and affordable way,” Shaw said.

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New Otago Community Trust QLDC receives $1.4m in labour redeployment funding chair appointed Pat Deavoll Pat Deavoll

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Otago Community Trust has announced the appointment of John Wilson as its new chair.

Wilson takes over the trust’s chair role from Ross McRobie effective from June 1 2020.

McRobie will remain on the board of Otago Community Trust as a trustee until such time that the Minister of Finance makes the new trustee appointments.

Wilson, who was previously an investment advisor with Craigs Investment Partners, was appointed as a trustee in July 2016 and has served as deputy chair since July 2018. Diccon Sim, partner at law firm Gallaway Cook Allan has been appointed to fill the deputy chair role.

McRobie said that he felt very privileged to have served on the trust for the last nine years and had thoroughly enjoyed his tenure as chairperson since 2015.

“I have always particularly enjoyed visiting various community projects and groups throughout the region and witnessing first-hand the enormous contribution that they make to our communities.

“I wish John and Diccon all the very best for their new roles. John’s strong investment knowledge and experience will serve the trust well, during what is a particularly challenging time” said McRobie.

Wilson said that as the newly appointed trust chair, he would be working collaboratively with all trustees, the chief executive, and staff to support the region’s community organisations and communities.

“I believe my 30+ years’ experience in the finance industry as an authorised financial

adviser as well as my strong commitment to see the Otago region and its people and communities thrive will be valuable in managing this unprecedented period for the trust and the communities it supports.”

Wilson noted that while we entered unprecedented times, PHOTO: OCT the trust had a good John Wilson, newly level of accumulated- appointed chair of the income reserves in Otago Community Trust. place to support Otago. The investment portfolio was robust. A highly skilled board of trustees and a dedicated team of staff would guide the trust in managing the way through these uncertain times.

“I would like to personally thank Ross for the tremendous work he has done during his tenure both as a trustee and more recently as chair,” Wilson said.

The trust continued to approve much-needed coronavirus funding. To date, $514,778.36 had been awarded to 41 community organisations since the dedicated coronavirus response fund was opened in early April.

We encourage community organisations to contact the trust if they have any questions around funding support, said chief trust executive Barbara Bridger.

“We are committed to doing the very best for our communities during this difficult and uncertain time”.

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Queenstown Lakes has received $1.4 million of a $36.72 million government funding package that has been allocated to regions hard hit by coronavirus. The funding is part of a redeployment package which will be used to support those who have lost work, as well as helping support the wider community.

Mayor Jim Boult said Queenstown Lakes was one of the hardest-hit areas and welcomed the additional support.

“It’s great Queenstown Lakes has been acknowledged as a district in need of additional support. The funding will be used to support many of our people directly affected by coronavirus to move forward,” Boult said.

The funding will be used by the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) recovery team in its efforts to support both community and economic recovery, with a focus on redeployment and retraining opportunities.

“Recovery work includes liaising with agencies to ensure people are aware of what support is available; working with the community to accelerate great recovery ideas; scoping out which infrastructure projects can be fast-tracked, and developing a diversification plan,” QLDC economic development manager Peter Harris said.

“The primary focus of the funding is on redeploying or retraining for people who have lost their jobs or had hours reduced as a result of coronavirus, and seeing where other work can be found for them. The money will be used to establish ways in which this can happen quickly and effectively as redeployment opportunities arise over the coming months.

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Queenstown Lakes has received $1.4 million as part of a redeployment package which will be used to support those who have lost work, as well as helping support the wider community.

“For example, QLDC is working with the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to help secure new conservation-related jobs. We are also working alongside the agricultural industry, which is seeking dairy farm workers and drivers.

However, the process to set up these initiatives will take time and information will be made public as details are confirmed.”

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) also recognised that a lot of the work in establishing these programs required analysis, collection of data, information and coordination; because of this, a portion of the funding will go to helping the QLDC recovery team undertake these actions.

In addition to looking at redeployment and retraining the recovery team is developing a retention programme, and supporting businesses and community leaders as they manage their way through retrenchment and a rebuild phase.

“As well as helping those that have lost work move forward, we need to support those who will lead us out of this crisis,” Harris said.

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After school swimming

Mixed recycling back on

Under Level 2 restrictions on maximum numbers, the learners’ pool at Wānaka Recreation Centre will be closed to the general public from 3.30-5.00pm (Mon & Fri) and 3.306.00pm (Tue to Thu) to allow kids’ swim classes to go ahead. We will review these temporary arrangements as soon as we can. Many thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Great news! Our district’s mixed recycling will now once again be sorted for reprocessing.

Please help out our sorting line staff by making sure there’s no rubbish or contamination in your yellow mixed recycling bin. Contamination puts our staff at risk and compromises our ability to recycle materials. Only clean plastic bottles and containers (1-7), paper, cardboard and cans go in your yellow mixed recycling bin.

Remember to empty and wash recycling before putting it in your bin. If in doubt, leave it out.

Otago CDEM Welfare requests If you or somebody you know is facing hardship due to COVID-19 and in need of additional assistance, help is available.

If you’re struggling to pay rent or power bills, or have lost your income and need additional support, you can call 0800 322 4000 between 9.00am and 5.00pm daily, or register for assistance at www.qldc.govt.nz

Winter roads Winter has arrived, which means our Winter Road Reports will be following suit. Every morning for the next few months we’ll send out an email providing a general overview of conditions, as provided by our crews out there monitoring roads from the wee small hours of the morning. The reports are free to sign up for, and you can do so here: www.qldc.govt.

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Community text alerts With winter rapidly approaching, now’s a better time than ever to join QLDC’s community text alert database and hear first-hand about any issues affecting your community.

We’ll send you a text message about things like road closures, extended water-shutdowns, ice and snow affecting local roads or any other emergencies affecting your community. Sign up at www.qldc.govt.nz/do-it-online/

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Seniors’ hour at library Wānaka and Hāwea libraries are setting aside one hour each week especially for seniors to browse and get answers to queries about library services. These sessions take place every Wednesday from 10.00-11.00am. Many thanks to other library users for arranging their visits outside of these times.

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Since the government’s nationwide lockdown began in March, Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has provided emergency welfare assistance to thousands of people across the Queenstown Lakes District.

QLDC’s Emergency Operations Centre Response Team grew to include 62 core QLDC staff, two Otago Regional Council (ORC) staff, over 80 volunteers and five contractors. While the focus is now on recovery operations, it’s important to recognise the significant impact the EOC team has had over the past several months.

On March 26, QLDC launched the Supermarket Scheme which led to 7,500 people registering for food, clothes, firewood, blankets etc. As of last week, QLDC had provided in excess of $1.5m worth of support, which is being claimed back from the government’s $30m National Emergency Management Agency Fund.

At its peak, an average of 415 welfare assessment calls were made daily over the course of the lockdown. While this number has since declined the team is still receiving between 200250 registrations for welfare support per day.

Overall, 113 QLDC staff and volunteers have been involved with the direct welfare response so far, with additional vital assistance from voluntary and social sector agencies. This includes two teams of 40 volunteer callers (80 in total) that have been working two days on, two days off, with many coming from Volunteering Central, Red Cross and QLDC. Additionally, with coordination from the Salvation Army, 18 agencies have met regularly to deal with the provision of household goods and services.

In order to ensure only legitimate claims were

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Darren Rewi has coordinated the delivery of over 100 care packs to whānau between Glenorchy and Lake Hāwea, and south to Kingston.

processed, QLDC’s business analyst team built a welfare software system that launched at the end of April. This took a team of six staff 878 hours in total delivering a streamlined and more efficient system.

As of last week, local iwi had delivered over 100 care packs to whānau between Glenorchy and Lake Hāwea, and south to Kingston. Another 60 are being delivered this week and the group, which is led by Darren Rewi, estimates it will deliver 60 packs a week for the foreseeable future.

On May 8 a new process for the funding of accommodation and utility costs was launched.

The financial risk and processing has been carried

by Otago CDEM but is accessed via QLDC’s website. By the end of its first week a team of seven people had processed 132 claims.

This assistance is available for everyone, both migrants and those Kiwis that have exhausted welfare options and still can’t pay their rent or power.

Though the focus is now on recovery, the welfare effort is still ongoing. Further details on welfare assistance can be found on QLDC’s website here: https://www.qldc.govt. nz/community/emergency-management/ covid-19/welfare-assistance

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will receive an allocation of funding, based on their roll.

Mat Begg, grants manager for the trust, says, “We have had positive feedback already; some already know where their funds will go.”

Clyde Primary School principal, Doug White made the initial request and said the funding was wonderful and very timely.

“For Clyde Primary School this funding gives our students some sense that the world is returning to normal.

“It’s pretty awesome, and has made my day; in terms of student wellbeing, this funding will support our winter sports programme. I have just spoken with our senior students who are excited and planning the annual three-night ski camp to Coronet Peak. This camp has been a fixture in our winter programme for 15 years,” he adds.

“For our junior school, it will mean a mixture of ice skating and curling in Alexandra, or a day trip to the Snow Farm. “Our schools are enriched by cultural and sporting activities; for us to be able to ensure these continue for all students, is wonderful,” he said.

Central Lakes Trust is stepping up to fund gaps in school funding due to cornavirus. Schools often rely on gaming machine or other community funding to supplement the costs of extracurricular activities. In the absence of this funding over the past few months due to coronavirus, a one-off Central Lakes Trust initiative has been created.

“We have put together a package to ensure extracurricular activities can continue to be funded through schools. The imposed constraints coronavirus have placed on us all, has affected our young too,” says trust chief executive, Susan Finlay.

The funding initiative aims to assist in the recovery and wellbeing of the young in the region.

“Supporting the schools to deliver some form PHOTO: Sport Central Coaches Club of normal, assists in not only building their Ben Herring places a strong emphasis on developing a good team culture with leadership being a big part of this. resilience but has a positive impact on families moved straight into coaching and has a reputation within our wider community.”

Pat Deavoll as a coach who focuses on the softer skills. He editor@thewanakasun.co.nz $235,000 is being granted to the schools within places a strong emphasis on developing a good the Central Lakes region. Each of the 27 schools Sport Central's Coaches Club is back after the team culture with leadership being a big part of coronavirus enforced lockdown. Coaches Club is this. In this presentation, Herring talks about the an opportunity for coaches of any code or level art of growing leadership in sport. After 20 years to come together to learn from other coaches. as a professional coach, this presentation should This year Sport Central has a fantastic lineup of be enlightening and entertaining for coaches of speakers, with Ben Herring kicking off the series all levels and codes. councils have started is to enable the region to on June 10.

With local businesses severely affected Pat Deavoll consider which options for voluntary change Now living in Wanaka, Herring has been a by the lockdown, Sport Central is taking editor@thewanakasun.co.nz would best suit our region.” professional rugby coach for two decades. He presentations out into the business community.

The business case is expected to take has travelled the world and has an impressive CV Urban Grind will host the first presentation. In light of the Government’s Three Waters behind him. He has coached provinces such as Tiny Carruthers of Sport Central said: "The Review, Otago and Southland councils have approximately eight months. It will then be Otago, franchises such as Sun Wolfe, Leicester aim is to support local business by encouraging been discussing whether a collaborative approach brought back to councils for discussion and Tigers and Highlanders and international sides people to come out and spend some money to water services delivery (drinking water, a decision on how to proceed. Then public such as Japan and the Canadian men's and locally. I hope that people will get some friends stormwater and wastewater) could benefit Otago consultation would follow.

The council’s 3 waters and waste portfolio lead women's teams. together and book in early for a meal before and Southland communities and the environment.

Government funding has been granted that Nigel McKinlay said he believed the changes After a professional playing career, Herring coming to the presentation". will enable the councils to undertake a business coming from central government had “the case to explore options for the future delivery of potential to radically change the way in which local government is run”.

3 Waters services.

“Depending on what is implemented and when At Central Otago District Council’s meeting on Monday last week executive manager infrastructure it is implemented it has the potential to change services Julie Muir said the investigation would the political and constitutional balance between produce options that would inform further central and local government. This is big grunty discussions and, in time, public consultation on stuff that we are starting on a path down. I think this is just the opening shot of what’s going to be how 3 Waters services are delivered. experienced people in our community that Pat Deavoll “We have been advised during the lockdown quite a long and important process to keep our we can learn from and we’ll be tapping into editor@thewanakasun.co.nz that the government is proceeding with the eyes and a close control on,” said McKinlay. that knowledge, while also ensuring we utilize The business case has been costed at $375,000. review of 3 Waters and has a deadline of the Wānaka business organisations Ignite the best experts from across New Zealand as end of 2021 for councils to consider voluntary Government will fund 50 per cent of the cost and Wānaka and Lake Wānaka Tourism (LWT) well as off-shore, particularly in sector-based change of water service delivery arrangements. the remaining 50 per cent will be funded jointly have tailored their calendar of events for training”, said Lindsay.

At the same time councils are being given the by Otago and Southland local and regional Building on the organisations’ coronavirus the remainder of 2020 to help Wānaka opportunity to look at voluntary change as councils. businesses navigate the new operating strategy for an increased events calendar to A full report outlining the investigation was the government is working on development of support businesses, there will be a mix of environment post coronavirus. presented to Central Otago District Council models for potential legislated reform.

Based on feedback from businesses, via opportunities to learn, connect and share “The work that the Otago and Southland last week. a recent online survey and through direct thinking with potential to adapt and change communications, the organisations have as needed.

Lake Wānaka Tourism general manager developed a plan for educational, training, business support and networking events across James Helmore said the schedule was designed the next six months targeted at all sectors of to help businesses work through the logical steps of business planning, strategy, and business and the wider community.

Over 128 businesses responded to the operations over time, responding to the survey, with business owners and managers challenges businesses currently face.

“We kicked the schedule off two weeks ago highlighting a number of key areas of need such as: business to business collaboration with a data and insights webinar to help inform and idea sharing via industry forums and businesses’ decision making, then we will seminars ;learning from business leaders follow with a short-term planning and a panel who’ve experienced recessions and economic discussion webinar looking at how others crises; and networking events, trade shows, have right sized their businesses as a result of Any Health concerns? speed networking in both small group and coronavirus”, said Helmore.

Your GP is just a phone call The events will be largely co-hosted by larger format Ignite Wānaka executive officer Naomi LWT and Ignite Wānaka, working with other away. 03 443 0710 Lindsay said the approach to the revamped organisations, to share ideas and resources events plan took a ‘hyper-local’ focus, to ensure businesses have access to the best www.WanakaMedical.co.nz learning from local leaders and business opportunities available, playing to each organisation’s strengths and relationships experts where possible.

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Quentin Smith, QLDC councillor, yachtsman, mountain-biker, skier and father has always pushed himself in both the political arena and as an outdoor sportsman. When a freak paragliding accident confined him to a wheelchair, he had to re-invent himself in many ways. He talks to the Wānaka Sun about his foray into politics and how he adapted to continue his love of the outdoors.

How did you get involved in politics?

I have always had an interest in politics, My early experience was when the government was considering mining in Aspiring National Park, and that's when I threw my hat in the ring and started speaking out. At the time in the early days of Facebook advocacy, we started a Hands off Aspiring National Park group. This was about 2007. That was an exciting experience in that we got 7000 followers and national interest from the news media.

Following on from that, I became active in advocacy in the local community in a range of issues from access to sports facilities to equitable funding between the Upper Clutha and the Wakatipu.

In 2016 I was elected to the Wānaka Community Board. In 2017 I was elected to the Queenstown Lakes District Council through a bielection. In 2019 I was re-elected to the council.

Does the council take up most of your time?

It does these days – and running around after my ten-year-old takes up the rest of it.

What aspects of local body politics are you most interested in?

I suppose any aspect of social justice. The fact that Aurora Energy is fundamentally unfair is one of these. I guess some of my motivations for standing for the council were around equity of provision of services and Wānaka getting its share of what we need in the Upper Clutha. I suppose that is the underlying principle- social justice and equity that drives me.

I certainly have interests in environmental issues. I have an interest in sport and recreation, and I have become quite involved in how to support infrastructure.

Post-coronavirus, what do you think are the issues that face Wānaka?

I think most of the issues remain the same. But the fine line changes a bit in that the rapid growth and rapid mass tourism pressures come off, at least for the time being. But clearly, the issues with long term growth and the impact on our environment remain. I think the key things for us coming out of coronavirus is to look at what drives our economy and long term what do we want to be dependent on. There is a desire for an economy that serves our community rather than

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it being dictated to by things like mass tourism and rampant residential growth. These harm our community.

Do you think the council is giving Wānaka a fair share of the pie after coronavirus?

Certainly, the focus in the media has been on the impacts on Queenstown. And I think the effects on Wānaka from coronavirus haven't been as dramatic. We haven't seen the same number of job losses, and we have a more vibrant local population than Queenstown has. It's a situation that has shown the differences between our communities, and the strengths and weaknesses as well.

I don't think the way coronavirus has affected Wānaka has been well understood yet or as clearly seen as Queenstown with its migrant worker population. It appears the impact in Wanaka appears to be more directly on smaller businesses, owner-operators and personal finances.

What are your goals as councillor for the next two years?

I suppose we are re-assessing what these are in the post- coronavirus world. Certainly, the underlying goal is making sure Wānaka gets its fair share of what it needs to manage the issues in front of it. Supporting the desires of our community is the ultimate thing. I'm here to listen to the Upper Clutha community and respond to that at the council table.

Queenstown – where do you see it going in the next couple of years as it recovers from coronavirus?

Queenstown will have to take a hard look at what is sustainable long term and coronavirus has been the catalyst to revisit that. Over the last few years, it has seen dramatic pressures expressed by the community, whether it be the noise issues from the airport, freedom camping or the cost of residential housing. These things have got a bit out of hand in Queenstown. I think its an opportunity to take a breath and look at what the community wants rather than deal with what's coming at it. The balance is a bit out of kilter, and it would be good to redress this.

Tell us about your history as an outdoor sportsman.

My wife Kate[Mackenzie-Smith] and I moved to Wānaka in 2003 after spending most of that year travelling around the world. We were drawn to Wānaka by the outdoor activities- the skiing in the winter and the paragliding in the summer.

Like many, we found it the ultimate place to find a balance between work and recreation.

When I first moved to Wānaka, I was a resource management planner – I worked with the council and after that as a consultant planner.

We built a small house at Lake Hawea and enjoyed the lifestyle.

I got heavily into the paragliding, and I

Smith on his adaptive mountain bike on the trails around Wānaka.

Climbing on Barrier Knob, the Darran Mountains, Fiordland.

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With family Kate and Maddison on a day's ride up the Matukituki River.

Pre-accident days kayaking on the Upper Shotover River.

organised the Paragliding Festival and the Paragliding Nationals for a few years. This was about 2005 -2006.

I was also involved in the Wānaka Yacht Club and was commodore for three years.

So 2008 was the year of your accident...

In 2008 I had an accident paragliding at Treble Cone, which resulted in me being confined to a wheelchair. I had to re-invent myself. I ran a business importing wheelchair mobility products for about eight years.

We had our daughter Madison in 2009.

Since the accident?

I have been involved in the Yacht Club and regularly sail on a Thursday night. I've been heavily involved in adaptive skiing for the last ten years and represented New Zealand racing in 2011. I raced in the US, and at the NZ Winter Games in Queenstown. The focus for me now is skiing with family and friends. I have a sit-ski and money for this was raised with the support of the NZ Mountain Film Festival.

I put it in the back of the car, and I am independent with this- I can unload it, carry it, get in it and ride the chairlifts myself. I can go up skiing with my daughter.

What is your passion these days?

I enjoy off-road hand cycling. The access to great trails around Wānaka has been fantastic, and

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I enjoy getting out mountain biking. I can ride a good number of trails. It's a three-wheel trike with hand-cranks. It's quite a unique beast- it came from Los Vegas. There arent a lot around New Zealand. Geoff Wilson in Wānaka has something similar, and Mike Brown (in Christchurch) has one and Corey Peters (paralympian) but there is a growing movement worldwide and rapid innovation which is exciting.

Sailing is still a big focus- I have a small trimaran that allows me to sail independently. In the winter I ski when i can. Council is keeping me very busy.

You have a very busy life.

We try to keep busy. We were due to be going to Tanzania next week but obviously, that isn't going to happen. We were looking at the classic safari experience following on from a trip Kate and I had 20 years ago- we want to share this with our daughter. Cancelling was quite painful.

We will go next year or the year after. We will just have to find adventures closer to home.

And a last-minute reflection?

Just to reflect, I feel that I have a very similar outlook to Wānaka to many people who have come here to live. It's a beautiful place that supports a fantastic lifestyle – one that we don't want to compromise or throw away through bad decisions.

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An inversion layer is a common phenomenon in the Upper Clutha basin during winter. The last two weeks we have frozen through heaps of them.

In meteorology, an inversion, also known as a temperature inversion, is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property

with altitude. It almost always refers to an inversion of the thermal lapse rate. Normally, air temperature decreases with an increase in altitude. During an inversion, warmer air is held above cooler air and the normal temperature profile with altitude is inverted.

Many thanks to Ed Coad and Ricky Hull for tramping their way up above the inversion layer last week to get these stunning photos.

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New goal of zero seabird deaths on fishing boats The new National Action Plan for protecting seabirds from commercial fishing hooks and nets has made a big leap forward, with a new goal of reducing seabird deaths to zero. However, Forest & Bird is warning that without cameras on boats, the plan will not succeed.

Up to 14,000 seabirds are estimated to die every year in New Zealand’s commercial trawl nets and on longline hooks. Ninety per cent of New Zealand’s seabirds are threatened with extinction, and some like the hoiho/yellow eyed penguin (nationally endangered), the antipodean albatross (nationally critical) and the salvin’s albatross (nationally critical), are in very serious trouble.

“As well as a new goal of zero seabird deaths, increased transparency is a really important part of the new action plan.

The new Seabird Plan of Action requires fishers to have vessel plans to reduce seabird bycatch and report on their progress in line with the goal of zero seabird deaths. Every year the government will have to report back to New Zealanders on progress with the Plan of Action.

Forest & Bird spokesperson Sue Maturin, said “This is a big step forward for our fishing industry and our ocean birds, and is due to the perseverance of Forest & Bird supporters, who put the spotlight on an unrecognised seabird massacre.” Over 3000 Forest & Bird supporters made submissions on the seabird regulations, and 10,000 signed the Zero Bycatch petition, which was delivered to the Ministers of Fishing and Conservation earlier this year.

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scrutiny. Open and routine disclosure is a great improvement on the status quo where charities like Forest & Bird have been forced to rely on the Official Information Act to hold government and industry accountable.”

But Forest & Bird said with the industry not providing reliable bycatch information, the lack of observer coverage of the fishing fleet is still a major gap in the plan to save New Zealand’s seabirds.

“Up to 14,000 birds dying unnecessarily every year is an outrage, and now the fishing industry has a chance to show New Zealanders they can do what it takes to keep our precious wildlife safe from hooks and nets. But this will only work with cameras on boats and more fisheries observers.

“Despite the legal obligation to do so, fishers don’t provide reliable data on what birds and other non-target species they catch. MPI and DOC instead rely on estimates based on the information collected by on-board observers.

Only 12 per percent of the fishing fleet carry observers at any one time, so is it now imperative the rollout of cameras begins, or this plan to save New Zealand’s seabirds will fail.”

Data obtained by Forest & Bird using the OIA showed a massive discrepancy between the number of birds that fishers admit catching, and the MPI’s bycatch estimates based on observer data.

Sue Maturin adds, “We are really pleased with the mandatory compliance checks for all high seas vessels stopping in New Zealand ports. This is really important for our antipodean albatrosses, which travel long distances across the Pacific, and are frequently killed by totally unregulated fishing practices on the high seas.”

Avian photography B BOB MOORE

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Many of us take great delight in avian photography.

To create a great bird photograph we need to consider several factors which include the quality and direction of the light; composition, correct camera settings; the position we take the photo from; plus patience and practice.

Ideally a decent APS-C or DSLR camera with a telephoto lens of up to 300mm is excellent for taking bird photos, but good results can be achieved with any camera or mobile phone.

Photography is all about light. Early morning and late afternoon light is usually the best for bird photography. At these times the birds are generally more active. The light at these times is soft and doesn't cast harsh shadows and brings out a glow to the bird's plumage. It also gives the 'catch-light' in the bird's eye. Indeed we tend to make eye connection with any living being, and it is no different with birds. If there is no light in the eyes, then they look dull and lifeless.

Good composition will help to present our image in the best possible way. Composing a bird picture is generally not difficult. If we follow a few fundamental principles like the rule of thirds and using colour contrast by aiming for a commentary background, a great deal of difference will be made to our image.

We see our world from our height, but birds see the world in a few centimetres. Always try to photograph the bird from their eye level, unless of course, the bird is in flight. A beautiful, if sad, bird photo is 'Waxeye Portrait' taken by John

Waxeye Portrait.

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Wekking. John took the photo on a walk-in Old Cromwell town. He first thought it was a leaf in a gutter, but it turned out to be a small bird that was struggling weakly. John surmised the bird had fallen from its nest and suffered severe injuries.

He took the bird home and tried to resuscitate it, but the injuries were too severe for it to survive.

John took a few pictures with his P30 Pro camera and was pleased it won an 'honours' award 'if only for the little chic.'

Wanaka Camera Club is dedicated to helping anyone interested in photography, and we welcome anyone to join us. Irrespective of photographic ability, Our next meeting is Monday, June 8, 7.30pm, St John Room, Linkway.

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Almost a month ago, Wānaka residents on social media reported flocks of native birds flitting around their neighbourhoods. While many couldn’t decide on whether or not it was the result of the lockdown or whether we were just around to notice them more, there has been a significant decrease in sightings over recent weeks.

In April, Myl Bell said: “Had a fantail land for about five seconds on my outstretched hand in Maungawera Road a few days ago - first time ever.”

The abundance of wildlife was noted across the world during lockdown, with some larger cities seeing their concrete jungles being almost overrun with exotic wildlife. In the Upper Clutha, one predominant species was the piwakawaka,

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which is one of few native species that coped fairly well since introduction of mammalian pests and conversion of land to farmland. This means that they are often common just after a breeding season, when small flocks begin to form.

According to New Zealand Birds Online, local populations [of piwakawaka] and those on small islands can disappear or reduce in numbers dramatically during prolonged cold and wet weather. In line with population declines in severe weather, fantails tend to be scarce or non-existent in open country that experiences extreme frosts and snow, such as inland Marlborough and Central Otago.

Don’t fret though, the birds will be back again after winter is over. Populations typically see a resurgence due to the birds’ high breeding productivity and extensive juvenile disposal.

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In response to my [the editor’s] cry for help regarding my new, feral kitten, I received 33 very helpful comments, and I am grateful for every one.

Rose May: I was brought up with and love cats. We live on a rural lifestyle block and see wild cats all the time. They climb up and destroy quail nests in the bush, kill our quail and other birdlife in the area. They do go after rabbit as well, which is not a problem but they do not discriminate in what they kill. They are all adorable and fluffy, but please be a responsible cat owner and know where your cat is all the time even if that means keeping them inside.

Hayley: I'm not an animal specialist but have been around animals all my life. You will need patience and lots of it. Go to her room for visits, but enter slowly and quietly and at her level (yes crawl in if you have to; less scary) and talk softly and reassuringly. Take a book and lie on the floor, so she can just watch you. Eventually, get a small toy (like a mouse/feather on a string) and move it across the floor. Her instincts will be to watch this too for a while, and she will forget she is scared. This could take weeks: keep talking to her. Once she comes to you let her touch you, don't try to pet her early just wait.

Eventually, put your hand out on the floor. Don't try to pat her from above that's scary.

That will be when she is a bundle of fluff in your lap, and she trusts you unconditionally.

It's worth it, but it takes time.

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Quinces are in season from April to June but only occasionally will you see them in shops - and then usually at a speciality food store or your local greengrocer. However, the good news is that this year quinces are already cheap buying at farmer's markets and, potentially even better, you may get a load for free if you ask around.

There are a lot of old trees out there laden with fruit which often goes to waste - quinces take patience to cook and it's not as if you can pick one from the tree and bite into it; they cannot be eaten raw.

Quinces are way too astringent and fibrous (which does mean they are an excellent source of fibre when cooked). They are also high in vitamin C. Oven-poached quince Ingredients: • 1 cup sugar • 2 cups water • 3 quinces Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 160C. 2. Put the sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to the boil, forming a syrup.

3. Pour the syrup into a casserole dish.

4. Wash the down off the quinces, cut into quarters, peel and core.

5. Cut each quarter in half. Slip the slices into the syrup and cover with a lid or seal tightly with foil.

6. Bake for about three hours until the quinces are very tender and fruit and syrup are both deep red.

Quince and ginger paste Ingredients: • 600 g Quinces • 5 cm Fresh ginger • 3 cups Water • 1½ cups Caster sugar Directions: 1. Peel the quinces and remove the cores then place the skin and cores into a saucepan with the ginger and water.

2. Once the ingredients are soft, strain and reserve liquid.

3. Dice the fruit then add to the cooking liquid and boil until soft, then puree.

4. Add the puree to the sugar and return to the saucepan. Cook over a gentle heat until the colour of the quince changes to a ruby red.

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5. You will need to stir often to prevent sticking. This process will take approximately three hours. Spoon into an oiled tray and leave overnight to set. Cut into cubes.

Quince chutney Ingredients: • 3 large quinces • 2 apples • 2 onions • 1 tbsp coarsely chopped ginger • 2 chillies • 3 cups white wine vinegar • 1 ½ cups sugar • 1 cinnamon stick • 3 cloves Directions: 1. Peel the quinces and the apples, chop into chunks and pop into a heavy-bottomed saucepan.

2. Put the peeled onions and ginger in a food processor and blend, then add to the pan along with the vinegar.

3. Simmer until the fruit is soft.

4. Add remaining ingredients.

5. Continue to simmer until the chutney is thick (approx 45-50 mins).

6. Take out the cinnamon stick and cloves and spoon the mix into sterilised jars. Seal.

7. Wait a few weeks before you tuck in to let the flavours mingle.

Quince jelly Ingredients: • 1kg quinces • Sugar (quantity will vary – see instructions below) • Water Directions: 1. Rinse one kilogramme of quinces and roughly chop, skins, cores and all, into a large pot.

2. Just cover the chopped fruit with water and bring to the boil, gently simmering, with the lid on, until the flesh turns rose-pink and mushy (about 30 minutes).

3. Strain the fruit pulp through a jelly bag or muslin-lined bowl overnight; you need the juice, not the pulp, to make a crystal clear jelly.

4. Measure the liquid and match, cup for cup, with sugar. Bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then boil hard until setting point is reached (about 10 minutes). Quinces are rich in pectin, so quince jelly sets reliably.

Tabatha: Thanks for rescuing a wee darling. Being animals, they are so unpredictable.

Mine was super scared, and I can understand why and to be honest with you, three years later he only really likes me in the evenings and sleeps with me all night but other than that no way, it does what it likes and sleeps just where I can't reach. It is not a fan of anyone else, but guess what it's living a loving, warm fat tummy life, and that makes me happy. Good luck it's worth it, hearing his purrs at night.

Miriam: She's scared. Just take time with her. She will come around. Our cat, who is now nine years old was very much the same when we got her. It took three months for her to let us pat her. Let her take her time. Can I suggest maybe getting a mate for her if she doesn't have one? Two cats are better than one as they can talk to each other and keep each other company.

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Details of the resource consent application are available on our website www.qldc.govt.nz/services/resourceconsents/notified-resource-consents#public-rc and our edocs website using the RM number as the reference www.edocs.qldc.govt.nz/Account/Login

• General Submissions • Settlement Zone (Chapter 20 and consequential variations to other chapters) • Rural Visitor Zone (Chapter 46 and consequential variations to other chapters) • Arthurs Point North Rezoning • Energy and Utilities, Open Space and Recreation, Glare, Fire Fighting, Residential Flat definition, Heritage, Waste and Recycling, Subdivision, Wānaka Medium Density, and Frankton Road Height Control variations

Resource Management Act 1991

Submission forms are available on our website www.qldc.govt.nz/services/resource-consents/notified-resourceconsents#rc-submission Lake McKay Station Limited (RM200085) What is proposed: Application under Section 88 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) to establish two residential building platforms on site for the purpose of establishing a farm manager’s residence, and to construct a dwelling in one.

Access is proposed from the end of Kingan Road.

The location in respect of which this application relates is situated at: ADDRESS FOR SERVICE FOR APPLICANT: C/- Tom Overton tom@ipsolutions.nz IP Solutions Limited 15 Cliff Wilson Street, Wānaka The Council planner processing this application on behalf of the Council is Erin Stagg, who may be contacted by phone at 03 450 0331 or email erin.stagg@qldc.govt.nz.

Submissions will be received until 2 July 2020, and must be served on the Consent Authority, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 or email rcsubmission@qldc.govt.nz. These must be dated, signed by you, and include the following information: 1 Your name, email address (preferred), postal address and telephone number.

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The Chair has directed that hearing of those parts of submission #31024 (of Wayfare Group Ltd) and supporting further submission #31050 relating solely to the planning provisions governing the notified Rural Visitor Zone land at Walter Peak (and any land or water surface immediately adjacent thereto) be deferred. A separate notice of hearing will be issued for that hearing.

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The Queenstown Lakes District Council hereby gives notice that, in accordance with clause 8B of the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991, the Hearings Panel appointed to hear submissions on behalf of the Council on the Proposed District Plan (Stage 3&3b) will hear submissions and make recommendations on the following parts of the Proposed District Plan commencing at 9.00am on 29 June 2020: Stream 16 • Wahi Tupuna – Sites of Significance (Chapter 39 and consequential variations to other chapters) Stream 17 • General Industrial Zone (Chapter 18A and consequential variations to other chapters) • Three Parks Commercial (Chapter 19A and consequential variations to other chapters) • 101 Ballantyne Road Rezoning • Business Mixed Use and Residential Design Guides and consequential variations to other chapters • Stage 3 Strategic Overview

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Mass tourism is not sustainable

I am writing in response to an excellent article published in today’s edition of the Otago Daily Times written by Wanaka resident Warwick Thompson.

We wish to show our support for Thompson’s ideas outlined in the article about a way forward for the region and nationally. We are a retired couple with no business experience, but we can see very clearly how this approach would work so well and not having us rely so heavily on tourism. I would like to quote from the article.

“Attracting whole new business activities to our region will readily diversify the economy, uplift average incomes, provide training, highly skilled employment and new career opportunities. Outreach programmes have been used elsewhere successfully for many years. Countries and cities have done it. Singapore, as a nation transformed its economy in part by pursuing such a strategy.The state of Tennessee in the US did it.

In Australia, the state of Victoria had such a programme running for years, attracting business to Geelong.”

Warwick Thompson goes on to say – “Working with FMfat, expatriate Kiwis in positions of influence in businesses around the world, political friends of New Zealand, contacts of prominent foreigners, residents among us, companies, businesses and operations can be identified and approached.

This could efficiently run alongside tourism in a new form - i.e. quality not quantity - in a considerably more sustainable way than it has been done to date. Without any doubt the world has changed and we have been warned that further pandemics are very likely and therefore if we continue to rely heavily on tourism, the same thing is going to happen all over again.

The ideas put forward by Warwick should be debated without delay and even a survey undertaken so people can support the idea which could then be presented to the Government.

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Council needs "real wisdom" Pat Deavoll

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The other day I sat down to listen, via Facebook, to the submissions to the Queenstown Lakes District Council [QLDC's] Annual Plan. This day the presentations were for the Upper Clutha. The next day was for the Wakatipu district. There were some exciting submissions, but for me, Dennis Pezaro's had the most impact. Pezaro, I believe, was the first general practitioner to ever work in Wanaka and has lived in the district for many years.

Pezaro spoke of the QLDC's dependence on strategic growth management and its incompatibility with a zero-carbon community and economy.

He said he was concerned that climate change would produce increased crowding and with crowding would come an increase in disease transmission.

"And it won't have missed your observation that for the past many years there has been a recession in both snowfall and glacial levels in the mountain chains of New Zealand," he said.

"Strategic growth management would have been a fascinating concept before the concerns of climate change. But my view is it is now an anachronism. It lacks respect for the

Correction In last week's edition this beautiful photograph was wrongly attributed to Manuka Point Station.

The photographer was actually Mike Freeman.

The Sun apologises for the mistake.

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environment, and it doesn't address the huge needs of resources and infrastructure."

Pezaro went on to say that the district needed a council that had "real wisdom" to manage tourism. It required the wisdom to manage the transport problems that [the current council] had inherited. Surveyors in Otago had inherited narrower roads, and these had left towns with a problematic legacy that would need careful management to facilitate people movements around the towns, he said.

"We need you [the council] to extend your pioneering social progress such as the housing trust but avoid the clangers such as discharging waste into natural waters.

"I recognise that council has differed significant expenditure on some matters, but I am concerned that many ratepayers will be under significant stress to pay their rates and that will be even worse with any form of rates increase."

He went on to say many submitters to the Annual Plan had unreal concepts of what funding would be available from the council.

The middle of a significant economic recession was not the time for year three of the 20182028 ten-year-plan of aggressive development.

Council needed to rethink its approach and take the community with it.

Wise words from a wise man.

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This week has seen some normality come back to our great town – lots of traffic and many visitors.

Going hand in hand with this, the Wanaka Police have dealt with numerous alcohol and traffic incidents.

I can report Henrietta the Chicken was returned home after three nights in custody and providing us with one egg.

Three drivers were dealt with for being over the legal alcohol limit, and we also had several letterboxes fall victim to the might of some brave individual/s on Aubrey Road on Friday night.

During the week, we received a report of the burglary of a building site where equipment was stolen. The equipment stolen includes a Stihl Concrete Saw Model TS 500i, a Hilti Jackhammer drill Model TE 30-C and one pair on Honeywell earmuffs. Naturally, the owners and Wanaka Police are keen for any information concerning this.

Several people have been spoken to and warned about the use of firearms on Timaru Creek Road, Lake Hawea. This is a public road that crosses through private land. Therefore firearms are not permitted to be used in this area. Depending on the circumstances, the police may prosecute anyone found in breach of either the Arms act, Wild Animal Control Act or the Trespass Act.

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Also, any vehicles using this road have to comply with the Land Transport Act; in other words, vehicles have to be warranted, registered and obey all road rules. The public is still welcome to use this area to access the lakefront and DOC hunting areas as long as they do not cross any private lands unless authorised.

The Queenstown District Council is very concerned with the increasing practice of residents pruning and topping the councilowned trees on their streets. The council prune and maintain these trees once every three years. If you have an issue that requires attention outside of this, the correct course of action is to go on to the QLDC website and complete a ‘Request for Service’ notification. This week a resident is facing a hefty bill after topping and pruning several trees that now have to be replaced. This practice is also a criminal offence of wilful damage, and offenders may face prosecution.

There are still a lot of vehicles driving on our roads in low light and foggy conditions without their headlights on. Please activate your headlights manually instead of relying on the automatic activation as this will not always operate when needed.

Lastly, my plea is for drivers to slow down and drive to the conditions; the law of physics is one yet to be refuted. We spend a lot of money on safety features for vehicles; however, drivers’ actions are still the key to being safe. Look after one another and be safe.

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Local kids cricket team wins brand new gear Joanna Perry

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The Albion Volts team are ready to take their cricket training to the next level, after receiving new gear through an ANZ cricket grant.

ANZ’s cricket grant programme gives New Zealand cricket players, teams and schools the chance to apply for sponsorship to help them with their game.

The players from the Albion Volts team attend schools from the Upper Clutha region, including Mount Aspiring College, Wānaka Primary and Hawea Flat Primary school.

Local Mary Clare-Muir applied on behalf of her son’s cricket team because the team was lacking the appropriate gear.

Clare-Muir said “the boys will love getting the bag of gear out, it will mean a lot to their love of the game.”

Mary’s son James Muir (12) who attends Mount Aspiring College said it was “an awesome surprise to win the new ANZ cricket gear. It’s really cool and we can’t wait to use it next season.”

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“We’ve enjoyed reading applications from good sports including the Albion Volts and when we heard their story, we knew how much this new cricket gear would help them.”

ANZ has so far given more than $900,000 to help teams and players all over New Zealand achieve their cricket dreams.

All cricket players, clubs, and teams across New Zealand can apply for an ANZ cricket grant at anzcricketworld.co.nz.

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New Zealand’s dream netball player awarded Queen's Birthday Honour Joanna Perry

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Former New Zealand netballer and inaugural member of the Real Estate Authority Joan Harnett-Kindley was one of three Wānaka residents on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, being named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to netball and the real estate industry.

Harnett-Kindley said she was “very proud” to have received the award. “I look back and think I couldn’t have done it without all the great netball players I played with, and the business associates I worked with. That’s what helped me achieve this honour.”

Whilst eager to recognise her peers, both her sporting and professional achievements speak for themselves.

Harnett-Kindley represented Canterbury in netball from 1960 to 1974, including six years as captain.

She played more than 100 matches for the Silver Ferns netball team between 1963 and 1974, including 26 matches across three World Cups. She was named as the Player of the Tournament at the 1967 Netball World Cup in Australia and as New Zealand’s ‘dream

player of 75 years of netball’ in 2000.

She was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990, a member of the Canterbury Netball executive for six years, and coached club netball in Christchurch for 20 years.

Widely acknowledged as one of the key players in bringing women’s netball into the public eye in New Zealand, she was also the first woman appointed to the Real Estate Council, the first woman awarded both a Fellowship and Life Membership to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, and an inaugural member of the Real Estate Authority for six years.

Still with me? She’s also a grandmother, tennis player, semiprofessional cake-maker, and a proclaimed champion of women for her work paving the way for women into the real estate industry.

“That’s nice to hear,“ said HarnettKindley. “I like to think we can do what we want to do, and we have the skills to do that.”

“It was a man’s world when I went in,” she reflected on the real estate industry in New Zealand. “I made it my business to show women that there’s a place for them on the rungs of

the ladder of real estate.”

A patron of the New Zealand Masters Games, she is still one of NZ netball’s biggest fans. “It’s always been the love of my life, so I follow everything that they do,” she said.

“The game’s played at a much faster rate now. In my day, we had to make the ball work for us rather than us work for the ball. We played outdoors 99 per cent of the time on an asphalt surface.

When we did play inside, against Australia in Christchurch, it was in the hanger at the old army barracks. That had a concrete floor, so we had to battle the odds.”

“It’s a very different game now, although, interestingly enough, the goal average is actually the same. I think we made the ball work for us.”

Now retired from netball and (only in the last three years) real estate, Harnett-Kindley still keeps active, playing tennis twice a week on her Albert Town home’s tennis court and making wedding cakes.

“I used to make them as a wedding present for friends and family, but then word got out further, and now people just contact me by word of mouth. I really enjoy baking good, proper cakes, and the artistic side of it as well.”

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