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$33.5 million set to revamp Mt Aspiring College Joanna Perry

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inister of Education Chris Hipkins confirmed that $33.5 million of government funds would be awarded to finance the redevelopment of Mount Aspiring College (MAC)l, recently named the largest in Otago.

In one of his last acts as principal, Wayne Bosley said he was “absolutely delighted” with the result of a lengthy campaign to secure funding, which had been a “very personal project.”

“As a college we are thrilled. We have been working closely with the Ministry of Education (ME) to come up with a sustainable long-term plan to meet the needs of our rapidly growing community and it is wonderful to receive such positive validation,” he said.

“MAC is the only high school in Wānaka and the Upper Clutha basin and has seen exponential growth over the last five years. We are an intrinsic part of the community and we now have the means to develop a campus that truly serves our staff and students,” he added.

Hipkins said Wānaka was one of the fastest growing towns in New Zealand. Student numbers at the high school have almost doubled in the last eight years, going from 664 in 2012 to 1,139 in 2020.

The new investment is on top of $13 million pledged by the ME in December 2017, when the redevelopment plan was initially due to start in 2018. The new total of $46.5 million will allow “stages one and two of the MAC Masterplan to be completed in tandem,” according to board of trustees (BOT) chair Ed Nepia. The Masterplan roll number has also been revised from 1,600 in 2017 to 1,800, in consideration of MAC’s sustained growth in the interim.

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The master plan for the Mt Aspiring College development, set to take three years to complete and will include a whare, two multi-story classroom blocks and an administration building, all built on the existing site.

complete and will include a whare, two multistory classroom blocks and an administration building, all built on the existing site.

Nepia believed the value of the new build extended far beyond the physical campus. “This

is a very significant milestone not only for us as a school, but for us as a community,” he said.

“In a post-COVID climate the contract for this development will add much needed jobs and stability to our community, with significant

flow-on effects throughout the region.”

The Ministry of Education will go to tender for a construction company in mid-July, with ground being broken towards the end of the year.

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Hopefully a decision on the whereabouts of Wānaka’s primary birthing unit will be a little closer after a public meeting later this month.

Public Meeting on the location of primary birthing unit Pat Deavoll

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The Southern District Health Board is inviting members of the Central Otago and Wānaka communities to a public meeting on the location of primary birthing facilities in Central Otago/Wānaka.

The meeting will be held on Thursday 23 July, from 4 pm, at the Cromwell Presbyterian Church and is the next step in public consultation.

The Southern District Health Board and Central Lakes Locality Network will share feedback received from the public consultation so far, and present possible options around maternity

services in the area for people to consider.

Mary Cleary Lyons, General Manager, Primary and Population Health, Southern DHB said the consultation began in early February, and 300 submissions had been received to date.

The work was put on hold during the COVID crisis, as everyone was deployed to helping with the public health response.

“We are now back on track and are working on options that we look forward to sharing with the community on 23 July.

“We encourage members of the community to come along and participate in this next important step for delivering improved primary maternity services to Central Otago and Wānaka,” she said.

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Two warbird aircraft owners are determined to do their bit to ensure the southern hemisphere's largest warbird airshow returns to Wānaka in two years’ time.

Nelson-based Bill Reid and Graeme Frew from Blenheim are bringing their aircraft to Wānaka in August giving people in the south an opportunity to take a ride in what are two very different but classic World War II aircraft.

Reid will be bringing his Avro Anson Mk.1 reconnaissance bomber. This aircraft debuted at Warbirds Over Wānaka International Airshow in 2014 after a 10-year restoration effort and is the only one of its type flying in the world.

Frew’s Yak-3 Russian fighter was a very successful WWII fighter up against the likes of the German Messerschmitt 109. In recent years ‘Full Noise’ with Frew at the helm, has competed with distinction at the famous Reno Air Races in the USA. Warbirds Over Wānaka general manager, Ed

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Taylor, said it’s going to be great to have at least a couple of warbirds buzzing around Wānaka Airport for a few days after the disappointment of having to cancel this year’s big airshow.

“It’s been well documented that we took a significant financial hit from having to cancel because of Covid-19 so it was great to get a call from Graeme with an idea to bring the aircraft to Wānaka and to offer rides to southern aviation fans with Warbirds getting a donation at the end of the weekend. Wānaka Airport is also helping out with support during the visit,” said Taylor.

“We just love having the old aircraft in town and we know there will be lots of people from around the region who’ll come just to see these aircraft in action. Graeme and Bill are both absolutely passionate about their aircraft and so when people book a ride what they get is a full aviation experience learning all about the aircraft’s history and a whole lot more,” said Taylor.

Weather permitting the aircraft will be at Wānaka Airport from Friday August 21 to Monday August 24.

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Bosley said he would continue to work through to the end of the school term and then be “stepping down for the transition to a new leader.”

Joanna Perry

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The end of the school term last week marked Wayne Bosley’s official step down as principal of Mount Aspiring College (MAC), following his resignation on May 25.

Bosley, who served the school for over twenty years as deputy principal and principal, resigned after two members of the board of trustees (BOT) stepped down citing conflicts with the school’s leadership and direction - which have come under scrutiny from parents and the community since an Education Review Office [ERO} report in March deemed the school “developing.”

Bosley said he would continue to work through to the end of the school term and then be “stepping down for the transition to a new leader.”

In the meantime, the Ministry of Education assigned an independent Limited Statutory Manager (LSM), Madeleine Hawkesby, to MAC on May 28 in an effort to address governance issues.

Last Friday, July 3 saw tribute paid to Bosley by students, teachers and Assistant Principal Vicki Ashton, who thanked him for his years of service.

“As I listened to the student speeches this morning I was struck by a real sense of warmth

and genuine respect for this man who has given so much,” said Ashton.

“From a small rural school of 350 to the largest in Otago with 1139 students, Wayne has seen MAC through the ups and downs of rapidgrowth with grace. As I was pondering this I was reminded of how - for Wayne - all of this; all the late nights, the working holidays, the difficult conversations and the endless paperwork - all of this was worth it because of one single thing, the students. The way in which Wayne has always put our students first, supported them, listened to them, allowed them opportunity, given them the benefit of the doubt has - been extraordinary - and is a quality I will endeavor to emulate as we move forward without him,” she said.

As LSM, Hawkesby confirmed she would be responsible for the recruitment and appointment of a new principal and was consulting with the school community to help inform the position description and person specification for the role.

“We hope to have the appointment completed so they can start in Term 1 2021. Until then Dean Sheppard is in the role of Acting Principal” said Hawkesby.

Two new parent representatives, Mark Sinclair and Ben Taylor, were also appointed to the BOT after a parent election on June 25.

A proposed passenger air service between Wānaka and Christchurch has 90 percent support, according to a survey commissioned by regional airline Sounds Air. Sounds Air is proposing a scheduled direct service between Wānaka and Christchurch airports, with plans for up to fifteen return flights a week initially and up to three services per day. Flying time from airport to airport would be approximately 45 minutes and the route would be serviced by a Pilatus PC12 aircraft - a Swiss-designed turbo-prop aircraft seating nine passengers in a comfortable, pressurised cabin.

Survey results released yesterday showed 90 percent of over 3,600 respondents were ‘positive' or 'strongly positive' about the proposal. For Upper Clutha residents, who made up 39 per cent of respondents, the number was 87 percent.

Sounds Air Managing Director Andrew Crawford said the results “absolutely validate what we have been hearing for the last two and a half years. There is a ready and enthusiastic market for this service, and strong understanding and support for the benefits it would bring.”

In Upper Clutha, 21 percent of respondents said that they would use the services for personal/ medical reasons, 31 percent for business purposes, 56 percent for holiday and leisure and 47 percent to visit friends and family.

"Regional connectivity not only enables locals to travel but it will support domestic tourism, local business recovery and improved access to health services,” said Crawford.

He also nodded to ongoing debate around the

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ORC elects Andrew Noone as new chair Pat Deavoll

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The Otago Regional Council (ORC) voted in an extraordinary council meeting Wednesday morning to remove Marian Hobbs as chair. The vote passed by nine votes to two, with one abstention.

Following the vote, councillors elected Andrew Noone as chair. Noone was the only candidate to replace Hobbs and was elected by ten votes with two abstentions.

Andrew Noone retired from the Dunedin City Council in 2016 after 18 years as a councillor, gaining a wealth of experience, particularly in the areas of resource management and infrastructure.

He is currently serving his second term on the ORC. A sheep and beef farmer for over 30 years, he is also Deputy Chairman of the Dunedin District Licensing Commitee, a certified RMA commissioner, and Chairman of Iona Church Restoration Trust.

The change in chairmanship took place amid some acrimony.

Protesters gathered outside the Dunedin building that houses the council chambers, Philip Laing House, in Rattray St from 8.30am.

They then filled the public gallery.

The demonstration was organised by the Central Otago Environmental Society, and several people there carried signs.

In promoting the event on Facebook, the society argued Hobbs faced the vote because she was "a battler for the environment in Otago, and

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Andrew Noone was the only candidate to replace Hobbs and was elected by ten votes with two abstentions.

particularly our rivers".

Councillors have said the vote was about leadership, not water policy.

The society had earlier argued some councillors ought not to be allowed to vote because of conflicts of interest, but that was rejected by the Office of the Auditor-General.

The extraordinary meeting, called specifically to consider the removal of Hobbs as chairwoman, started at 9 am.

Outbursts from the public followed the vote.

Hobbs, a former minister for the environment in national politics, is in her first term as an Otago regional councillor.

potential development of Wānaka Airport into a jet airport. "It is clear from this survey that an important aspect of this service for the Wānaka community is the fact that it would use the existing facilities at Wānaka Airport with PHOTO: Supplied no requirement to Upper Clutha residents invest in additional made up 39 per cent of infrastructure,” he said. 3,685 respondents.

Crawford said Sounds Air was currently working on concluding arrangements with Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and Christchurch International Airport, and proposed to commence services from this September.

But QAC General Manager Corporate & Community Affairs, Sara Irvine, said the corporation remained mindful of the “commitment made to Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), its majority shareholder, and the community that we would not develop Wānaka Airport to introduce scheduled services until QLDC had completed its independent economic and social impact assessments of future airport development and the regional spatial plan in conjunction with Government, and the outputs of that work and community views were understood.

“The commitment is set out in our current statement of intent and will be considered as part of the revised statement of intent process in October.”

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Where are all those wallabies?

Pat Deavoll

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In recent years, Bennett’s wallabies have been trying to establish themselves in Otago.

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) Biosecurity Team is asking the community to let them know ‘Where’s Wally?’ to help find and control Bennett’s wallabies in the region.

Wallaby numbers in Otago are still very low, which makes tracking down these highly mobile animals over such a vast area challenging, according to Environmental Officer Simon Stevenson.

“It can be a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack – when you haven’t found the haystack yet.

“Reports from the public of any wallaby sightings are a massive help in our efforts to find and control this pest before numbers get out of hand,” he said.

Wallabies damage native bush regeneration and harm young trees. They also compete with livestock for pasture, damage crops and fences. Wallabies have the potential to significantly negatively impact the biodiversity values and economy of Otago.

“A single female has the potential to establish a breeding population of three. A female wallaby can, through what’s called embryonic diapause, have one joey developing in her pouch while

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Applications have now opened for Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) annual Events Fund. Event organisers can submit their funding applications until 5.00pm on Friday 31 July 2020.

The events fund aims to promote and support a balanced portfolio of new and existing sporting and cultural event experiences that meet the economic, marketing and community objectives of the district and can contribute towards the district’s recovery.

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also carrying another fertilised embryo ‘on hold’ until the joey is no longer dependent on her,” Stevenson said.

“Primarily, we use an indicator dog to follow up on wallaby sightings from the public, in order to find and destroy wallabies in Otago. But there are some pretty innovative new technologies in the works as well.”

New methods to find wallabies being trialled in Otago include aerial and ground based thermal imaging and AI thermal cameras which can learn to

recognise a wallaby.

ORC is also awaiting approval on operational plans for the $27 million funding boost announced by the government for the Ministry for Primary Industries to get populations of wallabies in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Canterbury and Otago under control.

If you spot a wallaby dead or alive, or signs of wallabies, report it to ORC as soon as possible by filling out the form on online at www.orc.govt.nz/wallaby or by calling 0800 474 082.

QLDC Relationship Manager Arts and Events Jan Maxwell says this year’s events are going to play an important role in bringing the community together and contributing towards our district’s recovery following COVID-19 restrictions.

“More than ever we will be looking to develop strong relationships with event organisers who have a sustainable focus, good health and safety practices, and a commitment to delivering an event that celebrates our community and is accessible for all,” said Maxwell.

“These are particular areas that we

want to support and encourage event organisers to prioritise when planning their events. We are also looking to make sure event organisers have considered a ‘plan b’ in case COVID levels increase again,” Maxwell added.

Workshops will also be held to help guide event organisers through the event permit and funding application process, ensuring questions can be asked in person. More information on these workshops will be shared shortly.

Applications close at 5.00pm on 31 July 2020 and no late applications will be accepted. Decisions will be advised by mid-September 2020.

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Electoral Commission: “We’ve got some big decisions to make and it’s important to be enrolled before you vote and have your voice heard.”

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With the 2020 general election set for September 19, the Electoral Commission is reminding New Zealanders to prepare to vote.

“It’s less than three months now until the election when you choose the people and parties that represent you in Parliament. There will also be two referendums that you can have your say on,” said Chief Electoral Officer, Alicia Wright.

“We’ve got some big decisions to make and it’s important to be enrolled before you vote and have your voice heard.”

Over the next few weeks, the Commission will be releasing information through their enrolment update campaign, which is now underway. Orange Guy has returned once more as the face of the campaign, with the new addition of his dog, Pup. Starting this week, personalised enrolment update packs will be sent to 3.27 million enrolled voters to check their enrolment details are correct.

“Open the pack and check your details are up to date,” said Wright.

“There have been some changes to the boundaries and names of electorates since the last election.

Your electorate is listed in the pack, so check that too.”

Electoral boundary changes announced last May moved

Alexandra, Clyde and Roxburgh to the Clutha-Southland electorate, but did not affect the Upper Clutha region, which remains under Waitaki.

The pack will also include information on the two referendums that will be held alongside the election. People can vote on whether the End of Life Choice Act 2019 should come into force, giving people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying.

They can also vote on whether the recreational use of cannabis should become legal.

“This year, more than ever, it’s important to enrol early so you get information about the election and referendums in the mail along with an EasyVote card which will make voting faster,” said Wright.

“We’ve made it even easier to enrol online at vote.nz using a New Zealand driver licence, New Zealand passport or RealMe verified identity.”

People can also enrol or update their details by filling in an enrolment form. Forms are available online at vote.nz, by calling Freephone 0800 36 76 56 or by texting their name and address to 3676.

For more information on the election, including the measures that will be in place for COVID-19, go to vote.nz.

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Rockburn’s New General Manager Joanna Perry

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Award-winning Cromwell vineyard has a new General Manager, following an announcement last month.

According to Rockurn, Tim Severne has significant sales and marketing management experience working with leading New Zealand companies such as Glengarry Wines, Hancocks Wine, Spirit and Beer Merchants and Marisco Vineyards.

He most recently held the position of Global Sales Manager at the Antipodes Water Company.

Antipodes Water is sold in over 15 countries.

Director of Rockburn Wines, Chris James, said: “Tim has had twenty years’ experience in the New Zealand wine and hospitality industry and is well known within the on and off premise markets. We believe, with his knowledge and enthusiasm that he will continue to expand the sales and promote the Rockburn brand, so that it maintains its position as one of Central Otago’s leading producers of premium wines.”

Rockburn takes its name from the rugged, rockstrewn, burn-scarred landscape of Central Otago.

The boutique producer has two vineyards, one on the Gibbston Back Road in the Gibbston Valley, and the other at Parkburn in the Cromwell Basin with its winemaking facility based in Ripponvale, just out of Cromwell.

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From left; Aspiring Rotary’s Tabatha Wilson with Kate Murray of Community Networks and Deb Budden of The Rotary Club of Wānaka

Rotary Clubs donate $9,000 to expand mental health support Pat Deavoll

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Tim Severne said that he was “proud to be leading a talented team at one of the great Central Otago wine companies.”

Severne said that he was “proud to be leading a talented team at one of the great Central Otago wine companies. Seeing Rockburn Wines poured alongside great cuisine, and sold in premium retailers around the world will be a focus.”

Severne began his role on June 10.

SPCA launches animal desexing programme

The Snip ‘n’ Chip campaign offers free desexing and microchipping to Central Otago pet owners.

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SPCA has launched a Snip ‘n’ Chip campaign, offering free desexing and microchipping to pet owners in Central Otago.

Running from July 1.the Snip ‘n’ Chip initiative allows Central Otago residents with a Community Services Card to desex and microchip their cat or dog for free. Every month, thousands of animals are brought into SPCA centres nationwide. Desexing and responsible pet ownership are the only ways to address the cause of unwanted animals being abused and neglected.

“Desexing is one of the best things we can do for animal welfare in New Zealand,” said SPCA CEO Andrea Midgen, “Not only will it help your pets have a happier and healthier life, but desexing

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A $9,000 donation from local Rotary Clubs will provide much-needed support for mental health services in the Upper Clutha.

The donation from The Rotary Club of Wānaka and Aspiring Rotary Club was made on Wednesday (1 July) to Community Networks Wānaka, a not-for-profit service supporting the wellbeing of the Upper Clutha community.

Community Networks provides subsidised counselling and will manage the distribution of the funds donated.

“With this generous donation, we can offer further support for clients,” said Community Networks manager Kate Murray.

“These funds will be used to help people with the cost of counselling. This can range from people having difficulty with relationships,

School Deputy Principal Lisa Bailey and Acting Principal Daryl Gallatly, put the finishing touches to the planting of one of three spreading elm trees donated and planted by members of the Wānaka & Districts Lions Club recently at the new Te Kura O Take Kārara primary school at Three Parks. School Principal Jodi Howard said, “The shade these trees will provide will be appreciated by the children sitting under them for many years to come.”

Lions Club members said it was “tremendously satisfying” to be able to contribute in this way.

Youth development was a key area of Lions Club work in the community, and local schools ranked highly when considering funding requests. This year the Club’s income had been impacted by COVID-19, but it was still able to support worthy causes in the community to the value of $24,000.

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ensures they don’t unknowingly or unexpectedly produce a litter of animals who are at risk of being abused and neglected.”

SPCA encourages all Community Services Cardholders in Central Otago with pets that aren’t desexed or microchipped to take up the offer.

Bookings can be made by emailing SPCA at centralotago@spca.nz with the limited time offer only available until spaces run out.

“We are so grateful to our participating vets for being involved in this campaign. They have played a huge part to improve animal welfare in Central Otago,” said Midgen.

“The aim of our campaigns is to also reach out to those who may not have considered having their pet desexed, or may not be able to afford it, and provide pet owners who do not currently have a local vet to get to know one.”

parenting, coping with stress, feeling depressed or experiencing grief,” said Murray.

Murray said Community Networks had a high demand for subsidised counselling with 23 referrals in June alone. “Last year we had 87 referrals in total, so demand has certainly grown recently,” said Murray.

Rotary Club of Wānaka immediate past president Deb Budden said it was a team effort by the two local Rotary clubs and the Rotary district. “Each club has contributed, and we were able to secure a grant from the Rotary District to make this substantial donation,” she said.

On receiving the donation, Murray expressed her gratitude to the local and district Rotary organisations.

“I’d like to say a huge thank you to the Rotary District and the local clubs for this support. There is a great need, and we appreciate this donation. It’s a great example of how we can work together to strengthen the resilience of our community.”

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Music won on the night: review of Arts celebrations for the New Zealand String Quartet Queenstown and Wānaka A large and very appreciative audience loved the concert by the New Zealand String Quartet in the Lake Wanaka Centre on Tuesday evening, partly as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven but also as a twin celebration overcoming the need for isolation; for this iconic group of master musicians to return to the performing stage, and for our passionate audience to enjoy the music and support the performers.

We might all well claim to have taken part in the first, freely seated, postCovid concert in the World.

The three quartets played were a fascinating demonstration of Beethoven’s genius. The first, Op 18 No 3 was from his earlier years ( age 27 ),and was described as challenging but also had some charming melodies.

Some people around me preferred it of the three.

The second, Op 74, was a more complex work, composed in much more difficult times of war but shows Beethoven’s ability to suppress the evils about him and to still turn his PHOTO: Pixabay There is a touching scene of sad goodbye between Beethoven and energies to happier thoughts.

The third work, Op 135 was written the love of his life… toward the end of his life and appears film “Immortal Beloved” which was a dramatic more of an acceptance of his fate, still with his fiction of the life of Beethoven from his young amazing ability to cope with his deafness and find adulthood to his death. There is a touching scene pleasure in his surroundings. of sad goodbye between Beethoven and the love The program notes tell of a story behind the of his life when these same phrases were used. interplay of the question, “must it be?” and the On the night, however, music was the clear winner. answer, “it must be!” It reminded me of an old – By Dennis Pezaro

Three Lakes Cultural Trust General Manager Jo Brown with the RenewArt poster.

Pat Deavoll

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The Three Lakes Cultural Trust has announced plans to help renew and reinvigorate the local arts and cultural sector with two new community events in Queenstown and Wānaka this spring.

The Trust – which supports and advocates for arts and culture in the Queenstown Lakes – invites all local artists to apply to showcase their work at the free RenewArt community events to be held in Queenstown on October 9-10 and Wānaka October 15-16, 2020.

Three Lakes Cultural Trust general manager Jo Brown says the idea behind RenewArt was to create uplifting events to be enjoyed by the entire district post-Covid-19, while also enabling a paid work opportunity for local artists.

“Like many people and organisations in our community, the arts and cultural sector has been deeply impacted by Covid,” she said.

“A lot of our events have been cancelled and this has been heart-breaking for many of our visual and performing artists, who had invested a lot of their time, energy and creativity into preparing for these events.

“We hope that RenewArt will be a light at the end of the tunnel, something our artists can work towards and hopefully receive a little financial relief from, too.”

The Trust has secured commitments in excess

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of $150,000 to deliver the project and reward selected artists for their work.

Artists can apply to exhibit at RenewArt via the Trust’s website at www.threelakesculturaltrust. co.nz/renewart from July 11 and applications close on July 23. A selection panel composed of highly respected arts and cultural practitioners will then select a cohort of artists to showcase their work at the RenewArt events in October.

Applications are open to residents across the Wakatipu basin and Upper Clutha, including Luggate, Lake Hawea, Albert Town, Wānaka, Cardrona, Makarora, Arrowtown, Queenstown, Gibbston, Glenorchy and Kingston.

Trust chair Julian Knights said the fundamental goal of the RenewArt initiative was to reunite and inspire artists and help them reconnect with the wider community through the power and beauty of their work.

“The Trustees of the Three Lakes Cultural Trust are really excited to launch RenewArt after this challenging time. It’s going to be a fantastic event, where our communities can come together and appreciate the amazing talent that we are so lucky to have here,” he said.

“We’re proud to be providing this opportunity for our artists, who will be able to channel their passion and their experiences of the last few months into something spectacular, while simultaneously celebrating the renewal of the Queenstown Lakes arts and cultural sector.”

Wānaka Women’s Suffrage Committee launches new book Ollie Blyth

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Twenty seven years after the original book was published, the Wānaka Women’s Suffrage Committee are pleased to announce the launch of their new book Skirt Tales the Sequel. On 28 July, the Committee will be holding the private launch at Cinema Paradiso. The book is a follow up to Skirt Tales which was published in 1993 to celebrate 100 years of NZ women’s suffrage. The new book will feature the stories of Upper Clutha 80 women, following local social history.

The Committee began collating the stories in 2018, when it was the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the country. The original publishing date was delayed by lockdown, but is now able to be shared to the world.

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Jude Battson, community board member, and general go- getter is one of the women featured in Skirt Tails the Sequel.

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Fostering involves caring for an SPCA animal for approximately 2-6 weeks and comes at no cost to the foster family.

SPCA desperate for foster homes Pat Deavoll

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SPCA is calling for kiwis in the Queenstown Lakes District and Central Otago to open their hearts and their homes, and be foster parents for animals in need.

The organisation is desperately seeking volunteer foster families to give animals a temporary home while they recover from injury, illness, or gain strength before being adopted.

SPCA Central Otago operations coordinator Emily Kerr said the Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes District has only a handful of foster families to support them.

“We would love some extra hands on board to help ensure animals in SPCA care can integrate into home life easily and move to their forever home faster,” she said.

Fostering involves caring for an SPCA animal for approximately 2-6 weeks and comes at no cost to the foster family.

SPCA supplies all the food, medicine, bedding, and toys to make the animal

comfortable. All they ask in return is a loving temporary home environment.

Kerr said that foster families are critical for many animals.

“There are so many better outcomes for animal welfare when they are staying in foster care with a foster family,” she said.

“Not only does fostering free up space at SPCA centres for other centres needing help, but for animals recovering from sickness or injury, or working on their confidence. Some animals get stressed in centre environments so being in a home environment will help them develop and recover much faster.”

For many people, fostering is a great option for those who can only open their homes on a temporary basis, or if they want to know what it would be like to have a pet live with them full time.

“Fostering is so rewarding – it literally saves lives. We’d love more of our Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes community to sign up as foster families and help these animals” To enquire more about fostering, visit www. spca.nz or email centralotago@spca.nz

Elmslie House resident turns 104 Joanna Perry

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Wānaka Retirement Village’s Elmslie House celebrated the 104th birthday of resident Barbara Cruickshank last Sunday, July 5. The party was attended by residents, staff and family of Cruickshank - including two of her great grandchildren.

Cruickshank was born in Liverpool, UK, and travelled with her family on the New Zealand passenger ship Ionic when she was six. She went to school in Queenstown, where the family first settled, and worked in a biscuit factory in Invercargill before working in a dry hotel in Mataura, where she met her husband, Cyril Cruickshank.

The couple had two children - Brenda, who has since passed away, and Gary, who lives in Wānaka. Around fifteen years ago, Cruickshank came to live at Elmslie House to be closer to her son and his family.

Her niece, Marisa McAtamney, who is also the activities co-ordinator at Elmslie House, said her “sassy aunt” still keeps very active and enjoys scrapbooking and stringing beads, among other hobbies.

“She played bowls this morning in the

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Host a Roast for friends, family and neighbours to support Ronald McDonald House.

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Locals are encouraged to host a meal for whānau, friends, neighbours, and colleagues in support of Ronald McDonald House South Island.

Upper Clutha Lions have kicked off the campaign with a $1000 donation and challenge other members of the community to contribute to this worthy cause.

The concept of Host a Roast is simple: during July invite your whānau, friends neighbours and colleagues to dine with you for a $20 donation.

This will go towards supporting families who require a 'home away from home' in Christchurch and Invercargill while needing hospital treatment for their child.

While it is called Host a Roast, participants are encouraged to think outside the box and host morning teas, lunches, ski picnics, kids cook for parents nights, mystery dining experiences etc, for their guests. It is all about celebrating the precious moments with others around a table while supporting a great cause. Now, more than ever it is a great time to get together with good company and offer an experience we can all appreciate and enjoy.

Ronald McDonald House South Island is hoping to raise more than $50,000 to support Kiwi families via this Host a Roast community fundraising event in July 2020.

Many families from the region have appreciated the hospitality and support this facility has provided while miles away from home. In 2019, Ronald McDonald House South Island hosted 1281 families, and ninety-four per cent of those families that stayed came from the South Island.

To register for Host a Roast 2020 or get more information please visit www.hostaroast.kiwi.

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Barbara Cruickshank (104) says her secret to longevity is “keep busy and eat well.”

conservatory, and she will play quoits tomorrow,” said McAtamney. “Happy hour is her favourite,” she added.

Cruickshank’s secret to longevity is “keep busy and eat well,” and it seems to be working.

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Snow is falling

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I’m link turning more than I’m falling over now - a real sign of success in my opinion.

Week 2 is for whiplash Joanna Perry

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In my second week of snowboarding, I learned two important lessons.

On our most recent trip up the hill, we were accompanied by my boyfriend’s family, including his ten-year-old brother. He had spent just about the same amount of time in snowboard boots as me, so I was fairly confident we’d be shredding the slopes at grandma pace together.

I was wrong. Whilst I panicked on every other toe-turn, he practiced 180s in the park. When I was still halfway down McDougall’s, covered in snow and fighting to stay upright, he was laughing at me from the chairlift on his way back to the top. The chairlift which, by the way, I’m still too scared to go on.

It’s well-proven that children learn faster than adults. Their brains are more flexible, they’re making new nerve connections every single day. But they also have fewer inhibitions.

They’re generally less concerned with hurting or embarrassing themselves, more likely to throw

themselves into a new activity and less aware of what negative consequences there might be.

As I shuffled my way down my last run of the day, it occurred to me that if I was less nervous about the toe-turn fast approaching, I’d have more headspace to focus on it. If I was less afraid of hurting myself, I might actually go fast enough to avoid catching an edge. Maybe we could all afford to think more like a child. Lesson number one: less hesitation; just do it.

Of course, all this thinking whilst snowboarding was never going to end well for me. Distracted, I was too late for the bloody toe-turn, tripped and hit - no, thwacked - my head.

I found out too late that, for skiers and snowboarders, calling your last run is pretty much equivalent to asking for an injury - or, in this case, just a mild case of whiplash. Although I can finally turn my head again, lesson number two: the ‘last run phenomenon’ is one neither I nor my neck will be forgetting in a hurry. Taking two more laps and skipping one for a beer sounds way more fun, anyway.

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After the first big snow dumps of winter, our local ski resorts look set for the school holidays - with more snow in the forecast.

Joanna Perry

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Snow is falling all around us, even on the Crown Range. And after the first big snow dumps of winter, our local ski resorts look set for the school holidays - with more snow in the forecast.

Cardrona spokesperson Jen Houltham announced last week that the resort was ready to open Captain’s Basin on July 4, although poor weather, wind and visibility limited the runs open over the weekend.

On Monday, only Whitestar was able to open, but after another 20 cm fell on Monday night, things are looking up.

Work setting up the Cardrona Parks is also well underway.

“We've had some great feedback on McPark V.2 so a big thanks to the crew who've been riding it for the first week,” said Houltham.

“The grooming team are starting to put together Lil' Bucks and the snow in the forecast should help get that park underway.” Six jibs had been set up in Lil' Bucks on Tuesday night.

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Treble Cone was back up and running, and yesterday reported a “very good day to be up here,” with 80 cm of snow at Saddle Basin.

Houltham also confirmed that after “a few days of rebuilding,” Treble Cone was back up and running, and yesterday reported a “very good day to be up here,” with 80 cm of snow at Saddle Basin. Helicopter control work was being carried out after 4 cm of snow had fallen overnight.

Snow Farm NZ were also celebrating “great winter snow conditions” at the cross-country ski resort yesterday, with clear skies and more snow expected in the next 24 hours.

Slopestyle is back on Eco-Friendly Crafts the agenda Tiakina a Papatūānuku Protect our Earth Mother these school holidays (and always) Making small changes add up to making a big difference. Let’s work together and make an impact. Help us create a healthy, more sustainable future as we make Earth Mother-friendly crafts.

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The Snow Sports New Zealand (SSNZ) Slopestyle Series is back for 2020 with a new format and a change of name -the SSNZ Freestyle Series, incorporating the Burton Snowboard Series and the Völkl Freeski Series.

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and The Remarkables in the first week of the September/October school holidays, date yet to be confirmed.

New sponsors Burton and Völkl are getting behind the series and helping to find the top freeskiers and snowboarders in the country. The SSNZ Freestyle Series has become an important part of the competitive pathway.

The first step to signing up for the SSNZ Slopestyle Series is joining up as a member of Snow Sports NZ.

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Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have come out fighting against the Department of Conservations (DOC) plans for a mass killing of tahr in the Southern Alps by signing a petition opened on July 1 by the Tahr Foundation.

DOC’s kill operation was due to start on July 1, but the final version of its plan was only released just before midnight, minutes before it came into force.

The petition asks DOC “to halt the 2020-21 tahr cull and review the Himalayan Tahr Control Plan (HTCP).”

DOC is working with Ngāi Tahu, the hunting sector and the Tahr Plan Implementation Liaison Group, to, over time, reduce the size of the tahr population back within the limits of the HTCP 1993.

A key element of the HTCP is that it sets a maximum population of 10,000 tahr across all land tenures in the tahr feral range (the legal boundary of where tahr are allowed to be).

Tahr Foundation spokesperson Willie Duley said (on July 2) the reaction to the petition was overwhelming.

“This is an amazing response – the petition got more than 20,000 signatures in the first 24 hours. And the figures keep going up overnight, and people kept signing and this morning ( July 2) the total is nearing 30,000.”

“This level of support from tens of thousands of people shows the depth of feeling there is about DOC’s plans and the wide opposition that exists to the planned decimation of this highly valuable herd.”

Tourism industry operators are also pleading for the government to halt DOC’s plan, saying the animals provide hundreds of jobs and a multimillion dollar benefit to the country.

Tahr hunting makes a highly valuable contribution to the South Island economy, bringing in tens of millions of tourist dollars every year. The industry sustains hundreds of local jobs, including guides, accommodation and helicopter operators and retailers said the Professional Hunting Guides Association.

Guides Association President James Cagney said the news has “sent them reeling.”

“This plan is a real blow. It would effectively decimate the tahr population in the Southern Alps and if successful will throw hundreds of people out of work,” Cagney said.

“What DOC is planning couldn’t have come at a worse time. The COVID pandemic has already hit our industry hard and now with no disclosure of the draft plan during the consultation, DOC is going to make things even worse.”

Cagney said he would be writing to the Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis, the Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Employment Minister Willie Jackson asking for help.

“Mr Robertson is also the Minister for Recreation, so he can help on that front too because thousands of New Zealanders go tahr hunting every year. If DOC is allowed to go ahead with its tahr killing plan, that source of healthy recreation will be eliminated along with the tahr.”

The Tahr Foundation has gone to the High Court asking for an interim injunction to stop the extermination campaign.

DOC is defending the proceedings said DOC Operations Director Dr Ben Reddiex “The New Zealand Tahr Foundation has filed

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judicial review proceedings against the Minister of Conservation and Director-General of Conservation in respect of DOC’s Tahr Control Operational Plan for 2020/2021. The case will be heard this Wednesday (yesterday) in the Wellington High Court,” Reddiex said.

The Tahr Control Operational Plan for 2020/2021 identifies how DOC will implement the statutory HTCP 1993, he said.

The plan focuses on stopping the geographical range of tahr from expanding, controlling all tahr in Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National to protect and preserve special places; and controlling high densities of female tahr across the tahr feral range to reduce impact and population spread, Reddiex said “As the matter has been before the court and DOC is respecting the court process, we can’t provide further comment at this time,” DOC told the Wānaka Sun. The New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA) strongly supports the Department of Conservation’s Tahr Control Operational Plan 2020-2021. It gives full support to the implementation of the National Parks Act’s policy of extermination of tahr, as far as possible, from the Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks.

Edward Ellison, Chair of the NZCA, said “Every New Zealander has an obligation to future generations and to Papatūānuku, to ensure national parks fulfil their purpose; to protect, in perpetuity, their unique natural features.

The objective to preserve these areas of natural beauty is indisputably in the national interest and at constant risk of being eroded.

“The NZCA has participated in the Tahr Plan Implementation Liaison Group meetings over the last two years, along with many hunting groups and other parties. We have been extensively briefed on the expansion in the range of tahr, and the large increase in numbers of tahr to at least three to four times the agreed maximum population of 10,000 in the HTCP 1993.”

“The Department has repeatedly signalled its intent since 2018 that it intends to reduce tahr numbers back to their lowest possible densities, and the agreed number in the HTCP, and remove those tahr outside the agreed range.”

Forest & Bird is seeking a declaration from the High Court that an operational plan to control tahr is illegal, and fails to meet the requirements for national parks and wilderness areas.

“Too many fragile alpine environments continue to be decimated by tahr, including in Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks,” said Forest & Bird West Coast and Canterbury Regional Manager Nicky Snoyink.

“Bull tahr are being deliberately left in National Parks, where there is supposed to be no tahr at all.

We think that's illegal.”

The HTCP set the total allowed tahr population in the central South Island mountains at 10,000 animals. Work by the Department of Conservation has instead shown that the population on public conservation land is instead around 35,000.

“The population is simply out of control.

National parks are being sacrificed for elite trophy hunters,” said Snoyink.

"And instead of getting the work needed done, the last two years of operational plans have provided no certainty that the number of animals will be reduced in any meaningful way,” she said.

“We’ve applied to the court because we

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The tahr industry sustains hundreds of local jobs, including guides, accommodation and helicopter operators and retailers according to theProfessional Hunting Guides Association.

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DOC aims to exterminate tahr from national parks and kill thousands more throughout the Southern Alps.

Hunters are up in arms over DOCs proposal for a mass killing of Himalayan Tahr.

want an operational plan that meets the legal requirements, that prioritises protection and restoration of fragile ecosystems and that demonstrates how tahr numbers will be meaningfully reduced quickly.”

The Tahr Foundation has started a Give A Little page for people to donate money to help fund it’s legal battle and Duley said that has also seen a good response with $29,000 donated in just two days.

“Tahr is highly valued, and people don’t want to see them wiped out. They are prepared to open their wallets and assist us in paying for legal help to stop DOC, and we are hugely grateful for that generosity,” he said.

“DOC’s plan is extreme and just not necessary. In the last two years, the number of tahr living in the alps has been nearly halved from 35,000 to 20,000.

Of those left, only 5,000 are breeding nannies.”

Duley warned that there would be a backlash

from the hunting community over DOC’s actions.

“The whole community is incredibly angry over what DOC is doing. We are supposed to be stakeholders and have already proved our willingness to work with DOC, yet that collaborative approach is being thrown back in our faces,” he said.

“This betrayal confirms that DOC has been developing an extermination policy behind our backs. What’s worse is they have been misleading the public by deliberately using false tahr population numbers to try and justify what they are doing.”

The Tahr Foundation said it is now even more determined to challenge DOC’s actions in court.

“We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the outdoor community, donating money to fund our fight. We owe it to every donor to challenge this outrageous and underhanded decision in the courts.”

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Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean has voiced her disappointment after an amendment to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill to help fund the Clyde/Alexandra water and wastewater connection project was voted down by parliament last week.

The bill is intended to urgently promote employment growth to support New Zealand's recovery from COVID-19 by establishing new fast-track consenting and designation processes for infrastructure and development projects, and enabling specific work on existing infrastructure to occur without the need for resource consent.

It was debated in the House and passed on July 2.

Dean said that she had tabled an amendment to include an additional $16.3 million “to enable water treatment for the combined Alexandra and Clyde scheme to drinking water standards and meet increased estimated costs on the project,” which was voted down by 64 to 38.

Dean had submitted a number of amendments, including one regarding the construction of a new roundabout on the intersection of SH6 and SH8B in Cromwell, all of which were voted down.

The Clyde/Alexandra water and wastewater connection project to construct new piping and infrastructure from Clyde to the Alexandra wastewater treatment plant was one of three Central Otago projects on a shortlist of 802 “shovel-ready” projects submitted for government funding in May. Twelve initial projects were chosen and announced by Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones on July 1, with “good news” for Otago promised in the coming weeks.

The Clyde project has been underway for some time, but has been delayed due to rising costs, with an additional $16.3 million required to enable water treatment to New Zealand drinking

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Dean said that she had tabled an amendment to include an additional $16.3 million “to enable water treatment for the combined Alexandra and Clyde scheme to drinking water standards and meet increased estimated costs on the project,” which was voted down by 64 to 38.

water standards to proceed, and to meet increased estimated costs on the wastewater project.

Dean said that “the government’s refusal to allocate extra funding and fast-track work on the Clyde-Alexandra water and wastewater project [was] a massive let-down for the region.

“With $60 billion dollars at the government’s disposal I thought it was the perfect time to further this big piece of infrastructure work,” she said. “This project has long-term public health and environmental benefits. It also provides much-needed jobs for local people.”

In response to her statement, Environment Minister David Parker said: “Jacqui Dean still seems to be confused despite this issue being explained during the debate in the House.

“The Covid-19 Recovery fast track consenting Bill was not about funding of projects and never was. It was about consenting of projects. The project she refers to can still be considered for referral by the minister to the fast track consent process under the new law, if an application is made.”

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“This year’s lantern release will be a beautiful moment for us to come together as a community to reflect on everything that has happened in the past few months.”

Joanna Perry

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Cromwell will be sending hundreds of lanterns floating into the night sky again this year as part of the Light Up Winter event to be held in the Cromwell Mall on Saturday, July 18.

“This year’s lantern release will be a beautiful moment for us to come together as a community to reflect on everything that has happened in the past few months,” said Gretchen Nightingale, Community Relationship Manager of the Cromwell & Districts Promotion Group (CDPG).

This will be the fourth year that Light Up Winter will transform The Mall in Cromwell into a winter wonderland, with window displays, light fairies and fire dancers. There will also be food options, mulled wine and a night market.

Magician Jonathan Usher will start the festivities at 4:30 pm, followed by the release of up to 1,000

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lanterns from the Big Fruit Reserve at 6 pm.

In efforts to reduce waste this year, Nightingale said that organisers were asking visitors to bring their own cups to the market.

She added that, as part of the CDPG’s environmental responsibility, they were working closely with the fire brigade to ensure the conditions were suitable for the lantern release, and had volunteers dedicated to following and picking up the lanterns on the night and the morning after.

“We know we might not find every single lantern, and that is why we are using lanterns that are 100 per cent biodegradable, wireless, and flame retardant,” she said. “We ask that the public does not release any other lanterns.”

Tickets for the lanterns are on sale from SBS Cromwell and SBS Queenstown. Lanterns will be available for collection just before the release from the SBS marquee on the Big Fruit Reserve.

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Community-lead action for healthy waterways

Plastic Free July is underway- why not join in?

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Simple swaps for a big change

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Councils are required to set a long term vision for water, report on progress towards this vision and investigate options for tangata whenua involvement.

The government recently announced the action for healthy waterways package, using Te Mana o te Wai as a framework to recognise freshwater as a natural resource whose health is integral to the social, cultural, economic and environmental wellbeing of communities.

Councils are required to set a long term vision for water, report on progress towards this vision and investigate options for tangata whenua involvement. Otago Regional Council has already agreed with Minister Parker to a work programme that includes notification of a new Land and Water Regional Plan by 2023, announcing that it expects to align the Water Permits plan change and the Water Quality plan changes (recently called in by the Minister for the Environment) with the action for healthy waterways regulations.

To reduce impacts on water, the new regulations require livestock to be kept out of waterways and for nitrogen losses to reduce.

Winter grazing must follow best practice guidelines with new minimum standards being set for stock-holding areas. Farmers will need to apply for resource consent before intensifying land use, and irrigators will measure water use every 15 minutes. Future farm plans will include a mandatory freshwater module. There are also protections for wetlands, which cannot be drained or developed.

Substantial funding was announced to support the regulations and to assist with COVID-19 recovery over the next four years. This funding

Plastic Free July is now underway, with millions of people around the world choosing to refuse single-use plastics this month.

If the words “plastic-free” send shivers down your spine, don’t worry, you’re not the only one.

The idea of avoiding single-use plastics for a whole month while everything around you is wrapped in plastic is pretty daunting. Permit yourself to go plastic “less”.

Plastic Free July is not about perfection. It’s about everybody taking small steps to waste less, like using a reusable bag when shopping. We’ve saved more than one billion plastic bags from landfill since last year’s ban.

If you’re just starting on your journey, the first thing to do is join Wānaka’s single-use cup (SUC) free campaign and ditch throwaway, disposable coffee cups. All you have to do is bring your own cup, borrow one or sit in to be SUC free.

Go a step further and bring a clean container for takeout. Many local food outlets welcome BYO containers for things like meat, pastries and curry. Just ask.

Avoid plastics in the fruit and veggie aisle by choosing packaging-free produce and using a reusable produce bag. Keep produce bags with your shopping bags, so you don’t forget them.

Say no to disposable straws and give yourself a big plastic-free tick.

Check out Refill NZ for local places to fill up a reusable water bottle. It will save you money, and

it’s kinder to the environment.

Shop waste-free at bulk food stores, butchers and farmers’ markets. For a comprehensive list of waste-free shopping spots go to Plastic Free Wanaka’s website.

This year’s Plastic Free July theme is “simple swaps”. Choose to make your bathroom, kitchen or workplace plastic-free with some simple swaps.

Here are seven to get you started: 1. Swap shower gel, liquid soap and shampoo in bottles for shampoo and soap bars 2. Replace wipes (yes they’re plastic) with a facecloth 3. Use beeswax wraps for your sandwiches instead of plastic film 4. Set up a lunch library at work with containers, cutlery and cups 5. Choose products in glass bottles or jars and reuse them when they’re empty 6. Swap plastic for cardboard and compost it to add vital “brown” material to the mix 7. Pick tins and cans where possible, when empty rinse them clean and recycle For more plastic-free tips, follow Wastebusters and Plastic Free Wānaka on Instagram and Facebook, and come along to their Waste Free Fair on Saturday, July 18. You can find out how to cut your waste at home, at work and even on the building site, and make your beeswax wrap at the Lake Wanaka Centre from 1 pm - 4 pm (gold coin entry).

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represents a significant opportunity to deliver real benefit to communities and the environment.

• $433 million to fund 4,000 jobs over five years in regional environmental projects • $200 million for ‘Jobs for Nature’ funding through DoC • $100 million from the Provincial Growth Fund for waterway fencing, riparian planting and stock water reticulation • $100 million to control wilding pines • $28m to control wallabies • $45.3 million for the horticulture sector • $19.3 million to grow the primary sector workforce by 10,000 people over the next four years • $20.2 million to help rural and fishing communities • $10 million to provide support to catchment groups • $55 million through the Freshwater Improvement Fund The Upper Clutha is well-placed to take advantage of these funding opportunities, thanks to WAI Wānaka’s Community Catchment Plan which outlines a multi-stakeholder process for the future management of our catchment. With NATURE by Forest and Bird funding support, existing programmes can be quickly ramped up and extended, to provide work for those impacted through COVID-19 job losses and deliver measurable environmental benefits.

The Upper Clutha’s Community Catchment Plan Forest & Bird welcomes a new sustainable vision "When the fishing industry is facing the can be downloaded from www.waiwanaka.nz. possibility of a United States trade ban because for the primary sector, but says it needs to be – By Julie Perry backed up with strong rules, meaningful support, of concerns about the critically endangered Māui and a change of attitude from industry laggards. dolphin, it's time to act," said Hague.

The Government has released a report Recent State of the Environment reports from outlining a new vision from the Primary Sector Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry for the Council committing to "meeting the greatest Environment have highlighted the serious decline challenge humanity faces: rapidly moving to a in our natural environment from the impact of low carbon emissions society, restoring the health the primary sector. These impacts include: • Up to 95 per cent of rivers in developed of our water, reversing the decline in biodiversity Saunders said. areas are polluted.

Rural land managers are urged to use good and at the same time, feeding our people."

• Irrigated land has increased by 100 per cent in Forest & Bird CE Kevin Hague said "It's great practice approaches to grazing stock over the only 15 years, and is the single biggest water winter, including regular back fencing, grazing to see a commitment to cameras on boats, a user in the country, accounting for nearly half from top to bottom, and leaving a buffer zone desire to boost regenerative agriculture, and a of all water taken out of the ecosystem. commitment to reduce emissions from dairy between stock and waterways.

• Climate change is going to cause more frequent These measures reduce the likelihood of soil, farming. This vision identifies Te Taiao as the and longer droughts. Already, soils at onenitrogen, phosphorus and E.coli running off basis for a healthy economy.

"New Zealanders need nature but nature needs quarter of monitored sites are drying out. paddocks into streams, rivers, lakes or wetlands, • Less than 0.5 per cent of New Zealand's helping to protect aquatic life and ensure our us to look after it, and this plan is an excellent oceans are protected in full marine reserves. waterways are safe for swimming and collecting start in recognising this fundamental truth."

"Transforming the way we do farming, • And from Land Care Research – thirteen out of mahinga kai. fourteen native habitats are shrinking in size.

ORC teams will follow up on non-compliance forestry, and fishing will require a major shift in "Those in industry that won't change need identified from the air, with responses ranging primary sector behaviour. In the past couple of from education and advice, through to years we have seen primary sector campaigns strong rules and enforcement; those at the other against rules to protect significant natural areas end of the spectrum need encouragement and enforcement notices and prosecution.

For advice about winter grazing, contact on private land, and to improve water quality. assistance, and the bulk of people in the middle ORC’s Rural Liaison Team on 0800 474 082 or We have seen resistance to cameras on boats need technical and financial assistance to make and complete hostility towards marine reserves change. When all three elements are in place we email rural@orc.govt.nz.

Anyone who sees pollution of a waterway is and more effective regulation of fishing. All too can make fast positive change that can protect encouraged to call ORC’s 24/7 pollution hotline often, Forest & Bird has had to fall back on the and restore nature as well as strengthen the value of our international brands," said Hague.

Environment Court to protect nature. on 0800 800 033.

Forest & Bird supports Primary Sector vision

ORC flights to check land-use practices begin next week Joanna Perry

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The Otago Regional Council (ORC) is this week undertaking its annual flights over the region to monitor for sediment disturbance and discharges to water from farming, forestry and other landuse activities.

ORC currently has rules in place for sediment loss and stock access to waterways, but changes to both regional rules and national environmental standards are expected soon. These changes are designed to further protect waterways from sediment and nutrient runoff.

In the meantime, ORC General Manager Regulatory Richard Saunders said ensuring good practice for activities such as winter grazing was essential to protect the environment.

“Until the new rules are in place, we strongly encourage good grazing practice over the winter months, both to protect waterways, and to prevent the need for enforcement,”

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NEWS IN BRIEF ORC appoints new Port Otago Director Bob Fulton has been named a new Director of Port Otago, following the retirement of Dave Faulkner in December last year. Mr Fulton was appointed by the Otago Regional Council (ORC) last week and began work on July 1, with his first board meeting coming up on July 7.

“Mr Fulton has the experience and knowhow to fill the role. He ticked all the right boxes in terms of the skills we were looking for and has a real desire to support Otago,” said Kevin Malcolm, “I’m very pleased to be able to appoint him to the Port Otago board.”

Kahu Youth holiday programmes Kahu Youth are running a range of school holiday programmes for the two week break.

Some activities will include: Paintball Central (Thursday 9 July); Sushi making; Frisbee golf; Crossfire; a Mid-Winter Christmas; Basecamp; a day out in Queenstown; and a film at Cinema Paradiso.

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Jan Scown becomes Wānaka Senior Net president After three years of looking for someone to fill the role, the Wānaka Senior Net has a new president, Jan Scown, who will offer a “new beginning.” Senior Net supports and encourages people over 50 in learning and enjoying digital technology.

Calling all sewers The Wānaka Waste Free Fair 2020 is scheduled for July 18 and Plastic Free Wanaka is seeking sewers who are keen to take home some produce bags kits and sew them up in time for the Fair. If you think you can help we have kits of 10 bags ready for pick up at the Wanaka Wastebusters counter. Interested individuals email hello@plasticfreewanaka. co.nz and arrangements to deliver the kits can be made.

Maintenance on Aubrey Road 'roadside pool’ The regular flooding on the Northlake end of Aubrey Road was pumped this week, with a new soak pit being dug. The locally run ‘Lake Aubrey/Northlake Pool’ satire Facebook page announced that, “Pool has been pumped after complaints that the water was getting a little dirty. New water due later in the week. What appears to be a plunge pool is being dug. The maintenance team refer to it as a "Soak Pit" - I hope there's been no confusion, as we dearly love our pool.”

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Central Otago encouraged to sign up to "Gets Ready."

'Gets Ready' will build the community's capability to support one another during emergencies.

Pat Deavoll

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Central Otago residents and ratepayers are being encouraged to sign up for 'Gets Ready', to build the community's capability to support each other during emergencies.

Gets Ready was launched in Central Otago in September last year, and to date, 1200 addresses are registered in the database.

Gets Ready is a tool that will allow council (in its local civil defence role) to send real-time alerts during an emergency, let people register friends or whānau who may need extra assistance in an emergency, let people register skills, resources or aid that they can provide during an emergency, and help prepare neighbourhoods to be part of a coordinated community response.

Central Otago Emergency management officer Matt Alley said the debrief of the council-led response to COVID-19 identified areas for further improvement and training.

"Our Public Information Management team has identified huge value in this tool to enhance the work they do, but the more of our community

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we can get to sign up to the system the more powerful a tool this can be for future emergency responses. We are encouraging everyone to sign up and spread the word."

Alley said the best thing about Gets Ready was its potential to increase community resilience and strengthen neighbourhood networks.

"It's a database to identify who has particular skills and resources in our community – for example; we can search on who has a portable generator if we lose power, who has a 4WD if roads are affected by flooding, snow or slips, and those with language skills who could help translate important messages for our overseas visitors and migrant workers. It also highlights who might have particular needs so we can plan to cater for these as a community.

"Being able to log on and access and update your details puts the ownership back with the community and will dovetail nicely with the community response plans we are rolling out for our district."

If you haven't registered yet then sign up today to the database at centralotago.getsready.net/. It's a rapid process, and you will only be sent alerts relevant to the address you record.

Immigration support returns to Queenstown Lakes hub Pat Deavoll

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Immigration New Zealand, lawyers and travel agents will be returning to the Kia Kaha Queenstown Lakes hub for several sessions over two weeks to support those seeking immigration assistance.

These additional sessions will complement current ones already planned, which include skills and retraining advice and well-being sessions.

A dedicated business employers’ session will run at 9.00 am on Wednesday 8 July, followed by a community session at 1.00 pm. On Thursday 9 July and Wednesday 15 July, they will offer dropin sessions to allow as many people as possible to access face to face support.

Well-being has also been identified as an important need for the entire community. So, Fridays at the hub are dedicated as a chance for people to connect and recharge together with others. Jo O’Conner, Health Promotion Specialist from WellSouth is offering ‘a cuppa, and a chat’ for anyone between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm on Fridays. Adam Chalmers will be

running a ‘foundation of well-being’ workshop on Friday 10 June.

The skills and training sessions will continue to run with the support of Queenstown Resort College, Southern Institute of Technology, Otago Polytechnic and English language skills as a drop-in between 11.00am – 2.00pm Monday to Wednesday until 17 July when the hub will be paused while next steps are considered.

“We plan to sit down with everyone who has been involved in the Kia Kaha Queenstown Lakes hub and look at how we can continue supporting the community need. This means we need to pause the hub for a few weeks,” said Queenstown Lakes District Council’s Recovery Manager, Steve Batstone.

“The majority of the sessions held at the hub have been recorded so if you did miss out on attending a session, and you could still access the information shared in these video resources on our website.”

So far, more than 1,000 people have been supported in person at the Kia Kaha Queenstown Lakes Hub, and more than 9,000 have viewed the resources which are also available on our website.

Wānaka Bridge Club Results Monday – Pembroke Pairs 1: North/ South: 1st Ena Leckie Laraine Shepherd 59.90% 2nd Martin Unwin Ann-Louise Stokes 56.51% 3rd Maggie Stratford Andrew McLennan 55.99% East / West 1st Marion Furneaux Liz Hawker 63.35% 2nd John Schwarz George Foreman 53.75% 3rd Ken Saxby Heather Wellman 53.69% Wednesday – Bronze Championship Pairs 3: results unavailable Friday 3 July : North/ South: 1st Sherril Harries Maggie Stratford 67.86% 2nd Ena Leckie Laraine Shepherd 55.06% 3rd Ian McDonald Boyd Ottrey 51.19% East/ West: 1st Lynne Fegan David Brewer 59.52 2nd Bridget McCaughan Noeline Munro 53.57% 3rd Jenny Turnbull Joy Baxter 53.27%

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So what's the deal with all those tahr?

Pat Deavoll

editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

An issue that seems to have the nation polarised at the moment (a nice change from COVID) it what to do with all those tahr.

Tahr have been scrambling around our mountains for at least a century and a half, and their numbers have increased to around 35,000. According to the Department of Conservation (DOC).

See page 9 for a fuller rundown of this issue if you are interested.

On one side, we have DOC intent on reducing the size of the tahr population to within the boundaries of the Himalayan Tahr Control Plan (HTCP)1993 of a maximum of 10,000 animals.

They are backed strongly by the New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA) which supports the DOC's Tahr Control Operational Plan 2020-2021. It gives full support to the implementation of the National Parks Act's policy of extermination of tahr, as far as possible, from the Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks.

On the other side is the Tahr Foundation which has set up a petition to save the animal and this has been signed by tens of thousands of New Zealander's, all having put pen to paper for their own reasons, whatever they are.

The Tahr Foundation has really come out swinging, approaching the High Court for an interim injunction to stop the extermination campaign. It is backed by lots of commercial

game hunters who see their livelihood going down the drain and a wealth of recreational hunters who just want something to fire their guns at.

The New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA) strongly supports the DOC Tahr Control Operational Plan 20202021 and the National Parks Act's policy of exterminating tahr, as far as possible, from the Aoraki/Mt Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks.

At the extreme end, Forest&Bird, as ever its feisty self, is seeking a declaration from the High Court that an operational plan to control tahr is illegal, and fails to meet the requirements for national parks and wilderness areas. They want all tahr gone, not just down to the last 10,000 – all of them.

So what's the deal here?

For someone like me, who loves cats and hates the thought of any animal being shot, I'm with the 20,000 who signed the Tahr Foundation petition in the first day to protect tahr as a national icon. Afterall they are beautiful wild animals that should be able to run free in the mountains. They should be allowed their space to live in peace.

But the other side of me wants the landscape of our mountains protected, and if tahr nibble native flora down to the roots and cause erosion with their sharp little hooves, then maybe they should go. So for me, this is a puzzle.

The Wānaka Sun would love your opinion on this, so don't hold forth on sending us a letter to the editor.

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Crimeline I Ian Henderson

Senior Constable, NZPD

Gee what a week, lots to write about on a cold, wet evening.

On Monday July 1 a burglary was reported in Kingston St, Albert Town, where a chainsaw was stolen. A set of skis was taken from the racks at Cardrona Ski Resort, so please keep an eye on your valuable skis, there are dishonest people on the slopes as well.

On June 30, police dealt with a couple of family harm incidents, issuing a Protection Order at Lake Häwea, and received a complaint of a vehicle doing burnouts at Ruby Ridge.

On July 1 Police, Fire and Ambulance attended a vehicle crash on the Ardmore St lakefront where an older driver suffered a medical event, crashing into a couple of parked vehicles. He was whisked away to hospital in the helicopter.

On July 2, police received a complaint that a vehicle was driven onto a Timsfield property, the driver ramming another vehicle and pushing it about 10 metres.The driver is known and is expected to come into the Police Station to explain his actions.

Police attended a serious incident involving a number of youths which resulted in several charges, and all will be appearing before the courts.

On July 3 the town was very busy during the night with masses of disorder and fights keeping police busy. Alcohol was the main issue; we wish

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younger people could learn responsible drinking.

Shame that most of the bars in Wānaka encourage good behaviour, one didn’t.

Police also received a complaint of rental tenants cleaning out a furnished property after 70 days of non-payment. Remember to choose your tenants carefully; dollars are not the only consideration.

On Saturday night, police were called about two large cattle-beasts on Cemetery Road, Lake Häwea. They were hard to see without their fluro vests, thank you to those motorists that called in to report them grazing on the roadside. They readily jumped the fence back into the paddock like a couple of old steeple-chasers. A reminder to farmers that generally a hot-wire is best added to a rickety fence.

A local man was charged with shoplifting at Three Parks New World on Sunday; he ignored the fact that the CCTV coverage there is outstanding, as is the drive to Court over the Crown Range!

Only two drink-drivers over the weekend, pretty good considering the ‘flying squad’ were in town on Saturday night, but two too many folks.

Lastly, an envelope containing a sum of money was handed in to police by staff from a local shop.

If it’s yours then come in and claim it - you will need to tell us how much in the envelope, and what is written on the outside of the envelope.

Great result for the Upper Clutha Rams, not quite good enough by the Highlanders but they were impressive all the same. Have a safe week.

Letters may be edited or abridged.

Letters of no more than 300 words are preferred.

In response to our post: BP staff miss out on jobs Richard: This is a shame, but I’m sure the new owners have their reasons and unfortunately that’s their choice to make people.

Shane: Easy solution if you're not happy with this is to boycott the new BP. However, it may also affect those who will be starting new jobs.

Shane: Cath and you have this first hand I presume. In this period of the year everyone is looking for work why should it not go to the best suited candidates?

Jen: 13 years service and you miss out on a position, that’s tough.

Melissa: I agree, they were always there before I even got out. Such amazing service.

Kath: The staff were so helpful. This is so unfair.

Sue: Aren’t a lot of the pumps card only so don’t need staff?

Julie-Anne: Maybe they just want a fresh start with new staff. Lots of people have lost jobs.

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Wanaka Bowling Club elects new President

Delayed by nearly a month by Covid-19, the Without their work Wanaka Bowling Club held its Annual General the Club would not Meeting on Sunday, July 5. function.

Lastly, he thanked President for the past three years, Ken Mitchell was thanked for his astute and effective leadership that the Board of the Bowling had ensured the Club continued to have excellent Wanaka outdoor and indoor facilities, a healthy membership, Club for its support sound financial position, and despite Covid 19 and hard work over the past year and restricting club activities, to remain in good heart.

In his President’s Report, Mitchell highlighted that it had been a PHOTO: Wanaka Bowling Club the success, and popularity, of the Winter Stadium privilege to be the Gaye Beattie (incoming bowling programme and that it was great to have the Club’s President for President) and Ken Mitchell (outgoing President) support from neighbouring Hawea Bowling Club the last three years.

Vice President Gaye Beattie was elected President members who joined in for the Stadium season.

He commented on the successful development along with the following Board members: Vice President: Tom Malcolm and adoption of the Club’s Strategic Plan, after a PHOTO: Clint Hughes Secretary: Madeleine Wilson survey of members and numerous meetings.

A Darcy Morrison, Lachy Moore and Jono Watson fight hard to contain one of the Kings powerful props.

Treasurer: Marilyn Steel number of future projects identified in the Club’s Board: Ewan Miller Strategic Plan are now underway with others in Board: Alister Moore the planning stage.

Board: Frank Ruddiman Mitchell reminded members that the Club was Board: Marg Young very fortunate and grateful to have the support Gaye Beattie has been a member of the Wanaka of a significant number of sponsors from the It was another tough assignment for the MAC after a dominant scrum to lead at halftime by business community, and how it was important Bowling Club for 14 years and was Convenor of the Women’s Match Committee for five years as that the Club supported those sponsors.

First XV last weekend when they travelled down just nine points.

He thanked all the volunteers who worked well as being Vice President for the past year.

With the wind behind them in the second half, to Dunedin to play the competition leaders Kings – By Peter Wilson Kings took advantage of their powerful pack by so hard to ensure the Club operated smoothly.

High School.

Blustery conditions greeted the teams when playing a more forward orientated game and they took the field and this had a significant were able to find holes in the tiring MAC defence SPORTS RESULTS as the game went on. impact on the game.

In a similar situation to last week, the MAC was fortunate enough to win the toss Please send sports results to sports@thewanakasun.co.nz by Tuesday at noon. and played the first half with the wind behind opposition was able to bring on several new Results should be unformatted and presented in the body of the email. them, using it to their advantage with some players through the half, something MAC could Week ending July 3rd Wānaka Stadium Bowls smart kicking to push Kings back into their own not compete with having several of the squad out Monday Edgewater Trophy 1st D Urquhart J Leith Week ending 26 June injured. Despite this the team played with great twenty- two on several occasions.

Monday Edgewater Trophy 1st M Young P C Kiewiet 2nd B Steel P Hope H Davies 3rd M Steel MAC was rewarded when Kings were resilience and character, not giving up and played Hope R Tempero 2nd R Muir Kathryn Mitchell T J Stock K Outram Tuesday afternoon 2x4x2 1st penalised in front of their posts, and Ryan Jones to the final whistle, going down 43 - 3 in the end.

Outram 3rd A Coupe B Mee H Davies Tuesday G Cameron K Outram 2nd I Fletcher G Campbell The team now gets a much needed weekend successfully kicked the goal to put MAC into the afternoon 2x4x2 1st M Hardy J McGowan 2nd 3rd K Davey N Matheson Tuesday evening Trades off after playing the top three schools on lead of the match early on.

B McMillan J Feehly 3rd= I Fletcher Y Gale, T 1st Bowl’m’Over 2nd Lions 3rd BNB Wednesday It wasn't to last long; however, as once the Kings successive weekends. They will regroup and Malcolm G McMillan Tuesday evening Trades 1st afternoon Triples 1st N Roberts G Campbell R High Rollers 2nd The Nobowlmen 3rd Bowl’m; Robertson 2nd Ken Mitchell M Hardy K Norman 3rd huge forward pack was able to control possession, prepare for their most important game of the P Traynor B Kane J Rich Wednesday evening Trades Over Wednesday afternoon Triples 1st D Minson first round against Dunstan which will be played they soon powered their way over the line.

1st Mixed Bag 2nd Green Toads 3rd Bad Neighbours C Kiewiet M Baker 2nd F Beardsley N Brown Despite looking dangerous with the ball at home. The two teams look to be fairly even on Thursday afternoon Triples 1st G Hall N Roberts C J Hurring 3rd N Roberts E Templeton L Leary Fife 2nd A Turnbull P Hope F Cameron 3rd N Turner M Kings struggled with the conditions and MAC paper, so the MAC boys are very much looking Wednesday evening Trades 1st Green Toads Hardy P Wilson Thursday evening Trades 1st Taffys played smarter rugby, disrupting their structure forward to a more competitive game in front of 2nd Bad Neighbours 3rd Shot Bowls Thursday 2nd Pollys 3rd Grey Power Friday Progressive Skips with some tenacious defence. Kings were able their home crowd. afternoon Triples 1st M Steel N Turner H Malcolm 1st I Fletcher 2nd T Tovey 3rd P Traynor Thirds 1st D – By Clint Hughes to score once more towards the end of the half 2nd T Malcolm G Beattie J Hurring 3rd N Roberts Minson 2nd J Briggs 3rd F McElrea Leads 1st G Hall

Tough task for MAC First XV against Kings

P Hope A Sanders Thursday evening Trades 1st Pollys 2nd Lakers 3rd Ian&Co Friday Progressive 1st Skips P Traynor 2nd A Moore 3rd I Fletcher Thirds 1st D McLeay 2nd A Bryan 3rd C Kiewiet Leads 1st N Matheson 2nd B Thorburn 3rd J Rich.

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Board of Trustees Election Nominations are invited for the election of 5 parent representatives to the board of trustees.

A nomination form and a notice calling for nominations will be posted to all eligible voters.

You can nominate another person to stand as a candidate, or you can nominate yourself.

Both parts of the form must be signed.

Additional nomination forms can be obtained from the school office.

Nominations close at noon on Friday, 24 July and may be accompanied by a signed candidate statement and photograph.

The voting roll is open for inspection at the school and can be viewed during normal school hours.

There will also be a list of candidates’ names, as they come to hand, for inspection at the school.

Voting closes at noon on Friday, 7 August.

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N o t i c e b o a rd | P a p a P ā n u i Amendment to July 2020 Meeting Schedule Additional Meeting: Resource Consent Hearing (Benkris Farms Ltd RM191020) – Armstrong Room, Lake Wānaka Centre, Ardmore Street, Wānaka. Wednesday 22 July 2020 at 11.00am.

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Mens Tarras Golf Results June 4: Stableford Round G Rive 37, S Johnston, B Trevathan, B Rowley 33 Nett Eagles B Trevathan 2,11 Birdie S Johnston No 4

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WAFC Premiers get WAFC Seniors triumphant first win of the season in Alexandra Round three of the southern premier league saw Wānaka AFC premiers take on Roslyn Wakatipu at home.

A bright first 20 minutes by Wānaka had them playing a new formation from the previous two games but as they looked to take advantage of their domination of possession they were guilty of switching off from a set-piece.

Roslyn’s best player on the day Harley Rodeka was given time and space from a throw in and curled a delightful cross to the far post where a Roslyn player waited patiently and headed home to give the away team a 1-0 lead.

Roslyn gained confidence from their goal but to Wānaka’s credit, they kept playing and continued to dominate the game. They were rewarded in the 25th minute when a shot from outside Roslyn’s penalty box hit the hand of a Roslyn player in the box and a penalty was given.

Barry Grehan stepped up and audaciously beat the Roslyn goalie with a calm finish to make the score 1-1.

Wānaka started to apply constant pressure on Roslyn’s goal and it was Adam Hewson who was denied three times in quick succession by keeper Green in the final minute of the first half.

The second half continued with Wānaka creating some free-flowing moves and they went close to scoring in the 55th minute. Levi Fletcher cut inside on the right wing and found Michael Gealogo in midfield. He beat a player and curled a delicious left foot shot just over the bar from 20 yards out.

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Alexandra desperate to stop Wānaka’s momentum, started to make substitutions which shored up their defence and the game settled down after such an explosive start from Wānaka.

Wānaka still found ways to penetrate the Alex defence and had numerous opportunities down the flanks with good balls from their dominant midfield of the day Scott Mitchell, Lee Eaton and Everton Rossi-Furby .

This was rewarded with another goal to Ellis just before halftime.

The second half Alexandra made more substitutions and changed their tactics to take advantage of their speedy forwards that they brought on. This worked a lot better for them and put a lot more pressure on the Wānaka’s defence and made the game a lot more competitive.

Alex was the first to score in the second half with a long ball played forward and missed by the Wānaka back line giving an opportunity to Alex who didn’t miss; 3-1.

With their tails up Alex took control of the game and Wānaka had to withstand a good amount of pressure for 20 minutes where Alex was dominated.

But Wānaka improving week by week managed to keep their composure and weather the storm

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Double goal scorer Jacob Lang for the Senior team.

to take back control of the game with another goal by wing-forward Lang.

But Alex had the last word with a goal just before full time that looked very much to be offside by a mile to end the game 4-2 to Wānaka.

Next week the WAFC Seniors play at home against the League Leaders Lakes United at 2:45.

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Wānaka score again not if. Lively striker Hewson was denied by Green again but five minutes later it was Hewson who found the net. Van hees started a move from deep in Wānaka’s half finding Gealogo who played Bell on the left, drove inside and played Grehan who then passed to Gelaogo who was now in space wide left.

Gealogo delivered an inch-perfect cross to Hewson in the penalty box. Hewson received on his chest and then hit a left foot volley high into the roof of the net past a helpless Green in goal for Roslyn. A great team move and a top-class finish from the young striker.

Wānaka deservedly took the lead 2-1. With five minutes left in the game Roslyn’s left midfielder Yun San Chang drove into Wānaka’s penalty box and his cross struck the trailing hand of a retreating defender and the referee blew for a penalty kick. Roslyn’s penalty taker had the pressure of converting the spot-kick in the dying moments to give them a valuable away point.

Rory Hannon in goal for Wānaka became the hero as he dived well to his left and parried the penalty kick away to secure a valuable three points for a Wānaka team who deserved the 2-1 victory.

On a day when all players contributed well for Wānaka, man of the match went to Michael Gealogo who along with Barry Grehan dominated the competitive midfield area.

Next weekend will be another tough game as the team travels to Dunedin to take on Caversham for a 2.45 pm kick-off at Hancock Park.

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