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Draft Masterplan Revealed 10kmph one-way on Ardmore Street in a shared zone Emma Conyngham

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Pembroke Park is to be shunted north to directly connect with the lake, while Brownston Street takes the weight of Wanaka’s traffic but at a 30kmph limit. In a landswap arrangement, 390 carparks on the lakefront will be relocated to the southern boundary of Pembroke Park on Brownston Street.

An access road from Anderson Avenue to Golf Course Road is proposed to be cut through the Wanaka Golf Course, and the town is destined to get two sets of traffic lights: one set at SH84 and Anderson Road (with new fourth leg providing the town centre bypass), and one at Brownston Street and Ardmore Street (the current Caltex Roundabout, although if all goes to plan, Caltex will be moving to the new Mt Iron Junction).

One move that should be welcomed by many is an upgrade of the dangerous intersection at Golf Course Road, and Ballantyne Road.

One hundred car parks are also to be added in Lismore Park on upper Hedditch Street; 35 parks on lower Hedditch Street, whilst another 200 carparks will be added on the corner of Ballantyne Road and Stratford Terrace. And what is currently a single lane sneaking through from Dumore, past the library and up to Brownston Street, will become a new road.

The Wanaka Sun asked Mayor Jim Boult whether the Draft Masterplan was created for locals or tourists. “It has been made

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for locals.” he replied. “Our concern is primarily the people who live there and how it works for locals. Of course we need to take visitors into account but that’s a secondary consideration. Some of the things we need to do around visitors affect locals, so if you like, we are putting locals’ interests ahead of visitors when considering these things.”

The plan is big and bold; some people will love it, and some will hate it — whilst a significant portion will be indifferent — but QLDC is emphatic that this plan is not final, but merely an invitation to get feedback.

“Your feedback will be collated, analysed and incorporated into the Masterplan and transport programme. The Masterplan and transport programme business case will completed for endorsement by investment partners in July 2019,” said Council.

Whilst the plan is quite deliberate in its

redevelopment of the lakefront, there are questions as to why the millennium path was not addressed, considering there were over 4000 signatures to retain it. Councillor Quentin Smith said the millennium path was not addressed “because the masterplan does not attempt to deal with that level of detail.” That may be the case, but many people have been eagerly awaiting an announcement on the pathway and had been expecting an update in this masterplan and will be disappointed that the issue still remains in limbo. Rebecca Pitts from QLDC said, “The Millennium Pathway is part of Stage two of the Wanaka Lakefront Development Plan. Stage two has been put on hold to ensure it aligns with the parking considerations being proposed through the Draft Masterplan.” Presuming that the Lakefront Development plan won’t

be finalised until this Masterplan has been finalised means nothing could be decided about the pathway for many years.

During the March trials, 1100 people submitted feedback to Council on the Masterplan — 88 percent of which were from local residents. Like any form of voting or surveys, it is assumed that people who don’t engage don’t really care either way therefore the issues at hand are of no consequence to them. But of the people who do care, 71 percent favoured moving parking away from the lakefront; 96 percent favoured a bypass; and 72 percent favoured some form of closure of Ardmore Street. The Draft Masterplan as created by Council, is an attempt to represent what a majority of surveyed people wanted — which if anything, is a lesson in civic participation. See pages 3-7 for more details about the masterplan.

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What happens to our kerbside recycling?

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As households prepare for the start of Queenstown Lakes District’s new waste collection service on July 1, many people may wonder what exactly will happen once Waste Management picks up and sorts our recycling after kerbside pick up.

A Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) spokesperson said rubbish will be transported to Victoria Flats landfill in Gibbston Valley. Currently, rubbish through Wanaka Refuse Transfer Station is on average 754 tonnes per month year to date, according to QLDC senior communications advisor Rebecca Pitts. “In addition, there’s an average of 51 tonnes per month of glass (collected kerbside) and an average of 124 tonnes per month mixed recycling (collected kerbside),” she said.

She noted that kerbside glass will be transported to O-I NZ in Auckland for recycling, and Council will collect plastics classification numbers one through seven for recycling. “All of the materials collected go through a specialised piece of machinery called a ‘Materials Recovery Facility’ at our recycling centre in Frankton,” said Pitts. “This machine sorts the recyclable materials into different commodities, such as tins, cans, plastics, paper and card, which are then squashed, baled and sold to various recycling markets. Buyers indicate what they are willing to pay for our various recycling products, and these are then recycled by those

traders or on sold to be recycled. The market changes regularly, but an example of one trader sold to in the past is Visy.”

To help ensure maximum recycling power, Council urged households to pay attention to what goes inside the three different wheelie bins. “The key things that will contaminate mixed recycling are: coffee cups, nappies, tetra pak, lids, plastic bags/ soft plastics and aerosols,” said Pitts.

QLDC endorses the motto “if in doubt, leave it out” and emphasises putting only clean glass bottles and jars into the glass recycling bin.

QLDC indicated that all other glass goes into the rubbish bin, including drinking glasses, heatproof glass, like Pyrex, and window glass. Clean plastic bottles, container numbers one through seven, paper, cardboard and cans are to be placed into the mixed recycling bin.

Under the new waste services collection plan, rubbish will be collected every week with glass and mixed recycling bins collected on alternate weeks.

As for soft plastics, the recycling collection service is still suspended within the South Island, only being restarted in select North Island locations.

Plans to migrate the The Love NZ Soft Plastic Recycling scheme back down to the South Island remain unclear, but it is reported the phasing will likely occur within the next 12 months.

Pictured: QLDC said the main contaminants to mixed recycling are: coffee cups, nappies, tetra pak, lids, plastic bags/soft plastics and aerosols.

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Emma Conyngham

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Queenstown Lakes residents have spoken resoundingly in favour of a visitor levy for the district with 81.37 percent voting in support of the revenue stream. Not only was the provisional result clear cut, the 41.45 percent return was significantly higher than anticipated with 30 percent return for a non-binding referendum considered high.

Boult was obviously very happy with the result and wanted to allay doubts from some Wanaka skeptics in how the money would be allocated.

Opposers to the levy had questioned whether the money raised in Wanaka will be spent in Wanaka but Boult was surprised that such doubts existed. “Yes it is just like collection of rates — where it’s raised is where it’s spent. I’m surprised anyone would ask that because it’s a requirement of council.” Boult made it clear that money raised through the levy in Wanaka would not disappear over the hill to fund Queenstown development.

A Council spokesperson said, “The analysis we have undertaken to justify the need for the levy was based on our current 10 Year Plan, 2018-28. We have analysed both operational and capital expenditure over the 10 years. The 5 percent levy proposal allows for recovery of $225m of the $374m of total expenditure which can be attributed to visitors.

“Overall, $176m of the $225m will be used to the

fund visitor-related portion of capital projects. This will include $54m of new capital funding related to the Wanaka Ward. This means that a portion of the new capital works proposed for water supply, wastewater, stormwater and roading in Wanaka could be partly funded by the levy.

“It’s important to note that the introduction of the levy will not affect the current decision-making process by Council; all proposed expenditure will still need to be included in 10 Year Plans which are subject to public consultation, and we are assuming that the current levels of subsidy from NZTA will continue. The introduction of the levy will allow for consideration to be given to new projects which currently are not included in the 10 Year plan due to funding constraints.”

Which works will specifically benefit from this levy? “A myriad of works across all parts of district but mainly roading, bridges and three waters,” said Boult. Whether these roads include widening the Crown Range Road for more passing lanes, or sealing the Matukituki Valley road, or making the SH84/SH6 intersection safer, remains to be seen.

Mayor Boult will formally present the final outcome of the referendum to central government and seek support for a change in legislation. The timeline for this and details of the subsequent work programme will need to be worked through.

To read more on the feedback from accommodation providers, see our story online.

Earthquake warning signs?

Rumbles felt along the Alpine Fault Ollie Blyth

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At 3:24 am on Sunday June 9, a moderate 5.5 magnitude earthquake was felt by many along the Southern Alps, particularly those in the Queenstown Lakes District. The epicentre of the quake sat around 40km north-east of the Milford Sound and had a depth of 5km. According to geonet.org.nz, the quake was felt and recorded by 621 people, some of whom described the shaking as ‘strong.’

Naturally, news of this has startled many of the Upper Clutha community who worry that this is a warning sign for the magnitude eight event predicted for the region. On the other hand, others in the community wonder whether this means that tension is being released on the Alpine Fault. While many large geological events are preceded by small ‘foreshocks,’ there is no evidence to suggest that all small earthquakes have a larger one in tow. When posed with these two potential outcomes, geologists simply do not

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have enough research to make predictions based on events like this.

Nonetheless, this still remains a reminder to all along the Alpine Fault to update and stock up their emergency survival kits (or create one if one does not already exist). Civil Defence authorities suggest that the basic materials for the emergency kit include: drinking water for at least three days, toilet paper and plastic buckets for emergency toilets, long-lasting food for everyone in the household (including babies and pets), dust masks and work gloves. It is also suggested that neighbourhoods prepare together and discuss what will happen in an emergency situation among the local community.

For more information on emergency procedures for different events and circumstances, visit happens.nz which covers all of the details for evacuation and what should be prepared for in any kind of Civil Defense emergency.

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A closer look at Ardmore Street Emma Conyngham

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One area that the Draft Masterplan suggests some major changes to is Ardmore Street, Helwick Street, and the lakefront area that currently hosts the log cabin and bus depot.

Chiefest to the ambitious plan is to remove all lakefront parking from the corner of MacDougalls to Lakeside Drive. The parking will be reallocated elsewhere and the bus depot will move to Dungarvon Street.

Access to businesses along the lakefront has been retained although the section of Ardmore from Dungarvon to Lakeside will be a one-way, 10kmph shared zone and cars will hypothetically wind their way slowly over cobbled streets lined with picnic tables and planter boxes. The direction of oneway traffic will be east to west; entering Ardmore from Dungarvon then exiting either up Helwick, or through to Lakeside.

Short-term and mobility parking will be provided on this section of Ardmore. Additional angle parking is proposed for Dungarvon, north of Dunmore.

Lower Helwick is proposed to be transformed into a one-way street, accessed from Ardmore and will also be created as a shared zone plaza.

Retailers respond So, with the proposed changes now announced, how do local retailers feel about it?

Steve Schikker is the owner of Racer’s Edge, a business that has been there for 30 years says he’s open to change but PHOTO: Wanaka Sun is skeptical of both the process that has been used to create the plan, and the plan itself. “We haven’t been consulted on it at all,” he said. “I’m on the CBD Property Owners Group and was hoping we would have consultation before they released it to the public because the public might look at this and think this is amazing… but it hasn’t really been thought through with us, and talked about or how economic effects might affect us.”

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making changes to retail in the town centre. “I agree that Three Parks ‘will be a major disrupter to retail in the town centre’. This will take quite a long time. It has already been many years and although this pace will accelerate, who can tell how long this will take to come to final fruition?

“I am on record as saying that I firmly believe that rather than wait until we have to react to this disruption—to see what happens—wouldn’t it make more sense that the Wanaka Town Centre needs to be ahead of the game with regard to Three Parks? Yes it will change the parameters but I believe that there is a need for the Wanaka Town Centre to lead the way. It needs to remain THE destination of choice for ALL of our community not just tourists. To do this it needs a wide variety of shops and attractions.”

Ann Louise Stokes from Wools of Wanaka is also acerbic of the economical merits of turning the area into a plaza. “The [March] trial was 50 percent down on takings from same dates last year.” To say Stokes is optimistic of the plan would be disingenuous.

However, Mayor Boult was emphatic in his response: “There is no way in the world we are going to do anything that would rip the guts out of the commercial centre of the town,” he said. “We haven’t done any studies into the effect of what's proposed commercially and that would all need to be done before we went anywhere. This is a discussion document.”

Whilst some retailers referred to this plan as a “final draft”, the language here is critical. All the Councillors spoken to, as well as the communications team at QLDC and the Mayor have gone to great lengths to elaborate that this is just a draft — a beginning for discussion, that will lead into feasibility studies, economic analysis, cost assessment — all of which will be subject to the democratic process.

Boult wanted to be abundantly clear that this now is the time for consultation and discussion.

For retailers who are upset they have not been consulted, Boult assures them that consultation is coming and that everyone will have a chance to air their views.

“A number of them [retailers] have spoken to me directly already and I’ve taken that on board, and there will be ample opportunity to put their cases to us. Consultation isn’t about ringing every retailer asking them for their opinion; it’s about a wide discussion and wide input, then feasibility studies done then logical workable solutions found.”

Pictured: Racer's Edge owner, Steve Schikker.

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Brian Kreft, owner of Paper Plus “I confirm that in relation to what is proposed for Ardmore Street and Lower Helwick Street will be an unmitigated disaster in so far as those retailers located in that precinct are concerned. One of the key components of a successful retail precinct is access and parking, both of which will be materially impacted on if the Plan proceeds.

“Property owners in that zone will also be concerned as inevitably the mix of retailers will change materially from general retail with a good mix of tenants to a heavy emphasis on cafes, bars and entertainment facilities interspersed with the occasional high end retailer who will want to be located in that area from a brand recognition perspective.

“Effectively what is proposed is a replica of Queenstown’s main foreshore area and will, without doubt, significantly change the uniqueness of Wanaka.

“I am, to some degree, astonished and surprised that the final draft Master Plan has been tabled at this time when clearly there has been no prior consultation with those who will be most affected: being the Wanaka CBD retailers and landowners.

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“Finally, I believe that the scene is set for significant litigation as the retailers and landowners move to protect their material investment in the Wanaka CBD. The uncertainty that the Plan has created and the inevitable reactions of those most affected will suppress property prices in the Wanaka CBD and any additional investment contemplated by retailers in their businesses, and this will last for some time until the matters are resolved.

“The situation is indeed unfortunate but is indicative of the somewhat high handed culture that exists within the QLDC on this side of the Crown Range.”

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Pembroke Park on the move Emma Conyngham

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Big Move three aims to: “maintain visual connections with the wider landscape, bring nature into town; and reflect the high country and alpine landscape materiality in the town centre.”

How Council plans to do this is by “removing all the lakefront parking to enhance visual connections to the lake; enhance Bullock Creek plantings, access to stream edge and habitat creation; create gateways that define the edges of the town centre using signs, planting and public art”; but most significantly, “Connect Pembroke Park to the lake by removing Ardmore Street and lakefront parking. This would result in no overall loss in park area and would be implemented via a landswap with parking moved to the southern side of the park.”

To ascertain how people who live on that section of Brownston Street feel about the plan, the Wanaka Sun door knocked every house from the corner of MacDougall Street to the corner of Dungarvon. Excluding the hostels and motels, only two houses had permanent residents and they both had opposing views.

Damon Plimmer, vicar of St Columbas whose property is owned by the church was largely supportive of the plan and said, “What I like about the plan is that it preserves Pembroke Park, which is a major asset for the Wanaka community. How they configure the roading and parking around that is, ‘whatever is best for the community’. When the trial was on, the congestion along Brownston was horrific and that’s my concern. So it’s not how the plan would intrude on me personally, but whether it solves the long-term issues we have as a community.”

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Further down the street, with a polar opposite opinion was Loris King. King is a Wanaka resident, and along with other members of The Friends of Pembroke Park vehemently oppose any changes to the boundaries of the Pembroke Park reserve.

“Pembroke Park is a Reserve under the Reserve Act and as such rules apply as to the use of the park, and only car parking for park users is permitted,” she said.

In regards to the proposed changes to the reserve, Councillor Quentin Smith sees things differently. He said, “There is a clear process under the Reserves Act and the Minister of Lands can sign off on such a change. Changes to reserves and Crown land are not undertaken lightly and require a full public process. The rules are well understood and clear in legislation. I would expect that changes to boundaries would only be made under important situations and opportunity exists to ensure any change is net neutral,” he explained.

Smith said that the lakefront land that is acquired in the park’s movement can become reserve land, to offset the land on

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the southern boundary on Brownston Street that becomes a carpark. The FAQ sheet that accompanied the plan simply stated that council will have to go through a statutory process to enact these changes which means the Friends of Pembroke Park’s ardent belief that reserve boundaries can’t be changed may be misguided.

Councillor Calum MacLeod stressed the point that “everything in the DRAFT Wanaka Masterplan is a work in progress. It is, at its core, an aspirational plan showing how the town could look, feel and function in the future. Solutions will evolve and change over time.”

Councillor Ross McRobie said, “The concept of stretching Pembroke to the lake came out of thoughts following the trial so this has been built into this Draft Plan. Some

people will like this and others won’t.”

When asked about acquiring land (whether Crown or private), Mayor Boult responded,” At the end of the day there is the Public Works Act which enables us to acquire land for essential works but that’s a long and involved process and I hope we won’t have to go there but there is a long way to go before we need to think about that.”

Therefore any questions around acquiring land or moving carparks need to be brought to the conversation that this draft plan is initiating. “Nothing is decided yet”.

Pictured 1: The draft plan proposes to move the lake forward in a landswap arrangement; connecting the park to the lake and placing carparking on the southern boundary.

Pictured 2: Loris King, a passionate defender of Pembroke Park.

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Give your feedback on the draft masterplan If you want to find out more, give your support or Mount Aspiring College so we can talk to youth and parents who are often busy and make your opposition heard, this is your chance: find it difficult to attend the usual sessions.

There is a drop-in session at New World from 2-6.00pm today, and again on June 22. Another These are being directly advertised through drop-in session will be at the Wanaka Hotel on school newsletters, inviting parents and Monday June 17, 11.00am - 2.00pm; and again on students of each school.

• The material (and a hard copy feedback Monday June 24, 5-8.00pm. form) is also available to view at the Ardmore Other sessions include: • Presentation to members of the chamber Street office, Library and Wanaka Recreation of commerce, town centre retailers/ Centre. landowners.

• Online feedback.

“We really encourage people to complete • Presentation to Probus members.

• Drop in sessions at Wanaka Primary School, the form, whether it’s online or in hard copy,

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Situational critical: parking Emma Conyngham

What happens next?

It’s one of the worst downsides of being a tourist town: the current parking availability would easily cater to residents on a day-to-day basis, but it is tourist traffic which makes Wanaka burst at the seams.

In a nutshell, the Draft Masterplan seeks to remove 435 current carparks, but install 765 in other locations around town.

And whilst not elaborated in the plan, council is considering specific campervan parking either off Stratford Terrace or on the south boundary of Pembroke Park.

Stratford Terrace The Draft Masterplan suggests 200 new carparks on the small triangle of land between Ballantyne Road, and Stratford Terrace, opposite the Police Station and behind the Bottle-O shop. Whilst at first glance, a spare piece of land close to town may look suitable for a carpark, the problem is that the land in question is Crown land, governed by the Reserves Act. Chair of the Wanaka Golf Club David Smallbone explained, “Wanaka Golf Club's lease of the Crown reserve land includes the triangle in front of the police station that is green space and free practice area for many recreational users.

The WGC maintains this land as part of

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our lease. All the land the WGC occupies is Crown Reserve governed by the Reserves Act 1977. QLDC act as a Trustee for the Crown to administer the reserve. The Wanaka Golf Club have a 33-year lease in perpetuity. It is of concern that I heard a Community Board member stating ‘what about the Golf Club? it is OUR land anyway.’ People in that position should make an effort to get the facts before making those sort of absurd statements!!!”

to ascertain who owned the land, none of the Councillors questioned actually knew who owned it.

Lismore Park Another 100 carparks are suggested for Lismore Park at the top of Little Street.

The Wanaka Sun asked Councillor Ross McRobie how complicated it would be to turn Crown land vested as a recreation reserve into a car park, he said, “My understanding the parking on Lismore Hedditch Street Street was initially to be on the road The Draft Masterplan also indicates a reserve, so I wouldn’t have thought that possible 35 carparks on the block of land would have been a major issue.” between Hedditch and SH84. When trying Coach Parking The Draft Masterplan proposes to remove bus parking from the log cabin and the lakefront and provide a dedicated on-street bus hub on Dungarvon Street.

The bus hub will support tour bus and coach pick-ups and drop-offs. In the future, the bug hub will include stops for a proposed public transport network for Wanaka. Roundabouts at either end of Dungarvon street are proposed to support bus movements so they won’t have to travel through other streets in town. A dedicated site will be provided for long-term and overnight coach parking.

Potential sites include the showgrounds, the new parking off Stratford Terrace or PHOTO: Wanaka Sun on-street on McDougall Street.

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Pembroke Park In what is likely to become one of the most controversial aspects of the Draft Masterplan, the movement of Pembroke Park towards the lake, in a landswap arrangement will see 400 carparks installed along the southern boundary of Pembroke Park, on Brownston Street.

One resident has already written to the Wanaka Sun expressing her anger, “it is especially galling that the Council would even countenance the idea of taking further land for car parking, from Pembroke Park, a beautiful RESERVE, which, under the original conditions of this gift to the community, was to be maintained FOR RECREATION PURPOSES ONLY.” Whilst Council views the landswap as a net zero change (land gained at the front of the park, recompenses for land lost at the rear), other people do not necessarily agree. Loris King also points out, “Pembroke Park is a Reserve under the Reserve Act and as such rules apply as to the use of the Park, and only car parking for park users is permitted,” she said.

The Wanaka Sun asked Council how long it will take to compile the feedback and make edits to the plan? Will we see draft 2.0 or will those edits be made and go straight to council for approval without further feedback? At what stage are submissions made? Is this only when resource consent has been applied for and it becomes a notified consent?

QLDC replied, “Once this final stage of informal engagement is complete the Council will be asked to endorse the resulting masterplan in August. Following this, a series of projects will be developed. Each of these will go through a detailed design, costing and formal affected party consultation process.

This is where any directly affected businesses, residents, groups or stakeholders will be identified and formally consulted. This will allow detailed conversations to occur on physical proposals. Depending on the project there may be certain legislative requirements for this stage of consultation, requiring a formal submission process, hearing etc. However the Council is not at this stage yet.”

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Roads, bypasses, traffic lights and speedlimits Emma Conyngham

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The Draft Masterplan contains some significant proposed roadworks however, how they will be received by Wanaka is largely guess work at this

stage. In the initial survey, 96 percent of those surveyed favoured a bypass through town. But, what that bypass looks like may not have the same level of consensus. And as for getting traffic lights; some residents may want to lie down before reading on.

Dunmore street A new road proposed in the Draft Masterplan is to connect Dunmore Street to Brownston Street, by extending past the library (around the back of the Bullock Bar), and up to Brownston near the Wanaka Hotel. What is currently a singlelane bridge over Bullock Creek and a crowded carpark for the library and arts centre, is suggested to become a thoroughfare. To do so, would require demolishing the Wanaka Arts Centre.

Councillor MacLeod said, “[the arts centre] has had a long and varied existence as staff accommodation for the Wanaka Hotel, a backpackers, a storage space and is now also functioning admirably as valuable rooms for a variety of local arts groups.

This may be at, or indeed past, it’s use-by-date. That said I personally believe that we would need to look at a replacement for the function of this building PRIOR to any

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demolition taking place — if this is decided through this process.”

Councillor Quentin Smith added, “The Art’s Centre is on Council land and I would expect will be demolished and relocated regardless. They are on a short-term role over lease at the moment.”

Pictured: The single-lane bridge over Bullock Creek up past the library, is marked down to become a thoroughfare through to Brownston Street.

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There are traffic lights proposed for the following intersections: SH84 and Anderson Road (with new fourth leg providing the town centre bypass) and Brownston Street and Ardmore Street (Caltex Roundabout). Both roundabouts may be converted to traffic light-

controlled intersections however one of the worst right-hand turns from Balantyne onto SH84 is not earmarked for traffic lights.

Pictured: The roundabout at Ardmore, Brownston and SH84 is earmarked to become a controlled intersection with traffic lights.

Golf Course bypass The most popular option from the survey was creating a bypass from Anderson Road, through the golf course and connecting to Golf Course Road at Ballantyne. But, the Wanaka Golf Club (WGC), understandably, has very strong opinions on this.

David Smallbone, chair of the WGC said, “We are very disappointed with the proposals in the Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan affecting the WGC and question the rationale behind building a road and carpark on a Crown Reserve designated for recreation. It just doesn't seem to make sense for the community, either recreationally, financially, legally or logically for traffic management. There obviously hasn’t been thought given to the major affect the proposed road from the Anderson Road roundabout to Golf Course Road will have on Anderson Road, a road already under stress today. However, whatever the outcome we are also concerned there is no provision for a safe crossing/ underpass at Ballantyne Road/Golf Course Road corner, a serious omission from the Plan due to the amount of pedestrian and cycle traffic at that corner today let alone what there will be in the future.

“It is quite ironic to read a statement in the Plan about ‘preserving and enhancing the green belt around the Wanaka Town Centre’ yet the same document proposes to desecrate part of it!”

It should be noted in reference to Smallbone’s concerns about the Anderson Road intersection, that according to the Draft Masterplan, the roundabout will instead become a four-way intersection with traffic lights if this draft plan proceeds. Another

Studholme Road and Riverbank Road

Another suggested edit to Wanaka’s roads is to create a bypass from Studholme Road, around the back of Meadowstone to connect with Mt Aspiring Road. This would help ease the volume of traffic down MacDougall street.

Riverbank Road is also earmarked for an upgrade from where it intersects with SH6 with traffic coming from Luggate, Hawea and Albert Town, all the way through to Cardrona Valley Road.

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set of lights may go at the Ardmore/Brownston intersection to help control the flow of traffic into town.

It also needs to be noted that in the QLDC Draft Masterplan fact sheet, it states that the land in question for the bypass “is owned by QLDC”.

However, the WGC has responded very clearly, “It is Crown land. They would need to change the designation of the land at Parliament. This will not be easy for them, as normally recreation reserve is turned into another type of green space or sports fields or recreation for another user of some greater need than the current recreation user.”

Smallbone concludes by saying, “The WGC believes the proposals are not appropriate and there are other alternatives which will achieve a far better outcome for the community. The Board will be taking appropriate advice and making a strong submission to Council on this matter (as will most of our 1,070 members).”

Boult responded; “What’s been put forward is for public discussion and input and I’ve seen the comments of the Golf Club. They are a really important part of the fabric of Wanaka and no decision has been made on that, and everybody who has an interest will be fully consulted and all other options looked at before any decisions are made.”

Pictured: Holes 10 and 15 could possibly be made into a bypass road according to the Draft Masterplan.

Brownston Street

Big changes are suggested for Brownston Street as it is drafted to become the main road across town, instead of Ardmore.

Significant works would have to be done to increase capacity and upgrade the many intersections it has along its length. Notably, the suggested speed limit is 30kmph.

Council stated, “One of the key outputs of the activation trial in March 2019 was to measure how the transport network responded to the temporary closure of Ardmore street. The data confirmed that most motorists used Brownston Street as an alternative and was overloaded at peak times.”

‘Overloaded at peak times’ is somewhat of an understatement.

Locals who sat in traffic for 45 minutes may describe the delays with much more colourful language.

At the western end of Brownston will be 400 new carparks that have been relocated from the lakefront. What this parking would look like has not yet been discussed but as Brownston is proposed to become the main thoroughfare, it should be hoped that cars will have safe, quick access into the carparking areas whilst not disrupting the main thoroughfare of traffic.

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M AS T E R P L A N Millennium Walkway’s future remains uncertain

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The Draft Masterplan has tried to build on the surveyed request to enhance the visual and performing arts venues within the town centre, provide places for the community to meet, and provide a cultural and community hub.

Their plan is to develop a cluster of civic facilities and services centred around Dunmore Street and Bullock Creek “to protect and enhance the community aspect of the town centre, extend Russell Street into the town centre providing a street address for the Civic Heart, and enhance the market offering so it can expand and complement town centre retail.”

When looking at the precinct diagram, the land earmarked for civic spaces include the Masonic Centre and the Wanaka Art Centre. Would they have to be demolished to make way for other civic spaces and roads?

Firstly, according to Deputy Mayor Calum MacLeod, “The Draft Wanaka Masterplan is a work in progress. It is, at its core, an aspirational plan showing how the town could look, feel and function in the future. Solutions will evolve and change over time.

“The Masonic Lodge is a privately owned building.

Council is not the owner so is obviously not in a position to decide whether it should be demolished or not. Personally I would think that the building has strong historical value. I would hate to see it

demolished to make way for a road,” he said.

“The older arts centre building is a different case. It has had a long and varied existence as staff accommodation for the Wanaka Hotel, a backpackers’, a storage space and is now also functioning admirably as valuable rooms for a variety of local arts groups. This [the building] may be at, or indeed past, it’s use-by-date. That said I personally believe that we would need to look at a replacement for the function of this building prior to any demolition taking place — if this is decided through this process. The arts are consistently under-supported and need low-cost practice and creative spaces in order to thrive.”

Councillor Quentin Smith said, “The art centre is on Council land and I would expect will be demolished and relocated regardless.They are on a short-term rollover lease at the moment.”

Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult said, "It’s possible there are other pieces of land we need to acquire and it would be the same process as the Golf Club.

We’d have to find another home for the Art Centre."

The Wanaka Arts Centre hadn’t replied to questions at the time of going to print.

The Lake Wanaka Centre is also in that area, but “is still in good nick and going well and should continue to serve this community admirably for many years to come,” MacLeod said. Pictured: The Wanaka Arts Centre is earmarked for demolition to make way for a thoroughfare, with civic spaces built around it. Council has acknowledged a new arts centre would need to be established elsewhere.

Uncertainty still looms over the future or fate of Wanaka’s historic Millennium Walkway. Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) draft Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan, which was released on Monday for feedback, failed to address details as to whether or not the path will remain in its original location on the town lakefront or instead move to another location in town.

Last April, the Wanaka Community Board decided to pause stage two of the Wanaka Lakefront Development Plan to align with parking considerations delivered by the Masterplan; the redevelopment work would have resulted in the path being removed and many of the tiles reprinted onto new tiles and placed in a garden area.

The decision came after QLDC had conducted a March trial to uplift existing tiles to determine how difficult it would be to move the 650m, 2000-tile path.

The concept of moving the walkway from its original location as part of the lakefront redevelopment continues to be met with heavy opposition and objection. Liz Hall, the original Millennium Project coordinator, is leading the charge of the Millennium Walkway Interest Group and trying to prevent the path from being removed and many of the tiles relocated.

She recently presented QLDC with a re-circulated Year 2000 Wanaka Millennium Project petition that gathered 4,408 signatures of support to keep the path in its existing location and mandated that “any lakefront changes be made to fit in with it.”

When asked about what may be in store for the Millennium Walkway,

a QLDC spokesperson said, “...

Stage Two [of the Wanaka Lakefront Development Plan] and next steps regarding the Millennium Walkway will be revisited following decisions made by the Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan team.”

Calum MacLeod, QLDC Deputy Mayor, Councillor and Wanaka Community Board Member, told the Wanaka Sun, “I am a supporter of the Millennium path and always have been. Cinema Paradiso sponsored some tiles on the original path, and I signed the original petition to save the path. The wording of the recent petition may have changed; however, I am sure that the sentiments remain.

“I argued for the lift test to be done to see if the tiles could be relocated.

I have spoken up for the tiles on numerous occasions, including during Wanaka Community Board meetings. I will continue to argue for them to be incorporated within any ongoing design process.

“They are obviously considered important to and valued by our community. I guarantee that you will always see visitors reading the tiles virtually every time you drive along this stretch of the lakefront.

“If we can incorporate them into any future designs, why wouldn’t we?

Irrespective of overall quality. Quality is, after all, relative.

“My only concern has been from a safety perspective. It is my understanding that some of the tiles are too close to our roading network.

This may be a minor issue.”

Pictured: The future of the Millennium Walkway, which opened along Ardmore Street in November 2001, was not addressed in QLDC’s recently released draft Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan.

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CAMERA CLUB ‘IN FOCUS’

Capturing the elegance of bridge lines MOORE B BOB Wanaka Camera Club From a simple bridge over a river to the Golden Gate in San Francisco, bridges make great photographic subjects. Not every bridge is wonderful to photograph but a great bridge can provide us with unlimited creative opportunities. A bridge is man-made but becomes part of the city/landscape. It has a functional purpose, but can also have its own unique architecture.

Sometimes it is not the bridge itself, but the location that makes it special and it is we photographers who get to decide which aspects are worth shooting. When considering camera setting a small aperture (large f-number) can give us a good depth of field which will keep the bridge sharp from beginning to end. However if we are photographing individual parts of the bridge or we have a confusing background, a wider aperture can be used to isolate our subject.

A wide-angle lens is really useful, not only because it will enable the inclusion of the whole bridge, but also for more abstract shots as it can exaggerate parts of the bridge in the foreground making the subject look larger and more dramatic.

A telephoto lens can give us some great zoomed-in shots of the structure of the bridge and, when we get in close, make those structures look much more dense and complicated. Often the best time of day to take our pictures is the golden hour – the time an hour or so either side of sunrise and sunset. At this time the light is soft and diffused.

We should try to put something in the foreground to give our viewer something of interest to focus on. This could be part of the bridge itself or some other element, for example a boulder or a tree. Line is an extremely important element in our composition, so bridges are in many ways a perfect subject to photograph. They have strong leading lines that help to draw our viewers eyes into the scene and gives the image a sense of dimension and depth. If the bridge is long we can use them for a vanishing point perspective.

The angle we choose to shoot a bridge can make it look more powerful. If we position our subject so that it creates a strong diagonal from foreground to background we are likely to get a much more interesting image than a bridge shot parallel.

Bridges are also great places to find symmetrical compositions. It is best to use a telephoto lens if we find a bridge that features a mirror on both the right and the left. So centre our viewfinder in the middle of the frame for a really interesting composition.

Symmetry is naturally fascinating as it not all that common, so whenever we find it we should make it a major feature of our photo.

As well as an overall view of the bridge we should get in close and shoot details – nuts and bolts, suspension wires, textures, signs and supports are just some of the details that can make good pictures. This is particularly true of older structures but can also work well with new bridges . We should also remember to look up when photographing bridges as features above our head can often make interesting pictures.

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So that’s it! Let’s get out and have some fun, remembering not just to think of the bridge but the landscape surrounding it, take shots from every angle and as we get closer look for details.

A great example of how to photograph a bridge is Jacqui Scott’s image ‘Ophir Bridge.’ Jacqui was out early in the morning looking for pictures of hoar frost. She began in Alexandra but found nothing inspiring so moved towards the Ida Valley. As she approached Ophir the sun suddenly came out and beautifully lit up the bridge. Jacqui was delighted, but only had time to take two shots before the sun disappeared again

and the opportunity was gone! She took the photo with an Olympus E-M5 Mark11 camera attached to a m40-150 f2.8 lens set at 40mm with an aperture of f4, shutter speeds 1/800th sec and an ISO of 400. Jacqui’s picture impressed the club’s monthly adjudicator who gave it a merit award.

Wanaka Camera Club is dedicated to help improve the skills of anyone interested in photography. We welcome anyone to join us, irrespective of photographic ability. If you know nothing about photography we will teach you. Come along and see what we can do for you. Our next meeting is Monday June 10, 7.30pm at the St John’s Rooms, Link Way.

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Psychologist and TV personality Nigel Latta addressed over 200 teaching staff from various Central Otago schools at a recent event at Mt Aspiring College (MAC). The subject of his talk was The Psychology of Success.

“We had Nigel down to do a keynote address and his address… was very well received,” said MAC deputy principal Dean Sheppard.

The schools included MAC, Dunstan High School, Cromwell College, Roxburgh Area School and Wanaka Primary.

“There were two breakout sessions after Nigel’s address, then we had lunch and then we had the final workshop [arranged according to] learning areas. So all the teachers from, for example, science met as one from all the various schools and they talked about various issues or shared practice that builds those relationships, and it’s just to get us on the same page, really,” Sheppard said.

The idea was “to improve the success of our learners. That’s number one. The second one being we want to build positive relationships between all the colleagues [including administrative staff] we have around the Central

Otago region, and three, collaboration. We’re actually sharing good practice with each other.”

He said this kind of event was necessary “because we’re quite isolated by nature, by geography — so it’s always very costly to go to places for professional learning — so we’ve come up with a template which we’re hoping to use on an annual basis where we learn from each other.”

Sheppard said, “You’re talking about 2000 students who are going to be impacted by this day, with staff coming to them with new ideas that they can use in class.”

Pictured: Nigel Latta addresses teaching staff at MAC.

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Community Church said Ian Hyslop, minister for the parish. “We are a cross cultural church and like to connect with people from other cultures in our community and other places so we are delighted to be sponsoring this visit of the Auckland Korean Elders Choir for these mid Winter Christmas concerts.”

The choir from Auckland will sing a number of songs in English and Korean.

There are two performances at the church in Tenby Street. Friday June 21 at 7pm and Saturday June 22 at 11am. Pictured: The Korean Men’s Choir will give two free performances in Wanaka.

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of their animal-welfare responsibilities, whether animals are kept at home or sent off-farm to graze.

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“Many farmers, particularly in Southland and Otago, choose to break feed www.thewanakasun.co.nz stock on crop over the winter months. It’s a great way to provide food for animals and

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Many are children who have been torn from their families after being forced from their homes.

Sixteen-year-old New Zealand actor Julian Dennison is this year’s famine ambassador and just returned home from a trip to Uganda to meet those affected by the crisis. “So many of the South Sudanese refugees I met fled their homes without their parents – and some with no family at all. They all have so much responsibility, at such a young age, and are having to adjust to a new reality,” he said. He hopes that as a result of the 40 Hour Famine, awareness for the crisis will also be raised.

Caring for livestock during the winter

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with some very creative challenges for themselves to complete. An in-school competition was also set up in the school, with a Skydive Wanaka voucher for the student who raises the most money.

Registrations may also be made online, allowing for easier donation.

The funds from this year’s Famine will go to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda, particularly the children involved in the crisis. South Sudan has been fighting in a civil war for years, and the results have been devastating, displacing millions of people. Last year, some 90,000 New Zealanders raised $1.8 million dollars for the 800,000 refugees living in Uganda.

protect pastures, but does require careful planning and good stockmanship to avoid welfare risks that wet weather can bring.

“New Zealand’s codes of animal welfare require livestock to have access to areas free of surface water and mud, and appropriate shelter from adverse weather. Animals will refuse to lie down on wet ground and can then become stressed, stop eating and are more susceptible to lameness,” she said.

There are a number of ways farmers can mitigate risks to animal welfare over winter.

“If there is a spell of extreme weather or prolonged wet conditions, you may need to move your stock off the crop to drier land, and you should plan for this possibility – having a ‘plan B’ is the key.

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“Clean drinking water must be available for animals at all times. Owners are still responsible for the welfare of their stock while they are off-farm for winter grazing and should check on the conditions, including their access to shelter and water,” Littin said.

“When transitioning from pasture to crop and back again, stock can be negatively affected. Ensuring you follow a gradual transition plan when moving your animals will prevent issues.”

The ministry recommended that farmers talk to their vets for help with planning and any animal health concerns. Resources to help farmers with their winter-grazing management are available online from DairyNZ and Beef+Lamb New Zealand.

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DOG COLUMN The dominance theory

By Constable Greg Nolet Hi everyone. Not sure what the snow is doing, but the weather is playing tricks with the cold then the warm winds. Then of course the earthquake that shook the Police station at about 3.30am on Sunday morning.

News for the past week. We had a few people through the books with cannabis this week.

Shopkeepers — keep up the good work on watching your stock and reporting the shoplifters.

The term “honesty box”, is where you buy things from the roadside and pay money into the tin where the goods are. This then gets paid generally to the child who is the inventor of the sales pitch and then generally goes to the lolly shop. The lolly shop has been losing money because the honesty boxes are being emptied by the wrong children. It’s not up to the thief to take the money they don’t earn. I guess the thief doesn’t know the value of earning. I say no more.

So far this winter the Crown Range has claimed a few crashes. The ice, snow, grit and black ice has taken its toll. Please be careful in those hours where the ice forms. Watch for rocks that fall with the rain and those that get pushed off by the ice.

There are still plenty of drivers who think their need to get to where they are going is more important than your need to get to where you are going.

For all of you on the road driving in

the changing conditions and with increased snow seekers on the road please drive carefully. Don’t forget to show your best driving skills – a stop sign means stop, 50km/h means 50km/h and so on.

We are still receiving driving complaints with a video or two showing drivers who cross the centre line and cause near misses. This is great evidence if you have a passenger who can record footage for you. Please don’t hesitate to call 111 for any dangerous driving.

Drink drivers this week has been less evident from other weeks however it is still happening.

Yes its cold, but the distance from your house to where you have been drinking is the same, a new catch phrase could be “Be prepared’’. We prepare when we go to catch a plane by leaving an hour sooner than we used too just to get through Ladies Mile and across the Shotover Bridge. So it’s not that hard to get a sober driver or burn calories and walk home.

Check your cars for winter, have a go at putting the chains on. Make sure you have a good ice scraper, and use it!

A great find on Sunday saw a handbag with a lot of cash in it, handed into the Police station. The owners are very thankful for the honesty that the Wanaka town people have. That’s awesome stuff right there.

Have a good week, Greg

Film captures remote beauty of Antarctica

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Sophie Ballagh and Ewan Blyth have won the Best New Zealand Film award at the Mountain Film and Book Festival this year for Iceolation.

The Hiddleston/MacQueen Award is given to a work which encapsulates the spirit of the eponymous Wanaka adventurers.

The film follows the pair on a self-supported, two-week sea kayak expedition in Antarctica. The cinematography showcases the tranquility, isolation and extreme beauty of the continent. The pair captured spine-tinglingly close encounters with wildlife and the film portrays the contemplative effect such remoteness can have.

Iceolation also offers an insight into the preparation for the expedition.

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planning an Antarctic expedition is as involved as the expedition itself. The meticulous preparation had begun with a conversation aboard the One Ocean Voyager, 18 months before.

“We were blessed with the support of a successful polar tourism operation that we knew intimately, the backup of two ice-strengthened research vessels, and access to the knowledge of people we call friends, many of whom will be forever immortalised in the chronicles of Antarctic history.

Collectively they share hundreds of years living, adventuring, working and breathing all that is Antarctica.

“But at the end of it all, it would just be Sophie and me, out facing nature in all her glory. Who we knew, and what we wished we’d packed but hadn’t, would stand for nothing when that moment arrived”. The filmmakers received $1,000 NZD in prize money.

Pictured: Out in the icy wastes

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The use of dominance and pack theory in explaining dog behaviour always comes up when I am training dogs. I believe it is important to explain the ramifications of a reliance on dominance theory as it relates to understanding dogs, interpreting their behaviour, and living harmoniously with our canine companions.

Contrary to popular thinking, research studies of wolves in their natural habitat demonstrate that wolves are not dominated by an ‘alpha wolf,’ that is, the most aggressive male, or male-female pairing, of the pack. Rather, they have found that wolf packs are very similar to how human families are organised, and there is little aggression or fights for ‘dominance.’ Wolves, whether it is the parents or the cubs of a pack, depend on each other to survive in the wild; consequently wolves that engage in aggressive behaviours toward each other would inhibit the pack’s ability to survive and flourish. While social hierarchies do exist (just as they do among human families) they are not related to aggression in the way it is commonly portrayed (incorrectly) in popular culture. As senior research scientist L. David Mech recently wrote regarding his many years of study of wolves, we should “once and for all end the outmoded view of the wolf pack as an aggressive assortment of wolves consistently competing with each other to take over the pack.” (Mech, 2008) In addition to our new understanding of wolf behaviour, study into canine behaviour has found that dogs, while sharing some traits with their wolf cousins, have many more significant differences.

As a result, the idea that dog behaviour can be explained through the application of wolf behaviour models is no more relevant than suggesting that chimpanzee behaviour can be

used to explain human behaviour. Unfortunately, this idea that dogs are basically ‘domesticated wolves’ living in our homes still persists among dog trainers and behaviour counsellors, as well as breeders, owners, and the media.

One of the biggest misconceptions we find ourselves faced with is the definition of ‘dominance.’ Dominance comes into play in a relationship between members of the same species when one individual wants to have the first pick of available resources such as food, beds, toys, bones, etc. Even between dogs, however, it is not achieved through force or coercion, but through one member of the relationship deferring to the other peacefully.

In many households the status of one dog over another is fluid; in other words, one dog may be the first to take his pick of toys, but will defer to the other dog when it comes to choice of resting places. Dogs that use aggression to get what they want are not displaying dominance, but rather anxiety-based behaviours, which will only increase if they are faced with verbal and/or physical threats from their human owners. Basing one’s interaction with their dog on dominance is harmful to the dog-human relationship and leads to further stress, anxiety and aggression from the dog, as well as fear and antipathy of the owner.

The importance of understanding this and changing our thinking is one that I feel very strongly about for acquiring the behaviour we want while fostering a closer relationship with our furry friend. I will discuss this further next month.

Thanks to Association of Professional Dog Trainers for some of this information. For information on dog training and behaviour contact: leone@dogszone.co.nz Pictured: Wolves, whether it is the parents or the cubs of a pack, depend on each other to survive in the wild.

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The significant trail will be an extension of both the Central Otago Rail Trail and Roxburgh Gorge Trail, ultimately a small extension of Nga Haerenga, The New Zealand Cycle Trail. It’s been many years in the making, with plans starting as early as 2014. Two years later, in 2016, the Central Otago Queenstown Trail Network Trust received $13.5 million in funding from the central Government. This was followed by the Central

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Along with four other trails, the Lake Dunstan Cycle trail will promote visitors to stay for longer by interconnecting all of Central Otago’s cycle trails together. “Its scale will be of international significance… providing extra jobs and income to our communities,” said Stephen Jeffery, the Chair of the Central Otago Queenstown Trail Network Trust.

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The first Waste Minimisation Community Funding round allocated nearly $50,000 in grants to further the momentum of Queenstown Lakes District’s zero waste initiatives.

Announced at the end of May, Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) property and infrastructure general manager Peter Hansby said the community fund was an initiative of Council’s Waste Minimisation and Management Plan (WMMP). “When we asked the community for input on the WMMP last year, we received a clear message that Council should be doing more to support communitydriven initiatives,” he said. “This fund is our response to that, and we’re looking forward to seeing the positive effect these projects will have in our drive towards zero waste and a sustainable district.”

The fund approved grants to five zero waste programs, including initiatives driven by Plastic Free Wanaka, ONE New Zealand/Plastic Free Wanaka and Local Food Wanaka.

Anna van Riel of Plastic Free Wanaka

said she was ‘stoked’ to hear the news.

“We will create a superhero called ‘Waste Free Wanda’ who will bring humour, music and learning to our community,” she said. “Waste Free Wanda will create catchy songs on reducing waste and offer solutions on how to reduce singleuse plastic. Waste Free Wanda is a strong reflection on how Plastic Free Wanaka loves to connect with our community through education, music, creativity and lots of belly laughing.”

Members of ONE New Zealand and Plastic Free Wanaka said they are excited to work together to implement a coffee cup lending scheme into local cafes to help move away from the make-use-dispose culture of coffee cups. The funding will help them offset the 295 million single-use, most often coffee, cups, that are sent to landfill in Aotearoa each year, which produce methane as they degrade.

Federal Diner owner Brona Parsons said, “As a restaurant owner I am super excited to offer this cup lending scheme to my regular customers and visitors and to see the reduction of waste to landfill. It’s a no-brainer to our small businesses, our town and to the community as a whole.”

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Queenstown Lakes District Council has announced that they are beginning to review their Dog Control Bylaw Policy this year, and welcome the opinions of all the Upper Clutha community. To ensure that standards are being met by dog owners in public places, the Council has opened up a forum discussion among the community to get the full perspective. An informal survey process is taking place this month until June 28 and both dog owners and nonowners are encouraged to participate in the discussion.

While there are regulations regarding the managing of dogs in public places, some worry that not enough is done to maintain high standards for tourists and residents alike. QLDC Regulatory Manager Anthony Hall states that the survey process is important for the safety of all involved in our community.

“We’re a dog-friendly district and incentivise responsible dog ownership, but we need to be very conscious of the

health and safety of our residents and visitors,” he said. Some issues involved in the discussion include where leads should be enforced and where dogs are actually allowed in public.

Some dog owners suggest that each dog is different, and that there shouldn’t be blanket rules to cover every Upper Clutha dog. Dog owner Ashley Bates says that, “People should know their dog well enough to be able to decide when their dog should be off the lead and on the lead. I personally wouldn't trust my dog off the lead if there were possible distractions.”

Currently, the existing rules for dog control allow for dogs to be off-leash at most QLDC rural general zones and tracks/reserves, however dogs must be on-leash at playgrounds, cemeteries, and other locations where specified. A number of sites across the Queenstown Lakes District also prohibit dogs entirely, including school grounds.

More details on the review/current bylaws and feedback forms are available at: letstalk.qldc.govt.nz/woof-woof.

Voting is open for the 2019 FMG Young Farmer of the Year — People's Choice Award with Mokoreta, Southland, farmer Matt McRae representing Otago/Southland.

The 30-year-old self-employed Romney-Texel ewes and cattle farmer is amongst six other finalists from around New Zealand. This is McRae's second and last chance at snagging the grand final as he will be past the allowable age to compete in 2020.

McRae and his brothers, Tim and Joe McRae, lease the sheep and dairy farm from his family with Joe and Matt McRae managing the sheep side of the business. Fourthgeneration farmer Matt McRae lives on the sheep and beef farm where he grew up, which has been in the McRae family for 110 years. He said they recently expanded their operation on the 405ha property with the addition of a new 320 hectare lease block in April.

Matt McRae is also involved in the Wyndham Rugby Club, a few farm discussion groups, Wyndham Pipe Band, Mokoreta First Response and Wyndham Young Farmers Club amongst others. "I joined the Wyndham Young Farmers club 10 years ago when a few people in my district re-opened the club. I wanted to meet like minded people and learn

new skills which young farmers is all about. I try to get off farm regularly as farming can be an isolated job at times. Being involved in the community and playing sport really helps."

He said he is an average farmer trying to promote the industry in a positive light. "The primary industry is so diverse and offers some great opportunities for people. I enjoy the wide variety of tasks that my job includes, but mainly working with stock and the challenge of bettering performance. I also like that it is one of the few jobs where you can take your family along."

Matt McRae, who is known to play the bagpipes, said his wife, Natalie McRae, is teaching his one-year-old son, Jacob McRae, to say "Go Dad" prior to the July 6 voting closing date.

"He has the 'dad' part down pat," said Matt McRae. The finalists have the support of sponsor FMG, New Zealand Farmers PHOTO: FMG Young and their local clubs to positively promote the rural sector and showcase themselves as young leaders in the industry. Everyone who votes at www.fmg.co.nz/ peopleschoice goes into the draw to win a Fitbit Surge and the winning finalist will pick up $1000 for their Young Farmers Club.

The People’s Choice winner will be revealed at the grand final on July 6 in Hawke's Bay; the city is hosting the event for the first time in 16 years.

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WoolOn Creative Fashion Event has been postponed until next year. The event was to be held in late August but a suitable venue could not be found, despite an exhaustive search, chairperson Victoria Ravenscroft said.

The group had identified Molyneux Stadium as a venue after the warehouse where numerous previous shows were held became unavailable. Further investigations into the stadium, however, illuminated multiple issues around logistics, cost, and health and safety, with these issues not becoming fully apparent until late May. “The stadium just doesn’t work

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for our type of event. The high levels of sponsorship necessary to host the event there were proving challenging to secure and our largelynew committee feel they need more time to consolidate and look more strategically as to where to from here,” she said.

“It is unfortunate given we have a record number of entries and designers share our disappointment, however there are some exciting opportunities on the table at present in terms of location and venue. It is our aim to see this fabulous long-running event continue and thrive in the future.”

The 58 entries received could be carried over to the new event likely to be held in the first half of next year.

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It’s Matariki this Saturday!

The wellbeing budget and the environment

Elvey C Richard Kahu Youth Worker It’s that time of year again; this Saturday will see our Matariki celebrations light up the lakefront once again with all the food, fire and community fun that happens every year.

To us, the Matariki celebrations are a very special thing. It’s not a commercial event, isn’t profit driven and isn’t trying to sell you anything at any point. It’s about a community coming together to produce something special, purely for the community.

We love community, it’s a basic human need, and it’s the sense of community here that makes the Upper Clutha such a magical place. I can’t think of anywhere else I’ve been where so many people are willing to do so much for so little just to help others out. Matariki is a prime example of this.

Nine years ago, our then youth worker Kim suggested we hold some form of Matariki celebration. We looked into a few options and settled on a potluck dinner at the Wanaka Arts Centre. We sent out the invites and well over 30 people came along for an enjoyable evening of stories, weaving and kai. It was here that the seeds of what is now our celebrations were laid.

Some suggested holding it on the lakefront with bonfires, others offered to help with the permits, yet more suggested having a hangi. A year on, and we were on the Dinosaur Park with bonfires, a hangi for 400 people and those amazing fireworks!

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unpredictable, and meant we had to transport the food all the way along the lakefront; not ideal. Once again the community got involved and in 2013, with the help of many local businesses and individuals, we built our custom hangi pit in Dinosaur Park from where we’ll be serving up 900 portions for you all this Saturday.

The wood for the hangi fires and bonfires has always been donated, the sheep for the pit donated, the rest of the food at cost or much cheaper and only koha is given for people’s time after costs are covered. Even our brilliant fireworks man does them at cost. It’s magical and humbling to have been so deeply involved in all of this for so long.

Without all of the community pulling together and supporting us over the years, we wouldn’t have been able to create and grow these celebrations. So come down this Saturday, 2:30pm at the Dinosaur Park, and see what your amazing community can do when we all pull together and walk as one.

For more information about Matariki or Kahu Youth, give us a call on 0275709268 or flick us an email to kahu.youth@xtra.co.nz

The economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of our community is totally dependent on the quality of our water, especially of our deepwater lakes.

Recognising that it is more cost effective to stop catchments from deteriorating than to restore them once they are degraded, the 2019 wellbeing budget process brought ministers and agencies together to determine what would make the greatest difference to improving New Zealand's land use practices.

The outcome is a $229.2m Productive and Sustainable Land Use package for projects to protect and restore at-risk waterways and wetlands and provide support for farmers and growers to use their land more sustainably. The funding will also address capability gaps and inconsistent practices across regions in relation to the development and implementation of freshwater rules, by improving consistency between councils, better compliance and enforcement, better engagement with Maori, and improving scientific knowledge to inform plan development. $44m is to be spent on Overseer, a software programme used by farmers to analyse their land use, budget nutrient loss to the soil and water and determine their environmental impact.

A further $7.5 million has been allocated to minimise the high risk of major pest and weed outbreaks in many iconic lakes, rivers and lands stewarded by the Crown.

The 2019 wellbeing budget was influenced by the following environmental evidence: Firstly, the Environment Aotearoa 2019 report finding that waterways in farming areas have markedly higher pollution levels than waterways in catchments dominated by native vegetation.

Pollution can easily spread through catchments, threatening our freshwater ecosystems and cultural values and making water unsafe for drinking and recreation.

Secondly, almost 4,000 of our native species are currently threatened with, or at risk of, extinction. Biodiversity is a key health indicator for ecosystems.

Ecosystems provide many benefits integral to our wellbeing, including food, recreation, pollination and erosion control.

Thirdly, soil erosion is a significant issue, with the rate of loss estimated at 720 tonnes per square kilometre per year (2012 data from the Environment Aotearoa 2019 report). Cultivation, grazing and logging often degrade soils through erosion, affecting our waterways and causing the run off of nutrients and organic matter to them. This reduces the productivity of the land, harms aquatic ecosystems and affects flood control, water filtering and soil retention.

Upper Clutha Lakes Trust is collaborating widely to improve the long-term management of our lakes and their catchments. Contact secretary@uppercluthalakestrust. org for information on ways to get involved and support local initiatives.

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Brianna Curtis, a 16-year-old, year 12 student at Mount Aspiring College has been selected to represent Southern in their U18 regional women’s team as goalkeeper.

Though it is a great honour to be selected and a true reflection of Brianna’s dedication to the game, representation comes at a huge financial cost. For the past six weeks she has had to self-fund her travel to Dunedin every Thursday night

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for training, as well as to Gore and Christchurch for mini-tournaments.

The national tournament will be held in Wellington from July 7 to 14.

The costs will be in the region of $2000.

Brianna is using her savings earned from a part-time job in the school holidays and is organising a raffle to raise funds to help get her to Wellington. If you would like to support her in her efforts please drop her a line through the club’s email uppercluthahockey@gmail.com Caption: Brianna Curtis, in goalkeeping gear, prepares to defend for her team.

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Wanaka Rowing Club Award Winners Emma Conyngham

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Wanaka Rowing Club held their annual awards evening at the Lake Wanaka Centre last Friday June 7 to celebrate the huge achievements and success they have had this season. It's been one of the most impressive seasons for the club with the Novice girls being on the podium at every event this year in the Novice Quads, U15 quads, U15 Octuple and Novice and U15 doubles.

Winner of the Tony Wellman Electrical Trophy for rower of the year went to Pipi Horan. The David Varney Cup for most improved junior male went to Owen Lea and the Bruce Family Cup for most improved junior

female was awarded to Aneka Rossiter.

Patrick Hartley won the Ashton-Wilson Shield for coxswain of the year and Grainne Power was recognised as member of the year. Ian Farrant won the Doug Stewart Cup for most outstanding community supporter. Masters Rower of the Year went to Jaime Hutter, and The President’s Award was awarded to the U15 Octuple Squad, whilst Crew of the Year was the Novice Quad: Hayley Ambrose, Pipi Horan, Ruby Boyd, Emily Findlay, Samara Goodall and cox Patrick Hartley.

Next year the club is excitedly looking forward to hosting the event in their new club rooms.

Pictured: The award winners at Lake Wanaka The MAC boys first XI football team had their first hit out of the season Centre last week. against a strong Dunstan High School team in a friendly match in Cromwell last Thursday. The match was used to help prepare the MAC boys who are — for the first time in history — competing in the Otago and Southland qualifying games for the New Zealand secondary schools top national tournament held in Napier in September. The game kicked off under the light at Alpha Park in good conditions. The MAC boys fielding a strong team with five players playing in the Wanaka AFC Premier Men’s team and several playing for the WAFC Senior and Senior Reserve Men’s team.

MAC dominated Dunstan from the get go but were guilty of rushing and over complicating things. Once they started to settle down they advanced PHOTO: Stu Wilson all their possession and two great “They need to be proud, but the biggest thing is goals were scored in the first half by that we need to build from here,” said Carl. “Our Weston Bell and Lewie Foggin.

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MAC first XI chalk up a solid win more composed and controlled the ball more putting more pressure on the MAC boys and took advantage of many of the MAC top players being substituted for the new fresh talent who were on debut and getting their first game for MAC. With Dunstan upping their game MAC held strong and kept them out and wore them down and in the end MAC were just too good with scoring another two goals by Tyler Danielson and Ethan Arratia.

The game finished up 4-0 to MAC XI boys football team.

Monday June 10 sees MAC take on Kings High School in Dunedin in their first national qualifying game.

Then they play Timaru Boys on Monday June 17 in Timaru and then Otago Boys on June 24 in Wanaka and Wakatipu High School again at home on Monday July 1.

Pictured: Center back Levi Fletcher (blue/white) for MAC just missing out on a goal with his header.

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At the conclusion of the game Matthew Wilson received his cap for his twentieth game for the MAC first XV. MAC return to Dunedin next weekend to play Otago Boys High first XV. The game will be held at Littlebourne on Saturday June 15 at 1pm. Pictured: MAC players, left to right, Ryan Schmack, Jack East, Milan Martinovich, Lachie MacDonald.

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The Senior A team (Years 11-13) had a much tougher match against Dunstan losing 4-0. Although not reflected in the score it was a close match and both sides played very well.

The Upper Clutha women’s team had a great result drawing 2-2 with Matakauni Mud Flaps to whom they lost 5-0 when they played first time around.

It was an untidy game with Matakanui piling on the pressure from the outset to score first after a penalty corner. Upper Clutha goalie Brianna Curtis defended two shots while lying prostrate on the ground but a third flick landed in the back of the net.

Upper Clutha launched a counter attack after Chrissi Pettit intercepted a pass which enabled them to push into Matakanui’s half. Some neat passing from right wing Sam Watson to left wing Ruth Kelly (the team’s new Irish import) enabled Ruth to score her first goal for Upper Clutha.

Matakanui managed to add another goal to lead into the second half. Undeterred, Upper Clutha centre attacker Allannah McRae skilfully dribbled around two opponents and scored a picture- perfect goal – left drag around the goalie and while falling hitting the ball into the goal with her backhand. A stylish way to end the match.

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Despite having the majority of possession and peppering the goal with shots, Black struggled to penetrate the Mud Sharks defence. Finally, on the team’s sixth penalty corner attempt and with time fast running out, Oscar Crowe’s hit found the back of the net. The team worked really well under pressure but the linchpin of the match was Abbey Ragg who dominated anyone who came within her radar.

After winning all their games in the league to date, Kwik Sticks Gold missing some key players narrowly lost to a very well-oiled Alexandra Lightning team.

The Senior B team (Years 9 and 10) had a solid win (6-1) against Wakatipu despite the absence of seven of their players, including both goalies. With players hauled in from junior teams to plug the gaps, the regulars had to step up and play in unfamiliar positions, including goalie novices Nikita Sinclair and Billie Wilson. Their task was made easier by strong defence in the midfield and the back from Maggie Dougherty and Zoe Eckoff.

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Somewhat depleted by illness and injury and coming off a disappointing loss to Dunstan High the previous weekend, it could have been a tough ask for the MAC side to match up against one of the stronger sides in the competition.

“I take my hat off to the boys,” said co-coach Carl Schmack. “We had a bit of adversity this week with injuries and flu. We didn’t have many players to call on but the ones that were on the field did the job today.

“We knew that if we put on a good performance today the Dunstan game would be a distant memory. You’re only as good as your last game.”

John McGlashan got the first score on the board with a try five minutes in, but MAC were quick to answer with a try to Fergus Read. Bold play and big hits by Milan Martinovich at first five were just what the MAC team needed to keep confidence levels high.

John McGlashan’s 24-7 halftime lead told the tale of a one-sided game but the second half would follow an entirely different script. Playing into a strong wind, MAC scored two tries (to Lachie MacDonald and Hamish Robinson) to John McGlashan’s one, closing the gap to just 10 points on the final whistle.

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The Wanaka Senior Reserve men’s team played their best game of the season last Saturday which was a great way to finish their season with a fantastic 3-0 win over Alexandra B — a team they have lost to twice already this season.

The Wanaka team were on a roll from their victory over Cromwell B last week and their narrow loss to division two leaders Charruas FC the week before and their win over Arrowtown at the start of round three saw them put together a complete performance with good attacking football with solid defence.

From the first whistle both teams were looking to control the game and for the first 25 minutes it was a very even game with both teams sharing the ball equally and having chances. The breakthrough came when the Reserves made a technical substitution bringing on an extra striker and changing their formation from a 4-1-4-1 to a diamond 4-4-2 .

The moved paid off instantly with new man on the pitch, Mike Copleston, scoring the first goal of the match to go into the halftime break 1-0 up.

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the same with the Reserves making most of the play but Alexandra did have their moments and the Wanaka keeper, Juan-Lucas, was called upon to make a couple of really good saves but the Wanaka boys kept pushing and were rewarded again with another goal by Mike Colpleston. The goal of the day came near the end of the match with Wanaka making another fine move down the pitch with some great interchange play involving left mid and captain, Mikey Bopp, who found Striker Zak Harbidge who laid up a nice pass back to center midfielder Scott Mitchell who made no mistake and put it into the back of the net to give the Wanaka AFC Senior Reserve team their fourth win in their last game of the season. This took them from the bottom of the table to third place but with games still to be played next weekend in the Central Otago football league where the Reserves have a bye. The Wanaka Senior Reserves want to thank all their supporters for supporting them and their coach wants to thank all this players for giving their best. Pictured: The Wanaka Senior Reserves.

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Wanaka-based Ironman athlete Braden Currie has won the Asia-Pacific Championship race emphatically in Cairns, Australia.

Not only does this qualify him for the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, later this year, but in a way it was even more impressive than his record-breaking race at the same venue last year.

In 2018 his time was 7hr, 54min, but this time he had to battle headwinds of up to 30kmph on the bike to achieve a time of 8hr, 4min, 20sec.

“When you get to a race like that, it’s a great feeling. I’m just proud,” he said at the finish line.

Currie also achieved the almostimpossible goal in Ironman racing: he led all three disciplines of swimming, biking and running on June 7.

“It’s pretty hard to believe. I wanted to tick my box for Kona and I thought what’s the easiest way to make sure that happens and that was to win! If I wanted to be in with a good chance for that I needed to send it from start

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to finish. I’m just stoked to see the progression and where I’m at now,” he said.

Exiting the 3.8km swim first set the tone for the rest of his day. Conditions were good on the single anti-clockwise loop — with around 300mm of chop coming straight into the beach — and it certainly played into Currie’s hands.

The Kiwi emerged from the water first of a bunch of three in 47min 29sec.

Fellow New Zealander and 2019 Ironman NZ winner Mike Phillips and Australian Luke Bell were hot on his heels, with the trio holding an over two-minute lead on David Dellow. His Australian compatriot and 2016 event winner, Tim van Berkel, was 2min 34sec behind.

Early in the 180km bike section Currie turned the afterburners on and quickly opened up a 20sec gap on Phillips and Bell. The conditions were overcast and although the athletes enjoyed a tail wind on the out-andback bike course, once they reached the turn point in Port Douglas they faced a brutal head wind. Pictured: Braden Currie celebrates winning the Cairns Ironman race.

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Coolant tipped down our drains

On Sunday morning I found this foreign man from [address withheld] which has a lot of them staying there in caravans and freedom camping vans, dumping his antifreeze from his car straight out onto the road and gutter, which then ends up in our lake.

I rang the council and they sent a person around to have a look.

He was called out after hours and once he’d seen what had happened he then went to get the big suction truck, cleaned the gutter and sucked the stormwater drain at the end of the road clean.

The foreigner didn’t care about it and told me it was only water.

I've been a mechanic in Wanaka since 1996 and know what car coolant looks like. I'm unsure if he will be getting charged the cost of this and fined. But I'm so sick of the disrespectfulness of these people and it saddens me that they are like this.

Do we really need them in our community?

Dean Rankin

Queenstown District Lakes Council responds

“Water that enters the stormwater system ends up in the environment, be it our lakes, rivers or groundwater.

As a result, contamination of stormwater can have a significant negative environmental impact.

“This is a great opportunity to appeal to the community to act responsibly and protect our beautiful natural environment. QLDC takes environmental wellbeing seriously, and encourages residents to reach out if they have any concerns.”

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Disappointing Draft Masterplan

It is extremely disappointing to realise that the QLDC, in its release of the “Master Plan”, has maintained the very controversial proposals for the Wanaka Town Centre. One has to consider what these changes had hoped to achieve: presumably, better traffic flow, less congestion, a pedestrian-friendly environment, and a pleasant town precinct for locals and visitors. Given that the “genie is out of the bottle” re visitor numbers, most would agree that some action must be taken, but not that which is proposed.

This plan, if enacted, would create a complete bottleneck of two-way, main route traffic, crammed onto Brownston Street, caused by a closed-off lakefront and convoluted access to the centre of town. As well, it is especially galling that the Council would even countenance the idea of taking further land for car parking, from Pembroke Park, a beautiful RESERVE, which, under the original conditions of this gift to the community, was to be maintained FOR RECREATION PURPOSES ONLY. As if the business community and the golf club are not upset enough with the roading proposals that affect them, then this idea of another large carpark encroaching on and ruining our precious Reserve will be “the spark to light a fire”. Does the QLDC really want another resistance movement such as that generated by the town hall proposals in the 1990’s?

A calmer assessment of these issues shows that we all, young and old, value recreational access to the lakefront, and the ability to drive freely through and about town. One solution would be to have one way traffic going west from the town hall roundabout to McDougall St, and to make Brownston St one way going east, from McDougall to Helwick, or the upper roundabout. Helwick, Dungarvon, and Dunmore could still be two way, but with a much slower speed limit, thus making the area more pleasant for pedestrians. It would further aid traffic flow to have a designated parking area in the upper part of the town for camper vans, which should be banned from the central area. Perhaps it’s time for a park and ride facility for the holiday seasons?

While I applaud the effort to keep cars from the central part of the lakefront, a much larger formed carpark is required adjacent to the new boat shed, and reconfigured parking by the log cabin, to take the huge numbers of visitors’ vehicles in the high season. There also need to be more rocks placed along the verges of the lakeside reserve areas, to prevent indiscriminate parking all over the grass and on the tree roots, especially towards the western end. A formed pathway along the lakeside reserve would be comfortable for those pushing buggies or in wheelchairs, but please, no other development. We like the natural gravel look! The ever-changing lake views and the Millennium Walkway are the features here, with the beautiful Pembroke Park Reserve beyond.

Councillors, if you value your roles and wish to stay as our representatives, please listen to your constituents. Do not force a plan onto those of us who live and work here, just to make changes for the huge visitor numbers that have altered our once lovely town so much. Is it not time to consider what OUR needs are, and to have the visitors fit in with how WE prefer the town to function?

Sincerely, M.E Gray.

Queenstown Lakes District Council responds

Thanks for sharing your views. The draft Masterplan being presented to the community is conceptual and illustrates how the Wanaka Town Centre could evolve looking ahead 30 years. Nothing is set in stone. At this point in the process we’re asking the community to discuss the draft and let us know what they support and what they think is missing. As with the town centre activations and options engagement that happened in March, we’re expecting to hear a range of views on the draft plan and we’re looking forward to further explaining concepts and talking through any concerns at the drop-in sessions and pop-up information stands happening over the next few weeks.

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It’s hard to remember back the 2025 years since the Central Otago Regional Orchestra first came to town.

There were, I think, nine players, enthusiastic but tentative with a narrow repertoire but determined to improve and expand.

Contrast that early group to the proficient and professional regional orchestra of 37 players plus conductor, soloist and narrator who filled the Presbyterian church hall on Saturday evening. They gave an outstanding concert that must surely win more friends and support.

The concert was in two distinct halves, the first opened with eight musical themes from the Harry Potter anthology. To one who has not seen all the films it was a great help that the music was synchronised to projected images of the relevant parts of the films. Then Cathy Irons, the violinist, joined Tim Cadogan, the narrator for a humorous rendition of Ferdinand (the Bull), followed by Tim and the Orchestra’s account of Perky the Pukeko. These gave great enjoyment to the younger members of the audience but all appreciated the special skills of both contributors.

I wonder if there is anywhere else in the world that could provide a concert narrator who is bright, extroverted, legally and broadcasting trained, a disputes referee and trustee and who is also Mayor of the Orchestra district.

Cadogan was an excellent narrator and may be sure of a welcome return.

I shall talk more of Cathy regarding the

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Concerto but remembering that she wrote the score to set Perky to music with the intent to identify instruments as characters, the piece is a delight and somewhat reminiscent of Peter and the Wolf. I wonder that Cathy might be encouraged to cast more instruments to identify characters and make the piece into a New Zealand icon.

The second half was like a ‘light switch’ moment. Suddenly, although the composer’s name may have been difficult to pronounce, the orchestra and soloist may have had only limited time to practice together, Ashley Hopkins (the conductor) was both excited and anxious to learn and perform a new work but the result was a symphonic triumph, combining lovely slower melodies with periods of frenetic soloist virtuosity to demonstrate her mastery of the violin.

The large audience was entranced.

I have one pernickety criticism – the orchestra is too big and far too good to perform in inadequate halls.

The music was superb but many of the audience could not see and enjoy fully, many of the players, even in spite of the risers used. I understand that the next concert will be in the Lake Wanaka Centre, which is great.

The orchestra committee need to set their plans really early to ensure that future Wanaka concerts have all the advantages of the LWC; the larger auditorium, the reflective panels, the tiered seating, all of which will do more for Our Regional Orchestra.

– By Dennis Pezaro

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Wanaka Stadium Bowls Queen’s Birthday progressive: skips; 1st P Traynor, 2nd T Tovey. Thirds; 1st R Charteris, 2nd M Baxter. Leads; 1st J Rich, 2nd T Tattersfield.

Monday evening Edgewater Trophy: 1st T Scurr Gilda Cameron J Stock, 2nd D Hope C Scurr Kathryn Mitchell, 3rd S Nyhof K Norman R Tempero. Tuesday morning 2x4x2; 1st N Brown B Russell, 2nd I McGregor C Nyenhuis, 3rd G Russell J Allen. Tuesday afternoon 2x4x2; 1st T Tovey B Thorburn, 2nd M Campbell J Feehly, 3rd D Paterson Y Gale. Tuesday evening Trades; 1st Bowl’m’Over, 2nd Placemakers, 3rd Mt Aspiring College. Wednesday afternoon triples; 1st D Guy J Hogan P Gray, 2nd E Templeton N Brown D Ollerenshaw, 3rd D Studholme N Mayen B Holmes.

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Netball Upper Clutha Mac Diamonds 5 v Mac Rubys 17. WLHC 18 v Silverthreads 31. Cromwell Town Country B 19 v Hawea Spirit 22. Cromwell Town Country B 46 v Pioneer 3 9. Mac Yr 10a 28 v Stihl Shop Hawea 21.

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Wanaka Bridge Club Monday: AJ McKenzie Pairs 1 North/South: 1st Murray Pryde, Mark Harry 58.27%, 2nd Lynne Fegan, David Brewer 57.31%, 3rd Tommie Munns, Jo Wallis 53.46%. East/West: 1st Trish Foote, Alan Foote 55.19%, 2nd Ken Saxby, Heather Wellman 54.81%, 2nd Errol Kelly, Vivienne Christie 54.81%.

Wednesday: Bronze Championship Pairs 5 North/ South: 1st Maureen Hawke, Jeanette Gillies 60.32%, 2nd Robyn Gilchrist, Noelene Raffills 59.13%, 3rd Bruce Cathie, Kate Summers 56.75%. East/ West: 1st Suzanne Ewing, Lyn Hill 58.73%, 2nd= Marion Murphy, Jan Wynn-Williams 53.17%, 2nd= Pauline Davidson, Jane Hamilton 53.17%.

Friday Handicap: North/South: 1st Pam Miller, Peter Hart 61.33%, 2nd Joan Moon, Ross Moon 57.76%, 3rd Lynne Fegan, David Brewer 57.20%.

East/West 1st Dorothy McDonald, Nan Ottrey 60.79%, 2nd Jill Paxman, Kay Ross 58.21%, 3rd Daphne Stewart, Carolyn Grey 56.99%.

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Club celebrates four decades of snowsports Wanaka Seniors Neil Sonnekus @ Lakes United newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Wanaka Ski and Snowsports will celebrate 40 years of its existence on June 15 with an exciting event at the Lake Wanaka Centre, starting at 7pm.

Renowned raconteur and Coast to Coast founder Robyn Judkins will describe in his inimitable fashion an early Treble Cone story, local rock band Cemetery Road will play, and an archive of footage and photos will be displayed.

The archive will include footage of the building of the road up to Treble Cone and will be collated along with photos of original club members when it was still called the Wanaka Ski Club. “Face Plant”, a send-up of TV programmes of the time and which was screened at the then Barrows Tavern, will also be part of the archive.

The club, started by a small group of skiing enthusiasts four decades ago, has produced many world-class athletes, including Olympians and X-Games medallists. Several local families are now third-generation snowsports participants and still enjoy the founding members’ original dream of ensuring families could learn the skills to adventure together in our mountains.

A small snowsports-oriented silent auction will help raise funds for young snowsports athletes. This event has been enabled by Queenstown Lakes District Council with auction items included from Treble Cone, Cardrona Alpine Resort, Wairau Nordic Area, WINED and Harris Mountain Heli Ski. Food will be provided and tickets can be purchased from local snowsports shops

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Racers Edge/Torpedo7 and Outside Sports.

For families, from 4pm-5.30pm the 52 WSSC 2019 Grassroots Awards recipients will receive their certificates at their BBQ presentation in the Armstrong Room of the Lake Wanaka Centre. Sam Lee, ex-ski racer and local Freeride World Tour competitor,

who also coaches Freeride at Treble Cone, will present the certificates to the children.

Each child receives $300 towards their coaching costs Pictured: Stacey and Jossi Wells, Wanaka's most famous snowsports athlete.

He and his three siblings are all Olympians.

Left to rue several gilt edged chances in front of goal, the Wanaka AFC Seniors finished their Division 1 campaign with a 4-2 loss to newly crowned COFL champions Lakes United at the Queenstown Events Centre.

Utilising a frigid southerly wind at their backs the Seniors had the hosts on the back foot in the opening 20 minutes with Valentine Ruiz opening the scoring. The Uruguayan left midfield applying a deft touch to an in swinging Nico Funes corner that left the Lakes goalkeeper clutching at air.

The home side, relying mainly on counter attacks, then struck twice through their lone striker to take a 2-1 advantage into the break. At the resumption Lakes again showed their class up front with two more goals in similar fashion.

With nothing to lose the Wanaka side pushed more men forward and were rewarded on the hour mark, Hugo Allen scoring from a Mike Finlay cutback to reduce the margin to two goals.

Moments later, Wanaka could have added to their tally. First as Finlay found himself with the keeper to beat, only to drag his shot across the goal mouth. Then as, Brazilian striker, Everton narrowly missed with an exquisite flick from close range.

The Lakes United defense held firm however, to complete a fine season as they claimed their first COFL title.

The two sides will now have two weeks to plan for their re-match in the Central Otago Cup semi final at the Wanaka Rec Centre on Saturday June 22.

– By WAFC

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Nestled within a secluded and sheltered enclave of Wanaka, this community will have a limited offer of architecturally designed chalets, enjoying resort-style amenities and majestic high alpine vistas. Pembroke has the rare luxury of being in the heart of Wanaka and only a short stroll to the shores of Lake Wanaka, Wanaka Station Park or the bustling café-filled township.

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