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Way back in October, during the Wānaka Arts Labour Weekend Exhibition, award-winning portrait artist Stephen Martyn Welch conducted a live portrait sitting of Wānaka local Ray Anderson. The audience was captivated seeing the portrait come together over the course of an afternoon, and viewers from around the world tuned in to a livestream on Facebook. Afterwards, Welch took the workin-progress away to be completed, and Wānaka Arts was delighted to have recently presented the finished work jointly with the Cardrona Curling Club as a gift to Anderson. This has been a wonderful collaboration, and Wānaka Arts thanks everyone for their support and involvement and looks forward to another great exhibition this October. The photo shows Wānaka Arts President Vicky Fulton (centre) and Curling Club President Sandy Hazeldine (left) with Ray Anderson and the portrait.
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niversal Developments has appealed the decision of the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) not to expand the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) of Lake Hawea Township. The QLDC made the decision back in March
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not to extend the UGB beyond Cemetery Road. Universal Developments, along with appellants Streats Development Ltd, Quartz Commercial Group Ltd and Runaka Ltd want the UGB extended to land south of the Hāwea UGB located immediately south of Cemetery Road and bounded by Domain Road to the southwest and the Lake Hāwea Dam Burst Flood Hazard Area to the east. It incorporates
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and expands on the consented 36 lot Streat Development and the consented 480 lot Special Housing Area (SHA). Extending the UGB to Domain Road would double the size of the existing boundary. Universal Developments, owned by Lane Hocking, has a 480-lot development underway on the south side of Cemetery Road, one of two developments approved outside the boundaries
of the UGB. Streats Development owned 20 ha on the south side of Cemetery Road and had resource consent to create 36 rural residential lots of 4000m2 each in four stages. It proposed the rezoning of its property to Settlement Zone, which would allow for section sizes as small as 800m2. Continued on page 3
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Crop comp raises $50,000 for rescue helicopter
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Luggate-Tarras farmer Hayden Dickey (left), winner of the supreme award, Rotary Club of Wānaka president Mike Elliot (centre) and competition organiser George Scott.
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The Rotary Club of Wānaka winter crop competition has raised over $50,000 for the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust. In the first such competition in the Upper Clutha, 60 crops were up for judging which was “great for our first event,” according to organiser and former Rotary Club of Wānaka president George Scott. The supreme award went to Luggate-Tarras farmer Hayden Dickey. Dickey’s kale crop was described as exceptional by the judges. “It was a bit of a surprise. We knew we had a good kale crop and I was happy for it to pull
through in the end,” Dickey said. Judges said they were looking for an exceptional crop that was weed-free, with healthy plants, and a great weight. “We found it on Hayden’s farm,” Scott said. The competition concluded with an awards ceremony compèred by Phil Reid and held at Pembroke Pavillion in Wānaka on June 11, where the winners were announced and a fundraising auction held. “We had about 110 farmers attend the awards night along with 30 sponsor businesses,” Scott said. The crop winners were: • Kale irrigated-Hayden Dickey • Kale non-irrigated-Digby Cochrane • Swedes irrigated-Robbie Gibson
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• Swedes non-irrigated-James Cochrane • Fodder Beet irrigated-Simon Maling • Fodder Beet non-irrigated-Donald Urquhart • Rape-Robbie Gibson • Turnips-Matt McLaughton • Mixed Crop-Hamish MacKay “The auction has been a real success and I can’t thank the businesses who supported us with prizes enough,” Scott said. “All the funds raised will go to the benefit of the Otago Rescue Helicopter.” Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust chief pilot Graeme Gale attended the awards night. “We can’t thank the Rotary Club of Wānaka and the farmers enough. Look at the room here tonight, the turnout and support are fantastic. It is
a big deal, this is how we get the extra equipment, the medical equipment, to ensure we can give a service every time, anytime,” Gale said. Rotary Club of Wānaka president Mike Elliot said the cropping competition would now be an annual event on the Upper Clutha calendar. “George has done an amazing job pulling the event together and it has been embraced by the farming community. We’ll be adding this to our stable of annual fundraising events,” Elliot said. Eliot said the Rotary Club of Wānaka chose the rescue helicopter as the recipient of funds raised as it’s “close to the hearts of farmers”. “Many work in isolated areas and knowing that there will be someone there in an emergency provides peace of mind,” he said.
Visa extensions not enough for staffing shortage
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Recent work visa changes should help employers fill their vacancies, but it may not be enough, according to local business owners and migrant workers. With an increasing number of job openings in and around the Wānaka area, local businesses were struggling to find applicants. Adam Ross, Cellar Door Manager at Nanny Goat Vineyard said “We had zero candidates in the region apply until the recent announcement (from Immigration New Zealand).” The Central Otago vineyard and cellar door relied on migrant workers to fill viticultural roles each year. "It is very difficult to find Kiwis who are willing to do the work," Ross said. He hoped that new visa extensions would "allow the cellar door to run smoothly and at capacity." But, according to local recruitment agencies, staffing issues had been arising across Central Otago for some time; including in Wānaka's Town Centre where there was already a shortage of hospitality workers. Pavla Krejci, a local hospitality worker, who was not eligible for the current visa extension, said that there had been a significant drop in the number of temporary visa holders looking for work in Wānaka. “It is uncertain times and no one knows when they will have to go home. They are having to wait until the last minute to find out whether they can stay in New Zealand,” she said. This has caused a lot of stress and confusion
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for many Working Holiday Visa (WHV) and Supplementary Seasonal Employment (SSE) visa holders, she said. On Thursday 10 June, Immigration New Zealand announced that WHV and SSE visas, expiring between 21 June 2021 and 31 December 2021, would be extended for a further six months. The announcement came just 11 days before some visas were due to expire. Annabel Blaikie, owner of Blaikie Recruitment, said that while there had always been shortages for skilled staff in a wide range of sectors, the impact of Covid 19 had exacerbated the issue. Working with employers across Wānaka, Cromwell, and Alexandra, the recruitment agency was currently seeking temporary staff for a wide range of roles including chefs, sous chefs, civil construction labourers, infrastructure labourers, and class 2 drivers. Blaikie acknowledged that the staffing shortage in Wānaka had worsened since the current border closers. “With the borders closed we haven’t had the depth of WHV workers available for temporary industrial, hospo, and civil roles. Many of these WHV holders are energetic, motivated and enthusiastic about experiencing New Zealand and the diverse work environments and cultures.” “With regards to the recent changes, we are hopeful SSE visa holders will be encouraged to engage in a real assortment of work experiences.” Other attributes to the staffing shortage included a lack of accommodation options for seasonal workers, Krejci said.
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New film studio for Wānaka Pat Deavoll
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The Studio Space, a new film studio in the heart of Wānaka, opened on Friday providing a functional space for creatives in the region to hire, connect and create. Predominantly for studio filming and photography, The Studio Space added a spark of excitement to the Wānaka film and photography industry being the town's first fully dedicated, open for hire studio and will also be home to industry related networking events, training courses, gear hire hub and much more. Co-Founder Joe Murdie said: “I think it’s something that the area has needed for quite some time. Our idea behind the space is to create a location, and provide the facilities for us and other creatives in the region to access without having to spend a fortune travelling out of town. This means we can create more locally, and can attract other creatives to Wānaka. The whole idea is to contribute to the local film industry so we can all step up and compete with the bigger out of town companies while keeping it all right here at home.” The newly fitted-out space (powered by Wānaka Film Studios) was a one-of-a-kind 130sqm facility available for hire by creatives
needing a local location for their film production or photography needs. The space combined both 'The Cyc Room' featuring an 8m x 5m x 3m corner infinity wall, lighting rigs and projector for large screenings, and 'The Martini Room' - a lounge style meeting space with a smart TV for viewing rushes or finished films. The Cyc Room had app controlled, ceiling mounted RGB LED panels to cast a choice of 160 colours onto the cyc as well as a selection of predesigned changing light sequences. The Martini Room contained seating, whiteboard, podcast equipment, drinks fridge and other meeting room facilities. The space also had an extensive range of additional lighting and rigging kits available, product photography equipment and a growing selection of props held on site, as well as connections to many other suppliers in the region for anything else needed. Question and answers with the Studio Space: 1) Who will be your first clients- I know the Mountain Film Festival is running a film school- will it be them? Officially it was the amazing team at Mons Royale who were our first client, they have been in a couple of times now to do some product photography. But yes, we also have the Adventure
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Universal Developments is appealing QLDC’s decision not to extend Hawea’s Urban Growth Boundary.
Continued from page 1 The appeal document said: “The submission sought that the land be rezoned to allow for urban development through any one, or a combination of, the following zones: Settlement Zone, LDSRZ, MDRZ, High Density Residential Zone, LSCZ, Business Mixed Use Zone, GIZ and / or any other development zone within the Proposed District Plan (PDP) which is considered to be appropriate for the land. “It also sought that the Land be included within the Hāwea UGB and that the provisions of the PDP be amended to provide for site-specific requirements of the rezoning of the Land, including the requirement for any minimum development capacity of the Land.” The Hāwea UGB Landscape Report, prepared for QLDC by Bridget Gilbert, described the southern edge of the UGB as "relatively weak.” It referred to the Streat Development and the risk that this would be seen to extend the Hāwea settlement. The Report also referred to the Special Housing Area (SHA) and said that this would "further weaken the southern UGB and increase the potential for new urban development to be successfully absorbed on the south side of
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Cemetery Road". Hawea Community Association chair Cherilyn Walthew said the Association had fought against the extension of the UGB for a number of years. “We are disappointed with the appeal to the existing UGB given the outstanding issues that currently exist with infrastructure and connectivity to the commercial area of the Upper Clutha, such as the lack of public transport and no planning for the increase of traffic on the roads or the impending requirement to remove parking space requirements from the District Plan by February 2022. “There is essentially nothing new in the appeals in terms of evidence to support this expansion and as we’ve just seen with recent requests from the developer to increase house and land prices by 7.5-10 per cent earlier this year, houses built in greenfield sites come with extensive infrastructure issues that will always prevent the houses from being “affordable”. “What we mean by affordable is, realistically affordable based on the wages available in the area, not, “affordable by comparison” to somewhere else in the district because this will never meet the needs of our workers and families.”
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Joe Murdie at the Studio Space, Wānaka: “I think it’s something that the area has needed for quite some time.”
Film School run through the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival for a week at the end of the month and we are looking forward to having the students and mentors in the Studio. 2) How much did it cost to build- I imagine it was heaps? A bit yes haha. But we have had some amazing support from local builder friends and local suppliers who have taken good care of us along the way. 3) Who are you targeting? Mainly a Wānaka clientele or are you looking further afield? The idea behind the space is that it is open to any creative person who needs such facilities. We want to help the local talent here by giving access to a space that we would normally have to travel out of town for or come up with makeshift solutions for – meaning we can all be more productive but also provide facilities for creatives
coming from out of town, which in theory will help bring/keep more work here if there is more of what they need close by. 4) Is it big enough to be of use for a full on feature film or are you targeting mainly home grown docos and such? More likely to be used for documentary features rather than drama features as it’s not a full sound stage (where people would build a full set inside of) but it is a decent size in terms of studio space. Currently the closest one of similar size that anyone can hire is in Christchurch, so it has been something the lower South Island has needed for some time. We see it being used for a range of things – commercial productions, specific film scenes, documentary interviews, music videos, podcasts, product photography, model photography, talent casting sessions, training room and much more to still be figured out!
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If anyone has made the best of his Covid situation, it's unemployed Wānaka fishing guide turned entrepreneur Matt Butler. Butler launched his product the KEA KIT survival kit on Kickstarter funding platform on June 1 and to date has raised almost $180,000 in pre-orders. That’s 1000 units sold. “I hit my goal of $15, 000 in the first day (100 units sold) and $100,000 in the first week,” Butler says. “The campaign is now at almost $180,000 and I have sold over 1000 units. About 25 per cent of these have been to New Zealand, 40 per cent to the USA and the rest to Canada, Australia and Singapore. With still roughly three weeks to run on Kickstarter I'm hoping to keep the momentum going and keep building the pre-orders.” Butler arrived in Wānaka from Cambridge six years ago to “really get into fishing.” Not long after arriving, he got work with Minaret Station as a fishing guide and soon moved out on his own. He has been an independent fishing guide for the last five years. That was until Covid struck. “I had a livelihood that disappeared from under my feet. I lost 95 per cent of my business which was pretty indicative of what happened to the hunting and fishing guides in the district,” Butler says. “I made a good livelihood up until Covid. I was guiding about 100 days a year charging $850 to $1000 a day. I only had to work for about six months of the year and then I would take the winter off and go overseas and fish and travel. “My clients were about 90 per cent Americans, 5 per cent Australians and the rest a mix from around the world. I only got about one Kiwi a year. I've only had five Kiwis this year so
technically lost 95 per cent of my clients.” So what is Butler doing now, a year or more on from the Covid outbreak? He has designed the KEA KIT. Where did this idea come from? “I have always been frustrated with packing and carrying all the necessary survival gear, it’s cumbersome and messy,” Butler says. “So I just thought it could be done better and there was no reason why it couldn't all be in one, easy to pack case. So I broke down the pillars of outdoor survival and their essential gear, then I reconstructed it into a case that would easily fit in my current fishing pack and be small enough to fit any hiking pack. That how the KEA KIT was born but with much research and development along the journey it has become a better product than I could've imagined at the beginning.” China and Thailand worked on it and it's taken over a year to get to this point of taking preorders,” he says He developed the external case with four compartments – a tool kit, a first aid kit, a shelter and a water straw. You can take out what you need when you need it, he says. It's taken a lot of time to get the design right to make it all fit, look nice and be presentable, he says. “I've had a graphic designer in Wānaka who has done all the branding work, and it's looking pretty good now. The campaign ends on July 3 and manufacturing will begin a few weeks later. The whole production process will take 3-4 months, then the kits will then be ocean freighted to their selected countries and delivered locally. Following this we will be considering retail and e-commerce options to continue selling the KEA KIT worldwide,” Butler says. “I'm targeting the mid-range outdoor enthusiast range- not the hardcore of course because they are all about reducing weight- so
The KEA KIT: has earned Butler almost $180,000 in pre-orders since the start of the month.
it's the weekend warriors – hunting to fishing to tramping, even something you can keep in your car,” he says. “The KEA KIT is the first of its kind to tackle the problem of poor quality survival kits that don’t even cover the essentials. There are many kits already in the market but most fail on many levels. “The key features of the KEA KIT are quality gear, durability and versatility. It offers everything you need in one case but is also modular so you can just take what you need when you need it. I have also put a lot of work and effort into building a community around the product before I launched so that we started with a bang: this momentum has just helped carry it forward to now,” Butler says. “The overall response has been great and has given me the confidence that I am doing something worth pursuing the long term. Once the borders re-open I will have some regular guiding clients to take out fishing but until then, I will be working hard on making the most of this opportunity and being able to remain in the outdoor industry.”
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And is there anything else in the pipeline?. “ Yes I am always rolling over new ideas in the back of my mind, but at the moment this project needs full focus,” Butler says. “As we get through the production stage later in the year, I will start exploring the next steps.”
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Trampers are reminded to refrain from taking their dogs on prohibited DOC tracks, amid reports of visitors bringing their pets on hikes along the West Coast.
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Andrzej Bargiel’s attempt to ski the world’s second-highest mountain, K2, is the subject of the NZ Mountain and Book Festival’s Grand Prize winning film.
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A full-length feature film of epic proportions has won the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival Grand Prize. Director Steve Robillard from Austria produced K2: Impossible Descent telling the story of Andrzej Bargiel’s expedition to attempt to ski the world’s second-highest mountain. In 2018 the Polish ski mountaineer clicked into his bindings at an altitude of 8,611m to make history and the film captures the stunning scenery, edge of the seat adventure and what became a remarkable feat. Festival co-founder and judge Jo Sedon said: “It was a combination of a completely out-there adventure, pushing risk to the absolute limit, combined with good filming and great storytelling that blew our minds. It had you on the edge of your seat the whole way through!” A special female-focused session called Women in Adventure will feature this year on Sunday 27. In the session, Tara Mulvany, most well-known for her monumental sea kayaking trips, will be speaking about her most recent adventure, a solo traverse of the Southern Alps this past summer. Director Emily Hopcian’s film Durga: Forging a New Trail is the story of Durga Rawal, the only guide of any gender from her village in northern
Nepal. Durga defies cultural, societal and familial expectations to pursue her dreams. Kakapo Crest by Director Olivia Page follows four women who hike deep into Fiordland in a fun and challenging adventure. The Best Climbing Film Award goes to Director Nicolas Falquet, for Katherine’s Marathon. Falquet was the first Swiss climber to complete a 9A route (NZ grade 35) and she decided to repeat this performance in the Bernese Alps, with Jungfrau Marathon, a route with a radically different style. Newton Peak won the 2021 Grass Roots award; the film will screen as a World Premiere in the Pure NZ session in Wānaka on 26 June. Director Nick Kowalski followed four Canterbury-based climbers into the Southern Alps. Their journey takes them through the ‘Garden of Eden’ ice plateau, across ‘The Great Unknown’ and through the West Coast bush. Enduring bad weather, glaciers and visiting some of the more remote parts of New Zealand, this truly was a trip the four will remember. Ross Mackay, the festival’s Adventure Film School lecturer and a member of the NZ Made judging team said; “A great snapshot of a passage through two of New Zealand’s ‘hardest to get’ to plateaus, we loved the showcasing of the beauty and raw side of the alps with a bit of humour dropped in to lighten the moments.”
Following recent reports of domestic tourists bringing their dogs to prohibited DOC areas up and down the West Coast, the Wānaka Sun caught up with the Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre to find out what options were available for trampers and their beloved canine friends. Due to recent travel restrictions as a direct result of Covid 19, there has been an increase in the number of domestic tourists across the country, which has led to many holidaymakers bringing their dogs along for the ride, according to local rangers. Veronika Vlcekova, Ranger at Mount Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre, said that she often receives enquiries about dog tramping in the Wānaka area, especially during the summer season. “To me this indicates that most people are trying to do the right thing and they are aware of the dog restrictions in our region,” she said. “A big part of our job in the visitor centre is to educate the public about the conservation of our
natural heritage and restricted dog access definitely belongs to that, as our beloved pets are one of the major threats for the native wildlife,” Vlcekova said. While visitors receive lots of information about where they can take their pets while on holiday, Vlcekova said that many locals are not aware of the dog friendly hikes and tramps that are available. Although some restrictions apply, there are 11 dog friendly walks in and around Wānaka, with a further eight tramps close by. “Locals are familiar with most of the walking tracks around the town but the tramping options are sometimes a pleasant surprise for them,” Vlcekova said. Nearby dog friendly tramps include the Top Dingle Hut Track, where dogs on a lead can be taken up to Dingleburn Pass. Other popular tramps that are accessible for dogs and their owners, include Rock Peak Track, Quailburn Track, and Canyon Creek Track. Trampers should always check with the nearest DOC visitor centre for information about dog access and track conditions before setting out.
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A new technique has been used to remove rock from the Nevis Bluff near Queenstown in recent weeks. Robert Choveaux, Waka Kotahi Senior Network Manager, Central Otago, said the approach was adopted to avoid using blasting techniques which caused disruption for drivers of up to 60 minutes. “It is similar to a hydraulic press and what fire crews call the jaws of life. It pries open the rock before airbags are slipped in. Once inflated they add pressure which results in rock being forced out,” Choveaux said. The site, situated about half-way between Cromwell and Queenstown above the Kawarau River, had its stability monitored regularly to ensure the highway, and its users, were always kept safe. That included monthly inspections. Waka Kotahi undertakes routine scaling (rock removal), geological mapping, monitoring equipment checks, and assessment of existing rock bolts and anchor points bi-annually on the road which was first opened in 1867.
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“We do this by sending a helicopter up with geotech staff who review the face, take pictures and record any changes to the face,” said Choveaux. If blasting had been used instead of the new technique the road would have been closed for up to 60-minute periods for safety reasons. But by using this technique, which was also used along the Kaikōura coast after its massive earthquake, the road was only closed for 10-minute periods to limit traffic disruption as much as possible. “It is imperative to keep State Highway 6 open for tourism and freight. Pre-Covid estimates showed on average nearly 5400 vehicles daily with 8.7 per cent of those being heavy vehicles,” Choveaux said. Addressing all known geotechnical hazards before winter allowed the crews to work before freeze thaw conditions set in which could affect the slope and create instabilities and further disruptions to the public. “Most road users don’t know or don’t appreciate the amount of work that goes into maintaining firstly this slope but also the road itself,” Choveaux said. THURSDAY 17.06.21 - WEDNESDAY 23.06.21
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Outdoor burner complaints increase by 50 per cent Pat Deavoll
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The beginning of the open fire season has kept the Otago Regional Council (ORC) pollution team busy responding to complaints of outdoor burning causing offensive or objectionable air pollution for neighbouring properties. The following tips can help people to avoid smoky burn-offs: • Choose burn-off days with a slight breeze to take the smoke away. • Avoid days where an inversion layer of warm air is present. • Only burn dry material. • Do not burn treated, stained or painted wood, or rubbish of any kind under any circumstances. In the twelve months to 1 June 2021, ORC received 355 complaints about outdoor burning, up over 242 complaints in the preceding year. ORC Manager Compliance Tami Sargeant said there are no loopholes for air pollution: if your smoke
is noxious or dangerous, or is having an offensive or objectionable effect on your neighbours, you must extinguish your fire immediately. “We understand there’s a need for some rural properties to undertake a controlled burn-off, however, if that smoke crosses your property boundary and has a nuisance effect on your neighbours, you will be in breach of Otago’s Air Plan rules. “It’s good that we’re being notified of these noncompliant burn-offs, but it would be even better if property owners picked the most appropriate days to undertake them and minimise air pollution for their neighbours,” Sargeant said. “The Air Plan rules are in place to protect the community from unnecessary health and environmental impacts.” The Air Plan is scheduled to be reviewed in the 2022/23 year, which will be the best opportunity for anyone from the community to have their say on what needs to change. ORC’s Pollution Hotline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on 0800 800 033.
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The Otago Regional Council (ORC) received a report by GNS Science at a meeting of its Data and Information Committee last Thursday. The report identified 26 active or potentially active faults through the Dunedin and Clutha districts and summarised their rupture potential and ground surface hazard. Natural Hazards Analyst Sharon Hornblow said the report refined the understanding of earthquake fault hazards and would help to pinpoint places that would benefit from further assessment. “The report does not raise significant new concerns for the Dunedin and Clutha districts as the overall seismic hazard for coastal and south Otago areas is very low compared to most of New Zealand.” David Barrell, senior geologist at GNS Science and the author of the report, said large earthquakes in the past few tens of thousands of years seem to have been concentrated on a small number of faults, with tell-tale signs of those movements still evident in the landscape. Hornblow said the report benefited from improvements in the methods for mapping faults over the last fifteen years, as well as increased scientific investment in active fault investigations since the Canterbury and Kaikoura earthquakes. The level of detail is not sufficient for sitespecific zoning of fault hazards, which could be the subject of future work. The information in the report is intended to help target future investigations and create general awareness of the existence of the potential hazards. Faults in the Queenstown Lakes District were assessed in 2019 by GNS Science. The primary seismic hazard facing the Queenstown Lakes district was an alpine fault earthquake, which had a 30 per cent probability
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of rupture in the next 50 years. An MW 8.1 Alpine Fault earthquake was predicted to cause low frequency shaking for 1−2 minutes in Wānaka and Queenstown, at a shaking intensity of MMVII (Modified Mercalli scale). Other known active faults in the region, such as the Nevis-Cardrona Fault Zone, the Grandview Fault and Pisa Fault were smaller and ruptured much less frequently than the alpine fault, but they are closer to Wānaka and Queenstown, and were capable of generating high intensity ground shaking. The Nevis-Cardrona Fault System crossed both the Wakatipu and Upper Clutha areas. An earthquake on the Nevis-Cardrona Fault System would potentially cause ground deformation along the length of the rupture. This could incorporate surface cracking, tilting, warping or folding. Ground deformation could impact on buildings, infrastructure and natural or engineered drainage systems along or near the fault. Property owners in the Upper Clutha and Wakatipu areas needed to be aware of the hazard posed by earthquakes. The effects of an earthquake did not end once the shaking stopped. Particular attention should be given to the landscape response to an earthquake and how this would impact the built environment. Earthquake-induced hazards and landscape changes with potential to affect the Queenstown Lakes district included increased susceptibility to debris flows, changes in groundwater level, extensive landslide and rockfall in the surrounding mountains, liquefaction-induced instability along some river banks and lake margins, and impaired drainage from the outlets of Lakes Wānaka and Wakatipu. The Haast Highway, Crown Range Road, Kawarau Gorge, and major bridges would need to be able to withstand the effects of earthquake shaking and related effects to remain functional after an event.
Bookings on the iconic Milford Track, the “finest walk in the world” and one of the Great Walks of New Zealand sold out within 15 minutes of bookings opening on Monday, according to TV1. The season opens from late October to late April, with just 40 beds each night available for the three-night tramp. "It's our biggest seller and of course there are limited spaces," Department of Conservation (DOC) media adviser Lizzy Sutcliffe said. "Indications show that it has sold out faster than ever before." New Zealand’s 10 Great Walks are premium multi-day tramps (and one canoe journey) that showcase the best of New Zealand’s landscapes, as well as the country’s natural and cultural heritage. The walks are well-formed and have a higher standard of tracks and facilities. Many offer the chance to see rare and iconic species such as kākā, kea, takahē and whio. Bookings for 2021-22 opened three days ago – starting with Milford, Heaphy and Rakiura. “Even with border restrictions in place, the walks are likely to book up fast over holidays and long weekends,” said DOC Director of Heritage and Visitors, Steve Taylor. “Our advice is to get online when bookings open and have a couple of back-up dates if you aren’t able to secure your first choice. Rather than just going for the usual suspects, like the Milford
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or Routeburn, consider the full network of Great Walks which are all incredible in differing ways.” The Great Walks season runs from September to April for the southern Great Walks (Milford, Routeburn and Kepler) and Tongariro Northern Circuit. Outside the Great Walks season these four walks should only be attempted by fit, experienced and well-equipped people as facilities are greatly reduced and there are additional hazards such as ice underfoot, river crossings and avalanches, said Taylor. “Make sure you choose a walk that’s right for you and your group. DOC’s website and visitor centres have loads of information and advice about how to look after yourself and really make the most of your time.” While differential pricing for international visitors is in place on seven Great Walks, DOC is advising people overseas not to book onto a Great Walk if New Zealand border restrictions remain in place for their country. “We were blown away by how popular the Great Walks were with New Zealanders last year,” said Taylor. “Our booking data showed that 75 per cent more Kiwis undertook a Great Walk over summer (1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021) compared to the previous year. We are lucky to have these walks on our doorstep and to be able to take time out in nature in this way. “For people unable to undertake a Great walk this year, New Zealand is famous for its outstanding walking network and there are plenty of other options to get outdoors, even over winter.”
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Have you got any questions about Covid 19, how New Zealand is responding and how we might better prepare for the next global pandemic? Catalyst Trust is privileged to host five of New Zealand’s pre-eminent Covid experts this Sunday, June 20, for a panel discussion and Q&A in Queenstown. These are the scientists who played a major part in shaping our response to Covid19, and who still are. They have developed antiviral drugs, modelled Covid spread, developed the elimination strategy, led the world in Covid19 genomic sequencing and researched the effects of 'long Covid'. Thanks to the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, the New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence (CORE) that targets serious human disease, the panel comprises: • Virologist Prof. Vernon Ward, who redirected his team of researchers developing antiviral drugs to investigate and test possible Covid antivirals when the pandemic broke out. • Prof. Shaun Hendy, well known from TV news throughout the pandemic, whose Covid-spread modelling informed the government's overall response and specific responses to outbreaks. • Public health researcher Dr Amanda Kvalsvig, an instrumental architect and advocate for NZ’s pivot away from containment strategy to a strategy of elimination. • Evolutionary biologist and virologist Dr Jemma Geoghegan, whose genomic sequencing methodology became the primary tool in NZ’s tracking of the virus. • And Dr Anna Brooks, a leading immunologist with expertise in how viruses interact with the immune system and the role and functions of vaccines, who is researching the longterm effects of Covid. Come armed with your questions. Registration required on Catalyst Trust’s Eventbrite page to secure your seat and for contact tracing purposes. Sunday, June 20, 4-6pm, Queenstown Memorial Centre. Entry by koha at the door, with all proceeds going to Wakatipu Community Foundation’s Greatest Needs Fund. – By Cath Gilmour, Catalyst Trust co-chair
longer until they can ride the slopes of Cardrona Alpine Resort. Due to a lack of snow over the last few days, the resort has decided to remain closed for the weekend. The resort, which was supposed to open on Friday after already being postponed a week, hopes to welcome visitors on Monday 21 June instead. Bridget Legnavsky, General Manager at Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone, said that there is no snow on the slopes yet but that they hope to get snowmaking under way over the next few days. “The forecast over the next few days and over the weekend looks like the weather is cooling down so we are hoping to be open next week at Cardrona,” Legnavsky said. The resort opened its doors last Saturday for gondola rides, food and drink, and shopping. High above the inversion, guests were treated PHOTO: Luke Holmes to fabulous views and a good climate, according Cardrona Alpine Resort will not be open this weekend due to a lack of snow on the hill. to the resort’s Facebook page. The resort will not open for sightseeing this white-out conditions,” Legnavsky said. However, Cardrona Alpine Resort was Staff remain hopeful that the resort will open forced to close again on Sunday due poor weekend due to more bad weather. “We did think about it but it looks like it will be next week, she said. weather conditions.
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Following in the footsteps of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and astronaut James Lovell, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult was recognised as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Queenstown Rotary Club, last week. “It’s very special to consider the calibre of others who have also received the Paul Harris Fellow Award,” Boult said. The Paul Harris Fellow recognises individuals whose life demonstrates a shared purpose with the objectives and mission of the Rotary Foundation, which is to build world understanding and peace. The mayor was awarded the fellow for his contributions to the community and the overall efforts of the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) for its “outstanding commitment and support to the community during the worst of the initial COVID-19 lockdown,” and subsequent impact for those severely affected. Boult said he was thrilled to receive the decoration, which was handed out in a surprise presentation at Queenstown’s Holiday Inn last week. “I had no idea this was coming, and as a nonRotarian to receive an award like this comes as a
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great honour,” he said. “I’d like to acknowledge the terrific work Queenstown Rotary Club carries out within the community, as well as the QLDC staff who made such an impact in helping people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.” The Paul Harris Fellow was established by The Rotary Foundation in 1957, when it was used to acknowledge significant contributions
to the foundation. The award is named after former U.S lawyer, Paul Harris, who set up the very first Rotary meeting in Chicago in 1905. The Queenstown Rotary Club contributed US$1,000 to the Rotary Foundation to make a request for an individual to be recognised as a Paul Harris Fellow. In this case, the Queenstown Rotary Club wished to recognise Boult.
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Volunteer South Food support: here to help Central Lakes: celebrating 10 years COMMUNITY NETWORKS WĀNAKA Help and advice
Volunteer South - Central Lakes (formally Volunteering Central) promotes, strengthens and supports volunteering across the Central Lakes district, creating stronger more connected communities. The organisation strives to make volunteering a positive and rewarding experience for those involved and offers support, advice and training to organisations that involve volunteers. General Manager- Central Lakes Gillian White said: “We encourage individuals to take an active role in their communities and provide a link between prospective volunteers that are willing to share their skills and energy, and organisations that involve volunteers.” Part of the wider Volunteer South family, 2021 sees the Dunedin office celebrating 35 years and Central Lakes 10 years of supporting volunteering in their communities. Volunteer South - Central Lakes was established as an initiative of the Central Lakes Trust in 2011 with the core aims of connecting volunteers to volunteer organisations, in addition to supporting organisations with training and networking opportunities. Over the last 10 years the team has fulfilled these initial objectives and grown and supported volunteering across a range of areas. “With a strong focus on relationships, we work hard to get to know our member organisations and their needs, and network with community-based organisations to ensure we are aware of the bigger picture and avoid duplication of services,” said White “Nationally we are a member of Volunteering New Zealand and the Volunteer Centre Network Aotearoa. Like volunteers - we are stronger when working together. “Our Central Lakes team has over 30 years’ experience working in the voluntary sector, here and overseas and is passionate about delivering the best possible service to volunteer organisations and volunteers.” There are over 200 organisations registered with Volunteer South - Central Lakes. Making hundreds of connections each year between potential volunteers and organisations in the community remains a core piece of work. Connections Coordinator Kirsty Miles is available to meet with volunteers who like the personal touch to help them identify rewarding roles to get involved in that match their skills,
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Gillian White said: “We encourage individuals to take an active role in their communities and provide a link between prospective volunteers that are willing to share their skills and energy, and organisations that involve volunteers.
Community Network’s new Food Security Project Manager, Daisy Watford, is working on some exciting projects to minimise food waste in our community and make sure it gets to those who need it most.
Food for Love supplies around 125 meals per week to over 30 nominees, as well as offering school lunches to children in the region.
motivations and interests. Volunteer South has a comprehensive list of organisation and volunteer roles on its website (www.volunteersouth.org.nz) where organisations can list their roles and volunteers can browse by area and category and sign up to express their interest in the role. “One of our core beliefs is that everyone has something to offer as a volunteer, regardless of their background, ethnicity, age, gender, ability, experience or circumstance and we work hard with organisations to encourage them to be accepting of volunteers from a range of backgrounds and capabilities,” said White “We strive to break down the barriers to volunteering and regularly support individuals into volunteering who face additional barriers such as living with a disability, criminal record or mental health issue. We challenge discrimination and celebration and encourage diversity and inclusion”. – By Volunteer South - Central Lakes
Community Networks and LINK are Upper Clutha’s one-stop community support and connection centre. This month, we’re highlighting the food support services available in the local area. Community Networks food parcels are there for anyone struggling to make ends meet by taking some of the pressure off day-to-day living costs for a while. Our foodbank is well stocked with staple items, all generously donated by the Wānaka community and local businesses. Many of our recipients become donors in the future, giving back to a service that helped them through a rough patch. Pop into the Wānaka Community Hub and speak to our friendly front desk team who will help you pack a food parcel, completely confidentially. They can connect you to further support, like financial advice or a chat with the Community Networks social worker, Heather Clay. Heather can help you consider the bigger picture and find the best way forward.
A lot has changed since Community Networks started providing food parcels in 2010, especially in the last year. Since Covid-19, the need for food parcels has tripled and we’re averaging around 60-70 parcels per month. Our new Food Security Project Manager, Daisy Watford, is working on some exciting projects to minimise food waste in our community and make sure it gets to those who need it most. If you have any ideas, please get in touch. Food for Love is a registered charity whose 80+ volunteers have been caring for members of our community in Wānaka, Hāwea, Luggate and Queensbury since 2016 by cooking and delivering meals to those in need. Food for Love supplies around 125 free-ofcharge meals per week to over 30 nominees, as well as offering school lunches. These nominees can be individuals, couples or families who may be tackling a range of difficulties, including mental or physical illness, family separation, injury, poverty and domestic harm. – By Community Networks
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Theatre lovers of the Upper Clutha are in for a treat! Fine Thyme Theatre Company is going all-out in this year’s production of Shortland Street – The Musical. In addition to a cast contingent of 20 actors, singers, and dancers, of whom many from Wānaka, it has enlisted the help of an experienced and enthusiastic creative team to bring this Kiwiclassic to life. The director for this production, Lisa Clough, said she was a precocious and dramatic child, who was encouraged into speech and drama as an outlet for her intensity. She holds a diploma in teaching Speech and Drama from the Trinity College of London, and has taught music and drama in many schools. Clough is now following her passion for directing along with Gilly Pugh, a veteran performing arts practitioner from Wānaka, who
has taken the role of musical director for this production. After teaching herself piano at age 10, and later abandoning a nearly completed music degree in pursuit of performing, Pugh has spent her adult life performing, directing, writing, touring and teaching. She is most comfortable in the realm of comedy and music. Tiffany Bindon takes on the role of choreographer and has experience in tap, ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, stilt walking, fire dancing, being a fairy, and of course, musical theatre. Bindon is usually on stage, but is excited to join Clough and Pugh in creating the masterpiece that is Shortland Street. “We are so privileged to be working with such a talented creative team,” said Clough. Lindsay, President of Fine Thyme Theatre Company said: “The Upper Clutha is in for a treat with this absolute Kiwi-classic!” For those still on the fence, there will be a free sneak-peak performance at Forage Café on 20 June from 11 to whet those appetites. Come along for a few songs and some “medical” treats.
The cast of Shortland Street- many of whom are from Wānaka.
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MAC students return to the stage Daisy Watford
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Following the cancellation of last year’s school musical, the Arts and Cultural students from Mount Aspiring College (MAC) will return to the stage for a week-long arts celebration next month. The MAC Arts Department announced that it would be presenting “Tupu” at the Lake Wānaka Centre between 5-9 July. “Tupu” is a multi-disciplinary arts celebration that aimed to showcase skills across Visual Arts, Drama, Music, and Maori Performing Arts. The celebration would enable students to share their work with the community, after a disruptive year in 2020 that resulted in the cancellation of many arts and cultural events. Emily McRae, the Head of Learning Area for Arts at MAC, said “Covid created enormous complexities for all our performing arts courses, and students had a number of opportunities cancelled last year. “This year we wanted a way to celebrate all the incredible work our students do in their course and class work, so we decided to share a sample of the types of skills they develop and
the performance work they do in our diverse arts courses,” she said. While some students wiould be assessed during the festival, McRae said that the most important aspect of the event was for the students to share their work with the community. The students would take the lead on all aspects of the production from costume to stage management. “The skills gained are industry-based and allow for the development of practical skills in this ever growing professional industry.” Alongside live performances, Visual Arts students would also create a number of installations and video footage in the foyer of the Lake Wānaka Centre. McRae encouraged the community to come along and show support for the students. “This week is all about our young people proudly sharing an enormous range of skills that they are endeavouring to master. I am very proud of the way all our students carry our Box Theatre Whakatauki which is ‘Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, he toa takitini.’ Which, for us, translates into ‘the strength is not in the individual it is in the collective.’” The festival would also highlight the significance of arts education and the lifelong
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The Arts and Cultural Students at MAC who are working hard to put together a week-long celebration for the local community.
skills it provided. “Our Arts and Performance Department strongly believes in creating positive safe environments for our young people to explore and discover who they are. Our spaces are incredibly powerful places to process using a safe lens of removal and become a much needed avenue to process and heal confidence and
mental health struggles.” The festival would begin with a production of Flagons and Foxtrots, by senior Box Theatre drama students. This would be followed by a selection of performances and installations throughout the week. Tickets to the celebration would be available on the eventfinda website.
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Smokefreerockquest has national winners’ prize packages for bands and solo/duo winners that include $22,000 in Rockshop vouchers, $16,000 NZ On Air recording, video and promo package, a photo shoot and branding package from Imaginary Friends.
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The Lake Wānaka Centre will be humming this Saturday as Central Otago’s top young musicians play off in the regional final of Smokefreerockquest for 2021. Mount Aspiring College (MAC) is well represented with eight acts. Smokefree Promotions chairperson Matt Ealand said that the relationship with Smokefree has become a meaningful part of the programme. “We are proud that the Smokefree message has been able to instigate social change in New Zealand within our work with young people. Statistics show the rates of young people taking up smoking has dropped dramatically over the last twenty years, that is a great thing to be part of ”. These are the eight bands playing off in the regionals starting at 7pm, tickets $20 adults and $10 students at the door or from Eventfinda. The Mount Aspiring College contestants are: The Catalysts, Mt Aspiring College Feed The System, Mt Aspiring College Plantation Rd, Mt Aspiring College Better Than Nothing, Mt Aspiring College '21 intentions, Mt Aspiring College unknown, Mt Aspiring College Salty Vision, Mt Aspiring College And the solo-duos from Mt Aspiring College are: Aria and Matilda, Mt Aspiring College paige and ella, Mt Aspiring College daisy orbell, Mt Aspiring College Daisy Ann, Mt Aspiring College At the regional final there are awards for the top three bands, the Rockshop Electronic
Performance Award, the Musicianship Award, the APRA Lyrics Award, Smokefree Best Vocal, and the ZM People’s Choice voted by text. The regions solo-duo category winners for Smokefreerockquest will also be named at the Central Otago final, who join the top two bands from Saturday night and the regions Smokefree Tangata Beats winners in submitting footage for selection as finalists to play at the Smokefreerockquest national final on Saturday September 18 in Auckland, with the Smokefree Tangata Beats national final taking place the night before on Friday September 17. Smokefreerockquest has national winners’ prize packages for bands and solo/duo winners that includes $22,000 in Rockshop vouchers, $16,000 NZ On Air recording, video and promo package, a photo shoot and branding package from Imaginary Friends. There is also the Musicianship Award, the APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) Lyric Award, Rockshop Electronic Performance Award, ZM Best Song Award, and Vocals Award. Musical successes from Smokefreerockquest include Broods, Marlon Williams, Fazerdaze, Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid, Drax Project, Six60, Leisure, Opshop, Evermore, Ladyhawke, Joel Little, Tiny Ruins, Brooke Fraser, Anika Moa, Chelsea Jade, Die!Die!Die!, Leroy Clampitt, Robinson, Steriogram, Phoenix Foundation, Skinny Hobos, Kimbra, Aaradhna, The Black Seeds, Bic Runga, and Balu Brigada. Smokefree Tangata. Beats standout successes include Alien Weaponry, Strangely Arousing, and Nesian Mystik, the only New Zealand band to ever have ten singles all certified gold or platinum.
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Last year’s winner was Maggie Rogers of Queenstown.
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Raw Comedy Quest Pat Deavoll
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Comedy Quest is a nationwide competition for amateur comedians which has been going for approximately 20 years, and recently expanded into the Lower South Island. This year the local leg of the competition will run in July-August and includes nine shows across five cities/towns, with Wānaka hosting a heat at Fitzpatrick's on July 21 and one of the semi-finals at the Rhyme and Reason Brewery on August 7. The regional final this year will be in Queenstown, at the Memorial Centre , so the competition is extremely accessible for people in
our area to watch and/or enter. The winner (last year this was Queenstown's Maggie Rogers) gets direct entry into the national finals in Auckland, with travel costs covered. While not limited to first-time performers, the competition is very much open to people trying comedy for the first time and is a great opportunity for people to do so without feeling out of their depth (a good chunk of the performers will be in the same position). Organisers would love to see if local Wānakaites were interested in giving this a crack. An informal workshop for new performers will be held in Cromwell this weekend. The organisers would happily do one in Wānaka too if there was demand.
Movie: Magnolia’s Hope Pat Deavoll
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Zoe, who is three and a half and lives in Wānaka, has Rett Syndrome. She has lost the use of her hands and is unable to speak. She is one of about 50 children in Aotearoa and 350,000 world-wide with this disease. Rett Syndrome is a rare neurological disease that occurs as a result of a point mutation, an alteration to a single base on a single gene. It affects neurons in the brain leading to physical disability that can mimic symptoms of neurodegenerative disease. Usually, it is not apparent that something is wrong until a child is one or even two years of age. However, huge progress has been made in the area of genetics and Rett Syndrome may now be a potentially curable disease. In 2020 Sir Adrian Bird and Huda Zoghbi, both professors of Genetics were joint winners of the Brain Prize – the world’s most prestigious prize in neuroscience for their ground-breaking research on Rett Syndrome. “Their findings suggest that Rett Syndrome in humans will be curable and has stimulated an international search for therapies. It also raised the tantalizing possibility that other profound neurological disorders might be curable.” (Edinburgh University Biological Sciences
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The director’s aim was to share with others their experience and the search a for cure.
News, 6/4/2021) Magnolia’s Hope has been made by A.J.Tesler, a movie maker from California whose daughter, Magnolia, has Rett. His aim was to share with others their experience and the search for a cure. The movie will be shown at the Paradiso Cinemas on 22 June at 7pm.
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Cut emissions, restore ecosystems for a safe climate
Willow clearance on the Lindis River. Forest & Bird calls for bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Forest & Bird is calling for ambitious climate action to protect natural ecosystems in tandem with eliminating fossil fuels, following the release of the Climate Commission’s report last week. “The Climate Commission confirms there are two parts to the climate response the Government must design – reduce emissions, and restore natural ecosystems,” said Forest & Bird spokesperson Geoff Keey. “Nature must be at the heart of New Zealand’s climate response. The methods used to cut emissions must protect our native plants and animals, which will then help protect us.” “Natural ecosystems are fundamentally important allies in Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate response. Our industries, regulators, and urban planners have to be better at working with nature, not against it. “It should not be necessary to state that native forests, the country’s largest carbon store, need to be restored – as should all Aotearoa New Zealand’s critically depleted ecosystems. “It is equally important that we stop pumping emissions into the atmosphere. ‘Coal, cars, and cows’ have always been the source of New Zealand’s emissions and we need to tackle all three.” Forest & Bird is calling for: • Rules and incentives to protect natural carbon storage in forests and wetlands.
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• Ocean management to be overhauled to protect ecosystems and natural carbon stores. • A requirement for new renewable electricity infrastructure to protect natural ecosystems – no more Manapouri and Mokihinui style projects of the past. • An end to mining on public conservation land. • Bring agriculture into the emissions trading scheme. • Unforested public conservation stewardship land to be restored as a matter of national urgency. • No new coal mines anywhere in New Zealand. • Marginal and erodible land to be returned to native forests and shrublands. • Incentives for regenerative farming, to cut agricultural emissions and decrease the national herd size. • More compact urban areas, with massive investment in public and active transport services and infrastructure. "When nature thrives, New Zealand communities will thrive. The Government must ramp up its ambitions and activities to end the use of fossil fuels, transform land use, protect and restore natural carbon storage in forests, wetlands, and the ocean, and help communities to make the changes needed," said Keey.
Transport our biggest emitter Pat Deavoll
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Transport is the biggest emissions source within the Queenstown Lakes District according to the Otago Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG) inventory disclosed at a meeting of the Data and Information Committee last Thursday. The inventory provided an overview of the GHG emissions in Otago between July 2018 and June 2019. The inventory estimated that the agriculture industry, particularly sheep and beef activities, was the primary source of emissions in Otago across four of the five districts. Transport was the biggest emissions source in the Queenstown Lakes district and a significant source in Dunedin. Electricity usage made up a significant proportion of stationary energy emissions across all districts. A GHG inventory or profile was a collection of emission data that was organised in a particular way for a certain time and area. Manager Strategy Anne Duncan said the inventory was prepared in collaboration with Otago’s five city and district councils. “Undertaking this kind of inventory enables us to estimate – sector by sector – where our biggest emitters are in each district. The desktop study used a global protocol for accounting and reporting greenhouse gas emissions, incorporating data held by the Dunedin City, Central Otago, Clutha, Waitaki, and Queenstown Lakes councils, among other sector sources.
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“This inventory is an important first step towards reducing emissions in Otago, as it will help us understand our footprint, mitigation options and scenarios, and it will inform discussions and engagement with our communities.” The Committee referred the report to the Otago Mayoral Forum to strengthen ongoing collaboration between ORC and the five territorial councils, Duncan said. “The Greenhouse Gas inventory, together with the Otago Climate Change Risk Assessment completed by ORC in March, provided a good basis to develop a regional partnership approach to the current and future challenges of climate change.” ORC proposed to undertake an inventory of Otago GHG emissions every two years. The GHG inventory was one part of ORC’s wider climate change work programme, which included the Otago Climate Change Risk Assessment and an inventory of ORC’s own emissions completed in November 2020. The Risk Assessment was also recommended to be repeated every six years, in alignment with the National Climate Change Risk Assessment. It was important to note that it was not possible to compare inventories at different levels (e.g., the Otago section of the national inventory compared to this regional inventory) because each used different data sets and calculation methods. “We discussed our results with Stats NZ and it was agreed that the differences related to the different data and methods,” Duncan said.
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In Mona Anderson’s 1963 classic account of life on Mt Algidus Station in Canterbury, “A River Rules My Life”, she described the large, braided Wilberforce River as her Rubicon. Life on the remote station was significantly shaped by the unfettered natural moods of the river, and as the recent heavy rain event in Canterbury shows in many places rivers still rule. Such events, and subsequent debris flows and flooding from high country valleys to coastal estuaries, are a sharp reminder of the dynamic nature of our streams and rivers and their natural land-making and land-taking processes. The vast outwash plains of Canterbury express the restless lateral migrations of braided rivers over aeons. Artificially constraining these rivers to narrow floodplains and taking large parts of those floodplains for farmland complete with expensive infrastructure is asking for trouble. This is Catastrophe Theory 101 – the more that major natural processes are constrained and contained, the greater the potential for catastrophic outcomes. This is the trade-off for years of uninterrupted use and financial gain from using the land that the rivers created and will eventually reclaim. The extreme events in Canterbury are predicted to occur more often with climate change. A sensible approach would be to move more capitalintensive land use and occupation out of the river’s places and replace that with uses that are resilient and can recover quickly after a flood event like [RS1] honey production from native shrublands. Closer to home there are examples of farmers righting the wrongs done to rivers to benefit both the waterway and themselves, but also where they are fighting to keep the status quo that will sustain the degradation of one of our magnificent rivers. If you have travelled through the Lindis Pass recently you will have noticed the large-scale mechanical removal of the willows along the river. This work is a Jobs for Nature project initiated and managed by the Lindis Catchment Group. The objective is to clear out the willows, fence off the river and establish native plant communities.
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Irrigation Scheme intake at Galloway, Manuherekia River.
The crack willows, originally planted to stabilize banks, have spread invasively along the river, displacing native plant communities, inhibiting visual and physical access to the river, and sucking up a lot of water. The mistakes of human interference that degraded this river are being recognized and the river is being returned to a state more akin to its natural state (and one that also provides more water for irrigation). The Manuherekia River that joins the Clutha River in Alexandra is currently the focus of much debate and angst. In a nutshell, the scientific work to date says the current level of minimum flow (less than 25 per cent of the modelled natural low flow) is good for irrigators but not good for the natural life of the river and its inhabitants, nor for its visual character and recreational values. The flows needed to support these values even to moderately good levels will stress the current farming models which rely heavily on irrigation. [RS2] There is a line in the river sand, however: national policy requires regional freshwater policies and management plans to observe a hierarchy which “first, ensures the health and well-being of water bodies and their ecosystems, second the health needs of peoples and third the ability of people to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being.” ORC is currently asking for our input into setting the amount of water that should be allowed to flow down the river and therefore ultimately what kind of river we will have. If you care what happens to the Manuherekia River, and want to see the fundamental priorities for freshwater upheld, we encourage you to complete the ORC’s online survey about the river by June 18 at www.yoursay.orc.govt.nz/manuherekiascenarios. The Wilberforce River may have been Mona Anderson’s Rubicon, but quite literally the decisions we make now about rivers like the Manuherekia River are our point of no return – a watery line that once crossed may mean we never get back our healthy rivers. – By Anne Steven Anne is a landscape architectand committee member of thelocal branch of Forest and Bird.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Where have all the roses gone?
Some years ago, with the redevelopment of the roundabout at the intersection of Ardmore Street and Lakeside Drive in the offing, a large number of beautiful rose bushes there were temporarily relocated to a private property in Wānaka with the assurance that they would be returned to the new roundabout in due course. This has never happened. Where are these rose bushes now? They were "public property", and, as such should have been replanted in a public space if the new roundabout area was deemed unsuitable. Wānaka was a smaller town then, but there will still be people who recall that episode, and someone must surely know the whereabouts of the roses. June Turnbull
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1080: the story that keeps on giving
An erstwhile neighbour came to visit and look over our place. He gazed up at the hills and we pointed out where our land finished and DOC-managed land started. It had just finished raining. We could see the streams beginning up there joining lower down into the same stream that raced through the paddock in front of us. He had not seen our place before. A few days later the phone rang and it was our old neighbour to say he had been thinking of his visit. Here's the gist of what he had to say; My heart is racing when I think of our own situation. We live surrounded by a pine forest. In 2007 DOC came to drop 1080 all through the hills behind our town, thousands of hectares of that pine forest - we would be trapped in a valley of poison - like you are now. DOC told us that all our neighbours including the forest manager had agreed to the baits on their lands and we should have it on our place too. The baits would fall into all the streams. The town's drinking water would run with 1080. The people protested loudly but DOC ignored them and went ahead with their plans. Their plans assumed they would be dropping over the pine forest; after all the same company had dropped 1080 over their other forests. Turned out that DOC did not have and never got the pine forest manager to agree to 1080. Their aerial plans collapsed and suddenly they found themselves committed to a ground control operation for which they had no experience. DOC had a team of 12 with not one possum trapper in it. For DOC a ground control operation meant poison in bait stations but for us landowners who had refused to have their poison on our lands they had to organise for an outside trapper to come and trap 2,500 hectares around but, not including, our properties. Outside the trapped area DOC set up bait stations and filled them with something called Cholecalciferol made at the government's factory in Whanganui. We found ourselves at the heart of a trial between the cost-effectiveness of a trapping operation and a poisoning operation. From every angle the trapping operation came out on top and many of DOC's claims turned out to be untrue. None of the local area was too "remote" or "rugged" to stop effective trapping. DOC told us they expected to fill the bait stations again as part of their plan; a re-fill would make better use of the months and months of work they had spent to set them up, but they never came back and plastic remains nailed to trees though buried in the undergrowth. These areas have since been trapped successfully and voluntarily at no expense to the public. We have seen two new managers come to the forest and they have both been approached to spread 1080 over their forest; both have refused. The present manager has held his post for 10 years now and we can sometimes forget the fear of being in a poisoned valley. Visiting you reminded me. If it hadn't been for that forestry manager we would be surrounded by 1080 and the very thought got my heart pounding. I cannot think that we could remain so calm as you. John Veysey
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“What’s ‘time’ when we’re having fun?”
Daisy Watford
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If you know me, then you will know that I am almost always late. Pre-Toby, getting out on time was a breeze. Meeting someone for a coffee was a simple task that required very little thought. Now, with Toby in tow, things aren’t so simple. Pre-Toby I would casually roll out of bed, have a shower, make some breakfast, scroll through my phone, do some cleaning and head off out. Nice and easy. Now, getting somewhere on time is like a whole military operation. As Tobias turns 9 months, he is moving around a lot more. He has reached so many exciting milestones like crawling, standing up, and even climbing. These newfound skills bring even more fun to our life and it’s so nice to see his cheeky character starting to shine through. While I could spend all day playing and relaxing with Tobias, between the two of us, we have a pretty busy schedule. This means we often need to get to places on time. From cleaning his face to getting his clothes on, this is a task that requires a lot of preparation. Before Toby discovered the ability to crawl, he would happily lie on his back as I changed his nappy, sang some songs, and pulled funny faces. Unfortunately, this kind of entertainment doesn’t quite cut it anymore. As soon as I begin to change him, Tobias will dart across the room. It’s not worth laying him down anymore as he’ll quickly turn around and crawl away. “No thanks mum,” I imagine him saying. This week, we had a particularly eventful morning while changing Tobias. Now that he is on solids, his poops are - well - I’ll leave it to your imagination. As I peeled back his nappy, while he was rocking on all fours, I was greeted with a very nasty surprise. I realised that telling a baby to stay still whilst trying to wipe off chunks of poop, doesn’t really work. As he tried to crawl away on the carpet, I could pre-empt the chaos that was about to unfold. I scooped him up and popped him in the
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shower. He loved this new alternative. Why didn’t I think of it sooner? Once he was dry, we tried again. I chased him around the room, trying to put one leg through his nappy. I tried to make it as fun as possible, as the time ticked away. One leg in. Result. Now, for the second one. At this moment, Tobias had crawled off again with the first leg back out of the nappy. I chase after him and manage to get both legs through all at once. Hooray! Now for the clothes. As we all know, the weather in Wānaka has been particularly chilly of late. Why does this affect our ability to get to places on time, you ask? Layers. That’s right. I now have the task of getting not one, but three layers of clothes onto this half naked baby. Meanwhile, all he wants to do is crawl around the room blowing raspberries. After further chasing, a few games, and trying to distract him with random household objects, I finally got him dressed. Now I can quickly get myself ready - note that I optimistically say quickly. Another thing about nine month olds is their need for your undivided attention. While this is super lovely and a natural part of his development, it’s not always practical. As soon as I walk away, he spots me, cries, and makes a quick dash towards me - just in case I’ve forgotten he’s there. Of course, this makes cleaning dishes, doing the laundry, and preparing food all the more interesting. The quickest way to brush my teeth is to get Toby to do the same. So there we are. Both brushing our teeth singing ‘this is the way we brush our teeth’ in the mirror. But, then, I have to try and get him to put the toothbrush down so that we can make our way towards the door - a task that usually ends in tears. A final struggle to get his socks on and put together everything he might need, and we are in the car. I look at the time in dread. Usually, by this point, we are already late. Actually, it seems the older Tobias gets the longer it takes to get ready. I’m sure we’ll figure it out eventually, but, right now being on time is something I can only aspire to. At least I now know that the shower is far easier than trying to clean poop from the floor.
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Farmers under stress risk the most
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I was watching Breakfast on TV One (Tuesday) morning while drinking my first cup of coffee, and they interviewed a couple of farmers about unwitting accidents they had had on-farm when they were tired and overworked. It reminded me of an accident my father, 80 years old at the time, had on the family sheep farm back in 1999. This was up at Motunau, North Canterbury. Dad was helping out my brother, who was running the farm. Bill was overworked and extremely stressed over the dismal price of crossbred wool and the state of farming in general. Dad, despite his age, was doing everything he could to keep Bill and the farm afloat. I think he was just as stressed. Dad was feeding out hay. He shouldn't have been doing this at his age. As is a common practice for farmers, he had put the tractor in gear, jumped off and climbed up on the trailer to offload the feed—no mean feat for an 80-year-old. Our farm is right on the coast, and as the tractor was getting close to the sea cliff, Dad climbed back off the trailer and went climbing back on the tractor to turn it away from the 200m drop down onto the beach, He had a piece of the hay baling twine around his leg, and as he climbed up onto the tractor, this went
under the wheel, dragging him with it. He was then run over by the trailer. So run over twice. By the time my brother realised he was missing an hour had passed. Bill found Dad who at that stage, was near death. Without any cell phone coverage Bill had to leave him lying in the paddock and rush to the homestead to call for help. The Westpac Helicopter arrived within an hour and whisked him off to Christchurch Hospital. As a family, we have donated to the Westpac Helicopter ever since. Dad didn't die; he was a tough old bugger. He was in intensive care for several weeks. I will never forget the fantastic quality of care he got from the nurses in intensive care. Then he went into an orthopaedic ward for a few weeks, and from there to Burwood Hospital for rehabilitation. He got sick of this pretty quickly and discharged himself. The point of all this, I guess, is to point out the consequences farmers risk when they are under stress. They end up pushing themselves physically and mentally far more than they should. They end up not looking after their wellbeing because they feel pressured to keep going. They don't feel they can stop. This kind of stress is more than losing a business due to coronavirus, more than having to lay off staff, more than not knowing where the next dollar is coming from. It can mean losing a life.
Please send sports results to sports@thewanakasun.co.nz by Tuesday at noon. Results should be unformatted and presented in the body of the email. WĀNAKA BOWLS RESULTS
Tuesday morning 2x4x2: 1st J McGowan J Sawers, 2nd B McKenzie C Fyfe, 3rd C Carr A Bryan. Tuesday afternoon 2x4x2: 1st G Thomas N Matheson, 2nd B Turnbull M Parker, 3rd A Turnbull I Fletcher. Tuesday evening Trades: 1st The Nobowlmen, 2nd BNB, 3rd Bowl’m’Over. Wednesday Village 101 v Town 91. Wednesday evening Trades: 1st Bad Neighbours, 2nd Shot Bowls, 3rd Clubbers. Thursday afternoon Triples: 1st T Malcolm K Mitchell G McMillan,
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Monday Edgewater Trophy: 1st T Malcolm A Moore M Marshall, 2nd P Herbert M Daniels C Keiweit, 3rd B Steel M Harris H Malcolm.
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Hello citizens of Wānaka. On Monday morning there was an incident where four young males entered a private residence and damaged plants and took seemingly innocuous items before making their escape. It sets a trend for the week sadly, regarding needless vandalism. Tuesday saw a bit of speed enforcement done near Hawea Flat School and sadly a large number of tickets were issued. We will be getting around all the schools to make sure drivers are being safe. Also remember the speed for passing a stopped school bus in both directions is 20km/h. Kids tend to just run out sometimes, as I witnessed this week, so our caution is needed to prevent a fatality. On Wednesday an individual was dealt with for an historic family harm matter. This was sadly one of three such incidents reported to Wānaka Police this week. Thursday was a quiet day, it appears, so I’ll take the opportunity the lack of material creates to talk about the traffic lights on the way to Makarora. Please stick to the posted speed limits for these areas. The workers there have the right to a safe environment while they carry out improvements. Police are following up with registrations of vehicles who breach these rules. There also may
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or may not be cameras set up to catch the red light runners, so if you want to chance it, expect a call from us down the track. On Friday a report was taken about vehicles damaged overnight in a carpark on Brownston Street, and another on Dunmore Street. If you know or saw anything please give us a bell. The evening saw two drink drivers apprehended with one making themselves glaringly obvious to us in the form of speeding up Ardmore Street with road cones underneath their car. A sure-fire way to stay as conspicuous as possible. On Saturday we were notified of damage to the barrier arm at the Masonic Lodge car park. CCTV footage in the area should yield some results. Sunday saw a resident report their mailbox was damaged by a vehicle. We have some follow-up to do on this. In the evening a matter between two now ex-flatmates was attended. Everyone in a flat situation should have some form of writing stating as such, for everyone’s protection. Consult the Tenancy Tribunal if you are unsure about anything. Items of Found Property last week – Pink Bike, Eftpos Machine, and an amount of cash found on the footpath in town at the end of last month. You can call 105, report on-line or come into the Station to report lost Property. Most Property is only held at the Station for 30 days. I hope you all have a good week. Stay safe.
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Local primary schools are visiting Wānaka Recreation Centre for their school swimming and water safety programme. From 3 May to 4 June and then again from 14 to 25 June there’ll be very limited public access to the learners’ pool between 9.00am-2.00pm every weekday except Thursdays and Fridays when half the pool will be free. Other pool users may wish to schedule their visits to the learners’ pool around these times. Four lanes in the lap pool will remain free for public swimming between 9.00am– 2.00pm weekdays during this period. Many thanks for your co-operation while our local children learn these essential life skills. For more info please contact (03) 443 9334 | wrc@qldc.govt.nz
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Sixteen Wānaka junior squash players competed in and dominated the third competition of the Head junior series hosted by the Wānaka Squash Club last weekend. Spanning four divisions, Oliver Lyon convincingly won the A division while Oisín Corbett won the 3rd/4th playoff. Having made the 5th/6th playoff, Jake Resnick had
to withdraw due to injury, however, Oliver stepped into Jake’s place and, despite the disparity in skill levels he ensured he gave his opponent a good run around and displayed great sportsmanship. George Sargood finished 8th in that division. The stand out performers in the B division were Matthew Botting and Rui Fukaya who made the
final which, for the second competition running, Matthew won in a very close five setter. Kyan Prince beat Alex Resnick in the 3rd/4th playoff in another five setter, while Harriet Sargood back from a two year hiatus from squash beat Hamish Tye in the 5th/6th playoff. Sophia Menlove finished 8th. In the C division James Muir, in his first
Left to right: Alex Resnick, Oisín Corbett, Ashton Holsted, Oliver Corbett, Rui Fukaya, Matthew Botting, Kyan Prince, Jack Wyeth, Ethan Prince and Cormac Smith.
competition of the year, took Ethan Prince to five sets and won. Cormac Smith won the 3rd/4th play off and Jack Wyeth won the 5th/6th playoff. In the D division, Ashton Holsted played determinedly to finish fourth. The juniors will be tested again in the Head series next month and we wish them well. – By Wānaka Squash Club
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Near miss for Wānaka Prems Round-up for the Wānaka Reserves Wānaka travelled over the range to face local rivals Queenstown Rovers last weekend. The Queenstown Events centre pitch was in perfect conditions which suited both teams . Wānaka made a confident start as they dominated the opening 15 minutes. Tomas Tinka was instrumental for Wānaka in this earlier period as he set up Toa Roode twice but the youngster missed the Queenstown goal on both occasions. Wānaka striker Steve Pleskun also found space in behind the Rovers defence but couldn't link up with supporting players at the crucial moments. Queenstown absorbed the early pressure and started to build into the game with counter attacks leading to penetrating runs from Quinn Mcdonald and Captain Thomas Mills. Just as the game was evening up it was Rovers who took the lead in the 30th minute when Mcdonald was on hand to poke home from five yards after Wānaka keeper Josh Shackleton had tipped a rasping shot on to the Wānaka cross bar. But Mills was in the right place at the right time to pounce on the rebound. The first half played out with few chances to both teams with the score being 1-0 to Rovers. Wānaka coaching staff of Ian Bell, Blair Scoullar and Thomas Van Hees were not happy at half time as clear instructions before the game were not adhered to, giving the Rovers
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too much space in wide areas resulting in easy transitions from defence to attack for the hosts. The second half was a near carbon copy as Rover scored again midway through the half when a diagonal long ball was misread by Jack Lanigan, and Thomas Mills cut inside and curled a neat finish into the far corner to put Rovers 2-0 up midway through the half. Wānaka dominated possession to some degree for the rest of the game as Rovers were content to sit on the lead but the Wānaka side lacked penetration in the final third and the few half chances they created had shots failing to find the target. Final score 2-0 Rovers. A disappointing result for Wānaka but they must re-group and they will be tested again this weekend when they turn their attention to the Chatham Cup. They host newly crowned ODT Premier League champions South City Royals in round three , 2pm kick off on Saturday 19 at the Rec Centre. The Royals beat Northern 12-0 at the weekend to confirm their league winning status with two games to go. They will be out to prove a point against Wānaka after going down 2-1 in the league just three weeks ago. Wānaka will be out to prove it was not a one off performance. – By WAFC
Wānaka WAFC Reserves played Wānaka WAFC Social on Saturday 5 June and both teams played with a passion and commitment they can be proud of. Social took the lead in the 2nd minute when Red Simpson headed home powerfully from a corner giving Reserves keeper Eamon Wilson no chance . A great start for the Social team who smelt a victory and played with an intensity they've not shown too often this season. Ably led by club veteran Andy Miller along with youngsters Simpson, Theo Greenlees and Jack Liddell, the Social team were looking for their first win of the season. The Reserves team led by Captain Keiran Burke, midfielders Thomas Smith, Cristobal Vasques, youngster Izaac Emmanuel and leading scorer Flynn Brown were looking to also gain only their 2nd win of the season. The early goal lifted the Social team who battled and hustled and looked to physically dominate a tentative Reserves side. Contrasting styles of play were also evident as the Reserves continually played out short form goal kicks while Social bombed long balls forward wherever possible. With half time looming Reserves scored an equaliser through Fletcher Cavanagh when he tapped home from two yards to make the score 1-1. The second half was much of the same with both teams having opportunities to score Reserves Vasques hit the crossbar twice and Andre Lange hit the post late on and at the other
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end Greenlees had a one on one with Wilson who saved well. 1-1 the final score. Wānaka Reserves played Cromwell on Saturday 12 June. Wānaka was looking to improve on last week's result and started well with Adam Harms hitting the crossbar and post in the opening 20 minutes but it was Cromwell who scored first against the run of play in the 30th minute. Wānaka responded late in the half when Flynn Brown found himself free at the far post and hit a well timed shot into the Cromwell goal. 1-1. In the second half Wānaka showed some great passages of play in possession but looked vulnerable to Cromwell’s attacking players but on numerous occasions Wānaka’s Izaac Emmanuel and keeper Eamon Lupton Wilson were on hand to deny Cromwell. Cromwell eventually scored a 2nd in the 70th minute. Wānaka hit the post again then Cromwelll scored again to make it 3-1. Cristoba Vasques scored a much deserved goal for Wānaka to make it 3-2 and with time running out Cromwell’s fresh legs led to them scoring twice in the dying minutes as Wānaka chased the game . Not the result they were after but Wānaka continues to improve and will look to continue to work on their overall game in an effort to gain another win this season when they play GLTU, 2-45 kick off on Sunday 20 at the Rec Center. – By WAFC
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Feisty win for MAC XV The MAC First XV team travelled across to Oamaru last weekend to take on Waitaki Boys and came away with a hard-fought win to keep their premiership aspirations on track. A fine sunny day greeted the MAC team and they started the game well enough by pressuring the Waitaki line soon after kick-off, before a dropped ball by MAC let Waitaki off the hook. A tight tussle then followed with most of the action happening in the middle of the field with neither side wanting to play in their half and kicking for territory after a couple of phases. Waitaki looked threatening with the ball but poor execution and good pressure by the MAC defenders meant they were unable to make much ground. They had a chance to score points with a penalty attempt but it went wide and the score remained 0-0 for much of the half. Waitaki kept up the pressure and when the passes stuck their backs again looked dangerous and made good ground, coming close to scoring on several occasions before eventually getting over the try line to lead 5 -0 MAC was soon back defending their half again before some impressive kicking and penalties allowed them to play up the right end of the field. A line out five meters out from the Waitaki line gave the MAC forwards a chance to try a line out drive which they executed very well, driving their much bigger and heavier opponents backwards to give hooker Dane Bowler
a clear path to score his first try of the season and go into the break locked up at five points each. The second half continued much like the first, with Waitaki looking to move the ball before being thwarted by the MAC defenders or their own mistakes. The MAC team by contrast played with more accuracy, their kickers forcing Waitaki back down the field to start again. This paid off with a penalty line out near the Waitaki line and gave the MAC forwards another opportunity to use their line-out drive. They made no mistakes and surged over the line, loose forward Tom Hope scoring the try to put MAC into the lead at 12-5. MAC then put together a good spell of dominance, but was unable to find a way over the line, and instead opted for three points from a successful penalty shot by fullback Cullen Meyer to stretch out the lead to 15-5. Waitaki responded with some highrisk rugby, throwing the ball around and finding holes in the tiring MAC defence. The passes eventually stuck, and they were able to score and close the gap to 15-10. Now playing with confidence in front of their home crowd Waitaki continued with this style of play which made for an exciting but tense last five minutes of the match. However, the MAC boys dug deep with some desperate defence and held on strong to win the match. Coach Craig Read remarked after
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Rory Reid bringing down a Waitaki ball runner.
the game: "Our boys were significantly outsized but showed great courage and determination to hold out for the win. Unlucky for Waitaki as had they been able to hold on to the ball the score
may have been a lot different." This weekend the team is back home and looking forward to playing in front of their supporters. A win will ensure they are promoted to the premiership
for the second round and guarantees a place in the top eight. They take on the Otago Combined Co-ed team up at the High School. The kick-off is at 1 pm. – By Clint Hughes
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Peak of Possibility
24 Leeches
Made in Aotearoa
Baptistina
West Highway Way
Whales in a Changing Ocean
Airport Wall
Par For The Course
The Nose Speed Record
When Glaciers Go
THURSDAY 17.06.21 - WEDNESDAY 23.06.21
THE WĀNAKA SUN
