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A clear majority for Jim Boult Turn to page 5 for our Q&A with Mayor Jim Boult.

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Jim Boult was voted in for a second term as Mayor of Queenstown Lakes District Council.

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Have your say on freedom camping bylaw – quickly Francesca Maria Nespolo

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Queenstown Lakes District Council recently opened public consultation on the draft of a new 2019 Freedom Camping Bylaw, which is intended to replace the current bylaw upon its expiry in December. Submissions will close at 5pm on November 11, following which three councillors of the new sitting council will be appointed to hear and consider submissions at a date to be confirmed in mid November 2019.

“This will be before the current Freedom Camping Control Bylaw 2012 expires on 19 December,” Campbell Weal, QLDC communications advisor said. “While this bylaw is necessary to help protect our district’s unique environment, and the health, safety and experience of people who live here and visit, the special consultative procedure is a requirement of the Local Government Act (LGA). It allows the council to consult with our community within this tight timeframe and will mean councillors have their say before current freedom camping restrictions expire. If the Proposed Freedom Camping Bylaw 2019 is not approved at Full Council,

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Otago Fish & Game Council is warning anglers to check they have the appropriate new season licence and abide by the regulations, following a spate of fishing offences being detected.

Spokesperson Nigel Pacey said it had been a disappointing beginning to the season with ten offenders being caught without a license already in the first two weeks: six on Lake Wānaka, two on Lake Wakatipu, and two on the Kawerau River.

Many of the offenders were regular-season licence holders but hadn’t been organised and renewed their licence for the new season which started on October 1.

“It hasn’t been a great start to the season compliance wise, but I’m confident it will improve over time, especially when word gets out that we have a full team of volunteer rangers working in the region,” said Mr Pacey.

we accept that freedom camping by way of tents and non-self contained vehicles could increase.”

Since the submission period opened on the morning of October 12, Council has received three submissions so far.

The proposed bylaw adopts the same approach as the existing 2012 bylaw, but includes an expansion to some areas in which freedom camping is prohibited, and is drafted in a simplified way.

The bylaw proposes that freedom camping be prohibited in new areas including Hanley’s Farm, Shotover Country, Cardrona, Northlake and Hāwea surrounds, providing consistency with council’s current approach prohibiting freedom camping in all urban and residential areas.

“Checking angler compliance is timeconsuming but an essential part of the role of Fish & Game. Law-abiding anglers expect those not contributing to the protection and enhancement of the fishing resource to be brought to justice. It’s important we all take responsibility and share the contribution fairly,” said Mr Pacey.

Fish & Game Otago said that last year the compliance rate was 97 percent with only 29 offences recorded for the entire season. “This season had fallen well short of that. To have 10 offences already tells us some anglers may becoming blasé about their responsibilities,” said Mr Pacey Prosecutions were time-consuming for all parties and costly for the offender with court fines over $800 not uncommon.

‘It’s annoying that easily avoidable offences are being detected, especially fishing without a licence. A $21 daylicence bought on a smartphone before they start fishing could save people a huge amount of drama,” Mr Pacey said.

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Mike Regal, Ed Taylor and Michael Ross; protagonists and antagonists in the airport debate.

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There were a few astonished voters on Saturday afternoon, scratching their heads not just at Jim Boult’s victory, but at the margin of votes over his competitor, Nik Kiddle. If the Wānaka Stakeholder Group’s (WSG) membership numbers were anything to go by, the vote should have been a shoe-in for anti-airport Kiddle.

But it wasn’t just at the mayoral level where the votes indicated satisfaction with the status quo. Wānaka Community Board (WCB) incumbent, Ed Taylor, campaigned on a strong pro-growth, pro-airport platform and he was returned to office. Barry Bruce and Chris Hadfield, whilst not as vocal about their support as Taylor but still openly pro airport, also got voted onto the WCB. Taylor said his decision to campaign as pro-airport was easy. “It wasn’t a strategic decision at all. I was hearing from lots of residents who support the development of a jet-capable airport. Many were too afraid to say much publicly but all wanted to congratulate me on being so clear on my stand. One 90-year-old resident even drove out to the airport just to meet me and ‘shake my hand’ because he wanted to let me know that I had his support. To me it’s all about diversifying our economy and looking to attract new and sustainable jobs in fields such as general aviation, education and technology and I know that having a direct air service to New Zealand’s economic base, Auckland, is important to achieve that.”

For Mike Regal, owner of Radio Wānaka who was so outspoken in his support for the airport he was blocked from the WSG Facebook page, the vote could be construed as a vote for the airport, however it could also indicate that many people aren’t engaged, don’t care and perhaps “have no idea the WSG even exists.”

“What became clear to me, is that every client I spoke to said, ‘we’re quite happy for airport and jets as long as it’s done properly.’ I couldn’t find one client who was anti airport or in support of WSG. So I think in terms of the vote, is it ‘for’ the airport or is it because people simply don’t know, don’t engage or don’t care about the airport, I am not sure. The WSG would have you believe the whole community was involved in the debate but the vote proves otherwise. I think the WSG was just having a conversation with themselves,” said Regal.

For Taylor, the issue of a "silent majority" was telling. “I believe there are a lot more people in favour of expanding Wānaka airport than those against would give credit

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for. I was a bit miffed at some comments from airport opponents who claimed to be speaking on behalf of the people of this community. Yes they do speak for many people but there are also many people who don’t agree with them and especially with some of their recruitment and online tactics.”

Regal elaborated that he is not opposed to the WSG, and that they are entitled to their democratic opinion.

“But what I oppose — and this is what happens in Wānaka — is that small lobby groups can take so much share of the voice and then they dominate the argument and claim to represent everybody. It is a democracy and groups are entitled to have their say, but what they’re not entitled to do is to hijack popular opinion and claim to represent everybody when they don’t. And with social media it’s so much easier to do that.”

Taylor adds, “I think everyone just needs to ‘cool their jets’ on the issue. We have some good planning documents coming out next year including the Queenstown Lakes District Council spatial plan and the airport masterplan. Let’s wait until then and then have a community debate about what happens going forward.”

For Michael Ross, chair of WSG, Boult’s victory represents the breadth of issues facing the district, rather than just one. “People were voting on a range of issues, and the airport was only one of those. We've got a new set of councillors in place and we look forward to engaging with them,” he said.

In regards to Kiddle’s defeat, Ross doesn’t believe it was his airport opinion that lost votes, but his position on the visitor levy. “It might be that Nik's public stance on visitor levy has had an impact — but there's no way to analyse this,” he said.

When asked if the vote for Boult gives a mandate for the airport to proceed, Ross disagreed. “The process to date has been fundamentally flawed from the outset, and continues to be so. Mr Boult even added elements to that process as part of his election campaign, without the agreement or support of his council. Wānaka deserves full and proper consultation on all matters relating to the airport, and that is clearly not the Mayor's intention.”

So what now for WSG? Will they wait for the assessments, the spatial plan and the airport masterplan to come out before more campaigning?

“We're still preparing to lodge legal proceedings, having only just received a copy of the Wānaka Airport lease towards the end of the election campaign — just as voting began. We'll comment on this in detail soon.”

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In a vote largely for the status quo, Calum MacLeod, Quentin Smith and Niamh Shaw were voted onto Queenstown Lakes District Council as Wānaka ward members.

[Insert Scottish accent] “Humbled! Honoured! Elated!

Enthusiastic!” was MacLeod’s effervescent response whilst the more measured Smith said, “I am very pleased to achieve such a strong result in the election. It is humbling to receive such strong validation from the community for the work I do around the council table.” Shaw’s response was [insert Irish accent] “I'm still shell-shocked! But I'm so chuffed to have been granted such a vote of confidence, and I'm intent on honouring my commitment to clearly and firmly advocate for my community.”

The three councillors have slightly different priorities as they move forward: For Smith, “Probably the most imminent will be the commencement of the spatial plan which will be a significant undertaking. Along with ensuring the delivery of an ambitious ten-year plan as well as adding significant transport investment in Wānaka.”

MacLeod lists ten items from the draft climate change plan, to the social and economic impact assessments for our airports, the lakefront development plans, to water and waste management. Shaw responded, “This campaign has highlighted the general dissatisfaction with how we are informed, engaged and consulted. Most people have busy lives and just want to trust that the council will take care of us. Improved communications,

clear explanation of process and procedure, sincere twoway engagement and appropriate consultation would go a long way towards restoring that trust.”

In an election where proposed airport development had a high profile, the results show it had less of an effect than envisaged. “[The airport] is important. It is vital. It is, however, one facet — along with climate change, infrastructure, parking, Project Pure upgrade, Hāwea and Cardrona wastewater treatment solutions, stormwater, Luggate Hall, roading, the active transport network, the current National Policy Statements on Urban Development, freshwater, and productive lands, the lack of sports grounds, housing affordability ... ... ... !” said MacLeod. “To my mind, getting some clarity around the Wānaka airport expansion is a priority as the most crucial short-term issue for the Upper Clutha region and surrounds. However, I was pleased that the discussion around the airport informed less tangible but no less important long-term issues such as the environment and climate change, infrastructure and growth,” said Shaw.

The role of deputy mayor is still undecided. MacLeod said, “I would be honoured to take on this role again. I would not be stressed if it went to someone else. I am enthusiastic to fulfil any role required of me. I would love to chair a committee of council — preferably infrastructure.” Smith answered laconically, “probably” when asked if he would take the role. Mayor Boult has said he foresees that the deputy mayoral role will be chosen from this side of the Crown Range so Wānaka will have to wait and see whom he chooses.

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Everyone wants themselves, and their loved one to arrive home safe and sound. That is also the goal which the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) wants to achieve. The agency is currently discovering that highways with lower speed limits could help save lives and reduce serious crashes. “We know many locals are concerned about increasing traffic volumes and vehicles’ speeds in their communities” commented Transport Agency Director Regional Relationships Jim Harland.

Fifteen kilometres outside of Wānaka, the town of Luggate has already begun consultation on proposed highway speed limit reduction. They start this month on a proposal to introduce 50km/h speed limits on 300-400 meter sections of SH6 at the eastern and western entrances to the town, currently with 70km/h limits.

“This would create a consistent 50km/h highway speed limit through the town instead of the current mix of 50km/h and 70km/h limits,” said Mr Harland.

In 2018, the average daily highway

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The entry to Luggate could be reduced to 50kmph.

traffic count through Luggate was 2,600 vehicles a day, up 40 percent on the figure for 2014. Adding, “While technical assessments of this site support the proposed speed limit changes, feedback from councils, local residents and other key stakeholders is critical to ensuring the most appropriate and safest speeds become permanent and enforceable for these communities”. The NZTA director assures that this feedback will be considered before it makes any decisions on the proposed speed limit changes.

Therefore, keep calm and slow down.

People power: make an impact Rob Roy closed. Diamond Lake with ONE New Zealand transition plan.

closed. Roy’s Peak closed.

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ONE New Zealand is calling for more volunteers, partners and event sponsors to help it make an even bigger impact on the community, economy and environment.

ONE New Zealand unites people and businesses to educate, inspire and enable New Zealand communities to accelerate towards a carbon zero future and beyond, and wants to increase its current reach with additional material, speakers and venues—and by making its presentations and discussions available as podcasts.

The trust aims to transition groups across New Zealand, starting right here in the Southern Lakes.

Vicki Spearing of ONE New Zealand said, “Taranaki is leading the way in new forms of governance and are an example of how democracy could be in the future.”

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Department of Conservation (DOC) has announced that the Rob Roy Track and Diamond Lake Track, popular with locals and visitors alike, have been closed due to erosion and land-slips.

Roy’s Peak is also now closed from October 1 to November 10 for lambing, and Isthmus Peak is scheduled to close from November 20 to December 20 for fawning.

“DOC is in the process of preliminary re-routing the Rob Roy Track due to a land-slip that undercut a section of track on the stepped area below the lower lookout. At this stage we are unable to provide a completion date for this work however it is anticipated that is will not reopen until the New Year. DOC acknowledges that the closure of this track will be a significant inconvenience to visitors at what is a very busy time of year. Every effort has been made to avoid the need to close the track, but unfortunately the re-routing of the track has proved to be the only option available.” said DOC ranger Annette Grieve. “The Diamond Lake Track (Rocky Hill summit) also remains closed due to the ongoing risk of rockfall. A geotechnical assessment has been completed. Planning is now underway to stabilise the area above the track, using industrial abseilers, prior to a new track being constructed. It is anticipated that this work will be completed by mid-November.”

Walkers can access an alternative viewpoint of Rob Roy Glacier approximately 30-45 minutes’ walk along West Matukituki Track from Raspberry Creek car park A new Blue Pools walking track spanning from the existing track to a new car park opposite Cameron Flat campsite on SH6, Haast Pass Highway, is currently in development. Both the new track and car park are scheduled to be open by late November 2019, in the meantime, the existing track remains open to visitors.

Grieve said, “There remains plenty of walking options for visitors wishing to explore the local area including Mount Aspiring National Park. Please check out [the DOC] website for suggestions.”

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"We started with a completely blank sheet of paper, engaged thousands of people with that and ended up with a view and a road map that everybody in the region has signed up to,” said Taranaki’s low-carbon transition plan architect Justine Gilliland."It is about every single voice being heard, and no single voice having more power, more say, than another voice.”

Monique Kelly from ONE NZ added, “By setting a goal to be ‘Single Use Cup Free’ by 2022, Wānaka is leading the charge in changing consumer patterns. We are shifting from a take-make-waste society to one that thinks in circles. The zero waste movement is a key part of this movement and focuses on the five Rs: refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot. A circular economy is founded on the premise that every material we put into the system should be capable of having multiple lives within that system.

The first step however is to rethink how we design and with what.”

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Unwin, has recommended the ‘Kanuka Loop, Bendigo’, ‘Meg Hut, Pisa Conservation Area’, ‘Fern Burn Hut’ and ‘Haast Pass Bridle Path and lookout’ on behalf of the club as four possible alternative hikes.

Unwin added, “some of these are rougher underfoot than the more highly-manicured routes such as Roy's Peak and Isthmus Peak. Stream crossings may also be involved. Double check with DOC as to current access.

Intending walkers should ensure they have suitable footwear.”

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Do you think this vote is a quiet vote of approval for the airport?

I wouldn’t say it’s a vote of approval for the airport, because I’ve gone out of my way to say the economic and social assessments is what will guide the process going forward. But I think what it is, is a vote of approval of the process I have put in front of the people.

However, I think it’s possibly an indication there is a large silent majority who don’t get on Facebook.

Why are pro-airport supporters so quiet?

I’m going to be honest and said I think they are too afraid to. I can tell you there have been a couple of business people who have approached me who have said they’ve had threats that their business will be damaged if they come out in support. I think that’s terrible – reprehensible.

In a small town it’s very difficult to put your head above the parapet because you’ll get shot at.

But I’ve had many many people contact me to say they want consideration given to a commercial airport in the Upper Clutha. And so again, I’m going to be guided by the process.

Did Nikki Gladding’s accusations of conflict of interest come at a cost?

Possibly. I think they might have. I have said I thought they were unreasonable and unfair. I was surprised that something that has existed since 2016 gets raised in the middle of an election campaign. I do think it cost me a few votes.

How are you going to work with her now? This could make for some tense meetings.

All through my life I’ve had issues dealt to me, and one just has to play the cards as they fall on the table. She and I have already agreed that we're going to have a meeting and figure out how we’re going to work together – we’ll find a way around it.

What do you hope to achieve in your second term?

We have some big issues. I want to finalise the bed tax issue – we’ve had a massive amount of progress on that already. That now goes to a local member’s bill that Hamish Walker will introduce late this year. I want to have it through parliament before parliament goes into recess before the general election next year. That’s really really important. The process is then for government departments to put it into the legislative process.

All going according to plan, the money should start to come in July 1, 2021. So that’s a big issue for the whole district.

The airports – this is a massive issue. We’ve got to settle all of this down for the whole district.

Transport – both in Wānaka and Wakatipu.

I’m looking for some changes at NZTA as

Jim Boult was voted in for a second term as Mayor of Queenstown Lakes District Council.

they haven’t been the most helpful people in the last term.

Public transport – you’ll know of the success of the bus services here. It was 30,000 people a month, now 130,000. Put that into the number of vehicles not on the road… it’s better for the environment, and for congestion and I want to roll that out to the Upper Clutha. Currently the system is run by Otago Regional Council (ORC) but we’d like to take it over (as Dunedin has just done). Clearly there is a need for a bus services from Hāwea to Wānaka, from Albert Town to Wānaka, and if it can be justified, then Luggate to Wānaka as well, plus internally within Wānaka.

I think the interesting thing we had here, when we said ‘let’s make it $2 and make it frequent’, the naysayers said ‘no one will ever take it’ well...

130,000. There you go.

Environment – you must be living under a rock if you don’t think we need to change the way we are doing things. I talk to families and most people are now doing something. It’s getting that mindset change that we can’t carry on doing what we’re doing. Whether it’s as small as ripping the cellotape off your cardboard boxes before you recycle them – no matter what it is, people are changing.

More specifically to the Upper Clutha, we’ve got to sort out the downtown masterplan. I am a bit lost as to why that went so wrong because it was thoroughly successful in consultation a

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year prior. Change comes. Sometimes you fight change at your peril. I think that the waterfront area in Wānaka has that lovely advantage of the sun coming straight onto it, not like Queenstown where we are in shade, so it invites something being done about it; opening up the town centre to the lake.

What about the implications to businesses owners in the proposed lakefront plan?

They’re in business in Wānaka, I’m not. So I’m not going to tell them how to run their businesses.

I do think sometimes people need to open their minds to alternatives. From where we sit, we are totally open minded to hearing back from them.

But, we’re not going to sit here for another three years and not do anything. I’m disappointed that it’s shuddered to a halt.

How will the latest census results shift or redirect planning priorities?

I haven’t really had a chance to think about that. If the question is, are we going to put more emphasis on the Upper Clutha, then yes we are, and I’ve said that already. When I was elected (last time) we had some massive issues to sort out over here which I think we’ve now ticked all the boxes. So now we can shift the focus.

ORC recommended the application to discharge into lakes for 35 years be declined.

What options are open to you now?

We’ll let the independent commissioners hear that and we’ll see where it lands. If they agree

with the ORC officers, then so be it and we will go back to the drawing board. If not, we will see where that takes us.

What about the new Wānaka role you promised to create. What does it look like?

It’s more than an administrative support role.

Council senior management is in the Wakatipu, and the mayor is in the Wakatipu. I’ve said this before… we want to progress a number of issues in the Upper Clutha and I want a person there who can ensure we get the progress we need. So that will be a senior person; we haven’t figured out where they sit in the organisation yet, but they will have direct dialogue with the general managers in the various departments to make sure we are getting the progress we need in the Upper Clutha. I’ve got to get support from councillors to put it forward, and I was discussing the role this morning with our CEO but yes, I want it sooner rather than later.

How do you choose your deputy mayor? Will it be Calum MacLeod or go to the candidate who had the most votes (Quentin Smith)?

That’s a really interesting question. I make a recommendation to councillors. It’s not necessarily anybody. But traditionally it has been if the mayor is from Queenstown, then the deputy will be from Upper Clutha and vice versa.

I foresee that continuing.

How are you planning to empower the Wānaka Community Board?

I just don’t think that there was the right engagement between council, both at elected members level and at senior staff level, in regards to the community board, and the other way around, to get the right sort of progress that we need out of the WCB. I am currently thinking about who I might like to suggest they elect as their chair, but I’m hoping we might have the right people in the right place for the WCB this term.

Will WCB be able to have the airport on their agenda as up until now, they have been instructed not to?

They will have input as will a whole lot of other stakeholders in the district.

Is there any mechanism by which council can say to developers, ‘no-objection clauses are not allowed.’ Can you stop another Northlake Hotel from happening?

No you can’t. The simple answer is no. Council can influence to an extent the way covenants are drawn but if we went to court on that I am strongly of the view that we would lose.

I think the Northlake situation is awful. You’ve got a bunch of people who have bought houses thinking they were getting a tennis court and now they’ve got a bus park, and the council is powerless to do anything about it. But you can rest assured that I’ve asked the question plenty of times.

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Bach of the Year Awards finalist Alpine Lodge in Wānaka, selected for the family friendly category.

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Last Thursday Bookabach, New Zealand’s long-running holiday rental website, revealed the 2019 finalists for its Bach of the Year Awards including two breathtaking properties in Wānaka – Alpine Lodge and Black Barrel Lodge.

This year’s awards, which find and recognise New Zealand’s best holiday homes and baches, are split into four separate categories; design, pet friendly, unique and family friendly.

Wānaka – based Alpine Lodge has been selected for the family friendly category and Black Barrel Lodge for the design category.

The winners across each category will be announced at the end of October, as judged by home renovation specialists and former The Block NZ winners, Alice and Caleb Pearson, and the young winner of Bookabach’s junior judge competition, Jayden Whitehead.

Simone Scoppa, head of PR for Bookabach said, “With over 11,000 properties across New Zealand available on the Bookabach website, it’s no mean feat making it to the top 24, so they should

all be very proud.”

The finalists were selected based on a range of criteria such as quality of images accompanying their Bookabach listing, standard of guest reviews and holiday home description, as well as categoryspecific criteria.

Judges Alice and Caleb Pearson share insights into what they will be looking for to award the ultimate winners of each category of the Bookabach Bach of the Year Awards.

“Staying at a bach is a long-held family tradition in our country and the perception of what a bach is has changed over time. From the classic bach to the roomier and architecturally designed homes, at the end of the day, all these types of holiday homes as about relaxing, having a new experience with friends and family and making lifelong memories.

You want the features of the bach to help facilitate all things like comfort and quality of space, so we will be looking for these extra special touches as well as stand-out design and interiors,” said Alice.

The winners of each category as well as the people’s choice will be announced on October 23.

Tight deadlines are normal in high pressured work environments and Queenstown Lakes District Council is not spared from this fate. On October 10, 2019 submissions were due at 5pm on the proposed National Policy Statement (NPS), which will replace the existing one on Urban Development Capacity. Council met at 1pm to read their staff submission for the first time, only four hours before cut off.

The proposed NPS-Urban Design provides direction to local authorities about when and how cities should plan for growth. It aims to remove unnecessary restrictions on development and allow for growth ‘up’ and ‘out’ in locations that have good access to existing services and infrastructure. Except that these “unnecessary” restrictions can have a benign nature, which supports the interests of the residents.

Niamh Shaw, the recently elected QLDC Councillor, warned the council about the danger of approving the submission; “There are currently insufficient controls over development, leading to the situation in Northlake with a community denied its democratic right to express an opinion over its environment and future; the environmental malfeasance committed by the developer including stormwater runoff, dust-storms, and landscape contouring; and the spine-tingling Kiwibuild omnishambles. Further,

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it facilitates developer-driven development, rather than council and community-led development”.

The Wānaka Sun asked QLDC why such an important submission was being discussed so close to the deadline, giving councillors no opportunity to have meaningful input. QLDC’s, Jack Barlow, replied: “The submission date was set by the central government and this was the council meeting that was closest to that date to allow sufficient time to prepare the submission. Anybody else can submit in their own right. This is the council’s proposed submission and it doesn’t usually take submissions on its submission to such matters”.

Whilst taking public input on a council submission is not expected, it is reasonable, however, to expect councillors to have adequate time for thoughtful input.

As such, the council has now filed their submission which recommends developers be given more leeway, rather than less, to drive the scope and style development in the district.

Councillor Calum MacLeod was concerned with the lack of time, “The deadline for this submission is 10 October, so time is more than tight”. He also commented, “While these proposals are designed to empower planners, some members of the community will take the view that the council is reducing the weight given to public participation. This community is very connected to the existing process. This change will be viewed as turning the submission process into tokenism”.

Less is more. Unfortunately, in the tiny house’ market in Wanaka, this motto can be taken literally. If a tiny size is matched with tiny prices, the Wānaka tiny house community is an exception.

Tiny Houses are a recent movement towards a more sustainable future for those who are looking to both reduce their environmental footprint and save on endless mortgage repayments throughout their life.

The idea behind this architectural revolution consists of encouraging density in otherwise unaffordable areas.

Nevertheless, the main challenge for tiny house owners in Wānaka involves finding a compromise in regards to comfort when seeking greater affordability, which currently isn’t an option.

Whether tiny homes are an affordable alternative to traditional homeownership depends largely on an individual’s ability to access low-interest financing to purchase them. However, this is not the only issues faced; a common problem associated with tiny homes is where to put them.

Rebecca Pitts from Queenstown Lakes District Council said “There haven't been any consent applications specifically for tiny homes recently. However, under our District Plan, there is nothing that differentiates a tiny home from any other home, both are considered residential units”. The contradiction is further confused by the view of banks, seeing them in the same light as cars as opposed to local government seeing them as buildings.

Like a car, tiny homes are a depreciating asset, because they don’t grow in value like traditional homes, in large part because they are often not attached to the land, which

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is the most valuable resource in the cities.

The question remains: are tiny homes all that affordable? It’s almost like buying an old car, financially it doesn’t make sense. “Every council is different. Most tiny houses I know of are under the radar and being tolerated, as long as no one complains to the council, then they tell you to move or get building consent” a representative from the Wānaka Tiny house community commented.

People keen to buy tiny homes to avoid the material accumulation of things for something sparser and more focused on experiences rather than possessions might fall into an expensive rabbit hole of compliance caused by a contentious municipal regulation. “Tiny houses are subject to building regulations and district plan regulations, as well as a range of other policies including development contributions, airport noise regulations and rubbish and recycling services. A key trigger distinguishing whether a residential building, such as a tiny house, is subject to rules on residential units is whether the house contains a separate kitchen and stove. This allows it to operate as a standalone dwelling. Several residential zones now allow a small residential unit — which could include tiny houses — to be added as a permitted activity. This allows for gentle intensification in most residential areas. Residential buildings require resource consent in most rural zones because of the overriding importance of protecting the district’s rural landscapes. Even in the higher density zones, which don’t limit the density of dwellings, parking standards and development contributions still apply to tiny houses” explained Jack Barlow from QLDC. For now, there is no specific solution in the pipeline to enable tiny house owners to pay proportional tiny council costs.

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING

by Emily Herbert The Body Garage

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The choice is yours Political refugee, champion weightlifter and poet Jerzy Gregory says, “Hard Choices, Easy Life. Easy Choices, Hard Life.” A simple statement that sums up the choice we have when it comes to the life we’re living.

Accountability. Responsibility. Two words that are definitely not always easy to lift up and take charge of, but are critical to our own health and happiness.

This quote peers directly into the heart of our small, everyday choices which build the foundational blocks of our life and its quality. It can be hard to get out of bed and get to the gym, go for a walk or build up a sweat. It’s hard to make the time to meditate or get to yoga or Pilates. It can be hard to find the words to say you’re sorry, or admit that you were wrong. It can be terrifying to make a career move, stand up and be seen or throw your weight behind a cause. It’s far easier to hit snooze, to Netflix and chill, to sever a relationship, stick your head in the sand and uphold the status quo in the job you don’t love. But what are the long-term effects of these easy choices? Chronic disease, a heart attack, obesity? Stress, fatigue, burn out?

Loneliness, no intimacy, a lack of passion and purpose for what you do?

Our lives are more comfortable than ever. With technology at our fingertips, our environment is perfectly temperature controlled, entertainment is a click away and distraction is everywhere.

This was made apparent to me at a recent ‘Wim Hof Workshop’. The premise is that by using breath work, meditation and cold exposure, we can tap into our dormant biology which has been weakened by our easy choices and comfy thermostats. Our narrow band of temperature variation is in part causing weak circulatory muscles – and some research says that almost 30 percent of the world’s mortality is ultimately linked to circulatory diseases. Now, I like comfy. I’m a comfortable kind of gal.

And I really hate the cold. Getting into a bathtub of ice?

That’s a hard choice. Ultimately dying of weak circulation?

Seems like a harder one. Since that workshop a month ago, I’ve kept up the breath work and now get in the lake two or three times a week, with a cold shower most days.

This is bonkers for this little solar powered Aussie. But I’ve noticed I’m less cold, less anxious and have better circulation in my hands and feet. Harder choice. Easier life. As they say, feel the fear and do it anyway.

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Nolet G Greg Constable, NZPD Hi everyone and welcome to the lawngrowing season.

I would like to say I will be in the mogrowing competition this November but the wife is not keen on that. But all the best to those who get in and give it their best. It is a great cause and many people benefit from those waxy creations.

A large fire opposite Diamond Lake was dealt to by fire units from all over the area.

I saw this on the night. It was something that makes you believe the ads on TV. In case of fire get out. Have you checked your smoke alarms and batteries lately?

A male was arrested on a warrant and taken to court this week.

Quite a few bikes have been handed in to the Police station this week. This is a timely reminder to secure your bikes. Two bikes werealso taken and sold online this week.

A male is being spoken to about this.

Two drink divers were processed this week. One was issued an infringement notice and the other off to court.

Christmas parties are being planned for the near future. Please make transport there and back part of this planning.

We received some driving complaints for people coming over the Crown Range.

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Don’t forget, a video or a couple of pictures are great stuff for us when we stop and talk to the drivers. On some occasions the rental companies are cancelling the contracts as a result of your reports.

A male was caught on CCTV camera stealing at a local shop. He was known to Police and now has an appointment with the judge to explain his actions.

We are getting to a busy part of the working year where stresses are put on some parts of the work force to finish projects or get things done before Christmas. If things are getting on top of you please talk to family and friends about the issues you have. They are important issues as they are real. We are also here to help and can get the right people for you to talk to. Arguments with family members is probably a sign that we need to get involved and get some help to you.

Others who see this please get involved and help your family members and friends. We are a community.

Hey everyone take care out there.

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Local winemakers Vanessa Robson and Jenn Parr assisted in judging this year’s New World Wine Awards (NWWA) in which rosé reigned supreme – nine rosé wines earned a place in the NWWA Top 50, and more than 70 won a medal in the competition overall.

The Top 50 winning wines are on shelves in liquorselling New World stores nationwide from October 7.

Local 2019 NWWA judge and winemaker at Maude Wines, Vanessa Robson, said, “I’m from Adelaide, which is where I also studied winemaking and worked for a few years before travelling overseas for harvests. I came to Wānaka in 2013 to work vintage for Maude Wines.

When I arrived I thought this is the place I want to live and was lucky enough to fall in love with Maude and get offered a full-time winemaking position. It all fell into place and I moved here permanently at the start of 2014.”

Robson was offered a role at the NWWA after judging other wine shows. She was also an associate at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards and the Royal Easter Wine Awards.

Robson added, “My role as a winemaker also requires a lot of tasting and grading of wines, so I have learnt a lot through my position at Maude Wines.”

Robson loved being a judge at the NWWA and believes it’s a great event to be part of as it showcases great wines at an affordable price point.

Robson said, “At the end of the day you’re looking for the same thing in any wine show, balance, complexity, poise and purity of fruit. The wines that take home gold medals are the ones that tick all the boxes and have that extra special layer of complexity that makes you take a bottle home. As all the wines are judged blind the price point doesn’t come into play or skew your perception.”

The NWWA uses the internationally recognised 100-point system, under which wines are benchmarked and scored against what a perfect wine should be like.

All entries are tasted ‘blind’, meaning judges only see the wine in the glass, never a bottle or brand.

Well over 1000 wines entered the 2019 NWWA. Entries were judged by 17 independent experts over three days to award Gold, Silver and Bronze medals as well as Champion trophies and the Top 50 rankings.

Robson stated that feedback from the NWWA is beneficial to producers as “it gives them an idea of how their product is viewed in the market. A medal definitely

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Local 2019 New World Wine Awards (NWWA) judge and winemaker at Maude Wines, Vanessa Robson.

passes the message that they are on the right path, a no award might make them assess some of their winemaking or growing procedures. It also provides a way for producers to see what styles and wines are receiving accolades and provides a benchmark for certain varieties and styles.”

“I moved to NZ in 2007 and after nine months in Cromwell, I moved to Wānaka in 2008,” said local 2019 NWWA judge and winemaker at Valli Vineyards, Jen Parr. “I was first invited to judge the NWWA in 2018 so this was my second year. I have been judging wine shows in NZ since 2011 and have been in wine production since 2002.”

Parr added, “It is a fantastic show to judge with tremendous quality and diversity in the judging team. I particularly enjoy having New World employees as associate judges as it makes it much more meaningful for the senior judges and ultimately the New World customers.”

Parr believes all great wines are about balance and harmony irregardless of the price point. “It is rare to know the price point of the wine in other shows, so it is somewhat irrelevant. The wine needs to have presence, freshness and harmony and be true to the variety. A variety of styles are celebrated. I would expect a touch more complexity from higher end wines but given I don’t know the price point it isn’t the most important criteria for me.”

Parr concluded, “The show gives producers a voice from outside their own company–a validation of authenticity and quality from a well run show with an experienced team of judges. It is a competitive industry and particularly at the value price point so these awards help consumers find some great wines they might not have stumbled upon without guidance.”

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On Tuesday afternoon puppies Weta and Magic began their specialist training with K9 Medical Detection NZ (K9MD) at St John’s Ambulance Wānaka to become either cancer detection, medical detection or medical alert dogs.

Local Wānaka residents are currently fostering the two puppies for the course of around 12 months, during which time all costs will be covered by the charity including food, training and vet bills.

Magic is a working-line Golden Retriever from Lukhan Gold Kennels currently being kindly fostered by locals Jos and Rod Elliott.

Weta is a working-line German Shepherd from Heisenberg Kennels currently being kindly fostered by locals MJ and Tristan Muller.

Jos Elliott said, “Great fun, great little dog, get great support from K9MD.” MJ Muller said, “As a cancer survivor myself, I wanted to give back and this is by far the most fun and rewarding way.”

“Both pups were selected for their genetic ability for work. The selection process is rigorous.

Dogs must show enthusiasm and a willing desire to perform any task. This needs to be accompanied by a strong work ethic. Our dogs must have an excellent temperament and be calm and confident in any environment and around people,” said founder and director of K9MD Pauline Blomfield. “K9MD puppies undergo substantial socialisation. From meeting different

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early scent-detection training with a neutral odour. As we do not know what odour the puppies will be required to detect, their training consists of finding the (neutral) odour and then learning to alert—which is to sit. All K9MD training is based on positive reinforcement.”

Puppy development officer for K9MD Leone Ward is responsible for selecting and supervising the K9MD puppy fosterers.

Blomfield said, “[Leone] oversees the puppies’ basic obedience and socialisation training and is on hand to assist with any issues that may arise.

Leone's role is crucial to ensure dogs coming into the K9MD programme are healthy, calm and confident and ready to commence scentdetection work.”

“If someone has a medical condition where they feel a trained medical alert assistance dog will improve their quality of life they are encouraged to make contact with us via our website,” added Blomfield. “The statistics for cancer in New Zealand is what I find heartbreaking. Every day over 63 people are diagnosed with cancer. Six hundred men die of prostate cancer every year; 23 people die from bowel cancer every week; one woman dies from ovarian cancer every 48 hours.

Weta in training.

Using our highly trained dogs as a diagnostic tool for the early, non-invasive detection of disease to PHOTOS: Natalie Finch @nataliemfinch help reduce these statistics is what drives me.”

Local K9 Medical Detection NZ K9MD puppy in training – Magic, a working-line Golden Retriever from Lukhan Blomfield concluded, “There is no age Gold Kennels. restriction, geographical boundary or financial types of people, walking on different surfaces, basic obedience, walking nicely on a lead; sit; standing with cancer and disease. The K9MD encountering different situations and meeting down; wait commands, first without distractions Team seek the support from all New Zealanders numerous types of animals. Puppies also learn then with distractions. Puppies also start their to help make a difference in people's lives.”

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Wānaka Stake Club members at their 25th anniversary skate tour.

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The Wānaka Skate Club celebrated their 25th anniversary at the end of last month, and took the opportunity to fundraise for the community. The club was able to raise $2,000 throughout multiple events over their anniversary weekend. Club founder Olly Burke said that the funds raised will be going back into the community, “we were able to donate $800 to the Wānaka Mental Health Peer Support Group as these services are valuable in our community and they need all the help they can get.”

He added that, “the funds raised by the club will go towards the urgent repair of the old skate bowl in the skate park, which has fallen into disrepair and requires ongoing maintenance... The club will also continue to raise support and funds to complete the desperately needed stage three of the skate park to allow more space

on the street area as overcrowding and safety is an issue.”

There were a number of highlights throughout the anniversary weekend, one of which being the art evening held at Rhyme and Reason Brewery organised by club presidents Wayne Pretty and Tom Peden. The club also organised a tour of Upper Clutha skate locations for local enthusiasts. A tour bus took the participants to three different locations, and it was a hit.

Burke is very grateful to locals for their support of the club since its founding when he was head boy of Mount Aspiring College. “Since the club’s founding their have been many people and local businesses helping fundraise and lead the club through many eras. People like Calum Macloud, Eddie Spearing, the late Sam Hudson, Wayne Pretty, and many many more,” said Burke.

The club is looking forward to working with the community more in the future and helping to provide facilities for skateboarding, now an Olympic sport.

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The Rotary Club of Wānaka has organised two film screenings of Ride like a Girl (2019) at Ruby’s Cinema on October 23—at 5.30pm and 7.30pm—to raise money for the international community’s End Polio Now campaign.

Poliomyelitis, better known as poliovirus, is a highlyinfectious disease which most commonly affects children under the age of five.

The virus is spread from person to person, typically from contaminated water, and can attack the nervous system, in some cases leading to paralysis.

There is no cure for polio, but there is a safe and effective vaccine, which Rotary and its partners have used to immunise over 2.5 billion children worldwide so far.

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According to the endpolio.org website, Rotary has reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide and won’t stop until it ends the disease for good.

Ride like a Girl (2019) stars Sam Neill and Teresa Palmer and covers the story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Tickets cost $30 each. Find out more via the Rotary Club of Wānaka Facebook page.

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Hāwea Food Forest is hosting a two-day working bee on October 19-20 to get the forest ready for growing season.

The event starts at 10.30am on Saturday and 8am on Sunday, and features discussions about climate change, horn manure preparation and the use of quartz crystal. Volunteers are encouraged to bring “weed-eaters, seeds and saplings”.

Find out more via the Hāwea Flat Domain Food Forest’s Facebook page.

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Sonya Adams, cancer survivor and last year’s local winner, testing her aim at the Claybird Shooting challenge, which featured in the 2018 Perfect Woman Competition.

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The Perfect Woman Competition is coming back to the Luggate Hotel on October 26-27, and applications are now open for those wishing to take part.

From ironing to darts and backing a trailer to assembling a sawhorse, the annual event is known for its ever-evolving series of serendipitous challenges for its competitors—this year’s programme is yet to be released to the public.

Co-founder Stew Burt said, “Don’t get too worried about the 30-second intro, big thing is to prepare, write it down and use notes when talking if needed. Also use some props, run ideas past friends, practice it and practice it. I have had to do a lot of public speaking and practice makes perfect. One of the best I have seen was a

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girl who came on stage with a bag and dressed in overalls.

In the bag was cooking stuff, tools, shearing handpiece etc, she started saying she could fix the tractor with a large spanner dressed in overalls, then had an apron on underneath saying she could cook up a storm, then got down to a black singlet and shorts saying she could shear a sheep holding the hand piece. Hope it gives you some ideas and help but just be confident and have fun then the crowd will support you.”

There is a $25 fee to enter and all of the money raised at this event will go to The CanLive Cancer Trust – a local charity that hosts residential programmes for people with active cancer and their support people.

Each competitor will receive a numbered t-shirt to wear on the day and has the chance of winning a $1000 dollar cash prize. Enter at perfectwomancompetition. co.nz. Deadline, 1pm on October 26.

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People have told us the current speed limit feels too high to be safe.

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To make this road safer, we are proposing a 50km/h speed limit on all of State Highway 6 through Luggate instead of the current mix of 50km/h and 70km/h speed limits.

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Over the course of a year, supermodel Hunter looked at how different countries around the world define beauty and wellness. This exploration formed the basis of her television series, Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty. Now Hunter shares a behind-the-scenes view of her travels in this new book.

Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty book signing at Paper Plus in Wānaka takes place at 1pm on October 24, and the Wānaka Sun has a free copy to give away.

For your chance to win, visit The Wānaka Sun’s Facebook page.

Extract from Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty by Rachel Hunter, Bateman Books, $39.99.

“We had decided to begin filming the series in Greece because the symmetry of beauty was founded there: the golden ratio, and, of course, it was home to all those beautiful Greek goddesses. In some ways Greece was the birth of the western concept of beauty.

The next day we got on a small plane to go to Ikaria, a small island about 45 minutes’ flight from Athens, which is known for its lifestyle due to the fact that locals there are two-and-a-half times more likely to reach the age of 90 than anywhere else in Greece.

Once there, we wound our way through the hills to a fairy-tale village. We were there to meet George and Eleni, who lived in a stunning farmhouse that looked like it was straight out of a picture book.

As we walked down the path to their house, we could see all the tomatoes and figs draped along their fence, drying out in the warm summer air.

This was something that my mum had done while we were growing up, which I had long forgotten about until I saw it right in front of me here in Greece. It made me sad to think how disconnected I had become from the natural world. In that moment, I thought, ‘Oh! This is the old ways. This is how it used to be done.’

At the house, we were met by this warm, welcoming couple and their beautiful dog Raya, who came bounding out to greet us.

The room that I stayed in was a beautiful stone cabin on the edge of the property; it was small and cosy, but big in feeling. As soon as I got in there with my two immense suitcases, I opened the antique lace curtains and took in the view before me — Greek countryside on a summer’s night; the sun setting in the distance. I could smell the warm earth coming in, and the ocean breeze, and it was just magic.

Before long, I could hear scratching on the door: first it was Raya, and then it was the cat. Animals and me — that’s always the way! Once I was settled in, I headed back to the kitchen to talk with Eleni. As she was kneading the dough for bread and preparing dinner, I asked her: ‘What is beauty to you?’

‘It is many things: love, family, cooking for people,’ she replied. Something about that moment cut straight into me. I actually had to leave the kitchen because I knew I was going to burst into tears. The love in that room was truly overwhelming.

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meals... this was a lifestyle full of love.

When I finally went to bed that night, the silence was so total that my ears hurt.

It made me realise how long it had been since I had experienced true silence and how amazing that it is for the nervous system. It was a feeling of total peace.

On Ikaria, I eat as much pastry as I want; I can eat as much pasta as I want; I can drink as much wine as I want, and I never get overly full or drunk, which, with local wine having 16 percent alcohol, is pretty impressive!

The reason for this is that there are no stressors there. It took me back to the foundations of what my grandparents’ generation had been like. Life was hard as farming is not an easy job, but the fundamental values of connection, simplicity and unity with the family... it cut me to my core.

To feel that deep connection to those old cultures was something I would experience many times along the road, but to feel it so early on was almost overwhelming for me.

I was extremely excited to meet Gregory, the 102-year-old village matchmaker, who told me his secret. He gestured around the garden we were sitting in, opening his arms out to the fields, neighbours, chickens, goats, and the generations of family that surrounded him in his house.

‘My family, my land! Look where I live!’

Then he took me on a walk to see the figs he was growing. ‘I live in my backyard,’ he told me. He’d never been to the hospital, he didn’t need glasses to read the paper — I know this, because I tested it!

Every meal he ate came out of what he grew in their backyard.

On Ikaria, there was no looking at ingredient lists or worrying about preservatives. The milk and the meat came from goats that had also been living off good, local food as well. No wonder so many of the Ikarians live such long, healthy lives. I sat there in that peaceful garden and thought, ‘What are we doing?’

This was a community that really knew how to enjoy life. And we’re being ambitious for what? To retire at 65 — if we’re lucky enough to make it that far with any kind of quality of life, your knee is gone, your back is gone... No. My biggest lesson from Greece was the toll that stress takes on us.

Being in Ikaria made me realise that I needed to take time. It also made me think about the importance of family, of sitting down with the ones you love sharing a meal made with love. This was one of my mum’s favourite episodes of Tour of Beauty; she loved the feel of it because it was so loving. That makes me proud.”

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Cardrona unveils plans to hush rumours Ollie Blyth

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Cardrona Alpine Resort has unveiled “the facts” about its expansion plans on its website, reportedly in a bid to tackle gossip and rumours around town.

The agreement to expand into the Soho Basin area was confirmed in July 2018, and provides Cardrona with 500 hectares of skiable terrain to develop— once the expansion is complete Cardrona will likely be the largest ski area in New Zealand.

According to cardrona.com, “We hope to install the first chairlift into Soho Basin for Winter 2022 and to support this expansion a new building will be installed on the ridgeline near the McDougall's top station. Plans for this new building are complete and the designs reflect the feedback from our people and guests, who clearly communicated to us during the research phase of the project in 2018 that any mountain-top development should be in keeping with the environment. As a result, we’ve made a decision to hide the building by bunkering it into the landscape and using the surrounding schist for any exposed cladding. We're exploring new ways to make this ridgeline facility as self-sustaining as possible and we’re hopeful that when it's completed it will be one of the most sustainable buildings in the region.”

Treble Cone become available in early 2019 and Cardrona seized the opportunity to expand even further.

According to cardrona.com, “The Treble Cone (TC) acquisition is separate from the Soho deal and is still dependent on the approval of the Commerce Commission, the Department of Conservation and the agreement of the TC shareholders. We hope you'll understand that there isn't much else we can say about the acquisition at this stage!

What is our vision for TC if the acquisition goes ahead? We acknowledge and respect the passionate and loyal community of TC Skiers. That means no sweeping changes are intended. Our immediate intention is to improve the reliability of TC by investing in the snowmaking capability and stabilising the power supply. We want to ensure that TC will be able to open for the July school holidays, a date that's vital for the long-term viability of the business. We know there's been a lot of talk about lift passes, and we're going to explore the opportunities of an integrated dual mountain pass, but no such pass currently exists and any dual passes would be dependent on the purchase of TC. We are excited to work with the existing team at Treble Cone to provide a flexible offering to our community; locals and visitors, which reflects the heritage and uniqueness of each mountain.”

Cardrona has also confirmed that it’s still intending to install Pringles Quad this summer.

The ski field is presently working with the Department of Conservation on a lizard protection plan, and the goal is to have the lift installed for Winter 2020.

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Year 11 students will be performing in the play ‘DNA’ next week.

Young performers take the stage Ollie Blyth

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Fifteen young performers will be taking to the stage next week to perform their class production of Dennis Kelly’s play ‘DNA.’ A group of young people try to cover their tracks after the disappearance of one of their peers, allowing corruption to lead their decisions. In a plot of complicated twists and changes in relationships, the play uncovers what happens to groups of people in highstakes situations.

The group of Year 11 students at Mount Aspiring College are very excited to perform the play in the context of the senior theatre company: Box Theatre.

They look forward to being able to encourage discussion in the community around the mature themes presented by the play, including how we must be encouraging hope in difficult situations.

Actor Lucy Fenton is thrilled to be able to share their hard work with the public. She said, “I think ‘DNA’ will help people to understand how normal teenagers in this modern day and age can easily be affected and manipulated by social pressures in their everyday life and therefore find themselves in undesirable and unfortunate circumstances.”

She added that, “I think the rehearsal process has brought the class closer together and has helped us further understand the deeper meaning of the play as a group. There have definitely been some tougher moments while rehearsing the more sensitive scenes but everyone has been really supportive and understanding.”

‘DNA’ will be performed next week on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 October at the MAC performance room. Both shows start at 7:30pm with doors opening at 7:10pm. Tickets will be available at the door. The wider community are welcomed to attend.

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Accomplished climate scientist and professor Tim Naish will be presenting a talk on the future of Antarctica this Friday 18. He will be looking into two narratives on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, first going 50 years in the future, and then 300. In the first part he will discuss how greenhouse gas emissions have been led to remain unchecked and how this has a huge impact upon Antarctica, in turn affecting the whole globe. Part two will discuss the action being taken to slow the effects of climate change to determine the southern continent’s long-term future.

A fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Naish was a professor of earth sciences and was the director of the Antarctic research centre at Victoria University until 2017. Since then, he has travelled to Antarctica 14 times and founded an international Antarctic geological drilling programme. Professor Naish has spoken in Wānaka previously in the Festival of Colour and is very excited to return back with the RSNZ. “Although the theme is Antarctica the message is about how climate change is impacting Antarctica and New Zealand.

Central Otago’s ski and horticultural industries will be impacted by climate change,” he said, “New Zealand’s future climate will be controlled by expansion of heat and moisture from the tropics and

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the contraction of the cooler influence of Antarctica.”

He insists that we must act now or else we will not be able to slow climate change any further, “time is short but it’s not too late to avoid the worst consequences of climate change including melt down of the Antarctic ice sheets.”

Naish’s talk ‘Choosing the Future of Antarctica’ will be presented on Friday 18 October at 6:00pm at the Presbyterian Community Centre on Tenby Street.

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A huge thank you to all the sponsors: Night & Day, Upper Clutha Transport, Flooring First, QLDC, Alpine Motel, G.J Gardner. Any money raised goes to Sporting Chance.”

Business development and event manager of Sport Otago, Moxy Smith, said everyone seemed to be having a great time and that the money raised would not be known for sometime but could be in the region of $2-3K. Carruthers added, “We all look forward to our next event: Stride Ride and Slide, a modified event for years 2-6, lots of fun for families, 15 December.”

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Running down some of the best endurance athletes on the planet, Red Bull’s Braden Currie finished the 2019 Vega Ironman World Championship, as the first Kiwi to cross the finish line, in seventh place. In addition to the gruelling physical component of training, what does it take mentally to complete an event like this event? Currie said, “In some ways racing {...} for me, is simply the subtle art of taking myself to the rivet and finding comfort there. There’s a really sick and twisted mindset going into this race because you know, that no matter what, it’s going to take you to your darkest place.

You’re going to over-heat and really battle.

It’s a very intimidating race to go into. In some ways though, that’s the appeal of this race. Being able to race hard right to that point and tolerating that feeling right until the end. Hopefully I can find that place and come back out the other side”.

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toughest ironman course, held on the hot humid Hawaiian island of Kailua-Kona, Currie was pleased with how two of his three disciplines panned out. “My biking legs just weren’t really there today. They sucked to be honest. I had some bad luck, in that I couldn’t hold the group I was with at the front with Jan Frodeno. Then the next group was full of the top bikers and there wasn’t a group in between, which there usually is. I ended up in between groups and riding solo for quite a while. I tried to ride as consistently as I could and just hoped that by time I got to run, I would be in reach of a few front-runners,” Currie commented.

As the race wore on, the increasing air temperature and humidity made it even tougher for the athletes, but Currie cut a swathe through the field on the run.

Currie summarised “I would have liked to have bettered my fifth place from last year, but racing doesn’t always go planning no matter how dedicated you are and no matter how much training you put in. I accept this result and at the end of the day, I’m still in the top 10 in the world – happy days”.

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possum population control has actually eradicated TB from a particular management area so not finding TB is actually a successful outcome.

Best regards “Possums aren’t pests” Graham Nugent Your article ‘Can gene editing eradicate pests before 2050?’ (October 10, Royal Society presentation by Neil Gemmell) contained the sweeping statement, "The Neil Gemmel responds: key targets are possums, rats and stoats; species that cause enormous damage to our The evidence that possums cause harm to our flora and fauna is well established flora and fauna and in some cases are an economic burden to our productive sectors.” and their continued control is warranted, as too is the ongoing control of rats and The generalisation as regards possums is open to challenge, based on factual and scientific other predatory mammals. views. Possums are reputedly DOC and Forest and Bird ’spin' to be defoliating forests. At a First, the damage possums cause is significant to trees because they selectively defoliate Department of Conservation workshop held in the mid-1990s on ‘Possums as Conservation individual trees, which leads to their death. That sequential defoliation is of concern to the Pests’, a respected scientist Graham Nugent of Landcare Research, spoke on the subject. health of forests. In a few places however this damage is much greater, with catastrophic He dismissed DOC's oft-quoted figure of 70 million possums as “a back of a cigarette packet dieback observed in some forests 15-25 years after possums colonise an area. calculation” and added the 70 million possum "oft-quoted figure is frequently used to depict Second, possums are known to predate directly on a variety of animal species, with the possum as a rapacious consumer of all things green." predation of both eggs and chicks of some of our most endangered native bird species is a "But," added Nugent, "that implication ignores the trees’ daily foliage production of 300,000 particular concern. tonnes for forests alone — 7.5 million hectares x 15 tonnes wet weight of foliage per hectare As to TB in possums, there is strong evidence that possums both carry and transmit bovine per year."

TB. Furthermore, there is substantial experimental evidence that shows controlling possums In simpler words, the fictitious number of 70 million possums would browse only about leads to a decrease in TB infection rates. The incidence of TB in possum populations is highly 1/15th or 7 percent of the new foliage each night. variable as to transmission rates, making it not unlikely that large numbers of possums in some Indeed it would be less because most possums live near margins of forests adjoining areas will show no sign of the disease. If TB in cattle is controlled, and it increasingly has been paddocks rather than in the forest and a significant part of their diet is grass or spring and due to compulsory testing, the expected rate of TB in possums, and other wildlife that can summer growth on farm trees like willows, growing outside the forest. carry TB, such as ferrets, feral pigs, feral cats, deer and hedgehogs, should also drop. If we Then possums are blamed for spreading bovine Tb. But in 2016 then Agriculture Minister stop controlling possums, TB reaction rates will surely rise, as predicted by epidemiological Nathan Guy told Parliament of 9830 possums autopsied for TB, not one (zero) had TB. The modelling, with significant costs to our economy and environment. main cause of TB transmission is on the back of stock trucks. It is mostly not the fault of farmer For those that wish to know more, this special issue in the New Zealand Veterinary Journal, or stock transporter, but the agency (OPSRI) which persists in using the TB skin test on herds. ‘Control of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand in the face of a wildlife host: A compiled The skin test has an error of more or less 25 percent. As such, about 12 percent of stock tested review of 50 years of programme policy, design and research’, might be of interest. may have TB but are passed clear to remain infecting the herd or transported.

Best wishes Backed by DOC, OSPRI’s response is to top-dress public lands with eco-system toxins Neil Gemmell such as 1080. Bizarre? It’s further than that, it’s wasteful of public money and poisoning the ecosystem, insects, birds, animals and all.

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Graham Nugent of Landcare Research responds: Tony Orman has cited my 1995 paper on a number of previous occasions (e.g.; http://www.1080facts.co.nz/news-from-the-trust/getting-possum-numbers-right).

The paper focused solely on the impacts of possums on native vegetation. Other contributors characterised the adverse conservation impacts of possums on native birds and animals through predation and competition. I did not say that possums were not conservation pests.

Rather, I made the point that possums did not threaten total deforestation (as was back then being implied by some as being an extreme possibility e.g.; https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/ possum-an-ecological-nightmare/ ), but that they were likely to substantially change native forest composition through either catastrophic canopy dieback, gradual depletion of preferred trees, or by changing regeneration processes.

I also note that I did not refer to the then-current estimate of 70 million possums as a rough and ready figure, but was instead referring to my own very rough calculations of how much foliage possums might consume relative to how much was produced in native forests.

Mr Orman also implies that possums should not be blamed for spreading TB because no TB was found in 9830 possums checked for the disease. However, a very large majority of surveys of TB in possums nowadays are undertaken to increase confidence that previous

Orman believes possums are not endangering our forests.

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Details of the resource consent application and submission forms are available in the offices at Queenstown Lakes District Council, Gorge Road, Queenstown; 74 Shotover Street, Queenstown; and 47 Ardmore Street, Wānaka during normal office hours (8.00am to 5.00pm).

You can also download these on our website. http://www.qldc.govt.nz/planning/resource-consents/notified-resource-consents-and-hearings/ 1.

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What is proposed: Application under Section 88 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) for subdivision consent to create two fee simple titles (being Lot 1 of 3.361ha and Lot 2 being 4.91ha) and identification of a residential building platform on proposed Lot 1. Proposed Lot 2 is to contain an existing residential building platform, residential unit and outbuildings. Access will be provided via the existing vehicle crossing from SH6. Landscaping and building design controls are proposed.

Cancellation of a consent notice condition pursuant to Section 221 of the RMA as it relates to Lot 1 DP 4951174. It is proposed to cancel the existing consent notice and then create a new consent notice on Lot 2 to record the relevant existing consent notice conditions.

The location in respect of which this application relates is situated at: Glen Dene Station, Makarora – Lake Hāwea Road, Lake Hāwea. Legally described as Lot 1 DP 495174.

ADDRESS FOR SERVICE FOR APPLICANT: C/- Duncan White duncan.white@ppgroup.co.nz Paterson Pitts Limited Partnership P.O. Box 283 Wanaka The Council planner processing this application on behalf of the Council is Andrew Woodford, who may be contacted by phone at 03 450 1726 or email andrew.woodford@qldc.govt.nz Submissions will be received until 15 November 2019, and must be served on the Consent Authority, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 or email rcsubmission@qldc.govt.nz. These must be dated, signed by you, and include the following information: 1 2

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The Statement of Proposal to amend the Queenstown Lakes District Council Freedom Camping Control Bylaw 2012 will be available for public submission on 12 October 2019. Further information will be available on the Council’s website: www.qldc.govt.nz. The documents are also available for inspection at Queenstown Lakes District Council offices at Gorge Road, Queenstown, and Ardmore Street, Wānaka.

Any person or organisation has a right to comment on the proposed amendments to the Freedom Camping Control Bylaw and the Council encourages everyone with an interest to do so. Those wishing to make a submission can do so online at www.qldc.govt.nz or by posting it to the Parks and Reserves Department, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348, marked to the attention of Parks Planning Manager.

Submissions must be received by Monday 11 November 2019.

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You may make a submission by sending a written or electronic submission to Queenstown Lakes District Council (details below). The submission should be in the format of Form 13.

Copies of this form are available on the website http://www.qldc.govt.nz/planning/resourceconsents/ Address for Service for Consent Authority: Queenstown Lakes District Council Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 Gorge Road, Queenstown 9300

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Wanaka’s local swim team competed at New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships which were held during the school holidays at the National Aquatic Centre in Auckland. Four swimmers finished well with the most outstanding results going to Benjamin Silipo who took gold in the 400m individual medley, and 1500m freestyle; silver in the 200m IM, 200m breaststroke, 400m freestyle, 200m butterfly and 200m freestyle; and bronze in the 100m IM. He also took three other top ten rankings.

Kate Bennie placed ninth in 50m freestyle, 10th in the 100m freestyle. Jack Findlay placed 9th in the 100m backstroke, 10th in the 200m backstroke, eighth in the 200m butterfly. Cruz Morland placed eighth in the 400m IM. The qualifying times are tough and it is a significant achievement just to get to the point where you can compete at a National Championship. The team had some awesome results in Auckland with almost all swimmers being PBs, and everyone achieving a top 10 finish.

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