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āwea’s own biathlete Campbell Wright has been named to the New Zealand Olympic Team for Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland. Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting in a timed race. The 17-year-old Mount Aspiring College student is the first athlete to be selected for the team. The games are set to take place from January 9 to 22. Wright spends Northern Hemisphere winters training in Italy and competing across Europe. When home in New Zealand he trains at Snow Farm NZ in Cardrona Valley. “I’m really pleased to be the first member named for the Youth Olympic Games, It’s a real pleasure to be able to race at Lausanne and I know that it’ll be an unforgettable experience.” said Wright. “There are heaps of people to thank, because I didn’t get to where I am in my sport alone. The biggest influence on me would probably be Snow Farm NZ because without them my sport doesn’t really exist in New Zealand.” Wright intends to compete in both the 7.5km sprint distance and the 12.5km individual distances at the games. Wānaka’s Angus Cagney, another young local biathlete, has been conditionally selected as a nontravelling reserve. Around 15 New Zealand athletes are expected to compete in Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Eleven Kiwi athletes competed in last year’s winter youth olympic games, four of which went on to compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
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Queenstown Airport is investing in car parking improvements based upon customer feedback. Queenstown Airport will introduce new initiatives and upgrades to its car parking products next month, including the Park and Ride facility, technology upgrades, and pricing and payment options. The improvements were a direct result of feedback from the airport’s monthly passenger survey and Park and Ride customers, as well as changing customer behaviours. “Our customers asked for more choice in parking options, based on convenience of the parking space and value for money, with clear customer benefits associated with each option,” said Natalie
Scott, QAC manager ground transport. The airport Park and Ride service, which started as a trial in June 2017, is well utilised by customers from the Southern Lakes region and those wanting longer-term airport parking. “What we do know anecdotally is that Park and Ride is well used by those living in the surrounding regions, including Wānaka. We also see customers from Central Otago, North Otago and North Southland. Local Queenstowners will tend to use the free dropoff, public transport or taxis etc,” said Naomi Lindsay, communications advisor from QAC. Over the next 12 months Queenstown Airport will continue to invest in ground transport, looking to enable online booking for all car parking options and evaluating the introduction of a premium parking product aimed at the business and luxury market.
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The annual Rotary Club of Wānaka Book Sale is fast approaching and the club is seeking books. Perhaps those books on your shelves that have been collected dust would be better suited for better purposes? This year the book sale will take place over three days, commencing Friday 29 November and ending on Sunday 1 December. The Rotary Club is actively preparing for the sale, which
involves cataloguing and pricing books. While the Rotary Club has a large book inventory from the previous sales, they are always looking for new ones. “It’s an opportunity for people to have a bit of a spring clean by giving books they don’t need anymore, knowing they are going to a worthwhile cause,” said Deb Budden, President of the Rotary Club of Wānaka. “Proceeds from the sale go back into the community”. Books can be dropped off at Mitre 10 Wānaka or call 027 432 9243 and the Rotary Club will arrange pick up.
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QAC is promoting safer drone use in the district’s airspace.
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In a first of its kind for the region, local drone operators and agencies have joined together to promote discussion and activities to better understand how drones are used within the local airspace and the challenges faced by the industry. Queenstown Airport Corporation brings parties together to promote safe drone use around the region. The initiative forms part of QAC’s wider drone education programme which is supported by Queenstown Airport Police and NZ Customs to help educate visitors when they arrive to destination on legal drone use around New Zealand. “There are many reasons why people fly drones in our region, both private and commercial, so it’s about safety but also about sharing ideas on how drones can be used for good,” said Queenstown Airport manager airfield and compliance, Dan Kirkman. Visitors bringing drones into the region were also a significant consideration. “By educating people on
correct drone use before and when they arrive into ZQN, we hope to help ensure visitors have a good experience with their drones and aren’t caught out by ignorance of the rules, as well as protecting the safety and privacy of those who live here,” said Kirkman. QAC has been monitoring drone use in the local airspace since last summer to provide a baseline understanding of illegal drone activity, with the aim to reduce illegal drone use within the airport zone and wider region through education and follow-up action. “The use of unmanned aircraft, such as drones, is growing exponentially around New Zealand and Queenstown is no different,” said CAA unmanned aircraft team leader, Corey Price. “Having a regular forum where drone users can work through some of the challenges of flying in Queenstown’s busy airspace will be really beneficial for all parties involved,” he added. There is an array of national online tools available for those flying drones and looking to employ best practice flying to ensure compliance, privacy and the community is protected. The local group aims to support these initiatives with locally driven ideas.
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On Tuesday, Wānaka Well – a local breastfeeding support group which meets twice monthly – celebrated its one-year anniversary. Around 100 women have attended the drop-in sessions in the past year, which run every second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 10am to 12pm at Upper Clutha Plunket Room on Ardmore Street in Wānaka. Lactation consultant Joanne Guest said, “Wānaka Well had a great party atmosphere [during the celebration]. Twenty mothers came with their babies, including three sets of twins!” The birthday cake was kindly donated by White Rabbit Cakes. Breastfeeding peer supporter Aleisha Murphy said, “There was so much laughter and happiness in the room. It was a real testament to everyones’ hard work and making the Wānaka Well what it is today.”
“The average number of mothers that attend is around five per session, but we’ve had up to 11! We also have lactation consultants in attendance and they are funded by The Central Lakes Breastfeeding Charitable Trust.” said Guest. “Since August this year we have also gained the support of some local cafés, such as Urban Grind, Beanie Cafe and Pembroke Patisserie, to provide morning tea.” According to World Health Organisation, "Exclusive breastfeeding for six months provides the best health outcomes for babies and their mothers”. However, Guest said Wānaka Well was established because most women want to breastfeed their babies but require ongoing support to do so, “just like learning any other new skill”. Guest added, “Sometimes we need technical support, emotional support or both—that is what we are here for.” Guest’s favourite breastfeeding mantra, which can also be found on Wānaka Well’s promotional posters, is, “It takes a village to raise a child”.
House swapping on the rise as holidaymakers save money Abby Costen
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Rather than spending money on hotels, hostels, campsites and Airbnbs, more and more people are house swapping in order to save money on their breaks away. Wānaka local Barbara Povey tried her first house swap in 2014, travelling to Kentucky in the United States of America for a month. “It was a holiday but our daughter Holly won the Sunline Scholarship and was based in Lexington, Kentucky, so we also went to see her. We also swapped cars and had a car for a month as well. The people stayed in our home in Wānaka and loved it very much. He was a vet and they were very friendly and responsible. It was lots of fun and we also used the home in Kentucky as a base while we travelled around as far as Florida.” said Povey. “House swapping is so much fun as you are living in regular peoples homes and not hotels so you experience more of how the locals live. We have also swapped to Gold Coast, twice, Noosa and Huntington Beach in Los Angeles. At Huntington Beach we had a waterfront apartment and had bikes we could use to bike down the California Coast. We have three swaps organised next year, one in Malta and two in Italy. There are several home swap sites online but we use homeexchange.com.” Wānaka local Julie Jones said, “We did a swap with a family in Auckland including cars – it worked really well. The only downside was cleaning and tidying our house beforehand!” Jones added, “Given how much it would cost to rent a three- or four-bedroom house it's a great option for a more affordable break! I would just say make sure you get references or use friends of friends”. Glenys Martin is a Lake Hāwea resident and has family in Queensland who have also tried house swapping in Wānaka.
Martin said, “I placed an advertisement for them to coincide with Labour Weekend hoping to get maximum number of readers. We got one response from a couple based in Alexandra but who owned a holiday house in central Wānaka, within walking distance of town. The couple from here run the Sunshine Coast half marathon and so it worked perfect for both parties. They had a Skype call to get to know each other and at that time also agreed to swap vehicles. Since that initial swap they have swapped another two times, for two weeks, including August this year. They normally swap car keys at the airport in Queenstown, our family flying in on the same flight the house swappers fly out on. It’s been great for our family, a huge cost saver.” Martin continued, “Our advice would be to always talk to the people you are swapping with and ask questions about their home etcetera and make sure it exists. I remember being slightly nervous being dumped off a shuttle in Noosa at 10pm at night in the dark and in the rain hoping the apartment existed. It did and we had another great experience. We are asked almost daily for exchanges and have had requests from all around the world.” According to the Kiwi House Swap website, the benefits of house swapping include savings on food and accommodation costs, space, convenience, privacy, security, local knowledge, the chance to car swap, immediacy and fun. Kiwi House Swap is an online house swap search tool which enables people to both search specific locations and browse random houses to pick out those they like the look of. “House swapping is New Zealand’s simplest way to travel. Swap your bach or home with like-minded people. You go to theirs, they come to yours!” said Kiwi House Swap owner Stephanie Georgalli. “You can save thousands of dollars on accommodation by house swapping around NZ and the world.”
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Crimeline Hurley S Sean Senior Constable, NZPD A relatively quiet week as the ski season comes to an end and spring is finally here. A Nissan Tiida parked on Glenfinnon Place was damaged when a key or similar was used to scratch the paintwork. We have had several reports of family harm matters – investigations into them are ongoing. Police apprehended and warned four local youths for consuming cannabis at Beacon Point Reserve.
Police were joined by local high school students who assisted with our breathalyser checkpoints. They witnessed some of the apprehensions for excess breath alcohol over the weekend – it would have been nice if they could have seen their elders complying with the law. Unfortunately, six people were apprehended and have either been issued infringement notices or are appearing in court for alcoholrelated driving matters. Please moderate your own behaviour so you do not join them, we like it when everyone has a sober driver to get
them home. Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a parked car on Totara Terrace on Saturday night and left the scene without stopping. Any information about this matter would be appreciated. We had several reports of a male begging in the street and although his actions were not illegal they did cause concern to many. This person has a few difficulties in life and your compassion and tolerance would be appreciated. Enjoy spring and get the gardening underway, keep safe and well.
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Cutting corners can be costly. A developer has been fined $12,000 in the Wellington District Court after illegally modifying a Queenstown building without consent. QLDC is responsible for issuing building consent within the district and for ensuring developers comply with building consents through regular building inspections and monitoring. The safety of people in the Queenstown Lakes region is paramount, and the Council is committed to taking a hard line against developers who put people unnecessarily at risk. QLDC regulatory manager Anthony Hall said the recent prosecutions show council is serious about ensuring everyone gains the necessary consent and adheres to the rules. “People deciding to build in a manner that isn’t compliant are acting both illegally and dangerously,� he said. “First and foremost, it’s an issue of safety: when people undertake projects without the appropriate consent they are potentially putting the future inhabitants of their buildings at risk. It is vital that people undertaking building projects have the necessary consents in place before starting any work on site.� In this recent prosecution the defendants, the company that owned the building and its sole director, both pleaded guilty on August 30 to charges under the Building Act 2004. The charges were brought by the council because the defendants converted a building consisting of an existing residential unit, storage space and offices into five residential units. The defendants had not obtained the required building consents.
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What’s on this Halloween Abby Costen
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OCTOBER Saturday 26 Halloween Flash Day! This Saturday Holy Skin Tattoo in Wānaka is throwing a flash tattoo party with four of its resident tattoo artists, featuring giveaways and spot prizes. The event will run on a first come, first serve basis and doors open at 11am. Thursday 31 Angels and Heroes Party From 5pm to 8pm, Wānaka Presbyterian Church on Tenby Street is hosting its annual Angels and Heroes Party designed for preschool and primary school children as an alternative to Halloween celebrations. Activities include games, face painting, arts and crafts, bouncy castles, the renowned ‘rolling log pillow fight’ and sock wrestling. Fancy dress—but nothing scary—is recommended, with prizes for the best costumes. What’s more, it’s free to enter! Thursday 31 Halloween Fancy Dress Climbing Do you love rock climbing? The adult version of ‘The floor is lava’? Then you’re bound to enjoy kitting out in your scariest outfit for
climbing at Basecamp Adventures. Ask a staff member to snap your photo to be in with a chance to win some prizes. Standard entrance fee applies. Thursday 31 LaLaWeen: dancing through the decades Love a good boogie? Expect killer music from the 70s, 80s and 90s along with Halloweenthemed cocktails at LaLaLand in Wānaka this year. Fancy dress is highly encouraged.
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NOVEMBER Friday 1 Silent Disco Halloween Special Mint Bar in Wānaka is hosting a silent disco with a $50 cash prize for the best-dressed goblin, ghost, or zombie. Doors open at 9pm and it’s free to enter before 10pm. Friday 1 Halloween dance party Dance Wānaka is hosting a dress up dance party for ages 5+. 7-8.30pm, 19 Cliff Wilson Street. $10 entry includes lollipop and iceblock. Friday 1 Kahu Youth Halloween party Dress in your scariest costume and enjoy scary treats and games!, 11 Russell St. 6-10pm (no sign up just turn up). Best dressed prize to be won!
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Five easy last-minute Halloween costumes Abby Costen
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Next Thursday is Halloween so if you plan on trick or treating, or greeting little ghosts who knock at your door with a big fright, you don’t need to spend big to create a big fright. Use your own wardrobe and/or Wasties to make these simple ideas come to life in three, two, one… Bones
Day of the dead For girls, a floral skirt and black top, or boys just a waistcoat and pants can be raided either from your own wardrobe or wasties… then all you need is black and white face paint and a steady hand to apply it. (Top tip: the makeup inspiration on pinterest for doing this make up is totally awesome). Cut up an old lei or raid the garden for flowers and glue gun them to a headband or create a top hat out of cardboard. Easy, effective and super cheap! ‘50 Shades of Grey’ For those of you who enjoy a clever Halloween costume, why not cut out the grey colour palette pages in an old painting and decorating catalogue and pin them all over a plain t-shirt or dress?
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Rip up a white t-shirt to create ribs over a black top.
Nothing says Halloween like a spooky skeleton: Use old black thermals with a ripped old white t-shirt, with black and white face paint and a black balaclava and boom: you’re dead. Alternatively wear a white top underneath and rip ribs in the black layer. Old thermals and t-shirts are a dime a dozen at Wastebusters. A fangtastic bat Slay the vampire bat look by creating a pair of black wings with an old umbrella. Use your imagination when making up your face – spiked eyeliner might represent wings, or you might choose to draw a few small bat silhouettes beside each of your eyes. Get the zombie flapper look A few feathers displayed on a thick ribbon can make a striking headband. Complete the look with a sparkly dress, long necklaces, heels, elbow-length gloves, smokey eye-shadow, lipstick and a feather boa. Then ghost it up with zombie makeup and you’ll look like Daisy Buchanan straight out of the apocalypse.
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As part of the six-day One Summit festival of sustainability, One New Zealand has organised an event called One Voice–a series of talks from local changemakers. From regenerative farming to equality, partnership to biodiversity, sustainable cities to the circular economy and health and wellbeing to innovation, each speaker will highlight a different topic and have strictly ten minutes to talk about their passion. “With the amount of media coverage given to climate and pollution issues recently, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and daunted, almost like the problem is so vast that there is not much one can do as an individual. One Voice [...] will challenge that mindset as twelve speakers share how they are each actively working to drive change towards a sustainable future from the grassroots up.” said Vicki Spearing of One New Zealand. “Speakers were chosen for their diversity and so that the series would cover all of the sustainable development goals.” Monique Kelly of One New Zealand said, “These speakers are truly living the maxim ‘be the change you want to see in the world’.” Spearing added, “It is amazing what people are doing and what a difference just getting started and committing to something can make—often beyond
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people’s wildest dreams. Cass Treadwell, CEO and Founder of So They Can, a charitable organisation that works with communities in Africa to educate and empower people to help them break the poverty cycle, is one such example speaking on Tuesday. Her work educating and helping African communities is so impactful she was shortlisted for 2015 New Zealander of the year.” Mental health nurse Sam RodneyHudson also forms part of this year’s speaker line-up. Rodney-Hudson said, “There is no health without mental health”, and her talk is set to include insightful stories from her life and career so far. The event is scheduled to take place at the Lake Wānaka Centre on October 29 from 6.30pm to 9pm. Tickets cost $23 per person. Find out more and book your place at eventfinda.co.nz.
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Save the date. Wastebusters will be taking centre stage on October 31 during One Summit 2019, talking about what the community enterprise does best: zero waste and business with purpose. “Unwrapping Zero Waste for Business” will take place from 9.30 am to 12 pm. It will be a session about reducing waste coming into and out of your business. Gina Dempster, communications manager for Wastebusters, will talk about real recycling — why Wastebusters wants people to recycle less, not more — product stewardship and identifying areas to target for waste reduction. Local business owners Nicola Cross, from Honest Wholefood Co, and Chrissie Lahood, from Big Fig, will share their experiences of cutting waste in their
business; including communicating with supply chains, harnessing staff energy and reducing the packaging that their businesses send out into the world. “Business with Purpose” with Sue Coutts and Tim Jones is on from 1-3 pm. Coutts and Jones will discuss why business is no longer just driven by the bottom line. Increasingly entrepreneurs, business owners and corporations are integrating purpose and impact into what they do. “Reducing our household rubbish — the zero waste approach” is on from 6.30-8.30 pm. Hannah and Liam, the two No-Waste Nomads behind The Rubbish Trip, will present an introduction to the practicalities and philosophy of waste reduction. Drawing on their research and over four years of experience living zero waste, they will guide the community through the whys and hows of life without a rubbish bin. All the events will be held at Lake Wānaka Centre.
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I’ve been working in conservation for over 40 years, so you can imagine a few things brass me off. One of my long-held gripes is hearing our conservation areas, including national parks, described as “DoC Land”. These places are in fact public land managed under various statutes, including the National Parks and Conservation Acts, that are administered by the Department of Conservation on behalf of all New Zealanders. One of the ways that public interests in DoC operations and conservation in general are represented is through Conservation Boards – like the Otago Conservation Board (OCB) of which I am a member. Conservation Boards are independent bodies made up of ordinary Kiwis that have a keen interest in conservation who are appointed by the Minister of Conservation for a three-year term. Conservation Boards are legally obliged to actively advocate for conservation and prepare submissions on policy documents emanating from central, regional and local government on, for example, the NZ Biodiversity Strategy and Action for Healthy Waterways. Boards focus on planning and strategic direction rather than DoC’s day-to-day operations and advise DoC and other agencies on things like national park management plans, proposals for marine reserves, impacts of tourism concessions and other activities on conservation land, among other things. The Otago Conservation Board has recently considered issues like Battle for Our Birds (the planned large-scale predator control programmes for the Otago region), monitoring aircraft use in conservation areas and Mt Aspiring National Park, tenure review, responsible camping, Remarkables and Coronet Peak development planning and the decline in Hoiho (yellow eyed penguins) to name but a few. Conservation Boards must maintain
effective collaboration with Tangata Whenua, and the Otago Conservation Board does this through the three Otago Rūnaka. Two of our board members have Kāi Tahu affiliations and, although they don’t formally represent Iwi interests, they provide essential contemporary perspectives that contribute to nurturing the positive working relationship between the board and local iwi. The Mt Aspiring National Park Management Plan review, scheduled for 2020, will be an opportunity to consolidate the Otago Conservation Board’s partnership with the community. This will be critical for achieving good outcomes for the Park and for all parties with an interest in it, including the rūnaka, DoC, tourism operators and recreational users. My experience working with boards and conservation goes back several decades, including time as a National Park chief ranger and regional conservator for DoC on the East Coast. After leaving the public service, I’ve worked internationally for over 30 years. These roles provide me with relatively unique perspectives on conservation and how public interest is represented in conservation. What I’ve learned is that New Zealanders have a far greater role in the management of our ‘conservation estate’ than almost anywhere, and that all 14 of the conservation boards across the country make a positive contribution, often flying under the radar, to protecting our natural taonga, the things we treasure most about our unique islands. You can learn more about conservation boards by Googling “New Zealand conservation boards”. Bruce Jefferies has 40 years of experience in conservation in New Zealand and internationally. He is a committee member of the local branch of Forest and Bird and a member of the Otago Conservation Board.
Auckland-based artist Eion Bryant will be travelling to Wānaka in early November and he will be running two workshops for Upper Clutha locals. Bryant, who often paints Northland coastal landscapes, said that he feels very inspired by the rugged nature of the South Island. “Like so many New Zealanders I find a love of the great outdoors is embedded in my DNA. As an artist the play of light, the colours, the textures, and the infinite variety presents unlimited potential for inspiration. I enjoy the challenge of distilling the essence of the beauty I see in nature and bringing that to the canvas,” he said. Bryant added that when he was younger he used to surf a great deal on the West Coast, and always enjoys coming south for inspiration, “it’s good for the soul to escape the Auckland sprawl from time to time,” he said, “the opportunity to reconnect with and be inspired by nature on such a grand scale has made Wānaka and its surrounds a favourite destination.” Eion is an accomplished painter in his own right who likes to keep an even balance of teaching and doing his own work. He always enjoys sharing his passion for painting to others and looks forward to teaching in Wānaka. While he is here he will be leading two workshops: one for enthusiasts aged 7-12 in drawing and painting, and another for adults with intermediate level experience focusing on acrylic landscape painting. “In both the adult and children’s workshops I bring along a painting and with step-by-step demonstration and instruction guide
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students in exploring the methods and techniques used to produce that image,” added Bryant. Places are filling quickly in both workshops. Those interested in finding more details should contact Bryant himself by email at eion@eionbryant.com.
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Mosquito model flying and Frazer Briggs with Father Mike Briggs
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Mosquito at Warbirds Francesca Maria Nespolo
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If you have the itch to be around a Mosquito without repellent Warbirds Over Wanaka has just the opportunity for you. Recently announced, a Mosquito fighter bomber will be on display at next Easter’s international airshow. The Airshow will be held at Wanaka Airport on April 10th, 11th and 12th of next year. While it’s only a very tiny model of the real thing, the Mosquito’s owners are promising to put on an impressive display, including a bombing run. The ‘Mossie’ was built by Mike Briggs, who started to work on the model after witnessing the test flight of the first actual Mosquito aircraft to be completed by aircraft restorers Avspecs at Ardmore Airport in Auckland back in 2012. Avspecs have further completed two full-size Mosquitos with all three having since been shipped to their new owners
in the United States. There is plenty of work which goes into making a model of such an iconic aircraft. “The model is all composite construction and I had to make approximately 50 moulds to make all the various parts”. It also features a bomb bay which can be remotely opened releasing a ‘bomb’. Mike and his son Frazer had their first bomb drop test recently and all went well. “It was pretty impressive. We’ll be perfecting the display over the next week while and we’re sure the Wanaka crowd are going to really enjoy the display,” commented Mike. The Mosquito will be flown at Wanaka by Frazer Briggs with Mike acting as Bombardier in charge of the transmitter, which will open the doors and release the bomb. The team also hope to display another one or two aircraft including the possibility of another historic Warbird model ensuring the best model aircraft display ever at the world-renowned airshow.
Stage 3 of the Proposed District Plan is out now.
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Francesca Maria Nespolo
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“Affordable” and “housing” are two words not often found together in Wānaka. However, the new proposed residential development Bright Sky aims to provide just that. The urban subdivision will be set near central Wānaka and it will be comprising more than 200 lots. Of these 200 lots 27 of them will be allocated to the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust. Julie Scott from QLCHT said their 27 houses in Bright Sky will, “likely be a mix of programmes including secure home, rent saver and affordable rentals (including senior housing if there is demand). [This is the] same as Hāwea SHA and typically any development we build.” So far NZ Sotheby’s International Realty reports they have have excellent enquiry on the development in their quest to find development investors. “The majority of enquiry has been from experienced NZ-based
developers, however we have also had some off-shore interest” commented sales associate Matt Finnigan. He also highlighted how the site’s central location has been seen as a critical element in the future success of the project. With a great location and potential prospects already phoning in all systems would appear to be a go. “There is an urgent, continuing demand for affordable housing in this area and the directors are now seeking expressions of interest for a committed and experienced developer who can move the project forward”. As a Special Housing Area, Bright Sky has been designed to fit well within its context and will offer affordable, smartly designed homes and a range of lot sizes in an urban landscape close to the town centre. Bright Sky will now be competing against Universal Development to get the first SHA completed. Whilst Universal Development has had a significant head start, they also have more hurdles due to the issues with the urban growth boundary and opposition from some Hāwea residents.
Have your say on a range of proposals to change the planning rules for Wāhi Tūpuna, Townships, General Industrial Zone, Three Parks, Ballantyne Road Recreation area and much more.
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VOLUNTEERING CENTRAL by Gillian White Yeverley McCarthy is one of many local volunteers whose volunteer role is less visible than others. She is on the board of trustees of the Wānaka Community Hub whose dedicated group of volunteers work quietly away in the background to ensure the hub is delivered on time and in line with its vision for providing a welcoming space that nurtures the wellbeing of individuals and groups in our community. Born in the Waikato, McCarthy moved to Wānaka with her husband Bill 41 years ago and has always had a keen interest in local community initiatives. She has been an active volunteer with Hāwea Flat School, the local playgroup, Plunket, Wānaka Golf Club, Wānaka A&P
Society, Lake Hāwea Picnic Racing Club and was also involved in the establishment of Holy Family School and Church. McCarthy was the proud recipient of the Queens Service Medal for services to this community in 2013. McCarthy has been a trustee on the Wānaka Community Hub Charitable Trust for four years. “Wānaka Community Hub has been in development for over ten years and everyone that has been involved over the years is thrilled with the rate of progress over the last few months to enable it to open as planned on November 2.” “We have a broad range of tenants ready to use the beautiful space that has been created and in addition to
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The students of the local singing school Find Your Voice will be performing their annual concert at the New Life Church on Saturday 2 November at 3pm. The variety of performers will be singing a range of different pieces across the concert, amassing their hard work from over the year. In addition to this, the MAC (Mount Aspiring College) Choir – who competed successfully at the Otago regional Big Sing earlier this year – will also be featured. Vocal director Joanna Waide is very excited to see all of her students’ work come together in the concert, she said, “Find Your Voice vocal school is all about learning how to use the natural voice that you have to the best of your ability. It has been a privilege to mentor students who want to learn the art of singing, and who want to learn pieces that are personally rewarding, and sometimes that little PHOTO: Supplied bit challenging. The MAC choir has A variety of singers will be performing at the Find Your Voice concert next weekend. also worked diligently to refine their engineers and stage managers, it will be an event not to sound and repertoire for the past two years. The concert programme is a celebration of be missed! All of the Wānaka and wider Upper Clutha all of this music, skill and hard work. It is going to be a community are warmly welcomed to come and support the singers, while enjoying some very polished music. wonderful afternoon.” The Wānaka Sun will give away a free double pass to the The concert will be MC’d by local award-winning children’s artist Anna van Riel, who is also looking concert to one of our readers. To enter, head to our Facebook forward to the event. With a crew of professional sound page. Email info@findyourvoice.net.nz for tickets.
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An award-winning environmental documentary is touring to Wānaka next month.
A prince, a president, and a pirate Ollie Blyth
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A new environmental feature documentary will be making its way into town early next month for its Wānaka premiere. The Australian directors of the piece, called ‘The Map to Paradise,’ will be in town for the film and a Q&A on ‘keeping places wild’, thanks to numerous local requests to screen in Wānaka. The Map to Paradise is an adventurefilled tale about the birth of the global movement to protect the sea, and has involved internationally acclaimed leaders, including Prince Albert II of Monaco, National Geographic Enric Sala, and the President of Palau Tommy Remengesau, as well as Australian-born Emmy Award-winning composer Daniel Clive McCallum. The filmmakers’ message: global and
local leaders need to do much more to protect the land and the sea from dangerous climate warming and mass extinction by lifting global targets to protect a third of the land and the sea by 2030. Co-director Danielle Ryan said that the urgency of protecting the last wild areas on the planet is still a niche topic and that she and James are doing everything they can to do their small part to help make it more mainstream. “Currently, global leaders have only committed to protecting 10 per cent of the land and the sea by 2020,” said Ryan, “however, the international scientific community says that we need to protect at least a third of the land and the sea by 2030… We always make an effort to try reach a number of small remote communities, which is why we are travelling to Wānaka.” The film will be featured at Cinema Paradiso at 6pm on November 6.
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N o t i c e b o a rd | P a p a P ā n u i Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund Opens for 2019/20
Roads to be Closed:
Wānaka-Mt Aspiring Road from Old Station Road to Meadowstone Drive
The Rural Travel Fund is open to all sports clubs and school teams in the Queenstown Lakes District to apply for funding to support teams participating in regular local sport competition in weekends, which excludes inter-school and intra-school competitions played during school time.
Period of Closure:
0615 to 1200 Saturday 15 February 2020
Roads to be Closed:
McDougall Street from Brownston Street to Ardmore Street
Applications forms available from both Wanaka and Queenstown Council offices or from our Council website: https:// www.qldc.govt.nz/our-community/funding/funding-for-sports/
Period of Closure:
0600 to 1500 Saturday 15 February 2020
Funding round closes 5.00pm Friday 1 November. All applications must be addressed to Jan Maxwell, Sport NZ Funding, Private Bag 50072 Queenstown or emailed to jan.maxwell@qldc.govt.nz
Roads to be Closed:
One way closure of Mt Barker Road closed to Eastbound traffic from Faulks Road to Wanaka-Luggate Highway
For any enquiries, please contact Jan Maxwell on 03 441 0469.
Period of Closure:
0815 to 1500 Saturday 15 February 2020
Meeting Schedule for November 2019
It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure.
Public Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 that meetings of the Council will be held as follows, during the month of November 2019.
Those who have any concerns regarding the above closures, please contact Sarah Mitchell at APL Property Limited on 021 244 9988 or by email sarah.mitchell@aplproperty.co.nz before 5.00 pm on Friday 8 November 2019.
Resource Consent Hearing (K & L Warburton RM181167) - Edgewater, Sargood Drive, Wānaka. Tuesday 5 November 2019 at 10.00am. Meeting dates, times and venues are subject to change. All of the above meetings are open to the public. Some meetings may have items of business that will be discussed with the public excluded, as set out by the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. Mike Theelen CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Resource Consent Application RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
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.
Invercargill Airport Ltd: Vacancy for Independent Director Invercargill Airport Ltd (IAL) is a subsidiary company of Invercargill City Holdings (Holdco) which is a holding company 100% owned by the Invercargill City Council. IAL provides all airport related services for Invercargill and is the gateway to the city and the wider Southland region, hosting over 307,000 passengers in 2018. IAL is 97.2% owned by Holdco and 2.8% by four local Rūnaka. Invercargill City Council and IAL, along with the Queenstown Airport Corporation and its major shareholder Queenstown Lakes District Council, see value in strengthening the connection between the airport companies with the objective of increasing economic activity for the city and wider region. This new role is being established specifically as one of a number of initiatives to assist in building that connection. Queenstown Lakes District Council has been invited to nominate the candidate, and applications are sought from suitably qualified candidates who must reside within the Queenstown Lakes District, ideally with strong connections with tourism and local government sectors. Candidates should have governance experience and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. A full person specification is available on request. Applications close on Friday 8 November 2019, and should be sent for the attention of: Mike Theelen, Chief Executive, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown; or via email: ceo@qldc.govt.nz Please note; the appointment to the IAL Board will be made by Invercargill City Council in accordance with their Director Appointments Policy.
Closure of Streets to Ordinary Vehicular Traffic PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1974, notice is hereby given that consideration will be given by Queenstown Lakes District Council under delegated authority, to the closure of the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of holding Challenge Wānaka 2020:
James and Jonelle Cochrane (RM190908)
What is proposed: Land use consent is sought to establish a residential building platform and associated access, landscaping and servicing and to construct a dwelling within the proposed building platform. The proposed building platform is 1000m² in area and is irregular in shape, wrapping around rocky outcrops on the site. The building platform will have a height limit of 6.5m above RL 306.6masl (excluding chimneys). A range of design controls for future buildings within the platform have been proposed. The proposed dwelling has a floor area of 460m² and comprises three distinct elements connected by a long corridor. The formation of the driveway and the construction of the proposed dwelling will require earthworks of 972m³. Access to the building platform will be via a new driveway off West Wānaka Road. The driveway will extend northwest through existing stands of kanuka and along the foot of the terrace face before doubling back and climbing onto the terrace. The proposed landscaping involves the planting of 267 Mountain Beech to the south east of the building platform and a vegetation protection and enhancement area covering the existing native vegetation on the terrace face to the south and east of the building platform. The location in respect of which this application relates is situated at: West Wānaka Station, Wānaka. Legally described as Sections 1, 6 – 7, 9, 11 – 12, 15, 26 – 28 Survey Office Plan 350038 contained in Record of Title 247772. ADDRESS FOR SERVICE FOR APPLICANT: C/- Scott Edgar scott@edgarplanning.co.nz Edgar Planning Limited 1 Kamahi Street, Wanaka 9305 The Council planner processing this application on behalf of the Council is Sarah Gathercole, who may be contacted by phone at 03 441 0465 or email sarah.gathercole@qldc.govt.nz Submissions will be received until 22 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:
Infrastructure build up and breakdown Roads to be Closed:
Ardmore Street from Dungarvon Street to McDougall Street
Period of Closure:
0800 Wednesday 12 February 2020 to1800 Sunday 16 February 2020
Infrastructure build up and dismantle at end of event Roads to be Closed:
Dungarvon Street from Dunmore Street to Ardmore Street
Period of Closure:
0300 Saturday 15 February 2020 to 0300 Sunday 16 February 2020
Infrastructure build up and safe passage of athletes and dismantle at end of event:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Your name, email address (preferred) postal address and telephone number. Details of the application in respect of which you are making the submission including location and the Resource Consent number. Whether you support or oppose the application. Your submission, with reasons. The decision you wish the consent authority to make. Whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission
Any person may make a submission on the application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that:
Roads to be Closed:
Ardmore Street from Dungarvon Street to Lakeside Road
Period of Closure:
0300 Saturday 15 February 2020 to 0300 Sunday 16 February 2020
For safe passage of athletes and motorists:
a) b)
Adversely affects the environment; and Does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition
Roads to be Closed:
Single Lane closure of Mt Aspiring Road from Meadowstone Drive to Hospital Flat
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/resource-consents/
Period of Closure:
0615 to 1200 Saturday 15 February 2020
Address for Service for Consent Authority: Queenstown Lakes District Council Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 Gorge Road, Queenstown 9300
(Note: access will be available for residents and tourism operators) For safe passage of athletes: Roads to be Closed:
Ardmore Street from McDougall Street to Meadowstone Drive
Period of Closure:
0615 to 1500 Saturday 15 February 2020
Email Phone Website
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Dated: 24 October 2019 Signed by QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL
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The Conyngham family dressed up for full neighbourhood festivities.
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Next Thursday is Halloween which in my house, next to Christmas, is the highlight of the year. It’s a long way from my own deeply religious upbringing where we were forbidden to participate because if I put a sheet over my head to pretend to be a ghost, I was inviting the devil into my soul. Not wanting to dump that religious baggage on my kids, we decided to just run with it and let the kids have fun… and fun they had. In our neighbourhood in Auckland, every house participated – hedges were thickly covered in cobwebs, pumpkins hung from fences, and many houses went to the extent hiring full stage sets and sound systems to give the entire neighbourhood a great night’s entertainment. Every house had bags of lollies to hand out (although kudos to the dentist who always handed out mini toothbrushes and toothpastes). All the adults dressed up – not just the kids. People came from all over Auckland to trick or treat on our cluster of streets because we #nailedit. Of all the goblins, monsters, ghosts, and vampires
that roamed the streets, the only terrifying moment that had both my kids crying hysterically was a man dressed up as Donald Trump. I kid you not – that was pure evil right there. And of course there are lollies; lots of them. But like any good parent, you let your kid collect them all, then allocate two for consumption per day whilst Good Husband secretly eats his way through their baskets while they are sleeping. Everyone’s happy! But then we shifted to Wānaka and found Halloween to be a bit of a fizz. Some object for religious reasons and some object because it’s too American, and then there are others who are completely unaware it is October 31 and have no lollies ready to give out so they pretend they aren’t home and don’t answer the door. And of course, every second house is a holiday house with no-one home which doesn’t help. Nonetheless, I’ve sewn costumes for my kids this year and they will hit the streets with full enthusiasm, determined to make Halloween work here. The question is, are you ready? Will you have lollies ready for lots of little trick or treaters? Is this something our town wants? Let me know your thoughts. Email editor@thewanakasun.co.nz
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Obituary: Tracy Burke
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On Saturday 19 October, 2019, Tracy Burke née- Brezeale died suddenly and peacefully from a massive and inoperable brain hemorrhage in Christchurch Hospital. Wife of Vincent, mother of Lance, his wife Stormie, grandmother to their son Lennox, daughter-in-law to Steve and Mila and a great friend to many, Tracy will be sadly missed. A celebration of Tracy’s life will take place at 12.30pm this Saturday 26 October at Wānaka Station Park.
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Currie’s guide to Ironman nutrition Francesca Maria Nespolo
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Braden Currie isn’t quite made of steel – but almost. The professional Kiwi Ironman gave the Wānaka Sun some advice on what it takes to be a real Ironman. When asked about the diet, training regime and mental endurance, Currie said, ”The biggest things are consistency and training. Getting sick can be a major setback or having the need to take time off”. As to his diet, Currie’s view is basically eating healthy food all the time. The secret is not to over complicate it and trying to keep it simple as much as possible. Veggies, proteins and a whole balanced diet. During training he sticks to a lowcarbohydrate, high-fat diet, which gives the body slow-burning fuel to use. “I like to see fats as a slow-burning energy source that does not have too much waste and that your body can utilise on a day-to-day basis. High carbohydrate is great for race days, but on non race days it results in a lot of waste. This by-product can lead to an unhappy stomach and unwanted lactic acid,” Currie explained. Recovering after race is a big part of the process and it can be managed in many different ways. Currie makes sure that the time away from physical exercise is productive, whether it is using recovering tools such as receiving a massage, wearing compression boots or it could be just as simple as lying on the couch. The physical preparation to complete such a task is also
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Braden Currie competing at the Ironman Championship 2019.
the foundation for the mental component required to get one through the event. “Having a lot of faith in my coach, preparation and training is what makes the boxes go green,” Currie continued. Above everything, when it comes down to race days Currie needs a lot of belief in himself. He feels so comfortable with the distance, that he could do one tomorrow and it would just be fun. The challenge comes in pushing oneself to personal limits “when it is about competing to the point of explosion or, preferably just the edge before. Ticking off distances and trying to find ways to feel ok and push even harder,” Currie said. For example, instead of looking at a whole stretch, breaking it down into halves gives Currie more manageable mental segments to push even harder in the next portion – step by step, to the finish line.
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The team members of Upper Clutha’s record breakers.
Aspiring athletes Francesca Maria Nespolo
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This past weekend Dunedin showcased some of Wanaka’s finest senior athletes. The senior girls relay team broke their own 4x100 relay record over the weekend. Team members Estelle Gellatly, Niamh Townsend, Georgie
Bruce and Abby Fisher out ran last year’s previous record of 51.54, set at last year’s NZSS championship, to set a new Otago Club record of 51.44. This tenth of a second difference set a new club team record for the 15 year old girls category, thus beating the old record previously set by themselves. Abby Fisher and Niamh Townsend also achieved PB's in the 200m and long jump respectively.
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A clean sweep for Wānaka in sevens Sports reporter
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Hundreds of footballers converged at the Molyneux sports ground in Alexandra over the weekend. Typically the sun shines and there is a real party atmosphere as the summer begins with a great festival of football. Three tournaments take place simultaneously over the several, near full size football pitches. The open grade men’s, ladies and men’s masters have teams from as far afield as Christchurch and Invercargill, all competing for bragging rights and trophies. Four teams from Wānaka travelled over to play the 'beautiful game' in the long running, well organised and officiated tournament, on the pristine turf at Alex. On Saturday each team played five games to qualify for the next day’s finals, with the exception of the masters (who are too old to take the excitement of a knockout competition) and play a round-robin style mini-league. They only conceded one goal over the two days of football and won all but one of their games to retain their title for the fourth consecutive season. The ladies had a similar run, with four wins and a draw in the qualifiers, then winning the semi and the exciting final to also retain their title, also for the fourth consecutive time. In the highly competitive men’s grade, two teams from Wānaka competed and qualified for Sunday’s knockout. Wānaka Braves unfortunately lost in round 16 to local rivals and eventual finalists, Queenstown Lakes. They meet their match in the final against the Wānaka As. A very strong performance from the As completed the clean sweep as they won the game 4 - 1. They have now won the tournament three times in the last four years! An amazing weekend of football.
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Wānaka Masters: Back: Rich Elvey, Rodney Krahenbring, Kerry Lang, Ian Bell, and Aidan Butler. Front: Ed Leigh, Luke Godfrey, Andrew Miller, and Seb Arratia. Absent players from Saturday: Zak Harbidge, Tom Wild and Sean Kelly.
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