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Northlake Hotel approved; locals fuming Emma Conyngham
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n a decision that has left residents in shock and disbelief, the council-appointed independent commissioners Ian Munro and Jane Sinclair have approved the development of the Northlake Hotel. Despite widespread opposition from residents and QLDC, 141 submissions opposing and zero supporting, it is going ahead nonetheless. The decision stated in its conclusion, “The proposal will have more than minor adverse amenity effects on owners and occupiers of the dwellings along Merivale Avenue and the western part of Mount Creighton Crescent that will experience the removal of an existing tennis court and its replacement with a hotel building and car parking area. Overall however, these adverse effects will be acceptable and in line with what has been envisaged within AAD1 of the NSZ.” Niam Shaw, the co-ordinator of Wanaka Community Supporting Our Northlake Neighbours Incorporated Society said, “It is unclear how either the Applicant or the Commissioners can make any assumptions about the effects on immediately affected residents, when none of those residents were allowed to comment on how they would be affected." The decision remarks continued, “The proposal will otherwise have adverse effects that are at most minor and which will be acceptable. The proposal will also have a number of positive effects.” Those positive effects are not listed. The fact that Northlake residents were gagged from opposing, thereby paving Easy Street for Winton, was brushed off in 18 words, out of a 42,000-word decision; “they are not a relevant consideration; they are a private matter between the Applicant and the individual landowners.” In the decision remarks, the belittling words of lawyer, Warwick Goldsmith were echoing in the commissioners’ summary: “In regard to the issue of representation on behalf of third parties, he [Goldsmith] submitted that the Commission was given no evidence on the membership of the Society
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or the connection between the Society and the Northlake development...He submitted that it is not appropriate for us to prefer submissions made on behalf of unidentified people about what may or may not have been represented to them and what they may or may not have relied on.” The fact remains,iIn addition to its 15 named members, the WCSONNIS has 21 anonymous members who are Northlake residents. It is a reasonable supposition that each and every one of these members would have submitted in opposition to the proposed hotel were they not legally prohibited by the Applicant from exercising their democratic right to free speech. Does it all hang on a tennis court? One of the conditions of the consent was that a new tennis court be constructed on the reserve 130 metres away, before, the removal of the current one. But, one council staff member who wants to remain nameless, suggested this is not for the commissioners to decide — and not as easy as it appears. The reserve is reportedly to be vested in council under the Reserves Act,
and as such QLDC has the final say on how the reserve it to be managed. A tennis court is classed as a ‘community facility’ and does not meet the requirement of ‘green space.’ Hence, QLDC can rightly veto Northlake’s attempts to construct a tennis court there. It is also worth mentioning that the current tennis court is unconsented. Appeal in the pipeline On social media, the public response was vitriolic and unrestrained in the outpouring of disgust for Northlake. For Shaw the disbelief was deafening; “The approval of this application completely disregards the wishes and wellbeing of the immediate neighbourhood and the wider community. Given the unanimous community opposition, allied with the QLDC's s42a report recommending the application be refused, it is frankly unbelievable. I do not understand how the RMA can legally support this while purporting to enable ‘people and communities to provide for their social, economic and cultural wellbeing’. “I'm not sure the spirit of the RMA has been honoured, but then it seems to be an incredibly
flawed piece of documentation. Think it was best put by James Dicey in the Cromwell hearing [for another Winton development]: ‘Using brute force and money to engage an impressive bevy of suited experts to wrangle the RMA, is in my view, whilst perfectly legal, an abuse of the process’.” “We will be looking into appealing this decision at the Environment Court. I will also be engaging the QLDC as to how it can better support the community the consent submission process, and ensure that development is community-driven rather than by big business for the benefit of a few,” she concludes. Whilst council’s Sarah Gathercole had written a recommendation that the application be denied, QLDC has stated “Council is unable to appeal the decision made by its appointed commissioners.” Councillor Quentin Smith, who wrote a submission against the hotel said, "I am clearly disappointed with the decision to grant consent. Option exists for any of the submitters to now lodge an appeal to the decision and am sure they will be considering it.”
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Draft Masterplan: Where your Councillors sit Emma Conyngham
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In the spirit of 2019 as an election year and in support of Upper Clutha ratepayers’ interests, the Wanaka Sun has canvassed all the Queenstown Lakes District Councillors who sit on the Wanaka Community Board (WCB) about their opinions on the Draft Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan. How they vote may influence your decisions: Quentin Smith “We are in the process of engaging and hearing from the public around the [draft masterplan] and will also be receiving further guidance from staff and consultants on the plan prior to it coming to the Wanaka Community Board or council. I will reserve judgement on the plan and its components and remain open minded to alternative solutions to the individual projects that might come out of further investigation.”
along with further input from council staff and the masterplan consultants, will help inform the plan which will eventually be presented to the WCB and then council. Let’s see what comes out of this process. Everyone I am speaking to wants our downtown area to be a vibrant place for locals to enjoy and for businesses to thrive in, but some people have different ideas on how best to achieve that. Development of Three Parks is going to impact the shopping habits of many locals and we need to ensure the lakefront is a destination Wanaka people want to go to on a regular basis. Part of that is ensuring there is enough parking, close enough to the central business district. There is a possibility that during the next phase of the masterplan process we may see some of the suggested parking options not stacking up and so we will need to revisit other possible solutions.”
Ross McRobie “I would like to say that and would like it noted: this is a draft plan, a trial was undertaken, and there have been many discussions to get to this point. So we are now at the Ed Taylor first consultation “I have been point. It’s involved with the very important that all interested parties Draft Wanaka contribute to this consultation process, Town Centre and there are many locations where anyone Masterplan can contribute. process over the To me it’s also important to understand a past year and democratic process; all because someone was part of the may not like this draft, doesn’t mean it’s group which wrong; it means they have an opportunity came up with the to put their views forward [and] to ensure document which their views are taken into account. If they are is now in the not or if they are, a democratic process has public domain. been undertaken.” We are now hearing from many individuals In regards to the golf course bypass: “I and groups on the masterplan. This feedback, haven’t been involved in any discussions
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around the Golf Course Road, but this potential location for a through route was discussed many years ago by a previous council. Again, this is in draft form and will require many discussions, costings and certainly discussions around a potential roundabout, neighbours and other stakeholders; remember this document is a very high line draft plan to be used for this type of discussion.” In regards to parking: “Parking is an issue right now. But, over the next ten years or so, the move to active travel, potential Park and Ride and latterly some form of public transport will occur. My understanding at present from these draft plans that car parking is neutral.” Calum MacLeod “The Draft Masterplan is an early stage of the process and any project that comes of this will require more investigation and engagement. The final location and design of most of the items is still to be finalised. It is, at its core, an aspirational plan showing how the town could look, feel and function in the future. Solutions will evolve and change over time. “Once the Draft Masterplan stage, including its community engagement phase is complete, Council will be asked to endorse the resulting masterplan. From this, a series of projects will then be developed. Each of these will go through a detailed design, costing and formal affected party consultation process. “This is the point where any directly affected businesses, residents, groups or stakeholders will be identified and formally consulted. This will allow detailed conversations to occur on physical proposals. The Council, and we as a
community, are not at this stage yet. “The intention is potentially to add to the quantum of Pembroke Park, if this is decided through this process. “The draft masterplan process has been a vital and important process that has built on a whole lot of great work done in the past, 22 separate documents I believe. These have all been fed into the design process: documents such as the Wanaka 2020 Community Plan, the Town Centre Spatial Plan, the Network Operating Framework etc. The 2020 Plan was first developed back in 2002 and has been a key guiding document for the draft masterplan work. The draft masterplan is a living document and will respond to new information. Most importantly we need to hear what the community thinks of the plan over the coming weeks.” In regards to the golf course bypass: “Providing some element of a traffic by-pass has been seen for many years to be a vital component in any successful town centre outcome. This was emphasised by the trials / activations. The draft Golf Course by-pass option was arrived at through a democratic process. My personal view is that there are other avenues to accomplish a similar outcome without affecting the Golf Course such as Riverbank Road, MacPherson Street, Sir Tim Wallis Drive or a combination of all or some. This was obviously not the majority view. The draft Golf Course bypass was one option. It was not my option.” Ruth Harrison “I am not seeking re-election this term, thank you.” Jude Battson No comment by the time this article went to print. Rachel Brown No comment by the time this article went to print. PHOTOS: Supplied
Radio silence from Winton on reserve consultation Emma Conyngham
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After the final written remarks by Northlake’s lawyer, Warwick Goldsmith, were submitted to their application for a hotel in Northlake, the Wanaka Sun contacted Northlake’s owner, Winton, to clarify issues around the tennis court. Their response said, “The current location of the tennis court was always a temporary location and the court will be moved about 130m soon to a much larger recreation area — this is in the final stages of planning and approval and resident feedback of the plans has been really positive.” The Wanaka Sun wanted to ascertain what “resident feedback” had been given, by whom and when. Residents in Northlake not only have a no-objection clause in their sale and purchase agreements; the developer can require residents to submit their unqualified approval for any proposal. To give their disapproval or voice concerns puts them in breach of contract; so was their feedback truly positive or given under duress? Or was it given at all? Anonymous One told the Wanaka Sun, “The current location of the tennis court has never been described to us as temporary in the three years since we bought our property. I’m unsure who they have solicited feedback from — as with the hotel, the movement of the tennis court and proposed recreation area has never been canvassed with us. The resource consent proceedings were the first THURSDAY 27.06.19 - WEDNESDAY 03.07.19
time we heard about this plan.” Anonymous Two said, “I know nothing about the proposed reserve — surely all residents should have been canvassed about this, to be fair? Who would know what residents really think of any new proposal as we all have to support any Northlake development if asked as per our purchase agreements. The proposed reserve is much-needed as there has been no decent-sized area up until now but this does not in any way mitigate having the hotel. Totally separate issue!” In response to Winton’s claim that, “The current location [of the tennis court] was always temporary,” Anonymous Three said, “For purchasers in the earlier stages of development, this was not an obvious conclusion which would have been drawn, given an approved Outline Development Plan dated 2016 had two tennis courts shown and marketing material showing images and artistic plans showing two tennis courts, a business park and other community facilities. The current location seems ideal for a tennis court, as it sits on top of an encapsulation cell with contaminated soil in it!!” Multiple attempts were made to get a response from Winton without success. But whilst they remain unresponsive, it has recently been noted that the advertising sign outside Northlake has changed — it no longer shows people enjoying tennis, but rather people sitting outside at Monkey Farm, a response perhaps, to the claim that people were being misled by false advertising.
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Councillor Smith will seek re-election ALLISON MCLEAN
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Wanaka Community Board (WCB) member and Queenstown Lakes District councillor Quentin Smith will seek re-election in this October’s local body elections. Smith has served a full year on the WCB, more than a year as the board's chair and two years on Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC). A member of QLDC's Community and Services and Planning and Strategy committees, Smith said he has fought hard to have Wanaka's voice heard around the council table and would be 'pleased' to continue that work should he get reelected. "We are in a unique period of our town and district where the pressures of growth in both tourism and residential population are being profoundly felt across every sector of the community and creating a sense of uncertainty," said Smith. In a media statement, he said, "As a community we need to ensure the needs and wants of our community are not overridden by the ‘growth imperative'. Finding the balance between managing growth and not losing our soul remains the biggest challenge in our community. I remain committed to a comprehensive and strategic approach to planning and ensuring that infrastructure and resources keep up with our needs while protecting the landscape, environment and community values."
Smith said he is committed to representing the community's voice when making decisions. "The unspecified and unconstrained expansion of Wanaka Airport continues to be one of the greatest concerns and challenges to the Upper Clutha, and potentially the single biggest accelerator to our already rapid growth we could imagine, with seemingly little consideration being given of the infrastructure demands or environmental impacts of aircraft movements on our community. I will continue to argue for a more clearly communicated and strategic approach to the Airport Management which acknowledges our community wants and needs." Nominations open for candidates on July 19 and close on August 16. In related news, the Wanaka Sun has confirmed this term’s re-election decisions from fellow councillors who currently represent the Wanaka Ward: Ed Taylor said he will make his decision in a few weeks; Ross McRobie said he will not seek reelection as he will be moving districts; deputy chair Ruth Harrison said she will not seek re-election; and Rachel Brown, who is retraining as a primary school teacher, said she will not seek re-election in order to ‘share the load and responsibility around’. Calum MacLeod and Jude Battson did not respond to our queries by the time this article went to print. Pictured: QLDC councillor Quentin Smith announced he will seek re-election this year’s local body elections on October 12.
Extinction Rebellion Queenstown Lakes (XRQL) will present a deputation to the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) today to declare a climate and ecological emergency, saying it is moving too slowly. The XRLC group wants the council to publicly declare that it “understands and agrees with the scientific evidence around our climate and ecological crises and agrees to incorporate it into the council’s decision-making process. We are also asking the council to use its role as a community leader to clearly communicate the reality of what we are facing and what needs to happen to our local community.” If it did comply, the council would be following the lead of more than 600 elected bodies, representing 74 million people in 13 countries, including councils in Christchurch and Auckland here in New Zealand. The council released an advisory that its staff had developed a Draft Climate Action Plan for the district and would release it today. Council’s media advisor Jack Barlow said “QLDC has yet to adopt a position on declaring a climate emergency, but we are aware that members of Extinction Rebellion Queenstown Lakes are coming to the council meeting this Thursday to present their views. Mayor Boult has agreed to an extended presentation by the group in Public Forum and, following that presentation, councillors will consider their decision on declaring
a climate emergency and what this may mean for both council and the district’s community.” XRQL media liaison Pierre Marasti responded by saying they “think that QLDC is moving too slowly. The council's climate plan that will be presented this Thursday is a step in the right direction, but the actions of the council need to be consistent with the climate plan and the plan needs to be ambitious. “Giving consent today to the Northlake Hotel when more than 140 members of the community submitted against it isn't consistent with the climate plan. If Wanaka's airport expansion goes ahead, it won't be consistent with it. Allowing sewage overflow to get in our rivers and lakes isn't consistent with their climate plan either,” he said. “The council's climate plan itself states that we have 12 years left before climate breakdown becomes irreversible; this is the definition of an emergency! Yet they're not acting as if it is one. “The IPCC [International Plant Protection Convention] puts it this way: ‘Solving the climate crisis is possible within the laws of physics and chemistry, but it will require unprecedented changes’. The council needs to start taking climate action seriously and declaring a climate and ecological emergency will be a clear sign that change is coming, that the community and its future will be put in front of the interest of a few big businesses,” Marasti said.
Meth in Wanaka? ALLISON MCLEAN
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Questions about Central Lakes’ methamphetamine use are buzzing after Otago Lakes Central Police seized more than $200,000 worth of the drug, more than $30,000 cash and other drugs in Queenstown earlier this month. With experts predicting a rise in meth's recreational use in Queenstown, perhaps the more we know about the drug and its effects, the better prepared we are to help and prevent addiction in Upper Clutha. A 2016/2017 Ministry of Health survey put the number of working-age people nationally who used meth to get high in the past 12 months at one in 100. Last April, NZ Police released results from nationwide wastewater tests, and the Southern region featured lower for meth use than other regions, with MDMA use appearing to be used more. The wastewater tests results also showed an overwhelming dominance of methamphetamine with nationwide use equating to $1 billion a year and an estimated $20 million per week in social harm. NZ Police senior sergeant Steve Watt said, “Wanaka is not immune to the effects of methamphetamine, and there is evidence of its presence within the town. While Wanaka has not seen a rise in its use and its prevalence is not as strong as other areas, our focus is always on eliminating this drug. Methamphetamine can impact people from all
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social classes” Nathan Brown of the NZ Drug Foundation (NZDF) said, "meth is not a party drug like, say, MDMA, which we might associate more with a town like Queenstown. So it’s my guess that meth use and availability would be more evenly spread around the Central Otago and Lakes District population." He said people can use substances like meth for all kinds of reasons. "Their use likely bears no resemblance to the extreme cases we may see in the media which are dramatised with hyperbole and can reinforce stigma. So it’s important that we dedramatise meth in our real conversations so people can feel more comfortable talking about their use with someone they trust or seeking help from their general practitioner." NZDF's website states 'young people are more likely to delay or not use alcohol or other drugs if they know the facts about specific substances.' Brown told the Wanaka Sun that meth is psychologically addictive because it affects the reward system of the brain in a way which rapidly reinforces continued meth use. "Using a lot of meth frequently can lead us to reduce the priority we place on relationships, work and self-care. Long-term, heavy use can reduce someone’s ability to experience positive feelings like excitement, cause tremors and lead to an increased risk of Parkinsons in later life." He said to call the Meth Helpline on 0800 METH HELP during office hours if you or someone you know uses meth and would like support. THURSDAY 27.06.19 - WEDNESDAY 03.07.19
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Do your courting at home Neil Sonnekus
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Now you can officially do it at home. That is, get married. From July 1 onwards you can get a celebrant to come to your house — or another venue of your choice — and make your courting, well, legal. Thanks to the Department of Internal Affairs, if you live outside Auckland, Manukau, Wellington or Christchurch, one of its validated celebrants will come to wherever you need them to get you officially hitched. You no longer have to head down to the local courthouse or council, you can just get married in a registry-style wedding, right in the comfort of your own home — and you can book it all easily online. Jeff Montgomery, registrar-general births, deaths and marriages, said New Zealanders have become accustomed to services, information and products being available online, anywhere, anytime.
"Our marriage services webpage makes it easy to plan your registry ceremony and get your marriage licence quickly online. Using our online service means less time is spent on the phone, at a counter, or mailing paper forms, freeing up more time to plan your future” he said. The new registry-style ceremony will come at the same set price of $90, so that hasn’t changed, and the same rules will apply for the ceremony. But what if, like some, you want to get married underwater, or do so while jumping out of aeroplanes or on the highest mountain peaks? The department said, “It is dependent on the celebrant agreeing and the registrar would be available during usual business hours.” Registry ceremonies will still be held at four of the Department of Internal Affairs’ sites, located in the abovementioned cities. To plan your registry-style wedding, or for more information, visit: https://www.govt. nz/browse/family-and-whanau/ getting-married/registry-ceremonies/
International coach to talk at MAC Neil Sonnekus
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Otago Rugby coach Ben Herring’s focus is always on developing a strong, positive team culture, which goes beyond the mere technical and tactical. Otago were the winners of the 2018 Ranfurly Cup. Having coached two so-called
outlier teams, Canada and Japan, he knows all about bringing teams like that into the fold of the game, thereby helping to create a cohesive, inclusive rugby culture. He has also coached at the two Super Rugby franchises, the Highlanders and the Sunwolves. Herring will be speaking at the Mt Aspiring College staff room on June 30 at 10.30am.
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A wife and husband team from Wanaka received a top award for their work and contributions both to the town’s Rotary Club and the local community. The Rotary Club of Wanaka awarded Lynne and Ralph Fegan with the Paul Harris Fellowship Award during a club dinner at Cardrona Hotel last Saturday. The dinner was arranged to celebrate the annual changeover to a new club president. Out-going president George Scott said, “It was a great honour to present the award to two people who have made and continue to make such a selfless contribution to others.” The Fegans came to Wanaka in 1996 from Franz Josef where they owned a supermarket and souvenir shop. Upon moving to Wanaka, they set up bus company, Wanaka ConneXions, and Lynne Fegan set up what is now known as Community Networks,
It was a delectable lesson for room 25 from Wanaka Primary who put down their books and took to the kitchen at Wanaka’s newest eatery, FuDog for a lesson in dumpling making. Brona Parsons, owner of FuDog, and her 10-year old daughter, Niamh Groenen, invited the class along for the visit. FuDog's chef showed the year 6 students how to make dumplings and while they were steaming, they also received a lesson in how to use chopsticks.Teacher Karina Sharpe said, “The students got to make four dumplings each, using a choice of fillings between pork and shrimp or mushroom. The best part for many was getting to taste their creations at the end!”
becoming its inaugural chairperson. She was chairperson of Women’s Probus and Travel Club, held treasury positions with Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA), U3A, Wanaka Presbyterian Community Church and Concert Society as well as finding speakers for Wanaka Grandview Probus. She also worked with Queenstown Lakes District Council on the Wanaka Town Centre Strategy Committee. Ralph Fegan was has worked with victim support and as the chairperson of Lake Wanaka Tourism. He is active with RSA, civil defence and fire brigade and also serves as a justice of the peace officiant for weddings and funerals. Paul Harris, an American, founded the Rotary organisation in 1905; the award in his name is held in the highest regard throughout the Rotary world. Pictured: Ralph Fegan responds to Lynne Fegan’s and his award received at the Rotary Club of Wanaka dinner last Saturday.
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Here are some options to help you along the way to living plastic free. Start by getting a wide variety of clean containers or jars, and produce bags (including canvas for superfine dry goods) and keeping them all together in a reusable shopping bag in your car, or by the front door so you’re never caught short. Butchers Block, Reece Cres At the Butchers Block on Reece Crescent, Bruce Scott, will supply your meat completely plastic free. “You can request for your meat to be wrapped in paper, or bring your own clean containers in. We also have paper bags to put your purchase in if you don’t have a bag”. Butchers Block also reluctantly provide meat ready packed, as Scott said, “we are competing against convenience.” But, progress is afoot and soon an online order system will allow customers to click and collect, with an option to wrap their order in paper, and stack in a cardboard box.
Med Market William Attwell, manager at Med Market confirmed that their butchery allows customers to bring in their own (clean) containers for meat and fish purchases. Their cheese section has a few options which are wax sealed instead of plastic wrapped. Med Market’s bread is self-serve into paper bags and they stock local Venus coffee which comes in paper bags. “All our fruit and veg except some fragile veges like bok choy, to stop dehydration and water damage, can be purchased without plastic,” said Attwell. With careful shopping, many of Med Market’s pantry items come in glass or paper packaging.
Wholefood Haven The plastic-free options at Wholefood Haven are extensive; with their milk, cream, yoghurt and butter all supplied in glass. Manager Ann Stenhouse said, “Milk comes in glass bottles, It’s organic, A2 milk, cream, yoghurt and butter. It’s made by a dedicated man in Port Chalmers. He’s converted our old bottles with a new reusable plastic lid. It’s $3 deposit on the bottle, cap and label. The milk is $3.50 for a pint. You can either swap out the bottle each week or get a refund.” Wholefood Haven has many dry goods in bulk and supply paper bags if you don’t have suitable reusable bags. “We have lots of flours, gluten-free flours, coconut flour, seeds, rices, cereals, oats, everything else is pre bagged but they are compostable bags. If people have special requests we can sell large orders; like a 20kg bag of flour in a paper bag.” There are over 100 teas, herbs and spices available Wholefood Haven also has a refillery for oils, sauces, peanut butter, almond butter as well as cleaning products, soaps and ingredients to make your own cleaning and personal care products. There is also a range of plastic-free toothpastes, deodorants, shampoos, conditioners and moisturisers, as well as menstrual cups and personal hygiene products.
New World Wanaka’s New World has a great range of fruit and veges ‘in the nude’ so there is very little need to use any plastic for any fruit or veg purchase. They also have the Alison Holst pantry bulk bins for a large array of dry goods but to avoid superfine products pouring out of your mesh bags, you will need to use canvas bags which can be chucked in the wash afterwards, or bring paper bags. New World also has a bread section where you can use your own fabric bags. Soulfood Organics Careful shopping means there is very often an option to buy a glass jar of Andy Crowe, chef at Soulfood mayonnaise, or peanut butter, or jam (for example) rather than plastic; but it said, “We have a growing does mean giving yourself an extra few minutes to comb the shelves carefully number of plastic free and to find a non-plastic option. Look for wax-sealed cheeses, butter wrapped in biodegradable products: paper, coffee in paper bags (Venus coffee is local and comes in paper!), use loose Bostock chicken comes in leaf tea in a tea pot rather than bags which contain a thin film of polypropylene. compostable packaging, Good If you are addicted to using bin liners, New World has biodegradable Crisps have started putting their cornstarch options. chips in compostable bags. And in our refillery we These are simple switches that can drastically reduce your plastic footprint. have olive oil (from Tarras), tamari sauce, laundry liquid, dishwashing detergent, and local Wanaka honey from local hives in bulk so just bring your own jars.” Soulfood also has an organic fruit and vege section — sans plastic. All the dry goods are packed in biodegradable, compostable packaging. “We’ve just started stocking milk in glass bottles too; it’s $1 for the bottle which you get back each time you return your bottle.”
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To celebrate the upcoming global Plastic Free July campaign, Wanaka’s Wastebusters will be running unique, educational events to help Upper Clutha locals engage as part of the solution to ending single-use plastics. About 20 people buzzed around Hawea Flat Hall on Monday night, which was a hive of honey wrap and bag-kit making activity. The attendees made scores of brightly coloured honey wraps of all shapes and sizes, which will be sold at Wanaka’s Waste Free Fair at Lake Wanaka Centre next month. “There will be plenty more cotton swatches available on the day of the fair if you want to try your hand at making
a honey wrap,” said Ruth Blunt of Wastebusters. Fourteen produce bag kits were also created; each contains the material for 10 bags. “A lot of these bags will be made in advance by our super sewers and will be for sale at really affordable prices,” said Blunt. The Waste Free Fair has become an annual affair with this year’s beloved event scheduled on July 14. Co-hosted by Wastebusters and not-for-profit, voluntary group Plastic Free Wanaka, the fair will provide an array of solutions for those who want to cut plastic waste out of their lives. The fair’s events will include tips from honey wrap demonstrations and bulk bins to children’s upcycling ideas as well as the Japanese folding art of Furoshiki. Plastic Free Wanaka’s Anna van Riel said last year’s
event was ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’, with about 350 attendees. “We were so blown away by the turn out,” she said. “This year will be bigger, better and hopefully really well-supported as people are truly seeing the need to make a big shift in consciousness around waste reduction.” “Dripping Bowl will have food available and we’ll have cups of tea so people can snug in and feel like they
don’t have to rush,” said van Riel. “It really is an event for absolutely everybody.” Pictured: [honey wrap] (left to right) Leanne Thorburn and Bella Urquhart at the honey wrap workshop. [waste free fair] Wanaka’s Waste Free fair will have lots of advice and inspiration on how to reduce plastic in your life, such as wrapping your lunch in honey wrap and using reusable bottles for your water.
Tips for a successful Plastic Free July Wastebusters’ tips on how businesses can take part in Plastic Free July • Host a waste-free morning tea: invite people to bring something they have made without single use plastics, for example homemade crackers or cookies, to share for morning tea. • Support bring-your-own (BYO) containers by implementing a lunchbox library; gather up those unclaimed reusable containers left in the lunchroom, or buy some from your local op shop, so staff can take them out when they go to buy takeaway lunches. For sushi lovers, keep a bottle of soy sauce in the fridge and reusable chopsticks in the cutlery drawer. You could also have a cup and bag library also; leave them in a prominent place so people are reminded to use them. • Hospitality businesses: Can people bring their own containers for takeaways and coffees? Could you offer a discount to encourage them? There are some posters on the Plastic Free July website, which cafes can print and put up to let their customers know they support BYO containers. Bags Not NZ’s tips on how to live life without plastic bags with the country’s single-use plastic bag ban coming into effect on Monday • When you refuse a plastic bag at a shop, be friendly about it. Like us, shop attendants are changing the way they do things too. A gentle reminder may be all they need to help break an old habit. • To help you remember to bring your reusable bags, keep your keys, wallet or purse in them. • Rinse your plastic bags and recycling. Any food that is left behind will contaminate the recycling waste stream, which means it will probably get sent to a landfill. • Compostable or biodegradable bags must not be placed in a soft plastics recycling
bin. They are made from plant-based material and not petrochemicals so they will contaminate the soft plastics waste stream causing all of that collection to be sent to landfill. Just as petrochemical plastics must be kept out of the compost, plant-based plastics must be kept out of the recycling. • As soon as you unpack your shopping, put your reusable bags back in the car while it is fresh in your mind. • Fill one bag with clean containers of varying sizes to use at refilleries, or at the butcher, deli or bakery, or to use for takeaways. • Hang your reusable bags next to the front door so you see them on your way out. • Write ‘reusable bags’ on the top of your shopping list. • Activate the iBeacons function on your phone so you receive a text reminder when you arrive at participating stores. • Tell your friends and family about your mission to stop using single-use plastic bags. Advice from Plastic Free Wanaka about going without bin liners This may come as a surprise, but composting is the key to going plastic bag free in your home. Once you remove all your organic waste from your bin, all that is left is soft plastic packaging, assuming you are recycling everything you can, and it’s mostly dry. So you do not need to line your bin with anything. Just give it a rinse every now and then. For meat scraps and other things that you may not want to put in your compost, you can just use a chip packet, biscuit wrapper or other piece of packaging. Ways that council is supporting plastic free initiatives With the support of Wastebusters, Queenstown Lakes District Council will be running honey wrap workshops for their staff in Wanaka and Queenstown and setting up lunchbox libraries.
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& m l i F n i a t Moun l a v i t s e F k o o B Opens Friday! June 28 – July 3
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he NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival started back in the spring of 2002, since then it has become a regular feature in Wanaka’s event calendar. This, the 17th annual festival, will captivate Wanaka crowds for six days starting on Friday. The NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival is a member of the International Alliance for Mountain Film, recognising the NZ event as one of the world’s few true mountain festivals. This year’s festival features 21 inspirational speakers, 74 films, 3 workshops, literature events, art displays, film and writing schools, a youth programme and a free family programme, a trade show, a charity auction and live music from Mount Aspiring College students. Doors open on the NZ Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka this Friday 28 June until Wednesday 3 July. Come along, get inspired, live now, work later!
Environmental and Cultural Films We have some of the most touching and inspiring films in our Environmental and Cultural shows. These sessions promise to be incredibly moving and thought provoking; it will challenge preconceptions and leave the audience feeling grateful. These sessions show in the mornings in Wanaka on Saturday and Sunday. Sit back, relax, grab a coffee and a cookie and enjoy this varied and moving set of films.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Lynn Hill a living legend Few have accomplished an athletic feat more than a decade before anyone else - man or woman. Lynn changed the definition of what is possible in rock climbing with her first free ascent of the most famous big wall climb in the world; “The Nose” on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California in 1994. Her presentation, ‘Ascending Women’ is the story of Lynn’s life as a pioneer in what was once a maledominated community: the sport
of rock climbing. Lynn will be speaking in: Wanaka on Wednesday 3 July in the Old Fashion Story Telling show at 7:30pm Queenstown on Thursday 4 July, at 8:00pm at Memorial Centre **Due to popular demand the Wanaka show on Saturday 29 June has sold out Joining Lynn on the big stage is Wanaka local Annabel Anderson (Tuesday night), and Australian whitewater adventurer Ben Kozel (Sunday night).
Mountain Culture – Wonderful People and Wild Places
Ski and snowboard adventures We go big, we go hard and we go to China. Snow Show in on Monday 1 July at 7.30pm. The steep, steep faces, fast turns, sick pow and ridiculous lines will want to make you go skiing somewhere special. We go off the beaten track to ski Pakistan and we skip school to ski powder. In the Best Snow Sports film we hit the French Alps to taste some of the most dangerous skiing the planet has to offer. Get ready for winter with this smorgasbord of skiing and snowboarding treats. Doors open at 7pm tickets $30 on the door, or $25 online.
Mountain Culture Show on Saturday 29 June a deep dive into the heart of human nature and the power of mountains to transform. ‘Boy Nomad’ follow a year in the life of 9-year-old Janibek, who lives with his family in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. His first love is racing horses, but this winter his father will
take him on the toughest journey in a nomad’s life: the winter migration. Ascending Afghanistan joins the first female Afghan mountaineering team, travel through Mongolia on a winter migration, and visit the heart of Haiti. Showing from 11:00am to 3.00pm, tickets $20 at the door or $17 online ($5 youth discount)
Nature and the Environment – Bears, apes, albatross and more! In the Nature and the Environment session on Sunday 30 June enter the world of polar bears, grizzly bears, albatross and orangutans to view the realties of human impact on our planet. The Best Film on the Environment looks at solutions to the scarcity of safe drinking water, a simple problem requiring a complex solution. Jan Finlayson
will give a short talk on the tension between conservation, recreation and tourism. This thought-provoking session exposes stark evidence of climate change, complacency and the challenges faced in the places where we play. At 11.00am tickets $20 on the door, or $17 online, ($5 youth discount)
The 2019 festival runs in
Wanaka from Friday 28 June until Wednesday 3 July, Queenstown Thursday 4 July until Saturday 6 July and Cromwell on Sunday 7 July.
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Reserved for nature or reserved for coal mining? Litigation is the friend of few and should be avoided where possible by the many. It is uncertain, expensive and long-winded. I learned this the hard way whilst working for many years as a solicitor in Canterbury for the Department of Conservation. Many a worthwhile case was not pursued because of the funding constraints on the department. If this is true for a government department, why is Forest and Bird – a not-for-profit organization dependent on the generosity of its supporters – actively pursuing several cases, including one all the way to the Supreme Court? The reason Forest and Bird does this is that we are often the last line of defence for nature when wellfunded potentially destructive developments go unchallenged by under-resourced over-stretched agencies like DoC and regional councils. I want to briefly outline some of the cases Forest and Bird is currently fighting to illustrate why we need a strong civil society to act as a check and balance on government and industry. We are before the Supreme Court defending a favourable decision of the Court of Appeal that prevents a Water Conservation Reserve – ancient pristine forest – on the West Coast being destroyed by open cast coal mining, the proposed Te Kuha mine near Westport. The legal issue at stake is whether Reserve Land protected by the Reserves Act can continue to enjoy that status or whether on the other hand the Crown Minerals Act takes precedence. Forest and Bird has a small team of two full-time solicitors, Sally Gep and Peter Anderson, that are currently before the highest courts in the land against top barristers, and successfully defending NZ’s precious natural values against destructive development. Another success, this time in the High Court, was achieved when the Society took on the Crown in a case involving an interpretation of the Resource Management Act. The government argued that it had the exclusive power to regulate fishing under the Fisheries Act. ‘Not so’ said High Court Judge Christian What, who held that the RMA empowers regional councils to regulate fishing to preserve marine biodiversity, significant habitats, and aspects of Maori relationships with the ocean and taonga species. That decision is subject to appeal to the Court of Appeal. Another case current being fought concerns a very rare plant tororaro Muehenbeckia astonii, the vast majority of which is found on Kaitorete Spit, a narrow piece of land that forms the seaward side of Lake Ellesmere. So far things don’t look too bright for the ecological values at stake. Forest and Bird applied to the Environment Court for an enforcement order after a farmer near Christchurch destroyed up to 30 percent of the
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planet’s remaining population of tororaro. Numerous other threatened or at-risk birds, lizards, plants, and invertebrates also depend on this habitat. Forest and Bird has applied to the Environment Court to prevent further destruction and to require rehabilitation of the area. This is essential because much of the remaining population of this plant is on the farmer’s other paddocks. Biodiversity is in crisis in New Zealand. Often, it’s a case of small impacts adding up to a major loss, but the single incident in this case has made it far more likely for a species to become lost. This case is a good example of the difficulty of protecting our precious biodiversity through local authorities under the Resource Management Act. The local branch of Forest and Bird went to the Environment Court to try to stop destruction of native plants by cultivation. The reality is that the damage is usually done before it is obvious what is happening. Seeking redress at that stage is often not possible. There are some lessons to be learned from the above examples. One is that protection of biodiversity and our natural capital does not come easily or cheaply. Another is we need civil society organisations like Forest and Bird when government agencies are either unable or unwilling to defend nature. If the nature conservation movement over the past decades had not been vocal and annoying and stubborn and enterprising and courageous in the face of overwhelming odds against it, the beauty and uniqueness of our country would have been much diminished today. And if we do not commit to continuing that effort, it will further diminished tomorrow. Pictured: Site of the proposed Te Kuha mine. Evan Alty is the immediate Past Chairman of the Central Otago Lakes Branch Forest and Bird. If you believe nature is worth fighting for, then support Forest and Bird in our efforts to be a voice for nature. – By Evan Alty
Bopp C Calvin Constable, NZPD Here is a snippet of the things that have kept us busy this week. Monday: A dead sheep was found skinned and butchered near Timaru creek. It is not known at this stage if it was stock from a farmer or wild. A fraud scam was brought to our attention and thankfully the person scammed was able to recover their substantial funds quickly — be cautious if your spidey-senses start tingling. A disrespectful human has made off with money from the honesty box at Roy’s Peak. No doubt this person cares little for track maintenance. Tuesday: A mental health episode was attended. Help was provided to them so if you find yourself struggling, there are people and organisations out there who will listen. Wednesday: A male was arrested for possessing an offensive weapon — he faces court action as a result. An arrest was also made in relation to a domestic matter. A creepy male has been seen a number of times on the Edgewater walking track behaving oddly. If you spot someone acting strangely around there, give us a call. Thursday: A suspicious vehicle was reported around Tenby Street. We attended and with help from the public crossed off a few options. It turns out it was a local contractor door-knocking. A family harm matter was attended and we also helped out Cromwell Police with a job they had going on. Friday: Three vehicle crashes were attended. These were related to ice and grit so please remember
to reduce the risk that the season can cause by lowering your speed 15-20km/h. Another fraud matter was reported in which items were purchased off Facebook — please do not trust Facebook as a secure means of purchase, unlike TradeMe which has more secure measures in place. A family harm matter was attended, and during the night there was an alcoholfuelled assault in town. Saturday: Police dealt with an ongoing issue involving school-age children and an assault. Please keep talking to your kids about bullying and continue to reinforce the message that it isn’t ok. The evening saw some disorder at a local bar and someone has to explain themselves in court. Police also set up a number of checkpoints around the town and only one drink driver was taken off the streets of about 40 cars stopped — this was quite good to see. There were also plenty of people who did enjoy a beverage but kept it at a responsible level. Know your limits. Sunday: A broken-down boat was helped to shore by Coastguard and Police. The occupants all had life jackets, fully charged phones and warm kit so hats off to them for doing it right. Grit also was the culprit in a vehicle crash so take care when driving over the Crown Range. Thank you to all those drivers who defrosted your windscreens in the mornings. The rest of you, give yourselves an extra 5-10 minutes to blast the heater and throw some water on the outside. Have a great week everyone and stay safe.
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CONCERT REVIEW: The Donizetti Trio
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New parking permits introduced Neil Sonnekus
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From July 1 there will be four kinds of parking permits available for select groups in the Queensland Lakes District Council (QLDC) region. They will be: temporary permits for events, construction zones and general shortterm use; annual community-service permits allowing groups such as church staff, St Johns and Citizens Advice members to be able to park in certain areas; free parking permits for those who are over 75; and permits for taxis. QLDC’s Polly Lambert said the permits were a key part of a new bylaw introduced in March this year. “By implementing the permits we
are assisting the ability for critical services to carry out their various functions,” she said. “This ranges from taxis to event organising.” “In most cases, parking permits should offer convenience but not an exemption from the cost of parking. Each vehicle will have its own permit.” From Monday, July 1 until 30 September existing permit holders will be able to apply for new permits, if they meet the required criteria. During the first three months of the system’s implementation, education will be the focus rather than enforcement, helping to ensure it is fully understood by the community. Pictured: From July 1, drivers need to be aware of permitonly carparks.
There was a lot happening in Wanaka last Saturday evening with the visiting Korean Men’s Choir and the televised rugby but a large audience enjoyed the Donizetti Trio in Concert. This trio of accomplished musicians play their clever mix of instruments which allow each to shine but with a balance to produce easy listening, even with the intricacies of the trio music composed by their namesake, Donizetti. I thought the Vivaldi sonata a lyric delight. The first half also contained a newer work by Janet Jennings and Faure’s timeless and beautiful Pavane. The second half contained works by Koechin and a Fantasia on Themes from The Magic Flute. Ben
Hoadley, the bassoonist, had set three poems to music. The music was enjoyable but it was difficult to associate the poetry. It might be more instructive, and fun, if the music was performed in parallel to the poetry being read. As an encore, the group played the ever popular March of the Toreadors from Carmen. We are lucky to get these fine players, sponsored by Chamber Music NZ. One of their interests appears to be to foster new compositions, whereas there are still many who look for, and enjoy, the old favourites. – By Dennis Pezaro
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Local church feeds ski community for free ALLISON MCLEAN
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Wanaka Presbyterian Church members are hosting a free hot meal for ski workers starting this Tuesday. The fourth annual Ski Workers Dinner series will be offered every Tuesday fortnight at the parish until September. The dinners started in 2015 when the season's lack of snow affected the local ski workers' ability to earn enough revenue. Ski Workers Dinner organiser Ryan Lobb, who has previously worked in the ski industry, originally orchestrated the free meals to help feed the ski workers during hard financial months. “We saw a need that we felt we could provide for
in some small way at a difficult time,” said Lobb. “It’s a way in which we feel we can share God’s grace, which we have experienced in a very practical manner. We hope those who come feel some of that love we experience.” The church funds the meals; they receive support through some food donations from Mediterranean Market and work provided by 30 volunteers. The meals have received such a positive reception that the volunteers have continued the work year after year. Each dinner is a ticketed event and will be capped at 100 people. Tickets are available for pick up from the administration offices at Cardrona Alpine Resort, Treble Cone and Snow Farm NZ.
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After nearly 20 years of prodding from plastic campaigners and waste minimisation experts throughout New Zealand, the Government announced it will ‘look into’ establishing a nationwide cash-for-trash bottle refund scheme. The Ministry for the Environment’s recent decision to take action on waste includes a container deposit system (CDS) that would incentivise consumers by refunding a deposit when they return drink cans and bottles to be recycled, similar to NZ’s previous recycling refunds for bottles and cans in the 1980s. Alongside the announcement, Parliament’s Environment Select Committee also promised to produce a report on refund schemes following a presentation by The Kiwi Bottle Drive’s Holly Dove and other environmental campaigners. Dove said the recent announcements were much anticipated. “Last month we presented to politicians at an Environment Select Committee hearing following the delivery of our petition at the end of last year, which called for the introduction of a scheme,” she said. Dove said bottle refunds are a ‘no-brainer’. “It’s a really simple and super effective waste minimisation tool which New Zealand could implement right now using existing legislation.” she said. “While doubling our recycling rate and cleaning up our streets, a bottle refund scheme means great fundraising opportunities for community groups and schools; it’s a win-win for people and planet.” Wanaka's Wastebusters is one of the many zero waste campaigners that have worked to bring a container deposit-refund scheme back to New Zealand. Last November, Wastebusters tested out the Upper Clutha community’s interest for a reintroduction
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of a CDS by circulating a petition; the number of signatures collected indicated the recycling refund scheme would be welcomed by many. Wastebusters communications manager Gina Dempster said the key to making a CDS work is to have a variety of depots and container drop-off locations for bottles and cans, including reversevending machines. “The impact of bringing in recycling refunds for beverage containers would be significant. Many people don't realise we only recycle about 40 percent of our beverage containers. States in Australia with recycling refunds recycle over 80 percent of their beverage containers. It's pretty hard to argue against those statistics, especially because many of the bottles not getting recycled are plastic and might end up in the oceans.” Wastebusters communication coordinator Ruth Blunt told the Wanaka Sun that bottle refund schemes lead to extremely high recycling rates and significantly lower contamination and litter rates. She said the benefits of CDS have been proven in 40 countries; Germany’s recycling rates are up 99 percent through its scheme, while in Norway, 97 percent of all plastic bottles are recycled. At the moment, without a scheme in place, 55 percent of New Zealand’s recyclable material ends up in landfill or in the litter stream; that’s 45,865 tonnes wasted, or the equivalent of 700 Boeing 747s,” said Blunt. Wastebusters has worked alongside The Kiwi Bottle Drive, the Zero Waste Network and other waste campaigners and environment groups to bring a container deposit-refund scheme back to New Zealand. Pictured: New Zealand’s waste campaigners, including Wastebusters, welcome the Government’s announcement that it will ‘look into’ re-establishing a nationwide cash-for-trash bottle refund scheme.
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MAC come up short against Otago Boys Last Monday saw the Mount Aspiring College First XI boys football team take on their counterparts from Otago Boys High School at the Wanaka Recreation Centre in their third national qualification game. The visiting team needing a win to gain access to a wildcard entry into the NZ secondary school top tournament after already dropping a game in the Otago five-team competition to unbeaten, and already qualified, Kings High School. OBHS had the first half pretty much to themselves putting MAC under pressure a lot and stretching their defence especially down the flanks. MAC held on with some good work by keeper Lukas Schafer until around the 20-minute mark when OBHS finally found an opening to put them up 1-0. Max had a couple of chances but OBHS were very good at putting the MAC ball carrier under pressure every time MAC got the ball to shut down many of their attacks. The start of the second half saw MAC play much better and make more of their opportunities with the ball to press some good attacks. One such opportunity saw left attacking wing, Toa Roode, make a strong run down his side of the pitch by beating his marker with the ball and making a driving run into the box, only to be brought down by an Otago defender who was rewarded by a penalty kick. PHOTO: Gareth Hodges Center midfielder Weston Bell wasted no time by sending the ball into the back of the OBHS got the ball down in front of the MAC they managed to find a way through with a goal to tie up the game 1-1. Ten minutes later goal and with the MAC defence scrambling nice ball to make it 2-1. Another fine play by
Otago down the right wing saw their left mid drive the ball to just outside the box where he had the opportunity and time to take a shot which rocketed pass the keeper to put Otago up 3-1. With MAC looking defeat in the eye, they never gave up and their persistence paid off when they forced a corner. That young man — again — center-mid, Weston Bell, sent a brilliant ball in from the corner post which was pin-perfect and curled right into the topleft post and in to pin one back for the MAC Boys. With the clock almost up MAC forced their way back to the Otago goal again and were rewarded with a free kick just outside the box which gave them a chance to tie up the game and cause a tense moment for their supporters. But unfortunately they tried to be a bit fancy with the kick and the moment was lost and the game ended 3-2 to Otago who have played all their games in the Otago/Southland Regional qualifying zone and finished second behind Kings High School with one loss and three wins and will now apply for that wildcard entry. MAC will take on their local rival Wakatipu College next Monday at the Wanaka Recreation Centre at 2pm with both teams sitting on two losses and one win in the competition this last game is all about bragging rights and placing third. Should be a great game. – By MAC Football
Convincing win for MAC girls First XV against Dunstan The MAC girls’ XV claimed a 46-20 win against Dunstan High at home in Wanaka last Wednesday, June 19. MAC got off to a strong start with Amber Kelsen first to plant the ball over the try line and Tayla Upfold following up with a second try minutes later. Dunstan number nine Annie Hansen – later named Player of the Day for her team – was a force to be reckoned with, getting Dunstan’s first points on the board with her runaway try, but Amber was quick to answer with her second try of the game. A strong defensive effort just before halftime saw MAC claim a turnover right in front of the Dunstan try line, with Anna Barrett making a huge run almost the full length of the pitch before handing over to Bridget O’Brien to dot the ball down for another five points. Nineteen points behind at half time, Dunstan came out firing and scored the first try of the second
half. MAC stuck to their game plan to get the ball out wide and thanks to some quick and accurate passing the opportunities followed. Ashley Toovey was back on form again this week scoring two tries for MAC, with Kate and Amy Richards also amongst the try-scorers. Emma Kelly was named MAC player of the day, keeping up an impressive work rate for the whole game, strong at the breakdown and making some excellent tackles and runs. Coach Tony Barret was delighted by his team’s first win of the season, saying that they had come on “leaps and bounds” and were “really starting to step up”. MAC will face a tough test next week, with an away game against Cromwell who have proved to be the strongest girls’ XV side so far this season. Pictured: Anna Barrett being chased down by Dunstan High. – By Alex Kerr
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Determined MAC First XV side score win over Otago Boys’ High seconds The Mt Aspiring College first XV notched up a solid 33-7 win against Otago Boys’ High School’s second XV at home in Wanaka last Saturday, June 22. “The team played really well today,” said MAC’s Hamish Crosbie. “The boys could have left 20 or 30 points out on the field so we really could have put them away but to beat OBs 33-7 is a very good result for us.” Hungry for a win after losing to John McGlashan College and then Otago Boys’ first XV over the last two weeks, MAC were guilty of ‘white line fever’ at times. “We were pushing a few passes rather than being patient,” Hamish explained. “We were trying to score off that phase rather than thinking we can be a bit more patient and score off the next phase, so a few
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50-50 passes went to ground.” Lock Ollie Holloway was first to score for the home side, driving over the line after multiple phases on attack. Centre Jack East’s try from an 80-metre break set the scene for MAC to take charge of the scoreboard with a
14-0 lead at half time. The second half saw the game plan really come together and points scored from true team effort. Hamish explains: “The boys were able to stay in their structure really well and that created heaps of opportunities,
so we finished well.” Tries to Flanker Lachie McDonald and Wing Cameron Reddy were the result of MAC playing the full width of the field and stretching the OB’s defence. Milan Martinovich side-stepped his way to the try line to score MAC’s fifth try of the game. Prop Rhys Hughes put up another impressive defensive effort, also contributing with some strong carries. TJ Lilly’s accuracy at the kicking tee meant only one conversion was missed. OBHS only threatened the line once, scoring a consolation try just before full-time. MAC are next scheduled to play in Dunedin next Saturday June 29, against Kings High School. Kickoff will be at 1pm. Pictured: Rhys Hughes with ball. – By Alex Kerr
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WAFC Seniors struggle against league champions in the Cup For the second time in three weeks the Wanaka AFC Seniors and Lakes United locked horns, this time in Wanaka for the Central Otago Cup Semifinal. United this time running out 6-1 winners, the final score flattering to deceive as the Lakes men scored several late goals as the hosts chased the game. The hosts started brightly, but were quickly subdued as Lakes struck twice with the counter attacking football and clinical finishing that had won them the Division One title this season. On the half-hour mark, classy central midfielder Scott Mitchell responded for the Wanaka men with a delicious 30-metre strike that rocketed past the flailing Lakes keeper.
Trailing 2-1 at the break, the hosts continued to press for an equaliser, young Jacob Lang coming agonisingly close with a shot from 20 metres before Brazilian midfielder, Tallis had his header cleared off the line. With the game opening up Lakes took full advantage after an hour, again using a quick break and superb finishing to take a 3-1 advantage that effectively put the game to bed. The Seniors would have been disappointed to concede a couple of late goals and ultimately finish their season on a loss but should have plenty of positives to take away from this campaign and build on for next season. – By WAFC
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Vital away win for Wanaka Prems Wanaka Premiers travelled to Dunedin to take on Northern. On paper this should have been an even contest. Wanaka again had enforced personal changes as the experienced trio of Blair Scoullar, Steve Pleskun and Alex Plimmer were unavailable. They however welcomed back club captain, Allan Carmichael to the starting line up. Also included was player coach, Ian Bell, and starting debutant, Brandon Dickson who played at centre back. Wanaka gained momentum early, when in just the third minute of play young left back, Levi Fletcher, was quick to attack a far post cross which seemed to be heading away from a dangerous position. Levi's first-time shot from the edge of Northern’s penalty area snuck just inside the near post of Northern’s goal to give the away team a 1-0 lead. A great start for Wanaka, but to Northern's credit they kept their heads up and looked to get back in the game. They managed to dominate possession for 15 minutes but too often looked to a long ball which was defended well by the Wanaka defensive back four of Paul Hodgson, Dickson, John Skilton and Fletcher Cavanagh and goal keeper, Britton Dowling. It was 20 minutes in before Wanaka got used to their new midfield formation of Weston Bell, Carmichael, Everton Furby, Cavanagh and Ian Bell. Gaining momentum and possession which they began to supply good ball to young striker Harry Grimsdale. Grimsdale went close to scoring in the 25th minute but his left foot shot was mistimed. Five minutes later however, he found the net, when a slip from a Northern defender gave Grimsdale a chance to beat the defender and slide a cool finish past the oncoming keeper. 2-0. Wanaka had a series of corners where they threatened but couldn't get
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the vital touch which might have put them 3-0 up. With the halftime whistle looming it was Wanaka who would find the net again. Rightback, Paul Hodgson found himself in possession on the edge of Northern’s 18-yard box. He cut inside his defender and powered a left foot shot low under a helpless diving keeper. Wanaka go into half time with a 3-0 lead. Wanaka regroup and the message is clear — start again as if it is nil nil. Score and not concede a goal in the second half. Northern were, however, not going to die wondering. They were a much improved team in the second half as they searched for a goal which would get them back into the game. But Wanaka were next to score when Cavanagh floated in a free kick from 45 yards out. Grimsdale rose and his header across goal nestled into the back of Northern’s net. Wanaka go 4-0 up after 58 mins. Northern continued to attack and enjoyed the majority of possession. The midfield battle heated up and what looked like a free kick to Wanaka was not awarded and Northern were quick to take advantage. A free midfielder hit a fine shot from 25 yards which left Dowling in goal for Wanaka no chance. 4-1 after 75 mins. A tiring Wanaka defended sternly for the last 15 minutes and introduced youngsters Toa Roode, and debutants Ethan Arratia and Flynn Brown to replace coach Bell, Furby and Grimsdale who had all contributed well to a real team effort on the day. Pictured: Youngsters Brown, Cavanagh, Bell and Arratia. Grimsdale and Hodgson had very good games but the man of the match was awarded to centre back Skilton. Wanaka look forward to following up this fantastic win by playing host to Southland United on Saturday June 29. 2:45pm kickoff at the Wanaka Rec Centre. – By WAFC
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Question of the week: Cardrona has made a conditional offer to buy Treble Cone; is this good news for local skiers?
Ella Parker: “I think that it will make a better change because the prices will go down and [Treble Cone] need new chair lifts.”
Samara Goodall: “I think [Cardrona] will be able to put some money in [Treble Cone] and just make the whole mountain better. Hopefully some more parking space so more people can come up.”
Peter Stanton: “I’d love to be able to snowboard on both mountains on the one pass so for that reason I think the acquisition of Treble Cone would be fantastic for Cardrona.”
Laura Williamson: “I think it’s fantastic, I ski at both mountains and I hope there’ll be a chance to go back and forth between the two.”
Red Simpson: “I’ve skied at Treble Cone since I was 5… Personally I’m not too fussed about who owns Treble Cone as long as it stays open. I just want to enjoy skiing.”
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The Auckland Korean Elders Choir performed at the Presbyterian Community Church Centre on Saturday morning as a Mid Winter Christmas Concert, and they were quite delightful. The allmale choir’s members all looked spic and span in their white shirts, black trousers and red bowties. And talking about looks: the average age of the singers, according to Reverend Ian Hyslop, is 69, which makes one wonder: how do they do it? If the oldest member looked in his mid-70s, then a handful looked in their mid-60s, and the rest in their 50s. But no matter, we were told they were a collection of singers from various Korean churches in Auckland. They practise every Monday night “because they love music, and Jesus,” according to Hyslop. The first four songs, like Silent Night, were clearly Christmas songs, but that’s where it ended. Now it was time for a solo performance by Sarah Kim after the men, somewhat puzzlingly, left the hall. If Ms Kim’s phrasing is not always sharp in the slow sections, then the force of her voice in the more
The Informant Often when we get immersed in the day to day activities of life things end up passing us by. This can be a gradual process where small things are constantly changing around us yet we fail to pick up on what are large shifts. Living in Wanaka for the twenty past years is a great example. Many things have changed in this town over that time when you sit back and think about it. New sub-divisions such as Riverside, Anderson Heights, Allenby, Mount Iron Country Estate, Peninsula Bay, Three Parks to name a few. Nothing major on a day to day basis but put in context of 20 years Wanaka is massively different. Personally I feel this change analogy applies to the way business is now being transacted. There have been massive changes in the way we do business from 20 years ago. Technology is the one game changer that is always referred to as the centre or pivot point of change. From my perspective the changes technology has brought over last 20 years means many things. The internet is a great source of instant access to an infinite knowledge base. This is not only good for those of us in business but our clients are also using it to research matters
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strident sections was impressive. The men returned in casual attire - aha - and sang more well-known songs like Amazing Grace and spirituals. There were times they did, indeed, sound amazing. Now it was time for us all to sing together, with Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music) to Pokarekare Ana to Paul Anka’s hardly-Christian lyrics of My Way, as popularised by Frank Sinatra. The audience, which consisted mainly of elderly people, sang along happily. Out the men walked again and the next surprise was upon us. Conductor Samuel Park, accompanied very ably by Younsoo Lee on the piano, started singing in a voice that was more than just that of a Sunday singer. If Mr Park doesn’t sing professionally, he should. He has a light, very clear and pleasing tenor. The men returned in their formal concert attire again and the next four songs, two of which were arranged by Wayne Hooper, were more or less singalongs, vocalized enthusiastically by all. The encore ended with an arrangement of the Lord’s Prayer that was at times as daring as some of the other arrangements. Mr Park was handed flowers to end it all, and graciously passed them on to Ms Kim.
and find out information for themselves. Key for me is not so much the knowledge but the speed it can be obtained. Mix this speed with the “ease” with which we can make requests for information means we are dealing with a ramped up volume of matters in our daily work lives. In addition to the volume the combined ”speed” and “ease” factors have set an expectation of rapid response from the people we are transacting business with. I find this is a common form of feedback when talking with other business owners. Business people are certainly feeling the daily pressure to be responsive and reactive to client demands. Technology has been promoted for a number of years now as the saviour for us to work a four day week. The extra productivity that technology has promised to deliver us hasn’t given us that extra day off. Why has this outcome not transpired? Has technology not made us more productive? Personally I feel there have been gains in productivity that allow us to do more with our day than we previously did. Over this same period however the internet has increased our ability to access pricing information. The internet through its ability to allow quick referencing has been the key driver behind reduced pricing for products and services. Technology has become a
MAC students bring Shakespeare to life Ollie Blyth
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This week a number of Mount Aspiring College’s year 10 and 12 drama students transformed the Lake Wanaka Centre into their own ‘Globe Theatre’ with their class production of the Shakespearean classic, Romeo and Juliet. For just two nights the students performed their piece to the Upper Clutha Community, and it was met with resounding applause. The play, originally written in 1594, was brought forward and placed under a modern day microscope into the context of a high school. The students’ interpretation of the work was witty and dynamic, including some very memorable moments for the audience to take away. The design of the play was simple but effective for the production. Lighting was entirely operated by students at
the school. In addition to this students used their cell phones to illuminate themselves, sometimes with whole scenes only lit by cell phone torches. Working cell phones and modern day communication into the piece gave it a very postmodern feel. The students, who had been working on the show for a number of weeks, presented their rendition of the well known story almost flawlessly. Their delivery the play was in something of a Goldilocks range, not too dark for the storyline, nor to lighthearted and comedic. Among all of the talent presented over the two-night season was Siena Shotwell who played Romeo in the second half of the play, providing a deep insight into Romeo’s desperate anger as his end draws near. Another notable performance was that of Isobel Smith’s take on Juliet’s overbearing, excitable Nurse, who at times breathed life into Juliet’s despair.
double edge sword. At one level we have become more productive at the expense of a reduced price for services and products we make. The end result has seen us working more just to keep up with where we were previously. In some regards this “running to stand still” effect is the direct result of technology advances and the impact it is having on competitive pricing. Technology is a fantastic means of allowing us instant access to funds and capital resources. Internet banking allows you to sit anywhere in the world and pay your bills. It is easy to imagine that instant payment solutions should have seen a large reduction in the amount of overdue accounts owed to any business by their customers. Remember the days when we wrote out cheques, sent them in the post on the 15th of the month allowing 5 days for the post to deliver your envelope. It seems we still have this 5 day postage mentality fixed in our minds even though we can pay bills virtually live. People rarely pay on the 20th. The new 20th is now the 25th or even later. Don’t get me wrong I embrace technology and what it can do. In some ways I feel it hasn’t always delivered on promises and improved our business world to the extent it should have.
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It’s great to see so many local people making noise about the new Town Centre Masterplan, both positive and negative. Not to detract from those that feel very strongly about the council’s proposals, but this may seem like a minor issue compared to the ramifications that the proposed airport expansion will have on all of Wanaka and all of YOU, the people that currently live here, own property here, want to come and live here or just simple visit. It’s not impossible to imagine how jammed up Wanaka would become with three million, that’s 3,000,000 visitors coming through the airport every year and that’s just for starters. Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) is 75 percent owned by our council, the QLDC and 25 percent owned by Auckland International Airport, the biggest and most aggressively profitorientated airport in New Zealand. They have spent millions buying land around the airport and have a ridiculously long 100-year lease on the current airport land. They want to make many, many more millions from this of course, by flying jets in from other parts of New Zealand and overseas, right over your heads, your homes, your businesses, lakes, rivers and places you recreate. If you want to get a taste of what this could be like, just go and hang out at the north facing beach on Kelvin Heights Peninsular. It’s not pleasant. Of course there are up sides to an international airport only six kilometres from town, but the downs are so much bigger. The environmental impact for starters. Noise, pollution, millions of people through the town, clogged up roads, increased stress on everything in the town, reduced value of properties under the flight path of the jets. You name it, there will be an effect. The biggy is quality of life. Why do you live in Wanaka and why do people come here to visit? Not because the air travel access is easy or because the roads are jammed up with tourist’s rental cars and buses, right? Your quality of life will be diminished, your children’s future will be negatively affected by this and all the people that currently come here because it’s NOT like Queenstown, may not want to come here anymore either. So all this energy that’s going into having your say on the CBD Masterplan, needs to be directed at the council about the airport expansion as well. Strangely enough, there is nothing on the QLDC’s website about the airport expansion. It’s not even in the District Plan. But you can and need to voice your very needed opinion on this major matter here http://letstalk.qldc.govt.nz/ Please do it, the town’s future needs everybody’s input.
Here’s a quote from Jim Boult on the Town Centre Masterplan. Does this ring true for the airport to Mr Mayor? “It has been made for locals. Our concern is primarily the people who live there and how it works for locals. Of course we need to take visitors into account but that's a secondary consideration. Some of the things we need to do around visitors affect locals, so if you like, we are putting locals' interests ahead of visitors when considering these things." Doug Hamilton
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“The Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan wider scope does include the transport corridor between Wanaka and the Airport, and the development process takes into account many factors, such as visitor and resident population predictions which consistently underpin many of our strategies and masterplan processes. These predictions are widely available from the QLDC website and show peak and average day populations. The 3M tourist number is a statistic that has been quoted based on assumptions, largely by stakeholders in opposition to any development of the airport, and should not be seen as an accurate or credible prediction. The planned capacity for the Wanaka Airport has yet to be confirmed and will be an output of part of the ongoing engagement and consultation being undertaken by QAC as part of their masterplanning process. Any final forecasts from the QAC masterplan will be one aspect that informs the ongoing development of infrastructure in and around Wanaka. We would continue to encourage people to engage with both the Wanaka Town Centre Masterplan and the QAC Consultation on the Wanaka Airport development to ensure their views are considered.”
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The Wanaka Masterplan has generated a lot of correspondence from those who are opposed to some or all of the ideas it contains. The problem is that doing nothing, especially in terms of the road network is not an option. The already consented residential subdivisions at Northlake, Hikuwai, The Heights, Three Parks and others has already locked in a substantial amount of new traffic in the foreseeable future. A road network that coped with a local population of 4000 ish when the Wanaka 2020 process took place in 2002, is just not going to cope with a basin population that is already over 12,000. This is local traffic not tourist traffic. Any proposed change always motivates those who don’t like it or indeed any change to submit. It’s therefore really important that those who do like all, or just some of the ideas, make a submission so that your voice is heard as well. Don’t let those highly motivated by either vested interests or dislike of change set the course for the future of the town. Queenstown failed to plan effectively and look at the traffic chaos there. The failure to build the Mann St bypass is the perfect example. I think the one thing that almost everyone in Wanaka agrees with is that we don’t want to be like Queenstown. Make a submission on the plan, and include your own ideas if you don’t like those on offer. It’s easy to do on line at https://letstalk.qldc.govt.nz/wanakamasterplan Submission close tomorrow, Friday June 28. Do it now. John Wellington
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The long list of honours for Zoi Sadowski-Synnott continues to grow. The Wanaka snowboarder now joins the rank of highly decorated athletes who are nominated for a 2019 ESPY Award. Following an outstanding year of results, including a 2019 World Championship title, gold and silver medals in the Winter X Games and a Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championship title, SadowskiSynnott has been nominated in the award’s Best Female Action Sports Athlete category. “When I compete, I go out and snowboard to the best of my abilities, not stressing about the result,” SadowskiSynnott told the Wanaka Sun. “After bailing both runs in Slopestyle at the Olympics, focusing too much about the pressure of getting a good result; then going into Big Air I just chilled out and did my tricks as if it was any other day. I think that’s when I realised I compete best when I'm not focused on the result and more on my performance. Coming into this last season I tried to copy that mindset, and I guess it worked out. Looking back on the season I can't believe how everything played out, it was all like a dream.” She said she was blown away when she learned of her ESPY nomination news. “My dad a few weeks earlier thought I'd have a chance at getting
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nominated, but I laughed it off.” Sadowski-Synnott will attend the ESPY awards ceremony in Los Angeles, United States, with her older sister before starting training at Cardrona Alpine Resort and competing in the Winter Games Big Air World Cup and X Games Norway Big Air in August. “I wouldn't be where I am without the support of my family, sponsors, coaches and everyone who supports me, so thank you,” she said. She is up against three other athletes in her ESPY award category. The 2019 ESPYS will air live on American broadcast television network ABC on Wednesday, July 10, at 8pm (Eastern Time Zone) from the Microsoft Theater. Award winners are chosen through voting by fans as well as a panel of sportswriters, broadcasters, sports executives and sportspersons. Pictured: Wanaka snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is nominated for a 2019 ESPY in the Best Female Action Sports Athlete category.
The Rams didn’t so much play against the Cromwell Cavaliers at home on Saturday afternoon as practise against them — or that’s what the scoreline would suggest. Within minutes Ben Broughton had scored the first try, and many were to follow in this 86-5 rout. The score would have been much higher if it hadn’t been for some poor goalkicking from Brodie Flannery, for starters. As the league’s highest scorer with the boot and after four conversions against Wakatipu the week before, he was clearly having a bad day at the office. Another kicker followed suit until Oliver Stirling steadied the ship with four conversions towards the end. The Cavaliers’ loose forwards can take credit for twice running down halfback Luke Hume’s attempts at kicking over his forwards. But what did the Rams do right? Very simple. Their hard-grafting forwards got the ball to their backs, who lay deep and ran as if they wanted to score, individually and as a team. There is nothing more satisfying for a forward to see that his hard work isn’t being kicked away for no particular reason, something in which even international sides indulge. Each of the backs ran with purpose and, most importantly, straight. The opposition never knew whether they were going to have to tackle an individual or a combination of individuals. They might not have looked lost, but the scoreboard said otherwise. It also didn’t help that the Cavaliers’s second fiveeighth, Jaryne Reid, was handing out graveyard passes to his backs, but then that is a coaching failure in that his backs were positioned so flatly that by the time they got the ball — when they got ball — the Rams’ loose forwards were flying into
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them. The Cavaliers had a brief upsurge after the break and a serious team talk, and scored their sole, unconverted try, but soon after it was one-way traffic again. It will be interesting to see how the Rams play and, importantly, defend when they get a dose of their own effective medicine. So far it seems like they’re more than coping. All they have to do now is sort their kicking for those times when a conversion or penalty becomes the difference between winning and losing. Results: Tries by, among others, Olly Higgins (2), Matt Walker, Ben Broughton (2), Brendon Murdoch, Ferg Smith, Brodie Flannery. Conversions: Olly Stirling 4 Pictured: Matt Walker, who also scored a try, catches the ball to feed it to his backline.
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