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Bridging the gap The Rob Roy swing bridge, built in 1978, will be deconstructed to make way for a bigger bridge. Story page 3.
Honour for Phyllis page 5
Inaugural Great Autumn Apple Drive page 9
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DOC staff face uncertain future Tim Brewster
Words, wine and voices page 15
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The Upper Clutha stands to lose a total of four employees from the Department of Conservation offices in Wanaka and Makarora, almost 20 percent of its staff, and the highest of any centre in Otago, if a proposal for a restructure is adopted. Following Tuesday’s announcement about redundancies and a restructuring of the Department of Conservation, local staff are still unsure of the eventual impact on staffing and programmes. “There’s a lot of anxiety until we work things through,” DOC Wanaka area manager Paul Hellebrekers said. “I can’t really say anything more.” Paul was briefed on Monday at the DOC head office in Wellington and had started the process of discussing the changes with Wanaka staff. He
said he was unable to reveal many of the changes “at this stage” as a consultation process was required with staff, and he referred any other questions to DOC’s head office. The department’s director general, Al Morrison, was
full-time employees of their 19.5 permanent staff, Makarora will lose 1.0 of their 2.5 fulltime employees, Alexandra will lose 3.0 and Owaka will lose 1.0. “It’s really tough to lose that number. We work hand
the money.” The decision for the changes in staffing numbers was based on workload Lisa said. “As with most regions, there is a small change overall with some sites getting more roles and some getting less – based
This is their second round of cuts and it’s hard to put your heart and soul in, especially when you’re doing it for the love of the job. It’s certainly not for the money. unavailable for comment yesterday with inquiries responded to by DOC media advisor Lisa Sutcliffe who supplied the information on the proposed change in staffing levels yesterday afternoon. In contrast to Wanaka’s proposed reduction Queenstown and Glenorchy stand to gain one and two fulltime positions respectively. The Wanaka office will lose 3.1
in hand with them and it’s going to create a huge hole especially with hands-on work,” Central Otago’s Forest and Bird chairman, Mark Ayre said. He said morale for the department would also be an issue. “This is their second round of cuts and it’s hard to put your heart and soul in, especially when you’re doing it for the love of the job. It’s certainly not for
on our analysis of the work to be done in each region and on the locations we believe it would be best to do that work from.” A release from the department on Tuesday said no offices would be closed down, but there would the loss of 118 management and administrative positions with a total of 140 staff to go. There are currently 160 DOC vacancies
“frozen” which may be opened up for staff who lose their jobs. It is unknown when or how many new vacancies will be open for applications. The department is also proposing to replace its 11 regional conservancies with six nationally. Wanaka would join Wakatipu and coastal Otago in the new southern South Island region and be administered by the Dunedin office for “partnerships” and Invercargill for conservation services. The Wanaka office currently has 12 active memorandums of understanding with volunteer groups and trusts in the area including Forest and Bird, the Upper Clutha Tracks Trust, Diamond Lake Predator Control Group and Lake Wanaka Cycling. DOC staff have until April 12 to provide feedback on the changes before a final decision is made.
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CT scanner suite underway Tim Brewster Work has started on the muchawaited Dunstan hospital CT scanner suite, with completion anticipated at the end of April. The scanner was shipped from Germany at the beginning of February. Siemens, the manufacturers of the scanner, will be installing the machine at the end of April. Following
testing, calibration and training, it is expected the service will be ready to open mid-May with the
Services Ltd general manager, Karyn Penno said. “The support of our community
The support of our community has been overwhelming, and we are very grateful to everyone who has contributed. formal opening to take place in August, Central Otago Health
has been overwhelming, and we are very grateful to everyone
who has contributed. Being able to provide this service locally so that members of our community won’t have to travel to Dunedin will make a huge difference. At this point we have not quite reached our fundraising target, so appreciate all of the activities that are being organised and taking place over the next two months as we work towards the opening of the service.”
Fenton resigns from Pembroke Park Caroline Harker
suggested depredations to Pembroke Park’s integrity by the QLDC,” Father Fenton said. A proposal has been made by the council to use some of the Brownston Street verge of the park for 94 angleparking spaces. The Friends are running a campaign against this and already have more than 100 submissions supporting them. QLDC councillor Leigh Overton and Wanaka Community Board members Jude Battson and Dick Kane are hearing public submissions on the proposal. The closing date for submissions is May 10.
After a three year term Father Brian Fenton has resigned from his role as President of Friends of Pembroke Park and been replaced by committee member Professor John Blennerhassett. “It has been an excitement and a pleasure to be at the helm during these challenging years,” Father Fenton said. The group has run campaigns to preserve the park from any encroachments for uses other than recreation since the 1970s. “Paramount this year has been our battle against the
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Funding for feasibility studies Nine grants totaling $282,240 were approved by Central Lakes Trust at its latest funding round. More than $140,000 was provided to carry out feasibility studies for the construction of trails from Bannockburn to Clyde and from Nevis Bluff to Bannockburn. The studies will determine the proposed route alignments, identify engineering design and
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resource consent requirements, provide preliminary landowner feedback and total project budget for design, construction, maintenance and future operating costs. For the Cromwell Gorge Trail, identified as a priority in the Cromwell Community Plan and the Outdoor Recreation Strategy, the study will look at both sides of the lake to
determine whether such a project is feasible and worth further consideration. The trail would be an extension of the Rail Trail linking the Cromwell and Dunstan basins. “These feasibility studies will help identify the most effective way of forming a coordinated trails network throughout the region. To date, significant investment from several key
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partners has been provided to create these world-class trails but many of these do not currently link with each other. It is important that a regional trail network is designed to attract maximum participants in order to create financial sustainability and widespread benefit to our region” Paul Allison, Chief Executive, Central Lakes Trust said.
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Rob Roy bridge closing for work Major construction work will be carried out at the Rob Roy bridge site in the West Matukituki Valley, restricting access to the Rob Roy Track for three weeks. During the construction phase the existing 35-year-old bridge will be closed to the public from April 2 until April 23
while a replacement is being built. The work, which is estimated to cost $50,000, will be completed by DOC staff along with an earthmoving contractor. A helicopter will also be required to fly in concrete and erect the towers. The new suspension bridge will be erected
on the same site as the current structure, however it will be wider and maximum loading will increase from five to ten people. The existing structure will be retained to aid construction of the new bridge but will be deconstructed and removed from the site during the build.
New directors Queenstown Lakes District Council appointed new directors to the board of Lakes Leisure on Tuesday. QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said the former directors “did not wish to continue as directors in light of the decision to bring the activities of Lakes Leisure back
in house”. The new directors, Mayor van Uden, Chief Executive Adam Feeley and Chief Financial Officer Stewart Burns, will ensure the “smooth operation of the company” and the current management team would continue to run the
day-to-day operations of the company. The Mayor said this would be complemented by QLDC officers and elected representatives to govern Lakes Leisure through the reintegration process.
Annabel to help beekeepers Wanaka’s free range cook, Annabel Langbein, has joined forces with the National Beekeepers Association to work on projects that help promote and protect bees. “My father kept bees as a hobby, so I grew up watching him tend the hives in our Wellington backyard,” Annabel said. “And as a free range cook who uses nature as my pantry I thoroughly appreciate the importance of bees and the hugely critical role they play in our everyday lives, not to mention the value they add to our economy through pollination.” NBA President Barry Foster said Annabel will give the association “a high-profile voice when it comes to generating awareness” of the issues its members face.
Safety concerns about fires Wanaka Police are continuing to investigate the spate of fires in Albert Town, (fire pictured at Hikuwai Reserve) which were started on March 12, 13 and 14, but have no further leads. Police have been unable to
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confirm that two of the fires were deliberately lit, but three young boys were seen playing around and putting out a small grass fire on March 12. Sergeant Aaron Nicholson said it was
fortunate no one was injured, although there is always a significant potential for these incidents to get out of control given the particularly dry condition this summer. He is appealing to
local residents and the public using local tracks to be extra vigilant with cigarette butts, to be aware of the ongoing fire risk and to keep a close eye out for any suspicious behaviour. PHOTO: Shennee Ooi
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Kakano to Kathmandu This week children in Kakano Pod at Wanaka Primary School made cards and wrote letters to send to their buddy school in Nepal. The children donated their pocket money and assembled gifts to send to the children in the rural SAV school, near Kathmandu, which will be hand-delivered by local mountain guides. Staff and guides from
Adventure Consultants are travelling to Nepal for two big expeditions to high altitude in April and May on Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse. Both climbs require oxygen use for the summit days, with Everest known as the highest peak in world at 8850m, and neighbouring peak Lhotse the fourth highest at 8516m. Local guides include expedition
leaders Dean Staples (Everest) and Guy Cotter (Lhotse), guides Lydia Bradey and Mike Roberts, and company general manager Suze Kelly will be joining the Lhotse team as a climber. Suze met the children in Pod 2 and collected their letters and gifts on Friday. She will hand deliver them to the director of the SAV School Govinda Panthy early next week. PHOTO: supplied
Lucky Wonders for free An Australian band, hailed as ‘one of the best roots bands playing the circuit’ by the Sydney Morning Herald, is giving a free house concert at Nook Road in Hawea next Friday (April 5.) The Lucky Wonders is a duo of Emma Royle and Jessie Vintila. They write their own songs and describe their music as ‘indie pop/ folk’. This is their first tour of New Zealand,
and follows a successful European one. The concert is being organised by Anna van Riel, who said she is making it free “…to bring culture and music to Wanaka that’s available to anyone regardless of their income or age. Like a library or an art gallery.” See Sun Spots for details. PHOTO: kirra cheers
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Historical honour for Phyllis Caroline Harker Phyllis Aspinall, 91, was made a life member of the Upper Clutha Historical Records Society yesterday. She is the third person to receive the honour since the society was formed in 1985. Peg Mathieson became a life member in 2010 and Stan Kane last year, just a few months before he died. All three of them were at the society’s inaugural meeting and became founding committee members, along with Phyllis’s late husband Jerry. “We started the society because we valued the past and we wanted people to understand it,” Phyllis said. “A lot of things happened and we were concerned to remember the people who had been here and the tremendous things they did.” The society collects and preserves historical records of the area, and it was Phyllis who made the first move towards having a purpose-
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built archives room. She approached the council and did a lot of research into what was required. Consequentlywhenthenew Wanaka Library opened in 2000 it had a temperatureand moisture-controlled fireproof room for the society’s use. The room is open by appointment and the photographic collection is now being digitised. Society members gathered at Phyllis’s
house where president Graham Dickson made the presentation and a special afternoon tea was served. Committee member Margaret Thomlinson spoke about Phyllis’s achievements on behalf of the society including her role on two book committees; one which produced Wanaka and Surrounding Districts - a follow up to The Wanaka Story - which was published
in 1990; and another which worked on Skirt Tales: Stories of the Lives of 100 WomenoftheUpperClutha Area which was published for Women’s Suffrage Year (1993). “Skirt Tales represented Phyllis’s deep interest in the human faces behind historical facts, particularly those of the women who were so rarely mentioned, and then only as Mrs John somebody,” Margaret said. Phyllis also
compiled a comprehensive bibliography of all the books and magazines which pertained to the region. While it is now in need of updating, it is still widely used. Phyllis (nee Manson) lived with Jerry at Mount Aspiring Station for 27 years. They raised four children and were famous for their hospitality, not only amongst friends and family but also countless trampers and climbers who passed through on their way into Mount Aspiring National Park. Phyllis’s many interests include history, art, needlework and writing. She made the needlework sign outside the historical records room in the library, and the front cover of the genealogical society’s 2000 census of the Upper Clutha. She also had a stint as a radio correspondent for Radio 4YA and did a lot of writing for magazines, journals and books. She lives in her own home in Totara Terrace.
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inbrief Hoax calls Inland Revenue has issued a warning about hoax phone calls offering tax refunds. “Those making the calls may offer a person a tax refund, a grant, or even unclaimed money if they make an upfront direct payment to a bank account via Western Union,” Group Manager, Customer Services, Eleanor Young said. “There have also been cases when a person has been asked to make the transfer online through a website address while they are still talking on the phone.” The advice is to hang up immediately and not to transfer funds to the hoax caller.
Wifi for libraries Cromwell Library and i-Site, as well as Central Otago libraries and visitor centres in Alexandra, Roxburgh and Ranfurly, now have wireless internet service. Users can purchase bundles of 20MB to 100MB of data for use within any of the CODC visitor centres and libraries. Central Otago and Lakes District libraries are also developing an e-Book collection and expanding their social media presence.
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Older people surveyed
Caroline Harker A research project into the needs of older people in the district has already found there are recurring themes including loneliness, transport issues, and financial stress. The project has also found older people often have no family around them and find it hard to ask for help
when they need it. The project was initiated by the Alpine Community Development Trust (which oversees Community Networks) and is funded by NZ Lotteries Community Research. Preliminary findings were presented by Professor Amanda Barusch and Project Researcher Sarah Ballard last week and
are now on the Community Networks website. Suggestions of things which would help older people include a resource directory especially aimed at them which would be available in the library and at Community Networks, more community awareness of their needs and their own dropin centre.
Researcher Sarah Ballard said the project could be a blueprint for further detailed studies. “We want to give our seniors a voice and to make some changes for them.� Sarah is pictured here with some of her interviewees including Myra Chalk, Ola Reeve, Doreen Tyree, Joan Bairstow, Enid Fraser and Freda Bleasdale. photo: wanaka.tv
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Top of the Lake begins
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Caroline Harker Wanaka teenagers were thin on the ground in the opening episode of Top of the Lake on Monday night, but we did see Luke Buchanan (pictured) sitting in the backseat of a bus, texting. We’ll see more of Luke and the other teenagers as the six-part series continues, though not much until episode three. Luke, who has one of the biggest roles of the locals in the series, said it was “pretty trippy” to see episode one. “At the start it’s all confusing but you can tell it’s going to make sense in the end,” he said. “When they were filming I thought I knew what was going on, but it was amazing to see how they put it all together. They’ve got some real good techniques with cameras and stuff.”
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Set in the fictional town of Lake Top, the show was filmed in and around Queenstown, and the landscape looks both magnificent and menacing. The storyline is dark, and hints of worse to come, and director Jane Campion has said she hopes the locals will realise the series isn’t a commentary or a literal representation of the area where it was filmed. “It’s called Lake Top deliberately because it doesn’t represent any town I know, and we want to take people away from thinking this [what’s in the storyline] really goes on there.” Episode one saw Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss playing a detective who gets embroiled in the pregnancy and suspected disappearance of 12-yearold Tui Mitcham. Tui
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belongs to a well-known local crime family, led by patriarch Matt Mitcham (Peter Mullan), whose introduction to viewers consists of throwing a real estate agent into the lake to drown - as punishment for selling a prized piece of land to a commune led by a mysterious character played by Holly Hunter. Top of the Lake has been compared to David Lynch’s early 1990s television show Twin Peaks due to their shared storyline of an out-of-town cop pursuing a case on the edge of the wilderness, as well as their large ensemble casts of eccentric characters. One episode down, it seems fans will hang in for another five, if the reception the series has received both overseas and nationally is anything to go by.
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Conquering Gillespie Pass Tim Brewster After three days, 1610m of climbing, and a successful completion of 58km Gillespie Pass, young Wanaka stroke survivor Maria Fredavotich, 30, has succeeded in doing something she would have found impossible just months ago. Finishing the hike was a highlight she is unlikely to forget. “I was exhausted, freezing cold and wet as it had been raining all day. But at the same time, more importantly, I was feeling like a million dollars. I had just completed my first ever tramping experience and shared it with an amazing, entertaining, encouraging and supportive team of individuals,” she said. Maria was joined on the hike by
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Doctor Andrew McLeod, Simon Mazzotti and videographer
Ross McKay. The tramp was to raise funds
and awareness for her charity Young Stroke Survivors, initially set up to help bring 12-yearold Mackenzie Kerr-Bell to Wanaka to work with Adaptive Snowsports NZ. Once this is accomplished, her long-term goal is to create a charity to help youth recovering from strokes, and their families, with rehabilitation, life adjustments and in accessing outdoor activities. TVNZ Breakfast will be showing footage of her hike in the next two weeks as well as parts of a documentary made in 1996 showing her rehabilitation process following a stroke when she was 13. Pictured are Maria Fredatovic, Andrew McLeod and Simon Mazzotti approaching the top of Gillespie Pass.
Inaugural Great Autumn Apple Drive Local Food Wanaka is organising a community event to show what can be done with the season’s apple surplus. The inaugural Great Autumn Apple Drive is being held on April 6 and will show people how to press apples and pears for making cider and how to make chutney and apple sauce. Organisers want people of all ages and experience to attend so they can learn or share their knowledge and skills. Everyone will go away with some pressed apple juice to ferment into cider and a jar or two of chutney or sauce. The event will be held at Rippon Hall which has been donated for the day. “As local farmers (not to mention foragers and foodies), we’re all for supporting community events that celebrate and promote self-sufficiency,” Rippon’s Laura Wheeler said. The event is the idea of Ella Lawton who was inspired by the Great Waiheke Plum Drive, an annual event which is now into its fourth year. “Ever since I heard about the Great Waiheke Plum Drive I have wanted to see this happen here in Wanaka,” Ella said. “With such an abundant amount of apples in our region at this time of year I think it will be a great success.” Attendees should take a gold coin donation, loads of apples, pears and green
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tomatoes, a few small jam jars with lids and a five-litre capacity container for taking home apple juice to ferment into cider. Everything else will be provided by the organisers. Anyone wanting to donate surplus produce can get in touch with
the organisers through the Local Food Wanaka website. Pictured are two of the volunteers organising the event, chef and nutritionist Sarah Wadsworth and local food enthusiast Sophie Ward.
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Best, worst and dirtiest Last week, the Minister for the Environment released the great news that Wanaka Wastebusters will get $150,000 from the Waste Minimisation Fund to help us run the 2013 Unpackit Awards. This will be our third year of running the Unpackit awards, to stop so much packaging going into the rubbish. Sometimes, in my less inspired moments, I’ve wondered whether improving packaging is really as critical as tackling climate change or water pollution. But a photo shoot we did last year for Unpackit made me think differently. We worked out how much packaging is thrown out in New Zealand on average for four people (288kg!), and spread it all out on a lawn. The mountain of rubbish was a shock to all of us. It stank, and it took us hours to pick it all up again. Just as well I had some friends staying who could give us a hand, although maybe not what they were planning to do on their holiday. Come to think
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of it, they haven’t been back to visit since! Seeing, smelling and touching the amount of dirty packaging thrown out for my family really opened my eyes. The scale of the problem became real to me, and I knew it not
just with my head but with my senses. Which makes me think, what if the CEOs of companies using bad packaging could touch, smell and see all the rubbish their company makes in a year? Perhaps they’d find the motivation to choose
packaging that could be reused or recycled instead of ending up as rubbish. Pictured are Gina Dempster, Quinn Curtis,10, Jem Curtis, 7, and Logan Curtis.
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Shovelling to compete
Youth drinking spree leads to one arrest
Tim Brewster Three local horse riders are literally shovelling manure to raise funds for a trip to England. Cate Howie, Alannah Stalker and Ellie Nesbit from the Central Otago pony club are being joined by Scott Martin from the Taeri Districts club on a proposed six-week trip to compete on the English circuit. Hosted by the Warwickshire pony club, the four will travel to various competitions as well as compete in a pony club sports event called a tetrathalon. The event consists of shooting, swimming, riding a cross-country course and running a distance from 1500m to 3000m. Ellie, 17, Alannah,15, and Cate,17, pictured
On Friday night a large group of school-aged youths were “drinking up large� in various spots around town including New World car park. Police arrested one young man. Constable Greg Nolet said that was one young person too many. Three drivers, who were all more than twice the legal limit for their ages, were processed for drink driving during the week. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 was used twice this week. Police attended three vehicle crashes: A couple of tourists in the Matukituki Valley near Raspberry Flat kept police busy for a few hours. A chair, pillow and a duvet were reported stolen from outside a van in the Wanaka Lake View Motor Camp. A local man was arrested after police attended the burglary of a house in Mount Iron Drive. The stolen property was returned undamaged. Police will be out on the roads this Easter weekend. They will be monitoring speed and checking for drink drivers.
here shovelling manure into bags which they are selling to raise money for the trip, are all holders of the NZ Pony Club B certificate required to compete in England. The hosting arrangements with the English club were initiated by former District Commissioner of Warwickshire and riding enthusiastDave Forsyth, who now lives in Omakau. Dave suggested the idea to the pony club saying it had always been a dream to take a group of young people over to compete on the English circuit. The trip is planned for July 15, with the girls selling bags and trailer loads of manure as well as a raffle for firewood and a helicopter flight.
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sunnews Its belly full of bread Loved poked me in the eye at first hurt me in the chest next where it went after that brought no pain at all although I ached. Then it made my belly rise and fall. I was not hungry any more. - Glenn Colquhoun
Words, wine and voices Wanaka celebrated NZ Book month with a poetry symposium starring Glenn Colquhoun. He is well known to Wanaka audiences, having been here for two previous Festivals of Colour, and his poetry writing workshop was quick to
sell out. After the workshop participants read to an audience, and then Glenn read his own poems and essays, told stories and sang a couple of original sea shanties based on New Zealand history.
Chance to recycle your old TV People wanting to recycle their old televisions can drop them off at Smith City or Wanaka Wastebusters for just $5 per set. (This is for a limited time only.) Smith City is taking them now and Wastebusters is taking them from April 10 at $5, rather than the usual price of $25. Wastebusters has a quota of 1250 televisions from the lakes district at the susbidised price. “We want as many people as possible to be able to recycle their old televisions at that
price,” Wastebusters communications advisor Gina Dempster said. The television takeback programme is funded by the Ministry for the Environment’s Waste Minimisation Fund. It started in October last year in Hawke’s Bay and the West Coast - the first two regions to go digital - and more than 20,000 televisions were collected for recycling. Electronic waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the world, with most electronic
items being designed for a life span of less than five years. Metals in used electronic equipment can be recycled, which means less need to be mined from the ground. Dumping televisions and other electronic equipment in landfills is potentially harmful to soil and water because they contain toxic chemicals. The television takeback programme is timed to coincide with the South Island’s switch from analogue to digital television, which happens on April 28.
The event was held at Mount Maude Vineyard and organised by Poetic Justice. “It was a Sunday full of words, wine and voices, a lovely way to mark NZ Book Month here in the south,” one of the organisers, Laura Williamson, said.
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Mop chop fundraiser Nine-year-old Jack Willson is well on his way to raising $1000 in his Mop Chop fundraiser for the Central Otago Cancer Society. Jack, who lives in the Lindis Valley, has been growing his hair “super long and crazy” to raise funds and awareness for the Society, and yesterday he had it all shaved off. Donations for Jack’s fundraiser can be made online until April 9. See sunspots for details
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sunnews Number one tilting tower The Leaning Tower of Wanaka at Puzzling World was rated number one by Travelencyclopedia website for the “10 most famous inclined or tilted towers in the world”. It is rated ahead of such structures as Sharps Island Light House in Maryland, Illinois’s Leaning Tower of Niles (a replica of Leaning Tower of Pisa) and, at number two, Abu Dhabi’s Capital Gate which holds the Guinness World Records for the world’s furthest leaning man-made tower. Wanaka’s leaning tower has a 53-degree tilt.
Fight fans’ big night out Some of the best Muay Thai fighters in the South Island gathered last Saturday for the second ever tournament held in Wanaka. “Awesome crowd, great atmosphere, good matches and great fights” organiser Brett Harrold said. Nine fighters from Wanaka’s Sitnarong Thai Boxing club including Sanna Karlsson, pictured, competed in 18 fights including three B class fights which involve full Thai rules, Brett said. photo: Bel Jones Photography
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Jossi takes silver After a frustrating season marred by injury, Wanaka freeskier Jossi Wells has won a silver medal in the men’s slopestyle at the 2013 X Games in Tignes, France. As an AFP Platinum event it is one of the most important competitions of the season and Jossi said he was “speechless” and “so happy” with his result. Jossi received a lastminute invitation after Norway’s Andreas Hatveit pulled out of the competition on Wednesday with a minor neck injury. “I was just out there having
a good time,” Jossi said after he qualified for the finals in first place. He said it gave him the confidence for the finals. “I just had a different mind set today,” he said. “I’ve had the pieces to the puzzle for a while now, but today it all just clicked.” “I couldn’t be happier right now,” Jossi said. “I have wanted to land that run for years and to do it now, here at X Games, is a dream come true.” New Zealand freeskier Anna Wilcox-Silfverberg achieved a career best result, placing third in the women’s ski
slopestyle finals at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski World Cup in Sierra Nevada, Spain. The 20-year-old Aucklander, who is based in Wanaka for the Southern hemisphere winter, has only been competing in the slopestyle discipline for one year. Wind and fog made for challenging competition conditions but Anna’s coach, Snow Sports NZ’s Peter Legnavsky, said her positive attitude and clever tactics in managing the situation meant she excelled under pressure. photo: shay williams
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BOARD Please please pleaseeeeeee can businesses who sell/make stationery learn how to spell stationery - with an ‘e’ people, the other stationary has nothing to do with paper products! Male drivers: the sign at the north end of the albert town bridge says “give way” not “take turns” Wow! A massive thank-you 2 whoever graded the gravel road down to the rodeo grounds /Newcastle track! Cheers frm the walking /biking /dog walking community! U rock!! I asked the dinosaur at the dinosaur park what he thought about all the questions he was being asked, but not a sound was uttered, making me concerned about the mental state of certain local residents. Great job on the roundabout a difficult job w little disruption. Good dust control good traffic mgt
What is going to happen if we lose almost a quarter of our Department of Conservation staff? That is what the current proposal by head office is suggesting. Without the technical skills, resources and project management expertise of these people, some of our conservation projects could easily cease to flourish. While good-hearted volunteers provide substantial horsepower, it is often ineffective without skilled, experienced direction meaning our trapping and planting programmes could suffer. It will also be hard to initiate any new projects. With Wanaka’s visitor numbers constantly on the rise, it seems odd an analysis by the powersthat-be is suggesting a reduced workload for the future. There is a two week “consultation period” before a final decision is made. Let’s hope Wanaka makes its point effectively and we get more, not less, conservation staff.
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Indicators very handy to let other people using the same road as you know your intentions. Might well prevent an accident, how’s about you all use them.
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More traffic police needed in Camphill Road. 50 sign not working! 100K right through. Accident waiting to happen.
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Tim Brewster It was a race to the start to get resource consent, but 30 jetsprint boats can now be confirmed for Wanaka’s first national series event this Saturday. Consent was approved yesterday by Lakes Environmental for the event, which is part of the national series to be held in Central Otago for the first time.
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Held on the Oxbow Adventures Aqua Track near Wanaka airport, the course has been designed and built by superboat driver and former World Group A jetsprint champion Chris Munro and fellow superboat driver Dave Hopkins. Jet sprinting is an individual time trial race in a confined area of a similar size to a rugby field with small
two-seater boats, some of which have 1200horsepower engines capable of propelling them from 0-140kph in two and half seconds, Chris said. He will be driving a four-seater protoype boat with landowner Lloyd Ferguson as navigator. Practice on the day will be from 9am and gates open to public for main racing starting at 11am.
The original consent application was for three events held every year for ten years including a race meet held the same time as Warbirds over Wanaka. However only one event has been permitted, after which noise levels and other impacts will be assessed for future races. “It’s really a bit of a gauge on what sort of crowd we get,” Chris said.
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An urgent fundraising drive for gym equipment for the local gymnastics club has its deadline at the end of this week. The 80-member Aspiring Gymsports club has been offered a pair of asymmetrical competition bars which retail at $16,000 but have been offered for $3750, but it only has until the end of the week to complete the purchase. Due to a lack of
equipment and floor space, classes have been limited to recreational, community display and club competition including rhythmic gymnastics, so the addition of the parallel bars would make a big difference for the young gymnasts. The club is hoping to raise the required funds with help from the local community; an account with the “Give a Little Foundation” has been
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set up for anyone willing to donate a little money toward the cause. The club would also be interested in speaking with any local benefactor who may be able to purchase the bars on behalf of the club with repayment being made once funds are raised, or any businesses that would be interested in sponsoring the club to aid the purchase of equipment. See sunspots for details
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The great drag race Last Thursday night’s drag race around Ruby Island was described by the Wanaka Yacht Club as a great success. Despite calm conditions many boats completed the course, with Ros Goulding the eventual winner on board Grenade and Oliver Jarvie winning the senior dinghy category. Club publicity officer, Roger North said the event was heaps of fun, with several families involved and plenty of male crews who were “way too willing to dress in drag”. photo: supplied
MAC strikes gold Classifieds at the Maadi Cup Mount Aspiring College’s Riley Bruce won the under-16 single sculls title at the Secondary Schools Maadi Cup Regatta. He topped off a huge year by executing a faultless race plan in the final to dominate the closing stages of the race with a sprint finish. This win is the school’s first gold medal and Maadi Cup title. Riley’s sister Saasha won silver and bronze in previous years. Riley also finished 25th in the under-18 single in a field of 50 starters. Riley is coached by his father Rob Bruce. At 13, he rowed in the school’s under 17 quad
placing fifth, and in the single last year he placed 11th in the under 16-event. Riley, representing Otago in under-20 sculling, rowed through the winter and learned from his brother Eachann and the successful Kavanagh College’s Jack O’Leary. Mount Aspiring College had a four-man team at the regatta, gaining two A finals, one B, one C and one D final. The doubles pairing of Nathan Redai and Riley made it through to the A final of the under-15 event, placing fourth in the final. This result showed a lot
of hard work put in. Nathan also made huge improvements in his single sculling, placing eighth in the B final of the under16 event. Nathan is the youngest of the three Redai brothers who have all rowed with success. The under-18 combination of Jamie Bowley and James Redai, fresh from success in winning the under-19 four at the National Club championships, placed 11th in the hotly contested pair oared event. They also rowed the double sculls to place second in the C final.
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GAME ON EVERYONE. Lawn Bowls, Wanaka Bowls club, Easter Sunday 3-4:30. All Ages; Free for persons living with disability!
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Hawea play group fundraiser. Extensive first aid kits for sale. $39 each. Phone Anna 0273679940
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Kitchen Hand / Colds Chef wanted at Lone Star. Drop in your CV or email nicolas@lonestar.co.nz Situation vacant Avon is looking for people to sell cosmetics jewellery etc. Earn extra cash in your time. Training available 0211293327
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PARENTING4LIFE presents “Personality Types”,Tuesday April 9, 7-9pm, St. John Room, $5 at door. Understand yourself and your kids better! PARENTS, connect and learn at Parenting4Life’s “Personality Types” seminar, Tuesday April 9, 7-9pm, St. John Room. $5 at door. Primary School Op Shop. Open 12-4pm Tuesday & Thursday. Back entrance to school off Totara Terrace. Salvation Army Family Store Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm, Saturdays 10am- 4pm. Open for sale of pre-loved goods and donations. Help us to help others.
Reward!!! Please help us find Nemo, our gorgeous tabby cat lost in Albert Town area. Any sightings please contact Kirsten 0274373345
Sunday craft market this week , from 10, pembroke park , handmade new zealand arts and crafts direct from the artists
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$2000 Available for your group’s arts project! Come to the funding info evening on april 9th to see if you’re eligible. 3 children r diagnosed with cancer every week in NZ. Show your support by giving to the Child Cancer Foundation at NewWorld Sat 30th March.
The Gypsy Fair Wanaka Recreational Reserve, Sat 6 April – Sun 7 April - 9am - 5pm Free Entry TRAINING FOR NFP ORGANISATIONS: Embracing free technolgy, Tuesday 16 April,12noon-3pm. Enquiries & Registration 4437799 or www.communitynetworks.co.nz
ASPIRING AVALANCHE DOGS 2013 TC season pass raffle, tickets $5 cash only, available @ Racer’s Edge. Will now be drawn Saturday 30th March 630pm at Kai.
Yes there is a craft market this sunday ! Bring your visitors down to check out the great handmade arts and crafts
Aspiring Avalanche Dogs AGM, 11am, Saturday 30th March, 65b Kings Drive, all welcome.
You are invited! Wanakafest Community Trust AGM is April 11 at 6:30pm at Lone Star. Come along!
Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning centre, AGM. Wed 10th April, 7.30 @ 120 warren st. Everybody welcome.
Youth Muay Thai classes 3:30pm Monday & Wednesday. $10/session limited spots available! Contact Bel on 0278487470 for more information
Aspiring Gymsports Give a little fundraiser, urgent help required. Pls make donations to www.givealittle.co.nz//org/ AspiringGymsports thnks for your support. Base 2 Easter sale starts 8am next Thurs 28th. Huge discounts on everything winter. Ex-demo skis and boards on sale
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sport results Bridge results: Championship Pairs 5. Silver Section: North/South:- Allan Kelly, Georgie Roberts 60.74% 1. Freda Ryder, Gavin Stevens 56.89% 2. Jan & John Lyness 55.29% 3. East/West:- Kate Coe, Lesley Davies 59.29% 1. Marion Furneaux, Jenny Pryde 58.01% 2. Laraine & Max Shepherd 56.09$ 3 Bronze Section. North/South:- Julie Mulholland, Kate Summers 58.07% 1. Denise & Alan Bunn 55.09% 2. Annette Clements, Daphne Stewart 52.08% 3 East/West:Beaton Marr, Noelene Raffills 63.35% 1. Morag Chisholm, Neil Robinsom 57.67% 2. Denise Bruns, Michael Metzger 55.11% 3. Friday Bridge.22 March: North/South:- Elle & Des Johnston 66.07% 1. Deirdre Lynch, Heather Wellman 58.33% 2. Lyla & Bryan Hensley 55.36% 3. East/ West:- Ann Paterson, Pam Taylor 58.04% 1. Mary Gibson- Collings, Mo Schofield 56.85% 2. Elizabeth Irvine, Batty Swift 55.36% 3.Wilkin Pairs 22 March: North/ South:- Jean Stokes, Terry Wilson 68.75 1. Deirdre Lynch, Betty Swift 56.25% 2 East/West:- Jan Anderson, Barbara Waterworth 67.50% 1. Judy Cook, Bridget Rennie 55.63% 2 Results Lake Hawea Golf Club 24th March 2013 Stableford Women 1st B Raffe 40, Men 1st B Burgess 40, 2nd A Hale 39, 3rd C Hanson 38, 4th R Johnson 38, 5th M Hale 37, 6th A Penman 37, 7th P Adams 37. Nearest the pin: B Burgess Wanaka Bowls Results Week ending 22:03:13 Friday Progressive Skips 1st Betty Russell 2nd John Barton 3rd Trevor Tovey Thirds 1st Gerard McCarthy 2nd John Gale 3rd Neville Young Leads 1st Bruce Hamilton 2nd Beaton Marr 3rd Dennis Schofield
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Simone takes title Sweden-based American Scott Cole led the field throughout last weekend’s three-day, 375km Goldrush, finishing in a time of 17:57.49. Brazilian Flavio Vianna and 21-year-old Angus Watson raced for second with Flavio eventually crossing the line ahead of Angus by just over an hour. Scott said after his win he “raced, imagining that Dougal Allan was just up the road the whole time”. In the individual women’s event, Wanaka women Simone Maier and Ailsa Rollinson (pictured above with Andrew
McLeod), who went head to head last year, were again the two fastest. Simone finished the first day with a comfortable 35 minute lead over second placed Ailsa. Whilst Ailsa was well-matched with Simone in many of the stages, Simone made up time on the mountainbike stages to finish more than an hour ahead, with a winning time of 18:44.54 making her the third fastest competitor overall. After completing two Challenge Wanaka circuits in January, Wanaka’s Andrew McLeod managed to keep his fitness up to
win the classic men’s event in a time of 21:1.20. Another local, Mark Cockroft, finished first in the individual vet male category in 20:25:00. Brian Weedon of Wanaka was a last-minute ring-in in a team with the only competitor to have raced all 17 events, Graham Sinnamon of Oturehua, and his long standing team mate, Martin Powley. Competing in the men’s vet category, they finished fifth overall and first in their category in 17:56.17. Despite the smaller field of180 participants this year, race organisers
Merryn Johnston and Tim Pearson were happy with the way the race finished. “Ultimately our goal is to keep the spirit of Goldrush going. All who participate in the race speak highly of the experience and it’s difficult to pinpoint what creates it.” Merryn said. “At best, it could be described by the support from the small Central Otago communities who host the race as it travels through, the stunning landscape that tests contestants and the two overnight camps that enable folks to sit together and share a yarn at the end of each day.” photo: Dan Cullen
Wind tested tactics Moderate, variable and gusting wind led to exciting sailing at the Wanaka Yacht Club last weekend. The club hosted the Southern Secondary Schools Team Racing Competition where teams from Timaru Boys High School, Craighead Diocesan School and Mount Aspiring College battled for the Lund - Conroy Trophy. The wind tested the sailors and their team tactics. Each team raced against each other seven times in short 10to 15-minute races and often the race result was not evident until the last few seconds as places changed with every tack. The young crews threw everything they could into their sailing, however the experience and maturity of the Timaru Boys High School team ensured they came out on top with Mount Aspiring College second.
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