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The New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation’s 53rd annual rally took place in Wanaka last weekend, with 80 members taking part. NZAWA president Sue Telford is pictured after the event. “It went very well. We budgeted for 80 people and got 83. The weather on Saturday was perfect for competitions and on Sunday it was good for the indoor sessions and keynote speakers,” Sue said.

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Jobs go at Wanaka Library Caroline Harker

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Wanaka Library supporters are reeling with the news that several librarians were told on Friday they were losing their jobs, the day after people had made submissions on the District Plan in favour of keeping library staff numbers as they are.

“Our efforts on Thursday appear to have been patronising lip service as they have made no difference whatsoever to the direction of events,” supporter Claire O’Connell said.

“We’re not giving up,” Protect Wanaka Library spokesperson Nicola Martinovich said. “They haven’t lost their jobs yet, and we’re still trying to stop that happening.”

Apparently 3.5 FTE staff will lose their jobs. When asked to comment QLDC Communications Manager Meaghan Miller said; “At this point council will not be commenting on a n y m a t t e r s p e r ta ining to

staff employment.”

The council received almost 120 submissions supporting the library.

Protect Wanaka Library and many others requested that library services be independently reviewed by an expert in the field. Both the Wanaka Community Board and the Hawea

Jan Janata told councillors everything they do seems to be fiscally driven. “I propose you slow down, listen to your voters, read the research on the value and social history of libraries and have the courage to say ‘hey, we got that one wrong’,” she said.

I propose you slow down, listen to your voters, read the research on the value and social history of libraries and have the courage to say ‘hey, we got that one wrong’.

Community Association (HCA) asked for a survey to be carried out to see what residents want from their library. The HCA asked for full public consultation and the Wanaka Residents Association submitted there is no mandate for a reduction in expenditure on libraries and said figures should be revised.

Graham Berry described treatment of the library staff as ‘awful’ and suggested it may be time for Wanaka to split from QLDC. Prue Wallis submitted what was happening to the library was an indication that control of Wanaka affairs was being shifted to Queenstown.

Sue Coutts suggested council let communities have the opportunity

to make informed comments in relation to decisions being made by council.

Lillian and Gary Cruickshank pointed out the Wanaka community was responsible for raising much of the funding to build the library, and said this was another reason why the community should have a say in what happens there.

Mandy Sherson and Kath Wilson were among many more who submitted it was wrong there was no public consultation during the review process. Mandy asked that the proposed changes be revisited and that the jobs of all Wanaka librarians be reinstated.

Protect Wanaka Library is now deciding what its next move will be. “We still want a library review carried out by an expert,” Nicola Martinovich said yesterday. “And the CEO has said in writing the service centre is not going into the library. We would like this confirmed by the mayor.”

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Snow Park NZ has been sold to the neighbouring vehicle and car testing facility, the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds (SHPG).

“The SHPG now owns the facilities and operations at Snow Park NZ,” general manager Sam Lee said in a press release announcing the sale yesterday.

“We are happy with the deal we have worked out and believe they will be successful.”

Sam said he is unsure what plans SHPG have for the area and what, if any, his future role would be. He said he is still keen to be involved in the operation of the park and is currently in discussion with the new owners if they decide to open it in the future.

This year will be the first winter in 33 years that the Lee family has not owned and operated a ski facility in New Zealand.

Sam said he expected the new owners would take over on Monday June 10 but was unable to reveal any other details of the sale such as the price.

In the release SHPG said they are currently assessing what commitments they are able to continue in regards to events and high performance training.

“We are excited to have the Snow Park area to grow our business,” SHPG managing director Tom Elworthy said.

“We are going to start assessing what opportunities exist within existing facilities and how we can expand them as well.”

Tom is currently in Germany and was unable to be contacted for further comment.

Thepurchasemayalsoensure the Snow Park will be able to host two World Cup slopestyle events during this year’s Winter Games in August and provide training facilities for teams.

“We’ve always been optimistic. [SHPG] have said their intention is to open up for training and competitions depending on viability. It’s looking good at the moment,” Winter Games chief executive Arthur Klap said.

When Snow Park was developed in 2002 it was promoted as the first dedicated freestyle resort in the world and brought international media exposure to the region.

“We are proud of Snow Park and of the efforts of the numerous key staff that have invested passion and hard work to build it to where it currently is. We wish the Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds all the best and look forward to watching the facility grow into the future,” Sam said.

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Roundabout landscaping has begun Rounded river stones, flax, lavender, cabbage trees, Norway maple and cistus rose are among the landscaping materials being used for the Ardmore-Brownston Street roundabout. This large boulder was put in place on Friday. According to a January 7 report presented the Wanaka Community Board, the cost of the landscaping will be capped at $40,000.

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Diary farm expanding Caroline Harker Devon Dairy Farms in Hawea Flat has consent to build another dairy shed and effluent pond next to the southern boundary of the Loess Lane residential area, to the chagrin of neighbours and the Hawea Flat group Protect Our Water (POW).

Their concerns include the smell from the pond, noise from milk trucks and other vehicles, water pollution and lack of consultation.

The dairy farm owners Jim and Jennifer Cooper applied for and were granted resource consent in April and work began almost immediately.

It includes building a 400sqm dairy shed, a 7m-high grain silo, milk storage tanks, a 1936sqm effluent pond and 460m of new access roads.

Chairperson of the Loess Lane Owners Association Rachel Brown said she is frustrated, particularly by the lack of communication.

“Where I live, in a rural zone, it is considered of vital importance the colour I paint my home and all trees must be planted or cut down according to a consented plan…yet next door, any activity that is considered rural is consentable and no-one is considered an affected party, noone needs to be notified because such an activity

is ‘expected’ in a rural area. Rural activity can bring a total change of visual amenity as well as considerable smell and noise change.”

QLDCCommunications Manager Meaghan Miller said every consent application is considered under the rules of the District Plan. “The property [Devon Dairy Farms] is 1300ha and to date, the combination of these buildings and activities is not considered to be an adverse effect, so it does not require a resource consent application to be publicly notified ,” she said.

Rachel said the District Plan needs to be updated to manage rural development more appropriately. “There is a huge resistance [to this] because farmers want to be able to respond to the economic climate and not be constrained by council rules,” she said.

“We all live in this district and must be served by one District Plan. It’s time to all sit down and have a discussion and find a way to manage our resources together.”

POW spokesperson Kim Fogelberg has been fighting to maintain water quality in the area since the dairy farm was mooted. “It is inevitable dairy farming will eventually have an effect on our water supply and the ecology of the

Hawea and Clutha rivers,” she said. “Devon Dairy Farms is bulldozing its way through with nonnotified resource consents because both the Resource Management Act and the District Plan allow them to. This is wrong.

There is a long-term environmental impact to consider. Plus, the farm has a few neighbours who deserve to be heard.”

Kim was involved in discussions with the Otago Regional Council on water plan change 6A and has little faith in the new rules.

“The Hawea aquifer has only recently undergone scientific studies by the ORC and the science is new and very much evolving. It was not hard to prove the ORC’s scientific tales of septic tank leaching presented to the Hawea Flat community were completely unfounded.

This confirms the study of this aquifer has a long way to go. It is negligent to allow intensive dairying to expand so rapidly without understanding the full implications.”

Kim said milking sheds and effluent ponds are not traditional rural activities in the area and they should not be constructed close to existing residents without any notification.

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Campground update wait The outcome of the Expressions of Interest in March of this year for private parties to operate QLDC campgrounds in the Wanaka area is yet to be revealed to the public.

A council press release on March 28 said a further report would be made by CEO Adam Feeley in June.

“We have now discussed the proposals with parties and undertaken an evaluation of them. At this point council is not in a position to advise on further details,” Adam said.

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Toddler pool by Christmas?

The QLDC has confirmed an amount of $207,000 in the 2012/13 annual plan has been budgetted for a learner paddling pool suitable for toddlers but has yet to confirm details of the project.

When asked if council could commit that there would definitely be a dedicated toddler pool in operation

by Christmas, community services general manager Paul Wilson replied: “Council cannot commit to a firm date as yet as the project is currently under review to determine the most cost-effective way to provide this facility.”

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Spoken Word coming to town International Spoken Word duo Carrie Rudzinski and Ken Arkind will be in Wanaka on June 15 to run a Spoken Word workshop.

Ken Arkind (pictured) is a National Poetry Slam champion, he heads The Denver Minor Disturbance Youth Poetry Project, and has performed in 49 USA states as well as in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Ireland.

Carrie Rudzinski consistently ranks highly in National Poetry Slams and at the Women of the World Slam. She has toured the USA five times, performed in India and Australia, and is excited to be returning to New Zealand.

“We feel fortunate to be sharing our spoken word with so many different parts of this beautiful country. New Zealand captured our hearts two years ago and we are thrilled to be able to listen to the voices of these communities as we travel,” she said.

Following the workshop there will be a performance of their work with ticket sales on the door.

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Gina Dempster We all love getting something for nothing, and it takes real character to turn downsomethingfree.That’s why I was interested to hear this week that Wanaka Primary School has decided not to sign up to the Milk in Schools scheme. When Fonterra announced they were rolling out free milk to all primary schools, it sounded like such a good idea. At a cost of $10-$20 million, it’s a generous giveaway of free product by the company. Yes, there are upsides for the company: good publicity and more kids who like milk, but you have to believe it comes from the heart.

But the Milk in Schools scheme has some catches.

I found it hard to believe at first, but the milk comes packaged in single serve tetra-pak containers. For a school like Wanaka Primary, that would mean 2500

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tetra-pak boxes a week, or 96,000 boxes a year. If all the 348,276 primary school children in New Zealand drank milk at school every day, it would come in nearly 67 million tetra-pak boxes a year. Ahhh, it’s mindboggling.

Tetra-pak is not widely recycled in New Zealand, because it is difficult to separate out the three layers of plastic, paper and aluminium, so Fonterra is collecting all the boxes and sending them to Thailand for recycling.

That’s better than throwing them in the rubbish, but it doesn’t change the fact that there’s a massive amount of packaging being used.

Enviroschools groups in all our Wanaka schools are fired up to reduce waste and improve their school environments, but how does that fit with a flood of single-serve packaging coming into the school every day?

The milk is UHT milk (ultra-high temperature processed) the kind you get in little containers in motels. In the Northland trials, many of the kids in the higher-decile schools didn’t like the taste, with the numbers of children drinking the milk dropping as low as 30 percent, resulting in some schools pulling out. There’s also a cost to schools in dealing with the distribution of the milk and paying the energy costs of a fridge to keep the milk cold.

In the lower-decile schools, where there is a nutritional need, the free milk has been described as a “godsend” and teachers have reported improvements in health, behaviourand eating habits.

It’s incredibly sad that in a food-producing country like ours, there are many children who need free food at school to meet their nutritional needs, and it’s

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admirable that companies like Fonterra are stepping up to help. Hopefully in the future they’ll be able to minimise the impacts on the environment while they’re doing good – maybe one of our Enviroschools could give them some tips.

We are lucky in Wanaka that most families can afford to feed their children, and any families who are struggling financially can get help from Community Networks. That means all our schools can weigh up the environmental impacts of the packaging and the extra administration and energy costs against the need in the community, and decide whether the Milk in Schools scheme is right for them.

Aden Cassaidy, 10, Micheal Geologo, 10 and Quinn Curtis, 10, from Wanaka Primary School’s Enviroschool group are pictured making paper bricks from recycling.

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Hangi for all Caroline Harker A group of volunteers are working hard to finish a permanent hangi pit near the Dinosaur Park in time for Matariki celebrations on June 15.

The brainchild of Kahu Youth workers Richard Elvey and Angie Griffiths, the pit will also be available for use by other community groups.

The pit is being made with firebricks and will have a padlocked iron lid.

Pictured in the pit are volunteer workers

Celebrating volunteers

Brad Gemmell and Davie Hawken and behind them are youth worker Richard Elvey, volunteer Rebecca Hill, youth worker Angie Griffiths and Tim Davis from Placemakers. Other volunteers for the project are Lee Martin who poured the concrete, Ray Casey from Firths who supplied the concrete, John Haggitt and Snowdrifta. JLD Engineering made the lid which was sponsored by Tiri Tiri Lodge and Sarah Scott Architects drew up the plans.

This year, National Volunteer Week runs from June 16 to June 22, with the theme “He tāngata, He tāngata, He tāngata!” (It is people, it is people, it is people!).

Volunteering Central will be hosting a series of celebrations across the region, including in Wanaka on June 18 and Cromwell on June 17. Volunteering Central said by celebrating the people involved in volunteering they “are acknowledging the efforts of a vast humming web of connections, opportunities and community spirit”.

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Water management workshop The third in a series of catchment workshops to help determine minimum flow levels for the Cardrona River will be held in Wanaka on Tuesday June 11. The minimum flow restricts when water can be taken from a catchment under low flow conditions.

The Cardrona River and its tributaries have 41 consented surface-water takes. It is used as a source of water for one large irrigation scheme in the Wanaka basin. Up to 500l/s water are taken from the river at the Larches and transported via an open race network through the greater Wanaka basin. This is the largest single consented take from the Cardrona River.

Otago Regional Council water scientists will present several minimum flow options, and allocation regimes for the Cardrona River and Wanaka basin, including the Cardrona gravel aquifer, followed by a discussion on their potential impacts on: Cardrona river flows and aquifer levels; water use; community values and activities; ecosystem values.

The workshop will be held at the Presbyterian Church Community Centre from 7.30pm.

Colourful creation Winter woollies by Wanaka’s favourite yarn bomber Knitsy brighten up this tree on Pembroke Park.

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Heads up for history Caroline Harker More than 100 people turned out on Tuesday night to hear a lecture from 79-year-old author and university professor Jim Flynn.

He told the crowd he had been lecturing for 56 years and has noticed his students know less and less about literature and history. A keen advocate of reading he has written a book called the Torchlight List which recommends 200 books to read if you want to educate yourself.

“Without history and

literature people are no more liberated than medieval serfs,” he said. “Without historical depth you can’t judge the modern world.”

Jim said he often gives students who say they don’t like reading a list of five books and tells them to come back to him if they don’t enjoy them.

“No-one has ever come back to me,” he said.

The books on his list are; The Slave (Isaac Bashevis Singer), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder), The Great Gatsby (F Scott Fitzgerald), Spark of Life (Eric

Remarque) and End is a Man (Calder Willingham).

Jim also spoke about his most recent book Fate and Philosophy; a Journey through Life’s Great Questions. In this book he looks at three areas: what is good, what is possible and what exists. Issues he unravels include: is a good society possible can politics and war ever be ethical; and does science hold the answers.

Jim is an Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the Otago University and he was in Wanaka as a guest of the Royal Society.

Sports ground progress frustration A perceived lack of progress and consultation by the QLDC about Wanaka’s proposed sporting facilities has frustrated one of the town’s most dedicated sporting volunteers.

“Ever since council decided more than two years ago that a sports centre was to be constructed on a new

3-Parks site to the east of the main town centre I have been concerned by the lack of progress, even information,” Dave Buckingham said in a letter to the Wanaka Sun followed by ten questions for the council on the project (see page 11).

A former professor of Chemistry at the University of Otago, Dave has been a fulltime resident in Wanaka

since 1996 and has been a driving force behind the development of the Wanaka Tennis Club and other community activities.

In a December 2011 submission following the announcement the 3-Parks area was being considered for a sports centre, Dave presented the views of 22 local sporting groups he had contacted.

“Only one group wanted the facility there.

Sixteen wanted to be in the Pembroke Park and showground’s area and four were undecided.

I asked for a response from council and never got a reply.”

At last Thursday’s submissions Mayor Vanessa Van Uden assured Dave council would respond to his submission.

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Bad drivers On Monday May 27 the driver of a Nissan Tilda lost control on State Highway 6 near the gates of Haast. The vehicle left the road and crashed into a memorial causing damage. On Tuesday May 28 the driver of a car forgot to apply the handbrake when parking, then accidentally hit the accelerator and crashed through the shop window of Orbis. On Monday June 3 a male driving through Makarora hit some surface water on the road, lost control and left the highway. Also on Monday, offenders took a tractor from a barn on private property on the Wanaka-Luggate Highway into a field and performed a few donuts. In another incident, a driver on the Crown Range lost control of his vehicle, spun out and came to rest on its side in the opposite lane. The driver admitted to going too fast for the snowy and icy conditions.

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Dave’s questions were forwarded by the Wanaka Sun to QLDC deputy CEO and general manager Stewart Burns for comment on Tuesday.

Stewart forwarded them to Communications Manager Meaghan Miller.

Meaghan said that all the questions would be addressed but possibly not until next week. The Wanaka Sun will follow up on her response.

Police dealt with a male who spent two nights in the Matterhorn Backpackers and did not pay. He was trespassed from the premises. On Wednesday May 29 a scorched tree was located to the rear of an address on Main Road in Luggate. On the same day, an Aubrey Road resident, who responded to a door knock to find nobody there, noticed a portion of his firewood was missing. On Saturday a Capell Avenue letterbox was kicked off its pedestal. Also on Saturday, police arrested two males for disorderly behaviour. One of the men had been smoking K2. At 3am on Sunday police dealt with an intoxicated group who called for police assistance regarding a very intoxicated male who was unconscious. The group, disgruntled with the police response, became verbally abusive and one male was warned of arrest and ran off.

The drunken male they were concerned about got up and walked home. On Monday somebody tried to break in to an address on Bills Way. A wallet containing more than $1000 was handed in to the station and returned to the grateful owner.

If you have information on any crimes call 0800CRIMESTOPPER (0800555111).

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inbrief Celebrating volunteers The Wanaka Community House Trust will host a two-day workshop on June 21 and 22 to explore the potential of the proposed community facility. To date, 64 community, social service, arts and cultural groups have expressed an interest in the facility.

The workshop will help to identify agreed core values that will underpin decision making and be expressed in the organisational culture of the community house; identify practical ways the community can contribute; explore different models around how the community house can be governed and managed; and identify the key priorities to be achieved to meet the needs of the key groups involved.

Thank you Wanaka After a large sum of cash was returned to a grateful tourist visiting Wanaka last week, the visitor has decided to make a donation to a local service organisation.

Karl Kunkel of Australia sent a letter to the Wanaka Lions expressing his gratitude for getting his money back and, as he did not know who handed his money in, made a $100 donation to the club.

Mountain film winners The efforts of a record number of film makers to document mountains, rivers and human endeavour in the outdoors has meant hours of backto-back viewing for the judges of this year’s New Zealand Mountain Film Festival.

Climbing, snowboarding and skiing, kayaking waterfalls in the Mexican jungle, wing suit flying and environmental concerns were all subjects for this year’s programme.

Festival organisers Mark and Jo Sedon watched the 158 entries involving an estimated 90 hours of viewing with a number of Hawea Flat residents also used as

film critics to help judge the New Zealand entries, Mark said.

“An aspect which stood out in this year’s programme is the increase in films showing women pushing the boundaries of human physical capabilities,” he said.

The winners were announced this week with a US entry, The Shark’s Fin, taking the grand prize of US$1000.

The 25-minute film follows the 20-year obsession of acclaimed alpinist Conrad Anker with an unclimbed granite buttress on the 6310m Mount Meru, in India.

In 2008 Conrad, with Jimmy Chin and Renan

Ozturk, took 18 days to get within hundreds of feet of the summit, only to be turned back. Three years later, the trio filming another attempt decided to return.

The top New Zealand award went to Flow Hunters, a film following a 35-day kayak adventure by professional kayaker Ben Brown and John Forder.

The two travelled 8000km, paddling for 24 days and descending 17 rivers for their film which won the Hiddleston/ MacQueen award and NZ$1000.

Other awards went to Honnold 3.0 for the best film on climbing; One Step

Beyond for the best film on adventurous sports and lifestyles; Stand for the best film on mountain culture and environment; Cascada for the best short entry and Further for the best snow sports film.

Entries are now open for the adventure film editing competition with film makers editing footage of young Wanaka athletes biking, skating, rock climbing and kayaking into a threeminute film. The footage is shot by award-winning local cameraman Hugh Barnard and the ten top films chosen will be shown at the festival.

The festival runs from July 5.

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Wild weather heralds winter The storm approaching from the Cardrona Valley, and the resulting double rainbow, were photographed on Sunday morning at Pembroke Stud, Poplar Beach. The start of winter was marked with more than 66mm of rain during the long weekend and a peak wind gust of 78kph was recorded by the Met Service on June 2.

With the Matukituki River reaching about 750cumecs on Monday, the Lake Wanaka water level has risen more than a metre to 278m. The Clutha River has also risen, by about 200cumecs, to 346cumecs recorded yesterday on the Otago Regional Council water info website.

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A pig of weekend Tim Brewster Almost 70 pighunters from around Otago headed into the hills and bush around Lake Hawea last weekend for their annual competition yielding “a lot of wild pork” organiser Tony Higgins said.

Ten eligible boars weighing a total of 1186lb were accepted in the open class.

The prize of $500 for the highest average weight went to Darryl Tamblyn from Tapanui with a boar weighing 119.25lb. The heaviest boar was 169lb weighed in by Duncan Stewart (pictured) from Cromwell followed by a

boar weighing 148.5lb was from local hunters Terry Diack and Jimmy Blackmore. The third heaviest boar at 114.75lb was won by Matt Kee from Wanaka.

Simon Whitehead won the best tusk prize with a boar weighing 166.5lb. The boars weighed were only eligible to collect one prize, with Simon electing to take the Tusk prize over second place.

Josh Patterson weighed in the largest possum and hare in the junior competition and won a Tahr cull shoot for his efforts. The other junior to win a hunt prize was Liam Bates from Wanaka, who won the junior red deer hunt donated by Glen Dene Station.

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Lurking in Lake Wanaka A rare and evidently unfriendly wildife encounter between what is presumed to be a hungry eel and a shag was photographed an estimated 200m off the lake shoreline near Edgewater by Easaw Chacko, a visitor to Wanaka last week.

Easaw passed the image on to the Department of Conservation but was unable to be contacted for further information at the time of going to print.

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EDITORIAL The ongoing saga of Wanaka’s proposed sports facilities still appears to be unresolved.

A theme common to the large number of Wanaka people involved with sport is that the area needs consulting, not consultants, to ensure a good result.

Why do we need more outdoor sports grounds in the 3-Parks area when we have the rugby fields, Pembroke Park and Kelly’s Flat handy to schools?

Why does Wanaka, of all places, need expensive external advice on how our sports facilities should be designed and run? This area has more sporting IQ, experience and ability per capita than towns three or four times its size with most of the people involved happy to help out for nothing a lot of the time.

Decisions need to be made sooner rather than later and the public need to kept well informed.

The great mistake Ever since council decided more than two years ago that a sports centre was to be constructed on a new 3-Parks site to the east of the main town centre I have been concerned by the lack of progress, even information. Last Thursday I tabled the following submission to a QLDC council meeting in Wanaka and I requested they make a public reply.

1. Does the WSF remain a “high priority” in view of the current financial climate and drive to cut costs? 2. Currently the QLDC has committed itself to the bulk of the large expenditure involved via a loan. Is this still true? 3. Has the community been approached to see if it is willing to repay the loan via an increase in rates? 4. Have local sports groups been approached to see if they are prepared to assist in generating funds? 5.

What QLDC (ratepayer) funds have already been spent on the project? 6 What additional funds are expected to be incurred before construction begins? 7. When is construction expected to begin? 8. Is the facility going to be run by QLDC or by an external agency? 9. Is the 3-Parks site still the best; will it be a “home” for sports clubs or just a venue for their participation?

10. If at all practical it is desirable to keep sports groups together. For this reason as well as for the expected lower costs the alternative site involving the camping ground is still the best option. This site should be revisited.

Under the current plan huge costs are involved. There are other ways of generating funds besides an increase in rates. It is time for our community to again become involved before it is too late. Have you lost interest?

David Buckingham Wanaka

Disgruntled I was appalled to read the report regarding an intoxicated group who were trying to deal with an unconscious male. What the report failed to mention was that a member of the group - me had not been drinking. When we came across the unconscious man, this ‘abusive group’ had to stick a pair fingers down his throat and pull out the vomit and place him on his side to prevent him choking. We became ‘disgruntled’ with the police response when the police officer we had called over refused to get out of his car as he sees it every weekend. I don’t care if [the unconscious man] got up 15 minutes later, if it was not for us he may have choked to death. That man is somebody’s son, somebody’s husband and a member of our community.

Angry local Sergeant Paul Crosswell of the Wanaka Police responds: The actions taken by your correspondent before the arrival of the officer may well have prevented the heavily intoxicated young man from choking on his vomit and are to be commended. When the lone police officer was notified and attended the male was seated in an upright position and nothing else could be done for him. The officer is an experienced officer and a visual assessment was made that the intoxicated man was not in any danger- the officer’s assessment was confirmed a short time later when the intoxicated man got to his feet, provided his details and ran off home.

The officer had called an ambulance as a precaution, and prior to its arrival the intoxicated man was on his feet.

The gathered group were not prepared to accept the officer’s assessment despite the officer explaining repeatedly that nothing more could be done than what had already been done, and that an ambulance had been called as a precaution. The group became hostile to the point where threats of assault were directed to the officer. I would like to hear from your correspondent in the hope he or she may be able to assist with the identity of one of the group who made particularly aggressive threats toward the officer.

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Just where the Clutha River hits Lake Wanaka, (it is a real beautiful spot at Eely Point), and it looks north, up the lake, at the end of this dirt road by a swim spot. Anyhow, I came around the corner to see about ten lovely older people sitting in the chairs, next to a big white van - I assume from a caretaker home.

They were all sitting there so peacefully, speechless, looking toward the lake. There was a lovely man taking care of them, putting their hats on to keep them warm and doting over them.

It was precious. It was real moving how peaceful and happy they were. I just wanted to sit there with them really but kept riding for some reason. Really captivating though and warmed my heart.

Sarah Wadsworth Wanaka

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Wanaka multisport double at 3D Despite being so nervous in her kayak on the start line she almost pulled out, Wanaka’s Simone Maier overcame her lack of paddling experience to claim a major international title last weekend.

Simone and another one of Wanaka’s top athletes, Dougal Allan, both won their respective events against an elite field in the Australasian multisport championships in Rotorua.

Simone, 33, finished the 9km kayak leg on Lake Tikitapu five minutes behind race leader, Coast to Coast champion Sophie Hart but, after a strong

mountainbike leg through Whakarewarewa forest, caught up with her in the final 11km run leg and went on to win by two minutes.

out and almost pulled out at the start,” she said, referring to the combination of a large, massed start creating choppy water

I got a bit freaked out and almost pulled out at the start.

Simone had limited experience in the racing kayak she was using after having had only a few weeks training in a similar boat loaned to her by Wanaka’s Andrew McLeod.

“I got a bit freaked

and an unfamiliar, unstable kayak.

Ironically the pink boat she is pictured in was lent to her by last year’s winner Elina Ussher whom she passed in the race just prior to overtaking Sophie.

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Wanaka women had a strong showing at the event with Jess Simson finishing in fourth place behind Sophie and Elina, and Emily Wilson and Ailsa Rollinson placing seventh and eighth respectively.

In the men’s event, Elina’s husband and two-time winner Richard Ussher was run down

by Dougal in the final 1.5km of the race with Dougal winning by 24 seconds. The event is the second time Dougal has beaten the multiple Coast to Coast winner in a multisport event after placing second to him in last year’s 3D.

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sport results TARRAS MENS GOLF RESULTS 1 JUNE 2013 Medal Round S Purvis 85-15-70, M Hyndman 99-27-72, D wilson 104-31-73, G Rive 93-17-76, B Trevathan 109-29-80, B Rowley 107-26-81 BRIDGE RESULTS: Queens Birthday Open. North/South:Boyd & Nan Ottrey 60.32% 1. Jenny Barrett, Ena Leckie 56.61% 2. Gerarda Herlihy, Barbara Waterworth 52.38% 3.

East/West:- Pat & Selwyn Green 71.13% 1. Bob Menlove, Freda Ryder and Pater Hart, Peter Herbert 51.49% 2= Friday Bridge 24 May. North/South:- Jan Cunningham, Jan Wynn-Williams 58.33% 1. Noeline Goldsbrough, Ena Leckie 55.30% 2.

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Jan Anderson, Susanne Ewing 50.69% 2. Ruth Coghill. Daphne Stewart 50.00% 3. East/West:Lawrie & Margaret Stenhouse 59.92% 1. Des & Elle Johnston 59.52% 2. Lynda Hodge, Josey McKenzie 57.54% 3.

WANAKA STADIUM BOWLS RESULTS Week ending 28:05:2013 Monday Edgewater Trophy 1 Don Urquart, K Sutherland, R Tempero 2 John Barrow, N Turner, G Westwood 3 Bill Turnbull, R Muir, A Turnbull Tuesday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1 Geoff Thomas and John Lischner 2 Don McLeay and Dave Minson 3 Peter Herbert and Neville Harris Tuesday

Evening Trades Competition 1 BNB B Mowat, G Christie, N Guise 2 Mitre 10 S Grant, D Minson, J Jones 3 Lions K Mitchell, M Kelly, E Fahey Wednesday Afternoon Triples 1 K Sutherland, J Skeggs, I Urquart 2 D Studholme, L Pannett, J Smith 3 G Cross, M Morrish, R Chartres Wednesday Evening Trades Competition 1 Brumbies 2 G&T’s 3 Haggis Thursday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1 George Russell and Rob Mathewson 2 Neville Dippie and Kura Urquart Thursday Evening Trades Competition 1 W Sutton 2 Alan Chalmers 3 Alex Russell Friday Progressive Skips 1 Scotty Culverwell 2 Ian Brown 3 Betty Russell Thirds 1 Gerrard McCarthy 2 John Gale 3 John Barton Leads 1 Isabel James 2 Neville Dippie 3 Oscar VerBiest

NETBALL RESULTS: May 30, 31. A Grade: MAC A 28 v Hawea Holiday Park 19 – Player of the Game Lillian Cotter Arrowtown defaulted to Cromwell 1 Senior Reserve: MAC Y10A 27 v Cromwell 16 – POG Olivia Pearce Nulook Hawea 39 v New World 16 – POG Ang Barnett MAC B 40 v McGregors Pioneer 26 – POG Ellie Gibbons Alice 33 v Edgewater 20 – POG Arna Craig B Grade: MAC Marine 27 v MAC Wellman 15 – POG Abby Swift MAC Engineers 15 v MAC Lakeland 5 – POG Mackenzie Ayres MAC Blue 30 v MAC Gold 25 – POG Zoe McNealy MAC Black 33 v Hawea Hotel 12 - POG Ellie Brooks Speights Ale House Player of the night: Thursday Ellie Gibbons MAC B Friday Ellie Brooks MAC Black

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Hard work pays off Upper Clutha Gold under-10 (pictured) travelled to Roxburgh on Saturday. The boys were excited to be playing at the Roxburgh Rugby Club 125th Jubilee and both teams showed their determination from the start. The first half showed strong forward packs from both sides and great passing which resulted in four tries to Upper Clutha and two tries to Roxburgh at half-time.

Roxburgh came out strong in the second half and closed the score to four tries each. Upper Clutha had to work hard and two full-length runaway tries by Oscar Humphries and Jonathan Watson gave UC Gold the advantage. The final score was ten tries to Upper Clutha and six tries to Roxburgh with three tries each scored by Hugo Cochrane and Jimmy Gillespie and one each by Zach Smith, Oscar Humphries, Jonathan Watson and Tom Colbourne. Hugo was the player of the day.

The under-10 side will play Wakatipu next week at home.

Tricky tie against new-comers PHOTO: RUTH BOLGER

AL Bertini Match day 11 saw Wanaka FC travel over the hill for a tricky tie against league new-comers Lakes United at the Events Centre.

With Peter Reed and Connor Ceci missing due to injury and work commitments, Will Townsend and Connor McLean slotted into the starting line-up.

After an edgy start, the boys knuckled down and went about securing their ninth win of the season.

Wanaka opened the scoring after a fantastic cross into the box from Connor McLean found

Aidan Butler who angled a neat header past the keeper. Minutes later, in an almost identical move, Allan Carmichael found Aidan (pictured earlier this season at Pembroke Park) in the area with a right-footed cross and the Irish winger made no mistake with his second goal of the day.

It remained two-nil to Wanaka until half-time.

Lakes United threatened frequently in the opening stages of the second half which prompted a quick change of formation by the yellow and blacks. The change paid off when Allan, free

on the edge of the box, finished well into the bottom corner to make it three-nil to Wanaka.

Olly Ceci got in on the act with a cool finish from outside the box, wholeheartedly deserved after some mature performances in recent weeks from the young midfielder.

The scrappy contest was brought to a close when Lucas Poborsky secured the points for Wanaka with a great goal from inside the area.

Ghosting past his marker, the petite Czech rifled the ball high into the roof of the net to make

the final score five-nil to Wanaka FC. In the day’s earlier kick-off, Wanaka Braves were away to Queenstown Rovers, also at the Events Centre. Having gone down one-nil the boys brought it back to one-all in the first half. The result could have gone either way and with the game balanced at two-all with five minutes to go, Rovers scored to make it three-two with a tidy finish from the edge of the box.

This week all the action is at Pembroke Park from 1pm, Wanaka FC play Rangers and the Braves host Galaxy.

Hole in one at Wanaka golf course A loud cheer went up on the sixth hole at the Wanaka golf course last Thursday, when Nora Hastings (pictured) had a hole in one.

Playing in the weekly women’s competition, Nora and her companions were on their last hole.

“Ok girls we’re all going to get a hole in one,” Nora Hastings had told them as she stepped up to tee off with her six rescue club on the par three hole. With the power of positive thinking on her side, her ball landed on the green and headed straight for the hole. “It was my first hole in one,” an excited Nora said back at the clubhouse. “And I’ve been playing golf here in Wanaka for 15 years.”

Thanks to Devon Dairies who sponsor the sixth hole, Nora, who plays off a 13 handicap won a $200 voucher to spend at the golf club and a bottle of wine.

- Viv Milsom

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