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FX Class winner Dwayne Terry finished leg 5 of the Jet Boating Otago Central Rivers Race, from Glendhu Bay to Beech Forest, Matukituki River, in 14 minutes 12 seconds which helped secure him an overall fourth place. The races were held on the Dart River, the Matukituki River and the Clutha River last weekend. Roger Preston in NZ2 was the overall winner.

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Revised campground policy Laura Williamson

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The future of two Wanaka campgrounds is uncertain following amendments to the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s policy on camping facilities.

The revised policy, adopted at a full council meeting last week, states the QLDC will not operate facilities which “compete with equivalent or greater facilities being operated by the private sector” or “require ratepayers to materially subsidise visitor accommodation in the District.”

According to QLDC Chief Executive Adam Feeley, the amended policy called into question the council’s involvement with campgrounds which either lost money or competed with privatelyowned holiday parks. In Wanaka, this meant the QLDC-run facilities at Glendhu Bay and the Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park.

He said, while there was a

community benefit in providing traditional “Kiwi” camps, higherend accommodation should not be a part of council’s core business.

“A major holiday park development is not something a council should be involved with,” he said. He added that when council campgrounds lost money, ratepayers were

having a private operator leasing the facilities back from QLDC or, the least desirable option, having the council continuing to operate them.

Nothing would change for the smaller-scale facilities at Luggate, the Outlet, Albert Town or Lake Hawea.

A major holiday park development is not something a council should be involved with. subsidising visitors.

Upgrades to the camp at Glendhu Bay had added to approximately $11 million in capital investment that had gone into council-run campgrounds in the district.

Adam said there were now three options for the camps in question: shutting them down,

Wanaka Community Board member Bryan Lloyd agreed with the amendments, calling it a case of “survival of the fittest”. If the camps were running at a loss, this needed to be taken into consideration, as part of the function of local government was to be “guardians of the ratepayers,” he said.

The review stemmed from the QLDC’s new 10-year plan, adopted in 2012. The plan identified one “community outcome” for the district as being “an enabling forward-looking financial strategy that is sustainable in the long term,” and earmarked a review of its Campground Strategy as a priority.

In 2012, more than 300 people responded to a survey about the Wanaka and Glendhu Bay holiday parks, with 58 percent of respondents answering “yes” to the question “should council continue to manage the camps?”

A report on the preferred option for the council’s involvement in the management of the campgrounds is to be completed by the end of June.

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inbrief Red Checkers perform today The Red Checkers aerobatic team will perform over Wanaka today, Thursday March 7.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force aerobatic team first flew display aerobatics after World War II using Harvards. The team performed annually until an international fuel crisis in 1973. Seven years later the team was reformed with four CT4B Airtrainers and moved on to the newer CT-4E Airtrainers in 1999.

The volunteer display team is made up of pilots from the Central Flying School and the Pilot Training Squadron. They performed in Invercargill and Te Anua on Tuesday and can be seen performing above the Wanaka lakefront at lunchtime today.

Lake Wanaka’s future The Guardians of Lake Wanaka are hosting a seminar on the future of the lake.

The seminar will include presentations from a number of water quality specialists and case studies of other lakes.

The day long seminar is on Tuesday March 12 at the Lake Wanaka Centre.

Getting ready for the show Laura Williamson Children at Wanaka’s early childhood centres were busy this week preparing art, photography, produce and food for their entries in the Upper Clutha A&P Show.

Montessori Children’s House early childhood teacher Nicola McGregor said the kids at the centre were enthusiastic about the show every year.

“They get really excited when they go down to the show and see their wee things at the hall,” she said. Every child at Montessori had entered something in one of the categories, including sand saucers, photos, decorated one-litre milk bottles and collages. Each of the two rooms at the centre had made murals, and there would be entries of fruit, vegetables,

flowers and herbs from the garden as well as baked good, including lavender shortbread.

Budding artists in the Korimako Room (18 months to 3.5 years) at Wanaka Preschool created art based around caterpillars and

butterflies, (pictured) back, from left: Marshall Watson, Tommy Connolly, Ella Hodder, Danielle Gillespie, Hannah Thomas. Sitting: Kahlo Mowat. While older children in the Kereru Room made a weaving with natural

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items collected on weekly visits to Wanaka Station Park.

Young members of the Kahikatea Room at Oanaka Educare had taken photos, and made sand saucers as well as collage items to be entered in the Junior

Section of the show.

Teacher Sandra Buschi said the centre entered art works from each of Oanaka’s classrooms in the show every year.

According to senior teacher Jen Rawson, children at Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre would be making jams, pasta sauce and chutneys, most of which would be entered in the Open Section of the Home Industry competitions.

She said competing against adults was not an issue. “We’ve done well in previous years,” she said, noting that they took third place last year for its tomato relish. Jen also said all the cooking would be done with fruit and produce sourced from the garden at the centre or donated by families.

Donation comes back to farm Caroline Harker A farmer who donated 25 percent of his November egg sales profits to Enviroschools was delighted when the money was used to bring a busload of children to visit his farm.

Glendhu Station organic farmer John McRae said he is keen for his customers to see exactly where their food comes from, and the preschools were a good place to start. “If we get the next generation interested it will benefit us all in the future,” he said.

Enviroschools facilitator Simon Williams said the visit was a wonderful experience for the children. “They picked their own salad greens which they had for lunch with homegrown roast chicken, they fed the leftovers to two milking goats and they got to see the chooks living out in the paddocks,” he said.

“Then John mustered 1000 sheep with his dogs, explaining what the different whistles meant. The children loved it.”

Pictured holding a chicken with John McRae is Montessori student Tomas Littlejohn.

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Locals chosen to speak Caroline Harker

Football for flat In January the Wanaka Community Board adopted the plans and construction process for the development of football fields on Kelly’s Flat reserve.

Contractors have now been appointed to carry out the development work of a full sized winter code ground and two junior sports fields.

Eco Landscapes and Maungatua Contracting have been awarded the turf work and Bailey Builders has been awarded the toilet construction work.

The work includes removal of the existing vegetation, shallow cultivation and importation of topsoil, followed by levelling and sowing the site.

The existing manholes will be lowered and covered to mitigate injuries to players, and an irrigation system will be installed.

The budget for the work is $467,000 for the field and $123,000 for the toilet construction.

The field can be configured in various ways according to its use.

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Youth groups get grants Wanaka youth group Kahu Youth was one of 14 recipients of the recent round of grants totalling $309,807 that was approved by Central Lakes Trust. The group has received $43,500 towards operational funding.

The latest funding round also benefitted Wanaka Community House Charitable Trust which received $25,000 to fund preparatory work. A further 12 projects, including youth groups in Alexandra and Wakatipu, were approved for grants in the February funding round.

Three Wanaka locals have been invited to speak at a TED Talks related event in Queenstown next month.

TED is a non-profit organisation devoted to ‘ideas worth spreading’, probably best known for TED Talks; 18minute talks by leading thinkers and doers which are available free online. Past speakers include Bill Gates, Al Gore and Jane Goodall.

A Queenstown group is holding an independently organised TED event (TEDx) on April 5 and speakers included Wanaka’s Jeromy van Riel, Ella Lawton and Steve Henry. They will be joined by Lonely Planet founder and travel guru Tony Wheeler, film-maker Mathurin Molgat and adventurer Chuck Berry.

Local Te Reo teacher Jeromy van Riel (pictured) has Dutch ancestry but has lived as Maori with Maori for 22 of his 34 years.

Jeromy will offer his perspective on how anyone can connect with the concept of being indigenous. He is concerned that indigenous people represent the poorest, sickest and most socially disadvantaged people in countries all around the world. Using his own story he

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will offer an alternative.

Wanaka-based scientist and PhD candidate Ella Lawton will talk about her PhD subject: The New Zealand Footprint Project.

Ella is interested in small-scale change through local governance and community initiatives. She has undergraduate degrees in law and ecology, and a masters in Strategic Leadership from Sweden.

Steve Henry is the Head of the Centre for Sustainable Practice (Otago Polytechnic). He has a masters degree in Environmental Education (Griffith University, Brisbane) and an honours degree in Microbial Biochemistry (Canterbury). The topic of his talk

has not been announced.

Tony Wheeler’s talk will focus on travel in the ‘Bad Lands and Dark Lands’ - as some Middle Eastern countries have been described.

Film-maker Mathurin Molgat will present a business case for the regeneration of kauri forests in his talk: ‘Green Economics - between the devil and Aotearoa’.

Adventurer Chuck Berry will talk about ‘breaking down barriers, living life to the full, achieving dreams, and the importance of visualising a positive outcome’.

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Stranger danger A middle-aged man approached a sevenyear-old girl walking home from school last week and suggested she should “come with him,” according to the Wanaka Police. Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said the incident happened in Matariki Place.

“She was very frightened and took off for home,” Allan said. “It

may have been a one-off or the man involved may have been scared off now.” Police have patrolled the area since but have seen nothing suspicious.

Allan said the incident was a timely reminder for parents to talk to their children about stranger danger, and encourage them to walk to and from school in pairs or groups.

Another alternative is for parents to walk with them, or drive them, he said.

Similar incidents occurred in Alexandra last year, however Allan said there was no evidence of any link to what happened last week in Wanaka.

Anyone with any more information should ring the police.

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Gillespie Pass challenge

Laura Williamson Wanaka-based stroke survivor Maria Fredatovich is taking on the challenging 58 kilometre, three- to four-day Gillespie Pass circuit to raise funds for her organisation Young Stroke Survivors NZ. Maria initially set up Young Stroke Survivors in September to bring McKenzie Kerr-Bell, who suffered a stroke last year at the age of 12, to Wanaka to work with Adaptive Snow Sports NZ. Once this is accomplished, her long-term goal is to create a charity to help youth recovering from strokes, and their families with rehab,

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life adjustments and in accessing outdoor activities.

She said it was important to strengthen and maintain the “stroke side” of the body, and getting into the outdoors was one way to make the constant work this involved fun. As well, she wanted to show “there’s a life afterwards. You can still do things. You just have to do them differently.”

Gillespie Pass would be her first tramp, though she had been preparing for the trip by tackling the Mount Roy and Rob Roy tracks.

She first attempted Rob Roy in November. “It was a struggle at first, but I went again a couple of

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weeks ago and it was a breeze,” she said.

Now 30, Maria had a stroke in 1996 when she was 13 years old.

As a result, she has no peripheral vision, has a lack of feeling in the right side of her body and struggles with hand-eye coordination.

She will be starting her challenge on Saturday, March 15, accompanied

by Wanaka doctor Andrew McLeod, DOC ranger Simon Mazzotti, as well as photographer and videographer Ross Mackay.

According to the Stroke Foundation, 40 strokes per year are suffered by children in New Zealand.

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Wanaka fireman ready to fly Tim Brewster Just days away from flying to Seattle to compete in the firemen’s stair climb challenge, Glen Thurston had a final training run accompanied by some of his most loyal followers.

The year one class which included his daughter Chantel at Wanaka Primary School were given a display of his fire safety clothingandbreathingapparatus and a description of the event followed by a jog around the school grounds.

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involved in and the youngsters had been following his efforts to fundraise and compete at the international event.

The annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb on March 10 involves competitors racing up 69 flights of stairs, wearing their safety clothing and breathing apparatus, to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Last year the event raised US$1.2 million. Glen will also be competing in the New Zealand version of the event, theAucklandSkytowerchallenge in May, which is a fundraiser for Leukemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.

Active transport This week is the annual Walk n Wheel to School Week where students in Central Otago are being encouraged to walk or wheel (cycle, skate or scoot) to school. The event was developed by Sport Central and the Central Otago District Council to promote safe, active transport for school children.

Kerri Bush, Community and Schools Advisor from Sport Otago, said using active transport to and from school has a wide range of benefits for the students as well as for the wider community.

“When kids are having fun with their friends and family, unwittingly they are improving their health and fitness, while learning and utilising their road safety skills.”

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Keeping it pure Caroline Harker

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A television documentary crew was filming at Wastebusters last week for a series about how clean and green New Zealand really is. The series has the working title of Keeping it Pure, and will be screened on

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Prime later this year.

“They wanted to know all about Wastebusters and how we were set up and what materials we reuse and recycle,” Communications Advisor Gina Dempster said.

“We’re the good news story for the programme on waste.” The film crew

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also flew around Mount Aspiring and the glaciers filming for a programme on global warming.

PicturedatWastebusters are camera assistant Evan Howell, director John Bates, cameraman Jacob Bryant, soundman Andy ThomasandWastebusters Gina Dempster.

Census day done Every person in New Zealand was required by law to fill in a census form on Tuesday, even those working at Scott Base in Antarctica which is considered New Zealand soil.

General Manager 2013 Census Carol Slappendel said census day was the largest one-off activity to be held in the country this year. Census collectors visited about 1.8 million homes and have delivered forms to hospitals, homes, airports and cruise ships.

The first census results will be released from December 2013 and the final release about 18 months later.

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This is an interwoven narrative of two different aged women at two different times linked by their habitation of the same house.

Amy, the 17-year-old daughter of a racist clergyman father, returns in 1872, to the tiny goldrush town to help her mother. She has enjoyed freedom finishing her schooling in Sydney and returning to the reality of the dusty town is in sharp contrast to her romantic imaginings.

Against the wishes of her father, she discovers romance and beauty in the shop and person of Charles Chen‌ In the present day, Angie, a widow in her 50s, visits Millbrooke and falls in love with the town and the dilapidated manse. Against the wishes of her children she rents the house and establishes

a new life, becoming fascinated by mementos of Amy she finds in the house and the picture of Charles in the museum. She

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unexpectedly discovers the link between the two characters and her own story develops as she tries to find out what happened to them.

The story explores and examines love and prejudice and the identity of young and mature. It links learning from the past, the present and the future and these are skilfully woven together. It is a gentle, interesting story with engaging yet flawed characters that entertain as well as examine contemporary issues and shed light on the troubled racial history of Australia. The only complaint I had was that I wanted to know more about both characters. I was relieved to discover that there will be a sequel.

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A lifetime of stories The Wanaka Sun met with former resident and soon to be centenarian Evelyn Hutchins when she visited Wanaka recently.

Laura Williamson Evelyn Hutchins has forgotten more than most of us will ever have a chance to remember. Not that she’s forgotten much.

Eight months shy of her 100th birthday, Evelyn is still full of stories about her Wanaka childhood, life in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and as an Air Force wife, and lifelong singing career.

Born in 1913, Evelyn was one of nine children born to Ada and William Bovett of Mount Barker. She grew up on the family farm, and remembers Wanaka (then called Pembroke) as sparse, with very few buildings.

One early memory is the end of World War I. “I came over with my mother and father in a Model T car. Everyone had formed a big circle, including horse-drawn buggies and a few cars, and people were celebrating in the centre.” Evelyn said she saw her mother crying, and found out it was because she had lost a brother at Gallipoli.

EvelynwenttoPembroke School, though she started late. She and her cousin had to wait until they were six years old, when her brother and another cousin also reached school age, to attend, because it wasn’t viable for her father to make the drive into town for only two children. The trip included crossing the Cardrona River (there was no bridge), and William used to throw a stone in ahead of the car to test the water depth. “Sometimes we would get halfway across and we’d have to put our bags and feet up because water would come in one door and out the other,” Evelyn recalls. “Very often we would get stuck and dad would have to piggy back us across.”

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It was while at primary school that she started performing, taking the lead role in class pantomines.

She enjoyed it, but said “it was a bit embarrassing, because my brother had an excellent voice and we were cast opposite each other as leads.” She took the lead role again at the 125 Years of Schooling in the Wanaka District celebrations in 2005, where

Ruby Island cabaret that year (she was only allowed to go with a chaperone), where she also attended daytime picnics with her Girl Guides troupe.

She joined the Wanaka golf course at the age of 16, where ladies were only allowed to play nine holes, versus a full 18 for the men.

During her adolescence, Evelyn stayed at Mount

station, allowing Evelyn’s friends back home to hear them. “In Wanaka, people would come home and listen to me after going to the pictures,” she explains.

She also met her future husband at Taeri. Thomas Hutchins was a warrant officer in charge of the transport section. Love did not blossom straight away, but when Thomas was

Sometimes we would get halfway across and we’d have to put our bags and feet up because water would come in one door and out the other. she had the honour of cutting the Pembroke School cake.

In 1929, she assisted her mother playing the piano for the silent movies in Pembroke Hall. She learned she had to watch the screen carefully, lest she play the wrong song at the wrong time.

“I remember playing a minuet in G and it was a wild west film!” she said. She attended the original dances at the

Barker to work on the farm, and then moved to Dunedin to study singing when she was about 22. She joined the Air Force there during World War II, working as a transport driver, which saw her stationed at Taieri Aerodrome, as well at Harewood and Wigram in Christchurch.

In Dunedin she sang at Joe Brown’s Town Hall dances, shows which were broadcast on the 4ZB radio

overseas at Guadalcanal and saw Evelyn’s photo in a newspaper, he decided to write to her. They were married two years later, and stayed together for more than fifty years until his death 11 years ago.

They have three children, Janice, Philip and Kay. There were long separations due to her husband’s Air Force career (“You married an airman, you have to expect that,” Evelyn’s mother-in-law

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told her), as well as a life lived in a myriad of places.

This included Suva, Fiji.

Evelyn remembers flying there from Auckland on a Tasman Airways flying boat, a journey that took eight hours. Ten years ago, her daughter Janice and husband Steve took her back to Fiji for her 90th birthday. They got there in less than three hours.

Evelyn is now based in Wellington, where she lives in her own home and drives a six-cylinder Skyline. She doesn’t sing, but still plays the piano, and as recently as 2004 performed the Charleston in full costume at a WAAF reunion.

She visits Wanaka almost every year, making stops at the cemeteries at Wanaka and Cardrona, at Mount Barker and, of course, at Bovett Place, named for her family. As for longevity, she has a few secrets: everything in moderation, including chocolate, butter and sugar, a banana a day (“for the mind”) and the occasional small glass of port. Only good port, though.

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inbrief Invitation out to US and Aussie air forces Subject to operational imperatives, many Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft will feature at next year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka. “It’s an excellent opportunity to showcase the RNZAF’s capabilities to the general public and to engage with the wider aviation sector,” Chief of the Air Force Air ViceMarshal Peter Stockwell said.

WOW General Manager Ed Taylor said it was fantastic news to have the RNZAF confirm they will be at the show. “They add such a lot to our event and it just wouldn’t be the same without them,” he said.

The Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Air Force have also been formally invited to be part of the airshow. “We won’t know for some time whether they will be able to be here,” Ed said.

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NZ Book Month in Wanaka Laura Williamson March is NZ Book Month, and Wanaka bookworms will have plenty to keep them occupied as local organisations get on board with the annual event.

Readers searching for kiwi fare could start with the Wanaka Library. Manager Sue Gwillam said the library supported New Zealand authors when buying fiction, as long as the works stood up to purchasing criteria.

New Zealand non-fiction was immensely popular, especially if it had a local angle. The top three most checked out nonfiction books in Wanaka were all written by New Zealand authors, with ties to the Wanaka region: ‘High Country Legacy’ by Alex Hedley, ‘High Country Woman’

by Iris Scott with Geraldine O’Sullivan Beere and ‘The Free Range Cook: Simple Pleasures’

by Annabel Langbein.

The library has set up a stand promoting New Zealand authors, and library users are reminded that New Zealand titles can be identified by a koru or kiwi sticker on the spine.

At Mount Aspiring College, librarian Florence Micoud said the

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school will be hosting book talks with local authors, there would be lunchtime poetry readings and students who had been published would be presenting

their work in assembly. As well, students could participate in the NZ Book Month Game, which includes naming your favourite New Zealand book and a book that

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changed your life. Participants were challenged to guess which book would get the most votes, with the closest answer winning a prize. More information can be found on the MACLIC blog.

On March 24, Poetic Justice Wanaka will be running a poetry symposium with Glenn Colquhoun, which includes a morning writing workshop and an afternoon poetry reading.

The event has been partially funded by NZ Book Month and details are available on the Poetic Justice website.

Vouchers for $5 off the price of a book have been distributed to local schools and are available from Caltex and the Bank of New Zealand. Paper Plus will be accepting the vouchers throughout March, according to manager Chris Lumsden.

He said customers had already redeemed several vouchers as of the first weekend of the month.

Started in 2006, New Zealand Book Month is a non-profit initiative promoting books and reading in New Zealand.

Pictured: Susan Turnbull of the Wanaka Library checks out the NZ Book Month stand.

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kahuyouth You th vs Wild The trees are changing colour, the air is cooling and the nights are drawing in; there is no doubt that autumn is on its way and as it gets cold and dark the Crib will still be open until 10pm on both Friday and Saturday nights right through winter. We’re warm and cook a mean feed both nights too!

With all the rumours and counter rumours about Bear Grylls being in town, it seems like a great time to tell you about our brand new wilderness survival program. So if you’ve ever wanted to be like Bear Grylls, then this is your opportunity. We have teamed up with a group of local, amazing and adventurous

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instructors to bring you lucky local young people ‘Youth vs

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only asking for $60 for the whole thing and the first session will take place on Thursday the March 14, straight after school and will be on every Thursday after that for six weeks. It will include river crossings, navigation, back country cooking, raft building and many more survival skills.

There are only eight spaces this time, so be quick to book your place.

For any more information on this or anything else Kahu Youth related, phone us on 443 5880, email Kahu.youth@xtra.co.nz, Facebook Kahuyouth Upper Clutha or check our website at www.kahuyouth.org.

Wild’, which will be a really exciting programme. We’re

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Rehearsed readings a first for festival Laura Williamson Fifteen locals took part in auditions for the Festival of Colour Play Readings on Sunday.

The readings are a first for the festival. Local actors will read two new plays, one by Wanaka writer and columnist Liz Breslin and the other by New Zealand playwright Dave Armstrong. A Q & A session will follow each reading.

Wellington-based director Conrad Newport said the “rehearsed readings” would give audiences a glimpse into the process of developing a play. “Readings are a way for the playwright to hear the play in early draft form. It’s not about being perfect. It’s

Naughty children, three arrests and lost tools Three people were arrested this week and will attend Queenstown court for disqualified driving, disorderly behaviour and male assaults female.

On Saturday police attended a Meadowstone Drive party that got out of hand and became very noisy: several intoxicated 16 and 17-year-old locals at the party were sent home.

Two 11-year-old children were spoken to and warned by police for going on to private property. They were found inside the classrooms of the old primary school on Tenby Street on Sunday.

On February 26 a vehicle parked during the day at the Roy’s Peak track car park had its right rear quarter panel window smashed to gain entry to the vehicle and the owner’s property was stolen from the boot.

Last Thursday night a local shop had its front door smashed in by two offenders.

A large box of tools has been handed into the police station and is available for collection by the owner.

about speaking it out loud and having a good time,” he said.

Festival of Colour General Manager Lindsey Schofield said public readings were becoming increasingly popular in main centres such as Wellington and Auckland.

“Play readings are used as a way to gauge audience reaction to a script, and people enjoy the chance to see behind the scenes of a work in progress,” she said.

Conrad previously directed Dave Armstrong’s works Rita and Douglas and Le Sud, which both premiered at the Festival of Colour.

Pictured is Maegen Johnsen auditioning for Conrad Newport.

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Talking on topic On Saturday local Wanaka Toastmaster members Jamie Roy (pictured), Ben Taylor and Maggie Curteis competed in the Toastmasters area contest in Queenstown, with chief judge Craig Capstick also from the Wanaka Club. Toastmasters from Queenstown and Gore Clubs also competed. Four speech disciplines were held: the ‘international speech’ which is a more formal speech followed by the ‘humorous speech’ for some entertaining moments, both at five to seven minutes; an ‘evaluation speech’ where competitors evaluate one speech; and ‘table topics’ which is better known as an

impromptu speech for the confident, both for two minutes.

Wanaka representatives did not progress onto the district competition in Dunedin next month but club president Jamie Roy said “competing was a new experience for me, and a lot was learnt throughout the day. Everyone is keen to give it another go next year.”

The club meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month and this month is having an introductory meeting on March 14 to coincide with Toastmasters Week.

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A former Hawea resident is back in town this week for the premiere of her documentary; Saving Macquarie Island.

Claudia Babirat lived on the island half way between New Zealand and Antarctica for nine months. She went there initially to make a film about a $32 million pest eradication project, but fell in love with

the island and stayed on, first as a wildlife monitor and a guide to tourist ship visitors, and then she picked up a rifle and became a rabbit hunter. The Macquirie Island Pest Eradication Programme is the world’s most ambitious to date.

Extensive aerial baiting was followed up by hunting with dogs to root out any remaining rabbits, rats and mice.

As well as screening her film, Claudia will give an illustrated talk about life on the island in a community with less than 40 people, more than 80,000 elephant seals and three million seabirds including various penguins, petrels and shags.

TwoofClaudia’sother documentaries have screened in Wanaka including Calici: A Rural Conspiracy

which was about the illegal introduction of the rabbit calici virus in Central Otago in 1997.

Claudia now works for the Department of Conservation as Otago’s Community Outreach Coordinator. She will be working in the lakes district for a fortnight after the documentary screenings.

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Weta share motels with geckos Weta ‘motels’ installed on Mou Waho Island last year are already full to capacity, to the delight of DOC, Eco Wanaka Adventures (EWA) and Mount Aspiring College.

The motels were designed by MAC student Bruce Thompson and installed by EWA owners Chris Riley and Lee Eadie and DOC ranger Kerie Uren (pictured). They have16mm tunnels inside them which allow weta access and keep predators out, and provide a way for people to see the weta without disturbing their habitat.

Although they were originally built for use by ground weta DOC ranger Flo Gaud said they are also being used by cave weta and geckos.

“We’re thrilled the motels are being used by three different species and protecting them from predators, such as the island’s resident buff weka,” Flo said.

EWA co-owner Chris Riley, who regularly guides visitors on the

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island, said the motels also provide shelter from rain for the animals.

“They are an exceptional success,” he said.

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Community of the year Caroline Harker The Hawea community made it into the finals of the 2013 Community of the Year (for its many volunteers) but was pipped at the post by the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust.

The other finalist was the community of Uawa - Tolaga Bay. The grandparents trust was established in 1999 and has over 5000 members. It provides support, advice and advocacy

for grandparents raising their grandchildren on a full-time basis. Mitre 10 donated $5000 to the trust for winning the award and CEO John Hartmann said the members efforts were inspirational. “All the members overhaul their lives, sacrificing their retirement to do a tough job. It can be a struggle mentally and financially, andacommunitysupport network makes a big difference,” he said.

The top New Zealander of the Year award went

to Dame Anne Salmond (scholar, writer and environmentalist). The other 2013 awards went to Ian Grant (co-founder of The Parenting Place) who was named Senior New Zealander of the Year; co-founder and CEO of Sustainable Coastlines Sam Judd who got the Young New Zealander of the Year award, and the Local Hero of the Year is Jim Morunga (who has helped increase the use of guide dogs in the Maori and Pacific Islander communities).

Skinks as precious as kakapo

Paddling adventurers wanted Two fit young paddlers are being sought for an expedition to be filmed for this year’s adventure film editing competition as part of the Wanaka Mountain Film Festival.

The two selected will be filmed paddling a Canadian canoe from the Lake Wanaka jetty to the Neck where they will portage the canoe overland to the Lake Hawea.

They will then paddle down the lake and down Hawea River and turn right to head up the Clutha River completing their journey back at the jetty.

The footage will then be made available to be downloaded by competitors who will have four weeks to create a three-minute film which will be judged for the festival in July.

Last year festival founders Mark and Jo Sedon were filmed for the competition starting from the summit of Treble Cone and skiing, snowboarding, paragliding, biking, paddleboarding, kayaking and running to Wanaka.

The competition was won by local film maker Richard Sidey for his film Carbon Free Beatbox.

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Ten critically endangered skinks have been captured in the Lindis area and moved to secure facilities in east Otago, which will help ensure the long-term survival of the species.

The seven grand skinks and three Otago skinks were moved

by Department of Conservation staff and will spend three months in quarantine before going to wildlife breeding organisations and private breeders.

The remnant populations were rediscovered in the Lindis last year.

Skink ranger Karin Ludwig said the discovery was as important as finding the last Fiordland kakapo. “These skinks are as endangered and have the same

threat ranking as kakapo,” she said. “These last survivors from West Otago are crucial for the long term viability of the whole population as they will provide genetic diversity.”

The ten skinks will become breeding stock in a captive management programme aimed at saving both species from extinction.

Genetic testing will be undertaken to ensure only unrelated skinks are bred together. “Without these new genes, our breed-to-release programme would have had to pair close relatives with each other,” Karin said.

Although both species are relatively large, with Otago skinks growing up to 300mm in length,

they are rarely seen. Most surviving populations are in serious decline due to introduced predators (cats, stoats, ferrets and rats) and habitat modification such as scrub clearance and pastoral development.

The skink recovery programme has gained a higher public profile since the establishment of the Central Otago Ecological Trust in 2005. The trust’s primary goal is to establish a free-living population of Otago skinks in a predator-free, fenced area called Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary near Alexandra.

Live Otago skinks can be viewed at the Central Stories Museum in Alexandra.

Matron to martyr Caroline Harker The author of a book about the life of a Scottish missionary who died in Auschwitz is talking at the Wanaka Library on Saturday morning (March 9).

Lynley Smith first learnt about the missionary when her mother gave her a booklet, saying it was about a relative.

The relative was Jane Haining and Lynley was so captivated by her story that she resigned from her job on a Northland community newspaper to write a book about it.

“I went overseas for seven months and walked in Janine’s footsteps as much as I could,” she said.

Jane had worked for the Church of Scotland Mission and was sent to Budapest to be the matron of a girls’ home there. Many of the girls were Jewish. In 1942 the

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mission called all their staff back to Scotland, but Jane refused to go, saying many of the girls’ parents had

disappeared and “…my children need me more now than ever before.”

In 1944 when Germany invaded Hungary

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Jane was arrested on espionage charges and sent to Auschwitz, where she died two months later.

Lynley came to live in Wanaka at a friend’s house to write the book.

She also worked for six months as the manager of the Wanaka Language Centre. Shortly after she finished the book, she returned to Budapest for a special commemoration the Jewish community were holding in Jane’s honour. “It was 70 years since the war, and I think it was the first time what Jane had done was really acknowledged,” Lynley said. She has since been approached by some Hungarian filmmakers who want to make a dramatised documentary about Jane’s life. Lynley’s book is called From Matron to Martyr – One Woman’s Ultimate Sacrifice for the Jews.

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Lunatic farmer attracts hundreds

Caroline Harker

Changing your life...

A self-titled ‘lunatic farmer’ from America drew more than 100 people to both his lecture at the Lake Wanaka Centre and his two-day workshop at Glendhu Station last week.

Joel Salatin is internationally famous for making his 220 hectare organic farm in the United States profitable while only supplying local markets.

His average net income is about US$150,000 which he said proves “sustainable farming is not some rarefied niche business serving elite consumers but a viable way to keep family farms together while producing healthy food in harmony with the environment”.

Joel’s farm’s annual harvest includes 360,000

eggs, 10,000 broiler chickens, 100 cattle, 250 pigs, 800 turkeys and 600 rabbits a year - as well as a smattering of blackberries, grapes, vegetables and tree fruit

to run organic sheep, beef cattle, and chickens.

Participants learnt a wide range of farming methods from mobile henhouse construction to grazing management

sustainable farming is not some rarefied niche business serving elite consumers. mostly for home use.

During the workshop Joel discussed the need for an abattoir in the Wanaka area, and the need for support from local bodies and the public. John McRae said there is a lot of support in the area with interest growing all the time.

The workshop was held at Glendhu Station where John is using Joel’s farming system as a model

systems. The workshop also covered marketing and logistics.

John said the workshop attracted farmers from all over New Zealand, including several from well established local stations, and some from Australia.

Joel said the secret of his farming methods is the grass. He believes every square metre should contain at least

40 varieties of plants, and he calls his paddocks a “salad bar - a riot of fescues and clovers and earthworms churning the soil”. Cattle graze freely and are moved every day or two. A succession of chickens or turkeys are moved (in portable henhouses) onto the plot that the cows just left.

The chickens dig through fresh cow pats for grubs and worms, and then scratch the manure into the dirt, aerating the soil and creating compost, “so the cycle of growth can begin all over again”.

John said Joel emphasised that he is not against conventional farming. “He’s not kicking the guts out of mainstream farming,” John said. “He’s not saying anyone is wrong.

He’s just saying that we could all do better.”

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Phoenix’s lucky mascots Young Wanaka footballers had one of the biggest thrills of their playing careers so far when they won the opportunity to act as mascots to WellingtonPhoenixandMelbourne Heart teams.

The under 12 team of the Wanaka Football Club won the

right to be mascots through a draw and held the hands of the players as they ran out onto the pitch at Forsyth Barr stadium in Dunedin last Saturday.

The youngsters’ presence must have had a positive affect on the Phoenix who won 1-0 after a tough

fortnight with three losses and management dramas.

Pictured from left, front row, Grayson Bailey, 7, Blake Lang, 7, Bryce Voyce, 7, Jem Curtis, 7. Back row, Michael Gealogo,10, Jacob Lang, 11, Ronan Kaye,10,Quinn Curtis, 10.

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Cruz to third Young Wanaka wakeboarder Cruz Morland placed third last week at the Boards and BBQ competition held at Mangakino on the Waikato River.

Cruz, 7, pictured on the right was competing in the rookie division of the event which is aimed at young riders under 18 years.

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ticketgiveaway Rock and roll concert New Zealand’s “King of Rock and Roll” Tom Sharplin is coming to Wanaka March 15 as part of Operatunity’s new Evening Concert Series 2013. Tom has had numerous hits in the Top 20 Charts, was the winner of a Benny and runner-up to the Billy T James – Entertainer of the Year Award The Wanaka Sun has two prize packs of a double pass to the Wanaka show of Rock the 50s, 60s and 70s with Tom Sharplin and Friends, and a CD featuring songs by Tom Sharplin and friends. Simply email your name and contact details to admin@thewanakasun.co.nz with ‘Tom Sharplin’ in the subject line to go into the draw to win.

Last day for a familiar face Jenny Mitchell (pictured in the van) was treated to a surprise party during her last day of work at the Salvation Army Family Store on Friday. Jenny has been with the shop as a van driver and sales assistant since the store opened three years ago. Fellow staff members presented her with a paua pendant and a morning tea to thank her for her service.

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sunsport Back on the podium Adaptive skier Adam Hall won a bronze medal in the men’s slalom standing class at the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain, last week. He also placed ninth in the men’s standing super g and super combined. “It was great to be back on the podium this week,” Adam said. “This is only my second World Champs podium so it is very special to me. I’m really looking forward to getting to Sochi next week for World Cup Finals and racing on the venue for the 2014 Paralympics.”

Finals for Albion Hamish Thompson (bowling) was pictured in action for the Luggate AlbionCricketClubsenior reserves at Pembroke Park on Saturday. They played Queenstown Cricket Club in the semifinals of the Edgewater

Cup, batting 233/6.

Queenstown finished with 97 all out.

The local senior team also played at the club’s Luggate ground on Saturday in the semifinal of the Koford Cup. Batting first, they put up

256 /6. Dunstan Cricket Club responded with 125 all out.

Both the Luggate Albion Cricket Club’s senior and senior reserve teams will play in their respective finals on March 16.

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In form Lorenzo Young Wanaka runner Lorenz Kissling, 17, has just been selected for the Otago athletics team following his qualification in the 1500m several weeks ago. Lorenz also set a new personal best time of 1:57 in the 800m in Dunedin last weekend and is currently in training for the national club championships in Auckland later this month.

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It’s showtime this weekend and if past years are anything to go by, it will be hot, busy and very social.

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to strength thanks to the efforts of a mainly volunteer crew.

Happy birthday j – it’s going to be realllly reallllly special because you get to spend it with me (if you get the day off that is) xxx

The two day event is a fantastic showcase for Wanaka

As a cleaner i can only apologise for state of toilet last weekend. It is done b4 8am n again at 4- 6pm. I can’t control wot public do in between that time? I do the best i can. Sorry.

A welcome addition this year will be dog trials on

and demonstrates a strong sense of the optimism and enterprise the Upper Clutha is known for.

Pembroke Park, which along with the highly competitive Jack Russell race is sure to be a crowd puller.

Could the seemingly unlimited energy of the terriers

People don’t always realise they are swimming in a ski lane when there is no written signage. Someone is going to get killed.

and huntaways be used for another event?

How about a rabbiting competition on the slopes of Mount Iron? The dog bringing its owner the most

Rabbit boy. See you in the Portacom. Love from fox girl. X

bunnies could be sponsored by a petfood company for

To the guy driving the light blue RAV, u may have forgotten that u had ur company name all over ur car when u nearly killed me and my daughter on the road! For a numbers man, do your math! U nearly totalled 3 cars, killing 6 people..

Dog owners would then have good incentive to train

the following year. up their pets during the year and the large rabbit population in our backyard would be reduced.

RETROSPECTIVE CONSENTS - condones the `do what u want until ur caught` attitude.

When is the smooth road surface going 2 b continued down 2 the 80km signs by the cardrona river welcoming everyone into Wanaka frm central? The traffic might then slow down before hitting the albert town turn off! Plant some trees while you’re at it.

Old professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

To the whinger bout the road works at the Caltex corner. The roundabout is for you and others safer driving and short term disruption. Try living in Christchurch were lots of people have their streets ripped up and no car access to their homes while sewers are upgraded with noisy machines all day. They don`t moan. just glad of progress Whilst sitting in roys bay trying to tolerate those nasty jetboat noises I turn my thoughts to those struggling to survive amongst starvation, war, poverty, the 3 billion people who`s families have to survive on less than $10 a day and I think to myself how lucky they are to be spared the hideous din I am having to endure.

Planting trees for birds Issue 599 Thursday March 7, 2013 Trees for birds is a fantastic outcome! And what about trees for humans? Humans are going to become an endangered species soon enough, if they keep going the way they are... I think we have a responsibility towards our descendants to grow local food, and that also means local fruit trees available for the community, on public land (our little sections are rather saturated...

No more famished scavengers stealing apricots in your garden!

Let’s give them, and us, something to eat on the side of the parks and roads! A walnut or hazelnut tree is not more expensive than a sterile decorative-only prunus. That doesn’t take the spotlight away from the native species which I love, respect, plant and care for whenever I can. Anyone at the council catching the ball?

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There`s no shortage of parking in Wanaka cos after we have covered Pembroke Park there is still Lismore and Wanaka Station Park to park on. And if we clear the trees out, the National Park can hold heaps of cars.

Lake wanaka is an orsome place for all to enjoy love the V8s Thanx boys for an awesome stags wkend! B.C Anderson Rd. Turn ur loud music down or buy neighbours Panadol. Totally inconsiderate of u 2 play loud music day aftr day.

Jobby.. A Scottish word, fairly harmless and friendly which means poo. Not so friendly or harmless when sliding through someone else’s dogs jobby on the football training field. Selfish, disgusting and lazy wee jobbies, pick up yer dogs poo or i`ll contact the jobby police.

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National swim title for Sophie Swimming a personal best time and breaking an Otago record, Wanaka’s Sophie Fairbairn won a national title last week in the 50m breaststroke.

Sophie, 13, was the only Wanaka swimmer at the national age group championships in Wellington and also won silver and bronze medals.

She broke the Otago record in the 12- to 13year-age group, which

she set last year, by a second in a time of 35.52 in the 50m breaststroke, broke another Otago record set in 1991 by a second to win silver in the 100m breaststroke and placed third in the 200m breaststroke.

Her coach Fiona Hezinger said breaking a record by a second was “amazing” and was a result of a total commitment to the sport of swimming.

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session without fail. She follows exactly what she’s been told. Mentally and physically she has what it takes.”

Sophie went to the championships still recovering from a forearm injury and had been swimming in a splint until just before the event.

“She’s overcome stuff as well, which shows how mentally committed she is,” Fiona said.

Waterskiers big day out Flat water and a record field of 45 competitors made for a great day out for the annual Wanaka waterski tournament last Saturday.

More than half the field were either novice or junior which is great for the future of the club, organiser Garett Shore said.

“It is great to see so many new skiers getting involved in competitive slalom skiing.”

Four of the juniors ran personal bests on the day and have qualified to go to the New Zealand Waterski Nationals at the end of March.

One of the younger competitors, Wanaka’s Meg Harraway, 10, pictured, skied a personal best of two buoys at 46kph to place second in the novice category.

Meg’s father, Gerald, co-organises the event with Garett and the two have trained and competed with each other for the past five years. Garett was pleased to say he had won the most recent round, despite Gerald having a better personal best.

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Mixed conditions for sailors There were mixed conditions for last Thursday’s yacht club regatta with good steady wind in some parts of the bay and other places with no wind. Dean Weastell, who has come close at several regatta’s this season, won the etchell class in “Corsair”. Johnny Benson won the senior dinghy class, Matthew Davidson and his crew on Pickled Pepper won the Trailer Sailers class again this week and Oliver Sanders on his 420 came in first in the junior dinghy category.

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Wild Heart Chocolate making workshop. At Aspiring Organics Thurs March 7th. Email Chalice info@naturesgold.co.nz phone 021734564

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Gentle yoga connecting movement with breath. 9:30 ea Mon and Wed 9 Tyndall St. $10 classes. All welcome. Jen 443.1672

for sale 50% off ALL Inika make up, while stocks last! At Wanaka Health 2000.

Beautiful china tea cup bird feeders, great for attracting wax eyes and bell birds to your garden. Make the perfect presents $20 ph or txt 021 680 110 Cobcraft pottery kiln $799, Slalom Kayak $390, Liquid Logic Remix59 kayak $1890, Solid wood doors $250, Rocking chair $560, 0211119218 Fusion 6.5”” Marine 2-way Speakers (pair).

Brand new still in box. $65 ph 027 553 0096 Jolly jumper $20 excellent condition still in box ph anna 4434599 Get the Oscar Juicer for less. RRP is $549 get yours for just $489 at organicexpress.co.nz Mazda 323. Rego/wof till august, tow-bar, snow chains, new-ish tyres. $1200. Great little run-around, ideal first car. 4436114.

New Season Icebreaker in store at Racers Edge now! New colours and new fit across the range. www.racersedge.co.nz Come check out the new Lifestyle range of Oakley Eyeware - now available at Racers Edge.

Organic Eco Tan. No parabens, no chemical smells, just gorgeous, chocolate coloured skin. Email team@organicexpress.co.nz for a free e-brochure.

Poultry wheat and barley 4 sale, whole or crushed.30kg 4 $25.. .. 021 251 5510/4434944. ü Racers Edge Summer Sale Now On! Up to 50% off loads of summer stock in store.

Enjoy new equipment ideal for the Wanaka lifestyle.

Racers Edge, Come see us at the A&P Show!! “Outdoors is everything”.

Zinc garage roller door, 2.1m high x 2.4m wide, Doors NZ brand new, $695 please call Matt 021 39824

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rent Haast accomodation two bedroom furnished appartment.book your weekend away or holiday now.ph 0272435318.

Holiday home available for Easter. Min. 4 night booking. Close to town. Sleeps 6.

Call George 0212288324 House, central, available Easter.

Sleeps 6, 4 bedrooms - ideal family group.

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notice Support Hawea kindergarten ! We are looking forward to show weekend selling yummy hot lamb rolls and cold drinks in the food stall area! See you there !

ASPIRING AVALANCHE DOGS 2013 TC season pass raffle, tickets $5 cash only, available from Monday 11th @ Racer’s Edge. Drawn Friday 29th March. Don’t miss out on the hottest ticket in town!

Ideal section for first home: 802sqm, Little Maude Drive, Lake Hawea. Walk to lake/shops, mountain views. Price negotiable, phone 4439310 or 021656655.

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Stunning section Lake Ohau Alpine Village. Massive 1896m2. Need to sell price of $165,000 www.rodney-hudson.com for details. 021641741.

Ben Elms (aka Dr Compost) His next workshop in Wanaka will be on growing vegetables through the winter, Thursday 14th March, see www.wanakawastebusters.co.nz for details.

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House Minding: Retired couple available for house minding in the Wanaka area.

References available, Ph 03 3488669 Lasavia Plant Spirit MedicineWorkshop March 8th-10th. Wanaka Wellness Centre.

Phone or email Chalice info@naturesgold. co.nz phone 021734564 LIFE STORIES writing and book design.

Memoirs, histories, letters, diaries - transcribed and published. www.timeofyourlife.co.nz. Contact laura@timeofyourlife. co.nz or 443 4629.

Mt Aspiring College Hostel shave for a cure 2013 support the fundraising efforts @ www.shaveforacure. co.nz/view_group_event_profile/1386 Mums n bubs yoga 10AM ea Thurs 9 Tyndall St. $10 classes. Prenatal classes avail ea Tues 7.30PM. 443.1672 or 022.097.4596 Oanaka Educare Connor St have rare vacancies in the infants room 3-18 mths.

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Saving Macquarie Island documentary premiere: Cinema Paradiso: March 8 (4pm) and 9 (7pm) followed by talk by director Claudia Babirat.

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The Wanaka Osteopathic Clinic provides structural manipulation of the whole body to give long term relief from new or ongoing structural problems. Call today on 443-6783.

Experienced caretaker available now to look after your property. Ten years caretaking experience with small and large properties. Excellent references. Please call 443 4030 or 021 999370.

Girl Friday: no job to small. Please call 021 999 370 or 443 4039.

HU SONG at Wanaka Wellness Centre Dungarvon St this Thursday 7th March 5.30pm to 6pm. All welcome. Ph Lyn 4437388 Immerse yourself in beautiful sound therapy! Quartz crystal singing bowls for deep relaxation/energy balancing. 1.30PM each Mon. 9 Tyndall St. Jen 443.1672.

Inland Revenue are at Community Networks Friday 15 March 9am - 1pm,For help with personal or business tax,child support,student loans or family tax credits call 4437799 to make an appointment.

JP SERVICES at Community Networks Tuesdays 1 to 2pm and. Fridays 10.30 to 11. 30 For appointments call 4437799 LOMI LOMI MASSAGE (Therapeutic Hawaiian) Relaxing, nurturing, whole body strokes. Peaceful surroundings. Ph Maryann 443 6463, 021 1101160

WANAKA WINDOW CLEANING professional, friendly, efficient service. Enjoy those mountain views. High, awkward windows a specialty. Paolo 021 0572505/ 4432420 WHEELS TO DUNSTAN: Free daily transport to Dunstan Hospital & Alexandra specialist appointments, Bookings call 4437799

wanted MAC uniform – girl’s culottes wanted, thank you. Please call 021 999 370 or 443 4039.

TOYOTA WANTED. Do you have an older toyota car sitting around? Willing buyer. Pl call or text 0212011121 no vans thanks.

Volunteers wanted @ Salvation Army Family Store, any day Mon-Fri 3.30-5pm, Saturday 10-12, 12-2, 2-4pm. Please call in if you are able to help.

Wanted. Mataura / Edendale. Anyone coming back from there to Wanaka in the near future and can bring a small carry case. Please call Steve. 0272 730730

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sport results Wanaka Bowls Results W/ e 22:02:13 Friday Progressive Skips 1st Glad Cross 2nd Michael Barnett 3rd John Barton Thirds 1st Norman Matheson 2nd Edward Ottrey 3rd John Maddison Leads 1st Val Ferguson 2nd Oscar Verbiest 3rd Madeleine Wilson. Friday Progressive w/e 1:03:13 Skips 1st Neville Young 2nd Mike Barnett Thirds 1st John Gale 2nd Jim Skeggs Leads 1st Meryl Firman 2nd Robyn Chartres.

Bridge results: Mt Barker Pairs 2. North/South:-Lynne Clay, Ann-Louise Stokes 67.30 1. Rebecca Corkin, John Mitchell 59.80 2. Allan Kelly, B. Loftus 55.80 3. East/West:-Judy Cook, Laraine Shepherd 60.70 1. Tommie Munns, Barbara Waterworth 60.00 2. Lesley Davies, Max Shepherd 58.30 3. Friday Bridge March 1st. North/South:-Shona Johnstone, Betty Swift 56.67 1.

Ann Patterson, Pam Taylor 53.81 2. Mary Gibson- Collings, Sher-

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ril Harries 52.86 3. East/West:Daphne Stewart, Barbara Waterworth 63.33 1. Pat Gray, Carol Orbell 59.44 2. John Cook, Joan Wigg 57.78 3. Junior Championship Pairs. 27th February. North/ South:- Judy Cook, Lynne Fegan 63.13 1. Denise Bruns, Ann- Louise Stokes 63.13 2. Judy Muir, Heather Wellman 50.63 3. East/ West:- Richard & Annie Freeman 56.88 1. Jen & John Milburn 56.25 2. Noeline Goldsbrough, Bridget Rennie 51.88 3.

Lake Hawea golf results 03/03/2013 Medal/LGU/Putting Men: 1st B Burgess 80.19.61, 2nd G Browne 79.15.62, 3rd R Johnston 73.11.62, 4th P Recordon 73.11.62, 5th J Cotter 75.13.62, 6th N Brown 88.24.64. Birdie/Net Eagle P Recordon No.10 LGU 1st M McElrea 96.37.59, J Hanson 94.21.73.

Putting B Burgess 23. Closest the Pin R Johnston. Two’s P Recordon No.10, B Burgess No. 1 WANAKA WATERSKI TOURNAMENT - Top three results in the cat-

egories were: Cat 5 (13m line and shorter) Craig Rodgers, Chris Brown, Thomas Green; Cat 4 (16m to 13m line) Peter Dowling, Garett Shore, Gerald Harraway; Cat 3 (52km to 16m line) Brent Wilson, Greg Sise, Cody Gibson; Cat 2 (men’s 40km to 52km) Blake Hamilton, Steve Joint, Hamish Burke; Cat 2 (women’s 40km to 52km) Georgina Hamilton, Sandra Gibson. Novice (up to 40km) Georgia Power, Meg Harraway, Anna Power; Sub Junior (under 10 years) Alex Brown, Christie Brown, Henry Power.

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Gearing up for adventure Tim Brewster Team Moa Hunters, a group of four Wanaka locals competing in this year’s 513km GODZone adventure race are finally tapering down after an intensive period of training.

Bob McLachlan, Simon Bowden, Floortje Draisma and Richard Anderson (pictured) had their biggest day out last month with a 15 hour trek from Raspberry Flat in the Matukituki Valley over the saddle between Sharks Tooth and Fog Peak and finishing at the Treble Cone carpark.

“Three thousand, six hundred vertical metres on a 30 degree hot February day. That’s more vertical gain in one day than climbing Mount Cook from sea level,” team captain Richard said.

The team placed seventh last year, but this year there are a lot stronger, more experienced competitors with a number of overseas entries.

“Adventure racing is all about taking on the unknown, making decisions when you are hitting the wall and you coming out the other side with a group of good mates who have shared a great expedition. Our first goal is to have a bloody good time. The next goal is to finish in the top

five,” Richard said.

Two of Wanaka’s top multisporters, Dougal Allan and Jess Simson, have joined up with two of the world’s top adventure racers and navigators, former national orienteering champion, Aaron Prince and rafting expert, Stu Lynch, in the Harraway Oats team.

The New Zealand based oat mill company has recently developed an energy muesli with the assistance of a number of Wanaka-based athletes and climbers.

The team is considered to be an

underdog who could potentially win the event ahead of some highly rated professional teams such as Seagate who won last year.

“On Saturday the teams are going to be transported to the secret start location and then race back towards our event headquarters in Queenstown. There will be just the small matter of 513km, 11,000m of vertical ascent and wild New Zealand terrain to overcome,” event organiser Warren Bates said.

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expedition style race with teams travelling through a variety of checkpoints and transition areas where food and gearboxes will be available to them.

The mandatory gear list requires all participants to bring crampons and ice axes which points to a section of snow and ice.

“The other discipline will remain a secret until the teams receive their route books and all we can say is that it’s going to be a lot of fun and will be a world first for an adventure race,” Warren said.

Silver for rower Riley Bruce, 14, continued a successful season winning silver in the under 16 single sculls at last weekends South Island secondary schools championships.

The Mount Aspiring College student was the sole medal winner from the college and was in fourth place with 500m to go before increasing his stroke rate to overtake two competitors to place second.

Other Wanaka rowers performed well in the A finals with the under 18 combination of Jamie Bowley and James Redai recovering from a crash early on in the race to place fourth and the under 15 double sculls crew of Riley and Nathan Redai placing fourth as well.

The Twizel event was the final big competition before the national schools event, the Maadi Cup Regatta, to be held at Lake Karapiro later this month.

Mount Aspiring College is sending a team of four boys to the nationals, all of whom have made A finals.

Show ready Hawea rider Zoe McNeilly, 15, was the top South Island junior rider at the recent New Zealand Pony Club Dressage Championships.

Riding her horse Darli and competing for the Otago Southland team, Zoe also placed third nationally. The team

also placed first in the South Island and third nationally.

Zoe is one of the many locals who will be competing at this weekend’s Upper Clutha A&P Show in the jumping and riding class events. The twoday Upper Clutha A&P Show starts tomorrow, Friday.

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