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MAC rocks again Conor Rutherford, Jack Reaney and Elliot Steven from Fire Eyed Society are competing at the Central Otago Rockquest Regional Finals tomorrow night.

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Substance abuse concern Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun

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Wanaka is at a crossroads with managing the fast-growing synthetic drug industry and its effect on young people, according to a national consultant on the issue, with imminent national legislation helping to control the problem.

“Wehavea largenumberof community groups concerned. When we’re all on the same page it can be very powerful,” Foundation for Drug and Alcohol Education executive director Colin Bramfitt said.

Synthetic drugs are the fastest-growing market for mind altering substances and are made-overseas in unregulated factories which “just pump them out,” he said.

The “synthetic cannabis” sold legally is essentially a number of psychoactive agents sprayed onto leaves and held there by chemicals such as acetone, which accounts for a number of the bad reactions to the product.

Colin was invited to Wanaka by a number of groups including Mount Aspiring College, Parenting For Life, Friends of MAC, Community Networks,

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Wanaka Police, with support from QLDC, ACC, and the combined Wanaka Medical Centre, one of the organisers, Kris Vollebregt said.

Colin’s talk tonight at the Lake Wanaka Centre will focus on synthetic drugs, upcoming legislation on the sale of them and a model developed by a European country to manage the effect excessive alcohol and drug use has on society.

The model is being replicated by other

European countries and with the amount of local support he has seen in Wanaka, the same approach could be used here.

He has seen the town develop over the past few decades with his daughter attending MAC and the transition from a resort town to one with a more permanentyear-roundpopulationmeans the community can manage its future.

“Wanaka is lucky in that it has an opportunity. The community is no

different to parents. We can have the approach to let things go or manage this by being supportive and having strict guidelines. Don’t miss the boat here. It’s a fantastic place.”

Friends of MAC member Kris Vollebregt said regardless of whatever parenting style she had, she wanted to be informed.

“It has been organised as a continued response to the challenges faced by the community as a whole, over drugs and alcohol, especially after events in the last couple of years.

Colin has 26 years experience as a counsellor and to him the issue of whether or not a drug is legal is unimportant. “It’s a health and safety thing. If it’s not safe, get it out of here.”

He said other communities, such as Devonport and most recently Putararu, made a decision to boycott dairies selling the synthetic products and legislation could be made before August which will make it much harder to sell.

The products will be classified in the same way as pharmaceuticals, leaving the burden of proof on their safety on the supplier rather than the authorities having to prove it is dangerous.

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Pembroke park Bike park for Lake Hawea saved again Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun A proposal to establish 94 angled car parks on the Brownston Street side of Pembroke Park – encroaching on the park by about 4m – was rejected by the Wanaka Community Board at its meeting on Tuesday. This was in keeping with the advice of the hearings panel which had considered 85 submissions on the proposal, on June 7.

“I’m relieved this crisis is over,” Friends of Pembroke Park President John Blennerhassett said.

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in and say Pembroke Park must stay the way it is. I anticipate in 50 years time people will be saying how great it is to have the park.”

Of the 85 submissions, 64 opposed the plan.

Many of these pointed out the proposed parking was not in accordance with the Reserves Act (1977) because it encroached on the park and was not designed for people using the reserve, but for general parking for the town centre. The existing Dungarvon Street car park also breaches the act for the same reason, submitters said. Many suggested

a similar number of parking spaces could be created around the park - without encroaching on the boundaries.

Those in favour of the proposal submitted that angle parking would provide more car parks for central Wanaka and for park users.

“Pembroke Park used to be covered in weeds,” John Blennerhassett said. “Now it’s a vibrant place that is buzzing every weekend and during the week too.

It’s a credit to [QLDC General Manager Community Services] Paul Wilson who pushed all the improvements through.”

A proposal for a BMXstyle bike park in Hawea got the nod from the Wanaka Community Board at its meeting on Tuesday. Geoff Small spoke to the board about the proposal which has the backing of the Hawea Community Association. The proposed site is a council reserve on the corner of Noema

Crescent and Domain Road. Geoff said four of the five neighbours he has spoken to are

suitable for any age group, but particularly for children. Members of the Wanaka bike

Everything the Hawea community has done has been very successful. very supportive of the project. The group plans to bring soil on to the site and create a low impact bike park

club have already v o l u n t e e r e d t o h e lp with the project. The board voted to support the project subject

to its meeting safety standards, having approval from affected neighbours and getting any necessary consents granted.

“Everything the Hawea community has done has been very successful,” board member Jude Battson said. Board member and Albert Town resident Bryan Lloyd said there cou ld b e something similar coming in Albert Town soon too.

Crown Range chaos Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun A large traffic jam, caused by a fast-moving blizzard on the Crown Range and the closure of the Kawarau Gorge due to a rockfall, was described by one professional transport operator as “bedlam” and by the QLDC as “a perfect storm”.

“Many tourists in 2WDs having no idea what was going on or what to do... all totally avoidable if someone had closed the road. [It was a] miracle someone wasn’t seriously hurt or killed up there,” Mark Orbell of Ridgeline Adventures said.

Mark had been transferring clients from Queenstown Airport to Cardrona mid-Saturday afternoon.

A sign indicating that chains should be fitted to vehicles had been posted but he said there was no indication vehicles should not continue on and at 4.45pm about 1km from the summit they were stopped by a traffic jam.

“We sat there from over an hour waiting for some direction from the authorities. It was snowing, windy, the road was turning to ice and getting dark. We turned many people back who had 2WDs and no chains. Cars three abreast, abandoned

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in the middle of the road, campervans all over the place, absolute bedlam.

Perfect recipe for disaster.”

With the number of vehicles blocking the icy road, often without chains, contractors were unable to move their equipment until the vehicles had been shifted, he said.

The contractors “do an amazing job in sometimes very trying conditions and respect to them. Our issue, and that of all the other drivers we spoke to up there, is around the sheer lack of any emergency response plan in situations like this.”

Mark said he saw no officials until they turned around and headed back

to Queenstown, two hours after they arrived at the scene.

QLDC transport manager Denis Mander said the combination of a rockfall closing the Kawarau Gorge road, which saw traffic diverted over the Crown Range, and the fast-moving storm creating icy conditions, hindered the ability of contractors to access the area.

“They were struggling to get up the hill. Usually with rou g h weather events we divert traffic through the Kawarau Gorge. Coinciding with the diversion, all these things came together,” Denis said. “We will be having

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a debrief. Absolutely.”

He said by the time updated messages were posted in the late afternoon a substantial amount of extra traffic had already accessed the Crown Range after being diverted.

Denis said there are not enough resources to always have people stationed on the Crown Range and there is no weather station such as the one on the Lindis Pass monitored by the NZTA. On the QLDC website’s winter driving page, road conditions are updated during the day, there is a twitter feed and radio stations in the area are also kept informed.

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New friends for libraries Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The newly-formed Wanaka Public Libraries Association has started recruiting members.

The association committee includes Nicola Martinovich (chairperson), Kate Bariletti (secretary), Jan Janata (treasurer), Sukhi Turner, Prue Wallis, Linda Montgomery and Kim Tomlin.

Some of the committee were surprised to hear there had

been a similar association called Friends of the Wanaka Library in the past. This was revealed at the library birthday celebrations on Saturday when Library Manager Sue Gwilliam read out a letter dated 1993 from the group’s chairperson at the time - Frances Manson.

“The Friends of Wanaka Library evolved from the committee which used to administer the library prior to handing over control to the Lake County Council in 1980,” she said in the

Roadworks during school holidays Work has started on a new roundabout for the intersection of Lakeside Drive and Ardmore Street, and will continue throughout the school holidays. Rob Darby told the Wanaka Community Board traffic flows were fairly quiet between 10am and 4pm during the winter school holidays so contractors would be able to work on the roundabout. The job is being done by Benchmark Construction.

Meanwhile the Ardmore-Brownston roundabout is “almost complete” with a number of signs to be installed. Seed will be sown on the grass areas in the spring.

letter. “The committee… offered support and voluntary help in any way that seemed needed.”

This included fundraising for amenities not provided for in the budget, and help in the library from reviewing books to mending them.

The new association plans to support and promote the Wanaka, Hawea and Makarora Libraries. This will include promoting reading in all formats throughout the community, advocating for the library

and librarians, supporting community groups who use library resources and expertise, fostering representation of the young and the elderly, and collaborating on community projects.

“The Protect Wanaka Library facebook page is being turned into the Wanaka Public Libraries Association page, so we can keep the community informed and it will be a good place to ask for volunteers,” secretary Kate Bariletti said.

inbrief Waterski or not to ski A proposal to close down a waterski lane in Roys Bay near Edgewater is being considered, with lake swimmers and waterskiers as well as other lake users being consulted informally.

The lane is in an area used by a number of swimmers and Wanaka councillor Lyal Cocks said there will be a public notice of the consultation shortly.

Humane actions recognised with awards Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Three Wanaka men have been recognised by the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand for their courage during the LandSAR rescue of Dion Latta (15), who was trapped under a waterfall in the

Motatapu Gorge on New Year’s Day 2012. Geoff Wayatt, Milo Gilmour and Rich Raynes received certificates of merit from Mayor Vanessa van Uden, on behalf of the society, on Tuesday.

T h e r e s c u e attempt involved abseiling into the

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gorge, blocking the waterfall’s flow with their bodies, and freeing Dion from behind the waterfall.

Unfortunately Dion died later at Dunedin hospital. Wanaka policeman Mike Johnston previously received a silver medal for his role in the rescue.

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Power cuts An oversized truck travelling along Beacon Point Road on Tuesday morning is thought to have cut power to the immediate area. Power was restored by about 9am. Another power cut, which affected Hawea Flat, Lake Hawea, Dublin Bay, Lagoon Valley, Makarora, Maungawera Valley, Mount Burke and The Neck, left homes in the dark for a few hours yesterday morning. The cause of the second outage was unknown.

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Crowds for Maori history Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

Builders bring home medals Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Wanaka builders have featured in this year’s Southern Region Master Builders House of the Year awards with every entry receiving a medal. A total of seven medals were given with Stonewood Homes winning a gold for a new home in the $450,000-$600,000 division and silver medals in the $250,000$350,000 and $350,000$450,000 categories.

Dunlop Builders won gold for a new home in the $600,000

-$1million range, Mike Greer Homes won silver in the under $250,000 category, Dan Fountain and Co won silver in the builder’s own home division

Stonewood Homes manager Mark Harry said. “It’s booming, volume has more than doubled in the past two years.”

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It’s booming, volume has more than doubled in the past two years. and Turnkey Homes won silver in the show home category.

“It just shows what’s happening in the Wanaka building industry,” Wanaka

awards dinner are: Dan and Leigh Fountain, Bryce and Donnelle Dunlop, Mark Harry, Kathy Dedo and Phil Smith of Turnkey Homes.

It was standing room only at two talks on local Maori history given in Wanaka during the last week. One was from local historian Richie Hewitt (pictured), in the Wanaka Library, and the other from Ngai Tahu kaumatua Tipene O’Regan, at the Mountain Film Festival.

Both spoke about the special significance of the Upper Clutha for Maori, particularly Manuhaea (the Neck) which Richie said was one of the most sacred sites in the South Island, and Sir Tipene said was a permanent settlement and a special place of learning and knowledge. It was also an area rich in food sources including tuna (eel), weka, kakapo and kiwi.

Richie quoted from a Maori who lived in the area in the early days who said there were so

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many eels here trying to count them was like trying to count a swarm of sandflies.

Richie also spoke

about more evidence that Maori lived here permanently and described huge gardens in the Matakitaki valley (now

known as the Matukituki).

Another interesting bit of information from Richie was that there were still moa in the area until the 1860s.

When Richie finished his talk Ngai Tahu representative Dave Taylor stood up to mihi him and said Richie’s work was a great taonga (treasure) for the area. Richie’s work “Maori in the Upper Clutha and beyond” was put together with the help of Wanaka Reference and Local History librarian Jude Terpstra.

Sir Tipene spoke about the significance of Maori place names on the Rawiri Te Maire map, (a copy of which is in the Wanaka library). He said many place names in the south were brought here from Hawaiki, and some names are simply descriptions of the landscape - for example; Pakihi which means ‘an area of no trees’.

A rude awakening Wanaka residences still in bed were literally shaken awake on Friday morning by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake 25km north-east of Milford Sound. A number of aftershocks followed the 7.41:07am shake. Hundreds of ‘felt’ reports were recorded on the geonet website with the strongest shaking reports coming from the Queenstown Lakes District including 36 from Wanaka. Anecdotal evidence suggest those lying down were more likely to have experienced this earthquake. The geonet team has described the intensity as severe and its depth was recorded at 5km. Within seconds two more earthquakes were recorded at magnitude 5.0 and magnitude 5.2.

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Course reaches first decade Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun A number of local business ventures such as a children’s reading programme, 4WD drive tours, guided rockclimbing, gardening and landscaping and a mother and son managing their farm all share a common theme.

Almost ten years ago their respective ideas were helped into reality by the first of 18 Certificate in Small Business Management courses

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held in Wanaka.

The 24-week course run through Te Wananga o Aotearoa and tutored

by Mylrea Bell soon evolved into a 36-week course with a total of 411 attendees enrolled, with 281 graduates over the past decade she said.

“There are heaps of interesting businesses.

Some people are looking at setting up something new and others are in an existing business which they want to keep improving – it’s usually about a 50:50 split. My

main highlight is always the people on the courses – I really enjoy their enthusiasm, humour, wit and knowledge. It’s a positive, supportive environment. I also really enjoy seeing businesses running successfully.”

Originally trained as a teacher before working in health education, Mylrea was the first employee of the then Wanaka Work Initiative Centre. After doing some one-on-one business coaching in her role there, she went on to do contract tutoring

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for the courses starting in 2004.

In 2009 business growth and money management courses were added and like the original business management courses they are often oversubscribed in Wanaka, the Wananga’s Christchurch-based academic manager Doctor Alastair MacLauchlan said.

“There are three reasons; they are relevant to the area, they are free and the way Mylrea handles the classes.

She always goes the extra mile.”

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Hearts break for Hellebrekers Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Thetributeskeptoncoming for Paul Hellebrekers at a function farewelling him from the Department of Conservation, on Friday night. Paul’s job as Wanaka Area Manager was dis-established in a nationwide department restructure and his 33-year career will end on July 19.

“A couple of months ago I went public with my thoughts [on the restructuring] and was told it was a career ending decision,” he said on Friday night. “But the support I got from all around the country was incredible. It was a key moment in my career.”

Paul said the direction DOC is going is the right one. “But they haven’t got the structure right.” Paul spoke about his career which included three years in the Ureweras, 11 at Makarora, one in Queenstown and 18 in Wanaka.

During the speeches, QLDC Deputy Mayor Lyal Cocks said Paul had made a huge contribution as manager of the DOC estate. “We’re going to need his experience and

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advice when he gets back,” Lyal said. (Paul and his wife Tess are going on holiday on July 20.)

“The relationships Paul has built up over that time [as Wanaka Area Manager] are priceless,” Aaron Nicholson said, speaking on behalf of

the police and LandSAR. Federated Farmers member Richard Burdon said the Wanaka office has been extremely well led by Paul. “He always had an open door,” Richard said. “[Former head of DOC] Hugh Logan told me that under Paul’s leadership

Wanaka was one of the best performing area offices in the country.”

Upper Clutha Tracks Trust member Rachel Brown said the success of the trust, “is testament to Paul; the man he is and how he works.

The UCTT has become known for spending its funding on tracks rather than on consultancy and administration, etc. The trust has Paul to thank for helping us in this approach.”

Twizel Area Manager Rob Young said Paul was a very supportive colleague and workmate, and a fellow member of the JFDI (Just f’ing do it) Society.

“It’s the end of an era,” he said.

Chairman of the Guardians of Lake Wanaka Peter Hook said (via Stu Thorne) Paul had an “exemplary career with DOC” and was an integral part of the running of the Guardians.

DOC Otago and Southland Conservator Neil Clifton said he started with DOC at the same time as Paul. “His very high operations standards stood out,” Neil said. “He is highly respected by colleagues

around the country.”

Neil said former Otago Conservator Geoff Connell said Paul’s departure was an “irreplaceable loss to DOC Wanaka.”

Similar accolades came from newly-appointed DOC Deputy Director General Lou Sanson. “Prue [Wallis] said why not just re-emloy him and we can all go home,” he said.

Ngai Tahu member Dave Taylor, who liaises between DOC and Ngai Tahu, said Paul had a “wonderful working relationship with iwi in the area. He just gets it.”

Paul Wardell, who works in High Country Tenure Review, said under Paul’s leadership DOC had been a very good neighbour in the region.

“We think the world of our boss,” DOC Community Relations Programme Manager Annette Grieve said. “It’s a very emotional time but tonight we’re here to celebrate. “ The last word came from Paul himself, who quoted a colleague who had told him some years ago: “Just remember; today you’re a rooster, but tomorrow you could be a feather duster.”

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Medieval malarkey Angus Cagney with an axe and cloak, and an armoured-up Ocean Allemann were two of a number of Wanaka Primary School students who put in the effort for a medieval dress-up day.

Airborne adventures on up Airborne adventures at Wanaka airport are on the increase with the addition of several new aircraft and experiences for customers.

A Yak 52 and Harvard T6 arrived recently which, along with the Mustang already at the airport, gives warbird enthusiasts several options to choose from. The airport also has self-fly and a number of flight training options.

A 1988 Waco biplane, which is the only one of its kind in the

country, was added to the Wanaka Classic Flights fleet of Tiger Moth aircraft in May. Based on a 1930’s design, the Waco is still being made in the U.S.A. and features two passenger seats in the front ahead of the pilot. The plane is used for a ‘freedom of romance’ package, flying couples up the lake to have a picnic and is a very popular choice for wedding proposals, company spokesperson Julie Tucker said.

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High expectations for MAC music Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun All the Mount Aspiring College students competing in the Central Otago Rockquest finals tomorrow night (Friday) have been in the competition before.

MAC band Wolfmen won the regional competition in 2012 and, now without Eugene Wolfin, the other former Wolfmen have a band called Fire Eyed Society (Conor Rutherford, Jack Reaney and Elliot Steven).

MAC music teacher Matt Doyle said everyone is watching them with interest and expects they will do well in the competition.

“Fire Eyed Society has a completely different sound from Wolfmen,” he said.

Another MAC band Oddity (Connor Moore,

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Bronnie Ormandy, Florence Collins Caballero and John Steven) won the regional People’s Choice award last year, and came close to winning the national award. They are competing again along with new configurations of other MAC musicians.

Connor Ceci, Ella Glynn, Jacob Banks and Sam Hadida are competing as Main Street, and Kirsten Jongsma and Phoebe James are competing as soloists.

The students are up against West Groove Company from Crowmwell College, eight groups from Wakatipu High School and one from Dunstan High School. On the night there will be awards for the best solo/duo, the top three bands, musicianship and women’s musicianship, best song and best lyrics, and the

people’s choice award – which is decided by texting. The top two bands and solo/duos from each regional final are invited to make videos which are used to select the top six groups and solo/duos who will play at the national finals in Auckland in September. Last year Wolfmen got into the top 20, but didn’t make it through to the national finals.

Matt said the regionals have been on this side of the hill for the last couple of years with good home crowds supporting the MAC musicians. “We hope a lot of people will be there to support them on Friday night,” he said. “I’m expecting great things. They’ve been working hard and practicing late nights, so I expect they will all wow the crowd.”

Celebrating Hairy Maclary Wanaka Preschool children enjoyed dog and cat themed facepainting when celebrating Hairy Maclary’s 30th birthday yesterday. They also had a visit from local children’s book author Chris Baldwin and her dog Chief.

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Loving the library for 125 years

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Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

Theft, wilful damage and vehicle collisions On July 2, Police arrested a 23-year-old local male on warrant after he failed to appear at court. Last Thursday police received a report of wilful damage after planters were vandalised at the Creek Bar & Café.

A local made a report of theft after buying an iPhone on TradeMe. Police received a report of theft of eight yellow strops, two black and yellow motorcycle tie-downs and assorted tools from a vehicle at Upper Clutha Transport on Monday.

Police dealt with a vehicle collision after a tree slipped onto the Cardrona Valley Road on July 3. On the same day police dealt with a vehicle collision after a vehicle lost control on surface water on Mount Aspiring Road.

A 26-year-old local female was apprehended for driving with excess breath alcohol on Friday.

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

More than 1000 people celebrated the Wanaka library’s 125th birthday, and 10 years in the new building, on Saturday.

“It was a wonderful day,” Library Manager Sue Gwilliam (pictured holding the birthday cake) said.

“People loved everything about it – the stories, the displays, the artworks, the live music, and they really loved the cake.”

Sue made two birthday cakes which were cut up into nearly 200 pieces.

Pictured with Sue are fellow staff members; Reference Librarian Jude Terpstra, Audiovisual Librarian Diana Cocks, Library

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Assistants Lisa Millar and Susan Turnbull, Cataloguer Julie Stretch and Children and Young Adults Librarian Deirdre Wither.

Hundreds of children listened to librarians reading their favourite stories and local author Chris Baldwin reading

her own book. Nearly 100 people turned up for Hawea historian Richie Hewitt’s talk on local Maori history.

“The two bands topped the day off,” QLDC Deputy Mayor Lyal Cocks told the Wanaka Community Board at its meeting on Tuesday. The bands, which performed free of charge, were Roaring Meg and Loch Ceol. Roaring Meg performs mainly Irish tunes and includes Johanna Hansen (fiddle and vocals), Del Tubb (guitar and mandolin), Allen Hogan (flutes, whistle, bodhran and vocals), Gerald Byrne (guitar and vocals) and Bob Fellows (bass). Loch Ceol is a duo featuring Ann-Marie Wall and Allen Hogan. They play flute, piano and harpsichord and perform a wide range of music from classical to jazz.

Entries open for art awards New Zealand artists over the age of 18 are invited to enter the Central Otago District Arts Trust (CODAT) second biennial art competition, the Arts Gold Awards 2013. CODAT hopes to attract contemporary works from emerging and established New Zealand artists which will appeal to a local and national audience.

This year’s judges are Dunedin Public Art Gallery Director Cam McCracken and Christchurch Art Gallery curator Felicity Milburn. Entries close on September 20 “so artists have up to three months to work hard and produce something amazing” arts coordinator Maxine Williams said.

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Film festival a winner Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

Going to the dogs Pictured at a team building and charity fundraising initiative last week are Bayleys Christchurch manager Richard Norris and Bayleys Wanaka manager Mat Andrews.

Staff from the real estate agency built 40 luxury dog kennels during the company’s annual conference, which will be sold, raffled or auctioned at branches around the country to raise money for the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Guide Dog Services.

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New Zealand’s 11th Mountain Film Festival finished in Wanaka on Tuesday having attracted more than 2000 viewers.

“It was by far the busiest festival yet,” organiser Mark Sedon said. “The speakers blew everyone away, especially Cas and Jonesy of Australia and Cory Richards of the USA.” Cas and Jonesy are a couple of boy-next-door Aussies whose yearning for adventure took them on a 3318km paddle across the Tasman Sea (complete with sharks and 10m swells), and then four years later they set out to be the first to walk from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, without assistance. That turned into an 89-day epic journey of storms, near starvation, tears and an unexpected competitor. But the best thing about Cas and Jonesy was their humour and charm as they told their remarkable story.

Night after night

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the festival sold out with punters keen to watch other people risking their lives, while watching from the safety and warmth of comfortable chairs even if they were on the edge of their seats. A film called Further about a group of Americans climbing near-vertical Alaskan peaks and snowboarding down them was nothing short of terrifying. Another film, Flow Hunters, about a kayaking adventure around New Zealand’s wildest rivers was

also excruciating to watch, particularly as we twice watched the group attempting to rescue their very nearly drowning mates.

While the festival tends to focus on adventure films, not all of them are so scary nothing else seems to matter. Deep, the Story of Stormy Pot gave viewers an extraordinary insight into the world of a team of Kiwi cavers in the Mount Arthur region as they searched for the deepest and longest cave in the southern

hemisphere. Roc Trip China was a French film about climbing in China surrounded by peasant farmers going about their daily lives. What took this charming short film to a whole new level was an intriguing soundtrack which used a remarkable range of sounds from the clipping of carabiners to the threshing of rice.

All credit must go to Mark and Jo and their team of volunteers who produce a wellorganised and enjoyable festival with better films every year.

Festival competition winners The Mountain Film Festival film editing competition was won by a film called A Day in Wanaka by Lucas Marin of Queenstown. Second place went to Key to Life by Deepak Madathil of India, Brett Williams of came third with his film Rad. The films can be seen on the festival website.

The Dyno Competition was won by Sarah Smith (Women) who jumped 2m (only 0.2m off the world record for women) and Stefan Schwarz (Men) who jumped 2.2m.

Nice weather for ducks Recent heavy rainfall meant Lake Wanaka reached its highest water level since January’s near-flood level of almost 795.5m this week. Water information for the Upper Catchment area recorded by NIWA, recorded a high off 278.4m on Monday before the level subsided. Flood level on Lake Wanaka is 280m.

So far this July 58.6mm of rain has been recorded by the MetService at Wanaka Airport, compared to a total rainfall for the month of 23mm last year. More rain and snow is forecast for the weekend.

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EDITORIAL After 33 years of service Wanaka Department of Conservation head Paul Hellebrekers had his position, to use the term in vogue by local and national government, “dis-established”.

It is impossible to assess the effect of the loss of DOC employees shown the door by a government who insists that reducing staff and getting rid of some of their most able, experienced leaders is going to create a better conservation service.

Several members of the Otago Conservation Board finished their terms last week with the chairwoman, marine professor Abby Smith saying DOC was “dead in the water” after the restructure.

Fellow former board member, Wanaka’s Andrew Penniket, who also finished his term used words like “farce’’ and “waste of time’’.

Much of the New Zealand tourism industry the government likes to promote is based around our natural reserves and animals but the changes to DOC show that it is actually a low priority, he said.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith has said he is perfectly confident that once the restructuring is done, the department will move on with real momentum.

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DEAR COUNCIL, GOOD THINKING WITH ALL THE RAIN WE`VE HAD LATELY IT MAY WASH AWAY ALL THE DOG POO AND UNWANTED ROCKS AROUND THE TOWN. REALLY ENJOYING SEEING THE NETBALL RESULTS AND PLAYER OF EACH GAME IN THE WANAKA SUN!! KEEP IT UP!!

I’M PROUD TO BE LIVING IN A TOWN WITHOUT FASTFOOD CHAINS, BUT LOOK OUT THEY ARE COMING NO ONE CAN STOP THEM ITS CALLED THE FAIR TRADING ACT, AND WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT THEY ARE NOT FAR AWAY? OK, SO I TXT IN A COUPLE WEEKS BACK MOANING ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT ROCK , NOW IT’S FINISHED IT LOOKS HEAPS BETTER, IT’S ACTUALLY KINDA COOL. TIME TO DOB IN THE BOOZED UP IDIOTS INTENT ON DAMAGING OUR TOWN. IT’S NOT FUNNY GUYS!

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE TEXT BOARD AND IN THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR ALONE AND NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE WANAKA SUN.

A growing town I have been working in Wanaka as a chef for numerous years and during this time I have gradually become disillusioned with the industry because of the lack of respect for the way we are treated as qualified tradespeople and the poor wages we are offered.

My wage in Wanaka has not changed for the last 20+ years I have worked here on and off in the hospitality industry, imagine working for the same wage that you earned in 1990.

The hospitality industry as a whole in NZ pays poorly, but in Wanaka it is one of the worst I have ever experienced.

I am now teaching trainee chefs at Otago Polytech (Cromwell) and I earn well over double what I would if I were a chef here.

I tell my students not to expect too much in the way of remuneration from their respective hospitality employers, however I do also strongly encourage them to challenge their employer on the poor wages they are inevitably offered and to explain to them that they are in fact fully qualified tradespeople and deserve better.

I know wages are a whole lot worse for the frontline staff in hospo and I sympathise with their plight too. Front-of-house work is a very difficult job and only skilled people can do the job well. It requires individuals to have very good people skills, tolerance, understanding at all levels and an ability to think on your feet.

Come on hospo employers, it is time to pay your people what they are worth, do some basic costing and get the formula working in the interests of everyone and put some respectable value on your staff, they do deserve it and you will be appreciated.

Andrew Town Wanaka

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Two national championship cyclocross events have been organised as part of the Winter Games.

The off-road competition will include a children’s race, corporate teams riding against each other and an elite event based by the Dinosaur Park on the evening of August 22 and on Lismore Park during the day of August 24.

The sport involves muddy off-road riding on bikes with narrower tyres than mountain bikes and is strongly followed in Europe and the USA. One of the organisers, and a competitor himself, Gavin Mason said the course held in the evening will be lit and provides great spectator entertainment.

Gary Hall, the current NZ Cyclocross elite champion will be here to defend his title and jersey and the women’s event could also be very competitive with a number of strong local women capable of doing well, Gavin said.

NZ Cyclocross ambassador Ric Woodward

Upper Clutha Senior B claimed their first win on Friday, playing against the Dunstan Titans. The first half was a tightly-fought contest, with UC scoring two goals through Tish Telford and Will Gerrard. Dunstan managed to slip one by goalkeeper Tristan Weastall who, for the rest of the game, impressed with his athletic saves. UC led 2 – 1 at the break and started the second half with all guns blazing. Terri Taylor slipped one past Dunstan and Mel Telford followed suit, with some incredible play from the trio of Mel, Sammy Burke and Terri. Will added his second, bringing the score to 5 – 1 in a fantastic team performance. The players came off the field to well-deserved applause from the spectators.

UC Senior Women got back to winning ways and consolidated their grip on second place in the standings with a 2-0 win over Wakatipu on Saturday.

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Arrowtown straight to the point Harry Nordiquay A wet, windy, miserable day greeted rugby players outside the Queenstown Events Centre last Saturday. Upper Clutha looked to set their top six aspirations alight while Arrowtown hoped to get back on track after last week’s loss to Cromwell.

Arrowtown looked the sharpest from the kick off; strong running lines from their mobile pack saw a lineout in the Rams

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22 produce a fine maul to which Clutha had no response. The Rams kept their composure, keeping the ball as far up the jumper as possible with James Tisdall, Tom Hudson and Tane Tawera proving to be most effective at ball smuggling. A number of phases passed, with Mark ‘Nosey’ Broderick going close before a sustained drive from Nick ‘Teddy’ Thompson, saw the tighthead make it two

tries from two games. A further penalty saw the Rams enter halftime in the lead.

Unfortunately that was where the fight ended, with the home side tellingly chipping away at the scoreboard over the course of the next half. Arrowtown dominated possession for the first 20 minutes. Their calm, collected efforts were rewarded after stout defending couldn’t stop the final slide over the

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mucky line. Clutha were still in the game but their pack was tiring while the outside backs, despite excellent defensive work from Adam ‘Swerving’ Irvine and Tex ‘Rodeo’ Wilson, were finding the conditions tough going.

An intercepted try by Arrowtown’s outside centre was the final nail in the coffin, with the Rams now looking forward to another crack at the White Horse Cup in Wakitipu next Saturday.

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Two’s-Jan Allen. Sealed Partners and Home Pennant played at home on 4 July-Barb Annan & Margaret Sell 67 points, Gilly Taylor & Jan Allen 66, Maire McElrea & Gilly Taylor 63, Kate Norman & Jan Gibson 62. Two’s-Jan Gibson.

WANAKA STADIUM BOWLS Results Monday Edgewater Trophy 1 Michael Barnett, Noeline Turner, Margaret Barrow 2 Simon Nyhof, Barry Morgan, John Leith 3 Henry Thayer, Ritchie Muir, Gloria Westwood. Tues 2x4x2 Pairs 1 Ewan Miller and Maida Baxter 2 Geoff Thomas and John Lischner 3 Elaine Herbert and Bruce Hamilton TuesTrades 1 4M’s : J Mayen,T Mackay,B Morgan 2 Placemakers: M Prince, M Gould, M Hyndman, 3 Mitre 10: S Grant, D Minson, G McMillan Wed Triples 1 Neville Findlater, Glad Cross, Estelle Findlater 2 Jill Millar, Colin Leckie, Lorraine Pannett 3 Fran Duncan, Jim Skeggs, Bruce Hamilton Wed Trades 1 Brumbies 2 Turnip Tops 3 Trail Enders Thurs 2x4x2 Pairs 1 Kura Urquhart

and Jill Millar 2 Neville Harris and Don Stretch 3 Noeline Turner and Annette Nicholls Thurs Trades 1 D Sarginson, R Mcneilly, K Allison 2 J Maddison, S Edwards, M Davidson 3 B Pringle, A Chalmers, P Davidson Fri Progressive Skips 1 Ian Brown 2 Norman Matheson 3 Bill Hodge 3rds 1 Michael Barnett 2 Betty Russell 3 Kaye Hodge 2nds 1 Bruce Hamilton 2 Mike Kelly 3 Iain Fletcher Leads 1 Denise Brown 2 Eleanor Lischner 3 Oscar Verbeist Barry Miskimmin had 3 Touchers Sat Studholme Memorial Beacon Point 34: Meadowstone 32: Rippon Lea 30: Hawea 27: Scurr Heights 24 Pembroke 24: Mt Albert 23: Bremner Park 14: Val and Cliff Garrett Trophy Wanaka 13.5pts – Hawea 10.5 pts.

UPPER CLUTHA NETBALL A Grade: Lake Hawea Holiday Park 23, Arrowtown 18 POG Jodie Miller; Edgewater 32, Locations MAC B 31 POG Anna Everest; Maximum Pioneer 35, Cromwell 28 POG Rachel O’Connell; Nulook Hawea 33, Alice 26 POG Sharon Parker. Senior Reserve: MAC Y10A 22, McGregors Pioneer 16 POG Kim Binns; MAC Blue 24, Cromwell 23 POG Zoe McNealy; New World 32, MAC Y9A 19 POG Vanessa

McHutcheon. B Grade: Upper Clutha Y8 Reps 20, MAC Engineers 11 POG Sonya Palmer; MAC Marine 18, MAC Lakeland 17 POG Beth Gale; MAC Gold 23, MAC Wellman 18 POG Freya Swartz. Speights Ale House Player of the night: Thursday Sonya Palmer Upper Clutha Y8 Rep Team, Friday Beth Gale MAC Lakeland.

BRIDGE: A. J. McKenzie Pairs 2. North/ South:- Andy Goodall, Heather Wellman 68.75% 1. Deirdre Lynch, Julie Mulholland 58.01% 2. Helen Henshall, Maggie Stratford 57.89% 3. East/West:- Joy Baxter, Shona Watt 61.54% 1. Helen Cornwell, Dorothy McDonald 59.78% 2. Lynne Fegan, Karolyn Macandrew 56.09% 3. Friday Bridge 5 July. North/South:Marion Furneaux, Lynne Fegan 67.13% 1. Alwyne Haworth, Shona Johnstone 58.10% 2. Beaton Marr, Noelene Raffills 56.94% 3. East/West:- Patricia McBreen, Mary Gibson Collings 58.33% 1. Lyn Howson, Betty Swift 58.10% 2. Jan Cunningham, Jan Wyn-Williams 57.41% 3 Hawea Pairs. North/South:- John Mitchell, Lynne Fegan 63.33% 1. Jan Anderson, Josey McKenzie 55.00% 2. East/West:Helen Henshall, Maggie Stratford 66.67% 1. Pauline Davidson, Peter Hart 57.29% 2.

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Fingers crossed for league win Al Bertini Wanaka FC travelled to Jacks Point in Queenstown last Saturday to play Galaxy.

On a wet and windy day over the hill, Wanaka were looking to consolidate their position at the top of the Central Otago League.

Any pre-game nerves were quickly put to rest when Allan Carmichael (pictured right at Pembroke Park earlier this season) opened the scoring after five minutes. Tommy Parker then bagged a quick brace to make it 3-0 inside the first half hour; his second a smart finish high into the roof of the net from 15 yards.

Further goals by Allan and Lucas Poborsky made it 5-0 at half time.

weekend when Alexandra B are the visitors could spark celebrations on the streets of Wanaka as the yellow and blacks retain the league championship.

Fingers crossed.

In other news, Wanaka Braves battled it out against third-placed Alexandra A in Alex in equally rotten weather conditions.

Wanaka missed a penalty which would have seen them take a share of the spoils but after a hardfought match which the Braves often dominated, they unfortunately went home empty-handed. They lost 1-0.

The Braves face Frankton FC at Pembroke on the penultimate day of the season this Saturday. Action starts at 1pm.

Conditions were worsening and, as the rain continued to pour, there was serious doubt as to whether the referee would allow play to continue in the second half. Fortunately he did.

Galaxy pulled a goal back early on to make it 5-1.

Tom Wild, ever solid in central defence, and the midfield pairing of Jiffy Griffiths and Seb Thursby dominated the centre of the park like lions do with their prey.

Allan went on to complete his first hat trick of the campaign and Timmy Zeestraten also doubled his tally for the season with further goals to make the final score 7-1.

A win at home next

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Kwik Sticks fight hard The UC Kwik Sticks (pictured back row: Sue Telford (coach), Lily King, Georgia Budd, Sammy Burke, Ocean Allemann, TJ Watkins, Georgia Prince, Ollie McKenzie and assistant coach Tish Telford; Front row: Sam Clarke, Mel Telford, Alyx Nyika, Bria Hight) lost to a good Alexandra Lightning side.

Fielding a depleted side they fought hard in the first half to keep in touch after Alex took an early lead. The floodgates eventually opened and Alex romped to a 9-2 win. TJ Watkins performed well in goal to keep the score in single figures.

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A lot of promise in junior hockey The Upper Clutha Kiwi Sticks hockey teams had a busy week with matches on Thursday and Saturday as they caught up from the earlier weather disruptions. The Jaguars faced their toughest test of the season on Thursday afternoon in Cromwell, taking on the only other unbeaten team in the league, the Terrace Strikers. The Strikers have been the league’s top scorers this season, but the Jaguars boast the best defence, so it

was going to be a fascinating tussle. In the end it turned out to be a comfortable win for UC who showed superior teamwork to record a 7-2 victory. Ocean Allemann netted five goals and Ines Stephani scored twice. The Hornets played the Terrace Breakers, but despite holding a halftime lead they could not sustain the play and lost 5-3.

Patrick Cotter scored a hatrick for the Hornets.

Both teams were back in

action on Saturday with their last games of the regular season. The Jaguars coasted to a 6-3 win over Alexandra Primary: the goals were scored

by Ocean Allemann (3), Ines Stephani (2) and Ruby Burke.

That leaves them top of the table with a 100 percent record and in confident mood going into the season finale next weekend in a rematch with Terrace Strikers. The Hornets finally recorded their first win of the season with a never-say-

die performance against SBS Carrick. Having narrowly lost to Carrick earlier in the season the Hornets were determined not to lose again and took an early 2-0 lead through Milly Robinson and Patrick Cotter.

Carrick levelled the scores at halftime, before striking first in the second half to take the lead. Goals from Ruby Burke and Patrick Cotter were enough to seal a fine win and see the Hornets leapfrog Carrick to sit 11th in the table.

MAC teams up with Hawea Flat For the past four weeks Mount Aspiring College Level 2 Physical Education students travelled to Hawea Flat Primary School to take part in a leadership and performance improvement programme with Year 3 and 4 children.

The Year 12 students coached the children in ripper rugby, tennis, football

and netball, and created a strong bond with the kids which was beneficial for everyone in many areas. “This course was an amazing learning curve for both my peers and I,” Sam Hadida said. “I think I can speak on behalf of everyone when I say that we thoroughly enjoyed teaching these kids new skills and they challenged us

also.” According to the group, leading the energetic and willing children was a great experience they will cherish and never forget. They said they became better leaders and it was amazing to observe the kids’ progress throughout their time together.

Some of the Hawea Flat School children also shared their

thoughts. Charlie said, “The MAC students helped us learn new skills in different sports”. Elliott “enjoyed scoring a try” and Manaia said, “The MAC students taught us good skills and made us feel proud.”

- By Grace Love and Corey Fothergill, Year 12.

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