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Junior World Heli Challenge competitor Hank Bilious from Hawea Flat and photographer Alexander Clive Evans trek back out of a basin after getting some fresh tracks during a backcountry and avalanche awareness training day at Treble Cone earlier this week. The junior athletes also have a helicopter accessed day planned for the weekend with the elite event starting next week.

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Call for halt to changes at library Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

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The Wanaka Public Libraries Association (WPLA) is going to ask QLDC Mayor, Vanessa van Uden, to put all proposed changes at the library on hold until a proper review is done.

“Our stance is still that all the recommended changes to the library should be halted until council carries out a correct review by a library strategic reviewer, based on New Zealand library standards, and that would include public consultation,” WPLA chairperson Nicola Martinovich said on Tuesday. “We agree entirely with the comments made by local councillors and community board members in the Wanaka Sun during the past two issues, particularly [deputy mayor] Lyal Cocks.”

Lyal said he was “very concerned by the adverse impact of the inadequate review of our library”. Councillor Leigh Overton said his greatest disappointment in the past three years was, “the way issues at the

Wanaka Library have been handled.”

For Councillor Jude Battson it was “the effect of the Organisational Review on many Wanaka Library supporters”.

Wanaka Community Board member Ken Copland said his greatest disappointment was “following the

including the effects on the Wanaka Library.” Board member Bryan Lloyd said he was disappointed with “the way in which the library issue played out in the public forum.”

Meanwhile the new library association is emphasising it is an independent

Our stance is still that all the recommended changes to the library should be halted until council carries out a correct review by a library strategic reviewer, based on New Zealand library standards, and that would include public consultation decision by councillors to abandon any influence over the review by ceding total control to the Chief Executive, the Wanaka Community Board has been excluded from any opportunity to debate the future changes and effects of the [organisational] review,

organisation. “We see ourselves as a watchdog and advocate for the libraries,” Nicola said. The association’s own survey on what ratepayers want from their local libraries is almost ready, and the committee is asking for volunteers to help conduct the

survey. The association is doing the survey because the council has not given a timeframe for its ‘consultation’.

QLDC general manager operations Ruth Stokes and the new head librarian Jo McElroy attended a community board meeting with the library association on July 17.

“We explained a Terms of Reference for the strategic review of the district’s libraries would be considered by council shortly and part of this process would be a comprehensive assessment of the district, its library services and future needs,” Ruth said. “The association was invited to consider how they could add value to that process, including expansion of the areas the association had identified for survey. We also explained that the timing of the review would be dependent on securing the appropriate people to undertake the project and that substantial experience in delivery of a regional library service would be a pre-requisite of that resource.”

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Roundabout by mid-August The Lakeside Drive and Ardmore Street roundabout is expected to be fully functional for traffic and pedestrians by mid-August, with landscaping work planned for a later date.

The roundabout will be fully mountable, and includes traffic lane splitters and a number of pedestrian crossings to assist foot traffic flow around the area.

Businesses affected by the work have been very accommodating, and the timing of the work was chosen for a time of year when there would be a minimum of dust from the works, QLDC project manager Rob Darby said.

“There’s never a good time, but we’ve had no complaints about dust.”

The council was hoping to avoid the school holiday period for the project, but delays in awarding the contract meant they were unable to start earlier, he said.

The timing of the project was also based on the idea the majority of visitors would be up skiing and snowboarding during the construction times of 9am to 4pm.

Poor driving prior to collision

Love Knitsy, love winter

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Knitsy has delighted locals with this new creation - a homage to winter in Wanaka and Ohau. It was spotted this week by several Wanaka Sun readers, one of whom shared the love on the message board with: “love Knitsy, love winter”.

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Complaints about fire sirens The Wanaka Volunteer Fire Brigade is frustrated that two or three people keep complaining about the noise of the siren.

Deputy Fire Officer Garth Campbell said the siren is not used at night (after 9pm or

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before 7am) unless not enough volunteers have responded to their pagers. He said the complainants think only pagers should be allowed. “The pagers are good but they are not 100 percent,” he said.

“I find it ludicrous that people aren’t happy with the night-time situation,” Garth said. “If it was their house on fire or their child trapped in a car accident I’m sure they would want a siren used.”

The driver of the car that crossed the centerline of the Cardrona Valley Road causing a head-on collision last Wednesday had been the subject of complaints to police for dangerous driving prior to the crash.

James Bradley Creighton, 23, and passenger Andrew James Dryden, 19, both of Wanaka, were driving from Queenstown when, at approximately 4.40pm, 7km south of Wanaka, they suddenly swerved across the road and collided with a northbound vehicle with three occupants.

“There were indications his driving had been poor earlier and the vehicle [condition] may have contributed,” Senior Constable Bruce Mclean said.

There were no indications the traffic James had been following

had been speeding, and driving conditions were excellent.

Bruce said there was a spacesaver wheel on the grey Nissan car but until the serious crash unit has concluded its findings, police could not comment what caused the crash and no decision to lay charges has

Bruce said.

“We need to take care on the Cardrona Valley Road and don’t take foolish risks.”

An eyewitness who wished to stay anonymous and who was travelling in a vehicle ahead of the crash said the car driven by James had lost control on the bend just before the straight-away the collision occurred on.

“The vehicle swerved hard to the right and slid partially sideways and as it veered into the right hand lane[…] one driver that I spoke to said that the vehicle had passed him earlier at high speed, narrowly avoiding an oncoming car.”

The three occupants of the southbound car were PHOTO: WANAKA.TV driver Alice Catherine been made yet, he said.

Scott-Jupp, 23, Laurel Littlejohn, Blood tests were also taken from 23, and Richard Michael Clark, 25, the drivers of both vehicles, but all of Queenstown. the results were not yet available.

All five involved in the crash were The efforts of the people who were taken to Dunedin Hospital and are first on the scene of the crash were still there recovering from broken commended by rescue services, bones and internal injuries.

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sunnews Alexandra crash names released Alexandra police have released the names of those involved in Monday’s fatal vehicle collision near Alexandra. Kirra Lee Smith, a 23-year-old American woman based in Wanaka, died when the Toyota Caldina station wagon she was driving collided head-on with a Holden Captiva four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Her passenger, 22-year-old Tessa Senior, a British citizen also living in Wanaka, was injured and was

Laura Williamson Wanaka Sun The Wanaka food bank is set to benefit from a South Island-wide initiative by New World supermarkets.

During the week-long campaign, which began on Monday, households will receive brown paper bags inserted into provincial newspapers, and will be encouraged to fill them with non-perishable food items to be dropped off at New World supermarket.

Kate Murray, manager at Community Networks Wanaka, said the Wanaka food bank was “incredibly lucky” to be able to benefit from the programme.

“We have a huge appreciation for all the people who donate,” she said.

Kate added that demand for food parcels had grown in the past few years, with 294 parcels handed out in Wanaka in 2012, up from 100 in 2009. As of June this year, 99 food parcels had been distributed already.

The appeal runs from July 29 to August 4. More than 110,000 bags will be distributed across the South Island during this time.

transferred to Dunedin Hospital along with Maxwell James Birtles, 62, of Cromwell, the driver of the Holden.

The accident occurred at 12.50pm on State Highway 8 at Butcher’s Dam, about 5km south of Alexandra. Local Police iwi liaison officer, Constable Lance Davies, performed a karakia to bless the crash site on Tuesday.

Police inquiries into the cause of the accident are continuing.

Fake Red Cross emails New Zealand Red Cross has warned there is a fake email, with the headline “Donate to the emergency appeal for Syria”, being circulated.

The text is identical to that on the New Zealand Red Cross website Syria appeal page, and the email contains a link which should not be opened.

New Zealand Red Cross fundraising manager Alice Montague said Red Cross does not send unsolicited

emails to members of the public, and also does not ask for people’s bank account numbers by email.

“We only communicate via email to supporters, donors and project partners who have specifically asked to be on our mailing list. While we have launched an appeal for Syria, we have not sent an email out asking for donations.”

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Open day on Cardrona farms Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The Cardrona Landcare Group is having a public open day next Saturday (August 10) to give people the opportunity to visit farms in the Cardrona Valley and see the role summer irrigation plays in providing winter feed for livestock.

The day will start at 2pm at Hamish Mackay’s Spotts Creek Station. The open day is being held with the support of the Otago Regional Council. Hamish said the station has come to an agreement with the ORC to upgrade its border dyke and flood irrigation to spray irrigation within ten years. “That will leave a lot more water in the river,” he said.

The ORC is working with the community towards setting a minimum flow for the Cardrona River and a water allocation limit for the river and the Wanaka/Cardrona aquifer.

On Saturday August 31, ORC staff will be answering questions about the water allocation process and the catchment (at the Wanaka Library from 10am to 2pm).

ORC director of policy and resource planning Fraser McRae, said this is to ensure people understand the implications of setting the minimum flow and allocation limits. This will also allow the ORC to get wider public feedback on allocation options.

“The strong public interest in this process thus far has been very encouraging,” Fraser said.

About 50 people attended a community workshop on June 11 where options for achieving an appropriate water management regime were presented. At a follow-up meeting on June 27, attended by 36 people, local speakers outlined the importance of water to their farming operations.

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Musical festival line-up announced today Lake Wanaka SouNZ Incorporated has announced the line-up for the 2014 Rippon Festival, scheduled for Saturday February 1.

Taking the stage will be The Phoenix Foundation, Electric Wire Hustle, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Die! Die! Die!, Ladi6, Myele Manzanza, Homebrew, Brockaflowersaurus-Rex, Some Other Planets, The Digg and Kody Nielson (formerly of the Mint Chicks). They will be joined by special guests Ria Hall, P Digsss, KPz, and Sunshine Sound System.

Local musician Danny Fairley (aka Civilian Sol) will be performing in the Rippon Hall alongside Warren Maxwell, Jesse Sheehan, Zoe Moon and Silver Scroll winner Lips.

Next year’s Rippon will be the tenth. Looking back, founder and director Lynne Christie commented that the line-up for the festival, the longestrunning of its kind in New Zealand, has represented the “ever-changing face of New Zealand music.”

Site manager Jamie Norman said that earthworks completed on the amphitheatre in April had created a smoother dance floor experience.

Lake Wanaka SouNZ has donated nearly $80,000 over the past twelve years to causes such as the Red Cross Canterbury Earthquake Appeal, Wanaka Wastebusters, Te Kakano Trust, Pembroke Park and local schools.

Tickets go on sale on September 7.

Wanaka to join global latch on Laura Williamson Wanaka Sun Wanaka women will have the chance to join a global gathering of breastfeeding mothers this Friday as part of the Big Latch On, an international “Mexican wave” of breastfeeding.

The local Big Latch On, a partnership between Wanaka Plunket and Breastfeeding Group and Women’s Health Action, will help “create more normalcy around breastfeeding,” according to local Plunket nurse and lactation consultant Helen Umbers. Along with other mothers from around New Zealand, the Wanaka group will be the first to “latch on” at 10.30am on August 2; they will be followed by women around the world doing the same as their clocks hit 10.30.

The event is part of World Breastfeeding Week, which this year has the theme “peer support”. According to Women’s Health Action, support from family, friends and the community have a positive influence on breastfeeding rates and duration.

The Wanaka Latch On will take place at the Upper Clutha Plunket Rooms, where Public Health South will be shouting a celebratory morning tea. No registration is required, and mothers wanting to join in are welcome to “just show up,” Helen said.

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Upside down festival favourite Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Laurel Devenie’s one-woman show ‘On the Upside Down of the World’ has won the Audience Choice Award for the 2013 Festival of Colour (FOC). The show was based on the journals of Lady Ann Martin, the young wife of our first Chief Justice, who arrived in Auckland in 1841. Her acute observations of Maori and Pakeha settlers alike resonated with 21st century audiences. Good news for theatre fans is that Laurel will probably be back with another show for the 2015 festival.

Meanwhile, FOC general manager

Lindsey Schofield has been to the Manchester International Festival where she met up with FOC technical director Danny Hones, who was working on a show over there.

Lindsey said her highlights were seeing Willem Defoe and Mikhail Baryshnikov in Robert Wilson’s ‘The Old Woman’ and ‘Massive Attack vs Adam Curtis’ set in a disused train depot. “Nearly all the productions were in venues other than theatres,” Lindsey said. “It was fascinating to see how a quite radical festival seized the imaginations of locals and visitors alike.”

Back at festival head office, the management and board have

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been work-shopping the strategic direction of the festival for the future. “There’ll be no discernible differences to our festival goers, but it’s good for the board and staff to keep focussed on where we’re going and to form a vision and mission statement so that we’re all going in the same direction, and it gives us focus for approaching sponsors and grants etc,” Lindsey said.

For Wanaka arts fans who didn’t get to all the shows they wanted to see during this year’s festival, both ‘On the Upside Down of the World’ and Black Grace are part of the Christchurch Arts Festival, which opens on August 22.

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Sustainable visitors Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

It is the end of an era The “end of an era” was marked on Sunday, when Jools Hall - owner of Skydive Lake Wanaka for 18 years - skydived into a “perfect day” with her two children, Max and Maye, her friends, colleagues and crew.

Lloyd and Julie Ferguson and family will take over the business today, August 1, but all the crew are staying on, including Jools, who will assist as a part-time management advisor/consultant.

Jools told the Wanaka Sun that Wanaka is considered the absolute

best place to skydive in New Zealand and attributes the success to “the years of hard work, attention to detail, amazing team spirit, family passion combined with the ultimate backdrop”. Skydive Lake Wanaka was created in August 1995 by Dave and Jools Hall, with just one Tandem Master (Dave), a leased Cessna 180 aircraft, two deck chairs and a van which served as the office. They operated from a grass paddock at Wanaka Airport for the first three years. Under the expertise of Dave’s technical

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skydiving knowledge and Jools’ marketing skills, they grew a multiaward-winning tourism business.

The company was a finalist in the New Zealand Tourism Industry Awards in 2007 and winner in 2008, becoming one of New Zealand’s tourism icons in the process.

“This is the end of one era, but the start of a great new one,” Jools said. “This dream would not have been possible without the support of our amazing crew, and locals.

A big thank you Wanaka.”

A group of 40 sustainability students are in town this week for a block course which has been timed so they can stay on for night skiing at Coronet Peak on Friday.

They are doing extra-mural post graduate courses through the Centre for Sustainable Practice and they come from as close by as Hawea and as far away as India. Local students Libby Paulin and Rachel Beattie (pictured) are both researching new business ventures and Libby is launching hers this week. “It’s a well-being business called Nub WellBeing,” she said. “My aim was to create a business for myself that could be successful, flexible and sustainable.

People think sustainability is all about the environment. A key part of it is people. If we are well and happy then we are more likely to care about other people, and the environment.”

Another local student, Florence Micoud, is studying “making the best

uses of space in facilities. One way to do this is to think about sustainability,” she said. “It is also important to use local materials, enterprises and people. That is hugely important for local economies.”

Other students include a woman from India who is mapping local food all around New Zealand and an accountant from Wellington who is working out how to ensure his business does not deplete natural resources. A manager from KiwiRail is doing a sustainability project for the company and an Auckland council contractee, Dave Watson, is working on a project called Sustainability Street. “I surveyed the street where I live in Mount Eden and found PHOTO: CAROLINE HARKER out what people were doing, whether it was some kind of community involvement, beekeeping, collecting rainwater, raising chickens or growing food,” Dave said. “We’ve had street parties and set up a walking school bus. You probably do that sort of thing all the time here but in central Auckland people have lost the art of being neighbourly.”

The block course finishes this week.

Entries open for community awards Entries opened on Monday for the TrustPower Queenstown Lakes District Community Awards and are available from the council offices.

The awards, run in partnership with the QLDC, are open to all voluntary groups and organisations working to make the Queenstown Lakes District a better place to live. There are five categories: Heritage and Environment, Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Culture, Sport and Leisure, and Educational and Child/ Youth Development. Category winners receive $500, runners-up receive $250 and the Supreme Winner will win $1500 and an all-expenses paid trip to the 2013 TrustPower National Community Awards.

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crimescene Drink driving, domestic disputes On Thursday police dealt with a vehicle collision after a tree slipped onto the Cardrona Valley Road. On the same day police dealt with a multiple vehicle collision on Ballantyne Road.

Police also dealt with a vehicle collision on Ardmore Street on Friday when a motorist stopped to let people cross on the raised ramps and another vehicle ran into the back of it. “These are not pedestrian crossings, please do not stop, it can confuse the driver behind you,” Senior Constable Sean Hurley said.

An 18-year-old local male was apprehended for driving with excess breath alcohol on Sunday.

He will face the court for the second time in relation to such a matter.

Police processed a 39-year-old seasonal worker for excess blood alcohol after he backed his vehicle into a fire appliance on Ardmore Street.

Police received a report of theft of Wave 8 Elan hire skis from the racks at Cardrona Alpine Resort last Thursday. They also received a report of theft of a pair of skis from a Warren Street address on Monday.

Police attended a domestic dispute at a Hawea address on July 23. On Saturday night police took an elderly local male home after an altercation outside Post Office Lane.

The local’s bad humour continued the next morning and police were called to his address to remove him after he threatened his partner.

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

Cardrona crash Emergency vehicles and police responded to a collision between vehicles at the bottom of the Cardrona Alpine Resort access road yesterday afternoon. At the time of going to print no details were available of the number or type of vehicles involved or if there were any injuries.

The collision is the third motor vehicle crash in the Central Otago area in the past week; the previous collisions have resulted in one fatality and seven people being hospitalised.

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Putting packaging to the vote Laura Williamson Wanaka Sun Are you suffering from “wrap rage”? New Zealanders tired of hardto-open, over-packaged products enveloped in non-recyclable materials can make a difference until November by voting online for the nation’s worst, and best, packaging.

Voting for the 2013 Unpackit Packaging Awards opened on July 27. This is the third year for the awards, run by Wanaka Wastebusters.

Sixteen finalists, eight for ‘Worst Packaging’ and eight for ‘Best Packaging’, have been chosen from 424 nominations.

According to Unpackit spokeswoman Sue Coutts, last year’s awards attracted

10,000 votes from across New Zealand. She said the awards were popular with consumers looking to express their opinion on packaging. “It’s a real joy for people to be able to have a say,” she said.

She added that the response from nominated companies was often swift, with several calling to discuss packaging issues when they saw their products on the Unpackit list. “It does make a difference, and it’s amazing that Wanaka’s the place that’s driving this change,” Sue said.

Nominees in this year’s ‘Worst’ category include Snappz Presliced apples (six nonrecyclable plastic bags containing the equivalent of three sliced apples), plastic-wrapped fruit and

vegetables on polystyrene meat trays, organic eggs in a mixed-materials container featuring a cellophane viewing panel and disposable coffee cups (New Zealanders throw away 180 million of these per year!).

Both coffee cups and the plastic-wrapped produce have been nominated before.

Among those vying for the ‘Best Packaging’ title are Lush Toothy Tabs (packaged in a small recyclable box, an alternative to the 276 tubes of toothpaste the average person uses in a lifetime), Chelsea White Sugar in a classic recyclable paper bag and Green Man beer in a reusable bottle.

Voting closes at midnight on November 8.

Pictured last week are Te Kakano volunteers, who, in partnership with Eco Wanaka Adventures, went to Mou Waho Island to plant more natives on the island reserve.

The next planting day is this Saturday. Planting will take place along the lakefront of Station Park sycamore forest and goes to the Edgewater stream,

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connecting the plantings Te Kakano has undertaken on Stage 3 and Stage 5. The families of Neville Harris and Jennifer Cooper, who are descendants of the early settlers of the Wanaka District, have donated the plants planned for Te Kakano’s Roy’s Bay west stage four project.

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y a w a e v i g album Rotorua-based band Swamp Things will play a free gig in Wanaka’s Bullock Bar on August 16 as part of their first South Island tour. Michael Barker (drums, percussion, key bass and vocals), a former member of The John Butler Trio and touring drummer for Tim Finn and Split Enz, formed the power blues/ roots duo Swamp Thing with Grant Haua (vocals and guitar) in 2010. The two musicians are described as sharing ‘a wealth of experience to craft blues flavoured music with a deep groove and soulful spook’.

Swamp Thing will be promoting their recently-released second album ‘Primordium’ on this tour in recognition of how they are growing and spreading their sound across the country.

The Wanaka Sun has two copies of the Swamp Things’ new album ‘Primordium‘ to give away. To be in to win a CD, email admin@thewanakasun.co.nz with Swamp Things in the subject line.

Time running out to enrol Of the 70,000 local election enrolment packs to have bounced back to Registrars of Electors marked ‘gone no address’, 403 of them were from the Queenstown Lakes District electoral roll.

“If you are one of the 70,000 or so voters whose pack has come back to us because you’ve moved house and not updated your enrolment details, you have been removed from the electoral roll, and won’t be able to vote unless you re-enrol,” Murray Wicks, National Manager, Enrolment Services said.

Voters have until August 16 to enrol in time to receive their voting papers in the mail.

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Daisy’s off to global awards Wanaka teenager Daisy Thor-Poet’s film-making talents will soon be the focus of global attention after winning a prestigious competition.

Daisy, a 15-year-old Mount Aspiring College student, has just been selected as one of six young filmmakers in the world – and the only New Zealander – to fly to Paris for the Panasonic Kid Witness News (KWN) Global Awards this December for her 2012 entry.

The self-taught film-maker wrote, directed, shot and edited her five-minute film ‘Forever Emily’ last year, which beat 200 other New Zealand entrants under the age of 16 at the national KWN finals.

She then flew to Vietnam to attend the Oceania regional finals last December, where she won the Best Videography category and Best Overall Film.

Last week she found out she has been chosen to attend the global awards.

She’s up against young film-makers from Malaysia, China, Japan, Germany and Russia.

“It’s pretty exciting being selected as a finalist and being able to fly to Paris. I’ve got a lot to look forward to,” Daisy said.

Forever Emily is a story of a teenage girl, Isabella, dealing with grief through writing. It stars Daisy’s younger sister Ming Thor-Poet, who plays the ghost of Isabella’s friend Emily, and Daisy’s friend Katherine Millis plays Isabella.

“Isabella goes through all the stages of grief – like anger, denial, and then at the end she comes to grips with what has happened and overcomes the sadness and accepts it,” Daisy said.

Daisy travelled to Vietnam for the

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Oceania awards with Mount Aspiring College teacher Hamish Crosbie.

“Daisy is an extremely talented student with a bright future ahead of her in filmmaking,” Hamish said. “‘Forever Emily’ is a moving story and her success at an international level is testament to the hard work and dedication she put into the project.”

KWN is an annual global competition for students under the age of 16, aimed at fostering creativity, teamwork and communication skills through video production. More than 160,000 students around the world have participated in KWN since it began in 1989.

Daisy also won the NZ KWN title in 2011 for her first film. She’s in the middle of working on her latest entry for this year’s national competition.

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After a crazy, mad, fun few weeks involving Bluemoon parties, Matariki celebrations and Inspire Wanaka on top of our regular youth service, things have quietened down considerably in the Kahu Youth-niverse. Angie’s been over in Wales visiting her family since the start of the month so Richard’s been flying solo until she returns in a couple of weeks.

We’ve just had a very successful and well-attended holiday programme with young people of all ages trying their hand at origami, cookie bake-offs, Monopoly, Scrabble and even decorating the walls of our games room during our ‘paint a brick’ day, alongside tucking into our shared meals on the Friday and Saturday drop-in sessions.

Some of you may be wondering what’s happening with the Dinosaur Park hangi pit we built. Don’t worry; we’re not finished there yet. The bad weather and other commitments have slowed us, but very soon we’ll be pouring a nice, neat concrete surround to stop the earth becoming churned up when it’s in use and we’ll be painting the lid and sorting the grass too. So it’ll look all nice and neat in time for spring.

If you’re ever wondering when we’re open or what we’re up to, don’t forget to check out our website at www.kahuyouth. org. We’ve always got the latest holiday programmes, events and after-school programmes loaded on there as well as a comprehensive links page and lots of other information. You can also contact us on 443 5880, email kahu.youth@xtra.co.nz or Facebook ‘KahuYouth Upper Clutha’.

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Year 6 representative squad The Netball Upper Clutha Year 6 representative squad has been named. The Upper Clutha squad, coached by Vanessa McHutcheon, has players chosen from local primary schools and includes Kirsten Blackley and Rata Horan from Hawea Flat School; Amy Morris and Sophie Hodgkiss-Blyth from Holy Family School; and Jessica Ecroyd, Shanae Sanders, MacKenzie Thompson, Annie Timu, Meg Breen, Krystal McCutcheon, Jody Chisholm and Jossie Plimmer from Wanaka Primary School.

Support Community Networks Wanaka Kathy Dedo It’s week two of Community Networks’ Have a Heart campaign, and we’re focussing on the support agencies that visit CN offices to provide a service to Upper Clutha clients. Have you ever needed legal advice? JP services? Tax assistance? Budget advice? How about a job search? Superannuation guidance? All available right here at Community Networks, free of charge.

CN facilitates visits from the following government agencies: IRD, Community Law, Budget Advice, Senior Services and Probation Services. We also act as an agent for WINZ, offering limited support once clients are registered.

Several other organisations and non-government agencies also have a regular presence at CN. The Job Agency works with job seekers twice a week, local JPs take appointments twice a week. Volunteering Central and the Cancer Society are here once a week.

Strengthening Families and Family Works – both

directly supporting families through challenging times – share an office at CN. So how do you access this wide variety of support services? A simple phone call is all it takes – ring 443 7799 and ask for an appointment. In addition to facilitating face-to-face meetings, CN also holds an extensive range of social support information such as immigration, citizenship and passport application forms, WINZ forms, and details of health professionals and counsellors.

If you don’t require any of these services, you can still call to offer your financial support, so CN can continue helping others. CN is run with a small staff and lots of volunteers, funded from a variety of grants and some donations. But not enough to keep fully resourced without this public appeal. Call or visit www.communitynetworks.co.nz to donate.

Next week… School Holiday Programme and local social services.

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The blossom on this Beacon Point Road tree highlight the mild weather experienced in the latter half of July. The NIWA science centre’s outlook for late winter suggested temperatures are “likely to be average or above average in all South Island regions”. The ski fields however, who all received a large dump of snow at the start of the season, report good coverage on the mountains.

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Laura Williamson Wanaka Sun Locals will have a chance to catch one of New Zealand’s top podium prospects for next year’s Sochi Olympics in action when the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ get under way next week.

Wanaka-based adaptive athlete Adam Hall will be competing at the games as part of his build-

up to the Winter Paralympics, where he has a strong shot at a medal next March.

Adam took gold in standing slalom at the Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games in 2010, and is currently ranked third in the world in super G as well as seventh in slalom. He will be hunting for a double medal performance at Sochi—a repeat win in slalom and a medal in the super Combined (in which the

skiers tackle both a technical slalom course and a more high speed super-G course, and are ranked by their combined times).

Adam will be competing in back-to-back IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms at Coronet Peak on August 22 and 23.

Meanwhile, spectators should also take notice of up-and-coming sit skier Corey Peters, according to Alex Kerr, Snow Sports New Zealand communications

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manager. Corey took gold at the Para-Snowboard Winter Games at Cardrona Alpine Resort in 2011, only two years after suffering a spinal cord injury in a motorcycle accident.

He had “huge potential”, Alex said, and would be hoping for a strong performance at the Winter Games to help him qualify for Sochi.

The games take place from August 15 to 25.

Thunderstorms and an ongoing heatwave have accompanied the Central Otago Pony Club trip around Britain with excursions to Dartmoor and Stonehenge between meets.

The team of Wanaka’s Cate Howie (pictured), Alannah Stalker and Queenstown’s Ellie Nesbit and Simon Martin won the Tack and Turnout Shield at the Shropshire Area showjumping event earlier this week despite getting soaked by a rainstorm.

Yesterday the team were hosted by the North Warwickshire Hunt Pony club camp taking part in cross-country and showjumping.

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Wanaka dominates Olympic lead-up The announcement of New Zealand’s national snowsports teams leading up to the Sochi Winter Olympics in January 2014 has a strong Wanaka contingent and could mean New Zealand’s largest ever representation at the event.

At least 11 members of the national team, including three of the four Wells brothers, call Wanaka home, with many of the other team members basing themselves in the area during the Southern Hemisphere winter.

“Yes, definitely NZ’s largest winter presence yet – mostly because of the new disciplines,” NZ Snowsports communications manager Alex Kerr, said.

Freeskiers Jossi, Byron and Beau James Wells, Lyndon Sheehan, Janina Kuzma, snowboarders Bex Sinclair, Stef Zeestraten, Stefi Luxton, Maria Kuzma and adaptive athletes Adam Hall and Carl Murphy have all been Wanaka based for a number of years.

The inclusion of ski halfpipe and ski and snowboard slopestyle as new Olympic events has enabled a number of New Zealand athletes competing in those disciplines to prepare and attempt to qualify for the Sochi Games.

Several other younger homegrown Wanaka athletes also feature in the national development programme and talent development squads.

Wanaka Futsal Round 3 Report Andre Klein In the end, the results from Sunday night’s futsal action produced few surprises with the big guns all winning.

However, at 1-0 down at half time, in the first game of round three, the oddson Academy side found themselves under significant pressure against a highly-spirited Your Mums Athletic.

YMA have a big squad of players and being able to bring on fresh legs every couple of minutes meant that their energy levels were never depleted and they fought tenaciously right to the end of the game, which they eventually lost 3-1.

The Academy was rattled by this physical encounter and although they were the better team and squandered countless chances in front of the goals, the young boys looked fallible for the first time. They will have to step up when they face more experienced opposition later in the season.

It is rarely we feel the need to identify individual excellence in this review, but it would be wrong to ignore the outstanding performance of Luke “Spooky” Godfrey in WPC’s encounter with the Ordinary Joes. Four of the five

goals scored fell to the talents of Spooky and each one of these was full of magic and merit. The Ordinary Joes would have

Comfortable win for seniors The Upper Clutha hockey senior men returned to action this week after a four-week lay off, playing Queenstown Blue on Monday night.

There were no initial signs of rustiness as Jeff Ward slotted home an early goal, however hopes of a comfortable night were dashed as Queenstown quickly hit back with two goals.

UC had a number of attacking opportunities and penalty corners but could not convert, and trailed 2-1 at the break. As so often this season, UC saved their best hockey for the second half and again Jeff Ward scored early after the restart, to level the scores. Rich King then gave them the lead on a rare foray out of defence, and two more goals followed from George Cole to provide a comfortable scoreline. Will Gerrard and Brad Jackson had strong games, stepping up from the Senior B team as UC sealed their fifth win on the trot.

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fancied their chances against WPC but mustered just one goal in the encounter, which came towards the end of the game.

The poor old Misfits were on the receiving end of a punishing A Team effort. The lads from the A Team hit the ball against the back of the net an uncompromising 11 times. The Misfits had moments when they shone, but with quality and experience in abundance against them this was an uphill battle from the moment the whistle blew.

In the final fixture of the evening the Brazilian Ballstars took on the Cape Horn Kings in a fiery South American match up. The Ballstars’ certainly found themselves under pressure as the Kings squad contains some quality individuals.

However, a simple passing game has always been the Ballstars best asset and it worked for them as they quietly cleared away to a comprehensive 7-1 victory.

The draw for next week’s cup round has been made so this Sunday sees a break from the League of Champions as the FA (Furry Animals) Cup competition takes over. See the Wanaka Futsal page on Facebook for more info, photos and general knick-knacks from the competition.

Senior women second in table The Upper Clutha hockey senior women had a busy week with mixed fortunes.

Last Wednesday they played the previously-unbeaten Alexandra team and came away with a convincing 5-0 victory, winning the Trustbank Southland Champions Trophy in the process. Pru Heaney scored early in the game with a reverse stick hit but, despite dominating territory, UC could not add to their tally in the first half. Alex created a few openings but some great saves from Clare Falco kept them off the scoresheet. The UC defence held firm in the second half with Debbie Forrest and Greta Mason making some great clearances to turn defence into attack. The goals finally began to flow, Pru Heaney adding two more from open play and her fourth of the game from a penalty stroke. She then turned creator, setting up Emma Seward to seal a 5-0 win and leave UC level on points with Alex at the top of the table.

Unfortunately, the team’s grip on the trophy was short lived when UC women lost a disappointing game against Cromwell on Saturday. UC could not produce the same quality they had displayed against Alex during the week. They did manage to take the lead after 20 minutes through Rose Mirza, but Cromwell managed to level the scores before halftime. UC picked up the pace in the second half and played some better hockey, but failed to find the crucial touches in the circle. Cromwell made them pay with a late goal to secure their win. Despite the disappointing result, UC held onto second place in the table and ensured their semi-final berth which will be played this Saturday at 1.30pm in Cromwell.

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EDITORIAL Two head-on crashes, including one with tragic consequences, in less than a week with Wanaka residents involved is two too many. Add to that the collision at the turnoff of the Cardrona Alpine Resort access road yesterday and public road safety is becoming an issue.

All of the collisions occurred in broad daylight on dry roads. The head-on crash in the Cardrona Valley was after the driver who crossed the centreline had already been witnessed allegedly driving erratically to get past other vehicles.

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Womble worried about litter bugs

LOVING KNITSY’S SKIS! BEST BOMB YET! ALL WELL AND GOOD OPEN NEW HOUSING ESTATE, WHERE R THE PEOPLE GOING 2 GET JOBS IN WANAKA? “I’M ON THE CORNER OF THE ROAD, AND THERE’S A TREE.” LOVE THE YARN BOMBED SKIS! LOVE KNITSY! LOVE WINTER! TO THE KIDS HANGING OUT IN THE PARK SMOKING…THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO WASTE YOUR MONEY ON, IT’S A STUPID WAY TO KILL YOURSELF AND IT STINKS. QUIT BEFORE YOU’RE OLD, BROKE AND WRINKLEY AS! HAS ANYONE NOTICED THE MAN STANDING IN THE LAKE OPP THE PLAYGROUND, AROUND 530 THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS? MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER! CONGRATULATIONS DAMIAN AND SIOBHAN AND MERRYN

Over the years, I, (with others) have helped keep our town clear of litter.

The past two years have shown a significant reduction of litter in the park that I keep an eye on. “Hurray!!” said I, “our wonderful youth are now proud kiwis.”

But – alas – over the past few weeks, suddenly bottles and cans have once again started to appear. I know that it is not a 75year-old-skiinggrandmother-of-eight doing the littering, so, please guys and guyesses, take your bottles and cans home.

The Womble of Albert Town Common

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sport results Bridge results: Pembroke Pairs 2. North/South:- Georgie Roberts, Laraine Shepherd 65.63%1. John Mercer, Madeleine Reveley 63.23% 2. Sherril Harries, Jan Lyness 58.25% 3. East/West:- Lynne Clay, Ann-Louise Stokes 63.13% 1. Helen Cornwell, Maggie Stafford 57.63% 2. Paula & Ollie Gilbert 57.50% 3. Friday Bridge 26 July. North/south:- David Brewer, Lynne Fegan 60.85% 1. Elaine Herbert, Shona Watt 55.03% 2. Maureen Hawke, Madeleine Reveley 52.65% 3. East/West:- Ena Leckie. John Lyness 66.67% 1. Vivienne Christie, Josey McKenzie 56.25% 2. Beaton Marr, Noelene Raffills 53.27% 3. Lindis Pairs 24 July. North/South:-Lynne Fegan, Maggie Stratford 66.25% 1. Ena Leckie, John Lyness 53.75% 2.

Peter Hart, Pauline Davidson 50.63% 3. East/West:- Barbara Waterworth, Rosemary Boswell 65.00% 1. Mark Harry, John Mercer 63.75% 2. Shona watt, Heather Wellman 48.75% 3.

Lake Hawea Golf Results Mt Maude Stableford Men 1st, Brian Burgess 42. 2nd Ian Brown 36. 3rd Red Stevenson. 35. Ladies 1st Bronnie Stevenson. Nearest Pin. Stu Burt. Two’s Gerry Browne, Ian Brown, Kahu Vincent, and Tony Arscott.

Tarras Golf Results Medal and Putting-Jan Gibson 86-20-66, 27 putts; Gilly Taylor 114-40-74, 39 putts; Lyndsey Harrison 116-41-75, 39 putts.

Wanaka Stadium Bowls Results Monday Edgewater Trophy 1 John Barrow, Dave Minson, Roy Tempero 2 Simon Nyhof, Barrie Morgan, Ralph Templeton 3 Donald Urquhart, Richie Muir, Alice Turnbull Tuesday 2x4x2 Pairs 1 Peter Herbert and John Lischner 2 Kura Urquhart and Peter Wilson 3 Geoff Thomas and Brian Holmes Tuesday Trades 1 MAC: R Bruce, B Osborne, A Curtis 2 BNB: B Mowat, R Key, G Christie 3 Lions: M Kelly, A Thomson, E Fahey Wednesday Triples 1 Simon Nyhof, Peter Wilson, Lorraine Pannett 2 Jill Millar, Graeme Godby, Madeleine Wilson 3 Fran Duncan, Don Stretch, Bruce Hamilton Wednesday Trades 1 Haggis 2 Trail Enders 3 Shot Bowls Thursday 2x4x2 Pairs 1 Kura Urquhart and Betty Russell 2 Noeline Turner and Don Stretch 3 George Russell and Elaine Herbert Thursday Trades 1 G Dowdall, A Haig, N Walker 2 B Pringle, A Chalmers, P Davidson 3 R McNeilly, M Robinson, D Sarginson Friday Progressive Skips 1 Scotty Culverwell 2 George Russell 3 Ian Brown 3rds 1 Madeleine Wilson 2 Neville Young 3 Coleen Landsborough 2nds 1 Bruce Hamilton 2 Meryl Firman 3 Murray Pryde Leads

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Netball results A Grade: Nulook Hawea 41 v Edgewater 20 POG Lee Reveley; Alice defaulted to Cromwell 1; Maximum Pioneer 24 v NES MAC A 14 POG Rachel O’Connell; Hawea Holiday Park 34 v Location MAC B 31 POG Anna Everest. Senior Reserve: MAC Y9A 26 v Cromwell 23 POG Ella Moore; B Grade: Hawea Hotel 34 v MAC Marine 25 POG Jaimie Barnett. Speights Ale House Player of the night: Thursday Anna Everest Location MAC B Friday Ella Moore MAC Y9A. Primary Netball Prize Giving: Year 3 & 4 Joint Winners Hawea Stars & Hawea Hunters, Etiquette Cup – Holy Rollers, Most Improved Player Phoebe Brownlie – Wanaka Primary, Most Outstanding Player Isla Henderson – Hawea Flat School. Year 5 & 6 Winners – Pembroke Panthers, Etiquette Cup – Aspiring Ferns, Most Improved Player – Thea Erichsen – Holy Family, Most Outstanding Player – Annie Timu – Wanaka Primary.

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Mushers mayhem Wanaka will be going to the dogs this August when the 22nd annual ADVANCE Wanaka Sled Dog Festival comes to town.

Held at the Snow Farm, the event is the only one of its kind in New Zealand.

Mushers (the people who drive the dog sleds) do compete elsewhere in the country, but on dryland with wheeled rigs.

Participants come from across New Zealand for the chance to race on snow, and this year’s festival will host a record number of entrants from the North Island.

Approximately 30 entrants, with 150 dogs, have registered in total.

Mushers compete with one through

to six dogs. Single dogs tow a racer on skis, while teams of two, three, four or six dogs tow sleds. All teams start together, but the one to two-dog teams race over a shorter distance. There is also a children’s category, with young mushers competing with one or two dogs depending on their level of experience.

Race organiser Sarah Campbell said spectators were welcome to watch the racing, with the starts being the most exciting. “It’s really noisy, with dogs barking, howling, talking and lunging.

They’re really ready to go,” she said.

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Wanaka junior tennis winners Ten-year-old Michael Gealogo and 11-year-old Ines Stephani (pictured) won the 12 and under singles titles at the South Island Indoor Tennis Championships at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin.

Michael breezed through the final, beating number one seeded 12-yearold Zane Gray from Dunedin 6-0, 6-0.

Ines had a tough semi-final, winning 7-5, 6-3 against Ely Ventura from North Harbour before a dominant display in the final, beating North Otago’s Brylee More 6-0, 6-1.

Ines and Annie Timu also won the girls’ 12 and under doubles, and Michael and Jake Nicholson were runner-up in a close boys’ doubles final. Meg Timu was runner-up in the girls’ under-16 singles and doubles.

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Mini slopestyle stars A field of almost 50 young skiers and snowboarders showed off their skills on rails, boxes and jumps at the Cardrona Kids’ Cup mini slopestyle competition last Wednesday.

The field was split into male and female and three ages categories: Ruggies (7 and under), Grommets (8-9 years) and Rippers (10-11 years).

Cardrona sales and marketing manager Nadia Ellis said the event, now in its fifth year, was an opportunity to watch future freestyle contenders in action. “Cardrona has already produced multiple New Zealand Olympians with some exciting prospects for the upcoming Sochi Winter Games. These Kids’ Cup athletes are the next generation of snow sports stars.”

Mitchell Davern won best run of the day for the snowboarders, while Jasper Klein took the best run for the skiers on the specially built mini X-Games course.

Bikes under lights PHOTO: WILLEM GROENEN

A night-time event will see Lismore Bike Park lit up for the first time next month, with the inaugural Winter Dirt Jam & Eliminator set to take place on the evening of August 23.

Run in conjunction with the Winter Games Cyclocross races, the event will feature two separate competitions. In the first, the Dirt Jam “expression session”, riders will compete in the jump zone in the middle of the bike park. For the Eliminator, cyclists will race in heats of four to six riders on a lap course no more than 2km long. The first two to finish will

move to the next round. Trail lights will be essential for the Eliminator.

Bike Wanaka committee member Willem Groenen said the focus of the event would be “social”, with music and a barbeque at the park and racing open to children as well as adults. Registration is $5 from 5pm on the day.

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