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Watersports building proposed A multi-use community watersports facility for non-motorised activities on the lakefront near Morrows Mead could be under construction next year if consent is granted. PAGE 2

Council candidate forum A turnout of an estimated 200 people questioned local body candidates at an open forum held at Edgewater on Tuesday night. PAGE 3 THUR 26.09.13 - WED 02.10.13

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Kiwi unicyclists living in Sydney, Richard and Sven Lees turned a few heads when they came to Wanaka for a ski holiday this week. The father and son tried out some of Wanaka’s tracks before heading up the hill for some spring skiing. They were on holiday with their son/ brother Tomas who also lives in Sydney.

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Partners in conservation Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Partnerships and more community involvement appear to be central to the new look Department of Conservation in Wanaka as Phil Tisch settles into the role he took at the start of the month.

“The priority is to meet and greet and explain DOC’s new structure,” Phil said.

“We want people to embrace conservation as a core value.”

His position as Conservation Partnerships Manager for the Central

Otago District office based in Wanaka extends from Mount Aspiring /Tititea to Middlemarch.

His former role was managing the department’s Takahe

they discussed the idea of collaborative projects using their membership.

Association president Dan Orbell said projects such as the Matukituki Valley predator control

It needs to be win-win. A true partnership is a two-way street.

Recovery Programme.

Phil has had one meeting so far with a local group when he addressed the Upper Clutha Deerstalkers Association and

programme could see the deerstalkers group involved.

“We’ve got 150 members who are used to being in that environment.

DOC have got a lot of expertise in predator control and recording and monitoring. It’s certainly looking very positive early on.”

In the past some partnerships had only benefitted DOC he said, but now things could be different.

“It needs to be win-win. A true partnership is a two-way street.”

Another project could involve the association members repairing DOC huts that had been decommissioned if DOC could provide materials.

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Watersports building proposed Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun

Body recovered

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Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun

Searchers looking for missing Canadians Connor Hayes, 25, and Joanna Lam, 24, recovered a woman’s body from the beach near Haast on Friday afternoon.

Police believe the body is that of Joanna Lam, but that will not be confirmed

until formal identification has been completed. The body was discovered about 2.30pm on the stretch of beach between Haast and Knights Point, close to where the fuel tank from the couple’s vehicle was recovered.

A portion of their wrecked rental van was located on Tuesday September 17, seven

days after the couple was last seen, in a gorge off the Haast Pass road at Haast Gates. These flowers were left close to the Diana Falls slip site on State Highway 6, with a message which reads: “To the parents of Joanna Lam and Connor Hayes, condolences from the Haast Community xx.”

Feasible and achievable A financially self-sustaining Wanaka Community House could become operational by 2015. An independent study, undertaken by Arrow Strategy Ltd, found the facility is both “feasible and achievable”. Financial modelling of tenant income and an assessment of income versus expenditure over the first five years of operation has also shown the facility will be financially sustainable.

The cost of building a new facility has been estimated at $2.1 - $2.9 million, depending on the final concept design. The study also reports the preferred site for the facility, after various other locations were considered, is the McDougall Street location (St Columba’s Anglican Church). The two key factors which support the recommendation include the ability of WCHT to control its own destiny in an environment free of political/public risks and the relative immediacy of its development potential which could enable the opening of a new facility in two to three years.

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A multi-use community watersports facility for non-motorised activities on the lakefront near Morrows Mead could be under construction next year if consent is granted.

Wanaka Rowing Club member Nic Blennerhasset said the idea was first looked at seriously four months ago and since then concept plans have been drawn up and a draft proposal will be made public next month.

Nic is on the building committee which is headed by Michael Sidey and the response from a number of other

sports groups such as lake swimmers and multisporters had been very positive, she said.

The concept plans were not available for

rowing room, kitchen bench and storage facilities for boats and kayaks.

She said the rowing club had taken some

We were all a bit battered and bruised. It was time to let go and enjoy rowing. publication yet as they were being finalised but she said the proposed building would be an estimated 420 square metres in size, five metres high and would cost an estimated $1 million.

The building would house public toilets, showers and changing rooms, a training or ERG

“time out” from their attempts to build their own clubhouse project to concentrate on the rowing season.

“We were all a bit battered and bruised.

It was time to let go and enjoy rowing.”

Over the past two years the rowing clubhouse project had caused dissent

with objections from neighbouring houses in the Morrow Meads area and a lack of agreement on where it should be sited.

The current proposal is for just west of the Rotary playgound on the lakefront and will be partially hidden from view by some large trees she said. The building would not be used for social functions and the committee was still working through how sporting groups would pay for using its facilities.

If the proposal goes ahead, the committee would start applying for funding and would also seek community support for funds and assistance with building it she said.

Rock junior with distinction Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Having a go on his dad’s old drums five years ago is now reaping rewards for a Wanaka 13 year old.

“I got into drumming as Dad thought it might be a good thing for me…I’m not really a sporting person, and Dad had a secondhand drum kit at home collecting dust,” Tyler said.

He now practises 12-15 hours a week following his rock and roll dream and just over a week ago received some of the top marks ever for a budding New Zealand musician in a Grade 1 exam.

Examiners from Rockschool Ltd, an international authority for rock and pop qualifications, gave Tyler an overall mark of 97 percent for his set pieces, technical ability, sight and ear tests, and theory.

Tyler first received training from tutor Rhys Nicholas in Wanaka for four years and started playing in bands with other musicians in the area as well as busking on his own. In May of this year he started travelling down to Gore to get tuition

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from the Dean Ashby School of Music and preparing for his exam on September 16 which he passed with distinction. “Dean said this was one of NZ’s highest marks ever,” Tyler’s dad Trevor said.

His son now has a practise area some distance from the house, and has developed some definite tastes in music, including some Trevor would have recalled from

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his own teenage years.

“I don’t really have a favourite track but my favourite band is definitely the Canadian trio RUSH. Drummers that inspire me are Neil Peart from RUSH, Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tre Cool from Green Day, Stewart Copeland from The Police and John Bonham from Led Zeppelin,” Tyler said.

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Conservation partners Continued from page 1 “We’re still in discussion but things are looking good.”

Wanaka’s DOC office currently has 16 memorandums of understanding with local groups such as Forest & Bird, Eco Wanaka’s Mou Waho Island restoration project,

Longview Environmental Trust and Te Kakano nursery who provide native plants for restoration projects.

“We’ll be building on existing partnerships,” Wanaka DOC spokesperson Annette Grieve said.

Te Kakano nursery manager Andrew Penniket said it was

too early to say how the new structure would work. “The concept is great but most of the people interested in conservation are already doing it. DOC’s been underfunded for a while. A lot of the community are pretty busy with sport and so on. I’ll wait and pass judgement later.”

New procurement system Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The council is changing the way it acquires services. Chief Executive Adam Feeley said the immediate goal of the new procurement approach was to balance quality of service with value for money.

“Tendering every piece of work can in fact increase costs for

council. Aside from the time cost of the exercise, service providers do

to secure best prices by offering some level of certainty, while still

We were all a bit battered and bruised. It was time to let go and enjoy rowing. not always offer best prices where there is no prospect of continuity.

This arrangement aims

maintaining competitive tension by having a panel to select from for any one piece of work; and

by the fixed period for the arrangement.”

The council is inviting professional service providers to register their interest for selection as a preferred supplier to the council for a fixed period.

Successful applicants will be either appointed as the sole preferred supplier or be appointed to a panel of preferred suppliers for two years, with renewal options.

MAC talent A lunch time talent show at Mount Aspiring College this week broke up the day for students.

The show started with what was intended to be an aerobics warm-up by the student council, some of whom appeared to be performing the routine for the first time.

The musicians and singers who performed afterward were given feedback from a light hearted judging panel.

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Council candidate forum Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun A turnout of an estimated 200 people questioned local body candidates at an open forum held at Edgewater on Tuesday night.

One of the attendees, Kate Bariletti, said a number of topics were covered.

“Common themes were the sports centre, pool, use

of foreshore, and bringing more tourists to Wanaka for longer stays. Ensuring fast quality broadband was mentioned by many as essential to increasing business opportunities.”

Moderator Pete Bullen set the format of the meeting with each candidate having an allocated time to speak.

Council candidate Calum McLeod promoted his idea of a cheaper sports

centre, upgrading the existing pool and using the Wanaka campground area for a smaller building.

Ella Lawton mentioned encouraging a diversified economy. Liz Breslin spoke about wanting a level playing field for resource consent and Ross McRobie spoke of a need for ultrafast broadband to encourage businesses.

Wanaka Community Board candidates Rachel

Brown and Barry Bruce respectively discussed strengthening the community board by using it as a dynamic decision-making body and simplifying the district plan.

Kate said the incumbent councillors also highlighted the achievements of the previous term such as roading, trails and pathways.

Daylight saving starts Clocks go forward an hour at 2am (which becomes 3am) this Sunday September 29 as New Zealand daylight saving begins. The change to daylight saving is an opportune time for residents to check their household emergency plans, survival kits and home smoke alarms.

The extra hour of daylight in the evenings will run until Sunday April 6, 2014.

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inbrief Free concert success The Wanaka Public Libraries Association first free public concert has been hailed ‘a great success’ by the committee.

Piano/ flute/harpsichord combination duo Loch Ceol performed in the library on Saturday afternoon to an appreciative crowd. Anne-Marie Wall and Allen Hogan’s repertoire included classical, light modern, 1930s, traditional Irish and baroque music.

The WPLA is already planning more concerts for this year.

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Ready to fly Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun In an unusual example of longterm planning, Wanaka locals got in early and bought tickets to Saturday night’s Fly My Pretties concert – which has already paid dividends because the band is now doing an extra concert here tomorrow night (Friday September 27).

This is the first time the collective of well known musicians and new talent has played in Wanaka, although many of them have performed here with other musicians.

Fly My Pretties was started by Black Seeds frontman Barnaby Weir and Mikee Tucker from Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa in 2004.

“We wanted it to be a musical showcase in a theatrical environment, and to record a live album,” Barnaby said. The recipe worked and ten years later Fly My Pretties is going strong. “It’s not just a normal concert – it’s a special event,” Barnaby said. “We’re showcasing some undiscovered talent and it’s always a theatrical show.”

Elements include a backdrop of previously unseen heritage New Zealand footage and stills sourced from Archives New Zealand, Turnbull Library and

National Library of New Zealand.

Since 2004 FMP has recorded five live albums around New Zealand. Different musicians feature on each album. This year’s Homeland Tour goes from Kaitaia to Invercargill and includes returning cast members Ryan Prebble (The Nudge blues band singer/guitarist) and Black Seeds musicians - drummer Jarney Murphy, bass player Mike Fabulous, and keyboard player Nigel Patterson.

New cast members include: twice Tui-nominated folk musician, Mel Parsons; singer, Maori TV presenter and Reggae All Star member Ria Hal; Kara Gordon – who is returning from Europe to join the tour; Louis McDonald - singer and guitarist from Five Mile Town which just won a 2013 international songwriting competition; Mark Vanilau - one third of ‘Vanilau, Maxwell, Baker’ (Warren Maxwell and Louis Baker); Shaun Blackwell – singer/guitarist in country/ folk band John The Baptist; and Anika Moa who has just finished writing her new album.

The tour references Fly My Pretties musical roots with ‘an unashamedly kiwi sound seeped in folk, roots, soul and rock’ and is about 60/40 new material and old favourites.

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Fly My Pretties have added an extra Wanaka gig, at the Lake Wanaka Centre on Friday September 27, to their nationwide Homeland Tour and to celebrate the Wanaka Sun has three copies of Fly My Pretties second album to give away.

Email your contact details to admin@thewanakasun.co.nz to go into the draw.

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sunnews Get Ready Week The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, working in collaboration with Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) groups around the country, is promoting Get Ready Week (September 23-29): a week of activities aimed at raising awareness of potential hazards and the need to be prepared. The theme this year is ‘Know your neighbours, know your community’. According to the Civil Defence website “when disaster strikes the first knock on your door is most likely going to be your neighbours checking in on you or even asking for help”. The Get Ready Week provides an opportunity for residents to get to know each other and make plans to help one another be prepared for a civil defence emergency.

A neon parade On October 25, Wanaka’s Ardmore Street will be filled with neon floats raising funds for the Kahu Youth Trust. This year’s street parade, which is part of the four-day Willowridge Wanakafest celebration, is all about colour. The theme is neon, and businesses and community groups can contact Kahu Youth to register a float.

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Locals help open highway Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Local crews, including Fulton Hogan and Alpine Helicopters, have been involved in clearing the large slip at Diana Falls, from the Gates of Haast to Haast Pass Summit, which closed State Highway 6 on September 10. The road was re-opened during daylight hours last Friday after a ten-day closure.

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Manager Mark Pinner said last week one of the major problems with clearing the 50m-high slip at Diana Falls was “safely bringing down three large boulders about the size of houses”.

The NZTA warns the road will be closed from 6pm to 8am until further notice. Delays and further closures should still expected on the route in the event of heavy rain or slips.

Planting at Roys Bay Planting continues at Roys Bay West habitat restoration project (Stage 1) this Saturday, September 28. During BNZ’s “Closed for Good” day at the start of the month, local bank staff helped to plant 165 plants. There are another 100 plants ready to go into the ground at the site and Te Kakano are asking volunteers to meet at 10am at the start of the Roys Bay West track by the Stone Creek bridge.

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crimescene Suspicious behaviour and horse tampering Police attended the scene of a minor crash at the Cardrona Ski field road and Cardrona Valley Road junction last Tuesday.

A horse was tampered with, according to a report on Wednesday. Somebody has tried to rope it and on one occasion tied it up on a short rope. “This has caused the horse considerable distress and we are keen to speak to this person,” Constable Reed said.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning a suspicious male entered an address on Lakeside road and did not leave until disturbed by the resident.

A male was arrested and given a trespass notice for the theft of cough syrup. He consumed the syrup in the store toilets.

Police dealt with an intoxicated male who set off the fire alarm in Base backpackers and then tried to wrestle the wing mirror off the police patrol car. He is now facing charges.

A multi-coloured mat was taken from an address at the rear of Dunmore Street in the early hours of Friday morning. The victim was woken up to loud banging on his front door and was confronted by two males who hurled abuse at him.

A vehicle which was stranded on a stump at the Wanaka paintball three or four weeks ago is missing. There was evidence the vehicle was towed away.

Police report a new email scam from www.Florida813. com offering too good to be true holiday package via email. One victim paid $1450 on ASB Visa before he realised it was a scam.

Police received another report of an offender who stole some nuts from New World. The offender returned and paid for them before getting some police attention.

An intoxicated male is facing charges for the assault on a bouncer outside post office lane in the early hours of Sunday morning

‘Bullying’ tactics in the library Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Results of the Wanaka Public Libraries Association’s (WPLA) survey on what people want from our libraries are due out next week, despite difficulties members had conducting the survey. Committee members are not happy with the treatment they received from QLDC General Manager of Operations Ruth Stokes last month.

“We were treated appallingly,” WPLA chair Nicola Martinovich said. The first time WPLA secretary Kate Bariletti set up in the library to help people do the survey, she was informed that management said she couldn’t do it there. “That was totally out of line,” Nicola said. “She was not soliciting or obstructing. The library is a public place.”

“I couldn’t understand it,” Kate said. “I helped with submissions on the Annual Plan in the library earlier in the year. Vanessa [van Uden] came in and talked to me, she knew what I was doing, and there were no complaints.”

Despite being told not to, Kate continued with the survey in the library.

A week later, she received a phone call from QLDC Head Librarian Jo McElroy telling her the council had a policy which meant she couldn’t do the survey in the library. “I said I would stop if they showed me the policy,” Kate said.

The next morning when she

‘It’s not your library – it’s the community’s library’. She was evasive, obstructive and very aggressive. When we asked to see the policy she said she didn’t work for us.”

“We must have asked her 20 times for a copy of that policy,” Jan said.

“We were strong in the knowledge that we had a right to be there in the library as a

We were strong in the knowledge that we had a right to be there in the library as a public space. arrived at the library with Nicola and WPLA treasurer Jan Janata, they were ushered into the library manager’s office for a meeting with Jo McElroy and Ruth Stokes.

“Ruth told us we were bullying staff and putting them in a difficult situation,” Nicola said. “She didn’t bring the policy with her. She said ‘You will not do your survey in my library’. That made us really mad. We said

public space,” Kate said.

When the Wanaka Sun took this information to Ruth Stokes she said, “That is not my take on the situation.” She ignored our request to see a copy of the policy. The WPLA has since taken legal advice and concluded there is no such policy.

“The issue was one of courtesy and respect for the librarians,” Ruth said. “We simply required

a schedule to understand when the WPLA planned to be on the premises to ensure there were no conflicts and workplace issues,” she said. Nicola said the group had emailed Ruth to say it didn’t need her approval to use the library for the survey.

“It was ridiculous for her to say she needed to know so the staff could sort out their workspace.

We weren’t anywhere near their workspace,” Nicola said.

“Does she require us to let her know when we intend to read children a book in the very same space we were using for the survey? I don’t think so.”

The WPLA is doing surveys to investigate whether levels of service change at the library after redundancies take place. Three long-serving library staff members lose their jobs at the end of this month. They are Reference and Local History Librarian Jude Terpstra, Audiovisual Librarian Diana Cocks and Library Assistant (Readers Advisory Service/ Magazine Acquisitions/National Library Talking Books) Sue Terry.

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The cast of the 2013 Stars in Your Eyes show could finally show their faces and be photographed with the crew after the last show at the weekend. Until then the identity of the performers is a closely guarded secret, so punters can guess the identity of locals performing in the roles of their favourite stars.

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Innovative Wanaka Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Turning Wanaka into an innovation hub has been proposed by council candidate Ella Lawton.

“The main issue facing Wanaka is the creation of high quality, full time jobs without having to sacrifice the uniqueness of Wanaka to create them,” Ella said. “We need to diversify our

local economy and distinguish ourselves from Queenstown, not try to compete with them. A knowledgebased economy is one way to do that.”

She said the people and the infrastructure are already in Wanaka and she has been contacted by local hightech entrepreneurs, potential investors and retired high-level

executive mentors interested in the idea. “I was pretty blown away by the response, I initially just wanted to see what people thought of the idea.”

Ella suggests non-profits, artists, green businesses and community organisations might also benefit from the idea.

High Fives ends with a buzz Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Ahoribuzz performed for a capacity crowd at the Burton High Fives After Party in Wanaka last weekend.

The concert was put on by the Rhythm Group which is

bringing Rhythm i n t h e A l ps t o t h e Cardrona Valley at new year.

Six Rhythm Group staff spent a week in Wanaka around the after party.

Marketing Manager Julie Warmington said sales to the Cardrona

festival are going ‘really well’.

“It’s a lot quicker than last year,” [when the concert was held in Methven] she said.

While Rhythm in the Vines in Gisbourne is the company’s flagship event, Julie said it is putting on

24 events around the country this year.

The Rhythm in the Alps team is employing locals to work on the event.

Julie said the key attraction to the festival to date is English DJ Rudamental.

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ticketgiveaway Anna Coddington in Wanaka Anna Coddington’s ‘Make You Mine’ national New Zealand tour is coming to Wanaka on October 10. Her new single ‘Make You Mine’, follows on from ‘Bird In Hand’ which was released in May. It is described as “a drum machine groove beautifully offset by the impeccable feel of Chris O’Connor on drums, a catchy bass line played

by Coddington herself, pining vocals, and another gorgeous string arrangement from SJD.” Anna will be joined by Mike Hall on bass and guitar. The tour takes in 11 dates across the country and will be an opportunity to hear tracks not yet released PHOTO: LOUISE HYATT alongside the favourites.

The Wanaka Sun has two single passes to give away to Anna’s Wanaka gig at the Federal Diner on October 10, simply email admin@thewanakasun. co.nz with your name and contact details or enter on our facebook page facebook/WanakaSun.

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Helping those moving on Gina Dempster This time of year brings home what a seasonal town we live in. The free spirits who come to work and play on our ski fields start disappearing as it gets warmer, leaving behind everything they can’t carry. To make it easier to move on, Wanaka Wastebusters is offering a free, yearround pick up service for donated goods. It doesn’t have to be a whole house-load of stuff, we’re happy to come round for anything you can’t fit in the car. Just give us a call at Wastebusters if you need us to pop round.

There’s just one proviso, we have to be able to resell the stuff we pick up for free.

Sometimes people ask us why we pick and choose, and don’t just take everything that’s donated to us. The reason is that we can’t afford to. If we can’t sell something, then we have to pay landfill charges to throw it out, just like everyone else. Paying for rubbish is already a significant part of our operating costs, so we have to work hard not to let that cost blow out.

Landfill charges do have a job to do though.

Back when the landfill service was free, many people didn’t think too hard about going to the tip. Now that it costs $15 for a small load, there

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is a financial incentive for people to recycle, compost and find other alternatives.

Most of the fee goes to cover operating costs, but there is also a waste disposal levy of $10 for every tonne of

rubbish that goes into the landfill. Half of the money collected goes to councils for their waste minimisation efforts.

The other half funds waste minimisation projects, like the Unpackit Awards, which hopefully

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you’ve heard of because they’re run by Wanaka Wastebusters! If you don’t know about the Awards, check them out on the unpackit website and don’t forget to vote for your best and worst packaging.

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MAC camp in the news Never Each year, Mount Aspiring College Year 8 students attend a week-long camp and follow it up with a report for the Wanaka Sun. The following newspaper article-styled report was written and designed by Year 8 student Oban Hansen who is taught by Jane Watson-Taylor.

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F1 car at Cromwell race meeting Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Benetton 191 Cosworth (pictured right) driven by seven-times World Champion Michael Schumacher in the 1991 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, to earn his first Formula One points, will be at the Highlands 101 race meeting

in November (8-10). The Benetton, owned by Tony Quinn, will make lunchtime appearances on each of the three days of the meeting with Australian race driver and engineer Brent Francis driving.

The meeting is the first at the $30 million facility (pictured) and will feature the final rounds of the

Australian GT Series, the final round of the South Island Production Series and the inaugural round of the new, one-make Toyota 86 Series. The Highlands 101 - 101 laps of the circuit for the fastest 42 cars irrespective of class – will take place on the last day of the race meeting.

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Megan’s first big season Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Young Wanaka soccer player Megan Bryan has had a busy but memorable season for her first year playing in the Southland premier league, after she initially thought she may only be a part-time player. After not expecting to last a full game because of her age, Megan, 14, has played a full season as the left wing for Queenstown Rovers with the team taking the Southland title recently.

Being a full-time member of the team has been a big commitment for her, travelling over to Queenstown three times a week for training and games and often travelling to Invercargill to play.

Now after being selected for the Southland 17th grade squad, Megan has had the biggest boost to her footballing future since she first started

Multisport double Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Double early season wins have gone to Wanaka athletes in kaya king and duathlon events last weekend in Alexandra hosted by the Southern Lakes Multisport Club.

Hamish Fleming and Ailsa Rollinson (pictured) had the fastest times their in respective categories in the Clyde to Alexandra kayak race on Saturday with another Wanaka

athlete, Chris Booth, winning on handicap.

In the club’s duathlon at Ea r ns cle ug h th e following day, Hamish and Ailsa again posted the fastest times in the 3km run, 20km cycle, 3km run event.

Hamish won in a time of 53.13, with Chris second in 57.20.

Ailsa was the fastest woman by more than seven minutes in 58.10 and had the third fastest overall time.

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playing at the age of eight, being chosen for a national training centre camp in Auckland.

Megan’s father Gary said the intensive five-day

camp will be a good chance to see how she compares to other players around the country. “It’s been quite a full-on season,” he said.

Secondary school snowsports Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Mount Aspiring College produced the winning snowboard teams at last week’s South Island Secondary School Ski and Snowboard championships.

The top MAC performer was Corah Phillips winning snowboard titles in giant slalom, halfpipe and gravity X. In the snowboard boys, Ludouico Guichardaz (pictured in gravity X) won the halfpipe with Angus Gray third, and Conor Hayes and Connor Cloughley placed second and third in the gravity X. In skiing, Emile Coote won the giant slalom and local brothers Max and Nico Schikker placed first and third in the gravity X. PHOTO: PERRY BROOKS

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EDITORIAL The debates surrounding Wanaka’s future plans, its relationship with Queenstown and all the range of issues surrounding them from road bumps to future debt and governance have found a focal point with upcoming elections.

Will new candidates actually perform the tasks they have set themselves or will they get ground down by the bureaucracy of implementing change and fade away? Will the incumbents who may get voted back in start anew with different ideas and spurred on by recent events take it upon themselves to be a bolder, more vigorous advocate of Wanaka?

Being a local body politician seems to take a pretty thick skin sometimes but those that do decide to get involved presumably do it of their own free will.

There is only one way to find out what that will is and that is by voting. Once they are in, reminding them of their obligations seems to be something a lot of Wanaka residents certainly aren’t shy about.

Before we vote Before we vote in the approaching local elections we need accurate information about Wanaka Library restructuring.

One view has it that Adam Feeley, manager of our council, is a bean-counter who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. A bureaucrat prepared to reduce services and eliminate scarce jobs to save a few dollars.

An alternative view is that chronic over-staffing and inefficiency is a waste of ratepayer dollars. By cutting waste Adam Feeley is merely doing what he was employed to do.

What are the facts? What we do know is that Mr Feeley is a manager, not a governor. He is responsible for ensuring the conduct of his staff is of a high standard and seeing to it that council services are run efficiently.

It is not his job to set policy but to follow it. Policy is set by elected members of council.

So, when our elected counsellors set in motion the Wanaka Library re-structuring, what was their view of the state of the library? It would be helpful if individual counsellors enlightened us with their understanding of this issue - before we vote.

Christopher Horan Lake Hawea

Convention centre It would appear timely to remind both incumbent and hopeful candidates for the forthcoming Local Body Elections about their obligations under the Local Government Act 2002. The purpose of local government, according to the Act, is to enable “democratic local decision-making” and to “meet the current and future needs of communities for good quality local infrastructure, local public services and performance of regulatory functions in a way that is most cost-effective for households and businesses”.

Commercial transactions are only to be undertaken in accordance with “sound business practices” and the local authority “should ensure prudent stewardship and the efficient and effective use of its resources in the interests of its district.” In making decisions it is directed to “have regard to the views of all of its communities” (emphasis mine).

With these criteria in mind, I find myself dismayed that all three of our current Wanaka Ward councillors voted in favour of the proposed Queenstown Convention Centre on Tuesday September 17. This is a commercial activity which every Wanaka ratepayer will share the financial burden of for the next 25 years. It will bring little, if any, direct benefit to the Wanaka community. It is arguably not in the Council’s mandate through the Act. Certainly the manner in which consultation took place was rushed and haphazard at best.

I trust that those who win sufficient votes to represent the Upper Clutha part of the Queenstown Lakes District after next month will demonstrate a commitment to upholding their obligations under the Act (sic) every time they take their places at the Council table.

Sally Battson Wanaka

Careless decisions Previous and present QLDC Councillors somehow manage to make careless decisions on Wanaka landmark projects.

The Lake Wanaka Centre now finds itself crammed into a small site with inadequate parking and no room for expansion when it could have been beautifully placed on Eely Point where consultants advised the community to put it It is proposed to spend $16.7 million putting the town’s sporting facilities at Three Parks. This is a bad decision in almost every conceivable way, yet it is being progressed even though it requires substantial debt and despite the fact that a lot of the individuals and groups who initially supported development in this location have now changed their minds.

Access to the lake front: People are disconnected from the lake and lake views (our most prized attractions) so that we can have the log cabin, car and bus parking, the mandatory native plantings and Ardmore Street itself in ‘pride of place’.

Why are so many bad decisions made about the development of Wanaka? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that 70 percent of the decision-makers are from Queenstown.

They make careless decisions because they care less.

Peter Whiting Wanaka

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Naming rights Last February, the Council signed a Stakeholders Deed with Mr Allan Dippie relating to the Council’s intent to construct a sports facility out at Three Parks. Mr Cocks will be familiar with this document, since he was the witness for Mr Dippie’s signature on the Deed. Clause 20 of that Deed effectively cedes naming rights for the facility to Mr Dippie without consideration, i.e. for free. Since there is considerable public interest in the funding aspects of this new facility, perhaps Mr Cocks could elucidate us ratepayers as to the rationale behind this concession to Mr Dippie, particularly given that naming rights have the potential to attract significant external funding.

Nick Brown QLDC Deputy Mayor Lyal Cocks responds: The naming rights of the complex have not been ceded without consideration and the naming rights of buildings, part buildings and facilities within the complex can be sold by the Council to attract external funding.

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Super G to Piera Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Wanaka-based ski racer Piera Hudson is the new national Super G titleholder after last week’s national championships held at Mount Hutt.

She placed fourth overall in a time of 56.47

with the race won by Australian Greta Small in 54:04. Eighteen-yearold Piera was also the fastest New Zealander in a trans-Tasman Continental Cup Super G the next day placing fourth overall again.

Piera won the national giant slalom title last year and is

the youngest member of the New Zealand ski team. She is aiming to compete in the World Junior Ski Championships in Jasna, Slovakia in February 2014.

The men’s title was won by Queenstown’s Nick Prebble.

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Mastering speed More than 60 ski racers aged from 35 to 83 years of age took to the slopes last week for the annual masters competition.

“We all love the opportunity to hit the perfectly groomed roped-off piste at the highest speed we are capable of at our age,” Wanaka ski club member and longtime competitor Bonny Teat said.

Paul Bush, the father of Wanaka physiotherapist Gin Bush, was the oldest competitor at 83, and the national champion for the past ten years, and Walter Unterberger, 76, also competes on the World masters circuit in Europe.

Twenty members of the group also went on a chartered heliski day as part of the week’s activities.

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BRIDGE RESULTS: Glendhu Pairs 1.North/South:- Georgie Roberts, Ken Roberts 65,79% 1. Allan Kelly, Jenny Muir 59.98% 2. Jenny Pryde, Maggie Stratford 57.16% 3.

East/West:- Janette Gillies, Josey McKenzie 66.45% 1.

Vivienne Christie, Margaret Hunt 60.09% 2. Dorothy McDonald, Nan Ottrey 58.66% 3.Friday Bridge 20 Sept: north/South:- Sherril Harries, Ena Leckie 63.37% 1. Maggie Stratford, Mary Gibson-Collings 62.33% 2.

Margaret Hunt, Errol Kelly 61.63% 3 East/west:- Jean Stokes, Jo Wallis 64.58% 1.

Alan Chisholm, Boyd Ottrey 58.51% 2. Joy Baxter, Barbara Waterworth 57.58% 3.

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Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun More than eight decades after a hectare of land was gifted to start it the Wanaka Bowling Club remains one of the few in the country still growing strongly.

“We get about 15 new members a year. Five just signed up last week,” club president Norman Hewett said.

The club’s Tenby Street site has seen some big changes since Wanaka identity John Faulks donated the bare land in 1926.

An all-weather rink catering for up to eight games at a time sees a lot of activity from the club’s 150 members and inside four

more full-size rinks designed for outside bowls enable the club to ensure tournaments proceed regardless of weather.

As well as the club’s own events in the Central Otago competition a social tournament for tradespeople is held in the indoor facility three times a week in winter and once a week in summer.

The building, with a refurbished kitchen and bar area, is also used by other Wanaka groups such as the bridge club, the garden society and Game-On, an activity group for children with special needs.

“The indoor rink is really valuable,” Norman said. A coaching session attended by

45 members held last week would have been unable to go ahead without it because of rain.

Pictured at the session on Friday is Simon Nyhof.

Norman said the coach from the North Island was impressed by the club’s ongoing growth as a number of New Zealand clubs had been declining over the years.

Having the freehold land thanks to the John Faulk’s generosity has been a big part of the club’s success, but the members’ efforts to keeping it running were also invaluable.

“It’s a very social and friendly game. Active and very competitive.

They’re a good team of people.”

The majority of the club including new members were still in the “60 plus” age category although there was one youthful forty-something player who regularly attended Norman said.

A number of players were well into their 80s with one longtime female member aged 91 still remaining competitive he said.

A recent renovation costing $100,000 for the indoor area had been funded by grants and assisted by local businesses who sponsor scoreboards around the rink, but the club now needs to replace the base of the outdoor area and is holding a special meeting this weekend to discuss the work.

TARRAS GOLF RESULTS: Women’s Purvis Cup and Putting-Barbara Kane nett 63, 26 putts; A Rowley nett 66, 30 putts; Gilly Taylor nett 69, 37 putts; Annabel Spiers nett 74, 30 putts; Sue Mccassey nett 75, 33 putts.

Jack and Noni Mead TrophyMaire McElrea and Bonar Rowley nett 62, Barb Annan and Holger Reineck 63, Pam McRae and Ken Galloway 65 on cb., Jan Allen and Doug Wilson 65, Carmel and Murray Hyndman 67.

Local girls clean up schools XC Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Three Mount Aspiring College girls took the top three places in last week’s interschool cross-country skiing championships at the Snow Farm.

Alex Thomson, Ella Maluschnig and Josephine Schafer, (pictured), took the top points overall for their combined results in 3km classic, 1km skate and an interschool 3km team relay held over two days.

Competitors from Mount Aspiring College,

Fiordland College, Gore High School, John McGlashan, a guest school from New South Wales, Holy Family School and Tarras Primary School took part with many of the skiers training at the Snow Farm during the winter.

The boys’ event was won by Cirque Gammalon of Gore High School followed by Ben Barrow of Fiordland College. Will Neuhass from Marist College, North Shore in Sydney and Tim Barrow placed third equal.

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WANAKA BOWLS RESULTS Monday 2x4x2 1 K Chartres and John Maddison, 2 Marg Young and Jon Barron, 3 Maida Baxter and Robyn Chartres LAKE HAWEA GOLF RESULTS. Stablefords. 1 Tony Arscott 46. 2 Tim Cotter 44.

3 Josiah Carine 42. 4 Brian Burgess 39. o/c.back Dick Sullivan 39. Kahu Vincent.

39.Nearest Pin. Ryan Conner. Two’s Joe Cotter. 4 BBB Neil Matchett & Tony Arscott beat Tim Cotter & Josiah Carine 2/1.

SOUTHERN LAKES MULTISPORT CLUB September 21-22 Clyde to Alexandra kayak race. Fastest Times: Men; Hamish Fleming, 43:42, Shaun Portegys, 44:37, Bill Godsall 44:41. Women: Ailsa Rollinson, 47:22, Kath Kelly Roxburgh, 48:40, Jaq Mason 51:10. Handicapped Race: Chris Booth Wanaka, 50:18, Jaq Mason Alexandra, 53:10 Andrew Calder, 54:03. Duathlon Men: Hamish Feming 53:13, Chris Booth 57:20, Ricky Barbara 1hour. Women: Ailsa Rollinson 58:10, Gabbie Ernst 1:05.43, Jaqueline Mason 1:6.25 Junior: Lana Deaker.