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Views on drinking Local residents’ views on the current alcohol policy in the area are being sought in an online survey by the QLDC. PAGE 2

Population increase The country’s population has increased by 5.3 percent to 4,242,048 people since the 2006 census, according to the census usually-resident population count at March 5 2013. PAGE 3

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Leaping to Sochi Olympic hopeful Anna Willcox-Silfverberg fine tunes her aerial manoeuvres for her specialty in ski slopestyle at the recently opened high performance facility in Wanaka.

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Four new faces for Wanaka Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

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Wanaka has four new representatives following the local body elections. Cinema ParadisoownerCalumMacLeod andOtagoPolytechnicCentrefor Sustainable Practice Research Manager Ella Lawton are new Wanaka Ward councillors, and Hawea Community Association chair Rachel Brown (pictured) and World Travellers company director Ross McRobie are new Wanaka Community Board members.

Calum got the most votes of

all ward candidates with 2398 votes, more than incumbent deputy mayor Lyal Cocks who got 1797 votes, and newcomer Ella Lawton got 1544 votes.

Councillors Jude Battson (1367) and Leigh Overton (893) lost their positions, and the other unsuccessful council candidates were existing WCB member Bryan Lloyd (1072) and new candidate Liz Breslin (848).

Bryan was voted back onto the WCB with 2090 votes, as was Mike O’Connor (2066).

New member Rachel Brown got the most votes of the board candidates with 2158 votes,

and Ross McRobie was nine votes behind her with 2149.

The unsuccessful candidate

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was Barry Bruce (1826).

According to council statistics 53 percent (3626) of people

in the Wanaka Ward voted, compared to 41 percent in Queenstown/Wakatipu and 35 percent in Arrowtown.

The new councillors and board members seem to be in agreement that the voting has shown that the community wants change, and that it wants more power in decision-making concerning Wanaka.

An important issue for them is who will be the chair of the WCB. The last term’s deputy mayor and WCB chair Lyal Story continues page 3...

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ice rv se of ry ntu ce A Views on drinking Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Local residents’ views on the current alcohol policy in the area are being sought in an online survey by the QLDC. “The survey also seeks to find out community attitudes towards underage drinking, responsible drinking and the effectiveness – or otherwise – of the existing liquor laws and regulations,” QLDC regulatory manager Lee Webster said.

“The current policy will have no legal standing from the December 18, 2013, we are currently looking to have a local alcohol policy, with a draft being prepared

towards the end of this year-start of next year for public consultation.”

He said there had been no incidents or trends to prompt the survey, but council wanted to gauge public opinion on the matter. The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act Section 78 outlines the obligations a territorial authority such as the QLDC has, when it chooses to have its own alcohol policy.

Wanaka Police reported that crime for the 2012 -2013 fiscal year showed 68 reports of violence, 24 of which were recorded as public place violence. There were also 49 disorderly behaviour offences, 19 Liquor Bans and 100 reports of

wilful damage.

“I believe a significant number of these reported offences involve persons (including youth under 20 years) affected by alcohol.

Analysis of reported crime and incidents shows a hot spot for Wanaka is the CBD. This is where all Wanaka licensed premises are situated. Areas with high liquor outlet density have been associated by various studies with increased assaults and other alcohol-related crime and harm,” Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said.

He said the peak times for police callouts are Friday and Saturday nights from11pm until 4am.

Stranded couple rescued The Wanaka Police SAR team used an inflatable raft to rescue an American couple who were stranded on the other side of the Haast River on Monday afternoon.

Search and Rescue Coordinator Sergeant Aaron Nicholson said the tourists, a man aged 33 and a female aged 30, had walked into the Mount Brewster Hut from the Fantail Falls car park. They crossed the Haast River on Sunday for a day’s ski touring. The couple stayed in the hut on Sunday night during the bad weather and tried to walk out on Monday, but got stranded on the wrong side of the rising Haast River. A passing courier van driver raised the alarm when he noticed the pair waving from the other side of the river “These two did the right thing by not trying to swim across the river. Given the poor weather conditions at the time and the amount of water that was pumping we would have certainly had a fatality on our hands if they had tried to swim the river,” Sgt Nicholson said.

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Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun More than century of volunteer work from four local fire-fighters was acknowledged last weekend.

Ralph Fegan, David Little, Gerald Haggart and Deane Weastell (pictured) were given the service’s Gold Star award for 25 years of services, at the Wanaka, Luggate and Lake Hawea volunteer Fire

Brigade annual honours presentation.

“It’s a huge commitment to give up that amount of time for the community,” Wanaka’s deputy fire chief Garth Campbell said.

The awards brought the number of the Wanaka brigade members with Gold Stars up to eight in the 32-person crew.

One of the four, Ralph, had also served three years in another brigade before joining Wanaka, pushing

the group’s combined tally past the century mark.

Garth, also a Gold Star awardee, said the workload facing the Upper Clutha brigades had changed substantially over the years, with the estimated 150 annual callouts three times more than when he first started.

Training was much more technical, and the increasing number of motor vehicle crashes the volunteers attended

were often much more complicated and stressful than other callouts.

“It’s exacting type of training. We’re often the first responders.”

He said one of the biggest challenges of the local brigades was keeping up the number of trained volunteers who could commit to the callouts.

“We’ve got a fantastic bunch of people,” he said.

Matukituki predator control Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Rodent predators in the Matukituki Valley could be living on borrowed time with a number of volunteers gearing up for a decade-long big cull.

Tracking tunnels and 52 monitored traps targeting possums and rats with additional trap lines for stoats are being used to help boost bird numbers of kea, South Island robin, kaka and rock wren and other wildlife such as bats and lizards and native plants as part of the Matukituki Valley Protection Project.

The Matukituki Charitable Trust, founded by Derek and Gillian Crombie of Christchurch, is funding the project in partnership with the Department of Conservation for at least ten years.

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The drive into Cardrona village is set to become slower with these recently-installed traffic calming measures located inside the 50kph speed limit zone.

When the project was launched in June of this year, DOC’s area manager at the time, Paul Hellebrekers, said it would be of long-term benefit to birds, the valley’s ecosystem and recreational users.

“As the Trust grows, our long-term aim is to expand pest control to the East Matukituki valley and the lower catchment of the valley, and to include both conservation land and

neighbouring private land, with the support of landowners.”

As well as trapping, volunteers managed

by DOC will monitor wildlife and beech seed droppings in the area.

Pictured working on the project in the valley recently are trustee Gillian Crombie, Rob Macleod, Donald Lousley, DOC ranger Sharon Haarsma, Stu and Heather Thorne.

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Local election results are in Continued from page 1 Cocks believes one person can perform both roles as he has done, whereas most of the others believe the roles should be separate and the chair should not be a councillor. Three community board members Rachel, Bryan and Ross - are putting their names forward for the role of chair.

Rachel wants the board to have a stronger identity as a separate body representing Wanaka. “The public want decisions made here,” she said.

“Anyone with issues and ideas should come to the Wanaka Community Board meetings.

The community board should be making decisions for Wanaka – such as what we spend our rates on. Board decisions should just be ratified by council.”

Bryan said the job should go to

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the best person available: “I think I have the ability and experience to handle the position, having proven myself as a leader, not a follower, as a friend of mine once said, and having been chair of various committees and captain of sports teams for as long as I can remember.”

Like the other candidates,

Ross has plenty experience in governance roles. “I have a good feeling for the local community and a clear understanding of what a chair’s role is,” he said. “This is a very positive opportunity to give Wanaka more say.”

There will be interesting times ahead. Calum will be pushing for his cheaper sports facility on

part of the camping ground site; Ella wants decision-making in council to take more account of social perspectives (“including supporting local businesses”) rather than mainly focussing on the economics; Ross will be advocating renaming the council – to Lakes District Council, and Rachel’s goal is for the people of Wanaka to feel listened to, fairly represented and welltreated by council.

Meanwhile the first public decision will probably be who gets the role of deputy mayor.

Newcomer Calum MacLeod is keen, as is Lyal Cocks. The decision will be made by Mayor Vanessa van Uden, as per the amended local body elections act.

The new councillors and community board members will be sworn in on October 25.

Police facebook page launched Wanaka Police have joined the world of social media with the launch of their own facebook page.

The page’s mission: “To work in partnership with Southern communities to reduce and prevent crime and road trauma, enhance public safety and maintain public order,” and asks that it not be used for official reports to police, requesting the public still dial 111 for an emergency.

Downhill entries open Online entries for the Wanaka Urban Downhill MTB Race on Saturday October 26 have opened. This year the Downhill will feature a new indoor course and there will be a big line for the pros and a mellower one for the rookies. There will be spot prizes and every rider gets the chance to do a free stunt jump onto The Airbag. Cash entries can also be made on the day.

inbrief Population increase The country’s population has increased by 5.3 percent to 4,242,048 people since the 2006 census, according to the census usually-resident population count at March 5 2013.

Forty-seven of the 67 territorial authority areas experienced population growth since the 2006 Census, including Queenstown-Lakes which is the second fastest growing district with an increase of 22.9 percent.

Wanaka’s usually-resident population count increased from 5040 in 2006 to 6474 in 2013.

In the same period Hawea’s usually-resident population increased by 576 to 2172, the Matukituki usually-resident population increased by 15 to 387, and Cromwell increased to 4146 people from 3585.

Body found in caravan Last Thursday a body was found in a caravan stored on a Cromwell caravan park site by the caravan owner who was doing a pre-season check of the vehicle.

The deceased man has been formally identified as Central Otago man Simon James Garrick, who had been missing since October 2012.

A pathologist, ESR scientists and police have completed a scene examination at the caravan, and the body was transferred to Christchurch for a post-mortem. The matter is now with the coroner to determine the cause of death.

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Cotter duo for NZAC life award

Road closure meetings

Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun

The New Zealand Transport Agency is holding six community and tourist industry meetings to discuss the current closures along State Highway 6, from Haast to Makarora.

The agency hopes to present a clearer picture on possible short, medium and long-term solutions at the meeting. The meetings will also be the place to discuss concerns and ideas or solutions to help improve communications.

Local meeting take place tomorrow (Friday October 18) in the Armstrong Room at the Lake Wanaka Centre from 3pm to 4.30pm and at the Makarora Country Café from 11am to 12.30pm.

Island names formalised Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson has formalised the English and Māori names of the two main islands of New Zealand. This means the islands can be referred to as the ‘North Island’ or ‘Te Ika-a-Māui’, or the ‘South Island’ or ‘Te Waipounamu’ – or both names can be used together.

LINZ maps and charts that feature the island names will reflect both the English and Māori names when the charts and maps come up for revision in the normal course of maintenance.

Stewart Island / Rakiura already has a dual English and Māori name which was formalised through the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998.

Open day Wanaka Police are holding a community open day on Saturday (October 19). Between 10am and 2pm members of the public are invited to see the new police station at 5 Ballantyne Road.

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Four decades after their first climbing experience together to the top of Mount Rolleston, Wanaka’s Guy Cotter and his father Ed Cotter have both been awarded life membership of the New Zealand Alpine Club.

“I think it’s amazing to have both of us recognised at the same time. My father was an active player in the climbing fraternity a long time ago, like the 50s and 60s, and has been very involved ever since through the clubs. So I think it’s cool that we are both recognised at once as it makes it more special in some ways,” Guy said.

The NZAC also awarded John Entwistle the same honour to add to the 28 mountaineers on their list which is decided by the club committee, on the recommendation of a committee of the president and not less than three past presidents.

It was a unanimous choice, and is the first time since the club was formed in 1891 that a father and son have been awarded life membership, immediate past club president Stu Gray said.

“These are three mountaineers of the highest calibre and have a huge influence in variety of ways.”

Ed, 86, was commended for being one of New Zealand’s most active climbers and a contributor to New Zealand’s growing mountaineering reputation during the late 1940s and early

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1950s alongside contemporaries George Lowe, Ed Hillary, Earle Riddiford and Bill Beaven.

Guy, 51, was recognised for either leading or being a member of some 30 climbing expeditions and for successfully developing one of the world’s leading guiding businesses, Adventure Consultants.

“Guy became a fully qualified IFMGA mountain and ski guide at a young age. In addition to Mount Everest, Guy has climbed five other 8000m peaks - Makalu, Cho Oyu,

Gasherbrum II, Manaslu (2012) and Lhotse (2013). In 1997, Guy guided clients to the summit of three 8000m peaks, a feat never before achieved by a western guide.

In 2005 Guy completed the highly coveted objective of summiting the seven highest summits on the seven continents.”

Modern mountaineering was quite different to the time he first ascended Mount Rolleston with his father and nine-year-old brother Anton 40 years ago, Guy said.

“A lot of technological changes

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happened in the time I’ve been climbing and climbing standards have been raised to such a high level these days. I’ve been fortunate to have a career that has spanned these decades where there has been more evolution in that short period than in any other time in history.”

The Wanaka premiere of Beyond the Edge, about Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing’s first ascent of Everest, screens tonight.

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Rollercoaster veggie gardening In our quest for the good, the not so bad and the definitely not ugly vegetables, we constantly have to fertilise our soils.

Yes we could just go down the conventional route and add some NPK fertiliser, but we know this isn’t healthy or good for our soils in the long term. We need organic matter and lots of it. We are trying to provide food for the soil food web. There’s a whole world of protozoa, ciliates, bacteria, nematodes and so on battling it out and in

we chop and dig them into the soil. They break down, adding nitrogen and organic matter. A couple of weeks later plant seedlings or seeds in the freshly-fertilised soil.

There are plenty of plants we can sow for green manures. Vetch and buckwheat are other possibilities. Some of the best can be flowers that you find prolifically growing in your garden. Collect and save the seed. I’m a big fan of poppies, phacelia and marigolds. Costing

that support it. We call this a ‘Guild’. For example we can plant an apple tree.

Underneath it we can plant some comfrey, we can cut and mulch the tree with it all summer long feeding the apple tree. We could grow some runner beans up the apple tree, fixing more nitrogen in the ground. Planting some fennel or Queen Anne’s lace will attract beneficial insects. Add in a few dandelions (doesn’t take much for these to get established) and so on.

Already this tree is looking better in the landscape and is now supported by

an array of other plants, most of which have other uses as plants - edible and medicinal.

So next time you’re in the garden, see if you can get a few plants working for you in new and interesting ways.

Dr Compost (aka Ben Elms) gives advice and runs workshops to encourage home composting and reduce waste, funded by Queenstown Lakes District Council. He will be running a free Get Composting workshop on Thursday 24th October, 12-2pm at Wanaka Wastebusters.

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the process, if we’ve got it right, feeding our plants.

I’m always amazed at the end of the summer season. Where did all that compost go? It’s led me to be constantly adding something. It can be as simple as dropping a weed from where it was pulled.

I do the same to a selfsown flower or herb in the wrong place or cut a vegetable at ground level to let its roots break down in the soil. There are lots of little ways to be constantly adding to our soils.

Green manures are a technique where we intentionally sow a crop for the sole purpose of digging it back into the soil.

Common ones are blue lupins (they fix nitrogen as well) and mustard.

The technique is to sow thickly when a bed isn’t in use. When the plants are of an average size and still young and sappy,

nothing, they grow like weeds with little care. Dig them in I say.

Thinking about plants that fix nitrogen is another clever tool when growing your veggies. Beans are a win win, they give you food and they fix nitrogen in the soil at the same time. Bush beans can be easily inter-planted with your heavy feeders. Or plant some lupins that will just keep on giving while your broccoli grows, providing nitrogen and free mulch (both while living and once it’s chopped and dropped). After your broccoli is harvested, the lupins provide shelter for your next crop, tender lettuces for example. The three sisters - corn, beans and pumpkins - use the same thinking.

Elsewhere in the garden we can design with the same ideas. A fruit tree or orchard can have plants

Lawns are in full grow mode now. Look at those lawn clippings as a resource. Don’t add them all at once to the compost pile. Layer your compost pile with alternate layers of green and brown: a layer of grass clipping, a layer of straw, a layer of grass, a layer of shredded cardboard and so on. Add the odd manure layer. This adds variety to your heap. Don’t forget to water each layer and cover.

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Start sowing pumpkins, squash and zucchinis in pots.

Hopefully Mr Jack Frost will be long gone by the time they’re ready to plant out.

Keep sowing seeds for a continuous supply of seedlings. Buy some seedlings to plant to speed things along.

Soil temperatures are slowly warming up: time to sow carrots and beetroots. Put some black plastic or weed mat on the soil for a few days prior to sowing to help lift soil temperatures.

Moon planting and sowing dates this month: October 16-18 for beans, tomatoes, pumpkin and squash.

October 19-26 for root crops (carrots, beetroot, potatoes).

October 27 – November 2 is a time to prep beds, weed, general garden tidy up, feed plants and watch your veggies grow.

November 3-9 for leafy vegetables like salad greens and brassicas.

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Everyday fantasies on stage Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun A comedy about a middle-aged couple and their fantasies is coming to Wanaka at Labour Weekend. Put on by One Man Banned Productions, the play is being performed by a real life couple – Christchurch-based professional actors Helen Moran and Martin Howells (pictured).

It’s called The Secret Lives of Henry and Alice and was written

by Englishman David Tristram in the 1990s.

“It’s quite raunchy, very light, and very, very funny,” Helen said.

“It’s that classic UK comic style.

Very witty.”

The play is currently having a revival tour in the UK, and Helen and Martin have just finished a

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season at the Elmwood Theatre in Christchurch.

As well as playing the roles of Henry and Alice, Martin and Helen also play the couple’s fantasy characters. Henry’s range

from a secret agent to Casanova to the president of the United States, and Alice’s include a 1920s socialite, a psychiatrist and an East End crook.

“Fantasy blurs into reality.

Secret passions explode. And two worlds which seem a million miles apart are suddenly on a collision course.”

Martin is a Welshman whose career took him to the Young Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in London. He played opposite Helen Mirren, before he came to New Zealand and met Helen Moran.

He has also written a book on Jack the Ripper and was artistic director at the Fortune Theatre about 10 years ago. Helen, as well as acting and producing, is a drama teacher and twice a year the couple do a production in Christchurch involving students and professionals.

The Secret Lives of Henry and Alice is being put on as part of Wanakafest.

Inspiring Wanaka again Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Following the success of the first Inspire Wanaka event (held in June), organisers have an eclectic line-up of TED-style talkers for next Friday night’s event (October 25).

This Inspire Wanaka will follow the same format as the first one with speakers interspersed with time for conversation and drinks, a free supper and live music.

Funds raised go to Kahu Youth.

The speakers are newly elected councillor and Research Manager at the Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice Ella Lawton, Wastebusters General Manager Sue Coutts, Presbyterian Church Family Connections Manager Kathy Dedo and mind/body wellness consultant Dr Howard Christian.

Ella’s talk is called ‘Localisation is a Solution Multiplier’ and will show how eating local, buying local and working together locally would have a multitude

of environmental, social and economic benefits for Wanaka.

This is the conclusion Ella reached doing her PhD - The NZ Footprint Project. Ella was a speaker at TedX Queenstown in April. “How we spend our time and money is a decision about the type of future we want to live in,” she said.

across the planet, stealing habitats from other species and resources from other peoples, in order to cash them up through the shortlived cycle of consumer goods.

“Social enterprise helps us find a way to put business back into the service of the common good.”

Communities all over the world,

How we spend our time and money is a decision about the type of future we want to live in.

Sue’s talk is called ‘Putting Business to Work for the Common Good’.

“Business has a split personality,” Sue said. “It’s sold to us as the driving force of progress. Bringing us all things bright and beautiful and enabling us to satisfy our desires, grow our wealth and advance humankind.

“And it’s demonised as a force that destroys our environment and unravels our societies. Rampaging

from Wanaka to Timbuktu are using the model Sue will outline in her talk.

Kathy Dedo’s talk is called The Parent Trap.

Statistically, the one job most people in the world have is that of parent. For someone who didn’t think too hard about becoming a mother “until it was too late”, Kathy is now on the frontline of parenting, both with her own children and as an advocate for

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Upper Clutha families. From a jetsetting consulting career to grassroots community work, Kathy has come full circle from someone who discounted the value of being a parent, to someone who wants to change the way the world looks at parenting. Kathy will look at what schools, governments, communities and families could do “to prepare us for the most mind-blowing, identity-shaping, underpaid career on the planet” and discuss how society could value parenting – financially, emotionally, and psychologically.

Howard Christian’s talk is called ‘Accessing the Heart’s Creative Intelligence’.

“This is the story of a dream lost and rediscovered after an earthquake,” Howard said. “It’s the story of finding inspiration in the heart and discovering the connectedness of all life on Earth.

And it’s the story of an emerging deep ecology supported by what must be the most important science experiment ever undertaken.”

crimescene Pirate steals crutches, reckless fire arms use A male wearing a pirate costume stole the crutches from an injured female sitting on Ardmore Street.

Another male was arrested for breaching his bail conditions, and another male arrested for being intoxicated and uncooperative on Saturday afternoon.

An officer dealt with two suspicious groups of people in the early hours of Friday morning in town. One, who had been on the roof of a building, saw the inside of the new station.

Police took a complaint of the theft of petrol cans from an address at the SH6 end of Aubrey Road.

A resident of Fastness Crescent reported her dogs were moved and tied up on the property while she was at work. Police would like to know who is responsible for this and why.

Police attended a complaint on Monday that a person was shooting on the lower banks of the Upper Clutha River near the Red Bridge. A shot ricocheted and hit a rock within 20m of the informant. Police spoke with two people who acknowledged they had been shooting in the area.

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

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Food forest springs to life Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The Hawea Domain Food Forest i s u n derwa y a n d a public planting day is being held this Saturday (October 19, 9am-12pm).

“We want to get some spring momentum into the project,” organiser Ben Elms said.

Anyone interested in helping can turn up with a spade,

and if people want to they can bring a plant to donate.

Ben has a wish list of plants,

has shown are particularly suited to the local conditions.

Herbs recommended

We want to get some spring momentum into the project. but said any herbs or fruit trees would be appreciated.

The wish list includes plants which the group’s research

include mints, fennels, sages and marjorams. Trees wanted include sweet chestnuts, and some species of plum,

peach, almond, quince, pear, elderberry, feijoa and apricot.

Other suitable fruit and vegetables would include artichokes, rhubarb, currants and various berries. The forest also needs plants which will provide some shelter or improve the soil such as Elaeagnus ebbingei, Arbutus unedo (strawberry trees) and lupin seeds.

Alternative to mammograms

inbrief Chris’s third book Wanaka author Chris Baldwin is launching her third book about her much loved dog Chief at the Wanaka Library this Saturday (October 19, 11am).

Chris, who moved to New Zealand from the United States almost three decades ago, wrote and published her first children’s picture book in 2011.

Her first book, Chief Loves to Chase, was followed by Chief - His Story, which was published last year.

Chief is well known in the area, as Chris and Chief have visited libraries and schools together. The third book in the series, Chief the Woofty Snoofty, is a rhyming and colourfully illustrated story about how Chief communicates with his nose and his mouth.

Street appeal success Almost $4200 was collected on Friday for the NZ Breast Cancer pink ribbon street Appeal. Street appeal organiser Judy Young said 60 volunteers manned nine spots around town during the day and they also received donations from the Tarras golf ladies and Wanaka Golf Club. Pink ribbon donation buckets are still out around Wanaka for those who missed the collection and want to contribute to the fundraiser.

Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Wanaka breast health professional Janice Cleghorn is opening her home to a breast health monitoring company for four days because she believes local women want an alternative to mammograms. “Some people don’t want or can’t have anymore radiation,” she said.

“Mammograms will miss 25 percent whereas this doesn’t miss anything.”

The visiting company has pioneered a technique called

‘thermography’ which uses an infra red camera and software to check metabolic function and do a 45-minute risk assessment. The process involves no squeezing or radiation. Janice invited the company to have a clinic in Wanaka as it will save women having to drive to Dunedin or Christchurch for the same service. “I know there are a lot of people who would like an alternative to a mammogram,” she said. The clinic will be held in early November.

ticketgiveaway Fiddler and friends Award winning fiddler Marian Burns and Friends (pictured Alex Milligan, Marian Burns, Ben McDonald and John Cameron) are performing at the Mosgiel Coronation Hall on October 22 in “If you’re Irish”, an Irish variety show.

The Irish-themed, toe-tapping, new show from the Daytime Concert Series, will feature favourite Irish tunes including Phil the Fluter’s Ball, That’s an Irish Lullaby, McNamara’s Band and I’ll take thee home again. The Wanaka Sun has a prize pack to give away which includes a double pass to the show, the Operatunity ten-year anniversary book and CD. Email admin@thewanakasun.co.nz to go into the draw.

Material Girls have Wanaka all sewn up The Material Girls have Wanaka all sewn up. After 25 years in the interior design industry, The Material Girls’ Sue Steven’s passion remains undiminished.

“No project is too small or too big. We welcome newcomers to Wanaka and promise you we will work together to design and create perfection in your home or business within your budget.”

With a fulltime sewing room and an extensive range of sampling on hand, as well as an international network for sourcing furniture and lighting, The Material Girls do it all.

“We help you with your interior design from small renovations to a new build”.

The Material Girls co-ordinate with you on colours, joinery, flooring, wall coverings, blinds, curtains, bedding and accessories.

Sue said “One of our most satisfying projects this year has been to be fully involved in the renovation of a middle aged home here in Wanaka; helping our client maximise design and minimise costs to bring new life into a 1970’s home.” This project is still ongoing.

“As The Material Girls, we have built our reputation over 12 years

with a commitment to service, an unsurpassed standard of workmanship and quality materials to create the perfect, seamless interior for you to enjoy for years to come.”

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youthmatters Welcome to a column that provides a forum to address issues relevant to the wellbeing of our community, including youth and their families.

Youth, health and wellbeing Adolescence is an important stage in life representing the transition from childhood to adulthood. Youth wellbeing is of critical importance for navigating the challenges of the teenage years and for establishing healthy patterns for adult life.

Recently the Adolescent Health Research Group (Auckland University) released an overview of findings from Youth ’12, the third national health and wellbeing survey of secondary school students in New Zealand.

Over the last decade the following trends have been noted: Students report significant improvements in: School life – more students are reporting that their teachers are fair, that they like school and feel that adults at school care about them Health-compromising behaviours including a reduction in substance use, risky driving behaviours, violence and sexual coercion/abuse.

However, students reported no improvement or a worsening in the following areas: inconsistent condom and contraception use;

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being bullied; being overweight or obese; not feeling they spend enough time with at least one parent; significant depressive symptoms; and parents worrying about having enough money or food.

Therefore, although the health and wellbeing of our youth has improved in certain areas, there remain areas that have not improved, or worsened, for young people over the last decade.

The Wanaka community is active in a number of prevention and intervention strategies relating to these areas of concern. Intervention works best when the community, parents, schools and police work in partnership together. Recent initiatives have been developed locally in relation to alcohol use, suicidal behaviour, family violence and the mental health of youth.

Information and data for this article was accessed from Youth ’12 Overview, Uniservices, Adolescent Health Research Group and the University of Auckland.

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Kiwi teens want more time with parents According to the report only 31 percent of the youth surveyed said they spent enough time with their fathers, while 49 percent said they spend enough time with their mothers.

Dr. Theresa Fleming from the Adolescent Health Research Group said that while teenagers are “hard work”, they still appreciate parental attention and involvement.

“If you are there, if you spend time, if you have fun as a family, if you know where your teenagers are, they will have less sex, less drugs, do better at school. So even though they are hard work, teenagers need families” Source: ONE NEWS, 01.08.2013.

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EDITORIAL What will Wanaka be like in three years time? Our new councillors and community board members seem enthused and determined to make a difference. Things seem to be moving in a positive direction with a mild but reassuring increase in the voter turnout in Wanaka.

But will the relentless grind of council procedure and protocol combined with the constant suggestions from concerned citizens grind them down?

Let’s hope not.

The old cliché about the ‘people having spoken’ seems true enough following the results, but that also means they may speak again and again and again. Having a quiet coffee in town will never be the same. Newly elected representatives, welcome to the world of dog lead and dog mess protocol, the choice of roundabout plantings and parking habits of council staff. Road humps, potholes, parking and Pembroke Park. Multimillion dollar sports facilities, convention centres and toxic sprays. Library staffing, littering, consent delays, council inconsistencies and many, many meetings await you. The three years will be but a blur.

The mixture of re-elected and new representatives seems like a good mix. Let’s get behind them.

GREAT LOOKING BOLLARDS ON THE ROUNDABOUT MARTIN HAPPY 3RD ANNIVERSARY TO G & M WE HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE. WHY IS THE BIG LINE AT LISMORE ALWAYS CLOSED? THOUGHT IT WAS FOR PUBLIC USAGE AND NOT JUST USED AND DUG BY WANNABE PROS. JUST ASKED THE GIRLFRIEND TO MARRY ME......SHE WANTS DEAN BARKER AS BRIDESMAID! Q: WHAT’S A HEALTHY DIET CHOICE FOR A LONG LIFE IN RUSSIA? A: PUTIN FREE. HAPPY ‘FIRST BIRTHDAY IN NZ’ PAULA XXX BIG LOVE

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Striking a balance Further to the news story, Charity Shop Prices Criticised, (Wanaka Sun, October 10): If Salvation Army family store customers find their financial situations are a barrier to purchasing essential items, we ask that they approach the store manager or myself. Assistance and support is available to those experiencing tough times and we will endeavour to confidentially support people using the means available to us.

Profits from family stores are used exclusively to fund the delivery of community services in the communities in which the stores are located. This source of funding is significant and without it our ability to provide these services would be significantly reduced.

The Salvation Army in the Queenstown Lakes District helps several hundred families each year with the provision of counselling, social work, food assistance, advocacy and other services – services we intend to develop further in Wanaka in the short term.

Over the course of a year, there are regular instances of our family stores providing our clients with clothing, furniture or furnishings among other things. A significant proportion of these clients are both individuals and families who are experiencing severe poverty, homelessness or attempting to change their lives by seeking help to recover from drug, alcohol and gambling abuse.

The Salvation Army works with materially deprived families, many of whom are experiencing levels of hardship and trauma that few of us would understand. In attempting to strike a balance between fair pricing at our family stores and funding services, it is these people who are foremost on our minds.

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Snowsport base gearing up wastebusters

Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun

New events at the Winter Olympics such as slopestyle and halfpipe suit New Zealand’s “adventurous spirit” and reflect the investment made in recent years, according to one of our top sporting administrators.

High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) chief executive and former Canadian Olympic gold medallist Alex Baumann was in Wanaka for the official launch of the Snow Sports NZ high performance training and recovery facility.

Prior to having their own training base and a dedicated organisation to provide support, New Zealand’s top snowsports athletes often relied on gym memberships to train. “That is not high

performance,” Alex said.

The Snow Sports NZ organisation has evolved from the Winter Performance Programme into a stand alone “onestop-shop” for snowsports with strong leadership and support creating a sense of ownership by the athletes he said Snowsport athletes and coaches aiming for the Olympics gathered at the Anderson Road facility on Monday for the official opening by Alex and Snow Sports NZ head Marty Toomey.

Specialised equipment includes an outdoor “super tramp” imported from Canada specifically for snowboarders and skiers to practise aerials, an airbag, force plates to measure power and velocity, a slackline and unicycle for balance along with more traditional

strength and fitness training equipment.

Camera equipment is used to monitor technique and athletes also have hot and cold baths to use in the recovery area.

HPSNZ provides Snow Sports NZ with specialists in sports psychology, nutrition, physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, analysis, medical care and coaching. Some are based permanently in Wanaka with others travelling from other centres.

The training area gives winter sports athletes a base to train when off the mountain and can be used by carded athletes from all sports that receive funding from HPSNZ. The new Wanaka facility has been operating since April and is part of a government funded network such as the National Training Centre

in Auckland, Rowing New Zealand’s centre in Karapiro, and regional high performance hubs in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington.

New Zealand has its strongest medal prospects in freeskiing and snowboarding but those sports inclusion as Olympic events has raised the international standard substantially.

“When it gets in the games [Olympics] it’s much more competitive,” Alex said.

A former Canadian Olympic swimmer, who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Alex won two gold medals and broke world records in the 200m and 400m medley events at the 1984 Los Angeles games. He was appointed HPSNZ chief executive in January 2012.

Hospice fundraising up and running Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Another initiative to raise money for a hospice in Wanaka starts on Saturday (October 19). The Upper Clutha Lions have organised a ‘Walk for Our Wanaka Hospice’. Teams of four people will pay $100 per team to wear pedometers for six weeks and see how far they can walk in that time. Teams don’t have to walk as a group, they just need to record how many steps members take and collate weekly totals so each team’s progress can be recorded on a map of New Zealand. The team which walks the furthest before November 30 will have a special dinner cooked for members and their partners by the Lions Projects Committee.

“It’s not really a competition,”

projects committee member Christel Bohm said. “It’s just a way to raise money for the hospice, and to encourage older people to get a little bit fit.” Christel has entered a team and has already

members have been encouraged to recruit non-members to their teams. The fundraiser includes three organised walks beginning with one from Bremner Bay into town on Saturday (October 19).

It’s just a way to raise money for the hospice, and to encourage older people to get a little bit fit. been experimenting with her pedometer. “It’s amazing how the steps add up,” she said. “I seem to be doing between seven and 10,000 steps a day. Mind you, the health professionals say we should aim for 10,000.” Christel said the Lions hope to get about 30 teams entering. “That would give us $3000 for the hospice,” she said. Club

Entrants can swim or bike if they prefer. Swimming 1000m will be counted as equivalent to 4,750 steps, and biking 1000m will count as 300 steps.

“Walk for our Wanaka Hospice” was the brainchild of Barbara MacKenzie, who was involved in organising a similar challenge in Australia.

Unpackit deadline approaches There is less than a month to go before voting in the Unpackit Awards close at midnight on November 8, so it’s all about packaging for the Wastebusters education team. This week Sophie and I are off to the Sustainability City Showcase in Auckland with a display of all the Unpackit finalists in this year’s awards.

We will get to talk to lots of people about packaging and the Unpackit project to clean up bad packaging. It’s a great chance to check out inspirational environmental initiatives like Conscious Consumers and 350.org.

The showcase is designed to replicate a sustainable city, but there are no hair shirts or socks and sandals on show; more like delicious

raw food, fair trade coffee and super-styley local fashion designers.

We were rapt to hear that Wastebusters has made the second round of the Sustainable Business Network’s awards for Unpackit. The competition in our category is pretty intense; we’re up against Wellington Zoo, Conscious Consumers and Waikato University, plus about five others. If you want to help us make the cut-off in the next round, make sure you’ve voted in the Unpackit Awards. You can either vote online, on the Unpackit Facebook page, or in the Wastebusters shop. The full display of all the best and worst finalists will be back in the shop next week, and

seeing them in real life makes it much easier to choose.

This year the reusable Rethink bags are doing really well, which I think shows that people are looking for alternatives to plastic supermarket bags. Chelsea sugar in plain paper bags, and the David Trubridge seed kitset system for designer lights are close on their heels.

In the Worst Packaging Award, people are finding it hard to go past veggies on meat-trays, but Nescafe single serve capsules and Dell over-packaging also seem to have the annoyance x-factor. Sue Coutts and Ivy Willmott pictured with the best and worst contenders.

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Mini-festival for 2014 Festival of Colour organisers have plans for an ‘off-year’ programme in 2014 which will include one-off performances and a ‘festival of ideas’ based on the Aspiring Conversations sessions. This was announced at the AGM on Tuesday. The meeting was also told 2013 festival broke even financially. This was attributed to an increase in box office takings and donations from patrons and benefactors which offset reduced income from sponsorship and grants in a ‘particularly challenging’ financial environment.

Festival chair Hetty Van Hale said the festival has a great reputation. “The quality of programming, the number of people that engage with the festival, the audience appreciation, the welcome for performers, along with strong community support all ensure that we continue to be regarded as one of the best in the country,” she said.

She thanked key grant makers Creative New Zealand (CNZ), Central Lakes Trust and the Community Trust of Otago, as well as gold sponsor Aurora and the 150 festival patrons and benefactors who, “contribute financially to ensure we can keep ticket prices low”.

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notice Chandler, Marie Frances 1947 – 2013 Ross and his family would like to sincerely thank friends, family and acquaintances for the many cards, messages and letters of support and phone calls and flowers which they received following Marie’s passing in Blenheim on August 16th The family invites and will welcome you all to a function to celebrate Marie’s life at The Luggate Hotel at 2.00pm on Wednesday the 23rd of October.

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sport results BRIDGE RESULTS: Championship Pairs 9. Silver Division:- Allan Kelly, Georgie Roberts 59.49% 1. Mary Gibson-Collings, Jacqueline Roberts 57.18% 2. Clare Scurr, Ann-Louise Stokes 56.48% 3. East/West:Max & Laraine Shepherd 59.26% 1. Jan Anderson, Jan Lyness 57.87% 2. Errol Kelly, Ian McDonald 54.40% 3.Bronze Division. North/South:- Morag Chisholm, Neil Robinson 62.27% 1. Josey McKenzie, carol Orbell 56.94% 2. Julie Mulholland, Kate Summers 52.08% 3 East/West:- Jan Cunningham, John Mercer 56.94% 1.

Pauline Davidson, Jane Hamilton 56.25% 2. Elaine Herbert, Shona Watt 55.56% 3.

Friday Bridge 11 October. North/South:Mo Schofield, Deirdre Lynch 61.92% 1.

Clare Scurr, Heather Wellman 58.65% 2.

Madeleine Reveley, Jean Stokes 56.73% 3.East/West:- Suzanne Ewing, Helen Mathewson 60.19% 1. Mary GibsonCollings, Jo Wallis 60.00% 2. Joy Baxter, Josey McKenzie 59.42% 3..Hunter Pairs. 9 October. Lynne Fegan, Maggie Stratford 82.14% 1. Charles Kiewiet, John Mercer 60.26% 2. Jean Stokes, Jo Wallis 59.72% 3.Tommie Munns, Hamish Taylor 53.33% 4. Richard & Annie Freeman 52.08% 5.

Partners-Jan Allen, Eclectic-Kate Norman, Ringer Competition-Gross-Jan Gibson, Nett-Barbara Kane, Canadian Foursomes-Barb Annan & Lynn Rae, Runners-up-Avril Templeton & Maria Wilson, Phillips Trophy-A. Rowley, Clark TrophyMaire McElrea, Putting-Barbara Kane, Robert J. Winton Tray-Kate Norman, Jan Gibson Prize-A. Rowley. Senior Champion-Carmel Hyndman, R/up-Jan Gibson, Intermediate Champion-Annabel Spiers, R/up-Maire McElrea, Junior ChampionCheryl Sinnamon, R/up-Jan Allen. Men’s 2013 Prize List:Clark Trophy-Richard Pullar, 4BBBB-Colin Pledger, Putting-Richard Pullar, Purvis Cup-Bonar Rowley, Phillips Trophy-Murray Hyndman, Brian Goodger Tray-Ken Galloway, Deer Park TrophyHolger Reinecke & Tom Moore, Lindis River Prize-Simon Maling, Single Knockout-Dave Trevathan, Ringer Gross-Tom Moore, Nett-Richard Pullar, Arkwrights Longest 19th-Graeme Rive and Ken Galloway. Senior Champion-Tom Moore, R/up-Holger Reinecke, Intermediate Champion-Ken Galloway, R/up-Richard Pullar, Junior Champion-Beau Trevathan, R/up Bonar Rowley

TARRAS GOLF CLUB CLOSING DAY Ambrose results-1st:Murray Hyndman, Jessiah Carnie, Margaret Sell, Lyndsey Harrison 57.1; 2nd:John Dawson, Jan Gibson, Bonar Rowley, Holger Reinecke 57.1; 3rd:Dave & Beau Trevathan, Tim Cotter, Doug Wilson 58.2; 4th:Carmel Hyndman, A. Rowley, Callum Grant, Jimmy Cotter 59.0; Graeme Rive, Ken Galloway, Stephanie Still, Gilly Taylor 59. Individual 2’s-Carmel Hyndman & John Dawson. Women’s 2013 Prize List:Patterson Trophy-Margaret Sell, Purvis Cup-Gilly Taylor, Single Knockout-Jan Gibson, Runner-up-Annabel Spiers, Annan Trophy-A.Rowley, Sealed

WANAKA BOWLS RESULTS Monday 2x4x2 1 George Russell and Bruce Hamilton, 2 John Barrow and Isobel James, 3 K Chartres and Trevor Tovey Friday Progressive Skip 1 Don McLeay 2 Glad Cross 3 Scottie Culverwell, Third 1 Neville Dippie 2 David Byers 3 John Gale, Lead 1 Rick McLean 2 Iain Fletcher 3 Robyn Chartres.

LAKE HAWEA GOLF CLUB Stableford Men 1 Kahu Vincent 42,2 Tim Cotter 40, 3 Neville Roberts 40, 4 Tony Arscott 39, 5 Adam Clifford 38. Ladies 1 Linda Osborne 30, 2 Alison Brown 28. Nearest the pin No 1 Dick Sullivan, No 5 Stu Burt. Two’s No 14 Alison Brown.

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Safety training for hunters Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun Hunter training courses run by the local deerstalkers’ club have proven very popular and are currently oversubscribed with an extensive waiting list in the Wanaka area.

“There’s a lot of enthusiasm out there,” Upper Clutha Deerstalkers’ Club spokesperson Dan Orbell said.

Run in conjunction with the National Deerstalkers’ Association and the Mountain Safety Council, the introductory hunting course is designed to help and encourage new and potential hunters.

The club started running the Hunter National Training Scheme (HUNTS) programme three years ago with evening theory modules including firearm

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safety, hunting ethics and wildlife management, equipment and clothing, navigation and safety and the biology, habitat and behaviour of different game species. The course also involves day sessions with experienced hunters and guides providing

trainees with a “hands-on” experience for safe, effective hunting practices and firearm handling and marksmanship.

Safe river-crossing technique is also taught with Wayne Casey, Tim Mitchell and Samantha Fleming pictured on the course

last week in the chilly waters of the Hawea River.

A weekend hunt for red deer and pigs concludes the course with trainees and their instructors camping overnight at Glendene Station and learning field butchery, trophy preparation, meat care and preserving.

Safe firearm and hunting practices are a major part of the courses Dan said, with target identification, shooting positions and risk management covered by the modules.

The Upper Clutha Deerstalkers’ Club is in its fourth year and recently exceeded 150 members.

As well as giving meat packs to the Community Networks’ foodbank, the club has just donated 16 animal eyes to the Mount Aspiring College science department.

Gina Crawford - Albert Town iron Tim Brewster Wanaka Sun While her two year-old son Benny was enjoying the tropical Hawaiian air, Albert Town triathlete Gina Crawford, 33, was grinding out a top ten finish in the Ironman World Championships.

It was her third time racingintheevent,knownas oneofthetoughestIronman events in the world, and she placed ninth in a time of 9:14.47 maintaining a record of top ten finishes despite being disappointed not to make it into the top five.

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With 11 iron distance wins including five Challenge Wanaka titles, she is considered one of the country’s strongest distance triathletes.

Gina, her partner Brett and Benny moved to the Wanaka area at the beginning of the year and she said she loves training here because of the variety.

“We absolutely love it in Albert Town, it’s like a little multisport hub with the tracks branching off in several directions from there. So I run on the trails out to Hawea, or Luggate or the outlet track around

to Wanaka and also around and over Mount Iron.

During winter I did mainly mountain biking rather than road cycling on the same tracks. In the summer, spring and autumn I road cycle several routes. Out

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towards Treble Cone, the road towards Haast, around Lake Hawea and then around the road towards Tarras and my favourite is over the Crown Range to Queenstown because of the challenge of the climb.”

The Hawaii Ironman on the island of Kona has been held since 1978 and is the original iron distance event. The women’s race was won by Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae in a record time of 8:52.14, which included a 2:50 marathon, the third fastest time ever for both male and female competitors. The men’s race was won by Belgian Frederik Van Lierde in a time of 8:12.29. New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty withdrew from the race in his first attempt at the event, 30km from the finish.

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