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Water quality concern Hawea groups have written to local and regional councils expressing concern about the long term water quality of the lake, river and aquifer. PAGE 2

Convention centre on agenda Wanaka residential ratepayers could pay the smallest percentage of costs for the proposed Queenstown Convention Centre according to the recommended rating model to be considered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council during a council meeting in Wanaka today. PAGE 3 THUR 27.03.14 - WED 02.04.14

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Signs to warn drivers ducks may be crossing Ardmore Street have been erected at either end of Pembroke Park. The two signs cost the Queenstown Lakes District Council about $500. They were suggested

by Wanaka resident Karen Neilsen after she saw one of a pair of Paul Wright King ofStreet Stickylast 2014 on Saturday, beating ducks runwas overcrowned on Ardmore year.

Wanaka ward councillor Braden Currie (second) and Simon Carroll (third).

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Lyal Cocks voted against erecting the signs.

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Air crash investigation released Multisport in good hands PAGE 8

Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun A helicopter which crashed in Mount Aspiring National Park nearly three years ago, killing Graham Stott and Marcus Hoogvliet, was operating in a “high risk situation,” at high altitude, with a heavy load and in turbulence, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission has found.

The crash happened at about 12.30pm on April 27, 2011.

Wanaka Helicopters instructor Graham Stott, aged 31, was training 21-year-old Marcus Hoogvliet in a two-seat Robinson R22 helicopter.

They departed Wanaka Aerodrome on a training flight through part of the Southern Alps on the morning of April 27. They followed Lake Wanaka and went over the Haast Pass to Neil’s Beach airstrip at Jackson Bay, about 35km south of Haast township, where they refuelled.

They were to return to Wanaka via the Matukituki Saddle, near Mount Aspiring. However, the helicopter’s flight-tracking device showed that, instead of passing over the Matukituki Saddle, they turned right over the nearby Waipara Saddle and into the Arawhata River valley.

The commission’s report, following

its investigation into the crash, has been released this week. It said it was unlikely this diversion was deliberate as, had something been wrong, the typical escape path should have been to turn left across the wind and head back down the river valley.

The helicopter may have been forced across the Waipara Saddle by a strong cross-wind, the commission said, with the pilots deciding it would be safer to turn with the wind and escape down the Arawhata River valley instead.

The forecast was for fine weather with a southeast wind blowing across the Southern Alps to the west. However, the wind was reported to be stronger -

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about 40kph, with gusts of up to 60 or 70kph over the mountain passes - which created turbulence in areas such as the Matukituki Saddle.

Before departing Haast, the pilots told a local helicopter operator they had expected 10 knots of wind, but it had been closer to 30 knots. They said they may have to alter their return flight path due to the weather.

Their helicopter was reported overdue on the afternoon of April 27.

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sunnews Police hunt assailants Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Police are confident they will soon know who the local men were who assaulted a visitor to town outside the Doughbin in the early hours of Sunday morning (March 23).

“We’re reviewing CCTV footage and talking to witnesses and I’m confident we’ll identify the offenders,” Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said. “It would be better if they came to us and gave us their version of events. There are always two sides to the story.” Witnesses say the victim was knocked to the ground and kicked in the head a number of times.

The police received a call at 12.46am and went to the scene where they found a man lying on Ardmore Street “with obvious head injuries,” Senior Sergeant Grindell said.

He was taken to Dunstan Hospital by ambulance and has since spoken to police. The man lives in Central Otago and is 32 years old.

“His injuries were not life threatening,” Senior Sergeant Grindell said. “We are still speaking with witnesses and would like to talk to anyone else involved.”

The men who attacked the victim were in their early 20s and had left the Water Bar minutes before the assault.

Water metering a possibility Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun A report recommending further investigation into the use of water meters for reticulated treated water in the region is on the agenda for today’s Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting.

The council wants to reduce water demand and defer the need for extensions to its infrastructure. A statement from the council said progress had been made on improving the leaking network over the last three years but the district continues to use far more than the national norm of 200 litres per person per day.

Chief Executive Adam Feeley said if the council could reduce demand and manage the supply better, it could save ratepayers around $10 million in the next ten to 15 years by delaying the need to expand the water network. He said water metering wouldn’t increase revenue for the council, but it would enable the cost of supplying and managing treated water to be more fairly allocated among users, as the current targeted rating system is a relatively blunt instrument.

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Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Hawea groups have written to local and regional councils expressing concern about the long term water quality of the lake, river and aquifer.

A response from the Queenstown Lakes District Council indicates it is primarily concerned about drinking water standards, as opposed to the water quality of the lake, which it states is the responsibility of the Otago Regional Council. No reply has been received from ORC to date.

Letters were sent from the Hawea Community Association and the Guardians of Lake Hawea to both engineer Nichola Greaves at QLDC and Rachel Ozanne at ORC, on February 20. Copies were sent to CEOs Adam Feeley (QLDC) and Peter Bodeker (ORC) on February 25.

HCA deputy chair Don Robertson said the genesis of the letters was the concerns of Hawea residents about the quality of their drinking water after the January 2014 E. coli “boil water event”.

(E. coli was found in the town water supply and the QLDC issued boil water notices and began chlorinating the water.) Don said while the associations were impressed with the council’s “text book” response, in particular from Nichola Greaves, they had convened a group of local scientists and informed residents to discuss the wider issues.

“Our first steps are to seek reassurance about the robustness of current water testing practices and to become better informed about the management of our freshwater resources,” the letters to Adam Feeley and Peter Bodeker said. The letters asked QLDC questions about the process of testing for E.coli (frequency and location of tests, etc.) and how long the chlorination will continue.

ORC was asked questions about which biological or physical attributes are being monitored in the lake, its catchments and

the aquifer, including by whom, with what frequency, and where.

Both councils were asked how they cooperate in their statutory roles with respect to monitoring the lake and its catchments, the river and the aquifer.

The reply from QLDC came from chief engineer Ulrich Glasner.

He said once Lake Hawea’s new water supply (water will be sourced from bores drilled into the gravel under Scott’s Beach) was operating “it will remove most of the underlying concerns that both your organisations have raised, which relate to the QLDC’s area of responsibility.

“Underlying concerns about water quality in Lake Hawea are the responsibility of the Otago Regional Council,” he said. “Once the new water treatment supply is established, QLDC will no longer have a direct interest in Lake Hawea’s water quality. Our responsibility for the quality of any discharges from community stormwater systems will remain.”

Ulrich said the chlorination will finish when people stop irrigating their gardens, as that is when the community’s water supply can come through one pump, rather than two, which means the existing UV unit will be able to treat the water to the required standard, without the necessity of using chlorination.

Don Robertson said while this is good news, saying “it will eliminate faecal contamination or silt loading from our town supply and mean we never again need chlorination of our drinking water”, the community should continue to be vigilant about Lake Hawea water quality “given that the new bore source might mean that we pay less attention to how clean our lake water is”.

Don said the QLDC response was reasonably full and comprehensive and the HCA would consider Urlich’s offer to meet with the association to discuss water treatment and clarify any unclear answers. Meanwhile, he is looking forward to a response from ORC.

Sports facility plans cut to fit budget Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun The first stage of Wanaka’s sport facility at Three Parks will comprise two indoor courts and an outdoor artificial surface, and the existing swimming pool complex on Plantation Road will be upgraded, if the council accepts the steering group’s recommendation.

The Wanaka Sports Facility Steering Group said, in a report the Queenstown Lakes District Council would consider today, that the range of facilities had been reduced to fit the council’s stage one budget of $16.84 million.

In addition to the indoor courts and outdoor surface, stage one would include retractable seating, toilets, changing rooms, storage space, “casual recreation” space and 128 car parks. A separate learner’s pool would be added to the swimming pool complex on Plantation Road, along with a new entrance area and changing rooms and upgraded plant.

The original plan for stage one included three indoor courts, with space for another two; two floodlit football fields, one with an artificial surface and the other grassed at this stage; a grassed area, possibly floodlit; a playground; an outdoor paved court; a sand-filled artificial turf for various sports and training; the option for a perimeter track with a fitness trail to be added; and a two-level concourse housing reception, a clubroom, meeting areas, storage and changing rooms.

The report to council said quantity surveyors had estimated the original stage one plan would cost $21.7 million, far exceeding the $16.84 million set aside in the council’s 2012-22 Long Term Plan. Sports New Zealand had also said the original stage one plan would exceed the Upper Clutha’s needs during the next ten to 20 years.

The revised stage one, as recommended by the steering group, was estimated to cost $12.3 million for the facilities at Three Parks PAGE 2

and $2.1 million to upgrade the existing swimming pool complex.

Funding for stage one of the sports facility was expected to come from rates, grants from funding organisations and development contributions. The residential rates increase, based on the original budget of $16.84 million and with an operating deficit of $865,000 per annum, was expected to be 2.35 percent higher than 2014-15 rates.

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However, the council may no longer be able to put development contributions toward the project, as the government was reconsidering the way this revenue could be used.

Council staff were expected to present revised funding options, and the impact on rates, to the council next month. It was anticipated the budget would be included in the council’s 2014-15 Annual Plan.

A spokesperson for the Local Government Minister, Paula Bennett, said the Local Government and Environment Select Committee had heard submissions on the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill, which proposed changes to the development contributions scheme, and was due to report back to the House on May 12.

Debate about the Wanaka sports facility began in 2007. At that stage, consultation showed the community’s priorities were an aquatic centre, indoor courts, grass fields, outdoor courts and artificial turf. However, the council did not include funding for an aquatic centre in its Long Term Plan.

The council reconvened the steering group late last year to undertake another round of consultation, to check whether the community’s priorities had changed. Thirty-three sports and community groups were consulted and 230 people completed an online survey with the majority agreeing with the original ranking of priorities.

The steering group’s report to the council said that, had it not been constrained by the $16.84 million budget in the council’s Long Term Plan, it would have recommended the council build a new aquatic centre, comprising a 25m pool and a learner’s pool at Three Parks.

The steering group has also recommended the council compare the cost of the project to completed sports facilities in the South Island, to ensure it was getting “value for money” and to “minimise the financial burden to the community.” It also suggested the council consider potential partners in the project and what commercial opportunities it presented, to offset operating costs.

Construction would begin later this year and be completed in 2016, providing the council confirmed the make-up of the sports facility this month.

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Investigation released was unaware of how unsafe it was to fly an R22 helicopter at high altitude, at near maximum weight, and in conditions of River at about 9am the following day.

The commission has found the helicopter moderate to extreme turbulence. The was flying at a high altitude, of about 5500 commission said New Zealand regulators feet (1676 metres) above mean sea level; had not made the risk of exceeding the its load was close to its maximum allowed limitations of the R22 and the four-seat weight, and it was entering an area of Robinson R44 helicopters sufficiently “moderate to extreme” turbulence. It said clear to pilots, through guidance and the aircraft broke up in flight because the mandatory requirements.

The R22 flight manual also failed to main rotor blades “flapped up and down to the limit stops and the blades flexed draw adequate attention to instructions and situations which could result in injury beyond their normal…range.”

Both the main rotor blades struck and or death, the commission said.

It had recommended the Director of separated the tail boom.

“From that point the helicopter was Civil Aviation review Robinson helicopter safety awareness training uncontrollable, and in New Zealand; facilitate the crash inevitable,” From that point the adoption of best the commission said.

There was no the helicopter was practice; and adopt any aspects of the United evidence of a preexisting problem with uncontrollable, and the States’ Federal Aviation Administration’s policies the aircraft, which was which would improve built in 2004 and had crash inevitable safety in New Zealand. flown 1300 hours.

The commission said while a more The most recent airworthiness review had been completed four months earlier, “crashworthy” emergency locator transmitter would not have changed with no issues detected.

However, the commission said that, the outcome of this accident, because due to the extent of the damage, a pre- it was not survivable, it urged the Civil existing problem could not be ruled out. Aviation Authority to continue to support It found the cause of the rotor blade international efforts to improve the device; severing the tail boom was probably due to include GPS information in the data to one, or all, of three factors – turbulence they transmit; and to also encourage the buffeting the helicopter, the main rotor use of flight tracking devices, particularly speed being allowed to drop beneath its in remote areas.

Graham Stott held a commercial lower limit, or the pilots making “large and abrupt” movements of the controls. helicopter pilot’s licence and had completed While Marcus Hoogvliet was sitting 1955 flying hours, most of which had been in the right-hand seat of the helicopter, in Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters and where the pilot who was flying would in the mountains around Wanaka.

Marcus Hoogvliet, who held a private normally sit, it could not be confirmed who was flying when the helicopter broke helicopter pilot’s licence, was working toward his commercial pilot’s licence up, the commission said.

It had identified several safety issues, and had completed 88 flying hours in including whether a general lack of Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters. industry knowledge meant Graham Stott

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Going purple for a day Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Holy Family Catholic School held a purple mufti day yesterday to raise funds for New Zealand Epilepsy and the children were visited by Baxter the epilepsy dog (in training).

Seven-year-old Holy Family Catholic School student Cooper Scott shared his story

with Wanaka Sun: “I have epilepsy. Medicine helps people to not have seizures. I have to take my medicine in the morning and at night every day to help my epilepsy. I haven’t had a seizure for nearly a year! But when I have a seizure I have to

call out loudly because I can’t see. Then after a while I can’t even talk. Some of my seizures were only three minutes, and most of them were from ten to 30 minutes, but one was three and a half hours. I got to go to Dunedin in a red helicopter but I can’t remember it at all!”

Guidelines to improve road safety The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a guide for safer journeys for rural schools and companion guidelines for school communities.

The main guide provides technical guidance for road controlling authorities and engineers, so they can assess risk and identify the most effective solutions to improve road safety around schools. The companion guidelines are targeted at schools, boards of trustees and parents. It lists common road safety issues for schools, provide a short guide to help communities to identify the risks at their school, and present a range of effective solutions.

“Rural school safety is an important issue for many rural communities, especially concerns about traffic speed near schools on open roads,” Automobile Association Policy Manager Simon Douglas said. “The guide talks about school safety being a shared responsibility for local communities as well as road users, and notes that speed limits are only part of the solution.

There are many ways that communities can improve their children’s safety like improving carparks, off-road bus lay-bys and the visibility of the school zone with flashing warning signs or road markings.”

inbrief Community patrol meeting POLICE BRIEF Wanaka Police are inviting community-minded people to a meeting at the Lake Wanaka Centre at 7pm today. There will be a presentation from Community Patrols of New Zealand and a discussion about setting up a community patrol in Wanaka which would also cover Lake Hawea and surrounding areas.

Consent sought for wastewater plant Fulton Hogan Limited has applied for resource consent to establish and operate a solar drying facility at the quarry site on State Highway 8A, LuggateTarras Road which will process secondary solids from the Wanaka Wastewater Treatment Plant (“Project Pure”). The secondary solids would be transported in covered trucks from Project Pure to the facility with a maximum of four trucks per day on week days. It is estimated that the removal off site will involve two truckloads per week.

Consent is sought for 35 years.

A large glasshouse is proposed to hold the secondary solids and would be erected over an asphalt base occupying an area of 1404sqm, the building will be 96m long x 12.8m wide and have a maximum height above ground level of 4.8m. The building will hold the solids for about a 14-month maturation period.

Consent is not sought for the application of the bio-solid fertiliser to land.

Submissions on the application will be received by the Queenstown Lakes District Council Consent Authority until April 29.

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crimescene Drink driving, scuffles and serious injury On March 17, police received a complaint that a shade cloth at the Aspiring Early Learning Centre in Warren Street had been damaged. Senior Constable Ian Henderson said the centre had spent $14,000 on its shade cloths and they must not be used as trampolines by students. A pair of orange Fila size 38.5 sports shoes were left at the scene and the senior constable advises “if they belong to your child then you can claim them at the Wanaka Police Station.”

On the same day, an iPhone 4s was stolen from Fitzpatrick’s Bar. On Tuesday March 18, police attended a serious head-on vehicle crash north of Makarora involving two vehicles and said one had crossed the centreline. The occupants of the vehicles were transported to Dunedin Hospital by helicopter and the Wanaka Medical Centre by road.

On March 21, a 57-year-old local man was processed for drink driving with a very high reading. He has been fined and disqualified from driving.

On the evening of March 22, a scuffle at the Opium Bar which resulted in those involved being ejected from the bar. The incident was resolved with police intervention.

On March 23, an under-20-year-old drink-driver was processed by police.

After midnight, the police assisted ambulance staff with a female who had missed a step and fallen on a set of concrete steps behind the library, causing herself a serious head injury.

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Harvest Sunday service success

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Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun

The Combined Churches of Wanaka harvest celebration service and picnic at Rippon attracted a large crowd on Sunday, including Anglican Bishop Kelvin Wright. Kelvin is on a hikoi through the lower South Island celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first Christian sermon preached in New Zealand.

He said he was very impressed with the weather, the sense of community and the response to the new Anglican vicar.

Here’s what he had to say on his hikoi blog: “The weather was great: one of those hot, still, Central Otago days with clear golden light and dry air. The venue was a hillside with a view of Ruby Island floating serenely in the blue lake with the lion coloured mountains beyond.

The trees were just starting to turn colour, making them a vibrant light golden green. A couple of vintage Tiger Moth aircraft droned picturesquely overhead and the waterskiers on the lake were far enough away not to be heard.

“All the churches of Wanaka were present and a few other people beside. A very good band from the New Life Centre played a variety of modern worship songs, people read and prayed and spoke on cue and all of them had thought about their various tasks and practised them. All of the local clergy took part in the service.

“What impressed me was the congenial way people from the various churches moved around and interacted with one another. There was a very strong sense of community and common purpose which I found hopeful.

“I like Wanaka. It is a tourist magnet but it feels less frenetic and more ordered than its bigger sister on the other side of the Crown Range. It offers many opportunities for the local church. [Anglican vicar] Damon Plimmer is making a stunning job of leading our congregations there, and in Cromwell and Tarras, and I lost count of the people who volunteered positive things about him and his family. This is one place where the Anglican Church is not in retreat and today’s service helped fan the flames of hope in me.”

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Convention centre on agenda Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun

Fundraising dream Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

and told him I had a dream, and he said ‘You should fulfill it’.”

Carol has been joined by Jody and two other friends, Gemma Wilson and Gini Rudhall who worked with them at Cardrona Alpine Resort, to help organise

rest will just have to dance in the street,” Carol said. The evening’s entertainment will include live music, an auction and raffles.

“I’ve been out today fundraising and I’ve come home with $1900 worth of vouchers. That’s just today. It’s amazing. I had tears in my eyes,” Carol said. “New World has given us $500 worth of food platters. We’ve got a free band from Brad at Radio Wanaka, and there will be a voucher from 47 Frocks for the person wearing the most pink.”

Pictured posing in pink are party organisers Gemma, Carol, Gini and Jody.

Four Wanaka women are organising a fundraiser for a three-year-old Hawea girl they have never met.

“I’ve always dreamed of doing something to help We heard about a sick child,” Carol Little said. “My friend Jody [Tuff] little Bella Wright and I were lying in the sun and decided to have a pink who is fighting leukaemia. party, and then we decided to make it a fundraiser.

“We heard about little Bella the fundraiser. They are throwing Wright who is fighting leukaemia. a party at the Lake Bar on Friday We don’t know her, or her family, April 11 from 7pm. It will cost but we decided to help. I texted $20 to get in the door and people her mother Kelly and she said will be greeted with a glass of they were very grateful.

See sunspots for details bubbly.

“I went to see Pete at the Lake Bar “There’s only 240 tickets. The

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Wanaka residential ratepayers could pay the smallest percentage of costs for the proposed Queenstown Convention Centre according to the recommended rating model to be considered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council during a council meeting in Wanaka today.

The proposed model highlighted that 85 percent of ratepayers would face a rates increase of zero to three percent, or about $10 to $130 a year, while 2.5 percent of ratepayers would face increases of between 15-26 percent.

“While a convention centre is likely to be a positive for the district as a whole in terms of economic benefit, the most direct beneficiaries of it are targeted for the most significant contribution to the cost of its development and operation” QLDC Chief Executive Adam Feeley said.

He said the report endeavoured to

present the most conservative possible picture of the financial implications of the convention centre.

“We have adopted a negative scenario for financial performance, and have not factored in the very significant revenue which will be generated from the sale or development from the remaining land at the Lakeview site.

Our advice is that the overall financial performance could be considerably better, and consequently the ratings impact could be less. However, council has signalled that it wishes to present a warts-and-all picture of the potential financial performance of a convention centre.”

If the report recommendations are adopted, the council will provide information on the proposed convention centre in this year’s Draft Annual Plan and seek the community’s views on whether to proceed with the project. The Plan will be adopted for public consultation before Easter.

New breastfeeding counsellors Support for breastfeeding mothers is growing in the area. Tam Benjamin and Kim Henderson graduate as Breastfeeding Peer Support Counsellors at a ceremony in Alexandra today. They have spent six weeks training through the Peer Counsellor Programme and will become part of Otago & Southland Breastfeeding Support.

Tam and Kim will join Kate Wolfe, Stephanie Anderson and Mel Rogers as part of Wanaka Breastfeeding Support which is supported locally by Graham and Olive West Charitable Trust and Southern PHO. “We’re delighted to have a valuable new addition of skilled and knowledgeable community support for breastfeeding mothers in Central,” Southern PHO Health Promotion Co-ordinator, Sarah Berger, said. “The peer counsellor

programme is a really effective initiative which helps to empower mothers experiencing breastfeeding challenges and to make choices that suit their family.

We’d like to let families know that if they ever need any non-judgmental support with breastfeeding there’s lots of help for them locally”.

Breastfeeding Peer Counsellors are trained volunteers who provide breastfeeding support and information on the normal course of breastfeeding, overcoming common barriers and breastfeeding problems. The counsellors are available for one-on-one support, home visits and phone, text or email help. There is also a monthly informal group drop-in at the Upper Clutha Plunket rooms on the first Monday of every month and a breastfeeding resource library, free to borrow.

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New ambulance celebrated

Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun

Wanaka’s new ambulance was dedicated at a ceremony on Tuesday.

A St John flag, bearing the charity’s symbol and bought with a grant from the Alpha Club of Wanaka, was also dedicated, at the Wanaka Presbyterian Community Church Centre.

From left, Nicole Price, Melanie Telford, Laetitia Telford and Abby Swift attended the celebrations.

St John Wanaka Station Manager, Don McMillan, said the new ambulance had been in use in the Upper Clutha since late last year.

The local service had two ambulances and the new vehicle had replaced an aging one. The flag, which St John members carried during formal occasions, such as on Anzac Day, had been purchased in 2012.

St John has announced charges for its services, which make a contribution to its costs, will increase from April 1.

The cost of treatment by an ambulance officer, or to be transported in an ambulance, will rise from $75 or $84, depending on the location of the patient, to a flat rate of $88 nationwide. The charge for patients not eligible for publicly-funded health care in New Zealand will increase from $769 to $800.

St John Communications Manager, Robyn Bern, said the higher charges were due to greater demand for the organisation’s services, due to population growth, the aging population and the increase in chronic diseases.

“It’s not just our experience – it’s across the whole health system.”

During the year to June 30, 2013, the number of 111 calls nationwide rose to 380,000 - 14,000 more than the previous year.

Locally, the number of ambulance callouts had remained fairly static in recent years. There were 1035 callouts in Wanaka in 2012-13, compared to 1070 in 2011-12, and 950 in 2010-11.

In Central Otago, which covered Wanaka, Cromwell, Alexandra, Roxburgh, Arrowtown, Queenstown, Glenorchy and Kingston, there were 4201 callouts in 2012-13, 4193 in 2011-12, and 4046 in 2010-11.

Don McMillan said there were enough St John volunteers to cope with the workload at present.

“We are in a very good position.”

In addition to St John Wanaka’s three fulltime professional staff, the service had 20 volunteers and six on a waiting list. Twenty volunteers equated to three or four 12-hour shifts each a month, Don said.

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Hospice prospects improving Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun auction at the Wanaka Show, and the golf club held a charity golf tournament, which included an auction for the hospice trust, and attracted 230 golfers.

“Our sincere thanks to the golf club, the tournament sponsor Hirepool, the many generous donors of the very desirable items for the auctions, and to the players and supporters of the tournament.

This has been the highlight of our fundraising to date,” Russell said.

Late last year the hospice trust received $14,300 from the Wanaka Rotary Club - raised at its Great Gatsby evening, and $11,500 from the Wanaka Ladies Lions Club – raised by selling calendars and holding a walk-a-thon, Russell said. “Underpinning all the trust’s fundraising activities is the trading at the Hospice Shop in Ballantyne Road. The level of trading has exceeded our expectations and the generosity of the community … has been most gratifying,” he said. “The success of the shop is dependent on Bev Rudkin and her band of some 50 volunteers who make it all work so successfully.”

Russell said the trust receives regular donations from many groups and individuals in the area, which also shows how strong the support is, for a hospice in Wanaka.

Pictured volunteering in the Upper Clutha Hospice Trust’s shop yesterday were Michelle Dowie, Arlene Bell and Annie Patterson.

Manager moves on Edgewater’s General Manager, Leigh Stock, is moving on after more than a decade in the role.

Leigh, who came to Wanaka in 2003, is leaving at the end of May to take up the position of general manager at The Hermitage Mount Cook a couple of weeks later.

During his time at Edgewater, Leigh also served on the boards of several organisations – Lake Wanaka Tourism, Southern Lakes Tourism and the Wanaka Chamber of Commerce, of which he was president for five years.

Leigh’s wife and children will remain in Wanaka and he will commute between the two centres.

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Growing old in Wanaka is becoming more appealing by the day. The Upper Clutha Hospice Trust has raised nearly $150,000 in nine months, and is on track with plans to open hospice rooms in the proposed new hospital for older people.

Both facilities will be in the Aspiring Retirement Lifestyle Village and should be operational by the end of next year.

Meanwhile, the Otago Community Hospice has made it easier for its Upper Clutha patients to stay at home for longer, by providing the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre with a syringe driver (pain pump).

This means local doctors can alleviate pain with the pump, including during the weekends. Prior to this, only district nurses had syringe drivers and, as they generally work weekdays, people needing this kind of pain relief at weekends had to go to hospital.

Otago Community Hospice Nurse Leader Sharon Stewart said the hospice is committed to keeping patients in their own homes for as long as possible.

Last year it employed 11 more night carers in the region which made a big difference, she said.

The community is supporting the Upper Clutha Hospice Trust’s efforts to have a hospice in Wanaka as soon as possible.

Chairman Russell McGeorge said this month the trust has received $22,000 from the Wanaka Golf Club and $6300 from PGG Wrightsons. The PGG Wrightsons’ donation was raised through an

A call for a show of hands to see if anyone wants the council service centre incorporated with the Wanaka Library received no votes at a library review public forum in the Lake Wanaka Centre last week. The call came from Kathy Dedo, with Mayor Vanessa van Uden adding the clause “as it [the library] now stands”.

“The council has not made a decision to put service centres in the libraries,” Vanessa told the meeting, which was attended by about 50 people. “It’s just the consultants’ recommendation.”

The Strategic Review of Library Services is being presented at today’s council meeting and the inclusion of short, medium and long term recommendations in the District Plan and Long Term Plan may be endorsed.

Last week’s public forum in Wanaka was very much a who’s who of those who have shown concern about proposed changes at the library during the past year. They included all three Wanaka councillors, library task force members, Wanaka Public Library Association (WPLA) members, council staff, current and former librarians, and interested members of the public.

Task Force member and former WPLA treasurer Jan Janata said surveys have shown that Wanaka locals love their librarians, would like longer opening hours and did not want to integrate the service centre with the library, which she said “should never be a business-orientated tourist attraction.”

Council general manager operations Ruth Stokes told the meeting that service centres in libraries had been shown to bring more people into libraries, citing South Taranaki as an example, and said it was a cost-saving measure.

Former Dunedin Mayor and Wanaka Public Libraries Association member Sukhi Turner said she would like to rebuff everything Ruth had said. “Our library is active and full and needs more space,” she said. “It is very important to look at the requirements and needs and wishes of the Wanaka district [as opposed to the whole QLDC domain]. Here there is nothing broken. When you take away people who have given us great service, that is when we are really concerned,” she said, referring to the loss of three library employees in November last year.

Jan Janata and Sara Crawford both reiterated people wanted longer hours at the library, with Sara suggesting the library being open on Sunday afternoons would suit school students, those who have sport on Saturdays and those who work full-time.

Task force member Paul Tamati spoke against the proposal for a new library in Frankton.

Other key points raised at the meeting included, the fact that the libraries task force did not unanimously support all the consultants recommendations; students wanted free WiFi and couches in the library; and that the council has no intention of removing books, but will review the balance of books and technology over time.

A similar forum was held in Queenstown the day before the one in Wanaka.

At that meeting there was general support for the idea of a one-stop-shop “as long as it was clearly marked”.

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Multisport in “good hands” Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The New Zealand Secondary Schools Multisport Championships were held for the first time in the South Island last weekend.

Multisport Adventure Racing president Bill Godsall said the championships will be held every third year in the South Island to give athletes an opportunity to race at the championships without having to travel to the North Island every year.

Pictured at the event are Cromwell students Lain McMillan, Tegan Buchanan and Carter McAuliffe.

Lain competed in the junior boys’ race which was the closest race of

the day. Trident High School’s Alex Coventry held on to a narrow lead over Lain who came in second. Tegan competed in the junior girls’ race and won the New Zealand title by more than six minutes. Carter was tenth in the senior boys’ category.

Mount Aspiring College student Craig Murray put in the strongest mountain-bike race of the day and finished third in the senior boys’ race.

Bill said he was impressed by the great camaraderie displayed by the students and the future of the sport was in “good hands” with the students racing extremely well.

PHOTO: NZ TRIATHLON

Sixth in sprint distance Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Nicky Samuels placed sixth in the sprint distance World Cup race in New Plymouth on Saturday.

Nicky raced well on the 750m-swim leg, emerging with the leaders and moving into the lead pack on the 20km-bike leg. She exited transition two onto the 5km-run leg in the first group and ran with

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the leaders for the first of three laps. As the pace increased Nicky dropped to sixth position, 40 seconds behind winner Katie Hursey (USA).

Nicky is now back in Wanaka for some final preparation before the first round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in Auckland in two weeks.

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inbrief Cardrona to Wanaka More than 400 people have already signed up to take part in the MT Outdoor Southern Lakes Half Marathon and 10km races this Saturday (March 29).

The half marathon, beginning from just below the Cardrona Alpine Resort entrance and finishing on Pembroke Park, starts at 9am. The 10km course beginning on Cardrona Valley Road with a direct run to Pembroke Park, starts at 10am.

Festival speakers announced

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Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Albion Cricket Club’s Year seven and eight team has about $1500 worth of new gear, after successfully applying for a slice of the ANZ bank’s $100,000 annual cricket grant scheme.

The bats, pads, helmets and gloves were presented to the team on Tuesday.

The squad of 15 players includes, from left, Ronan Kaye, 11, of Wanaka, Ollie Alderson, 10, of Hawea Flat, Flynn Brown, 12, of Wanaka, Olly Thomas, 11, of Wanaka, Cameron Howell, 11, of Hawea Flat, Ben McNabb, 11, of Wanaka, Oscar Humphreys, 11, of Albert Town.

Wayne Findlay, who coaches the team with Ian McNabb,

applied for the grant when the team was at Year five and six level, saying “last week we scored 205 from 25 overs.

The kids are on a roll and getting the grant would be a huge lift for them. A lot of our kids haven’t played cricket before and most of our gear is a bit old or too big (or) too small, so a whole new kit from ANZ would be great.”

Wayne said, since moving up a grade, the team had not won a game and he “hopes the new gear will be just what the boys need to knock a few sixes and bring the team to the next level.”

This was the second year the bank had offered the cricket grants. Last year the Holy Family Catholic School successfully applied.

The guest speakers for this year’s Mountain Film Festival have been announced.

They include American Alpine Club’s Underhill Award recipient Kitty Calhoun; award winning adventurer, author, and filmmaker Tim Cope; one of NZ’s most accomplished cavers, Kieran McKay; scientist Ellen Ashmore talking on Pesticide Residues and Foods; and Dr Mike Joy (PhD ) talking on Pollution in NZ’s Waterways.

The festival takes place in Wanaka from July 4 to 8 and Queenstown on July 10 and 11.

Alexandra better Braves Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Wanaka Braves played Alexandra at Pembroke Park on Saturday. The scores were level at halftime with equalising goals from Darren and Mike Finlay, both coming from great crosses from new boy Matty Gee. Alexandra pulled away in the second half to win 6-2.

The first local derby of the season between Wanaka A and The Braves will kick off at the earlier time of 11am this Saturday.

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Koren Scott of Triumph will be in-store Weds 2 April 10.00am to 2.30pm. Call in for a free consultation.

Spencer House Wanaka Phone 03 443 5600

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sunsport sport results Lake Hawea Golf Club Results 23/3/2014 Stableford Men 1 Dick Sullivan 44 by lot 2 Neil Matchett 44 3 Gerry Browne 43 4 Chris Morrow 43 5 Alan Easte 43 6 Colin Hanson 42 7 Stew Burt 41 8 Murray Nyhon 41 Ladies Bernie Raffe 40 Closest to the pin: No 1 Bernie Raffe, No5 Murray Nyhon Twos: Gerry Browne No 14.

Wanaka Bowls Results Monday 2x4x2 17:03:14 1 Marj Morrish and Shirley Ironside 2 Rob Mathewson and Steve Roper 3 John Barron and Charles Kiewiet Wanaka District Club Tournament 18:03:14 1 Cardrona Hotel: S Hurley, T Scurr, R Hurley, D Studholme 2 Bannockburn Hotel: T Collins, J Smith, N Foster, B Dawson 3 Wanaka District Club: B Mulqueen, B McMillan, H Sheat, I McGregor Friday Progressive Skip: 1Trevor Tovey 2 Don McLeay 3 Peter Gray Third: 1 Steve Roper 2 Meryl Firman 3 Maeda Baxter Lead: 1 Dot Roper 2 Graham Walker 3 Bruce Hamilton Wanaka Bridge Club Results. Championship Pairs 5. Silver Division. North/ South:- Murray Pryde, Kenneth Roberts 56.94% 1. John & Jan Lyness 55.78% 2. Jenny Barratt, Ena Leckie 55.14% 3. East/West:- John Cook, Dennis Perzaro 60.42% 1. Alwyne Haworth, Betty Swift 57.50% 2. Sherril Harries, Mo Schofield 56.78% 3. Bronze Division:- North/ South:- Maureen Hawke, Noelene Raffills 59.90% 1. Jean Logan, Marion Murphy 54.17% 2. Ruth Coghill, Bridget Rennie 50.00% 3. East/West:- Pauline Davidson, Jane Hamilton 60.42% 1. Elaine Herbert, Shona Watt 54.69% 2. George Foreman, Jane Hawkey 54.17% 3. Friday Bridge 21 March. North/South:- Dorothy McDonald, NanOttrey 64.04% 1. Fran Holmes, Josey McKenzie 50.23% 2. Lyla & Bryan Hensley 54.42% 3. East/West:- Gabby Marshall, Claire Romeril 61.15% 1. David Brewer, Maggie Stratford 57.88% 2. Pat Gray, Alwyne Haworth 56.15% 3. Wilkins Pairs 19 March. North/South:Vivienne Christie, Marion Furneaux 61.50% 1. Brian & George Foreman 60.63% 2. Alan & Denise Bunn 53.38% 3. East/ West:- Joan & Ross Moon 61.75% 1. Noeline Goldsbrough, Peter Hart 57.05% 2. Lynda Hodge, Shona Watt 56.25% 3.

Hulme supercar to appear

King and Queen of Sticky 2014 Results (open male) 1 Paul Wright, 2 Braden Currie, 3 Simon Carroll; (open female) 1 Melissa Newell, 2 Ailsa Rollinson; (weekend warrior male) 1 Joseph Wilson, 2 Sam Coupland, 3 Scotty Cain; (female) 1 Phoebe Young, 2 Phoebe Coers, 3= Alana Thomas and Lucy Knowles-McCreanor; (beginner male) 1 Campbell Wright, 2 Matthew Wilson, 3 Wilfred Spearing; (female) 1 Isabella Culshaw, 2 Bella Fraser

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The Hulme Supercar prototype (pictured) will appear at the Highlands Festival of Speed this Easter. The multi-million dollar project is the brainchild of former Queenstown man Jock Freemantle, who hopes to announce plans for a production run of the Hulme later this year.

The Hulme will take centre stage at the Highlands Classic and Racing Car Show which is part of the April event. The sealed Highlands Museum carpark area will be used the show along with other specialist displays, including some original, wooden-hulled jetboats.

Grassroots scholarships Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club will sponsor ten children, to the tune of $250 each, to take part in winter snowsports programmes at either Treble Cone or Cardrona this winter.

Last year, in the inaugural Grassroots Snowsports Awards, the club sponsored five children to attend their own school’s snowports programmes, and this year those children will be offered the same le ve l o f sp o n so rs h i p to attend one of the skifield programmes.

This is in addition to the offer of sponsorship for five new children.

“We want to build up some more young families in the club,” secretary Bonny Teat said.

Applicants should be in years two to six at an Upper Clutha school and attend their schools own snowsports programme in the winter term. The Cardrona Hobbits programme and Treble Cones Riders and Sliders will both run for six consecutive Sundays. Hobbits usually costs $270 and Riders and Sliders is $349. Applicants can be skiers or snowboarders.

The first 20 children to apply for the 2014 Grassroots Snowsports Awards will be offered a free hour-and-a-half trampolining session with a coach at Hawea Flat.

The successful pupils and their families will be invited to join the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club, and to attend the club’s annual Winter Warm-Up club-sponsored athletes night on July 10 to collect their awards.

The inaugural five pupils who received the award in 2013 are being invited to give a summary of their season at the event. They are Thomas Benson (Holy Family), Imogen Dougherty (Hawea), Angus Wallis (Makarora), Jack Willson (Tarras) and Bella Soper (Wanaka).

Bella is pictured with her club “buddy” Piera Hudson and their mothers Sally Soper and Fi Hudson.

Other athletes sponsored by the club will also talk about how they have used their grants.

The club hopes this will include some of the five athletes who represented New Zealand at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games; PHOTO: BONNY TEAT freeskiers Jossi, Byron and Beau James Wells, alpine racer Adam Barwood and snowboarder Bex Sinclair.

The Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club was formed in 1979. “One of its objectives was to increase the enjoyment of on-snow activities for our Wanaka families,” Bonny said. “We hope we can continue to do this by assisting new families to become involved.”

See sunspots for details.

Cromwell suits local drivers Cromwell Super Saloon contracted driver Mike Verdoner, showing just how at home he is on the clay surface, beat Christchurch drivers 73C Mark ‘Fluffy’ Grocott and 71C Willie Woodhouse, to win the Super Saloons Stampede feature race on Saturday night.

Racing in round nine of the South Island’s War of the Wings series at Ruapuna Speedway in Christchurch a fortnight ago, Central Motor Speedway president Andy Erskine rolled his sprintcar, demolishing the overhead and front wings. On Saturday night he was back on track, winning the 25-lap feature race and the title of 2013/2014 Central Motor Speedway Sprintcar Championship. Andy will also race on Good Friday when Central Motor Speedway hosts the tenth and final round of the South Island Sprintcar War of the Wings.

Other championship winners on Saturday night were 72T Peter Schouten (Saloons), 43T Clayton Buchanan (Six Shooters), 71T Matt Robertson (Production Saloons), 36T Connor Hopkins (Youth Ministocks) and Sam McDonald (Adult Ministocks)

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Once upon a time opportunity shops were

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“I got it at Wastebusters” [or the Hospice/

the preserve of the poor. Now people from all walks of life use them with pride.

It’s far more common for a compliment about a “new” piece of clothing to be greeted with Sally Army/Primary School op shop] than it

WANAKA HAS ITS OWN CLARK KENT / BRUCE WAYNE. WHO WAS THE PEMBROKE PARSNIP?

used to be. Shopping for secondhand goods

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BOARD HARRY HUGHES. 12YR YOUNG. WHAT A GREAT VOICE, REALLY ENJOYED GETTING MY LIBRARY BOOKS ON SATURDAY. YOU MADE MY DAY. KEEP SINGING. WANAKA PEOPLE DON`T BE SO ******* NOSY AND LEAVE THE LOTTO WINNERS TO ENJOY IT ANY WAY THEY WILL

WHAT THE DUCK! SOME PEOPLE NEED TO CHECK THE SKELETONS IN THEIR OWN CUPBOARD BEFORE THEY REMARK ON OTHERS. WHAT A JOKE.

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021 986 786 INSECURITY STARTS AT HOME..THOSE THAT POKE THEIR NOSES INTO OTHER PEOPLE’S BUSINESS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR THE BLACK BIRDS.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE 4 KIND PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME ON MNT ASPIRING RD WHEN I HIT A DOG. YOU ARE ALL LEGENDS!!

sectors of the community, but nowadays it’s positively mainstream.

To what cost? Shoppers get to feel good about either getting a bargain, or supporting a cause they believe in, or (ideally) both.

While all this may have some effect on local retailers who sell new items, it seems unlikely, especially as these days the world is full of people happy to buy far more than they actually need.

In nine months the community has raised $150,000 for a hospice (not just from secondhand

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also

from

fundraising events). Our local recycling centre is thriving, and providing local employment for local people. The primary school is receiving extra funds for special projects, and the Salvation Army does a thriving trade in town.

Hopefully everyone is winning.

DRIVER OF SMALL GREEN BRANDED CAR. RIVERBANK/BALLANTYNE ROAD JUNCTION IS STOP NOT GIVE WAY. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE TEXT BOARD AND IN THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR ALONE AND NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE WANAKA SUN.

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It cost around about $500 to warn drivers about ducks crossing the road. $500. And it took mere months to install the signs that warn motorists about the potential of ducks crossing Ardmore Street – because, of course ducks always cross the road between the signs on Ardmore Street and nowhere else in Wanaka. It will be another mere month until some of those same motorists will take up arms for the opening weekend of the duck shooting season in May. My question to council is: do you not think a life is worth $500? Or even the damage to the car that stopped to let a pedestrian cross and was hit by another car and then – the gall – for a policeman to state the driver shouldn’t have stopped (for duck’s sake!).

Yes, we in Wanaka know those humps are not pedestrian crossings and we do try our hardest not to run over daydreaming tourists (or ducks for that matter). But shame on you council for not thinking a life is worth a few hundred dollars, and a few measly signs.

Bob Howie Albert Town

SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT THERE IS 18 COPS IN WANAKA BUT THEY WANT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC 2 DO THE WRK 4 THEM ON THE WK-ENDS 4 FREE! LIKE WANAKA HAS THAT MUCH CRIME. IT’S OK TO PUT SIGNS FOR DUCKS BECAUSE THEY, AND THE SIGNS, ARE ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. LONG LIVE THE DUCKS!!

For duck’s sake

editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Issue 654 Thursday March 27, 2014 Free delivery to Wanaka, Wanaka surrounds and Cromwell urban and rural mailboxes, PO boxes in Makarora, Cromwell, Haast, Wanaka, Albert Town, Hawea. Distributed to motels, hotels and cafes plus businesses in the Wanaka central business district and to drop boxes in Wanaka and Cromwell.

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NEW “FREEDOM CAMPING” METHOD DISCOVERED. FIND EMPTY HOUSE WITH SALE NOTICE ON IT AND PARK ON VERGE FOR SLEEP AND NO DOUBT BODILY FLUID DISPOSAL. BE ALERT. WAKE THEM UP AND MOVE THEM ON. I FOUND ONE 100 METRES FROM CAMP GROUND. HE DID NOT GIVE A DAMN.

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HIGH GLARE WHITE SKIES, ALMOST DAILY EVIDENCE OF SCALAR WAVES AMIDST SICK LOOKING CLOUD AND GRAVITY WAVES. SO MANY COUGHING AND SO LITTLE RAIN. ARE WE VICTIMS OF WEATHER WARFARE GEOENGINEERING?

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What’s on LALALAND WANAKA. Great drinks on our outdoor deck with lake views. Open daily 4pm – late. Level 1, 99 Ardmore Street HAWEA ‘FIRE sale’ and market day, Saturday April 26. Stallholders $20.

Proceeds to Lake Hawea Volunteer Fire Brigade. For more information contact Liz on 4431696, 4438810 or 0274438810.

THE GREAT autumn apple drive is on again! A community event at ripping hall 12th April. Full details www, localfoodwanaka.wordpress, com THE SUNDAY Craft Market is on this week come on down to Pembroke Park, for great handmade N.Z arts and crafts.

WANAKA FARMERS Market on Pembroke Park every Thursday from 3-6 pm

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Cameron Moore, pictured on the Matukituki River in FX84, won the FX class of the Jet Boating Otago Central Rivers Race 2014. The two-river race was held on the Dart River on Saturday and the Matukituki River on Sunday, with 19 competitors taking part. Regan Williamson, in U777, was the overall winner.

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Finalists announced for sports awards Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Wanaka athletes are well represented in the list of finalists for the Central Otago sports awards.

Multisport athletes Braden Currie and Jess Simson, world champion paddle boarder Annabel Anderson, 2013 Xterra World Champion triathlete Nicky Samuels and Olympian skeleton racer Katharine Eustace have been nominated in the senior categories. Karate champion Holly Wigg, freeskier Finn Bilous, rower Riley Bruce, and swimmers Hamish McLean and Sophie Fairbairn are junior finalists, and last year’s coach of the year, Val

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Burke, is again a finalist in that category along with swimming coach Fiona Hezinger and rowing coach Dave Varney. The Wanaka under-19 boys’ rowing team is a finalist in the sports’ team category.

Awards co-ordinator Bill Godsall said the senior sportsman and senior sportswoman categories, in particular, featured some top-quality finalists, and while triathlon, multisport and cycling were wellrepresented he said it was good to see other sports nominated, such as skeleton racing and paddle boarding.

The awards will be held on April 11.

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Sticky’s king and queen Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Bike Wanaka hosted 56 mountainbike riders at the annual King and Queen of Sticky race on Saturday. The good tracks and great weather produced an excellent day’s racing on the trails for the two-lap beginners, three-lap weekend warriors and four-lap open courses.

Paul Wright and Melissa Newell (pictured) won the male and female open race, Joseph Wilson and Phoebe Young won the weekend warriors division and Campbell Wright and Isabella Culshaw won the beginners race.

The proceeds from the event will go toward the maintenance and building of mountain bike trails in the area.

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