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Rumble strips for intersection The intersection at the junction of Riverbank and Ballantyne roads will be made safer by May 9, as the council has committed to installing rumble strips across the road. PAGE 2

Facelift planned for holiday park The Glendhu Bay Lakeside Holiday Park will undergo a major upgrade if the current operators and the council agree on a longterm lease. PAGE 4

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Many public submissions on plans to build a wastewater sludge-drying facility near Luggate are calling for it to instead be built beside the treatment plant near Wanaka Airport.

Fulton Hogan’s proposal to build a “glasshouse” in which to solar-dry wastewater sludge from the treatment plant has attracted 25 submissions, 22 of which oppose the plan.

Even two of the three supportive submitters say it would make more sense to build it at the airport, to avoid the transport costs and effects.

In a partnership with the Queenstown

Lakes District Council, Fulton Hogan has applied for a 35-year consent to build a 96-metre-long and 12.8-metrewide glasshouse on land it owns off the Luggate-Tarras Road, near the red bridge. It would be 5.3-metres high, half-a-metre of which would be underground, and screened from the road by a 1.5-metre high bund.

Following the 14-month drying period, the company would sell the “pellets” as fertiliser.

Initially it said they could be used on farmland around Luggate, which alarmed most submitters as the land is used to grow food. However, disposal sites were not included in the application, which concerned

submitters who said it lacked vital information.

Fulton Hogan’s Central Otago regional manager, Alan Peacock, told the Wanaka Sun this was not an attempt to confuse the community.

Consent for the plant and consent to spread the pellets were two separate issues.

The company did not yet know where the pellets would be used and this part of the process was at least 18 months away. Alan Peacock said some Luggate farmers were interested in using the fertiliser, but had “gone quiet” due to community opposition.

However, this was still an option and

Fulton Hogan was also in discussions with forestry owners.

The company would not allow pellets to be spread unless they met “classified AAA” fertiliser standards.

This fertiliser was common worldwide, including in Australia where it could be bought at supermarkets, and lower-grade versions were already used in New Zealand, he said.

“The reality is there will be biosolids plants in New Zealand and the products will be shipped around.

The regional council regulations for use of it are the important part.”

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Synthetic drug ban support Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun A Wanaka social service group says it is right behind the Government’s ban of synthetic drugs, as fears of a growing “legal high” industry in neighbouring resort, Queenstown, continue.

The Government has announced all synthetic drugs will be banned in a week, until they can be proven to be low-risk.

Social service representatives spoken to by the Wanaka Sun said, while there was anecdotal evidence of some local people in their late teens and early twenties taking synthetic drugs, there did not appear to be a major problem in Wanaka.

The only local retailer of “legal highs” was forced to remove them from its shelves last year, when the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Act which banned the sale of synthetic drugs at liquor outlets, convenience and grocery stores, and service stations.

Wanaka Alcohol Group member Ella Lawton said the organisation, which was formed last year, would support all efforts to ensure synthetic drugs did not become a problem in the town.

Queenstown Lakes District Wakatipu ward councillor, Cath Gilmour,

said there was “fear” Queenstown could become a manufacturing and distribution “hub” for synthetic drugs, aimed at the high number of backpackers in the resort. There was already a manufacturer of legal highs and a distribution centre for an internet sales company in the “general Gorge Road area” of Queenstown and a retail outlet which sold the drugs.

The council, with input from social

distribution warehouses.

Cath Gilmour welcomed the Government’s action, despite the fact the timing gave people the opportunity to “stockpile” the drugs and there was a lack of detail on the testing regime to determine whether or not a product was safe.

However, she said the Government needed to give local authorities more power to deal with the problem.

“We still don’t have control over production,

We still don’t have control over production, distribution, internet sales and warehousing. service agencies, lodged a submission on the proposed regulations behind the Psychoactive Substances Act about two months ago. The main points of the council’s submission included a proposal to ban the sale of the drugs within 200m of places where children gathered, for example, schools and bus stops.

Outlets selling the drugs must be within 10km of a police station which was constantly staffed and a hospital.

The submission also covered marketing of the products and security at

distribution, internet sales and warehousing.”

A Local Approved Product Policy (LAPP) was being developed to outline how the council would deal with the problem on a districtwide basis, and was expected to go before the council in July.

A meeting was being held in Queenstown on June 17 to get Wakatipu social service agencies’ input.

Ella Lawton, who was also a Wanaka ward councillor, said there were no plans to hold a similar meeting in

Wanaka, however, one would be arranged if it was considered necessary.

Wakatipu social service agencies compiled a report for the council on the impact synthetic drugs were having on users, their families and the community. It detailed the stress the “highlyaddictive” substances caused for users, some of whom were spending more than $700 a week on the drugs. Some users – some of whom had been able to buy the drugs from the Queenstown local retailer “on tick” showed aggressive and manipulative behaviour, damaging family and public property and getting in trouble with the law.

Some also suffered anxiety, psychosis, seizures and longterm health issues, the agencies reported.

Synthetic drugs were also causing problems in the Central Otago District.

Mayor Tony Lepper said the council held its first meeting on Monday to consult community members on their views.

This, along with a survey the council was currently carrying out, would inform its draft plan to deal with the issue.

Tony Lepper said the council intended to complete the plan as “speedily as is possible.”

Lakefront submissions deadline extended Submissions on the draft Wanaka Lakefront Reserves Management Plan can now be made up until Friday June 6.

The submission period was extended because Section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977 stipulates management plans shall be open for public comment for a period of not less than two months. Originally the public had only one month to make submissions. The submissions will probably be heard on June 23 or 24.

Wanaka Community Board Chair Rachel Brown said the board wants to maximise public engagement in the process.

“We really want to hear from people,” she said. “We need to make it very clear this is a draft and we need to know what people want.”

Rachel thought the most contentious issue would be the suggestion that commercial buildings be removed from the lakefront.

Rumble strips for intersection Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The intersection at the junction of Riverbank and Ballantyne roads should be safer by May 9, as the council has committed to installing rumble strips across the road, by that date.

In the latest in a string of reported accidents at the intersection, a vehicle driven by local resident Julie Jones was hit earlier this year by a campervan which failed to stop and both vehicles were written off. Julie had her young daughter in the vehicle at the time.

“We were very lucky not to be hurt,” Julie said.

“The engine took most of the impact.”

Julie and her partner, John Wellington, both spoke about the dangers of the intersection at the Wanaka Community

Board meeting in March.

John suggested rumble strips would be a quick, affordable solution. He told the board the strips would give drivers a vibratory and audible warning there was a hazard ahead.

Julie told the Wanaka Sun she was very pleased to hear about the deadline for the installation. She had been told the rumble strips were going ahead, but hadn’t realised it was happening within the next ten days. “ Hopefu lly it will make people more aware and more of them will stop completely before crossing the intersection,” she said.

“That’s not as dangerous as driving straight through at 80kph, which is what some people have done.”

Julie said she still hopes the intersection will be

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realigned in the longer term.

At Tuesday’s WCB meeting, chair Rachel Brown said the rumble strips had been approved.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure services staff told her funding had been allocated from existing budgets and the work would be done between April 28 and May 9.

“This is a great example of the process working,” Rachel said. “John and Julie came to the meeting with a constructive solution and the mayor, the community board and the engineers liked it.

“But I do emphasise it is an interim solution.

We want the road to be realigned and we have asked the council for that to happen within the next financial year.”

School board vacancies Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun Eligible voters have three weeks to ask the Wanaka Primary School board of trustees chairperson to hold a by-election to fill two vacancies on the board, otherwise the board will select candidates from people who have expressed interest in the roles.

The vacancies were created by the resignations of former board chairperson, Richard Cubie, and Jo McArthur.

Both said they were unhappy with the way parents’ complaints were handled by the school, and said they resigned because it was clear there was no intention to resolve these issues.

Aspects of the school’s management have been overseen by a Ministry of Educationappointed governance facilitator and mediator since January.

The board has indicated it will select two people to fill the vacancies from parent representatives who

have registered their interest in the roles, unless at least ten percent of eligible voters on the school roll ask it to hold a by-election for one or both of the positions.

One of the roles would be for about two years and the other until late 2014, due to the board’s staggered elections.

Requests for a byelection should be put in writing to the board chairperson, Mike Thomas, care of Wanaka Primary School, by May 22.

Wanaka cop remains suspended A Wanaka police officer remains suspended on full pay.

Otago Rural Relieving Area Commander, Inspector Andrew Burns, confirmed the officer is a male but declined to comment on the reason he had been suspended, saying an employment investigation was underway.

The officer had been suspended since mid-December.

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Complaint laid over Easter trading Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun One complaint has been laid to date about a Wanaka retailer opening on sacrosanct days at Easter.

The Shop Trading Hours Repeal Act 1990 prevented most shops from opening on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Anzac Day morning and Christmas Day. R e ta ilers exempt from the law included those selling food, petrol and automotive parts, pharmaceutical items, souvenirs and dutyfree goods.

The tourist resorts of Queenstown and Taupo were also exempt from the law.

Most Wanaka retailers opened on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, in contravention of the law, to cater for and take advantage of the large number of visitors in the town for the Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow.

The retailers were reportedly tipped off that there was not going to be an inspector from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in the town to check retailers not exempt from the law

remained closed.

The ministry has declined to say whether the tip off was correct.

A spokesperson told the Wanaka Sun one complaint about a Wanaka retailer opening in contravention of the law was received on April 23.

The spokesperson would not comment on the type of retail outlet involved, saying the complaint was being “responded to” and a decision was yet to be made on whether to prosecute the retailer.

The penalty would be a fine of up to $1000.

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Hundreds attend ANZAC services Opposition to facility Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun More than 300 people turned out for the Dawn Service at Lake Hawea on ANZAC Day, and a further 500 attended a service later in the morning at the Lake Wanaka Centre, which was followed by a parade to the cenotaph where a wreath-laying ceremony was held.

TheHaweaDawnService was a traditional one with cannon firing, a roll call of local people who lost their lives at war, the laying of wreaths and a fly past by Peter Hendriks.

Commander Lyal Cocks led both services. At Hawea, local children sang Lest We Forget, Nikki Holmes led the national anthem, Alma Rumsey read An Ode to the Fallen, and Brenda Taylor, 85, (pictured right) lowered the flag.

“I lowered it to half-mast during the Last Post, for the bereaved,” she said.

“Then I raised it during the Reveille to signify a new day. I’m up with flag protocol because I was a girl guide for many years.” Brenda said she was honoured to be asked to take part in the ceremony.

“I wore my father’s medals with pride,” she said. Brenda’s father Walter Charles Bignell was one of 600 New Zealanders to fight in both World Wars.

He was in the trenches during World War I and

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he fought at the Somme and Passchendaele.

“He never talked about those horrors,” she said.

“He only told us the funny bits. I had to read John A Lee’s book [Civilian into Soldier] to find out what war was all about.”

During World War II, Walter built airstrips in the Pacific. “He saw active service there too,” Brenda said.

Major Ian Piercy spoke at both ceremonies, formally at Hawea and more casually in Wanaka.

“My son William and

I (pictured top) were on parade together for the first time in uniform,” Ian said. “He is a member of the Te Awamutu Community Army Cadet Unit and was here on school holidays.

It was a very special and proud day for me.”

Ian said his Hawea speech was a generic one issued by the army. It said ten percent of New Zealand’s population (more than 100,000 people) served overseas during World War I. More than 18,000 lost their lives. It continued: “The bonds

of comradeship forged by New Zealanders during …[the war]…created something new….New Zealanders discovered something important about their identity and began to think much more clearly of themselves as part of a separate nation….

One hundred years later the percentage of New Zealanders born overseas is not dissimilar to that in 1914. Obviously they have come from a much more diverse range of countries and are contributing to the reshaping of our identity as New Zealanders. Most of these immigrants come without the background or understanding of the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women over the last century. Yet many come with their own memories – both direct and indirect - of war or conflict in their own birth countries.

If, over succeeding generations, we are to strengthen the relevance of our remembrance ofservice and sacrifice as well as the horrors of war we need blend their experiences and knowledge with that of those of us who have been brought up with the Anzac remembrance…. every one of us has a different understanding or experience of loss and sacrifice and the role of conflict in the shaping of our nation.”

... Continued from page 1 Submitters were also concerned the drying sludge could cause a health hazard, citing Luggate’s high winds, and create odour.

The visual impact of a large reflective building was another concern, with several submitters calling for more screening, along with fears it would negatively affect property values. There was also concern about increased heavy vehicle traffic, particularly over the historic red bridge.

One submitter noted the number of truckloads of sludge from the treatment plant had increased from one to three a week during community consultation, to up to four a day on weekdays in the application. Fulton Hogan industries manager, Peter Reid, told the Wanaka Sun it was normal practice to “apply for more” when seeking consent, saying Wanaka would have to

double in size before four truck trips a day were necessary. The treatment plant currently produced one to two truckloads a day.

Some opposing submitters said they could be convinced if the facility was built beside the treatment plant, or if they were assured the pellets would not be used on food-producing land.

A supporter, Wanaka Community Board chairperson and Hawea resident, Rachel Brown, said she applauded moves to use the “valuable organic resource,” saying trucking it to the landfill near Queenstown was unsustainable.

“Any complaints are due to deep-seated social and cultural fears of human faeces.”

But she urged Fulton Hogan to consider building the facility near the treatment plant.

Jan Piggot, who lives near Luggate, also supported the concept, but agreed it should be built beside

the treatment plant.

Alan Peacock said this was not an option as neither Fulton Hogan nor the council owned enough land there. The project only made economic sense to Fulton Hogan because it had land beside its quarry, he said.

Jan Piggot also opposed fertilising food-producing land with the pellets and suggested a 20-year consent would be more appropriate, given ongoing advances in technology.

The Southern District Health Board was the third supportive submitter, providing a pest management strategy was a condition of consent, saying sludge attracted rodents and flies.

An application for consent from the Otago Regional Council to discharge contaminants, namely odour, from the drying plant attracted seven submissions – six in opposition and one in support, providing conditions were imposed.

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Facelift planned for holiday park Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun The Glendhu Bay Lakeside Holiday Park will undergo a major upgrade if the current operators and the council agree on a longterm lease.

A company owned by Wanaka and Queenstown holiday park operators, CCR Limited, has run the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s camping grounds since entering into an interim operational management agreement with the council last year, while it reviewed its holiday parks.

The agreement gave the council the option of leasing its holiday parks longterm to CCR, or putting the lease out for public tender if an agreement could not be reached with CCR. The council was now undertaking public consultation on its proposal to lease the holiday parks longterm to CCR. Public consultation was necessary because some of the land was designated as a recreation reserve under the Reserves Act 1977.

Council chief executive

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Adam Feeley said the return to ratepayers from the holiday parks was likely to increase under external management while the council’s liability would lessen, and a long term lease would encourage the managers to make improvements to the parks.

Long term leases would be negotiated for the Glendhu Bay, Wanaka Lakeview and Albert Town holiday parks, and the Arrowtown and Queenstown Lakeview parks.

One of the owners of CCR, Rudi Sanders, who, along with

his wife Aggie, run the Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park, said the company was eager to lease the camping grounds on a longterm basis.

It had significant plans to improve the Glendhu Bay holiday park, including replacing the 50 to 60-year-old cabins, building new ablution blocks and focussing on customer service.

“It needs a decent upgrade.”

“We want to create a little haven. It’s an idyllic spot. But we need to have good facilities.”

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too cold for army personnel to use in winter - was also in need of urgent demolition.

Rudi said the camp’s turnover had dropped in recent years and its facilities needed to be modernised and made warmer so the business grew and became year-round.

Keith and Chris Waddell, who had managed the Glendhu Bay camp for the past two years, first on behalf of the council and then for CCR, left a fortnight ago to manage a holiday park in the Marlborough Sounds.

Rudi said “two or three parties” had shown interest in managing the Glendhu Bay camp, some of whom had worked there in the past.

New managers would be appointed in three or four months when the holiday park’s busy season commenced, and Rudi and Aggie would oversee it in the meantime.

Public submissions on the council’s proposal to lease the holiday parks long term would close on June 3 and be followed by a submissions hearing in Queenstown on June 19.

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Submissions due on May 19 Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The Wanaka Community Board is submitting on the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s 2014/15 Draft Annual Plan, and is urging ratepayers to do the same. Submissions close on May 19. The board discussed its draft submission at its meeting on Tuesday (April 29).

Councillor Ella Lawton and WCB member Bryan Lloyd both spoke about the support in Albert Town for council to carry on implementing the landscape plan for the Albert Town lagoon.

“The lagoon is a hidden gem,” Ella said.

“Everyone is very keen to

see it progress.” Money previously allocated to the lagoon had been redirected elsewhere, so it was important to voice support for the

planting at the Brownston Street side of Pembroke Park and changing the layout of the traffic flow to the transfer station so it goes through Wanaka

The board is unanimous in its support for keeping the council service centre out of the library. The public have made it very clear that is what they want. $20,000 allocated to the lagoon in the draft annual district plan, chair Rachel Brown said.

The community board is also endorsing upgrading the playground at Luggate Domain, replacing

Wastebusters.

“Our submission is a collaborative document,” Rachel said.

The board is unanimous in its support for keeping the council service centre out of the library. “The

public have made it very clear that is what they want,” she said. “People don’t just use the service centre as a place to pay their rates. They go there to have discussions with engineers and all sorts of things which wouldn’t be appropriate in the library.”

Other big issues for the district which are addressed in the draft plan include whether or not ratepayers want a convention centre in Queenstown, how big the Wanaka Sports Facility should be and when it should be built, the possible introduction of water metering, and paying off debt.

Art school opens doors Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Australasian a cappella movement leader Tony Backhouse and his 2014 Wanaka Autumn Art School students will be performing for the public when the art school is open to visitors from 1-2.30pm tomorrow (Friday May 2). They are also performing this evening at the art school’s annual dinner for students and tutors.

This is the first time Tony has taught at the art school and school organiser Robyn van Reenen said his class has been very popular.

Another successful new class has been one on upholstery,

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taught by Reg Bartlett.

“The people doing upholstery are beside

themselves with glee,” Robyn said. Reg’s students are covering

chairs or small couches during the totally hands-on course.

Another new course, on fine cabinet making, taught by Simon King, is being run for just four students.

Robyn said there are more than 200 students attending the art school.

“They come from North Cape to Bluff,” she said. “The youngest is a 14-year-old girl from Te Anau doing the singing class, and the oldest is a 90-year-old man from Dunedin doing Jacky Pearson’s watercolour class.”

R o b y n s a i d more than half the people attending the art school have been to classes there before.

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Hearing for Hawea school track submissions Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun There will be a public hearing of submissions on the proposed Hawea school track on Monday, May 12.

Wanaka Community Board Chair Rachel Brown said five submissions were received on the track, with one against. The proposed track involves a land swap between

the council and a local farmer so children can bicycle from Lake Hawea to Hawea Flat School without travelling on busy public roads.

The submission against is concerned about an apparent inequity in the size of the land swap, Rachel said.

Submitters in favour of the track speaking to their submissions will include representatives of the Upper Clutha

Tracks Trust, the Hawea Community Association and Hawea Flat School.

The hearing will be held in the Lake Hawea Community Centre at 10am. The hearings panel will be made up of councillors Ella Lawton, Calum MacLeod and Simon StamersSmith. They will make a recommendation to council after considering the submissions.

Conservation forum for Upper Clutha The Department of Conservation Wanaka and Shaping our Future are hosting a forum in Wanaka on May 7 to consider how to significantly increase conservation efforts. While it is primarily aimed at representatives from groups that are already involved in environment or conservation work, everyone is encouraged to attend to contribute ideas and get involved.

Patron of the Fiordland Conservation Trust, Greg Hay, will discuss how collaboration and thinking outside the square helps with getting the work done.

“We know people value our spectacular environment and they list enhancing and preserving our environment as their number one priority,” forum organiser Megan Williams said. “This forum aims to bring people together so they can learn about each other’s conservation projects and find ways to work together efficiently and effectively.”

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Play about freedom camping selling out It’s Your S**t – a comedy about freedom camping – began its four night season with a sell-out performance at Hawea Flat Hall last night. Written by Liz Breslin and directed by Anna Shaw, the play stars Tim Brewster and Richard Child as West Coasters, and Fi Armstrong and Marcus Bate as newly-weds holidaying in a campervan.

When the honeymooners go missing, a flock of reporters descends on the West Coast. Locals playing the journalists, pictured interviewing local busybody Meridith Parks (Gilly Pugh), are Dom Stayne (BBC), Rachel Brown (TVNZ), Enger Pelosi-Fear (Maori Television), Merle Schuster (TV3), Yumi Sasaki (NHK Japan) and Lynne Christie (FOX). Claire Easterbrook plays an ABC reporter, Alice Crowther plays the Minister of Internal Affairs, Dick Morrish plays the Prime Minister and Dylan Rimmer, 10, plays the local cop. The play finishes with two performances on Saturday (May 3).

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Winter driving is upon us With Winter upon us, there is a number of subjects that need addressing at this time of the year - this week heralded the first signs of winter and police are now urging drivers to get vehicles checked for tyres, brakes, headlights and anti-freeze, as well ensuring tyre chains are being carried. With road conditions changing, police also advise drivers to ensure their following distance is 50 percent greater – the two-second rule becomes the three-second rule. Travelling speeds should be reduced relative to the road conditions.

Wanaka Police will continue to target those not wearing seatbelts, drivers using cell phones, intersection behaviour and drivers speeding.

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St John fundraising for new equipment

Biking through the leaves Department of Conservation ranger Chrissy Wickes said autumn is the perfect time to explore the region’s bike trails.

Her son Shannon Tisch-Wickes, 3 ½, is pictured out on his bike.

“A favourite of mine is the Upper Clutha River Track, this follows the Clutha River all the way from the The Lake Wanaka outlet, under the Albert Town bridge and on to Luggate,” Chrissy said. “Go as far as you want, lie amongst the autumn leaves or just take a picnic and sit on the banks of the impressive MataAu/Clutha River.”

The Upper Clutha Track is classified as intermediate for mountain bikers and is 12.5km one way.

On the other side of the river are the Newcastle and Deans Bank tracks, which offer a more challenging ride. The trails were made possible through the partnership of the Upper Clutha Tracks Trust, Bike Wanaka and DOC. PHOTO: CHRISSY WICKES

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Experience rolls into Tarras Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Two musicians called Dave and one called Peter currently touring New Zealand will be performing in Tarras on May 16.

They call their show Wheel of Experience and claim to bring the “wild west” of New Zealand to life.

The three men (pictured) are Peter Daubé (Stories Told To Me By Girls), David Ward (The Dentist’s Chair, Guru Of Chai, Kiss The Fish) and Dave Khan (The Bads,

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Tim Finn, Don McGlashan Band).

The show is made up of original music ranging from ballads and sea shanties to bluegrass and blues. Nick

Bollinger (The Sampler on Radio New Zealand National) said “neither musical nor theatrical experiences come any more astonishing than the Wheel

of Experience…you hear about good performers bringing songs to life, but in this case, the songs seem to give birth to the performers.”

The songs are all based on stories of early New Zealanders, from the sealers who were left on a remote island when their ship was wrecked, to the families living in tents on the volcanic plateau, gambling and drinking cocktails of whisky, meths and cough mixture, while waiting for work on the main trunk line.

St John Ambulance in Wanaka is fundraising to modernise its emergency and training equipment.

Station manager Don McMillan said the organisation hoped to buy two new Lifepak 15 cardiac monitoring and defibrillator devices, which would cost about $22,000 each. It also needed a new practice manikin, at a cost of about $25,000.

St John Wanaka had received nearly $11,000 toward the equipment from the Central Lakes Trust and had also applied for funding from the Upper Clutha Emergency Services Trust and the Graham and Olive West Charitable Trust.

Don said the organisation, which did not receive Government funding for equipment, was also hoping for donations from

community members.

They could be made at the St John ambulance station on Link Way, or posted to St John, 4 Link Way, Wanaka 9305.

Don said the Lifepak 15 had many more features than the sev-

encounter - would help them become familiar with operating the new equipment and enable them to keep their clinical procedures up-to-date.

The manikin would also be used to train medical centre staff

The Lifepak 15 had many more features than the seven-year-old Lifepak 12 devices which the organisation was currently using. en-year-old Lifepak 12 devices which the organisation was currently using, including the ability to track a patient’s temperature and transmit electrocardiogram information directly to a cardiac specialist at a hospital, for advanced interpretation.

Don said the new “advanced lifesupport” manikin – which could simulate various conditions that ambulance staff might

and people who may have to operate the “external automated defibrillators” which were at various sites in the Upper Clutha region, including the Wanaka Library, the I-Site information centre, New World, Mitre 10, Wanaka’s bowling and golf clubs, the Albert Town Tavern shop and the Hawea Community Centre.

There were also defibrillators on all fire engines.

Volunteer networking session Volunteering Central is inviting anyone involved with volunteers to join them at a networking session in Cromwell on May 8.

“A gap has been identified for networking opportunities for those who recruit, support or manage volunteers,” senior coordinator Gillian White said. “The range of organisations involving volunteers in the region is huge, from local community support groups, conservation projects and community festivals, through to world class sporting or cultural events. All the volunteer coordinators face similar issues when recruiting, supporting and retaining volunteers and by providing them with the opportunity to meet each other, share successes, advice and problems, we hope leaders of volunteers can become better connected and work together more effectively.”

Volunteering Central was established in 2011 and is a Central Lakes Trust initiative. It seeks to raise awareness of volunteering in the Central Lakes District and connects volunteers to organisations.

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Great weather for (shooting) ducks crimescene Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

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The duck shooting season opens on Saturday (May 3) and Fish and Game is predicting a good season. The unusually wet early summer conditions set up a “near perfect” environment for growing and fledging ducklings, according to the organisation.

Since then, the weather has been “rather benign” so there are plenty of ducks around and they are in good condition.

Regional field officer Cliff Halford said the recent rain has filled up the ponds and there are plenty of good places for hunters to go.

“The head of Lake Hawea would be a great place if you want to get away from it all,” he said. “The main valley systems of Makarora and the Matukituki are looking good, and local landholders are usually pretty receptive to hunters who contact them first.”

The Clutha arm of Lake Dunstan is supporting good numbers of mallards and paradise ducks, and there are plenty

Police received a complaint relating to a paraglider pilot flying low over the town on April 21.

Later that evening, police dealt with three incidents involving an adult male with some mental health issues.

On April 22, an incident at a private rural address resulted in a local male being arrested for assault.

Police processed three males for drink driving between April 20 and 24.

On April 24, there was a minor two-vehicle crash on SH8A near Kane Road involving overseas visitors driving in convoy, and on April 26 a vehicle left the road on SH6 near Dublin Bay Road when the driver fell asleep. Another crash also involving the driver falling asleep, occurred on Cardrona Valley Road on April 23.

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of paradise ducks in the large tributary valleys. Fish and Game is predicting some “exceptional hunting” in the Makarora and Hunter River deltas when there is a brisk northerly blowing, because the ducks will be forced off the lakes in search of calmer

resting and feeding areas.

Another suggestion as a “worthwhile option” is Diamond Lake, however, hunting there requires a permit from DOC. Cliff warned there will be rangers in the field over the opening weekend and people

should make sure they have licenses. These can be purchased in hunting stores and on online.

“I hope everyone will abide by the rules and enjoy themselves,” Cliff said. “We want to see everyone come home safely.”

Police are looking for a 2010 “Leisureline” white, 8m caravan, registration number Q128S, which was stolen from Christchurch.

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

Weed control methods improved Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Fine-tuning of the Department of Conservation’s weed control methods has enabled a huge reduction in the amount chemicals required.

“The big advancements in wilding pine control techniques, such as boom spraying and basal bark treatment, has enabled us to achieve so much more,” DOC Biodiversity Senior Ranger Paul Hondelink said. “The gains we’ve made in the headwater catchments of the larger valley systems and high-priority sites mean we can broaden our wilding tree operations.”

DOC has recently completed its annual weed control of invasive exotic trees in the Hawea

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Conservation Park.

Its wilding tree control operations began in the Wanaka region in the early 1990s. Chainsaw teams would be dropped by helicopter to remove

large mature trees. The helicopter would hover while the DOC worker would fell the tree, then the worker would be picked up and moved to the next tree (pictured).

This method was called “skid hopping” and was labour intensive but effective in removing big seeding trees.

“It was managed as a high risk operation

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involving multiple staff, chainsaws, helicopters, long days and hard work on steep terrain,” Paul said.

Now the majority of the wildings in the priority sites have been reduced to the odd seedlings treated by helicopter spot spraying. Fine tuning the treatment has meant a reduction in the amount of chemicals required, as each tree is now sprayed only on its stem/trunk instead of “foliage spraying” the entire tree.

The invasive species include wilding pines, gorse, broom and buddleia. The largest of the priority areas that are treated include the Pisa Range, Cardrona Valley, Matukituki Valley, Mount Alta and the Stack conservation areas.

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Thick and dirty Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Team mates and passionate #gigatownwanaka supporters Arna Craig, Alice Townsend, Toby Donnelly, Alistair King and Gordon Paul (pictured) competed in New Zealand’s first ever “Tough Mudder,” a 20km cross-country course over farmland, Auckland’s Hampton Downs racetrack and a swamp.

“Thick and dirty” mud was forecast for the event which featured 18 obstacles ranging from the Arctic Enema, where the team had to swim through a pool of ice and under a wooden

plank, to the Electric Eel, where the team faced 10,000 volts of electricity.

Team member Arna Craig said there were high fives and a little emotion at the end of the race. “But most importantly [there

was] a momentous wave of elation and gratification that we had just completed what is billed as the world’s toughest mud run with a bunch of mates from #gigatownwanaka, and we survived.”

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Championship podiums Wanaka’s Nicky Samuels and Braden Currie were in action at the inaugural Asia Pacific Xterra Championships held at Callala Beach, New South Wales, on Saturday.

The swim-leg was in the sheltered Jervis Bay, the mountain bike course took in Jervis Bay State Forest and the Coondoo Forest trail, followed by the run-leg through single track and fire roads to the beach finish.

Nicky was the first professional female out of the water and finished the race in second place behind Bermuda’s Flora Duffy. In the professional men’s race, Braden was third with South African Dan Hugo first and Courtney Atkinson of Australia second.

The championship was the tenth of 37 events where the fastest amateur athletes from around the globe could qualify to race at the 19th annual XTERRA World Championship at Maui in October.

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The only two Wanaka competitors in the New Zealand Waterski Championships each picked up a medal.

Gerald Harraway won a silver medal in the men’s first division and his daughter, 12-year-old Meg Harraway, won a bronze medal in the junior girls’ division (pictured).

The week-long championships were held at Auckland’s Orakei Basin over Easter in conditions Gerald described as “horrible.”

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TO THE BOY WHO WAS BIKING ON THE M TRACK ON THURS THANK YOU FOR AVOIDING CRASHING INTO MY DOG. I HOPE YOU ARE OK AND SLOW DOWN REAA SAY A DISCLAIMER MUST BE INCLUDED IN ADVERTS WHERE A REAL ESTATE COMPANY ADVERTISE SALES AS THEIR OWN WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE NOT. THIS IS DEEMED TO BE MISLEADING AND DECEPTIVE .

AH WANAKA POLICE BOYS WILL BE BOYS LET THEM CLIMB ON A FEW ROOFS DON’T BE SUCH FASCISTS BE WARY OF SMALL OUT-OF-TOWN REAL ESTATE FIRM WHO ADVERTISE AS SOLD A PROPERTY WHICH WAS SOLD BY ANOTHER FIRM. WE AWAIT THE DECISION OF THE REAA TO SUCH BLATANT DISHONESTY. THANKS TO DOC FOR REPLACING THE STILE ON GUNN ROAD INTO THE RESERVE NOW I CAN ENJOY MY MORNING WALK WITHOUT LIFING A BUGGY OVER MY HEAD! BYE BYE PETE, HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AWAY, WANAKA WILL MISS YOU. SAFE TRAVELS.

EDITORIAL An interesting week in Wanaka.

In Luggate we have people protesting about plans to build a “wastewater sludge” (i.e. poo) drying facility On the other side of town at the Hawea Flat Hall we have a play about freedom camping called It’s Your S**t.

The poo-drying facility and the play are about the same issue. They are about that human waste product – poo, faeces, number twos – that many of us are so averse to we simply pretend it doesn’t exist, and certainly not in our backyard. The topic is so “delicate” we have trouble finding the words to discuss it.

However, it’s time to admit that poo does exist and we need to discuss the issues.

Regarding the Luggate poo drying facility, we have the chair of the Wanaka Community Board, Rachel Brown, in support. Rachel is well known as being very environmentally-sensitive and aware, so it seems to make sense that if Rachel says the facility is okay, then it will be.

Regarding the freedom camping “issue” we have a comedy with a serious message, namely “it is your s**t so deal with it”.

So, let’s deal with it. Poo and all.

LEST WE FORGET, A WONDERFUL SERVICE DESPITE THE WEATHER ON ANZAC DAY. WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED. TODAY THE ROOF OF A LIBRARY. TOMORROW WHO KNOWS? PARENTS SHOULD KEEP THEIR KIDS UNDER CONTROL, BEFORE THE POLICE HAVE TO. WHY DIDN’T THE MINISTRY BUILD A BIG ENOUGH SCHOOL TO START WITH INSTEAD OF USING MORE RESOURCES TO BUILD ANOTHER ? DO THE MATH. CAN COUNCIL MAKE A DUCK SIGN TO DIRECT THEM OVER MY POND PLEASE?

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I am writing to express my disappointment at the Dawn Service, Lake Hawea on Friday morning.

ANZAC is foremost to commemorate those New Zealanders and Australians - Our Diggers that both served and died during the Great War. Since 1915 it has also come rightly to include other wars and conflicts that our countries have stood together in.

Today, there was no mention of the Australians - who fought, lived and died alongside their brothers the Kiwis. There need be no Australian anthem played, only that they are mentioned. They do not forget our little Islands in their ANZAC Services, we need to remember them as well. Lest we forget.

Best Regards,

Hi everyone who has been out to the recycling centre, By the look of it when I go out there the carpark is full most of the time. Thanks to the wonderful staff there who are really friendly and will help you out with what you are looking for.

Winter is coming so I thought, to show them appreciation, I would make them muffins and I think it would be great if people could do the same by dropping off some nice homemade baking so they have something to look forward to for morning or afternoon tea.

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Many readers will be aware that alcohol is a WHO Group 1 carcinogen. Alcohol use increases the risk of breast cancer in women and there is evidence suggesting the same link with prostate cancer in men. So is the BOOBS N BUBBLES, BALLS N BEER a cunning public health event highlighting the association between the two? If not, it would be like a cigarette smoking fest in Wanaka called CHESTS N SMOKE, with the proceeds going to a private lung cancer foundation.

Erratum Apologies to Danny Fairley who was called “Adam Fairley” in last week’s Wanaka Sun article “Finalist in country music award.”

Danny and Anna van Riel produced Anna’s Whistle and Hum album which is nominated for the 2014 Best Country Music Album award. Danny also played a lot of the instruments on the album. The winner will be announced at the New Zealand Country Music Awards in Gore on May 23.

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Close race for top titles Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun

Under -13s ready for Aus The Upper Clutha under-13 rugby boys are pictured getting ready to depart for Australia last Sunday. Twenty-seven boys aged 11 and 12 are visiting Sydney’s Mosman Rugby Club for a week. While the Australians have travelled to Wanaka for several years to play the local boys, this is only the second time a junior team has made the trip overseas.

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The 11th annual Routeburn Classic was held on Saturday with Wanaka athletes just missing out on the top spots.

In the men’s division, Wanaka’s Grant Guise raced a close race against eventual winner, Nick Hirschfeld of Hanmer Springs. The pair, pictured here with Nick in the lead, was never more than one minute apart for the duration of the 32km course.

“Winning the race is a great achievement and it’s taken a bit of perseverance, but Grant gave me a hell of a fright when he almost caught me with just 500m to go,” Nick said. “I knew he’d be strong at the finish because he’s an ultra runner, and he had a faultless race putting in a four-minute personal best, but I wasn’t going to let him get past me in the dying seconds of

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the race.”

Grant finished 13 seconds behind Nick in a time of 2:47:33, with 15-year-old Craig Murray, also of Wanaka, third in a time of 2:58:59.

Queenstown’s Sarah Douglas won the women’s division with a record-breaking run of 3:16:48 and

Wanaka’s Jess Simson, who recently returned from an adventure race in China, was second in 3:20:10. The lead switched between the two women several times along the course, with Sarah describing Jess as “looking like a little mountain goat” on the downhill sections.

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Wellington’s Fiona Dowling was third.

Approximately 320 runners took part in the race. The course begins at the Divide on Milford Road, crosses the Fiordland National Park, over the 1127m Harris Saddle and finishes near Glenorchy.

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HEDGE TRIMMER. Ryobi electric hedge cutter, good working order, txt/tel 0210342553

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NEW PILATES classes all levels @ Wanaka Wellness Centre. Tuesdays 9.30am and 6pm.

Call Jules on 022 173 3598 REFLEXOLOGY AUTUMN SPECIAL until June 1st!Come for 4 sessions pay for 3. Save $60! Home clinic only. 0276522144” SPIRITUAL HEALING. Empowering you to heal your body and life. Robyn Clements ph 027 678 7731

employment LARDER CHEF. Evenings only. Apply in person to AmiGos Mexican Grill.

for sale ANNA VAN Riel is proud to be nominated for a Tui in best NZ Country Album of the Year.

Get you copy of Wanaka’s 1st 100% locallymade album Whistle an Hum at Health 2000z BEARDED COLLIE / Border Collie / Huntaway X Puppies. Great sheep / pet dog. $100 each or swap a sheep. 021 0291 9814 BEAUTIFUL CHINA tea cup bird feeders, great for attracting wax eyes and bell birds to your garden. Make the perfect presents $25 ph or txt 021 680 110

ALL CHILDREN’S clothes (excluding shoes) 5 items for $1.00 - limited time only, Salvation Army COME & check out the adult clothing bargains from 50 cents per item - limited time only, Salvation Army Family Store.

COME CHECK our Summer Clothing Clearance rack at up to 30% OFF for top brands like Prana. MT Outdoors on Dunmore St.

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LOCAL MUSICIAN Anna van Riel’s new Single ‘The Funny Thing’ with Aaron Tokona now available on iTunes.

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NOMIS SNOW wear in store at MT Outdoors on Dunmore St. Superb pricing on a fresh brand. GREAT quality. Check www.nomisdesign.com

WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store Opening Hours - Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm. Look forward to seeing you there

NZ COUNTRY album of the year finalist Anna van Riel’s album Whistle and Hum available at Health 2000 and Mrs. Robinson’s in Tarras.

Also on ITunes. Email anna@annavanriel. com

TO ALL those darlings at Rituals and all those café l’affairs. I’ll be back late winter.

First coffee free of course and I will bring these female customers for you, love Pete xx Keep smiling, that’s what it’s all about (secrets of Wanaka).

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THINKING OF getting an electric bike? See your local specialist: Good Rotations Bicycle Shop, 34 Anderson Rd, www.goodrotations. co, 03.443.4349.

FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks by appointment. Call 4437799 or email info@communitynetworks. co.nz

THULE KAYAK cradles. Fit square roof rack bars $60.00 txt/tel 0210342553

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CONSERVATION FORUM for Upper Clutha, Wednesday 7 May, 7.30pm, Edgewater, hosted by DOC and Shaping our Future, see you there!

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sport results WANAKA GUN CLUB GROUNDS RESULTS Friday 25th April: 50, Fraser McKenzie, 48, Ray Anderson.47, Peter Chatfield. 46, Robbie McBride. 44, Aaron Scott, Mark Scott, Jim Musin, Dennis Nyhon, Cliff Halford. 43, Lawson Shepard, Ziggy Potoczny, Jack Mansfield, Mark Davis. 42, Rex Smart, Richard Jackson, Gary Walker. 41, Sam Morris, Ben Everest, 39, Steven May, Arthur Chapman Cohen, Toby Lee, Nathan Botting. 38, Mark Sanders, David Speight, Dean Rankin, Barry Scott, Ben Nelson, 37, Tom DuPont. Doug Clark. 36, Colin Scott, Terry Diack, Blair Trevathon, Glen Templeton, George Reed, Murray Studhome. 35, Bill Gluyas, Lex Jocelyn, Harry Hawkin, Asher Richards, 34, Bruce McPhail, Sharlene Nyhon, Jim Reveley, Cecil Sell, Deane Fluit, Phil Studholme. 33, Brendon May, Cody Sarginson, Ty Sarginson, Dan Batchelor, Jamie Batchelor, Vicky Sanford, Tom Pinckney, 32, Rosa Stackhouse Miller, Lochie Weir, Eddie Fahey, 31, Alan Kelly, Clive Geddes, Josh Timu, 30, Charlie Anderson, Ian Weir, Monty Batchelor, Kris Mayhen, Lizzie Caruthers.

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LAKE HAWEA GOLF CLUB 27/4/14 Single Par Men 1 Bryan Burgess +7, 2 = Gerry Browne +4 Rick Johnston +4, 4= Joe Cotter +3 Tim Cotter +3, 6= Steve Wallace +2 John Barrow +2 Red Stevenson +2 Tony Arscott +2. Ladies Kay Ross +5. Closest to the pin No1 Dougal Rowley No5 Stew Burt. Two’s: Dougal Rowley, Stew Burt.

Birdie/Net Eagle: Tim Cotter No7.

TARRAS GOLF RESULTS Men’s Purvis Cup and Putting-Graeme Rive 83-15-68, 30 putts; Tom Moore 78-9-69, 31; Holger Reinecke 81-11-70, 31; Colin Cowie 86-14-72, 30. Best Putting-Mark Hervey 27, Bonar Rowley 28.

Women’s Purvis Cup-Maria Wilson nett 70, Lyndsey Harrison 73, Barbara Kane 74.

WANAKA BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS. Cardrona Stakes 1. North /South:- Boyd Ottrey, Kenneth Roberts 62.24% 1. Helen Good, Joan Small 61.53% 2. Jenny & Murray Pryde 57.88%3.

East/West:- Max Shepherd, Terry Wilson 65.81% 1. Vivienne Christie, Marion Murphy 60.17% 2. Errol Kelly, George Wallis 57.42% 3.

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Epic day on new course Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun There weren’t as many locals competing in the 2014 Contact Epic as some other years, but the Upper Clutha was still well represented in the results. The classic male open category was won by the youngest winner ever - local 16-year-old Paul Wright, in 3:06. The other local first place-getters were Carolyn Jelley who won the classic masters women’s category with a time of 4:36; and Oliver Young who won the traverse veteran men’s title in 1:17, but was beaten by his son Alex who won the student traverse category in 1:15. Local boys Callum Rennie and Nick Toepfer also claimed places (second and third respectively) in the student traverse.

Other local second-place winners were Gavin Mason in the epic open men’s category, Cath Davidson in the epic veteran women’s, Jason Cowan in the classic veteran men’s, Richard Henshall in the classic masters men’s, and Jeremy Town in the traverse open men’s. Caroline

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Dumas placed third in the traverse open women’s. The 2013 epic winner, Wanaka’s Dougal Allan, had mechanical problems and placed 18th.

Another local rider, Eddie Spearing, trained for a year in the lead up to the event, only to break his collar bone after being knocked off his bike in the first ten minutes.

For the first time in the event’s seven-year history, the course was changed due to heavy rain the day before the event. Safety officer, Gary Dickson, made the call.

“When I arrived at the [Hunter] river at midday on Friday it was flooded and twice the height I expected. By mid-afternoon the rain was still heavy, the water fast moving and highly discoloured.

With such an extensive catchment area I was confident the river would not be safely passable by Saturday morning.”

The new course meant all epic and classic riders started at Lake Hawea, and headed up the lake in the opposite direction from previous years.

“Full credit goes to the

competitors. They accepted the change quickly, re-strategised to make the most of the changes and fronted up to the start line as positive and as excited as ever,” race director Danielle Nicholson said. “The faces on the finish line were all smiling and the unique sense of camaraderie of the event was not lost. I am sure the stunning and sunny wind-free day that Lake Hawea turned on had a lot to do with it.”

The new track was 15km shorter than the usual course. Both categories headed up the Dingle Burn, with classic (80km) riders turning around approximately 12km north of Dingle Burn Station woolshed and epic (108km) riders riding up past the head of the lake to Green Bush Hut. There were 30 LMS (Last Man Standing) contenders this year.

They are in the running for a cash kitty which was set up by race organisers in its inaugural year (2008). The group consists of riders who have completed the epic every year and the kitty, which increases each year, will be awarded to the last man or woman still competing.

Silver and gold at Open The best students from every style competed against each other at the New Zealand Karate Open in Christchurch over the weekend, ensuring tough competition for local girl Holly Wigg (pictured, left).

Holly, who has recently returned from an intensive training camp and competition in Japan, was up to the challenge despite suffering from a virus last week. Against 17 competitors, the 13-year-old won silver in her age group for kata, and she won gold in kumite. Competitors who perform well at the event are eligible for selection for the Oceania Championships in September.

Holly is currently training in Christchurch with the New Zealand team, and is preparing for the national competition in Wellington in July.

sportbrief Discipline and structure win game Upper Clutha Hockey Club’s senior men’s team put in a great effort on a chilly Monday night to beat Dunstan 2-0 in a tight contest.

With Jeff and Reuben Ward missing through illness the team was reorganised. Sam Morris did a great job controlling play at centre half. Upper Clutha made the most of the running in the first half, playing some well-structured hockey and switching the ball between the flanks. Dunstan was dangerous on the break and was an improved team from three weeks ago with some influential players back in the line-up.

Tristin Weastell made some good saves to keep a clean sheet with help from a well-disciplined defence. Despite playing in good areas, Upper Clutha struggled to get the final touch in front of goal in the first half and the game was goalless at the interval.

The second half began in a similar manner, with Upper Clutha attacking from wide positions. They were finally rewarded when Angus Ford beat the keeper with a first-time shot. Dunstan pushed hard for an equaliser, but, as they committed more players to attack, Upper Clutha were able to grab a second, through Will Gerrard laying off a nice pass for Sam Morris to smash it home.

Glorious day of football Wanaka A FC was at home to Wakatipu FC last Saturday on a glorious day at Pembroke Park.

In a one-sided football affair, the Wanaka team found themselves 3-0 up at halftime and cruising, thanks to some tidy play and an outstanding opening goal from Jiffy “The Rocket” Griffiths.

In a game where all four Wanaka forwards got on the score sheet, including Irish veteran Aidan Butler celebrating his 35th birthday in style with a brace, the management team must be delighted with the team’s performance, especially with tough games coming up in the next few weeks.

Pauly Hodgson, Matty Gee and Scotty Belsham also got on the score sheet. When the final whistle blew, the scoreboard read 9-1 to the home team.

Wanaka Braves went down 4-3 to Rangers in Queenstown.

This Saturday you can catch both Wanaka men’s teams at Pembroke Park from 1pm.

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