Water for four Tarras stations The owners of four Tarras stations have joined forces to pump water from the Clutha River to their land for irrigation. PAGE 2
Restoration of Roy’s Peninsula Nearly a quarter-of-a-million native trees have been planted on Roy’s Peninsula in Lake Wanaka, in a privately-funded regeneration project. PAGE 3
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Junior pupils at Hawea Flat School enjoyed a trip to the Wanaka Transport and Toy Museum on Tuesday as part of their “Lest we Forget” study unit. Teacher Janis Sandri said the children are studying what life was like 100 years ago when World War 1 began. “We’re looking at family and school life, and at technology and how it has changed over time,” Janis said. “Then we’ll be looking at how the war changed the lives of families.” Pictured on a vintage fire engine are six-year-olds Toby Gunn, Minka Brooks and Sophie Emmerson and seven-year-old Gabe Booth.
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Wanaka’s two biggest winemakers are happy with their harvests after the Indian summer and have nothing but praise for the district’s smaller winegrowers. Rippon owner/winemaker Nick Mills said, while his yield is the smallest it has been since 2007, due to the drought, he’s happy with the quality of the grapes. “The vines have been stressed but they take it well,” he said. Maude Wines owner/winemaker Sarah-Kate Dineen said they have had a big year with healthy crops and
great quality. “Mount Maude has had a spectacular year,” she said. “February and March had quite warm nights and the fruit
about the sugars accumulating too much. It’s a year that I haven’t seen in Central Otago.” As well as Mount Maude vineyard,
The little brands are the success stories of Wanaka these days. They make really special wines and Wanaka should be very proud of them. kept ripening. The cooler nights in April meant the ripening slowed down and we could leave the grapes on the vines for longer without worrying
Maude Wines has partnership vineyards in Bannockburn, Northburn, Lowburn, Queensberry, Pisa, Gibbston and Maori Point. “We make sub-regional blends
of pinot noir and pinot gris,” Sarah Kate said. “Each sub-region is different each year so it’s very interesting and a lot of fun making our blended wines.” Both Rippon and Maude Wines also make wine for smaller local vineyards. Nick Mills makes wine for Mount Iron, Hazledine Brothers and Minaret Peaks. “The smaller vineyards are all getting better and better as they develop their knowledge and experience,” he said. “They do it all themselves. The little brands are the success stories of Wanaka these days. They make really special wines and Wanaka should be very proud of them.” Story continues page 2...
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Water for four Bountiful harvest for vineyards Tarras stations ... Continued from page 1
Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The owners of four Tarras stations have joined forces to pump water from the Clutha River to their land for irrigation. The Gibson, Purvis, Annan and Jolly families have formed a company called Terrace Irrigation which now has consent to take up to 716 litres per second from the river. The water will be used on their respective stations; Malvern Downs (Gibsons), Cluden Station (Purvis), Lindis Peaks (Annans) and Kotiti (Jollys). Terrace Irrigation spokesperson Pete Jolly said work started on the water storage pond last week. It is northeast of Tarras village in a paddock beside the main road. Water will be pumped there from a borefield which has already been drilled beside the Clutha River, about halfway down
Maori Point Road, Pete said. Water will go from the pond to the respective stations, and the system should be up and running in September. “It’s very exciting for us,” Pete said. “After the summer we’ve just come through, you certainly understand
from the Clutha River between September and April each year. The company had hoped the Otago Regional Council would be a dry shareholder, buying 30 percent of the shares for about $3.4 million. But the ORC announced it would not be investing in Tarras Water Ltd
After the summer we’ve just come through you certainly understand the value of water. the value of water. I’ve been looking at the pros and cons of taking water from the Clutha for eight years. It’s been a lot of hard work by a lot of people and a lot of frustration.” Pete and about 40 other Tarras landowners had formed a company called Tarras Water Ltd which proposed irrigating 5999ha of land by drawing 4500 litres of water a second
after its June meeting last year. Pete said he and the other three station owners had come up with the Terrace Irrigation proposal as an alternative option. He already irrigates 200ha of his property with water from the Lindis River, and plans to irrigate a further 400ha with the Clutha River water.
Sarah-Kate makes wine for Akitu (Mount Barker), Beaconfields Estate, Drafters Gate (Mount Aspiring Road), Black Peak Vineyard (Morris Road), Glandovey (Far Horizons), Black Peak Estate (Queensberry) and Two Degrees (Queensberry). “They’ve been lucky this year with no frost so they’ve all had a nice fruit set and the quality looks really good,” she said. “Growing grapes and making wine is a journey of learning but they’re all seriously into it, they’ve learnt really well and they know what they’re doing.
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For most it’s a lifestyle thing and they’re very nice to deal with and
they’re looking at some very good wines.”
Club kickstarts watersports facility Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun A foundation club for the proposed lakeside watersports facility hopes to raise $25,000 toward the project. T h e W a n a k a Watersports Facility Trust has proposed building a facility for non-motorised users of the lake on the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s Roy’s Bay Reserve. It would be built beside Stoney Creek, about 30m from the lake. A foundation club was
launched last night to raise money to help fund professional services for the project. Trustees have already contributed $7000. The 430sqm building, which would house storage areas, changing rooms, bathrooms and a gym, was expected to cost between $750,000 and $1 million. An animated video showing what the building would look like from various angles, including the WanakaMount Aspiring Road, Lake Wanaka and the air, was shown at last
night’s launch. The council’s draft Wanaka Lakefront Reserves Management Plan allowed a building on Roy’s Bay Reserve, providing it was consistent with the objectives of the plan. A vision of the draft plan was “to protect and enhance the amenity value of the Lake Wanaka reserves whilst providing opportunities for land and water-based recreation.” The trust was urging people to lodge a submission on the draft
plan in favour of this provision. The deadline for submissions was June 6. The trust intended to apply for resource consent for the building in a couple of months, if the council adopted the draft Wanaka Lakefront Reserves Management Plan. It was envisaged it would be funded through grants from funding organisations and donations, and the ongoing operating costs would be covered by subscriptions from users of the facility.
Views sought on substation Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun Aurora Energy’s plans to build a substation on Camp Hill Road, near the Hawea River walking track and the play-wave, have been released for public submissions. The electricity distribution company has applied for a designation from the Queenstown Lakes District Council to build the substation on the eastern side of the kayak play-wave car park. The application said the substation was needed to cater for increased electricity demand, due to the growing number of farm irrigation systems in the area and the residential growth at Lake Hawea and Hawea Flat. The Dunedin City Council-owned company would buy 11.7ha from
Jim Cooper of Devon Dairies, if the designation was granted. The Queenstown Lakes District Council was calling for public submissions on the proposed substation, by June 6. The Wanaka Sun was contacted by two Hawea residents late last month, who were concerned the profile poles on the site indicated the scale of the buildings and electricity infrastructure would be large. Gary Johnson, the marketing and communications manager for infrastructure company Delta, contacted the Wanaka Sun to “reassure residents that the planned Camp Hill Road substation occupies only 35 percent of the overall site and the high voltage yard only takes up 18 percent of the overall site.
“We have taken care in the site design to minimise the visual impact by setting the substation site back from the road and including screen planting around the perimeter fence. “The substation site will also be well away (about 150m) from the Hawea River and existing kayak (play-wave) car park.” Gary said there would be one building on the site which would house the electrical switchgear. It would be less than 7m high and similar in size to a large double garage, about 10m by 6.3m. The Queenstown Lakes district plan stated nonresidential buildings in the rural general zone must be less than 10m high, unless resource consent was obtained. Gary said the profile poles on the site illustrated the
maximum height of the five power poles which would be erected inside the substation fence. “These poles will be similar in height to the ones already along Camp Hill Road. “The other electrical equipment on (the) site are free-standing structures and will all be approximately 4m in height. “For safety reasons, we are required to place high voltage electricity equipment at specified heights to meet the industry safety regulations.” The application for designation said the building would be a “natural” colour with reflectivity of less than 36 percent and any noise generated on the site would be subject to noise limits.
Deer carcasses dumped The Wanaka Police are calling for help from the public after deer carcasses were found dumped on private land near the Cardrona River. The police received complaints from Riverbank Road residents about the carcasses being disposed of on their land. Anyone with information, or witnesses of suspicious behaviour in the area, is asked to contact Constable Martin Barham at the Wanaka police station.
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Restoration of Roy’s Peninsula Food forest needs funding Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun Nearly a quarter-of-amillion native trees have been planted on Roy’s Peninsula in Lake Wanaka, in a privately-funded regeneration project. And the landowners, Andrew and Elle Grant, New Zealanders living in Singapore, hoped to plant one-million trees, in line with what was known about pre-European vegetation patterns. They owned about 130ha on the southern arm of Roy’s Peninsula. The revegetation work was being carried out by Matukituki Natives. Its landscape manager, Clint Hughes, said a wide range of species had been planted, since the project began in 2008. All the plants were grown from seeds sourced from the small, remnant populations in the Wanaka area. “It has been very satisfying to introduce these species back to Roy’s Peninsula,” Clint said. It was a challenging project at times, with the terrain varying from the shoreline of Lake Wanaka to steep areas, and the climate ranging from very wet in some parts to very dry in others. Pests, including stoats,
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ferrets, possums, wild cats and rabbits, also caused problems. The planted areas had been fenced off and a pest management strategy, involving trapping and shooting, was in place. Resource consent was also being sought from the Queenstown Lakes District Council to build 10km of walking tracks, which would create a circuit of the site and enable other areas to be planted and the pests controlled. Council consent for the tracks was required because the volume and area of the earthworks would exceed the amount permitted by right in any one year.
It was expected about 900 cubic metres of earthworks would be required, over 8000sqm. The 1.2m-wide tracks would be built using a pick and shovel and a one-metre wide excavator. The application for consent, compiled by Southern Land resource management consultants, said the track would be more than 1km from the main public vantage points and would not be “visually dominant.” The most visible sections would be screened by plants. Andrew Grant told the Wanaka Sun he felt “incredibly blessed” to have stewardship
of a portion of Roy’s Peninsula. He hoped it would become similar to peninsulas in Northland which had predator-proof fencing, creating havens for at-risk native species. The species planted to date included kanuka, manuka, coprosma, mountain beech, pittosporum, flax, kowhai, wineberry, mahoe, marbleleaf, matai, totara, rata, along with some olearias, including olearia hectorii and olearia fragrantissima, which were endangered species. Pictured planting on the Roy’s Peninsula site are Clint Hughes, Rob Cliff and Simon Bown.
The team behind the food forest at Hawea Domain is keen to set up a formal committee to ensure the successful continuation of the project. The forest is intended to provide a low maintenance source of organic food for locals. Founders Ben Elms, Joel Dean and Libby Paulin will become part of the committee, but they need some help, especially since the other three founding members, Steve Henry, Ali Law and Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice student, Andy Cambeis, have left town. In particular, they are keen to find someone
who is good at doing fundraising applications and someone who can take care of the books. “There are organisations out there wanting to give us money,” Ben said. “They love the idea of a community garden. We just need help to get the applications done.” The first plantings at the food forest were in 2012 and there was a second big planting in spring last year. All the plants were donated and included natives and other plants which would provide shelter and attract insects, as well as food-producing trees and plants such as chestnuts, apples, peaches, pears, mulberries, currants, raspberries, strawberries, artichokes and herbs.
Ben is confident there will be plenty of demand for the produce, even though many Hawea people have their own fruit trees and vegetable gardens. “Most people still buy a bag of apples every week of the year,” Ben said. “We are planting good storage varieties that will be available all year around.” Ben said the forest will incorporate a nursery where fruit trees will be propagated to sell or give away. “We just need a bit of funding to get that started,” he said. A meeting was held at Ben’s home last night to set up the new committee.
Draft annual plan - have your say Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun This year’s submission form on the Queenstown Lakes District Council draft annual plan asks f or c omm en ts on “community engagement.” From December 1, the council will have a new “Significance and Engagement Policy” which will determine the
significance of proposals or decisions, and how council will engage with the community on them. Wanaka Community Board member Bryan Lloyd said he has never seen the council’s existing policy on “significance” but thinks it is a money issue. “I think if there is a large amount of money involved it is deemed
to be “significant”, he said. “But it’s not all about money. I’m all for more visibility and being in touch with the community.” Councillor Lyal Cocks said it’s a question of where the threshold is set. “It’s public money so it’s important,” he said. The council’s submission form asks: which issues should it
ask your opinion about, how you would like to receive information from council, and how would you like to share your opinions with council. “Some people won’t submit on the annual plan, and then grumble about what we do,” Bryan Lloyd said. Submissions close on Monday (May 19).
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New social worker position at MAC Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Mount Aspiring College has created a new position for a part-time social worker. Wendy Cruickshank began working at the school – for ten hours a week – this month. She was also contracted by Community Networks Wanaka, to provide services when required. Wendy said she moved to the Wanaka area a year ago and had been taking a break from the social services sector by working at Organic Express. She would continue to work
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there one day a week to “clear her head,” she said. Wendy, who came from Gore, said she was surprised by the level of problems some Upper Clutha residents were facing. They included domestic violence, complex family problems, and under-18 year olds who were “fending for
themselves…with no parental support, living off a benefit and trying to stay at school.” In Gore, problems such as domestic violence and poverty were “more in your face,” she said. The social problems in the Upper Clutha area were more “complex” and there was less support from government agencies. Non-government organisations “picked up the slack,” she said, for example, contracting social worker services at Mount Aspiring College and Community Networks Wanaka.
Lagarosiphon spraying resumes
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Preschool explorers keep warm The Wanaka Preschool “Explorers” can enjoy their weekly visit to Wanaka Station Park whatever the weather, thanks to jackets and outdoor pants funded by the Wanaka Rotary Club. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Use of the herbicide diquat - to help rid Lake Wanaka of the weed, lagarosiphon has resumed and will continue until the end of next month. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has advised Wanaka residents and users of the lake that diquat, in a gel form, would be applied from a boat or a helicopter to several parts of the lake, including the Isthmus, Mount Burke to Quartz Creek, Roy’s Bay, Paddock Bay, Glendhu Bluff, Glendhu Bay and Parkins Bay. The work, which began on Monday, was likely to continue intermittently until June 27, as weather and lake conditions permitted. It would not be carried out during weekends or on public holidays. LINZ has advised people not to consume water from the vicinity of the treatment areas, or to use it for irrigation, during the 24 hours after the diquat has been applied. Notices would be posted on the LINZ website 24 hours before spraying was planned. Warning signs would also be placed at formal public boat ramps while the treatment was being carried out and would be removed 24 hours afterwards. Control of the weed was overseen by the Wanaka Lagarosiphon Management Committee, which included representatives of the Queenstown Lakes District Council, the Guardians of Lake Wanaka, the Otago Regional Council, the Department of Conservation and LINZ, according to a ten-year plan. During the management committee’s annual inspection of the lake earlier this year, it found work to control lagarosiphon was well ahead of schedule.
Chopper appeal May is Chopper Appeal month and Westpac Wanaka is hosting a fundraising Chopper Quiz Night at the Wanaka Golf Club on Tuesday May 27. Teams of four to eight can register at the branch. Local business manager Lloyd Mansfield and bank manager Barbara Lewis are pictured with an All Blacks jersey, signed by Dan Carter and Richie McCaw, and a Highlanders jersey, signed by the team, which will be auctioned on the night. Silent bids can be made in the local branch before the auction. All funds raised in the area will benefit the Lakes District Rescue Helicopter.
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Award-winning pianist in town Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Grammy award-winning jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe is performing in Wanaka next week, thanks to a former fellow band member, trombonist Bruce Paulson (pictured), who came to live here seven years ago. Bill and Bruce were both musicians in the Los Angeles jazz scene. They jammed together “many, many times” and played in the same latin jazz band and jazz sextet. They became firm friends and both had successful careers in the music industry. About ten years ago, Bruce developed a lip condition which forced him to give up his career, which had included 20 years in the band on the Johnny Carson Show, and gigs with a lot of big names
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including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. He retired to Wanaka with his Kiwi wife Jan, and when he heard that his old friend Bill was coming to visit he set about organising a concert.
“Bill is one of the really brilliant pianists in America,” Bruce said. “The concert will be mostly jazz standards – those old tunes we all love to play – so it won’t be too far out.” Bruce is a professor of music and composes and performs classical and sacred music, as well as jazz. His work has been nominated for five Grammy awards and in 2010 he won a Grammy for “Best Instrumental Arrangement” for his work on a tribute album to pianist Oscar Peterson. He has also received two Emmy awards for his work in television. Bill’s concert has been organised by Bruce and the Wanaka Concert Society and will be at the Lake Wanaka Centre on May 24. His only other New Zealand concert is with Roger Fox in Wellington.
Kahu youth fundraiser There is still space available at Kahu Youth’s annual fundraising dinner later this month. Each year the youth group waits on tables at Amigos Mexican Grill for four nights and collects half the restaurant’s profits. Youth worker Angie Griffiths said there were still tables available on the evenings of May 27 and 29. The nights of May 20 and 22 had already sold out. People wanting to book a table should contact Amigos. Last year the evenings raised $1700 for Kahu Youth. In the past the money had been spent on a computer and a pool table for the youth group.
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Plans continue for river park Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Conservationist Lewis Verduyn-Cassels has been given until May 20 to buy a property he wants to turn into a river park beside the red bridge in Luggate. He said Contact Energy has already sold two of the three properties he wants for the park, but has given him more time to raise funds to buy the third property, where he has lived since 1991. The river park proposal was developed by Lewis (who is the Clutha Mata-Au River Parkway Chairman), landscape architect Anne Steven and Luggate historian Graham Taylor. They want to create a park on the three sections, which cover approximately 2.75ha. The park would serve as a recreation area, an education destination, a research facility, a native nursery, and a local history resource. There would also be habitats for the endangered longfin eel,
Art school online Wanaka Autumn Art School writing tutors Jules and Effin Older have put a three-minute clip online about their visit to Wanaka. The clip is called Writing for Real and features two numbers by Tony Backhouse’s a capella class, as well as various shots around the art school. The Olders travelled to Wanaka from San Francisco to teach the class. It included how to pitch articles or books, how writing and publishing have changed in the digital age, and how to create blogs, apps and videos. Jules is an ebook publisher and author, an app creator and a blogger. He writes travel and ski articles for airline magazines, and is Radio New Zealand’s information technology correspondent in San Francisco. Effin Older co-hosted Of Course You Can Do It and The Renovators for TVNZ when she lived in Dunedin. She is a writer, teacher and photographer and has been widely published in books, magazines and newspapers. Both Jules and Effin have won awards in Canada, UK, NZ and USA.
rare indigenous plants, native birds and skinks. “We were hugely disappointed that we didn’t have time to raise funds to purchase all the land we need for the park, but we’re pleased that Contact has given us this chance to purchase the last property, although we’re struggling to raise enough money,” Lewis said. “We’re hoping to attract donations and sponsorship from people, organisations
and businesses keen to be associated with community-based river conservation.” Lewis said the plan had been developed since June 2012 and is backed in principle by the Wanaka Community Board, the New Zealand Transport Agency, Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust, the Historic Places Trust, the Longview Environmental Trust, and the Department of Conservation.
“As an unofficial river-keeper, I feel an obligation to care for the extraordinary Clutha Mata-Au River on behalf of the community and future generations. Sadly, we’re losing a lot of river corridor land with very high conservation and amenity values. I hope we can find sufficient funds to purchase this last property at the red bridge before our option expires,” he said.
bookreview A book review for the Wanaka Library
When the Cypress Whispers Yvette Manessis Corporon I have just read “When the Cypress Whispers” and found it an enjoyable but not outstanding read. The novel is set in a slightly idealised Greek island and deals with Daphne’s return home from an immigrant American upbringing to come to terms with her roots and priorities in life. There are mouthwatering descriptions of Greek food including simple preparation steps, plus good location and
character descriptions. The story mixes Greek myths and history. The whispering cypresses hint at the Greek Oracle tradition. Initially, it all seems too good to be true but gradually the characters develop, and the darker and more complex story emerges. The story has a couple of slightly confusing passages where one image does not quite link with the next. For example Daphne, after being told the tides
are strong between the islands, is asked to steer while the boat owner dives for sea urchins. Or on a perfect clear day Daphne suddenly has grit blowing into her eyes. This book would be great to read on a cold, wet winter’s day. Do persevere beyond the slightly saccharine opening chapters. It is an easy read and a surprisingly informative one. - Heather Macleod
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Cromwell pupils stay visable thanks to Rotary
The Southern District Health Board Medical Director, Community Drug and Alcohol Service, Dr Gavin Cape, says regular users of the synthetic cannabis group of drugs may have adapted to having that drug in their system and may only feel normal when using the drug. He said when they stop using them, their body and brain would have to adjust. The Government’s legislation to ban so called “legal highs” came into effect last week. “Withdrawal is the brain getting used to working normally again without the drug,” Dr Cape said. “Each synthetic cannabinoid may have different withdrawal symptoms as they vary in the amount, strength and even the kind of cannabinoid.” It is expected most people will have mild or little withdrawal, which in general should last a short time. If users have more severe symptoms, they are advised to call their doctor.
As part of the continuing commitment of Rotary clubs to road safety, all primary age pupils in Cromwell are being given high-visibility vests. The funding for the vests was provided by Contact Energy, the Otago Motor Club Trust and the Rotary Club of Cromwell. Pupils and staff at Cromwell Primary School are pictured with Cromwell Rotary president Murray Kennedy, Graham Quinn from Contact Energy, Cromwell Rotary member Craig Lunn (beside the banner) and school principal Wendy Brooks (second from right). PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Two decades volunteering for DOC Wanaka man Graeme Harford has just completed his 21st season as a voluntary hut warden at the Mount Aspiring Hut. And the keen tramper intends to volunteer again next summer. “You meet people from all walks of life,” he said. Graeme began volunteering as a hut warden when he retired more than two decades ago. This season was particularly special as his wife and six of his nine grandchildren visited him at the hut. “It’s never solitary, I always have friends or family visiting and there’s always people coming and going from the hut.” At the end of each day, he enjoys a walk up the Matukituki Valley.
Understanding your teen Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Wanaka Alcohol Group’s second presentation on “understanding your teen” will also be held at Mount Aspiring College. The group - which was formed last year to ensure an ongoing conversation about alcohol and drugs - is bringing speakers to Central Otago throughout 2014, as part of a series of presentations called “On the same wavelength – understanding your t(w) een – a road map through adolescence.” “Tween” means a person aged ten to 12 years.
Wanaka Alcohol Group member, Kathy Dedo, said the second speaker in the series, which aimed to help youths and families make healthy choices, would be James Beck from the national parenting organisation, The Parenting Place. He would help parents understand the world their adolescents lived in – including the challenges of peer pressure, technology, self-esteem, alcohol and drugs. “If you’re keen to build a resilient teen, then learning about the digital world, communication techniques and risky behaviours is
essential. “This session will prepare parents of tweens and teens for the range of challenges their children may face,” Kathy said. James’ presentation followed a session in February on teenage brain development with Nathan Mikaere-Wallis from the Brainwave Trust. James would also speak to students in years seven and eight at Mount Aspiring College and Cromwell College. Kathy said the group’s “on the same wavelength” series aimed to foster better understanding between parents and children and to
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connect parents with each other and the community in which they lived. James’ presentation would take place on June 4, from 7-9pm at the Lake Wanaka Centre. The doors would open at 6.45pm, entry would be a gold coin and refreshments would be provided. He would speak at Mount Aspiring College on the afternoon of June 4. His Cromwell presentation would take place on June 3, from 7-9pm in the Cromwell College auditorium and he would speak to the college’s year seven and eight students on the morning of June 4.
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Record number of films for festival crimescene Domestic violence, wilful damage
Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun A record number of films will be screened at the 2014 NZ Mountain Film Festival. The organisers received submissions from around the world, including Russia, Slovakia, Canada, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and Kenya, and 78 films will be chosen to be screened at the festival. “We are packing the programme with outstanding films,” festival director Mark Sedon said. “It’s really difficult to decide which films to leave out of the line-up this year.” The festival will also host a film editing competition, an adventure writing workshop and the adventure film school. The editing competition runs throughout June and involves editing 30 minutes of raw footage, which showcases Wanaka and carbon-free activities, and creating a two-minute piece. Ten of the best edits will be screened and judged by the audience. Local author and photographer Derek Grzelewski will hold the adventure writing workshop. He will also launch his latest book
On May 6, police attended an incident on Aubrey Road where a vehicle hit a stone letterbox causing injury to the passenger. On May 7, police attended a vehicle collision on Cardrona Valley Road. Police are continuing their inquiries into a domestic dispute at an Albert Town address last Wednesday. In a separate incident, a local 19-year-old male was arrested after a neighbourhood dispute at another Albert Town address the following day. Police attended a domestic dispute at an address on Plantation Road on Friday and a domestic violence incident at a McFarlane Terrace address on Saturday.
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“Going to Extremes, Adventures in Unknown New Zealand” at the festival. The two-day adventure film school, led by filmmaker and adventurer Hugh Barnard, will include production planning, camera and sound work, editing and out-putting of the finished film. The festival’s charitable
trust will offer free youth scholarships for the school, as it aims to encourage youth into the outdoors. In 2012, a small group of ultra-runners, including top American female ultra-runner Krissy Moehl and Tanzanian ultra-running legend Simon Mtuy (pictured), pioneered trail
running in Tanzania. They ran more than 250km in eight days around Mount Kilimanjaro, and the resulting documentary, Mountain of Greatness, is a finalist in this year’s programme. The 12th NZ Mountain Film Festival will be held in Wanaka and Queenstown from July 4 to 11.
Police are seeking information into the ongoing wilful damage of the public toilets at Kelly’s Reserve. On Saturday, police received a report of wilful damage after fireworks were set off near the door of an Achilles Place address. On Sunday, police dealt with a 22-year-old Canadian male who drove through the Diana Falls highway barriers and led police on a lengthy pursuit which ended near Cromwell.
If you have information on any crimes call 0800CRIMESTOPPER (0800555111).
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New outdoor gear – do you need it or not? Gina Dempster Working at Wanaka Wastebusters has made me a terrible shopper. Not in op-shops; there I’m happy and decisive. But put me in a store full of new things and I break into a cold sweat. I’m paralysed by fear that I’ll make a bad decision and end up with something I’m going to really regret tomorrow. Then I start thinking about whether I REALLY need this thing, and head down a thought spiral about whether it would be wasteful to buy a new one when I already have one. Usually that ends with me deciding the one I have will last another year, much to the frustration of my partner who has to deal with the downstream effects. I have been guilty of running off with his new ski gloves after I refused to buy myself new ones (well, my hands get colder than his!). When you keep your outdoor gear for a long time, you have to deal with the boredom factor. I have to admit I’m sooo over my down jacket, which I bought the day I decided to move to Wanaka (back in, surely it couldn’t have been, 2001). But let’s be honest here, how much do black down jackets change year to year? And mine doesn’t even have a rip yet to repair with duct tape, a common look amongst some long-time locals. It’s cool that
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we live in a community where people care more about getting out there than updating their gear.
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Classic in second-hand clothes from the Wastebusters shop and a pair of home-made shoes made from mountain bike tyres. For all those who didn’t get to find out how she went – she finished in five hours, shoes intact, and loved every minute of it. Her motivation was to show that you don’t need the latest brands when you go into the environment, and to fight back against the commercialisation of outdoor experiences. Her message that it’s all about the adventure really clicked with lots of people. She definitely inspired me to think about why and when I update my ski gear. Ange does have a natural advantage in pushing the boundaries with her outdoor clothing though; she’d look great wearing a knitted baby vest on her head (check out the Wastebusters ad on page 3 if you don’t believe me). So my new approach is to decide what I need to upgrade before I start shopping. When I really need something, I’m going to try and enjoy buying it, because I know I’m going to have it for a long, long time! And if there’s something in good nick which I really can’t face wearing for another year (bright pink ski pants), there’s always the Wastebusters shop to give it to. So long as they’re going to another life with a new owner, I think I can let go of them.
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Gymnasts compete for first time Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun This year Wanaka’s newish gymnastics club has a squad competing in the NZ Gymsports system for the first time, beginning with an interclub competition in Dunedin this weekend. The girls competing for Aspiring Gymsports (pictured with their coaches Jannette Santos and Renee Hadlow) are Zelda Boyd, 11, Deia Carson Wolfe, 9, Florence Marshall, 10, Mackenzie Thompson, 11, Isabelle Fitzgerald, 9, Jasmine Simonsohn, 10, Isabella
Soper, 9, and Sophia Fitzgerald, 12. The club morphed out of Kids in Motion which was set up by Rae Paterson. The group became Aspiring Gymsports in 2007 and now has 120 members. The club has a dozen classes a week, including an aerial class where students do trapeze work and two classes for boys. Club coordinator Kath Nicholson said the club has new leotards and tracksuits thanks to Mike Greer Homes, and received a $6000 grant from the Callis Trust for
new equipment. “We’re very grateful for the support,” Kath said. “Now we’re looking for new premises because we are currently using Proactive Gym which is great, but only available for two hours after school. The club is getting so big we would like to have classes at different times.” Kath said the club committee has been looking for new premises for about six months. “We hope to use the new sports facility eventually but that could be years away,” she said.
Junior rugby gets under way Five under-7 teams had their first taste of rugby this year with two pre-season tournaments, the second of which was played last weekend. Pictured are the Rams under-7 team, coached by Eddie Crowe and Todd Soper, who won both tournaments. The juniors have been training for the last four weeks in preparation for the first round of the season which begins this weekend. “The kids are excited and raring to go,” junior president Dean Millar said. Most of the teams will play their first matches in Wanaka. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Treble Cone book “Treble Cone”, a book about the 47-year history of the skifield and its people written by Matt Conway and published by Gilbert van Reenen, will be launched this winter. The book was eight years in the making and contains a wide range of photography, made available by many long-time Wanaka skiers. The book will be released at a media event to coincide with the skifield opening.
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Female-only bike race success Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The inaugural Tour de Femme Le Cromwell Edition was held by the Southern Lakes Multisport Club on Saturday, with 42 women competing over four grades (A, B, C and under-15). The event was held on the Ardgour Loop circuit in two stages, starting and finishing in Tarras. During the second stage, the course changed direction to include an incline and a Queen of the Mountain award was introduced, ensuring the pace was sustained up the hill. Between the two competitive stages, a group of nine women participated in a recreational ride which concluded with coffee or wine. Local student Phoebe Young won the under-15 division, while Krystyna Glavinonic
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and Janet Young, also from Wanaka, came third in the B and C grades respectively. Phoebe (pictured) also won the Queen of the Mountain award in
her grade. Race director Gavin Mason said the event was a great success and suggested it should become a permanent fixture
on the club’s calendar. Gavin hopes to see a growth in the participation from secondary school students and entry level cyclists.
Cardrona appoints new general manager Cardrona has appointed Bridget Legnavsky as its new general manager. The former services manager, pictured with her daughter Zora, has more than 20 years’ experience in the ski industry. Bridget has a background in competitive skiing, training and coaching and has been a key driver of high performance at Cardrona. She has also been the president and the technical director of skiing at the New Zealand Snowsports Instructor Alliance.
Championship for Mikayla Wanaka teenager Mikayla Harvey competed in the 2014 Peter Blackshaw Real Estate Junior and Women’s Canberra Tour in Australia over the weekend. The tour comprised four stages, including a time trial and road race on Saturday and a road race and criterium on Sunday. Mikayla won the under-17 tour overall. She was second in the individual time trial, first in the first road race and was in the lead bunch in the second road race. She also came first in the final criterium which doubled as the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) state criterium championships. It is believed this is the first time a New Zealand woman has won the under-17 grade. Mikayla’s next competitions are the South Island Secondary Schools Championships in July and the National Individual Secondary Schools Championships in September. Her goal is to make the under-19 development squad, which will be announced later in the year, with the aim of competing at the Oceania Championships in 2015 and World Championships in 2016. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Wanaka A back on form Al Bertini It is the halfway mark of the 2014 Central Otago Football League. Wanaka A welcomed league leaders Lakes United to Pembroke Park last Saturday. A tight, scrappy game was ultimately decided with a slice of good fortune in the first half. American import Matty Gee went one-on-one against the Lakes keeper and slotted the ball home to give the yellow and blacks a
1-0 lead. The second half followed suit with not much separating the teams in terms of workrate and chances created. Wanaka had no substitutes for the last half hour when both Lukas Poborsky and Jiffy Griffiths left the field injured. Tired legs were starting to show but Wanaka held on to win 1-0 and boost their hope of catching the league leaders. This win put them right back in the mix. Seb Thursby, Pete Reed,
Tim Zeestraten and Seany Kelly were rock solid in defence and they will be hoping to carry that form forward when they visit Galaxy in Queenstown this Saturday. The Braves notched up their first win of the season last weekend with a convincing win against bottom of the table Galaxy. Unfortunately, they went down 9-2 to Frankton on Saturday. They play new league leaders Alexandra away this weekend.
Anna selected for national squad Nineteen-year-old Anna Watson-Taylor has been selected for the New Zealand under-21 rowing squad. Anna started rowing with the Wanaka Rowing Club four years ago and still rows for the club every summer when PHOTO: SUPPLIED she is home from Dunedin Polytechnic. Anna is the first national team member rower from the Wanaka Rowing Club. The squad will compete in a two-test series against Australia under-21 team in Sydney next month.
Netball success in Alexandra Two Wanaka Primary School netball teams travelled to Alexandra on the weekend to play in the year five and six seven-a-side tournament. The year six team progressed to the semi-finals after four wins in their pool and then they went on to win the finals. Their coach, Tracey Gibson, told the Wanaka Sun the team looked unstoppable all day. “Brilliant teamwork from a team so young,” she said. “All the players excelled and played the best netball I have seen them play.” Pictured are (back) Tracey Gibson, Abbey East, Mackenzie Barnett, Georgie Bruce and Whitney Bennett, (front row) Madi Loudin, Holly Gibson, Piper Cavanagh, Alice Howard and Isla Gellately. Aly Gibson (absent) was the team’s referee for the day. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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EDITORIAL This week is women’s week. Just look at the indicators. This celebration of women began on Saturday with the revival of the women-only road cycling race around the Ardgour Loop. It continued on Sunday with Mother’s Day, although a few mothers were abandoned in favour of the second duck shooting weekend of the season (remember boys, it’s never too late to celebrate your mother). And on Monday, it was International Nurses’ Day (celebrating male and female nurses), which falls on the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. This week the Wanaka Sun is celebrating our younger women, with Phoebe Young’s victory in the Cromwell’s Tour de Femme, Mikayla Harvey taking the under-17 Canberra Tour title in Australia and Anna Watson-Taylor’s selection for the under-21 New Zealand rowing squad. Wanaka’s women are always worth celebrating.
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Ding dong dell the cows are in the well The South Island has been blessed by massive supplies of gravel spread from the Southern Alps down to the coasts to form fertile valleys and plains holding pristine aquifers. I have been concerned about the effects of the recent explosive spread of dairy irrigation in the catchments feeding these aquifers. I would like to be assured by some groundwater or earth science scholar if I have made an error in my scenario. My understanding of the hydrological cycle, here applied only to our plains of alluvial gravel and not the hill or downland country, is as follows: Over the gravel plains of Canterbury, McKenzie country, Upper Clutha and Southland, with annual rainfalls of around 800mm pa., there is little surface runoff to carry away any soluble chemicals. Instead, any storm precipitation surplus to evapotranspiration filters into the groundwater aquifers carrying all dissolved toxins/nutrients produced at the surface. This groundwater, which is seldom tested or “monitored,” may take many decades to seep out to the rivers or down to the coastal areas of high population where it feeds the water supply wells. Now bring on the cows, and their grass demands mean that the annual rainfall has to be artificially increased by about five times, from around 800mm per year to about 3000mm to 5000mm a year, similar to that of the west coast. But this sprinkling is controlled so that there is still no surface runoff, (which would remove some toxins), as this would be wasting water. Thus there is now five times more water available to enter the groundwater system. To this supply now add the massively increased input of nitrates and phosphates (maybe 1000 times the natural supply as cows are prolific producers of nutrients) that can only move downward dissolved in unplanned rainstorm water and in any unused irrigation water. You thus have a flow of nutrients seeping into the groundwater systems, to reappear, sometimes rapidly or after many decades, at rivers and in our artesian wells. I am asking for assurance from any independent expert to let me know if there is a fundamental error in my reasoning presented here. This is especially important as I understand that nowhere in the world has a contaminated aquifer been successfully purified. I would like to be reassured that there is not an undetected wave of contaminated groundwater heading directly towards the pristine groundwater supplies of many of our towns. Trevor Chinn Glaciologist Lake Hawea
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Sixteen snowsports scholarships sportbrief Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Sixteen local children have been awarded scholarships to help them improve their skiing or snowboarding skills this winter. The Grassroots awards have been given to them by the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club. Each scholarship goes towards lessons at Cardrona or Treble Cone. The club initiated the awards last year, when the recipients were Thomas Benson, Imogen Dougherty, Angus Wallis, Bella Soper and Jack Willson. “The response from the 2013 recipients was so positive the club decided to offer those children the awards again this year, and to offer it to another five children,” club secretary Bonny Teat said. “It seemed simple. However, there were so many applicants the club decided to give eleven more children awards this year.” All 34 applicants, and last year’s recipients, were invited to a free session at Aspiring Trampolining in Hawea last weekend. Owner/ coach Catherine Pew ran the afternoon session, and club
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president Bridget Jones said the children loved it. “The children’s confidence and abilities grew through the hour and a half sessions, and the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club was very impressed.” This year’s new Grassroots award recipients include six from Wanaka Primary School: Harriet Sargood-Ross, 7, Lola Ritchie,
6, and Emily Kane, 7 (pictured at Aspiring Trampolining with club president Bridget Jones and committee member Meridee Beange), Roman Alty, 9, Grace Creighton, 10, and Thomas Niles, 7. The other five recipients are Erika Hudson, 7, from Holy Family School, Tawa Carson Wolfe, 7, from Hawea Flat School, Billie Willson, 8, from Tarras
School, and Phoebe and Alice Wallis, 9, (jointly) from Makarora. The children and their families all receive free membership to the club, and will be invited to an awards night in July where the children will meet their “buddies”. “Buddies are more senior members who are already representing New Zealand in their chosen disciplines,” Bonny said. “The children will be able to watch footage of our Winter Olympians on a huge screen and maybe dream about being one themselves one day.” Bonny said the club was formed in 1979 to help local families increase their enjoyment of the mountains and foster skiing in all its forms. “With great foresight, the original members put their heads together to make a plan,” she said. “Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined how skiing would morph into so many completely different sports. Time has changed so much. Now the club encompasses all snowsports, but the big difference is it is able to give back to the community to help foster those original dreams.”
MAC 1st XV start campaign Mount Aspiring College 1st XV kicked off its 2014 rugby campaign in Wanaka with a plucky 38-5 loss to the highly-rated Southland Boys High School team. The MAC combined team pressured SBHS into uncharacteristic mistakes. Coach Hamish Crosbie was proud of the whole team effort. Led by the captain Elliott Mason, they stuck to a simple game plan, completed their set pieces well and tackled with precision. Sam Boyne scored the try. Player of the day was Charles Lucas for his lineout skills (pictured) and his work rate, while rugged No. 8 Jessy Wilson and swift-passing halfback Ellis Meyer-Budge also impressed.
National climbing competition At least 60 climbers from all over the country will take part in this weekend’s Climbing New Zealand National Cup. The competition is the first of three events that make up the CNZ National Cup series and it is hosted by the Wanaka Cliffhangers Climbing Club. “To host this comp again this year is awesome, and a real plus for local competitors,” club captain Loz Ogle said. “It gives less experienced climbers the opportunity to compete at a national level in their backyard.” The lead and bouldering disciplines are run on separate days with the lead climbing on Saturday May 17 and indoor bouldering on Sunday May 18. It is open to all climbers in all age groups, including youth (four groups: born 1997/1998, 1999/2000, 2001/2002 and 2003/2004 or younger), juniors (born 1995/1996), open and masters (born 1979 or older). Cliffhangers Youth Club members have been training hard in the build-up to the event and are looking forward to some podium finishes.
sport results WANAKA BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS. Cardrona Stakes 3. North/South:- Lynne Fegan, Georgie Roberts 65.88% 1. Allan Kelly, Deirdre Lynch 60.94% 2. Madeleine Reveley, Barbara Waterworth 57.41% 3. East/West:- Errol Kelly, John Lyness 73.28%1. Max Shepherd, Terry Wilson 61.89% 2. Gerarda Herlihy, Ian McDonald 59.93% 3. Friday Bridge 9 May. North/South:- Maggie Stratford, Lynne Fegan 70.14% 1. Madeleine Reveley, Jean Stokes 55./32%2. Heather Wellman, Deirdre Lynch 51 85% 3. East/West:- Sherril Harries, Mary Gibson-Collings 75.69%. Gaye Marshall, Claire Romeril 52.08% 2. Fran Holmes, Barbara Waterworth 49.07% 3. Junior Championship Pairs 5. North/South:Michael Champman Smith, Maggie Stratford 58.08% 1. Noeline Goldsbrough, Heather Wellman 55.05% 2. Lynne Fegan, Annie Freeman 50.00%3. East/West:- Elaine Herbert, Shona Watt 71.17%
1. Jenny & John Milburn 67.67%2. Ruth & Blair Coghill 52.67% 3. LAKE HAWEA GOLF CLUB 11 May 2014 Mt Maude Stableford Men 1st Neil Matchett 44 2nd Red Stevenson 42 3rd Colin Hanson 41 4th= Steve Wallace, Kahu Vincent, Tony Arscott 40 7th Tony Anderson 38. Ladies Linda Wallace 35. Nearest the pin No1 Tony Anderson, No 5 Tim Cotter. Birdies/Nett Eagle: No 11 Tim Cotter, Neil Matchett. WANAKA BOWLS RESULTS Friday Progressive 9:05:14 Skip: 1st Betty Russell 2nd Michael Barnett 3rd Donald Urquhart Third:1st John Barton 2nd Don McLeay 3rd Bruce Hamilton Lead: 1st Jon Barron 2nd Kura Urquhart 3rd Beaton Marr Monday 2x4x2 5:05:14 1st: Marj Morrish and Rob Mathewson 2nd: Donald Urquhart and Iain Fletcher 3rd: Trevor Tovey and Ivy Urquhart
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