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Scholarship for rising talent Thea DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz our months of hard work and rehearsals have resulted in a monetary scholarship for Mount Aspiring College student Thea Erichson, who wowed audiences as Annie over five nights in Queenstown. The year 9 student was granted the scholarship by Showbiz Queenstown to further her abilities in musical theatre, recognising her as an emerging talent. Thea, pictured, had returned from musical theatre summer camp in Christchurch when she found out about the auditions for Annie, which she had only four days to prepare for, followed by an agonising two week wait to find out if she had got the part. “Those two weeks were long. It was really strange at the auditions as all the people in Queenstown knew each other and I was just a mystery
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anaka will be the scene of one little boy’s dream holiday, and the first time he will see snow, as his family try to fulfill all his wishes as he battles an incurable brain tumour. After seeing the Truter family’s story in the New Zealand Herald, Jenn Werner, who lives in Sydney but has a holiday home in Wanaka, contacted them to offer her home to them, and appealed to the community to donate whatever they could to make Arian’s holiday special. “I read the story, cried a bit, then thought, what can we do? After reading that Arian wanted to see snow, I
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her scholarship is bound to help her achieve. Rachel Erichson, Thea’s mum, said, “I am a pretty proud mum. When you are that involved you feel like you are up there with her, and it is such
a proud moment to see her doing something that she actually loves. This has been an awesome chance for her to earn her stripes and shows that she has the talent and should pursue it.”
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Wanaka girI. I wasn’t expecting to get Annie and it was so awesome that I got the chance to do it,” Thea said. The student now has her sights set on performing in more musicals in the future, something which
thought, well we can organise that, so I contacted Arian’s mother, Sanaz, and it went from there,” Jen said. Five-year-old Arian, who was given up to nine months to live at the beginning of the year, has a rare, inoperable and incurable brain tumour. He will travel to Wanaka on Sunday June 19 from his home in Auckland with his mum, dad Nadim, 13-month-old brother, an aunt and two cousins to spend nine days enjoying the town and snow. The family have been inundated with offers from local businesses and individuals wanting to make their time here special, from people who will bake muffins, cook food, donate a car and petrol and decorate Arian’s holiday bedroom with his favorite
space-themed decorations. Sanaz said that the family have been overwhelmed and humbled by all the offers and donations. “We’re so humbled that people are even thinking about us. Arian has already told me that the first thing he wants to do when he lands is build a snowman and throw snowballs at me,” Sanaz said. As well as spending a day up at Cardrona, also high on Arian’s holiday to-do list is Puzzling World and pony rides by the lakefront, with other offers including meals out, museum and motorsport trips, greenstone carving and plenty of pampering for mum and dad. “Whether you have got kids or not, everyone is saddened by a beauti-
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ful little fellow who, at five, has this horror diagnosis, let alone his parents and extended family who have to live with the knowledge of what will happen to Arian. This really is a testament to a small town with a big heart and the people of Wanaka should rightly be proud of the love and support shown to this family. Whilst none of this can ultimately change Arian’s diagnosis and outcome, what the family will experience next week has had a huge and positive impact on them and will leave them with memories that will last forever,” Jenn said. To donate towards Arian’s treatment and research to help other children visit www.givealittle.co.nz/ cause/teamarian.
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Check immunisation records GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The upcoming ski season and school holidays will increase the risk of measles coming into the region with people travelling to and from affected areas and the Southern District Health Board (SDHB) is encouraging residents to check their vaccination history. There is a measles outbreak in New Zealand, which is mostly confined to the North Island, but there is a risk that Otago and Southland will get cases. SDHB state the best way to protect the region from an outbreak is through prevention. Vaccination is the best form of prevention against measles, and the MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Two doses is considered the best way to ensure that people are immune to getting these diseases.
SDHB medical officer of health Naomi Gough encourages everyone to “check that they have received two MMRs. Particularly adults who may have had all of their childhood vaccinations but have not received two MMRs because of when MMR was introduced to the childhood schedule. Also, some parents may have chosen not to vaccinate their children.” Measles is a serious disease and remains a leading cause of child mortality internationally. The measles vaccine has been attributed with saving millions of lives around the world. As a result of vaccination, measles is now rare in New Zealand. Even so, many people who are affected by measles experience complications including hospitalisation, pneumonia and death. “The MMR vaccine is free from your general practice for anyone who has not already had two doses. Contact your practice to discuss if you are eligible for a catch-up dose,” Naomi said. PHOTO: DANIELLE BUTLER
Ladder to help trapped weir fish Open home for fire safety DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Luggate Creek will be equipped with a fish ladder to help spawning brown trout which have been getting trapped in the creek’s weir. Concerns were raised by Luggate community members Anthony Marino, Jim Bryson and Dave Hawkins, who had noticed that hundreds of trout were becoming trapped downstream of the SH6 weir, making it impossible for them to move upstream to spawn. Otago Fish & Game Council’s fish and game officer Paul van Klink said that it was obvious from images shown to him by Jim, and during a site visit, that fish could not get past the weir in low to medium flows. Paul said, “I have been consulting with New
Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and Opus to satisfy their engineers that the fish ladder structure will not affect the river flows and bridge abutments. NZTA have agreed to contribute some money towards building the ladder, which is a temporary structure design that can easily be installed during the spawning season and removed prior to forecasted flood events.” The weir’s previous fish ladder was damaged by flooding in 1999 and never replaced. With the main brown trout spawning run in April and May complete, the fish ladder will be trialled later in winter when the rainbow trout spawning run commences in August. Anglers are reminded that Luggate Creek is closed to all fishing from May 1 to October 31 to protect the trout as they migrate upstream to spawn.
Community house consent approved GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Commissioners Andrew Henderson and Jane Taylor approved the Wanaka Community House Trust resource consent to construct, operate and maintain a community house comprising a 140 seat hall, offices and meeting rooms at 186 Brownston Street, Wanaka, subject to conditions.
Traffic, car parking and access were major concerns raised at the consent hearing but the commissioners concluded that the effects arising from parking, traffic congestion and the safety of the road network associated with the community house would be no more than minor and would be adequately mitigated subject to the preparation of an appropriate traffic management plan. Conditions included landscaping, engineering and parking and traffic management.
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Around 300 people turned up at 86 Capell Avenue, Lake Hawea, last weekend to see and learn from the devastating effects of fire in the home. The residents of the house, who were fortunately out when sparks from their fireplace landed on a nearby wicker basket full of kindling setting the house alight at around 8.30pm on Tuesday June 7, agreed to open their property up to others on Sunday, June 12. Fire risk management officer John Smalls, who attended the blaze alongside the Hawea and Wanaka’s voluntary fire brigades, said that an open home of this kind is rare as most properties tend to be in such a
bad condition. “Firefighters managed to save the property quite well, and the lounge door being closed meant that the fire didn’t spread to the rest of the house. Making sure all doors are shut is important, particularly when going out, or away for the weekend, as any fire will be more containable. Having smoke alarms is also important, in bedrooms as well, as they act as your sense of smell when you are asleep and wake you up,” John said. Another key message that the fire service want people to take away is to keep combustibles at least one metre away from any heat source or fire. For information or advice, contact John Smalls on 03 441 4550. Pictured: Fire damage at a house on Capell Avenue.
No movement at Knights Point GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Rectification work on the road at the slip at Epitaph Rift, on the south side of Knights Point, West Coast is no closer to being done. Haast Heli took this latest photo of the slip last week and commented on Facebook that there appeared to be clear water at the bottom, so the slip was not moving when the photo was taken. Their post said, “you my friends are actually driving along the edge of this big beast and as you can see campervans still parking along there to have a geezer out to sea! One of these days one of them is going to get one hell of a close-up!” Jacqui Dean made no comment when contacted by the Wanaka Sun. PHOTO: SCOTT RODGERS
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As the rolls of Wanaka schools continue to increase, the Minister of Education has been engaging with the community about the future of schooling in Wanaka. Last year, discussions were held about schooling possibilities and feedback was sought from the community. The ministry will be consulting with the community again later in the year to identify community views about what sort of primary provision should be made in Wanaka. The outcome will be reported to the Minister of Education, who will make decisions about new schooling provision. Director of Education Otago/ Southland Julie Anderson said, “We are responsible for planning the network of schools to ensure all students have access to education. As far as possible we want to ensure PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Concerns over Lake Hawea level Contact Energy met with Hawea residents last Wednesday June 8 at the Lake Hawea Community Centre to explain its use of the lake water to residents following concern at the low level of the lake this summer. The residents’ main concern was the fact the swimming embayment close to the boat launching ramp was unusable during the summer as it was above water level and left high and dry for the entire summer holiday period. Two tracks had been constructed by Contact Energy, one from either side of the lake, giving access to the water closer to the dam, but this had caused issues with some holiday-makers having to walk the extra distance from the holiday park to the alternate swimming area. Contact Energy market and despatch manager Boyd Brinsdon and environmental advisor Daniel Druce, travelled from Cromwell to address the meeting which was attended by almost 60 people. They explained the terms of consent granted to Contact Energy. “Contact Energy can maintain the level of Lake
Hawea between 338 and 346 metres above sea level. This mandates the company to drain between 10 and 60 cubic metres per second of water from the lake between September 1 and January 31, while also meeting its legal requirement to supply the electricity generators downstream,” Boyd said. The company’s contract also states that recreational users of the water must be supplied with water periodically. This included flow rates for both fish spawning and kayaking and means that at times the limits of flow were exceeded. “The requests of kayaking organisations cannot always be met, although the company tries to balance the needs of groups such as the local schools and the national kayaking championships with their requirement to supply water to the generators at Cromwell, Clyde and Roxburgh,” Boyd said. High flows after rain from Lake Wakatipu and Lake Wanaka further complicates the issue of flow management for the company, and this also had to be taken into consideration. Many residents had their concerns answered and Contact Energy were happy to have future public meetings with residents to work through any future concerns held by residents.
that planning for education in this area will meet the needs of the local community. However, we also need to maintain a balance between community aspirations and the efficient use of government resources.” A site acquisition process has begun in the Wanaka area. This process is complex and dependent on a variety of vfactors, including size, shape, topography, environmental conditions, price and current use. It could take between three and four years to complete. The ministry is currently closely monitoring rolls and wider growth in the area. “We will continue to work closely with Boards of Trustees, to ensure there continues to be enough space at existing schools for all local students,” Jennifer said. Further teaching spaces have recently been completed at Wanaka Primary School, and building projects are underway at Hawea Flat School and Mount Aspiring College.
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Visitors to Ruby Island will now have a more pleasant experience when they need to use the amenities with the installation of a new toilet now complete. Queenstown Lakes District Council allocated funding for the replacement toilet last year and the model decided upon was a $10,000 Norski wilderness toilet, similar to the one installed at Waterfall Creek. Consideration was given to a more expensive $39,000 model, but this was found to be unsuitable as the system required for waste to be taken off the island and this would prove too expensive to maintain. Ruby Island maintenance coordinator Jude Battson (pictured) said it was great to see the new toilet in place. “The new toilet only requires emptying once every five years, it is efficient, not smelly and is able to be pumped out with a mobile pump that can be taken to the island.” The old long-drop toilet has been filled in and cemented shut and will now serve as a greatly needed storage shed. “We don’t have much storage on the island and it is fantastic to have a new storage shed,” Jude said.
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Anti-bullying message told through magic STAFF REPORTER editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Magician Elgregoe, Greg Britt, brought his anti-bullying performance to Holy Family Catholic School this week. Elgregoe weaves his skills as a magician, ventriloquist and presenter with a message that teaches children key values for a great day at school. The key themes of the show were to respect others, and be a proud, responsible and caring student. The Christchurch man made the decision to combine magic and education after a conversation with a friend. The friend, a school principal frustrated by school-yard bullying, jokingly challenged Elgregoe to make bullying disappear with his magic. The comment sparked an idea
which has seen Elgregoe working in schools, educating children with the fun of magic, ever since. After researching the issue of bullying in schools and talking to teachers and friends, he created the show to inspire and encourage children towards taking a positive attitude in school and in life. In 2009, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appointed Elgregoe a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education. Other awards include The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Top Children's Entertainer Award and The Grand Master of Magic award. Pictured: Holy Family Catholic School students were captivated by Elgregoe the Magician who delivered an anti-bullying message with his fantastic show.
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Celebration of local volunteers DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz National Volunteering Week is nearly upon us, and now seems like the perfect time to celebrate our volunteers, young and old. Salvation Army’s oldest volunteer, 80-year-old Doreen, who came to Wanaka from Christchurch five years ago, has been giving up her time every Friday at the shop for the past four and a half years to help sort through clothes and shoes. “It is a lovely shop and I love going and meeting new people. You meet all sorts of interesting people young and old, from all over the world. When I first came here, I wasn’t well, and I got a lot of help. I felt that I wanted to give something back and the Salvation Army is such a good cause. My father’s family were all Sallies. The work is never-ending, but it is marvellous,” Doreen said. Sam Neale, pictured, also helps out at The Salvation Army under Mount Aspiring College’s Students in the Community programme, but away from school the Year 13 student is undertaking a trip to Fiji to help build housing. Next month, Sam will join 16 volunteers with Habitat for Humanity NZ to build houses for
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low income families in a village near Nadi, in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston. “It is transitional housing with the ultimate goal of building a new settlement for the village, although we don’t yet know the exact village we are travelling to. Personally I will be tasked with digging holes for foundations, mixing concrete, and building a single room structure with a tin roof. When my brother was in high school his church missionary group did a trip to Costa Rica to help build houses for a similar cause, and when my mum offered for me to go to Fiji to help out in a similar way I was more than happy to do so,” Sam said. Students in the Community coordinator Liz Breslin said that she was encouraging the students to define what makes a community for them, and that lots of the students were doing really good things. National Volunteering Week celebrates the theme of making time this year, and runs from June 19 to 25. Volunteer Central will be holding four talks throughout the week where local volunteers including Fraser Mills, Sharon Stephens, Brent Arthur and Luis Munro will be speaking about their experiences.
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Freedom camping forum to encourage collaboration GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Wanaka Community Board chair Rachel Brown is facilitating a freedom camping forum on Wednesday June 22. Representatives from Department of Conservation, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Land Information New Zealand, New Zealand Transport Association, Lake Wanaka Tourism, freedom camping wardens and councillors will join the discussion around how to better manage freedom camping. “Freedom camping is a rapidly growing phenomenon in our district and we need to better manage it so as not to destroy our environment and the pleasure of being in it. I am hoping that we can work together on a local level towards a community strategy to address the major issues,” Rachel said. Currently people are camping on land that falls under the management of different organi-
sations, who each have their own regulations and enforcement capabilities. “It is evident that a more unified and cooperative approach would achieve a better community result. Central Government is making noises about better addressing some of the issues and talks are going on between organisations at a national level; locally we can effect an on-the-ground approach that works for us,” she said. The forum will identify local hotspots and challenges and will discuss opportunities to better effect a community strategy. The National Government has just announced a contestable fund for local infrastructure to support freedom camping. “Our MP assures me there are top-level talks between all our organisations to address the situation. Jacqui Dean endorses our initiative to set up a community forum to address things from the bottom up. We might meet somewhere in the middle,” Rachel said.
Kahu Youth’s fifth annual Matariki celebration STAFF REPORTER editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Kahu Youth will be holding its fifth annual Matariki celebrations this Saturday June 18 at the Dinosaur Park. The family-friendly, smoke- and alcohol-free event kicks off at 2:30pm with kapa haka performances from Oanaka preschool and friends, followed by Wanaka Primary School.
There will be workshops, performances and displays throughout the day including poi, hula hoops, interactive art, wood turning and carving, flax weaving and a story corner for the little ones. The evening entertainment begins with a huge community hangi at 4.30pm and finishes with a firework display at 6pm. The event is free but Kahu Youth ask for a koha/donation for the hangi.
INBRIEF Council survey online this year for the first time Central Otago District Council’s annual residents survey is online this year for the first time. “We want to deliver on our community’s expectations, including great customer experience,” CODC CEO Leanne Mash said. “To do this we need to know what our community thinks about the services Council provides, what they are satisfied with and what needs improvement.” Central Otago residents can take the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/ codc2016 and go in the draw to win one of five $50 Prezzy cards. Paper copies can be obtained at council service centres or by phoning council to have one posted.
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DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Aspiring young musicians from Wanaka and Cromwell will take to the stage and battle it out in a play-off against other Central Otago schools. Bands, solo artists and duos from Mount Aspiring College and Cromwell College will go against others in this year’s Smokefree RockQuest, tomorrow (Friday June 17) at the Lake Wanaka Centre. Mount Aspiring College’s Syndkt, After Tomorrow, Clockwork, Paige, Evie, The Six Stringers, Dylan, Kairose, Casey and Niamh, The Junior Sound System, Rogue, Silhouette and Ceiling will compete against Cromwell College’s Young Kings and Siobhan and acts from Wakatipu High School, Central Southland College, Verdon College and James Hargest College. Preparations are still underway, with five-piece
band Kairose feeling confident despite still having half of a song left to write. Drummer Markus, who is the only member of the band to have competed in RockQuest before, said: “We’ve still got some work to do, but it will all come together in the end.” Four-piece band Ceiling are also feeling nervous, but confident. Singer Ella said, “we found out that we are the last band to perform on the night, which adds a bit of pressure, but we are going to rock it anyway.” The top two bands, solos and duos will then create 15 minutes of music video for selection for the national finalists’ judging pool in September. Smokefree RockQuest starts at 7pm and tickets are available from NZTix.co.nz. Pictured: Five piece band Kairose - Will, Rosie, Markus and Sam. Not pictured is fifth member Lincoln.
Airport continues to break records GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Queenstown Airport continues to see strong growth in passenger numbers with total passenger movements through the airport increasing by 22 percent in May, compared to the same period last year. Historically May and June are the airport’s quietest months but increased airline capacity, autumn promotions and the launch of evening services has boosted growth over the autumn shoulder season. Passenger seat capacity was added on all domestic routes and domestic passenger numbers continued to grow strongly with an increase of 24.5 percent on May 2015. This is the strongest domestic growth rate for the month of May since 2012.
The Auckland-Queenstown route increased 40 percent, making it the biggest growth route and includes the first after-dark services which commenced on May 23. International passenger numbers increased by 13 percent compared to the same corresponding period last year. With the ski season cranking up the airport is expecting overall capacity to increase 20 percent compared to last winter, with domestic travellers up 24 percent and international passengers up 14 percent. Peak days this winter are likely to be July 9 and July 16 coinciding with the school holidays. Last winter the airport’s busiest day was 6380 passengers on July 4 with 26 landings - 15 domestic and 11 international. The airport’s busiest day ever was January 2, 2016 with 7933 passengers and 30 landings - 21 domestic and nine international.
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Plunket car seats closing GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The car seat service run by Plunket will close in Wanaka from July 29, following a decline in the number of families using the service. The car seat service was launched in 1981 when only around 20 percent of children were properly restrained when travelling in cars. Research in 2014 found 93 percent of children under five travel in car seats. The change has come in response to families’ changing needs, with families increasingly choosing to buy car seats rather than hire one from Plunket. The decline in use has led to the service running at a loss for several years. Plunket car seat service manager for Otago and Southland, Kathryn Impelmans, said that Plunket will continue to provide car seat education and advocacy as part of a new injury prevention strategy. “As a charity it is important we use our limited funds in the most
effective way to help families keep their children safe. Plunket will continue our role in advocating for every child to be safe for every journey, and do more to help families avoid accidents that may cause injury or even kill their young children in the home,” Kathryn said. “We are proud of the work we have done to help families keep their children safe on the roads and we would like to thank our customers in the Wanaka area for their support over the years.” Plunket child restraint technician, Belinda Ricketts, will be contacting current customers to advise them of the changes. “Current customers will have the opportunity to buy the seat they are currently hiring, or buy another seat, if we have a suitable one available. We are committed to working with families to ensure their needs are met.” Belinda will be available at the Wanaka Plunket Rooms on Monday June 27, July 11 and July 25 between 11am-2pm.
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GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The children at Aspiring Beginnings enjoyed a surprise visit from TC Cat and Treble Cone ski school head coach Klaus Mair on Monday. Aspiring Beginnings senior teacher Jen Rawson said, “the children were excited and enjoyed interacting and playing with TC Cat especially when he chased the children around the playground and
had a slide down the hill. The laughter from the children was infectious.” Klaus talked to the children about what you wear up the hill, how to keep yourself safe and some ski tips including how to make a pizza with your skis and how to go over a jump. “A fun and entertaining visit that we all enjoyed.” Jen said. “Thank you TC Cat and we look forward to seeing you at Treble Cone.”
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have reached large proportions in some areas of South Canterbury,” Scott said. “They compete for pasture and impact our native biodiversity. They can also damage young trees and crops.” Scott said that wallabies had recently been spotted in and around Oamaru and other parts of North Otago, in locations far enough away from South Canterbury to suggest they had been intentionally released. “It is extremely disappointing to think that someone may be illegally releasing wallabies, given the significant potential impact to the rural economy and local biodiversity values,” he said. “There are significant penalties under the Biosecurity Act for knowingly releasing wallabies and an offender could face a penalty of up to five years imprisonment and/or up to a $100,000 fine.” He said reporting allowed the council to monitor wallaby populations in the region and put control measures in place if needed.
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Drop in community knit day STAFF REPORTER editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Knit Club Wanaka and The Woven are hosting Knit Wanaka this Saturday June 18 to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day. A free drop-in-and-knit community session will be held at a special outdoor lounge area outside Kai Whakapai from 11am until 1.30pm. The Woven will be giving away a basket of knitting goods to one lucky drop-in knitter too. Michelle Stewart, manager of The Woven, said the goal is to continue inspiring a new generation of knitters along with encouraging many to pick their needles back up. Knit Club Wanaka holds a successful Thursday night gathering, with about 30 seasoned and novice knitters joining in each week. She said the club is a positive and empowering free community session, where many are developing new skills, growing in confidence and making new friends.
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GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz A new webcam installed by Contact Energy at Clyde Dam makes checking conditions at Lake Dunstan just a click away. The Lake Dunstan webcam sends images back to a website link and provides a panoramic view over the lake from the top of Clyde Dam. It is updated every 15 minutes, ensuring an accurate take on current conditions. Locals suggested a webcam would help recreational users of the lake plan their trips and Contact Energy agreed, installing the webcam.
Contact Energy head of hydro generation Boyd Brinsdon said, “Given the number of people who use the lake for fishing, canoeing, rowing and boating, it is just a great idea.” Operator/trader Chris Sharman, who has a background in electronics, was tasked with the job. “Chris was just passionate about seeing this project through and procured all the gear and installed it, so we’re really thrilled to see it live,” Boyd said. Contact Energy will monitor use of the camera and depending on its popularity and how often it is used, may consider installing a webcam at Lake Hawea.
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Broadband outage causes issues More than 1000 people were affected by a broadband outage on Tuesday June 14. The problem was reported by Slingshot and Vodafone customers in Wanaka and Queenstown. The Wanaka Sun contacted Slingshot who confirmed there was a line issue in Queenstown and it was currently being fixed. Slingshot confirmed that, as it was a line issue, there would be other providers affected. A time frame for rectifying the fault could not be given. Wanaka resident Mark Magill, who is with Slingshot, said his internet connection went down about 3pm on Tuesday and that it was rumoured the fault was caused by a linesman cutting a cable. “It went out just after we arrived home from
picking the kids up. I’ve been using my mobile data, but that is running out and it is going to cost me money as I have to pay $20 a gig to renew for another week,” Mark said. He said both he and his wife worked from home, so they were online a lot for work. They also couldn’t watch television as they accessed programmes online. “We don’t have access to anything at the moment. You kind of forget how much you depend on it when you spend most of your time on the internet. There would be a lot of people in Wanaka who work from home and who depend on their internet connection,” Mark said. Service was restored to some customers at about 3.30pm yesterday.
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GINA DEMPSTER Wanaka Wastebusters Do you ever stand in front of the checkout in the supermarket, and feel nervous about looking at the total on the screen? Food, especially in Wanaka, isn’t cheap and when you’re growing small humans into big ones, it can cost a lot. But those small humans don’t always appreciate the value of the food you’re putting in front of them, and have been known to leave things unfinished and discarded – resulting in waste. Food waste is such a waste on many different levels, not the least of which is financial. Research has shown that the average Kiwi family wastes $563 of food a year. But we can’t blame it all on the kids; we parents buy too much and don’t get around to cooking it or to eating up left-overs. When we finally find stray items at the back of the fridge, out they go, into the bin or the compost. And while compost is a great thing, you want to be making it from inedible food scraps like tea-bags and orange peel, not from expensive food you could have eaten. We’re all busy, so it’s easy to say that we waste food because we don’t have enough time. But using up food can save time, as well as dollars. The new Love Food Hate Waste NZ website has lots of tips and recipes, but here are a couple I’ve
found useful to reduce our food waste, save time and save money for more essential items (like wine and ski passes). 1. Find a couple of good recipes to use up foods that you frequently end up wasting eg milk in our house. Making crepes, pikelets, cheese sauce or making the kids a milky milo after school can use up litres (they’ll wonder why you’re being so nice but that won’t stop them drinking it). Crepes and pikelets freeze well too, and can defrost in a school lunchbox before lunch. 2. Bar after-school access to the pantry until kids have eaten up all the food in their lunch-boxes. Hunger and a fresh plate can make it look quite yummy again. 3. Peel brown/black bananas and freeze them for smoothies. Without that black coat, they look so much more appealing, and you get much fewer complaints. 4. Freeze left-overs in small containers and take them to work to heat up. Labelling is a good idea, otherwise you might end up with some defrosted, chopped up chicken necks intended for the cat. 5. Keep an eye out for the next Wanaka Love Food Hate Waste event at Wastebusters. It will be fun and it will involve food – I can’t say more right now but details will be up on our Facebook page and wanakawastebusters.co.nz in the next few weeks.
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A washing machine, dryer and toilet were among non-recyclable material dumped recently at the Lake Hawea drop-off recycling facility at Domain Road, attracting the anger of locals and a risk of a fine. “That sort of dumb behaviour will see us lose our recycling,” one irate local commented on Facebook last week. Non-recyclable rubbish has been an ongoing issue with the worst time of year being the Christmas holiday period. The Queenstown Lakes District Council ask people to use the weekly kerbside collection rather than the drop-off facility whenever they can. Hawea Community Association (HCA) member Errol Carr said, “The dumping of non-compliant rubbish at the recycling depot is a
fairly regular occurrence and is a source of great frustration to our community, the HCA, the QLDC and Wastebusters. This latest dumping is frustrating also in that it occurred right below the sign setting out what material can be placed at the depot.” “We have not yet found a culprit – but would love to do so. We are just hoping that someone might have seen them doing it or perhaps have seen the stuff on a trailer.” The drop-off facility is designed for rural residents who don’t have kerbside collections, short-stay visitors and holidaymakers who leave town before collection day. Signage at the recycling facility clearly outlines what can be deposited and residents are reminded to adhere to the rules when dropping off recycling. If you have any information about this latest incident, contact the Hawea Community Association.
One step closer to sewing drive DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Plastic Bag Free Wanaka’s (PBFW) committee have been discussing their next steps following the reveal of Leigh Cooper’s winning bag design last month. The committee have started sourcing fabrics from local fabric shops and Wastebusters which will be used to make the first limited edition version of the Wanaka plastic-free bag. Only a small number of the first edition version will be released, with the
opportunity for pre-purchase. PBFW’s chairman Anna van Riel said, “The whole committee is working really hard to get this going. We just need to raise enough from our pre-sale campaign to buy the patches for the bags, then we can organise our sewing drive, which we will do before the end of July.” If you would like to be involved in the sewing drive, email the committee at plasticbagfreewanaka@ gmail.com or keep up to date via the Plastic Bag Free Wanaka Facebook page.
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Registered Landscape Architect Anne Steven responds to Peter Wilding’s opinion piece (Wanaka Sun, May 12). Peter Whiting advocates allowing Douglas fir and European larch to spread over the rangelands of Otago, as beneficial trees, replacing our tussocklands, shrublands and native forest remnants. He suggests wilding tree forests would deliver environmental benefits including carbon sequestration, reduced soil erosion, groundwater nutrient management, and deterring rabbits. He also considers it is simply incorrect to state water yields are reduced by tree cover. Scientific research has demonstrated that snow tussock grasslands have higher water yields than similar areas under forest and are very important for sustaining the water resource. (Google “Tussock grasslands and high water yield: a review of the evidence”). Preventing tree spread over tussock headwater catchments is fundamental to sustaining the water resource for downstream environmental needs including storage for irrigation. Our native plant communities including tall tussock grassland are able to sequester carbon too, and protect soil and water quality. Any vegetation that is a healthy continuous land cover provides good protection against soil loss, and will strip nutrients out of water flow especially grasslands. Closed canopy conifer forest has no ground cover to intercept surface flow. Dense vegetation of any kind deters rabbits. Mr Whiting’s proposition omits three key aspects: the impact of exotic wilding trees on biodiversity, on pastoral values, and on landscape values. Douglas fir and pines form a dense mono-culture that consumes and displaces pre-existing biodiversity. The net outcome is substantial loss of biodiversity and in particular New Zealand’s endemic flora and fauna. Our rich indigenous biodiversity, the visual beauty of our native grasslands (such as the Lindis Pass) and the legibility of our landforms are fundamental to landscape values which shape our own quality of life and on which our tourism industry relies. Vast expanses of fir forest would have a very significant adverse impact, taking away what is quintessentially New Zealand. Unfettered spread of conifers has significant impacts on grazing lands with some graziers spending hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to remove wildings emanating from seed sources outside their property. Mr Whiting advocates allowing wilding Douglas Fir and larch to establish as economic plantations. Unless trees are on easily accessible land and close to main transport routes and ports, wilding tree forests are simply not economic to manage, harvest or transport. The on-going cost of controlling wildings emanating from them must be factored in, including the costs incurred due to lack of capacity to deal with wildings in other areas. The recent cost:benefit analysis of the Coronet Peak Douglas Fir plantation forest concluded the forest would start to cost, if left to maturity at 45 years, because of on-going wilding control costs. Additionally, harvesting would leave ugly scars on valued landscapes of high
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natural character and would increase sediment loss into waterways. There is no denying that woody species are the naturally suited cover for most of New Zealand under 1000m. Whilst native forests may never regain all of its former range, native woodland (eg, kanuka) and shrublands are recovering the land in many areas. This slow natural process would be overwhelmed in just a few decades if wilding conifers were left to establish and, inevitably, spread. This is painfully obvious in a number of places around the country eg, southwest of Lake Pukaki, Flock Hill and mid-Dome. The costs of leaving wilding trees far outweigh the benefits. Mr Whiting identifies two key challenges with wilding control – one, the biological inevitability of tree spread; and two, what to do with the land after removing tree cover. The removal of seed source trees is now firmly part of wilding tree control strategies and is the only long-term practical and pragmatic solution. The strengthening of district plan regulations to prohibit wilding risk species also demonstrates a strong intention to prevent future seed source. Managing land after tree removal can be a challenge. What vegetation cover succeeds wilding trees depends on local seed sources, and desired land use. Some land can be successfully developed into pasture; or re-planted in non-risk production species. Other areas will naturally regenerate with native species. Others, with undesirable weed species – the most challenging. New Zealand already has one of the worst rates of human-caused biodiversity loss in the world. Allowing Douglas fir to spread will cause further decline in biodiversity including loss of threatened species. Our National Biodiversity Strategy commits us to not just halt the decline in our indigenous biodiversity but to reverse it. One key intervention is to prevent loss resulting from unfettered spread of exotic plants. The loss of indigenous biodiversity is one single compelling reason not to allow wilding tree spread. Mr Whiting also comments that the Department of Conservation’s tussock replanting programme is likely to be a complete waste of public money. For 12 years the Lindis Pass Conservation Group has been doing volunteer conservation work in the Lindis Pass Scenic Reserve under a MOU with DOC. In the last four years nearly 1000 snow tussocks have been planted out, grown up from seed collected in the reserve. Another 1700 tussocks will be planted within the next two years. Monitoring of the planted tussocks indicate a high level of survival overall even within hieracium dominated areas. The objective is to establish islands of tussocks in areas currently devoid of tussocks to speed up the process of natural tussock grassland recovery. Hieracium is light-demanding. Group members have observed juvenile snow tussocks growing through dense hieracium cover. As these plants mature and close canopy, hieracium will dwindle. The tall tussock grassland of the Lindis Pass was degraded over a period of some 120 years. Snow tussock is a slow growing, long lived plant. It has been only thirty years since the Lindis Pass Scenic Reserve was gazetted and it will need many more decades to recover.
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Closure of Streets to Ordinary Vehicular Traffic PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1974, notice is hereby given that consideration will be given, at the Property Subcommittee meeting, Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown on 7 July 2016, to the closure of the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of holding the 2017 Motatapu Sporting Event: Roads to be Closed: Period of Closure:
Motatapu Road (from Wanaka – Mount Aspiring Road intersection) Saturday 4 March 2017 from 0400 to 1300
It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure. Those who have any concerns regarding the above closures, please contact Sarah Mitchell at APL Property Limited on 021 244 9988 or by email sarah.mitchell@aplproperty.co.nz before 1700 on Wednesday 29 June 2016.
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The Kiwi Sticks Marsupialamis has a slow start against the Matakanui Mudcats who sank two balls into open goals early in the first half. In contrast, the Upper Clutha hockey team’s shots at goal were foiled time and again by superb defence. However, from an almost impossible angle, player of the day, Lulu Pettit, managed to get one past to score just before halftime. Spurred on by their coach, a revitalised Marsupialamis put their training into practice in the second half with Thomas Mitchell breaking through the defence to score four goals in quick succession. Lulu’s one-on-one against the Mudcats fearless last defender was the final goal of the game which finished 6-2 to the Marsupialamis. The Kiwi Sticks Orioles upbeat and energised performance led to victory over the Terrace Leopards. The Orioles played with real verve from the outset. The tone was set by an early goal from Thomas Benson and wonderful support play from Billie Crowe. Outstanding defence work from Lily Wilson and Ruby Cochrane shut down the opposition’s attack, while Annie Wells’ tenacity in midfield constantly interrupted the opposition’s flow. A highlight of the game was an outstanding goal from Amy Benson. Zoe Eckhoff showed great stick-ability, impressing with her increasing confidence in positional play. Nicola Mackay earned player of the day for her versatility in both attack and defence. The Orioles won 7-3. The Kiwi Sticks Salamanders team continued their golden run with a win over the Cromwell Vipers. Ably led by captain for the day, Max Porter, the team worked admirably together to score three goals. Hudson Weathington and Jack Sandford were solid in defence and worked well with player of the day, Zac Groves
who was steadfast in his position rarely letting any players get past. The team were unlucky to concede a late goal through a deflection, which came after a sustained attack from Cromwell. The final score was 3-1 to the Salamanders. With no game last week, the Mini Sticks Bumblebees took a while to get going against Maniototo and trailed 3-0 early in the match. Encouraged by the coach and supporters and the formidable attacking skills of player of the day, Alice Duffy, the team played with renewed dynamism. Oliver Cotter was solid as sweeper, frustrating Maniototo’s assaults on goal. Sophie Tuck had some brilliant runs but Maniototo kept the Bumblebees at bay. Final score 0-3. The Upper Clutha women’s team drew 2-2 with Cromwell. Although scoring an equalising goal early in the first half, Upper Clutha’s subsequent attacks into the opposition’s circle were unrewarded. Persistence paid off when Victoria Fraser took advantage of the re-bound from a shot at goal to score. However, Upper Clutha’s misplaced passes and loose marking enabled Cromwell to even things up again. Despite having greater possession of the ball in the second half, Upper Clutha were unable to score more goals. Katie Cochrane was awarded player of the day for great defensive work and setting up some good attacking moves from the back. The Upper Clutha Senior B team beat Queenstown 5-0 in an exceptional display of teamwork and sharp passing skills. Goals were scored by Billy Sandri, Shea Williams, Jacob Curtis and Tom Heather. Jacob and Madi Gainsford had a particularly strong game in defence while Ruby Burke and Ocean Alleman fed the ball into the scoring circle countless times. Player of the day was Shea for implementing the coach’s advice in the second half. Pictured: The mini sticks Hornets.
Casual junior swim meet Wanaka Swim Club are hosting a casual swim meet tomorrow, Friday June 17. Swimmers are encouraged to go along and join in some fun racing, whether they are seasoned
competitors or just starting out. The meet is open to swimmers in school years up to year eight, warm up will begin at 5.30pm and entry is $5 on the door.
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STAFF REPORTER editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Brando “Wildboy” Yelavich is a keynote speaker at this year’s NZ Mountain Film Festival and will speak about how adventure has provided him the antidote to some of life’s hardships. Brando (pictured) grew up on the North Shore of Auckland and was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. The 19-year-old was on the dole and smoking drugs every day. “I had a dream to join the army, but after attending a military prep school I was told because of my learning difficulties I would not be able to pass the entry exam,” Brando said. He was motivated and inspired by the movie Into the Wild and came up with the goal to complete the first full circumnavigation of the New Zealand coastline. He travelled 8000km in 600 days: walking, swimming, scrambling, rafting and
The Informant As an accountant I am often asked by clients what is happening in our local business community and economy. People are always curious to hear what sectors are performing well and those sectors not performing so well both within Wanaka and the broader economy in general. Not only does working directly with clients give you great insight into the state of financial play we gain information from working with others who operate in the financial sector. Obviously being mindful of code of ethics around client confidentiality is number one on the priority list in order not divulge confidential information but conversations tend to follow general trends and patterns. This article focuses on some of the observations that I am seeing at present. Remember these are my observations only and not economic forecasts. We appear to be a two pronged economy at present. Farming and agricultural operators are not fearing so well against a backdrop of booming tourism and construction industries. Often you read in the paper that breakeven for a dairy farmer is $5.25 per milk solid (MS). So what does this mean for a dairy farmer when the payout is $3.90 per MS and opening projection for the current season of $4.25? If a farmer is generating an average 380 MS per cow and carries a herd of 1000 cows equates to annual
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climbing. Determined to live off the land and armed with a copy of A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand, he caught and ate fish, wild birds, wild rabbits, pigs, deer and “whatever else I could get my hands on”. Brando recorded his journey and checked into civilisation via social media, called his Mum and documented the epic tale with blog posts uploaded when Wi-Fi allowed. Brando raised more than $30,000 for Ronald McDonald House along the way. The NZ Mountain Film Festival Charitable Trust Grant Scheme is designed to offer youth or people with disabilities a helping hand to fund outdoor adventures, education and environmental projects. The Grant Scheme is financed from the proceeds of a Silent Auction run during the festival. The community, sponsors and friends of the Festival generously donate items. Contributions are still being accepted by the Trust, to donate contact Festival Director Mark Sedon. production of 380,000 MS at a loss of $513,000 per annum. We are now entering our third year of these level of payouts so the impact on this sector is huge and is having flow on effects for farmers in this region that have traditionally provided winter grazing for cows from outside the area. Interest rates are at an all time low which appears to be the catalyst for rising demand for housing and the price rises that are happening within the property market. This is particularly so with Central Otago now hitting median house price for Queenstown of $877,500 in April compared with $670,000 for the previous year. The construction sector is experiencing unprecedented demand for the construction of new houses. The only hindrance to this continuing at present is a shortage of skilled labour which is having a direct flow on effect to building prices. Both labour and material prices are on the rise across the board meaning square metre construction prices are steadily rising. It is not uncommon to hear of per square metre construction rates ranging up to mid $3000. We are certainly seeing more renovation and alteration activity within established areas of Wanaka for this reason as well. Tourism is another sector that is riding the crest of the wave. The flow on effect to accommodation and activity based businesses has been immense. I have seen some motels having 100% occupancy over this last summer trading period.
age across the trails but it needs one more snowfall to enable full grooming,” John Hogg, trustee of the Pisa Alpine Charitable Trust that manages Snow Farm, said. Ski field management will continue to monitor snow conditions over the weekend and provide further updates as soon as possible. To keep up to date with Wanaka’s ski field news check out the Snow Reports Live page on the Wanaka Sun website thewanakasun.co.nz/snow.
3D multisport win for Simone Wanaka’s Simone Maier has won the 3D multisport championships at the Rotorua Multisport Festival. She competed in the 50k Multisport Solo race, a 9km kayak, 30km bike and 11km run. Simone said in her blog that she was very happy with the kayak leg and on the mountain bike leg her biking was “not awesome or brilliant but ok”. She raced into transition two in second place, 45 seconds behind Nelson’s Elina Ussher.
Simone had been concerned that a sore back which had been bothering her during the bike leg would affect her run, but the back pain subsided and she had a “great” run. Elina was placed second, Corrinne Smit was placed third and Wanaka’s Emily Wilson was placed fourth. Simone had previously won the race in 2013. She is now overseas for the next six months, racing and training.
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New sports on offer to kids Holy Family Catholic School are providing their year five and six children with the opportunity to play new sports under the watch of tutors from Queenstown Lakes District The sharemarket has been having a large bull run over the past while and now has a price earnings ratio of over 19 to 1. This is compared with an average of 13 to 1. This means share prices are somewhat higher than normal. Businesses are selling rather readily with price to earnings rates certainly on the rise with some businesses achieving 5 times earnings ratios. Our retirement folk are finding it increasing hard to maintain returns without taking on risk or living off some of their capital. I am seeing a tendency for some of these people to invest in slightly higher risk assets again. So what does all this mean? Given the Reserve Bank has recently held the official cash rate with mention of some possibility of further rate reductions we could be at the bottom or near the bottom of interest rates. Maybe now is a good time to look at fixing borrowing costs. New Zealand’s borrowing levels compared to income we earn are at some of the highest levels in the world. Recent moves by three of our main trading banks are starting to see moves against further borrowing by offshore property purchasers. Overall if you are looking at buying property in Central Otago or any asset now is the time to do your homework. It certainly appears assets are well priced. I am not saying don’t buy anything just make sure you do your homework first.
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SPORT IN BRIEF Representing Wanaka in Central Otago More local students have been selected for Central Otago representative rugby teams. They are Ryan Young, Keltan Voyce, Ewan Hughes, Jake Green and Lachie McKay for the under-38kg team and under-65kg representative players Thomas Scurr, Harry Gillispie, Zach Smith and Tom Colbourbe.
Weather halts cyclists Year five and six students from Hawea Flat School were unable to make it to the Top Bike Competition in Alexandra last Wednesday, due to dangerous road conditions. The school thanked all parents who offered transport, but said that it was too dangerous to be on the road. Three teams of six were due to compete in a mountain bike time trial, a road bike time trial, a skills test and grass track races.
HOW’S YOUR TEAM DOING? LET US KNOW Mount Aspiring College Head of Department Outdoor Pursuits, Dave Cassaidy, took the above photograph of his Year 13 Outdoor Pursuits students at Mueller Hut last
week. They were on a three-day camp at Mount Cook, pictured at rear, where the students did alpine tramping and rock climbing.
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