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of Roy’s Bay where the facility was proposed had been specifically identified as suitable for non-motorised Section 31 Recreation Reserve ommissioners Robert Nixon and David watersports and “that is surely logical Clarke have approved the original location that a shore based facility be adjacent for the Wanaka Watersports Facility on the to part of the lake identified for nonshores of Lake Wanaka subject to conditions. motorised watersports.” But we will have to wait and see whether any of The commissioners were satisfied the 744 opposers will appeal the decision. that the applicant had taken reasonaThe commissioners said that it was a finely bal- ble steps to consider alternative sites, anced matter as to whether or not consent should and “weScalewere forced to conclude 1:250@A1 1:500@A3 be granted. that the case for other sites proffered Date 30/05/2016 A minor site relocation plan was rejected by the by submitters were superficial, and Combined Water Sports Facility Building commissioners. would raise planning challenges at Landscape Concept Plan - Final B “Ultimately we found that the scales were tipped least as great as those on the applicain favour of consent on the basis that the site was tion site.” a transitional environment, that is, one associated They agreed with submitters that with the lake but strongly influenced by the sur- the application had understated its rounding urban environment.” recreational values. They had conThe commissioners also thought that some cerns about the size of the proposed weight had to be placed on the fact that the side building, however they considered GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Naturally shaped earth mound incorporating core flood diversion bund.

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active on a safer lake. We now have to wait to see if there will be an appeal to the Environment Court.” There were 744 opposers to the facility including Wanaka Hawea Reserves Trust. WHRT trustee John Coe said, “I would be very surprised if it was not appealed. It is the second appalling decision made by Commissioner Bob Nixon in as many weeks and I have spoken to a large number of people whom I think I can only describe as being distressed over the prospect of this unsightly building ruining our lakeshore.” “We are at present looking at the best way to go about organising a challenge to this unfortunate decision.” Comments on the Wanaka Sun’s Facebook page largely showed support for the decision, saying it was “a great decision” and “a long awaited necessary facility.” Any appeal must be lodged within 15 working days from July 25.

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the building was of a minimum size to store rowing skiffs. The balance of their decision addressed landscaping, trees and amenity issues. The commissioners overall conclusion was that the effects of the development would not be more than minor. Wanaka Watersports Facility Trust chairman Michael Sidey said, “We are thrilled that the commissioners have granted us resource consent to proceed. We believe this is a very good decision for Wanaka which needs greater infrastructure to cope with the increased numbers of residents and visitors.” “The facility will enable rowers, kayakers, swimmers and other nonmotorised sports enthusiasts to be

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No High Court for district GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz A difference of opinion on where a lawsuit should be heard forced Associate Justice Rob Osborne to make a decision about driving distance using Google Maps and suggesting Queenstown needs its own High Court. When Michael Mountz filed his lawsuit at the registry in Dunedin, three of the defendants took issue with this arguing that Invercargill was closer to one of their Wanaka homes and was more convenient than Dunedin. In answering the question, the judge decided the “nearest” would mean the shortest driving route, rather than a straight line on a map. The defendants presented Google Maps data which showed the Wanaka to Dunedin drive was 276km and would take three hours and 20 minutes. The Wanaka to Invercargill

trip was 242km, which was also six minutes faster. Plaintiff Mountz argued the Crown Range was often closed due to bad weather and it wasn't actually more practical. This didn’t convince the judge, and he ruled Invercargill was, in fact, the nearest option, moving the case there and ordering the Plaintiff to pay costs. The case highlighted the fact that despite a population of nearly 30,000 in the Wanaka-Queenstown area, there was no nearby High Court, and consequently locals had to drive hundreds of kilometres for cases. He said a new court in Queenstown would also help areas such as Haast, where people have to travel 316km to Greymouth for hearings. Despite this, High Court senior media communications advisor Matt Torbit advised the Wanaka Sun that there are currently no plans to establish a High Court registry at the Queenstown courthouse.

No nominations for local seats STAFF REPORTER editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Despite nominations for the local elections formally opening almost two weeks ago on July 15, Queenstown Lakes District Council has yet to receive any nominations for the Wanaka seats on the council or the Wanaka Community Board. As of the beginning of the week only two people had been nominated - Scott Stevens (sitting Councillor for Arrowtown) has been nominated again for that seat and John MacDonald has been nominated for the Queenstown/Wakatipu ward.

The elections will be held on October 8 for the Mayor of the Queenstown Lakes District, six councillors to represent the Queenstown/Wakatipu Ward, one councillor to represent the Arrowtown Ward, three councillors to represent the Wanaka Ward, four members of the Wanaka Community Board, three members of the Dunstan Constituency of the Otago Regional Council and one member of Central Otago Health (Wanaka ward only). Nominations close on Friday August 12 at midday. The elections will be held by postal vote and conducted under the first past the post system.

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Mums join annual Big Latch On DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Mums, bubs and families in Wanaka and Cromwell will be joining the Big Latch On next Friday (August 5) in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. The annual Big Latch On is a global event where mothers breastfeed at the same time to try and reduce some of the most common barriers to breastfeeding continuation. At 10am, mums at Cromwell’s Plunket Rooms and Wanaka’s Alchemy Cafe will all join the latch on, now in its twelfth year. Peer supporter at Wanaka Breastfeeding Support Fiona Waite said, “we want to help mums feel comfortable breastfeeding, and it is good to get support and help. We are all in the same boat,

and it is good to have that mother-to-mother support.” WellSouth health promotion specialist Jo O’Connor said, “the network will use World Breastfeeding Week 2016 to highlight the need to promote and normalise breastfeeding in our communities. Each Big Latch On is unique, designed by people in that community, to suit their own community needs.” Each event will provide morning tea, goody bags and an opportunity to chat and gather information from various community breastfeeding support services. For more information, call Fiona Waite on 022 385 0913. Pictured (l-r): Big Latch on mums; Fiona Waite with Ahri, Nikita Sellwood with Brodie and Melissa Morden with Carter.

Businesses come together More delays for community house DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Businesses and people working from home got together at a networking event earlier this week as an informal way of seeing how local businesses can connect with each other and work together. Business consultant and Airbnb host Amanda Murray organised the casual community networking evening, held in Hawea on Monday (July 25). “As an Airbnb host I wanted to start working with other businesses in Hawea so that I could send my guests to them and keep my guests spending money here in Hawea and Wanaka. Then I thought, if I

want to be working with people in the community, surely there are other people working from home who want to as well,” Amanda said. Hairdressers, graphic designers, carpet cleaners, editors and builders were among the 20 businesses at the event, which Amanda is planning to turn into a monthly gathering. “People also see it as a way to meet people, as working from home can be quite isolating. One guy told me he had met more people on that one day than he had in the whole year he’s lived in Hawea,” Amanda said. For more information about future events, contact Amanda on 027 322 2170

GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Another roadblock has been put in the way of the Wanaka Community House, with an appeal lodged with the Christchurch Environmental Court against the resource consent decision. The Wanaka Community House Charitable Trust applied for resource consent for a community building including offices and meeting rooms for community groups and government agencies and a 140 seat church hall located in a low density residential area next to the Anglican Church, McDougall Street. The original decision issued on the June 15 contained typographical errors and the Trust sent it back to the council for correction. The decision was re-issued on June 28, re-starting the time for lodging of an appeal. The appeal was received by the council on July 19. One of the main concerns raised at the hearing

was the availability of parking around the site, but the commissioners concluded that this issue was no more than minor and did not consider the lack of car parks required them to refuse the consent. The appeal contests that and says the decision invalidates the 1988 condition imposed on the church requiring 20 on-site carparks and the resource consent did not seek to vary the consent for the church. The appeal also refutes the commissioners’ view that the environmental effects of the development “are not more than minor”. A group of residents including Peter Gordon, June, Barbara and Jane Hyde, Janet Cochrane, Charles Lloyd, Jerry, Lesley and Jan Burdon and Robert Holland have lodged the appeal. When contacted by the Wanaka Sun, Peter Gordon said he would wait to see what came from the today’s meeting between the Wanaka Community House Charitable Trust and the Anglican Church before making further comment.

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Dumping irks HCA GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The Hawea Community Association (HCA) is again urging residents to refrain from dropping off noncompliant items at the Domain Road recycling facility. In June a washing machine, dryer and toilet were among the nonrecyclable material dumped at the drop-off recycling facility (pictured), raising concerns that continual abuse of the facility would result in its closure. Following the request the Association received a suggestion from one resident who said, “some people leave stuff there as it (the dumped material) might be useful for others

in the community.” HCA spokesperson Errol Carr said, “In reality, however, the dumped stuff just sits there and causes problems for us and the council. If you really think that the stuff might be useful for others - then take it to Wastebusters in Ballantyne Road, Wanaka. That’s what they are there for.” Any material placed at the Domain Road Recycling Depot is collected by Queenstown Lakes District Council contractors. “If the material is not in approved QLDC blue bags or is not approved recycling material - then it is an abuse of the facility and increases the risk of the facility being closed,” Errol said.

Trapped kids safe and well DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Two boys who became trapped down the side of a clay bank in Cromwell have escaped with minor injuries. Cromwell Fire Brigade dispatched two fire engines to assist the youths, pulling them up out of the steep bank, off Cairnmuir Road, with level

Police are still investigating a suspicious note found on a plane arriving from Sydney into Queenstown Airport on Sunday. The note, which was discovered on Qantas flight QF121 by a cleaner shortly before 3pm on Sunday July 24, mentioned a bomb but subsequent searches by police uncovered “nothing of interest,” with their focus now on who was responsible. A police spokesperson said, “we can’t put a time limit on the investigation at the moment, as it depends on many factors, such as how many

ropes, just after midday on Wednesday July 20. A spokesperson for the fire service said that an ambulance was called to attend to one of the boys, who had a minor leg injury. St John Ambulance Service communications advisor Ian Henderson said that paramedics attended but did not need to transport either boy to hospital.

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or if you can not get home, if you have no power, no water, no internet or phone. Two “weak” earthquakes centred 5km north-west of Queenstown and recording 3.0 and 2.6 magnitude on the Richter scale rumbled early on Tuesday morning while a 5.0 magnitude earthquake, centred 45km north-west of Haast and described as moderate by Geonet, struck at 7.42am also on Tuesday.

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New youth orchestra becomes a reality GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz After four years of dreaming and planning the Aspiring Young Musicians orchestra met at the Wanaka Primary School for the first time on Monday, July 25. Aspiring Young Musicians (AYM) was founded by Paul Tamati, Helen Carter, Shona Brown and Sharon Robertson about four years ago and initially provided affordable instrument hire for local students and have built up an instrument hire library including flutes, clarinets, trumpets, cornets, saxophones and a cello. The instruments were purchased with the help of grants from Stars in Your Eyes and The Elsie and Ray Armstrong Trust. The group became a not-forprofit incorporated society in August 2015. Music teacher and AYM committee member Naomi Carleton said, “we ran a pilot group programme in keyboard at Wanaka Primary School in term four last year which was very successful. Now we run group lessons four days a week after school and have over 70 kids in the programme.” The group then saw a need to start up an

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Answers to parents’ questions about when to seek further medical assistance for their children will be answered at the inaugural Childhood Illness seminar to be held at the Lake Wanaka Centre this Saturday, July 30. The seminar will be presented by Empowering Education founder Chelsea Willmott, pictured, a registered emergency and trauma nurse, lecturer and educator. Chelsea moved to Wanaka from Melbourne in 2001, working as an emergency and trauma nurse, a lecturer at the School of Nursing in Dunedin and as a trauma nurse at Cardrona Alpine Resort. She saw children coming into the emergency department presenting with symptoms that could have been prevented or minimised if parents had the appropriate information resulting in more traumatic medical interventions. “It can be really full-on for a two year old to have their temperature taken or a cannula inserted in their arm. As an adult we can handle it, but children do not cope very well,” Chelsea said. Empowering Education was the

result and the seminar is a platform to help reduce barriers and provide access to good quality illness and health education. “I want to empower the local community, and ultimately give something back,” she said. The seminar brings together paediatrician Dr Ian Shaw, the head flight nurse for the helicopter retrieval team, a St John Ambulance intensive care paramedic, a specialist paediatric nurse and an accident and emergency consultant along with others to present information to parents on various topics such as issues with breathing, head injuries, fractures, falls, abdominal pain, allergies and rashes. “Wanaka is a long way away from the main centres. Parents need to have the skills to recognise when it is time to seek further assistance. I want to make visiting a health professional a more positive experience,” Chelsea said. This is the first health event of its kind in New Zealand and Chelsea wants the event to be an annual one. “Wanaka is only the beginning. I am looking at more remote communities like Fox and Haast and then the main centres. I’m really excited about this opportunity,” Chelsea said.

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”Family drinking” issue GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The Wanaka Alcohol Group (WAG) has received results of a research programme commissioned by the group to understand alcohol use in Wanaka. Harming me, harming you: a community perspective on alcohol use in Wanaka, was facilitated by public health researcher Dr Vanessa Hammond and local counsellor Rachel Cassaidy. Funded by the Health Promotion Agency, ACC and Queenstown Lakes District Council, the purpose of the anonymous survey was to provide an evidence base for the development of a strategic community plan to reduce alcohol-related harm. “The best evidence for local alcohol use comes from the locals themselves. We sought to capture the views and experiences of people in the community who were likely to offer the best insight into the local impact of alcohol,” Vanessa said. Rachel and Vanessa surveyed 334 students in years 9 to 11 at Mount Aspiring College (MAC), with a 98.5 percent response rate. The study also included 13 focus groups and interviews with 58 medical professionals, police personnel

and publicans. The Wanaka research establishes that 28 percent of year 11 MAC students actively engaged in some form of alcohol use. The survey revealed in the Wanaka community, adults are normalising drinking, adults are providing the alcohol, and adults are drinking themselves with parenting consequences. “In light of these findings, we recommend that 'youth drinking' be reframed as 'family drinking', with an intervention based on the premise that youth drinking is an adult drinking problem,” Vanessa said. The survey does reveal that families are very well connected to MAC and that communication and connectedness with parents is associated with less drinking and safer behaviour. “For alcohol-harm reduction strategies to be successful in Wanaka, the population is going to need to own the problem. Every community member has a stake in reducing local alcohol harm,” Vanessa said. WAG will be hosting a community hui in August to share and discuss the findings of this survey with all those interested.

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Last week’s Queenstown Lakes District Council citizenship ceremony welcomed three Wanaka residents as official New Zealand citizens. Barbara East, Daryl Cornelius and Christopher Hill, all British, were among 15 others in the district to be granted citizenship. Pictured: Barbara, third from left, Daryl, fifth from left and Christopher, seventh from left on the back row with other new citizens and Mayor Vanessa van Uden.

TeHight set closes Battle Wanaka band TeHight went up against some great bands in the Battle of the Bands contest, gaining invaluable experience for group. After winning the Otago/Southland regional final of the New Zealand Battle of the Bands in early July with their performance of six original songs, TeHight had just over two weeks to prepare for the national finals in Auckland which was held last weekend. The four-piece of Matt Lahood, Tyler Bailey, Glenn “Gman” Hight and Corban Taylor drew the final spot to perform out of 35 bands and played a great set to close the two-day contest. The win for the Battle of The Bands however went to an Auckland group, The Rubics. TeHight is now focusing on finalising and releasing their new album.

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Campaign to bring Chris home DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz A campaign to bring home the body of Wanaka adventurer Chris Jacobsen, who died earlier this month in the Faroe Islands, has raised more than $5000 for his family. Former Wastebusters employee Chris, who celebrated his 31st birthday on July 8, was visiting his father’s home country in his first overseas experience, when he was involved in a fatal fall. Wendy Andrews, a friend of Chris’s who set up a Givealittle page to help cover the family’s costs over the next couple of months, says on the page, “he passed away doing something he loved and is sorely missed by a wide circle of friends and family. We want to bring him home to Wanaka; the place that he found a real sense of belonging amongst the people and the mountains.” Staff at Wastebusters, where Chris, pictured, worked as a yard guardian, also developing the e-cycling programme, until November last year, have been left “gutted” by his tragic accident. Wastebusters communications advisor Gina Dempster said, “Over the two years he worked for us, we saw Chris grow in confidence to become a key part of the yard. He always had a grin when he

N O T I C E B O A R D Meeting Schedule for August 2016 Public Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 that meetings of the Council will be held as listed below, during the month of August 2016. Proposed District Plan Hearings – Hearings to consider submissions to the QLDC Proposed District Plan will continue in August 2016 on the following chapter: • Subdivision and Development (Chapter 27) For detailed information on these hearings please see our website http://www.qldc.govt.nz/ proposed-district-plan-hearings/ Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Tuesday 9 August 2016 at 8.30am.

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was taking apart a recycled computer or helping out a customer. He was an explorer who lived life to the full and we will remember his free spirit. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.” Chris had saved money to travel and planned to work in France after his trip to the Faroe Islands. To donate to the Jacobsen family’s Givealittle page, visit givealittle.co.nz and search for The Jacobsen Family.

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Wanaka Community Board – Armstrong Room, Lake Wanaka Centre, Wanaka. Wednesday 10 August 2016 at 10.00am. Property Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 11 August 2016 at 8.30am. Extraordinary meeting of the Queenstown Lakes District Council – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 11 August at 9.30am. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the following items: 1. Expression of Interest for Glenpanel Special Housing Area 2. Expression of Interest for Waterfall Park Special Housing Area 3. Extension of Water Scheme Boundaries for Special Housing Areas Resource Consent Hearing (E & C Lamont) – Crowne Plaza Hotel (Level 3), Queenstown. Friday 19 August 2016 at 10.00am. Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Tuesday 23 August 2016 at 8.30am. Property Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Tuesday 23 August 2016 at 1.00pm. Queenstown Lakes District Council – Armstrong Room, Lake Wanaka Centre, Wanaka. Wednesday 24 August 2016 at 1.00pm. These meetings are open to the public with the exception of the Property Subcommittee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Section 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987; the Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Committee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Section 7(2)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987; and the Audit & Risk Committee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(h) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. Mike Theelen CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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 25 August 2016, to the closure of the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of holding the Tri NZ 2016-17 Sovereign Tri Series – Wanaka Event: Road to be Closed: Periods of Closure:

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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.

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DANIELLE BUTLER newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz More than 60 people came out for Lake Hawea Netball Club’s bingo fundraiser, pictured, raising more than $1000 for ex-member Kelly Mackenzie and her son, Luke. Kelly and Luke’s Hawea home on Capell Avenue was largely destroyed by fire last month, prompting the club to hold the Housie night to help them

get back on their feet. Bar manager at Lake Hawea Hotel, Kelly, said that it was nice to have the night off work to have some fun. “The netball club has been a huge part of my life, and it was great to be surrounded by friends, having something positive happen. It was awesome and great fun,” she said. Kelly plans to put the money raised towards a new car, after hers had to be scrapped last week.

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 Monday 15 August 2016.

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GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Aspiring entrepreneurs can now take advantage of gigabit fibre broadband installed at The Cell in Helwick Street. Sponsored by Chorus, the service was awarded to Wanaka in recognition of the tremendous effort Wanaka locals put into the 2014 Gigatown campaign. Coming a close second to Dunedin in the final, the competition galvanised the Wanaka Gigatown Campaign group into continuing its pursuit of fibre broadband internet in Wanaka and this resulted in the installation of fibre services in the Wanaka CBD in 2015. Gigabit broadband is up to five times faster than the fastest fibre plans available today and opens up new opportunities for businesses to take advantage of highspeed, high-capacity internet access that would until recently have been solely the domain of corporate businesses. Chorus chief commercial officer Tim Harris was in Wanaka to celebrate the launch of the gig at The Cell. “The Cell is clearly a fantastic facility to have in the heart of Wanaka. It is great to

The Informant Business theory and philosophy have evolved over time with several major shifts over the last 5 decades alone. In the 1960’s the prevailing theme was around customer loyalty with customers shopping “where they had always shopped”. The 70’s saw a shift to the “salesman approach” where sales volume was top priority. The “customer service” theme was very prevalent in the 80’s with companies looking to meet and even exceed the needs and expectations of their customers. The 90’s saw the introduction of “cross-selling” bringing the famous “would you like fries with that?” line from our friends at the Golden Arches. The early 2000’s further developed the customer approach with many companies focussing on creating a “customer experience”. All of these progressions were essentially based on rational business thinking and are all still a part of the current movements in business theory. Crossselling in more recent times is referred to as the product-mix and can be now witnessed across firms where companies form strategic partnerships or acquire other companies which offer related products to maximise “customer value” being the amount of dollars they can extract from the same customer. This concept can be applied just as well to small businesses by considering the

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see a collaborative space where aspiring entrepreneurs and businesses can explore their ideas and work with others to turn them into reality. I am confident the shared access to gigabit broadband offered by MyRepublic and available in The Cell will help attract new start-ups and businesses to develop themselves in Wanaka and I am delighted Chorus has been able to play a role.” The CUBE director and founding member of the Wanaka Gigatown campaign group, Kelly Good, said, “this gigabit connection will not only open up opportunities for those that currently operate at The Cell, but further reflects the strong relationship that The Cell and The CUBE have formed with Chorus, as an outcome of the Gigatown campaign.” Chorus' fibre network now extends to more than 1000 homes and businesses in and around Wanaka with more than 400 addresses connected. Phase two of the Ultra Fast Broadband roll out will be announced later this year. Pictured: Tim Harris with Jason Hancox, director at Colab Creative, who operates out of The Cell with fellow director Will Lascelles and other colleagues.

product and services you offer and what strategic partnerships you can enter into to create more value for customers by offering them a wider mix of products or services. For example owners of hospitality businesses can form partnerships with other tourism operators, websites, or bloggers to bring in more business and offer more value to their customers. The “value chain” was first introduced by Michael Porter in his book “competitive advantage” back in 1985 and the value chain remains a very useful tool in today’s business world. It provides a way to evaluate the activities or processes a company goes through in producing and selling their products and services. To apply value chain analysis to your business break down all of the value adding activities and assign a dollar value which reflects how much value you are adding for the customer. Subtract the cost of creating that value and you arrive at your profit margin. This analysis will help your business to focus more resources on activities which maximise customer value. One simple example of this is the cost of holding stock. How much do your customers value being able to instantly purchase a product versus waiting for it to be sent directly from the wholesaler? Businesses need to also be very clear about their competitive strategy and understand how they can gain a competitive advantage. Do you want to compete on

Bakery wins best pie GLENDA TURNBULL journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The Bakery Wholesale has won best vegetarian pie in New Zealand at the 2016 Bakels Supreme Pie Awards. The gold award for the bakery’s Kai Pai vegetarian pie is the latest chapter in the business’ success story. Pie-maker Jason Danielson has been making the vegetarian pie since 2010. The pie contains its usual mix of pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower, swede and carrot in a creamy pumpkin sauce. “It is a real honour to receive this award. Our vegetarian pie is very popular in Queenstown and Wanaka as well as throughout the country so to have nationwide recognition is fantastic,” Jason said. Jason has baked pies for more than 25 years. In 2009 he began working at the Queenstown Bakery on Shotover Street and turned the small retail bakery into a large retail/wholesale business that served the tourism and hospitality businesses in the Queenstown Lakes District. In 2010, Jason’s sister Delwyn and her husband Ian

cost or quality or do you gain an advantage based on the experience you create for the customer? For example a local retail shop may not be able to compete on price with foreign internet retailers, but they have the advantage of being able to create an experience for the customer and this begins with exceptional customer service. The latest buzz words in business strategy are “digital disruption”. Some of the key attributes of companies in this space are that they are high users or creators of free digital tools, they are extremely customer focussed and focus on innovation to create customer benefits. As the author of “Digital Disruption” James McQuivey put it they have a habit of partnering promiscuously to deliver these benefits quickly and at a low cost. Through technology small business has access to more customers than ever before, but along with this customers have more information and more options so creating value for customers and communicating your value message to customers has never been more important. As a small or medium sized business it is a great exercise to sit with your team or trusted advisor and review your business strategy on a regular basis. The overriding message is that times are changing and you need to be agile and shift with the times. Don’t do this and things will catch up with you and at some point your business will suffer as a result.

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Warner bought the Queenstown Bakery and together they launched the Bakery Wholesale business. By 2012 they had outgrown their Queenstown premises and bought a purpose-built pie manufacturing facility in Wanaka a year later. The company also purchased Wanaka’s lakefront Doughbin Bakery and the Kai Pai brand at the same time, and in 2014, they purchased Wanaka’s Hammer & Nail bakery. “We are immensely proud of what we have achieved in the past few years,” Ian said. They have increased production from 1000 pies a day to 10,000 and now employ 45 staff across Wanaka and Queenstown. “Winning the gold award for our vegetarian pie is a huge achievement for us. There were more than 5200 entries throughout the competition and we were only one out of 11 bakeries in New Zealand to get a top award. We are thrilled,” Ian said. Pictured: Jason Danielson with Ian Warner in Auckland after winning their Bakels Gold Award.

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A monthly column by Kim Reilly, Federated Farmers South Island regional policy manager, on issues affecting the Upper Clutha’s rural community…

Predators be gone KIM REILLY Federated Farmers

While the rest of the world has obsessed over the game Pokémon Go, this week we’ve been happy to hear New Zealand has a target of the year 2050 for introduced predators to be gone. The announcement came from Prime Minister John Key on Monday in a presentation alongside the Conservation Minister Maggie Barry. The government’s goal is to have New Zealand free of introduced mammal pest predators by 2050 with a $28 million funding injection to get the process underway. The reward for getting it right is significant; with the government estimating that the total cost to the economy and private sector from fighting introduced species as being $3.3 billion a year. It would be a mistake to think that achieving this target will be easy and no-one is more aware of that than the farmers who have been battling against a range of introduced pest species most of their working lives. The local Central Otago landowners’ war against rabbits is just one example of that battle; but it isn’t just working productive land at risk from pests. An unacceptable number of native birds and plant species are also under a continued, extreme threat from introduced predators. As an island nation we have an opportunity to achieve what most other countries can only dream of when it comes to pest eradication.

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But what experience has shown us to date is that the ongoing management and eradication of any pest, whether mammal or plant, requires considerable and on-going funding. If we are to fully achieve the targets set it also requires a full commitment of time and an open partnership with a range of organisations, individuals, communities – importantly local and central government. The considerable challenges facing the rural sector this year alone from the Velvetleaf incursion, and the ongoing fight against wilding conifers are prime examples of this. History has shown us that a possum trap, poisoned bait or bullet is effective in the short-term, but if we are going to make long-term gains and achieve full eradication in the way proposed, the toolbox at our disposal must be bigger. We are going to need to look to technological advances, innovative thinking and to all possibilities open to us through science if this target is going to be realised. The $28 million funding injection is a good start; and the introduction of a new crown entity – Predator Free New Zealand Limited – will help drive the programme. But the rubber will really hit the road when it comes to making sure all of those with a vested interest come together to keep momentum going. A massive team effort and sufficient funding to enable that work-stream to continue is going to be needed on a long-term basis. The government has taken a first step, but there is a long journey to come.

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SUN CLASSIFIEDS NOTICES WANAKA Yacht Club AGM is being held on Thursday, 28th July 2016 from 6.30pm at the club house , Lakeside Road. All members are invited to attend. UPPER CLUTHA SENIOR CITIZENS AGM is being held on Thursday, 11th August 2016 from 2:00pm at the Presbyterian Community Church Hall. All members are invited to attend. WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store. Opening Hours – Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 4pm. We look forward to seeing you here! DONATIONS KINDLY received. Please drop them into the Salvation Army Family store or ph 443 5068 to book a pick up. BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter CALTEX WANAKA CALTEX WANAKA

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of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Rosie Ford for information 021 189 6671 WANAKA PRIMARY School ‘Op Shop’ open Tues & Thurs - 12 midday to 4pm. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

SERVICES WANAKA PHARMACY is your local pharmacy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Street - open until 7pm every single day. Ph 443 8000 FREE LEGAL ADVICE available at Community Networks delivered by the Dunedin Community Law Centre on Wednesday 3 August . Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment. NOT FOR profit workshop: ‘Courageous Conversations’. CBD Map 61 CBD Map 61 Facilitated by Community Networks Wanaka and delivered by the Otago Chamber of Commerce, Wed 3 August, 1.30-4.30pm, Wanaka. Payment of $40 on registration. For further information, or to register, please contact 0800 42 49 68 or kim@otagochamber.co.nz

Cars from $79, Laurdromat -- shower full 4WD selection. Laurdromat shower -- LPG LPG -- carwash carwash -NOT FOR profit ATM. Redeem your ATM. fitting Redeem your FUELUP FUELUP FREE & discount supermarket fuel vouchers at supermarket fuel discount vouchers at ‘Successful Funding sizing demo. Caltex Wanaka. Free WiFi for laundromat Caltex Wanaka. Free WiFi for laundromat customers. Large convenience store with

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Facilitated by Community Networks Wanaka and delivered by the Otago Chamber of Commerce, Tues 9 August, 1.30-4.30pm, Wanaka. Payment of $40 on registration. For further information, or to register, please contact 0800 42 49 68 or kim@otagochamber.co.nz

JP SERVICES are available at Community Networks every Tuesday from 1pm and Friday from 10.30am. Please book your appointment by ringing Community Networks 03 443 7799.

WHEELS TO DUNSTAN –free shuttle service to Dunstan Hospital or Alexandra specialist appointments, also linking with the St Johns Health Shuttle to Dunedin Hospital. For bookings please call Community Networks on 03 443 7799 before 3pm the day before.

MINDFUL PARENTING course, Tuesdays for 10 weeks, starting August 9th. Choose from three venues and time options, morning, afternoon or evening. For more information contact Nicola 0273584465, Frankie 0277882315, or visit playtherapyotago.nz

FREE COMPUTER lessons for older people - Community Networks is offering one-to-one or small group lessons in your own home on your own device. If you are interested or know of friends or neighbours who are struggling please call in to Community Networks or phone 03 443 779. Our thanks go to the Synod of Otago and Southland for providing the funds for this project. CAN YOU no longer drive? The Total Mobility Scheme provides subsidised taxi services to people who have an impairment that prevents them from being able to drive. Contact Community Networks for more information on 443 7799.

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Thank you to all those people who applied for various positions at our new Aspiring Enliven Care Centre recently. The number of applications and high calibre of applicants was overwhelming.

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WANTED VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED at The Salvation Army Family store if you have some free time and would like to be part of a team which makes a difference, come and see us.

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VIEWPOINT Misguided policy on Douglas fir

In I write in support of Peter Whiting’s concerns about the spraying of Douglas fir and to question much of Anne Steven’s response to that opinion piece. In my view the current policy and decision makers are very misguided in their policies for treatment of “wilding” Douglas fir. With scarce resources available and a wide range of threats to biodiversity it is important to prioritise to ensure the tax-payer and the community targets the most serious threats to our landscape. I suggest the money should be spent trying to save the iconic scenic tussock grassland areas of the Lindis Pass and the Crown Range. Trying to save those two iconic landscapes would be a much better approach to “preserving biodiversity and the visual beauty of our native grasslands” than the spraying of wilding Douglas fir. The so-called experts seem to be fixated in their opposition to all “exotic” or introduced species while ignoring the ecological disaster of the gradual invasion of our beautiful tussock grasslands by hieracium. Those of us from further north, (I farmed in South Canterbury), have seen the destruction of the high-country caused by this invasive weed. In the mid-1960s the slopes to the south of the summit of Burkes Pass were covered with healthy, waist-high snow tussock, today these same slopes are a hieracium desert with no remaining tussock. Like bracken fern, hieracium thrives on low fertility, low ph soils, which have depleted organic matter, and unfortunately in the high-country it is not economic for DOC or farmers to spread lime and fertilizer to correct soil fertility and kill the hieracium. The Lindis Pass is now a sorry remnant of the beautiful tussock mountain terrain it once was and the Crown Range is, like the Lindis Pass, deteriorating rapidly year by year. While I admire the efforts of DOC and the Lindis Pass Conservation Group to replant the tussock in that area, unless there is a major effort to change the soil ph and fertility, and to kill the hieracium their efforts will be in vain, and in any event one can see now that it is already too late for the bulk of the Lindis Pass conservation area. To suggest that these new introduced tussocks will cause “hieracium to dwindle” is fanciful. Hieracium is not “light demanding”, and in the soil environment which suits it, hieracium, like bracken fern, will eventually choke out all other vegetation. Both plants have a vigorous underground root system ensuring plants around them are weakened and eventually overtaken. Apart from a few pockets of surviving tussocks in the wetter, higher fertility areas, in time there will be nothing left but a hieracium desert. It is likely that centuries of burning has disrupted the natural process of soil organic matter build up and fertility improvement, creating the perfect environment for hieracium and bracken fern to take over. In recent times the removal of livestock from many iconic tussock landscapes has accelerated hieracium invasion by allowing the palatable flowers to seed and speed up its spread. I agree with Peter Whiting that the spraying of the maturing beautiful Douglas fir around the Roaring Meg was totally unnecessary and has left that area a vulnerable eyesore for many years to come. It was ecological vandalism. Another example of the misguided pressure which comes from the native plants zealots is the opposition to the wonderful exotic landscape plantings done by Annabel Langbein and her husband Ted Hewetson at Dublin Bay in Wanaka. We have even had landscape “experts” saying those plantings should be removed. The opponents seem to prefer the horrible recently arrived waist-high bracken fern which surrounds their property. The next project we will probably see from these same people is the destruction of the beautiful introduced Autumn colour tree species from around the Queenstown basin which are so much part of the beauty of the area. One of the problem areas quoted by Anne Steven (southwest Pukaki) is invaded by Pinus Contorta. This tree species should in no way be put in the same category as Douglas fir. Contorta most definitely is a highly invasive weed and must be controlled at all cost. Unlike Douglas fir, Contorta is a prolific seeder with an effective spread mechanism, and produces a wood with almost no value. In contrast to that area, further up Lake Pukaki at Mount Cook Station is a large area of mostly self-seeded beautiful Douglas fir which are a wonderful self -sustaining revenue resource for that property and the nation. While Douglas fir does spread, it is slow to spread, and is quite easy to contain if containment is required. Derek Kirke

Facebook www.facebook.com/WanakaSun/ The Wanaka Sun broke the news on Monday that the Wanaka Watersports Facility Trust’s application to build its watersports facility in Roys Bay had been granted with conditions. (See today’s front page story for more.) You reacted: Alex Cool, I’m sure it will be a huge asset to Wanaka locals. Congratulations Wanaka. Jo What a sad day for Wanaka. I can understand the need for the building and was never against having the Wanaka Watersports Facility - I, like most of the opposition, disliked the location. Wanaka lakefront has been mostly untouched over the 20 years I have lived here and I would love for it to stay that way for my children and my children’s children. Putting the facility right there on the lakefront changes the precedence of what we can and cannot put on the lakefront or Wanaka-wide. So far this year we have had this granted, Annabel Langbein got her consent, The woolshed at Corbridge was granted consent against neighbours’ rebuttal, we have a housing crisis and investors making a killing but no more low density sites because that’s “not what Wanaka does”. What’s next? An 8-storey hotel complex in the corner of Pembroke Park or worse on the lakefront? I hope the appeal can have the building shifted back closer to the road and away from the trees - either way what a sad day for Wanaka’s lakefront. Mary-Louise This is absolutely brilliant news!! A long time coming - now finally a facility can be built that the users of Lake Wanaka so desperately need. Sharyn For all those who fought so hard and attended meetings and had to listen to the short-sighted and often self-centred views of opponents - congratulations on giving the youth, the next generation, a wonderful facility that will make the use of the lake more accessible to them. I look forward to watching those who will kayak, row and swim without the noise of jet skis and motorboats. Lots of people watching and innocent fun ahead to be sure. Yeeha! Glenys An absurdly tragic decision for the future preservation of the Wanaka lake front. All for a selfish, self-interested minority group with influential members and spokespeople. Hamish Congrats to rowing club. Never been a rower, but I know from mates who did and parents with kids doing it, it’s one of the most disciplined boys’ and girls’ team sport there is. Here’s to attracting even more boarding talent to MAC and some future local champions in our strongest Olympic sport. Kirstin Stoked for the kids who will benefit! Great resource. Tania Fantastic news. A great resource for the Wanaka community. Lynda Decision a long time coming, believe it will have a huge benefit for the rowing club, plus other water sports. Karen Pointless waste of a beautiful piece of lakefront, benefiting a minority. Rubbish decision Julia Absolutely brilliant!!! Can’t wait to permanently move to Wanaka and enjoy it. Daz This is absolutely bulls**t. Why? How can one small group of people’s interest deface the lake front with their ugly building!! Cec I think it’s an absolute tragedy. Why couldn’t it have been built back nearer the road so the lake front & trees are left as is? Harold Brilliant. Pity it wasn’t allowed to be built where it was first planned. Nimbys lose. Tracey Terrible.

Joanna Great stuff, well done!

Andrew Brilliant.

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VIEWPOINT Biodiversity and the RMA

Forest and Bird response to “Putting diversity back into biodiversity” (Kim Riley, Wanaka Sun June 30). Over the past few years, many “first generation” resource management plans have come to the end of their ten year life, and new plans have been proposed to replace them. Those plans include measures to protect New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity, in accordance with the RMA 1991 and to better give effect to our national biodiversity strategy. New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity is characterised by an unusually high level of endemism and is therefore unique from a global perspective. New Zealand also has one of the highest rates of human-caused loss of indigenous biodiversity in the world. A huge range of species and habitats have been lost already, and extinction is an ongoing threat to many species (Environment Aotearoa, MfE 2015). Once a species is lost, it is lost forever. While some species are primarily at threat from pests and weeds, for others the key issue is direct loss through removal for land development or loss of their habitat. Indigenous biodiversity is not confined to New Zealand’s protected public places. As a country, we must ensure the survival of species and persistence of habitats that are found mostly on private land if we are to not just halt but reverse the national decline in biodiversity. That is why the task of maintaining indigenous biodiversity rests with district and regional councils, and needs to be implemented through objectives, policies, rules and other methods in district and regional plans. That is also why Forest & Bird and other environmental organisations see district and regional plan provisions as a crucial tool in maintaining biodiversity, and why we engage in plan review processes. Federated Farmers is also a regular participant in these processes, and we often sit across the table from each other in Environment Court mediations. Sometimes we are able to reach agreement on policies and rules that both sides can live with. Other times, we can’t, and the decision is made by the Environment Court. Engagement by groups like Forest & Bird and Federated Farmers is an important part of the development of plans, ensuring that they are robust. Farmers rely on the land for their livelihood. There are many examples of farmers who are excellent environmental stewards and who are protecting and restoring nature. Others are less aware of, or interested in, those aspects of the environment. Kim Reilly says that environmental organisations assume that the very act of farming is the single biggest risk to biodiversity. This generalisation is provocative and untrue. But it is important to acknowledge that some farming practices, like any other use of resources, can threaten biodiversity. A change in land use from extensive pastoral farming to intensive, irrigated land use is an on-going driver of further indigenous biodiversity loss in the Upper Clutha and surrounding districts. Kim refers to the Forest & Bird v Innes case. What she doesn’t say is that both Mr Innes and Forest & Bird were badly let down by the council, who had failed to pass on to Mr Innes a report that the council had commissioned describing the ecological importance of his land. This report included the fact that within his property was the largest known population of a threatened native plant in the country. When Forest & Bird became aware that this important site was being disced, contrary to the Plan’s vegetation rules, they asked the council to do its job and enforce the Plan. It was only after the council told Mr Innes that he could continue to clear this nationally significant vegetation that Forest & Bird asked the Environment Court to step in. The Court granted an injunction, but this was subsequently lifted for two reasons – first that the native plants were by that stage considered by the Court to be beyond saving, and second because of the way Mr Innes had been misled by the council’s advice. This is not a case of Forest & Bird impulsively using the courts to interfere in normal farming practices. The vegetation clearance should never have happened. Federated Farmers has also had court losses, most notably its recent loss in New Plymouth where it argued unsuccessfully against inclusion in the district plan of areas of significant indigenous vegetation and habitat, and its attempt to overturn GMO-related provisions in Northland. It is unfair and divisive to characterise environmental groups as anti-farming, just as it would be unfair to characterise all farmers as anti-environment. Conservationists and farmers all have a role to play in halting and reversing the decline in New Zealand’s unique biodiversity. Sue Maturin Regional Conservation Manager Otago Southland

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