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s the last weekend of April drew to an end, the town experienced an eventful night of inappropriate behaviour, with two windows smashed in Wanaka’s CBD. The first was at the old Orient Express restaurant and the second at the Wanaka Pharmacy. Both Helwick Street businesses were targeted in the early hours of Saturday morning. One man has been arrested for the second offence thanks to work by the Wanaka Community Patrol. At 1.10am on April 29, Wanaka Police was notified of a window being smashed at the old Orient Express restaurant on Helwick Street, which was noticed by a passerby who quickly informed Wanaka Community Patrol (WCP). Approximately 10 minutes later, another bystander alerted the community patrollers to a second window being smashed at the Wanaka Pharmacy. WCP alerted Police. One of the accused is believed to have been evicted from Fitzpatricks Irish pub early on Saturday morning before making his way towards the pharmacy. WCP often drive around town on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm until 2am to “observe and report on trouble spots”. The patrol arrived at the restaurant first, and notified the Police of the first window breakage. While they were waiting for Police, they caught sight of a person, fitting the description of the accused, running and decided to follow them. “The offender ran off through the Bullock Bar car park and was located by Police in Lismore Park,” Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said. “He was arrested and charged with willful damage.” The suspect, a 24-year-old man from Wanaka will appear in court on May 7, 2018 at Queenstown District Court. A WCP spokesperson said, “I waited at the pharmacy as people coming out of the pubs were starting to look inside at the sunglasses and it looked as though they were helping themselves.” As the Wanaka Sun went to print, no one had been charged with the damage to Orient Express, however, Wanaka Police is currently
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following up leads. It is still unclear what was used to smash the window at the pharmacy, but a glazier has concluded that it was something heavier than a glass bottle that broke the windows as they are very thick. Wanaka Pharmacy owner Aaron Heath said he was disappointed with the drunken behaviour. “It’s the opportunistic behaviour of those people reaching for sunglasses that is really disappointing,” he said. A stock count has not yet been conducted at the pharmacy, but Allan Grindell has said at
this point nothing seems to have been taken. The hard work of the community patrol did not go unnoticed. Aaron and his wife Nikki, who also own the Wanaka Sun, said they were grateful “to the local men and women who volunteer their time to protect our town as part of the Community Patrol.” The Heaths had offered a reward to those patrol members that were on duty that night, but the offer was declined as the patrollers believed that the family had “lost enough” that night. The WCP team is part of a national organisation and all the time and effort
devoted to their additional work is voluntary, as each member also works full time. The purpose of patrol is to support New Zealand Police to help reduce crime in the Wanaka region and build safer communities. There are 150 affiliated community patrols throughout New Zealand and its focus is ‘to assist as extra eyes and ears to Police and other agencies to build safer communities’. WCP is currently asking for more help in the area and hoping for others to volunteer with them. For more information, visit Steve Worley at Kodak on the lakefront or visit cpnz.org.nz.
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Swim school on agenda REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz The Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will consider a report recommending the sole provider of the new Wanaka Pool’s learn-to-swim services at a full council meeting today (May 3). The report recommends the council appoint QLDC’s Wanaka Swim School (WWS) to deliver the services and summarises the provider options. The report also includes details of the Expressions of Interest process that sought a provider during March and April 2018, and the evaluation criteria used to review submissions. QLDC general manager community services Thunes Cloete believes WWS can provide the flexibility needed to meet customer demands in a rapidly-growing community. “The panel proposes that the recommended provider can offer a cost-effective, flexible service at an affordable price for learn-to-swim participants. If approved by the council, QLDC Wanaka Swim School will operate the learn-to-swim services from term three,” Thunes said. The evaluation panel consisted of Thunes, Sport Otago chief executive John Brimble and Swimming
NZ National learn-to-swim manager Chris Morgan. Sole provider swim schools are best practice for council as advised by Swimming NZ and are consistent with the delivery of the services at the Queenstown’s Alpine Aqualand. Thunes added that the evaluation criteria included public pricing, qualifications and skills, relevant experience, and health and safety procedures. “Five submissions were received and to ensure they were evaluated fairly, neither I nor any other QLDC officer was included in the evaluation of the QLDC Wanaka Swim School submission, which was assessed by the remaining two panel members,” Thune confirmed. Learn-to-swim services are currently provided by both QLDC Wanaka Swim School and Wanaka Swim Academy at the Wanaka Pool in Plantation Road. Meanwhile, supporters of Wanaka Swim Academy started a petition on Tuesday, May 1, for QLDC to retain the status quo. The petition on change.org had been signed by more than 800 people as the Wanaka Sun went to print. The Plantation Road pool will close on Sunday June 9 at 5.00pm and the new Wanaka pool will open with a family fun day on the June 10 at 10.00am.
Speed limit review proposed WHITE R ROB journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Queenstown Lakes District Council could get the go-ahead to review the Speed Limits Bylaw at its meeting today (May 3). The bylaw sets speed limits on roads that fall under council control and QLDC has proposed a review in order to reflect current national practice. If passed, the review will address issues such as
whether speeds are safe, opportunities to address safety and economic productivity and whether the council has the resources it needs to deliver on priority areas for speed management. After an evaluation of the existing bylaw, further recommendations would be made before a full public consultation was held. The cost would be met from existing budgets. The bylaw, passed in 2009, has previously been amended three times, with changes coming in 2010, 2012 and 2015.
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TURNBULL G GLENDA editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Initial feedback received by the Walking Access Commission (WAC) in respect of the South Island High Country Access Report has been released. WAC is still collating the majority of the submissions, but provided copies of the ones made by Federated Farmers NZ (FFNZ), Fish and Game New Zealand (F&G), Federated Mountain Clubs and NZ Alpine Club to the Wanaka Sun. While FFNZ commended WAC for undertaking the report and investigating the concerns and issues raised, it felt that some had been overlooked, particularly from the landowner/farmer perspective. It was concerned that increased use of tracks could give rise to biosecurity issues such as the proliferation and spread of pest plant species carried by footwear and tyres. It also saw dogs and control of dogs in certain areas as an issue as this could impact on stock health if untreated dogs came into contact with stock. This, along with more scrutiny of farming practices, could cause some farmers to decline access. FFNZ, F&G and Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) felt something needed to be done about reducing the number of foreign tourists accessing the South Island High Country until the required infrastructure to cope with them was in place to protect the environment. F&G said in its feedback that landowners, farmers and the public all had to respect each other and
that F&G had a statutory obligation to maintain and improve sports fish resource hand-in-hand with an advocacy function to promote and protect sports fish habitats. “This means when we see sports fish habitat decline due to the impact of intensive farming, we have an obligation to speak out and advocate for the protection of both the habitat and sports fish resource[…]. “In the last 20 years there has been a significant decline in water quality in our lakes, rivers and streams caused by intensive farming, particularly intensive dairy farming,” it said. F&G said for the purposes of WAC’s report it did not negatively stereotype all farmers, and that there were many excellent and responsible farmers. The FMC welcomed the report and encouraged the commission to help facilitate coherence between the Department of Conservation, Tourism New Zealand, local councils and landowner groups in respect of accessing the high country. NZ Alpine Club was dismayed that recreational climbing access was not included. Its members had also seen increasing pressure on access, both public and private, across the country. The other issue highlighted in its feedback was the increasing pressure with tourism. “As more people use the areas, the pressure on (bolting work) increases and climbing clubs are now struggling to maintain well-used areas,” it said. WAC could not advise when the balance of feedback would be available to the public.
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TURNBULL G GLENDA editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Plan Change 52 will become operative after the full Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting on May 3. The Plan Change sought to modify the operative Mount Cardrona Station Special Zone (MCSSZ) and amend activity areas to include the introduction of a golf course to the zone, car parking and shuttle bus access to the Cardrona ski area.
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A 42-year-old local man was arrested on Friday night (April 27) following an incident involving a shotgun outside Luggate Hotel. Wanaka Police was called to the scene at about 10.50pm after the man allegedly discharged a firearm outside the hotel, before taking the firearm into the hotel and leaving shortly afterwards.
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The Dunedin Armed Offenders Squad arrested the man several hours later. He was taken into custody without incident and a sawn-off shotgun has been recovered by Police. The man had an initial appearance in Queenstown District Court on Saturday and has been remanded in custody to reappear in Queenstown District Court on May 7. He is facing weapon and cannabisrelated charges. No one was injured in the incident.
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Row over Hawea SHA continues WHITE R ROB journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Community group Keep Hawea Beautiful (KHB) has followed up last month’s public meeting by releasing a strongly-worded statement as the row over the area’s proposed Special Housing Area (SHA) continues. Around 140 people attended the meeting, held at the Hawea Community Centre on April 21, with residents, councillors and Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) managers among those present. KHB has previously described the SHA, which if approved could see Universal Developments build 1000 new sections near the town’s Cemetery Road (pictured), as potentially devastating for the community and it has now released a statement questioning QLDC’s motives and methods. “Our community is being bullied and [coerced] into intensive development to serve the QLDC agenda by claiming it is for the good of the district. Yet most people are opposed to the impact and way that the council is delivering growth in the Upper Clutha,” it said. KHB also said that despite assurances of a full consultation between the community and QLDC, full power would actually be given to QLDC and the Minister for Housing upon final agreement from the Cabinet and Governor Central. The group also believes that rates drawn from residential developments such as the SHA will be used to fund infrastructure developments in Queenstown. In response, QLDC’s communications and engagement manager Naell Crosby-Roe moved to allay the concerns by reiterating the council’s commitment to “informally” consulting with the community. “It’s important to clarify that at this stage no application for the development of a Special Housing Area in Hawea has been received by the council.
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“At such a time that an application is received then this council has committed, as with all other SHA applications, to seek informal feedback from the affected communities. This will inform the councillors’ decision whether to recommend the SHA application to the Minister, who will ultimately make the decision. “Maintaining the character of Wanaka and the wider Upper Clutha is of great importance to this council, and we look forward to hearing from all members of the community as we enter into the consultation and engagement programme for the Wanaka Masterplan in the next few months,” he said. Naell also said that QLDC’s revenue was spent where it was raised. “The council has clearly defined policies that confirm how capital projects and services are funded, and where that funding comes from. This details the primary principle that Wakatipu developments and services are funded from within the Wakatipu Ward and Upper Clutha developments and services and funded from within the Wanaka Ward.” The next stage in the SHA process is the submission of an expression of interest to QLDC, which Universal Developments owner Lane Hocking confirmed is on the way in the next one to two months.
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More talk on navigation bylaw TURNBULL G GLENDA editor@thewanakasun.co.nz The Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has opened further submissions on the Navigation Safety Bylaw 2018. On March 23, QLDC resolved to adopt the new bylaw, but during formal public consultation there were a number of submissions that raised four matters that required further consultation. QLDC is now seeking informal consultation on all four to assist in understanding the wider community’s thoughts on the following matters, but also to assist Council in establishing its preferred option on each topic. The topics include the proposal to have a section
of the river power vessel-free, a new rule clarifying safety obligations regarding river boards (or similar craft), a new rule requiring paddle boarders and those on similar craft to wear a leg leash and incorporating surfboards in the definition of vessel. Following this informal consultation, QLDC will consider the feedback, along with the pros and cons of each proposal, before it decides on a preferred option. Submissions can be made online at qldc.govt. nz/your-council/your-views/navigation-safetybylaw-2/. Feedback closes at 5pm, Friday May 11.
Representation review process begins WHITE R ROB journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will seek community feedback on the region’s electoral needs next month as part of its sixyearly Representation Review. The review, which must be completed by all local authorities, will see QLDC look at how communities across the district are represented by their elected members. The council will examine a range of areas, such as the number of councillors needed and the future of community boards, before asking the public for submissions in mid-June. QLDC’s community and engagement manager Naell CrosbyRoe said it was a worthwhile process which could affect several areas. “It’s important to undertake the review as it is an opportunity to
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look at the structure of the council’s membership and the way they are elected. “This could affect the total number of members, whether they come from a ward or ‘at large’ across the wider district, the boundaries of wards and constituencies, or the names of wards and constituencies. Other considerations may include the establishment of community boards or Māori wards,” he said. The first stage will see a proposal offering options and a recommendation presented at the full council meeting on June 14. A month-long public consultation process will then begin, with QLDC considering amendments based on submissions from members of the community. Details on the public consultation, which will run until mid-July, will be available on QLDC’s website.
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Work to install picnic tables, children’s play gear and New Zealand’s first fully accessible barbecue is now underway at Allenby Park. The Wanaka Leos, Lions and Ladies Lions have been busy running fundraising events for the project, including a car boot sale, complete with sausage sizzle and second-hand television sale, held last November. The local groups are working in conjunction with Queenstown Lakes District Council on the park’s redevelopment.
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Nicholson retires from force TURNBULL G GLENDA editor@thewanakasun.co.nz After almost 31 years, Sergeant Aaron Nicholson is retiring from the NZ Police next Monday, May 7. He has spent over half of his professional adult working life policing in Wanaka, with earlier years of his career spent in Whangarei and Auckland. “I have, without doubt, immensely enjoyed being part of the unique Wanaka Community and raising my two children here. We are privileged to be able to live in such a beautiful part of the world and be surrounded by an environment I never fail to appreciate every time I look up. “You only have to walk up Roys Peak (if there is room) and look down on Wanaka to realise that it’s still a small village really. The point of difference in this town is the type of people attracted to the area. I have been amazed at the talent, motivation, capability and sense of community that people bring. Long may that continue,” he said. Sergeant Nicholson has also spent many years working with Wanaka Search and Rescue. WanakaSAR chairman Bill Day said Sergeant Nicholson would be missed. “Aaron has been a visionary leader of Wanaka Search and Rescue for the past 18 years. He has had the rare combination of being willing and able to lead from the front when it was necessary but also to
stand back where appropriate in order to develop skills and depth in his team. “He has overseen WanakaSAR grow from a small group of climbing specialists to a wider organisation that encompasses a large range of skills. He has adapted as rescue technology has developed over time but has always remained steadfast in his vision of a multi disciplinary team that provides a total rescue solution to our lost and injured no matter where they are within our wilderness area. “Aaron has spent more than a decade and a half getting out of a warm bed on stormy nights to look for perfect strangers,” Bill said. Sergeant Nicholson said in this week’s Crimeline, “My only other real concern for the town is that we think really hard about how we can avoid killing the golden goose. If we get that right the egg will take care of itself. “In leaving I hope that the reputation of Police as an honest, empathetic and professional group of men and women who are here to serve the community has been enhanced.” He said he was looking forward to a number of different challenges as era, including he moved into a new convincing his wife that he needed a lot more time mountain biking, hunting. climbing, skiing and “I know I have been in the right place, doing the right thing as I look back on the past 18 years and know I would not change a thing,” he added.
Eleven-year-old Louis Bickerstaff, from Cromwell, has created a custom paracord survival bracelet which is now on sale in three locations. The survival bracelet includes a flint, compass, whistle and 2.3m of cord which can hold a weight of up to 250kg. The bracelets, which are all handmade, take roughly 30 minutes to make and so far he has managed to construct 1000. The youngster was inspired while living in Adelaide, Australia, where he saw a similar design and thought he could adapt the product. “In Australia I had a friend who made bracelets and sold them at the markets,” Louis said. “I thought it was a cool idea so I went on my iPad and found a better bracelet. “I buy clip and rope and weave them together.” Louis taught himself to weave the lightweight bracelets, which made their first appearance in the Cromwell summer markets. Louis started the project with help from his parents but he is now starting to “keep himself afloat” according to dad Craig. Although the youngster is busy with school, rugby and making bracelets, he still has time to make jokes.
Dutchy and Johanna Vermeulen are appealing for information on their Burmese cat, Arthur. The four-year-old cat has been missing from Clan Mac Road since Monday April 30 . “It appears from the movements on his [GPS] tracker that he has been taken from around our property where a white van was seen at the time he disappeared. The final reading was at the main campground effluent dumping station 15 minutes later which is a long way from our house,” Johanna said. Johanna said he is very timid and wary of other people and noise. She is also concerned for her cat’s welfare. “He has gut issues so will become unwell quite quickly without his medication, therefore we are hoping they might take him to a vet somewhere or someone might see him. “He is very much a home cat and
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“Mum and dad sometimes help, but usually they stand around [at the markets] and spend my money,” he said. Over winter, Louis will make the bracelets and add a handwritten note with a description of his product, with the aim of selling them at Queenstown’s lakefront markets next summer. The bracelets are currently on sale in a range of colours at Southern Wild in Wanaka, Otago Sports in Alexandra and Paper Plus in Cromwell. In the future, we can expect more creations but according to Louis, “It’s a secret for now.”
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Advance passes available REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Festival passes are now available for the 2018 NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival. This year the event will feature 19 international and New Zealand guest speakers, with Conrad Anker, Mark Sedon and Dulkara Martig all set to appear. Festival director Mark Sedon said incorporating literature into the festival schedule three years ago broadened the content and style of the guest speakers and their presentations. “Talks vary from high-profile professional adventurers presenting polished talks enhanced with imagery and video edit, to local legends offering up off-the-cuff, freestyle recollections and anecdotes, enhanced only by time and their imaginations. The authors, adventurers and filmmakers all offer different perspectives on adventure,” he said. Mark will be speaking about his 55-day
Antarctic trip. The adventure, dubbed the ‘Spectre Expedition’ saw three-man team Leo Houlding (UK), Jean Burgun (France) and Mark kite ski 1700km across Antarctica to climb Mt Spectre. Conrad Anker (USA) will be the main keynote speaker, describing his life of first ascents and his most recent expedition, also in Antarctica. Dulkara Martig (pictured) grew up in Mount Cook Village and later lived in Toa (population 17) on the West Coast of New Zealand. Her entertaining talk will take the audience from the jungles of Borneo to the outback of Australia and into the vast grizzly-inhabited wildernesses of Alaska. Old-Fashioned Storytelling will once again feature speakers telling their unique tales on the themes of mountains, wild places and misadventure as they are shaped in the moment and speakers include Conrad Anker (USA), Sam Smoothy (NZ), Whitney Thurlow (NZ), Sequoia Schmidt (USA) and Neil Silverwood. Authors featuring this year include New Zealanders Peta
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Carey, Colin Monteith and Shaun Barnett. Entries for literature events and the film competition are now closed. General tickets will be on sale when the full festival programme is launched on June 1. The 2018 festival runs in Wanaka from June 29 to July 4, Cromwell on July 4 and Queenstown from July 5 to 7.
Holy Family School and Paper Plus will host Annabel Langbein in Wanaka for the launch of her new book “Essential - Volume Two, Sweet Treats for Every Occasion” next week. Tickets, on sale now at Paper Plus, include a free glass of bubbles and a chance to sample one of the recipes, while VIP ticket holders also receive a goody bag, a signed cookbook and the chance to meet Annabel. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards a school playscape. The event will be held at Rippon Hall at 6.45pm on Wednesday, May 9.
Wanaka Wastebusters has welcomed its newest team member, Mr Manly, pictured relaxing in the arms of shop supervisor Alison Corthell. The ten-year-old feline came to the recycling centre via Queenstown Cat Rescue and is apparently settling in well. “Mr Manly came with qualifications in cuddles and rodent-killing and is proving himself to be a master of both,” said Wastebusters communications advisor Gina Dempster. “He occasionally has to retreat to the dress-up wardrobe for some quiet time, but otherwise he’s usually happy to make new friends in the shop.” Mr Manly’s appointment follows the sad passing of shop cat Number One, who was a well-loved fixture at Wastebusters for 15 years, last October.
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Motorists on State Highway 6 are being warned of ‘inevitable’ delays at Nevis Bluff for the next three weeks. The area, situated midway between Cromwell and Queenstown, will undergo autumn scaling and abseil inspection from Monday, April 30 and the work is expected to affect local traffic. John Jarvis, NZ Transport Agency senior network manager, said the “Not more than anywhere else. It’s always a work was part of ongoing safety and problem. People do have a lax attitude around marijuana here. Marijuana is often a precursor to monitoring at the Bluff and asked other drugs and particularly if it’s used by young people, it’s very, very harmful. “I would say it’s something we are constantly mindful of and make efforts to detect when we can. It’s information from the public that really helps us. It’s easy to detect because you can smell it, but as for those people selling it, which is our main focus, we need information to act.” With some of the more serious offences covered, we touch on everyday infringements like speeding and a famed source of local frustration; tourist drivers. He has opinions on both. “There’s a few areas that speeding is a problem. In town, I don’t think it’s major. It’s definitely something we keep an eye on. “People seem to get behind the wheel of a car and be in a hurry. I think it’s that aggressiveness New Zealanders need to look at and be more relaxed. We are not going to achieve anything by overtaking someone, so just get there five to ten minutes later.” PHOTO: Supplied And tourist drivers? Construction of a new astroturf soccer pitch is almost complete at Wanaka “We get a lot of complaints. When I am out and Primary School. The Wanaka Trail Ride helped raise money for the project, which about and I’m not working, it’s generally about was set to be finished on Monday, April 30. School principal Wendy Bamford said that rain and mud in winter and hard surfaces in summer had sometimes tourist drivers. We have to look at ourselves as well restricted the use of the pitch, but the new surface would now enable pupils to and how we react to those tourist drivers. We can play in all weather. be quite aggressive to them sometimes. We have to remember we live in a tourist town and we need to be patient, but always using *555 [to report driving concerns] as well.” The interview wouldn’t be complete without asking about the famous Crimeline, a weekly summary of resident behaviour that can include anything from assaults to the damaging of a letterbox. It’s developed a cult following in town and Constable Harbison sees it as an important tool. We have over 5 years experience “It’s a good area for us to get messages across. I guess some people will read it and go ‘they are managing properties in bleating on about that again’, but if you read it in Queenstown and Wanaka, Great returns there, it’s a problem. We want the public to read that providing accommodation to and think about how they are behaving. We always without the try to make it a bit fun for people or they will stop over 1,000 tenants. hassle? reading it.” We lease properties under PHOTO: Rob White
Wanaka and the surrounding areas may be known as generally safe places, but they still have a busy Police department, with two officers on active duty most days and at least one on-call every night. So what is the police force dealing with, and what do those tasked with crime prevention think about a community seemingly determined not to lock its doors? The Wanaka Sun was invited along to find out. Wanaka Police Station is in immaculate condition. It is only three years old, but it’s also probably not the busiest police station in New Zealand. It has three cells, two interview rooms and a car park full of response vehicles, plus an overflow section for mass arrests, although that’s never been used. Still, examples of crime in Wanaka don’t spring readily to most people’s minds, but after three years as a police officer here, Constable Deane Harbison doesn’t struggle. “About 40 percent of our calls for service are traffic-related: driving complaints, vehicle crashes and catching drink drivers. The rest, in no particular order, is made up of theft, especially shoplifting, family harm incidents [and] mental health. “Generally it’s a pretty safe town. If people don’t lock their house and cars, then I guess they are setting themselves up to fail, even in this town, especially with cars and opportunist theft. It’s a great feeling living in a town that you can do that in, but sooner or later it’s probably going to backfire.” A safe town it may be, but as he knows only too well, Wanaka is not immune to serious crimes, with the 2014 assault of Kahu Vincent probably the worst in recent memory. Constable Harbison agrees that nothing as serious has happened since, but says the town is far from crime-free, with one factor common among many offences. “It’s alcohol. It’s not just isolated to Wanaka, it’s a culture thing in New Zealand. On the increase is alcohol-related violence and abuse. If you look at pages on what we deal with, whether it’s mental health or family harm, the underlying issue is alcohol. Even in the home, people drinking a bottle of wine a night.” So what are police doing about it? “In recent years, the Liquor Licensing Act has been quite significant. You’ll see police every Thursday, Friday and Saturday making bar visits and making sure they are complying. What they are trying to achieve is to prevent people getting intoxicated in bars and becoming victims of crime or offenders. “Another issue is weddings and bus-loads of a hundred intoxicated people coming into town. It’s a big priority for us. It’s a good industry for the town, but it also gives us a lot of issues. At wedding receptions, they don’t police their drinking like the bars so people get really tanked up.” One offence that Wanaka is familiar with is the use, possession and selling of drugs, particularly marijuana. Does the town have a problem?
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Tom Jamieson – Obituary December 8, 1942 - January 23, 2018 REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz A farewell to remember the life of Tom Jamieson, who passed away on January 23, was held at the Hawea Hotel on Sunday, April 29. Tom was born on December 8, 1942, and was a well-known figure often seen biking between Hawea and Wanaka. Michele Cotter said it was a compassionate lot, of about 40 people, that came to say goodbye. The fires were roaring and the hospitality was gracious. Tom’s ashes were carried in by Brent Arthur, Hawea’s chief fire officer. His bike was carried in by uniformed ambulance, army and Hawea Fire Brigade members. Sian Hurley spoke of Tom’s early days in Scotland and his time of service. Michele spoke of their friendship of more than 20 years, and her and husband Mike’s time of Tom living with them at the Hawea Holiday park for eight years. Don Meyer spoke of his friendship with Tom, building his little cabin and helping Tom on numerous occasions. Peter Ward was last to speak. He and his wife Dawn enabled Tom to live, as he wanted, on their land until the day he died. Michele said it was no secret that Tom liked a drink. He loved to sing. He wanted to be left to live as he chose. He was a kind-hearted man, and had ladies he would visit around Wanaka. These ladies were the Sallies, the checkout girls, the bank girls and the librarians. He was described as a generous man, who “may
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have appeared poor, but definitely not in spirit”. The service was recorded and sent to Glasgow, Scotland, where his elderly brother and sister had a memorial later the same day and sent a message of thanks to the Hawea community for caring for their brother. A tree has been planted on the Clyde River where Tom spent his boyhood days, and another will be planted where he lived. His ashes will be placed at the Hawea Cemetery. He will be remembered as a friend.
New skills for pupils WHITE R ROB journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz Children at Holy Family School will have the chance to learn new skills and hear about potential careers this week. Pupils have invited members of the community to come in and showcase their knowledge and occupations as part of the school’s Creativity Conference, which began on Monday, April 30. Around 67 presenters are set to take part and those already signed up to speak include author Jane Bloomfield and Winter Olympic medallist Nico Porteous. Teacher Janis Sandri said the project aimed to teach children to think outside the core curriculum. “We are running it because we would like our children to be creative and also to be able to solve problems creatively. We want them to explore their own talents and jobs that they have and try new things and we would like to make it a focus for the year. “We want them to think deeper about learning. It’s not just about the
core subjects, there’s more to learning, like being creative,” she said. Pupils will be able to choose three sessions every day from a diverse range of topics, with options including everything from weaving and wooden arrow construction to poetry and prehistoric earthquakes. They will then look to pursue new skills and share their experiences at the end of term. Ten-year-old classmates Oliver Cotter and Luke Gendall decided to invite members of the media to the conference and said they were looking forward to it. Oliver, who wants to be a presenter for TVNZ’s Seven Sharp, said, “The conference sounded like fun and all the opportunities were ‘out of the box’.” Luke said, “I want to know the skills of filming to film music videos.” The school said it was fully booked with presenters for the event after an “amazing” response from the community. Pictured: Nico Porteous with student Olivia Huddleston at one of the sessions.
Society’s scientific technology talk REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Michael Macknight, co-founder and director of ADInstruments, Dunedin, will be the Royal Society’s next guest speaker at a talk on Saturday, May 12 at 6pm. The talk will follow the society’s annual general meeting at the Presbyterian Community Centre. ADInstruments, founded in 1988, sells hardware and software products to medical and health researchers, scientists and educators. Michael said its equipment can be found in leading universities and labs around the world including the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
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Playgroup hosts annual garage sale BUTLER D DANIELLE newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Hawea Playgroup will present its eighth annual garage sale fundraiser this month to raise money for the community-run playgroup. Hawea Flat hall will host the fundraiser, MC-ed by local musician Anna van Riel with entertainment by Wanaka Ukuleles and Anna Rowley amongst others. The playgroup’s secretary Emily Sancha said that the sale always proved to be a fun community
get-together. “Face painting, giant bubbles, a lolly scramble and a visit from the TC Cat are all part of our exciting line-up,” Emily said. Attendees will be able to hunt for second hand treasures amongst the stalls while enjoying food from the pop-up cafe which will be serving soup, homemade sausage rolls, coffee and cake. The garage sale takes place on Sunday, May 20, from 10am to 2pm. Pictured: Crowds gather at the playgroup’s garage sale in 2016.
Drop goes ahead despite petition TURNBULL G GLENDA editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Despite letters to government ministers, OSPRI and a 1100 signature petition, the scheduled 1080 drop in the Timaru Creek area has gone ahead. Hawea Flat resident Cherilyn Walthew has been trying to engage with OSPRI to have a second information meeting ahead of the drop, after she became aware of the March 8 meeting which she was unable to attend. She felt the meeting had not been advertised well and was held on a very busy week when most people would have been engaged with the A&P Show, Mototapu event or the National Rodeo finals that week. “I did not see any advertising for the meeting and had not been advised by OSPRI either. Other residents I spoke to found out via Facebook posts made by locals or directly from High Country Contracting. Very few people actually knew about the meeting,” she said. On April 12, Cherilyn wrote to OSPRI delivering the petition and asking them to consider a further meeting on May 2, even offering to publicise the meeting for them. OSPRI declined, stating that “We have had an information event and are satisfied with both the
advertising and the timing of this event.” She then wrote to the ministers because OSPRI was refusing to engage. In her letter she stated, “We’ve been forced into seeking a wider audience for our cause because OSPRI have refused to communicate with us in a meaningful manner. This, despite over 1100 signatures requesting that they arrange to meet with us. “Efforts to date by OSPRI seem underhanded in relation to public consultation with the appearance of trying to rush through the proposed 1080 operation. It is worth noting that a previous instance where OSPRI rushed public consultation almost resulted in the water supply for several Luggate residences being poisoned during a planned 1080 drop in August 2017.” Cherilyn asked the government to intervene in the matter, but has received no response to her correspondence. “I feel that the world has gone mad to allow this drop to go ahead without proper scrutiny and robust health and safety processes around public safety,” Cherilyn said. She feels this isn’t going to stop with Timaru Creek. “The country is crying out for funding in all sorts of areas and this is a blatant waste of taxpayer dollars. We’re going to try and take this nationally,” she said.
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BUTLER D DANIELLE newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Aspiring Avalanche Dogs (AAD) is inviting people to take part in its annual raffle in support of its vital work on Wanaka’s mountains. The raffle, held at Kai Whakapai on Friday May 11, offers a Treble Cone season pass as its main prize along with spot prizes on the night. Tickets are available to buy for $5 at Racers Edge and funds raised will go towards the work of the avalanche search dogs and their handlers. AAD secretary Emily Sancha said that some of this year’s funds would go towards purchasing a lifting harness for dog Wizzid, which would enable
him to be lowered off a chairlift if needed, or lifted on a long-line under a helicopter in an emergency response. “There will be music, spot prizes and our chairman Matt Gunn will call the winner on speaker phone in front of the crowd, which is usually very entertaining,” Emily said. The fun kicks off at 6pm with spot prizes, while the main prize will be drawn at 6.30pm. Entrants don’t need to be present to win the season pass but will need to be at the event to win spot prizes. If the winner already has a Treble Cone season pass then it will be refunded. Pictured: Aspiring Avalanche Dogs’ Rocket wearing his D-fa Dogs Helidog lifting harness.
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effective abstracts by arranging strange objects in interesting ways. Part of abstracting an item comes from compartmentalising, and one way of achieving this is through a macro lens to get up close to the details of a person, place or object. Try taking shots through a glass bottle, a rain-splattered window, or through water. This can often give the right distortion or refraction needed to create a really interesting picture. Explore post-production techniques. Software programs offer opportunities to distort, colour, flip, turn, crop and many other processes to help us manipulate the image. The only way to really train our eyes is to look for potential abstract subjects and keep trying new techniques. Abstract photography is a lesson in seeing the world in a different way and recognising our power to change it. Mike Horder’s picture ‘Summer Storm Brewing’ probably demonstrates the essence of abstract photography better than any words. The first picture is of a rock Mike purchased in France for $25. The second is his abstraction back at home. Mike said after cropping the image he used a simple technique of using a slow shutter speed and moving the camera up and down in front of the rock. The picture was then ‘flipped’ to one side. His artist wife, Becky, suggested the photo would look better upside down. She was right! Mike took the photo with a Canon EOS Rebel with a 50mm lens, and aperture of f32 and a shutter speed of 1/10th second. His picture was commended by the club’s judge who gave it a merit award. Wanaka Camera Club is dedicated to helping improve the photographic skills of anyone interested in photography. We welcome anyone to join us, irrespective of photographic ability – if you know nothing about photography, we will teach you. Our next meeting in on Monday May 14, at 7.30pm, at the St John’s Rooms, Link Way.
Southern District Health Board (SDHB) is marking Immunisation Week (April 30 to May 6) by promoting the importance of immunisation throughout one’s life, including shingles and influenza immunisation for those aged 65 and older, and immunisation for all pregnant women. SDHB medical officer of health Dr Keith Reid said that as people got older, their protection from earlier immunisations could begin to wear off. Their immune system may also no longer work as well, and they become more vulnerable to diseases that can be prevented through immunisation, particularly influenza, shingles and tetanus. Immunisation is also important during pregnancy. He said whooping cough is a serious disease for young babies, and immunising a pregnant woman means her immunity will be passed to her baby, providing protection until the child is old enough to be immunised. “Whooping cough spreads easily through coughing and sneezing, and we are currently experiencing a national outbreak of the disease. Since the beginning of 2018, more than a thousand
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cases of whooping cough have been notified to the Ministry of Health and 72 people, including 31 babies, have been hospitalised.” Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health is reminding people to be aware of the risks of measles. There have been 13 confirmed cases in the South Island in the past month – seven in Canterbury, five in the Southern District Health Board region and one in NelsonMarlborough. In addition, there were two cases infected overseas, one in Hamilton and one in Auckland. “Measles is a serious and highly infectious disease, and this flurry of new cases shows just how easily it can spread. It’s become clear adults are also at risk of contracting measles if they’re not immunised. Seven of the current patients with measles are at least 35 years old,” said Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health. “Immunisation is very important – the best protection to stop you and your children getting measles. For the best protection, people need to have two MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccinations. The MMR is available from your family practice and is free to eligible people. “The seriousness of measles cannot be underestimated, and it can cause long term consequences as well as death.”
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I cannot believe we are still fighting this age-old argument of punishment versus positive with our dogs, but just lately I was saddened to see a video series from a young local advocating prong collars and electronic collars and making statements that this is the only way to get behaviours including recall. Really! I have trained many dogs, including assistance dogs with excellent recall, and NEVER used an electronic collar. Whether we agree with it or not, more studies are pointing to the negative and sometimes tragic effect of using punishment and its impact on our dog’s welfare. The effect of using coercive methods may have other unsuspected consequences: it may also impact the person inflicting the punishment and ultimately their attitude to people as well. Among owners, some of the popular ways to punish a dog for undesirable behaviour are: hitting or kicking the dog (43 percent), growling at the dog (41 percent), physically forcing a dog to let go of an object (43 percent), alpha rolling (41 percent) and staring the dog down (39 percent) [Herron & al. 2008]. These statistics were collected amongst owners complaining about more than one behaviour problem with their pet, most of which could be attributed to different manifestations of fear and anxiety. Among the most common were aggression to unfamiliar people (48 percent), aggression to familiar people (43 percent), aggression to dogs (40 percent) and separation anxiety (32 percent). Most owners tried to deal with the problems themselves, relying on their own source of information, and were consulting a professional as a last resort. Unfortunately, as the study shows, their attempts at resolving the behaviour issues may have in fact largely contributed to the problem.
Today, the alpha wolf myth has been replaced by a more realistic way to understand our dog’s emotional reactions. Many behaviours once considered an expression of dominance are now recognised as attempts by the dogs to put more distance between themselves and what they feel threatened by. Barking, growling and even biting are mostly expressions of fear, whether fear of getting something they value taken away from them (like in the case of resource guarding) or fear for their own safety. So naturally, the tragic result of punishing such displays often increases the problem rather than solve it. Now the dog’s fear has just been confirmed. His owner did forcefully take away what he valued or did indeed give him a hard time. Sadly, the relationship between owner and dog has been damaged. The care and love that once existed between human and animal has been tainted or replaced by fear, confrontation and misunderstanding. Studies also show that we get desensitised to punishment and are gradually able to inflict stronger and harder levels of discomfort when we don’t get results. Most owners adopt a dog with the desire to develop a loving and fulfilling relationship with the animal. When reality hits however, and the cute puppy destroys the new carpet, their knowledge and understating of the behaviour will often determine the fate of the relationship. Confrontational techniques have been shown to increase the problems, sometimes to the point where the owners don’t think they have any other choice but to relinquish the dog to the pound [Hiby & al., 2004]. The most effective way to truly effect change and to help dogs as a whole is by educating and leading by example while understanding versus condemning those who still think differently.
In this week’s opinion poll we asked: do you think overseas tourists should pay a levy at the NZ border to help fund infrastructure and public spaces that tourists overwhelmingly benefit from? The answer was clear with 96% of people voting yes.
Tracey: We give too much to tourists for free. Overseas you have to pay to take a hike or walk on a popular track. This pays for toilets/roading etc and this didn’t stop me from doing and seeing overseas. Charge a visitor tax of $80 plus charge for the privilege of doing hikes etc.
Gwen: How is charging tourists a levy going to help NZ if they won’t come because of it? Nose, face comes to mind? Steve: We can’t have both otherwise we are penalising tourists at both ends. I believe an incoming tax at the border, along with compulsory insurance, to cover everything from medical, search and rescue, car accidents etc. Our ACC is over burdened by tourists, and we have ever increasing levies to pay for them. Also an immediate ban on campervans and wagons without a toilet, after all Freedom Campers add nothing to our economy, and the rental companies are Australian.
John: If they don’t want to pay and therefore don’t come, this would surely be a good thing.
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John: NZ had a departure tax for many years. It was $25 and was progressively scrapped by each international airport between 2001 and 2015. Many European cities have a city tax that is charged each night by the accommodation providers. Started in Venice as a way to get some tourist moneys in to help rectify the problems they had with the city sinking and stinking. Currently Venice charges 1 Euro for each star of your hotel per person, per night, up to a maximum of 5 consecutive nights. Interesting concept, might work in Queenstown, but the freedom campers would as now pay nothing. Sophie: Yes! Bali is a good example. Suzette: Yes a levi does need to be put in place. $100 or more.
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programme coordinator, Jono Homer (pictured). Wanaka Playgroup runs from the Wanaka Squash Club on Stone Street, Mondays and Thursdays from 9.30am to 11.30am and is only $3 a session. New members are always welcome, we would love to meet you and your littlies so head along for some musical fun.
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Hawea preparing for cavalcade REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz
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The 27th Goldfields Cavalcade (February 23 to March 2, 2019) will finish in Lake Hawea, with the locals preparing a special welcome for the cavalcaders. As the host town, Hawea is responsible for providing the cavalcaders and their horses with camping facilities, food and a celebration at the end of their journey. The local committee responsible for welcoming the cavalcaders is hosting an information evening on Friday, May 11. “We really hope to see lots of people at the launch evening. It will be a great way to let everyone know what the cavalcade is all about and what they can do to help,” committee chair Warren Hewson said. It is a family-friendly event, with drinks and nibbles. Otago Goldfields Trails organiser Terry Davis said that he was delighted that Hawea would be hosting the cavalcade next year. “The parade and hoedown have not been to the Upper Clutha for a few
years and we know that the famous Hawea hospitality will provide a warm welcome to all the cavalcaders and visitors.” Each year more than 200 volunteers take part in the event and Terry urged members of the local community to get involved. “Warren and the team have been working hard behind the scenes to make this the best welcome the cavalcaders have received, so be a part of it and be proud of Hawea.” Each year up to 500 people reenact the historic journey of Cobb & Co. Coach’s journey from Dunedin to the Dunstan Goldfields, via The Dunstan Trail. The destination, or host town, changes every time. The cavalcade will incorporate trails for horse riding, wagons, walking and cycling around the goldfields heritage routes, starting in different places and ending with a grand parade, family market day and evening entertainment at the Hawea Hoedown. The launch and information evening will be held from 5.30pm to 8.30pm on May 11 at the Hawea Community Centre.
F-16s, anniversary pull in crowd REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz More than 54,000 people attended this year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, over ten percent more than WOW 2016. The debut of the United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at the show, coupled with the event celebrating its 30th anniversary, were two of the main reasons cited by WOW general manager Ed Taylor for the big crowd. “Even before we knew the F-16s were coming, ticket sales were considerably well ahead of the previous couple of Airshows. We think a lot of people who had been to Wanaka Airshows over the years decided to make sure they didn’t miss the 30th Anniversary,” Ed said. “Then when we announced the
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F-16s were coming we saw ticket sales go up another notch. “But it wasn’t just those two factors which made the event so successful. We had all the other features which have made this Airshow famous around the world - plenty of classic Warbirds, world-class aerobatics, a big military presence from around the Pacific region and our lakeside event.”
Braves record first win REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz
Wanaka FC Braves recorded its first win with a strong performance against Alexandra B on Saturday to move from the bottom of the table to fourth place in the Central Otago division two
football league. Wanaka FC A lost to Frankton Rebels 3-2 in Queenstown, and now sit in fourth place in the division one table. The Wanaka FC Youth game was called off, as the pitches at the Wanaka Recreation Centre were deemed unplayable.
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REPORTER S STAFF editor@thewanakasun.co.nz Challenge Wanaka organisers have announced changes to its Aquabike race. The 3km swim and 120km bike race, which will be held on February 16, 2019, will start earlier and the bike route will incorporate a 36km section to Glendhu Bay. The swim leg starts on the beach and is two laps of the course set in Roys Bay.
The bike course starts out on the lakefront with a return leg to Hospital Flat, before heading out through Albert Town and an undulating ride to Lake Hawea. It then leads to Hawea Flat, the Clutha River and the Red Bridge before a 15km return to Tarras. Back at the Red Bridge, competitors bike to Luggate, returning via the Wanaka Airport and a short detour along Riverbank Road to the Cardrona Valley Road and down Stone Street into Wanaka (pictured).
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Bright future for rep players Club seeks building feedback BUTLER D DANIELLE newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Wanaka Yacht Club (WYC) has reached out to members for feedback on its new $1.6 to $1.9 million clubhouse. The club unveiled plans to redevelop its lakefront building last year, taking it to 558sqm from its existing 140sqm. Increased boat storage, changing rooms, a race control hub, office space, meeting room and a public cafe are included in the club’s plans. WYC is also discussing the possibility of using ‘Shed B’ as a boat design and building workshop to encourage youth engagement while building kit set boats for club use. While currently in the process of undertaking a formal feasibility study for the proposed development, the club has created a public survey to gather feedback for a successful project. WYC commodore Jeff Mercer said that the committee wanted to make
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sure that its members were happy with what had been drawn up. “It’s not a case of changing too much at this stage, but we want to make sure everyone is happy and we need to make a few tweaks to the plan. “Hopefully it will all come back good and we can start down the track of fundraising and moving forward with it,” he said. Pictured: Commodore Jeff Mercer outside the existing club facility.
Young Wanaka footballers played at their biggest venue yet when they lined up for Southern United Academy at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium on Sunday. The newly formed high performance academy, for grades 13, 14, 15 and 16, brings the best young football players from all over the Football South Federation to train under Southern United Academy coaching staff. It is linked to the Football South Coaching Development Programme for 2018, which brings young players together to play matches against quality opposition on a regular basis throughout the year leading to national age group tournament in December. Blake Lang was selected for the 13th grade, Ethan Arratia, Jack Lanigan, Red Simpson and Isaak Emmanuel were selected for the 14th grade and Toa Roode, Weston Bell, Levi Fletcher, Michael Gealogo and Fletcher Cavanagh were selected for the 16th grade. First up on Sunday was the Southern United Academy (SUA) 14th grade team, featuring
Ethan and Jack, which took on a Southland U14 representative team. Both players had good games. Ethan played as a central attacking midfielder and linked well with his co-midfielders and strikers and put through some very good balls for his teammates to latch onto which created some scoring opportunities. Jack, playing right back, was very good in defence and shut down several goal scoring chances. Unfortunately, SUA lost 1-0. The second game of the day was SUA 16th grade, featuring Fletcher at striker, Michael at centremid and captain, Weston Bell at left-back and Toa Roode at left-mid against Southland under-18. After a slow start, SUA dominated the game, winning 4-0. Fletcher scored twice, with assistance from his Mount Aspiring College 1st XI teammates. The 13th grade match was between SUA, featuring Blake Lang, and Maori Hill/Roslyn team. Blake had a very good game and assisted in the creation of two goals in his team’s 6-2 win. – By Wanaka Football World
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Skate group seeks members WHITE R ROB journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz A local roller skating group has started running training nights to help more people get into the sport. The sessions, held by Wanaka Skating (WS) every Thursday, offer basic tips and tricks and are aimed at including everyone in the community, regardless of their skating experience. Aimee Smith, one of the founders of WS, said that the group wanted to increase participation and meet existing local demand. “We set it up because we wanted a chance to practise and we thought if we were looking for a space, maybe other people were too. When we went to QLDC’s facility strategy meeting, we realised maybe there was more demand on this side of the Crown Range than we’d anticipated. We set it up and so far the response has been very positive,” she said. In addition to boosting the number of skaters in Wanaka, the group has another motive for running the events; strengthening its roller derby team. “We’re all members of Queenstown Roller Derby and it’s a fantastic female-driven contact sport. It’s one of the most supportive sports that I’ve been involved in. Even though it’s full contact, it’s a very safe and fun environment and it has a great social side. “The coaches really love the sport and we want to widen participation as Queenstown and Wanaka have very transient populations. “What we’re hoping is that people who come to our ‘skate dates’ show an interest in roller derby and fall in love with it like we have. If there’s enough demand in Wanaka, we can even start running roller derby sessions over here.” Skating sessions are held on Thursdays from 7-8:30pm at Wanaka Primary School. The cost is $5 and skates can be hired for $10, although advance notice is required. People are welcome to bring their own skates.
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Water skier set for world champs WHITE R ROB journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz
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Email qtrollerderby@gmail.com or search for Wanaka Skating or Queenstown Roller Derby on Facebook for more information on getting involved in either sport. Pictured: Some of the skaters in action at the group’s previous venue in Hawea Flat.
Wanaka water skier Meg Harraway will represent New Zealand after qualifying for the under-17 national team. The 16-year-old sealed her place with an impressive performance at the New Zealand National Water Ski Championships in Lake Karapiro, which saw her finish third in Open Women Slalom and fourth in Open Women Jump against the country’s top female athletes. Meg said she was very happy to qualify for the competition. “It’s very exciting. I have been waiting for this for a while so it’s pretty exciting to go over there and represent the country. “I feel like it all came back to one
shot and I gave it my best. Nerves kicked in and adrenaline and it was good to focus on doing my best and I got selected. I’m pretty stoked,” she said. Her dad Gerald, who also competed, praised Meg’s dedication to the sport. “[I am] very proud obviously. She’s worked very hard over the last few years and they only get one crack at this, so she’s worked very hard to get there,” he said. The World Championships will be held in Spain in August, but the team will attend five weeks of training in Florida beforehand to prepare for the competition. Meg now has two months of training at home and will start fundraising for the trip, which is expected to cost between $13,000 and $15,000.
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