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Teachers and principals march for action Ruth Blunt

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ocal primary teachers and principals marched on the streets of Wanaka yesterday, while around the country about 29,000 primary teachers, principals and their supporters took part in public events to call attention to the educators’ strike.

Teachers and their supporters walked through the CBD yesterday, with placards calling for “more resourcing, more teachers, more support”.

Among the messages on display were: “You can’t put students first if you put teachers last”, “I work to make a living. I teach to make a difference” and “I’m not walking out my students, I’m walking for them”.

In collective agreement negotiations, principals and teachers

had asked for more time to teach and lead, more support for children with additional learning needs and more pay to stem the teacher shortage.

Instead of the 16 percent pay rise over two years that NZEI union members had identified as being necessary to address recruitment and retention issues, most teachers are being offered about 2.2 - 2.6 percent a year for three years, and just 12 minutes extra per week to work individually with children or plan and assess learning.

“There needs to be better investment in education so every child can reach their potential and we have enough teachers for every class,” said NZEI Te Riu Roa lead principal negotiator Louise Green.

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‘No imminent danger’ on track Aimee Owens

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The Newcastle bike track located at Hawea Flat has experienced a washout over recent months which has seen the track transform and impinge on the Clutha River.

Heavy rain events have assisted the steep gravel cliffs to erode and form a large debris fan in the river, which in turn has prompted various departments to assess the damage and organise a solution.

Geotechnical engineers attended the site to assess the damage, and its potential effect on the Clutha River.

Otago Regional Council, Dr Gavin Palmer, director of engineering, hazards and science said they have just received the geotechnical report regarding the Newcastle Bike Track.

“There is no imminent danger to the public in

the findings and we aim to formulate a plan moving forward with appropriate stakeholders to address the issues identified within the report. We expect to make the finding public in due course.”

The terrain was designed by the Upper Clutha Tracks Trust and formed by the Department of Conservation.

The Department Of Conservation has since carried out remedial work on the track, however track alignment work cannot be undertaken until the slip debris on the track dries out. Meaning the track could stay in its poor condition for at least a few more weeks or months, depending on the weather and future rainfall conditions.

For now signage is in place to alert users that extra care is required to cross the damaged sections of the track.

Pictured: Newcastle bike track.

A purr-fect opening day for CRW Aimee Owens

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Cat Rescue Wanaka celebrated the birth of its own cat-centred project over the weekend of August 11 with an opening day.

Queenstown Cat Rescue has officially detached itself and handed over to a team of volunteers in Wanaka to establish a cat rescue venture all on it’s own.

Over 100 people walked through the doors of St. John rooms on Saturday to show their support to the feline community and appreciation of the volunteers.

“It was a really great day,” volunteer Lindsey Turner said.

“So much support from the community. It was really great to get such a good turnout.”

The charitable trust raised just over $1500 over the three-hour event which offered a kids’ activity corner with face painting and colouring competition, raffle, cookies and a display showing some of the cat success stories. They even invited several cats along to scope out their new forever homes and one lucky cat was adopted.

Volunteers also went along to talk about what CRW does and how people can help in the future.

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St. John kindly donated the room for free as a thanks to the Trust, Mitre 10 donated cat start-up gift packs and New World donated ingredients for making cheese rolls which the group have pre-sold.

The trust relies solely on volunteers, donors and donations to finance their work.

Pictured: volunteers Indigo Thompson, Lindsey Turner, Rachel Allibone, Bridget McQuillan, Monique Wallath and Natalie Ward holding Indigo McQuillan at the opening day.

Marketing workshop for non-profits STAFF REPORTER

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Volunteering Central is hosting a workshop for nonprofit and volunteer organisations next week to help them raise their profiles.

This half day workshop will help organisations identify their key messaging and explore the range of options available to get these messages out into the community. Participants will also look at writing a press release, liaising with the media and receive practical tips and resources for moving forward with their marketing strategy.

“Anyone who is keen to raise their organisation’s profile, but is not sure how to go about it, is encouraged to join us. Although our usual focus is on volunteering, this is a general marketing workshop

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that can be applied to a range of organisations and non-profits,” Volunteering Central coordinator Gillian White said.

“Marketing is something we discuss a lot with the organisations we work with and we are keen to offer some training in this area. We are very fortunate to have Gina Treadwell support the work of Volunteering Central. Gina has a wealth of experience to share and will co-present the workshop with us.”

‘Effective Marketing – How to raise your profile’ will take place at Wanaka Hotel on Wednesday, August 22 from 10am until 1pm and is open to volunteers and staff from organisations across the region.

For more information or to register contact Gillian at gillian@volunteeringcentral.org.nz or call 0275065705.

Southern DHB’s Integrated Primary Maternity System of Care, released on Friday, August 10, has dealt another blow to local midwives with Wanaka missing out on a primary birthing unit.

Kimberley Davis from community group Save Our Wanaka Midwives is in the process of preparing a summary of the DHB report for the group which represents Wanaka whãnau, and works with Wanaka midwives.

SDBH announced there will be eight birthing units and five primary maternal and child hubs throughout the Southern district maternity system.

Primary birthing units will be located at Lakes District Hospital in Queenstown, Gore Health, Oamaru Hospital, Clutha Health First in Balclutha, Winton Maternity Centre and at Alexandra’s Charlotte Jean Maternity Hospital.

Maternal and child hubs will be set up in Wanaka, Te Anau, Lumsden, Tuatapere and Ranfurly.

Save Our Wanaka Midwives met on Tuesday, August 14, to discuss the announcement.

Kim said the group advocated for a primary birthing unit, but instead Southern DHB has promised a nonbirthing “maternal and child hub”.

“The hubs are a new concept, and it’s not clear what exactly Wanaka’s hub will look like, where it will be, for instance, or who will staff it, or when we will have it by. As far as Wanaka’s midwifery situation goes, the hub won’t do anything to fix our immediate crisis, we still only have one full-time LMC midwife to care for around 200 pregnancies per year, and we desperately need at least three more full-time midwives. And we need them immediately,” Kim said.

There are already over ten fully qualified midwives living in Wanaka, but Kim believed the hub was not going to do anything to bring them back to work.

Long term, SOWM needed a primary care unit: a facility where women can give birth, and not just under emergency circumstances. Short term, the group said they desperately need more midwives to come back to work in Wanaka. Kim added that although SDHB is also offering a $300 per woman “sustainability package”, meant to act as a top-up to address the inequities between rural midwives and urban midwives, it is not anywhere sufficient enough to entice midwives back to work.

The group was also concerned that the two emergency locums contracted

by SDHB in April to support the remaining full-time midwife, Deb Harvey, were only in place until next month. At present, SDHB as not yet confirmed whether the locum service will be be extended after September.

“This leaves me on my own with a large caseload which is dangerous, unacceptable and leaves my practice untenable,” Deb said.

“The locums are available, however the SDHB have told them that they are not renewing their contracts due to funding.”

Deb is fully booked until the end of March 2019, with no confirmation of whether she will be supported to provide care to all of the women.

Kim reiterated: “We don’t need more locum midwives, because they’re an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. We need more full-time midwives. The situation is really serious. If Wanaka doesn’t get more full-time midwives, we might end up with no midwives at all.”

Speed limits reviewed Ruth Blunt

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Temporary speed limits put in place in Wanaka this year are being monitored by council, with the temporary 70kph speed limit between Cardrona Village and the Cardrona Distillery recently lifted.

After Queenstown Lakes District Council received an increasing number of requests for a review of, or changes to, speed limits in certain areas within the district, temporary speed limits were applied to parts of Aubrey Road and Cardrona Valley Road.

The stretch of road near the Cardrona Alpine Resort entrance was initially taken to 70kph for the entire stretch of road between the outer village to just past the Cardrona Distillery corner.

“After community feedback and further review it was decided to reinstate to 100kph from the outer village to just before the distillery corner, as this allowed passing opportunities within a safe distance,” QLDC senior communications advisor Rebecca Pitts said However, the 70kph limit remains

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around the distillery and the ski-field access road entrance.

Rebecca said council staff have been monitoring speeds in Wanaka and around the district ahead of reviewing the Speed Limits Bylaw.

Staff have also been reviewing all roads across the district to determine the safe and appropriate speeds for each road or area.

“This review adheres to the New Zealand Transport Agency’s comprehensive speed management framework, which is used to guide recommendations and considers the full road environment (e.g. land use, operating speeds, surrounding environment, carriageway).”

QLDC will seek public feedback next month on an updated Speed Limits Bylaw, with residents getting the chance to voice their opinions on whether a speed limit on a road in their suburb or town needs to be raised or lowered.

Council will be asked to adopt the bylaws for public consultation at their meeting on September 6, and submissions will open on September 10.

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Restaurant fire caused by tea towels Representative Review Aimee Owens

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Early on Sunday, August 12, a fire caused extensive damage to local organic fine dining restaurant, Ode, on Ardmore Street in Post Office Lane.

Firefighters arrived at the scene around 4am and the fire was extinguished by 5am.

A family was sleeping in the apartment above the restaurant was evacuated and no-one was hurt. The family alerted the fire station of the alarm, asking for it to be turned off thinking it was a false alarm, until the fire brigade assured them that it was actually a fire and they were on their way.

Owner and head chef, Lucas Parkinson, posted a video on Facebook stating that the damage was “extensive and we are having to close our doors for the foreseeable future”.

The emotional video expressed apologies for any inconvenience to bookings but Lucas said, “the damage can be fixed and they will fix it, this isn’t the end of Ode...it’s the beginning”.

The incident is thought to have started from tea towels which had been cleaned at laundromat at the end of the night and stored in a linen bag under the bar.

“It’s a one in a million chance that tea towels fresh out of a dryer, stuck together in a linen bag will combust. And they combusted, melted away and a fire broke out at some point early in the morning,” Lucas said.

Above the towels were argon gas capsules to keep wine from spoiling, which were thought to have

exacerbated the situation. Lucas believed that the fire would have engulfed the bar had it not been built of marble, which was believed to have encased the fire.

Lucas and his family were notified of the fire by their landlord, Kevin King, who Lucas said has been “so supportive and helpful”.

Mike Cahill from Fire Department was at the scene, questioned staff and deduced that the cause of the fire must have been the tea towels.

According to Lucas the entire dining room will have to be rebuilt, as a third of the room is “burnt out”. Other parts of the restaurant have been badly damaged by the smoke.

At this point, Lucas is considering a full rebuild which will take roughly two to three months. But he is optimistic and said that the community support “has been crazily overwhelming”.

The day before the fire, the editor of Cuisine magazine rated Ode 15.5 out of 20, which is the equivalent to one Michelin star.

Lucas is organising a fundraising, pay-what-youfeel dinner at Bistro on Sunday August 19 at 6pm.

The fundraiser aims to to get Ode on the road for their ‘Phoenix’ tour, which involves collaborating with restaurants around NZ to raise awareness for Ode, organic food and eating locally. The tour will finish with a pop-up dinner at Clooney restaurant in Auckland on September 30.

Lucas said he was “doing it for love and to keep the spirit of Ode alive”.

Lucas hoped to reopen Ode in time for the Food Guide Awards on October 15.

Development plan for Eely Point reserve Ruth Blunt

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The Wanaka Community Board is to consider the adoption of the Wanaka Lakefront Development Plan Eely Point Recreational Reserve 2018 at its meeting today (August 16).

A Landscape Analysis and Concept Design Report for Eely Point Recreational Reserve was prepared by Reset Urban Design.

The preferred concept for the 9.3ha site included a new open picnic area on the northern edge of the peninsula, with scattered shade trees, seating, tables, barbecues, shelters and open grass areas.

The concept plan included ecological enhancement around the lake edge, planting of deciduous trees and removal of weed species trees.

Some sections of pine would also be removed.

A new boat ramp and floating jetty located next to the existing launch area was proposed, with an area for boat trailers and overflow parking adjacent to the traditional trailer parking area and some space reserved for an open grass recreation area.

A set back vehicle access road from the edge of Bremner Bay with parking strips and an informal parking area was also marked on the concept plan.

The public access roads will be sealed.

Jake Woodward from the Kyokushin Karate Wanaka dojo won the 2018 lightweight national title at the Mas Oyama Karate New Zealand national full contact championship tournament in Christchurch on Saturday, August 11.

He competed in the lightweight division and came away with the win after a bruising three rounds in the final.

MOKNZ South Island branch chief, Shihan Graeme Gavegan, was very impressed with Jake’s resilience and technique, saying he was looking forward to seeing Jake fight again.

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submissions heard Ruth Blunt

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A hearing of submissions on the Representative Review was held in Queenstown on Monday, August 13 with several local residents among the ten who chose to speak to their submissions.

Queenstown Lakes District Council adopted its original proposal for public consultation on June 14. While it proposed to change the boundaries of the Arrowtown Ward to bring the ward closer to compliance in terms of population, no other changes were proposed to the boundaries of wards, the number of councillors elected or the structure of the Wanaka Community Board.

Rachel Brown made a personal submission, saying she supported the recommendation to “essentially maintain the status quo”, but said council has maintained “essentially the same ward organisation since its creation in 1989” and that there could be a more effective system with more effective representation.

“I believe that QLDC would be prudent to work towards a full community governance review in preparation for the next representation review in 2024. It will be time for a blue sky look at dividing the district into wards that give more even representation across the district, rather than a Queenstown Ward that will always be the largest and hungriest, and a Wanaka Ward that works hard to be heard, and an historic Arrowtown Ward.”

She also noted the appointing of all three Wanaka Ward Councillors

to the Wanaka Community Board for the full term should be reconsidered, believing it would be better to appoint one or two for a shorter period because of the potential for conflict of interest between ward and district.

Wanaka Community Board member Ruth Harrison made a submission in support of the council recommendation that WCB remains in place for the next period.

There were also submissions questioning the role of the Wanaka Community Board, with one suggesting it be replaced by localised development associations.

A few people suggested the Upper Clutha needed its own council, while others submitted that Wanaka needed four or five elected councillors instead of three. Another person claimed that Wanaka was “over serviced by representatives,” submitting “the Wanaka ward should have four elected councillors and no community board”.

Tim Ryan spoke to his submission in support of a councillor for Hawea.

He wrote in his submission, “there are no councillors that have an ear to the ground with what is happening around the Hawea area... Hawea currently has no representation on the council, and, as a fast growing community, its will needs to be properly heard.”

In total, 36 submission, including two late submissions, were received by council with ten of those from residents in the Upper Clutha.

A final proposal will be recommended to the council meeting to be held on September 6.

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The separation of cycling/walking and vehicles will be facilitated through shared cycling/walking paths around the point, while bollards limit vehicle access.

Disc golf was to be contained within the trees and a natural play area positioned to the eastern side.

Possible facilities and activities mentioned in the report included a bootcamp course, boat storage, club rooms, outdoor classrooms and a facility for Wanaka Coastguards.

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SOF supporting mayor’s vision for 2050 STAFF REPORTER

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The Shaping our Future Board supports Queenstown Lakes District Council’s desire to engage with the community to determine residents’ hopes and aspirations for the district out to 2050, with SOF Board member Michael Sly attending the mayor’s Vision 2050 workshop last week.

SOF is looking to repeat the successful “visioning exercise” it held in 2011, when more than 1000 people contributed to the creation of a SOF vision and goals for the district.

SOF chair, Alastair Porter, said, “Shaping our Future has plans underway in 2018 to gather district-wide views to update future goals, repeating the successful process in 2011 that led to the district-wide vision and initial goals.”

He said SOF looked forward “to

providing QLDC with community-led recommendations to shape the future of our district.”

He said the resolution of issues currently before the community will have widereaching and long-lasting impacts involving a range of options and trade-offs.

“With continued rapid growth across the district, the Shaping our Future Board encourages a community-led approach to address the questions being asked today,” he said.

Alastair said the Shaping our Future public forum approach is ideal for this type of engagement.

The process of community engagement carried out by SOF on any given subject begins with public forums and online discussions, progressing to establishing volunteer task forces to work through issues and provide recommendations.

Recommendations are peer reviewed by

the community before being presented to local and national agencies as required.

“It ensures that information is shared widely, a broad range of views are considered and consensus outcomes reached, to best inform decision-making for the future.”

“Shaping our Future is an apolitical, independent, non-profit organisation which has been running forum processes for the past seven years gathering community views and recommendations,” Alastair said.

It is currently working on freshwater projects in Queenstown and Wanaka, and has Lake Hayes and Shotover Country Community Visioning forums starting at the end of August.

Pictured: Shaping our Future Board - Guy Hughes, Michael Sly, Kathy Dedo, Reece Gibson, Julie Perry, Esther Whitehead, Matthew Day, Alastair Porter and AJ Mason (absent: Barry Bruce).

Seminar shining light on learning difficulties STAFF REPORTER

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A Wanaka learning disabilities specialist is reminding parents and educators to seek help if they think their child is struggling in the classroom.

Karen Ruddenklau, a specialist teacher in specific learning difficulties and learning support, said Wanaka’s first Learning About Learning Difficulties seminar next Wednesday night is an ideal opportunity to raise awareness and generate discussion about a common issue amongst families – and to find out how these underlying issues can affect a child’s learning.

The seminar is organised by local optometry practice OCULA and brings together specialists from different disciplines to talk about how to tell if a

child is affected by a vision, language or sensory processing disorder – and what to do about it.

“If your child is struggling with reading, spelling, writing and or maths, and you’re not sure why, then it’s important to talk to someone. There are a lot of people who can help,” Karen said.

“It’s also essential that parents educate themselves about learning difficulties.

Knowledge is empowering – the more we know about something, the easier it is to find ways to support.”

Learning difficulties occur in a variety of ways and degrees of severity and affected children are taught using multi-sensory methods. In Wanaka there are about 10 specialist teachers helping children with learning difficulties, alongside their classroom teachers.

“It can be terrible for a child if a learning difficulty is not identified, but with support they can flourish,” Karen added.

At the seminar, OCULA principal optometrist Danielle Ross – the district’s first qualified behavioural optometrist – will discuss how vision affects the learning process and explore how the brain uses the visual sense to learn. She’ll touch on how to tell if a child is affected by a visual processing disorder – as well as how it is related to dyslexia.

Ross will be joined by paediatric occupational therapist Fiona Brown, from Dynamic Developments, and paediatric speech language therapist Hallie Pearson from SHOUT. The seminar will be held at the Lake Wanaka Centre at 7pm next Wednesday night. Entry is by gold coin donation.

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Concern over aerodrome decision addressed Ruth Blunt

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Central Otago District Council Mayor Tim Cadogan was in Cromwell on Monday, August 13, to answer residents’ concerns over the council’s decision to allow space to be leased for the building of hangars at the Cromwell Aerodrome.

On June 27, the CODC’s Waste and Property Infrastructure Committee considered a report to grant leases for hangars, which is a permitted activity, at Cromwell Aerodrome.

With the number of enquiries regarding hangar sites increasing, a concept plan for multiple hangar sites was approved.

The aerodrome has two grass strips

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running south to north and east to west.

The main runway is south to north. There are three existing hangar leases at the aerodrome; two adjacent to Ord Road and one off Ripponvale Road. It was proposed new hangar sites would be created along Ord Road following the same line as two existing hangars.

The proposed concept plan presented at the June meeting detailed the potential for up to 28 sites. The total number of hangars would depend on the level of interest over time and the size of hangar each individual party may want.

As there are no water or power services available at the site, it was proposed that leases were approved for hangar-only sites.

The Cromwell Aerodrome is a Crown-

derived reserve vested in council for aerodrome purposes. This means all aerodrome activity, including planes taking off and landing, and the location of hangars, can occur on the site as a permitted activity. If in the future the site is not required for that or any other purpose under the Reserves Act 1977, it must be returned to the Crown.

Mayor Cadogan said 20 people turned up to the two-hour drop-in session on Monday.

“People were glad to be able to air their point of view to [Chair of the Waste & Property Infrastructure Committee] Councillor McKinley and myself,” he said.

There have been no leases for hangar sites granted on the aerodrome site since the June meeting.

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A group of 30 people attended an urban stormwater management workshop hosted by Upper Clutha Lakes Trust last week Megan Williams, project manager for the Wanaka Water Project, said “the day was very successful, with participants hearing about past and current issues as well as identifying solutions for the future.”

“By bringing together a mix of academic, science and community stakeholders we were able to discuss practical solutions suited to our environment.”

Invited speakers, Associate Professor Chris Walsh (University of Melbourne) and Jonathan Moores (NIWA) updated attendees on the latest advances and approaches on managing urban runoff. A key point from the presentation by Chris Walsh was that sensitive urban design can allow the runoff from average rain events to infiltrate into the ground, significantly reducing impacts and restoring natural flow to rivers and streams.

The workshop highlighted the scale of the urban development currently underway and planned for the Wanaka area. Attendees spent the morning looking at sites of interest, including sites where the community has already been active in measuring and improving the quality of water flowing into Lake Wanaka. A best-practice case of stormwater management was seen at Kirimoko, where stormwater is actively managed on site. Kirimoko’s system involves water flowing directly to ground

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Deputy Mayor Calum MacLeod said he was “excited by the prospect of getting a stronger interagency cooperative group together. The closer we can work together in this space the better.”

The workshop identified key knowledge gaps and research needs, with two being prioritised.

The first, to improve understanding on how different urban design philosophies can mitigate impacts on local water bodies, through both the construction and residential phases. The second, to improve the understanding and management of the impacts of urban runoff on the Lake Wanaka ecosystem.

The Upper Clutha Lakes Trust will work with the local community, councils and researchers from Catchments Otago / University of Otago to develop these research projects as part of the Wanaka Water Project, funded by the Freshwater Improvement Fund.

“The workshop was productive, and laid good foundations for the Trust, the University, QLDC and ORC to work together to understand better the challenges the catchment is facing, and to identify realistic and effective solutions to those challenges,” Otago Regional Council senior policy analyst Sylvie Leduc said.

“This is an exciting step towards a truly integrated approach to manage the exceptional environment of the Upper Clutha region.”

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Four members of Wanaka Swimming Club travelled to Dunedin to compete in the Otago Winter Championships 2018 on August 11 and 12.

Kate Bennie, 12, Hannah Piper, 12, Sam Cottier 13, and Cruz Morland, 13, entered 33 individual competitions and two relays between them, recording 16 personal best times, and winning seven golds, three silvers and four bronzes in the 12-13 year old male and female categories.

Kate won gold in the 100m freestyle and 50m freestyle,

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silver in the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke, and bronze in 400m freestyle and 100m individual medley.

She also achieved three personal best times.

Hannah logged five personal best times in the 100m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke, 100m individual medley and 50m freestyle races.

Sam won gold in 100m freestyle, silver in the 100m individual medley and bronze in 100m backstroke, recording three personal best times.

Cruz achieved personal best times in all five of his podium winning races. He won gold in 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 200m breaststroke and 50m backstroke and bronze in 100m freestyle.

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COMMUNITY NETWORKS WANAKA Help and advice

How does population growth impact community well-being?

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Our local population is expected to double in size between 2015 and 2048, from 10,340 to 22,509 (as per QLDC 2017 growth projections).

Research has shown that a range of positive and negative social consequences arise from rapid population growth.

Negative consequences commonly include reduced housing availability and affordability, increased crime and antisocial behaviour, and increased stress on local infrastructure and services.

Population growth affects the local services by increasing the incidence and prevalence of specific social issues (for example housing shortages and domestic violence). Currently there is no centralised way of quantifying growth-driven social impacts on the Upper Clutha community.

Late last year Community Networks Wanaka received funding to work alongside Vanessa Hammond, a Public Health Researcher, to develop a research tool to collect this information from social service providers. We need this to inform service planning, track community wellbeing, identify gaps in service provision and ultimately ensure the right services are available at the right time for the people who need them. Social service providers have a deep understanding of the community and are well placed to identify changes in community wellbeing.

We envisage, as of the beginning of 2019, being

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able to clearly track the demand for services and thereby having a strong platform on which we can collaborate and make decisions around service provision. We want Wanaka to be an enjoyable place to live for all residents.

Mental Health 101 Community Networks recently organised a mental health workshop to help give people the confidence to recognise, relate and respond to those experiencing mental illness or distress.

Following are some thoughts from Nova Knippers, our front office coordinator, who attended the workshop.

The workshop helped Nova: • Understand and recognise the signs of good mental health and what to do to maintain it, as well as the signs and symptoms of mental illness or distress.

• Get a better understanding of what it feels like to experience mental distress, and how our actions can impact on those of others.

• Figure out how to respond wisely and appropriately in any situation where mental illness or distress needs support.

• Understand where and when to get personal or professional help.

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The Torpedo 7 Peak to Peak multisport race took place in Queenstown on Saturday August 11, with high school student Ella Robinson raising funds for children in Kenya by competing in the race with her family.

Ella describing the day as “awesome” and said her family had a great day.

Her mother, Floortje, said it went really well.

“Good family team effort. [Ella] is delighted with all the help and support people have given. Her dream has come true and also for two beautiful children in Kenya who can now afford to go to school.”

Ella and her family raised $1680. “[The final amount] exceeded all of our expectations but has provided two children with a fair starting point in life,” the Mount Aspiring College student said.

Ella’s younger brother, nine-year-old Liam completed the downhill ski, stepfather Darren took on the downhill mountain bike, Floortje then kayaked, before Ella ran 10km and Floortje finished with the uphill road bike.

The fundraiser closed on August 13, with the money donated going to the not-for-profit organisation So They Can which will ensure that four-year-old Abyshang and five-year-old Nicholas can complete their education. Both children are in their first year of school at Aberdare Ranges in Nakuru, Kenya. The Kenyan children have big

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dreams, Abyshang to become a pilot and Nicholas aspires to be a police officer.

Ella has already planned her next fundraiser for the Kenyan children and will start training next week with the hopes to compete in a swim early in 2019 once she returns from Kenya.

Pictured: Liam, Darren, Ella and Floortje following the Peak to Peak race on Saturday.

Local artist celebrates LandSAR STAFF REPORTER

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The work of Land Search and Rescue (LandSAR) will be celebrated in an exhibition by Wanaka artist Jane Kellahan next month.

Jane said that the multimedia ‘Call of the Mountains’ exhibition, which will be on display at Rippon from September 27 to October 31, was a recognition of the incredible work done by courageous volunteers.

“It is a befitting tribute to those lives lost to the

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mountains and an acknowledgement to our local LandSAR rock stars,” she said.

“I have lived in Wanaka for over a year now and there is definitely a strong sense of community here that I have never experienced before.

“I have thought about this and I believe that it has a lot to do with LandSAR. When critical, life saving operations occur, it brings people together, it’s a very intense and powerful feeling.”

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Single-use plastic shopping bags will soon be a thing of the past as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced on August 10 the bags will be phased out over the next year.

Jacinda Ardern said with the phase-out of singleuse plastic bags the Government can better look after the environment and safeguard New Zealand’s clean, green reputation.

“Every year in New Zealand we use hundreds of millions of single-use plastic bags – a mountain of bags, many of which end up polluting our precious coastal and marine environments and cause serious harm to all kinds of marine life, and all of this when there are viable alternatives for consumers and business,” she said.

Both Plastic Bag Free Wanaka and Wastebusters are “stoked” that the Government is showing leadership on waste by banning single-use plastic bags.

PBFW aims for Wanaka to be plastic bag free by 2019 and it also aims to reduce single use plastics across New Zealand.

Wanaka Wastebusters communications manager, Gina Dempster said: “New Zealand was already moving away from [plastic bags], with both our big supermarket chains already committed to phasing them out by the end of the year. A ban for all singleuse plastic bags sends a message that we are taking the problem of plastic pollution seriously, and we’re catching up to countries like England and Australia who have already taken action to break their plastic bag addiction. It’s really important that when tourists visit our beautiful land, they’re not disappointed at the way we’re looking after it.”

The Government said it was determined to face up to NZ’s environmental challenges and was

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taking meaningful steps to reduce plastics pollution so not to pass on the problem to future generations, according to Ardern.

Although Wanaka has been supporting zero waste movements for years now, Gina said PBFW realised some time ago that while they had great support in the community, it would be almost impossible to achieve the goal of a Plastic Bag Free Wanaka by 2019 without action on a national level, and when they set that goal, it seemed almost impossible for them to achieve.

This year, 65,000 Kiwis signed a petition calling for an outright ban with the Prime Minister commenting that it was the biggest single subject school children wrote to her about.

Gina believed that it was all the positive energy that the 70-plus plastic free groups around the country have put in that have made the difference, by encouraging communities to change their habits.

She suggested that the next target be to introduce a deposit refund scheme for plastic bottles as worldwide, one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. Fewer than half of those are collected for recycling, the rest go into landfill or oceans.

Container deposit-refund schemes overseas have been shown to boost recycling rates for bottles and cans and encourage quality recycling.

Silver for students at culinary comp STAFF REPORTER

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A team from the Otago Polytechnic Central Campus has won silver medals in both Kitchen and Front of House at the 28th annual Nestlé Toque d’Or national student culinary competition.

Culinary students Cassandra Hislop and Kayla Green were strong competitors in the kitchen, while Kirandeep Kaur impressed patrons in a simulated restaurant with her service skills.

Event organiser and NZChefs national ambassador Graham Hawkes said the competition is the ultimate challenge for hospitality students.

“They have to pull it all together, work seamlessly as a team and deliver a polished performance on the day while under pressure.”

The trio fought it out against 21 other competitors to create their medal-winning three course menu.

The dishes comprised an entrée of Akaroa salmon

First up congratulations to the Upper Clutha Rams on an outstanding win over Cromwell in the Central Otago Premier Rugby final. I was delighted to be there to watch the game, particularly as I was accompanied by Mayor Tim Cadogan of Central Otago (who was naturally backing Cromwell) and extracted a good bottle of pinot from him on the result. Definitely a win:win from my end.

Congratulations on a well-deserved and emphatic win by the Upper Clutha team.

By the time this column is published you will have read that I have launched an exercise with a working title of “Vision 2050”. You’ll have also read the reason behind this but I am keen to see the entire region have a vision we’re all comfortable with that doesn’t get interfered with by whatever political changes we may have in the future. There has been much written internationally about “over-tourism” and while I think we are miles from that, we don’t wish to place ourselves in the position of becoming another Venice or Barcelona or, worse still, an Acapulco.

It’s interesting to note how different parts of the world cope with increased tourism numbers. I recently had the pleasure to take a couple of weeks under a palm tree in Hawaii for my annual holiday. Hawaii gets

9.3 million visitors a year and has a permanent population of 1.4 million.

I’d have to say upfront that Waikiki is not my kettle of fish, and apart from a necessary night there prior to departing on an early flight we spent our holiday on the island of Kauai and Maui. Both were particularly pleasant experiences and Kauai in particular outstanding. This demonstrated to me that it is possible therefore to have a successful tourism industry that does not swamp the area and manages to retain what is special about it.

Finally I’d like to say well done to Andrew Howard, chair of the Board of Trustees at Wanaka Primary School, for his efforts in trying to convince the Ministry of Education that our children should not be forced to stand up on school buses – particularly on roads with an open road speed limit. How they would ever think that children standing up in a bus is safe is beyond me! I have written to the Ministry of Education and NZTA on this matter and the Ministry’s response was to the effect that buses are a safer method of transport than cars – therefore it’s ok.

Well, there have been at least three significant bus accidents in recent times involving injury and fatality and I’m afraid that doesn’t wash with me. I’m very happy to be working with Andrew and others to get some common sense brought into this matter.

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lightly pickled in coconut oil, citrus and coconut liqueur. The main was a New Zealand beef sirloin and beef cheek dish followed by a smooth chocolate semi-frozen ganache for dessert.

Teams were marked against WorldChefs International Judging Standards which included food preparation, presentation, taste and service.

Pictured: Kayla Green and Cassandra Hislop keep cool under pressure in the kitchen.

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Four Wanaka businesses are among the 45 contenders for the 2018 Hospitality New Zealand Awards for Excellence.

Three finalists have been named in each of the 16 categories, with Wanaka represented by finalists Federal Diner (Best Café), Cardrona Hotel (Best Country Hotel), Edgewater (Best Hotel), and Erik’s Fish and Chips (Best Newcomer – Food and Beverage).

Chief executive of Hospitality New Zealand Vicki Lee described the annual awards as a “wonderful way to celebrate the high calibre of accommodation, restaurants, pubs and cafes enjoyed across New Zealand”.

“As tourism grows, our hospitality sector will continue to be a big part of the visitor experience right across

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the country, delivering world-class hospitality in our cities and towns and closely aligning with Tourism New Zealand’s strategy of growing visitors to the regions,” she said.

Edgewater general manager Jon Brown said he was delighted with the announcement.

“We’re really pleased to have reached this stage for the second consecutive year. It is a testament to the team, delivering high quality guest experiences year after year.”

Edgewater was also a finalist in the same category last year, taking home the award on that occasion.

The winners will be announced at Hospitality New Zealand’s Annual Conference in Queenstown on September 27.

Pictured: Edgewater staff credited for high quality guest experience starting at the check-in desk.

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Wanaka-based alpine skier Piera Hudson and Adam Barwood (Queenstown) were crowned national giant slalom champions at the New Zealand Alpine National Championships, held at Coronet Peak on August 12.

A large international field of 59 women and 95 men competing in giant slalom (GS) on the Outwide Run in the Rocky Gully Race Arena on August 12.

The women were the first to race with defending champion Alice Robinson starting in bib three and making short work of a fast and straight course set to clock a time of 52.76s to secure the lead, with Piera was just 0.40 seconds back in second place.

Run two got underway after a course reset. Piera was more at home on the “turnier” course and put down a good second run. Alice was next on the course but a mistake on the third last gate caused her to ski out of the course and miss out on a podium finish, leaving team mate Piera unchallenged for the race win and the national title.

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some good young racers coming through so I’m really happy,” Piera said.

In the men’s field Willis Feasey finished his first run just 0.05s ahead of teammate Adam Barwood. Flat light added to the challenge for the men’s second run but Adam was able to “iron out a few mistakes” and get ahead of Willis to claim the national title, finishing 11th overall, with Willis dropping back to 14th overall but holding on to a national podium place as the second fastest Kiwi.

Piera and Adam then went on to win a second national title, claiming the women’s and men’s slalom championship titles on August 14 at the same venue.

Piera was the first racer on the course, laying down the fastest first run in the women’s field. She started 30th in run two and had to battle the ruts to get to the finish. A few mistakes on the bumpy course cost her the overall lead, finishing in sixth place overall, but taking the national ladies’ slalom title.

In the men’s field, Adam placed fifth overall after the first run. He dropped back to eighth overall after the second run but managed to retain the men’s slalom title for another year.

Pictured: Piera Hudson in action at the New Zealand Alpine National Championships at Coronet Peak.

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Cycle trail funding boost from govt STAFF REPORTER

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The Government has committed $13.2 million to the proposed extension of Ngā Haerenga, the New Zealand Cycle Trail, which will connect four existing Great Rides and link 30 communities along a 530km continuous cycle trail network across Otago.

The project will see 122km of new trails constructed to connect the Clutha Gold Trail, Otago Central Rail Trail, Roxburgh Gorge

Trail and Queenstown Trails, and extend the network north to Wanaka. A further 47km of existing trails will be upgraded.

“The new Central Otago Queenstown Trail Network will help draw visitors off the beaten track and encourage people to stay longer and spend more in communities beyond the main tourist spots,” Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis said.

“Estimates predict the number of people riding the trail will more than double to 174,000 by 2032 and the average length

of time that trail users stay in the area will increase by 33 percent – delivering economic growth and an estimated 329 more full-time jobs across the region.”

The Trail is a network of 22 Great Rides across the country, used by more than one million people annually.

The total project cost is $26.4 million.

The Government contribution is being matched by local funding, primarily through the Central Lakes Trust and Otago Community Trust.

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The National Championships final qualifying event took place at the QE2 stadium in Christchurch on the first weekend of August.

The Wanaka Trampoline and Tumbling Club sent a group of 11 athletes to the last qualifying competition in Christchurch on August 5 and 6 which resulted in several successes and near misses for the athletes.

Notable successes came from Elizabeth Pell who won both the trampoline and double mini trampoline event, her third double success of the season. Deia Carson-Wolfe came second in both of the same categories as well as the tumbling event, held on August 4.

Piper Carson-Wolfe and Izzy Percy both gave their coach Catherine Pell a lot of satisfaction as they scored high enough in the double mini tramp category to secure qualification for the National Championships. Unfortunately Josh Frew and Petra Smejkalova missed the qualification marks in each category despite performing very well over the weekend.

Results (in respective age groups): Double mini trampoline: Dean Coll 1, Elizabeth Pell 1, Skyla Coll 2, Piper Carson-Wolfe 3, Deia Carson Wolfe 2, Imogen Dougherty 3, Josh Frew 2. Trampoline: Dean Coll 1, Elizabeth Pell 1, Skyla Coll 2, Piper Carson-Wolfe 3, Deia Carson-Wolfe 2, Imogen Dougherty 3, Josh Frew 2. Tumbling: Petra Smejkalova 1, Deia Carson-Wolfe 2. Synchronised trampoline: Piper Carson-Wolfe/Sykla Coll 2, Jessica Penney/Elizabeth Pell 3, Deia CarsonWolfe/Imogen Dougherty 3.

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The Wanaka Primary Year 6 Rep Team won their age bracket at the Miller’s Flat Tournament in Miller’s Flat on Saturday August 4. The Wanaka Primary Year 6 Development Team also played well to come away with third place. Pictured: Rep Team winners (Front row) Ella Åsberg, Evy Green, Grace Thomas, (middle row) Sophia Gooch, Lili Kaler, Mila Culpitt, Zoe Nicholson, Aiva Pattinson-trent (back row) team mascot Issy Åsberg and coach Matz Åsberg.

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Pool inspections iminent STAFF REPORTER

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Starting next week, pool owners can expect a visit from Queenstown Lakes District Council’s new pool inspector, who is tasked with developing a register of swimming pools across the district and carrying out inspections.

The Building (Pools) Amendment Act 2016 came into effect on January 1, 2017, which places more emphasis on the pool owner being responsible for safety.

“Legislation introduced by the government last year puts more onus on pool owners and the council to ensure pools are compliant and properly fenced and that spa pools or hot tubs have appropriate safety covers,” QLDC building services manager Chris English said.

“The expectation is that council inspects all residential pools every three years to ensure they are safe.”

To that end, QLDC has recently appointed a swimming pool inspector, with pool registration costing $230 and triennial pool inspections costing $172.

All swimming pools, whether at a home or at an accommodation location, are required to have fencing and be inspected, with pool owners required to notify QLDC of the existence of a pool on their property. There are currently about 350 pools registered in the district. Fencing requirements do not apply to spas with a lockable cover which have a water surface area of less than 5sqm and sides higher than 760mm, but if a spa is larger or shorter it must be fully fenced.

Inspections are due to start on August 20.

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Concert review: Klara Kollektiv A large audience was treated to an impressive programme of mostly modern, impressionist music at the Lake Wanaka Centre on Thursday August 9, played by the Klara Kollektiv.

This fine group comprises Manu Berkeljon (violin), Taru Kurki (piano) and Anna McGregor (clarinet).

Manu and Anna grew up in New Zealand, but the group now resides in Sweden and is engaged in many musical groups there.

The ladies are superbly accomplished musicians, their playing was a delight to experience and their brief commentary was an interesting help to

understand the music, particularly the Khachaturian ‘Trio’.

The Sibelius ‘Romance’ and ‘Nocturne’ were a delight, as was the unnamed encore, sung by Anna and accompanied by the others. The Lilburn ‘Sonatina’ was pleasant listening, but the Ritchie ‘Trio’ and the Bartok ‘Contrasts’ were a real challenge. I presume that some in the audience could understand and appreciate them, I struggled.

It makes one question whether Chamber Music New Zealand is commissioning some of the music at a level that is too esoteric for provincial concerts.

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Delay to CO District Plan Review STAFF REPORTER

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Central Otago District Council has resolved to put the Central Otago District Plan Review on hold while new national legislation is developed.

Council agreed at its meeting on August 8 to delay the review until the National Policy Standards (NPS) are gazetted and the direction of the National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity is understood.

The NPS will provide a template for district plans and must be complied with by 2024. The development of a National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity will also direct how CODC addresses biodiversity in the Plan.

“Council realises the high level of interest in

the District Plan review and how we respond to the challenges and opportunities of the significant growth we are experiencing in parts of our district,” Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan said.

“We will still deliver on those outcomes the community wants. This decision to amend the timing, put simply, means we are taking a different approach while we wait on a national template to be confirmed. We want to do it once and do it right.”

Council agreed that it would initiate changes to the Operative Central Otago District Plan as necessary to accommodate growth in the district and future needs of the community. This would include councilinitiated plan changes, such as those

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resulting from the Eye to the Future Cromwell MasterPlan programme’s spatial framework.

The community would have the opportunity to contribute to any proposed changes.

“In some regards, this could be a blessing in disguise,” Mayor Cadogan said.

“Prior to this development, initiating council-led Plan changes made little sense given the whole Plan was being reviewed. The pause to that review caused by Wellington means that the potentially quicker option of council-led Plan changes as required now makes sense and growth-related matters in specific parts of Central, which should be addressed as a matter of priority, may be dealt with quicker and more efficiently than waiting on the full [District Plan Review].”

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Campsite ideal, not shanty town

Shantytown??! What a load of cobblers.

The Albert Town Community Association chair’s winge in the last edition of the Wanaka Sun is long on innuendo and short on evidence.

Having stayed here myself for many periods ranging from two days to two months, I can safely say that the majority of long-ish term residents are tidy, considerate and working in low paying service jobs that are essential to the “Wanaka Experience” promoted by our Council.

Yes, these are the people who serve your coffee, collect your recycling and fix the roads you drive on every day.

The camping area serves the purpose of catering to those workers who are generally itinerant and do not wish to find rental accommodation for a couple of months, assuming any such accommodation is to be found in any case. Not many landlords are interested in short term tenants.

The situation down beside the river is ideal. The facilities are basic, two toilets, but showers, laundry and water are all available in Wanaka and for those workers with their own shelter, be it motorhome, caravan or tent, it’s a low cost alternative.

There is plenty of river frontage for all to enjoy, be they campers, tourists or locals, and I’ve never seen or heard of a territory dispute let alone a pit toilet being dug .

The alternative if this area is restricted to short term stay only, is dodgy freedom camping locally or moving on. And then we all lose out.

Given its decidedly blue collar history, Albert Town is developing a level of pretentiousness that is unjustified. Or perhaps it’s just the Association. Let’s hope so.

Peter Preston Lake Hawea Response from Jim Cowie, chairperson Albert Town Community Association.

The Albert Town Community Association’s (ATCA) attention was drawn to the Albert Town campground early this year when several local residents made adverse comments to committee members about it, namely that the facilities were sub-standard, that some campers were all but permanently living there and that in general the campground reflected poorly on the Wanaka area and the Queenstown Lakes District Council who administer the Albert Town Recreation Reserve in which the campground resides. Accordingly, ATCA included in its submission to the QLDC Draft 10 Year Plan in April two short paragraphs requesting QLDC upgrade the Albert Town campground.

At the last Council meeting of 26 July as Chairperson of ATCA I took the opportunity to address councillors in the Public Forum section of the meeting based on the feedback I had received from not only Albert Town residents but Wanaka residents and some holiday makers who come out to the Recreation Reserve to walk, picnic, swim, mountain bike and access the Hawea swing bridge, which it should be noted is part of the national or Te Araroa walkway. A common concern raised was the proliferation of semi-permanent campers who have congregated particularly in the Hawea section of the campground. QLDC’s Management Plan for the Reserve states in section 17.5 that a camper can stay for a “maximum of 50 nights per calendar year and no single continuous occupation exceeding 28 days”. Clearly the campground lease holder is not abiding by the conditions of their lease, and QLDC for its part is not monitoring the situation. ATCA was officially advised as recently as 10 July that “there had been an influx of 20odd long term campers (now reduced to 14) which Council has not approved or consented to.”

ATCA’s position on this is that the campground be run in accordance with QLDC’s management plan and rules. However, it must also be said that NZ has a set of standards for public campgrounds that incorporate standards for hygiene, safety, access, privacy and environmental impacts. It behoves QLDC to review those standards in respect of the Albert Town campground. And I venture QLDC is not alone in this - one only has to follow the debate about campground standards and access taking place in other areas such as the MacKenzie and Central Otago districts.

I personally do have some sympathy for some of those individuals whose circumstances leave them little choice but to camp as a last resort and I said as much in the Wanaka Sun’s article of August 9 headed up “Shanty Town or Albert Town”. The term ‘shanty town’ reflects how some critics of the campground situation see it, not the ATCA. The headline in the Wanaka Sun article is of the editor’s making. As to Mr Preston’s references to Albert Town’s “blue collar history” and “developing pretentiousness” the Community Association would rather leave those opinions to future local historians to muse over.

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SERVICES

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

Free computer lessons for older people – Community Networks is offering oneon-one lessons in your own home on your own device or at our offices. If you are interested call into Community Networks or phone 03 443 7799.

FREE LEGAL ADVICE available at Community Networks delivered by the Dunedin Community Law Centre on Wednesday 5th September. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment.

Would a weekly visitor and a bit of companionship enhance your life? We have volunteers who would like to meet a senior to share stories or take you on an outing. If you are interested please contact Community Networks on 03 443 7799 or contact the project coordinator, Anscilaine on championforolderpeople@ gmail.com.

Wanaka Pharmacy is your local pharmacy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Street - open from 8am until 7pm every single day. Ph 443 8000.

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Community Care Trust works in partnership with people in Otago, Southland and Central Lakes District who have Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder to live great lives. This role involves working alongside people to ensure they live the life they want, that they achieve their dreams and aspirations and that they are a valued active person within their community.

If you are enthusiastic with a high level of self-initiative, well linked to the Wanaka community, and can advocate for building inclusive communities then we would like to hear from you.

Applicants must have: • Current First Aid Certificate (or be willing to complete one at your own cost) • Full current NZ Driver License and be eligible to work in New Zealand • This is a 25 hour pw permanent position.

Successful applicants will receive training and orientation To request a Position Description email hr@cct.org.nz or if you have any questions, please contact Julie Carruthers by email JulieCa@cct.org.nz Apply via our website www.cct.org.nz/get-involved/work-for-us Applications close: 4pm Friday 24th August 2018.

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JP SERVICES are available at Community Networks every Tuesday from 1pm and Friday from 10:30am.

Please book your appointment by ringing Community Networks on 03 443 7799.

Support Worker Part time Central Lakes District - Wanaka

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N O T I C E B O A R D Queenstown Lakes District Arts & Cultural Trust Annual General Meeting The Queenstown Lakes District Arts & Cultural Trust AGM is to be held Thursday 23 August at 2.00pm in the QLDC Council Chambers.

We are growing again!

NZFT is New Zealand’s leading and fastest growing inbound tour operator.

We own and operate 8 different brands creating holidays to New Zealand for people from all over the world, especially Australia, USA, Canada and the UK. We are looking for a few more people to join our team here in Wanaka to help us design great New Zealand wide holidays for our visitors.

We also have an office in Auckland in case you are reading this while on holiday in lovely Wanaka!

What we want. The facts: • We want people who are well organized and great communicators. We can train you on almost everything else.

• It’s hard work especially during the busy seasons. Our expectations on customer service are legendary in the industry.

• Our customers are active every day and so are we – which means there are some rostered weekend shifts and public holidays. Don’t worry – you get paid extra for that!

• Commitment to giving it your best shot.

• You must be entitled to work in NZ for a minimum of 2 years.

What you get. The facts: • A full time well paid position. In year 1 we would be disappointed if you didn’t earn $75k – but that’s up to you! You can earn as much as you want to.

• A constant flow of well qualified enquiry.

• The best technology in the industry to help you earn the best pay in this sector of tourism.

• Great support and training.

• Modern office on Ardmore Street in Wanaka (Newmarket in Auckland) • And you work in travel – which means you get to go see and do things that our visitors do.

• There’s more but the ad is too small!

If you want to find out more then send Kerry an email - kerry@nzft.co.nz or just stick your neck out and apply with your CV and a letter telling us why you fit the above.

Level 1, 93 Ardmore Street, Wanaka. 03 443 0812

All are welcome to attend.

Check us out here www.nzft.co.nz

Journalist required

Creative Communities Scheme Funding Round now open Funding is now available for community–based arts groups for performances, events and workshops that will provide a variety of opportunities for participation in those activities.

The funding round is now open and will close at 5.00pm on Friday 31 August 2018.

Applications are available from the Council website at http://www.qldc.govt.nz/assets/ Uploads/Forms/Funding/CCS-Application-Form.pdf Hard copies are available from the QLDC offices in both Queenstown and Wanaka.

For any enquiries please contact Arts and Events Facilitator Jan Maxwell on the phone at 03441-0469 / 027 2337934 or via email at jan.maxwell@qldc.govt.nz

Closure of Streets to Ordinary Vehicular Traffic PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1974, notice is hereby given that the following roads will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of holding the Audi Quattro Winter Games NZ Opening: Road to be Closed: Ardmore Street from the Lakeside Road/Lake Wanaka Centre roundabout to Pembroke Park approximately 100 metres southwest of the Dungarvon Street intersection.

Period of Closure: 1650 and 1730

Friday 24 August 2018 for a 15 minute closure between

Be part of the small team responsible for producing our popular weekly newspaper.

Your talents will include:

 Experience as a journalist on community newspapers or regional daily papers  An eye for community news and ability to polish copy  Strong writing ability and photography skills  A positive can-do attitude  The ability to connect with our community  Ability to meet strict deadlines.

Based in Wanaka, this part-time position will suit someone who wants to make the most out of the great outdoors and the highly sought-after Wanaka lifestyle.

Applications close on August 23, 2018.

Apply with a current CV and cover letter to ruth Blunt, editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

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(Note: Cars can still use the roundabout which will be manned by Southern Safety) 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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Freestyle open underway Sports reporter

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The Spy Optics FIS NZ Freestyle Open got underway at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Tuesday, August 14, with the snowboard and freeski slopestyle qualifiers. With snow starting to fall heavily and visibility deteriorating, only the women’s field was able to complete the scheduled two runs.

Japanese rider Rina Yoshika topped the women’s snowboard field, spinning off all the rails and landing a big backside 360 and frontside 540 off the last two jumps. Up-and-coming Kiwi rider Cool Wakushima had a solid qualifying run incorporating a backside and frontside 360 for second place and her spot in the finals.

USA athlete Eileen Gu was the top qualifier in women’s freeski, rewarded for confident spins off the rail features, and good amplitude and solid grabs

on her jumps. New Zealand athlete Margaux Hackett got into the finals with a sixth-place finish.

The male competitors were split across two heats for both freeski and snowboard but with weather worsening only the competitors in heat one were able to put down a judged run. US skier Torin YaterWallace qualified top of heat one and NZ’s Fraser McClellan is through to finals with a third place finish.

In the men’s snowboard heat one, a technical rail section followed by back-to-back sevens saw Korean rider Kwang Ki Lee awarded the top score, with NZ’s Rakai Tait qualifying for finals in second place.

Qualifiers continued yesterday with the men’s heat two run as the Wanaka Sun went to print.

Pictured: Margaux Hackett qualifying for the freestyle open final on Tuesday, August 14.

Youth freeride event Sports reporter

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Phone: 03 443 8000 Top of Helwick Street, Wanaka opening hours: 8am To 7Pm 7 DaYS

The Pump Base2 Mini Mountain event starts tomorrow (Friday, August 17) at Treble Cone, with categories for rippers aged five to 16.

TC is home to the Snowsports New Zealand Freeride Team, with TC brand manager Richard Birkby saying there’s no better location for a competition of this nature “Freeride World Tour athletes like Craig Murray and Sam Lee use Treble Cone as their training ground for competition on the world tour’s most serious big mountain terrain,” Richard said.

“Treble Cone’s terrain has been a proving ground for a litany of Kiwi rippers who’ve gone on to stomp their mark on the world of freeride competition with athletes including Geoff Small, Hamish Acland, Janina and Maria Kuzma, Anna and Sam

SPORTS RESULTS Tarras Golf Club: Results from Interclub with Tarras and Cromwell 11 August 2018 for the Colin Cowie Cup: Stableford Competition M Hyndman (T) 42, D Agnew (T) 39, G Rive (T), L Allisin (C) 38, B Rowley (T) 37,D Wilson (T), Jan Gibson (T), S Johnston (T) 36, Cath Cowie (C) , W Bosley (T) 35, S Taylor (C) 34, L Scott (C), Barb Annan (T) 33, Jane Swire (C) 30. Twos M Hyndman. Birdies L Scott, S Johnston, K Galloway, W Bosley, L Allison. Colin Cowie Cup result Tarras won with the average 34.15 Cromwell 32.14 average.

Peak to Peak results: TEAMS: JUNIOR SCHOOL 1st Inspired Kids 2nd The Goddess Five 3rd 7Torpedos HIGH SCHOOL 1st OBHS OAK Men 2nd What an adventure 3rd Kashima WOMEN TEAM 1st Team PE 2nd JK Rolling VETERAN TEAM 1st Avanti Plus 2nd Lets Eat 3rd Team Loki MIXED TEAM 1st Silver Anniversary of the Famous Five 2nd Physiomed Mixed 3rd The Ducklegs BUSINESS TEAM 1st Fulton Hogan Terminators 2nd Rationale 3rd Trojan Soldiers

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OPEN TEAM 1st Ryan Shanks Fitness 2nd Eat a Pie, Be A Better Person 3rd Vertex Altitude INDIVIDUALS: JUNIOR MALE 1st Will Morshuis 2nd Joey Vilela VETERAN MALE 1st Rikki Griffin 2nd Shaun Portegys 3rd Hamish MacKay VETERAN WOMAN 1st Alex Martin WOMEN 1st Joanna Williams 2nd Ailsa Rollinson 3rd Meg Bichard MENS 1st Chris Forne 2nd Reuben Thompson 3rd Hamish Fleming.

Netball Upper Clutha: Mac Wellman 7 v Yr8 reps 54. Silverthreads 24 v Mac Yr11 24. Cromwell A 31 v Nulook Hawea 38. Stihl Shop Hawea 21 v Mountainside 20. Lucas Fencing Pioneer 54 v The Cow Pioneer 31. Proactive 24 Mac A 48 v Cromwell B 31. Mac Engineers win by default to Mac Yr12/13.

Mac Yr13 win by default to Mac Lakeland. MacYr10A 33 v Dream Doors Hawea 31. The Camp Hawea 31 v Mac c 26. Wanaka Selection Pioneer 35 v Taylor Pass Honey 37. Pioneer C 22 v Mac Yr 9/10 27. Mac B 38 v Cromwell C 20. Lake Bar 22 v MacYr 9A 34.

Wanaka Bridge Club: (Tues) 1st Sue Blake, Heather Wellman 61.46%. 2nd Elaine Herbert, Shona Watt 57.50%. 3rd Alwyne Haworth, Eleanor Jessep 55%.

(Wed) N/S 1st Robyn Gilchrist, Tess Hellebrekers 60.85%. 2nd Marg Grieve, Helen Henshall 58.99%.

3rd Carol Orbell, Rosemary Boswell 56.61%. E/W 1st Bridget McCaughan, John Schwarz 56.55%.

2nd Noeline Munro, Jude Gunn 54.17%. 3rd Eddie Lowe, John Milburn 52.68%. (Fri-H/Cap) N/S 1st Daphne Stewart, Gerarda Herlihy 57%. 2nd Ruth Coghill, Shona Watt 56.08%. 3rd Ena Leckie, Laraine Shepherd 50.80%. E/W 1st Claire Romeril, Belinda Blaxland 56.61%. 2nd Val Young, Eddie Lowe 55.50%.

3rd Dorothy McDonald, Maggie Stratford 54.08.

(Mon) N/S 1st Georgie Roberts, Clare Scutt 66.60%.

2nd Sheryl Studwick, Mark Harry 56.06%. 3rd Jan Lyness, Max Shepherd. E/W 1st Jo Wallis, Kate Coe 60.72%. 2nd Allan Kelly, Marc Simmonds 59.88%. 3rd Ann-Louise Stokes, Liz Hawker 54.93%

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Smoothy all throwing down big lines and putting plenty of turns under their feet at the resort.”

The event, which will be held on a course which will be announced tomorrow, is aimed at giving aspiring freeride skiers and snowboarders the chance to demonstrate their skills in front of a panel of experienced freeride judges. It features a two-run format with the best score being counted.

Competitors are judged on their ability to ride a line through technical, ungroomed terrain with control and fluidity. Additional points are awarded for jumps and technique. It will be judged by FWT athlete and Team TC freeride coach Sam Lee, FWT judge Dion Newport, Winter Games NZ’s Victoria Beattie and Snowsports New Zealand’s Freeride Team manager Luke Hetzel.

The event will kick off with a coaching day at 9am tomorrow (Friday, August 17), followed by the competition on Saturday, August 18.

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Two wins from two games

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Four medals for McLean Ruth Blunt

editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Wanaka’s Hamish McLean has won four of New Zealand’s 14 medals at the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships in Cairns, Australia (August 9-13).

He won gold on the opening day, posting his fastest time, of 5:34.58, since the men’s 400m freestyle S6 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, and winning the race by 30 seconds.

He continued his good form on day two of the championships, winning a gold medal in the men’s 100 freestyle S6 in a personal best time.

Along with the relay team of Jesse Reynolds, Celyn Edwards and Christopher Arbuthnott, he won a silver medal in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. The team also smashed the national record, which stood for 22 years, by over 20 seconds.

The 18-year-old then went on to win a silver medal in the men’s 200m individual medley S6 on day three, his last day of competition. The former Mount Aspiring College student started an engineering degree at the University of Canterbury

this year and said while the lead-up to competition was “pretty hectic”, he has been able to keep up with his university studies at the team apartment.

The total medal tally for the New Zealand Para Swimming Team on the final day of racing was 14, which included six gold, four silver and five bronze medals.

Results: Hamish McLean, men’s 100m freestyle S6, gold; men’s 400m freestyle S6, gold; men’s 200m individual medley, silver; men’s 4x100m medley relay, silver. Sophie Pascoe, women’s 100m freestyle S10, silver; women’s 100m backstroke, gold; women’s 200m individual medley, gold; women’s 100m butterfly, gold; women’s 50m freestyle, silver. Jesse Reynolds, men’s 100m breaststroke SB8, bronze; men’s 100m backstroke, bronze, men’s 200m individual medley, bronze; men’s 4x100m medley relay, silver. Celyn Edwards, men’s 4x100m medley relay, silver. Bryall McPherson, women’s 100m butterfly, bronze. Chris Arbuthnott, men’s 100m butterfly, bronze; men’s 4x100m medley relay, silver. Cameron Leslie, men’s 150m individual medley, gold.

Pictured: Hamish McLean in action at the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships.

Williams wins Peak to Peak

Mount Aspiring College XI football team played Dunstan High School at Molyneux Park, Alexandra, over the weekend, with the local boys winning 2-0.

MAC’s first goal came just minutes into the game when a good ball from midfield sent striker Johnny Percy away down the right flank. He linked up with Fletcher Cavanagh who had an easy tap in to take the score to 1-0.

MAC got their second goal midway through the first half when midfielder Weston Bell delivered a corner kick into the top corner of the goal.

MAC played a possession game, controlling the ball well. Their midfielders found space behind the Dunstan backline many times but the Dunstan’s back four scrambled well, shutting down many of the MAC attacks. While MAC created many opportunities, poor finishing failed to deliver more goals.

When Dunstan did have opportunities to attack, the MAC midfield and backline shut them down and Dunstan only had one real shot on goal the entire match.

Centre back Lucas Buckley had another strong game, along with fellow backs Levi Fletcher, Joseph Sharratt and Liam Kirk. Centre defence-mid Michael Gealgo and midfielders Weston Bell, Toa Roode and Ethan Arratia had very strong

PHOTO: Wanaka Football World

games and combined well with strikers Johnny Percy and Fletcher Cavanagh. Keeper Lukas Schafer directed his backs well from behind and stayed focused the whole game behind a dominant team.

Starting substitutes Noah Holmes and Pedro Domingues made fine contributions when introduced into the game.

It was a total team effort from MAC. Next Saturday they take on Cromwell College in Cromwell at 11am.

Pictured: MAC striker Johnny Percy chasing the ball, shadowed by a Dunstan defender.

– By Wanaka Football World

PHOTO: supplied

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Wanaka’s Joanna Williams was the first individual female competitor across the line at the Torpedo7 Peak to Peak multisport race on Saturday, August 11.

She is the only person in the Queenstown race’s 25-year history to have won it six times.

Ailsa Rollinson and Meg Bichard rounded out the podium in second and third place respectively.

Almost 400 competitors skied, biked, kayaked and ran their way from The Remarkables to Coronet Peak, with teams and individuals entered in a number of categories.

Joanna said she was a big supporter of the event.

“It’s a great race, especially when you have beautiful conditions like today,” she said after the race.

“I entered to shock me into training for other events…but it’s been hard when the snow has been so good to go running, biking and paddling.”

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Joanna is scheduled to compete in the Adventure Racing World Championship in Reunion Island later this year alongside Peak to Peak individual male winner Chris Forne. Chris crossed the finish line ahead of Reuben Thompson and three-time Peak to Peak champion Hamish Fleming.

Race director Geoff Hunt, who has organised and run the event since its inception in 1993, said apart from a date change the event has remained “almost exactly the same”.

“It’s the perfect training programme for athletes gearing up for longer events like the World Series and the Coast to Coast,” Geoff said.

“There’s always a nice atmosphere, with friendly rivalry between individuals and teams challenging each other each year - this year’s event was no different. The weather couldn’t have been better and the feedback has been really positive.”

Pictured: 25th Torpedo7 Peak to Peak individual winners Chris Forne and Joanna Williams.

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