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New Zealand’s first guidebook on canyoning is being launched tomorrow in Wanaka by Dan Clearwater.

Only two days after a devastating fire at Wastebusters Alexandra, business recycling was back up and running.

Canyoning to take off

Rising from the ashes

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Wanaka parking sparking debaterandom survey conducted by the Wanaka Sun found members of the public

outraged by the council’s sugges-tion that pay and display machines be introduced in Central Wanaka. The most common responses were: the machines were unneces-sary, finding a park in town wasn’t usually a problem, and people like living in a small town without parking meters.

The area proposed for pay

and display machines includes Dunmore Street, lower Helwick Street and Ardmore Street - from Dungarvon Street to the pedestrian crossing above Lakeside Road.

“We’re not Queenstown,” said retired resident Rachel Ashby. “You can usually find a park except around Christmas when it’s best to just keep out of town. The council could build us another carpark like the one in Dungarvon Street. Don’t they want people coming into town?”

“What’s wrong with just having P30 signs in the centre of town?”

said Margot Kain of Tarras. “We don’t need the fuss and bother of parking meters in our little town.”

Queenstown Lakes District Council transport manager Denis Mander said council was looking at pay and display machines “primar-ily to improve compliance with time restrictions.” He said while most people comply with time limits, overstaying was a significant problem. “My survey in August showed the capacity of on-street parking was being reduced by over a quarter through vehicles over-staying the time restrictions.

“The machines also provide the opportunity to introduce more flexibility (i.e. the idea of retaining the free P30 on-street parking in the core of the town centre, but charging for the next half hour for those who want to stay longer),” Dennis said. “[However,] we need to test the concept with the com-munity first.”

Wanaka Community Board deputy chair and CBD worker Brian Lloyd supports the council’s proposals. “People have been say-ing there’s pressure on parking and

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Wanaka’s Ben Logan and Bel Jones are on a mission to raise awareness about epilepsy.Triathlete Ben has been dealing with the challenges of epilepsy for the past three years, but the illness has not stopped him for training and racing. Continued on Page 3.

Going the distance for epilepsy

Ben Logan and his dog Maska on a run to CardronaPHOTO: BEL JONES

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A head brewer who caused $80,000 of damage when he spilled 12,000 litres of craft beer at Wanaka Beerworks commit-ted a “crime of passion”, the Queenstown District Court heard on Tuesday.

Albert Town’s Kenneth William Super (53) appeared before the court on three charges: burglary of Wanaka Beerworks on November 4 last year and possession of the class C-controlled drug cannabis and cultivation of cannabis on November 5.

The court heard Super had taken issue with how Wanaka Beerworks was being operated by new management. On the evening of November 4, he entered the building and opened valves on tanks hold-

ing more than 12,000 litres of beer, which spilled through the building and into the toy museum next door.

Police found 170g of cannabis plant material, 65 cannabis seeds and four cannabis plants at his home when he was arrested the next day.

On the burglary charge, Super was sentenced to 400 hours’ community work and 12 months’ supervision.

He must also pay $26,000 reparation at $100 a week. On the charge of cannabis cultivation, Super was sentenced to 100 hours’ community work. He was convicted and discharged on the charge of cannabis possession.

council staff have come up with some great ideas. I support them all,” he said.

Another proposal is to install P240 (four hour) parking restric-tions in the Dungarvon Street carpark (by the skate park) and in part of the Brownston Street carpark (behind the Wanaka Hotel).

These parks are traditionally used by people who work in the CBD and park there for their full working day.

“Restricting those carparks to four hours leaves nowhere central for workers to park,” said one Dunmore Street business employee. “We can’t all park on Brownston Street.” The council proposals include formalising un-restricted parking on the northern side of Brownston Street (with no parking allowed on the southern side) and commuter parking in Lismore Street.

“People living close to the

CBD don’t want workers parking outside their houses all day,” said Rachel Ashby.

“I’m dead against parking me-ters but I like the idea of four hour restrictions in the big carparks,” Adrian Austin of Lake Hawea said.

Other proposals put forward by the council are sheltered bicycle parking sites in the CBD, and all passenger service vehicles being allowed to use CBD bus stops. Parking on the lakefront reserve will be addressed through the Lakefront Development Plan.

Parking issues were discussed at a special Wanaka Community Board public meeting on August 20, and council proposals were put together after the meeting. Denis Mander said the proposals are in-tended to make it easier for locals and visitors to find a park, and has asked for feedback from the public. People can do this online at www.qldc.govt.nz anytime until October 19.

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Wanaka parking sparking debate

I totally disagree with the idea of parking meters in Wanaka. You have to pay someone to do you over,

and he’ll be paid for his hit rate. We don’t need that. But I think four hour car parking in the Dungarvon Street carpark would be ok.

I’m in favour of all the pro-posals. It’s been discussed 10,000 times. Denis Mander [QLDC transport manager]

has done a very good job.

There’s no need for parking meters in Wanaka. Its an absolutely ridiculous idea. As for four hour restrictions on

the Dunmore street carpark – where are the workers supposed to park? If I lived in Central Wanaka I wouldn’t want them all parking outside my house.”

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New Zealand’s first guidebook on canyoning is be-ing launched tomorrow in Wanaka. Canyoning in New Zealand is a tome of nearly 500 pages which represents 10 years of research and seven months of full-time writing by Dan Clearwater.

A fanatical canyoner, Dan quit his day job as an air force helicopter pilot last year to move to Wanaka and finish the book. He has also taken on a job as general manager at Deep Canyon (working for owners Dave Vass and Ros Goulding).

“It’s a guidebook on canyoning – where to go and how to do it safely,” Dan said. “It’s for people who have the right skills, equipment and training.” One would imagine there aren’t many people in that category, and Dan admits that’s true. He said there would be less than 100 active canyoners in New Zealand today, but he thinks that’s all about to change.

“There will be several thousand more in a couple of years’ time who have the knowledge to become active canyoners. Whenever a new book is published for a sport it takes off – look at the Kennet brothers and mountain biking.”

Dan said his book won’t be the only impetus for the boom in canyoning. There’s a technical manual about to be published, there are canyon-ing training courses springing up around the country (including in Wanaka) and a canyoning website he started in 2010 (KiwiCanyons.org) has led to an 800 member Facebook group and the

creation of Canyoning NZ – a national organisa-tion representing canyoners’ interests.

Dan’s book launch is at 6pm at Lot 3 Café and Artspace tomorrow (September 18). The event will include a talk by Dan and a few words from Deep Canyon founder, Dave Vass.

“Dave features in the book a fair bit because he was a major canyoning pioneer. He was doing it before anyone knew what it was. You could say he’s a living legend.”

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Together with his partner Bel, Ben has started a project, called the Epilepsy Collective, to raise awareness and much-needed funds for those with epilepsy through competing in some of the world’s most challenging events.

“My next big race will be the Queenstown Mara-thon, where I’m hoping to make the podium,” Ben told The Wanaka Sun. “I’m also an ambassador for the Epilepsy Foundation NZ, so as part of that I’ll be cycling the length of NZ, from south to north, and then I’ll do Challenge Wanaka. I also want to do a number of really tough, amazing events worldwide each year.”

Ben has represented New Zealand interna-tionally in triathlon from the age of 15, and has been racing in triathlon and other endurance events throughout New Zealand and across the world ever since.

He moved to Wanaka from Auckland three years ago, which was around the same time he started experiencing seizures. Ben’s epilepsy causes him to have seizures around once every fortnight. He experiences Atonic seizures or “drop attacks” with loss of consciousness and muscle jerking during the seizure, which is followed by heavy fatigue.

“When I was first diagnosed with epilepsy I took a break from training for about a year. Now I’ve learned to adapt to it. I have to get a lot of rest and monitor and change things accordingly for safety.”

“I usually get seizures about once every two weeks. It can be quite unpredictable but it has never happened while I’ve been active,” said Ben.

Despite these challenges, Ben has never let epilepsy hold him back from competing and win-ning ultra-distance events. He hopes to motivate and inspire the lives of the thousands of New Zealanders and people worldwide living with this condition, so that their eyes are opened up to a whole new world of possibilities.

“Thousands of people suffer from epilepsy in New Zealand, but it’s still not a condition that’s well known. It’s under-researched and under-funded,” said Ben.

“There’s a big emotional side to epilepsy. It can cause depression and a feeling of entrapment when people are afraid of possibly having a seizure in public. I want to show people that there are ways to safely live any life they want. There’s so much technology out there that can help, such as seizure detectors, but it is expensive and some families are not able to afford it. Any funds we raise will go towards this.”

Using Bel’s photography and video skills, Ben will share his own journey with epilepsy and how he manages everything, from everyday life to preparing himself for ultra-distance events. He hopes this will motivate others to live their lives to the fullest whilst managing their condition.

“We want to bring people on our journey and make giving to charity a more interactive experi-ence. We want to be as transparent and inclusive as possible,” said Ben.

Visit www.epilepsycollective.com or www.gofundme.com/benlogan for more information.

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Sir Ducky Wacky Duck visited the Wanaka Preschool in Tenby Street on Tuesday. Sir Ducky and his entourage were in town promoting Rotary Wanaka’s Annual Duck Race which is being held on Saturday October 24. Apparently there was a little huffing and puffing as Sir Ducky de-scended his carriage (a flat-deck trailer) and assumed his place in the grounds of the preschool. Some stared in awe at the imposing 2m high by 1.2m wide duck and his tiny followers. The underlings were quickly taken care of by the 12 children present and a lot of quacking, chatting and patting ensued. By all accounts it was a quacking good visit. Finally, the entourage bid the children farewell and resumed their drive through town, chauffeured by Rotarian Richard Wallace.

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The Upper Clutha Hospice Trust has closed its Ballantyne Road shop and is re-opening at a site already trialled in Brownston Street. The new shop is opposite Cinema Paradiso and opens on Monday (September 21). It has been “organised chaos” behind closed doors, according to shop manager Megan Carwardine-Read, who has been busy with volunteers sorting out merchandise and arranging the shop.

“Our wonderful volunteers have given us so much support and time during the relocation,” she said. “Without them, none of this would happen.”

Megan said the new premises had a lot more foot traffic going past as well as more space.

“We’ve run a pop-up shop here on and off for six

months and it’s been very successful,” she said. “We know we’ll get a lot more customers here, particularly visitors, and we’ll be able to have more furniture and big ticket items for sale.”

The new shop will be open from 10am until 5pm six days a week and will be staffed by Megan and two volunteers. Other volunteers will be sorting donated goods at the old shop, which Megan calls the shop’s ‘engine room’.

“We used to sort and price in a garden shed but it was very cold and uncomfortable,” she said. “The old shop will be terrific.”

The new premises are owned by Martin Dippie, who the trust’s founding member Bev Rudkin said had been very kind to the trust.

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Ridgeline Adventures had its annual planting day last week with more than 70 trees and shrubs planted by about 30 volunteers.

For the past four years Ridge-line Adventures has been purchasing native plants grown by Te Kakano - Wanaka’s local community native nursery - to plant at the Mt Aspiring Lookout reserve owned by QLDC next to Lake Wanaka.

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Wanaka’s longest running local show, Stars in Your Eyes, hits the stage again tonight for the first of three shows.

Featuring a host of local talent, the identities of the acts have been kept under wraps so tonight’s audience are in for a surprise.

The show will feature a range of musical styles as well as a band, backing dancers, and a full cos-tume and make-up crew working hard behind the scenes.

“It’s great to see the community pulling together to support a local

event. It’s not only fun but also very satisfying to be involved in something that’s nurturing the next generation of talent,” said committee member Janet Dolan.

This year’s Stars in Your Eyes runs for three nights – tonight, tomorrow and Saturday (Septem-ber 17-19) – at the Lake Wanaka Centre.

Tickets are still available from Mitre 10 or online at wanakastars.org. All proceeds go towards music education at local schools.

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Wanaka-based Adventure Consultants CEO, Guy Cotter, couldn’t make the charity screening of Everest in Wanaka last week because he was in Nepal guid-ing eight clients up Manaslu (8,163m).

Guy is a character in the movie, played by actor Sam Worthington (pictured). He comes across as a fresh-faced, clever and reliable young man – someone you would trust to guide you up Mount Everest, should you have the inclination. And that is what Guy still does, nearly 20 years later. He’s sum-mited Everest four times, and turned back more than once - to help clients - or as in the case this year, to help out after the terrible earthquake of April 25. Guy is well cast.

The movie relates the true story of the disastrous trip up Everest in 1996 where eight people died. In those days Adventure Consultants was owned by Rob Hall, who led the expedition and died on the mountain, along with Queenstown-based guide Andy Harris, and two of their clients. (Guy wasn’t part of the expedition, but arrived at Base Camp in time to assist the rescue attempt.)

Rob Hall is played by British-born, Australian actor Jason Clarke and Andy Harris by Kiwi actor Martin Henderson. Other characters included in the film are writer Jon Krakauer, postman Doug Hansen (on his second Everest

attempt), Yasuko Namba - the only woman climbing, attempting Everest as the seventh of her seven summits - and Texan Beck Weathers. Due to the number of people on the mountain that year, all wanting to summit, Adventure Consultants teamed up with another expedition led by American Scott Fischer.

Many locals know the story well, from mountaineering legend, or from Jon Krakauer’s book, ‘Into Thin Air’.

A complicated story compressed into the length of a feature film meant compromises - and some clarity is lost - but we are swept along, not least by the unnerving feeling of doom we have, knowing people will die, struggling to remember which ones they will be.

It is a sad story, inevitably, but one that stays with you for days after the screening – a sure sign of a good film. Perhaps knowing it is true makes it so riveting. No expense was spared to make the film as realistic as possible, with footage shot in Nepal, in the Italian Alps and in studios in Rome and London, and as a viewer you certainly feel cold, frightened and fascinated.

The real expedition was hampered by a series of small and not so small errors, and bad decisions, interspersed with great bravery, heroism and one astonishing story of survival.

The film captures all these, with vary-ing success, culminating in a powerful and touching story that will leave you pensive about that strange business of commercialised climbing.

The charity screening of Everest,

at Cinema Paradiso raised $4,200 for Adventure Consultants Sherpa Future Fund. Funds go towards the rebuilding of Sherpas’ houses damaged in the earthquakes earlier this year and the education of the children of Sherpas who lost their lives working for Adven-ture Consultants.

Correction: Actor Jason Clarke, who plays Rob Hall, was incorrectly cap-tioned as Sam Worthington, who plays Guy Cotter, in the Wanaka Sun issue two weeks ago.

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Everest: tragic, realistic and riveting

It’s been a while since I went to the thea-tre and the audience laughed so hard some punters had tears rolling down their cheeks. But last week’s perfor-mance of Hound of the Baskervilles was absolutely hilarious. The play is a spoof of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic and it showcases physical comedy, lightning-fast costume changes, and actors having a great time playing multiple characters. Even the most melancholy in the audi-ence must have been cheered up to the

point of deep belly laughter. Sometimes it was a bit stupid, sometimes it was puerile, but it really was so funny chortling was the only option.

The audience ranged in age from about eight to eighty plus and everyone seemed to enjoy the play. While a few jokes drifted over the heads of some, others were beside themselves with the joy of the innuendos, ironies or idiotic tomfoolery.

A great night out provided by The Fortune Theatre. Please come back to Wanaka soon – it’s a long time between Festivals of Colour.

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Simon Leary as Dr Watson, Patrick Davies as a cabbie and Nick Dunbar as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles in Wanaka last week.

Poetic Justice is back with an open mic session at Gin and Raspberry on Monday (September 21, 6pm). The session includes spoken word and poetry, so anyone who has something to say is welcome to attend. Anyone can come along and be part of the audience.

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Actor Sam Worthington - who plays Guy Cotter in Everest.


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Members of the Aircraft Owners Pilots Association (AOPA) enjoyed a rare opportunity last week when they made a spectacular flight in convoy and landed at the Snow Farm in Wanaka.

Shaun Gilbertson, General Manager of Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds and a member of AOPA, helped to organise the one-off, invite-only

event. “I was delighted with the day,” said Sean. “The weather and snow conditions were perfect. The stars aligned for it that day.”

There were 23 planes in the convoy which landed on the snow at he Snow Farm before cross-ing the Cardrona Valley and landing at Branches Station in Skippers Canyon for lunch.

A sense of community, being connected to the natural environment and the importance of technology emerged as key themes in the recent education consultation.

The consultation over the future of school-ing in the Wanaka and Hawea area has now finished and received good support from the local community. It was devised by the Ministry of Education to ask how local people think the education needs of their growing community can best be met.

Two rounds of community consultation were completed, which included a number of face to face meetings and online surveys. More than 300 people attended workshops, and 837 completed online surveys.

“A third of respondents in the second survey were students, which we were really pleased about,” said Katrina Casey, Head of Sector Enablement and Support.

“Participants spoke with passion about what they value about the Wanaka area and how they

want to see that reflected in education provi-sion.”

Key themes that clearly emerged were a strong sense of community and a desire that future education provision reinforces the supportive nature of the community. One participant commented that “a sense of community and belonging is really important to our children’s (and their parents’) schooling experience and each individual school should really strive hard to develop this within our wonderful wider Wanaka community.”

Being connected to the natural environment was another feature that resonated in the com-munity. Across the board, respondents rated green spaces and hall space as being important or very important for all years from 1-13. Ninety -eight percent of respondents said technology was important for years 9-13.

“The next step will see us consider all the information gathered during this process and develop a plan for future schooling that takes into account the feedback as much as possible,” said Katrina.

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Extension of Zone 1 parking restrictions up Ardmore St. to pedestrian crossing (both sides of road).

Installation of P240 parking restrictions in Brownston St carpark (roughly 30 carparks). Remainder of carparks to be P10 hours.

Formalise commuter parking in Lismore St.

Introduce P240 parking in the Dungarvon St carpark.

Formalise parking (unrestricted) on northern side of Brownston St.

Remove parking on southern side of Brownston St.

Install sheltered bike parking facilities in Brownston St, Dunmore St and Dungervon St carparks.

Extend P120 parking on Lakeside Rd.

Allow all passenger service vehicles to use bus stop.

Apply P60 restriction to Ardmore St spaces outside Caltex.

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Changes to carparking in downtown Wanaka are up for discussion. We’ve been hearing there’s pressure on parking in the town centre so we’ve come up with some ideas to make it easier for locals and visitors to find a park. Before we go any further, we’d like to know if this is what you want.

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Many people have been asking how they can help Wastebusters. The best thing you can do is to be our custom-ers. Whether it’s buying things from the shop or doing your recycling with us, it all helps Wastebusters to keep going. And of course everyone who donates goods is helping our work towards zero waste and our contribu-tion to a strong, vibrant community.

It’s a busy time in the Wanaka shop over the next month, with donated goods peaking as lots of our winter

visitors move out of town. If you want to donate more than you can fit in the car, Wastebusters offers a free moving-on service. We’ll pop round in the little truck and pick up donated goods for free. We ask that all the goods are of a resaleable quality, because if we can’t sell them, we have to pay to put them in the landfill and that means less money to spend on projects like Enviroschools in preschools.

A big thanks to all the community groups who are getting out there and picking up litter for Keep New Zealand Beautiful week. With your help, Wanaka is getting a face-lift for spring, and will be looking beautiful for all our summer visitors.

Wanaka Wastebusters is hold-ing a clean-up tomorrow (Friday September 18) and all volunteers are welcome. Meet outside the front door of the Wanaka Wastebusters shop (corner Riverbank Rd and Ballantyne Rd) at 10.30am. We’ll be cleaning up Riverbank Rd and Ballantyne Rd, and will finish at 12.30pm with a sausage sizzle.

Spring is certainly springing around these parts and just like the new leaves and shoots appearing in our garden, we’ve got a few new shoots of our own beginning to unfurl. We’re very excited to be launching a youth council this month, the first one Wanaka has had since 2007, which will be made up of representatives from year 7 through to year 13. In the long-term we see this group giving a voice to local young people both within the community, at community board meetings and council submissions. The project has been kindly funded this year by the Ministry of Youth Development and we hope to see them begin to organise their own events and activities in the very near future – watch this space!

So far we have 10 young people signed up and there is room for more,

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difficult to secure affordable rental accom-modation. One worried resident posted her troubles on Facebook, and received over 47 responses to her plight with a range of dif-ferent views on this divisive issue. “We don’t want to shift away from the community that has been home for 13 years,” wrote the resident. “QLDC...what are you doing about this problem in paradise??”

It seems a lack of affordable rentals is a widespread problem, with one family com-menting that they are living in a caravan as they haven’t found a home they can afford to live in yet.

Others mentioned the domino effect high rents have on staffing issues – “If the young can’t live here, they won’t apply for jobs here.”

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This hard-line approach is all well and good, but if people who work in lower income jobs really can’t afford to live and work in Wanaka, many of the town’s services would eventually collapse.

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The lovely spring weather has arrived. A few mornings have still been very cold though so keep on watching those iced up windscreens and frosty areas. This week most of our work revolved around Road Policing activities. We have continued to do daily checkpoints targeting alcohol, seatbelts, cell phone usage and WOF/Licence labels.

At one of our checkpoints this week police located drugs in a vehicle. The male driver was dealt with by police and arrested.

We attended one non-injury crash where a vehicle drove out of New World and hit a raised island.

There were two drivers processed for drink driving this week. Both drivers are now off to court. Do not assume that because home is five minutes away you will not come across the police on the way. We con-duct checkpoints anywhere and anytime. Expect to be breath tested.

On September 9 a male was arrested for shoplifting at New World Supermarket.

Disappointingly this week we had reports of a vehicle being stolen from behind the Bullock Bar car park, a sign being stolen from outside a local shop and a wallet and iPhone that were taken out of a bag from the cafe at Cardrona Ski field. Please remember to keep your bags and jackets safe. Opportunist thefts are common and a good deterrent is not having the opportunity there in the first place.

If you have any information pertaining to the inci-dents above please call the station on 03 443 7272 to speak to an officer or, to give information anony-mously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

The grebes at nest two successfully hatched three of their four eggs by last Thursday, but stayed on the nest incubating the last egg until Saturday. The nest has been under siege from another pair for the last week. They moved in on Sunday and by Monday had laid their first egg. On the same day, nest three laid their first egg. Nest four is presently hatching its clutch of four eggs and will continue to do so for the next week. Nest five is due on September 22 and nest seven on September 24. All of this can only hap-pen because of the support of the boat owners and the Marina Board who have allowed me to run these experiments. It’s going pretty well, though we are going to have to redesign and build new nest platforms soon.

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ATTENTION OPEN water swimmers! Wanaka Lake Swimmers AGM, Thursday 1st October 7pm. Edgewater's Summit Room. All welcome!

BIG THANKS from Wanaka Wastebusters to everyone who recycles with us, donates goods and buys preloved stuff from the Wastebusters shop. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

ARTISTS, SHOW your work! Entries are now open til October 9th for Wanaka Arts Society. Labour weekend exhibition. You can enter up to 4 framed and 4 unframed works. Membership essential. $20 Adults and $5 youth. Forms and instructions sheets available at www.wanakart-society.co.nz or from the Wanaka Library.

WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store. Opening Hours – Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 4pm. We look forward to seeing you here!

DONATIONS KINDLY received. Please drop then in to the Salvation Army Family store or ph 443 5068 to book a pick up. WHO'S BEEN to Archangel or Bannock Brae? There are lots of fabulous local wine stories that we want to share with you! www.wanakawinetours.com WINETRAIL (946387)

BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morn-ing. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Rudy for information 027 703 4037

WANAKA PRIMARY School ‘Op Shop’ open Tues & Thurs - 12 midday to 4pm. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

FREE MOVING on service from Wanaka Wastebusters. Call 443-8606 extn 2 and we’ll pick up donated goods and furniture from your place and find them a new home.

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

WANAKA FURNITURE DESIGN Let us design & make the bespoke kitchen YOU want. No obliga-tion design & quotations wanakafurnituredesign.co.nz 021 067 9615

INLAND REVENUE are at Community Networks, Wednesday 23 September 9am – 12.30pm. If you need help with your Tax return, Family Tax credits or the changes to Child support give Community Networks a call on 03 443 7799 to make an ap-pointment for this free service.

PEST CONTROL. Call Jae Services Wanaka. We'll take care of it. 443 1150

DRIVING LESSONS available. Call Nicky at Aspiring Drivers to book your lesson for profes-sional driving instruction. 0210607310

CAN YOU no longer drive? The Total Mobility Scheme provides subsidised taxi services to people who have an impairment that prevents them from being able to drive. Contact Community Networks for more information on 443 7799.

CONFUSED ABOUT your visa? Need Immigration advice? Contact your local licensed Immigration Adviser 034438386 or [email protected] 02102441380

TRAIN 2 Trek - outdoor group fitness sessions starting in October. Call or Text 02102419317 for more info

FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to make an appointment.

KAMP MARQUEE HIRE Unique rectangular, oval and round marquees; event design and creation. Phone 02102934268 or [email protected]

WHEELS TO DUNSTAN - the free shuttle service to Dunstan Hospital or Alexandra specialist appoint-ments, also linking with the shuttle to Dunedin Hospital. For bookings please call Community Networks on 03 443 7799 before 3pm the day before.

IT'S PRUNING time! For help in your garden phone/txt Chris on 027 644 9575 Labour only, 30/hr. Pensioners 25/hr

ADVENTURE CARAVANS restores, repairs and custom builds caravans, motorhomes, slide-ons. Be ready for Summer! 25 years experience. Great references. 027 222 6600

CARAVAN OR TRAILER CUSTOM DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, REPAIR, RESTORATION. Put Steve Rumore's skill, experience, & passion to work for you! Adventure Caravans 027 222 6600


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Located 9km to the south-east of Wanaka township, Wanaka Airport is a very important base for various fl ightseeing, private fl ight and aircraft maintenance operations as well as being the home of the popular Warbirds and Wheels museum and cafe. Managed by Queenstown Airport on behalf of Queenstown Lakes District Council, we also host the famous biennial Warbirds over Wanaka International Air Show and in the future may become a regular launch base for NASA’s scientifi c space balloon programme. Due to this growth we have created a new part time role and require an exceptional individual to join our team.

Reporting to the Wanaka Airport Operations Manager, you will be an integral part of this small team and will be primarily responsible for providing professional support and administrative services. Key responsibilities will include providing a friendly and professional welcome to all visitors to the airport, implementation and maintenance of a number of new offi ce processes and systems, and assistance with key projects. In addition you will build, manage and maintain the company’s website and social media platforms.

Previous experience in a customer focused environment, excellent computer skills with a knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and social media skills are all essential for this role. You will also have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, strong organisational abilities and the ability to work effi ciently in a small team.

If you have a friendly and enthusiastic greeting style, are a self-starter with a positive attitude and want to make a difference in a dynamic and exciting industry we would like to hear from you. Please apply by emailing your CV and a covering letter to [email protected]. Initial enquiries are welcome by phoning Kirsten on 027 232 7551.

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• 15-20 hours.• Wages, PAYE & GST.• QuickBooks experience desirable.• Client invoicing.• Reception duties and general office administra-

Wanaka Marina Limited wishes to advise that in terms of the company’s resource consent conditions, there will be chemical weed control measures taking place during the month of October 2015 depending on weather conditions. The chemical, Diquat, will be applied within 25 metres of the marina structure by ERMA approved licensed applicator, Landcare Services Limited.

Access to the marina and surrounding water ways will be restricted during the period of application. Signage will be placed in the area to notify to public of the restricted access. This notice is given in accordance with the Otago Regional Council Water Use & Management policy under clause 12:7.1.1ii

For further details please feel free to contact the applicator Graeme Larcombe on 027-222 5467 or the Marina Secretary Shane Gibson on 03-443-0086.

Full time position Queenstown We are looking for a experienced worker in the concrete trade.Must have current NZ drivers licence.Please phone Mark on 0274382365email: [email protected]

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Come and enjoy our delicious sharing plates with friends Al fresco.

Afternoons At Alchemy

HIRE ME FOR WOOD STACKING! $5 per cubic metre. 13 and keen! Text or ring Nicholas at 027 470 3170.

TERRA SERVICES for good, fast, efficient performance. Section clearing, building site preparation, brush removal, driveway installation-you name it! Ring Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

WANAKA PHARMACY is your local pharmacy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Street - open until 7pm every single day. Ph 443 8000

NEED A portable chiller trailer for your function or wed-ding? Come and speak to us at Wanaka Liquor Centre. 1 Ardmore Street. Ph 03 443 1466 BRA PROFESSIONALLY fitted 200 sizes so you will get a perfect fit - Beautiful design NO underwire private appoint-ment ph 443 9425

PROSTHESIS (BREAST form) local fitter Registered with Ministry of Health and will take care of your claim Appointment phone 443 9425

WANT YOUR colours done? Always look your best? Book an appointment with experienced Colour Consultant 4439425

MINI MUSCLES Indoor Movement, Music and Play at Proactive Gym. Every Friday. 9.30am for crawlers & walkers under 2 years, 10.30am for 2, 3 & 4 year olds & 11am for babies. Everyone welcome. $5 p/hr, $1 for extra children.

VASECTOMYS AVAILABLE here in Wanaka with Dr Simon Brebner at Aspiring Medical Centre. Ph 443 0725 for an appointment to discuss.

CLEAN SUPERMARKET bags needed– can you drop off to the Salvation Army family store- thanks you.

WANTED BRICKS for fire bath. Broken ok.Chrissy 0276231515

NEED MY welding bottle 740mm tall by 160mm picked up from Dunedin delivered to Hawea/Wanaka this week. Paying $25. 0272226600

LIKE WALKING? Love Wanaka? Volunteer for our walking bus or crossing points. Fun, social, rewarding. [email protected],0272005111

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

CALLING ALL builders. We are looking for teams of the best of the best who will be part of a “build off” at our Wanaka primary school gala on Saturday 14th November. Contact Nicolle 022 139 3021

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UPPER CLUTHA Scooter Hooter, Moped / 50cc Motorcycle Rally. Fun ride, all bikes welcome. Saturday 26th September. Meet 10am, Wanaka Lake front. Contact Paul [email protected], 021 056 9146

ROTARY WANAKA Book Sale 2,3,4 October LAKE WANAKA CENTRE Start Fri, Sat & Sun 10am Finish Fri,Sat 6pm, Sun 2pm

COMBINED WANAKA Probus Clubs Luncheon. Thursday 22nd October 11am at The Venue.Invited speaker Dr Brian Thomas McMahon CBE, KStJ, MBChb

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With just a few more weeks of the ski season left, now is the time to enjoy a wonderful stay in Cardrona’s beautiful on-mountain apartments – a holiday resort that’s right on your doorstep.

The apartments at Cardrona Alpine Resort are perfect for groups, families and busy locals who find it hard to take breaks from their hectic lifestyle.

Following a fantastic season for snow, Cardrona Alpine Resort’s skifield and apart-ments will be open for the entire October school holidays.

Cardrona is one of the only places in New Zealand where you can stay on the moun-tain and ski practically from your doorstep.

Sunrises on the mountain are a once-in-a lifetime experience. Apartment guests can sit back, relax and watch the mountain come to life. Located just a few minutes’ walk to the chair lifts, these apartments are ideal for skiers and snowboarders and take all the hassle out of a day on the mountain.

There are 15 accommodation units in total at Cardrona, made up of three configura-tions, and the large four-bedroom apartments are even big enough for two families to stay together.

Inside the apartments you will find the rooms are warm, inviting and immaculate. It is a top-class hotel experience with everything you could possibly need while staying on the mountain.

While the apartments are self-catering, the resort also has a number of dining options, including the Juice and Java Bar and Mezz Café, which is open for drinks and dinner every night of the week and also offers takeaways.

The resort strikes the perfect balance for kids and adults. While parents enjoy a relaxing meal at the Mezz, kids can enjoy table tennis, colouring and a giant screen TV with huge beanbags downstairs where parents can still keep a watchful eye over them as they play. The transformation of the resort from the busy bustling daytime cafe, to relaxing evening restaurant is quite amazing.

Cardrona’s friendly and welcoming staff are there to help from the moment you arrive and will assist in getting your luggage and ski gear to your room. A staff member stays on the mountain overnight and takes great care of every guest. Restaurant staff are warm and friendly with a great attitude and, on the mountain, you’ll find great instruc-tors who take pride in their jobs and go the extra mile for clients.

Advance bookings are ideal but last-minute bookings can often be snapped up too. And with special spring rates available, now is the perfect time to book an apartment and see what all the fuss is about.

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For more information call: 0800 440 800 or +64 3 443 8880 email: [email protected] website: www.cardrona.com

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JOHN ANNAN MEMORIAL - DAY 2 TARRAS - MENS MEDALBest Gross over the fieldG Barbara 74 - 4 -71Runner upL Nelson 76 - 3 - 73Best Nett over the fieldHolger Reinecke 75 - 10 - 65Nett ScoresFirst Intermediate - G Wilson 67 Junior B Trevathan 67Runner Up - Senior D Trevathan 70 In-termediate B Wilson 69 Junior C Baker c/b 713rd Senior J Trevathan 71 Intermediate G Giles 69 Junior G Rive 714th Senior L Allison 72 Intermediate M Nyon 71 Junior D Mould 715th Senior J Templeton 73 Intermediate R Morgan 71 Junior M Hyndman 726th Senior D Morris 73 Intermediate S Lucas 71 Junior T Cartwright 747th Senior B Patterson 74 Intermediate D McRae 72 Junior M Gutsell 758th Senior J Roche 74 Intermediate K Galloway 72 Junior B Rowley 799th Senior B McRae 74 Intermediate G Mills 7310th Senior T Moore 75 Intermediate G Hook 7411th Senior S Maling 75 Intermediate C Pledger 7412th Senior R Hailwood 78 Intermediate T Kearney 7513th Senior P Day 78 Intermediate R Gibson 7514th Senior B Scott 79 Intermediate T Watson 75

Longest Drive Senior Ben Purvis Junior Craig StillNearest Pin Senior Lloyd Allison Junior Ray O’ConnellBest Second Shot Ben PurvisStraightest Drive Beau TrevathanTwos D Trevathan, M Gutsell, S Purvis, R O’Connell, M Hyndman and B Rowley John Annan Memorial was won by D Mould and G Wilson with a combined nett score of 202 over the two days. M Hyndman and T Kearney were runners up with 204

Tarras Golf Results - MensThird round of the Clark trophy played 12 SeptemberStablefordJ Trevathan 44, M Hyndman 41, B Trevathan 39, T Kearney, H Reinecke 38, C Still, G Rive, 37, T Moore 36, W Bosley 32Twos H ReineckeFinalists for ChampionshipsSenior J Trevathan and H ReineckeIntermediate C Still and W BosleyJunior D Wilson and M Hyndman

Tarras Golf Results - WomensTarras 4BBB Tournament was reduced to 9 holes due to a storm-Kay Ross & Margaret Wilson (Wanaka) 25 Stablefords on cb., Margaret Sell & Maire McElrea (Tarras) 25, Jo Watson (Wanaka) & Lucy Plamer (Chch) 24, Joy McDonald & Kay Dixon (Cromwell) 23, Viv Milsom (Wanaka) & Annabel Spiers (Tarras) 22 on cb. Longest Putt-Debbie Knapp (Omakau). NTP-Trish May (Dunstan). Top Tarras team-Margaret Sell & Maire

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Hawea Lake Golf Club results from Sunday 13th SeptemberMt Maude StablefordMens: 1st Neail Matchett 44 on c/b, 2nd Bryan Burgess 44, 3rd Chris Morrow 42, 4th Dick Sullivan 41, 5th Stew Burt 39 on c/b, 6th Scott Read 39Nearest the Pin No.1 Gerrard Haggart, No.5Tony ArscottTwo’s: Tony Arscott No.14, Neil Matchett No.14Birdies/Net Eagle Hole No.18 Craig WeastallWanaka Bridge Club ResultsSilver Championship Pairs 10. North/South:- Sherril Harries, Gabby Marshall 59.64%1. Dawn & Terry Wilson 56.25%2. Max & Laraine Shepherd 54.95% 3. East/West:- Andy Goodall, Mark Harry 58.81% 1. Rebecca Corkin, John Mitchell 56.88% 2. Jan Cunningham, Jacqui Roberts 53.69% 3. Friday Bridge 11th September. North/South:- Sherril Harries, Maggie Stratford 62.18% 1. Laraine Shepherd, Mary Gibson-Collings 60.90% 2. Lynda Hodge, Fran Hol-mes 57.69% 3. East/West:- Jenny Muir, Jac-qui Roberts 59.46% 1. Bryan & Lyla Hensley 56.57% 2. Betty Swift, Carole Turner 55.93% 3. Bronze Championship Pairs 9. North / South:- Lynda Hodge, Madeleine Reveley, 63.33% 1. Noeline Goldsbrough, Heather Wellman 55.00% 2. Pam Millar, Carol Orbell 53.96% 3. East/West:- Julie Mulholland, Kate Summers 60.686 1. Denise Bruns, Sharon Wilson 60.00% 2. Linda Sutton, Jan Wyn-Williams 58.41% 3.

Young athletes from Aspiring Trampolining in Hawea Flat went to the Interclub Trampoline Competition held in Christchurch last weekend.

They competed in Trampoline and Double Mini Trampoline events against athletes from the wider Canterbury region.

This was the first competition for the majority of the group and there were some fantastic results.

Catherine Pell, Head Coach at Aspiring Trampolining, said: “All the Aspiring Trampolining athletes completed their routines to a high standard competing well against athletes from much larger clubs. We are now looking forward to the next competition in November where it is expected a larger group of Aspiring Trampolining young-sters will be competing.”

Thomas Niles, Elizabeth Pell, Maddie Thompson, Deia Carson-

Wolfe and Johnny Percy all were placed first in their respective events with Elizabeth receiving the highest overall score for Trampo-line and Deia the highest overall score for Double Mini Trampoline.

Izzy Percy and Josie Plimmer finished second and third respec-tively in the Level 3 Double Mini Trampoline competition, whilst Alice Howard performed her routine strongly to finish third in the Level 4 Trampoline event.

Skyla Coll, one of the youngest competitors, came fourth on the Trampoline at Level 2 against others considerably older whilst Sophia Fitzgerald and Izzy Fitzger-ald were placed fourth and fifth respectively at Level 4 -Trampoline.

Georgie Bruce, Jessica Penney and Maya Mueller were all placed in sixth position in their Trampo-line and Double Mini Trampoline competitions.

Back row, left to right: Johnny Percy, Issy Fitzgerald, Georgie Bruce, Maya Mueller, Deia Carson-Wolfe, Sophia Fitzgerald, Thomas Niles. Front Row, left to right: Skyla Coll, Josie Plimmer, Maddie Thompson, Izzy Percy, Elizabeth Pell, Alice Howard, Jessica Penney.

Athletes jumping for joy

No racing experience is necessary for local chil-dren to enter the annual Upper Clutha [Primary/Intermediate] Schools Ski and Snowboard races being held next Tuesday (September 22) at Cardro-na. Friendly rivalry between schools is mandatory, with Hawea Flat coming out on top last year.

The event is run by Wanaka Ski and Snows-ports Club (WSSC) to “provide an opportunity for intermediate level skiers and snowboarders from around the Upper Clutha to participate in a fun and relaxed day of racing” with the chance to race down Giant Slalom and Gravity X courses.

Schools can enter teams of up to four people (all boys, all girls or mixed) and as many teams as they like. There are medals for the first, second and third fastest teams, in both skiing and snow-boarding for Primary and Intermediate categories,

and for the fastest boys and fastest girls overall in both ski and snowboard.

The Upper Clutha Schools Ski and Snowboard Races are seen as an ideal opportunity for the children to show off the skills they have acquired during school ski programmes. The best perform-ing school receives the Ski Connect Trophy - cur-rently held by Hawea Flat School.

Children can register for the event on the Snow Sports NZ website (www.snowsports.co.nz/all-events) anytime up until 3pm on Sunday (September 20). Membership to Snow Sports will cost $5, event registration $5 and competitors get a lift pass discounted to $35. Children need to be in a team of three or four with a team name and an adult co-ordinator.

More information is available from school offices or the race secretary Suzy Gendall ([email protected]).

Chance for kids to try racing on snowSnowboarders on the podium last year included Oscar Georgalli, Rocco Jamieson and Zedyn Fellows.

The Southern Lakes Interfield Children’s Race Series finals were held at Treble Cone on Sunday. The children had already raced at Cardrona, Coronet Peak and the Remarkables in “differing condi-tions” but the finals were held in perfect weather.

“TC Cat started the race off forerunning the first run followed by 80 keen young athletes,” said Wanaka Ski & Snowports Club representative Bonny Teat. “Camaraderie and encouragement were evident between rivals and rival coaches. Two runs and the titles were decided. Wanaka based athletes dominated the top of the podium.”

Bonny said the youngest competitors were five years old. “Future champions in the mak-ing.”

The series was run and spon-sored by Night ’n Day, QAST, Wanaka Ski & Snowsports Club, Coronet Peak, Cardrona, Remarka-bles and Treble Cone.

Results:Overall female title winners: U8

Isabel Watterson, U10 Mathilda Watterson, U12 Sophie Ulrich, U14 River Mutton and U16 Kate Richards.

Overall male title winners: U8 Kazik Magill, U10 Bailey MacDon-ald, U12 Samuel Packer equal with Gustav Legnavasky, U14 Blake Hartley and U16 Ben Richards.

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Fourteen students represented Mount Aspiring College at the South Island Secondary Schools ski and snowboard champs held at Cardrona over the weekend.

Both Saturday and Sunday were bluebird days, making it an enjoy-able event for competitors and spectators. MAC achieved 18 podium places at the event.

In the team events MAC placed first in both the boys’ ski and snowboard competitions, and 2nd in the girls’ ski team event.

MAC students came out in force again at the annual NZ cross country skiing age group championships, which were held at Snow Farm last weekend.

The team at Snow Farm is hoping for an even bigger turnout at the NZSS champs which will take place on September 19.

Individual results:South Island Secondary Schools

ski and snowboard champs:Ski: Kate Richards - 2nd GS (giant

slalom); Ben Richards - 1st GS; Blake Hartley - 2nd GS; Emile Coote - 3rd GS; Fiona Murray- 1st slopestyle.

Snowboard: Cory O’Regan -

1st gravity cross and 2nd GS; Briar Hight - 1st GS and gravity cross; Ronan Thompson - 1st GS and slopestyle, 2nd gravity cross; Emile Coote - 3rd GS; Josh O’Regan - 2nd slopestyle and 3rd gravity cross; Lucy Hayes - 2nd gravity cross.

NZ cross country skiing age group championships:

U14: Campbell Wright - 1st in classic and freestyle, Ben McNabb - 2nd in classic and freestyle, Tom Colbourne - 3rd in freestyle. U16: Louis Jones - 1st classic. U18: Nick Toepfer - 1st classic, Ellen Cagney - 1st freestyle. U20: Martin Zietz - 2nd in classic and freestyle.

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Sky’s the limit for MAC students

Wanaka triathlete Tony Dodds has made the tough call to withdraw from the season-ending ITU world series grand final in Chicago due to an ongoing hip injury.

The world No 20 has been suffering from the injury for the past eight weeks, which has hindered his perfor-mances in recent races, including last weekend’s event in Edmonton, Canada.

“It’s been a long two months to keep me training each day with my hip injury, but managed most days to get the job done with the help of our physio here. But Edmonton last weekend was the last straw and was no good,” Tony told his supporters on social media on Tuesday.

He added that he didn’t want to risk any further damage that could cost him his Olympic spot next year.

But Tony is hopeful of a full recovery. “It’s nothing major just a bit of swelling that should go down with a bit of R&R,” he said.

Injury forces Dodds to withdraw

Festival of Sport and Recreation

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This Saturday’s Festival of Sport and Recreation is your chance to find out about all the sporting opportunities in your area, from synchronised swimming to water skiing.

The 2nd annual event will be held at Mt Aspiring College between 10am and 2pm and gives people the chance to find out what sport and recreational activities are on offer in the community.

There is also the chance to play some of the sports and activities and try them out, such as squash, a bike obstacle course, a netball goal shooting competition and climbing.

Co-organiser Diana Schikker said last year they had about 300 people attend the day “and we’d like to grow those numbers”.

There will also be a karate demonstration, cheerleading and tumbling, and the Queenstown Lakes District Council will be there to talk about the new pool and sports facility.

Josh O’Regan competing at Cardrona.

wanaka sun | 17 - 23 sept 2015 | edition 731

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