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Suited and booted for starry nights

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unters, farmers and shooters have been issued with a stern warning against shooting a

native Karearea falcon currently hunting in the Mount Barker area of the town.

Mount Barker resident Gillian Pugh expressed her concerns after overhearing a conversation in which

a comment was made about it being okay to shoot the endangered bird.

“It upset me heaps, as this bird has been here for a long time and we are pretty lucky to have it around. I am sure there is no malice or ill feeling, it is just ignorance, and I want people to be aware,” she said.

“If I hear of anybody injuring, or attempting to injure this bird, I will report it to the police without fail. She is an exciting neighbour to have,

but unfortunately she has started chicken rustling, which makes some people a bit cross.”

Gillian contacted the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) Paul Hel-lebrekers who then went on to liaise with Mount Barker Residents Asso-ciation to make sure that the wider community are aware that it is illegal to kill the protected falcon.

Secretary of the Association, Christine Thomson, said that she

had been approached by several residents concerned about the fal-con, which has been killing hens along Mount Barker Road, poten-tially moving along Faulks Road and other areas.

“I was sceptical about this until I found one in our own hen run, snacking on the head of one of my hens. The other hens were trauma-tised and hiding but alive.”

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tarry nights was the theme of Mount Aspiring College’s formal this year, with more

than 200 year 12 and 13 students gathering at a fairy-light-filled Lake Wanaka Centre.

Organiser Sharon Arlidge said the student committee had worked hard for two months to make sure that the event was the way they wanted it to be, which paid off on the night.

“I’ve heard nothing but positive things from the kids, staff and par-ents. We were also lucky to get away

with just rain on the night, rather than the snow of previous years,” Sharon said.

Suited and booted, students dined on a banquet-style meal served on platters, and later danced the night away on-stage.

Sharon expressed her thanks to everyone who generously donated their time to make the night a success.

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Universal Development Ltd is the new owner of the 10.69ha Scurr Heights block after successfully tendering for the property.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council ap-proved the sale at last week’s full council meeting for $15.65 million plus GST.

The company is behind the nearly completed Dungarvan development and also has a 10ha landholding in Frankton which is proposed to be zoned medium density.

The Scurr Heights land is situated on Aubrey Road, opposite the Kirimoko subdivision and close to schools and parks, and has a rateable value of $4.8 million.

Universal Developments Ltd general manager Dan Curley said the number of lots to be created in the new residential subdivision had not been

finalised yet.“We are still devising the content of the land and

are currently working with an urban designer and a survey company,” Dan said.

Dan said the land would be released in stages and they hoped to have the first stage ready for pre-sales by the year’s end.

“We are really excited to have secured the site. It is definitely nice to have a project of this size to work on. It is such a good piece of land,” Dan said.

Queenstown Lakes District Council deputy mayor Lyal Cocks said no decision has yet been made as to how the $15.65m will be reinvested.

“The CEO will provide some guiding principles for the community board to use to assess options and make reinvestment recommendations to council. Use of the funds for the Wanaka Ward will also be confirmed in this process,” Lyal said.

A timeline for this process will be confirmed when the guidelines are received in June.

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Auckland Sky Tower’s 51 floors and 1103 steps would be considered a challenging feat for most people, yet Wanaka and Lake Hawea’s volunteer firefighting brigades made the climb laden with 25kg of kit.

Seven volunteer firefighters from Lake Hawea and seven from Wanaka joined 850 firefighters from across the country in the Sky Tower Stair Challenge to raise money for Leukemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand, with Hawea’s Jason Bopp climbing to third place in the Firefighter of Steel category.

Climbing with a steel cylinder, around 6kg heavier than the fibre glass cylinders carried by firefighters in other categories, Jason made it to the top in an impressive 13 minutes.

“The top came quicker than I thought, and as I got closer the adrenaline was pushing me, whereas the middle part was the most difficult when the heat started to get to me. It was a great effort by the whole team for a great cause, and just good to get out and do these things as a team,” Jason said.

Wanaka Volunteer Fire Brigade raised a total of $3500 and Lake Hawea Volunteer Fire Brigade, alongside the Hawea community, raised more than $15,000, which contributed to the $1,161,000 raised nationally.

Pru Etcheverry, CEO of Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand, said, “We are so very grateful to the firefighters for going so above and beyond. Their commitment to raising this money means that we can continue to be there for more patients around the country.”

Pictured: Wanaka’s Justin Stowell, Phil Greeks, Mark Strang, Jodie Rainsford and Liz Morley.

Firefighters’ fundraising climb

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“If people are having problems they should contact DOC,” she said.

Founder of the Eastern Falcon Conservation Trust, Dr Donna Fal-coner, advises that camouflage and cover is the key to keeping poultry safe. Dr Falconer warns that falcons are fearless, persistent and patient hunters, likely to be more attracted to white poultry than black or brown.

Netting over open chicken runs, or cover acting as a hiding place for free-range poultry are measures which can be taken to keep them safe from predatory falcon.

Dr Falconer advises that trapping and relocating a problematic falcon

is counter-productive as another bird will soon replace it. It is more realistic to distract the falcon via alternative food sources such as rab-bit, hare and roadkill, which will still provide the bird with the toxin-free hunting range that it needs.

“These birds are being hammered by 1080 and Pindone operations along with the clearing of their favoured Matagouri shrublands so please look after the ones we have, even if they aren’t behaving.” Dr Falconer said.

Falcons are an endangered and fully protected bird with a $10,000 fine for anyone that kills one.


Upper Clutha Tracks Trust has just completed the new Motatapu River Track for walking and mountain bike use for the general public.

The track starts at the end of the public road at the entrance to Motatapu Station from the bridge on the Wanaka/Mount Aspiring Road. The track was completed in March and runs down the true right bank of the Motatapu River for 5.5km and crosses a working farm, so dogs are not permitted. Construction was completed by Recreation Construction from Oamaru.

UCTT Chairman Grant Fyfe said, “The Trust is very grateful to John McRae and family of Glendhu Station for their agreement and support for this project and to the neighbouring run-holders who al-lowed access for the contractors.”

The track cost $50,000 to

complete and the Trust received funding from sponsors including Longview Environment Trust, Lion Foundation, First Sovereign Trust and Alexander McMillan Trust.

UCTT are currently working on a new short track at Dublin Bay and a new direct-link track be-tween Hawea Flat and the Hawea River Track.

The Trust recently completed the Hawea Flat School Track linking Lake Hawea with Hawea Flat and the Butterfield Reserve loop track which connects to the Newcastle Track.

UCTT trustee and treasurer John Wellington said, “The Trust is also part of the Central Otago Queens-town Trails Network Group which has just secured $26 million to link the trail network in Wanaka to the Great Rides in Queenstown, and Central Otago. Part of this funding will create a new Great Ride con-necting Wanaka to Cromwell.”

The Trust has been working on this project since 2008.

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Leading Wanaka architect Sarah Ritchie has praised architecture in the town, following two wins at this year’s Southern Architecture Awards.Fifteen projects were acknowledged as the lower South Island’s best buildings by an awards jury led by Sarah at the peer-reviewed awards.

Sarah said, “We have some beautiful and poetic projects in the region but we don’t usually get a lot of recognition on a national level. A lot of projects now don’t have much architecture involved, which is a great sadness to me, as these places will outlive us and to build them with love and care is fundamental. What made the two [Wanaka] projects stand out was that they had catered for our specific climate here.”

George House, pictured, by Rafe Maclean Architects, won in the housing category, as the South Island’s first certified passive house, a type

of thermally-efficient housing gaining traction in New Zealand.

“The fact that it will use very little energy is an achievement in itself. It is environmentally sound and environmentally friendly, which is becoming more and more important and the awareness shown here is fantastic,” Sarah said.

The jury praised RTA Studio’s Cardrona Hut, which won the small project award, for its elegance, creativity, and scale of its proportions.

Executive director of RTA Studio, Richard Nash, said that it was a great honour to be recognised for such a small project.

“We certainly tried to design a house with the bare minimum of necessities but it needed to be comfortable for both winter and summer. We took inspiration from the simple Central Otago huts and sheds in the landscape,” he said.

The projects are now eligible to be shortlisted in the New Zealand Architecture Awards, which will be decided later this year.

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Hawea district community organisations and residents have less than a week left to apply for a portion of the $6300 Contact Epic Com-munity Fund.

The fund was established by Contact and LMS Events in 2015 as part of their joint commitment to support the Epic event through to 2017. Both companies donate $5 each per entry up to 1000 entries, or $5000 each, per year.

“Last year we were thrilled to be able to help five local community projects in achieving their goals, which have delivered immediate benefits

for the Hawea community,” Contact Energy head of hydro generation Boyd Brinsdon said.

The projects which received funding last year included excavation works at the Lake Hawea Bike Park, treble glazing at Hawea Playgroup and pre-hospital care training for two Lake Hawea Volunteer Fire Brigade members.

A panel with representatives from Contact Energy, LMS Events and the Hawea Community Association will review short-listed applications. Applications close next Wednesday (June 8) and successful applicants will be notified on June 16.

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The eradication of wilding conifers is to be provided with $16 million over four years, whilst the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) core funding is down by $2 million, as announced in this year’s budget.

Senior ranger Annette Grieve said that the the decisions have resulted in an increase to DOC’s overall fund-ing, driven by an additional $20.7 million towards the Battle for our Birds programme.

“In the Wanaka region this will support the planned control of predators in the Matukituki and Makarora valleys of Mount Aspir-ing National Park in response to widespread forest seeding. Without control, heavy seeding will lead to

another rapid rise in rodent and stoat numbers this winter and next spring, putting vulnerable native species at even further risk,” Annette said.

However, trampers are not happy with the funding allocation, with the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand saying that one-off fund-ing increases are not an excuse for ongoing cuts.

President Peter Wilson said, "Instead of steadily increasing DOC's core funding, in light of its growing responsibilities and land area, it seems that DOC can now only beg for one-off funding boosts, which is deeply disappointing."

Annette said that the control of wilding conifers initiative is expected to increase wilding conifer control programmes across Central Otago which will benefit conservation.

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Three local businesses were pre-sented with Smokefree Otago Awards on Tuesday, May 31, World Smoke-free Day.

Double Black, Patagonia Choco-lates and Cardrona Alpine Resort received their awards from Central Otago & Wakatipu Smokefree Coali-tion representatives.

Celebrated globally, this year’s World Smokefree Day is about encouraging and supporting friends, families and whānau across New Zealand to quit smoking and to cre-ate environments where children are free from exposure to tobacco.

Cancer Society health promoter Diana Power said, “We’re celebrating these businesses because they are playing an important role in de-nor-malising the behaviours of smoking and in this way, over time, reducing

the number of young people who may take up smoking. They are also providing much more pleasant and healthy outdoor areas for their staff and visitors and are helping those trying to quit.”

WellSouth health promotion specialist Sarah Berger said, “We know that quitting smoking isn’t easy but in the end it is worth it for both health and financial benefits. There is a lot of support out there to help people so they don’t feel alone and to encourage them along the way. See your GP or practice nurse or call Quitline (0800 778 778).”

If you would like to make your business or organisation Smokefree with free signage available, contact [email protected].

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Capturing compelling images of people in the low light of indoor venues is a challenge. The quality and quantity of light is a critical factor in photography.

Most concerts will have one of two set-ups: Pop/rock concerts typically have flashing, unpre-dictable, tungsten-balanced, multi-coloured lighting with a spotlight on the lead musician. Classical concerts have even lighting, with a spotlight oc-casionally on the conductor and leading musician, with a little less light elsewhere.

The biggest challenge of photographing in indoor venues is the low level of light. The use of flash is rarely allowed, and un-less we are using a professional set-up much of the atmosphere of the event can be lost. Without flash we need to gather as much light as possible by manipulating the three sources that affect the sensitivity of light reaching our camera’s sensor. Shoot wide open at the widest aperture

the lens allows. High shutter speeds are a luxury reserved for well-lit concert halls. We should, however, try to stay in a range of 1/64th to 1/200th of a second as this range is usually fast enough to counter movement in classi-cal performances, and eliminate camera shake. Push the ISO to higher than normal levels . If it is a trade-off between shutter speed and ISO, go for higher ISO as this is preferable to pictures turning out blurred. Use Auto White Balance as any colour temperature problems can be fixed quickly and easily in post-processing, especially if we shoot in RAW rather than JPG. Finally, the more we zoom in, the higher the shutter speed needs to be. Conversely, if shooting at a large, wide-angle view we can often get by with quite low shutter speeds as motion will appear relatively small in the frame. However, if we zoom in on an individual musician, even small amounts of movement are likely to produce unsharp images.

Prue Wallis took the picture “Sinfonia” at the Lake Wanaka

Centre during last year’s Festival of Colour. The University of Otago composer Anthony Ritchie composed a work about the painter Frances Hodgkins, played by actress Eilish Moran. As Prue said, “The light on the actress, who had just sat down after one of her speeches, was fading exactly as I pressed the shutter ... I brought it up again with Lightroom.”

Prue took the picture using a DMC camera with an aperture of f3.2, set at a wide angle of 23mm, shutter speed of 1/125th and an ISO of 800. It was well received by the adjudicator of the club’s monthly competition who awarded the photo an honours.

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After a stressful week where the entire septic tank system failed, the Hawea Playgroup had a successful annual garage sale last weekend.

This was the sixth year the event had been run and it was the most successful yet.

Hawea Playgroup secretary Emily Sancha said, “We had such a successful day with an approximate profit of $3300. We are still receiving online payments and many gener-ous anonymous donations.”

Emily said the success of the event came about because of the awesome efforts of the playgroup committee and playgroup parents who lent a helping hand on the day.

“In particular we need to thank Anna van Riel for being the MC, Ve-nus Coffee for heavenly coffee and

The People’s Bread for supporting the cafe with their beautiful bread. As we were specifically fundraising to pay for the costs of replacing our $7600 septic tank and other plumb-ing (very dull) we added the silent auction as an extra boost and it certainly delivered with $1180 made from the auction alone,” Emily said. “In particular we'd like to thank the following people/businesses for their generosity and support: Robin and Annie Patterson, Flowing Stone Designs, Wild Fire Wanaka, Cluden Quarry, Jill Midgely, WanaExcell, Barry and Willemina van Riel, Susie Ruddenklau and Air Max Refrigera-tion and Air Conditioning”.

With the proceeds from the garage sale and the donation of $2000 from Rotary, the playgroup is well on its way to covering its drainage bill.

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Pure New Zealand Ice Cream picked up eight awards to add to its collection at the New Zealand Ice Cream Awards last week.

Owners of the Wanaka artisan ice cream company, Tracey and Richard Bullock, pictured, believe that the hard work they have put into their products over the past year have resulted in their success, as well as the purchase of a new pasteuriser, producing creamier ice cream.

“We’ve worked a lot this year on our products and everything we have put in has paid off. We feel that our Pure name gives us the edge. Our product is all pure, we make it from scratch right from the begin-ning of every recipe,” Tracey said.

The couple’s inspiration for many of their unique flavours comes from desserts they have seen during their time spent as restaurateurs, yet it was their humble vanilla bean ice cream which won them a gold award.

“Winning gold for our vanilla bean ice cream is a considerable achieve-ment as the integrity of the ice cream cannot hide behind dominant flavours,” Richard said.

Pure also battled it out against 350 entries to win seven silver awards; for hokey pokey, mascarpone date and orange, kaffir lime and ginger, and manuka honey and fig in the ice cream category, salted coconut and mango, and blackcurrant and coconut in the gelato category and roasted black sesame and chilli in the open creative category.

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Despite the threat of rain, 21 adults and six children turned up for the first Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust planting of the year at Albert Town Lagoon last Saturday.

Volunteers put 205 plants into the ground, including many flaxes and manuka. Timo and Lennex are pictured planting flaxes.

The Trust is working with the Queenstown

Lakes District Council to improve the entrance to the lagoon with plans for a kowhai grove to go in at the next planting day there in spring.

Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust is a community-run native plant nursery, growing plants with volun-teer help for restoration of the foreshore of Lake Wanaka and surrounding areas.

Volunteers are welcome at the nursery sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons (contact [email protected] if you are interested in helping out).

Flaxes and manuka planted at Lagoon

CDB and Mitre 10 have issued a reminder about a model of dehumidifier which was originally recalled in 2014 due to a fault that can cause overheating and pose a fire risk.

The affected 2013 model is the Nouveau 16L electronic dehumidifier (Model NH-DB16E) with the date code 0213.

They were sold only through Mitre 10 under the SKU number 154937.

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Elliott, said the fault is limited only to the 2013 model and a recall has been in place by supplier CDB since August 2014 when an electrical fault, which can cause overheating, was discovered.

“We strongly urge anyone who has one of these 2013 Nouveau dehumidifiers to stop using it immediately and contact the product supplier CDB on 0800 232 633 or [email protected] for further instruction on how to return the affected item and receive a replacement,” he said.

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Have you ever thought of having a break from drinking, but not been motivated enough to give it a try? Well here is your chance to do just that and at the same time support people affected by cancer.

Dry July is a fundraiser that challenges you to go booze-free for a month to support cancer patients.

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Control of wildings a question for rate-payersMr Whiting’s opinion piece (“Destruction of beneficial tree species a waste of resources”, Wanaka Sun, May 12, 2016) suggests we all bow to the inevitability

of conifers becoming the dominant vegetation in our Central Otago landscapes while having a bob each way by spending some money on ensuring the species are Douglas fir, on the grounds that it is a good timber tree, and Larch, because he thinks it is pretty in the autumn. And oh, keeping some areas of kanuka clear of wildings in case Halls Totara re-invades. In his view it is also inevitable that the tussock grasslands will be squeezed out by Hieracium and he conflates forests increasing rainfall with increasing water yield, which it simply doesn’t as shown by robust scientific study. I have been working in high country resource management for more than 30 years and on all accounts I believe he is wrong.Although forests are the climax community over most of Otago there is no inevitabil-ity that they will be exotic conifer forests, however it will be unless we do something about it. “Too expensive” is a subjectively loaded statement and it is up to us all to decide whether we want our rates and taxes spent on helping control this scourge. But let us get some perspective on this issue. The budget for Wakatipu Wilding Conifer group to control wildings around Queenstown for the next five years is $5.7 million and for Central Otago $2.3 million, so for $8 million we can go a long way to getting on top of the wilding tree problem in these areas. Even if it takes that much money again over the proceeding five years it is a small price to pay when the cost is our unique landscape and biodiversity, reduced water yield for irrigation and habitat and a dramatically increased fire risk. Sure there are benefits from increased forests such as carbon sequestration and timber, how-ever there are other ways of achieving these benefits such as planted forests in appropri-ate locations and facilitating indigenous forest recovery without the costs that result from the uncontrolled spread of wilding conifers across our landscapes.Issues surrounding Hieracium, erosion and nutrient run-off are all embedded in a far more complex matrix of historical land use, culture, ecology and economics and the solution to them is a better understanding and acknowledgement of these issues, not a knee-jerk retreat to fatalism like Mr Whiting is suggesting.

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Team yellow’s The Block party was in full swing on Sunday night sup-porting Wanaka local Tiffany Mair and Niki Osborne in their quest to win the series. Mum Bev Mair organised the party so family and friends could cheer the girls on. There were televisions

hooked up in every room so people could get a good look at the action. “It was a fantastic night. Everyone wore yellow and we had kids run-ning around everywhere,” Bev said.The series screens on TV3 Sundays at 7pm and Monday to Wednesday at 7.30pm.

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Two long-time friends are reuniting to perform at the Gold Guitar awards in Gore this weekend. Byron Bay's Kathryn Jones and Lake Hawea's Anna van Riel (pictured), both award-winning singer-songwriters, met in Australia’s east coast town of Mullumbimby at the monthly folk club.

They were taken with the each other’s musical energy and joined forces to become ‘'The Swingin' Cowgirls', a cheeky, tongue-in-cheek, country-folk duo with a cabaret twist. The duo performed regular slots at local clubs and festivals and took home awards at the 2010 Dolphin Music Awards.

In early 2011, Anna returned to New Zealand after learning that her first child was to be born with a rare and life threatening condition called a

giant omphalocele. Her baby would require major surgery and Anna needed to be with family.

"I call Jones my sister-from-another-mister, so leaving her was gutting," Anna said. "We'd come so far and worked so hard, so it was hard to let our musical progress go like that.”

Since then the Swingin' Cowgirls have per-formed two South Island tours. Anna booked Kathryn her last tour in NZ with Aussie's award-winning cowboy Steve Passfield after the release of Kathryn’s most recent album Lil Gypsy.

“I love NZ,” Kathryn said. "I love the country, I love the people and I love performing here.”

The duo performed an acoustic set for tenants of Elmslie House yesterday and are heading south to Gore tomorrow (Friday) with additional Hawea band member Anna Rowley on keys, accordion and vocals.

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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 DO YOU need a babysitter? I hold a de-gree in Early Childhood Education with +17 years of experience. Happy to help for $25/hour. 021 1601586ENTERPRISING COLLEGE student offering $12 banana boxes FULL of fine macrocarpa handsplit kindling, de-livered. Ring or text Nicholas. Fantastic firestarter! 027 470 3170GRANTS AVAILABLE for your groups arts project. Application forms at the li-brary or online at the QLDC website. JP SERVICES are available at Community Networks every Tuesday from 1pm and Friday from 10.30am. Please book your appointment by ring-ing Community Networks 03 443 7799.FREE LEGAL ADVICE available at Community Networks delivered by the Dunedin Community Law Centre on Wednesday 8th June. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment.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.CAREERS ADVICE and CV assistance available at Community Networks, de-livered by Central Otago REAP. Free to school leavers 17-23 yrs or $30/half hour session or by preapproved arrange-ment by Work & Income. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book.

NOT FOR profit training work-shop: ‘Governance and Management’. Facilitated by Community Networks Wanaka and delivered by the Otago Chamber of Commerce, 7 June, 6-9pm, Wanaka. This workshop focuses on the management, strategies and legal as-pects of governance for trustees, execu-tives and board members. Payment of $40 on registration. For further informa-tion, or to register, please contact 0800 42 49 68 or [email protected]

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WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store. Opening Hours – Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 4pm. We look forward to seeing you here!DONATIONS KINDLY received. Please drop them into the Salvation Army Family store or ph 443 5068 to book a pick up.BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Rosie Ford for information 021 189 6671WANAKA PRIMARY School ‘Op Shop’ open Tues & Thurs - 12 midday to 4pm. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

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Closure of Streets to Ordinary Vehicular TrafficPURSUANT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1974, notice is hereby given that consideration will be given, at the Property Subcommittee meeting, Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown on 23 June 2016, to the closures of the following road to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of holding the Light Up Wanaka Street Festivals 2016:

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Permanent part-time position We are looking for a dynamic and organised individual to fill our Accounts/Inventory Controller position in the busy Wanaka Pharmacy.This is an excellent opportunity for the person who wants a hands-on role, and to work as part of a great team.The primary responsibilities are managing both accounts receivable/payable along with processing inventory orders into stock and leading robust inventory management procedures. The candidate must have:• outstanding organisation and problem resolution skills.• the ability to work within multiple deadlines, take initiative and make quality improvements to inventory management systems, and to work with a variety of personalities.• the ability to work independently.• the ability to learn internal software packages, be PC literate and be proficient in the Google suite of applications. • Extensive experience in Quickbooks, MYOB or similar accounting package is a prerequisite.This is a part-time position, approx 30-35hrs per week. To apply please submit your cover letter and CV via email to [email protected] , drop them in to Wanaka Pharmacy or post to PO Box 45, Wanaka.

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The Matakanui Mudcats were no match for the Upper Clutha Sala-manders (pictured with coach) whose new two-one-two structure plus goalie paid dividends in its first win of the season. The UC team raced out to a first-half lead of 3-0, with goals from Matt Botting and Max Porter. Some skillful offensive play in the second half yielded four more goals scored by Matt, Max and Hudson Weathington. Jack Sandford, wearing full goalie kit for the first time, was impassable. The final score was 7-0. Caitlyn Curtis was awarded player of day for distributing the ball well, creating space for the goal scorers and thwarting the Mudcats’ attacking efforts.

In arguably their best performance of the season, the Marsupilamis took on the Wakatipu Wasps. It was a close match, but Upper Clutha’s perseverance paid off as Thomas Mitchell and Billie Crowe scored a goal each to level the score 2-2 at half time. Responding well to the pres-sure, the Marsupilamis continued to attack the opposition’s goal scoring twice more to lead the match 4-3 for much of the second half. However, despite some dogged defence, the opposition scored again and drew the match 4-4. Player of the day was awarded to Thomas Niles who made a resounding comeback in his first match after injury.

The Upper Clutha Kwik Sticks team faced Alexandra Storm in its second game of the season. While there was plenty of end-to-end action, the opposition’s sustained pressure led to two goals, for a 2-0 halftime lead. Upper Clutha battled hard in the second half but always struggled to beat the last defender. Alex picked up a third goal when Upper Clutha lost possession in its own circle and then scored another in the dying seconds to leave a final score 4-0. Billie Crowe was awarded player of the day for some tireless running in attack and

for her determination in defence.The Upper Clutha Senior B team

had its first win of the season against Cromwell. Upper Clutha showed dominance in the first half as Cromwell could not get the ball past its defensive line. Leading 1-0 into the second half, Upper Clutha went flat while Cromwell equalised. Upper Clutha fought back and peppered the goal with shots before scoring, to win 2-1. Clear communication and solid teamwork played a part in the team’s success.

Upper Clutha Black Senior Reserve A had a nail-biting game against a team of strong, tenacious boys from Dunstan High School. Upper Clutha met the challenge with gusto, matching each of Dunstan’s goals. With ten seconds to go and tied at four-all, Dunstan scored again to win the game 5-4. Despite the loss, the team played extremely well with notable performances in defence by Ben Harrington, Jacob Curtis and Madi Gainsford, fabulous saves by Brianna Curtis, goal scoring by Mel Telford and remarkable tackling and ball distribution by Tish Telford.

The Upper Clutha men’s team continued its unbeaten start to the season with a hard-fought victory over Queenstown. Upper Clutha began brightly and dominated pos-session for long periods but struggled in attack with the Queenstown defence intercepting the final pass time and again. Queenstown was strong in the counter-attack and scored the only goal of the first half. The second half followed a similar pattern, Upper Clutha was the more aggressive of the teams searching for an equaliser but needed a fine goal line clearance from Rich King to keep the score at 0-1. With 20 minutes left on the clock, Sam Morris converted a penalty stroke for UC to level the scores. As Queenstown began to fade, possession and territorial advantage were finally turned into goals as Dan Quinn twice crashed the ball past the keeper with reverse stick shots to deliver a 3-1 victory.

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HUGH PUGHFootball Correspondent

Wanaka FC clinched the Central Otago Football League title in fairytale fashion at Pembroke Park on Saturday afternoon.

WFC went into the game against third place Lakes United knowing that only a huge win would give them a chance of being crowned champions after last week’s draw with Frankton had seen Falcons leapfrog them into first position. In a contest where WFC needed its best performance of the season the yellow and blacks didn’t disap-point, thumping Lakes United 8-2. This is how the drama unfolded…

Coach Ian Bell and returning player/manager Al Carmichael decided a shake-up in team selec-tion and tactics were needed, all-out attack was the message to the boys. Seb Thursby and Tom Wild moved from familiar Centre Back rolls into midfield to bolster options going forward, whilst Gerard Bonny and Aaron Allen stepped in at the back to produce some heroic defending.

WFC grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck straight from the first whistle, scoring within five minutes. Seb Thursby met a cross from the right to wallop the ball into the top corner, 1-0. Before Lakes United could remember where they had packed their snow chains WFC found themselves 2-0 when Seb pounced on a goalkeeping error to tap home from six yards. Lakes battled back to carve out a few opportunities before Jiffy Griffiths met an Ian Bell flick on at the back post with a left-foot finish, 3-0 to the home side. Paul Hodg-

son then netted after some smart play to cap off an emphatic first half performance, 4-0 at halftime.

Meanwhile, Falcons played Wanaka Youth over in Queenstown. Falcons and WFC were equal on points with just +1 goal difference in favour of Falcons at the top of the table. With this in mind WFC were hoping Wanaka Youth could do them a huge favour and dig in to keep the score down over the hill.

With the impossible becoming possible WFC decided to throw the kitchen sink at the visitors. This tactic also left them vulnerable at the back and Lakes struck first in the second half, 4-1. Wanaka’s chances looked grim at this point, then after rallying calls from the troops Seb completed his hat-trick. Game on at 5-1. Paul then collected an excellent pass from Ferg. Dribbling from the halfway line he managed to find some space at the edge of the box to smash home Wanaka’s sixth. To Lakes United’s credit they continued to play football and managed to squeeze a goal back, 6-2.

Wanaka weren’t to know but at this stage they were still in second place, they needed more goals! Up stepped WFC’s top goal scorer Matt Florida. A mammoth effort and some glorious counter-attacking resulted in Matt scoring twice in the last 15 minutes. Final score 8-2. Over in Queenstown, Wanaka Youth bravely battled to an 8-4 loss, meaning Wanaka FC won the title by +1 goal difference.

A fantastic finish to the league and a great advert for football in Central Otago.

Next week is the start of the cup competition. WFC face Rovers Classic away in Queenstown.

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Bella Fraser, Sam Coupland and Wilfred Spearing have returned from New Zealand’s Secondary Schools rogaine championships as winners of the senior mixed teams trophy.

Mount Aspiring College’s sports coordinator Jacky Toepfer said that the trio were extremely happy with

their result. “They have been training and com-

peting in various events around the South Island since they were initially inspired by the sport last year and they have learned a lot,” Jacky said.

Bella, Sam and Wilfred will join five other year 11 Mount Aspiring students at the Hillary Outdoors six-hour adventure race in Christchurch on June 12.

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Wanaka Rowing Club held its award night on Friday at the Peak Function Centre.

Riley Bruce, who in his final year of rowing with Mount Aspiring College won a bronze medal in the Maadi Cup in April, was awarded the Tony Wellman Electrical Trophy for Rower of the Year. His father, and head coach, Rob Bruce was also recognised with the Dedication to Coaching award.

The most improved juniors were Sam Pearce, who was awarded the David Varney Cup, and Bridie Hurley, who took home the Bruce Family Cup. Masters Rower of the Year was Pip Ewing.

Flynn Brown earned the Ashton-Wilson Shield for Cox-wain of the Year and also the President’s Trophy with fellow coxswain Estelle Mathews and the under-15 girls Maadi quad Peta McKay, Greer Porter, Samantha Garrick, Laura Neale, Hannah Humphreys, Kilita Fouchee, Mag-gie Stiven and Emma Smith.

David Ayres was announced as Club Member of the Year, taking home the Galloway Trophy, while the Doug Stewart Cup for Most Outstanding Community Supporter was presented to Nic Blennerhassett, Michael Sidey and Mick Hollyer of The Wanaka Watersports Facility Trust.

Pictured: (back row) Pip Ewing, Rob Bruce, Estelle Norman, Emma Smith, Greer Porter, Sam Pearce, Bridie Hurley, Riley Bruce, (front row) Maggie Stiven, Han-nah Humphreys, Flynn Brown, Peta McKay and David Ayres.


Frisbee golf fanatics Kyle Martin and Hayley Flintoft are heading to Canada to represent New Zealand against some of the best players in the world, in the first ever team frisbee competition.

Wanaka Frisbee Golf Club’s Hayley, who is the number one female frisbee golf player in New Zealand, and Kyle, who is in the top ten male players, have been selected to join a team of eight in Vancouver in August.

The couple first got into frisbee golf around two years ago, travel-ling to competitions around the country, and they say they feel privileged to be part of the growing sport.

“We absolutely love it. It is great because people of all ages can play, and the disc golf community in New Zealand is fantastic. We’re feeling confident but nervous,” Hayley said.

The pair are holding a fundraising evening, starting at 4pm, at Kai Whaka Pai tomorrow (Friday June 3), where they hope people will come and enjoy a drink, some food and some music whilst helping to raise money for the players.

Players must fund their flights and accommodation, which is around $24,000 to $26,000 for the whole team. “We all do this for the love of the sport, and no-one gets paid. All money raised will go back to what the players have spent getting themselves to the competition, and we would just be stoked to get anything,” Kyle (pictured) said.

Wanaka Frisbee Golf Club welcomes new members to play at Lismore Park every Sunday at 12.30pm.

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