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ake Hawea residents are adamant that they want a chlorine free water supply,

in spite of an outbreak of E.coli in January.

Questions relating to the outbreak were answered by representatives of Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and Veolia at a community meeting at Lake Hawea Community Centre on Tuesday, March 15. The setup of the new borefield and the delay in commissioning it were also discussed.

QLDC chief engineer Ulrich

Glasner said the delay in com-missioning the borefield occurred in October 2015 when it was de-tected there could be damage to the pumps if there was a power outage. The manufacturer was contacted to verify the surge protector in place would protect the UV system and the pumps if that occurred. After this was confirmed by the manufacturer the commissioning re-commenced.

“The borefield should be fully commissioned in the next two to three weeks once the UV manufac-turer has visited the site to check the system is all working properly,” Ulrich said.

The old water intake will be decommissioned once the new borefield is fully commissioned.

Residents wanted to know what had been done in terms of sampling and finding the cause of the E.coli outbreak in January.

Veolia contract manager Jek Rozitis said exhaustive water sampling had been carried out along with extensive inspections of the water reservoir, piping system, water intakes, lake shores and streams.

“We have not been able to detect the source of the outbreak. There are six sites that we took samples from twice a week to give us confi-

dence that the water supply is safe. There could be numerous sources of contamination and it is some-times hard to find out why some-thing happens,” Jek said.

Hawea resident Don Robertson said, “it seems like you are giving up trying to find out where the E.coli is coming from. Phill Hunt has offered to use Federated Farmers funds to help find the cause. I urge you to find out the source.”

Ulrich said as more of the water supply comes from the new bore-field there will not be any immedi-ate need to chlorinate the supply, but he would recommend it.

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Members of the Wanaka Community Board visited the site of the algae removal trial taking place at the Beacon Point water intake on Tues-day, March 15.

Representatives from Veolia and Queenstown Lakes District Council explained the project strategy and gave the board members insight into how the trial was progressing.

The intake has four pumps, each pumping 100 litres of water per second. Three pumps have been running all summer to cope with the huge water demand in the town over that period. A total of 300 litres of water per second is pumped from the lake at this intake. The water is then pumped uphill to Beacon Point reservoir and into the chlorination plant. The water is then gravity fed into town. This intake point provides two-thirds of the Wanaka water supply.

The project strategy was to find a clarifier process that could consistently remove algae affecting the Wanaka water supply. The trial is helping Veolia and QLDC determine whether this type of water treatment process is effective in removing algae and will provide accurate data for the design of a full scale treatment plant, if the council proceed with it.

Veolia contract manager Jek Rozitis said, “the plant is owned by Veolia and is moved around New Zealand performing different functions. There is a tank beside the plant which collects concentrated algae that is removed by the plant.”

QLDC chief engineer Ulrich Glasner said the trial is going well.

“Preliminary results from this trial show the treatment process is successfully removing up to 90 percent of the algae. The trial will run until the end of March and the results from this test will act

as a baseline to work out what it takes in costs and effort to fix the problem,” he said.

After the data is collated the council will report back to the Wanaka Community Board.

“The results will be available around May. This will be a rather long term process and there is no money in this year’s annual budget to do anything about it,” Ulrich said.

WCB chairwoman Rachel Brown said the earliest the project could be considered would be in the 2018 Annual Plan.

Pictured: Veolia plant manager Ross Grieve shows WCB member Ross McRobie the treatment plant at the Beacon Point intake point.

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Fourteen lucky people were hosted by Annabel Langbein and her husband Ted Hewetson for a ‘long lunch’ at her Wanaka studio on Sunday, March 13. This event was a prize offered at the Trelise Cooper Wanaka Hospice Fundraiser which was held in September 2015. The prize raised $7000 for the new Aspiring Enliven facility.

The attendees were treated to a mouth-watering menu which included dishes of hot whitebait sandwiches and zucchini and goat’s cheese crostini for starters, crayfish and avocado lettuce cups with creamy tarragon dressing and flat-roasted salmon with cherry tomatoes and herb oil for mains and flourless chocolate cake with berry coulis and meringues with hazelnut cream for dessert.

Annabel said, “In the small Wanaka communi-ty, it is great to be in the position to support this important end of life support facility. It was so lovely to work with everyone. Everybody rallied together and we made something special.”

“I would very much like to do a shoutout of thanks to the people and suppliers who have so kindly donated their time and products free of charge to raise money for this worthy initiative.”

Those who donated their time and products were Mt Cook Alpine Salmon, Duncan Vinson, Saveur Duck, Mediterranean Market Wanaka, Kapiti Cheese, Anna Mackay and Sarah Shore from Barefoot Styling, Tiffany Firth, Carol Ayers, Inga McKay, Bev Rudkin and Annabel Langbein Media.

Annabel, centre, is pictured with, from left, Anna Mackay, Carol Ayers, Sarah Shore and Tiffany Firth.

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Queenstown Cat Rescue has ap-pealed to Wanaka for volunteers following an increase in reports of stray cats in the town.

“We want to get the stray cat population in Wanaka under control before the government’s plans to use poison come into place. At the moment, legislation is being drafted to get rid of stray cats by dumping a whole load of poison, and if they do that, a lot of other animals will get caught up in it. If birds and dogs start eating the poison it won’t be good,” Glenorchy volunteer Ginny Sharp said.

Cat Rescue’s focus is to reduce the stray cat population by using the trap-neuter-return method, in which cats are de-sexed, vet checked and

returned to their original environ-ment with volunteer support and a daily feeding programme, or fostered in preparation for adoption to a permanent home.

Around five more volunteers are needed before a Wanaka Cat Rescue can be established. They will help with setting up cat traps, transport-ing cats to and from the vets, feeding stray cat colonies, fundraising and fostering.

“Volunteering hours are flexible, but people wishing to foster a cat must be committed as it can take anything from a day to a couple of months for a cat to find a permanent home. A lot of people fall in love with them and end up keeping them,” Ginny said.

To find out more about volunteer-ing, contact Ginny on 027 695 0276 or visit qcatrescue.org.nz.

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“We urge you to chlorinate the water to keep it safe and then we do not have to come back to you and enforce a boil water order,” he said.

Wanaka Community Board chairwoman Rachel Brown said, “the community up to now has requested to have no chlorine. This is a very important decision and we are taking this seriously.”

Hawea resident Jude Battson was against the addition of chlorine to

the water supply.“We have had so many years

without chlorine and (the chlorine) is ghastly. When they add chlorine to the system I go down to the lake and get my water straight from the lake. The community will want to retain a chlorine-free water supply. None of us mind if we have to boil water or if the system has to be flushed through,” Jude said.

The meeting was attended by 68 residents, 67 said they did not want chlorine added to the water supply.

A public meeting has been scheduled to discuss safety issues and options for Ballantyne Road, following a series of accidents.Wanaka Community Board chair-woman Rachel Brown said that the board needed to start making some decisions about the future of the road, and that there were many different options open to them.

“It is very complex. It is not a sim-ple yes or no decision and we have to consider all the options. There are so many different decisions and each one has ramifications,” Rachel said. The WCB will present its sugges-tions to a community forum on Wednesday March 30 at 6pm at Lake Wanaka Centre.

The fire service’s request for a new licence to install a siren in Lismore Park has been approved by Wanaka Community Board. Members of the board present at the community board meeting on Wednesday March 16 voted in favour of recommending the

granting of the licence to council. Minor objections were raised regarding noise but Councillor Calum MacLeod reiterated his support for the licence as it would be important to the fire service. The suggested commencement date for the new siren is April 1.

Lismore Park fire siren approved by Wanaka Community Board

Public meeting to address safety of Ballantyne Road


Wanaka Golf Club’s proposal to fund an underpass connecting holes nine and ten under Ballan-tyne Road is being considered by the Wanaka Community Board.

The golf club have approached the board for its support if the project goes ahead, which they are confident they can fund.

Wanaka Community Board chair-woman Rachel Brown said that it would make sense for the council to support the proposal as it may link in with their own plans for the road.

The council’s transport strategy for the area includes a cycle and

walking path for Ballantyne Road, which would line up with the intersection on which the golf club propose to locate the new underpass.

“It would make sense for the council to support this concept if it could also form part of the planned cycle and walkway net-work. If the two come together in the same place then it could work,” Rachel said.

The board will now consider whether the underpass is justified and whether it will effectively link with the council’s strategy.

Rachel said that this would present a good opportunity to further discussions surrounding the transport strategy.

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Bella Wright (five), pictured, is a Child Cancer Foundation Central Otago ambassador and wants to be a ballerina or florist when she grows up. Bella lives in Wanaka and was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) in February 2014 when she was aged three.

Bella’s mum Kelly spent many weeks in hospital in Christchurch with Bella for treatment which involved many hours of travelling to and from Christchurch and later Dunedin hospital.

Kelly said, “our lives were turned completely upside down, but as Bella is now on maintenance, we travel to Dunedin once a month for treatment as well as regular blood tests at our nearest hospital.”

Kelly said Bella is doing very well and will be finishing her treatment in mid-April.

Bella’s family met their local Child Cancer Foundation Family Support coordinator, Christine, early on in treatment and Kelly said the support they have received has been invaluable.

“We have had so much help from the Child Cancer Foundation. We were given a lovely bag while in hospital full of essential things as well as toys for both my kids to keep them distracted. Our local rep has also given presents on birthdays and Easter eggs. They just do little things that make such a big difference,” Kelly said.

Kelly is also very grateful for the financial support the Foundation has been able to provide, including supermarket gift cards and petrol cards for the many trips for Bella’s treatments and specialist appointments.

“Bella has really liked receiving the beads of courage. She is looking forward to getting the final treatment bead,” she said.

March is Child Cancer Appeal month. The aim of the month is to raise both awareness about the

vital support the Child Cancer Foundation offers to children with cancer and their families as well as seek donations to support its work.

The Child Cancer Foundation annual street appeal takes place on Friday, 18 and Saturday, 19 March.

The Foundation receives no direct funding from the government, so relies on the generosity of New Zealanders. To make an instant $3 donation to the Child Cancer Foundation text ‘HELP’ to 833 or visit www.childcancer.org.nz to make a donation of your choice.

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Bart Nicol delivers amenities to people in Fiji affected by Cyclone Winston. Bart and his wife Kim took four suitcases of items donated by the people of Wanaka over to the country to help those who need it.

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Wanaka Fire Brigade’s crash rescue team is on the look-out for old cars as they train for a crash rescue competition next month.

The competition, held in Milton, is open to volunteer fire brigades on the South Island, ahead of the national competition in New Plymouth in May.

“It’s a win-win situation, as people can get rid of their old cars and it gives us more of a chance to practise. The extra training is great for when we go to real car acci-dents on the road, so we’re looking for more cars to practise with before the competition,” volunteer fire-fighter Jodie Rainsford said.

The team of six will be given three car accident scenarios, which Jodie said are made as difficult as possible. They are then scored in a range of areas includ-ing how they work as a team, the speed and efficiency of their rescue and how they treat their patient, all within a half an hour time limit.

Last year was the first year that Wanaka entered the competition, in which they won awards for the best teamwork and the most innovative team.

Anyone wishing to donate a car to the fire brigade can call Jodie on 021 356 353.

Pictured: Wanaka Fire Brigade’s crash rescue team on a previous training day.

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The first set of traffic lights in the Queenstown Lakes District will be installed at the intersection of Queenstown’s Stanley and Ballarat streets. Trenching and laying ducts for cabling across the intersections has been scheduled for this week.

The signals are the first of two sets of lights to replace rounda-bouts in downtown Queenstown and are being installed in a joint initiative between QLDC and the NZ Transport Agency.

Mayor Vanessa van Uden and Tony Sizemore, the NZTA’s transport planning manager, said that increased pedestrian safety was the primary reason for the change.

The lights will also improve traffic flows and reduce conges-tion at peak periods.

The installation of the lights will begin after Easter, along with changes to kerbs, gutters and crossing points. The lights are due to operate in mid-April.

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Hon Bill English, the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Paul Kelly, editor-at-large on The Austral-ian, are joining the list of notable speakers at Wanaka’s Aspiring Conversations festival of ideas from April 22 to 24.

Bill joins the panel for “The New Zealand Project” on Saturday, April 23 alongside writer and Rhodes Scholar Max Harris and David Farrar, the editor of Kiwiblog who has also worked in Parliament.

Paul Kelly, pictured, is one of Aus-tralia’s most senior journalists having covered the country’s political life for more than 40 years. He will discuss New Zealand’s shifting relation-ship with our closest neighbour in “Advance Australia fair?” on Sunday, April 24.

Festival director Philip Tremewan said the addition of two high profile and influential speakers was a reflection of the festival’s growing reputation.

“There is an increasing appetite for events like Aspiring Conversations where audiences can take an active part in debating the big issues we

all face. Bill and Paul are both at the top of their respective professions and will bring powerful arguments to bear,” he said.

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Ladi6 and Jon Toogood will be performing at this year’s YAMI Sounz Summit in May.

Ladi6 will perform a concert at the Lake Wanaka Centre on Saturday May 14 and YAMI (Youth and Adults in the Music Industry) culminates with a public showcase featuring Jon Toogood and the performance students.

During the weekend the students will work with New Zealand music industry identities including Jon Toogood, Anika Moa, Ladi6, Laughton Kora, Julia Deans, Katie Thompson, Barnaby Weir, Devin Abrams, Sam Flynn Scott, Tali, Thomas Oliver, Parks, Warren Maxwell and Rio Hemopo.

The weekend summit will include such topics as “Show Me the Money”, “The Tough Stuff” and “Sync or Swim”, as well as songwriting and beat making, to address the real issues facing musicians, managers, promoters and producers in the industry.

A panel of music professionals, which includes Head of APRA, Anthony Healey, CEO of New Zealand Music Commission Cath Anderson,

Massey University’s Nicky Harrop, NZ on Air Head of Music and Radio David Ridler, media arts lawyer Dan Chisholm, artist managers Cush-la Aston and Teresa Patterson, will discuss the career opportunities available in the industry.

“The calibre, depth of knowledge and experi-ence within this group of tutors is astounding,” director Lynne Christie said. “It is vital we continue to nurture the talents of aspiring musi-cians, managers and producers; the summit is a chance for youth and adults to aim higher.”

YAMI has received funding from Recorded Music NZ, Lion Foundation, Lake Wanaka Tour-ism, Central Lakes Trust Arts Support Scheme, and New Zealand Music Commission.

“The continued support for this summit – at both a local and national level has been unbe-lievable, and we’re committed to delivering an exceptional weekend for music lovers,” YAMI spokesperson Martine Harding said.

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Locals and holidaymakers turned up for the Wanaka community springs working bee on Sunday, March 13. The spring is located near the Dinosaur Park on Lakeside Road and captures water from a natural spring and feeds it into Lake Wanaka.

Organiser Richard Windelov said, “The spring has become a highly valuable resource to the area and provides a great place to quench the thirst of the body and soul. The team put in some good hard yakka and removed about half a tonne of stones form the heart-shaped

pond, mostly thrown in by little and slightly bigger boys.”

The group removed algae, carried out a general tidy-up and estab-lished some new plants. They also found a lot of baby trout which were released into the lake.

“The polished concrete basin was cleared out and we can now see the four golden spirals energising the water. We ask as a community that we honour this valuable resource and kindly request that the stones stay in the gardens,” Richard said.

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Ten weeks in, and more than halfway to raising $10,000 for TEAR Fund, New Zealander Rebekah Clews has stopped off in Wanaka on her hike of the Te Araroa trail.

Rebekah, who camped out in Albert Town earlier this week, used her days in Wanaka to rest a badly sprained right ankle, which followed several sprains to her left ankle and a bad back.

“So far, the injuries have been the most challeng-ing part. The walking up hills and the weather has all been ok, but the injuries are hard,” she said.

The walk is to support New Zealand-based aid and development organisation TEAR Fund, and to promote awareness of human trafficking across the world, a cause that 24-year-old Rebekah, pictured, first became passionate about when she was 18 on a trip to Thailand and Cambodia.

“A group of children, around eight or nine years old, tried prostituting themselves to me and my group. It was heartbreaking but at the time I didn’t know what I could do. It’s always stuck with me and I’ve always wanted to do this to bring aware-ness. Most people don’t know much about human and sex trafficking, but it’s a bigger problem now than it has ever been in the history of the human race. It happens here in New Zealand too, but people don’t know.”

With around four weeks left to go, Rebekah is kept motivated by her partner Jonathan, who has walked most of the route with her, and the gen-erosity of the donations which have so far raised $6100 of her $10,000 target.

“Jonathan is my big support. Sometimes I think, am I even making a difference at all? Or if I stopped walking would people even notice? But when peo-ple call to see how I’m doing or donate that is the biggest motivation I can get. It keeps me going.”

Rebekah will continue on to Queenstown and then straight through to Bluff, sticking to forests and bush, avoiding the road where possible.

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The Warbirds Over Wanaka crew are gearing up for the show with aircraft arriving and grandstands being erected in readiness for the show.

Warbirds over Wanaka Airshow general manager Ed Stevens said, “we are in full operational mode in terms of setting up the airshow and are ready to welcome crowds over the Easter weekend.”

On Monday the UK-based Messerschmitt Me-109 arrived in Wanaka in a container after a two-month long journey. The aircraft holds the record for being the most produced fighter aircraft of all time with a total of 33,000 built. The aircraft is something of a movie star, having flown in the 1968 “Battle of Britain” movie and then 20 years later starring alongside Tom Cruise in “Valkyrie”.

The aircraft is owned by the Aircraft Restoration Company based at Duxford in England and will be piloted in Wanaka by ARC owner John Romain.

John is excited about coming to Wanaka.“It has been on my wish-list for some time

to bring the Me-109 out to New Zealand and performing at the famous Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow ticks a lot of boxes for me,” John said.

Also on display at this year’s show is the Douglas DC3, a fixed-wing propeller driven aircraft that played a key role during World War II and had a lasting impact on the airline industry. This aircraft, pictured on the Wanaka Airport runway, was manufactured in 1944 and served with various units and squadrons in continental America before being transferred to Japan and the Philip-pines for service in the Korean War. It was bought in 1987 by a New Zealand Warbird group and the aircraft is currently on a 12-day New Zealand tour. The aircraft will return to Wanaka in time for the airshow.

Ed said they were still looking for volunteers to help.

“Most of our key roles have been filled, but if there is someone out there who can give one or more days to help out that would be fantastic,” Ed said. If you are interested in volunteering, call the airshow office on 443 8619.


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At last …It’s taken untold tragedy, inquir-ies, a Royal Commission, a task-force and a rather lengthy – and sometimes jagged – jaunt along the parliamentary process, but the implementation of one of the most significant pieces of workplace legislation in history is nigh.

Yes, it’s the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 … and I’m liking the way it’s finally shaped up. Big pic-ture, it’s moving us away from what was rather compliance-driven, box-ticking law to, what I consider, is something more user-friendly, in-clusive, applicable and, most criti-cally, more likely to achieve the ulti-mate objective: minimise harm and save lives. We see the sickening headlines all too regularly: workers injured and killed in all manner of ways, in all types of industries. It’s, perhaps, though, not until those numbers are tallied up that the true horror of just how many of us are maimed or die on the job really hits home.

Janice’s Lesson Number 1: Accord-ing to research out of the Univer-sity of Otago, going to work in New Zealand, we are twice as likely to die as if we were going to work across the ditch, and four times more at risk than in a British work-place. It doesn’t take a statistician to deduce something has gone very amiss in terms of Kiwi work-place safety.

Given Australia’s far healthier track record, not surprisingly, our new legislation takes a major leaf out

of our trans-Tasman neighbour’s book, and is largely modelled on its health and safety laws.

Tools and teeth

Drawing on the “Robens Model”, it provides more “broad-brush” rules, allowing each industry to person-alise its approach according to its own specific, unique risks and con-siderations. These rules, however, are underpinned by approved, industry-specific codes of prac-tice, developed by the regulatory authorities in consultation with the affected sectors.

Janice’s Lesson Number 2: This new legislation strikes a more prac-tical balance between providing proactive tools for businesses to self-manage their workplace safety in a meaningful, individualised way, and “teeth” – appropriate, and suit-ably significant, consequences for those whose failures cause injury, or worse.

Not surprisingly, I’ve been fielding quite a few calls recently, as my business clients ensure they’re up to speed. One key area of confu-sion is around exactly who’s who in the zoo – especially the new-fan-gled “PCBU”. Come the first Mon-day in April, I along with thousands of others in Kiwi workplaces take on the title of “person conducting a business or undertaking”. What’s that, you say? In short, a PCBU is a sole trader, an incorporated com-pany, partnership, or some sort of organisation – but not all organisa-tions, mind.

Voluntary organisations are ex-empt, but they must be completely volunteer-based. Add in the likes of a paid event co-ordinator, for ex-ample, and ta-ta exemption. There are also liability limitations around school boards and councils: trus-tees and councillors can be found to have technically broken the law, but can’t be prosecuted; CEOs, principals and staff, however, can still feel the full weight of the law.

Janice’s Lesson Number 3: While the buck ultimately stops with us PCUBs, this legislation represents a significant cultural shift, em-bracing inclusiveness and collec-tive planning, responsibility and problem-solving. It starts at the top with “office holders”, like directors. But forget covering your directorial butt by ticking off some weighty re-port at the end of a lengthy meet-ing. Under the new law, directors are expected to have done the active due diligence necessary to satisfy themselves – and, if needs be, prove – they’ve done all that is practicably reasonable to provide a safe workplace. Oh, and this is not a one-off task … it’s on-going. Leaders should be regularly check-ing that any health and safety measures agreed are actually hap-pening – and working.

Working togetherA key tenet of the incoming law is shifting the workplace safety cul-ture from one of “hazard identifi-cation” to one of “managing risk” – and that, say the legislators, must be a team event. Accordingly, qual-ity consultation, collaboration and

communication, including informa-tion sharing, is expected through-out the workplace, with everyone shouldering a duty to do their bit for keeping themselves, and anyone else who’s in their workplace, safe. Remember, too, staff at businesses with 20-or-more employees can in-sist on the appointment of a health and safety representative and com-mittee.

The new Act also carefully reflects that not all work sites are neat, modular affairs with one chief. Con-struction sites are a prime example – as well as the head contractor, there are usually numerous other contractors on site, and that means potentially multiple duty holders, who may very well share the same responsibilities; hence, they carry an obligation to both co-ordinate and co-operate to ensure a joint, cohesive approach to protecting everyone’s health and safety.

With this new spotlight on taking the “reasonably practicable” steps to eliminate – or, where’s that’s not possible, minimise – risk, a ques-tion I’m being asked is: Ok, so where is the line … what’s “reason-ably practicable”?

A telling testJanice’s Lesson Number 4: Unfor-tunately, there is no definitive an-swer to what’s likely always a sub-jective call. A presenter at a recent seminar I attended on the new Act, gave one of the most useful litmus tests I’ve heard. Ask yourself the question: In hindsight, would I have done something differently? If so,

being realistic, would that alterna-tive action have been practicable?

Like all new laws, we can expect a bedding-in period. However, I am anticipating the crackdown won’t take long to arrive – after all the Government’s hanging its hat on this legislation realising a mas-sive objective: a whopping 25 per cent reduction in workplace deaths by 2020. Now, wouldn’t that be amazing?

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The wedding industry in Wanaka has had a bumper season with both accommodation and wedding venues seeing real growth in the sector this year.

Wyndham Vacation Resort Wanaka recorded close to 100 percent occu-pancy for January and February with much of the resort’s accommodation booked out for weddings.

Wyndham Wanaka has been working with Rippon Vineyard for the past year to develop and promote unique wedding packages.

Resort manager Kaydee George said the spectacular scenery of the South Island is a huge drawcard for international and domestic visitors, especially couples looking for beau-tiful locations to exchange vows.

“Many will charter helicopter flights into the mountains to capture dramatic backdrops for their wed-ding photos,” Kaydee said.

“Our wedding packages allow the bride and groom to enjoy the very best of what Wanaka has to offer and

then retreat to one of our beautiful self-contained apartments. The resort’s luxurious four-bedroom presidential suite is also very popular with newlyweds.”

The Venue owner Maxine Makeham has been in

the wedding industry in Wanaka for 14 years, the last six at her current location. She is passionate about the industry and focuses on using

local businesses wherever possible.“It’s an amazing in-

dustry. We have increased our business year on year. Our

brides come from everywhere, but we have about 30-40 percent from overseas with a large portion of those from Australia,” Maxine said.

With the increase in demand there has been new venues offering wed-ding venues including The Lavender Farm and Criffel Woolshed.

“Wanaka is a popular place to get married, and if people in our industry do a good job, the bookings will continue to grow,” Maxine said.

Existing wedding venues Lookout Lodge, Glendhu Station and Hawea Hotel have all reported consistent or increased bookings for this season.

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A graduation tea was held for the nine new Breastfeeding Peer Supporters from Wanaka, Cromwell and Queenstown at the Lake Wanaka Centre on Tuesday.

Breastfeeding Peer Supporters are volunteers who are trained to provide breastfeeding sup-port and information on the normal course of breastfeeding, overcoming common barriers and breastfeeding problems. Local mothers are avail-able for one-on-one support, phone or text help, monthly informal group drop-in sessions and home visits. They graduate from a programme based on La Leche League New Zealand’s Peer Counsellor Programme and complete approxi-mately 30 hours of breastfeeding education. They can also take part in an Annual Accreditation process with means they have undertaken extra education and development about breastfeeding in the last year.

“It has been a privilege to get to know such a motivated group of mothers whom I envisage being a real asset to their community,” facilitator Catkin Bartlett said.

“The peer supporter programme is a really ef-fective initiative which helps to empower mothers experiencing breastfeeding challenges and to make choices that suit their family.”

Breastfeeding Peer Support Wanaka hold a monthly drop-in session on the first Monday of every month at Plunket (10.30am to 11.30am). There is also a Breastfeeding Resource Library which will be based out of Plunket.

The Otago and Southland Breastfeeding Sup-port programme has been running since 2012 and more than 120 trained peer supporters have been trained since the start.

Details of peer supporters and information can be found at www.breastfeedingsos.co.nz. Wanaka Breastfeeding Support also has a Facebook page.

Pictured: Eight of the nine new Breastfeeding Peer Supporters and their facilitator Catkin Bartlett (second from right) at a graduation tea at Lake Wanaka Centre on Tuesday.

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Passenger numbers increase in FebruaryRecord passenger numbers have continued at Queenstown Airport with a 21.1 percent increase to 148,698 in total passengers flying in and out of Queenstown compared with the same period last year. Chinese New Year, Waitangi Day holiday weekend and various events, including the Challenge Wanaka triathlon, played a key role in boosting travel.Domestic passenger numbers were up 22.2 percent compared to February 2015. There is no mechanism to measure international travellers on a domestic flight, but it is likely the impact of long haul services added into New Zealand had a flow-on effect, particularly on the Auckland-Queenstown route which was up 31 percent.

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Wedding celebrant Gina Matete officiated at a wedding with a difference on Tuesday morning for Tasmanian couple Christopher Jaap and Alexan-dra Gordon.

In a borrowed rowboat the couple, cel-ebrant and locals Amanda Smees and Chelsea Greenslade, who acted as witnesses to the marriage, rowed out into Roy’s Bay where Gina performed the ceremony.

She said it was the first time she had married a couple on the lake.

Alexandra had kept the wedding plans a surprise from family and friends and had only told Chris her plans on Saturday. They flew into Christchurch and drove to Wanaka to exchange vows on Chris’s birthday.

“The weather played its part by giving us a clear window of around 20 minutes to row the boat out to have the ceremony,” Gina said. “The lake was calm and clear, the water was a beautiful deep colour and it was better than any of us thought.”

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A record breaking crowd of about 40,000 attended the 79th annual Wanaka A&P Show last weekend.

Wanaka Show coordinator Jane Stalker said Friday was busy but Saturday was “huge”.

“We were blown away by the numbers this year,” Jane said. “We even ran out of tickets and had to use our back-up supply.”

Trade exhibitor numbers were also up, with 472 stalls compared to last year’s record 460, and the more than 300 equestrian entries, beat last year’s record of 290 combinations.

“It has been a fantastic couple of days and we have had a lot of positive comments from our visitors - with some people even coming to Wanaka from the North Island specifically for the Show. It’s great that people know it as a major event for this region – something which our local community benefits from,” Jane said.

The new park-and-ride initiative, trialled successfully on Saturday, will be introduced across both days next year.

Wanaka Show guest of honour Catriona Williams, who attended the Show for the first time with her husband Sam, said they have had an

“amazing” time: “We have come to an A&P show

that has heart and soul,” Catriona said. “Everyone here has been so wonderful. If you have got a bucket list, the Wanaka A&P Show should be on it.”

A fundraising event for Catriona’s charity, the CatWalk Spinal Injury Trust, raised $6875 on Friday night.

Pictured: Pat McCarthy leads out the popular Jack Russell race.

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Otago Polytechnic has purchased the “Bannockburn Block” at 25 Bannockburn Road, previously leased to Otago Polytechnic by Contact Energy.“The purchase means we can now con-solidate our three existing campuses into the Bannockburn Block and create a hub of learning in Central Otago, which we’ve had on our wish list for a very long time,” Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker said.Programmes in horticulture, viticulture, sports turf and stonemasonry are currently situated in

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Popular walking spot Mount Iron has been given a spring clean this month by Wanaka’s environmen-tally-friendly keas group.

In order to achieve their environment and conservation badge this term, the children, aged between six and eight, must actively take care of their surroundings, including growing plants and caring for animals.

The group have been taking care of plants at Eely Point, some of which have been planted by previous keas over the years, and picking up litter left by walkers around Mount Iron.

“The Mount Iron trip was mainly for learning

about animals on the way up, then on the way back down we picked up litter to stop animals getting trapped and hurt in the rubbish. I’ve been doing the same trip for a few years and this year was the cleanest it has been, which is a very good sign,” group leader Hugh Phillips said.

Still to come is a talk by the Department of Conservation to teach the children about the kind of work that they do. The keas work towards one badge per term, a total of four each year.

Hugh, who has been scouting for 26 years and came to Wanaka from Wales, said that the children love getting outside and completing their various tasks.

Pictured: The Wanaka Keas learning about the environment at the top of Mount Iron.

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GREBE DIARYThe Wanaka Branch of the Royal Society recently hosted one of the world authorities on parasites as its guest speaker and rather surprisingly the Lake Hayes grebes came up as part of his talk.Professor Robert Poulin of Otago University has specialised in unravelling the life cycles of parasites and particularly discovering the ways that parasites modify the behaviour of their host so that complex life cycles can be completed.There is a parasitic fluke (a tiny worm) thus far found only in Lake Hayes whose first intermediate host is a freshwater snail. These develop within the snail into free swimming larvae that in turn are eaten by small freshwa-ter fish (Bullies), its second intermediate host.It is the next move that is quite extraordinary, for these larvae migrate to the eye of the fish (1.3mm in diameter) and are able to swim freely within the eyeball. Not surprisingly, it is thought that the movement of these little worms within the eye possibly, (note the scientific caution), compromises the natural predator avoidance behaviour of the fish making the fish much easier to catch by their primary host, a bird. The largest number recorded in a single eye is nineteen. It is thought (even more caution) that the primary host may be a crested grebe.The only way that we can discover if that is the case is to examine the body of a recently dead grebe. Taking a live one for a parasitic examina-tion is absolutely not on. If there is anyone out there that ever finds a dead grebe, adult or chick, can you get it to me as soon as possible? There is a PhD student out there waiting to make an exciting discovery.

John Darby13 March 2016

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Since the Otago Rail Trail Trust set the stand-ard, it is not surprising it took “top cycling honour” throughout the country. However, the standard it set is a poor one. The idea of a rail trail through Otago was a good one and what was created is certainly better than nothing. The scenery, if not spectacular, is generally pleasant and worth taking time to appreciate. Unfortunately, the poor quality of the surface prevents this as it consists of a narrow, worn track through loose gravel. To take one’s eyes off the front wheel for too long leads to a spill

in the gravel. I’m glad the track exists but let’s not get carried away. It is unfinished. Mind

you, it is in good company. The Lake

Ohau to Omarama section of the Alps to Ocean track is not only shoddy but dangerously so. Independent cyclists carrying all their own gear on their bikes (which makes them heavy to han-dle) are encouraged to use these tracks. They are not advertised as mountain bike courses. Therefor the fact is that the general standard of surfaces is appallingly bad. And believe me, local and international tourists comment on the disparity between the advertising hype and the cycling experience. Never mind the myths, get cracking on creating a firm surface.

Christopher HoranLake Hawea

First I was brought up in the country, my first boyfriend was a dairyman and I would often meet him for milking at the weekend. I have since lived in cities, towns and villages all over the world, expanding my horizons. I would also note that have attended a rodeo, many years ago in Montana, actual cowboy country with a long history of rodeos, unlike New Zealand where the first rodeos did not appear until the 1960s. It is a borrowed culture from another land.There is a petition against rodeos raised by animal welfare groups such as SAFE, SPCA and Farmwatch. More than 50,000 people have cur-rently signed it and it is due to be delivered to Parliament today (March 17). My detractor claims the animals are having

fun, I have never seen horses or bulls bucking around in fields, left to their own devices such animals prefer to stand or even run, but never buck about as they are forced to do in a rodeo. What about the young calves chased around and roped up. Are they having fun? I really don’t think so.Rodeos serve no purpose other than to make money. Are the animals being saved from being pet food? Once s/he is no longer fit for rodeo do they live out the rest of their natural life in a field or do they then become pet food?I say again this is not entertainment, it is animal abuse and belongs in the 19th century not the 21st.

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INEXPENSIVE WOODSTACKING! 14 & Keen for wood cutting or stacking ($5 per cubic metre) lawn mowing or other jobs. Nicholas 027 470 3170.

ADVENTURE CARAVANS restores, repairs and custom builds caravans including teardrops, motorhomes, slide-ons. 25 years’ experience. Great references. 027 222 6600

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

GOOD ROTATIONS bicycle shop, Wanaka. Your electric-bike, cargo-bike, urban bike and bikepacking specialist. www.goodrotations.co, 034434349.

SUZUKI GUITAR lessons, biweekly, teacher from Christchurch. Suitable to those who want to learn as a family. 022-095-0894

EMPLOYMENT

EXPERIENCED ENGINEER or competent metal worker required for busy Wanaka Workshop. General engineering work including structural steel, agricultural work and gen-eral light engineering fabrication. Contact Rod at Aspiring Engineers 5 Frederick Street or phone 0274 335132 or email [email protected]

THE SALVATION Army Family store requires a shop assis-tant permanent full time position 4 days per week please contact Amanda 03 443 5068 for more details closes on Friday 18th at 4pm.

NOTICES

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

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

INLAND REVENUE are at Community Networks, Wednesday 23 March 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 appointment for this free service.

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

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

FREE COMPUTER/SMARTPHONE assistance for over 60s – offered by MAC students at Community Networks, Thursday 3.30pm. Booking essential, ph. 443 7799.

CAREERS ADVICE and CV assistance available at Community Networks every second Monday, delivered by Central Otago REAP. Free to school leavers 17-23 yrs or $30/half hour session or by preapproved arrangement by Work & Income. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment.

FREE LEGAL ADVICE available at Community Networks delivered by the Dunedin Community Law Centre on Wednesday 6th April. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment. Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club Grassroots Applications now open. Info from www.wanakasnowsports.co.nz or ph Bonny 021881263 Thankyou

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 morning. 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.

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BODY AND MIND

HOT QIGONG at Hot Yoga Fusion. Come and enjoy deep relaxa-tion for body and mind rejuvenation. Friday 7.15pm. Contact: James 027 528 0396 [email protected]

SHIATSU/ THERAPEUTIC& Sports/Remedial Massage, Experienced,qualified therapists.Get your body permanent free from pain&Balanced.We use a combination techniques /Trigger-point and Miyo fascial [email protected]/0212601724

WANT TO learn to heal yourself & others with energy? Peter Caughey’s Qigong Teacher Training course is coming to town this 15-17 April! Advanced practitioners and beginners welcome. Check out www.petercaughey.com for more info.

PRIVATE MAT Pilates - $60/hour for up to three people. Strengthen and tonify your body through effective and intentional movements, 0212078486

CASUAL MAT Pilates Classes - Pregnancy, Post-Natal, Beginner and Intermediate classes. Call/text 0212078486, [email protected]

THE BODY Garage - specialising in restorative massage therapy - firm, holistic, integrative and effective treatments for injuries, chronic pain and stress. 0212078486

QUESTIONS ABOUT breastfeeding? Get free support from Wanaka Breastfeeding Support. Contact Sarah on 0272104716 or Kate on 0276957772

YOGA FOR CANCER. Anybody affected welcome. Family, sup-port/carers. No exp necessary. Tues 9:30 St. John’s. call/txt car-men 02102215409

LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE. Reduce swelling from surgery or injury. Support immune system. Cleanse. Gentle, relaxing, therapeutic. Ph Maryann 4436463, 021 1101160

DEEPLY RELAX THAT TIRED BODY. Lomi Lomi Massage (Therapeutic Hawaiian) Soothing, flowing, nurturing. Peaceful surroundings. Ph Maryann 021 1101160.

AYURVEDA MASSAGE or another ayurvedic treatment- the sci-ence of life. A unique experience of ancient therapies of india. Call martin 443 5712, www.ayurvedaora.com

QUIT CIGARETTES Permanently. The proven & effective method to successfully quit smoking cigarettes once & for all. Lifetime Guarantee. 443-9114. Deb Kolb, C.P.C.

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INVITATION TO all lifestyle/small block holders. Vetlife Wanaka are holding an information evening on trace elements and min-erals. 23 rd March, 6.30-7.30 at Vetlife Wanaka, Albert Town turnoff. All welcome

ASPIRING AVALANCHE Dogs TC Season Pass Raffle 2016! Tickets available @ Racers Edge, $5 cash only, draw Sat 26th March 630pm @ Kai. Win a pass or get a refund for the one u already have! Woof!

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OFFICE-SMALL eg 10-25m2 initially March-Oct approx. Good internet speed Query sublet Ph Simon 0273636094 [email protected]

HOUSE SWAP Wanted house in Wanaka for bach in Whangamata July school holidays (10-22 July) We swap same dates or other. Victoria 0210633000

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NETBALL UPPERCLUTHA INVITES NEW AND

EXISTING TEAMS TO REGISTER FOR THE 2016

SEASON BEFORE THE 23RD MARCH.

REGISTRATION FORMS CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE;

www.sportsground.co.nz/ uppercluthanetball

Amended Meeting ScheduleThe QLDC February Meeting Schedule has been amended as follows:

Additional Meeting:

District Licencing Committee Hearing – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Monday 21 March 2016 at 9.00am.

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 24 March 2016, to the closure of the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the purpose of holding the 2016 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Balloon Launch:

Roads to be Closed: Mount Barker Road 2.2 kilometres from State Highway 6Period of Closure: Friday 1 April 2016 from 0700 to 1100

Alternative Dates: If launch aborted 0700 to 1100 Saturday 2 April 2016 or the first consecutive day thereafter from 0600 to 1000 until successful launch

(NB: the launch is weather dependant, so the proposed closure time will be postponed to the following day until suitable conditions exist)

It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads for ordinary vehicular traffic during the period of closure.

Those who have any concerns regarding the above closures, please contact Sarah Mitchell at APL Property Limited on 021 244 9988 or by email [email protected] before 1700 on Wednesday 23 March 2016.

Resource Consent Application Resource Management Act 1991Details of the resource consent application and submission forms are available in the offices at Queenstown Lakes District Council, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown; 74 Shotover Street, Queenstown; 33-35 Reece Crescent, Wanaka and 47 Ardmore Street, Wanaka during normal office hours (8.00am to 5.00pm). You can also download these from our website: www.qldc.govt.nz

The Larches Station Trust – RM150552

A description of the activity to which the application relates is: Subdivision consent is sought to create two independent fee simple allotments, and to establish a building platform on one of the lots. The proposed Lot and platform configuration are as follows:

Table 1: Proposed allotment and platform configurations

Allotment Size Platform (m2) Contains

Lot 1 27.75 hectares 1000 Bare lot

Lot 2 67.66 hectares - Bare lot

Land use consent is sought to undertake associated earthworks and landscaping and construct the access way.

The location in respect of which this application relates is situated at: 446 Cardrona Valley Road, Wanaka.

ADDRESS FOR SERVICE FOR APPLICANT: C/- Duncan White Paterson Pitts Partners Ltd. 19 Reece Crescent Wanaka [email protected]

Submissions will be received until 18 April 2016, and must be served on the Consent Authority, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348.

These must be dated, signed by you, and include the following information:

1. Your name, postal address, telephone number, and fax number if applicable.2. Details of the application in respect of which you are making the submission

including location and the Resource Consent number.

3. Whether you support or oppose the application.4. Your submission, with reasons.5. The decision you wish the consent authority to make.6. Whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission.

Any person may make a submission on the application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that:

a. adversely affects the environment; andb. does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

You may make a submission in writing or electronically to Queenstown Lakes District Council (details below). The submission should be in the format of Form 13. Copies of this form are available on the website: www.qldc.govt.nz

Address for Service for Consent Authority: Queenstown Lakes District Council Private Bag 50072 Queenstown 9348 Phone: 03 441 0499 Email: [email protected] Dated: 17 March 2016

Queenstown Lakes Operative District Plan - Summary of Decisions Requested for Plan Change 51 – Peninsula Bay NorthPrivate Plan Change 51: Peninsula Bay North

Queenstown Lakes District Council gives notice as of 17 March 2016, that a Summary of Decisions Requested is available for inspection for the above private plan change.

A full copy of the submissions, summary of decisions requested and further submission forms are available from:

• QLDC website: www.qldc.govt.nz- under Planning - District Plan Changes• Queenstown Council offices: 10 Gorge Road Public library: 10 Gorge Road• Wanaka Council offices: 47 Ardmore Street Public library: Dunmore Street

The following persons may lodge a further submission in support or opposition to any original submission:

(a) Any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and (b) Any person who has an interest in the proposed policy statement or plan greater than the interest that the general public has; and (c) The local authority itself.

Further submissions must be sent in writing to:

Post: Queenstown Lakes District CouncilPrivate Bag 50072Queenstown 9348Attention: Policy Team – Plan Change 51

Email: [email protected] (quote “Plan Change 51” in the subject line)

All further submissions must be received no later than 4 April 2016 and, within 5 working days of lodging it with Council you must serve a copy of it on the person(s) who made the original submission(s).

Following collation of all further submissions received, the Council will appoint a Hearings Panel to assess the Plan Change and the submissions lodged to it, including further submissions. The Panel will hold a public hearing to enable any submitters to present their submissions in person.

Following deliberation, a decision will be issued by the Hearings Panel to withdraw, retain or modify the Plan Change. Any person who was a submitter, or lodged a further submission, and who is not satisfied with the decision reached, may appeal that decision to the Environment Court.

For further information regarding this Plan Change or the process outlined above, please call Vicki Jones (contracted Council Planning Officer) on 03 441 1297.

This notice is pursuant to Clause 7 of the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991.

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N O T I C E B O A R D

Easter Art ExhibitionMarch 24th to March 28th.

Wanaka Primary School Gymnasium. 7 Ironside Drive. Wanaka.

Join the Wanaka Arts Society for opening night wine and nibbles and award giving

ceremony on Thursday 24th March at 7pm.Our Special Section is “ Wings”

Opening Night entry is $10Exhibition then opens daily 10am to 6pm

with a $5 Door EntryFor more info please go to our website

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.

APPLES AND clean jars with metal lids needed 4 Apple Drive on 3rd April. We can pick up. Contact 0212045083 or email [email protected]

LIKE WALKING? Love our community? School needs help with walking bus. Takes just 30 mins. Fun, social, rewarding. [email protected], 0272005111

WHAT’S ON

CROMWELL COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB: Meets the first Sunday of each month at the Town & Country Club, Melmore Tce., Cromwell. Starting 2pm. No Door Charge. Enquiries Mike Hedges 03 445 4070.

WANAKA’S 4TH Autumn Apple Drive is on Sun 3rd April @Rippon. Making chutney, apple pressing, food fair and workshops [email protected]

PINT-SIZED PLAYS by Remarkable Theatre. 20 March. Gin and Raspberry. Tickets event finder.

THE GOVERNOR’S golden lemon butter from Pirate Pickles at Wanaka Farmers Market from 3 pm Thursdays outside Speights Ale House

WANAKA FARMERS Market from 3 pm every Thursday outside Speights Ale House, eat fresh and healthy, support local producers

SOAP MAKING Classes. Learn to make wonderfully conditioning soaps at home. $40 443-9114 Deb

LAKE HAWEA NETBALL CLUB would like to thank the following businesses for sup-

porting our Annual Fundraiser at the A & P show:

Mitre 10, BP Wanaka, Sailz Lake Hawea,Clyde Processing, New World Wanaka

Bidvest, Albert Town Tavern, Central WholesaleLake Hawea Fire Brigade

Our tireless hard working committee , voluntary members of our club and of course the general public.

If there is anyone we have forgotten to mention it is not intentional and we apologise.

THANK YOU ALL !!!!

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Wanaka Progressive Bowls 11:03:16 Skips: 1st George Russell 2nd Trevor Tovey 3rd Betty Russell Thirds: 1st Charles Kiewiet 2nd John Barton 3rd Maida Baxter Leads: 1st Ann Walker 2nd June Bryant 3rd Michael Barnett

Bridge Results 9th Mar to 14th Mar 2016 Wed 9th Mar, Bronze/Bronze Reserve Champ Pairs: N/S, 1. Charles Kiewiet/Elizabeth Irvine, 2. Marion Murphy/Jean Logan,3. Alan Chisholm/Morag Chisholm: E/W, 1. Carol Turner/Lesley Hook, 2. George Foreman/KirstyHewitt, 3. Hugh Fraser/Bob Menlove. Friday 11th Mar, Friday Bridge: N/S 1. Mary Gibson-Collings/

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Canine behaviourist Leone Ward explores aspects of canine behaviour in a new monthly column.

Leone WardCanine behaviourist One of the difficult and most stress-ful ways for dogs to meet is to greet one another on leash but it is also one of the most common. For the handler it is the safest way to allow dogs to greet, allowing for the dogs to be pulled apart and kept from harm if needed. However, if it ends in play the dogs learn to pull harder when on leash to get to another dog, and if it ends in a squabble, the dog would be more likely to become more anxious when it sees another dog while out walking on leash.

In a perfect world the dogs would never meet on leash but this is not always practical so understanding is crucial.

First either approach with one dog stationary and the other moving slowly toward it, or move toward a centre spot while keeping the leash as loose as possible. Then allow both dogs to meet nose to nose for two seconds as you evalu-ate the greeting. If you have to pull them away at this stage an escala-tion in aggression may occur.

After two seconds the handlers should release the tension on the leashes and allow the dogs to “maypole” around each other hold-ing the leashes loose and high to prevent tangling. If they do tangle drop the leash and take hold again from close to the dog’s neck at the top. Never pick up the leash from under the dog’s chest area.

Understanding the responses.Friendly: The least risky response

is a non-aligned body position, meaning any of the dog’s eyes,

head and spine are not in one long row. The healthiest body positions include a cashew-like curled spine or averted eyes or head. Also less risky is when dogs pay attention to each other and communicate by one dog showing a behaviour change and the other following or even mimicking each other’s behaviour which usually results in play. And finally slow or interrupted movement such as looking back at the handler or shaking.

Risky responses: Direct eye contact for more than two seconds, delays in response to the other dog’s changed position, frontal and aligned body orientation, no self-interruption or body weight forward and barking with teeth exposed.

Remember a wagging tail does not necessarily indicate friendli-ness, only arousal of some kind.

Leone Ward has worked with dogs for more than 30 years. She started training and operating search and rescue dogs for both urban environ-ments and wilderness/bush work in the North Island and then went on to learn cadaver and forensic work through contacts in the USA. Leone worked with search and rescue dogs for 15 years, running the Auckland Unit for most of that time training in UK and USA as well as New Zealand. She studied Canine Be-haviour at Massey University when she was working at RNZFB Guide Dog Services. For ten years she was the head trainer for NZ Epilepsy Assist Dogs and then she relocated to Wanaka where she now runs her behaviour consulting business and dog and puppy classes.

All about leash interaction

Applications are open for the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club’s (WSSC) 2016 Grassroots Awards. The programme is now in its fourth year, with many of last year’s recipi-ents winning podium spots and national titles.

WSSC secretary Bonny Teat said the club wanted to help children follow in their heroes footsteps.

“If your child wants to emulate Finn Bilous, the Wells brothers, Ben Richards or Kate Richards, they need to get training hard on the snow. The awards provide help with tuition fees for on-snow training,” Bonny said.

The ski club was formed in 1979 to help the local families increase their enjoyment of the surrounding snow- covered mountains and foster skiing in all its forms.

“With great foresight those original members put their heads together

over a few beers and wines to establish a club. Never in their wild-est dreams could they have imagined how skiing would morph into so many completely different sports, that mountains would provide specialised parks for the new sports and...snowboarding,” Bonny said.

The club now encompasses all snowsports, but the difference is now the club gives back to Upper Clutha children to help foster those original dreams.

This year there are 15 $250 awards open to students in years two to eight who attend schools in the Upper Clutha region. The grants are paid directly to their chosen training provider mountain for winter 2016.

Applications are available from www.wanakasnowsports.co.nz and close on March 25.

Snowsports applications open

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Olympic mountain biker Anton Cooper is training hard for Rio 2016 with altitude training at Cardrona Alpine Resort this month.

He will be competing in the Altherm Mountain Bike National Championships to be held at Card-rona on March 19 and 20.

Anton is also training for the Oce-ania Track Championships and the first three World Cup races which are selection events for the Rio Olympics later this year. He believes the month on the mountain will give him an edge over his competitors.

“It is the altitude and the variety of tracks up here. There are other places to train at altitude, but the nature of Cardrona as a bike park

makes it the perfect place to train – it doesn’t get any better anywhere else in New Zealand,” Anton said.

Cardrona general manager Bridget Legnavsky said, “We’re stoked to have Anton training up at Cardrona this month. Cardrona is committed to becoming a year-round resort, so having top athletes from both summer and winter sports training for the Olympics up here is very exciting.”

The cross country championships will take place on March 19, followed by the downhill championships on March 20. The Mountain Bike National Championships is a compulsory selection race for any New Zealand riders wishing to be considered for selection to the 2016 World Championships in both down-hill and cross country.

Cooper at Cardrona

All about leash interaction


Para-alpine skier Corey Peters has won another medal in his successful northern hemisphere season. Corey has won bronze in the slalom in the Asia Cup at the venue for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games.

“It’s nice to finish off the season with one last

podium before heading home for some much needed R and R,” Corey said. “The purpose of this trip to Korea was to have a look at the piste for the upcoming 2018 Paralympic games. The hill is great; it has a good pitch to it. The snow was probably the iciest I've skied on so the next step now is to try and integrate similar conditions as much as possible in our build-up two years out from the games.”


Nominations close tomorrow (Friday, March 18) for this year’s House of Travel Central Otago Sports Awards for the 2015 sport- ing year.

Awards coordinator Bill Godsall said the awards were a great way of acknowledging the achievements of local sportspeople, coaches and administrators, as well as showcas-ing minority sports.

The judging panel, led by Central Otago District Mayor Tony Lepper, will choose the top five nomina-tions in each of the categories – senior sportsman and sports-woman, junior sportsman and woman, team and coach – which will then go forward to be judged in their respective category. The

winner of each category will then vie for the supreme award.

A services to sport award is chosen by the judges.

Bill said anyone could nominate a sportsperson, and he particularly urged family members of athletes to nominate them. He was also keen to see more nominations for the team category.

“Many athletes are too humble to nominate themselves, so it is really important someone supports them by nominating them,” Bill said

Nomination forms are available by contacting Bill Godsall on (03)4451142 or 021442626 or by emailing him at [email protected]

The awards will be held at the Golden Gate Lodge, Cromwell, on Friday April 8.


Cromwell’s mountainous adventure run, the Northburn 100, welcomes its 100 mile and 100km races back this weekend, Saturday March 19, after their removal from the event last year.

A record 74 people have entered the 100 mile run, which follows a high country, rocky course, taking its competitors on a total climb of around 10,000m.

Despite the success of the 100 miler, entries for the 5km and 10km night races are down on previous years, with around 25 people entered for each, race director Terry Davis said.

“We’re really pleased with entries for the 100 mile run. In regards to the relatively low turn-out for the 5km and 10km, we do understand that March is a busy month with all the other events going on,” Terry said.

Cromwell scouts will hold a barbecue in the afternoon to raise money for local children planning a trip to Base Camp in the Himalayas, and competitors will get their food included in

the price of their entry. A 2km children’s adventure course has been set

up for the kids, who will get the chance to climb a ridge and navigate streams and forests, earning themselves a medal and a place on the podium at the end.

“My key piece of advice to anyone competing in the big ones would be to start off slow, and gradually get slower,” Terry said.

Anyone wishing to take part in the 5km and 10km night races can enter on the day. For more information visit northburn100.co.nz.

Wanaka Tennis Club past president Dave Buckingham celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday with an impromptu lunch. Dave is still an active member of the club, assisting with the running of social tennis and helping out the young Peewee players.Pictured: Dave Buckingham cuts the cake with Steve May, WTC president John Lyness, Jill Blennerhasset (WTC patron), Helen Millar and Lillian Cruickshank.

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