inside:

A Wanaka couple appears to have been targeted in a worldwide scam which has already ripped off at least 150 New Zealanders, to the tune of more than $4 million.

The couple, who are in their seventies, did not want to be named.

They have had lengthy conversations, via telephone and email, with the people believed to be behind the China-based scam. However, they said they had not given them any money.

Information on the scammers’ New Zealand victims was being gathered by Detective Senior Sergeant Aaron Pascoe, who was based at the Auckland Central police station.

He said there were a couple of victims who had lost upward of $200,000 and “there will be hundreds we don’t know about.”

While most of the New Zealanders who had sent money to the scammers were elderly people, probably because they had access to funds as a result of their retirement savings, the scammers were targeting people of all ages throughout the country.

Some younger victims had taken out personal loans with high interest rates to pay the fees the scammers told them were necessary to claim their prize money.

Former police officers, professionals and “people you wouldn’t expect to fall for it” were among the victims, Det Snr Sgt Pascoe said.

The scam was “unbelievably realistic.”

The scammers, purporting to be a travel company, sent a travel brochure and a “scratch and win” ticket to people’s addresses. When the people contacted them to say they had won US$175,000, the scammers said they would put them in touch with the sponsor of the prize.

In the Wanaka couple’s case, the travel company was called Venus Travelling and the prize sponsor was Scott and Simon, an investment company in Hong Kong, however, Det Snr Sgt Pascoe said the scammers changed the name of the travel company and the prize sponsor regularly.

The next stage of the scam was the

discovery the prize winner was not eligible to win the money, because they were not a member of the travel group, with the scammers telling them the winning ticket was only supposed to have been sent to members.

Eventually the scammers say they have convinced the prize sponsor to pay the money, but the winner must pay an “entertainment tax” of about US$4000.

“You’ve got to remember that when they first ask for money, there’s been a very long period of grooming and gaining the trust of the victims. The victims are very involved in the process by this stage.”

Story continues page 2...

PAGE 5

PAGE 8

PAGE 3

Global scam targets Wanaka couple

Poets wanted for Slam

Animal art

Radio station to beat again

Blessing at crash siteThe site on Beacon Point Road where Dutchman Coen van Rosmalen was hit by a car on Sunday morning will receive a Maori blessing this evening. PAGE 3

Wanaka is through the final round of the Gigatown competition, with campaign manager Kelly Good crediting the result to Wanaka’s community engagement. PAGE 2

THUR 18.09.14 - WED 24.09.14 WANAKA’S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

Motivated to win Gigatown

Jessica Maddock

Wanaka sun

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

9

OPEN EVERY DAY

OPENING TIMES MONDAY TO SUNDAY

8.30AM - 7PM

Phone: 03 443 8000 Top of Helwick Street, Wanaka

Wanaka Taekwondo Club students competed at the national championships last weekend. Pictured at the event were Travis Meredith, Mikaela Condren, team coach Laxman Basnet and tournament director Joshua Vergeer. Story page 12.

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 2

Continued from page 1...

Det Snr Sgt Pascoe said after the victim paid the entertainment tax, they were asked for a fee to cover the bank transaction, a fee for insurance, and a fee for court documentation for evidence the money was not laundered.

“It’s a very involved con.”

The prize winner was then told there was another hitch, in that an employee of the travel company had complained about someone who was not a member of the travel group winning the prize.

But the scammers tell their victim they can get around this if the prize winner joins the travel group, which involves a fee.

While this delay was occurring, the scammers claimed they invested the pr ize winner’s winnings and, because

the investment did so well, there were fees involved.

“Then the excuses just get weird and wonderful. They don’t run out of ways to get money out of you,” Det Snr Sgt Pascoe said.

T h e s c a m w a s sophisticated to the point victims were given a telephone number to call, in order to enter their account number and hear their investment account balance.

Some New Zealand victims were so pleased with the return on their investment, they sent some of their own money to be invested.

Det Snr Sgt Pascoe’s advice? “If it seems too good to be true, it absolutely is. Never, ever pay upfront to collect a prize. It’s guaranteed to be a scam.”

The Wanaka man targeted by the scammers advised people who received suspicious correspondence to google

for information, saying it was not until he researched the names of the people he was in contact with that he became convinced the prize was a scam.

The scam had been running for several years in other countries and New Zealand police became involved a year ago.

The information they gathered was supplied to Interpol.

New Zealand police had discovered many victims by finding out from Western Union, the company which was used to transfer the victims’ “fees,” who else had sent money to the scammers.

Wanaka Detective Bryan Gillespie said he was not aware of any other local people being targeted by these particular scammers.

He said anyone who had received the travel brochure and scratch and win card should take it into the Wanaka police station.

sunnews

Motivated to win Gigatown Scam targets couple

Staff RepoRteR

Wanaka Sun

Pool open early October

The Wanaka Community Pool is expected to reopen during the first week of October, the Queenstown Lakes District Council said.

T h e p o o l , o n P l a n t a t i o n R o a d , was closed in mid-July after a structural assessment found it was “earthquake-prone,” according to Building Act 2004 standards.

The structure of the pool was engineered by Anthony Major, w h o w a s e x p e l l e d from the Institute of

Professional Engineers of New Zealand in July f o l l o w i n g a n investigation into the collapse under heavy s n o w o f a n o t h e r o f h i s p r o j e c t s , Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

T h e c o u n c i l ’ s Operations General Manager, Ruth Stokes, said last week work to upgrade the pool was on-track for an early October opening.

Strengthening work was expected to begin this week, after the consent was issued last week.

T h i s p a r t o f t h e

p r o c e s s w o u l d take about a week and be followed by reinstatement work, including replacing the solar panels on the roof.

Annual maintenance work, which was always carried out at this time of year, would also be completed.

When all the work was finished, the interior of the building would be cleaned and the pool reheated.

Ruth Stokes said a definite reopening d a t e w o u l d b e publicised nearer the time.

Pest control meetingConstable Reed moving on

W a n a k a i s t h r o u g h t o t h e final round of the Gigatown competition, with campaign manager Kelly Good crediting the result to Wanaka’s community engagement.

“The competition has been all about community engagement and Wanaka has truly got behind this, shown through the contribution from local retailers with the daily deals and many of the ideas behind the campaign have been all about assisting the community with content and chatter to get engaged on social media,” Kelly said. “And this has worked. We have a fantastically engaged community.”

A team of “exceptional ly passionate” people with a broad range of skills from social media, marketing and PR, f inance, corporate and new business growth and general strategy have been busy behind the scenes throughout the competition.

With the 11-week final round beginning yesterday (Wednesday, September 17), the scores have been reset to zero and Chorus has made some rule changes

(see page nine and the Gigatown Wanaka Facebook page).

Project coordinator Gemma Studholme said gigapoints can be earned from eligible posts on social media platforms, from email sign-ups, mini-competitions and digital strategy. Towns will also compete to win points across five different challenges, one of which includes developing a plan for gigabit success, where towns can demonstrate how they will best leverage access to gigabit fibre.

Wanaka will compete against four other towns – Gisborne,

Timaru, Dunedin and Nelson – until the competition closes in late November.

Kelly said motivation is higher than ever for the final round. “You can be winning for the first 90m but it’s the last 10m that count. Now is the time to really come together and show the rest of New Zealand and the world how we are ready to take this to the next level.”

The Gigatown Wanaka team have some surprises for the final round and will continue with some of the social media campaigns they have used so far in the competition.

“Stay tuned on social media, read the new rules and start talking online about how we really can lead New Zealand into the gigabit future,” Kelly said.

Mayor Vanessa van Uden said the whole of the Queenstown Lakes District should throw its weight behind Wanaka’s bid to become New Zealand’s first Gigatown.

“I’ll be encouraging all council staff to get behind the campaign and hope that our example wil l motivate others in the community to do the same,” she said.

Anyone interested in, or a lready involved in, pest control in the Upper Clutha is invited to a get-together at Gin & Raspberry on Wednesday (September 24) . The meeting is b e i n g o r g a n i s e d b y Forest & Bird committee member and long-time pest controller Andrew Penniket (pictured).

There will be short p r e s e n t a t i o n s f r o m

groups already working in the field including Forest & Bird, the Department of Conservation, the Diamond Lake predator control group, Matukituki

Trust, Wanaka River Journeys, the Emerald B a y C o n t r o l g r o u p , Motutapu Station, and Sam MacLeod who does control work up the Hunter River.

Andrew said he hopes any other groups and individuals involved in predator control will attend the meeting, as well as anyone interested in helping out.

“ T h e i d e a i s t o establish a network, keep informed about what’s going on, swap

tips and information, and get a contact list going for when someone needs some help,” Andrew said. “We plan to meet every couple of months.”

About 30 people are expected at the first meeting, which begins at 7.30pm.

“There are quite a few different people doing all sorts of excellent work killing pests,” Andrew said. “It’s mainly stoats that are the biggest problem, but also possums and rats.”

Staff RepoRteR

Wanaka Sun

PHOTO: WANAKA SUN

Constable Peter Reed worked his last shift at the Wanaka Police Station yesterday.Const Reed (pictured) is transferring to the Wellington Central station.He said the move was due to his fiancée getting a job in the capital.Const Reed came to New Zealand from his home country of England five years ago and had been in Wanaka ever since.“I was pretty lucky to come to Wanaka.”Constable Reed said while he was excited about the prospect of city life, he had enjoyed living and working in Wanaka and would miss “being able to access the outdoors at a moment’s notice.”He would also be missed from the Wanaka Football Club.

PHOTO: WANAKA SUN

CaRoline HaRkeR

Wanaka Sun

PHOTO: WANAKA SUN

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 3

A Wanaka radio station which has been off-air for a couple of years is soon to be on-air again.

Wanaka Beats is being revived by a group of local DJs and music lovers.

They are (pictured) DJ and Sorted Print and Design manager Jon Griffiths, DJ and Wastebusters reuse manager Matthew (Bif) Smith, Barluga manager Dave Dooley , DJ and Speights Ale House restaurant manager Nick Munday and (not pictured) musician Danny Fairley (aka Civilian Sol). The men said they are all obsessive about music; “definitely independent music,” “more underground than overground,” “not commercial.”

The new version of the not-for-profit station will broadcast 24 hours a day on lower power FM and on the internet. It will have live DJ shows running from

about 4pm to 8pm. Each show will have its own character and

the station will feature “indie rock’n’roll to electronic and

everything in between.”“It will be a great outlet for

local and visiting musicians,” Bif said. “We want to make people aware of what good music there is out there, not just commercial music.”

Meanwhile the men are busy applying for funding, setting up an incorporated society and looking for a premises. They have already had some fundraising events with musicians and DJs performing for free, and have more in the pipeline. Bif said they hope to buy some of the original station’s equipment from former manager Sam Hudson, who is also advising them. She closed the station down when a major investor pulled out unexpectedly “at the last minute.”

The revived station will probably start broadcasting early next year.

“We want to take our time and make sure we get everything right,” Bif said.

The site on Beacon Point Road where Dutchman Coen van Rosmalen was hit by a car on Sunday morning will receive a Maori blessing this evening.

The 24-year-old later died at the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre.

Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Blackie said the preliminary autopsy results indicated Coen was already lying on the road when he was hit by a taxi at about 3.30am on Sunday.

The post-mortem results showed he had not suffered a medical event which could have led to him lying on the road.

Whether Coen had been hit by another vehicle, or assaulted, or had taken a substance which led to him lying on the road were possibilities the police were exploring, Det Snr Sgt Blackie said.

Footage from CCTV cameras in central Wanaka suggested Coen had been drinking, but there was no sign of him being highly intoxicated. However, the police did not yet know whether he had taken a substance which could have led to him lying on the road. They were awaiting the results of toxicology tests which were carried out during the autopsy.

“Those results are hugely important to this investigation,” Det Snr Sgt Blackie said.

“Twenty or 30 witnesses have been

interviewed so far. We’ve built up a timeline and we’re trying to fill in those gaps, until we get to a point that we’ve exhausted absolutely every possibility in trying to establish how he got to be in that position.”

Det Snr Sgt Blackie said a checkpoint would be held early on Sunday around the time Coen was hit by the taxi - from about 2.20am until 3.40am - near where the crash occurred.

“We’re trying to capture the same pattern of traffic – foot or vehicular – on that stretch of road, so we can get information from people who may have seen something that

can help us.”Det Snr Sgt Blackie said police had

interviewed several people who had reported seeing a hitchhiker “broadly fitting Coen’s description” on the corner of Beacon Point Road and Lakeside Road at about 3am on Sunday.

The witnesses said there were three or four people walking in front of the hitchhiker and the police would like to speak to those people, he said.

Coen was wearing a red beanie, a dark hoodie or jacket, jeans and black Nike shoes.

Det Snr Sgt Blackie said friends of Coen’s were welcome to attend a Maori blessing at 6.15pm today, at the site where he was hit by the Toyota taxi.

A celebration of his life, along with a fundraiser to help his family in the Netherlands cover the costs associated with his death, was being held at Fitzpatrick’s Irish pub from 8pm today. There would be live music by local artists and many local businesses had provided prizes for a fundraising raffle.

Coen had been living in Wanaka, near where he was hit by the taxi, for the snowboarding season.

A police officer had been dedicated to dealing with his family in the Netherlands and with the Netherlands Embassy in Wellington.

The coroner had released Coen’s body to be repatriated to the Netherlands, Det Snr Sgt Blackie said.

sunnews

Blessing at crash site

Radio station to beat again

Hearing underway on sludge facility

Where to voteOn election day on Saturday, you can vote between 9am and 7pm at any of the following locations: the Wanaka Primary School Hall, Wanaka Presbyterian Community Church Centre, Cromwell Memorial Hall, Lake Hawea Community Centre, Luggate Hall, Tarras Primary School and Makarora Community Centre.

A public hearing is underway on plans to build a wastewater sludge drying facility near Luggate.The hearing, which was set down for three days, began yesterday and was expected to be completed tomorrow.Fulton Hogan has applied for consent from both the Otago Regional Council and the Queenstown Lakes District Council to build a large glasshouse on land it owns near the Red Bridge, in which to solar-dry sludge from the wastewater treatment plant near the Wanaka Airport.Planners for both the councils were recommending the independent hearings panel grant consent, saying the effects – which included landscape effects, odour, heavy traffic and noise – would be minor.Thirty-nine submissions were lodged on the proposal, with all except three opposing it.Submissions were being heard at Edgewater Resort.

Jessica Maddock

Wanaka sun

PHOTO: NIKKI HEATH

PHOTO: CAROLINE HARKER

inbrief

caroline Harker

Wanaka sun

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 4

sunnews

New Roger for St John staff

Free speech checks for preschoolersTC Cat comes down from the mountainThe children at Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre were visited by TC Cat last week and took turns sitting on his knee. Pictured are Bella, Ysaline, Millie, teacher Adele Stewart and Sybella (back). They shared ski stories and reflected on learning outside of the centre, within the wider community while enjoying the natural environment.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

PHOTO: CAROLINE HARKER

inbrief

A grant from Wanaka Rotary means every child at the Montessori Children’s House Wanaka can be tested for speech and language problems. September 15 – 21 is Speech-Language Therapy Awareness Week, and Albert Town speech therapist Sue Helmore and Montessori preschool head teacher Anne-Marie Love spoke to Rotary about how the grant had been used.

“If children have speech or language difficulties it really helps to sort them out before they

start school, otherwise they get behind with reading and have a lot of other problems too,” Sue said. “We are very grateful to Rotary for the support.” Checks for pre-schoolers are not Government funded.

Sue is one of three speech and language therapists in Wanaka. The other two are Sue Weir and Turid Peters. “We offer different services but cover the range of what is needed here, including Ministry of Education funded help, a child development service, help for adults whose speech is damaged by accident, illness or brain injury, and any children needing help,”

Sue Helmore said. She works mainly with young children and older people whose speech is affected by illness.

“I have just spent several months working with two p r e s c h o o l e r s w h o w e r e unintelligible to everyone but their parents. Now they can be understood by other people and interact with their friends, so they are much happier children. I also recently worked with a middle-aged stroke victim who was having trouble putting words together and couldn’t focus enough to go to work. After therapy they can engage in conversation with colleagues

and family again, and have been able to return to work.”

The New Zealand Speech T h e r a p y A s s o c i a t i o n ’ s mandate for the awareness week is “to connect people through conversations.” There are more than 300,000 Kiwis affected by communication disabilities. Speech therapists believe that communication is vital to life; the ability to communicate is a fundamental human right, everyone deserves the right to maximise their ability to communicate; and early intervention by skilled professionals makes a difference.

Meet Roger 2. He’s Wanaka St John’s new advanced life support (ALS) training manikin and he’s very nearly alive. He can say yes and no. He can cough, wheeze and even vomit (sound only). Those in the know can measure his cardiac rhythm, pulse, blood pressure and other vital signs.

“The great thing about Roger 2 is whoever is examining him can work out what’s wrong,” St John Station Manager Don McMillan said. “With Roger 1, we had to tell them what was wrong.”

Don and Roger 2 are pictured

with St John volunteer Gill Laughnan, a registered nurse who is in training to be an

EMT (emergency medical technician).

Roger 2 will be used for St John

staff training and will be made available to other emergency services for training, including the fire brigade, police and medical centre staff, Don said.

R o g e r 2 a n d t w o n e w defibrillators were purchased by St John with grants from the Graham and Olive West Charitable Trust, Upper Clutha Emergency Services, Central Lakes Trust, and donations from other local organisations and individuals.

Roger 2 is compatible with the new defibrillators which Don described as “intensive care units.” He said people learning to use defibrillators around the district can also practise with Roger 2.

WHEN THINGS TURN PEAR SHAPED

SPEAK UP THERE IS A WAY

THROUGH

Struggling with a teenager?Need support with parenting?

Relationship issues?Practical Life Skills?

Advice and support is available through our social work service

CONTACT: 03 443 7799 | www.communitynetworks.co.nz

Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 5

sunnews

Poetic Justice Wanaka has been asked to host a regional heat for the 2014 New Zealand National Poetry Slam – along with Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

“It’s a great tribute to the power and quality of writers and performers in the region that we’ve been asked to send a representative up to the national finals,” poet Liz Breslin said. “We’re hoping for entrants from all over the south.”

The regional heat is being held next Thursday (September 25) upstairs at Kai Whakapai. The winner will be flown to Wellington to compete in the national finals on November 8 (thanks to a grant from

the Creative Communities Scheme), and will be given a guest performer spot at Wanaka’s Outspoken Festival next year.

Anyone who has three original spoken word pieces to perform can enter the regional final. Confirmed entrants so far include Liz Breslin and

Annabel Wilson. Other local poets, including several Mount Aspiring College students, are expected to enter. (MAC student Helena Crawford is pictured reciting her poetry during the 2014 Outspoken Festival.)

The regional heat will include knock-out rounds

and judging will be done by five audience members selected at random.

Organiser and MC Laura Williamson said Poetic Justice is looking forward to seeing local talent on show. “Even if you are not into performing, come along to support the locals,” she said. “Poetry Slams are about fun - it’s poetry off the page and on the stage. A little bit more rock and roll than your average reading.”

Liz Breslin is holding a workshop on Tuesday e v e n i n g f o r p e o p l e wanting some practice before the big night. “I’ll tailor it to whatever people want help with,” she said.

See classifieds for details

Poets wanted for SlamStaff RepoRteR

Wanaka Sun

Incumbent MP for Waitaki Jacqui Dean was in Wanaka on Friday for an informal gathering on the corner of Helwick and Ardmore streets. Pictured are Jacqui Dean, Katie McNabb, the Hon Kate Wilkinson (MP for Waimakariri) and Peter Marshall.

Street corner politics

PHOTO: NIKKI HEATH

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 6

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 7

sunnewsco

lour

& d

esig

n

adve

rtise

in th

e...

wana

kasu

nC

ALL

03

443

5252

Rare 1930s car on display

communitynetworksNews from Community Networks Wanaka...

I often meet people who have no idea what Community Networks is, what we do and are really surprised that Wanaka needs a foodbank. Many also think we are part of a national chain or organisation, however, we are a unique, Wanaka community-owned and operated service.

So I have decided to tell the story of a typical day in our office.

We refer to ourselves as a social services one-stop-shop; however, the phrase social services is rather ambiguous (as it’s not about organising social events). Following is one definition:

‘The term “human and social services” refers to a broad category of services that are dedicated to enhancing people’s economic and social well-being by helping

them lead more stable and self-sufficient lives.’

So back to the day in our office for our small team of four staff:

Typically it begins with a pot of coffee and trawling through emails. For Barbara, our Heartlands Coordinator, a small snapshot of her day includes making bookings for people who need to travel on the Wheels to Dunstan bus, meeting people who are coming in to see the IRD (who are visiting from Dunedin for the day), making JP appointments, finalising the list of counsellors and mental health services and distributing it to the interagency meeting, and she meets with a client who needs a food parcel, all amidst making sure her coffee intake isn’t too extreme or she is likely

to end up in a spin.F o r D e l f i , o u r

School Holiday Club Coordinator, the SHC newsletter is developed a n d t h e O c t o b e r programme and Risk Assessments finalised. Being part-time, Delfi then spends the rest of her days teaching Spanish, ski instructing and concocting beautiful homemade juices that she brings into the office to share with us.

Louise Primrose has just been hot-footing it around Alaska; however, she has been busy doing the IT training for older people and trying to keep the rest of us up to speed with our new IT systems.

For myself, there is a Community House Trust Meeting, referrals for social workers to a r r a n g e , a m e e t i n g

with our treasurer to f inalise our Central Lakes Trust funding application, meeting with the Jigsaw Family Violence Coordinator and organising a meeting for those interested in Rural Ageing with a visiting professor (although it’s not always about the meetings!). Throughout the mornings I attempt this while perched on a swiss ball to try and maintain some sense of core strength.

We also have a great team of volunteers to help out with the foodbank, i n f r o n t r e c e p t i o n , delivering the Meals on Wheels and driving the Wheels to Dunstan bus.

That is a small snapshot of the amazing diversity of this organisation…Check us out on Facebook.

- Kate Murray

What is Community Networks Wanaka?

P 03 443 5252

E marketing@thewanakasun.co.nz

or advertising@thewanakasun.co.nz

advertise in the

A rare Hispano Suiza J12 – arguably the best European car of the 1930s – will be displayed at Warbirds and Wheels alongside the Duesenberg Model J - the best American car from the same period.

“We are very fortunate to have the Hispano available for a limited time to join the world-class car collection at Warbirds and Wheels,” spokesperson Ed Taylor said.

The Hispano Suiza, which goes on display tomorrow, was first shown at the 1931 Paris Motorshow. It was owned by the Shah of Persia (Iran) before being purchased by an American collector in the 1960s. In the late 1980s it was brought to New Zealand by Roy Southward. The car was purchased by its current owners,

who wish to remain anonymous, in 2011.

According to the Mullin Automotive

Museum in the United States, there are only nine open top Hispano Suiza J12s left in the world.

Staff reporter

WanaKa Sun

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 8

sunnews

FOR WANAKA NEWS AND EVENTS ...

Follow us on twitter and facebook

P 03 443 5252 E marketing@thewanakasun.co.nz or advertising@thewanakasun.co.nz

facebook/WanakaSun@WanakaSun

#GigatownWanaka

Welcome visitor at preschoolChildren at Riverside Educare explored new challenges last week, with a visit from Conchita the horse. Four-year-old Samuel Moses was delighted to have his first horse ride on Conchita who is owned by teacher Vicky Sandford (pictured in front with colleague Enger Pelosi-Fear at the back).

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Strategy up for discussionThe QLDC Draft Economic Strategy will be discussed at two meetings in Wanaka on Wednesday (September 24).QLDC Councillors will hold a drop-in session from 4pm to 6pm at the Lake Wanaka Centre to encourage community debate on the strategy, which is currently open for feedback.Two hours later in the same venue, Shaping Our Future will hold a forum to consider the strategy. The forum will close the loop, for the time being, on the Economic Futures Forum which has been running since 2012 and was the second Shaping Our Future Forum (the first was Events Futures). The strategy was researched and written by consultants Martin Jenkins & Associates, following work by the Shaping Our Future group which identified the need for a more focused debate on how the district’s economy could be strengthened and diversified. One of the co-authors of the report, the former Chief Economist for Deutsche Bank, Ulf Schoefisch, will attend both meetings.

Capturing farmyard personalities

Mount Cook and a coroner

Talks on adventures ranging from measuring Mount Cook to being a coroner are part of a series being held in Wanaka next month. The Upper Clutha U3A (University of the Third Age) is hosting a series called “Interesting People Do Interesting Things” which features eight locals.

Mountaineer Geoff Wayatt is talking about an expedition he led which re-measured Mount Cook in 2013. “Geoff is one of

those understated people who do extraordinary things,” U3A former chair John Darby said. John put the series programme t o g e t h e r . A r e t i r e d zoologist, he worked on David Attenborough’s Planet Earth series in the Catlins and his footage of leopard seals attacking penguins in Antarctica went into the series, so he was interested when Nigel Zega said his career was inspired by David Attenborough. Nigel’s talk “In search of David A t t e n b o r o u g h ” w i l l include stories from his

varied career which has included filmmaking, diving and being the oldest lift operator at Cardrona. Wanaka Golf Club president Phil Thirkell has “A tale of survival in West Africa” recounting five years in Nigeria where he managed an international factory. Dave Kerr is telling the story of the Diamond Lake predator trapping venture, Ian Hall has lived in the Middle East for a decade and will offer an insight into the current complexities there, and Otago Conservation Board

member Bruce Jefferies will talk about solutions to conservation issues. Bruce has an MSc in Protected Landscape Management and has worked all over the world. The other s p e a k e r s a r e S c o t t Gilmour (“Breaking the cycle of poverty through education”) and Trevor Savage (“Coroners: what they do and why”).

The local branch of the U3A was set up in 2005 and offers regular series of talks for its members. A recent series, also organised by John Darby, looked at child poverty.

Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

Local farmer and artist Lizzie Carruthers has her first solo show opening next Saturday (September 27).

“I’m absolutely terrified,” she said, despite the encouragement and support of the gallery’s owners, Bannockburn art ist Megan Huffadine and Maurice Watson.

The exhibition captures Lizzie’s view of the personalities of farm animals, which are emphasised through her witty titles. She was photographe with “Worrying About the Sheep” and “Rude Cow” which she claims is a self-portrait.

“What sets Carruthers apart from other painters is the accessibility,

humour and joy in her works,” Megan said. “Her paintings draw the viewer into considering animals as

characters with a story to tell. Like some professional artists, Carruthers also takes on politics (“Don Key 1”), social commentary (“The Masked Offender 1”), references to New Zealand art history (“Rita Lamb”) and applies a liberal dose of irony (“Smoking Gun”).

Lizzie farms in the Maungawera Valley with her husband Phill Hunt. She has farmed and painted all her life. During the last couple of years she has used more oils and acrylics in her work. The exhibition includes some of the pencil sketches which the finished works are based on. Called “No Animals were Harmed,” the exhibition is at the Studio Red Gallery in Bannockburn for a month.

PHOTO: CAROLINE HARKER

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 9

Twitter posts must have at least five words excluding the hashtag .For twitter posts to be eligible, there must only be one #gigatownwanaka per post.For every original tweet or reply you post, you are only allowed a maximum of two retweets.

Facebook posts must have at least five words excluding the hashtag. Only posts on and to the Gigatown Wanaka facebook will count.

Instagram posts must have at least five words excluding the hashtag. For Instagram posts to be eligible, there must only be one #gigatownwanaka per post.

To earn gigapoints, all comments need to be original and relevant to the Gigatown competition, ultra-fast broadband and gigabit fibre. Automated sharing across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram will only be counted for the original platform that it was created on.

The final round has begun.Between September 17 and November 26, Wanaka will compete against four other towns – Gisborne, Timaru, Dunedin and Nelson – to win points across five different challenges.Gigapoints can also be earned through social media content that is topical and relevant to the competition. The content must relate directly to the Gigatown competition, for example, posts about the Gigatown scoreboard, Gigatown technology and UFB, as well as what makes Wanaka the perfect Gigatown. Check out the new rules outlined on this page and get posting.Pop into the Lake Bar from 5pm this Friday to celebrate with the team.

TWITTER

FACEBOOK

INSTAGRAM

ALL SOCIAL MEDIA

FINALS - WHAT YOU CAN DO

THE FINALS NEW RULES...

Duncan & Kelly Good

Wanaka has made it through to the finals of the Gigatown competition. The scoreboard has now been reset to zero and the rules have changed for the final round:

High-paying jobs created by a Wanaka business have to be given to people overseas instead of locals, because of the town’s slow internet speed.

R i c h a r d P r o u t , C h i e f Executive of online jewellery business 1791 Diamonds, said he had employed people in Sydney, Los Angeles, Boston and the United Kingdom because they can liaise better with the company’s clients across the globe through high-speed internet.

He and other local online businesses are urging the community to get behind the Gigatown Wanaka campaign as it takes part in the finals stage of the Chorus-led competition.

1791 Diamonds uses video conferencing to deal with clients but it has to shut down the Skype conversation if the voice-over-internet protocol (VOIP) phone rings in their central Wanaka office.

“I ’m employing people overseas because their internet connection is reliable enough t o h a v e v i d e o c a l l s w i t h customers,” Mr Prout said.

“All these jobs could have been here but it’s very difficult to demonstrate our portfolio of work here, with the internet connection we currently have.”

Staff send high-resolution files containing CAD renders of jewellery designs to customers and manufacturers – and this often takes hours instead of minutes.

“If I tried backing up our customers’ data files on our current connection it would take about 17 days. Even basic, practical things like that can’t be done.”

M e a n w h i l e , W a n a k a bookkeeping business Mighty Efficient operates 100 percent

in the cloud, so is entirely dependent on the internet for service delivery and remaining at the forefront of technology research. It also aims to offer video conferencing space to its clients at its new offices.

“It’s crucial for us to be agile, flexible and fast,” co-owner Anja O’Connor said.

“So far the internet speed has been sufficient, but with faster internet we could use Google Hangouts more efficiently for staff collaboration. We also

run training over Skype and there have been occasions where it was just too slow, which is not ideal.”

W a n a k a i s j o i n e d b y Gisborne, Timaru, Dunedin and Nelson in the battle to become New Zealand’s first Gigatown. The winning town will receive access to one gigabit per second wholesale service at a special price, plus a $200,000 development fund to support entrepreneurs and innovators.

Celia Crosbie

PHOTO: CELIA CROSBIE

supports ...

More jobs in online business with UFB

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 10

The only Wanaka local with a speaking part during the Aspiring Conversations festival (October 10 – 12) is philanthropist Scott Gilmour. He will be one of three people on a panel discussing inequality and the growing gap between the rich and the poor. The other two speakers are author Max Rashbrooke (The Inequality Debate) and UNICEF representative Deborah Morris-Travers. Scott is well qualified to speak about inequality. A successful IT businessman, he set up a long-term philanthropic project for a group of children at a decile one school in Auckland 12 years ago.

A classroom of eight-year-olds from Mount Roskill became “Dreamers” and they were given academic tutoring and mentoring for the next 12 years. They were also taken on tramps, assigned a consistent caring adult in their lives (in the form of Scott’s right hand man Ant Backhouse), and promised their tertiary tuition fees would be paid when the time came.

T h e r e s u l t s h a v e b e e n remarkable, with 80 percent of the Dreamers going on to tertiary study - compared to 30 percent

of the control group (which was the students one year ahead in the same school).

Scott’s project was inspired by an American programme called I Have A Dream. His own dream now is to get the programme into schools all over New Zealand. His Mount Roskill project involved 53 students and the powers-that-be have told him this is too small a sample group, so Scott and Ant have written a plan to roll the programme out to a whole school. They are talking to schools in Whangarei and West Auckland and plan to start the programme again with 1200 – 1800 children next year. The original project cost $4000

per child per year. The new one has a budget of $1000 per child per year.

“The money’s the hard part,” Scott said. “We need sponsors to commit to being around. I’m told the Government spends $10,000 a year on each child at school, so another grand isn’t that much considering what a difference it makes. It costs $100,000 a year to have someone in jail, and everyone who’s NEET [Not in Education, Employment or Training] costs the Government an average of $35,000 a year.” Scott has calculated that with economies of scale, the involvement of non-profit organisations and

more volunteers, the costs of his I Have A Dream programme could come down to $1000 per child per year.

Research has shown his project has broken the cycle of poverty for families with a child still involved in the Mount Roskill Dreamer’s programme. “It hasn’t just helped those children, it’s had a huge impact on their siblings and their parents too,” Scott said.

Scott is a firm believer in education being the key to a successful future for New Zealand. “Dairy products, wool and wood are not going to make us a wealthy country,” he said. “We need new technologies. IT and value-added food products, for example, create high wage jobs, high value export earnings and ultimately shareholder wealth.”

As well as taking part in Aspiring Conversations, Scott is speaking to U3A on October 3 as part of the organisation’s “Interesting People Do Interesting Things” series.

Scott is pictured with some of his first group of Dreamers and his National Director, Ant Backhouse, when Scott was a finalist in the New Zealander of the Year Awards in 2013. Ant received a Queen’s Service Medal for services to youth and education last week.

sunnews

On September 8 police arrested an 18-year-old local male on a charge of injuring with intent and a 17-year-old local male for common assault, in relation to an incident on August 7.

Police received a report of wilful damage to a swing set at a Terranova Place address on September 9, on which enquiries are continuing. On the same day they dealt with a child who was threatening others on a school bus.

On September 10 police arrested a 24-year-old local male for disorderly behaviour after he threatened a male with an iron bar during a dispute over right-of-way on the Albert Town Bridge.

Last Thursday police attended a domestic dispute on Connor Street after an intoxicated male returned home.

On Friday police dealt with a motor vehicle accident when the driver of a vehicle failed to give way and ran over a cyclist at the junction of Anderson Road and Mount Iron Drive.

On the same day, police attended a domestic dispute on Galloway Terrace. Police arrested a 43-year-old male for assault on another patron in the Bullock Bar.

On Sunday police attended a domestic dispute at a Cardrona address and arrested a 47-year-old male for assaulting his partner.

crimescene

For non-emergency advice or assistance from Wanaka Police call 443 7272. You can also find us on Facebook.

In an emergency always dial 111. To provide information anonymously, call the organisation

CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111

Domestic dispute arrests Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

Scott Gilmour - aspiring dreamer

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 11

TXT MESSAGE

BOARD

TXT THE WANAKA SUNTXT THE WANAKA SUN

sunviews

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE TEXT BOARD AND IN THE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR ALONE

AND NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE WANAKA SUN.

EDITORIAL People often comment on what a wonderful community we live in.Whether it be after their lost wallet was handed in, or when neighbours banded together to find a missing pet, or when people dug deep to help a community member in need.There’s another example of this happening tonight, with a function being held at Fitzpatrick’s Irish Pub to celebrate the life of Coen van Rosmalen, the young Dutchman who died after being hit by a car on Beacon Point Road during the early hours of Sunday morning.Coen had only lived in Wanaka since June but he had clearly touched a lot of people, who are running a fundraising raffle in conjunction with the memorium to raise money to help his family in the Netherlands with the costs associated with his death.Another comment which is often made in this town is about the number of people who are struggling and how their battle is invisible to many other residents.Perhaps – seeing the help local people are willing to give Coen’s family, which is just one of many examples – those people will find the confidence to seek help with whatever battles they’re facing.On another note – please don’t forget to vote in the General Election this weekend, if you haven’t already.It’s a really important election and we truly are lucky to live in a democratic country.And the saying “if you don’t vote, you can’t complain” is correct.

Issue 679 Thursday September 18, 2014

Phone: 03 443 5252 Fax: 03 443 5250 Text view: 021 0849 0001 Text classified: 022 0786 778

www.thewanakasun.co.nz Address: Upstairs Spencer House, Wanaka Postal: PO Box 697, Wanaka

Editorial manager: Ruth Bolger editor@thewanakasun.co.nzJournalists: Jessica Maddock journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz

Caroline Harker newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz Production: Adam Hall production@thewanakasun.co.nzAdvertising: Jake Kilby marketing@thewanakasun.co.nz

Adele Blockley advertising@thewanakasun.co.nzAccounts: admin@thewanakasun.co.nz

Printed by: Guardian Print, Ashburton Delivered by: Wanaka Rowing Club Published by: Wanaka Sun (2003) Ltd Distribution: 7500

Free delivery to Wanaka, Wanaka surrounds and Cromwell urban and rural mailboxes, PO boxes in Makarora, Cromwell, Haast, Wanaka, Albert Town, Hawea. Distributed to motels, hotels and cafes plus businesses in the

Wanaka central business district and to drop boxes in Wanaka and Cromwell.

THESE ARE HAPPY DAYS CLIMBING UP THE MT IRON. NO MOANING PLEASE, MOST DOG OWNERS ATTEND TO THE POOS. AND A VERY CLEAN TOILET FOR OUR USE AT THE PARKING AREA. THANK YOU. ANOTHER OF WANAKA’S SECRETS.

IF UFB DOES BRING EXTRA REVENUE TO WANAKA TOURISM, ARE EMPLOYERS IN WANAKA GOING TO PAY A LIVING WAGE?

THAT GOLFER GREG NORMAN HE SHOULD HAVE HAD SAFETY MEETING BEFORE WORKING IN HIS GARDEN!

DOES IT BOTHER ANYONE ELSE THAT DOC IN NOVEMBER IS ABOUT TO DUMP TONNES OF 1080 POISON INTO ALL THE MAJOR TRIBUTARIES OF LAKE WANAKA (EAST & WEST MATUKI, YOUNG, WILKIN RIVERS ETC) WHICH IS WHERE WE GET OUR EVERYDAY WATER FROM, INCLUDING DRINKING WATER, AND ALL THE SURROUNDING FARMS AND ALL THAT DRAW WATER FROM THE CLUTHA BETWEEN HERE AND THE EAST COAST?

HAPPY LOVELY SMASHING FAB BIRTHDAY H, WE MISS YOU XX

Guidelines for letters and texts to the Wanaka Sun

The Wanaka Sun no longer accepts letters or texts that directly respond to the author of previous letters or texts. If you wish to reply to another letter or text, stick to the topic involved and try to advance the debate so that other readers might join in the discussion. Correspondents should not engage in recriminations against earlier correspondents.

Letters of fewer than 200 words and texts of fewer than 25 words are preferred.

Letters or texts may be edited for clarity, length or legal reasons.

Letters can be sent to editor@thewanakasun.co.nz with “Letters to the editor” in the subject line, or can be posted to PO Box 697, Wanaka 9343. Texts can be sent to 021986786. The Wanaka Sun cannot acknowledge receipt of letters or texts.

The Wanaka Sun reserves the right to edit, abridge or decline letters or texts without explanation.

WRITE TO THE EDITORLet the community know your views.

Email your letter of 200 words or less to: editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

OPEN EVERY DAY

OPENING TIMES MONDAY TO SUNDAY

8.30AM - 7PM

Phone: 03 443 8000 Top of Helwick Street, Wanaka

Competition support

What a great result for Wanaka in the Gigatown competition. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to help too much as I do not use social media but my grandson – who knows all about the competition - registered my email. I found one learns a lot doing the quizzes too. Is there anything else us non-users can do to help in the next round? All the best with your endeavour.

Jeff GoodacreLuggate

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 12

Retro ski club reunionThe Wanaka Ski Club was formed in 1979 by a group of keen local skiers and has morphed over the years - along with the development of snowsports equipment and styles - to emerge as the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club. Many of the current 356 members snowboard, heli-ski and ride fat rocker skis, but know very little about what the club was like in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Hot dogging, nutcrackers, powder eights comps and crayfish barbecues are not seen by today’s club members. However, former members have an opportunity to reminisce about the halcyon days of the Wanaka Ski Club this Saturday at a barbecue with current members, at Treble Cone’s Base Building Plaza.There will be a fun platter race event, as well as spot prizes for fancy dress and the best old story told.

Two competitors from the Wanaka Taekwondo Club competed at the national championships last weekend at the Lincoln Event Centre in Christchurch.

Mount Aspiring College student Mikaela Condren participated in the female grade 8-7, which is for girls aged 13 to 14 and weighing between 57kg and 61kg. Travis Meredith competed in the sparring category of the male grade 8-7, for competitors aged 18-plus and weighing 70kg to 72kg.

Team coach Laxman B a s n e t s a i d T r a v i s

(pictured in blue) won a silver medal in his weight category, while Mikaela did not win a medal but gave a good performance.

B o t h h a v e b e e n

practicing Taekwondo with international instructor Laxman Basnet at the Wanaka Taekwondo Club, which started in June this year.

sunsport

Silver for taekwondo studentStaff RepoRteR

Wanaka Sun

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 13

sunclassifiedsemployment notice

employment

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 14

20 word limit - deadline Tuesday 4pm - standard network rates apply

02 20 786 77802 20 786 778For FREE listing text your advert to

For FREE listing text your advert to

sunclassifieds

body and mindAYURVEDA ARTS Therapies Consultation Massage Nutrition & Seasonal Wellness Plans.Natures Wisdom for Daily Health. 0210318288

HOT QIGONG at Hot Yoga Fusion. Come and enjoy deep relaxation for body and mind rejuve-nation. Friday 7.15pm. Contact: James 027 528 0396 wanakaqi@gmail.com

MASSAGE SPECIAL: LOMI LOMI. $80. (1.5 hours for 1 hour price! ) Therapeutic Hawaiian warming, relaxing, nurturing, flowing. Ph Maryann 03 4436463, 021 1101160 Aloha!

LYMPHATIC CLEARANCE: Support immune system, relieve lymphoedema, swelling, pain. Gentle therapeutic treatment. Ph Maryann 03 4436463, 021 1101160

MASSAGE THERAPY from a qualified physio at In Balance Therapeutics. Phone or text Sally on 0274875942 for an appointment

ABHYANGA MASSAGE or another Ayurvedic treatment: A unique experience of self healing and relaxation. Call Martin 443 5712. www.ayur-vedaora.com

PREGNANCY YOGA with carmen. Mon 6 pm/fri 10 am. 90 min. Exp teacher. Tailored for pregnancy and birth. Www.sadhanaliving.com 02102215409.

ALLERGY SYMPTOMS? Discover this gem of a therapy. Natural, gentle pain free. Ayurvedic Nasya therapy with carmen. Www.sadhanaliving.com 02102215409

YOGA FOR CANCER support, recovery for patients & caregivers--ANY desiring a gentle, restoring class. 1:30 for this Thurs only. Ring Jennifer 0220974596

GENTLE YOGA connecting movement with breath, & You. 9:30 EA WEDS. 557 Aubrey Rd. $12 classes. Mats available. Jennifer 0220974596

QUARTZ CRYSTAL singing bowl and toning sessions for deep relaxation/energy balancing available by appointment. 181 Cemetery Rd HAWEA Jennifer 022 097 4596

RECONNECT WITH a sense of deep peace and love for FREE! View 15 min film The Message at WWW.LIVING-PRESENCE.ORG

YOGA IN HAWEA! Gentle movement with the breath. 181 Cemetery Rd ea Tues & Thurs at 9:30AM $12. Jen 022 097 4596

LOCALS SPECIAL - Your first massage is just $45 at The Body Garage. To book in call or text 0212078486

HOMEOPATH AND Wellness Specialist availa-ble at Wanaka Wellness Centre. Call Linda Baker on 0211468041 or visit www.intelligenthealth.com for a refreshing approach to your wellness concerns.

FREE PUBLIC SEMINAR Chronic fatigue, fibro-myalgia - the long awaited cure. Mon 22 Sept Queenstown Events centre. PRE-REGISTER www.artofhealth.co.nz

MASSAGE THERAPY. Sports-,Deep tissue-,Relaxation-,Pregnancy massage. Effective and rejuvenating. Ursula Krebs, Dip. Massage Therapist CH/NZ. Phone: 027 6602271.

ASPIRING MASSAGE WANAKA. Est 2004. Trevor Bailey. Full time massage since 1994 USA/NZ. Ph 4432993 or 0274222455. www.as-piringmassagewanaka.co.nz

YOGA FOR your wellbeing, small classes in a warm peaceful environment, to suit all levels. Contact Jill at jillmidgley@gmail.com, 4437655 or 0220685434.

WANAKA TAEKWONDO club be fit be healthy and get more confident. All age welcome .weekly three lesson only $20 call Lax 02040152714 fa-cebook.com/wanakataekwondoclub

employmentPART TIME and full time senior hair stylists re-quired. Contact Jade at Hairculture for more info 03 443 9515 or jadealex2009@live.com

for sale COWHIDES, CALFSKINS, handbags, purses, ottomans, moo boots at 34 Plantation Rd 027 44 99 774

BELLE FIORE china, various items for sale. Plz contact 021 680 110 to view

for sale CLOTHING FROM $1.00 limited time only at Salvation Army Family Store

BEAUTIFUL CHINA tea cup bird feeders, great for attracting wax eyes and bell birds to your gar-den. Makes the perfect present. $25 ph or txt 021 680 110

ARTIST’S SUPPLIES, art classes, kids crafts & more! Spencer House Mall across from New World or www.theArtistsCorner.co.nz

HUNGARIAN VIZSLA puppies for sale.great for hunting and family pet.very cute. ph 4431314

GET IN shape for summer! Treat yourself to a new Paddleboard. Call Miles @ Alpine Sup 0211858001

HANDSOME 4YO gelding for sale, gear availa-ble. Needs experienced rider. Natural horseman-ship home. Curious, friendly, soft, responsive. Parelli start. 0211136845

2 DRAWER filing cabinet for sale. Lockable, as new, good for home office. $160 Ph : 0274 903 022 or 443 4008

NEW SEASON’S Paddleboards & Paddles have just arrived in stock! Call Miles @ Alpine Sup on 0211858001

TOYOTA CALDINA 4wd, 135,000km, wof and service feb 15. Looking for a new home, great car. 0211654302

SHEEP MANURE. 5 dollars a bag. Free delivery :-) Call or txt Rhys on 022 321 6103.

THE GOVERNOR’S golden lemon butter from Pirate Pickles at Wanaka farmers market from 4pm Thursdays in Spencer House Mall

CHESTERFIELD SOFA. Dark brown leather. $1000. 443 8656

noticeADULT ART classes & supplies! Come check is out in the mall across from new world. 03 443 5965 www.theartistscorner.co.nz

GARY & Nikki are having a couple at the Lake Bar this Friday night before shooting the gap next week and invite friends to join them!

BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Jake for informa-tion 021 404 641

OP SHOP open 12 midday to 4pm at Wanaka Primary School. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

PLENTY OF parking – drive up, walk on in. Wanaka Liquor Centre – 1 Ardmore Street www.wanakaliquorcentre.co.nz

CUSTOMER LOYALTY Cards – ask about these cards on your next visit to the Salvation Army Family Store

WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store Opening Hours - Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm. We look forward to see-ing you there!

WANAKA PHARMACY’S extended winter hours this ski season - 8.30am until 7pm, Monday to Sunday.

HOMEOWNER? LIKE to make some extra $ this summer? Rent your house over New Years. Kiwiana Accommodation www.kiwianaaccom-modation.com, for info email iloveit@kiwianainc.com

ROTARY WANAKA book collection, depots Mitre 10 & Video Ezy or call 4436643 to arrange pick-up. Book Sale 3-5 October 2014

LEKKIE SUMMIT motor kit soon back in stock! Want to electrify your bicycle? Pre-order now! Good Rotations, www.goodrotations.co, 034434349.

UPHOLSTERY ALLEY- Get your boat ready for summer! 10% off all custom made boat covers. Expires 25th Sept. 0275606600

HISTORIC VILLAGE.CAFES,GALLERIES,GIFTWARE,JEWELLERY,SOAPS,BOOKS.BEAUTIFUL Cromwell Heritage Precinct.Lakeside,Melmore Tce,Cromwell.Open daily.

SUNDAY CRAFT market information for stall-holders is out! Available from QLDC office, the library or email sundaymarkets@hotmail.com

noticeSPRING SPECIAL AT FLATHEAD CAFE - an-tipasto platter for under $20!! Match with glass of local Maude wine or Wanaka Beerworks beer.

WANAKA DISTRICTS Club, for affordable fam-ily dining and great bar prices. Join for just $20 per year.

WANAKA FARMERS Market from 4pm every Thursday in Spencer House Mall, eat fresh and healthy, support local producers

rentTO RENT. QUEENBED ROOM. ALBERT TOWN. Suit quiet living, nonsmoking couple //single. Own bathroom, WiFi. Power. $250//$185/wk. Maryann 03 4436463, 021 1101160

LAKE HAWEA unfurnished room $140 pw + share in power/wifi/wood. Warm sunny modern home with 2 others. 027 443 6699.

servicesWHAT’S BUGGING you?. . . . If it’s creepy or crawling your locally owned and operated Jae Services can come to your place to see how they can help. Call us on (03) 443 1150

CHILLER TRAILER available to hire for parties, functions and events. Wanaka Liquor Centre – 1 Ardmore Street Ph. 443 1466.

DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR ADDICTION PROBLEMS? Robyn Cousins from SF Central is at Community Networks, 73 Brownston Street Tuesdays 11am-2pm for free confidential advice.

SEWING REPAIRS an alterations. Snow sport clothing, school uniforms, summer clothes needing styling? Economic solution. Phone Sue 4432008 or 0272472181

WHEELS TO DUNSTAN:Free daily transport to Dunstan Hospital & Alexandra specialist appoint-ments. Also connects to Dunedin Hospital trans-port. For bookings call 4437799

FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks by appointment. Call 4437799 or email info@communitynetworks.co.nz

JP SERVICES at Community Networks Tuesdays1pm and Fridays 10.30.For appoint-ments call 4437799

INTRODUCTION TO Business Seminar. Thursday 18 September 5.30-7.30pm St Johns Room. Email advisory.dunedin@ird.govt for this free seminar

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Seminar. Friday 19 September 9.30-11.30am St Johns Room. Email advisory.dunedin@ird.govt for this free seminar

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

VINTAGE & CLASSIC CAR restoration, mechan-ical & electrical, MOTOR HOME & CARAVAN repair and restoration. Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

RAVE REVIEWS FOR TERRA SERVICES! Landscaping, clearing, grading, & more. FAST, EFFICIENT. Great rates. www.terraservices.co.nz or ring Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

WANAKA WINDOW CLEANING professional, friendly, efficient service. Enjoy those mountain views. High, awkward windows a specialty. Paolo 021 0572505/ 4432420

MARQUEE HIRE Kamp Marquee Hire: el-egant round and rectangular marquees; exclu-sive lakeside locations available for your event 02102934268; contact@kamp.co.nz

LEAD LIGHTS /stained glass windows, lamp-shades and decretive mirrors designed and made to suit individual needs. restoration wel-come. Phone 443 5530 for more info.

SURLYBIKES.COM: FATBIKES, touring bikes, hauling or trail bikes. At Good Rotations in Wanaka! 34 Anderson Rd, www.goodrotations.co, 03.4434349.

NEED A babysitter? Text Katie on 02102988747

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

wantedHELP WANTED to take lightweight, large suit-case sized item, from Albert Town/Wanaka to Cromwell on Sat. Evenings or Sundays from October 4th. Ph 4436463, 021 1101160

WANTED TO buy - used deer gates and/or fence posts. Please contact 027 8479522 thanks!

TREBLE TONES is a women’s acappella group in Wanaka. We are looking for interested, experi-enced Alto I and Alto IIs. Kirsty 0272005111

RUSTY BARB wire wanted – will pick up – please phone: 021 129 9439

wantedWANTED. UNFURNISHED 2/3 bedroom house from 18/10 for 6 months. Professional couple with 2 cats small dog. 021471904 or 043828336.

WANTED SELF contained flat, private, warm for lo-cal female.Please phone,0276602271

WANTED: FAMILY house to rent 29 December until 6 January. Txt 0272111977 or brent@hellers.co.nz

HOUSE FOR five required 30 December 2014 to 4 January 2015. Would consider house swap for Christchurch house. Call Barbara on 021 790 578

WANTED TO rent: self contained unit / flat suitable for one tidy, quiet local male. No pets. Please phone 021 031 6962

CASUAL CLEANING job wanted. Local German woman, experienced with eye for detail (weekly or one-offs). $25/hr. Jeannine 0274859580

what’s on‘TALK LIKE A Pirate Day’ this Friday 19th. Celebrate at LaLaLand Lounge Bar with themed jam jars, drink specials and DJ Junior Fraser on the decks from 10pm. Level 1, 99 Ardmore Street

‘FULL HOUSE’ celebrating all things house – clas-sic, deep, tech, bass, funky, tropical - at Lalaland Lounge Bar this Saturday 20th with DJs Matty J and Jake Kilby from 10pm. Level 1, 99 Ardmore Street

POETRY SLAM: regional final (September 25, 7pm) and workshop (September 23, 5pm). Both will be held upstairs at Kai Whakapai. For work-shop bookings call or text 027 622 5075. For more information, please email poeticjusticewanaka@gmail.com

THE PRIME Timers next meeting will be on Thursday September 11 at the Wanaka Districts Club on Plantation Rd at 2.00 pm. All welcome.

LALALAND HAPPY Hour daily from 5pm – 7pm. $5 tea cocktails from 4pm – 8pm.

COMPLIMENTARY BBQ at the Post Office Lane this Friday from 5 – 7, live music from 10pm

THIS THURSDAY @ No33 Ardmore down the Post Office Lane we have Robert Glen shredding his electric guitar from 10pm

SATURDAY NIGHT @ No.33 Ardmore. Dr D and the Sol-istics! DJ set featuring Deep House, Breaks and Funk!!!

DR COMPOST free Get Growing workshop: Bountiful vegetable gardening: raised beds, seedlings, top crops - Tues 14th October, 6-8pm, Aspiring Beginnings.

DR COMPOST free Get Composting workshop: Easy ways to compost at home: bokashi, compost heaps, worms - Tues 21st October, 6-8pm, Aspiring Beginnings.

WAIOURAU NORDIC Sports Club 20th year cel-ebration: Ceilidh Dance and Concert with Martin Curtis and band, 6.30pm, September 20, Snow Farm Lodge. Enquiries and bookings www.waiorau-nordicsportsclub.co.nz or phone Kathy Deacon 03 213 0643 or Snow Farm 03 443 7542

FRIDAY 26TH Sept 6pm, Presbyterian Community Centre, Tenby St. Free Admission - Professor Colin Green, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland: Title: New Medicines in Wound Healing

FRIDAY 17TH October 6 pm, Presbyterian Community Centre, Tenby St. $5 admission. Dr Catherine Mohr, Director of Medical Research, Intuitive Surgical Inc, California. Title: To be advised

FRIDAY 14TH November 6 pm, Presbyterian Community Centre, Tenby St. $5 admission. Professor Nicola Peart, Faculty of Law, University of Otago. Title: To be advised

DUCK RACE, a Rotary Wanaka event, 25 October 10am. Start Dungarvon Street, Finish Dinosaur Park, Ticket outlets Video Ezy, New World 5,12 Oct

ROTARY CLUB of Wanaka & Harraway & Sons (sponsor) invite the Koru Quintet to Edgewater, Sunday 26 October 6.30pm Contact Don 021 236 1518

LAKE SWIMMING starts soon! Wanaka Lake Swimmers Club AGM. Thursday 25th September, 7pm, Edgewater Resort. All welcome.

BORED KIDS?? Not at Flathead Cafe! Have coffee or wine while they play... Lego table, Pacman arcade game, playground.. Open 7 days!

LALALAND LOUNGE Bar Wanaka. Open daily from 4pm – 2.30am. Upstairs, 99 Ardmore Street.

82 Anderson Road, Wanaka P 03 443 1114

“Quality mechanical repairs at an a�ordable price.”

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14 PAGE 15

TREE SERVICES

sunclassifiedstrades&services

PANELBEATING

CURTAINS

TARRAS GOLF RESULTS: John Annan Memorial 4 Ball Tournament results-1st day best scores-Brad Paterson & Ben Purvis nett 59, Mark Hervey & Gavin Herlihy 60 on cb., John Dawson & Beau Trevathan 60. 2nd day-Best gross over field-Les Nelson 74, Mark Hervey 75. Best nett over field-H Reinecke 65. Best Senior Nett-J Daw-son 67. Intermediate Nett-D Morris 68. Junior Nett-C Still. Longest Drive Senior-K Galloway, Junior G Lucas. Nearest the Pin, Senior-K Galloway, Junior-M Moir. Two’s-R Marshall & R Gib-son. Winners of John Annan Memorial Trophy-M Hervey & G Herlihy nett 190. Tarras Championships:Senior-Yev-erley McCarthy beat Carmel Hyndman. Intermediate-Jan Gibson beat Annabel Spiers, Ken Galloway beat Richard Pullar. Junior-Jan Allen beat Maria Wilson, Craig Still beat Murray Hyndman

WANAKA BRIDGE CLUB Results. Championship Pairs 10. Silver Division. North/South: Lynne Fegan, Mag-gie Stratford 69.39% 1. Carol Orbell, Freda Ryder 58.01% 2. Sherril Harries, Mo Scho-field 56.25% 3. East / West:- Murray Pryde, Ken Roberts 61.22% 1. Kate Coe, Lesley Davies 61.06% 2. Gaye Mar-shall, Mary Gibson- Collings 57.37% 3. Bronze Division. North/South:- Julie Mul-holland, Kate Summers 55.29%1. Jean Logan, Marion Murphy 53.70% 2. Annette Clements, Sue Or-bell 53.17% 3. East/West:-

Morag Chisholm, Neil Rob-inson 64.58% 1. Suzanne Ewing, Helen Mathewson 55.95% 2. George Foreman, Jane Hawkey 55.36% 3. Fri-day Bridge 12 September. North/South:- Sherril Har-ries, Mo Schofield 63.72% 1. Shona Johnstone, John Mercer 57.47% 2. Alan Chisholm, Dennis Pezaro 52.95% 3. East/West:- Jan Lyness, Laraine Shepherd 65.91% 1. Dorothy McDon-ald, Nan Ottrey 65.15% 2. Boyd Ottrey, Lyn Robinson 58.33% 3.

LAKE HAWEA GOLF RE-SULTS Mt Maude Stabl-efords. Men 1 Dick Sullivan 40, 2 Gerrald Haggart 39, 3 Rick Johnston 38, 4 Bryan Burgess. 37, Gerry Browne 37, Neil Matchett 37. La-dies. 1 Bronnie Stevenson. 33. Closest pin no 1. Chris Morrow. no 5. Tony Arscott. Birdies nett eagles. Neil Matchett, Tim Cotter.

WANAKA STADIUM BOWLS Results Friday afternoon Progressive Skips:1: Glad Cross 2: Scot-tie Culverwell 3: Ian Brown 3rds: 1: Don Mcleay 2: Nor-man Matheson 3: Terry Maguire Leads: 1: Beaton Marr 2: Stu landsborough 3: Charles Kiewiet Aspiring Village Challenge won by The Wanaka Club Friday afternoon Progressive Sept 14 Skips: 1: Betty Russell 2: John Barton 3: Michael Barnett 3rds: 1: Charles Kiewiet 2: Iain Fletcher 3: Robyn Chartres Leads:1: Pe-ter Cooke 2: Garth White 3: Dennis Schofield

sport results

20 word limit - deadline Tuesday 4pm standard network rates apply

02 20 786 77802 20 786 778

ClassifiedsClassifieds

For FREE listing text your advert toFor FREE listing text your advert to

CALL 03 443 5252

advertise yourtrade or service

fixed position & FREE design

employment

notice

employment

The Wanaka Sun is seeking an enthusiastic, bright and outgoing salesperson to join its advertising sales team, helping to manage a number of existing clients and developing new client relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to join Wanaka’s only 100% local newspaper.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• A solid sales background• The ability to work in a busy deadline-driven environment• Administrative accuracy and good time management• Honesty and integrity• Sound ability to assess clients’ requirements• Your own reliable vehicle

Please send your CV and cover letter to Nikki Heath at nikki@pembroke.co.nz

Applications close September 25, 2014.

MARKETING POSITION

employment

colour & design

advertise in the...

wanakasun CALL 03 443 5252

THURSDAY 18.09.14 - WEDNESDAY 24.09.14PAGE 16

PHOTO: MARTIN BARHAM

Independent Scots win league

Old master still competing

The first game of the night was the Ballstars against Notinyourmum’s Forest. The Ballstars scored first and led at half-time. After the break, Forest nudged its way back in. After a thrilling second half, the game finished 6-6.

Nobody was really in any doubt of the result of the next game between undefeated Independent Scotland and the Misfits, but it was not until the second half that the goals really started flowing.It was 12-2 to the Scots (pictured) at the final whistle, giving them the League of Champions title.

The third game was the Mishits versus Real Sosobad. The Mishits had the better of the play and were a couple of goals to the good to no reply at half-time. The pattern continued after the break and the game ended 5-0.

The last game of the league was a preview of next week’s Wanaka Futsal Shield Final between the Dribble Squad and Wanaka Poker Club. The WPC had worked out its tactics correctly and, even though

the Squad scored early on, it did not go as planned for the youngsters. It was 2-1 at half-time. The second half was more of the same, with neither team giving an inch. The final score was 3-3.

Staff RepoRteR

Wanaka Sun

Aspiring gymnast has rhythm

Money raised for dogs and kea

Competition begins

sunsport

On Sunday ten-year-olds Olivia Jones, Isla Gellatly and Molly Barham represented Aspiring Gymsports at the Dunedin Gymnastics Academy Rhythmic Junior Competition. In this gymnastics code, the gymnasts perform three floor routines to music, using apparatus including ropes, balls, hoops, ribbons or clubs. All the gymnasts performed well, with Molly (pictured) placed first overall in level three.

More than $1300 was raised for the Aspiring Avalanche Dogs and the Kea Conservation Trust, at Treble Cone’s community day on Saturday. Among the fundraising initiatives was an auction with Treble Cone’s snowsports instructors, Callum, Ryan and Bob, going under the hammer.

The Burton High Fives snowboarding competition starts today with 60 riders, including top international athletes and Olympic medallists from around the world, competing. This year seven Kiwis, competing in slopestyle, are going up against the professionals: Rebecca Torr, Shelly Gotlieb, Christy Prior, Stefi Luxton, Carlos Garcia Knight, Ben Comber and JJ Raywood. The Burton High Fives is a free spectator sporting event. The competition has been moved forward a day to avoid bad weather, with the slopestyle finals today (Thursday) and the halfpipe finals tomorrow (Friday).Rebecca ‘Possum’ Torr was pictured on the slopestyle course at last year’s High Fives.

The oldest competitor in South Island masters ski racing, Paul Bush, 85, was racing at Treble Cone on Saturday (pictured).

Paul is the father of Wanaka physiotherapist Gin Rutledge, who was on the sidelines to support him, along with five other adult members of their family. Paul was the only competitor in his age group, but was not deterred and raced on handicap against the other masters racers (who are as young as 30). He competes in up to ten ski races throughout the South Island every year and has no plans to retire. This year he told his son-in-law, Dan Rutledge, that his skiing ability is still improving, but quipped he was going to run out of time.

Fellow masters ski racer and current New Zealand Women’s Masters Ski Racing Champion, Wanaka’s Bonny Teat, 62, said both she and Paul would like to see more

younger people competing at the masters level.

“You don’t need a racing background and you don’t need to wear racing clothes or anything like that,” Bonny said. “It’s all for fun.”

The latest local recruit to masters ski racing is personal trainer Sally Soper. Bonny said Sally was a ski racer in the 1980s and was inspired to race again by other parents who had children doing race training with Team Treble Cone. Sally’s daughter Isabella is among them and

she was very proud when Sally scored the fastest women’s time during Saturday’s racing, despite being on borrowed skis.

Other locals competing in Treble Cone and C a r d r o n a m a s t e r s events this season were Sally Middleton, Ziggy Potoczny, Lloyd Thayer, Jackie Van der Voort, Pete O’Connell, Gary Tweedie, Pedro Jackson, Rosemary Lee, Bonny’s son Jesse, and Walter and Ricky Unterberger.

Walter lives in Wanaka during the winter and

in Austria during the northern hemisphere ski season. He has done back-to-back winters for many years, competing on the international circuit, and this year won the New Zealand Men’s Ski Racing Masters title for the eleventh time.

A g r o u p o f a b o u t ten Australian masters a l s o m a k e W a n a k a their winter base and compete locally. “They enjoy the camaraderie, not to mention the usual NZ-Oz r ivalry,” Bonny said.

CaRoline HaRkeR

Wanaka Sun

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

sportbrief

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

PHOTO: SUPPLIED