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Local swimmers can expect to hear what the council has decided to do about the Wanaka Community Pool after the QLDC meeting this morning, when an announcement is expected from the mayor. The pool was closed “until further notice’’ last Friday following an engineering assessment that gave it a DBE (Design Based Earthquake) rating of 20 percent which classifies it as an earthquake-prone building under the Building Act 2004.

Swimmers have been devastated by the loss and more than 300 have

liked the new Wanaka Sport and Recreation Group Facebook page started by Quentin Smith who is agitating for the swimming pool proposed as part of the Wanaka Sports Facility to be fast-tracked. Others want the existing pool to be reopened immediately with people signing a waiver to say they will use the pool at their own risk.

Local swimmer Roger North suggested council should, “bulldoze the walls, lift off the roof, and open a heated outdoor pool until the new is one built”.

QLDC Communications manager Michele Poole said that would not be

an acceptable solution, particularly over winter.

“The cost of heating an outdoor pool would be prohibitive,” she said. “Protecting the heating plant and the pool during demolition of the structure would be difficult. There would be no changing facilities, toilets or showers if the structure were demolished.”

Wanaka swimming coach Fiona Hezinger, who has lost her income due to the pool closure, has already had discussions with Oakridge about using the pool there, but was told it would cost around $10,000 a month to heat it. Oakridge has offered her sponsorship in the form of heating a

private pool for elite swimmers to train in and making a donation towards petrol costs for taking swimmers to the pool in Cromwell.

Fiona spent yesterday in meetings with council representatives.

“I can’t say anything because they are making an announcement at one o’clock [today] after the council meeting,” she said. “Their hands are tied. They have to look at health and safety. But they are doing everything they can to get it open as soon as possible.”

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inbriefFree winter flu vaccine programme extendedThe government announced last Thursday the free winter flu vaccine programme will be extended to the end of August as winter flu cases are on the rise. The vaccination is free to certain at-risk people, including people aged over 65, pregnant women, people with on-going health conditions such as asthma and children under five years who have been hospitalised for a respiratory illness.“This is a chance for New Zealanders who have yet to be immunised to protect themselves from a serious illness,” Plunket clinical advisor Allison Jamieson said. “Influenza kills around 400 New Zealanders, directly or indirectly, each year – so it’s not something we should take lightly”. Plunket “strongly advise” pregnant women to get the free vaccination. “Babies under six months old are too young to be immunised so if their mums are vaccinated they can pass protection on to their baby,” Allison said. The government has reported the A-H1N1 appears to be the most common strain of influenza which affects adults and young children more severely than other strains. The winter flu vaccine covers the A-H1N1 strain.

Donations up This year’s Westpac Chopper Appeal has raised $1,383,505.20 nationwide with $102,722.15 raised locally for the Lakes District Air Rescue Helicopter Trust. This was a 35 percent increase on last year.Westpac’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Sue Foley, said it was “another fantastic effort”.“We’d like to say a big thank you to all those who dug deep and contributed, as well as those who organised and pulled off a huge variety of fundraising events in their communities,” she said. “It’s really important to play our part and raise awareness of this service, along with much-needed funds.”

Training day for patrollers The new Wanaka Community Patrol joined patrollers from Dunedin, Cromwell and Wanaka last Saturday for a multi-group Community Patrols New Zealand training day at The Venue. Twenty-five patrollers attended, along with police liaison officer Mike Thomas. According to WCP chairperson Steve Worley, the day offered a “great introduction to patrolling techniques, health and safety, and training”.

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The Minister of Conservation Dr Nick Smith’s message to the Lake Wanaka Guardians was to develop partnerships with like-minded organisations, according to LWG chair Helen Tait.

Dr Smith was in town last Wednesday as part of a whirlwind tour around the South.

“His heart is in the right place regarding conservation,” she said. “And he was sympathetic to the points we keep on making – namely that we know the water quality of the lake is deteriorating and we need funding for monitoring equipment and further research – but he didn’t offer us any money.”

Helen said the Guardians were in agreement the obvious partner for them was the Otago Regional Council, and their objective was to work with the ORC to ensure the quality of Lake Wanaka was maintained.

“We made a submission to the ORC but we haven’t heard back yet,” she said. “We told them it is important to do pure research [on Lake Wanaka water quality] as well as monitoring.”

Helen said the LWG, including the three new members recently appointed by the Minister, are committed to working in partnerships and ORC staff member Jeff Donaldson has agreed to attend the next LWG meeting on August 15.

The three new members are John Darby (who was Head of Sciences at Otago Museum for

44 years), Don Robertson (former Chief Scientist for Biodiversity and Biosecurity for NIWA with 38 years’ experience in aquatic resource research and management) and semi-retired farmer and businessman, Alan Cone. They join Helen Tait, Barrie Wills (who has a background with Landcare Research and AgResearch) and Ngai Tahu nominee Taare Bradshaw. The Queenstown Lakes District Council has appointed Calum McLeod to liaise with the Guardians.

“The new group of Guardians will be great, and is coming to the role with a strong intention

of forging better communications with other relevant local groups,” Helen said. “The Guardians are determined to avoid a crisis state such as happened for a number of North Island lakes, leaving local authorities there with very expensive remediation programmes.”

The Guardians formally welcomed a statement made by Environment Minister Amy Adams on July 4 which said, “the Government requires councils to maintain or improve the water quality in their lakes … across their region. If their water quality is already above the national

standard announced [on July 3] it cannot be allowed to deteriorate”.

The Guardians will also be working with community groups to generate funding and Helen Tait said they are continuing discussions regarding funding applications with the Central Lakes Trust.

Pictured in Wanaka are (back): Phil Tisch (Department o f C o n s e r v a t i o n W a n a k a Partnerships Manager) Barrie Wills, Calum McLeod, Alan Cone, John Darby, Taare Bradshaw, (front): Don Robertson, the Hon Dr Nick Smith, Helen Tait and MP Jacqui Deans.

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The Queenstown Lakes District Council will today consider a recommendation from hearing commissioners David Whitney and Lyal Cocks to adopt a plan change that will re-zone more than 219ha of land between Aubrey Road and the Clutha River to accommodate the proposed

Northlake subdivision. The recommendation called the new zoning “appropriate”, adding it “provides certainty with respect to the ultimate development of this area of Wanaka”.

Plan Change 45 would re-zone 219.26ha north of Aubrey Road and near the Outlet Road from Rural General and Rural Residential to a new “Northlake Special Zone”

in the District Plan. The new zoning would allow for a mix of section sizes and housing, as well as community facilities.

T h e p r o p o s e d development included an indoor public swimming pool, a childcare centre, retail stores and sports facilities, as well as the provision of 20 serviced residential sections for “affordable housing”,

available for purchase subject to an option in favour of the Queenstown L a k e s C o m m u n i t y Housing Trust.

The commissioners’ recommendation will be considered by the QLDC at its full council meeting today.

Pictured is an artist’s impression of the Northlake community centre plans.

The Wanaka Chamber of Commerce released the findings of its June 2014 business confidence survey this week.

Sixty-seven businesses responded, up four from the last survey in November 2013. Most the respondents were representing small businesses with between one and 20 staff.

Chamber chairman, Alistair King, noted that business confidence continued to improve with 67 percent of respondents expecting improvements in their business within six months (up 5 percent on

November).A l m o s t h a l f t h e

respondents said “demand” was the biggest factor constraining their business, while 24 percent cited “capacity” and 20 percent cited “finance”. The figures are similar to the November survey.

Most respondents (85 percent) expect to pay a wage increase in the next 12 months (up 5 percent). One-fifth of the respondents reported getting specialist staff remains a challenge.

Eighty-eight percent of respondents supported, or considered supporting, initiatives such as the introduction of ultrafast

broadband and the ambassador programme. The internet has had a positive effect on the businesses of 87 percent of respondents ( u p 2 4 p e r c e n t i n three years).

Only one respondent (1.5 percent) thought the situation for their business was deteriorating, compared to 20 percent in 2011 when the Chamber undertook its first survey.Alistair said this reflects the broader positive business confidence in Wanaka generally and in New Zealand as a whole.

The next survey will be issued in November 2014.

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The hearing of submissions on the QLDC Dog Control Bylaw 2014 and Dog Control Policy, previously advertised as taking place on Wednesday July 30 in Queenstown has been cancelled. All submissions on the bylaw and policy will be heard at the hearing on Tuesday July 29 in the Lake Wanaka Centre at 1pm.

The council’s engineering reports on the pool were done by Holmes Consulting Group. The first report gave the building a DBE rating of 23 percent. This was reduced to 20 percent after an invasive investigation because the roof cavity was found to be saturated with water as well as having no purlin above the northern wall line. Other problems identified included: no visible connection between the portal legs and the lean-to (changing rooms and toilets) masonry block walls; no visible connection between the northern timber lintel and the portal legs; the steel bracing in the roof has no specific compression strut to resolve the forces of this connection; the apex brackets on the portal frame have oversized holes and no washers, leading to excess slop in the connection. Under snow-loading the lean-to roof structure was found to be 61 percent, compared to that of a building constructed to today’s standards.Full reports are on QLDC’s website.

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Fiona had initially thought the pool should be yellow stickered like buildings in Wellington, which means you enter at your own risk. However since discussions with council and the release of the engineering reports she has changed her mind.

“The pool is below yellow sticker standard,” she said. “It’s a huge bummer for the swim club and the adult swimmers, and everyone who uses the pool.”

Fiona had a contract with the Wanaka Swim Club to coach 100 children aged between eight and 18 years at the pool. She also runs Aspiring Swimmers and coaches more than 30 adults, many of whom are multi-sport athletes. She doesn’t know how many swimmers will travel to Cromwell.

“Kids who were training in the mornings would have to get up at 4.30am to train there before school so that won’t work,” she said. “We are negotiating with Cromwell to get three afternoon sessions a week.”

Among the swim club athletes are Sophie Fairbairn and Hamish MacLean who have national championships in September. Fiona said they have been given the use of a private pool for training.

Other swimmers have the option of going to the Cromwell or Frankton pools. QLDC is negotiating for Wanaka residents to swim at Cromwell for the same price as they would pay here, and for people with Wanaka pool passes to be able to use them at Cromwell and Frankton pools.

QLDC general manager Ruth Stokes and staff have been working with engineers and a quantity surveyor to assess the cost of strengthening the Wanaka pool building, against the costs and benefits of adding a learners’ pool on the existing site, or building a completely new pool as part of the Wanaka Sports Facility at Three Parks. They will report their findings at today’s council meeting.

“At this point in time the council has not provided a single sports facility or outdoor court of any kind in Wanaka, apart from greenfields facilities, compared to Queenstown which has an events centre, an aquatic centre and netball courts,” Wanaka Sport and Recreation Group spokesman Quentin Smith (pictured) said. “This should be the catalyst for Wanaka to get the facility it deserves.”

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When teachers at a local early childcare centre noticed three and four-year-olds saying things like “only girls can be teachers,” and “boys shouldn’t wear pink,” they decided to do something about it.

“ W e w a n t e d t o challenge kids’ thinking on gender stereotyping,” R i v e r s i d e E d u c a r e teacher Vicky Sandford said. “One day we were l o o k i n g a t a p l a n e flying overhead and the children said only boys could be pilots. So we took them to the airport to meet [pilot] Sue Telford. And we invited Wendy Smith from Skydive Wanaka [CEO] to come and talk to the children.”

W e n d y h a s d o n e more than 20,000 jumps and flies planes and helicopters.

“I talked to the children about flying and what fun it is,” she said. “I showed them it’s not just boys who can fly and

do all these wonderful things. It really captured their imaginations and they asked incredible questions.”

Wendy is pictured w i t h E l l a S m a l l e y , Kaitlyn Nyhof, Gretchen McCarthy and Gabriella Holloway (obscured).

Vicky said Wendy’s message to the children was that you can follow your dreams, do anything

you want to do, and be anything you want to be. She said children’s gender stereotyping comes from what they see around them and what adults say to them.

“A lot of our boys here love to dress up, but their fathers aren’t always happy about it,” she said. “I’ve got three boys and my husband was mortified when one of

them wanted to paint his fingernails.”

Vicky and head teacher Lizzie Macfie are keen to get more people with “unpredictable’’ jobs, such as a male dancer and a female farmer, in to visit the centre.

“Children are very observant little people,” she said. “I’m amazed they have such set ideas so young.”

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Talk on future of cancer therapyA talk on the future of cancer therapy is being held by the Wanaka branch of the Royal Society on Friday July 6 at the Presbyterian Community Centre at 6pm. Otago University Centre for Translational Cancer Research’s Professor Parry Guildford will talk on “Precision oncology: the future of cancer therapy”. Parry is taking basic research in cancer genetics to practical application and commercial realisation.“The advent of next generation DNA sequencing and other genetic techniques are transforming decision-making in oncology by providing detailed information on likely tumour sensitivities to different drugs,” he said. “Although this precise drug targeting is improving treatment outcomes, tumour heterogeneity and the rapid development of drug resistance is continuing to challenge the field. In this talk, I will outline the successes being enabled by precision oncology and the current thinking on how drug combinations can be used to minimise the impact of heterogeneity and acquired drug resistance.”

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Rumble strips had been installed last month but “failed miserably” according to Wanaka Community Board chair Rachel Brown, “due to the wintery weather conditions and damage from trucks’ air brakes”.

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D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l infrastructure engineer John O’Neill has assured Rachel the new strips will be more effective, although they are not

a long-term solution. T h e s t r i p s w e r e discussed at the latest Wanaka Community Board meeting.

WCB member Bryan Lloyd said the initial rumble strips had been “a cock-up like the

Cardrona speed humps and, like all cock-ups, should be fixed quickly”.

Councillor Lyal Cocks said council staff were b u s y d e a l i n g w i t h

ice on the Cardrona Valley Road.

Community board member Mike O’Connor noted the road markings at the Riverbank/Ballantyne roads intersection were often obscured by gravel

which was used on the road when it was icy.

Councillor Calum MacLeod suggested solar powered lights on the road could be a solution and WCB member Ross McRobie said flashing lights would give a sense of urgency.

Board members were reassured the strips were being installed while the meeting was going on, and they were completed last Thursday.

Meanwhile council s taf f members are looking for a more permanent solution for the intersection, such as realigning the road.

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A cock-up like the Cardrona speed humps

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An up-and-coming Wanaka band won the chance to open for New Zealand chart toppers I Am Giant in Invercargill last Saturday, and it was a gig they won’t soon forget.

C h e a p T h r i l l s , consisting of guitarist a n d s i n g e r J a s o n M i l l a r , d r u m m e r Daniel MacDonald a n d k e y b o a r d i s t Josiah Carnie, got the opportunity after winning a “support band poll” on I Am

Giant’s Facebook page. The band, who play original funk-and-punk infused rock (think the Red Hot Chili Peppers) were first on with a 30-minute set at the venue Saints and Sinners. Daniel said they played to a crowd of 300, the biggest group they had performed for to date, and that early-evening nerves were quelled after a positive response from I Am Giant at soundcheck. “They were real ly supportive and said we were great,” Daniel said. As for the show,

he said the crowd was “roaring” during their set and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. He added one of the highlights for him was getting to play I Am Giant d r u m m e r S h e l t o n W o o l r i g h t ’ s k i t . Shelton was formerly the drummer for multi-platinum selling group Blindspott. Another I Am Giant member, P a u l M a t t h e w s , has also previously enjoyed chart success with the band Tadpole.

Based in London, I Am Giant is currently touring New Zealand

as part of the release tour for their second a l b u m , ‘ S c i e n c e & Survival ’ . Their debut album, ‘The Horrifying Truth’, r e l e a s e d i n 2 0 1 1 , reached number two on the New Zealand Top 40 album chart, was certified Gold and yielded four number one rock singles.

Could Cheap Thrills be next? They’ll be taking the next step with a hometown gig at Mint Bar tomorrow.

Pictured from left: Jason Millar, Daniel MacDonald and Josiah Carnie.

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Calling all dog ownersQueenstown Lakes District Council is reminding dog owners to pay their registration fees by the end of July, because from August 1 it will cost an additional 50 percent. Dog owners should have received an invoice from the council at the end of June but, if the paperwork has been mislaid, they can call the QLDC office for assistance.

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Council efforts are continuing on behalf of Cardrona residents who want the council t o b u y l a n d f o r a v i l l a g e g r e e n n e a r the historic Cardrona hotel. To date council negotiations with the Public Trust have been unsuccessful, however Wanaka Community

Board chair Rachel Brown said the council is now hoping to buy some of the land it originally tendered for.

The land in question is a group of plots owned by early settlers and goldminers in the 1800s, but since abandoned. The Public Trust put them for sale on the open market, a f t e r d e s c e n d a n t s o f t h e l a s t - k n o w n

owners could not be found. WCB Cardrona R a t e p a y e r s a n d Residents Association representative Mike O’Connor said the association believed t h e l a n d w a s designated a village green, regardless of who owned it.

“The residents are very, very keen on having a village green,” he said.

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On July 16, police attended a vehicle accident in Albert Town which occurred after a driver failed to give way. On the same day, police dealt with a vehicle collision on Aubrey Road in which a dog was hit. Also on Wednesday, police attended a vehicle collision on Cardrona Valley Road caused by the driver falling asleep, and another vehicle collision on Maungawera Hill caused by the driver driving too fast to take the bend.

On Thursday, police dealt with a motor vehicle collision on the Cardrona Alpine Resort access road. On the same day, somebody drove over a bollard on Ardmore Street. Police are continuing their enquiries to identify the vehicle and driver. Also on Thursday, police attended an incident when a vehicle left the road and hit a wall on Beacon Point Road.

On Friday, a driver failed to give way on Brownston Street and caused an accident.

Police attended a domestic dispute at an Albert Town address on July 16.

On Friday, July 18, police dealt with an allegation of assault in which a male was allegedly assaulted by a female in Mint Bar. Police are seeking witnesses to identify the female.

Police apprehended an intoxicated driver at 11.20am on July 16.

An intoxicated male, who was unable to look after himself, was taken to his accommodation by police on July 17.

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Happy holidays on the mountains

Wanaka’s local mountains enjoyed a strong school holiday period despite a slow start to the season snow-wise, due in part to what the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has called New Zealand’s warmest June since records began in 1909.

Cardrona Alpine Resort general manager Bridget Legnavsky said this year’s school holidays were huge for the mountain, including a record day “by a long way” on Monday July 14, when the access road was closed at 10am due to the ski field reaching capacity. She said the record numbers were a good sign for the local industry, showing that

Australians are still choosing to come here even though they had a great snow start at home, and that consumer confidence is continuing to grow. Pictured is some of the action from the Cardona Kids Cup during the holidays.

Treble Cone marketing m a n a g e r N i c k N o b l e said TC had had strong visitor numbers and that its kids’ programmes and

ski improvement camps were busy despite weather conditions that saw the mountain closed for four days during the holiday period. He added that conditions for the rest of the school break had been perfect for family skiing, with freezing overnight temperatures ideal for snowmaking and blue skies every day.

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Tim Winton has long been my favourite Australian novelist. The author of 25 books for adults and children, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times and twice been nominated for a Booker. His greatest gifts lie in depicting Australia in all its pain and glory; the idiosyncratic vernacular, the wasted deserts and roaring seas and the toughness of the archetypal Aussie Battler.

And so it was with great excitement that I opened Eyrie, his latest novel. And it was with great surprise that I found myself reading about Tom Keely, a middle-aged ex-environmental activist holed up in a seedy Fremantle flat, coping with the worst hangover of his life and a suspicious wet patch on the floor. This was not the Winton I had come to know and love. This was an urban Winton, a Winton sloping around the docks with sunglasses on, collapsing in the vegetable aisle, getting into screaming matches with homeless men. There is scant beauty in Eyrie, few kind words, and fewer kind deeds. It is almost a rancid book – everyone and everything is well past its use-by-date.

The scant plot revolves around Tom Keely’s growing relationship with his neighbour, Gemma Buck, and her odd, watchful grandson, Kai, six. They are a trio of drifters, each damaged in their own way, each struggling to cope with how little life has to offer them. Gemma Buck is a superbly drawn character; tough, street smart, demanding and permanently a victim. Gemma uses her sexual allure to draw Tom into their lives, and Kai too

reaches out to him, telling him of the disturbing dreams he has at night, and his fascination with falling.

There is not much action in Eyrie, and the story remains tightly focused on the unlikely three. From a distance they look like a family, except that no one knows how to play their part, or what is expected of them.

The great joy of Eyrie is how tenacious and uncompromising it is. I find something comforting in characters who are lost, flawed, and continually making bad decisions (A House for Mr Biswas anyone?). Many reviewers found Tom Keely an abject protagonist, but I liked him. He has a cynical, dry take on the world and I empathised with his rather hapless attempts to make a go of it. As with all of Winton’s work, it is superbly written. But it is an inconclusive book and this eventually frustrated me. After spending 420 pages with the motley crew of the Miramar Towers, I wanted to know their ending. Together – or apart?

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The first Te Kakano planting day at Albert Town Lagoon attracted 40 hardy volunteers on Saturday, despite flurries of snow and freezing temperatures. Quite a number of volunteers from Albert Town turned up, as well as many Te Kakano regulars. The next planting day at the lagoon will be held at 10am on Saturday August 2. Everybody is welcome to join in.

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Registration is now open for the tenth annual North Face Freeski Open. Held every year in the Southern Lakes region, it is the only event in the world to hold slopestyle, halfpipe and big mountain competitions all in one go.

According to Alex Kerr, Communications Manager for Snow Sports New Zealand, the big mountain event is an early season qualifier for the Freeride World Tour, while the halfpipe and slopestyle offer chances for athletes to earn Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP) points. She said both gave local athletes “an invaluable opportunity, right on our front door”.

This year’s Park and

Pipe events will be held at Cardrona Alpine Resort from August 28 to 31. Qualifying for the big mountain competition will be run at The Remarkables, with Treble Cone serving as the venue for the finals for the first time. The big mountain events are scheduled for September 1-8.

Past North Face Freeski Opens have attracted global stars such as iconic freeskier Tanner Hall, Canadian Dara Howell, who went on to win the first ever gold medal in women’s ski slopestyle at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, and New Zealander Sam Smoothy, who ranked second in the 2014 Freeride World Tour.

Pictured is Wanaka Olympian Beau-James Wells in the pipe.

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Being ‘too busy’ these days is almost a self promotion, a right of passage to success. How often do we hear, or even say “I would but I’m too busy” little do we realize that it is actually a catch 22. Dr Libby says it best “..this relentless urgency, this perception that there was not enough time, combined with a to-do list that was never all crossed off is having such significant health consequences..”

Running at high stress levels causes our body to go in to ‘danger’ mode, also known as Fight or Flight. However our unconscious doesn’t know whether it is pumping adrenaline to run from a lion or just the perception of pressure combined with a whole lot of caffeine and sugar.

Constantly running in this mode is causing massive health issues that we cannot ignore. Anxiety, weight gain, weight loss, relationship issues, conflict and depression just to name a few. And that is just within ourselves, it is also having an affect on those around us, our family, friends and colleagues. That occasional snap, that ‘bad’ mood, doesn’t bode well for relationships.

This stress is what is leading such a high percentage of us to suffer from various illnesses and injury, yet we do not invest in ourselves in order to protect from and combat it.

By simply taking three big sighs (loud enough so the person next to you can hear!) you are telling your

unconscious that you are ok, letting it know that it can stop running and giving it a chance to repair and rehabilitate your body. Taking 2 minutes aside when you are in a stressful ‘situation’ to calm yourself and give yourself the best opportunity to think clearly and respond well will completely change your outcome.

This is only the beginning but these little things will have a major impact. For more hints and tips check out my Facebook Page “Jodie Rainsford – Your Life Live it” or get in touch if you really want to take control of this stress and live a much happier, more successful life. Working with a coach you will be able to learn techniques to stay calm in high stress situations, and avoid stress in your every day life.

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Come what mayWhen nonagenarian Annie May (pictured centre) heard how good Kathy Dedo and Chris Hadfield were during their performance of the Moulin Rouge song “Come What May” at SOAR – a showcase of song and dance held at the Lake Wanaka Centre last week – she asked if they could sing for her. The duo was happy to oblige and visited Annie May at her home on Tuesday to sing the song.

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Young gun wins trophyThe Wanaka Gun Club Templeton Memorial Classic Trophy was won by Mount Aspiring College trap shooting team member, Lachlan Weir, 13, (pictured) on Sunday. The annual competition has been held for 55 years and is named after club founding member Bill Templeton. Club vice president Ray Anderson said the 27 people competing included locals and members of other clubs who travelled from Alexandra, Moa Creek, Whakatipu and Christchurch.

“We have a shoot-off between A, B and C grade shooters which gives our new shooters a chance against the well-seasoned ones,” Ray said. “The wee boy who won the silver pheasant will have his chest puffed out today.”

The competition also includes the George Studholme cup which goes to the person with the best score before the shoot-off. This year it was won by George Reid from the Ardgour Valley, who won the Templeton trophy last year. George scored 98 out of 100.

Ray said the competition was a good practise day for the club which is hosting the provincial two-day tournament in a fortnight’s time. Wanaka hosts the tournament every

three years. They expect about 100 shooters each day.

Ray said the Wanaka Gun Club has about 40 members

and is one of the healthiest clubs in the country.

“We’re one of the few which owns its grounds,” he said. “We

bought part of the grounds about 30 years ago, and then we got the shoot fall area about 20 years ago.”

Other results from Sunday, provided by club secretary Aaron Radford, were as follows:

Round one 25 s/r. A grade, 25 Jerry Cray, Ned Kelland, George Reid. B grade, 23 Arthur Chapman-Cohen, Leonard Smith, Alister Stuart. C grade, 24 Cody Sarginson, Lachie Weir, 22 Rosa Stackhouse-Miller.

Round two 25 s/r A grade, 25 Clark Pirie, Brett Gare, 24 Rex Smart, Bob Waugh, George Reid. B Grade, 24 Alister Stuart, 23 Arthur Chapman-Cohen, 22 Leonard Smith. C grade, 25 Cody Sarginson, 24 Lachie Weir, 21 David Eckhoff, Jessie Shearer.

Round three 25 s/r. A grade, 25 Clark Pirie, Bob Waugh, 24 Jerry Cray, Ziggy Potoczny, John Hillock, Brett Gare, George Reid. B Grade, 25 Alister Stuart, 23 Arthur Chapman-Cohen, 21 Leonard Smith. C grade, 24 Lachie Weir, 23 David Eckhoff, Jessie Shearer.

R o u n d f o u r 2 5 s / r . A grade 25 Rex Smart, George Reid, 24 Ziggy Potoczny, John Hillock, Bob Waugh, Brett Gare. B grade, 22 Arthur Chapman-Cohen, 21 Alister Stuart, 19 Leonard Smith. C grade, 25 David Eckhoff, 21 Lachie Weir, 20 Lex Jocelyn.

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EDITORIAL There’s a myth so often-repeated it’s almost a cliché that the Inuit have more than 100 words for snow. It’s not true, though if you include ice you do get close, apparently, with words like ‘iniruvik’, (ice cracked by tide changes that later refroze) and ‘sikuaq’ (the first thin layer that forms on a puddle). The Inuit example is cited as illustration of how language evolves to reflect the concerns of a society, and a curious linguist who happened to record conversations in this region last week would have found a similar phenomenon. Not much snow just yet, but still so many words for it, from the good (“corduroy” or “boot-top” or “freshies”), to the bad (“boilerplate” or “breakable crust”), to the ugly (“death cookies”). Even in a winter that has yet to fire, there’s as much chairlift dissection of the conditions on every inch of every run as there is when we’ve a metre of “blower pow”. Talking about it is almost as much fun as sliding in it, and it’s something you can do in any conditions. Which makes us wonder, is there a word for a swimming facility you can see but can’t swim in? A “padd(ling)-locked pool” or “disused depths” maybe?

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Although accurate and complimentary on most fronts, your journalist (“Soaring to success”, Wanaka Sun, July 17) did not speak for me, as a grandmother, when she said one of the numbers was too raunchy or not age appropriate. One of my granddaughters was singing and dancing in the show and another granddaughter was in the audience.I find it disappointing when hundreds of hours of volunteer effort went into this high quality performance that brought much joy to all. Not one member of the public, including several other grandmothers I spoke to, have made a single comment on the moral standards or otherwise of the show.I do agree with your journalist on this; Yes, she is too old fashioned.

Robyn Kennerley

When I read the article “Soaring to success” I needed to respond – in general, not in regard to the show - to the sentiment expressed at the end of this sentence: “It was great to see a show where everyone looked as if they were having a ball, even when performing numbers which didn’t seem entirely age-appropriate (call me old fashioned).”I say yes, let’s be old fashioned! Let our children be children, act like children and dress like children. Society has developed a perverse inclination to dress pre-teens in clothing that reveals bum cheeks and midriffs, intentionally or unintentionally sexualising children way before their time. Let children grow up, don’t make them into grown-ups. Let them aspire to be people like Lisa Carrington, Valerie Adams, Julia Donaldson, Dame Lynley Dodd, Helen Clark, Lorde… Give them bigger dreams than the aspiration to “shake it like a polaroid picture”.And yes, let’s be old fashioned.

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Many ratepayers in Wanaka, including myself were shocked to read that the two commissioners, appointed by Queenstown Lakes District Council to investigate the application to develop the Northlake subdivision, have given their approval for the application to go ahead.This landscape is such a significant area of scenic importance to Wanaka it needs to be developed sensitively, so that while allowing development, the beauty can be mostly retained.The outstanding foreground view from the northern slopes of Mount Iron looks over the undulating land of the Northlake area, and then on to the Stevenson Arm of Lake Wanaka and then the mountain peaks. To foresee a view of 1400 rooftops as you descend the walking track will ruin this beautiful view for ever, for the Wanaka residents, their guests to the area, and for people from all over the world who come to Wanaka to enjoy the spectacular unspoiled views. In appreciation of the need for development, it would, it my opinion, be very acceptable to retain this Northlake Zone as Rural Residential, in line with the Wanaka 20/20 district plan which was negotiated by residents in 2002. If this designation remained unchanged, the subdivision would consist of 4000sqm allotments which would preserve a vastly more attractive rural look.Come on Council members; don’t let our beautiful environment be spoiled for the benefit of more ratepayer dollars. You have only got one chance to get it right for the Upper Clutha community.

Noelene Pullar

I hope Garrick Cameron can write back with more information regarding the lab-tested Wanaka rain water samples he mentioned in his letter (Wanaka Sun, July 10).I am so interested in reading a tabulation of all matter, minerals, compounds and what amounts have been found in those water samples. When and where these samples have been taken from and whether the water testing is happening regularly and is on-going.In fact this water sampling topic would be an interesting regular topic in the Wanaka Sun, to many people I feel.

Lorna SchmidtLuggate

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TO THE WOMEN WALKING AND PUSHING PRAMS ALONG CEMETERY ROAD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE, PLEASE USE THE TRACK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. I FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR BABIES. THEY WOULD BE HIT FIRST.

ABLE-BODIED YOUNG MAN PARKS IN DISABLED PARK AND STROLLS INTO MINIMART. WHAT ATTITUDE. YOU MIGHT NEED THAT PARK ONE DAY

YIPSKIDDILLYDOO!! WE GOT SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR LIVING HERE :-) BASK IN THE POSITIF VIBES. SHUN THE NEGATIV. REJOICE!! FREE YOURSELF! BIG HUGS RULE!

I HATE UNRULY CHILDREN CAN WE START PUTTING THEM ON LEADS TOO?

LET’S BUILD A SUPERCROSS TRACK IN PEMBROKE PARK

COULD THE HAWEA SCHOOL BUS PLEASE USE INDICATORS INSTEAD OF PULLING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND IT’S DANGEROUS. NOT REALLY FAIR, PEOPLE GET TICKETS FOR NOT DRIVING PROPERLY AROUND YOU, PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR US, THANKS

CLOSURE OF POOL IS A DISASTER FOR WANAKA AND NEEDS URGENT COMMUNITY BOARD ACTION. WE LIVE IN HOPE.

JUST LOVE THE WANAKA ‘SMUDGE’ WE ARE ALL SPORTING - THAT DUST MARK ON THE CALF FROM A DIRTY CAR AFTER DRIVING BACK FROM SKIING!

WHY DOES OUR LOCAL RADIO STATION NEED TO USE THE WORD ‘BLOODY’ IN THEIR AD FOR THEMSELVES? WON’T BE HAVING THAT STATION ON AT HOME WITH KIDS. BAD EXAMPLE.

BIG THANKS TO THE GUY ON THE CROWN RANGE MONDAY WHO TOWED THE JACK KNIFED VEHICLE OFF THE CORNER. CHAMPION!

GREAT NEWS NORTHLAKE PLAN CHANGE DECISION!!! GREED WINS AGAIN, GO WANAKA!!!

IS THAT MULTI COLOURED FENCE ON CARDRONA ROAD ALLOWED?

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Commonwealth contenders Wanaka’s Tony Dodds and Nicky Samuels will be in action today at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games along with the rest of the New Zealand triathlon team Tom Davison, Andrea Hewitt, Kate McIlroy and Ryan Sissons. The women’s race begins tonight (Thursday) at 10pm (NZT), the men’s race will be held from 2am Friday (NZT). The individual (male and female) course comprises a 1500m swim, a 40km cycle and a 10km run. The mixed team relay – 250m swim, 6km cycle and 1.6km run – takes place on Saturday from 11.30pm (NZT). The relay race order is woman-man-woman-man.The triathlon will be held at Strathclyde Country, to the southeast of Glasgow. The swimming course will be held on the loch, while the running and cycling phases will be routed along a network of the surrounding roads and paths.

A familiar script was followed by MAC 1st XV in the top eight encounter against Kings High School 1st XV: A sparkling first half with thrilling play from both backs and forwards followed by a second half dominated by the f itter and stronger Kings High School players.

M A C , p l a y i n g i n Wanaka, enjoyed a territory and possession advantage to lead for most of the first half. George Gilchrist and Taylor Dick created havoc in the centre for

MAC and both scored stunning tries. Not to be outdone, the forwards muscled up and Bailey Nolet was driven over in a sustained attack on the Kings’ try line.

W i t h c o n f i d e n c e high, the MAC team approached the second half driven by the desire for a third win of the season. Unfortunately the Kings forwards lifted their intensity and unsettled the home team’s set piece play and scored four second half tries to win the match 47-17.

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Wilson and player of the day, Bailey Nolet, were the best in a beaten forward pack. Ellis Meyer-Budge, Taylor Dick, George Gilchrist and Billy Norton were inventive in attack and defended strongly.

MAC coach Hamish Crosbie, while pleased with the first half effort, was disappointed that the fitness required to compete at this level was not evident in the second half.

The team travels t o D u n e d i n o n Saturday to play John McGlashan College.

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Roth top ten for Simone

Wanaka triathlete and adventure racer Simone Maier (pictured) met her goal of a top ten finish with an eighth placing at last weekend’s Challenge Roth long-distance triathlon. Simone finished in a time of 9:31:24, slightly more than 52 minutes behind winner Mirinda Carfrae of Australia. Mirinda is the Ironman World Champion and her time of 8:38:53 was the fourth-fastest ever for the event.

“It was a great race experience,” Simone told the Wanaka Sun. “Not my best race day, but a top ten finish, an eighth place, is not bad especially racing against the best girls in the world.”

Simone said the support she had received via social media from New Zealand during the race was very special and the crowd and volunteers were “absolutely amazing here in Roth …. almost like Wanaka”.

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WANAKA BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS. Pembroke Pairs 1. North/South:- Clare Scurr, Ann-Louise Stokes 64.72% 1. Lynne Fegan, Maggie Stratford 62.92% 2. Ena Leckie, Terry Wil-son 61.67% 3. East/West:- Mar-ion Furneaux, Max Shepherd 61.11% 1. Georgie Roberts, Laraine Shepherd 60.97% 2. Alan Bunn, Boyd Ottrey 58.06% 3. Friday Bridge 18th July North/South:- Ian McDonald, Boyd Ottrey 63.43% 1. Sheila White, Noeline Turner 59.26% 2. Madeleine Reveley, Daph-ne Stewart 56.48% 3. East/West:- Sherril Harries, Maggie Stratford 65.05% 1. Errol Kelly, Vivienne Christie 57.41% 2. Jan Wynn-Williams, Jan Cunning-ham 54.40% 3. Hawea Pairs 3. North/South:- John Mercer, John Hogg 59.50% 1. Michael Metzger, Jack Foreman 50.17% 2. East/West:- Jason Beaton, Lynne Fegan 58.67% 1. Mark Harry, Judy Muir 56.33% 2.

TARRAS GOLF RESULTS Stewart Jenkins Memorial Tray-Ken Galloway 44 Stablefords, Murray Hyndman 42, Holger Reinecke 39, Graeme Rive 36. Two-Holger Reinecke. Stabl-eford Round-Chris Illingworth 46, Margaret Sell 38, Barbara Kane 36, Helen Davis 32.

WANAKA STADIUM BOWLS RESULTS w/e 20.07.2014 Mon-day Evening Edgewater Trophy 1: Donald Urquhart, John Leith, Margaret Barrow 2: Murray Ives, Richie Muir, Marg Young 3: Bill

Turnbull, Lynette Wilson, Ivy Urquhart Tuesday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Geoff Thomas and Yvonne Gale 2: Peter Wil-son and Ken Mitchell 3: Michael Barnett and Madeleine Wilson Tuesday Evening Trades Com-petition 1: Mitre 10: Stu Grant, Dave Minson, Luke Hughes 2: Bowl’m Over: Jeff Limmer, Ja-son Parrant, Stu Pinfold 3: 4M’s: Johnny Mayen, Trevor Mackay, Barry Morgan Wednesday Af-ternoon Triples 1: D Olleren-shaw, B Hamilton, P Knowles 2: W Hodge, B Holmes, I Urquhart 3: G Barnes, M Smyth, M Wilson Wednesday Evening Trades Competition 1 Trail Enders 2: Young Guns 3: G & T Thursday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Bill Hodge and Bruce Hamilton 2: John Barrow and John Lischner 3: Noeline Turner and Jon Bar-ron Thursday Evening Trades Competition 1: R Anderson, M Ives, L Jocelyn 2: K Mitchell, J Herbert, N Robertson 3: PG Dowdall, J Mayen, N Walker Friday Afternoon Progressive Skips:1: Brian Holmes 2: Glad Cross 3: Don McLeay 2nds: 1: Jon Barron 2: Bob Smythe 3: John Maddison Leads:1: Col-leen Carr 2: Lyn Jarvie 3: Mur-ray Roberts Saturday Stud-holme Memorial Scurr Heights 52 , Mt Albert 50, Bremner Park 42, Beacon Point 37, Pembroke 28, Rippon Lea 26, Hawea 25, Meadowstone 21. Stadium Mixed Pairs Winners: Ewan Miller and Coleen Landsbor-ough R/ Up: Simon Nyhof and Jon Barron.

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Wanaka Sun

Sixteen promising young ski racers (pictured) took part in the Snow Sports NZ Junior Alpine Development Camp run by USA world cup ski team coach, Chris Knight, at Queenstown’s Coronet Peak ski field last week.

The development camp was funded by charitable trust The Snowvision Foundation and managed by SSNZ Alpine Manager Ian Mclean.

“ T h e a t h l e t e s a r e required to be really strong skiers with good technical ability before they come

to camp. The technique we’re looking to develop is really no different to

the technique the top world cup skiers work on,” Ian said

New Zealand-born Chris has never worked w i t h N e w Z e a l a n d

children before. “There’s a lot of talent

in this country, we have great mountains and opportunities to ski. It’s about bringing everything together: good coaching, the right training opportunities and the right approach to physical and mental skills training,” Chris said. “Camps like this make a huge difference.”

The athletes, aged 13 to 16 years old, included Wanaka’s Sam Richards, Julius Staufenberg and Ben Richards, as well a s t e e n a g e r s f r o m Christchurch, Auckland, Porirua, Queenstown and Invercargill.

The Wanaka Futsal competition, League of Champions, kicked off this week.

I n t h e o p e n i n g game, the New Team faced reigning league champions the Ballstars w h o s c o r e d f o u r unanswered goals in the first half. The New Team rallied in the second half and scored from a few decent chances. The goal of the game, though, was

a wonderful header from almost the halfway line. Unfortunately it was in the wrong end, but it will be a contender for best own-goal of the season. The game finished 7-4 to the Ballstars.

The Mishits and the Misfits were up next. For the majority of the game, it was a nail-biting, action-packed, nil-all affair, but two goals in the last two minutes of play sealed it for the Mishits. The final score was 2-0 to

the Mishits.Independent Scotland

took on the WPC veterans in the third match of the night. Four goals went in past the WPC keeper before they had got organised but two quick goals in response lifted them and there was a sniff of a comeback in the air. After half time, WPC came out fighting again and their determination slowed the free-passing, free-scoring Independents. Although the score

ended at 7-3 to the Independents, it was a closer game in the second half and without a few great saves the result could have been a lot closer.

The last game of the night matched the on-form and Charity S h i e l d C h a m p i o n s the Dribble Squad and the newcomers Notinyourmumsforest. T h e S q u a d s l i c e d through its opposition with control, pace and skill but failed to put

the game out of reach with the score 4-1 at the break. In the last tackle of the game, the Squad’s goalkeeper Caleb Nicol sustained a severe gash on his shin which required 60 stitches. But, after the first game, Caleb can take heart on his recovery bed by knowing the Dribble Squad top the table.

Independent Scotland, the Ballstars and the Mishits are all also on three points.

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sportbriefTalent at development camp

League of Champions underway

Aussie elite squad for Wanaka juniors

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Upper Clutha represented

Awesome orienteering

Double podium for Holly

Two more Upper Clutha Hockey Club players have been selected to represent Central Otago. Mel Telford has been selected for the Central Otago under-15 girls’ team and Tristin Weastell has been selected for the under-15 boys’ team.

Mount Aspiring College students Magdalena Fassl, 16, and Cameron Metherell, 16, travelled to Waiuku Forest in Auckland during the school holidays to compete at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs, held on July 17 to 19. Cameron placed ninth in the men’s intermediate sprint event and 11th in the long event, while Magdalena finished 35th in the women’s intermediate sprint event and 25th in the long event, both excellent results in a competitive national event.

Three Wanaka junior tennis players travelled to Australia’s Sunshine Coast recently to train in the elite squads at Kawana Tennis Club. Rory McLean, 14, Ines Stephani, 12, and Michael Gealogo, 11, with their coach Perry Crockett, joined the squads run by Australian Development Coach of the Year, Clint Fyfe, for four days of hard training.

The juniors then played in the Queensland Junior Clay Court Championships in Ipswich and the Rod Laver Lead-In Event at the Brisbane Tennis Centre. Ines reached the quarter finals

in the main draw singles in Ipswich and the semi-finals of the doubles in Brisbane where a majority of Queensland’s top juniors competed. Michael (pictured), who still has another year in his age group, won the consolation singles events in

both tournaments. He won 13 singles’ matches and lost only two.

Back in New Zealand, Michael and Ines have competed in the Toyota Tennis Northern Junior Indoor Open in Auckland. Ines won the 12 and under singles with

a 6-1, 6-4 win in the final against Amily Suga from North Harbour. Ines has won tournaments all over the South Island, but this was her first victory in the North Island. Michael lost in the semi-finals of the 12 and under boys’ singles, in a close third-set tie-break after splitting the first two sets with the number two seed Adrian Lagman from Auckland.

Both players are in a strong position to qualify for the Tennis NZ Junior Masters Event in October. Only the top eight point-scorers in New Zealand junior tournaments for the year are invited to compete in the tournament.

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Local karate kid Holly Wigg, 13, competed in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Karate championship in Wellington on July 12 and came away with a gold in the under-14 division in Kata (technical) and a silver for under-14 in Kumite (fighting). A Year 9 student at Mount Aspiring College, Holly (pictured at the NZ Karate Open in Christchurch earlier this year) trains young karate hopefuls in karate at Wanaka Primary School on Tuesdays and has had some exceptional success over the past year, including representing New Zealand at the Kawata Cup in Japan, where she got gold for her Kata and an international bronze for her Kumite.

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