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Busy year for construction

Ambassadors of Wanaka

Harry’s got talent

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Local jobs under threatAn electrical business with three Wanaka staff is worried about its employees’ job security, following an announcement by Aurora Energy just before Christmas that it will be giving all its irrigation work to Delta. PAGE 3

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This year is shaping up to be a busy one for Wanaka’s construction industry – the number of building consents issued continues to climb, a large house building company’s work has increased by 40 per cent, and a major developer says he is busier than ever.

During the latter half of last year, the Queenstown Lakes District Council granted 252 consents for residential and commercial buildings in the Wanaka ward, valued at $56.5 million.

That was 38 consents and $16.1 million more than for the same

period in 2012.The council’s building services

manager, Pete Laurenson, said the

number of residential building consents issued in the Wanaka ward had been climbing steadily since late last decade, and he anticipated commercial activity

would also increase during the next six months.

“Residential has been strong the last

couple of years – which has been against the trend of the rest of the country. I don’t see that dropping away, but I do see more commercial picking up.”

The number of building consents issued was a clear indicator of impending activity, Pete said, because building permits were a final part of the construction planning process and work needed to begin within a year of consent being granted.

Stonewood Homes Central Otago director, Mark Harry, said since the start of this financial year on April 1, the company had signed 34 contracts for new houses and he expected the number to climb to at least 40 before the end of the year on March 31.

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Residential has been strong the last couple of years – which has been against

the trend of the rest of the country. I don’t see that dropping away, but I do see more commercial picking up.

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Harbourmaster Marty Black has asked boaties to be aware there are more swimmers than usual in the lake in the run-up to this Saturday’s Challenge Wanaka event and to keep a sharp lookout at all times, particularly in choppy conditions which can make it difficult to spot a lone swimmer. “This is a big event that brings a lot of people to Wanaka, and water safety is a major consideration,” he said. He also advised swimmers training in the lake to swim on the south side of Roy’s Bay, to be visible, and to swim in a group or use a safety kayak. Local kayaker Matt Dyer (pictured) shadowed James Blunt while he swam the course on Tuesday.

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That was a 40 per cent increase on the previous year, and the number of solid inquiries indicated the growth would continue in 2014-15.

“There’s a lot of land selling. People aren’t land banking anymore. They’re buying land and building almost straight away,” Mark said.

Allan Dippie, whose company

Willowridge Developments is behind West Meadows, Meadowstone and Three Parks, among several other projects, said “we’re the busiest we’ve ever been.”

After a decade of planning, work on the 100-hectare commercial and residential Three Parks development would begin this year, with site preparation for the council’s Wanaka Sports

Facility a priority.“We have more pre-sales for

sections than we’ve had in a long time. For example, we’ve just released options for stage seven, 18 sections in Meadowstone…and all options are taken up, so we’ve released stage eight early to try and keep up with demand.”

More residential sections at West Meadows were also planned and demand was increasing for

commercial land.“In the past, commercial

land has been priced a little too high for a lot of companies to successfully…establish in Wanaka and, to be honest, Cromwell has been the big benefactor of that.”

Allan said he intended to offer commercial land at prices “that make sense for local business to establish and operate from.”

The Lake Bar with its lakefront views is definitely not for sale, despite what was printed in the Wanaka Sun last week. Apologies to the owners Peter and Vicki Byrne. The Byrnes bought the business (formerly the Wanaka Ale House) in June last year. Prior to that they ran the Cardrona Hotel for nine years, building it up into a thriving year-round business and becoming well known for their warm hospitality.The Byrnes changed the ale house name to Lake Bar and are building a strong business, along with their son Josh and several long-term local staff. “We are definitely here for the long haul,” Peter (pictured) said. “We successfully operated the Cardrona Hotel for nine years, so we know that to make any local business successful we need to stick with it for a long time. We love what we do and we look after our local customers.”

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A man suffered moderate injuries in a car crash on Cardrona Valley Road on Tuesday.Sergeant Simon Paget said the police were yet to interview the drivers of the two vehicles involved in the crash, but it appeared one may have crossed the centre line and hit an oncoming van.It happened near The Larches station at about 8pm.The injured man, who was in the van, was treated at the Lakes District Hospital at Frankton.Further details were not available at this stage.

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Last week’s e-coli outbreak in Lake Hawea was the third in as many months.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council advised Lake Hawea residents to boil their drinking and food preparation water, which comes from the lake, from Tuesday to Friday, after “low levels” of e-coli were detected in the reticulated water supply.

The council’s chief engineer, Ulrich Glasner, said it was likely the contamination was caused by stock manure, running off nearby farms during the recent heavy rain.

H e d i d n o t t h i n k t h e contamination could have been caused by freedom campers, as their waste was minimal and unlikely to end up in the lake.

Water samples were being taken from near the supply intake, off the back of the dam, and from several spots around the lake edge, in an effort to determine the cause of the contamination.

Although residents were advised

on Friday they no longer needed to boil their water, as there had been three clear tests, chlorine would continue to be added to it until the amount of e-coli in the lake dropped to a level the ultra-violet treatment system could deal with, Ulrich said.

Southern District Health Board medical officer of health, Dr Derek Bell, said he had not been notified of any cases of gastroenteritis in Lake Hawea residents or visitors during the past month.

Ulrich Glasner said the number of e-coli outbreaks could increase with the intensification of farming. This had occurred in the Bay of Plenty, where he worked before joining the QLDC five months ago, after a lot of forestry land was converted to dairy farms.

To help combat this, work on a new water source for Lake Hawea residents was underway. Thirty-five metre deep bores had been drilled at Scott’s Beach and a new treatment plant and pipes were planned, to feed into the existing reticulated system, to provide a “more secure source of high quality drinking water.”

The new supply would also be treated using an ultra-violet system and would not be chlorinated, Ulrich said.

Other council proposals to help deal with e-coli outbreaks included new roadside signs which would be used when it was necessary to advise people to boil their water, and organising volunteers to quickly distribute leaflets to mailboxes when a boil water notice was issued, as occurred in Luggate.

There had been three e-coli outbreaks in Lake Hawea in the past three years, all of which occurred during the last three months, on November 15, December 17 and January 6.

Ulrich said the ultra-violet treatment system could become “overwhelmed” when demand for water was high.

The supply was tested for e-coli, pH and turbidity three or four times a week depending on the population.

Test samples were taken after the water was treated but before it entered the reticulated system, and from two sites within

the system.It took a day to get the results

of the e-coli tests.Public Health South was advised

of any contamination and its staff decided whether residents should be advised to boil their water, Ulrich said.

Otago Regional Council engineering, hazards and science director, Gavin Palmer, said the general health of Lake Hawea was not at risk from the e-coli outbreaks, as the levels detected were “very low.”

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A Cromwell woman narrowly escaped injury and a horse was killed when it collided with her vehicle on the Luggate hill on Monday.Sergeant Simon Paget said the 20 year old woman struck the horse, which was in the middle of the lane on State Highway 6, shortly after midnight.“She was extremely lucky to escape unhurt. The passenger side of the vehicle was extensively damaged.”Sgt Paget said it appeared the horse had jumped over the fence from a nearby paddock.A gate had not been left open and there we no gaps in the fence, he said.

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Ambassadors for WanakaIf a tourist stops you in the street, wanting to know how long it takes to drive to the Raspberry Flat car park, where they can buy vegan food, or how Mount Iron got its name, can you answer?

The Chamber of Commerce wants as many Upper Clutha residents as possible to become ambassadors for the area.

Chairperson Alistair King said the chamber had teamed up with Queenstown Resort College to deliver a weekly course in Wanaka.

It would teach residents about the history and attractions of the area, which they could in turn share with tourists.

“If you see a tourist looking at a map and scratching their head, you can stop and help,” Alistair said.

The college introduced the Queenstown Ambassador programme last year, which about 400 people had taken part in to date.

College chief executive, Charlie Phillips, said tourists’ spending supported local businesses and, therefore, the community.

“It’s about respecting visitors, making a difference and focusing

on the things that cost you nothing,” he said.

Alistair said the chamber, along with Lake Wanaka Tourism, ran a similar initiative about five years ago, called “Welcome to Wanaka.”

Current chamber members, who were keen to reintroduce the concept, had taken the Queenstown course and decided

a Wanaka vers ion would work well.

He encouraged all residents to take part. “It’s about engaging the whole community – to be an ambassador of, and for, Wanaka.”

People who took the course would receive a black badge i n d i c a t i n g t h e y w e r e a n ambassador for the area. A

prototype of the badge is pictured with Wanaka businessmen (from left) Andrew MacKenzie, Alistair King and Ed Taylor.

The Wanaka Ambassador programme was launched y e s t e r d a y a n d w o u l d b e held every Wednesday from January 29.

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An electrical business with three Wanaka staff is worried about its employees’ job security, following an announcement by Aurora Energy just before Christmas that it will be giving all its irrigation work to Delta.

Network Electrical Servicing (NES) director Michael Fife said the news, which came in the form of a letter from Aurora CEO Grady Cameron, was a shock. “We have been working with Aurora since early 2000,” he said. “I would have liked to have been consulted first. We are expecting substantial

growth in that field [irrigation] over the next three to five years and we are quite capable of doing the work.” Michael said he has the support of local

farmers NES works with and one has written to MP Jacqui Dean about the issue. NES is based in Invercargill with 14 staff there, three in Wanaka, one in Bannockburn and two

in Gore.Michael has requested a

meeting with Grady Cameron but is frustrated he has to wait until after January 20 when the

Aurora CEO returns to work.The letter from Grady said

that due to very rapid growth in irrigation demand in Central Otago… “From today, all applications for new and/or

amended irrigation connections [in the area] will be managed, designed and constructed by Aurora Energy’s preferred contractor – Delta Utility Services”. Both companies are owned by Dunedin City Council and headed by Cameron Grady.

While not all NES work is in irrigation, Michael is concerned the company may lose other work to Delta too. The letter from Aurora said, “If required, Aurora Energy may in future extend the same approach to all connection applications (irrigation and non-irrigation) to ensure effective, coordinated network planning and investment.”

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I would have liked to have been consulted first. We are expecting

substantial growth in that field [irrigation] over the next three to five years.

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A jetskier involved in a crash on the Clutha River may be fined $500.

Queenstown Lakes District Harbourmaster, Marty Black, said it “didn’t bear thinking about” the injuries the two men could have suffered when their jetskis collided on Friday.

The men, who were friends from Queenstown and Christchurch and aged in their late twenties and early thirties, were travelling upstream from Lake Dunstan.

The driver of the lead jetski stopped suddenly about four kilometres south of the red bridge at Luggate, when he noticed a large rock in the river.

Marty said the man on the second jetski either failed to notice he had

stopped, or did not have time to take evasive action, and his jetski “rode right over the top of the first one. There wasn’t a mark on them. Talk about lucky,” Marty said.

The men, who were wearing l i fe jackets , swam to shore and their jetskis, one of which was significantly damaged (pictured), were recovered downstream by harbourmaster staff, about three kilometres upstream from the head of Lake Dunstan.

“ I t r e a l l y j u s t d e m o n s t r a t e s h o w important it is to keep your distance.

“If they had been a proper distance apart, it would not have been an issue.”

Watercraft must remain at least 50m from other vessels or people.

If this was not possible while passing other watercraft on a river, they must slow right down.

Marty said he was considering imposing a fine of $500.

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Serious assault in Albert Town

Two new projects were discussed at the Hawea Community Association’s annual public meeting on Saturday.

Richard Prout gave a video presentation on “preserving” the night sky by replacing existing street lighting with low-energy downward-facing LED street lights. The same lighting could be used in new streets and subdivisions.

Hawea Neighbourhood Support coordinator Nicky Holmes discussed establishing a support g r o u p i n t h e a r e a . Neighbourhood Support is a national organisation which works with the police and is supporting the Hawea initiative with resources and information. Community Policing Officer Mike Johnson is involved and is putting up signs in areas where “hubs” have been established. Nicky is looking for more people to be street contacts in their parts of Hawea.

The association’s main ongoing projects are Green Waste which brought in $7000 last year, and the Foreshore Project – enhancing of the

foreshore, particularly with new plantings, which is done by the Thursday Group.

Future projects which the association has committed some funds to include a toilet at John Creek, a bike park on the corner of Noema Crescent and Domain Road, a community notice board outside the shop, a history of the area, and an information point at The Neck – developed in conjunction with Ngai Tahu.

Liz Horrell discussed the need for ongoing fundraising for the upgraded Lake Hawea Community Centre (which is not council

funded). This includes r e n t i n g t h e c e n t r e out for weddings and other functions.

Upcoming fundraising events include a second 4WD trip over Mount Grand and Lake Hawea Station, and the annual Lake Hawea Duck Race – both on this Sunday (January 19), a speakers’ night featuring chief technician for the Winter Games Peter Waddell and photographer Richard Sidey, quiz nights, a mid-winter potluck dinner, and a house and garden tour in November.

The association’s new chair Dennis Hughes updated the meeting on Gladstone Gap. He

said Contact Energy has installed a water supply for irrigation, and trees will be planted in the autumn. There are also plans for picnic furniture in the area.

I a n R a e s a i d a defibrillator will be installed on the outside of the Community Centre. Funding is available for two groups of volunteers to be trained in the use of the defibrillator.

Other possible future projects discussed at the meeting included M e a l s o n W h e e l s , curbing and channelling around the streets, a n d u p g r a d i n g t h e e n t r a n c e to the township.

A W a n a k a p o l i c e sergeant is calling on more witnesses of an assault which left a tourist unconscious to come forward.

Sgt Simon Paget said he believed there were people who saw the attack who had not contacted the police, s a y i n g t h e y m a y fear retaliation.

A 23-year-old man from the Netherlands was assaulted on Dale Street in Albert Town at about 12.45pm last Thursday.

Four Albert Town brothers, aged 15 to 20, who allegedly stole cash from the man, had been charged with aggravated robbery.

Sgt Paget said three or four witnesses called the police during the attack and “pleaded” with the

offenders to stop.“ I t h i n k t h e i r

intervention possibly h e l p e d b r i n g t h e incident to a close.

“What they did was right. They didn’t put t h e m s e l v e s a t a n y risk, but just the fact they were present was

perhaps enough to help.“We encourage people

to call the police straight away, but certainly don’t put yoursel f in a situation where you’re going to be in any danger.”

Three of the offenders were still at the scene when the police arrived.

Sgt Paget said public help to date had enabled the police to “hold these offenders to account.”

But he urged other witnesses, who may have decided they did not want to get involved, to contact the police, reassuring them there were “quite substantial penalties” for offenders who “interfered with” witnesses and victims

and saying they could provide information anonymously.

Two of the alleged o f f e n d e r s w e r e i n custody and the police hoped they would not be able to return to Albert Town, Sgt Paget said. The police had also increased “reassurance” patrols in Albert Town.

“I would ask them to give us a call because…the onus is on the

w h o l e c o m m u n i t y to help us keep the community safe.”

The victim, who had been living in Central Otago and picking fruit for a job, managed to escape and fled in a car with his girlfriend. He contacted the police following media reports on the assault. They were yet to receive a doctor’s report on the extent of his injuries.

Two of the brothers, aged 18 and 20, were in custody and scheduled to reappear in court, in Invercargill, tomorrow.

Their 17-year-old brother, who was not in custody, would reappear in the Queenstown D i s t r i c t C o u r t o n February 11 and their 15-year-old sibling was being dealt with in the Youth Court.

They have all been granted interim name suppression.

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A new online database, available on the council website, lists the food s a f e t y g r a d i n g o f restaurants, bars, cafes and take-away food outlets in the district.

F o o d o u t l e t s a r e graded from A to D on the personal hygiene p r a c t i c e s o f s t a f f , temperature control, food protection, cleaning and sanitising, structural

aspects of the premises, a n d s t a f f t r a i n i n g . Regulatory Manager Lee Webster said the information provided the grading from the most recent inspection, and an explanation of what it meant. An “A” grade is excellent, “B” is good, “C” is average and “D” is unacceptable.

About half of the local restaurants received a B grade, while 30 percent received an A grade and almost ten

percent received a C grade. Recently-opened premises, or those with a change of operator, may be graded P meaning t h e y a r e a w a i t i n g inspection.

Q L D C h o p e d people would use the information to make more informed choices about where to dine or buy ready-made food. The gradings are on the QLDC website under the “I Want To …” section.

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Most 12-year-old girls want something like a cellphone or a pony for Christmas. Not Kylie Pilkinton (pictured). She wanted to sponsor a child. Kylie’s parents Tania and Shane got in touch with helicopter pilot Stephen Combe, who works in Papua New Guinea, to see if he could help.

Stephen had met two orphaned brothers who were living with their grandmother. A lack of cash meant the boys couldn’t go to school. So Stephen and his family decided to sponsor the elder boy Emmanuel, who is about 7, and Kylie sponsored younger brother Franco, 5.

“Thanks to wonderful Kylie for giving all her

Christmas money to sponsor shoes, a school bag and uniform for Franco,” Stephen said. “We did the shopping trip today and they looked amazed. To give something

to a child with nothing is very special.”

Kylie decided a couple of years ogo that she wanted to sponsor a child when she was 12. “I wanted to do something which

would change the life of another person,” she said. “I think education is very important because you get to learn new things and meet new people.” Kylie intends to sponsor Franco on an ongoing basis. She also plans to write to him regularly and would like to meet him one day.

Meanwhile, Kylie has a busy life of her own. She swims and plays tennis in the summer, and skis and ice-skates in the winter. She has lots of things she would like to do in her life, including being a professional dancer, a Paralympian, a n a c t r e s s a n d a motivational speaker.

“I have cerebral palsy and I would l ike to motivate people to carry on and do whatever they want to do in life,” Kylie said.

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According to a letter from Chris Quin, Chief Executive of Telecom Retail, reproduced in the Lake Wanaka Tourism newsletter, there was “an enormous increase in mobile traffic nationally compared to previous years ,” which was “particularly noticeable

in holiday hotspots such as Wanaka, where consumption of mobile data was six times as

high as last year,” It had anticipated and planned for a two to three fold increase. Telecom mobile phone

customers experienced dropped calls, stalled texts and no access to the web over the

New Year period. “To ensure that an improved l e v e l o f s e r v i c e i s provided within the Wanaka region” for this

Saturday’s triathlon, Telecom will add an additional 2100Mhz carrier to the Wanaka exchange site, located at the Challenge Wanaka f i n i s h i n g a r e a . I t has also carried out resource level upgrades t o s i t e e l e m e n t s which will bring a 25 p e r c e n t i n c r e a s e i n c a p a c i t y t o Wanaka.

Mobile data was six times as high as last year.

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Council Travel Plan coordinator Kirsty Barr wants to hear from parents whose children walk across Kelly’s Flat on their way to and from school, or elsewhere. She said council is looking at the possibility of a path across the reserve to connect Aubrey Road with the northern entrance of Wanaka Primary School and Koru Way/Totara Terrace. People can contact Kirsty through the council.

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On Saturday January 5, police received a report of a vehicle doing burnouts near Wanaka Airport on State Highway 6.

Police attended a vehicle accident on Cardrona Valley Road on January 7, in which a distracted driver drove off the road and into Spott’s Creek.

A fly-fishing rod was stolen from an unlocked car on Little Oak Common last Wednesday. Please secure your valuables.

Police attended a domestic dispute between two visitors from Singapore on Wednesday. On Friday police issued a trespass notice in a boundary dispute between two Hedditch Street property owners.

An intoxicated 18-year-old Dunedin female was arrested for disorderly behaviour on Sunday. Her 19-year-old brother, who was also extremely intoxicated, followed her to the police station and was arrested for disorderly behaviour.

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The word is your oysterWanaka’s inaugural Outspoken Festival of Words and Storytelling began this week with three performances by QSM recipient Sam Hunt (pictured) – arguably New Zealand’s most popular poet.

“You might think he would be resting on his laurels but he’s still writing new material,” festival organiser and local poet Liz Breslin said. “It was an amazing show.” A favourite with the crowd was ‘Hey, Minstrel’- a poem Sam wrote when his old sheepdog died. “It’s very much a road-song written on the banks of the Hutt River.” Sam said he liked the image; “the odd driver toots, spots a man without a dog” and remembered the last photo taken of Minstrel. “He’s looking straight at the camera and he’s so old, his muzzle’s so white it looks like he’s had his snout in a bucket of flour. All you can see are those lovely old eyes looking out.”

The six-week festival is the brainchild of local businessman and sponsor Luc Bohyn, with Julia Le as development manager and Liz doing artist liaison. They hope it will become an annual event on the Wanaka calendar. Liz is performing next Tuesday, along with Dunedin poet Sue Wootton, who is also taking a workshop the

next day. Other performers coming to

town include the South Auckland Poets Collective, Mark Raffills, John Carr, the Lyttleton Poets, Ali Jacs and Tourettes. There will also be a special local poets’ night. Performers will include high school student Kasper Humphry who was in the audience at Sam Hunt’s performance. “It was a great moment when Sam acknowledged

Kasper from the stage,” audience member Laura Williamson said. “He was supporting a young writer and serving as a role model, showing what a poet can be.”

Outspoken will include performances in schools and the library. Organisers hope everyone in Wanaka will attend at least one performance during the festival, which finishes on February 18.

Tell me what (by Sam Hunt)

Tell me what I don’t know –not what I know nowor what I’ll know tomorrow.Tell me something new,a story that will blowthis steady head apart.Maybe that’s about wherethe best stories start:or you could go on, and on,talking of the morning after:the storm, the break up at sea.And all of it gone,gone down deepwhere no one should go –gone as that! . . Tell mewhat I won’t know tomorrow.

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The Central Otago District Council has considered a recommendation not to proceed with the project to fund and build a new visitor information centre beside Cromwell’s Big Fruit on the highway frontage. Councillors voted instead to lease space in a new building to be built beside the Subway restaurant on Murray Terrace.CODC Chief Executive Phil Melhopt said a number of years had passed since the first decision to relocate the i-SITE. “During that time the information and communication environment has changed considerably with the use of the internet and social media platforms. The expectation of travellers is evolving rapidly. We needed to ensure our decision allowed flexibility for the i-SITE to move with the changing operating environment,” he said.Lease negotiations are being finalised with an expected start date on the new building in March. The Cromwell i-SITE should be in the new location for the beginning of the 2014/2015 summer season.

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Wanaka still tops the Gigatown leaderboard with 735,091 points, more than twice that of second-placed Oamaru. This Saturday, the Gigatown Wanaka team will be tweeting Challenge Wanaka updates on Twitter. Follow the team to keep informed about the progress of local athletes and retweet to help increase the Gigatown Wanaka lead.

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Twelve-year-old Harry Hughes is shaping up to be a star, not only in the local music scene but further afield as well. Last weekend he beat 35 contestants to win the junior section of the Caroline Bay Carnival Talent Quest in Timaru. He sang two numbers; Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Rolling in the Deep by Adele. He was in Timaru as the youngest member of Rhythm Superkids – a group which dances and sings, run by dance tutor Rachel Erichsen and vocal tutor Jenn Shelton. Rhythm Superkids made it to the semi-final in the competition.

Harry was in the choir at the Holy Family School and won the school’s talent competition. This year he is going into Year 8 at Mount Aspiring College. He has been tutored by Jenn for two years. “I love singing,” Harry said. “I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for Jenn. She taught me how to breathe and control my singing, and how to perform well in front

of a crowd.” He also sang solo at the

Christmas Spectacular in Queenstown last month and has performed in Jenn’s student concerts at the Albert Town Tavern and Federal Diner.

Harry doesn’t know when his next gig is but said, “Things pop up. People ask me to sing at cafes.” Most recently he has been asked to do a gig at Ritual accompanied by his brother Louis, 13, on guitar.

Harry said he would like to make a career of singing, although not in opera or rock’n’roll. “I like soulful music,” he said.

Harry’s parents Stephen Hughes and Andrea Mahon insist neither of them can sing, although they listen to lots of music at home. “Since I can remember Harry has always sung,” Andrea said. “We used to tell him to be quiet. He’s got a very powerful voice for a little thing.” Andrea said it was only when they heard Harry singing in a school production two years ago, that “we really looked at each other and thought ‘wow’.”

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A petition has been launched in a bid to convince the Queenstown Lakes District Council to erect signs in Wanaka asking motorists to give way to ducks.

Petition organiser Karen Neilsen would like two signs installed on Ardmore Street, near Bullock Creek and halfway along Pembroke Park, to increase the ducks’ chances of making it across the road safely from the lake to the park.

“I do feel quite passionate about it,” she said. “Just two signs – how much would that cost?”

Karen and a group of friends were distressed when they witnessed a duck being run over o n A r d m o r e S t r e e t

last year.“A car came screaming

through and bowled the duck and everybody got so upset. It was probably the mate of the duck that got everybody so upset. He or she was so distraught.”

She had seen “ducks crossing” signs in Matata, in the Bay of Plenty, last month and thought similar signs should be erected in Wanaka.

Aware the Wanaka Community Board had rejected the proposal in the past, she launched an online petition at the weekend.

A s o f y e s t e r d a y afternoon, ten people had signed it, by visiting the DogsWanaka homepage.

Community board chairperson Rachel Brown said, while she had not formed a view on whether

the signs were a good idea, she supported

people making suggestions

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should not be deterred because

similar proposals had been rejected in

the past.However, following the

correct council process was the best way to go about it, rather than start ing a pet i t ion, she said.

“I love the concept, but I’d have to look into what it would actually take to go there…I don’t know the cost etc,” Rachel said.

Wanaka artist Joanna N i m m o h a s b e e n named runner-up in the Landscape Section of the Aspiring Art Prize for the second year in a row. Her oil painting ‘It is Gold’ is pictured above, with prize sponsors John Charrington and Pamela McBride.

Joanna wasn’t the only exhibitor to win awards in successive years – the runner-up for the whole competition - Alan Waters - won first prize last year.

“Artists entering the competition are very interested in who the judges are,” sponsor John Charrington said. “That’s the section that gets the most hits on the Aspiring Art Prize website.”

This year’s judges were artists Anita de Soto and John Toomer. Anita lives in Waitati and teaches Drawing at the Otago Polytechnic’s art school. John lives in Mosgiel and is a self-taught professional artist of 25 years. He won the Aspiring Art Prize in

2012, came second in 2010 and has won the People’s Choice Award three times.

This year’s People’s Choice Award went to Dunedin artist Karen Baddock for ‘An Open Door’. The top prize of $5000 went to Temuka artist Bronwyn Shimmin for ‘The Colour of Light’. Best Landscape went to Queenstown artist Rachel Clark for ‘Bluebonnets’ and Best Under $1000 w e n t t o D u n e d i n artist Nicki Gilmore for ‘Blue Lake’.

Local artists in the

competition included Charlotte Jolly, 18, Susie Ruddenklau, Kym Beaton, Janet M a l l o c h , P a u l Cartlidge, Ros Goulding, Annie Davies and Philippa Jones.

Now in its seventh year, the aim of the Aspiring Art Prize is to foster and encourage a r t i s t s l i v i ng a n d working in the South Island. All this year’s 72 artworks were for sale and proceeds go to the Holy Family S c h o o l . T h e exhibition closed on Tuesday.

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Secondary students’ choir to perform

Former Dunstan High School student Lauren Ross (pictured) will be among the 58-member New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir which will perform in the Lake Wanaka Centre on January 24.

“I am proud and excited to share beautiful Central Otago with other choir members, as well as showing my local community what it’s like to be involved in such a top choir,” she said.

L a u r e n , w h o a u d i t i o n e d f o r t h e choir in February 2013,

was selected from 220 secondary students and said she was “over the moon to achieve acceptance into such a prestigious choir”.

The choir consists of students from 38 schools, from Invercargill to North Shore, and is led by Music Director Andrew Withington of Christchurch. The members have to be secondary students when they first join the choir and are aged between 14 and 19. They sing a variety of music from classical choral to jazz and folk, and music from New Zealand and the Pacific.

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Exhibitions in the libraryThe Wanaka Art Society is looking for people interested in using its display cabinet in the library for month-long exhibitions. The offer gives individual artists and groups an opportunity to display their work in public.

Currently the cabinet houses paintings by Maungawera farmer/artist Lizzie Carruthers. Lizzie said she used to mainly paint nudes, but a class with Cromwell artist Megan Huffadine inspired her to try painting animals and she’s been working on an animal theme for a couple of years now.

“I have a lot of sympathy for animals,” Lizzie said. “I love the expressions on their faces. They’re very human.” Lizzie is well-known for the humourous titles she gives her paintings, for example, one of a chook with its comb flopping down is called ‘Comb over’ and another of a duck is called ‘Tall, duck and handsome’. Lizzie also has a quote from John Ferrie in her exhibition; ‘Paint like nobody is watching and paint like you don’t need any money’.

Lizzie’s work is on display until

the end of the month and will be followed by woodwork from Luggate artist Linda Wheeler.

The displays are organised by Wanaka Art Society member Judy Cook. Recent displays have

included wood etchings by Peter Dozzi and artwork by the Creative Fibre Group.

Judy said the cabinet was donated to the ‘new’ library by Phyllis Aspinall when it first

opened. Anyone interested in having an exhibition should contact Judy.

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The manager of the Wild Descent kayak race on the Clutha River said it may be moved to a different month, after it was postponed for the second year running.

The event, which was held for the first time last year, was supposed to take place this month. But, like last year, it has been postponed until late April, due to the high level of the river and the forecast for more rain.

Race manager Anna Bastin said the organisers would decide after this

year’s event whether to change the time of year it was held.

During the four-day race, competitors kayak 261km from Albert Town to the coast near Kaka Point, camping beside the river en route.

Race director Warren Bates said deciding to postpone the race again had been difficult.

“With competitors coming from throughout New Zealand, Australia and the United States, we left a call on the race as late as possible,” Warren said. “The current levels of the river were above what we were prepared to run in

terms of safety, above our threshold and, whilst the river flows were actually dropping slowly, the rain that we were going to get, whilst not huge amounts, was going to elevate the river to levels where it just wasn’t going to drop off enough to ensure the safety of competitors.

“The last thing you want to do is sit down at the end of a race and say ‘that was reckless,’ or we didn’t take peoples’ safety into consideration.”

The race would now be held from April 24 to 27 and entries had been extended as a result.

Eight athletes from Aspiring Athletes Club will join more than 900 young athletes, aged seven to 14, at the South Island junior athletics championship. The three-day 2014 South Island Colgate Games start tomorrow at the Alpine Energy All Weather Track in Timaru. Four athletes who display outstanding performances at the North and South Island events will be presented with a Nick Willis Scholarship. The recipients will receive a donation to put towards sports gear, coaching and resources, to help them towards their athletics goals.

Wanaka Paralympian Adam Hall won the silver medal in the standing class in super-G at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Panorama, Canada, yesterday.Adam is currently ranked first equal in the world for slalom and sixth for super-G. He will compete in super-G, super-combined and slalom at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games (March 7 - 16). “Going into the Paralympics, I’m feeling really good,” he said. “We’ve made some huge changes from last season. I’m a lot stronger both mentally and physically. With a few more days’ training under our belt, I strongly believe we can be where we want to be.”

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Wanaka’s Jossi Wells, back on the snow for his second day of the northern h e m i s p h e r e s e a s o n after injury, competed at Breckenridge, USA, for the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup last Wednesday.

Scoring 79.66 in his first run, he was placed third in his heat and progressed to the finals.

“Competition is about who is the best on the day and who can lay it down in the adverse conditions,” Jossi said. “I knew that I had to do it. To lay down a run and make it through to finals feels pretty good. I managed to pull through when I had to. I’m

really happy.”Jossi’s younger brothers

Beau-James and Jackson were placed sixth and 11th respectively in the same heat, while another Wanaka athlete, Hamish McDougall, was placed 11th in his heat.

Blizzard conditions led to the cancellation of the slopestyle finals at the FIS Freestyle World Cup in Breckenridge on Saturday with official results taken f r o m W e d n e s d a y ’ s qualif ications. Jossi received an official placing of 12th, Beau-James was placed 22nd, Hamish 28th and Jackson 36th.

I n t h e w o m e n ’ s competition Anna Willcox-Silfverberg was placed sixth in her heat, but missed out on the finals. Her

coach, Peter Legnavsky, was pleased with the solid performance of the young athlete and is hopeful she will secure a spot for Sochi.

Freeski s lopestyle athletes will get their last opportunity for Olympic qualification at the World Cup in Gstaad, Switzerland, on January 18.

The Breckenridge FIS Freestyle World Cup on Sunday was the final halfpipe contest of the 2013/14 World Cup season. Wanaka-based Janina Kuzma was placed tenth in the ladies’ halfpipe World Cup event, while Lyndon Sheehan was 13th in the men’s event followed by Byron Wells in 18th place, Finn Bilous 30th and Beau-James Wells 44th.

Cromwell skier Anna Smoothy won her first Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) event in Verbier, Switzerland, on Saturday. The event was the first in the Verbier Freeride Week series, which comprises three 2-star and one 3-star FWQ level events. “I was really happy to win my first ever FWQ event,” Anna said. “Conditions were pretty variable today with snow similar to New Zealand. I’m psyched for the rest of the week.” The next stop on the Freeride World Tour is in Courmayeur, Italy, on Saturday.The top three ski men and two snowboard men and the top two ski women and one snowboard woman from both regions (Europe and Australasia, and the Americas) will qualify for the Freeride World Tour (FWT). Anna’s brother Sam Smoothy has already qualified for the 2014 FWT.

A first for Anna

National sprintcar victory

Twenty-seven winged warriors competed for the NZ Sprintcar Champion title at the Cromwell Motor Speedway last Friday, w i t h 4 8 - y e a r - o l d R o d n e y W o o d o f Tauranga (Bay Park Speedway) taking the victory.

Rodney, pictured with American pro-driver Jonathan Allard in pursuit, is the first

New Zealand driver to have NZ1 on his sprintcar since he w o n t h e 2 0 1 0 / 1 1 championship on the Cromwell track.

The f i rs t South Islander over the finish line was Central Motor Speedway-contracted driver, Jason Scott of Queenstown in sixth place. Of the other five contracted drivers competing in the championship d e c i d e r , D a n i e l Anderson finished

e i g h t h , C e n t r a l Motor Speedway club president Andy Erskine was ninth, Nigel Colvin was placed 14th, Kris Gerard was 15th and Mark Evans was 18th.

Andy said he was “rapt” for the club to get six drivers into the final 20 and for the experience it gave them racing against the country’s best, as most of the drivers h a d o n l y t w o o r t h r e e y e a r s ’ experience.

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A word to the wise, leave your car at home this Saturday as the streets will be paved with Lycra. Leg-power will take over town for the annual triathlon and, as usual, there will be a strong contingent competing on their home turf: One-hundred-and-seventy-four local residents will take part in Challenge Wanaka and the Lake Wanaka Half, so Wanaka supporters are sure to know somebody on the 226km course.But, even if you don’t know anybody competing, there will be 1600 international and national athletes in the water and on land who might just need a little encouragement and support along the way. After all, the 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21.1km run (multiply those figures by two for the Challenge) deserves a bit of respect. For those of you in need of a little supporter training or a vocal warm up before the main event, make your way into town tomorrow (Friday) to cheer on the kids as they take on a mini-version of events by the lakefront.

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It was very gratifying to see the number of holiday makers visiting Wanaka over the holiday period and amazing to see the number of boats on the lake. There is an increasing number who own boats and the number of official boat ramps - three on Lake Wanaka (two at Lakeside Road, one at Glendhu camp) and one at the Hawea campground – is insufficient. Given QLDC collects $4 per launch at the Wanaka and Hawea ramps, and a $40 annual fee that few people know about, where is this money allocated?What is council doing to ensure that there are adequate safe-launching ramps. The one concrete ramp at the Clutha Outlet can only be used if the lake is high because it has silted up over time. Another concrete ramp at Waterfall Creek has gradually been buried under gravel collected over the years of neglect. QLDC should giving serious consideration to ensuring all concrete ramps are usable during the main holiday period.Yes, there are a number of places, if the lake is high enough or low enough, where boats can be launched from shingle beaches if they are firm enough. We have not had a serious problem yet but weather conditions can change rapidly and force all those on the lake to want to get off the lake as soon as they can. Some of the ramps and many of the shingle beaches will become unusable if such a storm was to occur. More access is needed in places where they can still be used in adverse weather conditions.At the Wanaka 20/20 forums there was a number of recommendations made and, apart from some work at Eely Point, nothing has been achieved to improve the situation. It’s time the Community Board took some interest in what needs to be done to ensure that those who come to visit the area can enjoy their stay.

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We agree that it is great to see residents and tourists alike visiting our district and enjoying the facilities we offer. QLDC is currently reviewing the Navigation Safety Bylaw and associated costs, which will also take ramp fees into consideration. Whilst there are honesty boxes at ramps, not all users of the ramps are paying for the use of these facilities, which is another area we are looking to address at this time.We need to balance the facilities provided e.g. boat ramps by our small (yet rapidly increasing) resident population facilities, where additional facilities are proposed and how this is funded, which includes other users and not just residents. As part of the ongoing improvements, these facilities through asset management plans will be maintained and the matter of additional facilities necessary as a result of our residential and tourist population growth will be identified.

Perhaps the weather over the holiday period has not been up to the usual Wanaka summer standards.But for holiday home owners, this has been an opportunity to do other chores such as trimming trees and hedges, gardening clean up, plus clearing out of those items which have accumulated over the years.So with car and trailer loaded, it is off to Ballantyne Road, which is where the fun starts. Three different businesses - dump/transfer station, recycling and green waste - with three different opening and closing hours.I am sure this must be both a frustration and a turn off for both local residents and holiday visitors.For such an important service, surely there could be some co-ordinated, service-friendly opening hours.Appreciate any comments from QLDC, which I assume has the overall responsibility for these services.

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WANAKA BOWLS RESULTS Friday Progressive 10:01:14 Skip 1st Don McLeay 2nd Nor-man Matheson 3rd Trevor Tovey Third 1st Bruce Hamilton 2nd Iain Fletcher 3rd Gordon McLauchlan Lead 1st Madeleine Wilson 2nd Brian Dawson 3rd Es-telle Findlater.

WANAKA CLASSIC PRIZE WIN-NERS. Bowls 11/12:01:14 MAIN EVENT 1 S Nyhof. D Martin, S Pul-ley, R Muir. 2 R McAuley, T Mal-colm, W McLauchlan, A Mathie-son. 3= T Drake, L Thomas, A McLean, S Rabbette / E Lee, R Muir, D Hopgoods, M O’Connor. PLATE EVENT 1 S Bagrie- How-ley, T Cockerill, W Crawford, A Drummond. 2 A Brash, J Lind-say, G Heazlewood T Wooller. 3= W McLauchlan, A Hebbard, N Turner, B Hamilton / W Turnbull,

B Simpson, N Luderman, H Cat-to. FLIGHT EVENT 1 T Collins, W Moir, J Smith, J Bartlett. 2 P Her-bert, P Wilson, H Thayer, D Hope.

BRIDGE RESULTS Kingsway Stakes 1. North/South:- Sandra Simmers, Jan Baird 58.42% 1. Micheal Chapman-Smith, Peter Recordon 57.16~% 2. Jan Lyness, Jenny Muir 56.84% 3. East/West:- Allan Kelly, Georgie Roberts 66.48% 1. David Melville, Dennis Pezaro 58.99% 2. Alan & Morag Chisholm 58.55% 3. WANAKA TENNIS Senior 35+ Tournament Jan 9-10 Women’s Doubles A grade: 1st Lea Mul-vey, Anne Milne; 2nd Penny Wilson, Dawn Vaughan. B grade: 1st Denise Coulston, Jacky Mc-Cutcheon; 2nd Daphne Ledg-erwood, Barbara Provan. Plate

Devon Hotop, Mary Smit; Con-solation Plate Helen May, Rose-mary Lamb. Men’s Doubles A grade: 1st Mike and Chris Milne; 2nd Richard Vaughan, George Taylor. 120+ : 1st John Macdon-ald, Michael Forgie; 2nd Nick Thorburn, Philip Nel. Plate: Don Chalcroft, John Lyness; Conso-lation Plate Doug Clarke, Doug Snape. Mixed Doubles A grade: 1st Lea Mulvey, Mike Milne; 2nd Jacky McCutcheon, Ste-phen May. B grade: 1st Barbara Provan, Doug Clarke; 2nd Kerry Sinclair, Gus Shirley. Plate Gilly Anderson, Colin Finnie; Conso-lation Plate Dawn and Richard Vaughan. 120+ : 1st Ian Moore, Denise Coulston; 2nd Janey Kuz-ma, John Lyness. Plate Devon Hotop, Hugh Simmers; Consola-tion Plate Wendy Brown, Nick Thorburn.

Wanaka Tennis Club rounded out a week of tournaments with the Senior 35+ players taking to the courts on Thursday and Friday.

T h e m e n ’ s a n d women’s doubles were played on Thursday, with the mixed doubles on Friday. Southland’s number one veteran Lea Mulvey paired with Anne Milne to win the women’s A grade, then with her brother Mike

Milne from Auckland to win the mixed A grade. Mike, paired with his

brother Chris, also won the men’s A grade.

D u n e d i n p l a y e r s

Denise Coulston and J a c k y M c C u t c h e o n won the women’s B grade and then Denise paired with Ian Moore to win the 120+ mixed doubles. Oamaru pair, John Macdonald and Michael Forgie, won the 120+ men’s doubles.

With the visiting teams winning six of the seven finals, Wanaka Tennis Club captain Doug Clarke (pictured) and Barbara Provan ensured the locals took one victory by winning the B grade mixed doubles.

Wanaka couple Roger and Shonagh North have a combined nine years of experience in Challenge Wanaka, but say that does not dilute their nerves.

Shonagh will race

as an individual in the Challenge Wanaka event on Saturday for the fifth consecutive year, and Roger will be the swimmer in a team for the sixth time.

The pair (pictured), w h o c o - o w n K a i Whakapai, have been training hard, but

not together.“We’ve got children,

s o w e t a g t e a m , ” Shonagh said.

“ O u r p r i o r i t i e s are kids, Kai, tri,” Roger added.

Shonagh said she was “putting a little bit of pressure on” herself by aiming for a personal

best time and not being a “bridesmaid” on the podium in her age group, of 30 to 39 year olds.

Roger’s team, called “ T r i W h a k a p a i , ” included Kai Whakapai staff member Floortje Draisma doing the run and Henry Aubrey on the bike.

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