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Little act, big impact

Podium dream for Christy

Special race day at Hawea

A Christmas cracker

New substation sites consideredAurora Energy is looking for other sites for a new substation, away from the Hawea River. PAGE 3

Two Albert Town tracks which were closed recently due to land stability concerns have been reopened after engineers found the risk to users was low. PAGE 2

THUR 18.12.14 - WED 24.12.14 WANAKA’S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

Albert Town tracks reopen

Council staff are now recommending Wanaka’s existing swimming pool on Plantation Road be upgraded and the council lease a learners’ pool at Northlake, before building new pools at Three Parks in five years.

Queenstown Lakes Distr ict councillors will decide whether to accept or change the recommendation at a meeting in Queenstown today.

The recommendation, from the council’s recreation team leader, follows consideration of public

submissions on proposals for new pools in Wanaka.

During the public consultation, Wanaka ward ratepayers and residents were asked whether the pools should be built at Three Parks, Northlake, or on Plantation Road and whether they should be built in 2015/16 or 2020/21. Whether a six-lane or an eight-lane pool should be built, plus a learners’ pool, was also asked, along with how much ratepayers were prepared to pay for the pools.

Before seeking the community’s views, the council said its preferred option was to build an eight-lane

pool and a learners’ pool at Three Parks in 2015/16, as part of stage one of the Wanaka Sports Facility, even though funding for the development was currently in year eight (2022/23) of the council’s draft 2015-25 long term plan.

The council received 471 submissions from ratepayers and residents. It also surveyed 400 ratepayers by telephone, who were evenly split between residents and non-residents. See page 2 for the community’s views.

In a report to be tabled at today’s meeting, the council’s recreation team leader said while many submitters

supported the pools being built at Three Parks in 2015/16, there was also strong support for the existing pool to be upgraded to avoid significant rate rises. “A combination of remediating the existing pool, negotiating with Northlake Investments Limited to deliver a learn-to-swim pool and bringing forward the planning (to 2017/18) and construction (to 2019/20) of new pool facilities was considered the best option to address the majority of issues raised,” the report said.

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Maddison Frazer, Kate Goodsell, Alex Johnston, Chloe Wigg and Cole Masters were the inaugural winners of the Kahu Youth “Youth Volunteer Awards”. Story page 7

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Turnaround in pool plansJessica Maddock

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Just 12 more collectors are needed to help out during the annual Wanaka Sun Christmas Food Bank Drive this Sunday, December 21. Volunteers will be driving the streets, escorted by emergency services’ personnel, from the earlier time of 5pm in Wanaka and Luggate, and 3.30pm in Hawea. As well as replenishing the local food bank, the donated goods are included in hampers of Christmas goodies and basic food stuffs to make the holidays a little easier for local families in need.“Donations can also be left beside or on top of letterboxes on Sunday afternoon for collection, if you aren’t going to be home,” organiser Nikki Heath said. “And Luggate residents can bring their donation along to the local Christmas party for collection by the volunteer fire brigade.”Please contact Nikki Heath on 027 2467 835 or Alan McKay on 443 5661 if you are able to help.

Two people have been formally warned after stealing relics from public conservation land, including the Bannockburn Sluicings Historic Reserve.Under the Reserves Act 1977, the theft of relics, flora or fauna from Department of Conservation (DOC) land can be punishable by imprisonment or a fine of up to $500.Buried items were also excavated and taken from the Blue Lake Recreation Reserve.DOC’s conservation services manager in Alexandra, Mike Tubbs, said the thefts were reported by local residents. “The individuals involved have been formally warned and they are now aware of their rights and obligations under the legislation to protect historic sites.“We appreciate the support of local communities who are vigilant and report suspicious activities to the department,” he said.There were many historic artefacts and relics from the pre-1900 gold-mining era and endemic flora and fauna on public conservation land in Central Otago.Removing items from a pre-1900 archaeological site could also be treated as an offence under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, Mike Tubbs said.He urged anyone who saw people damaging historic features or removing artefacts from public land to report it at the nearest DOC office.

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Jendi Paterson, QLDC Team Leader, Recreation, who prepared the report is recommending $200,000 be spent on the existing pool in 2015/16 so it lasts another ten years, and that the council negotiate with the Northlake developers to build a 20m learners’ pool which the council would lease for $1 a year for 20 years. The council would operate the pool and fund its maintenance. She is also recommending $11.8 million be included in the council’s draft long term plan for an eight-lane pool and a learners’ pool to be built at Three Parks as part of stage two of the sports facility, providing community fundraising targets have been met.

If councillors accept the recommendation, there would be time for an independent fundraising

committee to be formed, which could enable the timing of the development to be brought forward, and it would give the council time to investigate the sale of council assets, such as land at Scurr Heights, to reduce the required rates increase, she said.

The report also addresses suggestions made by submitters. In response to calls for the lap pool to be doubled in length to 50m, costing another $4 million, to enable Wanaka to host national competitions, council staff contacted Swimming New Zealand which said at least 750 spectator seats would also be needed, plus a control room, electronic timing equipment , starter blocks and a warm-up pool. Even with this infrastructure, Wanaka would not host a national competition more than once every four or five years, it said.

Turnaround in pool plans

Albert Town tracks reopen

Further feedback sought

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What the 471 submitters said:

• 70.7 percent want the pools to be open by late 2016• 54.3 percent are prepared to pay an extra $3 a year to keep the existing pool

on Plantation Road open as is• 53.9 percent are willing to pay an extra $184 a year for an eight-lane pool

and a learners’ pool at Three Parks (plus $48 a year for the sports facility)• 24 percent are not prepared to pay more rates for new pools

Key results of the telephone survey of 400 ratepayers:

• 72 percent are prepared to pay an extra $3 a year to keep the existing pool on Plantation Road open as is, and to do without a learners’ pool for at least five years

• 64 percent want the pools to be built now, while 23 percent want them built in five years, albeit at a higher cost

• 57 percent said they would not be willing to fund council-owned pools if the Northlake developers had already built lap and/or learners’ pools

• 50 percent were happy to pay $3 a year to keep the existing pool facility open without adding a learners’ pool to it, if the Northlake developers built a learners’ pool

• 51 percent of those who were prepared to fund council-owned pools, even if there were already pools at Northlake, were willing to pay up to $180 a year

• 43 percent of all those surveyed said they were happy to pay up to $180 a year for council-owned pools, while 27 percent did not want to pay any additional rates

• 44 percent wanted new pools to be built on Plantation Road, while 42 percent preferred Three Parks

Two Albert Town tracks which were closed recently due to land stability concerns have been reopened after engineers found the risk to users was low.

One of the sections of track is alongside the Clutha River just upstream of the Albert Town bridge on State Highway 6 and the other is on the terrace above the river.

The sections were closed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), which owns

the tracks, on the advice of the Otago Regional Council (ORC), which employed geotechnical engineering firm, GeoSolve, to assess the stability of the area.

QLDC chief executive, Adam Feeley, said the engineering firm’s report confirmed there was an active landslide in the area, however, “if the failure surface is shallow, future movement…is unlikely to be rapid, and risk to track users and adjacent properties is considered low.”

The report also said rapid failure was considered “…unlikely unless triggered by a major flood

or earthquake” and that walking and cycling on the tracks was unlikely to significantly exacerbate the instability of the bank.

Signs had been erected warning users the ground was unstable and that they should not linger in the area, he said.

ORC hazards, engineering and science director, Dr Gavin Palmer, said the report confirmed the QLDC’s decision to err on the side of caution and close the tracks had been the right one.

“In the event that the risk profile changes, such as the river being in flood, part of the tracks may

have to be closed as a precaution, or while further assessment is carried out.”

The area would be monitored over the Christmas holidays and longer term, and the ORC would investigate the feasibility of carrying out work to prevent erosion damage to the nearby bank stability rockwork, Dr Palmer said.

The engineer’s report can be read on the QLDC and ORC’s websites, or at the councils’ offices. Copies are also being given to neighbours of the reserve on which the tracks have been built.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is inviting further comment on aspects of i ts draft Economic Development Strategy.

Earlier this year the council published an Economic Development Strategy, prepared by consultants MartinJenkins, and invited stakeholders and the wider community to give feedback on the proposals.

Based on that feedback, the council has set aside five of the original action points. These are: assessment of the effectiveness of the existing Regional Tourism Organisation model, evaluation of the return on investment of marketing and promotion; rating for

economic development; establishing an economic forum; establishment of an investment panel; and private sector groups.

“Leaving those matters aside, we would like to hear more views on several other issues that were in the original draft,” Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.

These include initiatives around the town centres; providing funding or capability for senior level economic advice and analysis; encouraging the expansion of economic activities in the district; and encouraging higher contribution visitor activity.

The council has also reviewed its position on the establishment of an economic development unit. “We have received a clear message that the business community does

not believe such a unit should be based within the council, and we have listened,” Mayor van Uden said.

“The position we would now like to test is that the council could potentially support the community in establishing an economic development unit. We would like the business community in particular to put forward ways in which an economic development unit would function outside the council, and how it would be funded.”

Information about all the proposals is on the QLDC’s website. The survey will close on February 2, 2015. The council will consider the feedback and a final draft of actions in February. Funding will be included in the draft 2015-25 Ten Year Plan.

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New substation sites considered

Aurora Energy is looking for other sites for a new substation, away from the Hawea River.

The Dunedin City Council-owned electricity distribution company caused an uproar earlier this year when it proposed building a large substation on land beside the Hawea River Whitewater Park carpark.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council sought the community’s views on the plan and 48 of the 51 submitters opposed it. Many said large industrial infrastructure near the whitewater park, which they said had become a national and international attraction, and also near the river and the riverside walking and cycling track would be inappropriate. The council’s independent c o m m i s s i o n e r J a n e Taylor agreed, saying the infrastructure would be

highly prominent, difficult to screen from public places and would affect the recreational values of the area. She recommended Aurora Energy not proceed with its plan, saying the company appeared to have very little regard to the effects on the environment.

In response to the feedback, Aurora Energy sought time from the council to investigate ways to mitigate the environmental effects of building the substation on the Camp Hill Road site, and to consider other possible locations. The company was to have informed the council of its plans by today, but its general manager of asset management, Derek Todd, said yesterday it had now been given until February 18 to complete its assessment of other potential sites.

“We have been actively investigating alternative sites for a Hawea substation that are outside the river

corridor and would therefore avoid the adverse effects identified within the commissioner’s recommendation.

“By February next year, we hope to be in a position of having identified a location that would be an acceptable solution for local residents, while meeting our statutory requirement to provide secure electricity supplies in the Hawea area, now and into the future.”

A u r o r a E n e r g y ’ s m a r k e t i n g a n d communications manager, Gary Johnson, declined to say which alternative sites the company was considering, but said they were in the vicinity of the proposed Camp Hill Road site as that was where the demand for electricity was.

Aurora Energy said a new substation was needed in the Hawea area to cater for the increasing electricity demands from farmers and new residences.

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a u t h o r i t y , ” A u r o r a Energy lodged a “notice of requirement” to build the infrastructure with the council in March. The council publicly notified the plans and independent commissioner Jane Taylor heard the submitters’ views in August.

Under a “notice of requirement” application, the “requiring authority” can either accept - entirely or partially - the commissioner’s recommendation, or agree to modify its plans. If the “requiring authority” chooses to proceed against the commissioner’s recommendation, the council or any submitter c a n a p p e a l t o t h e Environment Court.

Aurora Energy had planned to build the substation, comprising a 63sqm building and several pieces of infrastructure up to 9m in height, on 1.17ha of land it would buy from dairy farmer Jim Cooper.

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The new Glendhu Bay boat ramp will definitely be ready for use by Christmas, according to Queenstown Lakes District Council Harbourmaster Marty Black. “The honesty box is in place so it’s not too far away,” he said yesterday (December 17).The new boat ramp is in addition to the boat ramp in the camping ground. It is located on reserve land west of the camp which was obtained by the council through tenure review. Originally the boat ramp was going to be in the middle of the reserve foreshore, but was moved 80m to the east to make the rest of the beach more attractive to swimmers and other beach users.

- Caroline Harker

Wanaka Community Board chair Rachel Brown advised work will begin on resealing and formalising parking on Brownston Street in March next year. She was addressing the WCB meeting on Tuesday morning. “The council is formalising parking all the way along Brownston Street and it will be done ready for winter,” she said. “It’s what people have been asking for, so that’s really cool.” The plans include both angle and parallel parking.Work on “build outs” at the intersection of Admore and Brownston streets will also begin in March, after the project has gone to tender in February. The project has a $70,000 budget and is currently being designed by MWH.

- Caroline Harker

New boat ramp at Glendhu Bay

Town centre roading updates

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communitynetworksNews from Community Networks Wanaka...

The team at Community Networks Wanaka is busy gathering food and gifts for Christmas hampers. Every year we are surprised by how much the community offers at this time of the year – Rotary has donated $500 to purchase food for a Christmas dinner to put in the hampers, Ray White is collecting gifts for children, the Combined Churches have collected funds for the food bank and locals are delivering homemade Christmas cakes and fresh produce.

T h e W a n a k a S u n Christmas Food Bank Drive is to collect Christmassy food to put into the hampers and also to restock our food bank. Please look out for our “Have a Heart” pamphlet (in the Wanaka Sun this week) which details the services

we provide and asks the community for cash donations for Community Networks Wanaka and our food bank.

T h e h a m p e r s a r e made up for families and individuals who may otherwise find it difficult to have enough food over Christmas, or to buy gifts for their children. Over the past few years we have made up to 75 hampers. These are often for families who have been working hard to make ends meet and then something out of the blue happens which means those ends don’t meet for a period of time. This may include becoming unwell and being unable to work, large medical costs for a child or the car blowing up.

The food bank is well stocked with baked beans,

spaghetti and canned fruit and tomatoes, however, any meat and chicken (we have plenty of freezer space!), canned fish, pasta sauces and other dried foods would be appreciated. This is our one big stock-up of the food bank for the upcoming year.

Thank you to the Wanaka Sun for organising this drive.

Our School Holiday Club will be running a week before Christmas and for four weeks during January from Monday 5 until Friday 30 January. We have many fun, safe and creative activities and outings planned for the children. Some adventures planned include visits to the pottery at Dublin Bay, a day trip to the mining centre at Goldfields, and

a fun water day with a slip and slide and liquid limbo. Remember to book your spots in time as spaces are limited. Join us for a month full of fun! Bookings can be made on our website.

Our office is closed from Wednesday December 24 and re-opening on Monday January 5. For support numbers please look on our website www.communitynetworks.co.nz.

O n a f i n a l n o t e , Christmas is a time of huge fun and festivities for many. However, it can also be a time of great stress and loneliness for others. Please look out for each other.

From the team at Community Networks, h a v e a s a f e a n d Merry Christmas.

- Kate Murray

Have a heart this ChristmasPlease give generously at the Wanaka Sun Christmas Food Bank Drive this Sunday December 21

The results of the aerial drop of 1080 in the Matukituki Valley will be monitored in mid-January by the Department of Conservation. The drop was delayed several times due to inclement weather and a second drop planned for the Makarora Valley has been postponed until late January due to operational constraints. DOC spokesperson Annette Grieve said the results of the monitoring will indicate the success of the operation.The drops were part of DOC’s “Battle for our Birds” predator control programme which targets 46,500ha in Mount Aspiring National Park. High levels of seed production in the beech forests have created a beech mast in 2014, triggering an anticipated pest explosion. When seed supplies run out predators turn on native birds, including endangered mohua (pictured), kaka, kea, whio and kiwi.

- Caroline HarKer

1080 results will soon be monitored

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The owner of a new gallery/café in town is focussed on providing a space for new and local artists to exhibit their work.

Berwyn Jenkins opened Lot 3 in September with an exhibition by senior Mount Aspiring College students.

“It’s so inspiring to have your first exhibition and understand you can sell your work,” she said. “When I left art school [Christchurch Polytechnic], I didn’t have a gallery showing me, or any money. It’s very difficult for aspiring

artists to get off the ground, and I’m trying to give them a start.”

She has already shown local artists Chrissy Wicks, Stella Eve and Lisa Moes. She has also exhibited Christchurch artist Paul O’Hagan who has family here, and is currently showing Dunedin artist Steev Peyroux who has strong connections to Lake Hawea.

“There are so many artists and so much talent in this town,” Berwyn said. “It’s amazing.”

T h i s F r i d a y a n d Saturday she will host a pop-up sale of artworks by Michel Tuffery and Hayley King who ran a workshop at Glendhu Bay last weekend.

Pictured: a painting by Steev Peyroux.

Supporting the artistsCaroline HarKer

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A Christmas crackerAbout 60 students performed in the Aspiring Children’s Theatre School end-of-year show on Tuesday night. Called “A Christmas Cracker,” the show featured skits with the theme of Christmas.Students aged from six to 18 came up with ideas which were then scripted by Jilly Pugh and directed by Jilly, and John Schwarz. The show attracted a full house of proud parents and friends who agreed the production was of the usual high standard of those put on by the theatre school.Pictured are the year 3 to 6 students, whose skits included one about a character who tried to pass himself off as Santa Claus and destroy the fun of Christmas. Fortunately the bad Santa did not succeed with his evil plan.

- Caroline HarKer PHOTO: CAROLINE HARKER

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Sunscreens preventing duck itch

A Wanaka holiday home owner with a PhD has come up with a way to prevent duck itch. Dr Norman Davis has been conducting research into the irritating skin condition over the past two summers.

“For those who swim or wade in the lake, there is a good possibility of preventing duck itch by applying either a sunscreen with DEET or Surf Lifesaving SPF50+ sunscreen before entering the water,” he told the Wanaka Sun.

Norman used 16 volunteers for his experimental trials to determine if an off-the-shelf sunscreen would prevent duck itch (cercarial dermatitis), which is an allergic response to a parasitic

flatworm which, in the case of Lake Wanaka, migrates from snails to ducks and on to humans. When the parasites penetrate human skin, they die but they cause an itchy reaction. The primary host duck in this region is the New Zealand scaup.

Norman used three lotions in his trials: Health E - a sunscreen incorporating the insect repellent DEET; Safe Sea which is effective in repelling stinging jelly fish; and Surf Lifesaving SPF 50+ which is a long-lasting sunscreen.

Of the 16 subjects exposed to cercariae, only one still showed signs of duck itch in the skin area treated with Health E, and only one was still affected in the area treated with Surf Life Saving SPF50+. Twelve reacted to cercariae where the skin was not

treated at all and seven reacted in skin areas treated with the Safe Sea product. Of the 16 subjects, ten had suffered duck itch previously.

“Subjects who had experienced swimmer’s itch in the past were significantly more likely to show a response during the experimental exposure to cercariae than those who had never had swimmer’s itch,” Norman said. “Of course, to be absolutely sure you do not contract duck itch, don’t expose yourself to the lake water, especially in shallow bays on the eastern side of the lake.”

Warmer lake temperatures encourage the return of the parasitic flatworm which causes duck itch. The condition usually appears within 30 minutes and can last up to ten days.

Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

Adventurers receive grantsThe NZ Mountain Film Festival (NZMFF) has given almost $4000 in grants to eight successful applicants, including groups leading youth safely in the outdoors, environmental initiatives, adventure filmmaking and technical aspects.Paralympian Carl Murphy received $1200 for the purchase of a customised snowboard designed specifically for competing in boardercross.“The equipment I require is always an ongoing issue to ensure I have the fastest snowboards available to get me to gold,” Carl said. “The funding [the NZMFF has] awarded me goes a long way in keeping me going fast and ensuring I can reach my goals of winning at the World Championships in February.”Three environmental initiatives, the Hawea Food Forest ($350), Te Kakano ($500) and the Holy Family Catholic School ($200), also received grants. Each of the projects involve a community mission - from restoring the natural landscape through native tree planting, to promoting a resilient environment for bees, wildlife, soil rehabilitation – plus involving the community in the care of land and waterways.The Wanaka Leo Club received $300 and the Queenstown Climbing Club received $500 and, in order to promote youth in adventure film making, four people will receive $600 to help them to attend the NZMFF adventure film making school in 2015.

National business award for studentsFour Mount Aspiring College students were category winners in the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme at the 2014 national awards in Wellington. Eiko Organics won the New Zealand Aid Programme Award for a “product solving a development problem” and a cash prize of $1000. Eiko Organics is made up of four students: Olivia Bonifant, Tahlia Blundell, Lillian Cotter and Samantha Poots. They designed a bralet (a type of crop top) which is made in India using certified Fair Trade cotton harvested within 40km of the production factory.Young Enterprise chief executive Terry Shubkin said the team had maintained a strong focus on sustainability throughout their year. “Eiko Organics was determined to operate their business in a manner which is both ethical and profitable. They have done extremely well to balance the requirements of running a small business with their other school commitments.” More than 2500 students from 200 schools took part in the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme in 2014.Pictured: Samantha Poots, Lillian Cotter, presenter Craig Hawke, Olivia Bonifant and Tahlia Blundell.

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Police attended a nose-to-tail vehicle collision on Ardmore Street on December 9 and are warning drivers to increase their following distances to ensure safety.

On the same day police apprehended a driver for excess breath alcohol. He blew 392mgm which is in the new penalty range and received a $200 fine and 50 demerit points.

Last Thursday police dealt with a report of a person accessing their former partner’s Gmail and Facebook accounts and obtaining personal messages and reposting them as screen shots. This was a breach of a protection order. The offender was arrested and placed before the court.

Police apprehended a driver for excess breath alcohol on December 13. He blew 477mgm which will result in a court appearance and likely disqualification.

On the same day police attended a domestic dispute at a Wanaka address. The incident is still being investigated.

On Sunday police apprehended a 25-year-old male for excess breath alcohol. He blew 400mgm and was fined $200 and received 50 demerit points.

Police also attended two search and rescue operations for overdue trampers and climbers. They were resolved quickly.

Members of the Wanaka Alpine Cliff Rescue team assisted in the recovery of the body of a fallen climber on Mount Cook on Sunday.

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

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

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Kahu Youth’s inaugural Youth Volunteer Awards, held last Thursday at Amigos, have been hailed a huge success, with more than 30 people attending the event.

“We had five categories and five fantastic winners from the 24 nominations we received over the past month,” youth worker Richard Elvey said. “We are very, very happy.”

The awards system was determined after consultation with the Mount Aspiring College year 8 student council and representatives from years 12 and 13.

“They told us how they thought it should work, and we did just

that,” Richard said.The judging panel comprised

a representative from each college year and a 19-year-old youth club regular. He said the identity and gender of each nominee was kept from the judges “so that each kind act was judged for the act itself, not the person.”

Eleven-year-old Maddison Frazer was awarded the supreme winner. She is a member of the St John’s Cadets and has completed nearly 200 hours of voluntary work with them. As the youngest registered volunteer for Volunteering Central, she has baked for the Cancer Society and taken part in collections and appeal days for a number of organisations such as the Brain Injury Association,

Plunket and the Cancer Society, among other groups.

Twelve-year-old Kate Goodsell won the 12-and-under category. Kate has raised money for Wanaka LandSAR with her nail-painting stand. She also volunteers for the Wanaka Sun Christmas Food Bank Drive each year and is a participating member of St John’s and the Wanaka Leo Club.

The 14-and-under category winner was Cole Masters, who is 14. He spends much of his spare time maintaining, watering, sculpting, digging and shaping the jumps at the Lismore Bike Park. He has also helped to build the Gunn Road Dirt Bike Track and is currently working on some new jumps at Lake Hawea.

Alex Johnston, who is 16, won

the 16-and-under category for her services to the community via Kahu Youth events and her support and care for younger people in our community. She also works hard to support non-alcohol events for young people.

Seventeen-year-old Chloe Wigg won the 18-and-under category for her unpaid volunteer work at the Elmslie House rest home for the past two years.

The winner of each age category won a $75 Base or South Beach voucher and a certificate and the supreme winner got a $200 South Beach voucher and a certificate.

“When we approached Base to buy the vouchers, they thought it was such a good cause that they doubled our prize fund,” Richard said.

Inaugural Youth Volunteer Awards

Special race day at HaweaOrganisers are expecting about 2000 punters at the annual Hawea Picnic Racing Club race day on Sunday December 28. Club president Paul Cunningham said there will be children’s pony events in the morning including barrel racing, jumping and games. “In the afternoon we have eight full-on horse races,” he said. “There are heaps of things for children to do throughout the day. It’s one of the few events of this type left, so it’s a very special day.” The club donates all profits from the day to local charities. Last year donations went to Riding for the Disabled and the Upper Clutha Hospice Trust. Volunteers are already hard at work preparing for the day at the Hawea Domain, Paul said. Pictured: punters enjoying last year’s Hawea Picnic Racing Club race day.

- Caroline Harker

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Wanaka New Life Church, Spencer House Mall Christmas service, December 21, 10am

Wanaka Baptist Church, Lake Wanaka CentreChristmas celebration, December 21, 5.30pm

Catholic Church, 152 Aubrey RoadChristmas Eve vigil, December 24, 10.30pmChristmas Day, December 25, 9am

The Anglican Parish of the Upper Clutha, cnr Upton & McDougall streetsNine Lessons & Carols (combined Presbyterian and Anglican service), December 19, 7pmCarols and midnight Eucharist, December 24, 11pmFestive Eucharist, December 25, 8am, 10am

Tarras Community Church, Church Road, TarrasCarols and readings, December 24, 7pm

Upper Clutha Presbyterian Church, Hawea FlatLessons and carols, December 24, 9pm

Upper Clutha Presbyterian Church, Tenby StreetChristmas Eve service, December 24, 11.30pmChristmas Day family service, December 25, 9.30am

Christmas ServicesLISTEN FOR THE SIRENS THIS SUNDAY

7TH ANNUAL WANAKA SUN CHRISTMAS FOOD BANK DRIVE

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Please contact: Nikki Heath 027 2467 835 Alan McKay 443 5661

Wanaka collection from 5pm.

Hawea & Luggate collection from 4pm.

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Our first Christmas visitors arrived this week, just in time for the baking hot weather that is ever-present in your memories of Wanaka. My sister and her family are living in London, so a week here is a chance to reconnect with their Kiwi roots. Their girls arrived looking clean and gorgeous after 36 hours of travelling. In less than a day, they were bare-foot, muddy, scratched and had returned to the feral state that my children inhabit during the holidays and whenever they can during the term.

My boys couldn’t wait to take their cousins down the hill to try out their new sport - goldfish hunting. Did you know there are goldfish in the Albert Town lagoon? We didn’t until last weekend when our neighbourhood crew caught two massive ones, about 30cm long each. Large ones are definitely not as cute as small ones in a bowl and, according to the Department of Conservation, they are an “aquatic pest” in the wild. DOC has been trying to eradicate them from the wetlands around Riverside, so that they don’t make it into the Clutha River and Lake Dunstan. It was news to them that the goldfish had made it as far as the lagoon.

No doubt someone thought they were doing the right thing for their cute, tiny goldfish when they set them free in a

stream or water-way. But from that small act, we’ve got monster (only a slight exaggeration) goldfish inhabiting the lagoon. It made me think about all the little things we do, good and bad, which impact on the environment. It can be as small as taking all your rubbish home after a picnic. I feel proud when I take my family to Dublin Bay and it still feels as untouched as when we were kids, with scarcely a bottle-top to be found on the beach.

Despite the pressure of the thousands of visitors who hit Wanaka during Christmas and New Year,

the businesses in town do an amazing job with their recycling. More than 200 businesses recycle with Wanaka Wastebusters. So, to everyone who takes their rubbish home or makes the effort to recycle at work; a big thank you and a hug. Without your actions, Wanaka wouldn’t be the place we love. And if you do happen to have a goldfish you’ve fallen out of love with, remember to find it a new owner instead of setting it free in the wild.

Pictured: Timo Heath and Quinn Curtis with the two “monster goldfish” from the lagoon.

Little act, big impactGina Dempster

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Two from two for Corey PetersSit-skier Corey Peters earned his second podium finish in as many days at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing NorAm Cup in Aspen, America, last week.Following on from his third place result in slalom last Wednesday, Corey finished second in the giant slalom on Thursday.“It was just like Sochi,” the Paralympic Winter Games silver medallist said.“I held back too much on the second run and when you’re talking tenths of a second [between first and second place] you can’t afford to do that. It’s a fine line between going too fast and blowing out and holding back and coming second. I need to learn where that line is.”Corey finished in second place, 1.68 seconds off the pace.Adam Hall, competing in his first giant slalom race in several years, finished fourth in the standing class.

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The island is looking fantastic after three working bees this season achieved destruction of broom, lupins and briar plus the tracks are mown and there are plenty of cleared areas and shade trees. The toilet remains a bit smelly but is operational. The barbecue is in good order for use. No fires or smoking cigarettes of any sort on the island. The fire risk is massive and resources to fight fires out there are limited. Many thanks to the wonderful people who help at working bees. Happy holiday season to all.

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what’s onLALALAND HAPPY Hour daily from 5pm – 7pm. $5 tea cocktails from 4pm – 8pm.

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TARRAS GOLF RESULTS: Men’s Irish Stableford-Graeme Rive 81, Dave Treva-

than 78, Holger Reinecke 76, Tom Moore 75, Bonar Rowley 72. Two’s-Tom Moore. Stableford-Craig Still 44, Colin Pledger 43, Skip Johnston 41, Tom Moore 38, Holger Reinecke 38. Two’s-Craig Still and Holger Reinecke. Women’s Nett-Maire McElrea 63, Helen Davis 67, Margaret Sell 73, Chris Illingworth 75.

WANAKA PROGRESSIVE BOWLS SKIPS: 1st: Maida Baxter 2nd: Betty Rus-sell 3rd: Glad Cross, Thirds: 1st: Charles Kiewiet 2nd: Iain Fletcher 3rd: Jon Barron, Leads: 1st: Sandy Morris 2nd: Bruce Thor-burn 3rd: John Lischner.

LAKE HAWEA GOLF CLUB Closing Day Ambrose 14th Dec 2014 1st Joe Cotter, Tim Cotter, Mike Cotter, Ryan Shuttle-worth 50.4. 2nd Scott Read, Rick Johnston, Mark Anderson, Dave Spedding 54.5, 3rd

Kahu Vincent, Josiah Carnie, Kay Ross, Lyn Stuart 55.2, 4th Colin Hanson, Joy Hanson, Gerard Haggart, Craig Westall 56.4. Clos-est to the pin No1 Hamish Watt, No5 Tony Arscott. Lake Hawea Championships for 2014 Ladies Ringers Net- Linda Osborne, Men’s Ringers Net- Red Stevenson, Men’s Ringers Gross- Tony Arscott, Ladies Mt Maude Stableford – Kay Ross, Men’s Mt Maude Stableford – Dick Sullivan,4BBB – Joe and Tim Cotter, Putting – Rick John-ston, Most Improved Player – Bernadette Raffe, Women’s Single Knockout – Alison Brown, Men’s Single Knockout – Scott Read, Women’s Open Champion – Bron-nie Stevenson, Men’s Junior Champion – Colin Hanson, Men’s Intermediate Champion – Bryan Burgess, Men’s Senior Champion – Tony Arscott, Women’s LGU Button - Alison Brown, Club Player of the Year – Tim Cotter

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Win for Albion reservesThe Matrix Albion senior reserves cricket team beat Cromwell over the weekend. Albion batted first and was all out for 191 off 36.2 overs. R McGregor scored 57, S Newton batted 31 and T Paget was 4 for 39. Cromwell replied, all out for 94 off 28 overs. L Dowling was 3 for 8 and S Newton was 2 for 9.

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New Zealand snowboarder Christy Prior, pictured, finished third in the slopestyle event at The Dew Tour in Breckenridge, America, last Friday.

“The podium still feels like a dream,” Christy said. “Coming into the competition, I was just hanging to get into the finals, so today I was just focussed on doing the tricks I know I can do as cleanly as possible.”

Christy’s top score of 90.00 hinged on a trick she had not landed i n c o m p e t i t i o n f o r sixth months.

“Christy had been nailing her tricks all week in training,” coach Bud Keene said. “We decided to change out one of the tricks to the inverted 360 wildcat, which is just a little more spectacular. She didn’t land it in practice, but we know it’s a trick she has on lock and it would come down to Christy having the confidence to put it down when it counted

in competition.”Christy landed the

wildcat on the first jump of her first run and put down the clean run she had been looking for, earning her a place on the podium.

Fellow Cardrona NZ park and pipe team members, freeskiers Janina Kuzma, Byron Wells and Beau-James Wells, all competed in the superpipe.

Following on from her World Cup win, Janina just missed out on her podium place. She scored a solid 81.50 in her first

run putting her in third place, but Swiss skier Virginie Faivre, with 83.00, pushed Janina into fourth place. Janina replied with a second run of 85.00 to claim back third place, but it was short-lived as Olympic silver medallist Ayana Onozuka (Japan), with 85.75, claimed third place and pushed Janina back into fourth place.

In the men’s freeski supersipe semi-finals, Byron and Beau-James Wells missed out on qualifying for the finals.

“We’re seeing some really amazing skiing and

the level is just getting insane,” coach Bruce Wells said. “You’ve got to be consistent to get results and getting through to finals means putting down an almost perfect run every time. Both Byron and Beau struggled with their last tricks today.”

Byron finished 13th overall and Beau-James finished 23rd overall.

Younger brother Jackson Wells had his first Dew Tour experience, finishing in 19th place in the men’s freeski slopestyle semi-finals last Thursday.

Juniors impress at gradingsKyokushin Karate Wanaka held its end of year junior grading on December 6 at Eely Point.Two separate gradings were held: the first for beginners to ninth Kyu (orange belt/tab) and the second for eighth kyu (blue belt) to fourth kyu (green belt).Sensei Trevor Bailey and Sempai Jim Thomson, who oversaw the proceedings, were impressed with the effort put in by the juniors after a hard year of training. The Kumite (sparring) and strength and stamina exercises at the end of each grading were particularly impressive, they said.Pictured: applicants prior to their gradings.See results page 11. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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