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All the fun of the fair

Christmas wares at

hospice shop

Big thrill for band

Prestigious award for artist

Lease pending approvalThere should be a firewood business on Riverbank Road before the middle of next year, if current plans go ahead. PAGE 3

Voting began yesterday on the Plan for Gig Success, the final challenge of the Gigatown competition which makes up 50 percent of the total points. PAGE 2

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Another public track in Albert Town has been closed following further advice that the Clutha River bank is unstable upstream of the bridge.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council closed a 200m-long section of the riverside track, from just above the Albert Town bridge, last month, after the Otago Regional Council’s engineering consultant advised the land beneath the track was slipping.

Walkers and cyclists were instead directed to use the trail on the terrace above the river, which is a public reserve.

However, that was also closed at the weekend.

The ORC’s engineering, hazards and

science director, Gavin Palmer, said a resident who lived on the terrace, between Alison Avenue and the river bank, has provided the regional council with engineering advice that the entire

bank was unstable. This advice was currently being

reviewed by the ORC’s engineering consultant and the district council’s operations general manager, Ruth

Stokes, said both tracks would remain closed until the area had been inspected and preventative measures put in place, if necessary.

“We understand this causes some inconvenience for residents, but until we have certainty from ORC about the stability issues, the tracks will remain closed.”

While a preliminary inspection by the ORC’s engineering consultant had found “there appears to be no immediate threats to either track users or to property owners on the terrace above,” a more thorough inspection was now underway, Gavin Palmer said.

An alternative route around the two closed tracks is via Alison Avenue and the Albert Town to Lake Hawea road (State Highway 6).

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Albert Town bank stability checkedJessica Maddock

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More than 200 dancers performed in two sell-out shows at the Lake Wanaka Centre last weekend. The show opened with 60 pre-schoolers on stage dancing in a garden scene (pictured). Dance Wanaka director, Anna Thomas, said the production was the highlight of the dance school’s calendar. “The kids had a blast and enjoyed a real theatre experience in costume and with all the fancy trimmings.”

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Voting began yesterday on the Plan for Gig S u c c e s s , t h e f i n a l challenge of the Gigatown competi t ion which makes up 50 percent of the total points.

Gigatown Wanaka is up against four other finalists – Dunedin, Timaru, Gisborne and Nelson – in the fight for fibre and the winner will be announced next week. The last stage for Wanaka supporters is to register on the Gigatown website (under the Cast Your Vote tab) before 9am next Monday and vote for Wanaka’s Plan for Gig Success.

“Now is the time for our whole district to get behind Wanaka,” Q u e e n s t o w n L a k e s

District mayor Vanessa van Uden said. “It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been part of the Gigatown campaign already –

anyone can register to vote in this crucial last phase and it only takes a couple of minutes.”

Wanaka’s Plan for Gig Success includes a 22-page digital strategy and a supporting video which

are available to view on the Gigatown website when voting.

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean said she was also

right behind Wanaka’s Gigatown campaign and, in the final countdown, she urged people to support the town by casting a vote.

“ T h e p e o p l e o f Wanaka, including the

campaign team and the local Chamber of Commerce, have worked incredibly hard to win this ultrafast broadband prize,” she said. “I would urge everyone to make the final push this week for Wanaka’s success.”

The public vote on the Plan for Gig Success is worth 15 percent of the 50 percent on offer in the final stage.

“This has been a long journey and the GigatownWanaka c a m p a i g n h a s b e e n f u e l l e d b y determination and pride. I hope everyone in our district will do this one thing: just go to gigatown.co.nz and vote for Wanaka,” mayor van Uden said.

V o t i n g c l o s e s a t midday on Monday (November 24).

The ongoing issue of public access to Meads Road through Hunter V a l l e y S t a t i o n w a s discussed at the Wanaka C o m m u n i t y B o a r d meeting on Tuesday.

WCB chair Rachel

Brown said the board had always supported public access to the road. She reported council staff had told her Hunter Valley Station was now negotiating directly with the Crown, and the question of ownership of the road was still unresolved.

WCB member Lyal Cocks said the road is Crown land. “Current council staff need to get up to speed on this,” he said.

John Wellington spoke on the issue during the public forum.

“The road was created to give public access to Kidd’s Bush reserve,” he

said. “It was built and has been maintained with public funding for 50 years. Walking away from the issue is not an option. We need the council to ensure public access. Allowing the landowners to close the road at any time would create a terrible precedent.”

Wanaka’s skatepark will remain open throughout an extension which will increase its size by nearly 50 percent.

Wanaka Skatepark Trust trustee, Eddie Spearing, filmed the first sod being turned for the extension this week, saying it was a “great moment” and the culmination of eight years of hard work.

There are plans to increase the size of the skatepark, which was built in 2002, and its features in four stages. The work planned for this year was on stages one and two, which would increase the size of the skatepark from about 800sqm to 1150sqm.

Eddie said stage one would be the construction of a “clover leaf bowl,” comprising three bowls within a large bowl. The three bowls would range

in depth from 1.5m to 2.75m. It was expected to be ready for use by mid to late February.

Stage two would be a “street and flow area,” he said, with flat sections and a bank.

The trust had $344,000 for stages one and two.

Stage two had been “trimmed back” slightly from the original plan to fit the budget, Eddie said,

but the change would be largely unnoticeable.

It had been necessary a s t h e c o s t o f t h e project had increased significantly since the design was developed more than two years ago.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council had contributed $146,000 to stages one and two, the Central Lakes Trust had given $140,000, the

Otago Community Trust had donated $40,000 and the Wanaka Skate Club had raised $18,000.

Eddie expected stages three and four to be built in 2019 and to increase the size of the skatepark to 1400sqm. A maximum size of 2000sqm was allowed under the Pembroke P a r k R e s e r v e s Management Plan.

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This has been a long journey and the

GigatownWanaka campaign has been fuelled by determination and pride. I hope everyone in our district will do this one thing: just go to gigatown.co.nz and vote for Wanaka.

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Skatepark open during expansion

Every vote counts

Crown Range fatalities

Hunter Valley access debated

Big thrill for band

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Jessica Maddock

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Spencer House mall manager Harry Briggs said he was shocked to learn of the accidental deaths of two Pakistani businessmen, one of whom he had been dealing with for seven years, last week.

Asad Khan, 46, and M u h a m m e d A j m a l C h a u d r y , 4 0 , d i e d when a truck loaded with carpets crashed on the Crown Range in bad weather conditions last Wednesday afternoon.

A s a d w a s a N e w Zealand resident and had a wife and four children in Christchurch. M u h a m m e d w a s a passenger in the truck. He had a wife and three children and had been based in Christchurch for several years. The men operated Ibrahim Rug House in Christchurch and had pop-up shops

around the South Island. Harry said he was

biking towards Cardrona on Wednesday afternoon when a police car passed him heading up the Crown Range with its siren blaring.

“It wasn’t until the next morning when I saw a photograph of the truck tipped over with carpets spilling out that I realised who it was,” he said. “It was quite a shock.”

Asad and Muhammed had just rented premises in Spencer House for three weeks to sell carpets, Harry said. They were believed to be on their way to Invercargill when the accident happened.

“They were very good tenants and they always paid their rent,” he said. “I had just recommended them to a landlord in Queenstown.” Harry said the men must have done good business in Wanaka as they came

here for several weeks twice a year. “They were already booked in for show week next year,” he said.

Both men would t r a v e l d o w n f r o m Christchurch and set up the shop and then Muhammed would stay on in Wanaka to run the shop, Harry said.

The serious crash unit and commercial vehicle inspection unit are investigating the crash. As yet it is not known why the truck crashed. It collided with a railing on a 25km per hour corner and then hit a rockface. Both men died at the scene.

The crash was the second multiple fatality in less than a week in the district. Three tourists from Hong Kong were killed on November 6 when their hired vehicle and a truck and trailer unit collided on State Highway 6 near Luggate.

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A Wanaka rock band has made it through to the second round of The X Factor NZ auditions.

Cheap Thrills is made up of (from left) lead singer and guitarist Jason Millar, drummer Danial Macdonald and keyboard player Josiah Carnie.

The trio, who are in their 20s and 30s, play original music and have written and perform 28 songs. They formed two years ago and play regularly at the Bullock Bar, Fitzpatrick’s Irish Pub and in Queenstown. Earlier this year they

opened for chart-topping New Zealand rock band, I am Giant, at a gig in Invercargill.

About a month ago they sent a video of a performance to The X Factor NZ television competition and they learned a few days ago that they have made it through to the second round of auditions. They will be flown to Auckland on November 29 to play for the judges.

Danial said the band had recently bought a PA system which meant they could play anywhere, including outdoors.

Establishing the band had been “tough” at times, he said, but Cheap Thrills’ major

point of difference was the fact all its music was original.

The trio had been well received everywhere they had played, Danial said.

The X Factor NZ judges include the All Saints’ Melanie Blatt and Australia-based musician Stan Walker, who have been judges during the previous s e r i e s , a n d n e w judges Willy Moon, a writer, musician and producer originally from Wellington, and Natalia Kills, a British musician who is based in Hollywood.

Television personality Dominic Bowden will again host the show.

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Work is expected to begin next year on a new fire station in Wanaka.

New Zealand Fire Service regional property co-ordinator, Stephen Hill, said the station would be built on Ballantyne Road, between the new police station and the Land Search and Rescue headquarters, which were currently being built. The fire service has bought the site from the Department of Conservation.

Stephen Hill said the existing two-bay fire station on Ardmore Street no longer met the organisation’s requirements.

The new station would have space for three fire appliances, so a third fire engine or a water

tanker could be added to the fleet in the future if necessary, he said.

However, the size of the site did not allow for further expansion of the new station.

It would also have training

rooms, an operations room and storage space for equipment.

Stephen said resource consent for the new station had been applied for and tenders were being sought from construction

companies. An application for building consent would be lodged shortly and it was hoped a construction timeframe would be known by late January.

The Ardmore Street fire station would be sold once the new facility was operational.

Wanaka chief fire officer Ian Galloway said the Wanaka brigade recently obtained approval from the fire service to increase its number of volunteers from 28 to 34. It currently had 30 volunteers and was interviewing more potential firefighters this week.

The project manager of the new Land Search and Rescue building, Roy Bailey, said it was nearly completed and the organisation expected to begin operating from there at the end of November.

A group wanting to buy Contact Energy land for a park is still negotiating with the power company, more than a month after making its latest offer.

The Red Bridge River Park Trust wants to buy 0.4ha beside the Clutha River near Luggate to create a public park.

A trustee, Lewis Verduyn-Cassels, has lived on the land since 1991 and has cleared exotic trees and replaced them with natives. He wants to continue to live there and be caretaker of the park, if the land is bought from Contact.

The trust made its latest offer in mid-October.

Wanaka Community Board chairperson, Rachel Brown, who has been privy to the negotiations, said while they were confidential at this stage, there was “definitely good will” and Contact was working with the trust to reach a

“favourable” outcome.“There’s willingness on

both sides,” she said.The trust has raised

$142,500, the majority of which was gifted to it by Lewis Verduyn-Cassels and his family.

He has declined to tell the Wanaka Sun what the trust’s latest offer to Contact is, or how the negotiations are progressing.

However, he said last month he hoped the fact the power company had sold riverside land to the Department of Conservation for $5700 per hectare was an indication it would look favourably on the trust’s offer. He also said 1.79ha of bare land adjoining the site has sold for $190,000, despite having a capital value of $363,000 in 2013/14.

T h e W a n a k a S u n understands Contact recently sold an adjoining 0.5ha site which also has a house on it for significantly more than the amount the trust is offering.

C o n t a c t ’ s h y d r o g e n e r a t i o n p r o j e c t manager, Neil Gillespie, also declined to comment on the negotiations, other than to say the parties were trying to find common ground and he hoped a resolution would be reached “sooner rather than later.”

Prior to the current negotiations, Contact, which inherited the site in 1996, said it wanted $300,000. It rejected a personal offer from Lewis Verduyn-Cassels of $190,000.

The trust wants to create a community-owned park in perpetuity. The entire park would be 5.2ha, comprising the 0.4ha, a marginal strip near the Red Bridge and 2.6ha which used to house punting infrastructure. Contact has said it will donate the former punting site to a community organisation and the trust hopes it will be the chosen group.

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The Upper Clutha A&P Society’s plan to expand its building on the showground by 486sqm (112 percent) has been approved by the Wanaka Community Board and will be put to the council at its next meeting. The new building will look the same as the existing one, only longer, and an old woolshed next to the building will be demolished. Society junior vice-president Grant Ruddenklau spoke to the board at its meeting on Tuesday. He said the Wanaka Show had been an important date on many calendars for 78 years and asked the site lease be extended from ten to 33 years, a request which was approved by the board later in the meeting. Grant said the society was generous with scholarships and community donations, mentioning Community Networks and the Upper Clutha Hospice Trust as recent recipients. He said the society shares the building with other groups, currently the Wanaka Rowing Club and the Coastguard, and would continue to do so. APL Property director Jo Conroy told the board the society had been working on various proposals for a new building for two years and said the current plan was a good compromise.

Emergency services precinct progress

River park still possible

A&P building to double in size

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There should be a firewood business on Riverbank Road before the middle of next year, if current plans go ahead. Skip (Raymond) Johnson has approval from the Wanaka Community Board to lease a block of council land near the Ballantyne Road intersection where he will sell firewood, pending approval from the Queenstown Lakes District Council. Skip said he will also need resource consent before he can open at the new location. He is a co-owner of the Luggate Sawmill and has also been trading as Wanaka Firewood for a couple of years.

“I’ve been in the firewood game for 25 years,” he said. “It will be great to have a yard

closer to town, hopefully as soon as.”

Skip’s lawyer Grant Fyfe spoke on his behalf at the Wanaka Community Board meeting on Tuesday, asking if the proposed five-year lease could have three rights of renewal. APL Property director Jo Conroy said there was some uncertainly as to whether the council would need the land in the future, and the board agreed to a five-year lease with the ability to renew for another five years, if both parties were in agreement.

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The seventh annual Wanaka Sun Christmas Food Bank Drive will take place on Sunday, December 21, at a slightly earlier time. Supported by the Wanaka Volunteer Fire Brigade, St John Ambulance and the Wanaka Police, volunteers will be driving the streets of Wanaka collecting goods for the community food bank from 5pm.Volunteers will also be out in Luggate and Hawea on the same day, with the time to be confirmed. The Wanaka Sun Christmas Food Bank Drive benefits local families who are referred by community groups such as Senior Citizens, the Cancer Society, Jigsaw and the Upper Clutha Women’s Refuge, and it will also replenish the food bank store room at Community Networks. The annual event is made possible with the help of volunteers, local groups and local emergency services personnel. As well as replenishing the local food bank, it provides hampers of Christmas goodies and basic food stuffs to make the holidays a little easier for local families in need.Collectors and drivers with utes or cars and trailers are required to help. Please contact the organisers Nikki Heath (027 2467 835) or Alan McKay (443 5661) if you’re able to volunteer.

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The owner of a luxury Wanaka bed and breakfast says the town’s rubbish system creates a “mess” which affects its resort reputation.

Pam Higgins, who owns Riverview Terrace, is lobbying the Queenstown Lakes District Council to consider introducing a system involving three wheelie-bins, for organic waste, recycling and non-recyclable rubbish.

She has written to and met with Wanaka Community Board chairperson Rachel Brown to discuss the problem and her proposed solution.

Rachel said the council proposed a wheelie-bin system when it introduced kerbside recycling several years ago. But it was “soundly rejected” by the community due to the cost. Most ratepayers supported retaining “blue bags” as it was a user-pays system. However, that decision could be revisited, she said.

Pam said while she understood it was a “difficult and expensive problem,” she was among “many” Wanaka ratepayers who felt “we can’t afford to brush this aside and let our apathy about how

we collect our rubbish continue.“Paying for a better rubbish

collection system is never going to be a popular expense…but this has to be examined more.”

Blue plastic rubbish bags were often opened by dogs when they were left at the kerbside for collection and streets were often littered with items which had blown out of the open recycling bins, she said.

“As a tourist town with lots of visitors from all over the world spending time here, we’re not putting our best foot forward … not the pure clean image Wanaka tourism is portraying our town to be.

“Change needs to happen quickly before we harm our beautiful area. I’m sad to have to say when I go for a walk around the streets of Wanaka, I take a

bag and pick up rubbish, most of this has come out of recycle buckets and blue rubbish bags; sometimes there is so much I can’t carry everything I see in a one hour walk.”

Christchurch and Timaru used a three wheelie-bin system, with the organic bin collected weekly and the recycling and rubbish bins collected fortnightly, she said.

Rachel said the council had set up rubbish drop-off points around the district so holidaymakers were not forced to leave blue bags of rubbish at the kerbside ahead of collection day. It had also focussed on encouraging people to reduce the amount of rubbish sent to the landfill, by subsidising the cost of composting systems.

“A-paid for weekly rubbish wheelie bin tends to encourage just filling it up,” she said.

However, Pam said the composting initiative only applied to people who had a use for compost, not for people with apartments or h o l i d a y a c c o m m o d a t i o n rental properties.

She said a solution was needed which suited both permanent residents and visitors.

Call for improved waste systemJessica Maddock

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The Central Otago District Council resolved at a recent council meeting to transition towards a new tendered contract for recycling services throughout the district.The existing service delivery, provided by Central Otago WasteBusters, will remain in place until a new contract commences, which could take up to nine months.COWB has been providing recycling services to the community since 2000, but has faced financial challenges since the 2008 commodities market crash.In September, the CODC engaged consultancy firm Morrison Low to undertake a review of the most efficient and effective options for the future delivery of recycling services in Central Otago. As a result of the review, council has resolved to go out to tender and will determine the details of a new service in coming months. It will work with COWB to identify those services it will continue to provide to the community.

CO recycling service out to tender

The former police station on Helwick Street is being given a facelift for its new role as The Cell – a business incubator facility – set up by the team behind Wanaka’s entry in the Gigatown ultra-fast broadband competition. The building has been leased from the new owners. Gigatown W a n a k a c a m p a i g n manager Kelly Good said The Cell will open within a fortnight, regardless of the

result of the competition, and people planning on starting up new businesses will be able to rent desks on a short-term basis.

“We want it to be accessible price-wise,”

Kelly said. “People will be able to use the office faci l i t ies and throw ideas around with other people in the building.” There will be about 20 desks available initially,

increasing to 35 in the longer term. The Cell will also be a venue for mentoring sessions, m e e t i n g p o s s i b l e i n v e s t o r s a n d running courses.

New cell at old police station

Three free charity gigs in 24 hoursLocal band Cemetery Road (pictured) is doing three charity gigs this weekend. The band is performing at the Te Kakano fundraiser at Rippon tomorrow evening and has two gigs at the Hawea Flat School Fair on Saturday.“I think the guitarists will have sore fingers come 2pm on Saturday,” band member Johanna Hansen said. “They will have been playing for five-and-a-half hours. But we’re all very enthusiastic and will enjoy every minute.” Johanna said the band is named after the road in Hawea where they practice. “We first got a band together for the last fair three years ago. That was our first gig. They’re all great guys and love their music.”

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The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation’s pink caravan has been travelling from Kaitaia to Bluff, with specialist breast care nurses on board. The nurses, Gill Mockford and Trish Sole, will be on board the pink caravan in Cromwell, Queenstown and Wanaka to answer questions about breast cancer, provide education to GPs and practice nurses, and help women who’ve had breast cancer to monitor their risk of lymphoedema. Men and women are invited to visit the caravan which will have displays of breast cancer symptoms and prosthetic breasts illustrating what a lump feels like for both men and women. The pink caravan will be outside New World in Cromwell (November 27) and Wanaka (November 29) and by the William Rees Statue in Queenstown (November 28). It will open from 9am until about 3.30pm.

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The Central Otago Regional Choir, conducted by Heather Macdonald and John Buchanan and accompanied by Kemp English (organ) and Sharon McLennan (piano), are presenting “Sing!”The choir has performed an annual spring and autumn concert series since its inception in 2004. This year’s Spring Concert Series, celebrating its tenth anniversary, will feature Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols and Schubert’s Mass In G. The Wanaka concert takes place on Friday, November 28, at 7.30pm at the St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Tenby Street.

Regional choir’s tenth anniversary

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Among the 112 gold medal winners at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards this year are seven local vineyards including Akarua, Archangel, Desert Heart, Lowburn Ferry, Mount Michael, Terra Sancta and Wooing Tree. While most won awards for pinot noir, Akarua also won with its 2010 vintage brut, Mount Michael won with

its 2014 pinot gris and Terra Sancta with its pinot noir rosé, pinot gris and chardonnay.

The Chair of Judges and Master of Wine, Michael Brajkovich, said the pinot noir was outstanding with the excellent 2013 vintage contributing to 18 of the 27 pinot noir medals.

“These wines are r ipe and concentrated, but with wonderful acid balance and length on the palate,” he said.

Malborough, the country’s largest wine-producing region, won 50 gold medals, Hawke’s Bay won 26, and Central Otago won 20. Brajkovich said there were exceptional wines across all classes.

“The surge in popularity of rosé wines is emphasised by a record number of entries and three very attractive gold medal winners,” he said.

There were 26 judges, including two internationals:

David Brookes, a freelance wine journalist, and Swedish wine buyer, Sebastian Braun. The competition is owned and organised by New Zealand Winegrowers, the national organisation for the country’s 1600 grape growers and winemakers.

T h e E l i t e G o l d M e d a l and Trophy winners will be announced at a black tie dinner in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday (November 22).

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Five people from the United Kingdom who now live in the Upper Clutha were among a group of residents who became New Zealand citizens during a ceremony in Queenstown on November 7. They are (from left) Stephen Venn, Heidi Jane Norton and Ava Sofia Venn, 10, who live in Albert Town; and the Wanaka-based Millwater family – Sarah Ann, David John, and their son Stanley Amos, 11 (front).

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Wanaka Public Libraries Association (WPLA) is calling for residents and library users to take part in a survey about how they use their libraries. The results will help the WPLA understand what the impacts of staffing changes have been and help the organisation plan events and activities for the community.“It’s been more than a year since changes were made to staffing at the Wanaka Library,” WPLA co-chair Sue Coutts said. “When the staff cuts were made, residents were concerned levels of service would be affected. The WPLA committed to doing before and after surveys to see what the impact had been. “We are also looking for ideas and suggestions for activities that local people think are a good fit with the library. The WPLA is keen to see everyone from toddlers to seniors involved in activities based at the libraries.”People can do the survey online on the WPLA website.

See classifieds for details.

Survey of library users

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There are two weeks left to apply for the Upper Clutha A&P Society’s $3000 Agricultural Scholarship.

T h e a n n u a l scholarship provides financial assistance for education or training which is related to any facet of the Wanaka A&P Show. This year, two successful applicants will receive $1000 a year, for up to three y e a r s o f s t u d y . A third scholarship, to a recipient part-way through studies at Otago University, has already been allocated.

Wanaka A&P Show Coordinator Jane Stalker

said the scholarship isn’t just aimed at traditional agricultural education. “This scholarship is available for anyone whose course of study would be able to benefit the show in the future,” she said.

“ I t c o u l d b e a photographer who loves capturing the beauty of our rural settings, or an aspiring chef who wants to showcase the region’s amazing food and wine. The scholarship is open to people across the board and we’re really encouraging our members to apply.”

This will be the sixth year the scholarship has been offered. A total of $25,000 was also given to local clubs

and organisations in exchange for helping out at the 2014 show, plus $60,000 was donated to the Wanaka Hospice Trust and Community Networks Wanaka after the event.

“ T h e s h o w i s a huge event on the local calendar and it’s important for us to give back to the community. We really value the support that we receive so it’s great to be able to use the opportunity to help out those that give up their time to help us,” Jane said.

Applications can be made on the Wanaka Show website. Entries close on November 30, 2014.

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Applications open for Bob Robertson obituary

SAVE THE DATE

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED (utes or cars with trailers, collectors and food sorters).

7TH ANNUAL WANAKA SUN CHRISTMAS FOOD BANK DRIVE

SUNDAY DECEMBER 21, 2014

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

Wanaka collectors meet at 4.30pm, Mount Aspiring College gym.

Luggate and Hawea meeting time to be advised.

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Wanaka Sun

Wanaka entrepreneur and property developer Bob Robertson died at the Otago Community Hospice in Dunedin on Sunday (November 16) after a short illness. His funeral is being held today (November 20) at Corbridge Downs near Wanaka Airport.

He stood down from running his property development company, Inf inity Investment Group, last month for h e a l t h r e a s o n s a n d general manager Paul Croft was appointed managing director.

Bob grew up on a farm in the Hakataramea Valley. He attended Waitaki Boys High School where he was a prefect and head of house. He went to London at the age of 20 and set up an in-store demonstration company, Primeline Ltd. Within 12 months he was employing more than 400 staff and had permanent spaces in Harrods, Debenhams, Selfridges and Hamleys. Around the same time he set up one of New Zealand’s first safari parks, New Zealand Trophy

Hunting Limited, and Foveran Deer Park, a leading deer stud.

I n 1 9 9 3 B o b s o l d Primeline and set up TV Media Holdings, a television advertising and marketing group based in Singapore. In time this company employed 900 staff. In 1999 Bob merged the company with UK-based Pacific Media and it was listed on the London Stock Exchange.

He and wife Jen then m o v e d t o W a n a k a and founded Infinity Investment Group. One of their first projects was Wanaka’s Sunrise Bay. The company also developed Wanaka’s

award-winning Peninsula Bay subdivision, Riverside Park, Far Horizon Park and Lakeside Apartments.

“His vision was to sell lifestyles, not just sections, and he wanted his developments to sit in harmony with the natural surroundings and provide amenities which offered a high quality of life; creating entire new communities,” Tony Will iams, who wrote about Bob in “101 Ingenious Kiwis - How New Zealanders Changed the World,” said.

“[Infinity has] achieved s o m e o f t h e m o s t successful residential property launches in

Australasia. For stage one of the Peninsula Bay subdivision in Wanaka, the company used a silent auction to increase demand. This resulted in 75 sections being sold on launch day with total sales of $34 million. The average price of $453,000 per section was a record for the area,” Tony said.

A n o t h e r I n f i n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t w a s Pegasus Town north of Christchurch.

“An innovative online option system combined with a one-day-only sale resulted in the sale of 564 Pegasus residential sections for $122 million [in 2007],” Tony said. Pegasus was sold to Todd Property Group last year.

Bob was also behind t h e p r o p o s e d $ 1 5 0 m i l l i o n m o n o r a i l between Queenstown and Milford Sound.

C u r r e n t I n f i n i t y property developments include Peninsula Bay, R i v e r s i d e P a r k a n d M a r i n a T e r r a c e Apartments in Wanaka, and Ravenswood, a lifestyle development in North Canterbury.

Bob is survived by his partner Anna and his teenage children, Ben and Kim.

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Review: Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

Visiting celebrity chefs

No-one does “feel good” like the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra and they delivered in full last week in Wanaka. At one point they had audience members “playing” kitchen implements, and later guest performer Amanada Billings said, “Never before [have I seen] an audience do what you do – which is

respond straight away.” Who wouldn’t feel good after that compliment?

The band’s virtuoso ukulele skills and multi-part vocal harmonies were, as always, a pleasure to listen to. Audience favourites i n c l u d e d S t e p h e n Jessup’s rendition of “I love you Raelene” and Age Pryor’s version of “Cry me a River”. The concert showcased many songs from the band’s first full length album “Be

Mine Tonight”, including “Howzat” (Sherbert), “Jezebel” (Jon Stevens) and “E Ipo” (Prince Tui Teka).

As usual the ukulele players’ costumes were as intriguing as their music. Somehow Sam Auger managed to look fantastic in a white onesie he made from old curtains (and his rendition of “Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover” wasn’t bad either). And Bec Coogan modelled some stylish rainbow-

coloured shorts (more like the full briefs of old) while doing a great rendition of “Pretty Baby”.

Megan Hosking’s “Blame it on the Boogie” was as hilarious as it was spunky, Andy Morley-Halls’ performance of “It’s A Heartache” was even more charming than the video, and Carmel Russell’s island style hip-swinging was as rhythmic as any island dancers I’ve ever seen.

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Popular chefs Jo Seagar and Annabel Langbein are visiting Cromwell this month for two separate events.

The “Queen of Baking,” Jo Seagar, will promote her new book, Jo Seagar Bakes, at a fundraising event for the Cromwell Bike Park on Wednesday, November 26, from 7pm at the Golden Gate Lodge conference centre.

Jo said she wrote her book to convey her passion for and pleasure in home baking and share the shortcuts and techniques she has learnt. She guides the reader through every stage of each recipe, many of which have been handed down from generation to generation.

The event will include baking and cooking t i p s f r o m J o a n d a complimentary tasting of five different desserts. Tickets are $30 and are available from the Cromwell and Alexandra Paper Plus stores. Proceeds will go to the bike park,

with a portion also going to Hospice New Zealand.

Wanaka’s “Free Range Cook,” Annabel Langbein, will be at the Cromwell Farmers’ Market between 1 0 a m a n d 1 1 a m o n Sunday, November 30, to

meet and greet the public and talk to the stall holders. Annabel has recently released her latest book, Through the Seasons, which will be available for purchase at the market.

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Prestigious award for artist

Local artist Martin H i l l ( p i c t u r e d ) has won one of f i v e E x c e l l e n t Photographer awards at an international photography festival in China. Fifty foreigners were invited to exhibit in the 14th Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP), along with hundreds of Chinese photographers. The festival is held in an ancient walled city in Shanxi province and has had more than 16 million visitors in the last decade.

Martin’s work is done in collaboration with his partner Philippa Jones.

“We are pleased with the response to our work,” Martin said after the award ceremony. “Many of the photographers w e r e s h o w i n g t h e e c o l o g i c a l predicaments of our modern world. In our work we are trying to portray solutions to, for example, the issue of climate change.”

A selection of 1 2 l a r g e - s c a l e photographs from Martin and Philippa’s Watershed exhibition, shown i n Wa n ak a a nd

Melbourne earlier t h i s y e a r , w e r e exhibited at the festival. The work features ephemeral sculptures made in the high alpine l a n d s c a p e o f Mount Aspiring National Park.

In December, Martin and Philippa will visit Antarctica to complete their global project, The Fine Line. Begun in 1995 and nearing c o m p l e t i o n , i t c o n s i s t s o f 1 2 impermanent sculptures made o n h i g h p o i n t s connected by a line encircling the earth.

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Trees planted for birthday donation

While holidaying in Wanaka one Auckland family got an inspiration for a birthday gift for their sister Bachi. Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust volunteers, with help from seven-year-old Ruby, from Australia (pictured), planted kowhai and kanuka along the Millennium Track on Tuesday for Bachi, after receiving a donation from her family with the request.

“Quite often we’ll get requests

for donations to go towards trees at a particular current project area, for example from Albert Town Lagoon residents or requests like this, where the donation is to mark an occasion, in lieu of flowers or for memory trees,” trust administrator Raewyn Calhaem told the Wanaka Sun.

She said the trees are all planted by volunteers in public areas so they can be visited.

“ I t ’ s a l l p a r t o f t h e community ethos that Te Kakano promotes.”

Hawea Flat School is holding a traditional school fair on Saturday (November 22, 10am – 2pm) with everything from carnival-style children’s games and pony rides to good, old-fashioned, Devonshire teas and a white elephant stall.

The fair is the second one organised by PTA member Cherilyn Walthew.

“As far as anyone knows it hadn’t been done here before,” she said. “We wanted it to be free entry, and cheap to enjoy. Some of these things you spend $20 in the first five minutes.” Cherilyn said the first fair in 2011 was a “huge” success. “Lots of people came and we raised $12,500 for the school,” she said.

Highlights this year include a raffle with 47 prizes, a cake competition which is being judged “solely on appearance” by Wanaka identity Carol Little, a carnival-style games alley

and arts and craft items made by the children.

There will be home baking, toffee apples, candy floss and coffee, all in a garden party setting where visitors can enjoy

music performances from some of the pupils as well as local bands Roaring Meg and Cemetery Road.

The Hawea Playgroup and Kindergarten are also involved in the fair with stalls, a cookbook of locals’ favourite recipes and games for younger children.

Cherilyn said proceeds will go towards either extending or replacing the school hall which is rapidly becoming too small for the ever-increasing roll. Hawea Flat is reputedly the fastest growing area in New Zealand.

Pictured with coasters and Christmas tree decorations they have made to sell at the fair are pupils: (front) Emily McCarthy, 7, Tara Hewitt, 7, Hannah Wright, 7; and (back) Elliot Bain, 9, and Tia McCutcheon, 7.

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According to Constable Ian Henderson, almost 30 driving complaints were made to the police in the last week.

On November 11, police attended a crash at the intersection of SH6 and SH84, at the north end of Riverbank Road. A driver was fined for pulling out into the path of an oncoming vehicle which was heading out of town. The local driver received leg and rib injuries.

On the same day, there was a non-injury crash on the Albert Town bridge when a driver failed to stop and rear-ended the stationary vehicle in front.

On November 13, police received a driving complaint when a motor home damaged another vehicle in the Fantail Falls area. A written traffic warning was issued.

Police attended a non-injury accident at Makarora on November 16, where a vehicle left the road. Emergency services from Makarora and Lake Hawea attended and cleared the wrecked car off the north-bound lane.

Last Monday, November 10, LandSAR dealt with a report of an overdue tramper in the Makarora’s Wilkin Valley. The man was found alive and well.

Police are investigating an incident at 3.19pm outside the BNZ on Ardmore Street on November 14. The parking warden was threatened with bodily harm by a person illegally parked on yellow lines. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Constable Ian Henderson at the Wanaka Police Station.

A domestic incident in Hunter Crescent was reported on November 15 and a male was arrested for willful damage. He is due in court on December 1.

An outside umbrella was stolen from The Landing restaurant over the weekend.

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1080 drop postponed

An aerial drop of 1080 in the Matukituki Valley has been postponed due to the weather. The Department of Conservation (DOC) had plans for the drop last week and again this week, but has had to continue to wait for a suitable fine weather window. W a n a k a D O C s t a f f member Annette Grieve is keeping interested parties informed regarding when the drop will occur. No date has been set yet for the Makarora Valley aerial operation, she said.

The planned drops are 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 the seed supplies run out predators will turn on native birds, including

e n d a n g e r e d m o h u a (pictured), kaka, kea, whio and kiwi.

“The target pests [in this area] are possums,” DOC scientist Josh Kemp told the Wanaka Sun. “A by-kill of stoats from secondary poisoning is an added benefit, and a carefully-timed operation can prevent mast-driven stoat plagues. In the

current Wanaka case, rat numbers are low but a stoat plague is pending due to a mouse eruption after the mast. It’s a great year to do the possum control to prevent a 2015 stoat plague.”

The timing of the 1080 drops is around the native birds’ breeding season f o r m a x i m u m effectiveness.

Caroline Harker

Wanaka Sun

First youth volunteer awards

Christmas wares at hospice shopThe hospice shop is redecorated and stocked up ready for Christmas. The new shop manager Megan Carwardine-Read (pictured) and shop director Bev Rudkin have been busy re-organising the shop and have a plethora of Christmas decorations and gifts for sale. Proceeds go to the Upper Clutha Hospice Trust which is planning to build a palliative and respite care facility in the area. It will be located in the Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village.

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Nominations for Kahu Youth’s first ever “Youth Volunteer Awards” close at 2pm tomorrow (Friday November 21). The awards are funded by the Ministry of Youth Development, with additional funding from local business Base. Kahu Youth wants to hear about “any young people in the community who are doing something off their own back.” All nominees must be volunteers aged 11 to 18. There will be prizes for first place in under-12, under-14, under-16, and 18-and-under categories and a supreme winner.Nomination forms are on Kahu Youth’s Facebook page or they can be emailed or telephoned into the Kahu Youth office.The awards will be held on December 11.

Talk on climate change research

Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger is coming to Wanaka next Thursday (November 27) to give a talk on the latest research on climate change and its impacts, not only globally but also for the Upper Clutha.

The district is expected to warm by somewhere between 1 and 4°C, with snow lines rising several hundred metres, by 2100. In a warmer world,

weather extremes are expected to increase with amplified high intensity rainfalls and droughts becoming more frequent. These trends will have significant impacts on agriculture a n d h o r t i c u l t u r a l activities in the Upper Clutha. They are also expected to result in less permanent ice, and the loss of some mountain species of plants and animals.

Jim’s presentation will examine what the latest

science is saying, and the issues this brings up. He will also discuss steps which must be taken locally to adapt to the changing climate as it evolves during the 21st century. There will be time for questions after the talk.

Jim is an internationally renowned scientist based at the University of Auckland. This summer he is the Ernst Frohlich Fellow at CSIRO in Hobart, Australia.

He was a contributor

to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, which won the Nobel Prize “for efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.” More recently Jim has examined future impacts of climate change in New Zealand, and edited a book called “Living in a Warmer World.”

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SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THE BEAUTIFULLY TIDY AREAS OF PLANTINGS BY THE COUNCIL LANDSCAPER. THE ENTRANCE ROUNDABOUT WITH THE LAVENDER, ROSES SOON TO BE OUT ETC. THEN AROUND THE TOWN MAY BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED BUT WE NOTICE! ANOTHER OF WANAKA’S SECRETS. THANK YOU.

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TWO GREAT CONCERTS BY WANAKA PRIMARY SCHOOL. SUCH HARD WORK BY ALL. SUCH HAPPY ACHIEVING CHILDREN. WELL DONE PRINCIPAL STAFF AND KIDS.

JUST WENT TO MEET A FRIEND FOR COFFEE AT THE CHEERFUL RED TABLES OUTSIDE THE CAFE ON THE CORNER OF ARDMORE & HELWICK AND THEY HAD GONE. BANNED BY OUR USUALLY SENSIBLE AND HARDWORKING COMMUNITY BOARD! OH PLEASE! GOT THE GREEN PAINT READY TO COVER THE TREES NEXT AUTUMN?

EDITORIAL As the link generation between the early European settlers and current generations is disappearing, it is important to record their memories before these are lost completely.Historian Barbara Chinn has been inspired to write the history of Lake Hawea since the death of local identity John Turnbull. John’s son Ian recently gave her some of John’s papers concerning the early days of the Guardians of Lake Hawea. John worked hard since the 1980s to persuade statutory authorities to take responsibility for the lake foreshore. This finally happened in 2009 when the management of the foreshore was vested in Queenstown Lakes District Council. A group of volunteers, now called the Thursday Group, works in collaboration with both QLDC and Contact Energy to make the foreshore a pleasant place for everybody. Barbara said it’s largely thanks to John’s efforts that there are now carparks, picnic areas and plantings on the foreshore. This is one of the many stories she is recording.Others relate to the dramatic changes in the district during the last 30 years as more and more permanent residences join the holiday homes. Farming is still an important activity. Most of the high country runs and farms around the lake have been owned by the same families for generations. They have adjusted to change and diversified into tourism. These change are worth noting and recording for future generations.

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The recent tragic accident at the bottom of the Luggate hill has highlighted once again what can only be described as a poorly designed intersection. As locals, we all know that the “main route” at this intersection goes from Wanaka to Cromwell, and if you are heading from Wanaka to Tarras you put your left indicator on to turn off the “main route”.Unfortunately for motorists unfamiliar with the intersection (and these are not just foreign tourists), they can think that if you don’t have your indicator on, you must be going straight ahead, i.e. to Tarras – but not so.In my travels to Cromwell for work for the past 14 years, I have had several close calls with cars pulling out from the intersection. Now whenever a car is approaching the intersection from Tarras or waiting at the give way sign, I put my right indicator on to show that I am heading to Cromwell. Since doing this I have had no problems!I believe the only way to make the intersection safer is to realign the roads so that the turnoff to Tarras is a definite turn, and not a “straight line” as at present.

Judy King

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If you live with kids, it sometimes seems that every time the door opens, another toy sneaks in. To prevent the humans being exiled to the garage, there are times when the children of the house have to let go of some of them. Letting go of stuff can be hard for all of us, even adults. But it’s much easier when you know that Wanaka Wastebusters will find it a new home and that your gift will help to make someone else happy.

Some of the hardest things to let go of in life are soft toys. I just counted ours. We’ve got 42. That seems quite a lot for a family of four. Perhaps it’s a coincidence

that 42 is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Or maybe it’s a sign that soft toys can teach you pretty much everything you need to learn in life, like:

You can never have too many friends - no matter how many soft toys you have, there’s always room in your heart for one more, especially that cute one sitting up on the shelf by itself.

Best friends are for life - the special ones that sit on the bed every night will always be your friends. They’ve been with you through the night-time stories, the nightmares, the nights before Christmas, the times you almost lost

them. Just the smell of them makes you feel safe.

Colour doesn’t matter - puppies made from yellow toweling, purple fluffy cows, brown horses, you’ll love them all equally.

Sometimes you have to let go - sometimes it’s time to let some friends go, especially if your bed is already full. If you take them to Wastebusters, they’ll find a new home with someone else who loves them.

But not until you’re ready - if it’s going to make you too sad, wait until next year. Sometimes it’s easier to let go when you’re a year older.

Pictured: Sue Nyhof f r o m t h e W a n a k a Wastebusters shop with some of the toys we find new homes for.

New home for old toysGina Dempster

The Whiteribbon Motorbike Riders are arriving in Wanaka today on their tour promoting No Violence to Women. The motorcyclists are travelling from Northland to Gore from November 18 to 29, visiting more than 60 communities and encouraging men to take The White Ribbon Pledge (to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence towards women). Coordinator of the Upper Clutha Women’s Support Group, Jude Battson, said motorbikers are welcome to join the motorbike ride at 8am tomorrow on the corner of the Albert Town-Lake Hawea Road and the Wanaka-Luggate Highway. The police will escort the convoy to the Wanaka lakefront where they will be welcomed at Kai Whaka Pai by deputy mayor Lyal Cocks and Jude Battson for breakfast and will chat with the public until about 9am. The convoy will then be escorted by police to Wanaka Primary School where they will be welcomed by the kapa haka group and a spokesperson will talk to the children about how to deal with bullying.

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CARDRONA VINTAGE Fair, Sun 7 Dec: Cardrona merino lamb, rabbit stew, award winning sausages, waffles, ice cream, juices, YUMMY!

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

IPAD FOR Sale. Bought in July 2013 - pristine condition. I have MS and find it too bulky/big and now have a Mobility dog to feed!! A Silver IPad Air 32GB with Retina display, Wi-fi only. Has a Black Targus 3 Versavu case and Moshi Anti Glare Screen Protector. (See Apple web-site for info). Paid $1007.00 total so wanting reasonable offers. Contact Frances on 021 881 384

for sale CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - upstairs & downstairs at the Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store

TOYS, PUZZLES & GAMES - suitable for all ages at the Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store

CLOTHING FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON - for all the family at the Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store

FOOTWEAR FOR THE FAMILY - 1/2 marked price - Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store

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

noticesBUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Rudy for information 027 703 4037

WANAKA PRIMARY School ‘Op Shop’ open Tues & Thurs - 12 midday to 4pm. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

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

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

DONATIONS KINDLY appreciated by the Salvation Army Family Store – for a free pick-up please phone the store on 443 506. Thank you

HOMEOWNER? LIKE to make some ex-tra $ this summer? Rent your house over New Years. Kiwiana Accommodation www.kiwianaaccommodation.com, for info email [email protected]

GOT CRAFTY Kids!? They can come and try the craft market for free this month! If they make it they can sell it! (No food tho). Call 443 7906 for info

LEKKIE SUMMIT motor kit back in stock! Want to electrify your bicycle? Come and see us! Good Rotations, www.goodrota-tions.co, 034434349.

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

CARPET UNDERLAY good quality, free. Collect Mt. Iron area. Tel 443 6879

HEAPS OF NEW STOCK at Wanaka’s larg-est toy shop, and lots under $10! Transport & Toy Museum open 7 days!

LIVE MUSIC with Jamie Robertson & band, pony rides & kids market, all at the Cardrona Vintage Fair, Sun, 7 Dec.

TE KÃKANO Aotearoa volunteer sessions: If you are interested in helping as a volun-teer please contact Andrew on 021342187

TE KAKANO would like to say a big thanks to the Bakery/Doughbin for providing exqui-site lunches and Venus Coffee Roasters for excellent coffee.

servicesSPRING = Riding! Good Rotations Bicycle Shop is now open Wednesday to Friday 12-6pm or by appointment, 34 Anderson Rd, www.goodrotations.co, 034434349.

WWW.EASYVISA.CO.NZ FOR all your visa and immigration help and advice. Contact your local Wanaka licensed immigration adviser for a free confidential chat. Live, work, stay...what-ever the visa we have the solution. Call 03 443 8386 or email [email protected]

servicesDRIVING LESSONS available. Call Nicky at Aspiring Drivers to book your lesson for pro-fessional driving instruction. 0210607310

WANAKA WINDOW Cleaning Xmas bookings now being taken. Professional, friendly, efficient service. Book now to avoid disappointment. Call Paolo 021 0572505/ 4432420

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

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

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

SEPTIC TANK services, Septic Tank clean-ing, Oasis service agent Ph Aaron 4434175

KAMP MARQUEE HIRE Rectangular, oval and round marquees; exclusive lake-side locations available; event design and creation. Phone 02102934268 or [email protected]

FREE SWARM collection service. Ph 0211633811

LET ME take your pet from scruffy to fluffy !! Call Sheryl @ The Soggy Dawg Pet Boutique & Spa 0274430053 “Groomed to Paw-fection”

VASECTOMYS AVAILABLE here in Wanaka with Dr Simon Brebner at Aspiring Medical Centre. Ph 443 0725 for an ap-pointment to discuss.

NEED A babysitter? Text Katie on 02102988747

NEED A portable chiller trailer for your function or wedding? Come and speak to us at Wanaka Liquor Centre. 1 Ardmore Street. Ph 03 443 1466

FOR ALL YOUR FAMILY NEEDS – some-thing for everyone – at the Salvation Army Family Store 9am 5pm Monday to Friday and 9.30am – 4pm Saturday

SOMETHING SPECIAL ON BETWEEN NOW & CHRISTMAS - come to the Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store for all your family needs

WANAKA PHARMACY is your local phar-macy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Street - open until 7pm every sin-gle day. Ph 443 8000

rentQUEENBED ROOM. ALBERT TOWN from 2/12/14 Suit quiet living, nonsmoking cou-ple //single. Own bathroom, WiFi. Power. $230//$165/wk. Maryann 03 4436463, 021 1101160

XMAS RENTAL available. Wanaka Dec 20 - Jan 8. Modest 2Bdr home 5 min walk to lake. Ph 4434050

CHEAP BOAT, CARAVAN, CONTAINER STORAGE. Uncovered. Lake Hawea. Ph 6684.

CENTRAL WANAKA house for rent from mid-December to early January. Old style. 3 bedrooms with 8 beds. Huge section. Children welcome. 0210691967

wantedTREBLE TONES is a women’s acappella group in Wanaka. We are looking for inter-ested, experienced Alto I and Alto IIs. Kirsty 0272005111

wantedCAREFUL TIMARU family wanting to hire boat from 18th-23rd Jan. previous boat owner, own gear. CONTACT SIMON: 036861530

WANTED THICKNESSER for DIY. 200 mm plus capacity. Ph/text 0221955339

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

UPLIFT PROJECT: Bras can be dropped off at Sassy Pants any day from now until the end of November. For more information on the Uplift Bras scheme, you can read more at www.upliftbras.org

SUPERMARKET BAGS - please drop off your clean bags to the Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store

what’s onCHRISTMAS GALA 6 December 10am-2pm at Holy Family Catholic School.

NATURAL HORSEMANSHIP demo with Jackson Holloway on Thursday 20/11 at Waterfall Equestrian, Rippon. 18.00 - 20.30 Enquiries 0272109099

COME AND celebrate our Mo Bros! Wanaka’s Moustache Bash @ Fitzpatricks. 730pm onwards, judging @ 8! Sat 29th

WE’RE BACK…! Sunday Craft Markets start this week! Pembroke Park, from 10am for awesome handmade NZ arts and crafts!

GARAGE SALE Saturday 22nd Nov 9am. 60 Thomson Gorge Road Tarras. (Off Ardgour Road) everything must go.

WANAKA FARMERS Market from 3pm every Thursday on Pembroke Park, eat fresh and healthy, support local producers

IT’S CHRISTMAS decoration making time @ Wanaka Playgroup, come & join us! Enquiries to Rachel 021 1029 130 or 5147 :-)

GET YOUR Xmas pressies together at the Cardrona Vintage Fair, Sun, 7 Dec, gift stalls,local produce, books & photography

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

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

LUGGATE BADMINTON Club is on every Wednesday night 7.30pm at the Luggate Memorial Hall. $2 bring your own racquet.

TE KAKANO fundraiser at RIppon, food and drink, wine quiz, auction and dancing to Cemetery Road. Friday November 21, 6pm. Tickets at Te Kakano (0211089822) or [email protected].

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to super-vise children crossing at Kings Drive Roundabout in the mornings on their way to school. Contact coordinator Kirsty Barr on 443 8609 or 027 2005 111 or by email at [email protected].

JO SEAGAR “Tips and Gifts for Christmas” fundraiser for the Hospice Trust, 2pm, The Venue, Tuesday November 25. Tickets at Mitre 10, Hospice shop and Paper Plus.

CLIMATE CHANGE and Impacts Update: Presentation by internationally renowned climate Scientist Dr Jim Salinger, 7.30pm, Thursday November 27, Lake Wanaka Centre.


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New combined lift passTreble Cone and Cardrona Alpine Resort will replace the OnePassNZ with a more streamlined Flexi 3 and Flexi 5-day lift pass next winter.The new lift passes allow skiers and snowboarders to choose which ski area to visit on non-consecutive days throughout the season and offer a range of benefits and discounts at Wanaka and Queenstown activities and dining venues.

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Registration for the Triple F Challenge 2015, organised by Rural Women New Z e a l a n d ( R W N Z ) , closes on November 30. The event, in which participants bike or walk the Otago Rail Trail between April 17 and 19 2015, is open

to members and non-members this year.

Convener of the Triple F Challenge 2015, Pat Macaulay, has extended the invitation to take part in the event to Upper Clutha residents.

“This is a great way to introduce Rural Women New Zealand to the public and boost membership, which all helps to strengthen our

rural communities,” Pat said.

During the event the planning committee will be fundraising for the Blind Foundation and their work within rural communities.

The biking group w i l l c o m p l e t e t h e whole trail, while the walking group will cover 11km to 13km per day.

Self-defence seminar a successSeventeen students and parents attended a two-day self-defence seminar last weekend, hosted by the Wanaka Taekwondo Club and run by the Director of International Martial Arts New Zealand, Grand Master Ray Porter, from Auckland. Local taekwondo coach, Laxman Basnet, said all the participants enjoyed the seminar and Ray Porter has been invited to hold another seminar in Wanaka in March.

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Wanaka Sun 20 - 26 November 2014

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