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Former Warbird crashes in France

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Snow fun

Magician in town

MAC creates history

Pop-up store

Building on Cardrona Distillery & Museum is moving fast, after building consent was granted in December last year. PAGE 9

The former Warbirds Over Wanaka Hawker Hurricane, previously owned by Sir Tim Wallis, crashed in Darois last weekend.PAGE 2

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The fight for Dunstan Hospital continues

Whisky on the mountain

Aimee Wilson

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The future of Dunstan Hospital isn’t finalised yet with the Southern District Health Board agreeing to negotiate further on funding.

More than 500 people packed out the Lake Wanaka Centre on Tuesday night – the last of three public meetings held across the district.

The SDHB plans to cut funding across hospitals starting July 1, but following the meeting was in further discussions with Central Otago Health Services Ltd (COHSL).

COHSL has been in full campaign mode over the past month, and warned the board that if funding cuts took

place, they could only keep 16 out of the hospital’s 31 beds open.

In February this year Dunstan Hospital management wrote to the SDHB requesting a further 5% in funding due to increased demand on services.

Manager Karyn Penno told the meeting they had been averaging 24-28 beds, and inpatient admissions had increased 28%.

The board said that wouldn’t be happening and a month later turned around and told them they would lose 5% funding.

So now facing bed closures and patients having to be transferred to other hospitals, more pressure would be put on St John, which was already stretched.

“It’s a bit of a scary picture,” Dunstan Hospital manager Karyn Penno said.

DHB chief executive Carole Heatly said the board had run at a deficit for the past 10 years, “and we have to be seen to be getting a grip on it.”

Retired GP Denis Pezaro questioned why the board continued to fund people using the accident and emergency departments when they didn’t need to be there.

“Ten percent are cheating the system by avoiding GP fees. In Queenstown, insurance companies are telling people to go to the hospital for free treatment.”

Consultant to the board Dr Jim Reid agreed there were people accessing A&E services who didn’t need to.

“I haven’t got the answer to that,

but a large number of students and beneficiaries are prepared to sit and wait in there for up to six hours.

“We don’t have the ability to turn them away. We have the responsibility to turn them away but there is no legislation.

“We used to send them back to GPs but we don’t do that in 2015.”

Because there is no A&E department in Wanaka, patients currently have to pay ‘over and above’ costs for GP visits after hours.

COHSL clinical director Dr Rob Visser said every extra transfer to Dunedin Hospital would cost about $1373 and up to $3869 for a seriously ill patient.

Wanaka’s winter wonderland.For more snow photos see page 5

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Anna Van Riel’s crowdfunding campaign for her new children’s album ‘Cooking up a Song’ was successful, raising $10,317 by its closing date last Thursday (May 21).

Pledges were made by 192 people.

Anna’s immediate plans are to finalise the album, but she says the project has already inspired further albums.

“It’s like I’ve unlocked a Pandora’s Box of content for little people and now I can’t make it stop,” Anna said.

S h e ’ s c u r r e n t l y finishing the ‘Cooking Up A Song’ art files to go to print, and working on the launch of a YouTube channel called Doodlebug, “which will have 5 minute clips on fun stuff for kids to do and learn.”

Anna said she’s looking forward to sending out her ‘pledge rewards’ to pledgers, her favourite reward being the cookbook/songbook that goes with the album.

“It’s a ukulele songbook with easy-to-follow chord charts and lyrics, and tips on how you can interact with children in your care.”

“I’m hoping it will become a great resource for families, schools and centres.”

Crowdfunding success for Wanaka

The Warehouse has come to Wanaka – temporarily at least.

A pop-up store opened in Reece Crescent on Monday, and will be open for one month. The store stocks mainly winter essentials.

Julia Morton, Head of PR and Media for The Warehouse Group, said there aren’t any current plans to open a permanent store in Wanaka. “This is a one-off pop-up store and it’s a test for us at this stage,” she said.

The idea to open a pop-up in Wanaka was inspired by a similar initiative in Waihi late last year.

“The feedback was so positive we

decided to extend the trial further, but in some winter locations this time.”

The store has sleds, blankets, heaters, winter clothing including merino underclothes and other winter necessities, “at The Warehouse bargain prices”, according to Julia.

Members of the community may have mixed feelings about the pop-up store, but foot traffic has been steady and strong since opening on Monday, which turned out to be well-timed following Sunday night’s snow.

Pictured: Gaia Pegouriex, a French traveller living in Wanaka, peruses the store for affordable winter blankets.

Warehouse pop-up storeWanaka Wastebusters (WW) received unanimous support from Central Otago Wastebusters (COWB) members to take over the operation of the Alexandra community recycling centre, at a special meeting on Tuesday night. Assets will be handed over to Wanaka Wastebusters. These include on-site buildings and equipment such as recycling balers.

More than 60 people attended the meeting in Alexandra.

“Lots of good questions were asked about the Wanaka Wastebusters plan to ensure it would benefit the [Central Otago] community and build on past work towards zero waste and sustainable communities,” WW general manager Sue Coutts said.

A decision on the future of the Central Otago Wastebusters Incorporated Society will be made in a few months time.

Wastebusters to the rescue

The former Warbirds Over Wanaka Hawker Hurricane, previously owned by Sir Tim Wallis, crashed in Darois last weekend.

The P3351 was the last airworthy asset of the Alpine Fighter Collection and was sold to a French buyer in 2013.

It left the runway and ended on its nose in a landing accident following a large airshow in La Ferté-Alais.

Alpine Group managing director Jonathan Wallis said he was saddened to learn that the aircraft has been involved in an accident.

“We hope that no-one was injured and that the aircraft will be made airworthy again, as soon as possible.

“It’s a wonderful aircraft,” he said.The aircraft was first assigned on active duty

to RAF 73 Squadron in France in 1940. It was originally

recovered as a wreck from Russia in 1993, having been missing in action since 1943.

Former Warbird crashes in France

Beyond the Edge, a documentary about Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzin Norgay Sherpa’s first ascent of Mount Everest, is being screened next week as a fundraiser for Nepal following last month’s earthquakes. The film, first released in 2013 and directed by Leanne Pooley, has received nominations and awards both nationally and abroad.

Organised by Adventure Consultants (AC), with assistance from Cinema Paradiso, funds raised at the screening will go to charities which AC knows are

spending donated money where it is most needed.

CEO Guy Cotter said most of the money will be used getting materials for temporary shelter (such as tarpaulins) and food to remote villages before the monsoon season starts.

Guy and his partner Suze Kelly returned from Nepal last week.

“The Nepalese people are very demoralised,” he said. “More than 800,000 people have left Kathmandu and gone back to their villages to help out. The workers have gone so the factories are all closed and productivity has dropped dramatically.”

Rebuilding wont be able to

start until after the monsoon season as it will be too dangerous. More landslides are expected to occur on unstable land when the rains come.

Suze said AC has had amazing support from clients and the Wanaka community since the earthquakes. After the monsoon, AC expeditions to Nepal will resume. Guy said to visit Nepal as a tourist is one of the best things people can do to help the country get back on its feet.

“When we left last week the message we kept getting was one of thanks for giving Nepalese people work. The worse thing we could do now, would be to stay

away.” Guy said anyone planning on going to Nepal next season should do some research on the area they plan to visit. “Trekking will still be possible but there will be a lot less guesthouses so people might need to take their own tents,” he said.

The fundraiser will be on Thursday June 4 at Cinema Paradiso. It will include raffles and an auction of donated goods. Tickets are available from Adventure Consultants office in Brownston Street.

Pictured are AC Sherpas at Base Camp before the earthquakes.

Movie screening for Nepal

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Annabel Langbein is now one of New Zealand’s most recognisable faces, but “celebrity cook” is just one of the many hats she has worn over her life.

Annabel’s been a possum catcher, worked in live deer recovery (which included jumping out of helicopters), brought croissants to Brazil, managed a vineyard, run a restaurant, been a food consultant, and is also a wife and a mother of two.

She’s travelled the world, studied horticulture, sailed on a self-built 52-foot catamaran – the list really is endless.

And on top of all this, she has put New Zealand food on the world map with her incredibly successful company, Annabel Langbein Media.

I sat down with Annabel to hear about her latest cookbook, her life before Annabel Langbein Media and what she thinks of New Zealand food culture.

We met at Federal Diner, Annabel’s favourite local café. She lives in Wanaka permanently (well, as permanently as anyone with such a peripatetic life) with husband Ted, after raising their children, Sean and Rose, in Auckland.

It’s been a long-term goal to live here – sort of. Ted actually bought the plot of land in Dublin Bay they live on now about 20 years ago. And it was more or less a giant swamp.

“I was furious,” laughed Annabel, “for months!”

Eventually she warmed to the idea. They built a small cabin and visited whenever they could with their children, then school-aged, who would sleep in mezzanine lofts while Annabel and Ted had the one bedroom in the cabin.

All these years later, the property has been transformed into a beautiful home you may recognise – it’s the set of her television series and many of the photos you see in her cookbooks are taken near her home or around the region.

“It’s a really good environment to think creatively,” said Annabel, who still

invents all the recipes and does all the writing for her cookbooks . “We have an amazing unfettered landscape in Wanaka and a great community feel.”

Her latest publication, Winter Goodness, comes largely from recipes she has created from her own garden produce.

It’s her first Winter Annual, following her successful Summer Annual published in 2014. It’s full of nutritious, easy-to-cook, seasonal recipes, includes an eight week menu planner (with an online grocery list via her website), as well as tips for gardening and reducing food waste. Winter Goodness epitomises Annabel’s own food philosophy, something she’s cultivated over a lifetime love of food.

When she started out, the whole idea of food personalities and celebrity chefs hadn’t yet been born, and Annabel had learnt from a six-month stint running an Italian restaurant in Gisborne the repetitiveness of cooking for customers night after night wasn’t for her.

It wasn’t until Annabel lived with Daniele Mazet-Delpeuch (the film Haute Cuisine is based on Daniele’s time as personal cook for French president Francois Mitterand) that Annabel figured out what kind of food she really wanted to cook – fresh and simple food that was connected to the land.

After leaving home at 16, living off the land, buying a house at 20, going to university in Canterbury and spending two years in South America, Annabel was unsure what to do next. She wrote to America’s TV chef Julia Child – Annabel had spent four years living off the land armed with Julia’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking - and asked for her advice.

Julia told her to go to America, which she did, making friends with Daniele at a conference in Seattle. The pair ended up flatting together in Brooklyn, New York.

“It was seriously rough back then – prostitutes used to try to solicit me in the street – and we were both so poor. It wasn’t at all glamorous!” Annabel said.

She and Danielle used to go the food markets together and buy delicious, fresh food, and cook it simply.

“ I r e m e m b e r telling Danielle once that she was a fantastic chef, and she was offended by it.”

She said: I’m a cook, not a chef.”

Annabel realised that this nourishing, unfussy food, the food of home rather than professional chef’s food, was where her heart lay.

“That was when I really learnt to cook- making silk purses out of sows’ ears. Daniele is still a real mentor to me.”

After returning to New Zealand, Annabel sent a story in to The Listener, and not only was it published, she was offered a fortnightly column, allowing her the creativity and versatility that a restaurant environment lacked.

Coming back to New Zealand had also given her a new idea: “I remember thinking that we had the best food in the world, but nobody knew. I wanted to put New Zealand food on the map.”

Twenty-one cookbooks, two annuals and three

television series (aired in 93 territories) later, she’s more than done it. And she’s as passionate about New Zealand food as ever.

“Back in the 1800’s the English immigrants to New Zealand came to a place with where the indigenous people had a largely hunter-gatherer diet. And food was about sustenance. We inherited English food, then immigrants came and all these different influences began to filter through.”

“To me, New Zealand food culture is having the best fresh food the world has to offer, matched up to a global pantry.”

And a central part of her cooking ethos is that it should be enjoyable and relaxing - you may be surprised to hear that Annabel doesn’t like to spend more than an hour at a time in the kitchen.

“Our food culture has become less fiddly and more honest,” she said.

“Cooking is a really simple ritual that puts this rhythm into your life, and once you learn and understand the methodology of cooking you can start to play and make recipes you own. It took me quite a while to realise that cooking was a powerful way to make me feel anchored and centred.”

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So will the snow in May stay? Maybe not on the ground but up on Cardrona this week they had a welcome 30-50cm fall, and at Treble Cone they had 30-95cm.Cardrona Alpine Resort’s general manager, Bridget Legnavsky, said having the snowfall on top of what was already a pretty good base was fantastic.“We started snow-making last week and now we have some really good snow, especially where the wind drifts are, so we can collect that and spread it out on the trails.”

Scheduled ski field opening dates – Cardrona June 13; Treble Cone June 25; Coronet Peak June 13 and The Remarkables June 20

Winter arrives with a blast

Billy Dean (3) of Hawea Flat enjoys his igloo.(Photo Sophie Rimaud.)

Overlooking the Hawea Flat church-house(Photo by Elle Hocking)

Fiona Hunt and Illy Sadowski-Synnott, both 9, Maungawera Valley(Photo Caroline Harker)

Snowboarder Josh O’Regan, 16, and friends make the most of the fresh snow at the Wanaka Skatepark.(Photo Pip O’Regan)


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Self-confessed ‘rugby outsiders’ Christopher Pryor and Miriam Smith have figured out through their documentary why kiwi men love the sport so much.

The Auckland filmmakers were in Wanaka last Saturday night presenting their latest movie ‘The Ground We Won.’

The documentary follows a year in the life of a dairy farming and rugby-strong community in the North Island town of Reporoa.

And just to show how closely-connected we are in this country, somebody at the screening knew one of the men in the Reporoa team.

“There hasn’t been a screening around the country that hasn’t had a Reporoa connection,” Christopher said after the movie.

Reporoa is a small town halfway between Taupo and Rotorua. The filmmaker couple said there had been plenty of small communities they had visited on tour that related to the film.

“The smaller clubs really identify with it and that’s really gratifying,” Miriam said.

They have travelled through Gore, Arrowtown, and now up the West Coast and over to Reefton and Motueka on their tour, holding Q&A sessions at the cinemas along the way.

The New Zealand Film Commission-funded documentary has already gained international film festival recognition, but that remains under wraps for now.

“ I t s u g g e s t s that it’s universal enough that a foreign audience is interested,” Christopher said.

Another close c o n n e c t i o n i s one that Miriam has to Wanaka and the owners of Cinema Paradiso itself.

The former Mount Aspiring College student was a boarder in the mid-1990s, and went on to gain a Masters of Arts majoring in screenwriting.

This is the husband and wife filmmaker’s second film together, and they made 200

hours of footage from a motel room in Reporoa over a year, producing a window into a world of manhood in small-town New Zealand.

They chose Reporoa after a road trip deviation down State Highway 85.

“We were looking for the right club…and that was something up our alley. We stayed and watched a game or two

and saw quite quickly there were some characters,”

Christopher said.“ T h e y w e r e remarkably

open.”Christopher

s a i d h e had never understood why rugby had such a strong grip on

New Zealand culture, but

after making the documentary it all

made more sense.“I have made peace

with a lot of that stuff.”Christopher and Miriam also made

‘How Far is Heaven,’ a film made in ‘Jerusalem’ – a predominantly Maori community living up the Whanganui River.

‘The Ground We Won’ will be on at Cinema Paradiso for the next month.

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Federated Farmers Inc (FF) is an organisation which concerns itself with everything from water quality to mental health, so Maungawera farmer Phill Hunt has a challenging job ahead in his new role as Otago branch president. The job was highly sought after in the old days, but farmers aren’t queuing up to do it any more, probably because it’s a big job and invites a lot of controversy. However, Phill believes it’s an important role and, as a long-time member, is keen to take on the job.

“Federated Farmers is basically a lobbying organisation, trying to protect the interests of its members,” he said. It was formed in 1945, when the New Zealand Farmers’ Union and Sheepowners’ Federation merged as FF, to “campaign on behalf of rural communities and the agricultural industry”.

Over the years Phill Hunt has developed a reputation as someone willing to talk to anyone regardless of their point of view, and find common ground.

He is well placed to take on the leadership role, which involves engaging with regional councils, environmental groups, and townies, as well as 1200 regional members.

He sees water quality as a major local issue for FF right now. The implementation of the Otago Regional Council’s (ORC) ‘Plan Change 6A’ is huge for farmers - and Phill wants to see it work for the whole community. He said while farmers can now be fined up to $30,000 for an accidental discharge which “may” enter waterways, a similar event in urban areas - such as sewerage leaking into Lake Wakatipu - incurs no fines for those responsible.

“Plan Change 6A applies to rural areas and has been implemented, whereas Plan Change 6B for urban areas has been put on the back-burner,” Phill said. “It’s very annoying. They need to ease off on fining farmers - unless there is

gross negligence involved.” Water quantity, in terms of how

much can be taken out of rivers, is another big issue for Federated Farmers, and Phill wants to see reasonable minimium levels set successfully.

Setting levels for the Lindis River is an ongoing controversy.

“The ORC has walked away and the issue is heading for the Environment Court,” he said.

On top of this there are issues surrounding rural roading, health and safety, and more which Phill plans to work on.

“Funding for small gravel roads has been cut nationally. We need to come up with a way to keep them open without making it too expensive for people to live there,” he said. “And there are a lot of new health and safety regulations coming in that we’ll need to keep our members advised about.”

Phill will be working with the Dunedin-based FF policy team on both lobbying and keeping

members informed.Meanwhile farmers have had

a “reasonably tight year in both sectors. But the medium term outlook is positive and the banks are looking after their clients.” Phill said FF now makes a big effort to look after the mental health of farmers. He says nationally there are three times more deaths from suicides by farmers than there are deaths from accidents on farms.

“We are highlighting the resources available, such as the Rural Support Trust, and getting members to look around their communities and offer help and support where it’s needed.”

Phill himself has a very supportive family including his farming partner and wife Lizzie Carruthers, and his shepherd Jo Ward, both of whom respect him for taking on the presidential role. It’s a tough one but someone’s got to do it, and Phill seems to be the right man for the job.

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Building on Cardrona Distillery & Museum (pictured above) is moving fast, after building consent was granted in December last year.

The distillery’s prime product will be single malt whisky, something that locals are very excited about. The company will also produce vodka, fruit liquers and perfume.

Hopefully locals will soon be able to drink the distillery’s product in our restaurants around town. It would be a sublime addition to our excellent dining venues in Wanaka.

There will be tasting rooms and a museum at the company’s location, adjacent to the entrance to Cardrona skifield.

Cardrona – once the hub of the goldfields in the region – lacks employment opportunities which the distillery may provide.

On Tuesday the new “mash tun” was lifted into place – a vessel used in the mashing process to crush grain to convert starches into sugars.

Owners Desiree and Ash Whitaker have just returned from a trip to the United States and Europe, and copper stills will be installed on site next week.

The pair plan to make “proper” Scottish whisky, and locals couldn’t be more excited. Single malt whisky differs to other whiskies in two ways.

Firstly, the ‘single’ in single malt whisky indicates that all spirits in the whisky come from the same distillery. Secondly the ‘malt’ is unique as it can only be made using barley (in other cases, other maltable grains such as rye and wheat could be used).

They have imported two traditional copper pot whisky stills from Scotland.

And the fresh air and water from Cardrona are expected to make for excellent whisky too.

Although whisky-making is a notoriously long process – good things take time - hopefully it won’t be too long before skiers at Cardrona can enjoy a whisky on the way down the mountain?

Whisky on the mountain

Local winemakers are hailing the release of a new wine glass as a major coup for the wine industry in the region and a recognition of Central Otago’s commitment to producing quality wine.

Austrian Riedel Crystal, a leading wine glass producer, has unveiled a new stemmed glass designed specifically to emphasise the attributes of Central Otago Pinot Noir. The glass was shown to winemakers, retailers and restaurant operators at an official unveiling and tasting at the Queenstown Hilton Hotel late last week. The glass will be marketed worldwide as the Central Otago Pinot Noir Glass and is the only glass in the Riedel range to carry a regional name.

Central Otago winemaker Alan Brady said the fact the glass will be known as the ‘Central Otago Pinot Noir glass’ has huge significance for the region.

“It says that Riedel, the company which developed the art of designing glasses for

specific varietals, believes our Pinot Noir deserves to be showcased in its own glass,”

he said. “The comparative tasting showed the subtle difference that glass shape and size have on the way wine tastes and feels

in the mouth. With each of the four Central Otago wines we tasted ‘our’ glass was

favoured by the majority of those in the room. For me it had a harmonising effect on the wine which none of the other Pinot glasses achieved.”

Two years ago Georg J Riedel, the tenth generation head of the 250 year old family company, led a workshop in Queenstown to demonstrate how different sized and shaped glasses influence the way wines taste. Georg Riedel went back to the Riedel design team with his ideas to fine tune a glass to compliment the local wine. After two years of work and the development of six prototypes, at a cost of nearly $500,000, the new Central Otago Pinot Glass has been created, featuring a large bowl and a tulip lip. Georg Riedel says the right glass “enhances the experience” of drinking wine. “It controls the flow of wine to the palate in a spectacular way. The wine doesn’t become better

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An award-winning magician delighted primary school children this week with his tricks, while also promoting an anti-bullying message.

Elgregoe, also known as Gregg Britt, presented his show, ‘You’ve Got the Power,’ at Wanaka Primary School and Holy Family School yesterday (Wednesday).

After a school principal said to Gregg 15 years ago, “If you’re a real magician, let’s see if you can make

bullying disappear,” the Elgregoe dream was born.Elgregoe has performed for more than

800,000 students across New Zealand since then, providing entertainment

with an underlying anti-bullying message.

‘You’ve Got the Power’ , supported by Trustpower, considers how we can all help provide solutions to bullying, promoting key values such as respect, resilience and

compassion.Special guest Stinger and the

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Mount Aspiring College turned pink last Friday to encourage students to talk about bullying and take action against it.

Now an annual event in many countries, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007, when a group of students defended a student who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In a show of solidarity, many of his peers wore pink shirts to school the next day, and Pink Shirt Day was born.

MAC staff and students donned pink shirts last Friday to show their solidarity against bullying. The school’s SticksNStones anti-cyber bullying group

offered cupcakes.The day was a huge success, with pink t-shirts

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The MAC anti-bullying group is one of five in Central Otago taking positive action online to stop bullying, with support from Central Otago REAP and funding from the Te Punanga Haumauru Fund. The student groups meet every fortnight to look for opportunities to share information, raise awareness of cyberbullying and support those affected.

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This year’s Winter Games will have a permanent network of fibre-optic cable that will streamline event management on the skifield.

A three-way partnership between Cardrona Alpine Resort, Snow Sports New Zealand and the managing trust of Winter Games NZ, will form the basis of a world-leading sports analysis system.

The network will significantly reduce the logistical effort and cost of broadcasting live television coverage and online video streaming of the four FIS (International Ski Federation) World Cup events at Cardrona during August.

The more reliable and faster connection will enable TV production units to be located off-site, ,thereby eliminating the need to move portacoms around the mountain and risk damaging surface-lying cables.

Once completed later this month, the project will also enable elite winter athletes and their Snow Sports NZ coaching teams to review training run videos on the chairlift while travelling back to the top of the course.

High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) supported the project through its innovation fund because of the benefits the technology will bring to the training of Snow Sports NZ’s high-performance athletes.

HPSNZ performance and technique analyst Paul McAlpine, who is leading the project for Snow Sports NZ, believes this is the first permanent wi-fi video analysis system for a high-performance snow sports team anywhere in the world.

Competitive slopestyle and halfpipe skiers and snowboarders will be amongst the primary beneficiaries of the video analysis system.

“Slopestyle courses are so long that it’s very difficult to share video with athletes while they are training. With a fixed wi-fi network we’ll be able to have video from multiple features on the course all uploading automatically to a central server. Athletes and coaches can review this video immediately and work on improving technique during the next run,” he said.

Cardrona is managing the installation of 5km of high-grade cable buried underground, from the bottom of the halfpipe and along the length of the resort’s slopestyle course, and back to its base building.

Winter Games NZ chief executive Arthur Klap said the project was a clear example of how staging one of the world’s top-five winter sports events in Otago was creating a legacy of long-term benefits for the country as a whole.

“A key objective of the Winter Games NZ Trust is to work with our partners to promote the development of winter sports in New Zealand. This significant joint investment in leading-edge technology is a fantastic example of this co-operation. It will benefit not just the Games but also many other events over many years. For example, Snow Sports NZ now has the ability to livestream the Junior Freeski and Snowboard Nationals as a way to build youth interest in these sports.”

The fourth biennial Winter Games will take place from August 21 to 30 in Queenstown, Lake Wanaka and Naseby.

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That snow was rather excit ing wasn’t it – I’ve been back in England for the last month and returned on Sunday evening, what a way to be welcomed back to Wanaka! First up, an apology: you may have noticed Kahu Youth has been conspicuous by our absence for the past three or so weeks. If you’ve been wondering where on earth we’d got to, due to some unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances we ended up with both youth workers in the UK at the same time. We can happily say that normal service is now restored, which is good as we’ve got a lot coming up in the next month.Next is one of our favourites – ‘Takin’ over Amigos’. We’ve written a lot about these guys recently, but they really have been stalwart supporters of us over the past seven years and the opportunities they offer both us and local young people through this is amazing. For four nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Thursday June 4, our young people will be running Amigos (with a little help from Waz, Nikki and the Amigos crew). They are shown every aspect of both the kitchen

and front of house and wait tables, make drinks and help in the kitchen. These evenings are open to the public and both we and the young people involved would love to see you all there. On top of that, Amigos donate half of all the money taken on these nights to Kahu Youth, for which we are very, very grateful. So please book a table, come down and enjoy great food and a fun evening with Kahu Youth and Amigos. We’d also like to mention our ‘drop in’ sessions are now back to running normally too. So if you’ve got a bored teenager over the weekend we have the whole youth centre open from 6 – 10pm on Fridays and 3 – 10pm on Saturdays. In the centre we have pool, table football, free wireless, board games and books; art and craft equipment and tons more. We only ask for a donation each visit and cook dinner each evening too. If any parents are unsure, feel free to pop down and have a look: we’re very proud of our Crib! The Amigos dates have moved forward a little from previous mentions and are now June 4, 9, 11 and possibly 16 too. To book a table please contact Amigos on 443 7872. See you there!



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So the Warehouse has made it to Wanaka. Love it or hate it, there are bargains galore. They have snow boots and even sleds, and the timing couldn’t be better. We don’t know if the pop-up will precede a long-term Warehouse in our little town, but people are clearly thinking about it.Comments on social media have been pretty mixed.“Affordable shopping in Wanaka...at last!” said one person.“I’ve seen Alexandra’s town centre full of empty shops, and dreary, no individuality. Nothing can survive with these monster sized stores there, so as far as I’m concerned it can stay there!! I love Wanaka town centre,” said another.We’ve infamously scared McDonalds away from the town in the past, making it clear that this wasn’t the place for a fast-food chain – will it be the same with the Warehouse, if it comes to that?The two battles are fairly well balanced. On the one hand, goods in Wanaka can be notoriously expensive - and essentially unaffordable for many residents.Then again, would a giant chain like The Warehouse, which could severely undercut local businesses, be the best solution? It’s a catch-22, and only time will tell.

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Hawea Flat School

Fixed term teacher (Term 3 & 4)

We require an experienced teacher for a new entrant class. Application pack is available on the school website

http://www.haweaflat.schoolzone.net.nz Applications close 5th June, 2015.

Please send covering letter and CV to: Sue Heath

03 443 1467 email: [email protected]

576 Camphill Road RD 2 Wanaka 9382

Fixed term teacher (Term 3 & 4)We require an experienced teacher for a new entrant class. Application pack is available on

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Applications close 5th June, 2015.Please send covering letter and CV to:

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This is a fantastic opportunity for someone super efficient, energetic and professional to join an Accounting Firm that values their employees and not only believes in a good work/life balance but lives it! You will be part of a team who celebrates success, enjoys a sense of humour and takes pride in all they do.This challenging role will provide PA services to the Company's Directors as well as supporting the work of others within the firm. The role will be pivotal within this dynamic team and your ability to organise and manage various time frames of others will be a key to your success.Knowledge of Xero Accounting Software, or experience in working in an Accounting Practice would be highly regarded, as would experience in processing payroll.To be successful in your application you must have a proven Senior Administrative background. In addition, you must have a professional manner, flexibility, adaptability, resilience, a high levelof proficiency MS Office, the ability to juggle priorities, brilliant communication and charming interpersonal skills. You will be a team player who is energetic, proactive and keen to make things happen. You will be a rapid learner of new software applications and a competent IT user, and will respond positively to change.Please direct your confidential applications to Margaret Gimpel in the first instance or email for further information about the wonderful opportunity that awaits you.

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Wanted! Executive and Administration Assistant

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone super efficient, energetic and professional to join an Accounting Firm that values their employees and not only believes in a good work/life balance but lives it! You will be part of a team who celebrates success, enjoys a sense of humour and takes pride in all they do.

This challenging role will provide PA services to the Company's Directors as well as supporting the work of others within the firm. The role will be pivotal within this dynamic team and your ability to organise and manage various time frames of others will be a key to your success.

Knowledge of Xero Accounting Software, or experience in working in an Accounting Practice would be highly regarded, as would experience in processing payroll.

To be successful in your application you must have a proven Senior Administrative background. In addition, you must have a professional manner, flexibility, adaptability, resilience, a high level of proficiency MS Office, the ability to juggle priorities, brilliant communication and charming interpersonal skills. You will be a team player who is energetic, proactive and keen to make things happen. You will be a rapid learner of new software applications and a competent IT user, and will respond positively to change.

Please direct your confidential applications to Margaret Gimpel in the first instance or email for further information about the wonderful opportunity that awaits you.

Margaret Gimpel Business Manager Findlay & Co Chartered Accountants Ltd PO Box 536 Wanaka [email protected]

Tarras Golf resultsWorld Travellers Wanaka 2nd Stableford competition-Margaret Sell 34, Maire McElrea 33, Jane Wardell 31, Chris Illingworth 30, Maria Wilson 30.

Wanaka Bridge Club Results. Championship Pairs Bronze. North/South:- Dennis Pezaro, Alan Chisholm 66.99% 1. Kate Summers, Julie Mulholland 55.77% 2. Denise Bruns, Steven Renall 53.67% 3. East/West:- Joan & Ross Moon 70.45% 1. Charles Kiewiet, Bryan Hensley 55.87% 2. Marion Murphy, Jean Lo-gan 54.92% 3. Tuesday Bridge. North/South:- Ena Leckie, Morag Chisholm 70.50% 1. Elle & Des Johnston 52.00% 2. East/West:- Lynne Fegan, Michael Chapman-Smith 61.50% 1. Gabby Marshall, Claire Romeril 54.50% 2. Friday Bridge 22 May. North/South:- David Brewer, Lynne Fegan 59.27% 1. Vivienne Christie, Errol Kelly 55.94% 2. Rosemary Boswell, Jacqui Roberts 54.02% 3. East/West:- Joy Baxter, Barbara Waterworth 58.71% 1. Dorothy McDonald, Nan Ottrey 58.33% 2. Gerarda Herlihy, Daphne Stewart 58.14% 3.


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Race to the Sky organisers have confirmed the Cardrona Valley hillclimb will run again in 2016 over the weekend of March 18 to 20.

Organised by the Highlands Motorsport Park, the revived Repco Race to the Sky ran on April 18 and 19 April this year with Scotsman Alister McRae taking a popular victory in the ex-World Rally Championship Vantage-backed Subaru Impreza WRX, used by Kiwi rally legend Possum Bourne to win the event back in 2001.

This year’s event was the first time in eight

years that the Cardrona Valley hillclimb had run since 2007, which was the last of 10 events by Race to the Sky founder Grant Aitken.

With positive feedback from competitors, spectators and sponsor partners from the April event, Mike Sentch, who heads the Highlands’ Race to the Sky team, said, there was no doubt in their minds that the event would return on an annual basis.

Sentch says they surveyed the 105 competitors who raced up the 14.5 kilometre gravel access road during April’s event.

“We’ve had fantastically positive feedback from competitors. As you’d expect, having run the event for the first time with our team, we have a few aspects we want to tweak, but overall everyone was really happy with how the event ran. Without a doubt, everyone was excited to have the opportunity to return – or tackle for the first time – one of the best ‘man and machine vs. mountain’ challenges you’ll find in the world.”

Competitor interest for the 2016 event is strong with Sentch reporting that Monster

Tajima says he’s keen to return, despite the major crash the eight-time Race to the Sky King of the Mountain suffered at this year’s event.

“Paul Wilding, Monster’s team manager, says they’re still working out what happened to cause the problems with the custom-built Super 86 hillclimb special which led to the crash. Despite that, there is definitely unfinished business for the Monster Sport team, so we’re very much looking forward to seeing them back in 2016.”

Race to the Sky to return again next year

A hard-fought encounter played in perfect conditions at the College saw MAC hold off a fast finishing Kavanagh College.

Conceding a massive size difference, the plucky MAC boys led 7-0 at halftime through a spectacular broken field try by Toby Lee. A charge down by the visiting Dunedin school just after half time evened the score but further tries to Lee and Teegan Vink (x2), gave MAC a healthy 22-7 lead with 10 minutes to go. Two well-taken tries from Kavanagh set up a tense final period with MAC prevailing 22-21.

Injuries to key MAC players forced Coach Crosbie to reshuffle the backs which caused

a lack of fluency. Blair Underwood stood out for his incisive running and front-on defence. Cameron Arnerich made several massive tackles and ran hard on the wing.

The forwards were a colossus against the biggest forward pack in the competition. MAC held their own in the scrums and completely dominated the lineout and breakdown. Player of the Day, Toby Lee, had an outstanding all-round game. He was well supported by all the MAC forwards with Teegan Vink using his speed and strength to score two good tries.

The team travel to Dunedin this weekend to play the highly rated John McGlashan College.

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