Wanaka Sun | 7 - 13 January 2016 | Edition 747

GLENDA TURNBULLWanaka Sun

unny skies, warm weather and a calm lake have all attributed to a very busy

Christmas-New Year period for Wanaka business owners. There has been a huge influx of visitors to the region with Queenstown Airport reporting a 17 percent increase in flights compared to the same week last year, and Saturday, January 2 being the busiest day this summer with 60 flights.

With the influx of visitors

traffic congestion has been high in Wanaka with Ardmore Street often coming to a standstill.

Business has been hectic for Peter Byrne, owner of Lake Bar on the waterfront.

“It’s been pretty exceptional and a very hectic period which is continuing now. We’ve just had the benefit of a whole lot of factors; increased tourist numbers, exceptional weather and what ap-pears to be a reasonably buoyant economy.”

Peter said he had just got through the crazy period with his

current staff numbers.“It’s been pretty tight. I thought

coming into the season I had surplus [staff] numbers but just managed to get by and we con-tinue to keep an eye out for good employee opportunities. I can see it being a solid summer right through until April,” Peter said.

Retailers have also reported a strong summer period so far.

Structure for Men owner Sandy Limmer said, “It’s been good, very good. The first wave has gone and now the wedding season kicks in with suit hire. So we will be busy

until well after Easter,” Sandy said.The fine weather has had visitors

flocking to the lakefront to cool off and Puzzling World general manager Heidi Lansborough said numbers are down on last year purely because of the weather.

“It’s not maze weather. It’s a little bit too hot, and a little bit too calm, but we’re not complaining. Numbers have been really good,” Heidi said.

Heidi said the new advertising il-lusion exhibition has been drawing some interesting responses.

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Richard Gregory Beven, 41, formerly the general manager of Wanaka Lakes Health Centre was arrested last week after several months of investi-gations and charged with stealing more than $730,000 from Wanacare Limited and Lakes After Hours Limited.

The alleged offending was said to have hap-pened between August 5, 2011 and November 24 2015 while he was employed as general manager for Wanacare, the company which trades as the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre.

In a statement issued by the company, the directors said the Wanaka Police and other enforcement agencies had been actively involved in investigating the situation and ascertaining the

total losses and they thanked the police for their assistance.

“This event has caused considerable stress and distress but has not, and will not, affect the viabil-ity of the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre facility or any of the tenancies. We want to reassure tenants and the public that we will continue to provide all our services as usual.”

The statement confirmed that no public money was involved in the alleged offending.

Richard Beven is the sole shareholder and direc-tor of Lakes After Hours which was established in February 2014 to contract about 15 doctors to provide after-hours services in Wanaka. The centre was built in 2011 and tenants include a radiologist, a pharmacist, dentist and optometrist.

Richard, who was not present in court, was remanded on bail until February 9.

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Only one week into 2016, Wanaka Skate Park has already been vandalised twice.

The skate park was vandalised on Saturday night (January 2) and again on Sunday night (January 3).

“On Saturday night two bags of concrete mix were thrown into the bowl along with a load of rocks and a broken bottle,” Wanaka Skate Park trustee, Eddie Spearing, said. “Somebody who did it clearly cut their hand or foot open and there was blood everywhere.”

Luckily the concrete mix was not combined with any water and they were able to clean up the mess.

The same thing happened on Sunday night, Eddie said. Someone threw in another two bags of concrete and defecated in the bowl.

Additionally, the pubic toilets beside the skate park were “absolutely demolished.”

“The mirrors and seats in the toilets were broken,” Eddie said.

The concrete mix was at the site because a pergola (shaded structure) is under construc-tion.

Reon Morland posted on the Wanaka Skate Club Facebook page offering a $400 reward for any information that could lead to the identifi-cation of the culprit or culprits.

The vandalism was reported to police, but Sergeant Aaron Nicholson said there were no leads.

“We have the incidents reported but we have no avenues of enquiry at this stage,” he said.

“We may look at getting a camera installed at the skate park if this type of thing continues

to occur.”The skate park was also vandalised the week-

end of November 14 and 15 2015 , with tagging over multiple bowls and in the nearby toilets.

More vandalism at Wanaka Skate Park

Hawea temporary water restrictions liftedAfter imposing temporary water restrictions on Christmas Eve, the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) have lifted the restrictions, enabling residents to once again use sprinklers and automated irrigation systems on their lawns and gardens. The restrictions were imposed as demand on the town’s reticulated supply soared with the influx of summer visitors.For the last fortnight, residents have been able to use handheld hoses to water their properties. Supply and demand are now back in balance and QLDC has lifted the restrictions.The council has asked that residents remember it is always more efficient to water lawns and gardens in the early morning or evening when tem-peratures are cool and evaporation is slower.


With the sustained fine and dry weather, the fire risk continues to be a significant worry for local firefighters. Two recent fires, a grass fire on New Year’s Eve near Bills Way on Mount Aspiring Road set off by a flare and another in The Terraces off Beacon Point Road (pictured) a week earlier caused by out of control fireworks, have local fire chief Ian Galloway concerned.

“We discourage people from using fireworks at this time of year. It is extremely dangerous,” Ian said.

All fire permits have been

revoked due to the extremely dry conditions and residents are reminded to be mindful of sparks from lawn mowers, chain saws, and hot car exhausts on long dry grass.

Queenstown Lakes District Council confirmed there is still a complete fire ban in place, so no bonfires are permitted to be lit. With dry conditions set to continue the residents are asked to respect the total fire ban.

Fire fighters were also called out to a Stoney Creek residence fire yesterday, which caused extensive damage to a tenanted house.

Fire chief Ian Galloway con-firmed the source of the fire was the clothes dryer.

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A man has been arrested in relation to the fire that devastated the Alexandra Wastebusters branch last year.

The 43-year-old Alexandra man was arrested without incident following a complaint about a car set on fire.

He appeared in Queenstown District Court on January 2.

The man is charged with four separate arsons – one in regard to Wastebusters and the other three in respect of separate car fires that have occurred over a period of some months.

He is also charged with two counts of crimi-nal damage and a single charge of cultivating cannabis.

“We are glad the police have gathered enough evidence to make an arrest,” Wastebusters general manager Sue Coutts said.

“Fire is really dangerous in this dry climate and it is great an arrest was made before anyone got hurt.”

Wastebusters has been working hard to get things up and running following the arson,

Sue said.The September 3 arson gutted the operations

sorting base and recycle shop in Alexandra. Volunteer firefighters from Alexandra, Clyde and Omakau fought the blaze which reached as high as 25m at its worst.

“Within a week we were back open, but using temporary facilities. It’s been labour intensive and a lot of hard work, but we’re getting our infrastructure re-established.”

Construction for part of a new building will begin in January, and a new baler and conveyor are currently being commissioned and should be in place in the next week or so, Sue said.The officer in charge of the Wastebusters fire enquiry, Acting Detective Sergeant Alan Lee, was pleased with the arrest.“This is a very pleasing result for the Alexandra community who have been very patient in what has been a protracted investigation and it is to be hoped that people who may have previously been reluctant to approach us with informa-tion, will now do so,” he said.The fire was initially deemed not suspicious by police who later began a criminal investigation to look for the arsonist.

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“It’s going well. It’s quite interesting. People look at the exhibit and haven’t noticed the illusion behind it. Then they have an ‘aha’ moment, ‘now I get it.’ It’s quite cool to see,” Heidi said.

Accommodation Wanaka owner Annette Barrow said that they have been flat out so far over the summer.

“We were fully booked over Christmas and New Year and January bookings are looking very positive. It looks as if it’s going to carry on that way all summer,” Annette said.

With the peak time for flights in and out of Queenstown continuing to January 10, the busy time for Wanaka looks set to continue.

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The annual Hawea Picnic Races are set to grow in popularity thanks to the support of Harness Racing New Zealand. With the decline in entries over recent years the Hawea Picnic Racing Club (HPRC) has teamed up with Harness Racing New Zealand in an effort to draw more entries to the local event that has run for the last 68 years.

President of the HPRC Paul Cun-ningham said this year 39 horses were entered in the event.

“It was good to have the num-bers back up. “

“Harness Racing NZ are pushing for owners to enter their horses in our event. It will be the making of us,” Paul said.

The latest event drew a good solid crowd of 1200, with eight trot races on the day. The event also includes a local gymkhana in the morning and novelty races, sack races and tug of war for the kids.

“It’s a good fun day out for the family,” Paul said.

On Saturday it was the Wanaka Rodeo’s turn to pull in the crowds.

This year around 5000 people attended the event.

Wanaka Rodeo Club president Lyal Cocks said that the event was a little bigger than last year.

“It went extremely well. The weather was ideal with very little wind and conditions were not too hot. The crowd really enjoyed themselves,” Lyal said.

This is the third year that Lyal has been president of the rodeo club. Lyal grew up on Omarama Station where they rounded up wild horses and broke them in. He went off to the Navy for 23 years and when he came back to New Zealand he moved back to the mountains.

“Omarama was too small and Queenstown was too big, so I chose Wanaka. Horses had always been a part of my life,” Lyal said.

The rodeo is part of the South Is-land Christmas Circuit, comprising five rodeos, while there is a similar circuit on the North Island. The competition draws top competitors and novices from New Zealand and Australia.

Pictured: Katie Hill from Omarama in the barrel racing.

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Wanaka man Brook van Reenen was camping on 90 Mile Beach in the North Island when he found out his good friend, Kahu Vincent, had been brutally assaulted in an unprovoked attack on May 9, 2015.“In the evening I decided to go for a run on the beach, having barely run anywhere before,” Brook said. “I ran about 3km and it totally cleared my head. From then on I decided I would keep at it when I got back to Wanaka.”

Brook (pictured) did just that, setting his sights on the Queenstown Marathon. He followed a 24-week training programme, sticking at it through “the coldest winter we've had in a long time”.

“There were days that I couldn't be bothered but I was determined to complete every run and sometimes they turned out to be the best runs.”

By September Kahu was doing well and Brook had completed his first half marathon at Jacks Point in Queenstown, where he won entry to the Kepler Challenge.

“I was using his step-by-step progress as motiva-tion for my own step-by-step progress towards my goal of running a marathon,” Brook said.

“[Kahu] was home now, getting better, and it was good to see him again. It was a whole lot better than seeing tubes in him when I visited him in Dunedin Hospital.”

In October Brook took on another half mara-thon, this time in Cromwell, while training for the Queenstown Marathon on weekdays and the Kepler Challenge at the weekends. He planned to

run the marathon on November 21 and two weeks later attempt the Kepler.

“I thought about how awesome my mate Kahu was doing,” he said.“I admired his strength and determination.”

It was cold and cloudy on the day of the mara-thon - “near perfect running conditions” - and Brook ran it in four hours and six minutes. Just over his four hour goal.

Meanwhile Kahu’s health was improving. “He had now made it to the top of Mount Iron. I was impressed.”

Two weeks later Brook headed to Te Anau. He was excited and nervous at the thought of doing the Kepler. “I wanted to run it for Kahu!”

At 6am on December 5 the race got under way.He reached the first hut, Luxmore, and had his

gear checked by the people dressed up as animals. “I understood early on why we needed all the gear. I put on my polypro and jacket as a cold southerly was coming through and some sideways rain blowing on my face.”

The Christmas-themed aid station Iris Burn marked 25km left but Brook was feeling sick from his diet of energy bars and fruit. With 9km to go he was exhausted, “every hill, big or small was torture”.

“Kahu hadn't given up and, even though I felt like it, I wasn't going to give up either,” Brook said. “I continued on, shattered and exhausted and made it to the finish line in nine hours and 47 minutes.”

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Earlier this week, Kahu’s partner Jade Makuru told the Wanaka Sun Kahu is doing really well.

“He is now walking up Mount Iron once a week. It took him about six weeks, going a bit further every week, to finally make it to the top. He's also managing to get out and play nine holes of golf again with a cart.”

Jade said he still struggles with mental fatigue and balance but they are working on that and he knows his limits.

“He still finds it hard to get out and about in a busy public setting but I'm sure in time that will get easier. It’s really awesome to see something good come out of something so horrible! It's cool to see Brook achieving his goals and to see the inspiration Kahu gave him,” Jade said.

She said physically Kahu is doing well but struggles with the mental side of things.

“We just take things day by day and keep positive.”

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According to realestate.co.nz, the average asking price for a prop-erty in Auckland in December was $848,195 while in Central Otago it was a close $824,394.

The latest report also marks the first time the average asking price here has topped $800,000.

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Rhythm & Alps pulled a crowd of more than 6500 partygoers this year, with 4000 campers and 2500 non-camping ticketholders.

This tops last year’s number and marks R&A’s first year as a locally owned and run festival.

“R&A has cemented itself in the Wanaka community now,” festival director Alex Turnbull said.

Crowd favourites included Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 and DJ Carl Cox, while Shihad pulled a big crowd for its 10.35pm-11.50pm slot.

DJ Carl Cox said he loved play-ing to the crowd: “ It was a diverse rock crowd so it was important to give them something to meet their expectations. I would give the event a ten out of ten. I’m keen to come back next year.”

There were no arrests at the event, and St John Ambulance and emer-gency services were happy, Alex said.

Event recycling manager Bis Bisson said the festival was “getting better and better.”

“There were people from all over the country who had heard about it and come down especially, and lots of international travellers who came. It was a much wider demographic than previous years,” he said.

Bis also said the clean-up effort was great. There were at least 40 volunteers helping to clean-up by the afternoon of January 1.

The festival arena was cleared of litter by lunchtime on New Year’s Day, camping packed down by the end of the day and the clean-up mostly done by the end of the day, Bis said.

There were some complaints about the long waiting times for buses to get back into town with people wait-ing out in the cold, and the lengthy process for getting refunds on festival wristbands (loaded and used instead of cash and cards to make purchases at the festival).

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Photographers normally strive to get sufficient light to add detail and feature to their subject. However, there are times when making our subject featureless, apart from their outline against a bright background, proves most effective.

Silhouettes makes subjects look simple as all un-necessary detail is stripped away, yet the impact is dramatic and strong. In photography a silhouette is defined as an outline that appears dark against a lighter background. More specifically, it is where our subject is seen as a black shape, without detail, against a bright background. The effect can be achieved with any light source and with many types of subject.

Silhouettes are a wonderful way to convey drama, mystery and mood to the viewer. The image will stand out because of the combination of its simplicity and the story it conveys. Silhouettes don’t give the viewer a clear picture of everything but leave part of the image up to their imagination. The most commonly used light source is the sun, around sunrise or sunset, when it is low in the sky, allowing the background to be lit with-out light falling on the foreground. The background from the sun’s shadow channels everything towards us and produces the silhouette effect.

For the best silhouettes we should place our subject between ourself and the light source. Expose for the background, as this has the effect of making the foreground very dark. We should focus on our subject and, if our camera struggles to focus in dim conditions, switch to manual and use Life View instead.

A classic example of a silhouette picture is Brian Anderson’s “Man and Friend”. Brian took the picture on his regular, early morning walk up Mount Iron. He has always liked the statue’s representation of man,

animal and nature. He was drawn by the way the backlit light emphasised its strong feature. Brian always carries his camera with him, usually leaving his DSLR at home in favour of a light Canon Powershot S5 IS. The camera lens was set at 62mm, aperture at f3.5, a shutter speed of 1/320th and an ISO 0f 200. Brian used no post- production editing so what you see is exactly how he took the picture.

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Coker Tires is a worldwide supplier of specialty collector vehicle tires with distributors in more than 30 countries and Corky (pictured) is widely regarded as an expert on collecting and restoring antique automobiles and motorcycles. He has more than 50 collector cars and 20 vintage motorcycles in his collection.

Warbirds & Wheels director Robert Duncan said Corky was “an excellent voice on all things classic car”.

He has received the Meguiar’s Award as the 2004 Collector Car Person of the Year, the 2005 NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2005 ARMO Person of the Year. He is also considered an expert antique vehicle appraiser by leading collector and auto insurance companies.

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Was Robert Roy the last Wanaka baby born in 2015?Robert was born on 2.07pm on December 31, and as far as we know, he was the last birth before the clock struck midnight.

Robert was actually due on January 2, but parents Kirsten McRae and Jamie Roy, both 35, decided to head to the hospital in Dunedin early just in case.

“We got some niggles and thought we’d go early to be careful,” Kirsten said.

And it turns out it was just in time. They travelled to Dunedin on December 30, and Robert was born on December 31.

He was born a healthy eight pounds at Queen Mary Hospital just after 2pm.

Robert is a fourth generation Robert Roy - the name is a family tradition on Jamie’s

side, and Kirsten’s father also happens to be a Robert.

“We didn’t know if we were having a boy or a girl until the day - so when we found out he was a boy, naming him was easy,” Kirsten said.

He will also have a middle name, but Kirsten and Jamie are taking their time choosing it.

Jamie, who is originally from Alexandra, is a consultant working with online businesses’ networking and social media. Kirsten, as a McRae, grew up at Glendhu Station and has worked in the tourism industry in Wanaka for the last ten years. Her most recent role before maternity leave was with Eco Wanaka Adventures.

The new parents are delighted with their first born.

“It has all been an incredible experience so far,” Kirsten said.

“Robert is being an absolute treasure, he is feeding and sleeping really well and we are really enjoying his introduction to parenthood. We are very lucky.”

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Lindis vehicle crash under investigationInvestigations are ongoing in a serious vehicle crash in the Lindis Pass. The accident happened in poor road conditions on January 3. Five people have been hospitalised with serious injuries as a result of the Sunday afternoon crash. A 36-year-old man from one vehicle and a 35-year-old man and three women aged 27, 30, and 31 from the second vehicle.

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To most, David McAtamney would appear to be a farmer in semi-retirement in the Maniototo. But to those in the know, David is the international opera singer who was given the nickname “Davaroti” by his peers in the Australian Opera Company.

Wanaka is in for a rare treat to hear the true baritone in a charity concert to help raise funds for the new swimming pool on February 6, 2015 at the Lake Wanaka Centre. He will be accompanied by Judy Faris who has played for David for more than 20 years. Judy has been given the Queen’s Service Medal for services to music and the community in this year’s honour’s list.

David (pictured) has been singing all his life. He started in the late 1970s and was formally trained by David Ward of Wanaka and sang in competi-tions throughout New Zealand.

Edna McAtamney, David’s wife, said they used to travel to Wanaka every Saturday for two years for lessons.

“Then he won all the competitions in New Zealand and was invited to join the Australian Opera. It was a magnificent time of our lives.”

They travelled to Australia in 1984 and returned to New Zealand in 1987.

David continued singing for New Zealand opera companies and performed in concerts throughout New Zealand with Morris Till.

He has always been a farmer, apart from the three years he was in Australia, and most people are surprised to find out that he can sing.

“When he takes people on the 4WD he sings to them at the top of the mountain and they are amazed,” Edna said.

David farmed sheep and cattle in Kyeburn for more than 40 years and now lives in Ranfurly with

his wife. He leases 600 acres in Kyeburn where he runs cattle and spends a lot of time helping his son on his farm in Lauder.

The McAtamneys wanted to support the build-ing of the new swimming pool and have teamed with Wanaka Rotary Club to help raise funds for the new pool. The concert will also feature Paul Tamati and Anna Van Riel as supporting acts.

Deputy Mayor Lyal Cocks said Rotary is the first community group to come forward to help raise funds for the swimming pool.

“Rotary came to me with the idea of raising funds through the concert and for those funds to go towards the spa pool. We really appreciate Rotary are willing to step up and help out with the pool funding,” Lyal said.

Tickets for the concert “David a man with two vocations - opera singer and farmer from the Maniototo and Wanaka” are available from Video Ezy.

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Life jackets and paddleboards. What next?

Life Jackets save lives. Simple really!

Calling all Irish men, women and children (and descendants of )...seeing as it’s 100 years since the Easter Rising this should be the year of Wanaka’s first ever Paddy’s Day Parade. Who’s in???

They do an awesome job

Firemen are awesome

Come to England where the rain is 6ft deep I’d give anything to be in Wanaka even in the rain

Awesome job guys!!

Heroes

Not a drop here. Hope your weather improves soon!

Same in Cromwell, stunning weather for our break.

Best time camping Ever....we are so blessed here in Wanaka/Hawea!!!

Nothing but happy campers here in Wanaka!

That’s coz Wanaka is where it’s at. I’m on the kapiti coast and it’s been magic weather!

Beautiful in Otematata

Shes not ashamed she loves her new sunflowers. They look great on the outside table.

Big thanks and lots of love to those at Rhythm & Alps that it fun, respectful,funky and the grounds clean. Make it even better next year. From one of the cleanup crew : )

GREBE DIARYRetired zoologist John Darby keeps us up to date on the latest grebe hatchings at Lake Wanaka.Those of you with an eagle eye will have noted the single abandoned eggs on platforms one, five and and 14. I am still trying to figure out what this is all about.

This last week, with a bit of help, I dealt with a backlog of eggs that have failed to hatch. We were in my workshop at home. I had two enthusiastic help-ers, one of whom experienced the penalty of examin-ing two eggs that were laid five to six weeks previously. When tampered with they exploded! We started by measuring the eggs’ length and width. That is one way to help de-termine whether they were actually laid by grebes or by interlopers, such as scaup or mallards. Grebe eggs average 57mm x 36mm, scaup 64mm x 45mm and mallards

58mm x 43mm.To determine whether the egg is

fertile or not we need to examine the contents, preferably without destroying the form of the egg. Thus a small hole is drilled in either side of the midline (as opposed to the top and bottom of the egg) and the contents of the egg are eased out of the shell by gentle

water pressure. That in it-self posed a number of

technical difficulties until I hit on adapt-ing the barrel of a 3ml syringe, with a piece of garden hose inserted into my workshop tap.

The nipple of the syringe is inserted

into the hole in the egg and all being well

the contents dribble out so that we can examine them in detail.

Nest two has hatched three of her four eggs (yes, another infertile egg) and nest seven is due to hatch later this week.

More on blowing eggs next week.

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The Wanaka Sun video of our fire crew responding to a call out on January 4 attracted a number of comments and likes. Thanks to all our busy volunteers.

While campers fled campgrounds as torrential rain battered the North Island over the New Year, Wanaka campers enjoyed fine conditions. Sixteen rain free days came to an end on January 3.

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BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great network-ing 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.

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ALPINE PADDLEBOARDS have some amazing deals for the summer! Boards, Paddles & accessories . Call 0211858001

FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to make an appointment.

ELECTRICITY/WATER NEED a line under an Existing Building/Driveway, NO disrup-tion use the Trenchless Way. Registered Drainlayer. Ph Callum 021447393

CAREERS ADVICE and CV assistance available at Community Networks every second Monday, delivered by Central Otago REAP, fortnightly on Mondays. Free to school leavers 17-23 yrs or $30/half hour session or by preapproved ar-rangement by Work & Income. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment.

BOBCATS MAKE short work of your OUTDOOR PROJECTS! Call TERRA SERVICES for good, fast, efficient perfor-mance. Rave reviews! Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

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Meeting Schedule for January 2016Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 that meetings of the Council will be held as listed below, during January 2016.

Property Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 28 January 2016 at 10.00am.

Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Committee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 28 January 2016 at the conclusion of the Property Subcommittee meeting.

These meetings are open to the public with the exception of the Property Subcommittee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Section 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987; the Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Committee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Section 7(2)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987; and the Audit & Risk Committee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(h) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. Adam FeeleyCHIEF EXECUTIVE

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INLAND REVENUE are at Community Networks, Wednesday 20 January 9am – 12.30pm. If you need help with your Tax return, Family Tax credits or the changes to Child support give Community Networks a call on 03 443 7799 to make an appointment for this free service.

MINI MUSCLES Indoor Movement, Music and Play at Proactive Gym. Every Friday. 9.30am for crawlers & walkers under 2 years, 10.30am for 2, 3 & 4 year olds & 11am for babies. Everyone welcome. $5 p/hr, $1 for extra children.

FREE LEGAL ADVICE available at Community Networks delivered by the Dunedin Community Law Centre on Wednesday 3 February. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment.

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

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CRAFT MARKET this Sunday! Pembroke Park from 10, awesome handmade N.Z arts and crafts. The farmers market are joining us this week too.


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A new three-round race series will be open to clubsport competitors this Autumn.

The Highlands Sprint Series will take place over three days in March and April, including an official test day prior to the opening race day.

“Highlands is now well-established within Australasian motorsport circles with our high profile events like the Highlands 101 run each November,” Highlands general manager Mike Sentch said.

“Many Kiwi competitors who aren’t eligible to compete at our higher profile events have expressed their desire to have a go at racing at Highlands and that’s why we’ve created the Highlands Sprint Series.

The series features races for individual competitors in their eligible race car as well as dual sprint races for competitors to get a chance to experience the circuit, the

atmosphere and racing without the pressure of a competition.

“It’s all about getting competitors of all levels to get into the sport, and we’re looking forward to a fun event for competitors to enjoy racing their car at Highlands,” Mike said.

“Competitors will race on tracks A and C, rather than the full Highlands GT circuit, but they can be sure of a genuine Highlands’ race experience on this 2.9km circuit.”

It is open to all competitors with a MotorSport New Zealand (MSNZ) competition licence and a vehicle that is MSNZ certified with a mini-mum half roll cage.

The three rounds will take place on Saturday March 12, Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3, with the pre-series test day scheduled for Friday March 11.

The four race classes will be deter-mined by lap times during practice and there will be five six-lap races per round, as well as five races for the dual sprint competitors.

Wanaka Tennis Open results: Men’s Singles: Winner Connor Heaps, Runner-up Riki McLachlan, Consola-tion winner Sam Heslin, Qualifying Consolation winner Joshua Mcdermott. Men’s Doubles: Winners Riki and Ben McLachlan, Runners-up Connor and Dylan Heaps,

Consolation winners Carlos Reid and Mitchell Sizemore. Women’s Singles: Winner Libby Scott, Runner-up Ame-lia Price, Consolation winner Tamsin Smith. Women’s Doubles: Winners Amelia Price and Rebecca Dellaway, Runners-up Karen Mitchell and Felicity Oxnevad

The summer sporting events kick off this weekend with the Sovereign Tri Series Wanaka (Saturday January 9). Athletes are spoilt for choice with the event including a standard 1.5km swim, 37km bike and 10km run, a short distance 300m swim, 8km bike and 3km run or an off-road 300m swim, 7.5km bike and 3km run. The kids

events include a Splash and Dash for boys and girls 100m swim, 1km run.

The Ruby swim event is scheduled for Saturday January 16. Events include Big Ruby 3.8km swim, The Ruby 2.5km swim, The Return of the Jetty 1.2km swim, The Island 600m and the 200m distance Little Gem.

Summer sporting events start this weekend

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Connor Heaps, 18, defeated defending champion Riki McLachlan 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the Wanaka men’s open on the weekend. Riki had won the event in the previous two years. The event attracted a record number of entries with qualifying rounds being played on Saturday.

Riki teamed up with his brother Ben McLachlan to defeat Connor and his brother Dylan Heaps 6-1, 6-1 in the

men’s doubles. The finals produced excellent tennis enjoyed by a nearly full grandstand.

Libby Scott, currently based in the USA on a tennis scholarship, had won the women’s singles four times in the past five years. This year she defeated 15-year-old Amelia Price 6-1, 6-3 to retain her title.

Amelia then teamed up with Rebecca Dellaway to beat number one seeds Karen Mitchell and Felicity Oxnevad in the women’s doubles final 6-3, 6-2.

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After completing his challenge to run 50 marathons to 50 back-country peaks in 50 days to raise mental health awareness, Mal Law, of Wanaka, is preparing to premiere his docu-mentary “Fifty - The Movie” about the chal-lenge in February, 2016.

Mal completed his “High Five 0 challenge” on March 28, 2015 when he ran a marathon called The Dual that traversed Rangitoto and Motutapu islands in Auckland. He raised $510,000 for the Mental Health Foundation, bringing his total earnings for charity so far to more than $800,000.

Media liaison Vera Alves said that Mal has really struggled in the months following the High Five-0.

“The challenge took a greater toll on him physically than he initially realised. As well as a complex series of physical repercussions; he belatedly came to realise that he was expe-riencing some classic symptoms of chronic fatigue. It has taken nine months in all to get back on track,” Vera said.

Compiled from 85 hours of video, the film is directed and produced by another Wanaka local, John-Jo Ritson of Flashworks Media. The film will be submitted to various film festivals, and Mal hopes it will produce further contri-butions for charity.

“I wanted to make the film so there’d be a lasting legacy to remember this amazing ex-perience by, but also to inspire others to chase big dreams and to get the message out there about how good time spent in the outdoors is

for our mental wellbeing. I’ve been working closely with John-Jo for several months while he pulls together this epic tale,” Mal said.

In May 2017 Mal is teaming up with Queen-stown man James Harcombe to run 1700km around the perimeter of Wales in a record time of 25 days. They are calling the project “Chasing the Dragon” and will once again raise funds for the Mental Health Foundation in New Zealand and the UK’s leading mental health charity, Mind.

Pictured: Mal at the finish line of his final peak, hugging his wife Sally.

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