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19ththJune June2014 2018 27 Jan - 325rdthFeb
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LAKES WEEKLY BULLETIN
116 J O IN SI BS D E
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It’s no secret that Queenstown is going through some growing pains. From infrastructure issues to the housing shortage, it sometimes feels like Queenstown’s problems are bigger than any individual can manage alone. Often, we look to council and central government to “fix it” – that’s why we pay rates and taxes, after all. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s sat in traffic or read about the region’s lack of recycling facilities and said, “when are they going to fix this?!” But not all issues can be, or need to be, fixed or managed by government and the council. As a nation that prides itself on ingenuity, it’s important we celebrate the people who have the get-up-and-go to tackle the region’s issues and provide solutions themselves. It’s something we should be appreciative of every day, but this week is a special opportunity to celebrate these individuals. 17th – 23rd June is National Volunteer Week and this year’s theme is ‘The Heart of the Community’. It’s an appropriate theme for Queenstown, fighting back against the false perception that this region is full of tourists and millionaires who couldn’t care less about our community. There’s a huge range of volunteers who contribute to Queenstown and we often don’t appreciate how hard volunteers have worked to produce the results we see. All of Queenstown’s firefighters are volunteers who regularly run out of their day jobs – or beds – to attend to emergencies and save lives. Then there’s Happiness House, an organisation created by local woman Pat Bird to offer a support network for families in the region. She recognised back in 1991 that in a rapidly growing community, some families were being left behind. LUMA is another great example, months of planning goes towards creating an event that’s free, family-friendly and now a key event in the region’s calendar in what would otherwise be a quiet time of year. At this year’s festival Dishrupt was launched, an initiative by volunteer organisation Sustainable Queenstown which is working to reduce the amount of single-use plastics and other waste heading to landfill. The idea of using stainless steel plates instead of single-use plastic ones is simple, but it must have taken many volunteer hours to organise, collect the plates and wash them ready for re-use. Then there’s organisations like the Wakatipu Wildlife Trust and the Kiwi Birdlife Park, working hard to protect endemic species so that New Zealand’s unique birds, bugs and lizards don’t become the stuff of history books. All of this makes Queenstown that little bit better to live in. From the Queenstown Trail Trusts volunteer-built mountain biking trails to St John assistants at events – it makes our community safer, better and more enjoyable. So this week, let’s take a moment to celebrate the people who don’t wait for someone else to “fix it”.
Mitch Frear, Adam Soffer and Lachlan Frear at the Skycity Stampede v Dunedin Thunder ice hockey game on Saturday.
(Photo: Jodi Walters)
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