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Queenstown votes for Lewers

by Paul Taylor

Glyn Lewers was surrounded by family and friends on Saturday when he took the phone call telling him he’s likely Queenstown’s next mayor.

“It’s one of those fork in the road moments. I tried not to give it away but I reckon my brother picked up on who I was talking to,” he says.

Council chief executive Mike Theelen told Lewers he was more than 500 votes ahead of his closest rival.

“Everyone was pretty happy when I told them. Mum was in tears a bit, you could see the eyes welling up, and my partner was pretty stoked.”

His two lads responded with “stunned silence” as the enormity of it began to sink in.

It’s been a remarkable rise to provincial power for the 44-year-old Northland rural boy, a former commissioned officer in the Royal New Zealand Airforce. Lewers, a structural engineer by profession, spent six years on the Frankton Community Association, four as chair, before putting his hand up for council. He famously tied with local good sort AJ Mason and was elected after winning a coin toss.

That was three years ago. Now he’s odds-on to take the mayoral chains for New Zealand’s tourism capital from Jim Boult, who’s stood down after six years. Final results are expected this Thursday.

It’s been a strong campaign, pitched against Jon Mitchell and Olivia Wensley as his main rivals, both promising change, albeit in markedly different ways.

Lewers has been categorised as the status quo, the more-of-the-same man, friend to tourism businesses and supporter of grand council plans, like Lakeview. His hands-off voting record on Queenstown Airport matters and position on Destination Queenstown’s board would support that.

And he’s been happy to defend the work of the council and other organisations, pointing to the Destination Management Plan and Spatial Plan as work already done, against Mitchell’s own plans to curb growth, and highlighting the council’s Economic Development team when Wensley criticised the lack of expertise.

He also touted his own experience, and ran a campaign grounded in reality, the limitations of council power, allied with the need to focus on social infrastructure and community.

So, with incumbent mayors and councillors being routed around the country, does he take the 4,140 votes (provisional result) as an endorsement of the strategic direction of the council, or the fact that more people voted for Mitchell and Wensley, collectively (3,596 and 2,415), as a call for change?

“You can spin it either way. Look, it was a tough last three years. Covid put up so many barriers to social connection, between staff and councillors, and councillors and the public.

“And that disconnect with the community was seen through that. But we can’t blame Covid now, the team of councillors and myself have to really get out and be in front of the community, explain our positioning and actually listen to what the community wants.

“The importance of social connection is one of the lessons Covid has taught us.

“I certainly felt the heat as the incumbent during the campaign. That’s fine. You take those messages on board and now it’s up to me and the rest of the councillors to actually put some of that feedback into action.”

On provisional results, he’ll be sitting around the council table with Matt Wong, Esther Whitehead, Gavin Bartlett and Niki Gladding (all QueenstownWhakatipu Ward), Quentin Smith, Bruce Barry, Lyal Cocks and Cody Tucker (all Wānaka-Upper Clutha Ward), and Craig Ferguson, Lisa Guy and Neeta Shetty (all Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward).

“I’m looking forward the getting the new council together, hearing their aspirations and what they want to achieve in the next three years.

“There’ll be some tough decisions but when the time comes, a decision has to be made. You can’t always get perfection, but you take your wins where you can get them.”

Lewers says he’s had a call from Jim Boult to congratulate him.

“He was very supportive and he knows how tough the job is. He’s off on holiday now and to spend some time with his family, and definitely deserves it.

“I think back how he jumped into action when Covid hit back in 2020, and led that council, in the space of three to four days, we pretty much became a Ministry of Social Development, really caring for the people in need. It was nothing short of phenomenal.”

Lewers also took a congratulatory call from Olivia Wensley, which he describes as “a touch of real class” after the two had some heated exchanges during the campaign.

But Mitchell says he’s not yet conceding defeat just yet. The margin is now 544 votes, but there are still understood to be around 400 special votes to count.

If he gets within a couple of hundred, he tells Lakes Weekly Bulletin he could potentially ask for a recount.

“I’ll wait for the special votes and possibly, if it’s close enough, but I’ll get some advice on that,” Mitchell says.

So, perhaps don’t rule out another coin-toss just yet.

Huge effort to fight fire

by Paul Taylor

Firefighters spent the weekend battling a massive vegetation fire on the slopes of Mt Creighton, near Queenstown.

Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Mark Mawhinney said the fire had burned about 230 hectares within a 13km perimeter on the land, above Glenorchy-Queenstown Road.

“The terrain is very challenging for ground crews and waterbombing helicopter pilots alike, with steep faces and gullies,” Mawhinney.

“The highest point of the fireground is 1300 metres.”

Scores of firefighters were on site, putting in long hours from dawn till dusk.

Crews came from Dunstan Rural Fire , Glenorchy Volunteer Rural Fire Force, Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Station, Tarras and Blackstone Volunteer Fire Brigades, and a composite crew that included firefighters from Ranfurly. Department of Conservation staff also assisted.

Nine helicopters, from Glacier Southern Lakes, Heliworks, Heli Glenorchy, Alpine Helicopters and Airworks, helped tackle the blaze, ferrying water in monsoon buckets from Lake Whakatipu and elsewhere, to douse the flames.

Mawhinney, in the update on Sunday evening before Lakes Weekly Bulletin went to press, said significant progress had been made in extinguishing the fire, but it was too early to say it was fully contained. There were still hotspots and wind forecast for Monday could cause difficulties. The fire is understood to have started as a burn-off on Friday, which got out of control.

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by Sue Fea

SHEILA MORRIS

OH BABY!

At 24, Sheila Morris was an accomplished young Christchurch nursing sister on her way to Auckland to join famous cardiothoracic surgeon Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes.

However, her passion for skiing put paid to all that when she met 28-year-old local accountant Bruce Morris one weekend in Queenstown. Set up by Sheila’s ice skating friend Diane Buckley, it was obviously a match made in heaven. “Bruce proposed after five weeks and we were married five months later, which had tongues wagging back in Christchurch,” smiles Sheila. A nervous Sheila then had to front up to the Christchurch Hospital matron and announce the cardiac position was off as she was getting married.

Born in the UK, Sheila’s family immigrated to New Zealand when she was five in search of sunshine and no post-war food ration queues. The long sea journey, recorded in a diary by her mother, was “pretty horrific”. Growing up in Christchurch most of her schooling was at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School where she gained distinction in life saving.

Sheila’s mother was the first woman to gain a First Class Honours Degree in Science at London University so most weekends she took Sheila and her two brothers as far away as Peel Forest, near Geraldine, to learn the botanic names of plants.

“As soon as I was 15 I got my driver’s licence and Dad let me take the car to Lake Ida (80kms) ice skating.” By 17, self-taught, she was hooked on skiing. “You just learned somehow.”

“When Porter Heights opened we’d ski the morning and start nursing shifts in the afternoons. It took 45 minutes from Christchurch in the Morris Minor.” After many weekends handling rope tows, Coronet Peak’s shiny chairlift lured and Sheila and her nursing friends headed south, borrowing her brother’s Land Rover.

Sheila had spent a year seeing the UK with her parents before starting her nursing training in 1965. Living at the Nurse’s Home was compulsory until the third year. “The matron came round every night shining a torch in our faces. You learned to use a wig and stuff your bed, climbing back in through the windows, or fire escape.” Queenstown was a far cry from where Sheila had been headed. After five years nursing in the city she ended up as the first nurse to Queenstown’s only two doctors in 1969. “I was receptionist, nurse, cleaner, tidier, administrator and ordered supplies, but they were entertaining, social times.” Patients weren’t used to ringing and not speaking to the doctor direct. “Sometimes when it was quiet during winter I’d have to say the doctors were busy then pop over to Eichardt’s, where they were playing snooker, to get them.”

After six months she decided midwifery was for her, heading back to Christchurch to train for six months. As Queenstown’s legendary midwifery team of Sister Buddle and Lovey Aikman gradually retired Sheila stepped in part-time. She took her own first baby to work at Queenstown’s old maternity home in Sydney Street. “We had a cook, midwife and nurse aid and if I got caught up with a mother in labour the nurse aid looked after Ruthie.” The day her second daughter was born the doctor called her in to the delivery room to help as her Invercargill replacement wasn’t performing. “He said, ‘For goodness sake, Sheila, would you come and help?’ A good friend had had her baby too and had milk galore so breastfed mine,” recalls Sheila. “I then asked the doctor if I could go home and he tried to say no, but when I pointed out that I’d just worked nonstop for six hours he had to let me,” she grins.

“Mothers stayed for five days back then and that’s

while the builders erected the new hospital around us, until we got our hospital cat.”

At one stage 120 babies were born a year and Sheila rode out many an ambulance transfer by road, some air emergencies, to Invercargill or Dunedin. “I remember my first transfer and I was a bit nervous, but the doctor said, ‘It’s stuck and it’s not going to come unstuck in two hours. If it does you know what to do.” There were some pretty hairy rides. “One premature baby was born midflight and I just tucked it down my front to keep it warm and it was fine.”

Her 17 years as a midwife, and more than 20 nursing all up, made Sheila cautious when midwives became lead maternity carers in New Zealand. “Resident hospital doctors can now respond, but we were too isolated here back then and too much could go wrong.” So in 1999, aged 56, she began three years of three months on and three months off contract work at a busy Melbourne Hospital with Bruce joining her periodically. Here she trained as a neo-natal intensive care nurse.

Retirement at 60 wasn’t really. A short stint working on her son’s St Bathan’s vineyard has grown to 18 years, which she loves, but there’s still time for gardening, tramping adventures and family.

Proud grandmother Sheila with granddaughter, Eva, now 8

Sheila, far left, in her early nursing days playing cards with the other nurses during a break from theatre

Boult urges ORC to do more on buses

by Paul Taylor

One of Jim Boult’s last missives as Queenstown Lakes mayor was to urge Otago Regional Council to do more to fix the bus service.

Boult, one of the driving forces behind the $2 Orbus service, last week welcomed the regional council’s decision to increase wages for drivers to the median wage of $27.76.

But he said he remained “gravely concerned” about continuing reductions in the level of service, including bus cancellations, affecting the Whakatipu community.

“Meeting the median wage hopefully means ORC will be able to retain existing drivers and recruit new ones,” Boult said, before his last day as mayor on Friday.

“I also note it finally enables ORC to recruit offshore and boost the number of migrant drivers we so badly need after the effects of the pandemic.

“These moves are a step in the right direction in the face of long-standing service issues and the cost-of-living crisis which has been brewing for some time. But there is certainly more that can be done to deliver a better service for the community.

“We’re promised a return to full timetable services after summer and I very much hope that ORC will be able to deliver on that commitment.”

Boult said he’s disappointed it’s taken ORC so long to get to this point, as both Queenstown Lakes District Council and Dunedin City Council have been calling for action for many months.

They’ve also want to review how public transport is managed between all three councils.

“ORC still hasn’t taken up this offer and there’s a huge amount more than could have happened before now.”

He says he’ll be watching with interest from the side lines how staff and councillors on all three new councils can act collaboratively in future.

“The people of Queenstown Lakes and Dunedin deserve significantly better at a crucial time when we are trying to reduce car use and encourage shared public transport.”

ORC Interim Chief Executive Dr Pim Borren said last week he will present several options to the incoming ORC Council, including joint governance arrangements QLDC and DCC, if those councils agree.

The focus will be to consider what is affecting services and timetables and how driver shortages, pay rates, driver recruitment and retention and localised issues, such as accommodation, can be addressed.

Spring Tips

The rollercoaster of spring is in full swing this year. High temperature days give rise to temptation to plant delicate frost tender crops. As I write this there are snow, frost and gale warnings, you name it. So, with frosts in mind, what are the tender crops?

The ones I keenly grow are corn, cucumbers, pumpkins, tomatoes, basil, zucchinis, capsicum, chilies, potatoes and sometimes eggplants. All these need to be planted after the last frost. In an average year, the last frost is early November. But this is the ‘average’ last frost. We can get frost any month of the year. A very cold minus 7 degrees C can also knock your plants back. It won’t kill them necessarily but can be enough to put them on strike.

There are a few things we can do.

Plant tender plants in a naturally hot spot. Next to a north to western wall. Using frames and frost cloth on cold nights. Glass/tunnel houses are expensive but worth the effort (there are some cheap epic recycled window glasshouses in the district). They also create microclimates in your garden. My corn is planted outside next to the tunnel house for all the reflective and radiant heat that comes off/from the tunnel house.

Start planting all the frost tender plants from early November, running the gauntlet of an Antarctic cold snap that can sweep up and then out comes the frost cloth. I even use it in the tunnel house to protect plants.

1. Give your garlic a feed this month. If there’s any sign of rust (yellow spots on the leaves) make up a mix of 1:10 of apple cider vinegar or wood vinegar. Spray once a week. Also spray every 2nd week with liquid seaweed to provide the goodies to fight the good fight.

2. Make a compost heap now for autumn application. Compost applied on beds in the late autumn gives you the biggest bang for biology in your garden. Any time of year is also good to be applying compost to beds.

3. Got a billion cabbage tree leaves flying off in the spring winds!!! Gather them all up, tidy up your trees and make a monster compost heap adding horse manure and water every 10cm of leaves.

4. Mulch those beds soon as you feel the soil has warmed up enough. Mulch stops weeds and feeds the soil. It also stops the cold winter soils from warming up and will slow down plant growth considerably. Chuck it on as soon as you’re happy it’s warm enough.

5. Grass is starting to grow happily. Great in the compost heap when mixed with a good amount of carbon rich straw, woodchip and or shredded cardboard/paper. It also can be used as a mulch around your vegetables, amazing alongside carrots. Fruit trees, flower beds, native patches. Anywhere the soil is bare, cover it up!!!

6. Keep planting your favourite veggies every 2 weeks to ensure a more continuous supply.

Dr Compost aka Ben Elms is a permaculture and gardening expert who’s been operating in the unusual Central Otago climate for over 20 years. Funded by QLDC and delivered by Wanaka Wastebusters, the Dr Compost project aims to reduce organic waste going to landfill. Got a question? Check out @drcompost on Facebook or benelms.com @dr_compost | @doctorcompost | benelms.com

Local ski fields exposed to warming climate

by Tony O’Regan - Wānaka App

Fewer snow days and less snow for our ski fields, that’s the message from NIWA hydrological forecasting scientist Jono Conway.

Speaking at Wao’s monthly Green Drinks event in September, Jono said the warming climate will mean fewer snow days at moderate elevations where our ski fields are.

“For a one-and-a-half-degree change, a moderate degree of warming, we are seeing the snowline rise 200 metres,” he said.

“So that is rising from about 1,200 metres now to 1,400 metres over this century.”

Jono is researching the impact a warming climate has on our glaciers and snowfall and uses physics-based computer modelling along with a network of snow and ice weather stations throughout the Southern Alps.

“Those stations give us a ground truth on whether our models are realistic,” Jono said.

“We are looking at what is going to happen in the next 30-80 years, specifically in winter.”

The modelling looks at a range of scenarios from a half degree of warming up to the worst-case scenario of two to three degrees of warming, and the impact a warming climate has on our local winter weather.

“The general trend is it’s getting wetter and in the case of high emissions [worst case] it is getting a lot wetter in winter,” Jono said.

“Even though we’re getting more precipitation in winter we are getting less snow cover days at all elevations within the area from Treble Cone to the Remarkables.

“Our ski fields are not high enough to benefit from the increased precipitation falling as snow.”

Although we can expect fewer snow cover days, Jono said the wild card is the role of extreme weather events.

“We had two big systems this year in June and July which delivered a massive amount of snow and made for a great ski season,” he said.

“We are expecting extremes to be far more common as the century progresses.”

This winter’s temperature was a degree above normal in Wānaka with a record amount of rainfall, however the extreme events delivered a deeper snow pack.

“I think we’ll probably see more seasons like this season but on average I don’t think the future climate is going to deliver more snow at elevations we ski at,” Jono said.

Wao is a registered charitable trust based in Wānaka which helps communities shape a sustainable future. They organise a number of events including a six day summit running from October 25-30, 2022. Tickets are available online at wao.co.nz/summit-2022

Jono Conway (left). Photo: Supplied

Pressure cooker on immigration policy

by Paul Taylor

Queenstown’s MP Joseph Mooney has welcomed adjustments to visa restrictions to support hospo and tourism sectors, which will allow more much-needed chefs into the country.

But Mooney says it’s further evidence the Government’s immigration policy needs a massive overhaul.

Immigration Minister Michael Wood announced on Sunday the Government is removing the qualification requirement for chefs to be hired through an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).

Until now only chefs with the equivalent of New Zealand’s level 4 cookery qualifications have been allowed in, but very few have been applying because that qualification is not relevant for overseas skilled chefs.

There’s a huge shortage of chefs in Queenstown and throughout NZ, putting massive pressure on hospo businesses.

Wood also confirmed a year-long extension to the temporary median wage exception for hospitality and tourism business employing migrants on the AEWV.

National Party MP Mooney wrote an open letter to Wood just last week about the chef shortage.

“It’s a 15-minute fix, but the Minister’s known about it for three months, if not longer, “ Mooney says.

“It’s disappointing it took him so long but good he’s at least made this concession. It certainly took a lot of pressure, talking with him in the House, in general debates, telling him how people were breaking down in tears.

“The shortage of chefs has been so tough on business owners and other workers in the industry.”

Mooney says the immigration policy was designed in 2018 to curb migration, but released in 2022 “in vastly different economic circumstances”.

“There’s been a net loss of 12,000 people in the past 12 months, and the biggest labour shortage in 50 years,” Mooney says.

“So, they need to rethink their policy and rethink it fast, rather than just tinkering around the edges as businesses are forced to close.”

Hospitality New Zealand Chief Executive Julie White says the organisation has also been working overtime to convince the Minister and officials.

Speaking before the announcement was confirmed, she said: “Take Jamie Oliver as an example, he has a qualification in home economics so he would not meet the current criteria to enter New Zealand to work as a chef.

“Most highly skilled migrant chefs have honed their skills by working in the kitchen, for some this experience includes being under the stewardship of Michelin-Star chefs.

“We’ve been missing out on great talent because of this restriction.

“Without getting these experienced people, some businesses have been forced to shut – that’s how vital it is.”

Wood says he’s “listening closely to the concerns of the hospitality and tourism sectors, and working with them to take practical steps to support them”.

He said labour shortages continue to be a “persistent ongoing global symptom”.

Wood also confirmed a new median wage of $29.66 per hour will be adopted into the immigration system on 27 February, 2023. All wage thresholds indexed to the median wage, such as sector agreements, will also be updated.

But tourism and hospo businesses will have another year of being able to pay AEWV migrants slightly lower, at 95% of the median wage, which will be $28.18ph. This will then increase to 100% of the median wage in April 2024.

“This move follows other practical changes we have made recently to support key sectors with labour supply, including doubling the number of capped Working Holiday Visa places, and increasing RSE numbers alongside improving conditions,” Wood said.

The Council Word

How’s life?

The fifth annual Quality of Life Survey is open and we want to hear your take on living here. We’re keen to know how you feel about things like employment, housing, health, transport and the environment. Anyone local resident aged 18+ can take part. Share your feedback before 6 November and be in to win one of four $250 Prezzy cards! Head to letstalk.qldc.govt.nz

Proposed water-ski lanes changes

We’re proposing changes to several ski lanes on our waterways to improve safety for all users. Locations include Kingston, Sunshine Bay, Kelvin Grove and Wilsons Bay. Is there a somewhere you think needs more signage or do you have an idea to improve water safety? Let us know before 23 October at letstalk.qldc.govt.nz

Pedigree info for pooches

QLDC has launched ‘Scuttlemutt’, a twice-yearly online newsletter for local dog owners. Each issue features everything from upcoming rego periods to cool dog-related events we’re hosting around the district. Sign up to receive an email copy at qldc.govt.nz/scuttlemutt

Contactless library service

Did you know our Libraries team offer a click-and-collect service of books specially selected to match your tastes? Simply phone or complete an online form with your details and they’ll fill a bag of titles they think you’ll love then fix a time to collect. For more info call 03 441 0600 or visit codc-qldc.govt.nz/services

Offering visitor accommodation?

If you’re planning to offer visitor accommodation please make sure you understand the requirements and have applied for consent. Find more information at qldc.govt.nz/services/ rates-property/short-term-accommodation

Alcohol licence applications

To view all recently lodged alcohol licence applications please visit our website. Any objections must be made within 15 working days of the public notice being published. Visit qldc.govt.nz/services/alcohol-licensing/public-notices

Sign up and Let’s Talk

Want to make sure your voice is heard on the important decisions that matter to you? Check out our dedicated web portal Let’s Talk. Register at letstalk.qldc.govt.nz/register

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Bridget Legnavsky new CEO at Tahoe ski resort

by Tony O’Regan - Wānaka App

Former Cardrona Ski Resort and Treble Cone general manager Bridget Legnavsky has announced she is moving to California (USA) to take up a chief executive role at Sugar Bowl Resort.

Bridget has lived in Wānaka for 30 years and is a former chair of Ignite Wānaka, the deputy chair of Mount Aspiring College board, chair of Queenstown District Council’s climate reference group, and is involved in industry transformation planning in the tourism sector.

Bridget will move to California with her husband Peter and their children Gustav and Zora.

“We all feel really sad about leaving,” Bridget said.

“This is how we’ve lived our lives. I’ve been here 30 years, Pete’s been here 20 and the kids only know this place.”

The opportunity to experience working in an international setting and stepping up to a CEO role was too much for Bridget to pass up.

“It’s a massive step up for me,” she said.

“There is a lot of development planned for the resort and leading that in another country will be a real challenge.”

Connection to Wānaka will not be lost and Bridget says it will always be home.

“We are keeping our home here and Pete will be back to run the training programme at Cardrona in the winter,” she said.

Sugar Bowl is an independently owned ski resort in Tahoe, Northern California, and was home to the state’s first chairlift.

Sugar Bowl board chair David Tunnell said it was clear Bridget is a born leader and will bring a new perspective to the resort.

The Legnavskys leave Wānaka on Thursday October 13.

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Lost

LOST & FOUND

UNCLAIMED ITEMS SITTING AT THE POLICE STATION, at 11 Camp Street, this week include:

- OSKAR SIMMONS – WALLET

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- SARAH WALLS – PURSE

- DAINYLEEN MAGANGKAY – PURSE

- KALEB LLOYD – CARDHOLDER

- CHARLES MCDERMOTT – CARDHOLDER

- PORTER COWART – CARDHOLDER

- GOLD COLOURED LOUISA NECKLACE WITH READ love heart pendant

- GOLD SIGNET RING WITH RUBY

- TURQUOISE HOWLITE FISH HOOK NECKLACE - IPHONE, WHITE AND ROSE GOLD WITH cracked screen - JABRA WIRELESS HEADPHONES

- IPHONE, BLACK IN BLACK CASE WITH ‘Deep Spring’ sticker - BOCCIA WATCH WITH BLACK STRAP - APPLE WATCH WITH BLUE MAGNETIC STRAP - SAMANTHA HEYMER – HANDBAG - ZIPPED PURPLE AND WHITE SWIRLY HOODIE

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Public Notice | P ā nui

Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund Opens for 2022-2023

Applications for funding from the Rural Travel Fund can be made by any sports club or school within the Queenstown Lakes District, with members aged between ve (5) and 19 years, who require nancial assistance with transport costs so that they can participate in local sporting competitions.

To apply you must be either a rural school club team if it is participating in a regular local sports competition out of school time, which excludes inter- school and intra-school competitions run during school time or a rural sports club team if it is participating in an organised, regular sports competition through club membership outside of school time.

Applications forms available on the Council website: www.qldc.govt.nz/events/ funding/funding-for-sports/

Funding round closes at 5.00pm Friday 28 October. All applications must be emailed to jan.maxwell@qldc.govt.nz.

Private Bag 50072 | 10 Gorge Road Queenstown Phone 03 441 0499 | www.qldc.govt.nz

CHILLY

ACCOM

Services

SERVICES

SPCA OP SHOP – 51 GORGE RD. Open Monday – Saturday 9.00 – 5.00. Pre-loved goods and clothing at great prices. Help support the ongoing work done by the SPCA. Your old goods, or your time, could help save a life. Accepting donations (no electrical at the moment) and volunteers now.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS OFFERS FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING to bereaved parents, grandparents siblings to help with coping and dealing with grief that has come about through the loss of a child. For further information please call Pauline Trotter on 0273960611 or email centralotagocf@ gmail.com

WHAKATIPU DRIVE MY LIFE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to become mentor buddies to help our vulnerable people achieve their drivers licence. If you are interested or have any questions contact Louise Ward louise@reap.co.nz

Everything Else

Acupuncture

EVERYTHING ELSE

QUEENSTOWN DHARMA CENTRE, 12 LAKE ST. TUES (11 Oct), @ 5:45pm, “Condensed Daily Tara Practice” with Janiah Melsom; SUNDAY (16 Oct), @ 10am, “Cultivating Awareness Practice” followed by “Social Sunday.” Sessions are free with dana for the centre gratefully accepted. For more info, see dharmacentre.org. nz or FB

THE ANNUAL SPRING FLING MINI FAIR WILL take place on the 5th of November from 10:00am until 2:00pm, in the car park at St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church, Ross Street, Frankton. The markets selling plants, second-hand books, garage sale items and much much more, along with games for children, Brazilian style BBQ, homemade cakes, Korean food and coffee.

AWE FESTIVAL IS ON NOW. EXPERIENCE THE stunning sounds of chamber music with international artists, free events, and interlinked programmes in Wanaka, Cromwell, and Queenstown. Visit worldsedgefestival.com for more info.

LEARN TO FLY FISH… THE WAKATIPU ANGLERS Club course is rated as the most comprehensive and best value beginners course anywhere, this is a hands on introduction to the skills required to catch trout on fly. The annual “Learn to Fly Fish” course is on Saturday 15th October at the Queenstown Events Centre. Email Colin at wakatipuanglersclubnz@gmail.com or call 027 384 2259 to secure your spot.

OPEN DAY - THE WAKATIPU CROQUET CLUB is welcoming new members and is having an open day on our grounds at Jardine Park anytime between 10am and 4pm on Sunday October 16th, sausage sizzle available. No obligation and no croquet knowledge needed. You will be most welcome, bring a friend or just come by yourself. Just turn up on the day, or to find out more ring Lyn on 027 234 7329.

NEED AN IDYLLIC SPOT IN KINGSTON TO rent for your tiny home or caravan? Please text 022 404 3545.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD - FILL A SHOEBOX with gifts (new) for a child in poverty in the Pacific, and change a life! Boxes/info at Fresh Choice, Salvation Army Family Store, Gorge Rd and Orphan’s Aid shop by BP, Frankton. Or contact Sharon Hargest 0276427575. Please return by October 21st. Thank you.

HAVE THAT NIGGLING ACHE OR PAIN THAT just won’t go away? A recurring condition, or maybe you’re looking for something to assist alongside your more traditional treatments to speed up recovery? Two Feathers can help, an Alternative & Holistic Health Service including Tuning Forks, Energy Healing & Reiki Master. For more info contact Amy on: healing@ twofeathers.co.nz or 022 454 8288

WSCA – ROOMS FOR HIRE - SPACIOUS, sunny rooms are available for hire to Queenstown Community Groups. The rooms hold up to 90 people, with seated dining for 40. Located on the 1st floor of Malaghan House, 10 Memorial Street, Queenstown with lift access. There are kitchen facilities, toilets, Wi-Fi, media equipment for projection onto large screen plus large screen TV. Contact us on 03 4429214 or info@wsca.org.nz for more details.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “DON’T COMPROMISE YOURSELF. You are all you’ve got.” - Janis Joplin

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION PROVIDING friendship, understanding and hope to those going through the natural grieving process. Their A.G.M. is being held in Alexandra Community House between 7-9pm on the 17th October. Everyone is welcome. For more information email centralotagocf@gmail.com

Wakatipu

Impact100 has been making a big, well impact, in the region since 2020 and is one of the Wakatipu Community Foundation initiatives.

Impact100 is a very simple concept where one hundred women each donate $1000. Once they have that money collected, groups in the community are invited to apply for the whole amount, a whopping $100,000 plus four runners up a $5000 grant each. The applications are considered, and the finalists present their projects, showing how they will use the money,

who will benefit from this new project, and why their idea will make the biggest positive impact in the community.

Over the last 2 years, $320,000 has been raised through Impact100 and donated to local organisations. The 2022 winner will be announced at a dinner on October 27th.

The inaugural $100,000 Grant Winner in 2020 was Living Options. In 2021 the grant went to Pivotal Point Charitable Trust.

The final five for 2022 are:

•Te Atamira

•The Youth Search and Rescue Trust

• Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland

•Turn Up the Music Trust

•The Order of St John - Wakatipu Area

Over the next three weeks we’ll present each finalist and how they would make use of the $100,000 grant.

TE ATAMIRA - AN ARTS AND CULTURAL PLATFORM FOR ALL

By Sue Fea

In less than five months Te Atamira has already made its mark, as a fit for purpose turangawaewae for the arts and cultural community. It’s now time to expand the reach to ensure the whole community has an opportunity to access to the arts.

An arts and cultural performance centre has been a long time coming for the Wakatipu. Driven by the Three Lakes Cultural Trust and a talented and passionate arts community Te Atamira (meaning a platform or stage in te reo M ori) opened its 1370sqm in May this year. Created in transformed retail space in Remarkables Park, the new facility offers a curated programme of exhibitions, workshops, classes, performances, events and talks designed to encourage creativity in our community. There are 22 purpose built spaces including an art gallery, dance studios, performance spaces, music teaching and rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, pottery studio, art workshop and a community project space.

Te Atamira director Olivia Egerton says since opening more than 33,000 members of the community have enjoyed everything from hip hop dance classes and mindfulness to art workshops, community choir, gigs, afterschool programmes and pottery at the centre. “Te Atamira has become a real platform by and for the community. Every week there are huge numbers using the facilities here for a wide range of activities.”

Te Atamira was recently named one of the five finalists that applied for Impact100 Wakatipu’s $148,000 grant from its supporters. The winners will be announced at a dinner on October 27 where the supporters get to vote for their preferred choice. Impact100 will also donate $5000 to each of the runner-up organisations out of a total $168,000 funding pool.

“We were driven to apply for this year’s Impact100 grant as in our short lifespan we’ve realised the overwhelming need across the whole community for access to the arts,” says Olivia. “It supports connection and wellbeing in our community in these volatile times.”

“We’ve designed a programme, ‘Arts For All’, and if we’re successful it would provide the opportunity to supercharge and directly reach about 3,000 people in two years, rather than slowly over the next eight years.”

The programme includes three areas - equal access for the community to creativity, engaging pilot programmes in different areas starting with under 5’s and over 65’s; creating space to deepen understanding and appreciation of this community’s cultural diversity, and supporting the development of a well-connected arts ecosystem and more professionalised arts sector.

While ‘Wriggle and Rhyme’ and Turn up the Music’s ‘Magical Music With Erica’ operate for the Under 5’s from space in the centre, Olivia says

Te Atamira is now keen to expand participation and opportunities for equal access to creativity. The new programmes would be fun, support fine motor skills and cognitive development, and help manage emotions in our complex world, she says.

The talented local arts and cultural scene has been supported for decades by hardworking volunteers and has largely been hand to mouth. With more than 400 artists registered with the Three Lakes Cultural Trust there is opportunity to develop capability, broaden engagement and further support arts practice with residences and internships, Olivia says.

It’s required an enormous community effort to establish Te Atamira. “Hundreds of people have contributed ideas and provided feedback,” says Olivia. “We’ve been supported by more than 60 generous donors and the fit-out was completed by a locally based team of architects, engineers, project managers and Cook Brothers Construction. Despite the challenges of Covid and material shortages the outcome has been a very functional and fit for purpose space, she says. “It’s cost $3.9 million to set up the centre and the Te Atamira Whakatipu Charitable Trust is still fundraising to complete the fit-out, which has been extremely modest.”

“We have hit the ground running,” says Olivia. “Our children’s school holiday programme this month (October) has catered for 290 children with only a few spaces left. It included a street dance workshop with Arts Foundation Springboard Awardee CONJAH.”

Bailee Lobb, In Bathing Bask, Te Atamira. Photo credit: Neville Porter

By Sue Fea

LIFE EDUCATION TRUST HEARTLAND OTAGO SOUTHLAND - STANDING TALL

Harold the Giraffe and his exciting interactive mobile classroom have been gracing school grounds in the Wakatipu for almost 25 years since the Heartland chapter of the Life Education Trust was established here in 1998.

Since then a full-time educator has travelled around the region from Mosgiel to Central Otago, Wanaka, Queenstown and Gore delivering the trust’s targeted health and wellbeing programme to schoolchildren from its mobile classroom. Distinctly recognisable as the trust’s mascot, Harold holds pride of place, not only on the mobile classroom exterior, and in it where he delivers a fun message in puppet form, but in children’s hearts. Trust administrator Dana Young says Harold is a huge attraction for the children. “There’s so much interaction with Harold, with children waving, hugging and having their photos taken with him when he was involved in the Alexandra Blossom Festival recently,” she says. “Even the high school children passing by remembered Harold and rushed over to be photographed with him.”

There’s been such a demand locally for Harold and his valuable message that the trust is fundraising to purchase a second mobile classroom for the Queenstown area. “We want to purchase a second mobile classroom and base it in Queenstown because there’s been such huge growth,” says Dana. “This would greatly take the pressure off as at present we’ve been finding it hard to get around every school, every year. Having a second classroom and educator would also mean children can spend more time in the classroom too,” says Dana. “We want every child in the Queenstown area to get to the classroom every year, as currently a lot of Queenstown schools only get visits every second year.”

The new classroom truck and trailer unit will cost around $250,000 - $308,000 including six months of salary for a second educator, and it will spend the majority of the time in Queenstown, but also travel to Wanaka and Cromwell schools.

Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland was recently named among the five finalists that applied for Impact100 Wakatipu’s $148,000 grant from its supporters. The winners will be announced at a dinner on October 27 where the supporters get to vote for their preferred choice. Impact100 will also donate $5000 to each of the runner-up organisations out of a total $168,000 funding pool.

“We’ve got a small amount in our own reserves –money that we’ve been saving for many years for this purpose. The Impact100 grant would greatly assist us in reaching our target,” says Dana. “It would mean we could take the classroom to each school in the Wakatipu Basin every year. We travel to a lot of rural and isolated schools to ensure no child misses out. We like to see each one.”

Depending on the size of the school, the mobile classroom can be parked up for two to three weeks at a time. “When the classroom is in Queenstown it’s there for a whole term and our educator, Pip Tisdall, stays locally.” Pip is based in Lawrence and when the classroom is in other parts of the region she drives to and from the classroom each day. “Having a second mobile classroom unit would take the pressure off for Pip, who’s been with us for 14 years,” says Dana. “She’s really stretched at present to get around all the schools.”

The trust covers content across five key teaching strands through its programme – identity and resilience, relationships and communities, food and nutrition, human biology and substances.

“Resilience has always been a popular topic, but we’ve certainly noticed the need for this teaching is far greater since Covid became an issue,” says Dana. “There’s more uncertainty and unsettled behaviour in children. They’re worrying about things more.” Strategies for great resilience and coping mechanisms are taught to encourage positive mental well-being. “We talk about different feelings and that it’s okay to talk about them and the children are given healthy ways to deal with these.” Teachers at each school request what they want their lessons to focus on, or let Pip know what’s going on in their classrooms so the lessons can be tailored to suit those needs.

“We have state of the art technology so the programmes are engaging and fun. It’s a different learning environment outside the normal classroom. Harold’s interaction makes it all the more exciting.” And, of course, the message Harold delivers is easily relatable for children.

“Giraffes stand tall, which is what we want our children to do. Each giraffe is also unique. The spotted pattern is unique on every giraffe and we also want children to know they are unique too.”

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FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Colombia and ELN rebels to restart peace talks

Delegates of Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group met last Tuesday and announced that they will restart peace talks that were suspended in 2018.

After meeting in Venezuela’s capital city, representatives of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army issued a statement saying a start date for the peace talks would be announced after the first week of November. The statement also added that Norway, Venezuela and Cuba would be “guarantor states” in the talks, and that the participation of civil society groups would be “essential” for the peace talks to succeed.

Associated Press

Google to shut down its streaming gaming platform

Stadia

Cloud gaming service Google Stadia will shut down on Jan. 18, the search giant said in blog post Thursday. Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased through its Google Store, along with all games and add-on content purchased from its Stadia store. The tech giant aims to have all refunds completed by mid-January.

People using Stadia will still to be able to access to their game libraries, including Pro games if you had an active Pro subscription as of Thursday. In an email sent to players, Google warned that publisher support for games may vary, and it’s possible that your gameplay experience may be affected during the shut-down period (suggesting that some games could vanish or lose features early).

CNET

Apple Music now has over 100 million songs

Apple Music just passed a symbolic milestone. Apple revealed that its streaming music service now has 100 million songs. That’s a significant expansion from the 30 million it launched with in June 2015. The company also says it’s adding about 20,000 new tracks to the service every day.

The 100 million mark might give Apple Music an edge over rivals. Main competitor Spotify claims it has “over 80 million tracks.” While that’s still a very healthy selection, it does imply you’ll have an easier time finding an indie darling or back catalog title on Apple’s platform than you might elsewhere.

Engadget.com

Scientists crack upcycling plastics to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Scientists from four US universities have developed a breakthrough process to transform the most widely produced plastic — polyethylene (PE) — into the second-most widely produced plastic, polypropylene (PP), which could reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

“The world needs more and better options for extracting the energy and molecular value from its waste plastics,” said co-lead author Susannah Scott, Professor at UC Santa Barbara.

Conventional plastic recycling methods result in low-value plastic molecules and, thus, offer little incentive to recycle the mountains of plastic waste that have accumulated over the past several decades. But, Scott added, “turning polyethylene into propylene, which can then be used to make a new polymer, is how we start to build a circular economy for plastics.”

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Arts+Culture

Learn the art of shaping the earth

by Jessica Allen

Nestled away in Lake Hayes Estate is a wee crafters oasis – The Clay Station. Co-founders Debbie Townsend and Kylie Burnell converted Debbie’s garage into a studio after she wasn’t able to attend her pottery club as Covid shut it down. Today, they also offer fun clay making classes in various bars and restaurants around town for anyone to get creative and learn the art of pottery.

Debbie and Kylie were brought together creatively in 2020. “LUMA was cancelled in town, and Debbie and another community member in Lake Hayes Estate got talking and decided that they’d like to Lumify Lake Hayes. That’s when Debbie came to me – we put together our ideas and created a hand and heart to go in the estate,” says Kylie. Wanting to make something from materials that could be sourced naturally, Heartfelt, was made using mesh wire, willow and dogwood, and was then lit up as one of the displays at LUMA in 2021.

Their clay classes are open to any skill level and provide everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind piece – this includes the clay, tools, paints, brushes, and even different laces to impress patterns. What you’ll make can range from steins to mugs, and even jack-o-lanterns. Debbie and Kylie will walk you through every step of the way and encourage you to step outside your comfort zone – they also bring along some pieces for inspiration just in case you’re not sure where to start.

“Another thing we do is run workshops where people make intention mugs. It’s a pinch potting class and you’ll put a word on it or a sentence, and every morning when you have a drink from that you’re reminded of your intention. It’s just all about different ways that we can involve people in being creative, and it’s such a mindful thing,” says Debbie.

The Clay Station are at Smiths each fortnight running different classes – they have jack-o-lantern making on the 17th and a mug making on the 31st of October. All events are posted on their Facebook page; facebook.com/theclaystationnz/ and you can find out more about private bookings, the studio, and purchase some of Debbie and Kylie’s work at theclaystation.co.nz

“We enjoy seeing people and helping to inspire them to be creative, and get that creativity out of them. So, we decided to start doing it in places like Smiths. I think the events there are really fun to do and it’s in a relaxed group situation. You’re in a different environment where you wouldn’t normally do something like this.

“The cool thing about clay is that you can do so many different things with it. You can make cups, or amazing lampshades, and you can make sculptures – it’s just endless possibilities with it because of the amount of different ways you can use it. And if you make something you don’t like, you can just reuse it,” says Debbie.

If you’re unsure about attending a class, The Clay Station also opens their studio on Tuesdays and Thursdays where you can do your own thing and freestyle – Debbie and Kylie will be around to offer some guidance if needed. “When it comes to creating this stuff, it’s all up to you,” says Kylie. Their goal is to get everyone into the art of clay making, and they do this in a variety of ways. “Debbie got me into clay but growing up I’ve always done things that are creative.”

Heartfelt artwork that was on display at LUMA in 2021. Photo credit: Justin Ewing

TIGHT FIVE – JESSICA WINCHCOMBE

Interview with Kelly Carmichael

Rather than looking back to traditional forms of jewellery or to the often very similar offerings of standard jewellery shops, contemporary jewellery offers something else. Beginning in the 1940s and 1950s, contemporary jewellery explores the nature of jewellery and often grapples with conceptual ideas. You can find it in the studio, on the body, and in galleries and museums. This is a self-conscious adornment, something that often challenges established mainstream ideas while remaining a carefully crafted, beautiful, and valuable treasure made to be worn.

Queenstown’s Jessica Winchcombe is a contemporary jeweller who exhibits her work internationally and has a studio in the Country Lane precinct on Hansen Road

1 - When did it click?

My art practice came together seven years ago when I was able to move into being an artist full time. Giving 100% to my practice really helped it bloom.

2 - What is a contemporary jewellery and what makes it distinctive?

Contemporary jewellery design starts with a concept and often uses different materials to support the story rather than precious metals and gems. My folded jewellery pieces are reflecting on the rhythm of the breath for example.

3 - What distinguishes a wearable object and the practice that creates it from other visual arts?

Often the process of contemporary jewellery starts from the thought process and language of visual art but, when it is for the body, some element of craft needs to be applied to make sure it is jewellery that can last the test of time. So having some goldsmithing skills is quite important. Art Jewellery is a relatively new art form and has its own language and set of rules that I enjoy pushing the boundaries of as much as possible.

4 - Do you find your jewellery and paintings feed each other, and if so how?

Yes, my jewellery is a tight practice with tension and I let that all go in the painting. The painting is raw and loose so both practices are necessary to create tight work that is also playful and full of good energy.

5 - What’s your biggest barrier to being an artist?

I think my biggest barrier is communication. I have big ideas so I need help from a team of people. Getting the right words to explain what I want to come together to a team so that we are efficient with time is a challenge as I am dyslexic. This means I often rely a lot on voice messages, thank goodness for technology.

QUEENSTOWN GETS PREMIERE OF NEW FIONA PARDINGTON EXHIBITION AT STARKWHITE

Having Starkwhite gallery arrive in town almost two years ago bought an ambitious creative spark to Queenstown. Rather than regard their South Island space as a provincial outpost, Starkwhite bought their A game and have delivered a consistent programme of world class artists, exhibitions, and public programme events to Queenstown as well as supporting other local initiatives. Their current Fiona Pardington exhibition is a good example of this, a strikingly beautiful and important exhibition of one of Aotearoa–New Zealand’s most celebrated artists.

Fiona Pardington is of Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, and Scottish decent, blending these identities into a photographic practice that explores museum collections as well as offering a contemporary take on the centuries-old Still Life tradition. One of the principal genres of Western art history, Pardington’s on-going still life series takes its lead from the Dutch still life paintings that began in the 1600’s. These works depict earthly pleasures such as flowers, fruit, and other items combined with a suggestion of life’s transience. “I think its best to understand my still-life photographs as small alters or Tu Ahu” the artist has said of her work. She often presents objects that offer a fragile beauty, one portrayed in stillness with the sensitivity of an artist who understands how to capture and interpret grand narratives with a considered selection of objects.

Throughout the centuries Still Life has been used to explore aesthetics and politics, the personal and the collective. With over 30 experience as an exhibiting artist and a number of prestigious awards to her name, Fiona Pardington is a master of exploring the capacities of photography and of the still life medium by bringing out attention to what is hidden or only suggested in the image as much as what it may signify.

Fiona Pardington: Objects of Desire is at Starkwhite Queenstown, 1–7 Earl Street. Until 30 October.

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Long road ahead for Milford Sound plans

by Paul Taylor

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Milford Sound reimagined

A controversial masterplan to help Milford Sound overcome the challenges of mass tourism is not set in stone, says Conservation Minister Poto Williams.

It’s now more than a year since the Milford Opportunities Project unveiled its sweeping plans for the untenably popular South Island tourist destination.

Recommendations include permits for international visitors, that the airstrip be closed, cruise ships banned, and a new park-and-ride system operate from a hub in Te Anau.

The masterplan also envisages a new visitor centre and hotel, a cable car up Bowen Falls, a plethora of environmental and cultural projects, and various stop-offs along the Milford Road and other places in Southland.

The goal is to stop Milford Sound Piopiotahi being the “rush-in, rush-out place” it became pre-pandemic, with busloads of tourists day-tripping from Queenstown, said project group chair Dr Keith Turner at the launch.

Visitor numbers to the UNESCO World Heritage site Milford Sound peaked at 870,000 visitors in 2019, up from 430,000 in 2013.

Cabinet approved $15 million in funding last June to take the masterplan forward but there was a long delay in appointing a project director, with Tarras airport opponent Chris Goddard eventually appointed in August 2022.

Now Minister Williams has visited Piopiotahi to hear directly from tourism operators, iwi and the unit undertaking feasibility planning.

She says the next phase is to “stringently test” the recommendations delivered last year.

“While there are elements of the masterplan’s recommendations to consider, there is strong support for the purpose of this work — to protect and restore Piopiotahi and ensure an outstanding visitor experience” Williams says.

“The masterplan outlined some innovative, aspirational and challenging recommendations for overcoming tourism pressures and better honouring the area’s significant natural and cultural heritage. However, its recommendations are not a fait accompli.”

Williams says considerable assessment, feasibility testing and planning work is now needed, including an extensive programme of consultation with stakeholders and the public.

That will likely include ongoing talks with the Queenstown Milford Users Group, consisting of fixed-wing flight-seeing operators, who vehemently oppose plans to close the airstrip.

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says creating a world class experience at Milford sound, that manages visitor impacts while supporting local communities, businesses, and Ngāi Tahu, is a key priority for the Government.

“This work embodies the intent of our Tourism Strategy, which aims for productive, sustainable and inclusive tourism growth, while enriching the people and environment of New Zealand now and into the future,” Nash says.

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AWE FESTIVAL IS ON NOW. Experience the stunning sounds of chamber music with international artists, free events, and interlinked programmes in Wanaka, Cromwell, and Queenstown. Visit worldsedgefestival.com for more info.

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At Worlds Edge Festival

AWE Festival returns with twice as many performances throughout Queenstown, Wanaka and Cromwell. There is a range of free events included this year from local and international artists.

Free Events Open Rehearsals

Experience the sights and sounds of the festival artists deep within their preparation at Te Atamira with opportunities to meet and chat.

When: Wednesday, 12th between 10am and 1pm and again on Friday 14th between 10am and 1pm.

Young Musicians Day

Introducing young, local musicians to AWE artists and performances, enjoy an interactive event in partnership between AWE and Turn Up The Music Trust.

When: Wednesday 12th, 3pm and 5pm.

Emerging Artists Showcase

An opportunity to hear 2022’s emerging artists performing works written by composers in their youth.

When: This is a half hour showcase on Saturday the 15th between 6pm and 6.30pm.

Where: All the events are at Te Atamira, Building 11, Dart House, Remarkables Park Town Centre.

Planting

Native Plant Nursery Volunteer Sessions

The Whakatipu Reforestation Trust’s vision is to restore the biodiversity of the Whakatipu Basin through revegetation projects. Their community nursery was established in 2014, and it’s where all of the native plants for community planting around the Whakatipu Basin are grown.

Volunteering at the native plant nursery is an opportunity to learn new skills and gain knowledge about growing native plants, that make a difference to our local environment and to meet a range of interesting people. Volunteering sessions are open to everyone. No experience is needed. Please bring your own gardening gloves, hat, water & sunscreen. Morning tea provided.

When: Every Wednesday between 9am-12 noon, drop in style. Where: Jean Malpas Community Nursery, Jardine Park, Kelvin Heights.

Meaningful Conversations: Thriving with Dyslexia and Neurodiversity

QLDC Libraries are bringing six guest speakers for a FREE community event to encourage the conversation around neurodiversity and dyslexia. The concept is to connect, gain tools and knowledge from field professionals and hear personal experiences of dyslexia, including from those parenting children with the neurological condition. This event is all about getting the conversation started and raising awareness!

While the speakers will share information and personal accounts of navigating life with dyslexia and neurodiversity there will be an opportunity for Q&A. While the evening is FREE you do need to register to this korero as space is limited. Contact Natasya from Frankton Library at frankton.library@qldc.govt.nz / 03441 3680.

When: Thu 13th Oct, 6:30 - 8:00pm

Where: The Rees Hotel, Luxury Apartments & Lakeside Residences, 377 Frankton Road

Salsa Night with Latin Soul Dance

Love to Dance? Latin Soul holds a regular Salsa Night every second Thursday from 9pm till late. Just dust off your dance shoes and come along... whether you are a newbie, a pro or a spectator - you’ll love it!! Cover Charge: $5 cash at entry.

When: Thursday 13th October 9pm-late.

Where: The Found, 182 Arthur’s Point Rd, Arthur’s Point.

Bike Maintenance Session

Do you want to learn more about bike maintenance and how to get your bike rolling well?

The MAC Bike team are holding a free Bike Maintenance Session in the Wanaka Community Workshop as part of Biketober. The team will go through basic maintenance like fixing tyres and lubing chains. Bring your bike along to work on, ask plenty of questions and learn more how to make your bike ride well. This event is free, but booking is required. Sign up at: events.humanitix.com/bike-maintenance-session This event is suitable for the whole family.

When: Sat 15th Oct, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm.

Learn To Fly Fish

The Wakatipu Anglers Club course is rated as the

most comprehensive and best value beginners course anywhere. The annual “Learn to Fly Fish” hands-on introduction course teaches the skills required to catch trout on fly, email wakatipuanglersclubnz@ gmail.com or call 027 384 2259

When: Saturday 15th October

Where: Queenstown Events Centre

Open Day

The Wakatipu Croquet Club is welcoming new members and is having an open day at Jardine Park, including a sausage sizzle. No obligation and no croquet knowledge needed. You will be most welcome, bring a friend or just come by yourself.

When: Sunday October 16th anytime between 10am and 4pm

Where: Jardine Park, Poplar Drive, Kelvin Heights

Auditions

The Christmas Show Auditions

This year the show is The Twelve Bells of Christmas! It’s the night before Christmas and Granny has disappeared, along with her precious 12 bells that ring in Christmas! Where could they be?

The Christmas Show is auditioning for youngsters to join the cast on this year’s festive adventure to find Granny and bring Christmas cheer back to the Wakatipu.

The Christmas Show organisers are seeking a cast of 20 youths who will sing, dance and act, including:

LEAD ROLES: 5 children of varied ages and genders. Confident actors, solo singers and dancers

ENSEMBLE: 15 confident singer/ dancers.

Auditionees must be confident to sing solo in the audition and leads must act from the audition script provided. Rehearsals are for six weeks before the show in December

When: Sunday 16th October Dancers: 12:00 – 1:00pm

Ensemble Dance Auditions: 1.30pm – 2:00pm Ensemble Cast Singing Auditions: 2:15pm – 4:00pm Lead Cast Auditions: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Interested to Audition- download the form on the QR code.

Public Meeting

Hanley’s Farm Mail Delivery Group are holding a public meeting to get NZ Post to change the status of Handley’s Farm so they can get household delivery.

When: Monday 17th October at 6:00pm

Where: Te Kura Whakatipu on Kawerau primary school

Arts

The Queenstown Art Show 2022

View and buy original art by New Zealand artists at the South Island’s newest art sales event! Artworks are priced from $20 to $10,000. There are artist demonstrations and you can meet the artists! All the art works are for sale. Once purchased, you can take your artwork home with you to enjoy!

When: Saturday and Sunday 22|23 October 10:00am – 4pm

Where: Queenstown Events Centre, Joe O’Connell Drive, Frankton

Wao Summit

The Wao Summit is a six-day annual event held in Wanaka and Queenstown. It inspires, educates and enables our transition as a community and a nation to a healthy, thriving, diverse, low carbon community. Celebrating five years of action and education, the Wao Summit is a 360 degree approach to creating and fostering tangible, social and environmental change at every level. Whether you’re new here or have been on this ride for a while, There is koreros, workshops, films and tours - all designed to help you, help the planet. From food resilience, to changing the way we get around, to developing stronger community connection - we’ll look at every facet of what it truly means to live in harmony with the planet. Tickets are on sale at wao.co.nz/gettickets2022

When: 25th - 30th October

Gardening Workshop

Grow your own veggies with Dr Compost

This free gardening workshop takes you through everything you need to know to get a veggie garden started and to maximise your harvest.

Dr Compost’s top tips come from 20+ years of growing and composting in our harsh climate. In this workshop you’ll learn:

• which vegetables grow best in the Queenstown Lakes district

• when to plant for the best yields

• how to grow from seed, transplant seedlings and stagger plantings to avoid gluts

• all about the magic of compost to adds life to your soil

You’ll leave inspired to start growing, and with the know how to turn your backyard into a productive local food hub.

When: Thu 27th Oct, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Where: St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church, Ross Street, Frankton Book at Humantix.com

Current Exhibitions

A selection of Fiona Pardington’s most acclaimed still life photographs is being presented at Starkwhite accompanied by several significant new works, including a huia pair. “I think it’s best to understand my still-life photographs as small alters or Tu Ahu” Pardington has said of her work. She presents objects that offer a fragile beauty, one portrayed in stillness with the sensitivity of an artist who understands how to capture and interpret grand narratives with a considered selection of objects.

Fiona Pardington’s exhibition is on at Starkwhite, 1–7 Earl Street, Queenstown Tue-Sunday until October 30th.

Broker Gallery is running “The Disappearance” until October 21st with 14 new paintings by Grant Whibley. Intimate in scale, each work contains the weight of universal and personal dramas and experience explored by Whibley in an intuitive painterly approach. Broker Gallery, 36 Grant Road, Frankton.

Ivy Box Art Gallery

The latest exhibition at Ivy Box Gallery brings together contemporary artwork, created by emerging and established New Zealand artists. The collection includes paintings, sculpture, drawings and jewellery.

The Ivy Box Art Gallery, 134 Park Street, Queenstown.

If you would like your show, event, exhibition or meeting promoted in Goings On drop me a line at davidgibbs@qmg.co.nz with the details.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

a shoebox with gifts (new only) for a child in poverty in the Pacific and change a life! Items to wear, love, play with, for school and hygiene. Also $10 for transportation. Boxes/ info available at The Salvation Army Family Store in Gorge Road and the Orphan’s Aid shop near BP, Frankton. Please return Boxes by October 21st.

Sharon Hargest

COMMUNITY NOTES

Take the Quality of Life survey and help plan for a better tomorrow

How’s life going living in the Queenstown Lakes District? The fifth annual Quality of Life survey is now running and your view as a local is important. Council wants to hear from you.

Completing the anonymous online survey is easy and this year the length has been reduced, so it should only take around 15-20 minutes. There is the incentive that once completed you can be in to win a $250 prezzy card. Insights from the survey help Council and public service providers understand more about the current issues and challenges facing the regions communities to plan, and ultimately improve the quality of life of residents.

Feedback from the 2022 survey will help shape key strategies, policies and plans that QLDC is working on. These include the new Housing Action Plan, economic diversification work, and the district’s Wellbeing Framework.

QLDC works with Destination Queenstown and Lake Wánaka Tourism to develop questions about the visitor economy and engaged the District Health Board to help shape health and wellbeing questions. Your feedback will provide valuable information to these organisations.

Past survey results have helped prioritise projects, such as drafting a climate action plan and devising the Queenstown Lakes Home Strategy, and they have also guided Council decisions including the QLDC 2021-2031 Ten Year Plan.

Last year’s results found that overall quality of life was rated as extremely good (26%) or good (50%), while 18% said their quality of life was average and 6% poor and extremely poor.

The impacts of COVID-19 were still being felt across the district however it appeared respondents were re-adjusting to a new sense of normal. The importance of diversifying the economy along with ongoing affordability concerns were continuing themes in the responses. Climate change and the environment also remain a concern for our residents.

Community News

Who on earth would want to play Croquet

By Diana McIlwrick

“No, I don’t want to play Croquet, isn’t that a bit of a fuddy duddy game and certainly not for me” I said to my neighbour when she asked me if I wanted to play. But Lyn kept asking in her polite and enthusiastic way so finally I did go around to Jardine Park where the grounds are, and oh, how wrong I was with the perception of the game I had in my head. I found it to be intriguing, strategic and most of all enjoyable. One can be a big hitter or a gentle hitter of the ball and be equally as good. There are members who have played no sport before and some who are quite sporty, so it doesn’t matter what your perceived sporting ability is. The members of the club are welcoming and friendly, about half and half female and male and any age, the majority probably over fifty, but some young members as well. They come from all walks of life, so it is easy to fit in. The regulars are very willing to show you the basics and more.

One doesn’t feel obliged to go every club day, no one is let down if you are not there as teams are made up on the day. You can turn up for just morning or just afternoon play on any Club Day, which are Thursdays and Saturdays plus Sunday afternoons, or take your lunch and stay for the whole days play. The club rooms are great with full kitchen facilities.

The Wakatipu Croquet club is currently welcoming new members so I reckon you should come along, even it is just for a try, it may not be you, but at least you have given yourself the opportunity of finding out.

The Wakatipu Croquet Club is having an open day on their grounds at Jardine Park anytime between 10am and 4pm on Sunday October 16th, and a sausage sizzle available. No obligation and no croquet knowledge needed. You will be most welcome, bring a friend or just come by yourself. Just turn up on the day, or if you want to find out more ring Lyn on 027 234

9557.

What will this year’s survey tell us?

Even if you have completed the survey previously council still wants to hear from you! A lot can change in 12 months so taking part every year provides Council with an up-to-date snapshot into what life is like for people living in the Queenstown Lakes District.

The survey is open until 5.00pm Sunday 6 November. For more information and to fill in the survey head to letstalk.qldc.govt.nz or scan the code below letstalk.qldc.govt.nz

‘Marathon in a Month’ For Cancer By Jonet Warhurst

The local Cancer Society is encouraging the community to push their limits by participating in a ‘’marathon in a month’’ to raise funds to support people impacted by cancer. The goal is to walk, run, cycle, swim or skip the distance of a marathon over the month of November.

If one and half kilometres per day is not a challenge, by all means set the bar higher – two marathons, even three marathon in a month as a great way to increase yours physical activity by a small amount each day.

Participating in a marathon can be physically demanding in one day but is very achievable over a month. The funds raised will help ensure that the 71 New Zealanders a day who are diagnosed with cancer will not go through it alone.

The Cancer Society believe no one should go through their cancer journey alone. We encourage people to sign up for the ‘marathon in a month’, choose an activity and distance that suits their lifestyle, and start fundraising to help provide vital funds to support people affected by all types of cancer.”

Everything the Cancer Society does is made possible through the community’s incredible generosity, and they are calling on that support again this year. Supporting events like a ‘marathon in a month’ allows the Cancer Society to be there for people facing a cancer diagnosis now and in the years to come and ensures no one deals with cancer alone.

Fundraising is vital for the work it undertakes, and by being part of the marathon in a month, people can help support the delivery of services across the Otago and Southland region.

Participants can sign up as an individual or a team and register online at www.marathoninamonth.org.nz

ALTITUDE TOUR GUIDE PERHAPS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD

By Jessica Allen

Ask Tania Cullinan what she loves about her job and she will give you an array of answers from the spectacular scenery to meeting and connecting with people from all over the world, and getting to show others her own backyard. The Altitude Tours guide reckons she has the best job in the world, and you could too as the company is now recruiting.

Altitude specialises in bespoke premium tours in and around Queenstown. The multi-awardwinning tour operator offers trips to Milford Sound, Paradise and Glenorchy, and everywhere in between in addition to their winery, craft beer, and gin tours. They pride themselves on being more than your typical tour company and curate epic adventures.

Each day at work in addition to showing off the stunning sights of the region, you’ll be meeting people from all around the world. With groups of no more than 16, you’ll get to really build relationships with those you’re touring around – know that you’ll be a part of making special memories for them, in some instances once-in-a-lifetime.

“It’s a small and intimate tour and that’s what I love. I can have a little bit of one-on-one time with everyone on the Milford Sound tour. I love the fact that everyone’s got a cool story to tell, and I’ve got that time to be able to converse with people throughout the day. Most days are pretty unique on their own,” says Tania.

Tania grew up in the North Island and has travelled extensively herself. She made the move to the Wakatipu region ten years ago and has been working with Altitude Tours for more than four years now. In that time, her role has developed and she’s grown within the company. “When I started with the company, they were just simply doing the wine and the craft beer tours, so that’s what I was doing. Slowly, now, I’m doing all the different tours. I particularly like Milford Sound – I like the big days. Predominately my week is doing three Milford tours and then maybe one local Queenstown tour, as well.”

A typical day for Tania has her up bright and early, having a quick cuppa at home before heading to Altitude Tours base in Frankton to get her van ready at 6:30am. After picking up her guests for the day, it’s off to Te Anau, the quaint picturesque town known as the gateway to Fiordland.

“In Te Anau we have a half-an-hour break. We go to a café and that’s where we sort out picnic lunches for people. I have a break, most importantly have a coffee, and then from there it’s a two-hour drive from Te Anau into Milford Sound. That’s where we’ll do scenic stops throughout the national park. What I particularly love about doing this trip is the drive through Fiordland National Park – it’s amazing.

Once we get to Milford Sound, people will go out on the boat cruise, which I don’t go with them. This time is a chance for me to catch up on some stuff, clean my vehicle. Then when they come off the boat, usually at 3:30pm, it’s a simple drive back to Queenstown. We have a quick stop in Te Anau for refreshments and then carry on,” says Tania.

This is your opportunity to work for a locally owned and operated business, be part of a tight-knit team, and get to see some of the most amazing sites that Aotearoa has to offer every day at work. Altitude Tours offer learning and development opportunities and staff discounts on tours for friends and family too.

“No day is the same – it never is. Everyday I see different people and different combinations of people, which is cool. That’s why I love it. Some days it can be challenging, but then it’s nice to be challenged occasionally, because I’m always learning from it and reminding myself that we’re all different. What you do need as a tour guide is patience, a lot of patience – that’s the beauty of the job,” says Tania.

Wake up and love going to work each day! If Tania’s words have excited you and you would like to guide customers to beautiful Milford, Altitude Tours are now recruiting guides. Get in touch with them at info@altitudetours.co.nz to apply and for more information.

Tania Cullinan has been with Altitude Tours for four years after relocating from the N.I

Scenic Stops are made throughout the day providing an opportunity to show off the country and connect with visitors

While guests cruise Milford Sound, this is a chance for Tania to catch up on stuff, grab a coffee and get ready

WHITE AND WONG’S

EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY

HOUSEKEEPING ALL ROUNDER

We are looking for an enthusiastic Housekeeping Attendant with a keen eye for detail to join our team at Pinewood Lodge. Are you a team player with previous housekeeping or customer service skills? Or wanting to up your experience in the hospitality sector? If so this the right job for you! Offering accommodation, onsite spa, flexible work hours and available overtime, we look forward to welcoming you here at Pinewood.

GENERAL HAND

We are looking for a General Hand who’s not afraid to get their hands dirty to join our Maintenance Team. The right candidate will need to a be a great team player and have experience in similar roles.

A flexible schedule with the willingness to work over time is preferred.

RECEPTIONIST

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Clean bedrooms, communal living areas on a daily basis, working both alone and with a small team of housekeepers.

•Using initiative and forward thinking to complete the tasks in an efficient manner. Ensure all daily routines are followed. Be aware of the guest environment and show due consideration when carrying out duties in guest areas.

•Full drivers licence preferred but not essential.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure consistent and high quality work across all facilities

•Work alongside skilled craft workers/ technicians in the maintenance and repair of buildings / facilities, grounds and equipment

•Assist with facility projects and continuous improvement progress as directed

•Follow all standard operating procedures in line with Delaware North policies

•Maintain a safe work environment by assisting with implementation of OH&S policies and procedures.

Other duties as directed by the Maintenance Manager.

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We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic Receptionist to join our Front Office team. The perfect candidate will need to have exceptional customer service skills; and experience in hotel Front Line roles with proven competency in Hotel Operating Systems. Confidence and accuracy in cash handling is a must.

A flexible schedule and the willingness to work overtime is preferred.

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Assistant Manager / Scarer

We're looking for someone with;

love for all things Horror, and a willingness to scare the people of Queenstown silly.

experience in a management position - Hiring, rostering, open/close etc. preferred.

leadership and people skills

Willing to have fun with special effects makeup and get gory with the team.

and Weekend availability

We're offering;

great pay rate, and a great work / life balance.

opportunity to work a unique and fun job in one of the most beautiful parts of NZ.

interested please email a CV and cover letter to queenstown@fearfactory.co.nz or come visit us in the shop!

CELLAR DOOR SALES

Our team of Wine Advisors is passionate about wine and delivering a world class guest experience for visitors, wine tours and in-house guests at Kinross.

We have several roles available, as we prepare to move into our new Cellar Door building opening in November.

You will suit this role if you have a passion for Central Otago wines, a minimum of 1 years’ experience selling wines direct to clients and a background or qualification in wine. WSET certification is a bonus! We will also consider someone moving from a proven sales career into the wine industry, with a willingness to train and learn. Remuneration is an hourly rate plus significant sales bonuses.

CELLAR DOOR ADMINISTRATOR

We need an experienced administrator or operations person to support our team of Wine Advisors in our new Cellar Door building. This is a full time, min 30 / max 40 hour per week role, including all weekends, but no evenings.

Ideally you will have a hotel or hospitality background and bring this experience to make sure our new Cellar Door building is super organised and efficient, to provide a world class guest experience for all our visitors

You will:

• Have a min of 3 year’s experience in administration and / or operations

• Be unflappable under pressure

• Be well presented and well-spoken with fluentEnglish, spoken and written

• Have excellent time management, be organised and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines

• Be confident working with software such as Excel, Shopify, Xero, Reservation systems, CRM systems, Inventory control systems

• Be interested in wine and able to hold a conversation about wine and food.

Check out our jobs page at www.kinross.nz for details of our great perks + training.

Please apply with CV and cover letter to christine@kinross.nz, giving details of your qualifications and experience. Applicants must currently reside in NZ as a NZ citizen, resident or have a valid working visa. Please give details of your right to work in NZ including visa type and expiry. Own transport and accommodation required, as is a clean police check. Kinross is an Accredited Employer.

Hulbert House is one of Queenstown's original residences. The building has been lovingly restored to match its Victorian heritage and now offers accommodation that is the perfect mix of timeless elegance, with contemporary touches and services. To complement our luxury boutique 5-star accommodation, we are recruiting for a skilled and passionate individual to join our small team in the position of:

Housekeeper

It is essential that the successful candidate for this position, which will consist of a minimum of 20 hours per week, will possess the following attributes:

• Previous experience in a housekeeping role, with unsurpassed levels of attention to detail

• Previous experience working with food, particularly breakfast service

• A desire to deliver and exceed expectations in guest service

•High motivation and energy levels

• Flexibility to work morning and evening shifts, including weekends and public holidays

• A pride in their personal grooming

Applicants must have a good command of English and be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. You must be either a New Zealand Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a current and open work visa with at least 12 months until expiry.

Applications should include a cover letter and should be addressed in the first instance to:

Jade Errington Hotel Manger manager@hulberthouse.co.nz

Supporting everyone towards better health Accounts Receivables

Fixed term maternity cover, 8 months minimum. Flexible working hours.

Full training will be provided, and experience using Xero and MedTech Evolution advantageous. For further information, or to apply, email hr@qmc.co.nz

McDonald’s Restaurants Queenstown are looking for full-time & part-time staff for our restaurants in Frankton and Camp Street for the positions of:

•BARISTA

•LATE NIGHT STAFF (kitchen or service) $25 an hour – Sponsorship Available. We are Accredited with Job Tokens ready to go. Daytime Kitchen, Service, & Cleaning roles also available. To apply, please send your CV to: hr.mcds.qtown@gmail.com or scan the QR code and apply online

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All Front of House positions: Restaurant Manager

Assistant Restaurant Managers

Waitstaff

Food Runners

Bar Tenders

Seeking hospitality professionals to join our busy restaurant.

$24 - $35 per hour

If you any of these roles are of interest to you, please drop your resume into the restaurant or email nicole.simister@botswanabutchery.co.nz

Is currently seeking CHEFS

Starts at $25 ph GENERAL MANAGER

Starts at 60k DUTY MANAGERS

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If you're interested in joining one of Queenstown's iconic restaurants and bars email your CV to chris@smithscraftbeer.co.nz or apply in person.

Valid working visa required.

KITCHEN MANAGER / HEAD CHEF

We have been Arrowtown’s favourite café since 2010 & love and support our amazing local community.

Have you just finished school, wanting a change in career, or looking for a new and exciting role. Then come and talk to us about joining our team!

We are currently looking for long term Plasterboard Fixers, Plasterboard Stoppers, Steel stud Installers, Suspended Ceiling Installers, or Trainees for roles in Queenstown and the surrounding area.

You will need to have the following attributes: Trainees

Good communication skills, English verbal and written.

Attention to detail and able to follow Instructions. Be a competent, disciplined and hardworking Individual who is keen to learn. Work well in a team environment.

Plasterboard Fixers and Stoppers, Suspended Ceiling and Steel stud Installers

Have relevant trade experience. Good communication skills, English verbal and written.

Attention to detail. Work well in a team environment. Must have own transport and tools.

We are an accredited business and can sponsor those with relevant experience. If this sounds like a position that will motivate you, and you would like to join our team then please express your interest by emailing a cover letter and CV to info@bbinteriors.co.nz

Queenstown’s hottest 5 star luxury hotel and home to industry leading F&B outlets – Bazaar Restaurant & Reds Bar.

HOUSEKEEPING ATTENDANTS

From $25/hour

Email: kim_haynes@evt.com

CHEFS, ALL LEVELS

From $27.76/hour

Email: ryan_henley@evt.com

BAR & RESTAURANT STAFF

From $24.15/hour

Email: amy_ribera@evt.com

GUEST SERVICE AGENT

From $24.15/hour

Email: anthony_harper@evt.com

We’re looking for an energetic and experienced chef keen to help us systemise our small daytime kitchen operation and help create memorable moments of hospitality. This position is a hands on cooking role so if you’re a great chef and a loyal team player who wants to learn and grow with us, then let’s talk.

We’re offering an awesome package to the right applicant that includes a great wage and an incentive bonus scheme along with training and development that comes with a tablet that is worth $85K

Send us your CV to: info@provisionscafe.co.nz

Buckingham St - Arrowtown

Counter Sales Role

Redpaths Queenstown is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic team member with great communication skills to work with our fantastic customer base and to fit in with our branch team.

R Redpath Ltd is well established as one of the largest and leading independent South Island Electrical Wholesalers. We have fulltime position 40hrs per week on offer, with duties ranging from counter sales, inwards goods and delivery driving. No experience necessary, you just need to have a good working attitude and full training is provided. Applicants must have full time residency and a NZ drivers license. We offer a competitive salary above minimum wage, accompanied with medical cover and your Birthday off.

So if you are up for the challenge and keen to join a fun team and carve a career path within the company and trade industry, please email your CV with a covering letter to the Branch Manager:

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Pop in and see us or email your CV manager@theexchange.kiwi

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We are seeking Experienced Gib Fixers/ Plasterers

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Has 1-3 years’ experience working with guest services in a hotel reservations / front office senior role. Ideally has an excellent knowledge of Queenstown and surrounds. You'll be charismatic, full of energy, with an ability to think on your feet and use your initiative.

Role description:

Guest Services is responsible for the seamless delivery of our guest's experience at Sherwood including;

• Receiving and processing guest reservations

• Managing direct and in-direct booking sources

• Communicating with guests pre-arrival, and post-stay In-room guest services and experiences

•Room operations systems and processes

•Integration of guest room experience with the larger Sherwood experience

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Work opportunities available.

We are a fun and friendly awardwinning team who are all striving for the same results and looking for the following people to join our us!!

BAR MANAGER

KITCHEN PORTER

What’s in it for you:

Competitive hourly rates

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Sta food and beverages

Fantastic team environment

Applicants

Guaranteed hours

If you’re looking to take your next step forward with a thriving restaurant, want to earn some extra income, please get in touch! Either pop in and see us, message us, or send your interest / CV through to megan@hhgroup.nz

IS A GREAT TIME TO JOIN OUR TEAM

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You could be working in your new career by the end of the month!

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have our passengers interests at heart

Our team get a load (pun intended) of variety in their roles! You are key to the operation and will receive on-the-job training while being paid!

• Receive, weigh (where applicable), correctly stow and deliver all baggage ready for

Ensure the safe, secure and correct stowage as per authorised

Monitor security access to the aircraft and airside operational

Handle priority passengers including unaccompanied minors, wheelchairs, MAAS and tour groups

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QUEENSTOWN

DUTY MANAGERS, BARTENDERS & IN-HOUSE SECURITY

Are you a Hospo Legend looking to claim your life back?

Daytime hours on offer. No split shifts. Get your full-time hours in a 4 day working week and be home by

with nights off.

Dishery in Arrowtown is looking for friendly, hardworking and reliable people to join

O ice Administrator

Are you looking for a Part-Time Role with flexible working hours?

A varied role where no 2 days are the same?

A great team to work with?

Well, we have the role for you!

David Reid Homes Queenstown is looking for a part-time Office Administrator to support their team of 20.

Tasks include:

• Reconciling accounts.

• PA to the Director.

• Maintaining Stock Levels.

• Event Management.

• Arranging Client Gifts.

• Expenses.

• H&S Administration.

• General Administration and more!

This role would best suit someone who is outgoing

can be the heart of the team. They need

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We are seeking hospitality professionals who value a high-performing culture, flexible working arrangements, work-life balance and a caring work environment to join our team in the following roles:

•Duty Manager

•Guest Services Agent

•Night Audit

• Room Attendant

• Food and Beverage Attendants

•Assistant Restaurant Manager

•Assistant Housekeeping Manager

While are always on a look out for experience staff, but we also believe in hiring people without experience with the ‘can do attitude’ and ‘work ethic’. Lots of opportunities to develop and train on offer.

Benefits and Rewards

• Top Dollar$ for the right applicant ($25.50p/h - $29.00p/h)

• Flexible Work Options available

• Heavily Discounted Food and Beverage

• Free staff parking and on duty meals provided.

• Well-being initiatives

• Sustainable work practices

• IHG Room Discounts at over 6,000 hotels worldwide!

When you're a part of IHG, you're more than your job title. And that's what we love – the individual talents, interests and dreams that make you who you are.

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employ people of all skill levels. While we are always on the lookout for experienced staff, we also believe in hiring people without experience, but with the right 'can do' attitude and work ethic. We offer lots of opportunities to develop and train.

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Assistant Manager (Base Support) Queenstown

At Spark, we are proud of helping all New Zealand win big in a digital world.

As part of fulfilling our purpose, we are embarking on a journey with the overarching ambition that our people are unified in their customer obsession and can provide a consistent customer experience across all ways that we interact with our customers. This is a unique role combining customer-facing retail and contact centre customer service leadership role.

And we are on the lookout for an amazing Base Support In our Queenstown Store.

And for further information and to Reply go to https://cutt.ly/rVJ5Nvf or email nicole.simpson@spark.co.nz

Jessica Seymour