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LOCALLY OWNEDSINCE FOREVER BULLETIN

Welcoming newcomers

With the recent weather event and the boil water notice, it is increasingly important for Council to understand and connect with all communities throughout our district to ensure key information is easily accessible and gets to you effectively. One way of helping us connect is through Welcoming Communities | Te Waharoa ki ngā Hapori. We are proud to be a part of this programme which supports newcomers to feel welcome, able to participate in the economic, civic, cultural and social life of their new community, and access some of the day-to-day services they need including those services delivered by Council.

Our newcomers include migrants recently established (under five years), long established migrants (more than five years), Pasifika migrants, international students, and anyone else relocating from other parts of Aotearoa New Zealand and from overseas - this could be students, families, business owners, selfemployed professionals, investors, and many others. Through the Welcoming Communities programme, we have identified around 22 ethnic and Pasifika communities who have been living in our district anywhere between two and 20 years or more. This excludes the traditional UK, Irish, American, Canadian and Australian migrants who are settled here. In addition, some schools’ demographic data mention having between 44 to 61 different ethnicities. This shows how much our district is becoming increasingly diverse.

Designed by Immigration NZ, the Welcoming Communities programme is set to achieve “settlement outcomes” for newcomers, especially persons with ethnic, cultural, linguistic and racial backgrounds. Settlement outcomes include the provision of translation and interpreting services, ongoing workshops on how to access and understand our NZ health and education systems, our laws, employment and tenancy rights, an affordable service provision of ESOL courses, an understanding of our rich local history including te ao Māori and te Tiriti o Waitangi. But above all, Council and partners need to ensure our newcomers are well informed in case of any civil defence emergency, like the one we recently experienced.

One of the key milestones of the programme is the development of a Welcoming Plan 2024-2027 for our district, in collaboration with two local Advisory Groups of community volunteers representing Whakatipu and Upper Clutha. The Plan, which will be shared with the wider community for feedback next autumn, will list key priorities that will enable Council, key agencies and the wider community to create a sense of belonging for our migrant/ethnic communities.

As Mayor, I am passionate about building a welcoming and inclusive community and committed to creating an environment where QLDC and numerous stakeholders play an important role in ensuring that all residents can thrive and belong.

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Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers

Stall holders Charlie Archer and Jess Simpson at Sunday’s Queenstown Community Flea & Art Market, held at Searchlight Brewery. The market was popular with locals and is set to become a monthly event.

December date for boiling water

By Paul Taylor

Thousands of Queenstown residents and workers could be boiling water until early December, due to restrictions prompted by the cryptosporidiosis outbreak.

Those supplied water by Queenstown Lakes District Council’s Two Mile network, including the CBD and Fernhill, face a 10-week wait as temporary UV treatment equipment is installed at the plant.

The estimated completion date is 8 December.

However, properties supplied by the Kelvin Heights water supply network, which includes Frankton, could see the notice lifted by the end of the school holidays (8 October).

Queenstown’s mayor Glyn Lewers says QLDC is also continuing to work with water regulator Taumata Arowai to explore options that would enable the boil water notice to be lifted earlier everywhere.

A source of infection has yet to be identified and testing of the water supplies continues to return negative results for the presence of cryptosporidium or other signs of contamination.

QLDC issued the boil water notice on 18 September due to the outbreak. It was then cemented in place by Taumata Arowai, who issued a ‘noncompliance’ order on QLDC due to the lack of a protozoa barrier at its Two Mile water treatment plant.

That left QLDC scrambling to find a solution, to help thousands of frustrated residents and businesses.

As Lakes Weekly Bulletin went to press, there were 56 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, 12 probable cases, and 8 under investigation.

However, Lewers says these can all be linked back to the original outbreak. “... increasingly the indicators point to their being no current contamination issue which is why we are pushing to lift the boil water notice in its entirety as soon as possible,” he says.

Lewers reinforced the need for people to adhere to the notice in the interim. Water testing is ongoing.

QLDC has ordered UV disinfection equipment, an effective barrier treatment against cryptosporidium, for the Two Mile water treatment plant. But the right-sized equipment is not immediately available, so it will install temporary systems over the next 10 weeks.

“Once the larger equipment arrives, we will swap out the temporary systems for use elsewhere in the district,” QLDC General Manager Property & Infrastructure Tony Avery says.

“This approach, and taking this opportunity to secure other units, means that we are able to promptly implement UV treatment not only at Two Mile but also water supplies at Western Wānaka, Beacon Point in Wānaka, and Luggate.”

That 10-week programme for the temporary UV includes undertaking detailed design, procurement of the component parts and fabrication of the container housing for the equipment, delivery, site connection and commissioning, and flushing of the network.

Further details of the full programme, including the timeline for installing the larger UV reactors at Two Mile will be provided this week.

Avery says last week, QLDC submitted a plan to Taumata Arowai to isolate the Kelvin Heights water supply network from the Two Mile Network. It already has effective barrier treatment against protozoa such as cryptosporidium.

QLDC is working hard to see normal service returned as quickly as possible, he says, and aims to lift that before the end of the school holidays. Lewers says he’s personally frustrated with the Kelvin Heights boil water notice in particular remaining in place any longer.

Public Health has identified some cases of secondary infection of crypto. This means that there are some people who are getting it from people they live or work with.

Latest health advice

• Wash your hands with lots of soap and water for at least 20 seconds and then dry them thoroughly on a clean towel

• Do not rely on hand sanitizer as this is not effective against cryptosporidium

• If someone in your household has cryptosporidiosis, ensure all surfaces, including door handles, are cleaned regularly with a cleaning product that contains hydrogen peroxide. Chlorine based products do not work against cryptosporidium and bleachbased products are not as effective

• Sharing bathwater can spread crypto to other people. If you or any of your children, including babies, have had crypto, or crypto symptoms, do not share bathwater until symptom free for two weeks.

• Anyone who has had symptoms of crypto (diarrhoea) shouldn’t enter a swimming or spa pool either, until they have been symptom free for two weeks

• QLDC will continue to provide ongoing messaging about the boil water notice and share relevant health advice from Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Southern

The Two Mile Water intake, on Lake Wakatipu

Mayor Glyn Lewers, left, and QLDC infrastructure GM Tony Avery

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Return of the gap yearers

By Sue Fea

Gap year travellers have been a noticeable absence from the Queenstown jobs market since the pandemic hit.

Once a staple of the hospo and tourism scene, and Queenstown Bay beach, the backpacking youngsters, who take an OE between high school and university or full time work, have been slow to return to New Zealand’s shores. High prices for plane tickets have likely been a huge factor for these budgetconscious working holidaymakers, from the UK, Europe, the US and beyond. But in July, a year since the borders reopened fully, the Government announced relaxed conditions for young Brits, who can now stay and work up to three years, while increasing the number of Spaniards allowed in under the scheme.

National, too, has pledged to tweak the system if elected, including extending the age limit from 32 to 35 years old, capturing those late blooming careersabbatical gap yearers.

Last month 4,938 working holiday visas were issued, back to pre-Covid levels for the first time, and that doesn’t capture the Aussies, who can work here visa-free. From January to May, there were 1.4 million guest nights recorded at backpackers across NZ, compared to 1.7m for the whole of 2022.

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In a recent survey by UK company StressFreeCarRental.com, Queenstown ranked fifth out of the top eight destinations for gap year travellers. Five of the others were budget-friendly Asian destinations, along with California and Cairns, Australia.

Despite being “pricey”, the South Island tourist hot spot is “well worth visiting in a gap year”, because of its stunning world-famous landscapes, epic nightlife and employment opportunities (although it also says long term accommodation is “easy” to find).

Destination Queenstown boss Mat Woods says reputation is everything on the world stage and it’s taken decades to earn that good reputation.

“It’s more than just the nightlife too. It’s the ability to be able to work and still play, whether you work during the day or at night,” Woods says.

Recreational activities like mountain biking, skiing, rock climbing and trail running are all within such close proximity to the town, which is appealing to backpackers.

“It’s all so accessible. You can finish work up Skyline then mountain bike down.”

It’s important not to underestimate the value of the huge domestic gap year market too, he says.

“They may have finished school or be part way through a degree and potentially they may have connections here which makes it easier for them to find accommodation,” Woods says.

High contributing travellers stay longer, forge local connections, learn, and give back to our community.

“Backpackers totally fit this category as they usually stay six months or more, then go home and promote our pinot and craft beers. They’re great ambassadors.”

Backpacker employment levels have been picking up, he says, rising closer to pre-Covid levels. And while finding longer-term accommodation does take a while, there’s still good housing out there long-term.

Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce boss Sharon Fifield says working holidaymakers are an important part of Queenstown’s workforce and keep the town humming in peak seasons.

“They’re high contributing given they visit here to both work and experience the area, so here’s to many more gap year Brits coming our way,” Fifield says. An estimated 45 million backpacking trips taken across the globe annually.

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Hang onto your hats – El Nino is here!

By Sue Fea

We’ll be hanging onto our sunhats this spring, and bracing for some very hot days, possibly 30degC in October, as this year’s El Nino weather pattern bears down on Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago.

NIWA principal scientist forecasting and media Chris Brandolino says while Queenstown’s central positioning is a little harder to predict, the warm 100km/hr winds last month were typical of El Nino. This is often followed by heavy rain as was the case with the big electric storm here last month. “That week was a dress rehearsal for spring and summer,” he says.

While El Nino produces wetter in the west and hotter and windier in the east, the Wakatipu’s likely to see windier conditions, typical of spring.

“This spring is likely to produce wild swings in temperature. Air pressure in New Zealand, with its dominant westerlies, will leave the country more exposed than normal to dramatic swings in temperatures,” Brandolino says. “This variability will be expressed by spells of unseasonable warmth from Australian air masses and sharply colder southerlies flowing in behind, with little middle ground.”

Each El Nino has its own personality - 2015 produced a “quintessential El Nino” until January, with October temperatures reaching 30degC. “I’d be most surprised if we didn’t get 30degC this October,” Brandolino says.

However, strong westerly fronts may occasionally impact the western and lower South Island too, bringing heavy rain and flooding risks to the West Coast, inland Otago and Southland.

Bannockburn’s Carrick Peonies owner John Chambers says the emerging El Nino spring weather – predicted by some to be the worst in 60 to 80 years, is a bit concerning for growers.

“We’ve been told that apart from stronger, more frequent winds we could get temperatures into the late 20s this month (October) and if that occurs around our late October harvest, we can’t get the stems picked quickly enough,” Chambers says. “We had two 30degC back-toback days during a similar El Nino weather pattern in 2015 and our season lasted 10 days to two weeks – half the normal time.”

He lost several thousand stems with only a brief 30-minute window before the buds turn in that kind of early heat. “I feel the way the weather

pattern is heading at present that it will have some impact on us, but it’s too early to tell.”

It’s not only warmer daytime temperatures in spring that affect budding in his in-demand export quality flowers sent all over the world, but also warmer night-time temperatures expected during El Nino. During that hot October spell night-time temperatures didn’t fall below 10degC. They’re usually 3degC to 6degC.

“A flower can be not ready to pick then if it’s too hot in just 30 minutes it’s gone, and we can’t use it. Bud stage is quite critical to ensure the right quality when it lands with a florist in New York so it can affect our export production.” In reverse, he lost half of his 20,000 to 23,000 peonies during last year’s spring polar blast. “We are very dependent on weather. In 23 years, that was the worst,” he says.

The northwesterly gusts of 90km/hr on 20 September, followed by torrential rain, were a bit of a foretaste and while Chambers was mostly sheltered, another Central Otago grower reported some broken stems. Rebecca Trotter, of Luggate’s Red Bridge Berries, says strawberries liked the cooler winter and they’re looking better than last year, although they have a smaller crop this year due to failed, storm-hit crops in the North Island. “They only produced 30% of normal production and that’s where we get all our plants from,” she says. Plant prices are really high as a result so Trotter’s hoping people will want to come pick their own. Award-winning winemaker Grant Taylor, of Valli Wines, says buds aren’t even out yet and crop levels are usually set by flowering levels from the previous year. “It was such a good warm summer so we’re expecting good flowers, but anything can happen. You go with what you get. There’s nothing you can do to prepare for it.”

MetService forecaster Gerard Bellam predicts more of a swing to changeable westerly weather and less easterly for Queenstown LakesCentral Otago now that El Nino is here. “Last year the south of the South Island was sheltered from fronts, but you can expect more fronts from the west now,” he says. However, El Nino is also likely to bring some very warm, hot spells ahead of those fronts. “You’ll probably be returning to a more normal spring. You’ve had less wind the last few years due to La Nina.”

Podiums to finish the season

By QMG

Queenstown Lakes ski season is about to wrap for 2023 but there’s still been time late on for local youngsters to take down some medals Wānaka Freeskier Luca Harrington took the win at the heavily stacked international FIS Australia New Zealand Cup Slopestyle competition, at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Sunday.

The comp was part of the four-day 2023 Cardrona NZ Freestyle Nationals, which faced challenging weather conditions, as spring brought seasonal high winds to region.

What was originally scheduled to be a slopestyle qualification day and a slopestyle final day, ended up being changed to two days of slopestyle qualification.

After his win Harrington says: “It’s awesome, it’s always nice to take the win on home snow. It was great to be able to hold it down and hopefully provide some inspiration for the younger kiwi athletes and prove to them that you can make it in this sport growing up in Wānaka.”

Harrington laced together a technical combination on the top two rails, before heading into the four jumps, throwing down four huge tricks in four different directions of rotation.

Lucas Ball (CAN) was second and Martyn Kingston (USA) third. Kiwi Fergus McArthur (17, Auckland) finished just 0.33 points off the podium in fourth place.

Current Slopestyle and Big Air Junior World Champion Taiga Hasegawa, of Japan, won the snowboard slopestyle, with teammate Kira Kimura second, and Switzerland’s Nicolas Huber third. Kiwi Dane Menzies (18, Wānaka) finished fourth.

Earlier in the week, Mischa Thomas (15, Auckland) claimed the gold in the women’s FIS Australia New Zealand Cup Slopestyle competition. And 15-year-old Queenstowner Madeleine Disbrowe joined Thomas on the podium in bronze medal position, showing the depth and breadth of the women’s freeski talent in New Zealand.

Disbrowe, who finished fourth in the FIS Freeski Slopestyle Junior World Championships last month, was stoked.

The men’s freeski podium

“The biggest thing for me today was dialing up my rail game, I did a disaster 270 onto the down rail which is a new trick for me,” she says. “I am pleased because today was the first time I have landed it in competition and it’s been a big goal for me to spin onto the rails!”

Ava Beer (14, Te Anau) represented New Zealand in the snowboarding comp, finishing fourth.

Cardrona Alpine Resort is due to close on 15 October, with The Remarkables closing this Sunday, 8 October. Coronet Peak and Treble Cone have already closed for 2023.

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LAKES WEEKLY POLL

LWB regularly polls locals on issues affecting our region. This week’s responses are below.

Have you been sick with the crypto bug?

Unsure No

Yes

Yes - 11% No - 78%

Unsure - 12% Yes - 26%

Spring: Week Two - Mulch

Last week, we looked at three free garden fertilising tips that won’t cost you a cent (almost) and this week we follow that up with six free mulching ideas that your garden will love. With spring well and truly under way it’s time to enjoy building back your vege garden beds.

If you don’t have a lot of room, repurposing pots, buckets and bins you can easily create veggie beds for very little cost, especially if you have a small garden or balcony. If you’ve got space, start with one to two beds and expand each year as you grow in confidence.

If you’re unsure how to start or need some compost gardening tips, drop me a message on the Dr Compost Facebook page.

- 63% Unsure - 11%

Are you happy about plans for a new chairlift into Shadow Basin up The Remarks? Yes

Do political campaigns ever change your vote? Yes - 58% No - 10%

Unsure - 32%

How often do you change your bath / shower towels?

Once a month

Every day

1. The first free mulch is grass clippings! We’re about to hit lawn-mowing season and a plentiful supply of this green wonder. No longer seen as a painful thing to do, it’s time to see this ever-replenishing supply as a useful resource. In the garden, use it as a mulch around veggies to feed the soil. It has the added bonus of keeping the ‘carrot fly’ away. Keep mulching your carrots with the clippings. In the compost heap, grass clippings are a great nitrogen source. You can quickly fill up a bin alternating layers of grass with a carbon source (wood chips / leaves / straw). Remember to keep all grass clippings away from the base of plants. No touching allowed.

Once a week

Every day - 13%

Once a week - 78%

Once a month - 8%

Longer - 0%

2. Comfrey leaves. Not all gardens are big enough to have a comfrey patch. If you have any fruit trees, you can have comfrey growing underneath them as a living mulch. Cutting the leaves multiple times during the growing season gives you a plentiful supply of mineral rich mulching matter to put around the base of your veggies. Be generous, these leaves break down quickly. Ask a friend to dig up and share some comfrey root with you.

3. OK, these ones are almost free and if you collect the seed will become free! Broad Beans. Broad beans grow fast, produce lots of luscious mulching material, have the added bonus of fixing heaps of nitrogen in the root zone and there’s also a tasty bean! You could grow a dedicated bed a month prior to planting your main crop (now’s a great time). They don’t have to grow to full size. Cut them down when you need the bed. Leave them where you cut them down and plant your seedlings in this great mulch. The other option is to plant the broad beans around your heavy feeders. Cut them in half every time they get a bit unruly or in the way. They will come back a few times with side shoots. Then you can just chop and drop.

4. Free seeds. Almost free. Getting together with some fellow gardeners with your seed packets in hand and swapping seeds.

Which is your favourite season in Queenstown?  Spring

Autumn

Winter - 10%

Spring - 19%

Summer - 54%

Autumn - 16%

There were 237 respondents this week. If you would like to take part: you can sign up on the LWB Facebook page.

5. Free seeds number two. The local libraries have free seeds to give away. They are creating seed banks for people to bring surplus saved seed and to give seed to you for free.

6. Free seeds number three. This is the year to save some of your own seeds. Choose one or two vegetables you’d like to save seeds from. Easy ones are Heritage tomatoes, pumpkins and lettuce. With the lettuce, don’t save seed from the one that bolts first. Save the plant that looks great, has no disease and is last to bolt in the heat. Happy composting and gardening.

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

Lost & Found

FOUND

Unclaimed items sitting at the Police Station, at 11 Camp Street, this week include:

• BLACK HANDBAG, nil ID, located overnight 30th Sept

• BLACK GLASSONS HANDBAG, nil contents

• ISABELLE CARUANA – Travel pouch

• IPHONE WITH CLEAR CASE painted with leaves and a pull out hand hold with a bee on it

• LOUISE GRAHAM – purse

• XI QU – pink purse

• GOOGLE PHONE, black in black case

• WHITE IPHONE SE, no case

• ASHLEY HALE – wallet

• IPHONE with black flip case

• ASHLEY LYSAGHT – cardholder

• LUKE KAYANI – cardholder

• IPHONE, black Lifeproof case, ‘High Rollers’ sticker

• IPHONE, red with red/clear case

• AIDEN RIDINGS – wallet

• NERIO FRANI - wallet

• BEN DEEGAN – wallet

• PANDORA BRACELET - it has a Koala bear charm amongst other. Found by the Stanley Street Bus stop on 29/09/23.

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Community

ALTRUSA CHARITY FASHION SHOW IS ON 12 October from 6:30pm at Arvida Queenstown Country Clubhouse. You’re Invited for a night of fashion & fun! We are raising funds for Whakatipu Youth Trust. Grab your tickets early and support your community Tickets $35 includes welcome bubbles, cheese platter & cash bar. Tickets & info email altrusaqueenstown@gmail.com call Ngaire Hayes 021 078 2997

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

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. Volunteers wanted!

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.

ST JOHN ROOMS FOR HIRE. 1 X office space with free WIFI. 1 x room seats 30, 1 x room seats 100 with whiteboards, smart TVs, projector screens, free WIFI, shared kitchen and fantastic views! Contact Sarah on 027 206 6340 or queenstownreception@stjohn. org.nz for bookings and more info.

Everything Else

AT THE WORLD’S EDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL, 7-20 October, Queenstown Lakes. The classical music festival in the heart of the Southern Alps. Six programmes, free events and international artists. www.worldsedgefestival.com

SUSTAINABLE QUEENSTOWN ARE BRINGING REPAIR REVOLUTION BACK. Sunday, 15 October, 11am-3pm, Te Atamira. Bring your broken household items and let our repair heroes help you renew, revive and repair them- save them from landfill. First in, first served, free/koha.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. FILL A SHOEBOX OR donate individual gifts (new), for children in the Pacific. Leaflets/boxes at Salvation Army, Fresh Choice, Orphan’s Aid shop near BP and the Libraries or ph Sharon 0276427575. Return by October 20. operationchristmaschild.org.nz

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “NEVER TRY TO be someone else’s definition of beautiful. You have to define beautiful for yourself.”

- Zendaya

DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD BULLWORKER THEY want to get rid of? I’d be happy to give you a few bucks in return. ThanksPeter. ALPHECCA@GMAIL.COM

YOUNG PICASSOS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM TERM 4

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Public Notice | Pānui

BOIL WATER NOTICE AFFECTING THE QUEENSTOWN WATER SUPPLY NETWORK

This notice is issued following confirmation of a number of local cases of illness caused by the protozoa, cryptosporidium. The source of these cases is not yet confirmed but the drinking water supply is being investigated. In the meantime, a boil water notice is in place to protect public health.

Where this notice applies:

The boil water notice is in place until further notice for all properties serviced by a Council water supply in the following areas:

• Queenstown Town Centre (out to Industrial Place)

• Queenstown Hill

• Frankton Road and suburbs on the hill above Frankton Road

• Fernhill and Sunshine Bay

Por Daniela Díaz Soto ddiazsoto@gmail.com

NUESTRA VOZ

Queenstown Multicultural Festival 2023: la celebración que nos une

La diversidad cultural en Queenstown es innegable. Distintas comunidades de todas partes del mundo convergen en una misma ciudad, en búsqueda de nuevas oportunidades y también integración.

Pese a que muchas personas han elegido Queenstown como su nuevo hogar, muy lejos de su país de origen, es importante conectar con nuestras propias raíces para mantener una sensación de pertenencia e identidad, la que muchas veces cuesta encontrar siendo inmigrantes.

Al interactuar con personas de diferentes procedencias, desarrollamos la capacidad de comprender y respetar las perspectivas y valores de los demás, fomentando también la tolerancia, empatía, colaboración, apertura e inclusión.

La multiculturalidad no sólo se trata de la coexistencia de diferentes culturas, sino también de la oportunidad de aprender unos de otros. Aunque nuestras raíces puedan ser únicas, todos compartimos el deseo de conexión con la comunidad.

Este próximo sábado se presentará la oportunidad para honrar y explorar las muchas culturas que comparten en esta ciudad. Se trata del “Queenstown Multicultural Festival 2023”, la segunda edición de este encuentro que ofrecerá una jornada llena de entretenidas actividades para festejar la diversidad y riqueza de nuestras tradiciones.

El evento dispondrá de más de 40 variedades de gastronomía de diversos países, numerosos stands con muestras y artesanías de las comunidades participantes, exposiciones, música en vivo, bailes típicos, performances de artistas locales, juegos y entretenimientos para los niños, además de variados talleres, entre muchas otras sorpresas.

Los organizadores y voluntarios llevan meses de intensa preparación para este encuentro en el que se espera la llegada de miles de personas, e invitan a participar a todas las comunidades para celebrar lo que nos une y lo que nos hace diferentes, abrir un puente donde podamos compartir costumbres y así construir y fortalecer lazos.

La fiesta es anunciada como cien por ciento sustentable, por lo que el objetivo es que sea libre de desechos. Por esta razón, se pide llevar recipiente propio o platos, tazones, vasos y cubiertos; como palillos, tenedores y cuchillos, además de botella de agua considerando los problemas de contaminación que aún persisten en algunas zonas de Queenstown.

El Festival Multicultural se llevará a cabo el próximo sábado 7 de octubre en Queenstown Events Center, ubicado en Joe O’Connel Drive, Frankton. El horario será desde las 10:00 hasta las 16:00 horas y la entrada es con donación.

• Frankton, including Five Mile, Remarkables Park and Glenda Drive

• Quail Rise, including Tuckers Beach Road

• Kelvin Heights

• Hanleys Farm

Please go to www.qldc.govt.nz/crypto for a map of affected areas.

What you need to do

If you live, work, run a business or are visiting / staying in an affected area please boil all drinking water for at least one minute (or use boiled water) for the following uses:

• Drinking water (including cold beverages and ice-making)

• Food preparation (including washing uncooked foods such as salads, vegetables and fruit)

• Preparing baby/infant formula

• Washing food utensils

• Brushing teeth

• Pets’ drinking water

Water for showering, laundry or other uses does not need to be boiled. Be cautious when bathing babies and young children as they might swallow water.

If you are feeling unwell

The most common symptoms of cryptosporidium infection are smelly, watery diarrhoea and stomach cramps. If you live or work in or are visiting the affected area and are experiencing these symptoms, call your family doctor or Healthline on 0800 611 116 for free advice from a registered nurse 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

How to stop the spread of infection

The best thing you and your whānau can do to stop the spread of cryptosporidium (crypto) infection is to practise good hand hygiene. This means scrubbing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and drying them thoroughly with a clean towel. Note: hand sanitizer does not work against cryptosporidium.

If someone in your household has crypto, please make sure all surfaces, including door handles, are cleaned regularly with a cleaning product that contains hydrogen peroxide. Chlorine based products do not work against crypto and bleach based products are not as effective.

For more info and updates visit www.qldc.govt.nz/crypto

For information about cryptosporidiosis, including symptoms and treatment visit healthed.govt.nz/products/cryptosporidium-and-giardia

For guidance on filtration and UV disinfection systems to stop the need to boil water due to protozoa risk go to Taumata Arowai https://www.taumataarowai.govt.nz/for-communities/emergencies

COMMUNITY NOTES

Biketober is back

As far as inventions go, the humble bicycle is up there with the best. Egalitarian transport, gentle exercise and pure, simple joy. Throughout its history, the cycle has opened up worlds of possibility. Today, it offers one of the simplest forms of climate action. And we need it, desperately; if we’re going to reach net carbon zero by 2030, we’ve got six years to halve our emissions. And it’s not going to happen from the car.

Biketober is back for the second year to celebrate all things pedal-powered. Run by not-for-profit Wao Aotearoa, the annual Southern Lakes Festival of Cycling will transform the month of October with workshops, races, family events, film nights and more.

Biketober is a celebration, and a rallying cry. According to researchers at the University of Innsbruck, driving 500 metres equates to roughly 1kg of glacial ice melt. We need to change our behaviour, fast. This festival is a chance to ignite an active transport culture in our community, and to gather in the name of a future on a liveable planet. A future filled with bicycles.

Across Queenstown, Glenorchy, Arrowtown, Wānaka, Alexandra and Roxburgh there’ll be a range of events for all ages, from a native plant cycle tour, six-hour mountain bike race and e-bike picnic to film nights, maintenance workshops and a kōrero on bike-packing.

Climate takes centre stage

Wao Aotearoa’s annual climate festival will feature more than 40 different events, workshops, films, pop-ups, and tours taking place throughout Wānaka, Queenstown and Glenorchy.

The full programme for the festival, which is held from 24-29 October and draws climate and sustainability experts from across Aotearoa and around the world, has now been released.

“This year we’re focusing on collective action,” Wao General Manager Monique Kelly says.

“Coming together for a concentrated period each year provides us an anchor point, where we can align on ‘where are we at now’, and decide ‘where we want to be heading together next’. When we come together we can drive collective action to generate greater change.”

The 2023 programme will focus on circular economy and living lightly, as well as partnerships and collaboration through a series of governance for purpose workshops and regenerative tourism hui.

Community resilience will also be spotlighted as well as playing host once again to the kōreros, the bigger conversations which ask “What will 2050 look like?” and how climate will impact supply chains in “This Climate Business”.

The programme includes comprehensive workshops, with full days focusing on regenerative tourism and better building, as well as targeted workshops on communication for change and the Right to Repair.

The six-day festival from the community non-profit, established six years ago, also celebrates the incredible mahi taking place in our community right now, with a series of tours and tiny talks featuring local sustainability experts and climate action heroes.

Things kicked off on 30 September, with Boots 2 Bikes in Wānaka, in what was a fun afternoon in a closed-off Ardmore carpark combining retro ski gear and bikes.

Wao Summit program manager Babu Blatt, part of the organising team behind Biketober, hopes to see way more bikes on our roads come October.

“I’m most looking forward to the Chargeabout Tour De Fridge: it combines bikes, community, quirkiness, music and food/drinks - all my faves!” Blatt says.

There is the Glenorchy Gravel Grind on Saturday, 14 October as well as a festival of biking events across Labour weekend at the Cyclorama ebike festival in Arrowtown

Amongst other highlights will be the Wao Green Drinks on 19 October, exploring Queenstown being a ‘10 minute city’, the two bike film nights on 10 October and 17.

As well as official Wao Biketober events, Blatt says this year the number of partner events has ramped up. “It’s awesome - the whole community is coming on board!” Activities, many of which are free, include group rides, social events, tours and a week’s worth of activities for kids.

And if it’s competition that gets you moving, try entering the Biketober Challenge through Lovetoride.net. You might surprise yourself, and inspire your mates to get involved and give you a run for your money.

At the end of the day, we need to get out of our cars in whatever way we can. Because, whilst the Southern Lakes is a region which goes crazy for recreational biking, we’re not doing so well transport-wise. Across 2021 and 2022, the Wao initiative, Get SMART, Get Moving ran a local transport survey to find out how our community was moving around. Despite 70% of people having access to a cycle, people were making the majority of their trips (most of which were short - under 10 kilometres) in the car.

Whether it’s an e-bike picnic, a mountain bike race or a night about bikepacking which sparks your interest, Biketober has got something for every appetite. If we want a liveable planet, we urgently need to change what we’re doing, but it needn’t be grim. Get your bike ready, and we’ll see you at the festival.

Tickets: https://www.wao.co.nz/events/biketober2023

For more information and to get tickets go to wao.co.nz/summit2023

Wao co-founder Monique Kelly (left) at a previous Wao Summit event at Rippon

This year Wao summit has introduced a new Flexi Pass, which allows pass holders to pic and mix from the program of events.

2023 has been a big year for you and also for your team who have gone above and beyond again this year.

Your Christmas function is the opportunity to really show your appreciation to those who have made it all happen this year.

The Christmas Function is a big deal for your team and something everyone looks forward to as we head into the summer season. Get ahead this year and grab your party booking early.

Bookings will go fast as many venues have limited capacity this year.

Digitising the past, to protect it for the future

By Sue Fea

Lakes District Museum is in a race against time to protect the Wakatipu’s past and bring it ‘back to the future’.

One of the basin’s most popular tourist attractions, and on one of Arrowtown’s most significant historical goldrush sites, this fascinating mass treasure trove is hugely rich in local history.

It’s always been freely accessible to everyone from film script writers and researchers to genealogists and school groups. Museum director David Clarke says the challenge now is to ensure every archive is digitised so that it’s even more widely accessible and protected for future generations.

“We have thousands of paper archives, photos, meeting minutes, books and objects, some are digitised, but 80% are not,” he says. “Papers Past– a digitised version of the country’s newspapers, is an amazing research tool – a treasure trove of information, and we’re sitting on one of those here.”

It’s a huge task that requires digital archivist specialists and the right equipment.

The museum also has 300 existing oral histories recorded on tape from those who’ve passed that also need to be safely digitised.

“We’d also like to focus on the stories of our new communities locally and get them involved in the museum with some of their oral histories,” Clarke says. There are some 61 different nationalities represented in the Wakatipu.

“We see their children in our educational programmes and as part of our museum audience. We realise we don’t necessarily interact with this new audience and hear their stories, so they too need to be shared on a digital platform.”

All of these artefacts and histories need to be made more widely available to the public through quick, easy access online, although Clarke says they “won’t be taking the detective out of it” for those who still love to dig and delve in wonder through the museum archives.

Among the treasures are documents donated by Wakatipu pioneer William Rees’ great, great granddaughter Rosemary Marryat. These include a letter from his famous English cricketer godson W. G. Grace. “He wrote to Rees saying the Australians had played in ‘bad spirit’,” Clarke grins.

“Some of these are priceless documents and really interesting ephemera like goldrush ball tickets, farming receipts and serviettes off the old lake steamers,” Clarke says. “Once digitised these can be used in books, by researchers looking at council plans, filmmakers, interior designers, design consultants, anyone. It just makes it a lot easier and faster.”

Lakes District Museum was recently named among five finalists in the latest round of Impact 100 grant funding applications, with the winners to be announced at an awards gala on 25 October. Two $100,000 grants are up for grabs this year.

If successful, the museum would use the $100k to contract two assistant archivists for a year and buy new equipment to get the job done. “It’s a huge process and this money would pay those staff and buy the necessary specialist scanners that can take the likes of old council minutes books and digitise them,” Clarke says.

“There are programmes now that convert copper plate writing to Word Documents.” New camera gear capable of digitising larger works like maps will be purchased.

“Until now we’ve relied on a photocopier and scanner that is 20 years old. This funding would give us the kickstart and then we can continue to selffund the operation ourselves.”

However, the main priority is to protect the archives. “A museum director is always nervous when they hear a fire siren. Heaven forbid that ever happens,” Clarke says. “It’s our responsibility to protect the district’s history.” The museum has good storage, but all these items need to be moved onto the cloud. “At present staff take any existing digital records on a portable hard drive across to the Post Office’s fireproof safe each week.”

Museum staff have been incredibly busy these last few years with fundraising for and completing the $3 million-plus earthquake strengthening project. It’s now time to focus on its ‘Digitising the Past – Inspiring the Future’ project, he says.

The next concern will be how to record contemporary history. “Nobody’s writing love letters anymore and most photos are only on phones, many only looked at once. We want to be able to get people to select their digital photos and deposit them at the museum because they can tell future generations so much about our social history.”

FINAL FIVE

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Mountaineer’s memoir 30 years in the making

By The Outlet Podcast

Wānaka mountaineer Guy Cotter put pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions to good use by writing his memoir: ‘Everest Mountain Guide – The remarkable story of a Kiwi mountaineer’.

Cotter told Queenstown App podcast The Outlet that in a way he had been writing the book for over 30 years.

“I’d kept diaries of all my expeditions wherever I first went there in 1992,” he said.

“And through Covid, I had a bit of time on my hands. So I figured, well, rather than do nothing, I’ll just complete some projects that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.”

Writing the book was one of them, but it wasn’t a case of him sitting in a quiet study near Wānaka writing for hours. While he started writing during the early days of the pandemic, the rewriting and editing process lasted much longer.

“I’d find myself in a hotel room in Punta Arenas at the bottom of South America between expeditions or Kathmandu or whatever, or in a base camp somewhere trying to rewrite a section and then getting it back [to my editor].”

Cotter says his motivation was to provide some background information about what goes on on Everest.

“Everyone’s got an opinion about what happens on Everest, but people aren’t all aware of all of the detail and all of the backstory and what it really is like on the mountain. I wanted to fill some of those gaps.”

One thing he particularly wanted to include were the events of 1996.

Cotter owns Adventure Consultants, which has been based in Wānaka for more than 25 years. The business was established by Rob Hall and Gary Ball in 1992, and Guy guided on its first commercial expedition to Mt Everest in 1992.

“A lot of people will know about what happened in 1996 with the passing of Rob Hall and Andy

‘Everest Mountain Guide – The remarkable story of a Kiwi mountaineer’ Harris and Doug Hanson, Yasuko Namba, Scott Fischer… I wanted to ensure that there was a preamble to that and that the build-up to ‘96 showed that ‘96 wasn’t just an isolation,” he said. “I also wanted to focus on what happened after that, what it was like for me to take on the mantle of running Adventure Consultants…”

Adventure Consultants downsized after the arrival of Covid-19 and the border restrictions, but the company relaunched globally in 2022 and has been based in a temporary office upstairs in Wānaka’s Spencer House Mall since June this year.

Cotter said there is “a huge amount of drama on a peak like Everest every year” and his book covers much of it, but he also looks at wider issues. “[I try] to give a rounded view of what’s going on on Everest rather than just the dramatic headlines we hear all the time,” he said.

‘Everest Mountain Guide – The remarkable story of a Kiwi mountaineer’ is due to be released on October 13.

Details have yet to be confirmed for a Wānaka book launch.

This session uses the knowledge that educators bring with them about Te Tiriti and enhances it by unpacking the four articles inherent within the Māori version of Te Tiriti and considering what these look like within education.

Educators will be encouraged to re ect upon their current tiriti-based practices, consider new tiriti-based practice and become more con dent in their knowledge and articulating how Te Tiriti o Waitangi is brought to life within their place of learning.

For ECE kaiako this session will enhance knowledge of the foundation upon which Te Whāriki, our bicultural curriculum framework is built upon.

Presented by: Jess Tuhega - MOE Curriculum Lead

This workshop will enhance the existing knowledge kaiako have on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and focus on moving beyond the rhetorical notion of ‘honouring’ Te Tiriti to bringing it to life within our services, classrooms and schools.

Guy Cotter on Lhotse in 2013

Arts+Culture

Multicultural Festival returns, bigger and better

by Jess Allen

The second annual Queenstown Multicultural Festival will go ahead this Saturday at Queenstown Events Centre. The koha event is organised by a committee that represents the multi-ethnic communities in the region, and the festival aims to celebrate and promote the diversity of cultures, ethnicities and traditions here. Following a successful debut in 2022 at the Memorial Centre, the event has grown this year to include more of our local multicultural communities and is to be held in a larger space. There were 900 visitors last year, and they’re expecting more to attend this time.

Eric Lim is the co-chair of the event and is helping to coordinate the team of volunteers. He’s taken on last year’s feedback to make this a successful and welcoming day for all.

“Last year’s feedback said that it was more Asian cultural and not multicultural enough," he says. "This year we decided to make it right and we invited a lot of groups and communities from around Queenstown. We got the support from Welcoming Communities, which is Sylvia [Dancose], who is the connector for us, joining all the communities and leaders together.

“We have a selection of volunteers that all help out in various roles. It’s quite a challenging process and also quite a rewarding one because you can see everyone come together – some feeling quite committed to the process and some may feel a little intimidated as we’ve jumped from a smaller scale to a bigger scale. The main objective is that we want to create a safe and welcoming space for everyone to come and join this event.”

Lim stresses the importance of everyone coming together as one and celebrating that togetherness. There will be three main pillars of the event to help achieve their goals. The first is food, because kai brings everyone together! There are going to be a number of food trucks and individuals serving up traditional dishes from many different countries and cultures.

Next will be performances – there’s a jam-packed programme lined up. Some of what will be on offer includes traditional dancing from the Philippines, a Japanese drumming organisation, singers in a range of different dialogues and languages, Indonesian dancing, karate demonstrations, Highland dancing, and so much more. The main stage will run all day and there will also be a raffle draw with all the proceeds going back to the event.

Finally, there’s the cultural booth. “The cultural booth is mainly a sharing space for different cultural activities," Lim says. "For example the Japanese community will teach people how origami works, and we’ve also got Chinese calligraphy, and Malaysia and Indonesia will have fabrics that are kind of sarongs, which will be a wrap-around skirt tight. It’s bringing different parts of the world to this event and giving people a taste of the country.”

AWE Artist Profile –Jordan Bak

by Jess Allen

From 7 – 20 October, At the World’s Edge Music Festival will run across Queenstown, Wānaka, Bannockburn and Cromwell. The classical music event is inspired by its roots in the Southern Alps of Aotearoa and offers spectacular sounds against a majestic backdrop. Six programmes of chamber music will be performed across the two weeks.

Last week we highlighted two Wellington artists, Jack Moyer and Otis PrescottMason. Continuing our look at the festival, this week we’re highlighting US-based Jordan Bak, who will play viola. The award-winning Jamaican-American has achieved international acclaim as a trailblazing artist, praised for his radiant stage presence and dynamic interpretations.

“I actually started on the piano, believe it or not, this was before my third birthday,” Bak says. “I was very young and we had one of those Casio keyboards – the very small 61-key keyboards that sits on a stand. My father had a very good ear, but wasn’t trained in that way. He works in heathcare, but he was fiddling away and playing something on the piano, he was good enough to pay on both hands. My instinct was that I can do this better, so I would repeat the same thing on the piano. He was completely astounded, from a parent's perspective, and he enrolled me in piano lessons not long after that.”

Bak continued with piano for five years before starting to play viola once he turned eight, at his New York public school. He initially wanted to play the violin with cello

The biggest feature of the event is set to be the ‘Community One-Inch Unity’ project that will be happening. As you enter, you will be asked to express your unique artistic style within a 1x1 inch art tile. The tiles will be assembled to create a visually-striking mosaic that reflects our communities collaboration and strength, and represents the diversity of participants at the festival.

Lim also wanted to take time to thank all the sponsors of this year’s event, saying without them it wouldn’t be possible. As a non-profit charitable trust in its second year, they’re currently working to raise money for contingency and to be able to continue to run the event. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), Kiwi Kit, Community Organisation Grant Schemes, Community Trust South and Ethnic Communities are a few of those helping to make the festival happen. They’re still accepting new sponsors, so head to their website if you’d like more info.

“Let’s come together and celebrate this unforgettable event. We can make it even more successful and memorable with your effort and support,” Lim says. The event will be disposable plate and cup free, so please take along your water bottle, coffee cup, plates / cutlery or lunch boxes, or hire it through DISHrupt. Please also consider carpooling or travelling by bus to the festival.

Queenstown Multicultural Festival

Where: Queenstown Events Centre

When: Saturday, 7 October, 10am – 4pm.

Admission: Gold coin / koha entry

More info: queenstownmulticulturalfestival.co.nz

as his second choice, but they both got snapped up too quickly in the music class, so he ended up with the viola. At first, he thought it was “a violin with training wheels”, but after hitting his teenage years and joining a programme called the Children’s Orchestra Society, he met his mentor Yo Chang Ma, someone who was very special in his development. Bak then realised his viola wasn’t a fake violin, but rather its own instrument.

“I started to understand that it’s so close to our singing and speaking voices as humans, and it has such a vulnerable quality to it naturally, and it’s also quite an imperfect instrument. It’s just something that I absolutely fell in love with as a teenager and I decided at that point that I was going to pursue it.”

Bak went on to study at the New England Conservatory in Boston, one of the top conservatories in the world. He studied there with Dimitri Murrath, before heading to the Juilliard School in New York City, where he completed his Masters. Since completing his studies, he’s performed in various spots around the world, but this will be his first time in New Zealand. Bak will be included in a number of performances across the programme and is really looking forward to it.

“I’m playing Janáček’s Intimate Letters, and that piece in particular is just amazing to understand the backstory of. Nearly 700 letters were addressed to one woman that Janáček was madly in love with, and to kind of get a sense that he crafted this entire string quartet imagining a life with this woman. When you listen to it, it’s just the imagination that is so unbelievable, but it’s some of the most beautiful music ever written.

“There’s quite a number of different pieces – there’s some Hungarian music, there’s some Czech music, there’s American music – you name it, it’s on the festival,” Bak says.

At the World’s Edge will run from this Saturday. You can find the full programme and read more about what’s on offer, and where, at worldsedgefestival.com

Photo by Tomomi Ito Photography

Silverlight Studios granted extension over film park

By Maddy Harker / Wānaka App

Silverlight Studios has been granted an extra five years to ‘give effect’ to both its film park and the workers’ accommodation the company plans to build on its 332ha site near Wānaka Airport.

When the film park project was approved in December 2021 under the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act, decision documents suggested the project would move quickly.

Bulk earthworks could begin in 2022, those documents said, while construction of sound stages, an ‘Italian village’ and a ‘seaside village’ could take place in 2023, with the Paris replica set to be built in 2024.

Two years later, with no signs of construction on-site, Silverlight Studios has secured extensions until March 2029.

The extension applies to both the film park (55ha of development featuring studios, production offices, a film school, a screening theatre, and an exhibition centre) and the 300 residential units for workers’ accommodation. Fast-track consents have a default duration to lapse within two years, but local councils can grant extension periods.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) resource consents manager Fiona Blight said the company had made “substantial progress” on the film park.

The company has completed detailed design work for some of the sound stage buildings and sets and bulk earthworks, prepared environmental management plans for earthworks, liaised with QLDC’s building department and finance department, and undertaken geotechnical investigations, she said.

It has also had discussions with construction companies for the project. The film park could cost as much as $280M to construct. Silverlight Studios was approached for comment.

An artist’s impression of the film park, which was approved in 2021 to cover 55ha of the 332ha site near Wānaka Airport IMAGE: Silverlight Studios

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Southland candidates have their say

Queenstown and New Zealand goes to the polls next week, on Saturday, 14 October, to vote in the 2023 General Election. There are seven candidates standing in the Southland constituency, which includes Queenstown.

In the first of a two-part series, we’ve asked the candidates the simple question: If elected, how would you and your party improve the lives of people in Queenstown?

Joseph Mooney

National party

48 | Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering

Mosgiel

We need to tackle the cost of living. Labour is focused on managing the cost-of-living crisis without fuelling inflation. In Queenstown, people need better infrastructure and access to safe and affordable housing. I will work with Council to improve water quality, continue to improve public transport, and tourism infrastructure. Labour has partnered with the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust and intends to continue to support these partnerships. NZUP provided $115M for dedicated public transport infrastructure, and this investment needs to be continued. Labour supports a tourism levy to allow Queenstown to help fund infrastructure and cover the costs to the community of increased tourism. I will advocate for increasing the value of each tourist, rather than increasing the volume of tourism. Queenstown is spectacular, and we need sustainable tourism with space for locals and visitors.

As an expert in technology and education, I can help to create more educational opportunities in the region, and drive innovation in the agritech industry. I would advocate for increased support for KiwiHarvest and the wonderful people at the Happiness House who are doing great work supporting our community. The quality of a society is measured by how we treat our most vulnerable.

Dave Kennedy Green Party

64 | Not for profit governance (national/local level), Editor Invercargill

I have been listening to Queenstown business owners, councillors and local workers over recent years to appreciate what is needed to help the region thrive sustainably. The cost of living, tourism pressures and climate change are common themes. The Green Party’s tax-free income of $10,000 for all workers, rent increase limits and a commitment to build more social housing where people want to live, will reduce living costs for many. We will introduce a tax system where the wealthiest (0.7%) pay a fairer share of tax to help pay for better services, community projects and tax cuts for struggling households. 62% of Queenstowners feel that tourism levels are negatively impacting on their quality of life. The Green Party will prioritise community well-being and further use tourist levies we initially introduced to help fund regional infrastructure. We are the only party whose policies fully align with Destination Queenstown’s goal of a zero-carbon visitor economy by 2030. The time is now for bold action on climate change and shift to more sustainable agriculture and tourist industries supported by clean energy. A party vote for the Green Party will ensure a better future for our region and most especially our children and grandchildren.

44 | Member of Parliament for Southland

Queenstown

National’s economic plan will boost Queenstown’s local economy while lowering living expenses and improving access to quality education and healthcare. We’ll also offer tax relief, allowing people to retain more of their hard-earned money.

Our infrastructure plan will aim to establish city-regional partnerships with councils to access innovative financing for essential infrastructure. We’ll address housing challenges through revising rental housing regulations, free up land for new housing construction, and support community housing providers.

In healthcare, we’re committed to increasing annual health funding, fund the rebuild of Dunedin hospital to deliver all beds, operating theatres and radiology services that Labour removed, boost frontline health staff, and encourage more nurses and midwives to move to New Zealand to help alleviate health staff shortages. We will also offer training support for nurses and midwives who commit to remain in New Zealand for 5 years after graduation, and fund 13 new cancer treatments. In addition, we’ll train more doctors committed to serving in provincial and rural parts of the country by establishing a third medical school.

National’s plan ensures a brighter future for all Queenstown residents. A strong economy means better job prospects, increased incomes, affordable housing, and reduced living costs

Todd Stephenson

ACT New Zealand

49 | Corporate executive Invercargill

You deserve the rights of an equal citizen, by birth or by choice, entitled to one five millionth of the opportunity this country has to offer, no more and no less. ACT wants to be a part of the next Government to address issues of importance like the cost of living, crime and co-governance. Government spending has increased from $80 billion to $139 billion but public services like health and education haven’t improved. ACT wants to cut wasteful government spending and the number of bureaucrats in Wellington. We’ll lower taxes and remove regulations so you can get ahead. We want you to feel safe in your home and on the streets. ACT will bring back three strikes for serious crimes, ensure youth offenders face consequences, and prioritise the rights of victims. Only ACT is prepared to have an honest conversation on co-governance, and say it is wrong to divide Kiwis by race. We will remove race-based policies and allow everyone to have a say on what the Treaty of Waitangi means in modern New Zealand. We want to ensure every child in this country has the same opportunities.

Please give ACT your Party Vote this election to deliver real change.

Simon McCallum Labour

Anntwinette Grumball

Aotearoa legalise cannabis party (Alcp)

53 | Disability benefit Invercargill

If elected our party will change the draconian cannabis and hemp laws.

As it stands, our government is stifling the hemp laws in this country, only the seed can be used. We must use the whole plant beneficial to the economy and the environment.

There is no such thing as medicinal cannabis... cannabis is medical and therefore we should all be able to heal ourselves by growing our own. Have you ever asked yourself why the isolates that are used in medical cannabis in NZ aren’t in our country? Changing these laws would be beneficial to Queenstown by growing hemp and legalising cannabis fully with restrictions, for economy, tourism and people’s freedom.

42 | Business Manager and Mother

Lumsden

If elected, Vision NZ and Freedoms NZ will improve the lives in Queenstown and the surrounding areas by representing our people well. Our leaders, candidates, members, our families etc. are hardworking Kiwis who value our freedoms, our country, our Kiwi ways and all that makes us unique as New Zealanders. Our party is committed to standing a new breed of politicians, men and women with life experience who will put people, not policies or ideology, first. Representatives that will take the voice of the people to the decision-making table in parliament and be those representatives who will not compromise their promises to you, the voter.

Our policies focus on solutions and not symptoms of the problems that currently confound our beautiful nation. We believe in getting to the root cause of New Zealand’s social, justice, economic, and commercial problems with back to basics common sense. It is our families that create the state for the next generation, it is the state of our family home that sets the tone for society and the future of our country.

New Zealand Loyal

42 | Sheep and Beef farmer

Mandeville

If elected, NZ Loyal will work with the people of NZ to find solutions to all of the huge issues we currently face as a country. The state broadcaster will be used for this purpose and the Channel One news will become the town hall of New Zealand, where these issues are discussed every evening (with input from the public).

New Zealand children will no longer be subjected to the current gender ideology being pushed on them under the current system and Te Reo or Maori language will be an option - not compulsory, numeracy and literacy will be the main focus.

NZ Loyal will implement our 1% financial transactional tax policy, which will replace the current tax system. No income tax, no GST, no company tax, just a 1% FTT on every transaction. This will leave the middle class New Zealanders with far more of the money they earn left in their pockets, it will create wealth within our communities which will in turn create a strong economy. This will enable NZ to pay off its huge overseas borrowing and return to the great independent nation it once was.

Logan Evans

Naomi Maclean

Vision NZ Party, under the Freedoms NZ Party umbrella

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WORKSHOP

TĀHUNA - Queenstown Ambassador Programme

Queenstown Ambassador is a workshop for all people engaging with visitors across the Whakatipu basin. The aim is to build a host community and create storytellers and ambassadors with real pride in this place. The programme is a three-hour workshop delving into the history and unique story of Queenstown and surrounding areas, covering early people, key milestones, and industries, the economy as well as notable figures and landmarks that have contributed to shaping the region into what it is today.

The primary goal of Ambassador is to build your knowledge of history and locations around Queenstown, to proudly share, to extend your crosscultural understanding to authentically connect with visitors. The cost is $50 plus GST. To learn more email: ambassador@qrc.ac.nz

When: Friday, 6 October, 9am – 12pm, and on a fortnightly basis

Where: Queenstown Resort College, 7 Coronation Drive

COMMUNITY

Wakatipu Anglers Club one-day Fly Fishing Course

The Wakatipu Anglers Club is holding its annual oneday fly fishing course, which promises an educational and hands-on experience guided by the skilled anglers and longstanding club members. The course will cover vital aspects of fly fishing including finding, stalking and landing fish, gear, knots, entomology - a closer look at the study of insects vital to the fly fishing ecosystem, casting - sessions to enhance casting proficiency, directed by veteran anglers, and environment - as guardians of the rivers, how anglers can care for the special freshwater environment. Registering is through wakatipuanglersclubnz@gmail.com

When: Saturday, 14 October, 9am-5pm

Where: Queenstown Event Centre

Altrusa Charity Fashion Show

Altrusa is holding its annual fashion show to raise funds for Whakatipu Youth Trust. This year, the event will feature six local fashion retailers - Girl Next Door, Angel Divine, Outside Sports, Wallace + Gibbs, Mr Davis Menswear & Social Clothing & Co, in a new venue. Tickets are $35 includes welcome bubbles, cheese platter & cash bar. For tickets & info email altrusaqueenstown@gmail.com, call Ngaire Hayes 021 078 2997, or check out the event on event on Altrusa Facebook page. Grab your friends and support the community.

When: Thursday, 12 October, from 6.30pm (for 7pm start)

Where: Arvida Queenstown Country Clubhouse

Repair Revolution

The Repair Revolution is back! Join Sustainable Queenstown for this FREE, feel-good, volunteerbased event. Our Repair Heroes with varied expertise share their skills and knowledge and help you renew, revive, and repair items and keep them out of landfill! Keen to volunteer? Contact Neha at rc@sustainablequeenstown.org.nz 027 373 0149.

When: Sunday, 15 October, 11am-3pm

Where: Te Atamira, Remarkables Park, Frankton

QLDC Libraries Meaningful Conversations – Community Kai

Join QLDC Libraries for our food sustainability series! Discover insightful discussions with local experts on food waste, rewilding projects, local produce, sustainable eateries, beekeeping, composting, and community gardens. Enjoy a complimentary afternoon tea and a screening of ‘Together We Grow’, a documentary by Happen Films showcasing the Common Unity community garden in Wellington. There are three events that form part of this series, feel free to attend one or all of them. Booking required. Visit the QLDC Libraries for more information: codc-qldc.govt.nz/blog/qldclibraries-meaningful-conversations-community-kai. This program is brought to you by QLDC Libraries in partnership with the generous support of Te Hau Toka.

Cultivating Change: A Sustainable Food Panel Discussion

When: Thursday, 12 October, 6-7.30pm Where: Sherwood Hotel

Guest Speakers & Afternoon Tea: Dunedin Bowling Club, Bee the Change & Dr Compost

When: Saturday, 14 October, 12-2pm Where: Queenstown Library

‘Together We Grow’ Film Night

When: Thursday, 19 October, 6-7pm Where: Queenstown Library

Cancer Society Ball

FUNDRAISER

Join Naylor Love, Hugo Charitable Trust and the Cancer Society Otago & Southland Division for the Cancer Society Ball - A Night of a Thousand Stars. It will be an evening of fabulous food and great local entertainment to help fundraise for the vital work of the local Cancer Society. Held at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown, you’ll receive delicious canapés on arrival, a delectable three-course menu inclusive of beverages, live and silent auction and fantastic entertainment throughout the evening, finishing with a live band to dance the night away. For event enquiries, please contact Nicole Rushbrook at nicole.rushbrook@cansoc.org.nz or 021 411 713. Tickets available at cancer.org.nz/QTBall

When: Saturday, 7 October, 6.30-11.30pm

Where: Millennium Hotel Queenstown, 32 Frankton Road

WHS Cricket Tour Fundraiser

Following on from previous successful trips, Wakatipu High School is now sending its Senior Boys Cricket team to Sri Lanka in April 2024. Sri Lanka has been described as the best place in the world to visit and play cricket. It will provide our children the opportunity to experience sport in a different country under different conditions, whilst making new friends and new experiences along the way. The boys will be engaging in community work at the Foundation of Goodness and helping teach English to children in the local village. Highlights of the trip include a visit to Kandy Maligawa UNESCO World heritage site, a cricket match at the famous P Sara Stadium in Colombo and a visit to Pinnawella Elephant Orphange. The team is holding a fundraising Quiz Night, dress in your favourite sports gear! For more information, please visit their Facebook page: facebook.com/ WHSCrickettour

When: Friday, 3 November, 7pm

Where: Queenstown Memorial Centre

pd warrior programme

An exercise based approach to combat Parkinson’s symptoms and improve your quality of life and ability to LIVE BRAVE with Parkinson’s.

WHY SHOULD YOU DO IT? Build your con dence, move freely, re-train your brain and get back into life!

HOW DO I GET STARTED? Give us a call on 03 450 9005

WHEN DOES IT RUN? PD Warrior runs Mondays 2.30pm to 3.30pm

by Sue Fea

My Life Story

‘HEEL BOYS’

Queenstown’s first female realtor arrives in town

When Steph Drader arrived in Queenstown back in 1985, the local real estate industry was “pretty much a blokes’ reign”, she says. She’d just spent five years learning the ropes with The Professionals, at its Timaru franchise, and came to town to open an office for the company down here, with friend Kay Hobson.

“We became the first two women agents in Queenstown,” Steph says. “We sat on a roll of carpet on our office floor, (where Leonardo’s was), with just a telephone.”

Steph quickly dug her high heels in, drawing the few incumbent males out from behind their desks.

“They sat in their offices like shopkeepers taking orders,” she laughs. “We donned high heels and walked around town meeting people then plucked up courage to go onto building sites. They were overwhelmed, and said, ‘Gee, real estate agents don’t come and see us. We have to go and see them’.” But it was the mid-1980s and that was about to change.

Steph and Kay picked up a lot of listings from those building sites and spent every evening, firstly at O’Connell’s Hotel, then Wicked Willies and The Mountaineer, touting for business.

It was good grounding for a 40-year career in real estate.

Daughter of a Southland-Central Otago farmer, Steph always had a connection to Queenstown Lakes. “Dad brought us here as wee kids, holidaying in the two-storeyed house at the top of Shotover Street,” she says.

When the family moved to Mount Allen Station in Taieri Gorge, she attended Hindon School from age six, riding ponies to school in summer and hitching a ride with the Railways jiggers the rest of the year, sometimes over icy, snowcovered tracks.

Pony Club, ribbons and show days were big when her dad owned Nimrod Downs Station in South Canterbury, but while she loved riding, she wasn’t so proficient at driving - at 15 she hit steel gate pillars delivering the shearers to the house in her dad’s Model T.

“The two guys came through the soft top cab. My first experience with passengers,” she grins.

Boarding school wasn’t for her, and she left at 15, working as a nurse aid at Fairlie Maternity Home then a vet nurse in Timaru before her first marriage, and three kids from age 21.

Single and in Queenstown, there was plenty more of that social ‘touting’. “Office manager Bob Jack was really alarmed once as we’d failed to turn up for work after having dinner with clients at Treetops the night before and ending up at the Glenorchy Pub.” They borrowed towels from the pub and after a quick skinny dip in the lake arrived at work, to a frazzled Bob, at midday. On another occasion after marrying legendary radio host Chas Drader in 1995, the celebration with clients over a freshly, inked contract went awry when Chas, caught up in the excitement, ripped it in half. “We were all horrified as the vendors had yet to finally sign it off. I ended up sellotaping it together and photocopying it.”

Steph’s most challenging sale though would have to be the Frankton Arms Hotel and Accommodation in the late 1990s.

She and Chas had sold up and were in the process of moving to Glenorchy where they built a house, when the record 1999 floods hit. “We did three days commuting down the lake dodging driftwood in our boat as Chas had to get through to the radio station.”

In 2000 the house and boat were sold, replaced with rural land near Glenorchy and a horse and float for Steph, back in her ‘happy place’ saddle.

A radio station was born in their new home when Chas launched Glenorchy Country 89.2FM in 2009, his deep, velvet tones gracing local, and even international, airwaves.

Sadly, he passed away in 2020 and Steph inherited the station, which she moved to a small building out back of a smaller home she’s now built on their land. With help from good mate, technician Dave McLaren, and modern-day technology, Glenorchy Country still rocks on, airing popular local and national programmes.

“I’m not a DJ and I can’t even work the controls. I’m just caretaking Chas’s legacy.”

She’s won her fair share of Glenorchy Flower Show cups though, and still has her real estate licence. “I have a small portfolio of properties that I look after, as well as property management inspections.”

However, her first love now is her horses and

her

riding

quiet hack up the valley.

Steph and Chas on their wedding day in 1995

Steph, left, with fellow real estate agent Kay (Hobson) Houston back in the early days

Glenorchy Brew Co win at Brewers Guild Awards

By Jess Allen

It was a big win for the region’s beers at this year’s Brewers Guild Awards, with small local outfit, Glenorchy Brew Co, picking up four bronze awards. Head brewer Steve Hewland is stoked with the results and hopes to continue to improve the quality of his beers and carry on with the sustainability mission of his brewery.

The Guild is the industry association for brewing in Aotearoa and their vision is that the quality and creativity of our beer is celebrated at home and abroad. The awards happen annually and are held in high esteem worldwide due to the reputation of those involved in judging, organising and staging the event. For NZ, the awards are the Oscars of beer.

Hewland comes from an engineering background and now has five years of commercial brewing under his belt. As the owner and operator of the brewery, his ethos includes continuous development and creating products with as few food miles as possible – in a sustainable way. He just wants to make good beer, and the Brewers Guild Awards has shown that he’s on the right track.

“The thing that was most important to me was to get validation from someone else about my beer quality,” Hewland says. “Your friends and customers will tell you that your beer’s good, but that’s completely different from professional judges reviewing your beer. The opportunity for feedback is the other thing – you get good feedback from it. This is the third year that I’ve entered, and I hadn’t won any awards before, but the feedback I got from them helped me to get to where I am now. I was able to learn from the honest detailed feedback and understand where I was going wrong, and make improvements to the brewing process.”

The beers that picked up the awards were Glacier IPA, Paradise Pilsner, Mountain Ale and Dark Sky Stout, and he just missed out on silver for three of them. Hewland credits part of his beer’s clean, crisp taste is the use of local water – it’s taken straight from a natural aquifer consisting of glacial melt from the surrounding mountains.

Sustainability is a big part of the business too, and nothing goes to waste here. From collection of stormwater for cooling water to solar panels, spent grains getting fed to the chickens, wastewater irrigating the paddocks, using

local malts and hops, and delivery via electric vehicle, Hewland’s always looking at ways to be as green as possible.

Other breweries to win big include Altitude, who snagged several awards including a gold for their Homeward Bound NZIPA, silver for Zen Shiro Sake and their classic Sled Dog Session Hazy, and bronze for their Super Blood Moon Schwarzbier. Otago Brew School gained two bronzes including one for their Brau Schule Kölsch. Rhyme & Reason over in Wānaka also won a number of awards including gold for their Happy Pils, and took home the Beer Tourism Award, celebrating the great job they’re doing in the tourism space.

Hewland’s always looking for feedback, and absorbs knowledge from wherever he can to make the best beer possible.

“My main resources are the internet and podcasts. I use the time driving between Glenorchy and Queenstown to listen to brewing podcasts. It’s a great way to learn – you might listen to someone talking about how they make their particular IPA and invariably there’ll be at least one or two things that you can take away from it that you can use – something that they just drop into the conversation. It might have been the missing link for something you’re trying to figure why something’s done a certain way or what’s the importance of that. Really experienced brewers will share that information and often I’ll write it down.”

His recipes are continually evolving, just as his knowledge does. Hewland is happy to keep the brewery at a manageable size and at a capacity where he can continue to enjoy each and every brew, and pay it the love and time it deserves.

“It’s that challenge to continually improve that keeps me going. I don’t think that will ever stop because there’s so much you can dig into, and so many areas you can become an expert in. It’s just going to be a lifetime of learning,” Hewland says.

You can find Glenorchy Brew Co at various bars and restaurants around town, and in Glenorchy, or head to their website glenorchybrewco.nz to see what all the fuss is about.

Listen now: Wānaka mountaineer Guy Cotter talks about writing his memoir: ‘Everest Mountain Guide – The remarkable story of a Kiwi mountaineer’

talk of Queenstown

It is time to showcase your capabilities. Horoscope indicates massive professional success this month, however, you need to keep your health under constant check to perform better. Stay alert of competition! Good month for singles as you finally express your feelings to the person you admire.

Lovely Taureans, you will be lucky enough this month to achieve everything great in life. It is the right time to take risks as stars are highly in your favor. You will also be able to make vital decisions that will help you organize your life in a better way. Note- keep your words in check so you don’t hurt anyone.

It is the perfect time to gain fame & recognition by engaging in various social activities. Maintain a healthy relationship with your partner to achieve mental peace in the long run. Every single parent will get good news as far as your love life is concerned.

This month will prove to be significant financially for business owners. Whatever investments you make at this time will give you long term benefits. Any new venture you start this month will meet success. It is a positive transit that will help you outshine yourself!

Fabulous Leos, October will bring something wonderful to your life. It will surpass your imagination & expectations and you will finally start enjoying success. Good time to buy a new vehicle. Business people, make sure all agreements are signed & out of way before the month ends.

Sun enters Libra on 18th and will bring you positivity. You will be appreciated for your brilliant ideas & suggestions. Seek guidance from your mentor, if needed. This month, your beloved will be on your mind continuously, don’t forget to get flowers!

Gains from abroad in store for you. Good month for those in banking, sales & marketing. This month will bring excitement for married couples, even a surprise gateaway maybe? You must set aside time for your personal growth this month.

Remember, love is powerful force that can bring immense joy and fulfillment to your personal growth. Take time to express your feelings, listen attentively, and show your appreciation to your loved ones. Good time to explore ways to increase your income through freelancing.

Self-care is essential for your overall well-being during this time, make time for activities that nourish your mind, body & soul. There are chances of an old lover coming back to your life, take your time. Fresh graduates looking for a job will come across some good options.

Your heart, will pick up your beloved’s needs & moods and you respond with strength & support. You will feel much peace & stability with each other. Surround yourself with supportive individuals who will uplift & inspire you during this time. Good month for painters, musicians to display your talents.

You’re unstoppable this month!

This month is auspicious for new beginnings. Those of you who want to start your own business can go ahead now. Those appearing for higher level examinations, will pass with flying colors. Pay attention to your parents health and check on them regularly this month.

MENTAL heal

Top tips for happiness at work when times are tough

Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland

With the international day of happiness in the rear view mirror, a lot of us will be reflecting on how we can inject more positive thinking into our lives, particularly in aspects of our life such as work which often can bring stress and negative emotions. For many, it can be hard to attempt to adopt a positive and happy outlook when we are struggling, particularly at work. Even in the happiest of jobs there will be difficult times and challenges that test our positivity. There are three small changes you can make to try and adopt a more positive outlook to maximise happiness at work.

1. Don’t buy into the ‘fake it till you make it’ myth

Often it can be hard to admit we are struggling, feeling unhappy or insecure. Particularly when it comes to work. It can be tempting to try the ‘fake it till you make it’ tactic and imitate confidence and optimism so that those around us don’t see we are finding things tough. This kind of toxic positivity prevents us from addressing the issues we are struggling with.

Making ourselves happier or more confident when we are struggling is not about affirmations or willpower; we need to change at a neurological and cellular level. We can only do this through accepting what we are feeling and then addressing these feelings appropriately.

If you are feeling under a huge amount of pressure and are not managing your workload, pretending to be coping with it is not helpful for you or your wider team, so being candid and seeking support from a manager is important. Removing the shame away from admitting your real feelings will help stop any negative thoughts spiraling out of control through hiding them and trying to deal with them alone.

2. Address and challenge self limiting beliefs

Often the thoughts and beliefs that make us unhappy don’t come from those around us, but from ourselves.

The unconscious mind’s job is to support our beliefs, whatever they might be. When a belief is installed, which is often by the age of five or six, the unconscious mind doesn’t evaluate it. It accepts that it’s true then goes about looking for evidence to support that belief. The unconscious mind is exceptionally good at finding evidence to reinforce these beliefs, whatever our belief happens to be.

If you believe that you’re hopeless at maths, you’ll only notice the times when you make mistakes, calculate the wrong change in a shop etc. All the times that your maths calculations work perfectly well, will go completely unnoticed. These thoughts are instilled as children but stay with us for all our lives, and will influence our experiences in the workplace if not addressed.

A good place to start when addressing this in the workplace is to try to write a list of the words your colleagues would use to describe you, and the positive comments you have received for pieces of work, your attitude, or the way you make those around you feel in the workplace. Although it may be hard at first, you will begin to think of the way others see you and what they appreciate you for.

3. Focus on what you want rather than worrying about what you don’t want

Humans have around 64,800 thoughts a day and it is estimated that on average 80% of those are negative. This means that most of the time we are focusing our energy on worrying about what we don’t want, and this has a huge impact on the reality that shows up in our life.

Our neurology cannot tell the difference between a real experience and a vividly imagined one – so our brain reacts to both just the same. When we spend time worrying about the future and creating imagined scenarios our emotional response feels real because our brain can’t tell the difference. For example, worrying about people’s reactions to your comments in a meeting and what they might be saying about you can allow the brain to create a story that is not real, but that you believe.

Instead, try to focus on using this same strategy of imagined scenarios to create confidence in yourself. Instead of worrying about the potential negative outcomes, try to visualise the ideal outcome you want and how good this will feel. Imagine pitching a winning idea in a meeting and your manager being thrilled with your performance. Picture how this outcome would feel and how you would celebrate, then use this to motivate and empower you to be confident and pursue the things you want out of work.

Although finding happiness in challenging times can be hard, being kind to yourself and taking a step back to look into your thought patterns and behaviours can have valuable outcomes that encourage positivity.

IF YOU NEED HELP NOW

1737 Need to talk, Freecall or text 1737, 24/7, for support from trained counsellors. www.1737.org.nz

Depression: P: 0800 111757 Free text 4202 | www.depression.org.nz

Suicide Crisis Helpline: P: 0508 828 865 | www.lifeline.org.nz

The Lowdown: P: 0800 111 757 / Free text 5626 | www.thelowdown.co.nz

Youthline: P: 0800 376 633 | Free text 234 | www.youthline.co.nz

Family Violence: P: 0800 456 450 | www.areyouok.org.nz

Alcohol Drug Helpline: P: 0800 787 797 / Free text 8681 www.alcoholdrughelp.org.nz

Women’s Refuge: P: 0800 733 843 | www.womensrefuge.org.nz

Sexuality issues: 0800 688 5463 between 6pm & 9pm | www.outline.org.nz

Southern DHB: Crisis Mental Health Service: 0800 467 846

Wanaka Mental Health Peer Support Group: www.mentalhealthwanaka.org

Your Life Live It: Helpline@yourlifeliveit.com | www.yourlifeliveit.com

Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland, Number 1 Best selling author, runs an International Neural Coding® Company. She has 30 Neural Coders working with her around the globe, online to help people identify their problem, delete it and install neural coding that empowers them.

TRAINBRAIN YOUR

1. “All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey” are the opening words to which song?

2. What is the main ingredient of borscht?

3. What sort of food is Bel Paese?

4. What is a share of a company’s profit paid to a shareholder called?

5. What colour is muscovado sugar?

6. In which part of the body is the sciatic nerve?

7. Orinoco Flow was which singer’s debut solo hit in 1988?

8. What weight is equivalent to 14 pounds?

9. Of which country is Bern the capital?

10. What is an alternative name for maize?

11. What is the term for a fence made from stakes?

12. What type of food is baklava?

13. Which white, crumbly cheese must be produced in Greece by law to keep its name?

14. What Greek goddess shares her name with a popular sportswear company?

15. What is the order of knights in the Star Wars films?

16. Which 1940 Disney cartoon film had a soundtrack of classical music?

17. One Day in Your Life was a 1981 hit for which singer?

18. Which large water lily was sacred in ancient Egypt?

19. Which kind of TV signal has been replaced by digital?

20. In relation to crops and food, what do the initials GM stand for?

21. During which Apollo flight did the famous “Houston we have a problem” statement occur?

22. What colour is sulphur?

23. Children traditionally save money in a container resembling which animal?

24. Which religion has the Star of David as its symbol?

Clyde, Central Otago

HEAD CHEF / SOUS CHEF OPPORTUNITY

We are searching for an experienced Head Chef or a Sous Chef with a minimum of 2 years’ experience, looking to step up, to join our team in Clyde.

You should have lots of energy and enthusiasm to work in a fast paced kitchen and provide a great dining experience for our guests

Be able to run the kitchen and shifts

Ensure communications between restaurant and kitchen run smoothly

Ensure each dish leaving the kitchen is checked for quality, quantity and presentation

Be familiar with and follow our Food Control Plan

The role is fulltime with a minimum of 30 hours per week, on a rotating roster and this would include weekends and public holidays.

If you would like a change of scene and to work in a fabulous location with a great team and generous staff privileges, then we would love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and application to recruit@olivers.co.nz or call in to see us - 34 Sunderland St, Clyde Applicants must be NZ residents or have eligibility to work in NZ

VACANCIES

Who wants to LIVE, WORK and PLAY in Arrowtown?

The Dishery in Arrowtown ( www.thedishery.co.nz ) seek a Hospitality Professional

Skills required – Experience in a busy front of house setting. A first, second, and top gear. A hospitality radar. If it’s in your blood… we want to talk to you.

We offer – daytime hours. Free up your evenings. Top pay for the right candidate.

Express your interest now scott@thedishery.co.nz or call/txt 021 664 553

Full Time Bartender Wanted

Were looking for a new bartender to join our team at Harry’s Pool Bar

• Experience preferred but not essential as full training is given.

• Competitive rates of pay

• Company discounts across NZ & Aus

• Must have NZ work rights

If this sounds like you or then please pop in with your CV and speak to Andy or one of the team.

FRONT OF HOUSE ROLES

• Business is fully staffed and now gearing up for summer

• Daytime, winery hours

• Stable team, great culture, positive work environment

• Staff meals and sales bonuses

• Training and Development – including company sponsored WSET training

We are looking for a fun, enthusiastic food and beverage professionals for our Winery Bistro. You need to have a can-do attitude, love people and have a minimum of 1 years front of house experience, preferably with barista skills and wine knowledge.

Kinross is a fun place to work, we have a great team culture, staff benefits and sales bonuses. We have full time, part-time, fixed term and permanent roles available.

Please apply with CV and cover letter to david.m@kinross.nz, giving details of your qualifications and experience. Applicants must currently reside in NZ as a NZ citizen, resident or have a working holiday visa. Own transport and accommodation is required.

FORMWORK CARPENTERS

Southern Lakes Foundations is a Queenstown based foundation formwork company, operating in the Central Otago area including servicing Cromwell, Alexandra and Wanaka.

We have been in operation for over 8 years in the area and have a firm, trusted reputation for our quality foundations, professionalism and reliability.

We are looking for experienced formwork carpenters, specialising in foundation floors, to join our team.

The successful applicant will have a minimum of 6 years carpentry experience and minimum of 3 years in formwork carpentry. We are on the hunt for someone with proven experience in this area of construction.

Competitive rates will be paid to the right applicant.

Please email your CV and evidence of proven relevant experience to Carly at carly@southernlakesfoundations.co.nz

Clyde, Central Otago CAFÉ BAKER / CHEF REQUIRED

Our busy summer season is nearly here, and we are recruiting for a Café Baker in Clyde, Central Otago

We are looking for someone capable of producing a wide range of bakery goods including bread, pies, pastry goods and sweets for our Café and ability to cook an a la carte lunch menu, in a fast-paced Café.

We are a 7 day a week business, and 6am starts would be required.

If you are motivated, energetic, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and can keep calm in a crisis, we would love to hear from you. A competitive wage and generous staff privileges are offered. Please send your CV to: recruit@olivers.co.nz or call in to see us at 34 Sunderland St, Clyde Applicants must have NZ residency or have eligibility to work in NZ

NZ’s #1 Original Zipline company is looking for adventurous people to join our team.

Are you....

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail?

• Passionate about the environment and selling a sustainable product?

• A team player

• Enthusiastic and motivated with great interpersonal skills

• Excited to share our eco journey. We are looking for:

Guest Services Agents

Someone who’ll brighten anyone's day with a smile and is excited and enthusiastic to connect with others and works well within a dynamic team.

Go to ziptrek.co.nz to view the full job descriptions and to apply.

MEMBRANE APPLICATORS

Watertight Systems are looking for membrane applicators for their Queenstown team, we are:

• Specialist waterproofer’s and roofers, operating across the Southern Lakes

• A fun, established team with varied work

• A professional and progressive company

We provide:

• Great rates of pay and training

• An interesting and challenging work environment

• The opportunity to constantly improve your skills

• Potential to move up the ladder

• Apprenticeships through Skills NZ

• Employee perks and benefits

• Flexibility to enjoy the Southern Lakes lifestyle

You will be successful with us if you:

• Have some relevant trade experience

• Are looking for permanent, full time work

• Are motivated, organised, have an eye for detail and take pride in your work

• Can work in a team environment, show leadership and initiative

• Enjoy physical outdoor work

• Have a valid driver’s license and can legally work in NZ

Like to know more? Check us out at www.watertightsystems.co.nz/join-the-team/ then give Kate a call on 0274424667

FOR YOUR CAREER

FIND THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY

CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER jet boat driver

Whether you’re already a skilled Jet boat driver or have what it takes to become one; we have an exciting opportunity for a Jet boat driver to join the world’s first commercial Jet boating company.

This is not just a job; it's a lifestyle. You'll be part of a close-knit team, sharing your love for adventure with people from all walks of life. We want passionate individuals who thrive in high-energy environments.

If you're ready to live life in the fast lane, possess some mechanical knowledge, and have a burning desire for adventure, then come and join our team of adrenaline junkies!

For entry level Jet boat drivers, we have a comprehensive training program and so a two-year fixed term contract will apply.

KJet thrill customers year-round, so this full-time position will include weekend and public holiday work.

For more information and to apply please email your CV to brett@kjet.co.nz

VACANCIES

CELLAR DOOR HOST

The Mora Wines & Artisan Kitchen cellar door and restaurant at Lake Hayes is one of the most popular destinations in Central Otago. Our vision is to provide a signature cellar door experience that is on the “must do” list for all visitors to our region.

To support the growth of the cellar door and our focus on providing an exceptional tasting journey, we are seeking applications for the position of a superstar Cellar Door Host to join our dynamic team. You will be responsible for:

• Delivering exceptional customer service to our guests

• Delivering an engaging tasting experience whilst demonstrating your in-depth knowledge of Mora wines

• Processing sales of wine and merchandise through the point of sale

• Ensuring the tasting room is always presentable and well-stocked

• Conducting accurate physical stocktakes

• Submitting accurate weekly reports to management team

Candidates should ideally have a proven background in a customer interfacing role, have strong communication/presentation and relationship skills, commercial acumen, enthusiasm, creativity and be a willing team member.

Minimum 30 hours per week. Weekly roster will include Saturdays and every other Sunday.

Only people eligible to work in New Zealand and currently present in the Queenstown area should apply for this position.

To apply, send a cover letter and CV to info@mora.co.nz

Applications Close 13 October.

Contact: 265 Arrowtown-Lake Hayes Road, Arrowtown Website: mora.co.nz

CAREER OPEN DAYS

Family Store Assistant position available

Fixed term contract

Start: Immediate / End: 13 February 2024

37.5 hours paid week

Must have - Retail experience

Email Talana for more information centrallakesarea@familystore.org.nz

Breakfast Chef at Azur Lodge

Full Time Chef - Parental leave

Fixed term for 7 months parental leave cover. (Possibility of extension and possibility of moving to a permanent contract)

This posi�on requires an experienced & enthusias�c individual; the daily tasks include cooking guest breakfasts, staff meal, preparing canapés and daily a�ernoon tea, as well as various other kitchen du�es.

The ideal candidate must have 5 years of previous experience in a similar role, be adaptable, well presented and not afraid of an early start.

This posi�on is 5 days per week - star�ng at 6am on 3 days a week to prepare breakfast, a�ernoon tea, canapes and staff meal. Baking from 9am to 5pm 2 days per week.

Start Monday 30th October. Fixed term for 7 months.

Applicants must have a current NZ work visa or the right to work in NZ. Need to have accommoda�on in Queenstown as we do not have staff accommoda�on.

Please email applica�ons to Head chef: Michelle Phillips Kitchen@azur.co.nz

www.azur.co.nz

We also have roles available at our Cafe in Frankton 'Odelay'

Joiners Wanted

• Must have NZ residency or valid work visa

• Must be trade qualified in cabinetry and timber joinery

• Must have minimum 5 year’s experience in a similar position

• Must hold current full drivers licence

• This is a full-time role

• Remuneration by negotiation is relevant to experience

To apply please email your CV to: queenstown.joinery@xtra.co.nz

Office Manager

Do you thrive on being the driving force behind the scenes, making things happen seamlessly?

Sick of sleeping in your car and drinking contaminated water???

The Riverton Beach House is looking for a Chef and Wait Staff for the upcoming summer season. and we want YOU….

This is a great opportunity to grow and develop under the guidance of a passionate, hands-on chef/owner in a stunning seaside location. What attributes you’ll need to display:

1. A genuine passion for food and hospitality

2. Ownership and accountability of your work

3. The ability to multitask and be productive

5. Be relaxed and calm during busy service periods

6. Enjoy working alongside like-minded people

7. Previous experience in busy high-volume restaurants.

8. Reliability, flexibility, commitment, enthusiasm

• Competitive pay rates are available for the right people.

• Short term accommodation can also be provided.

• This is a permanent position with holidays that can be taken during the Winter months to travel etc.

• To be eligible for this role, you must have the right to legally work in New Zealand.

To apply for these roles please forward your CV to Scott Wysockyj: masterchef273@gmail.com

Full-Time Landscape Gardener Queenstown

We are looking for our Spring crew! You will be fully trained and supported in all aspects of garden maintenance whilst looking after our prestigious properties in the Whakatipu Basin. Experience would be helpful but not essential and being fit and active is important as it is a physically demanding role.

To apply, you will need:

• Care factor and enthusiasm

• A reliable, self-motivated work ethic

• A willingness to learn and develop

• To follow instructions efficiently and safely

• To be eligible to work in NZ

• Own transport and full, clean driving licence

We offer:

• being part of a passionate team

• training in a supportive environment while also offering Horticulture Apprenticeships for career advancement

• subsidised social events

• the best views of any job!

• full body work out – whilst being paid!

Please head to http://www.divalandscapes.co.nz/ employment to apply.

Luxury Real Estate is a boutique firm specialising in the sale of high-end luxury properties in Queenstown. Our portfolio boasts some of the most exquisite and exclusive real estate offerings in the region. We have a unique opportunity for a seasoned Office Manager to join us in a self-managing role, and play a crucial role in maintaining the professionalism and excellence that define our brand.

Working from our gorgeous, architecturally designed office in the heart of Arrowtown, the role is multi-faceted and diverse. Each day is different - and often unpredictable - so you must enjoy an ever-changing role.

If you have strong administration skills, find out more and apply at www.luxury.recruitmenthub.co.nz

Is currently seeking all positions from KITCHEN MANAGER to KITCHEN HAND

Wages $25-$30+ based on skill and start date

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.

Must be legally allowed to work/ hold a valid work permit.

We are an accredited employer.

Family Store Assistant

position available 37.5 hours paid week

Immediate start

Must have - Retail experience Email Talana for more information centrallakesarea@familystore.org.nz

CLEANERS

Partners in Grime are looking for new cleaners to join our team! We specialise in cleaning and preparing high-end holiday homes, residential cleaning, builders and commercial cleaning

We are a small team searching for fun energetic people to join us full time 30 - 40 hours a week. Starting wage - $27 per hour Please send your CV to info@partnersingrime.co.nz and provide us with your visa status

R

We are looking for staff for our busy cafe. No nights, flexible, stable rosters and a great team are all part of the package!

Positions available for:

EXPERIENCED CAFE CHEF

FRONT OF HOUSE SUPERSTAR

Experience necessary for the positions. Must hold a valid visa.

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

Joe’s Garage Five Mile is looking for someone just like you! Be a part of our bustling restaurant and bar that prides itself on simple, fast and reliable offerings that have us famous all over NZ. Part time & full time positions available.

Joe’s Garage Five Mile operates 7 days 7am till late so you must be available to work rostered hours over these days and times. We offer a competitive remuneration, staff discounts and benefits, plus working at the coolest spots in town. Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. To

birthes@joes.co.nz

LAWN SPECIALIST QUEENSTOWN

If you have your Diploma in Turf Management and have a passion for lawns, we need you!

With a client portfolio of more than 100 high end properties, we manage lawns up to 2 hectares. Many of our luxury properties have clients who share your passion for a perfect lawn, and our goal is to exceed this!

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed person to take responsibility for giving our lawns the wow factor. We have Lawn Management Plans for our prestigious properties and need the right person to build on this and get amazing results for our clients. You will need to be happy working alone, or in a team, and experience managing staff would be an advantage. In addition, you will have:

• Diploma in Turf Management (or near completion)

• A reliable, self-motivated work ethic

• Ability to work long term in Queenstown

• Own transport and full, clean driving licence

• Excellent communication skills to follow instructions efficiently and safely

In return, you will:

• be part of a fun team

• have the opportunity to learn new skills in a supportive environment

• enjoy a great rate of pay

• receive an annual loyalty bonus

• be part of subsidised social events

Please head to www.divalandscapes.co.nz/contact-us/ employment section to apply.

We’re Hiring

Baker, Chef, Duty Manager required

Work Perks:

•We offer a competitive salary, best in the industry discounts, ongoing development, and opportunities

•A fun, friendly and positive work environment where you’ll make a bunch of new mates

•A flexible roster

•Discounts across the wider MacFarlane's group

•A clear career path with opportunities for advancement

•Delicious food & staff meals

•Free coffee - all day every day

•Epic work stories

Cookright Part-time position

• Part time position $30 per hour

• Early start, job requires physical strength

• Shifts Wednesday & Thursdays, immediate start

• Full training will be provided

• Full NZ drivers licence and clean criminal history

• Must be legally able to work in NZ

• References required

Call Scott on (027) 2463886 or email Cookright@queenstown.co.nz

Delight our guests with your ve-star service!

Are you an experienced hospitality professional who values a supportive and caring culture and wants to work with an exceptional team of friendly people?

We’re recruiting for the following positions, and we’d love to hear from you:

• Demi Chef de Partie

• Chef de Partie

• Apprentice Chef

• Hotel Duty Manager

• Maintenance Technician

• Night Porter

• Porter/Drivers

Visit our careers website: careers.therees.co.nz for full details about these exciting opportunities. Applications from New Zealand citizens / residents are highly encouraged.

Full-time and Part time Drivers Required

We are currently seeking applicants for the above positions. A heavy trade licence (Class 4) is required and previous experience in the concrete industry would be an advantage but is not essential.

The successful applicant must have:

• A positive attitude and professional outlook

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Bright/friendly personality

• A sense of humour

Applicants should apply to: The Manager Allied Queenstown Concrete 0272209022

shane.tell@alliedconcrete.co.nz

Real careers, real purpose

Find professional development, master a work-life balance, and join our whānau in the most beautiful places on earth.

With a wide selection of work available, and accommodation for the right candidates, we’re here to support you for a good time AND a long time.

Some positions available in Queenstown and further afield:

Queenstown & Wanaka:

• Payroll Advisor

Senior Marketing Executive –Trade & Experience

• Graphic Designer

• Technology Delivery Manager

• Experienced Jet Boat Driver

• Coach Cleaners

• Rural Demonstrator

Further Afield:

• Hägglunds Driver – Christchurch

Launchmaster – Fiordland

Maintenance Technician (Marine) – Fiordland

Ferry Crew – Rakiura

Team Leader (Day Cruise) – Doubtful Sound

Coach Driver – Doubtful Sound

Store Person – Te Anau

The Frankton Arm is the Local’s Local. A busy venue with great beer, great food, gaming, sports & a community feel. We’re looking for a Venue Manager to take the reins & really become the heart of the place. You’ll be the kind of person that always puts customers first, loves great beer, enjoys good yarn & makes friends with all the familiar faces with a passion for hospitality.

It’s a job with a lot to it, you’ll be in charge of hitting targets, managing the team, following & implementing procedures, organising functions, preparing KPIs, rostering & managing stock.

Sound like you? To apply please email hr@republicqt.co.nz with a CV & cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you!

Wearelookingforconfident,energeticandexperiencedprofessionals,whostriveto deliverahighstandardofservicetoourguests.

AVIS & Budget Queenstown

RENTAL SALES AGENT

Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment where the days go quickly?

Do you enjoy meeting and talking to people from all over the world?

Do you appreciate a consistent working roster because your life outside of work is important too?

If you answered yes to any of these then maybe this customer service, sales and office administration based role is the new job for you.

Full Time contracts available with set days off, Shifts are mostly 8am to 5.30pm with at least one evening shift per week. The role also requires you to work weekends. You'd be based out of our Queenstown Airport office in Frankton or our downtown office

What you need:

• Full drivers licence

• Good command of the English language

• Working rights in New Zealand

Please send a CV to: Claire.hampson@abgroup.co.nz

ELITEislookingforitsnextfulltimeteammember!Wearenotsurewhattocallthis uniqueroleyet,pleaseseebelowafewcharacteristicswearelookingfor.

+Highlyorganised

+YESattitudeandupforanychallenge

+Passionforproperty&people

+Abilitytoworkandcollaboratecloselyinasmallteam

+Bubbly&energeticpersonality

+Strongcommunicationskills

+ITLiteracy:proficientinMSword,Excel,Outlook,Xero

+Experienceinpublicinteractioninmanagingmeetings,&building relationshipswithcontractorsandpropertyowners

+Flexiblehours

IfyouwouldliketojointheELITEteam,pleaseemailthebelow:

+Resume

+Short2minutevideoaboutyourselfandwhyyouwouldsuitthisfabulousroleor alternativelyacoverletter.

MustbeeligibletoworkinNewZealandandhaveafulldriverslicense. Pleasesendyourapplicationformbefore9thOctober2023

Anyfurtherinformation,pleaseemail admin@elitemanagement.co.nz andrequestafull jobdescription.

Queenstown Expeditions & Professional Touring Drivers, Queenstown Based

Our brands have a long association within the tourism industry since the inception of company in 1993. Products such as Professional Touring offer a huge range of transport solutions from Conference and Incentive business to bespoke day tours and local transfers. Queenstown Expeditions operates local tours in the Queenstown area from Mercedes Sprinters through to larger Coaches and 4WD Man Trucks to compliment our variety of work.

We are in need of drivers to join our growing team. If you have 1, P or Class 2 & 4 licenses with Passenger endorsement. We have permanent and casual positions available, We are looking for team members with a can do attitude, excellent driving skills and an ability to relate well with clients and colleges in the work place. Our business offers an enjoyable work place environment, with excellent remuneration.

If you have any of the above class licenses we would like to talk with you.

Please reach out to us to discuss further.

Ewen or Morgan

P: 021 801 946 / 027 325 7117

E: transportsystems@gmail.com

SALE ENDS 31 OCT

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