Source Magazine

Issue 547 / Mar

Southern Lakes’ Original Culture Magazine

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contents Left. Right. Left, right, left.

Maui. Katau. Maui, katau, maui.

06 04 art 05 film/book 06 adventure 08 DIY

The beginning of March signals the start of the flow. Yes sir, it's honey harvesting time. We chat with one beekeeper who doesn't want to be just another commercialised beekeeper. He's looking to make a difference and he’s hoping to send nucs around the world (nucleus hives we mean, not bombs).

Also in this issue, Dr Compost seeks to inspire gardeners who’ve lost their mojo and Georgia looks at an inspiring Wanaka organisation that’s feeding families. This month’s adventure story has you drifting to nowhere and in the fashion section we look at the new ugly cool (#TevasAREfashionable).

Enjoy.

Lauren, Bethany & the Source team x the team editor Bethany G. Rogers content Lauren Prebble designer Patricia W. Becker operations David Gibbs advertising sales Catherine Mercer Emily Keisler Kylee Evans Sandra Maddison

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Whip up your own notable album cover

10–15 kai

19 16 what irks me 18 community

The passion behind Food for Love

19–22 special feature 23 environment 24 garden 26 fashion

28 27 horrorscopes 28–29 culture

Jack Ansett finally get his topless spread

30 culture 31 advice 32–33 events

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art

Sue Marshall Sue Marshall is an Arrowtownbased artist/printmaker who gained her BA in Fine Art (majoring in printmaking) from Curtin University in Western Australia.

Sue’s art practice is driven by process and materials. She uses unctuous mediums like bitumen, oil, inks and plastics to contextualise her work. Her current practice explores habitat fragmentation caused from anthropogenic activity and how that leads to the failure of systems in our environment. Her preferred techniques are screen print, mono print and drypoint etching.

If you’re interested in printmaking, Sue holds workshops in her studio cottage and has an upcoming art workshop at Queenstown Art Centre in May 2020.

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film & book adventure

BOOK Caging Skies by Christine Leunens (2008)

FILM Jojo Rabbit by Taika Waititi (2019)

WWII rages on and in Vienna, a young boy called Johannes discovers that his parents are hiding a Jewish girl called Elsa behind a false wall in their family home. As an avid member of the Hitler Youth, Johannes is horrified. When his parents go missing, Johannes realises he is the only one aware of her presence and therefore the only one responsible for Elsa’s survival. His horror turns to love and obsession.

“I dedicate this to all the Indigenous kids all over the world who want to do art and dance and write stories.” – Taika Waititi, Oscar acceptance speech.

This is a marmite book – some love it, some hate it.

It’s dark, powerful and not your usual WWII novel. A play adaptation of Caging Skies, written by Desirée Gezentsvey, premiered in Wellington in 2017 and in 2019, Taika Waititi released his adaptation for film...

"Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it." ― John Muir

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In February 2020, Taika Waititi became the first Maori to win an Oscar, for his screenplay adaptation of Caging Skies. The film, called Jojo Rabbit, was also directed by Waititi and he stars as Johannes’ imaginary best friend – a bumbling, comedic Adolf Hitler. Though it’s still set in WWII Vienna, Waititi’s adaptation uses traditional Maori storytelling techniques and brings out the lighter side of the novel, with a good dose of Waititi’s quirky sense of humour.

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Drifting to Nowhere Words Camden America

We stand by the Bridge to Nowhere, looking at the slowly decaying concrete monolith and it occurs to me that we must be 'nowhere.'

We're on the second day of a three-day adventure canoeing down the Whanganui River and this is about as far as you can get from civilisation. No reception, not even planes overhead. Just 17 of us on a trip along Aotearoa’s longest navigable river.

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The trip starts from a misty Whakahoro and after our briefing we head through the clearing mist towards our campsite for the night. After setting up our tents we dive into the depths of our canoes to pull out ingredients for our shared meal.

Tucked on a bank above the river with full stomachs and empty wine bags we turn in for the night, which passes calmly with the dulcet tones of kiwis accompanied by a chorus of snores from the collective tents.

New Year’s Eve dawns fine and calm and we continue our quest.

Our two-person canoes hold our gear in waterproof barrels and seem to offer endless extra space for all the trimmings of a New Years to remember (or not).

Waterproof cases hang from our necks, holding cameras to capture the magnificent scenery we paddle past. Small waterfalls cascade down the cliffs and banks.

Tuis fly from tree to tree and the chorus of bellbirds echoes from the bush.

“...this is about as far as you can get from civilisation. No reception, not even planes overhead.”

To bring in the New Year we've sensibly opted not to stay at Tieke Campsite on the marae and instead are staying at the Lodge Campsite. Wayne greets us with the four-wheeler, relieving us of a long drag to our campsite, a beautiful spot which overlooks a gentle bend in the river.

As golden hour hits, part of the group busies themselves with dinner while the other prises open the hard liquor barrel and prepares the ‘bar’. Local river guides catch wind of the party and join us. We count down to New Year and as the embers smoulder, the river becomes our river – all of our river.

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DIY

DIY: Notable album artwork trends Before even listening to the music, you judge the cover. This sets the tone to what you’re about to experience. Album artwork needs to make an impression; it might be worn, hung on the wall or confined to the back of the shelf.

Album art is, well, it’s an art form.

Take some tips from the pros – here’s some album artwork you could try at home…

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2. Extreme close-up or posed portrait. Black and white optional.

Cass McCombs peers at you queerly for his album ‘Mangy Love’ (great album too btw).

David Bowie uses his mime training for the album ‘Heroes’.

1. Throw some paint on canvas and take a picture of it.

Alt+J’s drummer insisted that his artistic talent extended further, onto canvas for the album ‘This is all yours’ – cool. Sam Smith took a similar approach for his remix tracks, adding in a little texture for a more sophisticated abstract look.

3. The ‘lead singer got a vintage camera’ look.

Who gave Taylor Swift a polaroid?

Used as the front cover for the album ‘1989’.

Kendrick Lamar blows off the dust on a couple of family Polaroids for the album ‘Good kid, mAAd City’.

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4. A friend of a friend, who’s a graphic artist.

This covers the spectrum of minimal font stylist to psychedelic fieldtrip.

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker uses his lucid dream as a brief for graphic artist Robert Beatty for the artwork ‘Currents’. Whereas, the XX simply put an X on their selftitled album.

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Self-care plant solutions for absentees Words Lauren Prebble

Holidays can throw you into preparation panic.

Are the bags packed? Is rubbish out? Have you disposed of any perishable foods? PLANTS! Who’s gonna look after my indoor jungle?

Using these self-care methods will give you piece of mind that your plants may pull through. Firstly, group all floor dwelling plants in a spot that’s bright but not in the rays' reach. Direct sunlight will cause plants to wilt and die.

Self-watering wine bottle.

This is suitable for your larger plants like your rubber tree or monstera.

Washing out an old wine bottle, carefully poke 2–3 holes in the cap, fill the bottle up with water, then quickly shove the neck a few inches deep in the soil near the plant. The water will seep out over several days.

Cotton string drip system. This system works a treat for your potted herbs on the bench. Cut rope for each plant that needs watered. Make sure you have waterabsorbing string like cotton shoelaces. Bury one end of the string in the soil next to the plant roots, place the other end in a bowl filled with water — Note: You want the string to have a little slack. The string will absorb the water and keep the soil moist for the duration of your holidays.

Plastic bag green house.

This perfect for those humid loving plants like ferns. Find a plastic snap-lock bag big enough to fit round the plant and secure with a rubber band. Sit your plant in a well-lit area so it can create a greenhouse effect. If you’re worried about your plant suffocating just poke a few holes in the bag.

Plant bath. If you have a large sink or bath you can fill it with water — only a couple of inches, then place your well-drained pots in them. They’ll absorb the water from the bottom up.

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Southern Discoveries' Dinner Cruise We were a little bit dubious about dining on a boat. The lake was choppy the day we climbed aboard Southern Discoveries’ catamaran, the Spirit of Queenstown. But as we settled into our seats, concerns around ‘sea’ sickness melted away – the views, of course, are unrivalled. Many Queenstown restaurants claim “great views of the lake”, but you can’t beat being ON Lake Wakatipu. The first course was a huge cheese board with three cheeses, a little charcuterie, honey comb, crackers and fruit. The main course featured slow-cooked beef, lamb and pork in portions so large we couldn’t finish it (we’d also filled up on a lot of cheese…), it was served with two salads (the summery beetroot/carrot combo was a winner), kumara and roast vegetables. We were relieved to see that dessert was a small selection of chocolates – just enough to hit the sweet spot, without being overindulgent.

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During the meal, you’re free to walk around the boat and visit the wheelhouse (and have a go at piloting the boat, if you’d like to). Due to the boat’s size, there wasn’t too many people on board and the cruise felt relaxed. It’s a triple threat – great views, great food and great service.

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How to make a Mezcal Mule

Yonder Yonder’s quirky take on the classic Moscow Mule cocktail is this tasty little number: the Mezcal Mule. Mezcal is that illusive, smoky and often neglected cousin to tequila.

3. Add ice and shake like a Polaroid picture.

1. Muddle 3 slices of cucumber and 2 scoops of passionfruit (or 10ml) in a shaker. Muddle pretty much means smash, but Google can help if you wanna get it dialled in.

5. Add ice and 10ml float (basically a splash on top) of 1800 Anejo Tequilla.

2. Combine 10ml Simple syrup (or ginger syrup if you’re fancy), 45ml Mezcal, 10ml fresh lime juice into the shaker with the cucumber and passionfruit.

4. Double strain and top with a splash of ginger beer.

Garnish: A spring of fresh mint and some candied ginger from Asia Mart Glass: Highball

At a glance What: Modern Melbourne vibes with live music in the evening Where: 14 Church Street, Queenstown When: Brunch, dinner and drinks 8am – Midnight 12

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Sunday Brunch

Kia Ora, Kai Box

The Grille by Eichardt’s

No5 Church Lane

Combining the popular options of breakfast and lunch, we dub thee: BRUNCH!

Kei te hikai koe? Are you hungry? I bet your puku says, ae! No.5 is letting you explore Maori cuisine with The 'Kai Box' – a Kiwi take on traditional Japanese bento box.

This ingenious creation was thought up by Head Chef Trent Watson. Choose between lamb, beef or vegetables.

Undoubtedly the best meal of the day, The Grille is serving up a brand new Sunday brunch menu from 15th December 2019. Inspired by summer, the menu is available 7:30am–4pm. Think live music, summery cocktails and lakeside views dished out with The Grille's top-notch nosh. It's the perfect Sunday pickme-up.

Source recommends the beef kai box – corned beef, crispy potato and cabbage puree. He kakara pai – smells good!

For $25, kai boxes come with a lamington, chop salad and broccolini and includes a cuppa of your choice.

Tumeke – awesome! Available 12–3pm daily.

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At a glance

What: Local produce served in a classy environment with lake views

What: Sophisticated, discreet, cocktail bar.

Where: Marine Parade, Queenstown

Where: Down the alley from Church Lane, Queenstown

When: 7:30am – ‘til late

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Happening Habebes

Habebes Habebes has always been a firm lunch favourite for workers on the go. There’s a choice of eleven tubs of fresh mixed salads, from sesame grated carrot to tabbouleh made from scratch each morning!

Pick your choice of freshly stacked meats off the spit – lamb or chicken, or opt for falafel and get ready for a generous serving of hummus and hot sauce... (Source recommends a dollop of tahini sauce on that too).

The small salads are nothing but! Plus they always reward customers who BYO containers.

Source loves the veggie roll; flaky pastry packed with lentils, potato, parsley – served hot with chutney, hummus and all the sauces.

YUM!

At a glance What: Middle-eastern styled locals’ lunch Where: Down the alley between Shotover St and Beach St When: 8am – 4pm 14

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Roast beetroot and walnut salad

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• 300g beetroot peeled and cut into small wedges • 1 small red onion cut into wedges • 2 oranges peeled and cut in rounds • 50g walnut halves • 100g Brie cut in cubes • 50g pumpkin seeds • 200g baby rocket leaves (washed)

Preheat the oven at 180C. Place beetroot in a baking tray lined with baking paper, drizzle it with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast for about 30 minutes or until soft on the inside. Make sure to mix it half way through baking as the pieces on the edges tend to roast faster. Roast for a little longer or in higher temperature if you prefer it crispier. Do the same with red onion and set aside to cool.

Dressing • ½ cup extra virgins olive oil • ¼ cup Balsamic vinegar • ¼ cup honey • Salt and black pepper to taste

Place walnuts, pumpkin seeds and Brie into separate trays also lined with baking paper and bake for about 3 minutes, walnuts and seeds to be toasted and Brie to slightly melted.

Whisk all ingredients for the dressing together and drizzle 4 tablespoons of it over the rocket.

Assemble the salad in a large bowl or wooden board by placing layers of rocket, onions, oranges, walnuts, pumpkin seeds and Brie.

You can store the spare balsamic dressing in a glass jar in the fridge for about a week.

Enjoy!

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You know what irks me?

Plastic fruit bags

"Words are like bees – some create honey and others leave a sting." ― Unknown

Words Lauren Prebble

No, wait. It’s more than an irk. It enrages me. And it’s the first thing I get greeted with when I go for my weekly shop. The distinct sound of soft plastic getting ripped off then flung open. The sight of weighted plastic sacks holding a mere handful of fruit, burns the very pupils of my eyes.

What’s wrong with putting those apples straight in the basket?

Okay, so you have an irk with not having your pears paired together.

“Welcome to OLD world,” I scoff.

That don’t impress’a me much. Just use a freak’n mushroom bag.

This whole scenario of adults clutching plastic fruit bags has me humming a sarcastic, made-up song:

All hail the mushroom bags! They have been a godsend for helping me cut plastic.

“Let’s… put… an-other ap-pllllle… in the plastic baggggg”

Roasted nuts? In the mushroom bag. Cherry toms? In the mushroom bag.

I want to confront them, say something. Shit, I’m approaching them! Mission gets aborted when I spot someone I know.

It’s time to break up with plastic. You can do it. Get fruit naked and rely on the trusty mushroom bag for everything else.

In 2019 the New Zealand Government rolled out a nationwide ban on single use plastic checkout bags.

People applauded them their progressiveness, but wait… haven’t they forgotten about something that’s in a very similar category here? THOSE BLOODY PLASTIC FRUIT BAGS! Why not ban them in the same nationwide sweep? It has the same 15-minute usage as those checkout bags.

Fruit in, fruit out, throw out.

Surely there’s enough information out there about the waste crisis and the alarming amount of pollution poisoning our planet to indicate that this plastic bag isn’t a good thing to use.

Why are shoppers acting so obliviously?

“All hail the mushroom bags!”

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BYO: the reusable container trend is here to stay In 2019, the New Zealand Government banned singleuse plastic bags. It was low-hanging fruit and a great place to start unravelling Aotearoa’s love affair with single-use plastic. The sort of plastic that’s used for fifteen minutes, but takes hundreds of years to break down, polluting our environment all the while.

A café that’s been considering this environmental impact for many years is Habebes. They were way ahead of the trend when it came to reducing the use of single-use coffee cups, containers and cutlery. It started in 2017, when the café began offering 50 cents off tea/ coffee and food for customers who brought in their own reusable cups and containers.

Café owner Amanda Mulqueen says it’s something they’re keen to encourage: “Bringing in your own cup and container is a good thing to take up. We offer biocups, compostable containers and wooden cutlery too… but at the end of the day, it’s still getting used once and then thrown out. Dining in or bringing a reusable container is much better.”

She adds that other local companies have embraced the idea too. Remarkables Market, where Habebes runs a food and tea stall most weeks, is encouraging everyone to bring their own reusable cups. Tourism operation Active Adventures bulk orders delicious lunches from Habebes and has their own branded lunchboxes for staff and clients.

“I think it’s great and it’s something we really want to encourage. We’ve seen a steady uptake over the last few years,” says Amanda, “it’s all about producing a little bit less waste and contributing where we can.”

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Home cooked, with love Words Georgia Merton

"A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower." ― Kin Hubbard

When life gives you lemons in Wanaka, Bex Sarginson and her army of volunteers are there to fill your belly with a freshly cooked meal. Whether it’s a health crisis, mental illness or divorce, Bex says they’ll cook for anyone in need – over Christmas, Bex and her team whipped up 130 meals.

“What we’re doing is trying to let people know that they’re not alone, that people care about their situation,” says Bex, who has been running Food For Love since just after it started in 2016. You might not think it, but she says there’s a massive need for it in Wanaka.

“We get a lot of people from the UK here who don’t have any family, and if they’re going through something, there’s often just no one around. We’re trying to form bonds and food is one of the best ways.”

She says what generally happens is she’ll get a text (usually nominating somebody else they’re concerned about), and one of her 100-strong team will put their hand up to cook.

“Some people go to amazing extents, making a three course buffet with baking. If you think about cooking for two adults and three children, that’s quite a lot of food out of their own pockets. And our New Worlds aren’t cheap!”

She reckons it’s the personal contact as much as the food that can ease someone’s struggle, which is why most of the volunteers drop off their own meals.

Even the little ‘uns are getting involved, and Bex, who admits to being a crier, says watching the kids lend a hand always gets her going.

“We are so lucky in this town, there are so many people who want to help. We’ve got kids all the way down to two years old baking, and learning about giving.”

New World gives a bunch of food, and cash donations are increasing, too – the Wanaka Rodeo gifted them $5,000. Bex sees FFL getting bigger and bigger.

“The town is getting behind it so it can only get better from here on out. This is going to be a good year!”

To nominate someone, or to sign up to volunteer, head to foodforlovewanaka.com

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Bee the change

The beekeeper taking action Words Lauren Prebble

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There’s a stiff crack as the tool snaps the lid open. The hum intensifies. A few puffs of smoke and the hum mellows. Looking down you can see high peaks of wax on the frames and hundreds of bees spilling over the box. Neal continues with the task without protective gloves, unfazed about the bee's sting. The other suited helper is peering over, fascinated, chirping a dozen questions while he works their branded hive.

People on the path stop to admire the beekeeper at work.

"I just thought we don't need another commercial beekeeper. That's not what's needed. If I wanted to go down the road of beekeeping I was going to be a bit smarter and think of a different way."

In 2019, Neal McAloon started 'Bee the Change', an environmental service. His mission, to create awareness of our impact on the delicate eco-systems around us including these vital fuzzy pollinators. He installs this message by having apiaries (beehives) in public places and garners businesses to sponsor hives.

"My primary motivation is the environment education. The Maori saying Kaitiakitanga was something that I felt quite strongly about before I even moved to New Zealand. The guardianship of the land."

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“My primary motivation is the environment education.”

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Before his apiarist lifestyle, the Southern Lakes based Irishman was a ski instructor but a 'nasty ski accident' had him in intensive recovery for years. Debilitated and with time on his hands, Neal brooded over his surroundings.

"I was learning a lot about resilience in myself after my ski accident. Resilience in food sources and resilience in the environment."

His engagement with the Queenstown Harvest Community Gardens had him seeking further knowledge about biodiversity. He threw himself into a horticulture course in Cromwell. During the heat of summer learned about the complex workings of a bee colony.

Revelation hooked him on to his mission when watching the documentary 'Pollinators'. The film exposes the poignant truth of global bee decline and catastrophic impact that it’s had on the earth’s food supplies.

"It's quite terrifying when you start to peel back the layers... That just got me thinking. What can we do, what can we do?"

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With an apiculture certification under his belt, he turned to Queenstown Startup to mentor and build structure around the 'Bee the change' environmental service.

"It's very easy to get businesses interested. Harder to get them 'walking the talk'."

12 local businesses are on board 'walking the talk' with their sponsored hives. Their logo is proudly displayed on the front of the box for the public to see.

The payment covers everything from queen bees to tin lids. Neal starts the hive from scratch, not even splitting existing colonies.

"A little bit of that payment goes back into education.

I don't take anything" The next hurdle was getting hives in public spaces.

Surely bees would be a health and safety headache?

"Bees are already in public spaces." rebuts Neal.

"Bees don't recognise man's arbitrary line maps. They want to go, where they want to go. They don't care about the public".

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With careful consideration of the location and flight path and a stringent policy around safety parameters, Neal secured two apiary sites at the Queenstown Gardens and in Arthurs Point.

"QLDC have been really, really positive and forwardthinking."

But this is only the first wave of the master environmental mission. Neal explains that the New Zealand apiculture industry is healthy compared with the rest of the world. The 3 to 5-year plan is to send bees in nucs (small portable hives) to seed crisis areas around the world.

"It's not new. There are two businesses in New Zealand that ship bees to Canada...

I'm just moving things around, reshaping the model and trying to assist crisis areas rather than it being a business model. There are areas in China where they are pollinating fruit trees with paintbrushes."

But he admits that area of the business is still in the development stage.

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“It's quite terrifying when you start to peel back the layers...”

In the meantime, Neal looks to educate about our human impact, locally. His sites will soon have information boards about the bees’ habitat and he hopes to start a ‘bee buddy’ programme to inspire good habits early.

“Every small act can create a more positive or negative aspect on the environment. For example: just leave a little bit of your garden to grow wild, let the clover grow. Don't mow the lawn for the week.

That's gonna make a difference.

People don't realise the impact they have."

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An eggcellent result for KiwiHarvest Words Jess Larmont

It was an eggspress donation from Henergy Eggs straight into the arms (or van) of Lucy at KiwiHarvest.

We scrambled together to find a chiller and the clucking amazing people at Let’s Eat from Baskets of Blessings were able to keep the 216 dozen eggs temporarily cooped up for us! Many boxes were lovingly poached by other local community agencies and Let’s Eat turned 60 dozen eggs into 100 cracking, veggie-laden, family-sized quiches which were eggcellently distributed to families in need around the Wakatipu. A cracking effort from all involved, no yolk.

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Where’s my gardening mojo gone?

Words Ben Elms

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 It's time to get Tony Robbins in. I’m having a crisis of motivation in the garden. Of course, it’s all been brought on by myself: I went on a part-vacation, parteducation trip in September – it’s the wrong time of year to go away as a gardener and I’ve been on the back foot ever since.

Combine that with one of the poorest springs in (my very short) memory for growing veggies. My garden isn’t sparkling this year and – dare I say it – I too, am not sparkling. My motivation has gone and my tomatoes seem to have caught on to my lacklustre mood as they’re not growing clustered of red, yellow and orange goodness.

I’ve been thinking about how to break out of this, get the sparkle back, grab some of the growing season that’s left and get some autumn and winter veggies growing.

So, here’s Tony Bobbin’s top motivational gardening tips: 1. Get your family involved, even if it means bribery.

20 minutes a day with a few extra hands works wonders and there’s the bonuses of bonding, mentorship and veggies.

2. Swapsies. Talk to a gardening friend or acquaintance and see if they’ll do a half-day garden swap. Have a clear list of what you both want to achieve and smash it out. Brucie Bonus alert here: you get to talk gardening the whole time.

3. Still solo? Don’t get overwhelmed.

Write a list and number it in order of importance. Give yourself a daily time slot and ‘start’ the list. Start with something easy (it doesn’t have to be no.1) and revel in the achievement; remember how this feels when you’re attacking the bigger jobs on the list.

4. Join WWoof or Help X. They offer a ready supply of (generally) enthusiastic and energetic travellers who want a cultural exchange and cheap travel/ accommodation.

5. Join a local gardening group. Meeting up with fellow gardeners is probably the most motivational tip. Often, these groups do monthly meet up and garden visits, have inspiring speakers, seed and plant swaps. They’re not just for the grey brigade – all ages attend and are welcome.

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Compost your way to a smaller carbon footprint Words Ruth Blunt

Ruth Blunt is the communications coordinator at Wastebusters. Community-owned enterprise Wastebusters is moving our district towards zero waste and helping people to recycle effectively, as part of the Queenstown Lakes District waste services contract.

Want an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint?

You can start in your kitchen.

With food or scraps you can’t eat, you can put them to work by composting.

We send 5,400 tonnes of organic waste – food and garden waste – to Victoria Flats Landfill every year.

Most of it comes from our kitchens.

Compost more

When organic waste breaks down without air in a landfill it releases the harmful greenhouse gas methane. Methane is so effective at absorbing the sun’s heat it is over 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere. It's not a gas we want to produce more of!

The good news is you can stop food waste ending up in landfill in two easy steps: waste less and compost more.

Waste less Use a shopping list to help you buy only the food you need, and store it correctly so it lasts longer.

The Love Food Hate Waste website has lots of resources to help you use up your leftovers and store your food correctly. (Did you know you can freeze wine to use later for cooking?)

Traditional composting, Bokashi bins, worm farms – discover a composting method that suits you at a free Dr Compost workshop. Whether you're starting out or need a little inspiration, Dr Compost has 20 years' of gardening and composting experience in our region and will answer all your questions.

The Dr Compost home-composting project is funded

by Queenstown Lakes District Council and delivered

by Wastebusters to reduce organic waste to landfill.

Council also provides a subsidy on Bokashi bins and worms for worm farms, making it easy to start your composting journey.

Dr Compost is hosting two ‘Easy Ways to Compost’ workshops this month: Queenstown on 4th March at Sherwood Wanaka on 25th March at St John’s Rooms.

Places are limited, so book your free ticket through Eventbrite or the Dr Compost Facebook page.

If you can’t compost at home, you can still save your organic waste from landfill by listing it on ShareWaste, an app that links people who have composting material with people who compost.

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TEVAS the ugly cool shoe Words Lauren Prebble

While friends flaunt the newest range of rubber Birkenstock sandals, I stand staunch in my Tevas.

Jhene Aiko x Teva

Because believe it or not, Tevas are FASHIONABLE. Let me tell you why...

The creation of the TEVA sandal came about in 1984 when water rafting enthusiast and geophysicist Mark Thatcher wanted to prevent his flip flops flying off his feet. The practical, water-proof, Velcro strappy shoe became a symbolic look among adventurous folk. But over the last decade the shoe has stepped into new territory: Born in a river, worn on a runway. We look at the fashion evolution of the Tevas.

Grey Ant x Teva

2016 Teva paired up with LA naïve and neo-soul singer, Jhene Aiko. She fell in love with the practical shoe whilst in holidaying Hawaii. A couple of tags put Tevas on social. Her bohemian nomad vibe inspired the shoe to be a bit like friendship bracelets with a Velcro strap. #TEVAS4EVA #festieshoes 2019 x Teva

Its first fashion push was in 2010 with New York label Grey Ant. It looked like a Teva, except it had a 4-inch stiletto rubber heel. The media laughed at the ankle-snapping ‘mountain heel’ release. Honestly, what were they thinking?!

Opening Ceremony x Teva Summer of ‘15 had Tevas on everybody’s hot little heels.

The collaboration with Open Ceremony was a step-out moment. The chunky ‘flatform’ sole and thick, bold, lined colours made the ugly shoe... ugly-cool.

The year of the TEVA and yet more fashion collabs.

Anna Siu brought back the flatform look and designed an arty strap. TEVA finally graced the stage at New York Fashion Week. HECK even paired the look with cute socks.

The Outdoor Voices collab contrasted popping bright colours on the straps – this went bonkers.

The Hurricane XLT2 sold out within minutes, even ranked number two on Lyst’s hottest products for women for 2019.

The style remains the same, but the straps change.

2019 broke new ground for the brand and showed the world that Tevas can be true to its practical roots, but fashionable too. #theuglycoolsandal

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Photos: Jana MacPherson

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"Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope." ― Christy Lefteri, The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Source loves: Vice Cream!

Operating out of a vintage ice cream truck, Vice Cream dishes out delicious, dairy free, vegan ice cream.

Scoop one up at the Remarkable Markets in Queenstown, or tease your tastebuds @vicecreamnz on social or vicecream.co.nz on the interwebs.

HorrorScope Goes to an arts festival and…

Aries Becomes unofficial hype person.

Libra Turns up in show-stopping outfit and talks throughout the slow songs.

Taurus Organises entire weekend and sets up group WhatsApp so everyone can stay in touch.

Scorpio Gets overtly jealous of Libra’s outfit, Leo’s performance and goes home early.

Gemini Makes friends with a roadie and ends up partying backstage.

Sagitarius Ditches group to watch an underground act.

Cancer Turns up for their favourite band, writes angry Facebook review when they don’t play their favourite song.

Capricorn Organises food and drink to ensure maximum queue avoidance.

Leo Is the headline act, duh.

Aquarius Isn’t actually a festival volunteer, but stays behind to help pick up litter anyway.

Virgo Is so moved by the performance, they don’t stop talking about it for a week.

Pisces Climbs on someone’s shoulders for a sombre poetry set.

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You might know him from a KFC advert…

Words Bethany Rogers

Fresh from the NZ International Comedy Festival, comedian Jack Ansett is touring the county and is heading to the region this month (18th March, Yonder, 14 Church Street Queenstown).

Aside from his KFC advert fame, Jack was a RAW Comedy Quest Finalist in 2015 – before he’d even left high school. He’s now 21 and is desperately hoping Woman’s Day Magazine will respond to his emails and give him the shirtless double-page spread he desires.

Source gave him a call to see how his career was going…

You’re touring ‘Jack Ansett: In His Prime’ this month, what’s the show all about?

Well... it’s just a stand-up show with jokes. I feel like you always have to try to shovel it into a theme and I guess the general theme is me accepting myself as being average-looking and wanting to showcase that by trying to get into Woman’s Day with a shirtless double page spread. The stories I tell follow in that direction but it’s generally just a show with funny jokes.

Why comedy?

I love being an attention whore. I always wanted to be on Shortland Street and in high school we had a talent show and they got me to host it as I was the funny guy. So, I got into enjoying big audiences laughing at me.

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Have you ever had a real job?

I started when I was 15, still in high school; I entered a competition and didn’t win but a year later I did win it and that set me off in Auckland. I dropped out of school to move to Auckland to do comedy... it’s good I had a supportive mother!

I’ve had a real job on TV, doing audience warm-up for Family Feud and currently the Project.

I’ve been a teacher as well... I talk about that a lot in the show, being a high school drama teacher which is kind of funny as I look like a 12-year-old girl.

Would you recommend dropping out of school to other aspiring young comedians?

I’m going to say NO. It could go either way... I’ve been very lucky.

I don’t have any qualifications.

Maybe finish school and then do it. Actually, you know what?

Follow your dreams! Leave school!

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“...trying to get into Woman’s Day with a shirtless double page spread.”

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Five minutes with writer Fiona Farrell Words Liz Breslin

They’re always aspiring to something in Wanaka. Liz Breslin caught up with writer Fiona Farrell, who will be talking with Chessie Henry and Philip Morrison at Aspiring Conversations about “Loving Where We Live.”

Fiona: Aspiring Conversations: what a great basis for a festival! Just talk and ideas. Love it. And I'm so pleased to have been invited.

Liz: What are you looking forward to?

Fiona: I'm simply planning to go to every session I can manage – but top of the list would be the session on the Maori mapping and naming of the region with Sir Tipene O'Regan and Helen Brown and Takerei Horton.

I've always loved hearing about the multiple layers in this country, and how once you know about them – whether it's geological or historical or botanical or any other perspective – the landscape alters permanently.

Liz: Who else?

Fiona: Shaun Hendy – I admire small personal revolutions. Chloe Swarbrick and Mel Bunce and Jon Toogood because they'll all have something strong and original and direct to say, and because this is probably the only forum where I'll be able to hear them say such things. And I want to hear Coco Davis sing live.

Liz: And your own talk?

Fiona: I want very much to hear how Chessie Henry and Philip Morrison address the same topic about our relationship with this landscape. I'm looking forward to being in that landscape that always makes me feel more expansive somehow: opened out, freer, limitless. I’m looking forward to that conversation.

Fiona Farrell’s Selected Poems – Nouns, Verbs, etc. – will be published this year by Otago University Press.

To find out what else she’s been up to, get yourself a ticket for her session at Aspiring Conversations.

Aspiring Conversations runs from 3rd – 5th April at the Lake Wanaka Centre.

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Liz: Any other aspirations for the weekend?

Fiona: To enjoy feeling my brain stretch around a whole lot of new information and ideas, instead of spinning its wheels on the current obsessions and the current book. To meet lots of new and interesting, funny, original, engaged people.

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Dear Uncle Randy, Some prick keeps parking in my drive sort that one out Source.

Yet another example of villainy running riot in a broken world brimming with barbarians; roaming our lands lawlessly, they serve only their own interests – ruthlessly chanting as they go, "Rape! Pillage!

Plunder!" These are the scoundrels who, amongst other crimes, hoard financial wealth, poison the environment, and eat babies.

Fortunately, since receiving your letter, Uncle Randy's Camel Tow Services has successfully located the prick-car and removed it from your driveway (it is currently being held at the bottom of the lake and will be released to the owner for an immoderate fee). As if by magic, all your troubles have been miraculously taken care of! How convenient that you can remain idly sofa-bound – binging on Netflix, stuffing your face, and scrolling distractedly through Instagram – whilst someone else takes up the reigns and tames the stallions of your discontent. Someone has gallantly run to your aid and soothed your cries like a big milky breast to a bawling infant. Well sorry to fart your candles out but it doesn't work like that, you indolent slug.

“Confront this car – with a brick, with a passive aggressive note, or with an open mind and a diplomatic sentiment.”

Stewing in lethargy achieves nothing. Surprisingly enough, sharing videos on Facebook does not reverse the effects of climate change and liking a friend's status does not constitute a meaningful relationship; tutting at the words and actions of politicians does not make them any less corrupt. Passively standing by in a state of expectancy – spectating through a window, via a screen, from a distance – will change nothing. Every one of us possesses great creative potential, the ability to shape our worlds in whatever way we see fit. When finding yourself disgruntled by the present state of affairs, stand up and assume personal responsibility! It must be you to take action! Confront this car – with a brick, with a passive aggressive note, or with an open mind and a diplomatic sentiment. Awaken your latent powers and take active steps to effect the change that you wish to see. Without such action, self-interested scumbags will continue to take for themselves and leave nothing behind, and the world will descend into an anarchic wasteland, with individuals watching on, shaking their heads in apathetic disbelief.

Randy.

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Jack Ansett: In His Prime

The Women’s Adventure Film Tour presented

by Macpac is a collection of awardwinning short films celebrating the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure.

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Cinema Paradiso, Wanaka

Women's Adventure Film Tour 19/20 Wanaka

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The World Bar, Queenstown

The World Bar welcomes you with open arms to a celebration of music, tie-dye, love, friends and allaround good times.

Join us at YONDER and THE WORLD BAR on Saturday AND Sunday March 21st & 22nd. Plus it's Otago Day on the 23rd so feel free to SEND IT Sunday.

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Jack Ansett (as seen on 'that KFC ad') is now 21, and has reached his peak in life. It's only downward from here. Jack is making a stand, accepting his current average talent and lanky beauty. Will he prevail?

Queenstown Adventure Festival Celebrate Queenstown’s love of adventure by hearing tales from those pushing boundaries and being transformed by experiences.

Followed by fireworks and a party in true Queenstown style

by DJs Sweet Mix Kids.

Coronet Peak Ski Area

A look at Queenstown’s art world right here, right now. Artist and gallerist Marc Blake has invited artists of all kinds to share their work at this once-in-a-decade show to create a picture of what Queenstown’s art scene looks like today.

Harvest veggies from your garden through the winter with Dr Compost’s free Winter Gardening workshop. From hardy salad greens to classic winter staples like silverbeet and leeks, winter vegetables make the most of your garden beds.

Yonder, Queenstown

Queenstown Art Now

QT Contemporary Gallery, 5 Mile

March 2020

Winter Veggies Workshop with Dr Compost

St John Ambulance Wanaka

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Aspiring Conversations Eurydice - Queenstown A searing mix of spoken word and live electronica.

Leni is five years old, holding a Superman costume for her first day at school. Eurydice is five years in to the rest of her life, with a bee tattoo on her wrist. A story about making changes, taking leaps, and being a daily superhero.

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A unique ideas festival set against the stunning backdrop of Lake Wanaka. This year’s programme includes 11 sessions across three days, covering everything from politics to mortality, taxation to religion, climate change to singing the blues.

18-29 03-05 Dunedin Fringe Festival

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Welcome to the 8th annual O'Neill Aotearoa Surf Film Festival. The festival features the best international surf films. It's sure to be an epic night of surf cinema and good times!

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Introduction to Māori Healing Tauira/student participants for this workshop will be welcomed to the central location of the Queenstown Events Centre to learn about Māori healing modalities including Mirimiri; Romiromi and Rongoā Māori.

Queenstown Events Centre

The World Bar, Queenstown

ASFF 2020 Queenstown

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Sherwood, Queenstown

Looking to reduce waste and feed your soil? Dr Compost’s free composting workshop will help you do just that with tips and tricks on three easy methods: cold composting, Bokashi bins and worm farms.

Lake Wanaka Centre

Easy Ways to Compost Workshop with Dr Compost

St John Ambulance Wanaka

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The Festival is an annual 11-day event and the world's southernmost fringe festival! Just quietly... it's also the second largest fringe festival in New Zealand. The fringe is an open-access festival where all kinds of artists and performers take part.

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Farewell to Summer Wanaka flooded and the Remarkables had snow in February. It’s not been the greatest summer in the history of the Southern Lakes, but if climate change predictions are going to come true, it certainly won’t be our worst summer…

A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, so flooding and heavy rainfall are expected to become more common, as are temperature extremes from random frosts to brain-melting heat. Perhaps this is farewell to summer as we know it.

But peel back the doom and gloom and look at the positives – this summer, we’ve seen more people using reusable cups at the lakeside, more festivals considering their environmental impact and more people get serious about reducing, reusing and recycling. Is this autumn’s setting sun on humanity’s bad habits? Perhaps. Chin up, Source friends, it’s not easy being green, but it’s worth it.

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BARBECUE BEACHES BIKING BOATING CAMPING

FESTIVALS FRIENDSHIPS KAYAKING LAKESIDE MUSIC

OUTDOORS PROSECCO SUNBATHING SUNNY WATER

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