Edition 147

your local event guide & directory 24 May – 6 June 2018

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new menu!

Lunch...Ribs...SUSHI...Pork Belly Ramen

EARLY DINING OFFER

takeaways available Free Hot Drink

with every lunch purchased

5.30–6.30 pm – 2 courses Trust the chef $39 03 442 0131 www.saffronrestaurant.co.nz facebook–@arrowtownsaffron instagram–saffronnz

03 442 0885 www.fantan.co.nz

the

blue door

Bottoms Up. Arrowtown!

Every day in May is a cheeky Day 5 – 7 pm

Music Every night from Wed – Sat

Punk Night Sat 26th June

$5 Beers $7 House Spirits & Wines See Facebook for more details (inc. Mulled Wine) Open from 5 pm | 7 days | 18 Buckingham St facebook.com/TheBlueDoorBar | instagram.com/thebluedoornz

Looking for a great

Pizza Menu?

MUSHROOM HARVEST

Roasted garlic mushrooms , feta, spinach leaves & balsamic glaze

BACON BLUE

Free-range bacon, blue cheese, pear & thyme

CARNIVORES DREAM

Chorizo, free-range bacon, ham off the bone & caramelised onion w BBQ sauce

EAT IN OR TAKEAWAY – $25 51 Buckingham St | 03 442 1860 www.theforkandtap.co.nz

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rubbish and recycling Change is coming soon to Queenstown Lakes District Council kerbside collections – the trucks will be coming an hour earlier district-wide.

The result is that after 1 June you’ll need to make sure your rubbish and recycling is out before 7.00 am on Monday.

keith crawford On Monday about 1000 people attended the funeral of Keith Crawford, the publican of the Fork & Tap, who died last week at the age of 49.

Keith grew up in the small farming community of Mangamuka in the Far North. While Keith was shy as a youngster his abilities to lead were identified by his school and he was appointed head boy in his final year.

Keith moved to Dunedin and studied physiotherapy at Otago University. ‘As a physiotherapist his colleagues always considered that Keith was special,’ says Andrew Davis, ‘and that he had healing hands.’

He loved the outdoors and also spent time in Europe working as an alpine guide. That passion for the outdoors was shared with his wife Jeannie and children Zoe and Jed, spending time tramping, skiing and mountain biking throughout Central Otago and Canada.

Andrew says Keith’s love for the outdoors was surpassed only by love for family. He was an incredibly proud father and his love for life, and others, will live on through his children.

‘Keith always considered one of his greatest achievements was to woo the lovely Jeannie Hamilton,’ says Andrew. Together they created the thriving hub of the community that the Fork & Tap has become, a place where they developed a strong team and built a reputation for quintessential Central Otago hospitality.

Despite his 13-year battle with cancer, Keith always found time to help other people. ‘He never asked, why me?,’ Jeannie explains. ‘His passion was health and fitness. His passion was the mountains. He saw his cancer as a gift that helped him see life more clearly.’

Keith’s death is a profound loss to the community.

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arrowtown village association news clean air for arrowtown

As winter days draw in we spend more time indoors and stoke the fires more – a good time to review some clean burning practices: • Checking for dry wood: knock two larger pieces together – the sound will be a dull ‘thunk’ if the wood is too damp. It could also feel quite heavy with moisture retained.

• Loading the firebox: Use plenty of paper and kindling but leave space at the top of the fuel load to allow flames to develop and burn off the gases released.

• Turning down your burner: Before using the low burn setting on your wood burner always ensure that the fire has been on the high setting for long enough for it to reach full temperature. This could take 15 to 20 minutes.

Although there has been improvement in our measured air quality, standards set by Otago Regional Council have still not been met due to extremely cold winter weather and strong temperature inversions. have you seen something needing attention?

If you have noticed things like street lights being out, branches overhanging walkways, rubbish bins overflowing, etc you can let QLDC know through the Fixit! form on their website. Just go to qldc.govt.nz and click the Fix It button. chairperson@arrowtownvillage.nz 4

AVA has recently submitted to ORC’s Ten Year Plan requesting more education on clean air.

You might also expect stronger enforcement action for air quality breaches.

To help keep Arrowtown’s air clean report smoky fires to Otago Regional Council 0800 800 033. @arrowtownvillage on Facebook

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real estate flatmate female flatmate wanted for a spacious furnished room single occupancy. To share a house with an Asian lady. Non smoker not a party house. $200/ week + power. Txt 021 710 057 to let Appartment to rent. 3 bedroom appartment in Arrowtown with a big living room, big bathroom, kitchen and balcony. 0ne super king bed, one big single bed and a double sofa bed. Fully furnished and includes linen.

Amazing views. Call 027 531 4979 Warm single room available in Arrowtown $170pw plus bills. Includes bed and large wardrobe. Warm log burner to keep you toasty. Share house with working professionals aged late 20s early 30s who enjoy being social contact Fiona 027 699 5799

situations vacant

Provisions – CHEF. Fast, qualified & fully experienced chef wanted for our busy cafe & bakery in Arrowtown.Send us your CV Attention Jane ShawHal.jane@xtra.co.nz Tel: 03 4420714 ARROWTOWN FOUR SQUARE Retail Assistants - Part time/Full timeAble to work weekdays and must be able to work one weekend shift a week. Have valid NZ work visa with at least 6 months left. Previous retail experience preferred. Immediate start.

Must have good English and work well in a teamPlease call Amanda 4421671 or email: Amanda.Colmore-Williams@foursquare-si.co.nz Arrowtown Holiday Park – Part time House Keeper/Reception. Must be reliable, honest and with an eye for detail. Experience in Seekom reservation system or similar required. This would be an on going position so may suit someone local. Need to have own accommodation as this is not provided.

Only NZ Citizens or people with work visas apply. Please apply to email: manager@ arrowtownholidaypark.co.nz 6

Open from 8.30 am for

Queens birthday & thru the winter

20% off

our Breakfast menu until the end of June

excl. Queens Birthday Weekend

25 Ramshaw Lane

03 409 8946

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firefighters step up Seven members of Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade have returned tired but proud from the Auckland City Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge.

On Saturday Chris Tate, Victoria Tovey, Todd Weeks, Steve Richens, Terry Youngman and Shawn Coombe, with an injured Sue Fussell as support crew, raced up the tallest building in the southern hemisphere with up to 25 kg on their backs to raise funds for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer NZ. Victoria gave us a blow-by-blow account of the experience: On race day we muster, get gear checked, collect breathing apparatus.

Ridiculously hot standing still in our gear waiting – so tension and nerves are stretched – at the end of the day – it’s one foot in front of the other – let’s break it down – that’s all we have to do!

Easy! Ha! Go time, one firefighter every 30 seconds, it’s a well-oiled machine and organisation is incredible. Once on the stairwell it’s immediately gruelling, people struggling from way down the tower but obviously determined more than most to get to the top!

Medics and water stations positioned throughout the tower...optional water down our backs, words of encouragement and then at the 47th floor audible applause and cheering picks us up and we give it all we’ve got left! Medic teams at the finish line – incredible!

One of the most gruelling, mind over matter exercises I have ever done and yet I will compete again next year. We all finished, exhausted but elated that we had completed our task, smashed our fundraising targets – and proud of our achievements.

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from crisis to opportunity When Arrowtown retiree Wayne Hulls nearly died, a box of chocolates just wasn’t going to cut it to thank the people who saved his life.

In Dunedin Hospital for routine heart surgery last year, Wayne suffered a very rare and often fatal complication. His family were called to the hospital with the news he could be close to death, and a nurse asked wife Pam to pray for him.

But then the hospital’s crack cardiac team swung into action, and an expertly performed surgery brought him back from the brink. Grateful, Wayne looked for a way to properly thank them and decided to donate a life-saving automated external defibrillator for Arrowtown. ‘I just want to give someone a chance of getting as far as Dunedin to benefit from the work of the cardiac team.’

Wayne researched the best AED for Arrowtown, and discovered something that neither St John nor the New Zealand distributors realised: they need to be kept at above freezing temperature. That’s why the AED Wayne has installed outside the Arrowtown Bakery is in a heated cabinet.

‘Ros Maxwell and Arrowtown Bakery have been great,’ Wayne says. ‘She offered us the space on the wall and is paying for the electricity for the heater.’

Wayne is hoping to get together with Arrowtown Garage others to raise money for further well signposted AEDs that are available 24 hours a day. ‘I’d like Arrowtown to be known as a place where we look after people. I’m just happy to have been able to do something.’

The new AED joins the one outside the post office (now in a heated cabinet too) as the two 24/7 AEDs in Arrowtown. There are also AEDs at the medical centre, the bowling club, the golf club, two at Millbrook and the all your winter Four Square. The fire brigade also motoring needs in the carry AEDs and they will be turned out heart of arrowtown to any cardiac arrest, but they will take Phone 03 442 0807 a few minutes to get there. www.arrowtowngarage.nz

Winter Servicing,

Anti-Freeze checks, Tyres, Batteries, & Snow chains.

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upcoming events

june – july

may

Arrowtown Garage Car Show

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Showcasing a wide variety of vehicles and motorcycles

Arrowtown Garage 10 am – 2 pm – FREE

june

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Arrowtown Preschool Matariki Night

Village Green 5 pm – 7 pm

arrowtownpreschool.co.nz

july

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SEED

Athenaeum Hall 5 pm – 7 pm $25 eventfinda.co.nz

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your flop-free recipe roasted duck salad

150 g baby beetroot 250 g baby potatoes 250 g duck breasts 1 tsp allspice couple of handfuls rocket 1 zucchini 1 nashi pear 90 g chopped walnuts 2 tsp red wine vinegar 2 tsp olive oil 50 g balsamic jus mixed with 1 Tbsp beetroot relish and 1 Tbsp water 50 g feta cheese and some fresh herbs Preheat the oven to 200°C. Cut the beetroot into quarters and the potatoes into wedges.

Place them on a tray and season with salt and pepper, drizzle over some olive oil and roast for 25 minutes.

Score the duck skin. Season the duck on the flesh side and rub in the allspice. Heat a little oil in the pan and cook skin side down for 5 minutes, turn and cook the other side for another minute.

When the vegetables have 5 minutes remaining, add the duck to the tray and roast for 5 minutes. stand for 5 minutes.

To make the salad toss the duck and the remaining ingredients together.

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business directory accountants Mike Wallace–Management Services (Qt) Ltd www.mgtservicesqt.co.nz 22 Advance Terrace 03 409 8374 bars/cafés/resturants Arrowtown Bakery 1 Ballarat Arcade Buckingham St 03 442 1587 Bonjour 25 Ramshaw St 03 409 8946 The Fork & Tap 51 Buckingham St 03 442 1860 Unwind 4/14 Buckingham St 03 442 0227 bikes Arrow Bikes 4/9 Bush Creek Rd 03 409 8140 child care ABC Arrowtown Montessori 16 Wiltshire St 03 442 0032 Arrowtown Preschool Cotter Ave & Durham St 03 442 1416 hairdressers D’OR Hair Stylists Royal Oak Complex, Shop 14 Arrow Lane 03 442 1890 health & beauty ArrowPilates 22b Daveys Place 027 450 5695 Back on Track Physiotherapy 50 Buckingham St, Upstairs, Royal Oak Court 03 442 6616 Oddfellows Beauty Therapy & Massage 57 Buckingham St 03 442 0020 Unichem Arrowtown Pharmacy 20 Buckingham St 03 442 0975 Queenstown Physiotherapy Arrowtown Medical Centre 03 441 0580 mechanic Arrowtown Garage 28 Wiltshire St 03 442 0807 12

plumbers Bob Dennison Plumbing Limited PO Box 191, Arrowtown 027 442 1051 retail Off the Wall Gallery 18 Buckingham St 03 442 0890 The Jade & Opal Factory 30 Buckingham St 03 442 1654 The Stitching Post 25 Buckingham St 03 442 0448 real estate Ray White 14 Buckingham St 03 442 1616 taxis Green Cabs Arrowtown 0800 464 7336

community services in an emergency phone........................... 111 Arrowtown School 9 Chalmers Place 03 442 1854 Arrowtown Surgery/Doctors Berkshire St 03 442 1215 Community Policing Centre 57 Buckingham St 03 442 1274 Fire Brigade http://www.facebook.com/Arrowtownfire 2 Hertford St 03 442 1740 Justice of the Peace Amber Hollis 021 947 837 Richard Newman 0274 970 138 Russell Heckler 03 442 0204 Tracey MacLaren 03 442 1347 Library 58 Buckingham St 03 442 1607 Museum/Gallery/Information Centre 49 Buckingham St 03 442 1824 Plunket 20 Cardigan St 0800 933 922 Post Office 52 Buckingham St 03 442 1885 Wasp Man free wasp nest extermination Russell Heckler 03 442 0204

local club notices Arrow Line Dance Club 021 0284 0681 Beginner–intermediate levels. Weds 12.30– 2.30 pm $5 at the Pavilion at Lake Hayes.

Arrowtown Bowling Club 03 442 1905 Club Day Thursday mornings. New members welcome - coaching available - more info Diane 03 409 8545 Arrowtown Business Women’s Group Any and all local business women are welcome to register. It is free to join but each event may have a charge to cover costs. Email Hayley Delport on arrowtownbusinesswomen@gmail.com Arrowtown Entertainers 03 442 0132 Primarily a singing group of varying ages who love to provide heart-warming entertainment in Arrowtown. The group aims to put on a Christmas Concert in December and also concerts during the Arrowtown Autumn Festival. Contact: Alison Douglas at nigel.alison@slingshot.co.nz Arrowtown Golf Club 03 442 1719 Club days–every Weds&Sat(men) / Tue(9 holes) &Thurs(ladies). Ph the golf shop for more info.

Arrowtown Scouts Want to know more about the Arrowtown Scout group? We are catering for Boys and Girls aged 6-17years. Email Sharon. cartman@gmail.com for more information.

Arrowtown Village Association Join the Arrowtown Village Association, the voice of Arrowtown. We work to protect and enhance the unique character of our town.

Visit arrowtownvillage.nz to learn more.

Dorothy Browns Bookclub 03 442 1964 Meet the first Wednesday of each month at 10.30 am at the cinema. Newcomers welcome.

LCF fun languages 03 442 0075 For children from 2–12 years old. Fun French lessons for preschool children & in school & after

school for primary school. We do adult lessons too, in group or privately. Email nathalie@ lcfclubs.co.nz or visit www.lcfclubs.co.nz Petanque Sundays 3 pm, Library Green. All welcome!

Plunket 0800 933 922 Little fingers craft/activity playgroup, Mondays 10–12pm. Gold coin donation. Remarkable Mothers group, 2nd & 4th Thurs of the month, from 11am. All welcome. For all current information/to contact, LIKE the Arrowtown Plunket Facebook page.

Shotover Country Music Club 03 442 0785 Arrowtown Hall, 3rd Sunday each month at 7.30 pm. All welcome. Cost Free. Contact Reg McTaggart at r.j.mctaggart@xtra.co.nz Small Seeds Parent & toddler music group St Paul’s Cottage next to St Paul’s Anglican Church. Every Thurs morning in term time, 9:30 – 10:30. Half an hour of music with instruments & a short Bible story, then coffee/chat/play time. Free/Donation.

The Making Room Spaces available in Term 2 after school classes. Wednesday 8-12 yrs and Thursdays (5-7yrs) Call Fiona 021 455 309 The Queenstown Embroiderers Meets every Weds at The Stitching Post Buckingham St, from 10 am onwards. We work on our projects, share ideas & enjoy good company. Anyone interested in joining us is most welcome to call in & meet us.

For further information contact Denise Heckler 03 442 0204.

Wakatipu Travel Club Meets 2 pm on 4th Monday in the month at St John Ambulance Rooms, 10 Douglas St. Frankton. Interesting speakers. We welcome new members. Contact:Lucia Dore 027 755 1170 FREE to place local club information, email details to thelooparrowtown@gmail.com 13