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t’s world famous in New Zealand – and it’s also a headache for recycling in Queenstown Lakes. The plastics bottles containing Lemon and Paeroa are coloured – and they are contaminants when it comes to recycling plastics collected in the district. So for that matter is another favourite – Sprite. And your favourite iced coffee? It is in a shrink wrap, and unless you remove it the container goes straight to landfill. While the country makes an effort to recycle 1, 2 and 5 plastics, some are not recyclable at all. In terms of contamination, they are a tiny fraction of the problem – but also an example of how much diverse work has still to be done to reduce the country’s flow of rubbish to landfills. The Queenstown Lakes District Council is running a kerbside recycling bin check trial to help reduce contamination. Bin checkers, wearing highvis vests with Save Our Stuff logos, are out early before the recycling trucks do their rounds. If a bin is heavily contaminated with rubbish, it will not be emptied. QLDC waste minimisation office Kath Buttar says the series of checks in Wānaka and Queenstown have produced encouraging results. Bins are tagged with stickers to tell residents where they are on the scale of recycling… a three-stage marking which goes from being tagged a superstar recycler to something slightly more polite than being described as rubbish at it. “After the third week, our superstar recyclers were at 34 per cent and those, stickered as almost awesome, who made a minor choice error were 62 per cent,” Buttar said. That’s a 96 per cent rate of people clearly trying to do their bit – and the aim is to move more people to the top of the class. She said in the case of the other four per cent all was not lost. “You might have a flatting situation where some people are mindful and some are not – it’s
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Simon McKenzie, one of the bin checkers, is helping lift the lid on how we use yellow kerbside recycling bins.
just a matter of reinforcing the message.” There are other traps – a clear plastic bottle is fine but leaving the lid on is usually not. The Government’s move to ban plastic bags in supermarket has worked – but soft plastic used for bags by some retailers – and cellophane, breadbags and cling film - can’t be recycled. Some food trays from supermarkets are not recyclable, and neither is the soft plastic trays
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with some cheese sticks. It’s not helped by the fact that actually finding the sometimes tiny recycling label can be a task, and if you are long sighted and not wearing glasses it can be impossible. And one other issue – putting the cat food tin out with enough food to sustain the neighbourhood rodents population is not a good idea.
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“We just ask that items like that, and other tins or plastics with food residue remaining are rinsed – empty aluminium cans of fizzy and beer can go straight out,” Buttar added. If you are unsure what to recycle, check www. qldc.govt.nz/services/rubbish-recycling, or call the recycling hotline (03) 443 0024. • Watch out for more on recycling, and the call for standardised collections processes across the country.
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In short, they have a blast. Youngsters enrolled in Blue Light Adventure and Skills Training – Blast – in Wānaka are attending two sessions a week before school throughout Term 2. “The objective is to empower Wānaka’s youth to improve overall wellbeing through healthy choices and positive relationships,” Constable Deane Harbison told the Sun. One session a week is based on improving strength and fitness and is run by The Fit Collective. The other is a physical challenge of
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some description. To date the youths have had an introduction to gymnastics at Aspiring Gym Sports, completed the Wānaka Fire Challenge, learned self-defence from police tactics instructors and – last week, where pictured completing the police physical competency test (PCT). The test must be completed by police officers every two years ,in a specific time. This programme is made possible with funding from The Wānaka Lions and support from Kahu Youth, Police and Mount Aspiring College.
The winning team was, from left, Heidi Kendrick, Rhian Telfer, Isaac Baker, Cameron Armstrong and Connor Eley lying on floor. Constable Craig Koppert looks on.
Jayden Lawrence goes through the ‘window’ supported by Elijah Valentin and Rhain Telfer (right).
Priya White goes over the ‘small wall’, supporting is Juniper Gerlach and watching, from left, are Liam McLachlan, Neiko Knippers and Isaac Baker.
Juniper Gerlach going through the ‘window’ supported by Elijah Valentin as Heidi Kendrick looks on. Rahana Brett goes over the ‘solid wall’ supported by, from left, Alex Kettle, Juniper Gerlach, Hinato Watanabe and watched by police physical education instructor Sean Richardson.
Hana Jones climbs the ‘6ft fence’, watched by Elijah Valentin and Alex Kettle.
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Lewers joins mayoral race And then there were three. Sitting councillor Glyn Lewers has followed Jon Mitchell and Olivia Wensley and announced he wants the mayoral chain which Jim Boult will pass on in October. Lewers, a structural engineer, announced his intention to stand for mayor today. The 44-year-old is completing his first term as a Queenstown Lakes district councillor. He is also a Destination Queenstown board member and spent five years as chair of the Frankton Community Association. The father of two also volunteers as a rugby coach for
Wakatipu High School. “This community has given me so many opportunities and now it’s time for me to give back,” he said. “My vision is for the Queenstown Lakes District to become a place where all locals can live, work and play in a thriving community. I want our district to be a place where future planning is underpinned by a goal to enhance and protect all that we love about this place we call home.” Lewers said he understood the number of incumbent councillors intending to re-stand for council was
low and there would be several new faces around the council table by October 8. “Council has got an annual budget of approximately $450 million, and is delivering an ambitious 10-year plan worth $1.67 billion. In my corporate life as an engineer, I managed multi-million-dollar budgets for complex infrastructure projects – from budgeting, forecasting, implementing through to delivering the results,” he says. “Now, more than ever, we need someone with experience and knowledge of how our money is spent, to lead our district through this unprecedented time.”
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Food winners Brakes put on balloon plan announced Wānaka companies Augustines of Central, Kitchen Window Central Otago, Taste of the Alps, Pure NZ Ice Cream and Branch Creek Honey were among the winners in the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards announced this week. They were among 218 medal winners across the country. They were judged over two days at Homeland in Auckland in May. “Each year has seen not only growth in the number of entries, but the quality of the food products continues to rise and rise in every category,” Head Judge Lauraine Jacobs said. Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards organisers Kathie Bartley and Nicola McConnell encouraged food lovers to look for outlets showing off Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals.
The balloon didn’t go up – but it does have a home. Repeated attempts by the The North American Space Agency - Nasa - to launch a high-pressure balloon from Wānaka airport ended without success last week. After being foiled by weather conditions on five earlier occasions, it was a mechanical problem which finished off the 2022 New Zealand programme. Superpressure balloons are typically used for extremely long duration flights of unmanned scientific experiments in the upper atmosphere. Nasa is now setting up for attempted launches in Sweden and the United States. It will return to Wānaka next year hoping to complete two super pressure balloon missions. Previous missions were conducted in 2015, 2016, and 2017–all test flights of the super pressure balloon technology.
As near as it got: the balloon begins to deflate at Wānaka Airport last week.
Nasa’s balloon programme office chief Debbie Fairbrother said from travel restrictions due to Covid to cargo shipping delays, her team overcame a number of challenges for this year’s New Zealand campaign. “While Nasa was unable to launch this year, the campaign yielded some key successes. Most notably, Nasa signed an important lease for hangar space at Wānaka Airport for upcoming
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super pressure balloon missions,” she said. “In addition, Nasa performed important maintenance and upkeep on its balloon launch pad at the Wānaka airport to ensure readiness for future missions.” The final attempt on Friday was aborted because the brakes on a key piece of equipment that guides and feeds the balloon material during launch operations would not release.
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Stage two takes shape Wānaka’s community is closer to enjoying a greatly improved space on the lakefront, as Stage Two of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan starts to take shape. Stage Two will see a shared pathway on the lakefront running from McDougall Street to Dungarvon Street, and 110 new car parking spaces and four accessible spaces added along the lake side of Ardmore Street, opposite Pembroke Park. “So far, a lot of work has gone into organising the site for future construction works, and crews have nearly completed the base of the shared pathway,’ Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) General Manager Community Services, Thunes Cloete said. “They’ve also prepared over 1200 metres of Ardmore Street adjacent to the lake for new drainage, kerb, and future car parking spaces, which was heavily supported in feedback on the Concept Plan we released for Stage Two.” A series of new historic tiles will be displayed alongside the shared pathway, and Te Huruhuru’s
Map – a recreation of the first map of the area which aided early explorers, will be integrated into the pathway. Wānaka Community Board (WCB) Chair, Barry Bruce said it was great to see the different elements of Stage Two taking shape before the arrival of winter. “Contractors on site are now moving into some minor sealing work, laying gravel to form the base for the new parking spaces, then they’ll install stormwater infrastructure and lay new asphalt on Ardmore Street,” said Mr Bruce. A temporary closure to the section of Ardmore Street between McDougall Street and Dungarvon Street remains in place. “No one likes a road closure, but I’m confident once construction is complete and Ardmore Street is open again, we’ll all benefit from a lakefront that prioritises open space and people-friendly places to be enjoyed by all,” said Mr Bruce. Construction on Stage Two of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan is expected to be complete by the end of September.
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Pictured from left this week were Cameron Stanley, Justine Cormack, Rakuto Kurano, Tao Hawkey-Hight, Tane Haines and Heleen du Plessis.
Duo’s work played live Mt Aspiring College students Tane Haines and Tao Hawkey-Hight heard their own compositions performed by a virtuoso string quartet this week at the Aspiring Lifestyle Village on Golf Course Road. The duo are tutored by the lifestyle village’s Artist in Residence Rakuto Kurano and their new works The
Grass and the Kids by Tane and String Quartet by Tao were recorded and then performed in the Anniversary Concert between Elgar and Haydn. “I was so glad I could see the boys’ eyes light up in the open rehearsal hearing their pieces come to life for the first time” said Kurano. “There is something so special about hearing
your own composition live for the first time. If I had not had the opportunity to hear my composition being performed by the NZ Harp Duo (Michelle Velvin and Jennifer Newth) back in 2016, I would probably not be composing today. I am so glad we could give the boys this same experience."
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Cardrona staff will have a new accommodation option for winter.
Bonus for seasonal workers Cardrona and Treble Cone have partnered with Wānaka Backpackers Bothy to provide staff accommodation. “The Bothy Central” uses the old Base Backpackers space and will house 120 Cardrona and Treble Cone staff for the winter season. Rent will range from $180-$200 a week depending on room size and layout and includes power, central heating, and internet. In winter the facility will be exclusively for housing mountain staff, while in summer it will be more widely available for other seasonal workers.
Work is underway to refurbish the Base Backpackers, and the Bothy Central should be ready for staff to move in from early June. Refurbishment will restart pre-summer and more room will be available for the warmer months. Dave Brown of Wānaka Backpackers Bothy has owned accommodation in other ski towns and saw the need for seasonal worker accommodation in Wānaka. “Providing safe, secure and warm accommodation for seasonal workers brings Wānaka up to a worldwide standard of staff
welfare,” he said. The Bothy Central will be staffed by Wānaka Backpacker Bothy employees who will also live on site. Laura Hedley, Cardrona and Treble Cone General Manager of Experience, said the site, in central Wānaka, right by a supermarket and staff transport pickups, was ideal. The ski areas have also been working with the Workforce Accommodation Network and real estate agents to organise winter accommodation for their teams.
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More than 130 submission have been made on Otago Regional Council’s annual plan. But just two people under the age of 25 took time ot answer questions put by the council. Feedback on the 2022-2023 outlined preferences surrounding the Council’s long-term perspective in reaction to current global issues - including climate change, transport and the quality of the environment. Council began considering the submissions yesterday at its Finance Committee meeting. ORC new deputy chair and chair of its finance committee Kevin Malcolm says public submissions are a critical component of the Annual Plan decision making process. “It’s imperative that the ORC is efficient and fit for purpose and we work with our people
to ensure a quality environment and strong resilient communities.” Acting Chief Executive and General Manager Corporate Services Nick Donnelly was pleased with the amount of public engagement, and the wide variety of topics canvassed by the submitters. “The submissions and letters showed there’s a high degree of understanding and engagement on what the Council’s aims and policies are for environmental protection.” Following an advertising campaign, feedback was sought both on-line, at YourSay, and by people calling or visiting the Council, answering four primary questions, one optional and with space for a ‘general comment’. A total of 33 letters were submitted from a range of business and community-related
organisations, and agencies, including the Department of Conservation, Fish & Game, Forest & Bird, Federated Farmers and councils of Dunedin and Queenstown Lakes, and some community boards. The optional letters, including from numerous business groups, covered a wide range of ORCrelated subjects, from climate change and rabbit control, wilding pines, tracks and trails and transport, to name a few. The issue of households’ ability to pay their annual rates bill was also canvassed and 63 per cent of respondents said the effect was either “modest” or of “little to no impact”, while 37% signalled the impact was “significant” on their household budget. More than 70 per cent of submitters answered
“no change” for the plan and for the Council to stick to its long term perspective and build its work capacity, and more than 60% said Council should stick to its long term plan. Conversely, almost 30% wanted an “immediate pause” of the long-term plan programme; resulting in delayed or reduced work programmes, and 40% said it should not stick with its long term plan. Of the total 98 respondents to the four questions, the largest submitter group of 35 people were over 65, more than double the next largest group, of 15 people aged 55-64. Interest waned as ages decreased, with 15 submitters aged 45-54, six aged 35-44, seven aged 25-34 and just two submissions from people under 25.
Mates get the message A cross section of construction industry met in Wānaka last week to discuss mental health challenges. CDL Building hosted about 80 people to a breakfast and presentation promoting suicide prevention. The presentation was made by Mates in Construction, an organisation which has raised awareness of mental health issues. “With all that’s happening, it is increasingly important that we as an industry align together and support each other through these challenging times,” CDL Bulding’s Justin Carnie said.
“This year our sector is facing unprecedented mental health challenges with the pressure being felt across most of the industry. The construction industry has the highest number of suicides across all industries in New Zealand and it is reported that we are losing nearly one person to suicide every week.” The industry is facing mounting pressure through a record housing demand, significant supply chain shortages, and labour shortages coupled with Covid. “The amount of change and instability of building over the last 18 months has been difficult
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From left, Field Officer for Mates in Construction Evan Teiti,– CDL Building’s Justin Carnie and Mates field officer Fletcher Kaan at last week’s gathering.
for many builders, especially smaller businesses where there is a lot less buffer room and margin for error. Yet it is these small businesses that form a critical part of our local community and building industry” Carnie said. Mates in Construction delivers seminars to encourage workers to seek help when facing difficult situations,
and to help them recognise the signs of suicidal thoughts in themselves and their colleagues. Carnie said by coming together for breakfast and the presentation he hopes to see communication not only within his own business but also with other companies in town that may be facing the same issues.
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Council: what do you want? Community groups and sport and recreation clubs keen to run activities at Wānaka’s newest community space can submit an expression of interest to the Queenstown Lakes District Council. QLDC began leasing the former Mitre 10 building at 35 Plantation Road on May 1 and is converting it into a youth, community and sports facility expected to be fully operational by June 2023. Sport and Recreation Manager Simon Battrick said the expression of interest process will ensure council captures the needs of a broad range of groups who might like to use it. “With the fit-out due to get underway soon we’re asking local groups and clubs to think about the space they currently use and what they might need in the future. If that fits with plans for the new building and its proposed layout then now’s the time to let us know,” he said.
“The online form guides you through the process, asking questions about your current arrangements, how often and for how long you’d like to use the new space, and the type of facilities you’d need to run your activities there effectively. You’ll also find some useful links and frequently asked questions on the same webpage.” “Because we’re converting an existing building the overall space is limited, so the expression of interest process will also help us assess how to accommodate demand fairly and ensure we can cater for a wide range of groups and activities,” said Mr Battrick. The new community facility will have two bookable, multi-use indoor courts plus a separate studio that could be used for dance, yoga and fitness classes, or as a meeting space. There will be dedicated areas for Kahu Youth and Aspiring Gymsports. For more details go to letstalk.qldc.govt.nz.
NEWS IN BRIEF Pink Ribbon The annual Pink Ribbon breakfast appeal has been postponed to mid-June because of a drop in the number of people registering. Chief executive Ah-Leen Rayner says that a third fewer Pink Ribbon Breakfasts have been hosted this year, representing a drop in income of roughly $600,000. “In our third year of the pandemic, and with an under-resourced health system, breast cancer patients are really feeling the effects,” she said. For more details go to www.pinkribbonbreakfast.co.nz Road opens The new Cromwell roundabout at the intersection of SH8B and SH6 will be open for traffic from 5pm today. New chief Wānaka based New Zealand Fish and Game Council chair Ray Grubb has welcomed the appointment of new chief executive Corina Jordan, who is the North Island general manager of Beef and Lamb New Zealand. Jordan is the first permanent appointment in
the chief executive role since it was vacated in 2020. She will start on August 1. Station opens The Arrowtown police station, closed in 2016 while Police worked through the results of a nationwide review of front counter safety reopened this week. Police and community volunteers, gathered to celebrate the reopening of the station, which will be open from Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm. Covid data Latest figures from the Southern District Health Board show there are 90 new and 501 active Covid cases in the Queenstown Lakes District. Laws on air Regional Councillor Michael Laws is back on the airwaves as one of the presenters of The Platform – a “radio” station available online. The national talk and news station was founded by Sean Plunket and can be accessed using an app. Laws broadcasts from a studio at the Gibbston Winery complex in the Gibbston Valley.
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A gift from Canterbury… Christchurch ensemble The Vocal Collective will perform three free concerts to Southern Lakes communities over Queen’s Birthday weekend. The singers perform popular contemporary music and will bring their latest offering “Don’t Forget Your Roots”. Performances are scheduled for Arrowtown and Queenstown before the group moves to Wānaka for a Sunday evening show at the Lake Wānaka Centre.
The 100 strong group is headed by Artistic Director Richard Marrett, who has worked as a musical director and conductor with The Court Theatre and Showbiz Christchurch. He also spent time recently in Dunedin working on Les Misérables. The Vocal Collective was formed in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes. The free concerts are their gift from Canterbury to the Lakes region.
St John win for Wānaka A $50,000 grant to the order of St John South Island Region will help purchase and fit out of a new first response vehicle for the Wānaka service area. The new 4WD unit will improve coverage in remote rural communities, especially during the winter ski season. It will also address the changing needs of first responder volunteers, enabling them to remain in their local communities, have more flexible working hours and shorter job cycle times. St John has an important role in community
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Hello Wānaka and surrounds and visitors to our stunning area. Well, the cold weather is here in force. We haven’t had any crashes in the frost yet, but we have had one crash on the gritted area of road. There have been a number of crashes reported on the frosty roads elsewhere in the region so be careful. I came over the Lindis Pass on Thursday night at -5 degrees and the road looked at night like any other road. Naturally I drove ‘to the conditions’ and it was no issue but if I hadn’t it may have been a different story. We so often attend a crash which wouldn’t have happened if the driver had been travelling even 10-15km/h slower As a rule, if your dashboard is recording an air temperature of say one degree then the road surface temperature will be around -5 or -6 degrees. This should give you some idea of what you’re driving on particularly if there is water on the road or in the surface cracks. We also attended a minor crash at a stop sign on the intersection of Brownston Street and McDougall Street. We conducted some work on distracted drivers and issued five speeding notices, three notices for operating a phone while driving, one for a learner driver breaching conditions and two for driver’s
license suspension. I am sure people would rather spend that hard earned money on things they want or need to spend that money on but those were choices they made. Two people were seen attempting to steal two mopeds from a local business. Because they were locked, they didn't get far. We continue to work on illegal firearms and recovered several over the last few days. Please lock your vehicles. We attended a theft from a vehicle in the Hāwea area. We have arrested a female for multiple thefts from local shops. Remember to report any incident via online or 105 or pop into the station. Any information helps. This week six drink drivers were apprehended. We will not stop in our efforts. Currently we are Investigating an assault at a local licensed premises from Saturday night. If you have any information that could help let us know. Take care of each other everyone, be safe and don’t forget to enjoy this stunning time of year safely and don’t forget to look up or smell the roses. Like I always say. Chance looks like fate in the tail lights… Take care Wānaka. – By Bruce McLean Senior Constable, NZPD
Council feedback More than 200 people have so far taken the opportunity to give feedback on what the Central Otago District Council’s role in affordable housing should be. As of Monday, there had been 213 surveys completed, largely from residents in the Vincent and Cromwell wards. The survey invites respondents to comment on how they feel about Council supporting the
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development of affordable housing in Central Otago, and how they feel about a proposal by the Central Otago Affordable Housing Trust for Council to gift one third of any of Council’s residential developments for the trust to set up a secure homes model. Community feedback, who closed Sunday, will be considered at the council’s July 13 meeting.
Robyn Bennett’s picture, ‘Who’s Watching You’.
Street Photography is one of the most rewarding genres of photography. Documenting people and scenes in an everyday environment is not easy – it requires patience and sometimes some bravery to be able to photograph complete strangers. Typically street photography is about candidly capturing life in public areas, and contrary to its name it doesn’t have to be done only in a street. Right now, social media is flooded with mediocre street photography. Indeed, just pointing our lens in the direction of a scene does not necessarily qualify the image as good street photograph. As in all photography how we compose our photo will make or break our image. A street photograph needs a clearly defined subject. All the elements of compositions, such as light, the rule of thirds, leading lines, symmetry and negative space (among others) remain important. We should try and tell a story with our picture and create an image where our viewer pauses and question’s what they see. If we succeed in this we have created a good street photo. Put succinctly by the great Henri Cartier-Bresson considered my many (quite rightly) to be the father of street photography in an interview with the Washington Post: “There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an impression that life offers you and you must know with intuition when to click the camera…” He famously called this The Decisive Moment. Whether street photo needs to include people is open to conjecture. Many believe they should be included, while other feel there is only the need to show that someone was present at sometime, perhaps by what they left behind. If we do include people it is not necessary to show the whole human being. Parts of the body (for example feet and legs, silhouettes, shadows or backs of humans) can be very effective. There are photographers who believe that street photographs should be taken candidly and that making eye contact with the subject takes away the spontaneity of the moment. Conversely
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others believe eye contact, done respectfully, can make a picture more intimate and can add interest or even a bit of humour to the image. Although taking pictures in public places is legal in ‘most’ countries we should still show respect. If someone does not to want their photo taken apologise and find another subject. There are plenty out there! It is easy to get started in street photography as all we need is a camera or a smartphone and a public place to photograph. There is no real need for fancy lenses or accessories. Start with a busy location with lots of activity and see if we can find something or someone interesting which will hold our viewers’ attention, Great street photography showcases the lives of people and places at a given moment of time. They show defined subjects and tell their story. On balance photos that portray human activity may have more interest with our viewer and hold their attention longer. But we should not get hung up on what constitutes street photography. Instead, we should have fun recording street life from our own unique perspective. Experiment with different focal lengths and playing with light and how it illuminates our subject. Creating street photographs of our present time is important. We live in a fast-changing world and we should capture its current form for future generations to appreciate. A well observed everyday street photograph is Robyn Bennett’s picture of a couple outside a café. The image was cleverly titled ‘Who’s Watching You.’ It is a well observed image of a couple relaxing outside a café. Robyn said the photo was taken in the Old Town in Oamaru precinct on Sunday market day. With the couple’s permission she took the picture as they soaked up the sun while enjoying their coffee. It’s a really great example of street photography. Wānaka Camera Club is dedicated to helping anyone interest in photography and we welcome anyone to join us. Our next meeting is on June 13, 7.30pm, St John Rooms, Link way. – By Bob Moore
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Lakes Sanctuary meeting success
About 80 people attended a workshop at Cardrona last week hosted by Southern Lakes Sanctuary to look at conservation projects for Lake Wānaka, Hāwea and Whakatipu catchments. The meeting drew representatives from the mana whenua and agencies including Department of Conservation, Whakatipu Wildlife Trust and both Queenstown Lakes district and Otago regional councils. More than 20 indigenous species, including kea, rock wren and the spotted orange gecko are threatened with extinction in the area.
The Southern Lakes Sanctuary aims to conserve and restore ecosystems, sustain recreational opportunities and also create jobs in the area. Several staff from the regional council’s Environmental Implementation Team took the opportunity to build connections with conservation groups across the Upper Lakes. “The participants are all very enthusiastic which is great to see,” team member Anna Ferguson said. “The workshop itself has provided a useful method for assessing,
planning, implementing, monitoring and adapting conservation projects. “It is based on tried and true principles, many of which we are using already in developing our Integrated Catchment Management programme.” Councillor Alexa Forbes attended for a day to get an overview of the project and how it aligned with ORC direction and vision. “The work of the Southern Lakes Sanctuary over the past two years has brought together more than 80 different conservation minded groups to work together towards a grand vision
for the Southern Lakes region,” she said. “I have no doubt about the potential and success of the programme. The Southern Lakes Sanctuary was established in 2021 by a consortium of six groups who in turn represent 84 community groups, landowners and businesses. The aim was of achieving more for conservation collectively than they could individually, and to do this by fostering an enduring partnership between local community groups, iwi, business and government.
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Mandy Enoka with her Wānaka 10.2 team, from left Jack Brewer, Johnny Aspinall, Owen Bugg Harris, Jared Enoka, Hamish McCulloch, Alex Bartlett and Winston Harper
Trusts funds boost for Wānaka Several Wānaka organisations have benefitted from a Central Lakes Trust funding package of $4.7 million. The funding was approved at the first meeting of the Trust’s financial year. Wānaka Search and Rescue get funds for a combination of new or replacement equipment, and training. Spokesperson Phil Melchior said the trust had been Wānaka Search and Rescue's primary supporter for nearly 20 years. “Wānaka SAR's annual budget is in the order of $100,000 which is met entirely by grants and donations - most notably from the CLT, the Otago Community Trust, Lion Foundation, Sam Morgan's Jasmine Trust and the Wānaka Lions through their annual 4WD safari,” he said. This year SAR is replacing several climbing ropes and half a dozen pairs of crampons, as well as buying some new gear for the subalpine team - including a tracking harness for a search dog - something that allows us to know where the dog is, in the bush. “Importantly, the CLT is also generous in its
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support for training - especially for helicopter time,” Melchior said. “Over 90 per cent of Wānaka SAR's responses involve helicopters, and ensuring every member of the field teams is current and capable of doing things like getting in and out of a hovering helicopter, and hanging with a stretcher on the end of a 40m strop or long-line, is essential annual training. “While operational response helicopters are funded by the police or the Rescue Coordination Centre, training we have to do ourselves.” Elsewhere, Wānaka Primary has received a grant to fund its Central Otago Primary Schools Sports Association Sports Director position.. The Sports Director organises the Central Otago sports competitions for 28 schools. Wānaka Yacht Club must replace a rescue craft and will get help in buying a 4.5 m Rigid Inflatable Boat with a 50hp outboard motor. “This size boat will allow us to rescue up to six sailors which is the maximum crew size,” Deva Jacobsen, Grants Administrator, said. “It will also allow us to tow any sailing boat.” The club has been approved 20 percent of the project from Central Lakes Trust and has also received a grant of $5000 from The Sargood Bequest. Wānaka Croquet Club will get help from the trust to assist with a three-year project to restore lawns.
Wānaka hosted a junior competition on Sunday with a huge turnout at Kelly's Flat of under 10s, including plenty from the Wānaka Club, It was a day where every game threw up stars, from Niamh Nolan, Amber Gemmell and Mahalia Matahaere in the opening match through to the last where Marc Langley was excellent in defence and Liam Monahan brave between the sticks. Elsewhere Tama Chaney bagged an excellent long range strike and Rhys Brugman was a terror on the left, setting up two goals. Mandy Enoka's Wānaka 10.2 team, self named the Spuds, featured against a solid Alexandra 10.1 line-up. The game produced a stand-out display from Alex Bartlett, a stout defensive showing from Jared Enoka and tenacious midfield work from Winston Harper. An end-to-end battle ended 2-1 to Queenstown, and it was only the second time this season the Spuds had been beaten.
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N o t i c e b o a rd | P a p a P ā n u i Alcohol Licensing Applications
1. I FARRANT & THE ESTATE OF MC FARRANT (RM220111)
Current alcohol licensing applications can be found at www.qldc.govt.nz/services/alcohol-licensing.
What is proposed:
Applicant / Licensee
Trading Name & Address
Nature of Business
Last Date for Public Objection
Shotover Trading Limited
The London
Tavern
16/06/2022
Arrow Hospitality Limited
New Orleans Hotel
Hotel/Tavern
15/06/2022
Mt Rosa Wines Limited
Mt Rosa Wines
Frozen Assets Limited
Below Zero Ice Bar
Rockburn Wines Limited
Rockburn Wines
The Locker Room Sports Bar Limited
The Locker Room Sports Bar
36-38 Shotover Street, Queenstown
The proposal also seeks to identify a building platform on each residential allotment; two new building platforms on proposed Lot 1 and 2, and one building platform around an existing residential unit on proposed Lot 3. To summarise: • Proposed Lot 1 measures 9.14 hectares and contains a building platform of 1000m².
27 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown
47 Gibbston Back Road, RD 1 Queenstown
Resource consent is sought to subdivide Lot 2 of RM210780 (currently held as Lot 1 DP 27661 (OT18D/262) into four allotments; three for residential purposes and one for legal access into proposed Lots 1 and 2 and undertake associated earthworks and landscaping.
Tavern/ Cellar Door
14/06/2022
Tavern
13/06/2022
Tavern
08/06/2022
Tavern
08/06/2022
5-17 Church Street, Queenstown 6 Coal Pit Road, Gibbston
• Proposed Lot 2 measures 9.10 hectares and contains a building platform of 1000m². • Proposed Lot 3 measures 17.40 hectares and contains a building platform of 920m² around the existing residential unit. • Proposed Lot 4 measures 0.63 hectares and will be utilised as a legal right of way to proposed Lots 1 and 2. The location in respect of which this application relates is situated at: 372 Wanaka-Luggate Highway, Wānaka Lot 1 DP 27661 held in Record of Title OT18D/262 (Lot 2 of RM210780) ADDRESS FOR SERVICE FOR APPLICANT:
10 Brecon Street, Queenstown
If you have a query about an application, a public notice, or the notification process, you can find more information here: www.qldc.govt.nz/services/alcohol-licensing. Or, alternatively, please call 03 441 0499 or email services@qldc.govt.nz. This notice is dated: 27 May 2022
Wānaka Youth and Community Centre - Expressions of Interest Work is underway to repurpose the old Mitre 10 building on Plantation Road into a new indoor recreation facility, providing more space for our youth and community groups to rent or book. We’re now calling for expressions of interest from any local groups who require new or additional space for their activities. This process will ensure we’re capturing the needs of a broad range of groups who would like to make use of this facility. As there is limited space in the building, the process will also help us fairly assess how we accommodate demand and ensure a wide range of uses can be catered for. Please visit letstalk.qldc.govt.nz for more information and to submit an expression of interest. Expressions of interest close on 12 June 2022.
QLDC Meeting Schedule for June 2022 Subject to change. Last amended: 27 May 2022 Public Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 that meetings of the Council will be held as follows, during the month of May 2022. Full Council Meeting – via Zoom. Thursday 2 June at 1.00pm.
I Farrant & the Estate of MC Farrant C/- Blair Devlin blair@vivianespie.co.nz Vivian and Espie Ltd PO Box 2514, Wakatipu, Queenstown 9349 The Council planner processing this application on behalf of the Council is Sarah Gathercole,, who may be contacted by phone at 03 441 0465 or email sarah.gathercole@qldc.govt.nz. 2. F & A MACDONALD (RM210796) What is proposed: Application under Section 88 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) to identify two new residential building platforms, for two sheds associated with a Rural Industrial activity and 16 single bedroom residential units for the purpose of workers accommodation. The location in respect of which this application relates is situated at: 230 Mount Barker Road, Wānaka ADDRESS FOR SERVICE FOR APPLICANT: Nicole Malpass nicole@ipsolutions.nz IP Solutions 15 Cliff Wilson Street, Wanaka The Council planner processing this application on behalf of the Council is Tim Anderson, who may be contacted by phone at 03 450 0122 or email at tim.anderson@qldc.govt.nz. Submissions will be received until Monday 4 July 2022 and must be served on the Consent Authority, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 or email rcsubmission@qldc.govt.nz. These must be dated, signed by you, and include the following information:
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1 Your name, email address (preferred) postal address and telephone number.
Planning & Strategy Committee Meeting – via Zoom. Thursday 9 June at 1.00pm.
2 Details of the application in respect of which you are making the submission including location and the Resource Consent number.
Audit, Finance & Risk Committee Meeting – via Zoom. Tuesday 14 June at 10.00am. Resource Consent Hearing (University of Otago RM200570) – via Zoom. Thursday 16 June at 9.00am. Wānaka Community Board Meeting – via Zoom. Thursday 23 June at 10.00am. Planning & Strategy Committee Meeting – via Zoom. Tuesday 28 June at 10.00am. Full Council Meeting – via Zoom. Thursday 30 June at 1.00pm. Meeting dates, times and venues are subject to change. At alert level Orange of the COVID-19 Protection Framework, all public forum attendance will be conducted via Zoom. Some meetings may have items of business that will be discussed with the public excluded, as set out by the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. Mike Theelen
3 Whether you support or oppose the application. 4 Your submission, with reasons. 5 The decision you wish the consent authority to make. 6 Whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission. Any person may make a submission on the application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that: a) adversely affects the environment; and b) does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.
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You may make a submission by sending a written or electronic submission to Queenstown Lakes District Council (details below). The submission should be in the format of Form 13. Copies of this form are available on the website www.qldc.govt.nz/services/resource-consents/ application-forms-and-fees#other_forms.
Resource Consent Application
Address for Service for Consent Authority:
Resource Management Act 1991
Queenstown Lakes District Council Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348 Gorge Road, Queenstown 9300
Details of the resource consent application and submission forms are available in the offices at Queenstown Lakes District Council, Gorge Road, Queenstown; 74 Shotover Street, Queenstown and 47 Ardmore Street, Wānaka during normal office hours (8.00am to 5.00pm). You can also download these on our website. www.qldc.govt.nz/services/resource-consents/notified-resource-consents#public-rc or via our edocs website using the RM number as the reference edocs.qldc.govt.nz/Account/Login.
Email Phone Website
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Harraway in national team Wānaka’s Meg Harrway has been rewarded for her excellent performances at national events by earning a berth to represent New Zealand at the 2022 Waterski Oceania Championships. The championships will be held at Max Kirwan Lakes in Mulwala, Victoria Australia in November. Meg will represent New Zealand alongside fellow Hilary Munro (overseas), Courtney Williams (Northland), Alex King (overseas), Jack Silver (Wellington) and George Donaldson (Canterbury). The 20-year-old has previously represented New Zealand in 2018 at the Under 17 Junior World Waterski Championships in Spain, and Oz v Kiwi Challenges in 2020 (Lake Crichton, Canterbury), 2019 (Myuna Bay, NSW), 2018 (Lake Wiritoa, Whanganui), 2017 (Myuna Bay, NSW) and 2017 (Piarere, Waikato). She is ranked as the country’s top Open Women’s slalom skier and is sponsored by D3 Skis NZ, Harraway Building and Soak Day Spa Wānaka. The Wānaka Waterski Club, re-incorporated in 2021, recently won a Lion Foundation grant enabling it to continue to maintain two slalom courses in Paddock and Parkins Bays.
College XV beat the bug An illness hit Wānaka came from behind to beat Taieri in last weekend’s Otago Schools second division rugby clash 29-12. The match began as an uphill battle - several players were unavailable due to illness, including two out on game day and that may have contributed to a less than impressive start to the game. MAC was guilty of unforced errors and gave away penalties – and then the first try of the game. The side rebounded and saw prop Macu Hukui-Leebody score - but the penalty count and errors continued throughout the first half for both sides. An improved start to the second half paid divideds, and the lead for the first time, as half back Jacob Field crossed the line to put MAC in front, 10 -5. MAC continued to dominate with ball in hand and a strong run by Lock Eligh Hollegien got him over the try line to put the lead out to 15-5. Taieri were not about to roll
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In the crest of a wave – Meg Harraway in action at the 2022 nationals.
over in front of their home crowd however and rallied to get their forwards in a position to score under the posts, converting the try to bring the deficit back to three points at 15 -12. The game remained tight going into the last five minutes with MAC once again dominating territory. A lineout five meters out from the line provided an opportunity and lock Otis Harry took full advantage of a tiring opposition, winning the ball and fighting his way over the try line to put MAC out to a 20 -12 lead. A great conversion kick by Tom Sides stretched out that lead to 22 -12. Now playing with more confidence the MAC backs threw the ball wide from their own 22. They found space on the edges through quick hands and were able to go all the way, full back Ben Simmers finishing off a great team try to seal the win. “It was a real gritty effort considering the sickness in the team and losing two players on game day,” coach Craig Read said.
Chileshes to play in squash open National reps Lwamba and Temwa Chileshe will compete in the Wānaka Squash Open over Queen’s Birthday weekend. The brothers have been selected in the seven strong squash squad for Commonwealth Games in Birmingham England. Lwamba, 23, was born in Zambia, and his younger brother Temwa, 21, in Christchurch. They live in Hamilton and will play doubles together as well as the singles. They have recently returned from playing professionally in England – and representing New Zealand in the world doubles champs. They will be joined by Oliver Johnston who, while he has been out injured for 12 months, adds experience to the Open drawer. On the national grading list, Lwamba is ranked second, Temwa fourth and Oliver sixth. On PSA (World Squash) rankings, Lwamba and Temwa are ranked second and third, behind World Squash Champion Paul Coll amongst New Zealand male players. In an unusual co-incidence, three doctors are also in the eight-man Open drawer with just one Centra Otago player, Allan Wainwright. Club President Tony Johnston said this this will be the strongest men’s drawer in the 40 year history of the club, which continues to grow. “To accommodate that growth and futureproof our club, we are currently working on plans
Brothers Lwamba and Temwa Chilesea.
to extend the club and tidy up the existing building,” he said. The Women’s Open is also strong and will feature the very promising Grace Hymers as number one seed with Lowri Waugh seeded second. Hymers was last year named the most promising junior female” at the NZ Squash Awards. The semis in the Men’s and Women’ Opens will be held on Saturday afternoon and the finals on Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, the club’s juniors featured at the Canterbury Junior Open Championship in
Christchurch last weekend. It was the first time that these juniors had competed in Christchurch and they met quality opposition. Cody Armstrong and Ethan Prince excelled as Cody took out the C division with Ethan finishing second. The Wānaka players in the B division struggled against strong opposition with Oisin Corbett finishing 3rd, Kyan Prince 6th and Rui Fukaya 7th. Club juniors will also be inaction in Wānaka over Queens birthday weekend.
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