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Queenstown Lakes community group is taking a novel approach to selecting its next three board members. Their names will be drawn out of a hat. Shaping Our Future assists communities to draw up their visions for the future and helps to implement them. On looking to co-opt board members it has declared: “no prior experience is needed - we believe that passion, life experience, listening skills and empathy are attributes that are just as important as experience of being on committees or in public office”. So once the application period closes, the names will go into a hat – minus any applications which are clearly not suitable – and the three new board members will be drawn out. “We have an experienced board who can train and mentor you. If you would like to help others ‘be the change’ then get in touch,” Shape Our Future says in its advertisement for the roles. “My experience is that the board attracts people who want to give back to their community, and in the Covid age of uncertainty, worry and stress across our communities, there’s never been a greater need for people to do this,” John Glover - who is contracted to provide executive support to the Board on a part-time basis – told the Wānaka Sun. Board Chair Vanessa van Uden said she believed community members had a great range of priorities, perspectives and passions that they could bring to the table – “and who are we to prejudge their potential contribution?” “Allowing anyone’s voice to be heard is a key principle for Shaping our Future so it’s totally fitting that we apply that to our own governance.” John Glover has a hat ready for the names of potential trustees. Shaping our Future is part way through a by the Lake Dunstan Community Trust to help meetings and face to face facilitated workshops, on-line engagement platforms to run alongside “community visioning process” for the Hāwea draw up a long term vision for Lake Dunstan and but Covid along with the fact that our younger in-person processes,” John Glover said. generations choose to engage in a fundamentally For more information go to community, is due to start on one for the its surrounds. “We have traditionally used town hall style different manner has seen us explore a range of www.shapingourfuture.org.nz Kingston community and has been contracted
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The Wānaka Camera Club pays tribute this week to Warbirds over Wānaka in the wake of last week’s announcement that the Easter festivities had been cancelled because of Covid restrictions. Continuing our summer series highlighting the talents of club members, Geoff Perry, a club member for about 10 years, compiled a selection of his favourite shots from the 2018 Warbirds event. The three day show is now in the diary for 2024. You can read Bob Moore’s regular camera club column this week on Page 9.
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Covid 3, others 2… Three more significant events are off because of Covid - but the much-heralded Olympic fanzone will open. Gone in the wake of the Warbirds over Wānaka cancellation are Aspiring Conversations – Wānaka’s festival of ideas - the Integrity Homes Challenge Wānaka event and the Contact Epic race. The region has picked up an event – Karāpiro was not suited to hosting the national rowing championships under Covid rules and the mid-February regatta will be held on Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel. And the New Zealand Olympic Committee is inviting people to get among the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games by visiting the first New Zealand Team winter fanzone at Après by Cardrona in Wānaka. Doors open at 2pm on Saturday in time to see Wānaka’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Queenstown teammate Cool Wakushima in action. Organiser scaled hosting plans back – an opening party was canned. Under the Red setting the fanzone can still to host guests, public and the media to watch the competitions and the venue has been configured with zones limited to 100 people attendees. The three-day Wānaka Festival, presented biennially by the Festival of Colour, was scheduled to take place from March 25 to 27. It is the second time the event has been cancelled due to the impact of Covid-19, and a number of speakers from the 2020 festival were to feature in the 2022 programme which
was to be the final Aspiring Conversations festival programmed by founding director Philip Tremewan. Mr Tremewan said Aspiring Conversations is one of many festivals and events having to cancel and the reverberations were felt among artists and audiences throughout the country. Aspiring Conversations will return next year as part of the Festival of Colour Organisers of the Challenge Wānaka event said cancelling before January 31 enabled competitors to receive a 75% refund or a transfer to the following year. “We have been working tirelessly on options on how we can continue,” commented Bill Roxburgh, Race Director. “But we strongly believe this option is the best for our competitors and community alike, in the face of what could be a prolonged length of time in the red light setting.” Challenge Wānaka Sports Trustee, GP Andrew McLeod said the experience of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia suggested Omicron will cause illness for two more months at least. The Contact Epic race is promoted as a quintessential Central Otago back county mountain bike race and has and has only been cancelled once before – in 2020 thanks to Covid. Race Director Aaron Nicholson said once competitor, volunteer and community safety was considered, it was the obvious decision that needed to be made. – By Roy Pilott
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Waitangi korero Kāi Tahu leader Edward Ellison will give an online presentation on Waitangi Day. In his talk entitled Wāhi Tūpuna and hosted by the Central Otago District Council, Mr Ellison will discuss significant Central Otago landmarks and share traditional stories that are an important part of local Kāi Tahu history, culture and traditions. “Our history is in the land, recorded in traditions and placenames left by the ancestors that span time,” said Mr Ellison. “The presentation seeks to give an insight to what we refer to as wahi tūpuna (places of our ancestors).” Sunday’s event will run from 10 to 11.30am and include time for questions and discussion at the end of the presentation. Mr Ellison is Upoko for Ōtākou Rūnaka, Chair of the rūnaka based consultancy Aukaha, Chair of the New Zealand Conservation Authority and a Strategy and Planning Committee Member on the Otago Regional Council. CODC Chief Executive Sanchia Jacobs said while it was disappointing to announce in December in-person celebrations of Waitangi Day in Alexandra had become another Covid victim, she was glad there was still to be an event held online to mark the important day. She said Waitangi Day provided a chance “to reflect on our unique history – on how far we have come, and how far we have to go.” The link to the online session will be available on the Council website and social media channels this week.
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Intern gets in tune with tuna Otago’s first intern supported by an academy which aims to accelerate Māori student learning is studying tuna – eels – in Otago Aaliyah Pakau-Timoti is studying for a Bachelor of Animal Science at Massey University in Palmerston North, majoring in breeding and genetics, and has been working as an intern at WAI Wānaka over summer. Pūhoro Stemm Academy, based at Massey, organises internships all around the country however this is the first internship for the Otago region. One of Aaliyah’s elective papers is environmental science so the internship, which involves using new eDNA (environmental DNA) technology to understand where tuna are found in the Upper Clutha Basin is particularly relevant. Tuna (in this case the New Zealand longfin eel) are an endangered species of freshwater eel endemic to New Zealand. They are critical to the function of a healthy aquatic environment as apex predators and hold cultural significance for iwi. In the Upper Clutha basin tuna are under growing pressure from dams on the MataAu (Clutha River) that reduce their ability to migrate to and from spawning grounds in the South Pacific. Aaliyah, originally from Manawatu, said having the opportunity to take part in the internship had been an amazing experience. “I had to run my own project and all the work done was my own – this has increased my confidence and I feel better prepared for taking a job post-university. WAI offered a supportive environment with an experienced team to assist my work.” Giving students a chance to experience working within a community organisation and
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giving them a meaningful project to complete was important to WAI Wānaka chairperson, Mandy Bell. ‘It’s a wonderful two-way exchange of knowledge and opportunities for the intern and WAI Wānaka. For the intern, it’s a chance to take ownership of a project within a business environment. The WAI office is a hive of activity and an open plan set-up where all our planning and implementation takes place, so our interns get a very open book experience of office life.
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For WAI, we get the fresh enthusiasm and perspective of young people from different tertiary institutes – this opens further doors for ongoing collaborations and relationships.’ Internships are just one part of the WAI Wānaka education plan. Jose Cranfield, Education & Outreach Coordinator, also runs primary and secondary programmes with schools around the Upper Clutha, as well as engaging the wider community at events such as Matariki celebrations and the Wānaka A&P Show.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) says it will begin to clear Eely Point Reserve in Wānaka of abandoned boats and trailers next month. QLDC General Manager Community Services, Thunes Cloete said several vessels had been removed from the reserve by owners over the last two months, but some boats and trailers remained. “Eely Point Reserve is highly valued by the Upper Clutha community and a particularly iconic public area for recreation and enjoyment. The abandoned vessels in Eely Point Reserve create hazards and affect our community’s use and enjoyment of the space,” he said. “Given this is a breach of the Reserve Act and QLDC’s Parking Rules for this location, we have made the decision to begin disposing of these vessels in March.” Staff will begin the clearing work on March 7. Dr Cloete encouraged owners of boats and trailers parked in Eely Point Reserve to remove them before action commenced. “If you know someone using this location to store a vessel, please either let them know or contact Council,” said Dr Cloete. Signs tell the public overnight boat parking is not permitted at Eely Point Reserve, and vessels in the area are carrying removal notices.
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The fire started on January 9 on Department of Conservation land at Emerald Bay and spread rapidly, claiming 280 hectares of regenerating bush. It took fire fighter two days to contain it. Aimee Owens talks to the man who led the battle. It is Sunday afternoon in early January in Dunedin Conservation reserve. Jason explained: and Jason Sarich is enjoying a family bushwalk when his pager starts beeping – there is a fire in “The vegetation was dry in that area, and it Wānaka, and his expertise is needed. “I am a natural fireman specialist, that’s my still is, so there was a forte - working with bushfires and wildfires and combination of wind, it’s the nature of the beast that it predominantly temperature - and relative humidity plays happens in the summertime,” he says. “It’s when you want to be out with your family into it too. The lower the relative humidity but sometimes there is a bit of a clash.” Jason Sarich Jason, 47, has been with Fire and Emergency the less moisture we NZ (FENZ) for the past four years and is one of have in the air so that allows for the fire to spread many Senior Officers for the Otago District. His and preheat the vegetation ahead of the fire so 30-year career began at 16 when he volunteered there were a whole lot of different variables.” Jason recalls enough bluster on the Sunday for as an operational firefighter; he is now part of the the fire to spread, and it was travelling up hill, Incident Management Team (IMT). He said working as a firefighter is a part of which he said often creates a greater rate of spread who he is… “we have an interest in serving the than it would on flat ground. community and that’s what it’s all about.” As Glendhu Bay is situated on Lake Wānaka Jason led the IMT at Glendhu Bay, with the there was sufficient water but, worryingly, the fire help of the local brigades – along with roughly 65 was travelling quickly. fire fighters. He remarked that the response of the He said they were ‘lucky’ given that Wānaka is management team to support the local resources a tourist location, as they could rely on the local operators with helicopters to assist - but they had was ‘very timely’. Approximately 15 IMTs were there to to pull resources in from further afield in Otago. “Each fire has its own difficulties in terms of what support the operation, on the Department of
Margaret Hurley’s photograph at Emerald Bay shows the scale of the fire.
you’re facing and the biggest thing we faced in this fire was the fact that it was still the holiday season, so we had a number of staff on annual leave.” It is the biggest fire so far this season and the La Nina weather pattern has brought a noticeable increase in rain, encouraging vegetation growth in the spring which also means there is more vegetation available to burn. This could also lead to potentially more fires, especially in un-grazed pastures. Jason “humbled’’ by the Wānaka community, which supported the firefighters and dropped off food for them. “It is really appreciated. Especially the
volunteers, they give up a lot of their time away from their families. A big thanks to the community and the employers of the area.” “At the end of the day a lot of these fires can be avoided. It comes down to us humans and how we interact with the environment.” The Police as of Wednesday have not yet laid charges over the fire, and while they have said they know the cause. They did, however, tell people to be careful with cooking equipment. The Fire Service has still to rule out all the options. For more information on fire tips in your area visit: www.checkitsalright.nz
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observation with 55 eggs yet to Birds of a feather 16hatch.nestsI haveunderto confess that includes one nest with The lake level is low, and the odds are that it is going to get lower. As of January 29 I note that the level is 276.672 metres above sea level. Just five months ago when the grebes were happily breeding it was 1.6 metres higher. The lowest level I have been able to track down was as recently as 2010 when it reached 276.32. At this stage I would be confident in suggesting that any nest created over the last three weeks and not yet hatched will have failed due to it being stranded. We have been able to counter that threat by moving nests into deeper water, but we have to be cautious and ready to move fast when lake levels rise. We moved them into deeper water by shortening the anchor line. Reversing that process requires us to undo those knots, all of which will be under water. Here is a brief summary of our successes thus far. As of last season we had fledged 304 chicks from 676 eggs and 206 breeding attempts (nests). Add to that this season’s numbers and that now reads 402 chicks, 832 eggs and 250 nests. We still have
10 eggs (egg dumping) and three nests with five eggs. In many and most respects, these are crazy figures, and all will need further checking. Only a fraction of the chicks will survive, as shown by the pair with two chicks that have been enjoying a space of their own just a few metres north of the marina bridge for almost three weeks. Over the last day or so they have reduced to a singleton. I continue to puzzle over a particular behaviour of grebes that also attracted the attention of a young lady of about 11-12 years of age (Frankie). I met her when I was checking nests that are attached to the marina. She was sitting on the edge of the walkway, clearly both entranced and perplexed as a pair of grebes were feeding their chicks. Of puzzlement to her was that the adults were feeding feathers to their chicks. Every offering was flicked contemptuously away much as a child’s first introduction to spinach. The adults would pick the feather out of the water and repeat the offer time and time again and eventually the feather was consumed by the chick.
Frankie asked, why do they do that? I had pondered the same question early on in my study. Research had suggested that feathers acted as barriers to parasites, but that is long since discounted. The more reasonable explanation was that it protected the birds’ digestive tract from sharp fish bones, and indeed, from the few dissections I have carried out on this species, feather eating is continued throughout their lives. This is a complex behaviour that evolved early in the evolution of this northern hemisphere bird, that with small changes in its genetic makeup, eventually found its way to the Southern Hemisphere. It set me thinking of my first acquaintance with a freshwater fish found in the United Kingdom that might have encouraged the evolution of this behaviour. I first heard the name “Stickleback” when I was 11-12 years old. It was the name that attracted me more than the animal. It’s a freshwater fish that has sharp spines on its back which are more than capable of injuring anything that tries to feed on it. It is such species of fish that might have encouraged Grebes to eat feathers. Yuck.
Dave Thomas took this picture of a grebe feeding a feather to its chick.
Over time I have added, halfbacks, quarterbacks fullbacks and sticklers to my vocabulary, but it is still the “Stickleback” that I like best. Frankie walked home from the marina quite confused. The attached photograph is of a grebe feeding its chick a feather. It’s a great photo taken by our latest recruit to the grebe programme. Dave Thomas came from South Africa via the UK and the North Island and was the person who found the dead chicks a few weeks ago. He told me that he had come to Wānaka with family to retire! – By John Darby
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Take on the challenge If you were living in Wānaka 20 years ago, you'll remember that as soon as the winter season was over, the cars would disappear from our streets until the following winter season, only briefly popping back up around the New Year. Today the situation is quite different, as our town expands so does our traffic and we are slowly creeping towards the same congestion problems that have plagued Queenstown for many years already. Many places around the world already went through the same growing pains but some of them, cities in the Netherlands being the most well-known example, managed to successfully steer away from becoming overtaken by cars. The success stories in The Netherlands that created some of the best cities to live in around the world didn't happen just by chance. It took grass root action and city planners’ foresight to create these cities centred around their communities, not around swarms of cars. This is why Get Smart, Get Moving was created under the umbrella of Wao. Get Smart, Get Moving is a new mobility think tank that focuses on improving the well-being of our local communities and our local environment through promoting safe active transport, shared mobility and transport electrification. There is a lot to be done, our streets are becoming more congested and 50% of our district's greenhouse gas emissions are coming from transport. This growing traffic makes our roads less safe and pollutes the air we breathe. But in such an active place as Wānaka, there is as well a tremendous opportunity to change this trend. Last year Get Smart ran a survey that showed a real demand from our local community for more
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Kerin A Adrian Acting Sergeant, NZPD Hi everyone, hope your week has been well. Here is what has been going on in the area. On Monday a burglary report was received. In this burglary an outboard motor was stolen. If you know anything about it or see a motor going for cheap somewhere then please let us know. There was also a report taken of threatening language and a subsequent trespass. Tuesday saw a flatting situation deteriorate, as it does happen. It resolved itself. Separate from that incident a trespass notice was served as well. On Wednesday there was a low-speed vehicle collision involving a car and a person by the lake front. That individual suffered moderate injuries. Thankfully the driver eventually made themselves known to us and saved us having to go track him down. A group of young teenagers on Thursday evening had their fun cut short and alcohol confiscated. As we were heading home for the evening, someone thought it was a good idea to drive on the wrong side of the BP roundabout and is now off to court on a drink driving charge. Another person is also facing court action after doing the right thing in the wrong way. Offering to pick someone up and drive them home when over the limit yourself is never a good idea. You may have noticed a bit of activity around town towards seatbelt and cell phone usage
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compliance. We will continue to be proactive in this area as it is a major contributing factor to road injury and deaths in New Zealand. We don’t want to have to knock on a loved one’s door to deliver bad news after someone decided they could not be bothered to put a seat belt on because they were “only going down the road”. On a lighter note, I see we took a bit of stick on Facebook for moving vehicles on after parking on the broken yellow lines outside the pie shop in town. It’s not a local two-minute parking zone and there is a large carpark just across the road. It also makes it very difficult at times for people to back out of the legitimate angle parks outside the shop, so please don’t be lazy, walk the extra distance from the carpark to get your pie or ice cream. On Friday an individual was arrested for a family harm matter. Police also attended another family harm where one of the parties was removed from the address to allow a cooling off period. Saturday appeared to be a day of rest for offenders, with no offences reported and only lost property. There is still a large amount of property at the station from the summer break we would love to re unite with owners. Sunday saw a lot of paperwork being caught up on and a few people spoken to about various matters that were outstanding. Well that’s it for this week, remember we are still in the Red of the traffic light setting so keep up the scanning in, wearing masks and sanitise regularly, we want to keep Omicron out of our area the best we can.
Sun, screen and the itch Over the last month or so we have been blessed with beautiful weather. This has led to some wonderful outdoor adventures for Tobias and I. I love the fact that we can just pop to the lake whenever we feel like it. It’s one of the perks of living in Wānaka. One thing that isn’t so easy is keeping him out of the sun. Over the last few week’s there’s been very little shade and even when we do find a nice big tree, we inevitably end up right on the edge of the lake. You see, Tobias absolutely loves being outdoors and playing in the water but he doesn’t particularly like wearing sunscreen. This can be a struggle especially as he is getting faster and stronger. Applying sunscreen on his face is particularly tricky as he hates it. While we have his togs, shoes, and hat to protect him, it’s still a worry. It’s also made me realise just how much responsibility we have over our children’s wellbeing and how the actions we take now could impact their lives in 30 or 40 years time. Wow that’s a scary thought. But then again I do like to overthink things. What’s also scary is that if he did get burnt in
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the sun, it would be totally our fault and that’s some serious mum guilt right there. The boy also loves to splash in the water so much that he can end up going a little too deep. When this happens, it becomes a lot harder to keep him back. Luckily, we recently discovered a few shallow spots where he can splash as much as he likes with little risk. Problem is, we also found out that the notorious duck itch tends to lie in shallow water - especially the places we have been going. While we’ve managed to avoid it so far, there are lots of reports of families being struck down with it and it doesn’t sound like something you’d want to have with a toddler. As a parent you just can’t win. Just when you think you’ve found something good, there’s a whole other thing to watch out for. But despite all these worries, spending time at the lake with Tobias is one of my favourite pastimes. For me, the best part about being at the lake is getting to sit down and relax. While Tobias is busy following birds and gathering stones, I actually get a bit of a break. And I'm certainly not going to complain about that. – By Daisy Watford
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When summer is over once green trees turn colour as the days get shorter and the nights longer. Autumn is seven weeks away and it is the joy of many photographers who believe it to be the most photogenic of all the seasons with hundreds of shades of red, orange, brown and yellow leaves, misty mornings and glorious sunrises and sunsets. As the richly coloured leaves fall from the tree, they carpet the landscape with a magnificent tapestry of colour. There is a wide range of subject matter to photograph in autumn. Autumn portraits are always a popular as our subject, well-wrapped against the elements, is surrounded by multi- coloured leaves. Throwing or kicking leaves up into the air adds a sense of fun and movement to the image. It also gives people something to do helping to avoid a stilted pose. If we use a fairly shallow aperture of around f4 it ensures the subject’s facial features are in focus but gives a layered effect so that the leaves in the foreground and the background become progressively out of focus. Shooting from further back with a telephoto lens will accentuated this effect. In Autumn sunlight a shutter speed of 1/200 sec should be fast enough to freeze the falling leaves, although a little bit of motion blur can also add a sense of dynamism to the shot. Autumn is a great time of the year to take wonderful landscape photographs. The ‘Golden Hour’ - the time directly around sunrise and sunset – is a favourite time for photographers as the light has a wonderful soft and warm quality. Shoot with the sun behind us to light up the landscape; with the sun to the side to capture elongated shadows or into the sun for stunning sunrises. As the main feature of most autumn images is the changing colour of leaves it makes sense to find a location that not only has a numerous tree but also offers a range of different plant life to create a wide range of tones in our image. We shouldn’t neglect opportunities in urban areas where trees are a feature or parks where people or animals will add interest enjoying the autumn scene. Weather in this season is ideal for creating mist which is at its most atmospheric at sunrise when our photo will take on an eerie other worldly feel. Try to find an elevated position so that our subject is seen nudging out of the mist. A great autumn photo needs strong composition and one of the best ways to achieve this is to follow the Rule of Thirds. The principle is to divide the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. The result is a series of lines that cross the image which then can be used as a guide for our composition. Leading lines can also be beneficial as they help to guide the viewer’s eye through the image. Autumn photographs are mostly about the beautiful surrounds and colour of nature. So shoot from a low angle to include more of the foreground and background. This will nicely frame the Subject of our image. For example, a picture of a tree can be beautiful by itself, but by getting down low and showing colourful leaves in the foreground it allows us to show elements of the leaves in greater detail, not to mention capturing the contrast against the blue sky. A close-up of a single leaf or a mass of leaves can make for stunning pictures. An example of this can be seen from Marg Hurley’s appropriately titled image ‘Autumn Shades’. Marg commented she was attracted to the variety of autumn colours and the natural layout of the leaves.
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“Autumn is a great time for colour and texture, and I enjoyed searching out these combinations. I played around in editing to give the image an ethereal look as a creative exercise and delighted with the finish. I also used a shallow depth of field to make the top leaves pop out of the image more<” she said. Marge took the photo with
a Canon 60D camera, with an aperture of f5.6, shutter speed of 1/160th focal length of 24mm and ISO 640. Wānaka Camera Club is dedicated to helping anyone interest in photography and we welcome anyone to join us. Our next meeting is on February 14, 7.30pm at the St John Rooms, Link Way,
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We currently have one permanent position working a minimum of 30 hours each week across 7 days. Do you have what we are looking for? • Previous experience within a retail/customer facing role • Interest in all things pharmacy related, including but not limited to make up, fragrances, health and wellbeing • Strong customer service focus to meet customer needs and expectations • Flexible, adaptable and good customer empathy • Honesty, integrity and an understanding and significance of confidentiality • Excellent communication skills and a high standard of grooming • Be able to be a team player and work under pressure • Ability to work weekends and flexibility to cover leave • Understanding of cash handling and end of day procedures • Above all else a willingness to learn and grow with the business Applicants for these positions should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit, and ideally permanent local residents. Please send your CV to wpl@pembroke.co.nz together with a covering letter outlining your background and why you'd be such an excellent fit within our team. Wanaka's original pharmacy (est. 1971) open all day, everyday including public holidays.
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Wanaka Pharmacy is your local pharmacy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Street - open from 8 to 6 Monday to Saturday and 10 to 6 on Sundays. Ph 443 8000. The Salvation Army Family Store is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturdays 9.30am to 4pm and most statutory holidays. We look forward to seeing you in our wonderful store.
Thanks to everyone who comes to Wastebusters to donate goods, shop and recycle. Your support helps us work for zero waste and a resourceful community.
WANTED The Salvation Army Family store requires a volunteer to assist our van driver Danny on a Thursday with pickups and deliveries. If this sounds like you, please pop into the store for some more information. Lifting of furniture will be required. The Salvation Army Family Store requires good quality household goods, if you can help this would be appreciated. Your donations can be dropped at 48 Helwick street or phone for a pick up 443 5068
NOTICE Cut rags (100% cotton) and drop cloths, only $7 for a big bag. Now in the yard container at Wastebusters. Open 9-5 seven days. Business Networking International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Randal Dobbs for information 021 973 043 The Salvation Army Family Store is able to collect your donations, this service is available one day a week please phone the store on 443 5068 to make a booking.
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A fly in the ointment
It’s a fair bet that on any beautiful summer’s day insects will make an unwelcome visit. So it’s no surpose that Wānaka’s own selection of live cams should suffer the same issue – albert for just a single frame. We spotted this bug in the system in the time lapse view of Lake Wānaka from Roys Peak on the excellent www.lakewanaka.co.nz site.
NEWS IN BRIEF Pagana Karauira is one of the best female shears in the world.
A new book featuring stories of 100 indigenous women features Clyde’s Pagan Karauria. Karauria (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) began woolhandling when she was 15. Today she is an international champion having won competitions in New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Nuku: Stories of 100 Indigenous Women, celebrates their diversity, strength, knowledge and experiences. It has been longlisted for the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated NonFiction as part of the Ockham NZ Book Awards.
The book's author, photographer and Nuku creator Qiane Matata-Sipu, is also a finalist in the Culture & Arts category of the NZ Women of Influence Awards. She says the accolades are overwhelming for a body of work that has been such a "labour of love". The book hass a mix of unsung heroes and well recognised names. The women featured range in age from 14 to mid-seventies and represent Māori, Moriori, Janajati (India), Acolhua (Mexico), Wiradjuri (Aboriginal), Sāmoan, Cook Islands, Niuean, Tongan, Fijian, Papua New Guinean and Kanaka Maoli (Hawaii) heritage.
Writers named Great Southern Television and Queenstown Lakes District Council have named five Auckland based writers as recipients of the first ever Tāhuna Writers Residency. They are Danny Aumua, Malinna Liang, Tom Augustine, Isla Macleod and Todd Karehana. They will attend a programme of workshops, mentoring, writing and pitching to be in Queenstown starting no March 21
Cromwell milestone A milestone was reached with the installation of the new Alpha St wastewater pumpstation storage tanks in Cromwell this week. In the past two years, the Central Otago District Council has received $9.46 million from the government’s Water Stimulus Funding, which has enabled $5.49 million worth of projects to be fast-tracked.
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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 February 2022. Planning & Strategy Committee Meeting – via Zoom. Thursday 3 February at 10.00am. Council Meeting – via Zoom. Thursday 3 February at 1.00pm.
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Epic Fly Rods / The Swift Fly Fishing Company. Wanaka. Come and be part of an exciting, rapidly growing International brand. Full time role. You will be an integral member of a fun, talented export team, picking and packing orders for discerning customers worldwide. The roll entails assembling and packing orders for shipping and generally being awesome. This is not a customer facing position. Requirements: • To be able to focus and have superb attention to detail • To be able to pack orders to a very high standard of accuracy • Be comfortable packing & assembling small items to a high standard of accuracy • Be comfortable with minor part preparation • Be responsible for a high level of quality control • Have solid written and numeracy skills • Be comfortable working unsupervised • You will need to be reliable, honest and have a pleasant and patient demeanour • You’ll be able to work well under pressure and integrate well with a small efficient team You’ll Receive • Respect for excellence and a heap of fun in a high functioning but relaxed workplace • Full training in a key roll in a rapidly growing highly regarded international company • Competitive renumeration package beginning @ $22.50hr / $46,800 P/A • If this sounds like you drop us an email with your CV and a few words on why you’re a good fit to contact@swiftflyfishing.com
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Golf goes, rally survives
Sport continues to be a major victim of Covid restrictions. Otago Rally Event Chairman Norman Oakley says after liaising with MotorSport New Zealand and Rally New Zealand, the April 8-10 event north, south and west of Dunedin is still alive. The announcement came a day before the New Zealand Golf Open in Queenstown was cancelled. The loss of one of New Zealand’s preeminent international events was another economic body blow to the Queenstown Lakes district which has seen a series of high profile events succumb to Covid. The Otago Rally is the first round of the
National Championship, and incorporates the Classic and Allcomers fields. The field will include guest drivers Olympian Hamish Bond and NZ drifting star Dan Woolhouse. The event, which has 270km of closed-road competition over 16 stages of fast, mainly public roads. “If the country remains at Red, we will need to make a number of changes to what we had originally planned, but we are aided by the fact that, by its nature, rallying promotes social distancing, with the competitors spaced at oneminute intervals and the field spread out over many kilometres,” Oakley said. The event provides a significant benefit to
Dunedin’s accommodation and hospitality industry, in excess of 6,000 bed-nights on an ordinary year. Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult said he was disappointed at the cancellation of the New Zealand Open, but appreciated the fact organisers were committed to holding future events in Queenstown. The news was another “huge blow” similar announcements from Warbirds over Wānaka, the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert, Challenge Wānaka, Queenstown Home Show. “Collectively these events would have brought enjoyment to many thousands of visitors and locals as well as injecting millions of much-
Rowers in the medals Wānaka rowers came home with a gold, silver and a bronze from last weekend’s South Island Rowing Championships on Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel. The club’s masters - AJ Humphreys, Rachel O'Connell – won medals in both of their outings: bronze in men’s quad sculls, and gold in the mixed masters double sculls. A fine performance from the Women’s Novice Coxed Four of Lucy Maibach (stroke) Annie Wells, Lucy Ritchie, Isabella Nobel-Kirkbride and Thomas Mitchell earned them a silver medal. A team of 21 rowers - 13 novices, three intermediates and three masters – competed over a hot and dry weekend. The temperature on the Saturday was a steady 32 degrees. The occasional gusty period resulted in an abbreviated programme for both days – but the team was happy with their races at this mid-season point.
There were clear segregated zones, and strict entry restrictions were enforced to comply with the traffic light status. A changed layout had all crews launching from directly in front of their team bases in closely monitored zones and organisers won praise for their running of the event. There were encouraging performances across all events. Jem Curtis continued his great season, only narrowly falling outside the medals in the Men’s Intermediate Single Sculls, while Anton Jones competing in the boys’ u17 Single Sculls showed improving form to place midfield in his heat against some strong opposition. Thomas Mitchell had a busy schedule with both cox and seat responsibilities and showed stamina in both the Men’s Novice Double Sculls, with the rapidly improving Phillip Massey, and teaming up
needed dollars into the district’s economy. “Like me, I’m sure many folk thought we’d turned a corner at the end of the year and were looking forward to seeing visitor numbers gradually get back to decent levels, starting with domestic tourists before the Aussies and eventually the rest of the world returning. While these latest cancellations have knocked us back once again I remain optimistic that things will get better.” He took heart from the district’s “outstanding” vaccination rate which he saw as a resolute commitment among our community “that we’re ready to welcome visitors and major events back just as soon as that’s possible”
with Anton in the boys’ u16 Double Sculls. There were also solid efforts from the novice girls competing in both fours and quads. Chloe Murray, Abbey Pederson, Ashley Peat and Annika Massey are making steady progress in their boat as the season unfolds, while Jess Gould (Intermediate), Skye Watson, Lucy Radford and Ruby Laming managed the hot conditions well and benefited from another chance to compete against some big well drilled fields. Annie and Lucy teamed up for a tough A final in the Women’s Novice Double Sculls and finished a credible 5th. They will be working hard between now and the South Island Secondary Schools Regatta in March to improve their times. The highlight on the Wānaka schedule was the Women’s Novice Coxed Eight with the team managing a much-improved outing in the big boat from the last regatta. There were smiles all round following what was an exciting and very entertaining race.
Back in the swing The Wānaka Golf Club has opened its new season with two sets of trophy winners. John Elsom and Avril Templeton, pictured with sponsor Matt Laming (centre) won the Allan McCraw Trophy, a Four Ball Better Ball Stableford competition which attracted 107 players. The pair chalked up a whopping 52 stableford points. Malcolm Burgess and Bill Hunter combined to win the men’s Mr Golf trophy.
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Top cricket confirmed
Queenstown will host six international women’s cricket fixtures and a warm-up at John Davies Oval this month. The White Ferns take on India in a short-form series featuring one T20 and five one-day internationals. “Playing six matches at John Davies Oval gives us the opportunity to showcase Queenstown and our capacity to host international fixtures,” Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult said. “It’s also great for our emerging cricket community to see the talented White Ferns battle one of the best sides in the world.” “We’re grateful to New Zealand Cricket for their attention to detail in preparing a meticulous safety plan that allows for the series to continue and for choosing Queenstown as the host venue.” John Davies Oval was originally meant to host two games but will now host six games as New Zealand Cricket has decided to implement their contingency plan to mitigate the risk of an Omicron outbreak compromising upcoming fixtures. The matches will be broadcast on Spark Sport and the T20 will be live on TV1. The first match, a warm-up, is on Sunday. Competitive clashes follow on February 9, 11, 14, 6, 22 and 24.
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