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Wānaka rowers Rob Taylor, Shane Gibson, Jaime Hutter and Mike Toepfer are set to be the first quad crew to attempt a 45km row of the length of the lake this weekend, with all proceeds being split equally between Wānaka Search and Rescue, Wānaka Food Bank, Upper Clutha Children’s Medical Trust and Wānaka Rowing Club. Taylor said all the training and preparation had made it a “fast nine weeks” since the group decided to undertake the challenge. They are still in need of donations. Visit https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/rowing-a-45km-marathon-to-raise-money-for-local to see how you can help.

Sounds Air takes to Wānaka skies Pat Deavoll

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he first newly scheduled Sounds Air flight 710 departed Wānaka at 8 am on Monday with nine passengers, and arrived in Christchurch before 9 am. After a quick turnaround, the aircraft was back in Wānaka at 10 am. It took off again for Christchurch, with the final daily return to Wānaka departing at 5.20 pm.

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Sounds Air, which operated in eight other destinations around the country including Taupo, Wellington and Nelson had scheduled up to three services in and out of Wānaka per day and up to 15 flights per week. As of last Friday, 200 tickets had been confirmed.

Sounds Air Managing Director Andrew Crawford said he was "pretty encouraged" by the demand for tickets, saying it reinforced the company's decision to provide the new daily service.

"This is fantastic news, not just for Sounds Air, but for the communities of Wānaka and Christchurch who have been so supportive of this proposed service. The survey we commissioned in June this year showed 90 per cent support from the 3,600 respondents, which showed us that we had a ready market for this service."

Crawford said that although Sounds Air was not a big commercial organisation, it intended to last. But its success relied on the dynamics and responsiveness of the communities it serviced.

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Queenstown Lakes District Mayor, Jim Boult, said the new service was a positive contributor to the district's recovery from the economic effects of COVID-19.

"The Upper Clutha has backed the introduction of this service, and I sincerely hope it will help underpin and strengthen business connections for the entrepreneurial and innovative community of Wānaka with Christchurch, and further afield," Boult said.

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Castle on Hill for High Court Pat Deavoll

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Penrith Park Drive residents objecting to a massive build on the skyline above the lake are taking their concerns a step further.

The build in question exceeds the visual amenity line by 1.9m and is visible from the entirety of Penrith Park Drive, in breach of planning rules for the subdivision that were laid down in the late 1990s.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) approved the build of the "castle on the hill," which was non-notified.

A spokesperson for the residents said the group was "looking seriously at applying for a judicial review. The High Court will look at whether the

consent should have been issued and should have been notified," he said.

"And if they find the consent should have been notified the Court would declare it invalid and the owners of the house would have to apply again. And certainly in a notified application."

The outcome would be "two-tiered," he said.

One result would be that the build did not set a precedent for the area. The ideal result would be that the height of the two-storey building would be reduced to a single story.

"There are challenges to that as it's built from steel and concrete slab," the spokesperson said.

The group intended to notify the council and the owners of the build of their intentions this week.

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The build in question exceeds the visual amenity line by 1.9m and is visible from the entirety of Penrith Park Drive.

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Option 1 would see the inclusion of a travel promenade on the area of lakefront running from McDougall Street to Dungarvon Street, with new Millennium Pathway tiles laid beside it.

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A report for Stage Two of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan will go before the Wānaka Community Board on today, with a recommendation that Option 1 of the Concept Design is approved.

If approved, Option 1 would see the inclusion of a travel promenade on the area of lakefront running from McDougall Street to Dungarvon Street, with new Millennium Pathway tiles laid beside it. The recommendation also included the retention of as many existing trees as possible and the introduction of car parking on the lakeside of Ardmore Street.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) General Manager Community Services, Thunes Cloete thanked the Wānaka community for its help spread over four drop-in sessions in August, saying that the feedback had helped to shape the report going before the Board.

"176 Wānaka residents took the time to share

their thoughts on Stage Two, with feedback showing a preference for Option 1 of the concept design," Cloete said.

"We've taken on board the feedback and made several revisions to Option 1 as a result."

These revisions included feature gardens being redefined as natural shared spaces, with low-lying natural gardens and feature trees, and parking along the lakeside of Ardmore Street being broken into sections to create more view shafts and access points to the lakefront.

The provision for campervan parking would be removed from the design and instead Council would look to assign a small portion of existing parallel parks on the Pembroke Park side of McDougall Street.

If the report and its recommendations are approved, Council intends to form a working group to help with the creation of a new Millennium Pathway, with terms of reference for the group protect the original legacy of the Millennium Pathway and its content.

Central Otago restaurants, cafes, cellar doors and bars celebrated a wrap up for the annual monthlong Eat.Taste.Central campaign in Cromwell last Wednesday evening.

Wānaka-based chef Lucas Parkinson was the guest speaker on the evening. He talked openly about the positives and the challenges of establishing and running a venue with a local organic and seasonal food philosophy.

Organised each year by Tourism Central Otago, the E.T.C event transitioned from a competition into a celebration of local food and wine experiences for 2020, with venues highlighting local producers and flavours through their dishes.

Tourism Central Otago General Manager Dylan Rushbrook said that in addition to encouraging people to get out and explore around the region during spring, Eat.Taste.Central had “set the scene for what we anticipate will be a busy and challenging season, not just for the hospitality venues, but also our local growers and producers as they transition to a new ‘normal’ for the foreseeable future”.

Earlier on Wednesday Tourism Central Otago held a workshop facilitated by TCO Tourism Advisory Board member Mark Frood, and representatives from a wide spectrum of

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Tourism Central Otago General Manager Dylan Rushbrook said that in addition to encouraging people to get out and explore around the region during spring, Eat.Taste.Central had set the scene for what we anticipate will be a busy and challenging season.

sectors including farmers, growers, winemakers, restaurant owners, education and associated visitor experiences. The workshop was the first step in a programme of work toward developing a stronger and more integrated food and wine, and beverage story that can be told for the region.

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QAC's Statement of Intent approved Pat Deavoll

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The Queenstown Airport Corporation's (QAC) statement of intent outlining that QAC would not seek to expand air noise boundaries at Queenstown Airport, nor progress plans to develop Wānaka Airport, until June 30, 2023, was approved by the Queenstown Lakes District Council on Friday.

The council voted to agree to the Statement of Intent eight votes to two.

The document stated that "uncertainty" caused

by Covid-19 meant Queenstown Airport was not expected to reach existing noise boundaries for many years Several councillors and members of the public expressed their dissatisfaction with the document and the process behind the decision.

Several members of the public gave their views on any potential expansion of the airport's operations with many vehemently opposed to any future expansion of aircraft movements.

In a letter sent to all councillors prior to last week's vote, Wānaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) chair Michael Ross had pointed out that the community was waiting on the judicial review

judgement to be published following proceedings WSG brought against both QAC and QLDC. He wrote: "It is in our opinion therefore nonsensical, if not arrogant, for QAC and the Council to proceed to agree to this SOI as if the judicial review case never occurred and ignoring all of the evidence and arguments presented to the Court for its review."

On the matter of "dual airports", WSG claimed that QAC was trying to "rewrite the definition" of the term which it had already "clearly defined over many years."

Ross also pointed out that the planned runway was intended to be capable of taking jets.

WSG said that QAC had stated publicly that the latest SOI meant that there would be no further development at Wānaka Airport until June 2023. But Ross pointed out that "QAC's statements in the SOI are seemingly innocuous because QAC is clearly not doing anything very short term because of Covid and its effect on PHOTO: QLDC Facebook feed international tourism. Yet it is are easily able to QAC deputy chair Simon Flood addresses the full Council meeting in Queenstown last week, with CEO Colin Keel reverse this position in any future SOI, including sitting to his right. the next one, which is due in just over six months." consider its options at that point.

International Airport.

Ross said that the group was awaiting the High The airport corporation was owned 75 per Future planning for Queenstown and Wānaka Court decision, which it hoped would be given cent by Queenstown Lakes District Council airports would now involve local councils and within the next few weeks, and WSG would (QLDC) and the remainder by Auckland central government working together, QAC said.

Sounds Air takes to Wānaka skies

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Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult and Queenstown Airport Corporation Chief Executive Colin Keel farewell the first Sounds Air flight from Wānaka to Christchurch.

Continued from page 1 Justin Watson, Chief Aeronautical and Commercial Officer at Christchurch Airport said: "The Sounds Air service between Christchurch and Wānaka is a reflection of the popularity of both places. We know lots of Christchurch residents own and regularly visit a property in Wānaka, while a lot of Wānaka residents frequently travel through here for business. This service will assist both those groups, as well as many others."

Chairman of Sounds Air Ryan Wardman said the operation should be successful because it gave passengers the option of flying to Christchurch and back in a day.

Sounds Air will be the fourth passenger air service to operate out of Wānaka Airport. The last was Eagle Air which ceased in 2013.

The Wānaka - Christchurch service would be especially good for Wānaka-ites conducting business in Christchurch, Crawford said.

The advantages of the nine-seater Pilatus-12 service was there were no queues and no waiting for baggage at a carousel, he said.

"This is a service for people who value their time. The PC-12 is like a private jet. It's fast and comfortable -we give you your bag, and you're on

your way."

Two staff would be based in Wānaka, and being able to re-employ a former Sounds Air staff member here was a bonus.

Crawford said the company had wanted to establish the scheduled passenger service in Wānaka since 2018 but "a few things had got in the way" of plans, such as a shortage of aircraft and COVID-19. Eventually, "the stars aligned" this year.

He said they weren't planning a big advertising campaign but with 150 seats available each week "all we want is for people to try the experience and spread the word."

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean was on the first flight bound for Christchurch.

“I was thrilled to be able to book a seat on the inaugural flight,” she said.

“This service could be fantastic for Wānaka and the surrounding area. At a time when the lack of international tourists is causing pain for local businesses, any extra money coming in through domestic travellers is very welcome.”

“As someone who does a lot of flying for work, it’s great to have an option which means I can fly from Wānaka to Wellington and return via a connecting flight from Christchurch.”

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$509k for responsible Birthing unit for Wanaka at last? worth exploring this, given the distance Pat Deavoll camping initiatives women and families in Wānaka need to editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Working with local midwives to develop new operating models may mean two new primary birthing units in the Central Otago/ Wānaka area are possible.

The Southern District Health Board (SDHB) on Tuesday approved a recommendation, developed by the DHB and the Central Lakes Locality Network following months of consultation, to establish one primary birthing unit at Dunstan Hospital, and a second unit in in Wānaka, if possible.

Midwife Linda Baker of Aspring Midwives said this was “stupendous news.”

“I’m really delighted that the SDHB has made a decision that supports the women of Wānaka. I’m delighted for the women of Wānaka who have persisted and have finally had their needs met,” she said.

PHOTO: Supplied It was noted that establishing two units The QLDC has received $509k from the MBIE for responsible camping initiatives. for the area would require developing an operating model in collaboration with Pat Deavoll local midwives, to ensure the units were editor@thewanakasun.co.nz sustainable with the number of projected Queenstown Lakes District Council were in place to ensure campers are births in the region.

However, the board agreed it was (QLDC) announced on Monday aware of where they can and can’t plans to promote responsible and camp in the Queenstown Lakes sustainable camping across the district, with clear details on what district this summer, after receiving constitutes a self-contained vehicle. $509k of funding from the Ministry Cloete also touched on the of Business, Innovation and increased coverage and greater Ollie Blyth Employment (MBIE). visibility of Enforcement Officers journalist@thewanakasun.co.nz The intention was to continue during the previous summer, noting providing resources which focused that their presence was particularly After a fair amount of uncertainty on educating campers, monitoring well received in townships like around the property market this year, behaviour and enforcement where Luggate, Glenorchy and Kingston. sales have dramatically increased across required, along with gathering data “Enforcement resources will the country. from campers in the Queenstown continue over the 2020/21 period, This is certainly being seen in the Lakes district. ensuring growing coverage of Upper Clutha area, according to local There will not be any Responsible Glenorchy Road and the Crown real estate agents.

Camping Service Hubs this Range, along with Gibbston, In September, a record number of summer, with campers on the move Hāwea, Wānaka and the Red Bridge properties were sold, and this post recommended to utilise the many site near Luggate,” said Cloete. lockdown change in the market was campgrounds available throughout He noted that QLDC continued expected to carry through well into 2021. the district and support local to learn from previous summer Lynette Winsloe from First National businesses. Sites in Queenstown seasons and factor those lessons Real Estate said that the “market has and Wānaka would be made into their plans, drawing from grown stronger as each month has available free of charge for recycling discussions with commercial passed. September saw double the and dumping rubbish. operators and feedback received dollar value and double number of sales QLDC General Manager from campers and Ambassadors. compared to September last year.”

Community Services, Thunes Cloete “We’ve always said that these This shift, Winsloe said, could be said that eight Responsible Camping summer initiatives are trials and that attributed to a range of factors, “A Ambassadors would be employed to we want to remain flexible enough lot of factors have combined to give roam the district and act as a friendly to alter our approach,’ Cloete said. confidence to purchasers [for example] face of responsible camping, with The $509k of funding received low interest rates, removal of the loanfour based in the Wakatipu area and from MBIE would be used for to-value ratios, a stable government the Upper Clutha respectively. responsible camping initiatives over situation, and an expectation prior to Signage and information boards the summer camping season. the election that Labour would continue

travel to the nearest birthing unit in the region in Alexandra.

If such an operating model cannot be achieved, further work would be undertaken to enable the board to consider a single birthing unit for the Central Otago/ Wānaka area, which would be located at either Dunstan Hospital, or at a new undetermined site in Cromwell.

In making the recommendation, Southern DHB General Manager Primary and Population Health Mary Cleary Lyons acknowledged that the Central Otago/ Wānaka area was unique in New Zealand when it came to the provision of maternity services given its distance from secondary services, in such a challenging geography.

“This has meant we have needed to explore creative solutions, as we find the right balance between providing more facilities, and ensuring those facilities are well utilised and sustainable,” Cleary Lyons said.

Meanwhile, establishing a primary birthing unit at Dunstan Hospital was an opportunity to develop a purpose built,

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Two new primary birthing units in the Central Otago/ Wānaka area are possible.

modern facility with immediate access helicopter transfer, said Southern DHB Director of Midwifery Heather La Dell.

The recommendations come following months of consultation with families and health providers across the region, including two public meetings and receiving over 500 written submissions and survey responses.

Baker said: “We are working on as much detail as the general public but Wānaka seems a very real option that can be actioned once these discussions are had. It will take some comprehensive planning and investigation as to what we can provide here. We don’t have a lot of information yet as regards to that.”

Upper Clutha property market booming

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Each month that has passed since lockdown ended has seen a dramatic increase in the number of property sales taking place.

to rule, fear of missing out, and general confidence in the market.

“When we were originally put into lockdown, everyone expected the market to drop. Although we experienced a slowdown in March and April, everything picked up quickly when we started to return to normal.

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have had to get cracking and for some this could be too late. There is a fear of missing out amongst buyers and this is creating a sense of urgency.”

Hannah Walker from proppy.co.nz added that a significant amount of buyers were Kiwis returning from overseas, as was seen a few months ago, “We have had an influx of buyer enquiries from expats living abroad – Vietnam, Melbourne, Singapore, London – and all wanting to come home. For good quality homes there is a high demand at the moment…

“Interest rates are also at an all time low which is encouraging people to invest and park their money in property.”

Buyers are advised that this interesting period will draw to a close sometime in 2021.

Walker added that, “Bank mortgage holidays and interest only deferral periods [are] possibly coming to an end

by April 2021 we possibly will see levels of stock increase in the Upper Clutha market then. So now is a great time to sell if you are thinking of cashing in while the market is hot.”

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Deep Thought: an immersive sculptural experience Joanna Perry

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A new pop up sculpture has been installed on the shores of Lake Wānaka by The Lakes District Arts Trust.

The sculpture was installed by Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone (HYBYCOZO) - a project by artists Yelena Filipchuk and Serge Beaulieu, plus an assortment of expert fabricators, handlers, featuring a series of large scale installations and artworks that investigate geometric exploration through light, shadow, and perception.

The sculptors currently reside in San Francisco, and their work has appeared across the globe. This particular piece of artwork was made in New Zealand.

‘Deep Thought’ is designed to be interactive through the use of lighting and the evolving nature of the installation - shadows dance around the sculpture and the landscape throughout the day and night. Visitors can walk inside it, be in the moment, and experience ‘Deep Thought’.

Members of the The Lakes Art Trust were first introduced to HYBYCOZO’S work during lockdown.

Chairperson Jeri Elliot said: “This art installation will leave you feeling a sense of wonder and joy – a sense of amazement at the form, light, and shadow. It is the artists’ hope that the viewer will ‘interact with the sculpture with a sense of curiosity and wonder about the geometry of the shape and PHOTO: HYBYCOZO the meaning of the pattern.’

The sculpture was installed by Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone (HYBYCOZO) - a project by artists Yelena Filipchuk and Serge Beaulieu.

“We hope in the public sphere, our installation HYBCOZO’S ‘Deep Thought’ will be feels like a place of refuge and a place to find some advantage of the opportunity and be a part of meaningful, with a connection to our current this immersive experience. reality. We are thrilled to offer our community in Wānaka for six weeks before moving to peace in a busy environment.”

“We felt that this title was poignant, and the experience of this world-class piece,” he said. Queenstown in early January.

Elliot invited the community to take

Wānaka Primary School students help keep oceans rubbish free

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Wānaka Primary School is one of 12 Otago schools to sign up to an innovative programme helping educate young Kiwis on how to help keep our oceans rubbish free.

The Nestlé for Healthier Kids Sea Cleaners programme, created by Nestlé New Zealand in partnership with Kiwi non-profit organisation Sea Cleaners, gives schools across the country free access to tools and resources to help kids understand the impact of litter. It aims to educate young Kiwis about how their individual actions can have a positive impact on the planet, while helping to tackle the rubbish problem currently plaguing waterways.

The programme provides lesson content and a variety of resources to help students to categorise and analyse rubbish correctly, including free clean-up kits made from 100 per cent reusable and recyclable materials, including paper collection bags, cotton gloves, and guides to help students correctly sort the rubbish.

Wānaka Primary School teacher, Markus Hermanns, said the project was a perfect fit for one of the citizen science projects he runs with some Year 6 students.

“The Nestlé for Healthier Kids Sea Cleaners programme is a great addition to the environmental programmes we currently take part in as a school, focussing on educating students on rubbish in lakes and waterways, and helping students understand the challenges, as well as direct actions, they can take to help keep oceans rubbish free, now and into the future,” he said.

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The programme provides lesson content and a variety of resources to help students to categorise and analyse rubbish correctly, including free clean-up kits made from 100 per cent reusable and recyclable materials.

As well as extracurricular science groups, Wānaka Primary involves its students with Chris Arbuckle’s Touchstone Project, facilitating a number of community-based environmental sub-projects around Lake Wānaka.

“This programme provides another opportunity for us to protect our lake and the creatures that live in it,” said Hermanns. “We are planning our dedicated clean-up activity to take place in the middle of this term, with around 25 students eagerly getting involved."

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MAC student goes exploring

Ben Hilton: It’s important to step outside your comfort zone and challenge yourself because if we didn’t, we wouldn’t do anything new.”

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Ben Hilton of Mount Aspiring College had the chance of a lifetime when he was chosen to attend the Inspiring ExplorersTM Summit 2020, hosted by the Antarctic Heritage Trust in Christchurch last week.

Twenty year seven and eight students from across the country spent the weekend with the Trust and Kiwi explorer William Pike, who lost his leg in the 2007 Mt Ruapehu eruption.

Over the weekend the students rode in a Hagglund, visited the International Antarctic

Centre and Canterbury Museum, camped out overnight, met penguins, experienced the Trust’s new virtual reality experience of Sir Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic hut and learnt about the early Antarctic explorers, including Scott, Shackleton and Hillary.

Ben said: “Sir Edmund Hillary went outside his comfort zone and went up a mountain for the first time. So it’s important to step outside your comfort zone and challenge yourself because if we didn’t, we wouldn’t do anything new.

“I really enjoyed the weekend, and the best thing I learned about Antarctica is that the

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Ben (centre) and fellow explorers.

temperature isn’t the only thing that makes you cold, it’s also the wind.

“Antarctica is important to us because it’s what cools the planet. Whatever happens to Antarctica will affect the whole world,” he said.

The Trust’s Executive Director Nigel Watson said empowering the Shackletons and Hillarys of the future forms a crucial part of the Trust’s commitment to engaging and inspiring a new generation of explorers.

“We know that the pandemic has thrown our young people many curveballs, and we hope this Summit helps foster a spirit of exploration as we face these challenges together. Learning

about how the Antarctic explorers faced tremendous adversity while furthering science and exploration in the world’s most extreme environment provides plenty of inspiration to help tomorrow’s youth meet the challenges of our changing world.”

Underpinning the Inspiring Explorers’ programme was a commitment from participants to being open-minded and curious about the world we live in.

“We encourage these young explorers to step out of their comfort zones, pushing them to overcome challenges and work as a team – all things the early Antarctic explorers had to do.”

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Watch out for changes in the types of plastics accepted in yellow kerbside bins.

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From 1 December, Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will be changing the types of plastics accepted in yellow kerbside bins to ones that can be recycled onshore in New Zealand.

Only plastic numbers 1, 2 and 5 will be accepted for recycling. This includes material collected in the yellow kerbside bins or through commercial collections.

Plastic packaging with the numbers 3, 4, 6 and 7 along with bottles made from coloured plastictype 1 (PET), meat trays, punnets, biscuit trays and also pizza boxes will no longer be accepted for recycling in the yellow kerbside bins.

QLDC General Manager Property and Infrastructure Peter Hansby said the change is being made to align with New Zealand’s commitment to move away from hard-torecycle plastics and to contribute towards better regulation of the international trade in plastic waste.

“By opting for high-value plastics which can be processed right here in New Zealand, we can be confident in a clear supply chain and improved environmental and social outcomes.

“Plastic numbers 1, 2 and 5 make up the majority of plastic materials put in the district’s yellow mixed recycling bins and can be reprocessed in New Zealand. Clear PET bottles PHOTO: Supplied (plastic number 1) are sent to Flight Plastics in Wellington where they are repurposed into foodYear seven student Priya White has set up a display at the Wānaka Library to increase public awareness about homelessness and how the community can help. grade packaging, while HDPE and PP (numbers charities, including Christchurch and Wellington 2 and 5) go to Comspec in Christchurch for Joanna Perry City Missions. newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz The project also required students to take An eleven-year-old MAC student is collecting action on their chosen topic - so, White decided public donations to deliver to homeless charities to set up a display at the Wānaka Library to increase public awareness about homelessness as part of her term 3 topic enquiry project.

Year seven student Priya White said it was locally and how the community could help.

“I am collecting donations of toiletries that an “obvious choice” for her to study the impact of homelessness in Wānaka for her project. She I will take to one of the homeless charities that first became aware of people living on the streets helped me with my work,” said White. “If I can when she visited her grandparents in Spain. Then, get more people thinking about the reasons whilst staying in Auckland and Christchurch and people become homeless and what can be done seeing people begging on the streets, she decided to support them then that's great too.”

White’s teacher, Tiffany Kent, said that White to do something to help.

“I made a list of things that I thought would had gone “above and beyond” with her topic be useful and bought some items like shampoo, enquiry project, and had taken a huge amount socks, sanitizer, tissues and some food, and of initiative. “She is an incredible young lady,” went with my mum to donate it to a homeless she added.

Members of the public can drop the following man on New Year’s Eve when we were staying items into the library: shampoo and conditioner, in Christchurch.”

For her project, White researched the soap bars, sun screen, lip balm, plasters/bandages, perceptions, causes and effects of homelessness hand sanitiser, toothbrushes and toothpaste, across New Zealand and spoke with a number of sanitary products and deodorant.

reprocessing,” he said.

Hansby said there were a number of ways residents could get ready for the changes including considering simple swaps that avoid this type of packaging altogether.

“Next time you’re doing your grocery shopping, take a quick look in your trolley and see if you could swap plastic for glass or tin which can be easily recycled.”

Making these simple changes as well as being conscious about the way you recycle have a big impact on the environment, he said.

In response to a post on the Wānaka Sun Facebook page, Will Croxford said “When I do our groceries, I try to buy products in glass or tin. If it only comes in plastic, I look at the recycling number and only buy products with 1,2 or 5. After doing this for a few weeks, it becomes second nature because most of the supermarket trolley is the same week to week.”

Andy Vause said: “ We need to take a stand against the endless amount of waste products that are encouraged by our supermarkets. But at the same time, we need to find a way to reduce the cost of more sustainable product packaging as right now it does not make sense to buy a glass reusable milk bottle when the cost of milk in a single-use plastic bottle is less than half the price.”

Wastebusters is also changing the plastic it accepts through its drop off, business and events recycling. From 1 December, it will only accept clear PET bottles.

It will no longer take PET meat trays or punnets, or coloured PET, as it doesn't have a reprocessor to send them to.

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Rotary raise over $30,000 Pat Deavoll

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The Rotary Club of Wānaka raised over $30,000 from its charity fundraising events in October.

The Club carried out two of its signature annual events: the Rotary Club of Wānaka Book Sale and the Rotary Club of Wānaka Duck Race.

The book sale, held at the Lake Wānaka Centre from October 2-4, raised over $15,000 which Club president Mike Elliot said was an extraordinary effort.

“We weren’t sure how the book sale would go this year with all the disruption, but when the books started flowing in we thought this was going to be big,” Elliot said.

More than two-thirds of a container of books were sold in the sale, which Elliot said was the biggest for some time.

The Club’s annual duck race took place on Saturday, October 24 with 1,500 tickets sold to the public and more than 120 corporate ducks sold to businesses.

Elliot said sales went very well this year. “We had a great response, it is just one of those events which capture the imagination and is something all the family can do,” he said.

Final calculations were underway, but the duck race would have raised more than $15,000, Elliot said.

“We’re very pleased with total funds raised and thankful for the great support from the community. Funds would be used for local needs as well as some overseas causes like funding emergency response kits,” he said.

Elliot said the Club would now take a “breather”, with plans already underway for a summer book sale from January 2-7, 2021 to raise funds for the Mount Aspiring College hardship fund.

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The Rotary Book Sale was a huge success this year.

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Jo Guest (Lactation Consultant), Sarah Ashford (Community Support for Plunket), Maggie Morgan (Lactation Consultant) and Jo O’Connor (Health Promotion Specialist for Well South).

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Children viewing the corporate ducks after the duck race.

Rotary Club of Wānaka president Mike Elliot.

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Recycling changes on the way

Getting through together

From 1 December, only plastics recycled in Aotearoa New Zealand can go in your yellow recycling bin. We’ll be sending details about the changes to all households soon but in the meantime, you can read all about it at www.qldc.govt.nz/recycling-changes

Getting Through Together is a national mental health and wellbeing campaign aiming to help New Zealanders get through the COVID-19 outbreak, and a range of resources are available on www.allright.org.nz. This November, think about connecting with others.

Creating and maintaining relationships is critical to boosting wellbeing - our relationships help us feel valued, loved and give purpose -all this makes us feel good! It can be as simple as organising a weekly stroll with a friend along the Wānaka lakefront, or joining one of the many community associations and groups available in the Upper Clutha.

Snap, send and solve with QLDC If you spot an issue in the community you can now raise it with Council using an app on your phone called Snap Send Solve. The app is a simple, free and fast way to send QLDC ‘Fix It’ requests, meaning the next time you spot a pesky water leak on the road outside your house or a fallen tree blocking a trail, snap it then send it and QLDC will solve it. You can download the Snap Send Solve app on Google Play and the Apple Store.

Ante-natal aqua fitness ‘You and Me’ aqua-fitness classes at Wānaka Rec Centre run every Tuesday from 7.30-8.15pm. It’s fun, gentle and social exercise for you and your ‘bump’! No longterm commitment required but advanced booking recommended as limited spaces for each session. $5 per session plus normal pool entry (i.e. included if you’re a pool member).

For more info and bookings drop by reception, call 03 443 9334 or email wrc@qldc.govt.nz.

The Wānaka Well, Plunket’s fortnightly postnatal and breastfeeding support group for local parents, celebrated its second birthday last week with one of its biggest meetings yet.

Plunket is a charity offering free services aimed at improving the development, health and wellbeing of children under the age of five across New Zealand.

Sarah Ashford, Community Services Coordinator, Upper Clutha, said it was a “special day” for the Wānaka Well, with “lots of mums and their gorgeous little people.”

The only place in Otago and Southland where families can get free lactation support, chat to peer supporters and enjoy a cup of tea from community volunteers, Ashford said that the

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Four lanes in the lap pool will remain free for public swimming between 9.00am-2.00pm weekdays during this period. Thanks for your understanding while our local children learn these essential life skills.

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group was a much-needed space for new parents in the community to receive non-judgemental advice and support.

Funded by Well South, the Wānaka Well has been very well-received since it was established in November 2018 with support from the Central Lakes Breastfeeding Charitable Trust, who also provide the funding for two lactation consultants.

Queenstown Lakes Peer Support Coordinator Catkin Bartlett said the Wānaka Well had supported a significant number of women in the last two years, and generally hosted up to 20 mums at each meeting.

The Wānaka Well provides help and support for families on their breastfeeding journey whether it is a journey of hours, days or years.

The drop-in is held between 10am and midday at Wānaka Plunket on Ardmore Street, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Wastebusters turns 20!

Pat Deavoll

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Wastebusters is about to turn 20 years!

Originally called Wānaka Wasterbusters, the organisation became Wastebusters when it joined forces with Alexandra about five years ago. But it has been a staple of Wānaka life in one form or the other for the past two decades.

The Wānaka Sun talks to Gina Dempster, Wastebusters communication manager.

So how did Wastebusters (WB) kick start?

Our community started it in 1919 to send less waste to landfill.

In 1999 there was no recycling in Wānaka, and there was a desire for it.

But the Council wasn't interested in providing that service. So a committee was formed with people from all walks of life including Dennis Pezarro and Sally Middleton.

Sally was Deputy Mayor at the time, and instrumental in getting the land WB is on. There wasn't a tremendous amount of support from the Council at the time, but she said to the Mayor "I'm sitting on this porch until you find a piece of land for us." That's how the agreement came about to let WB use its current site.

So Wastebusters was on the map – what happened next?

Once Sally had found the site, the first building was built through working bees –meaning a lot of builders supported by everybody else. That's one of the reasons WB has survived for 20 years- its always been supported by the community.

WB opened in 2000 with a recycling press which is our current recycling building. Half of that was a recycling press, and a half was a re-use shop.

So you must have started relatively small?

We started with drop-off recycling but also business recycling which kept ticking along for a while and then the Council decided it was going to bring kerbside recycling to Wānaka. We were the first organisation to have a kerbside contract. That was in 2007. We did the kerbside recycling, business recycling and drop-off recycling until 2011.

Then there was a joint recycling contract for Queenstown and Wānaka, but we weren't successful in that so at that point we pulled back to just the business and drop-off recycling that we have now. We have over 700 businesses

recycling with us.

You began educating the public.

As part of the kerbside contract we got in 2007 we also got a separate educational deal around waste reduction.

And that was the start of Dr Compost.

WB has had a partnership with Ben Elms since 2007. He has delivered hundreds of workshops across the district, and thousands of people have learned composting skills from him over those 13 years. He loves nothing better than to talk about composting and gardening, and he has been a fantastic foundation for that programme.

The other part of the education component which is still going is the Enviroschools facilitation – we have a facilitator in Wānaka, and the Council still funds one in Queenstown. In terms of those children who got those initial programmes in 2007 when they were five, they are leaving high school now, and they have had that experience of sustainability being integral to their school for their whole school life. They are going to carry this with them into the world. They are the people who are going to have to make the next decisions.

That has been a real highlight for us.

How is Wastebusters funded?

Funding- we are a social enterprise- so self-funded. We do have to contract with the Council. And one with Central Otago District Council at our Alexandra site, to deliver drop off recycling. We pick up from all the rural containers in towns like Ranfurly and Tarras, and also offer drop off recycling at our site in Alexandra.

In terms of Wānaka, we have a contract for the kerbside services to help people reduce waste and teach people how to use these recycling bins.

So these a relatively small contracts, but our overall turnover in the previous financial year was over $3m, and most of that came from our business side which is the recycling services and the re-use shops we have in Alexandra and Wānaka. We are totally supported by the community.

We also have a great project on at the moment where we have waste minimisation funding for the Resourceful Communities project.

That's about delivering events around the district like Plastic Free July, the Six Items Challenge and Repair events that we are running at the moment. So we have been able to extend our education work through that funding.

Its a real mixture of waste minimisation funding when we can get it, mostly selffunded through the business side and then some council contracts to support specific parts of what we are doing.

How does your association with Wastebusters in Alexandra work?

We have been picking up the recycle containers since 2015. Places like Ranfurly where there is no kerbside service and a long way from the Alexandra drop off – there will be a container in town. We employ someone local to keep an eye on the container to make sure it doesn't become a dumping ground. Then our trucks have regular runs where they will go around all those remote communities and pick up the recycling and bring it back to our Alex site for sorting and processing.

The Alexandra site was set up in 2001 by the community (same model as WB), but separate; the only thing we share is the model and name.

In 2015 Alex had some major financial pressures, and they came to us in Wānaka with a proposal that we should join forces. We decided to become one entity.

Now we are Wastebusters, not Wānaka Wastebusters and we run the Alex and Wānaka sites under one umbrella.

What are Wastebusters plans for the next five years?

We have an excellent strategic plan that we are working to. It's a big mission.

One of the goals is to evolve our sites into destinations. We get a lot of visitors to our sites, but we want to integrate the education we are doing outside of the sites and make these more visible inside the site. So as part of our 20th-anniversary celebrations is to run some tours of the site as a way of giving people a deeper understanding of waste and a chance for people to see behind the scenes at WB. We would love to integrate repair and up-cycling into the sites and make this more visible by bringing in more artworkupcycled art for creative people to see what you can do with recycled material.

The other thing we are seeing is some massive shifts as far as the national landscape around waste. For a long time, there was a lack of government leadership, but in the last three years, there have been some things happening that are in the process of being implemented. When they kick in, it is going to make a huge shift in the way people are thinking about waste.

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Go to the last of the Repair Revolution workshops.

As part of its 20th Anniversary Wastebusters will be running tours of the facility.

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Local salon finalist for two national awards Joanna Perry

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The salon, which is situated in the new Precinct building on Helwick Street, is a finalist for Best Salon Design.

Local hairdressing salon Ukiyo Salon & Co has been listed as a national finalist for two New Zealand Industry Awards.

The Industry Awards recognise the best business, training and creative talent in New Zealand’s hair, beauty and barbering industries.

With awards for business success, exceptional training, great workplaces, HITO apprentices and creative styling; there’s a category for every hairdresser, barber or beauty therapist to enter.

This year, the awards will be held at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland on Sunday, November 8.

Ukiyo Salon, which is situated in the new Precinct building on Helwick Street, is a finalist

for Best Salon Design, whilst hairdresser Mikaela Campbell is a finalist for Editorial Stylist of the Year - Colour Concept.

The Editorial Stylist awards are for New Zealand hairdressers who are wanting to expand their personal brand through photographic competition success. Winners of each subcategory will be considered for the Editorial Stylist of the Year award.

The salon was established by Campbell and Jaimee Smith just four weeks before the Covid-19 lockdown, and Smith said the salon team were “super excited to be national finalists” after what had been “a crazy start to a new business venture.”

“We fly to Auckland on Monday for the awards ceremony. We are extremely proud of our beautiful salon, and the hard work is paying off.”

180,000 cups saved from landfill Joanna Perry

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Single-use cup-free (SUCfree) businesses around Wānaka celebrated the anniversary of the launch of their project to make our town free of singleuse cups by 2022 on Monday evening.

The initiative to reduce coffee cup landfill waste in the many cafes around town came about following the 2018 One Summit. Supported by Plastic Free Wānaka, it took a year of planning and securing funding from the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC)’s Waste Minimisation Community Fund before SUCfree Wānaka officially launched in November last year.

Now with nine completely SUCfree cafes, as

well as cup-lending schemes or cup libraries in 24 cafes, Wānaka has saved around 180,000 singleuse cups from landfill in the last year.

QLDC General Manager Property and Infrastructure Peter Hansby said communitydriven waste minimisation initiatives like this had already made “a huge contribution to our vision of becoming a zero waste district,” and a second round of funding released this year would further support that.

SUCfree Wānaka was keen to keep up the momentum and bring every cafe in Wānaka on board. “The next few months are critical for the campaign,” said Plastic Free Wānaka marketing coordinator Jana Reulecke. “We have many cafes and caravans who have everything they

need to take the plunge and just need a bit of encouragement and hand-holding to take that next step.”

India Clarke, local barista and SUCfree ambassador, said “going 100% single-use cup-free was a lot easier than we thought it was going to be and incredibly satisfying for everyone who works here.”

Their vision is for a town that saves one million cups from landfill every year. And with more developments around the corner, such as Wanakup (creators of a thermally insulated reusable cup who also support local cafes with their own reusable options) working with the A&P show to provide single-use alternatives for food and beverages, SUCfree Wānaka’s second year is set to be an exciting one.

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Now with nine completely SUCfree cafes, as well as cup-lending schemes or cup libraries in 24 cafes, Wānaka has saved around 180,000 single-use cups from landfill in the last year.

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Bowling Club goes pink

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Prizewinners from left: Kate Norman (2nd) and Madeleine Wilson (Winner).

Pat Deavoll

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Last Wednesday the Bowling Club’s Women’s Day took on a new look with their ‘Pink for a Day’ theme.

Convenor Val Ransom reported: Most of the ladies participated in wearing something pink.

TheMatch Committee provided afternoon tea - fairy bread with pink sprinkles, blinis with smoked salmon mixture on top, pink lamingtons with cream and strawberries, lovely pink iced biscuits and marshmallows.

Prizes of Pinky Bars were given for the two best dressed - Mads Wilson dressed as Priscilla Queen of the Bowls and Road Runner Kate Norman.

The ladies were asked for a paper donation for Breast Cancer, and $350 was raised, which was presented to Shona Jarvie, the local Cancer Society representative who spoke briefly on her role in the community. This money stays in our community.

The Cancer Society gets no Government funding. It is 100 per cent charity and relies on the support of the local community. A worthy cause and the club will do it again

NEWS IN BRIEF Wānaka Community Board Meeting A meeting of the Wānaka Community Board will take place today (Thursday 5 November) in the Armstrong Room, Lake Wānaka Centre beginning at 10.00am. The public are welcome to attend and speak in the public forum, however must notify the QLDC governance team 24 hours in advance.

Check, Clean, Dry: eliminating aquatic pests A biosecurity team from the Otago Regional Council (ORC) is about to begin encouraging water users to stop the spread of aquatic pests this summer. The Check, Clean, Dry campaign is headed by the Ministry for Primary Industires, and works to help ensure that waterways are kept as pest free as possible.

It asks people to check all gear for any plant material and remove it, clean all gear thoroughly, or dry it before using it in another waterway.

Mandy Dalziel, ORC environment officer, and advocate for the program, said that, “There are so many people in the community doing their part to protect our waterways from the impacts of freshwater pests and their work is greatly appreciated. Our next challenge is to reinforce the importance of the Check, Clean, Dry method in all circumstances to stop the spread of a wide

range of freshwaters pests, and not just didymo.”

Hunting community backing the kārearea Voting for the annual Bird of the Year competition opened this Tuesday (2 November) and a poll run by the Game Animal Council, NZ Deerstalkers Association, and Hunters for Conservation shows that 62 per cent of New Zealand hunters are voting for the kārearea (NZ falcon) this year.

Gwyn Thurlow of NZDA said that, “...the hunting community has spoken and to be honest it won’t be too difficult to vote for the kārearea in the Bird of the Year as it is New Zealand’s original hunter and it is pretty cool seeing one out hunting.” Online voting for Bird of the Year can be accessed at www.birdoftheyear.org.nz and closes on November 15.

Bike Wānaka opens Tūwhakaroria Months of work at Hāwea’s Tūwhakaroria Bike Park are coming to fruition this Saturday (7 November). The park is being officially opened with a community planting session in the morning and the opening ceremony at 2pm, with a barbeque following this.

Bike Wānaka president Tim David said that, “Bike Wānaka is extremely excited to hand this over to the Lake Hawea community. We think

it'll be a great asset for the kids – and not so kids. We're also super-appreciative of QLDC in encouraging – not to mention sponsoring – our re-development of the land.”

Cromwell police arrest vehicle break-in offender In the Cromwell area, police have been investigating car and vehicle break-ins recently and have made an arrest. A 44 year old has been charged with a number of counts of theft after incidents had been reported in the Cromwell Gorge and Bannockburn Road areas. The offender was also charged in relation to three burglaries in Oamaru and Central Otago. They have appeared in front of the courts.

Tulips and Cream at Edgewater This Sunday (8 November), Edgewater is participating in a fundraising initiative for Parkinson’s New Zealand in the form of high tea. Edgewater already offers high teas, so the opportunity to fundraise was ideal. “[The initiative] worked so well for us last year, that we decided to run the programme again in 2020”, says Parkinson’s New Zealand CEO, Andrew Bell. “It really grabbed hold of people’s imagination with community groups bringing their own flavour to each event.”

$3m boost for Upper Clutha farms Pat Deavoll

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Upper Clutha farms have been given a boost by a $3million dollar government grant to support freshwater equality.

Minister for Agriculture Damien O’Connor made the announcement at the Lake Wānaka Centre on October 30.

Over three years, the project was expected to deliver the training, plants, and equipment needed to implement environmental activities, primarily on farms in the Upper Clutha Basin.

It would be primarily carried out on farms across the Cardrona, Luggate Creek, Lake Hawea, Hawea Flat, and Maungawera catchments.

O’Connor said the WAI Wānaka Jobs for Nature project would provide much-needed work for those who had lost their jobs due to Covid-19.

"These jobs will involve a mix of environmental work focused on farm properties in the Upper Clutha area, such as tree planting, wetland restoration, pest management, projects to enhance biodiversity and fencing Funding for the WAI Wānaka Jobs for Nature project was approved by the Ministry for Primary Industries on October 14.

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Minaret Burn: just lovely

PHOTO: Jackson Reardon

It’s a great chance to see parts of the lake you don’t normally get to, like the inaccessible Mou Tapu island.

Joanna Perry

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It was the Minaret Burn Track on a bluebird day for us last Sunday, and I felt like I was in paradise. Which is saying something, when you live where we do.

It’s a bit of a drive out to Homestead Bay, where the walk begins, which is perhaps why there were so few people on the track - we passed a few mountain bikers and a couple of alpacas, but that was about it. It was 15km of uninterrupted views of the lake, little streams and native forest and bush.

I’m still working my way up to the bigger, steeper hikes after a winter of spending my weekends either up the hill or under a blanket, so the undulating path with lots of great spots

to stop and admire the view was ideal.

The full walk is a 45km return, although the more popular trip to Colquhouns Beach for a swim (summer only) and back is 15km.

I usually prefer a circular walk so I don’t feel I’m going back on myself, but the view was so incredible, with so much to look at on either side, that I didn’t feel like I was retracing my steps at all.

It’s a great chance to see parts of the lake you don’t normally get to, like the inaccessible Mou Tapu island, a pest-free island which is critical to the survival of several species of plants and animals that were wiped out or severely reduced in mainland Otago by introduced predators.

And, finally, the track has one of the nicer DOC longdrop toilets I’ve seen in a while.

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‘Pink Flower on Green’.

Minimalist photography relies on simple composition that allows a lot of room for creativity by the photographer.

The aim is to apply the concept of minimalism by keeping all distractions and unnecessary details out of the image allowing all of the attention to brought to the subject of the picture.

We often hear the phrase ‘less is more’, and this cannot be more apt than when appreciating minimalist photography.

Minimalism is a style used by many C20 / C21 century artists using a minimal amount of components such as colour, shape, line and texture, leaving interpretation and meaning up to the viewer’s perception.

When understanding how to create minimalist photos the single most important rule is to keep the image simple – but not dull.

We should try to pick a striking and engaging subject that will catch the eye. The subject has to be the strongest element of the photo, even though it may not take up much of the frame.

We should always consider what we are going to include in the image, but of equal importance is what we are going to leave out.

The space around the subject will accentuate its prominence so we should crop out any distracting features.

Achieving a strong compositional element is the absolute key to giving impact to our shot.

The use of colour is an extremely effective tool

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in capturing an eye-appealing, yet simple picture.

In a similar way to the use of colour, the creative use of line within our image can be very effective when the subject matter is limited.

Bold horizontal or vertical lines help to create a strong composition as they add a solid structure to the image. The old adage of using ‘line’ to draw the eye into the shot is very relevant in minimalists photography.

With a little practice, we will begin to appreciate examples of minimalism that surround us every day when we keep our eyes open for space, blocks of colour, clean lines and an interesting subject that stands alone.

This is what Lindy Clarbull achieved with her photo ‘Pink Flower on Green.’

She took her photo with a Canon EOS5D camera with an aperture set at f5, a focal length of 100mm, shutter speed 1/160sec and ISO800.

Lindy loves just focusing on the flower with a beautiful background. She says the light and colours of the foliage produces different result every time, so it is exciting to see what you get.

Lindy has been much inspired by the work of Karl Blossfeldt and her love of flowers and minimalism grew from there.

Wānaka Camera Club is dedicated to helping anyone interested in photography, and we welcome anyone to join us.

Our next meeting is Monday 9 November, 7.30pm, St John Rooms, Link Way.

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Maude Rogers of Wānaka is one of eight recipients of the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarship to study and pursue a career in forestry starting in 2021.

Rogerswill be studying a Bachelor of Forestry Science at Canterbury University. As well as completing GirlBoss (a primary industry mentoring programme), she is an active sportsperson and enjoys skiing, tennis and netball.

She is also active in the community including part of MAC’s Students in Communities programme and Team Green which is involved in tree planting at school. Rogers looked forward to the application of science to the forestry sector and is excited about a career in forestry where she can offer a different perspective based on her life experiences.

Now in its third year, the Scholarships are increasing diversity in forestry sciences and engineering, with a strong focus on encouraging Māori and women to embark on forestry careers.

One of the prerequisites of obtaining a scholarship is that the applicants be of Māori descent and/or identify as female.

“Māori and women represent only a small percentage of the forestry workforce. Te Uru

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Maude Rogers is the lucky recipient of a scholarship to help her study forestry at Canterbury University in 2021.

Rākau endeavours to change that and make the forestry and wood processing sector more reflective of our communities,” said Henry Weston, Acting Deputy Director-General Te Uru Rākau/ Forestry New Zealand.

With the latest cohort, the Scholarship programme has to date now supported 22 Māori and women to study forestry science/engineering at the University of Canterbury, providing $8,000 each year during the degrees’ four-year duration.

“The Scholarship recipients, through their study and the summer internship programme will see a huge range of career paths aside from planting, pruning, and harvesting trees in forestry – a sector key to our country’s economic wellbeing and to more sustainable environmental outcomes.

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Residential development in sensitive areas

Your recent article and subsequent correspondence on a QLDC consented development in the Minaret Ridge subdivision which gained non-notified approval on the basis of "minor impact", prompts me to ask how it is that in the highly sensitive Area of Outstanding Natural Landscape along the western shore of Lake Wānaka just beyond Waterfall Creek where a visible building is supposed to be prohibited or at least severely constrained, we now have what appears to be about five new building platforms being developed along the ridgeline.

At least that is what I can see from the Millenium walking trail. Each of these developments will also be highly visible from the lake itself and from the opposite shore, which in my understanding is supposed to be the pre-eminent criteria for consideration before any approvals can be granted.

The overall effect of permitting these, together with the pre-existing developments, renders the special designation almost meaningless.

I would like to ask the QLDC; 1. How did all of the aforementioned new developments get past the screening process?

2. What is the purpose of prescribing a set of rules to protect our special places, (and who would fail to agree that the rural landscape along the western lakeshore is not one of these), and then permit it to be nibbled away by degrees until the protective cloak is nothing more than a few tatters.

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Inconvenience versus safety in new speed limits

I think I understand some of the frustrations of travelling more slowly.

There is a curious trick in driving when one slows down from open road limits, 50kph appears to be almost crawling but that's what it is, perception. Against that are some uncomfortable hard facts. In 2016, 25 pedestrians died and 257 were seriously injured in NZ road crashes, the deaths increased to 65 to include later hospital deaths.

In general the NZ driving toll fell steadily from 1990 to 2013 but has rebounded significantly. The pedestrian toll has risen slightly recently in spite of a decreased number of walkers. Pedestrian deaths and injuries are higher in; Males, Maori and Pacifica people, Areas of Deprivation (more walking), the larger metropolitan areas, children and people over age 80.

There are many factors which contribute to pedestrian injury, many relate to the actions or lack of care of the walker but vehicle speed is a lethal factor. The NZTA resource quotes two sets of figures; - an alert driver, travelling at 50kph can just stop to avoid a pedestrian who steps onto the road 45m ahead. The same driver, travelling at 60kph, will still be moving at 44kph when the pedestrian is hit.

- in an earlier study (1982), the risk of child pedestrian death from impact was quoted as; 30kph =5%, 50kph =40% and 70kph =96% It has been suggested that the problem of child pedestrian deaths is as bad as deaths from violence, abuse or neglect, or as deaths from all infectious diseases. ( NZHIS Mortality Statistics 1993-97 ) I advance no support whatsoever for the heavy-handed, blunt remedy, so poorly promulgated by Council into the community, but we all need to temper our frustrations and work with Council to make some sensible changes to preserve traffic flow while safeguarding pedestrians, particularly the very young and the moderately old.

Dennis Pezaro

Forty-kilometre speed limit

On reading the article, it appears individuals have pushed the decision to reduce the 50km limit to 40km with very little practical justification.

If as quoted, it is based on safety, then how is it that within the QLDCs area?

Council has no intention to change the speed limit of 100km within the residential area of Luggate, namely on Church Rd where it is 100km inside the residential zone, changing to 70km about 140 meters inside the residential zone going up to the main road intersection. We believe it should be 50km from at least 100m outside the residential zone of the village.

Despite the Luggate Community Association repeatedly requesting Council to change it to 50km over about the last six years with no action from Council (by the way the main road speed limit has not yet been changed.)

Also the LCA has pointed out to Council several times that in light of the imminent new subdivision in Atkins Avenue in addition to the existing one the 50km limit should be pushed out to at least 100m on the Wānaka side of Atkins Ave intersection.

But this request has been ignored which means that there will be yet another road coming onto a 100km road in the residential township.

I believe the Council is effectively demonstrating its incompetence in not applying a common-sense approach. Certainly not on the grounds of safety.

Jim Bryson

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As many of us suddenly realise we are in the eleventh month, the elections are behind us, Mega Mitre10 is soon to open, the All Blacks and Silver Ferns have had series wins, and Christmas is looming. Life in Wānaka is relatively normal compared to the rest of the world.

Local Police have been busy in prevention mode: no drink drivers to mention and the pubs continue to be well run. Well done team.

This week we dealt with a youth-restricted driver who took dad’s car to Queenstown with two mates but didn’t tell dad; a disqualified driver located on Eely Point Road who had his vehicle impounded; and an incident involving a parent’s driving at the Hawea Flat School at pick up time.

On Sunday we also dealt with a 10-year-old who had a crash whilst riding a motorbike on a road in Hawea. Thankfully only minor cuts and bruising resulted. Later that day another motorbike rider came off his bike on the Crown

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range causing damage to his bike, but he was unhurt.

A considerable amount of our time is spent dealing with domestic matters, so our advice is to get help before things get out of hand.

The 40km/hr speed restrictions have been quite a talking point around town, but they are here to stay, so give yourself a little more time for those short trips around town.

Our local Search and Rescue team helped out with an injured mountain biker in Sticky forest on the weekend. They extracted him from the scene and carried him to the landing zone where the helicopter took him away. Many thanks to all involved.

The back-country is looking likely to have more local trampers and walkers, so remember when you go into the mountains - be well prepared, let someone know where you are going and how long you will expect to be exploring, and take two forms of communication (cellphone and a locator beacon).

Have a safe week.

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From right to left: Pipi Horan, Ruby Boyd, Ella Kaler, Kelly Quirke, Thomas Mitchell – the girls 50 per cent novice quad.

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third and the Samara Goodall- Hayley Ambrose combination coming in sixth.

The squad also had huge laughs and entertainment watching their coaches Rachel O'Connell, Matt Rickard, Dave Ayres and AJ Humphreys compete in the Masters quad sculls event with that crew coming first in the A final. Rachel O'Connell won her woman's single scull heat but was cruelly robbed of competing in her A final on Sunday when the regatta was called off due to high winds.

This regatta was also the first time the junior girls competed in the new eight kindly donated by the Sargood Bequest to come fifth in their heat which was a men's and women's open event.

They showed a tremendous amount of potential beside crews of their age, and they took a lot of encouragement from the experience.

Overall the regatta was a great success for Wānaka, and it qualified for 15 A finals (including two masters A-finals) and two B finals which is an excellent weekend by anyone's standards.

All races were over a distance of 1 km as opposed to the full competition distance of 2 km.

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Neve and Lyla gained satisfaction from passing on their experience. Pipi Horan and Ruby Boyd teamed up with Kelly Quirke, Ella Kaler and Thomas Mitchell in a quad to race a 50 per cent novice crew and won their heat to place third in the A final.

Tao Hawkey-Hight had a great race in his under 17 single sculls race to qualify for the A final in which he placed third.

He also teamed up with Anton Jones, Matai Wells, Torben Craig and Neve Faed as cox to row a mixed novice quad which gave Torben and Matai a tremendous amount of experience having only started rowing six weeks ago. Tao also teamed up with Jem Curtis in a 50 per cent novice double scull and came second in their heat and went on to win the A final which was a huge effort.

Pipi Horan and Ruby Boyd won both their heat and the A final in the girls under 16 double in typically emphatic fashion.

At the same time, Lyla Chamberlain and Emily Findlay achieved the same feat in the girls under 17 double sculls event. That same girls under 17 double sculls A final had two other Wānaka crews in it as well with Neve Faed and Bella Sarginson finishing a very close

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Wānaka Rowing Club attended the Aoraki Regatta over the weekend, its first of the season with a squad of 19 competitors and four coaches including nine novices who had never raced before.

The Aoraki regatta was the first introduction for those novice rowers to rowing in lanes, racing and the whole experience that is a rowing regatta.

Novice rowers were allowed to team up with the older, more experienced junior rowers and learn the ropes as well as row in their novice race events.

The club did exceptionally well on both winning a few races and teaching the novices some valuable lessons of competitive rowing.

The novice rowers were Ella Kaler, Kelly Quirke, Amelia Craig, Jess Gould, Anton Jones, Max Good, Jem Curtis, Matai Wells and Torben Craig as well as a first-time coxswain, Thomas Mitchell.

Neve Faed and Lyla Chamberlain teamed up with Amelia Craig and Jess Gould in a couple of doubles scull races and did remarkably well, both making the B final. Amelia and Jess gained a tremendous amount of experience, and

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The club has grown in the last two years with over 120 coaches having attended at least one of the previous sessions.

This series boasts an experienced line up of presenters. Chris Foggin, Cycling New Zealand will speak on skills learning, a coach’s guide.

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Wānaka-based Simone Maier took the win in the women’s veteran field, with the fastest overall time in the women’s field.

Inaugural Challenge Wānaka Multi a success and local triathlon coach Tim Brazier, who came in third after a ten-year break from competing.

Allan said he was thrilled to win the inaugural race and thanked competitors for supporting it.

“Huge respect to the Challenge Wānaka crew for stepping up and giving us this opportunity to take part in this multisport event. There are not too many of them to do,” he said. “Who would have thought in April this year we would be here now racing?”

In the women’s race, Fiona Dowling from Christchurch won the women’s open followed by

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The Challenge Wānaka Multi was heralded a success by competitors last Saturday, October 31, with the limit of 100 entries being opened up in the weeks prior to the event due to demand.

Dougal Allan, local multi-sport athlete, coach, Challenge Wānaka Champion and Coast to Coast winner, came in first in the men’s open field (18-39 years), leading the race from start to finish. Behind him was Hamish Elliot from Gore

Claire Bell from Te Anau and Adele Macgregor from Christchurch. Wānaka-based Simone Maier, who has also won the Coast to Coast and GODZone, took the win in the women’s veteran field, with Jo Williams and Alexandra Martin (Queenstown) taking the two other top spots. Maier also had the fastest overall time in the women’s field.

Maier said she was “really happy with [her] performance,” having had a break from racing since last season’s Coast to Coast. “We are stoked that we were able to race, especially at the moment,” she added. “What a great turn out, and

great support from the volunteers. The team put on a great show.”

The race saw 120 individual, tandem and team relay competitors embark on a 25km kayak, 43km mountain bike and 12km trail run from Wānaka to Hāwea, starting and finishing at the Wānaka Watersports Centre.

Communications and Marketing Manager Sophie Luther said the Challenge Wānaka Team were looking to make this an annual event after the success of this year, especially since the timing of it served as a kick-off for the multisport season.

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