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We have a Puzzling World family pass to give away if you can guess which one is the real Stuart in this photograph. Email admin@ thewanakasun.co.nz with your guess to go into the draw to win.

Sue Wards Will the real Stuart Landsborough please stand up?

Puzzling World founder Stuart Landsborough is pictured sitting next to

a Weta Workshop hyperrealism sculpture of himself, commissioned by Puzzling World as part of its new Illusion Room complex.

StuartvisitedWetaWorkshop in Wellington last year to go through the long messy process

to cast his face, neck, hands and arms first in plaster, then in silicone, to create the sculpture.

Photographer Antony Hansen, who took the photograph above, said, “It was quite unnerving photographing him, I wasn’t sure which one

to talk to.”

The new Illusion Room extension, themed around an illusionary sculpture garden, is due to open later this year.

Local sculptors including Ernie Maluschnig, Chris Riley and Deane Weastall have

been commissioned to create pieces for the room. “We want to make the garden a truly kiwi project by using native plants and showcasing local talent,” Puzzling World marketing manager Duncan Spear said.

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Art gallery proposed Sue Wards

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A proposal to replace the aging Wanaka Arts Centre with a new art gallery has met with a positive reaction from the community.

The proposal, by Wanaka arts patron John Charrington, is for an art gallery and facility capable of hosting exhibitions and recitals, while providing space for local artists. “Wanaka’s a place that has a level of sophistication and maturity that suggests this is overdue,” John said. “I’m very excited about it and think it would be a huge asset to the whole area.”

John has had positive reactions from local arts groups, including the Arts Centre Trust. He has begun the process of establishing a charitable trust to receive funds and manage the facility and has had informal discussions with prospective donors. Architectural drawings produced by Sarah Scott Architects will be available at the Wanaka Community Board meeting this morning (Thursday) when the proposal is formally considered.

There is about three or four months of paperwork ahead, John said, including

PHOTO: Sarah Scott Architects Ltd

I think it’s a fantastic opportunity for Wanaka and I’m looking forward to seeing the arts taking a higher profile in the community.

asking the council to sign a lease to the new charitable trust, before the serious business of raising funds begins. “It’s something I’ve got a very strong conviction about. I’m also under no illusion that it’s not the best time to be asking for people to donate.” However, he said the gallery was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” which would benefit the district over the long term.

Deputy Mayor and Wanaka Community Board chair Lyal Cocks said artists have been asking for a new facility to replace the “decrepit” arts centre for years. “It is a wonderful proposal,” he said. “It would be a great asset for our community.”

Upper Clutha Community Arts Council chair Christy Rolfe said, “I think it’s a fantastic opportunity for Wanaka and I’m looking forward to seeing the arts taking a higher profile in the community.”

The proposal will be formally put to the Wanaka Community Board today (Thursday), at a 9.30am meeting in the Lake Wanaka Centre.

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Cadets shine Charlotte Trundle

Sculptures hatched Ardmore Street’s metal sculptures appeared to have bred two new sculptures this week, possibly the third instalment in a series of metal sculptures which have appeared around Wanaka over the past few weeks.

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St John Wanaka youth cadets had a successful weekend at the Central Otago Youth competitions, coming first in various categories.

T h e l o c a l competitors, from eight to fifteen-years-old, competed in drills such as first aid, marching, communication and games. Three teams of four were awarded top achievements in many of the scenarios, and one individual competitor placed first.

“We are so proud of how much they have developed their

skills,” Wanaka St John divisional manager Tina Simmonds said. “During the presentation the delight expressed by the cadets when they found out they got first place in various events was worth the time invested.”

A number of the judges made positive comments on how well the Wanaka cadets communicated and worked together.

Those who placed first at the district competition are now eligible to compete at the South Island youth cadet competition in Greymouth in October.

Cadets leader Gemma Wilson gets some first aid treatment from Wanaka youth cadets Isobel Smith, 8, Cole Masters, 11, and Hannah Gerrard, 15.

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Dairy meeting unlikely Sue Wards Interest continues in the development of a large scale dairy farm at Hawea Flat, but a public information meeting is unlikely to be an option at this stage.

Hawea Community Association president

Rachel Brown hoped last week to organise a public meeting so people could learn what was planned for the farm, but has decided against the idea after speaking with members of the dairy farm project team.

“They are happy to keep the dialogue open and

The alternative challenge

Where is Ethel?

Charlotte Trundle Wanaka Wastebusters found a home for a special photo this week.

For two years they have had a picture hanging in their Education Space of the Pembroke School’s

annual picnic from 1930. Ethel Hurndell (pictured above left) was a little girl seen in the picture with her family and is one of the few survivors left in the photo. “Ethel, who is now in her nineties,

was over the moon that we still had the picture and it was up for sale. It is such a cool story,” Wastebusters staff member Ivy Willmott said.

Presbyterian Minister Diane Gilliam-Weeks and Marjon Gilbert.

information will be available in due course,” she said.

The project team is busy meeting Otago Regional Council requirements and the ORC is being proactive, Rachel said. “It is the ORC who we really need to keep accountable.

Sue Wards “An alternative Wanaka challenge” is underway, with members of the community invited to take part in a massed choir rendition of Handel’s Messiah this December.

Marjon Gilbert came up with the idea after participating in the recent ‘Big Sing’ at the Anglican Church. “What about us doing The Messiah from scratch?” she asked fellow singer Cheryl Taylor, who replied: “We’ll need to start straight away.” The call has gone out to anyone interested in taking part. “I want it to be as inclusive as possible,” Marjon said.

Marjon, a former music therapist, said The Messiah is wonderful to sing. “It goes through all human emotions and there’s a lot of variety in

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It is their mandate to manage our waterways.

The bottom line at the moment is that this farming operation is a complying activity,” she said. “If we think it shouldn’t be then we need to change the rules if we don’t want it to happen again.”

the music.” She sees this as an opportunity to create “an alternative Wanaka Challenge”, with a massed choir singing the piece in eight parts. How much will be performed will depend on how many people respond, Marjon said. Organisers Marjon, Cheryl Taylor and Sarah Ballard are keen to involve local high school students in the performance, and Central Otago Regional Choir conductor John Buchanan has agreed to conduct.

The Wanaka performance, an alliance between the Presbyterian and Anglican churches, is supported by all Wanaka churches and will take place on December 11 at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Tenby Street.

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Lock your doors Charlotte Trundle Wanaka police are concerned about a spate of burglaries and the number of stolen property reports they are receiving.

Last week there were four burglaries targeting unsecured premises, a big number for Wanaka, Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said. Police are advising residents around the Edgewater Resort area to take extra security precautions and immediately report any suspicious behaviour.

“These are opportunist

thieves. All the properties were unsecured. I think people are taking for granted it’s safe to leave their house unlocked in

Random kindness

items in houses or vehicles, close the windows and lock the doors. “Police keep seeing people parking

I think people are taking for granted it’s safe to leave their house unlocked.

Wanaka,” Senior Sergeant Grindell said.

Many of the stolen property reports relate to unsecured ski gear.

Constable Ingrid Glendining advised people to hide expensive

their vehicles around town, trustingly leaving snowboards and skis just sitting on racks. You’re an easy target for thieves and vandals,” she said.

Sharyn Mathias and Jessie Wilcox demonstrating a random act of kindness.

PHOTO: charlotte trundle

New Zealand is the only country in the world to have a Random Acts of Kindness Day. RAK Day is all about people doing kind things for others – for no reason at all. This year marks the seventh anniversary of RAK Day which is on September 1.

“Our hope is for all New Zealanders to get on board and make our nation a kind place – even just for one day,” a RAK spokesperson said.

Some ideas include buying a stranger coffee, pick someone a flower, deliver pizza to a local community group for lunch, give money to the café cashier to buy the next person a coffee, mow the neighbour’s lawn, wash your partner’s car, phone your mum, get your kids to donate their pre-loved toys to charity.

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Rowing Club seek help Members of the Wanaka Rowing Club hope the Wanaka community will help them find their way to a new rowing shed and club house.

The club will hold their AGM on September 6 and the main agenda item will be to determine the way forward in the club’s “battle to secure a suitable clubhouse site”. The club has previously identified a number of different sites which have all been rejected by the QLDC and the current proposed site at Stoney Creek is being opposed by a group of Stoney Creek residents. The Wanaka Community Board recently recommended the club meet with the affected neighbours before the issue goes through a submission process and independent hearings panel.

The club’s AGM will be held on Tuesday September 6 at 7.30pm and interested people are invited to attend.

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sunnews Award for The Shed The Shed cellar door and restaurant at Northburn Station in Cromwell was named the Tourism Award winner at the 2011 Central Otago Awards held on Friday August 12, after only two and a half years’ operation. The judges called the Northburn experience “uniquely and unequivocally” Central Otago.

Trapped arm A Wanaka man injured his arm after it was trapped in a linen press at a laundry on Anderson’s Road on Tuesday. He was taken to the Wanaka Medical Centre for treatment.

Over the rainbow A rainbow of felted scarves was created by members of the Creative Fibre Felting Group last weekend. Tutor Karen Workman of Bluff led participants from Wanaka, Albert Town, Makarora, Lake Hawea and Auckland in making felted silk scarves using merino, mohair and silk thread. Pictured modeling their creations are, front row from left: Casey Gordon, Heather Kerr (co-ordinator), Fay Brook, Irene Smith. Middle row from left: Jane Baker, Liz Rogers, Val Garrett, Adrienne Taylor and Sandy Harry.

Back row from left: Karen Workman, (tutor), Christy Rolfe, Diana Mechen, Elaine Parsons and Christine Lee. PHOTO: nikki heath

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Award-winning pathologist Laura Williamson

John Blennerhassett at home in Wanaka.

“It’s a once-a-month thing,” John Blennerhassett laughs. He’s wearing a tie today for the monthly Wanaka PROBUS Club meeting, but for this retired pathologist, ties are mostly a thing of the past.

He did have to put one on recently, to accept the Heslop Medal from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. The award was presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the RACS, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Queenstown last week. John is one of only three people to have received the prestigious award, which recognises outstanding contributions to basic surgical training.

John, who has lived in Wanaka full-time since 2002, did his undergraduate studies at the University of Otago and postgraduate work at Wellington Hospital. In 1962, he headed for the US and a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (“a Mecca for pathology”) with the helpofa£1000BankofNewZealand scholarship. “The scholarship was a lifeline for that first year in Boston, my salary from the hospital was officially below the poverty line,” John said. Finances eased progressively over the next three

years. He had arrived with wife and four children in tow, and there they added two ‘Bostonians’.

Pathology is the science of the causes and effects, as well as the diagnosis, of disease. John discovered his passion for this area of science when he took a year off from specialising in internal medicine to work in pathology.

“It’s the fascination of what goes wrong in the body, diagnosing that and helping clinicians to devise

Pathologists.

He resigned from his role as head of Pathology at the Medical School to take over as Director of Pathology Services at Dunedin Hospital in 1989. He continued undergraduate student teaching, though, and had earlier joined the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Part I board of examiners, examining and teaching basic science to surgeons for 24 years.

There’s something incredibly satisfying in seeing the light go on in someone’s mind. strategies to combat it.”

John spent time both as an Assistant Professor at McGill University in Montreal and subsequentlyastheHeadofSurgical Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Assistant Professor in Pathology at Harvard University.In1971hewasappointed Head of Department and Professor of Pathology at the University of Otago. He also served as Chief Examiner in Anatomical Pathology for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, and as president of the New Zealand Society of

John left Dunedin Hospital and finished undergraduate teaching at the University of Otago in 2002, but continued to do postgraduate courses for the RACS until this year – a post which lasted slightly longer than planned when the colleague who was to replace him was badly affected by the Christchurch earthquake.

And the highlight of this impressive and varied career?

“Teaching is where it’s at,” John said. “There’s something incredibly satisfying in seeing the light go on in someone’s mind and feeling

you’ve made that difference.”

While John has slowed down slightly since finishing work, he has been busy, among other things, wearing out his library card (“thank the Lord for the Wanaka Library!” he said) and travelling, including a trip last year to Africa. He even had the chance to take in the All Black-Springbok test at the 94,000seat stadium in Soweto.

He and Jill are also taking the time to enjoy Barn Pinch, their family property adjacent to Rippon Vineyard, which was founded

by Jill’s brother, Rolfe Mills. The Blennerhassetts built there in the 1970s, and, John said, “we’ve spent as much time as possible here ever since”. They have also shared some of the land with the Wanaka community. The Blennerhassett Kanuka Reserve between Waterfall Creek and Rippon Vineyard is a 2.4 hectare area now protected from development in perpetuity by a QEII covenant. The Te Kãkano Aoteoroa Trust native plant nursery also utilises part of the Blennerhassett’s property.

As for the view from his lounge, “it’s a bit hard to put up with, but if you’ve got the stomach for it, it’s all right,” John said, surveying the magnificent view over Lake Wanaka. “The morning is best for The Buchanans.”

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Stars in town

Council wants your views

Charlotte Trundle

The Queenstown Lakes District Council wants to know what its community thinks and has launched a survey online as council prepares the 2012 10-Year-Plan.

“Part of delivering the draft plan next year will be consulting with the community about the big issues.

We want people to have a say on this now, to help us shape that conversation,” QLDC chief executive Debra Lawson said. The big issues were things council could change, that would affect priority setting and improve what they do, she said.

The survey is available on the council’s website until Friday September 2. “The important thing is to have a say. If you can’t do the survey online then a letter, an email, a phone call will all be valuable and appreciated,” Ms Lawson said.

Habitat restoration A habitat restoration project will be carried out in stages along the Glendhu Bay track between Stoney Creek and Waterfall Creek.

The Te Kākano initiated project will be based on existing vegetation, landscape values and use.

“The restoration involves a visual and ecological enrichment of the area with the careful planting of native species, which would’ve existed here and attracted birds and other fauna,” Te Kākano chair Megan Williams said. The plans include maintenance of autumn colour.

The Trust welcomes feedback on the project.

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Television comedy stars Paul Ego, Jeremy Elwood and Michele A’Court will bring loads of laughs to a Wanaka charity fundraiser in aid of the Wanaka Primary School Future Trust.

Comedian Paul Ego is best known as a team captain on 7 Days, however he spent ten years on the award winning “Rock Morning Rumble”. He is joined by political comic and TV3’s resident blogger, Jeremy Elwood and Michele A’Court, the winner of the New Zealand Comedy Guild Female Comic of the decade last year.

Organiser Sandy Guy is optimistic this year will trump the original. “We have such a supportive community in Wanaka and this year we’ve tripled the laughter,” she said.

‘The Short Week’ evening, on Friday September 9, starts with bubbles and canapés with the stars, followed by a two hour show, tapas style dinner and an auction.

The first Wanaka comedy show fundraiser was held twoyearsagowith‘Flightof the Conchords’ funnyman Rhys Darby headlining.

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Jewels from junk

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Charlotte Trundle People turned trash into treasure at the Wanaka Wastebusters craft night last week. The evenings are held once a month, with each night themed around the craft based re-use of a specific material. Recently the group re-used metal bottle tops and buttons and made them into jewellery. The brainchild of Leanne Parkinson and Sophie Ward, both from Wastebusters, the evenings involve a lot of therapeutic hammering and sharing crafty ideas.

“Everyone attending had a good time, with a fine

selection of recycled necklaces and earrings having been made from the materials provided,” craft night host Doug Peddle said.

A previous gathering

creativity,” Doug said. All those hosting the evening are providing their time on a voluntary basis. A koha is asked to cover materials costs and coffee and tea are provided.

A fine selection of recycled necklaces and earrings were made. included the re-use of blankets made into toys and hot water bottle containers. “It was great to see so many people from the local community brought together by their passion for recycling and

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The evenings are held every third Wednesday of the month, with the next one on Wednesday September 21.

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sunnews Charlotte Trundle A 38-year-old Wanaka plumber who is running the length of New Zealand to raise money for the Stroke Foundation, is setting off on the adventure of a lifetime next Thursday. When the Wanaka Sun originally covered Justyn (Jup) Brown’s story in June he was doing the run in honour of his friend Nick Chisholm who suffered a stroke in his twenties. However, eight months into his planning for this charity run, Jup’s father Ron Brown also suffered a stroke, which has made the challenge even closer to his heart. “My dad was so fit and healthy it was a big shock,” Jup said. “This run has even more meaning now, as my father has been such a big supporter of this.”

Jup heads off on September 1 from Stewart Island and will continue heading north for 2600km over 69 days, until he has run the length of New Zealand. With a support and documentary crew in tow, his ten weeks on the road will be focussed around raising awareness and donations for the Stroke Foundation of New Zealand.

He arrives in Wanaka on the evening of Tuesday September 6 and will have a rest day on Wednesday September 7, which will coincide with a fundraiser at Mint Bar at 8pm. “I haven’t had time to get nervous as I will do this even if it takes me 80 days. I’m just really excited to start running.”

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Going the distance

Jup Brown running the Glendhu Bay track last week in Wanaka.

PHOTO: Rick Zwaan

Japanese honour for local man Sue Wards Wanaka’s Russell Duff has been awarded the prestigious Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays decoration for promoting Japan-New Zealand relations.

Russell was presented with the award by the Japanese

Ambassador to New Zealand, Hideto Mitamura, on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, at the Japanese embassy in Wellington last week. “It was a lovely day and it was great to have my family there,” Russell said.

Russell’s interest in Japan goes back 40 years, to when he and his wife Lynda first visited the

country. Russell has hosted Japanese tour groups in Otago, promoted Japan as a tourist destination for New Zealanders and worked with inbound tour groups from Japan. He has learnt Japanese, was a founding member (and president for 20 years) of the Dunedin-Otaru Sister City Society, and has

supported the teaching of the Japanese language in New Zealand schools.

Many representatives of the Japan/New Zealand relationship attended the event, Russell said, and also he received a special presentation from the people of Otaru. “It was very much appreciated,” he said.

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inbrief Sports hub progress Meetings and workshops between the Wanaka community and the Queenstown Lakes District Council have helped council in the lead up to preparing a concept plan for the future Wanaka sports facility.

“We found a real enthusiasm to get on with the project and a good meeting of minds over what it should include,” QLDC project manager Ken Gousmett said. From here the questionnaires and feedback received from the meetings will be analysed and a draft concept plan for the site drawn. A descriptive facilities mix report and a landscape report will also be prepared and the information will be reported back to the community in mid to late September in a second round of consultation.

RWC welcome planned The Irish rugby team will be officially welcomed to New Zealand at Queenstown Airport on September 1.

A reception will take place between 3.15pm and 3.30pm, attended by Mayor Vanessa van Uden and Irish Consul General Rodney Walshe. The public are welcome to attend and approximately 200 school children from Hawea Flat, Glenorchy, Garston, Makarora and Tarras Schools are being bussed to Queenstown Airport to ensure the Irish are greeted by an enthusiastic contingent of young rugby supporters.

QLDC and Lakes Leisure have been working with RWCNZ and team management to ensure locals get the opportunity to be involved with the four teams staying in Queenstown (Ireland, England, Romania and Georgia). Georgia will receive both an official airport and civic welcome on September 5 and 6 respectively.

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inbrief Discover Maori – in Wanaka Wanaka River Journeys is part of an initiative called Discover Māori, which aims to promote Maori tourism experiences during the Rugby World Cup. Discover Māori, which was previewed by iwi in Christchurch earlier this week, is a collaboration between Te Puni Kokiri, Poutama Trust, New Zealand Māori Tourism and i-SITE New Zealand.

The project includes a Discover Māori guide and the Indigenous New Zealand website. The guide will be available from i-SITE visitor centres around the country.

Working party named The QLDC has appointed an independent working party to govern a review of representation in the district, looking at whether the current wards and community board provide fair and effective representation.

The working party membership is: Michael Parker (Queenstown), Janice Hughes (Wanaka), Angela van der Laan (Arrowtown), Annette Dalziel (Kingston) and a yet to be confirmed Maori representative.

Michael Parker will chair the working party, which is keen to hear from the community.

A discussion document outlining the review is available on the council website.

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Hanging out with Hunt Legendary New Zealand poet Sam Hunt is coming to town, performing a one-off show at the Luggate Hall on Sunday, September 11.

Poetic Justice Wanaka co-ordinators Liz Breslin and Laura Williamson said they are “stoked” to have secured the gig, calling it “the icing on the cake of a great year for poetry in Wanaka”. “Many young Kiwis remember Sam Hunt visiting their schools in the late eighties – the memorable voice, the wild hair and the poems that stick like stickmen.

This is a chance to relive those times,” Laura and

Liz said.

Sam Hunt has toured New Zealand as a professional poet for more than 40 years, showcasing his work in pubs, halls, cafes and schools, an almost lone ambassador for poetry as a spoken art.

One reviewer described him as a “freewheeling ordinary bloke, a kind of Kiwi Jack Kerouac, laconic - somewhat gauche - whose poems or “roadsongs” are direct and simple, surprised by their own powerful emotion.”

He has recently released a new collection of poetry and a documentary about his life and work

is currently screening around New Zealand. Hunt has also collaborated with musicians such as David Kilgour, The Warratahs and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal in 1986 and in 2010 was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to poetry.

He will be supported at the Luggate Hall by a selection of local poets.

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ticketgiveaway The Wanaka Sun has two tickets to give away to Sam’s show. Email admin@ thewanakasun.co.nz with a limerick or haiku about Sam Hunt to go into the draw. Draw closes Monday September 5.

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Farewell Lexi Charlotte Trundle Lexi the guide dog is heading to the big city.

The black labrador has been living in Wanaka since she was six weeks old with handler Lorraine Knowles. “Lexi has been so successful in her training

is going to excel at the next level and have lots of guide dog puppies,” he said.

Lorraine will be spoiling Lexi over the weekend before she departs for Auckland on Monday 29 August. “The house will be quiet without her. Lexi is definitely a community

This dog is going to excel at the next level and have lots of guide dog puppies.

From left: Bayleys’ director Mat Andrews, guide dog handler Lorraine Knowles, Lexi and Bayleys’ business manager Kim Dawson.

the guide dog association has decided she will be a great breeding dog,” Lorraine said. Bayleys Wanaka raised more than $21,000 to sponsor Lexi to become a guide dog.

Bayleys’ director Mat Andrews said they will be sad to see her go. “This dog

dog, she will be missed.”

Lexi will be looked after by a lady who also owns her mother. “It is nice to know where she is going and I will be kept informed on how she is doing.”

Lorraine hopes to get a new guide dog puppy around Christmas time.

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Ross assumes a new role Sue Wards

Wanaka’s Ross Laidlaw has a new role: as a member of the National Health Committee.

It is a new area for the retired lawyer and businessman, but it fits his pattern of taking on new challenges every few years. Despite having no prior involvement in the health sector, Ross isn’t

daunted by becoming one of six members of the new committee, chaired by Auckland paediatric surgeon Anne Kolbe. The committee has been revamped by Health Minister Tony Ryall and will report directly to him.

“This committee is charged with assessing health technologies. It’s all the services, processes

and everything concrete in the New Zealand health system, public and private, other than drugs,” Ross said. The committee will visit health service providers around the country and ask their advice on what to focus on.

“We’ve got to try and gain the confidence of the sector but at the same time be very

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effective,” he said.

Ross believes it is the breadth of his commercial experience and “a bit of legal background” that got him the role.

Ross now has time to devote to the role, after doing “bugger-all for anyone else in my earlier working life”, he said.

Ross is also chairman of the Highlanders.

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sunnews Sue Wards Two filmmakers from different spheres have worked together to teach filmmaking to Central Otago students for the past 12 weeks.

Underwater cameraman Andrew Penniket, of Wanaka, and skydiving cameraman Antony Hansen, of Hawea Flat, have taught students at the Cromwell campus of the Otago Polytechnic as part of the polytech’s certificate in creative studies. “We brought different backgrounds and strengths,” Andrew said. As an “old school” filmmaker from a documentary background, Andrew’s underwater camera work experience goes back 30 years. Antony, New Zealand’s first professional freefall cameraman, comes from a

commercial photography and television background.

Both tutors were inspired by the students’ work and their motivation to tell stories through film. The students, a diverse group with interests ranging from trail riding to art, studied story-boarding, building scenes with shots and the use of editing software.

Polytech lecturer and film course student Lyne McFarlane said the course had been “awesome”. “I think everyone’s just been blown away with it and had a great time,” she said.

A premiere of the students’ work was held last night (Wednesday), and Lyne hopes to display trailers of their films on the Central Otago section of the polytechic website by the end of September.

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Tourists banned Two tourists have been banned from Southern Lakes District skifields for two years after being caught at Cardrona last weekend without lift tickets.

A 31-year-old South African man and a 22-year-old man from the UK were caught by the skifield staff. They reimbursed the skifield and have been banned from all district skifields for two years.

Cleaner stole from child Wanaka cleaner Caroline Farrell, 36, stole $13 from an eight-year-old girl’s savings to buy cigarettes.

She was ordered by Judge Dominic Flatley of the Queenstown District Court to repay the money and pay $50 to the girl for emotional harm.

“Blight” leaves town Antony Hansen and Andrew Penniket.

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Keep Wanaka beautiful Charlotte Trundle Community groups will work together to clean up rubbish in Wanaka for ‘Keep New Zealand Beautiful’ week.

Wanaka Wastebusters are coordinating the giant clean up, which will have volunteers picking up rubbish all over town. Last year’s clean up produced 123 black bags of rubbish, and the year before 220 bags were filled – many with beer bottles, pie wrappers, and snack wrappers.

Friends of Pembroke

Friends of Pembroke Park, from left, Joanna King, Loris King, June Hyde and David Garden.

PHOTO: charlotte trundle

Park held a clean up on Monday. “We would like the park to be nice for children and visitors so

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they can sit and picnic. It’s sad to see rubbish lying around, as we want Wanaka to be beautiful for future

generations,” member Joanna King said.

Other groups keeping Wanaka beautiful include the Wanaka Rotary Club, the Hawea Community Association, the Upper Clutha Ladies Lions, the Wanaka Walking group, scouts, cubs and keas.

Volunteers interested in helping on Saturday August 27 can go to Wanaka Wastebusters’ depot at 9am or meet with the Wanaka Rotary Club at the Mitre 10 car park at 10am.

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A Japanese tourist made a false statement to Wanaka Police that his bag, containing various expensive items, had been stolen from a skifield café. The police suspected the man of lying, and a search of his accommodation turned up the items. Yuichiro Hayoshi, 26, was fined $1000 in the Queenstown District Court this week and told by Judge Dominic Flatley he was “a blight on this country”.

Warnings Wanaka police are warning dog owners, especially around Lake Hawea and Hawea Flat, to ensure their dogs are not wandering onto farm land and bothering stock. If dogs are found eating lambs the farmer has the authority to shoot them.

The police are running a road safety campaign focusing on the wearing of seat belts and driver behaviour around intersections, so expect to see police out and about monitoring both.

Wanaka convictions The following Wanaka people were sentenced in the Queenstown District Court this week: Joanne Nicholls, 43, housekeeper of Glendhu, possession of cannabis, pipe and grinder at Wanaka on July 1; Samuel Taylor, 22, skifield employee of Wanaka, drink-driving and dangerous driving on August 6; Gary Ponting, 36, unemployed of Wanaka, drink-driving; Zane Thompson, 18, engineer of Albert Town, depositing litter on State Highway 6 Lake Hawea-Albert Town road, on August 13; Samuel Brooker, 20, builder of Wanaka, breaching liquor ban and resisting police in Dunedin on July 17; Peter Marriot, 50, unemployed of Wanaka, shoplifting on August 4.

If you have information on any crimes call 0800CRIMESTOPPER (0800555111).

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sunnews Ben, Glenn and Ruby McLachlan display some of the Daffodil Day artwork.

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Hope springs Charlotte Trundle Holy Family School children created beautiful works of art based around the Cancer Society’s annual flagship event Daffodil Day, which takes place tomorrow (Friday). The artwork is displayed in the National Bank, which has been a principal sponsor of the event for 21 years.

“Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer, so it’s very special to have this association with Daffodil Day,”

Wanaka branch manager Glenn McLachlan said. The bank has been displaying the schools’ daffodil artwork for four years.

“They are very popular, staff and customers love them. The calibre and quality of the work improves every year,” Glenn said.

As well as providing an opportunity to raise awareness, Daffodil Day is a major funding source for the Cancer Society.

The daffodil represents the hope for those affected by cancer.

Donations go towards vital

scientific research into the causes and treatment of all types of cancer, and provide a range of support services, education programmes, awareness campaigns and programmes for people affected by cancer.

The Upper Clutha Ladies Lions will be cooking pikelets with jam and cream in the Wanaka branch of The National Bank today (Thursday) and Friday as part of the Daffodil Day fundraising efforts.

Jody makes the grade Charlotte Trundle Country rock singer Jody Direen has made it to the finals in TV One Good Morning’s ‘Find a Star’ competition.

Wanaka’s Jody, 22, entered the competition three days before the deadline, filming her entry in her back garden with a local video producer. Last week Jody found out she made the semi-finals and was flown to Wellington to compete live on the show. “I was really nervous performing in a new environment with massive cameras on live television. I felt I could have done a better performance,” Jody said.

The voting is made up of 50 percent judges’ vote and 50 percent public vote. Jody had

the home crowd behind her, because on Tuesday she got the call she had made the final six. She will fly to Auckland and perform on Good Morning tomorrow (Friday) morning.

“Whether I am successful or not, it has been a great experience,” Jody said.

“I am very thankful to have made it this far.

I really want to thank the local community as the public vote is so important.”

The overall winner of the Good Morning Find a Star competition will win a trip for two to Sydney to meet with music industry professionals, three career design sessions with Gray Bartlett and a session with Manuka Studios who will arrange and record one song to releasequality standards.

Whether I am successful or not, it has been a great experience.

Jody Direen.

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Ross on radio Charlotte Trundle Wanaka businessman Ross McRobie was the only South Island person appointed to the board of New Zealand On Air last week.

Ross has more than 27 years in the radio industry in various roles from sales and commercial managerial roles to director of operations, and has established a direct marketing company and a radio consultancy.

He was part of the team which set up the original Radio Wanaka.

“I am so chuffed, excited

and honoured to have been given this new role,” Ross said. Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman said, “Ross’s extensive knowledge of radio, business management and his wider business

TV chef in Tarras

interests will add a useful perspective to the board.”

Ross is owner and director of United Travel Wanaka, is a member of the Wanaka Chamber of Commerce and the acting general manager of Snow Sports New Zealand. He is also chairman of the Lake Wanaka Tourism and Wanaka Wastebusters’ boards, and a member of the Red Bus Company board. He was appointed to the Otago Community Trust this year. Ross has been appointed to the NZ On Air board for three years.

Simon Gault at Bendigo Station.

TV chef Simon Gault visited Tarras recently to experience high country shearing gang cuisine, as part of his new TV show, Chef on a Mission.

While in Tarras Simon watched Bridget Venning from The Gamekeeper cook a traditional meat and spuds meal for the shearers, spent a day deer shooting from a helicopter with Denis Nyhon and went nightshooting with Willy Wong. He also visited local businesses to source produce for a threecourse shearers’ meal for Ainsley’s Shearing

Gang, and more than 40 local people were invited to the Bendigo Station homestead to enjoy the meal.

“It’s been a humbling experience to go out there into heartland New Zealand and get an insight into some very different ways of life,” Simon said of the show. “I’ve met wonderful people in amazing locations and I just hope I’ve been able to bring that extra five per cent magic to their table.”

Chef on a Mission screens on Tuesdays on TV One.

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Quartet in Cromwell The New Zealand String Quartet will perform in Cromwell next Wednesday, coinciding with the public unveilingofCromwell’snew concert grand piano.

It is 14 years since the quartet performed in Cromwell and Cromwell Community Arts chair Heather McPherson said financial support from the Creative Communities Scheme and the Central Lakes Trust has made it possible to see them perform again. The arts group has also just secured a new concert grand piano (pictured), after the initial piano was delivered to a wrong address and

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subsequently destroyed in February’s Christchurch earthquake.

The group raised $65,000 to purchase the Boston grand piano manufactured

by Steinway, with funding assistance from the Creative Communities Scheme, Pub Charity, The Trusts Charitable Foundation, NZ Community Trust,

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TransPower Community Care Fund, Otago Community Trust and the Central Lakes Trust.

Heather said having the piano will increase the range of music the group can present. “We are not just interested in high brow music,” she said. “The piano is for the enjoyment and use of our local community - we will simply be the legal custodian.”

The piano will be publicly unveiled next Wednesday when the NZ String Quartet and Hungarian piano virtuoso Peter Ngay perform at the Cromwell Memorial Hall.

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MAC’s John Steven, right, on baritone sax.

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Charlotte Trundle Mount Aspiring College students were treated to a concert in their school hall onFridaymorningwhenthe Auckland Grammar Stage Band came to town.

Led by conductor Donald Brown, the band presented a mix of music from classic jazz to more contemporary horn and vocal based pieces.

The group was formed in the early 1980s, and in 1998 won the Most Outstanding Band Award at the KBB BandandOrchestraFestival.

This was their fourth time touring in Southland and Otago.

Four MAC students, Lily

Shaw, John Steven, Amelia Omelvena and Mitchie Maluschnig, sat in with the band for Fly Me to the Moon. All four play in a small developing jazz band at MAC. “It was a great opportunity for them to play with a band of that size and calibre,”MACheadofmusic Angela Mote-Andrews said.

The Auckland Grammar School Stage Band tours Southland and Otago every two years.

The band alsoplayed gigs at Snow Park and The Remarkables ski areas.

“The novelty of their performance and their talent created an awesome atmosphere,” a Snow Park spokesperson said.

Florian’s big jump Florian Gerard, who won the Wanaka Sun’s free skydive from 15,000 feet with Skydive Wanaka, said his jump was “probably the craziest thing I’ve ever done”. “A very big thanks to Wanaka Sun for this amazing gift,” Florian said, “An incredible highlight of my year in your beautiful country. Merci!”

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Mustering up a storm

The 16th Merino-TEC Muster was held at the Snow Farm last Saturday in fabulous conditions.

First time skiers and Olympic gold medallists were among the 130 athletes who participated, with four-year-olds through to people 70 years plus.

The line up of international athletes was also impressive.

The women’s long distance 42km race attracted Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland), the 2010 Winter Olympics gold medallist; Olympic gold medallist biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina (Slovakia) and Olympic bronze medallist Natalia Korosteleva (Russia).

Justyna came in first with a time of 1:48:25, with Natalia 1:52:35 and Anastasiya 1:55:55.

In the men’s 42km race,

New Zealand team member Andy Pohl battled it out with Brian McKeever (Canada), Erik Carleton (Canada) and Alexey Petukov (Russian Olympic bronze medallist). Brian McKeever, a vision-impaired Canadian who won three gold medals at last year’s Winter Paralympics, eventually took out the race in 1:43:38, with Erik 1:43:40 and Andy 1:44:18.

Other impressive results in the short and middle distance races came from some of the youngest athletes of the day. Will Nelson, racing in the under 12 category, came third overall in the 7km race, and nine-year-old Isobel Merrie completed the 21km middle distance race with her parents.

The new format for the four

to ten-year-olds’ Mini Muster was well received, with members of the Mini and Midi Merino Saturday morning programmes showing off skills to an appreciative crowd.

Zoe Andrews, 8.

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Wanaka athletes deliver Charlotte Trundle Wanaka based athletes have showed the world what they are made of in the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games.

Local skiing superstar Jossi Wells took home three medals in three different disciplines. Jossi started the games by placing second in halfpipe. “It feels great to do well on home turf,” he siad. “After competing all around the world it’s nice to be home where my mum can watch me in competition and I can sleep in my own bed.”

Jossi’s younger brother Byron is out this season with

Women’s snowboarding slopestyle competitors Jamie Anderson, Stefi Luxton, Rebecca Torr, Spencer O’Brien and Charlotte Van Gils.

a knee injury and the next youngest, Beau-James, just missed the finals, placing 13th. Amy Sheehan did well in halfpipe qualifiers moving through to the finals, where she finished sixth overall in the women’s division.

In his second day of competition at the Winter Games Jossi was back on the podium taking second in slopestyle at Snow Park and came away with a bronze medal in the big air at Cardrona.

In the women’s slopestyle at Snow Park, snowboarders Rebecca Torr and Abby Lockhart placed third and fourth respectively.

“The competition was

outstanding today with a great level of riding. What I liked the most about today’s competition was that it’s the first dual sanctioned event between TTR and FIS since the sports inclusion in the Winter Olympics, a huge step for the sport and something I’m very happy to be a part of. It’s like two families coming together,” head judge Iztok Sumatic said.

In the WSF ParaSnowboard World Cup, world number two Carl Murphy took home a silver medal. New father Carl said he was stoked to have his ‘little man’ watching the event.

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A perfect score The Wanaka Gun Club achieved a perfect score at the annual Bodkin Shield match on Saturday.

It was the second year in a row the local team has won the shield, shooting 90 out of 90 targets. Twenty two teams of six from

Canterbury, Otago and Southland competed in the annual match, but the Wanaka team (pictured, from left, Jerry Cray, Ray Anderson, Rex Smart, Phil Studholme, Denis Nyhon and Cameron Meikle) achieved the only perfect

team score.

YoungWanakashooters are performing well in the sport and a team representing Mount AspiringCollegewillattend the Secondary School Nationalchampionshipsin Hamilton next month.

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Octagon rail jam More than 5000 people watched skiers and snowboarders, including about 20 Wanaka athletes, perform their best tricks at the Octagon Rail Jam in Dunedin last weekend.

About 85 skiers and snowboarders took part in the competition which had three different rail features completed with about 60 cubic metres of snow trucked in from Cardrona.

Matt Soundy of Queenstown, and Hamish McDougall of Wanaka, were the best freeskiers on the night. Austrian Marvin Salmina was best snowboarder, with Queenstown’s Nick Hyne winning the best trick category. Wanaka snowboarder Kate Perriam took out the Open Women’s snowboarding category with Wanaka Sun journalist Charlotte Trundle placing second. In the women’s skiing Isabelle Hanssen from the Netherlands took the number one spot.

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BOARD The art work outside the Ardmore cafe has had a baby. I think it’s just hatched Biggest snow storm in 50 years!? Maybe elsewhere, certainly not Wanaka. I can remember more in 2007. Try looking out your window and making a call for yourself instead of riding the hype of the press.

A snow day seems to be a self imposed holiday in Wanaka, a bit of salt and or grit on the ice and the self employed parents would not have had to take the day off to look after primary school children as we do not get snow day pay! Not that we had more than a dusting in Wanaka.

Can’t wait 4 the ski season 2 be over, driving back 2 central on a friday night in a truck n trailer is like running a gauntlet. Slow down u yuppies it’s a road not a slalom course.

Burden on community?? Rot! Our farmers are our biggest asset. For us and our environ. Rock on dudes.

Unimpressed with the driver of a red Ford Escape [reg supplied] who thought it necessary to pass on a yellow line coming back presumably from TC like the rest of us in the queue! Have patience, you were only a few cars ahead of us when entering Wanaka but you could have caused a serious accident. Hope you ski safer than you drive.

100 % pure? Lifestyle reserve? Clean and green?

One look at our Smokey skies and the impending dairy farm show that those labels are not valid here. It’s Just marketing Penta Chloro Phenol. P.C.P. Yes that’s the name.

That dreaded word, that saw-millers used 2 use as an anti-sapstain agent 2 treat fungal spores on freshly sawn timber. Did U know that this product has caused more abnormal birth defects, cancer and skin problems than the Govt. of the day R letting on. Did U watch Ch 5 last Sat night? Up 2 now everyone has passed the buck.

This was a few years ago, banned in 1988. and the effects are still with us. What will be the long lasting effects of 1080?

Can afford 2 play in the snow but can’t afford an x-ray. Another parasite

Burn off

Common sense prevails, even in law making sometimes. Hazardous syn-drugs banned! Funny it takes a law change for some retailers to get the point that the crap is unwanted in our community. Rock on.

The enclosed photo [of burn off, not printed - Editor] was taken by a visitor from Australia.

Not a good look for a tourist town. There have been several burn offs recently, by the environmentally aware custodians of our land.

Why should we worry about a few domestic fires in Central?

Smoke. Wanaka is rural town. Controlled burn offs have been a part of Wanaka life since it was settled by the farmers. If you don’t like it then you should consider living somewhere else.

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Farming here b4 life-stylers. Fire is legit management tool. How else do view obsessed townies get their icebreakers.

Love ya Wanaka What’s the speed limit driving past a horse and rider?

Grit drivers have done a wonderful job - thanx Unless you are vegan the farmers in our community and in other communities feed and clothe you. They deserve respect for the work they do, not your myopic nonsense. The burn off is a necessary part of providing for stock that you presumably eat (or wear). I recall this was discussed last spring in the paper, so you must be a newcomer - unlike the farmers.

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Burnt off In response to text message in the paper 18.08-24.08: “The latest High Country fires bring a whole new burden on the community”.

New! The fires are not new and neither are the Burdons. We farmers will not apologise for burning. It is well known that the farmers need to burn at this time of year to clear bracken and make access for their stock. I invite the writer of this comment to come and do a muster in two metre bracken fern and see what a burden really is. These comments from small minded people in our community obviously have no value for the rural environment that they live in. If we farmers were to withdraw what we add to the community I think there would be a lot of people affected. We are a big part of this town so unless you are some almighty god figure then next time you want to hit the farmers down, have a think whether this rural environment is really for you. We would rather see some support from our community at this time.

Sarah and Richard Burdon Glen Dene Station

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Let the community know your views, email your letter to:

theeditor@thewanakasun.co.nz *200 words or less

Junk food To the texter who desperately wants McDonald and Burger King in Wanaka: 1. The junk food industry IS “the-old-way-stuck-in-the-past”.

2. For your education, I recommend the videos “Food Inc.” and “The Corporation” at the video shop, which will update you on the real world of global food corporations and what they are up to.

3. Understand that we, the old people who came to live in this lovely town in the past 30 years, choose it BECAUSE there were no junk food outlets or grey bleak neon lighted shopping centres full of imported Chinese junk, run by corporate vampires, and we’d rather it stay that way.

4. There are galore junk food retailers in Queenstown, Auckland, Texas City, Mars, go and live there and good luck with your more appropriate relocation.

Wanaka is a great little town which has improved heaps since I’ve been here, and we have to be careful not to spoil it.

Jacou Albert Town

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Brand new chest freezer Fisher and Paykel prize t needed in household retail 850 dollars will accept 650 dollars o.n.o phone 443 7703

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N o n - c o mp l y i n g boats will be removed from Wanaka Yacht Club boat parking area during September.

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Baptist Church, Lake Hawea, new time 10am, 23 Charles Court. Ph 443 4499

LEARN FRENCH IN WANAKA! Group & individual classes, all levels. Proven results, lots of fun! hayley@ frenchinwanaka.co.nz or 443 6629.

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Alpine touring set $600, Bindings Fritschi Swiss, Skis HEAD Monster iM75, Skins. Touring boots $350, LOWA Ladies 25.5cm TXT 0211381052 RAFTING VOUCHER (UNWANTED PRIZE) WITH QUEENSTOWN RAFTING, HALF THE NORMAL PRICE PH 443 2931 DOUBLE BED 4 SALE mint condition $100 or ono ph 0226519202 Car for sale. 1998 Mitsubishi Galant vr4. wof reg. great condition.

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Staffy puppies. Loyal, affectionate, adorable.

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Something different for your kids room? Funky mirrors mostly made in Wanaka - digger, aeroplane, fairy castle view online www.kathrynharper.net Homemade yummy afghans $5 dozen fundraiser to get Nicole to outward bound ph 4431662 or 0273505167 thanks

free Free lonely white hen to give away. Must pick up from Hawea flat. 034434684

lost Lost pink merino baby’s beanie somewhere between Edgewater and town.

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service PEMBROKE MASSAGE - Deep Tissue- Sports Massage- Relaxation, located at the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre, 23 Cardrona Rd. Ph 0274653700 FOOD AS MEDICINE discover healing qualities of herb & spices. 27 Aug, 101pm $35 lunch incl. details t h e s a d h a n a s t u d i o. co m 4432202 CV writing services and interview coaching - call Cherilyn 021 665 013 WANAKA WINDOW CLEANING professional, friendly, efficient service.

Enjoy those bluebird winter views. High, awkward windows a specialty. Paolo 021 0572505/ 4432420 Stonemason Available for consultations, design approaches, and labour. Large local portfolio. Call Nick.J on 0211143280 Handyman Service 4434078 / 0272080175 Engineering and repairs. Handy Solutions. Ph 0272080175 Louvretec electric opening rooves and shutters. Agent Handy Solutions 0272080175 Colour steel fencing.

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Astrology: celestial movements, terrestrial events. Course starting september. Learn about yourself, loved ones, cycles of life. Qualified instructor 443 1444

thank you Mt Aspiring College u15 Rugby thank the Wanaka community for their support. Winner of the wheelbarrow raffle was Danielle MeyerBudge.

MAC under 15 SISS rugby wheelbarrow raffle. 2nd prize Jonty Bartor. Thank you Wanaka 4 the community support.

Many thanks to my LOYAL customer, who purchased a case of wine, knowing it was $3 per bottle cheaper buying it online.

This is the kind of attitude we need to pull NZ out of economic recession & get Wanaka on its feet again!!

Henry - Wanaka Fine Wines.

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Must be in excellent working condition. 034434684 Wanted - old carpet suitable for weed mat. Will pick up. 034434684 Music stand wanted, phone 4289948 (local number) evenings. Thanks.

cancelled Cancelled – Hawea Kindy Masquerade Party, Saturday August 27 is unfortunately cancelled.

notice Fun, fun, fun for all - 19th November - watch Sunspots for more details soon JP SERVICES at Community Networks, Tuesdays 1pm, Fridays 10.30am. For appointments call 4437799.

Pembroke Wines & Spirits. Micro Beer & Wine Bar. 24 Dungarvon St. Open 7 days.

EARTHQUAKE FAMILIES meet local M.P. 8.30a.m 25th Aug. SALVN ARMY office. Brownston St Ph: Jo 0277763932 Pembroke Wines & Spirits. Drink in or take away.

Wine store with a choice. 24 Dungarvon Street. Open 7 days.

AGM this Sat 27th, 10am.

Cardrona Residents and Ratepayers. Cardrona Hall.

Jacqui Dean guest speaker.

Wanaka Pharmacy Healthy Rewards lets you earn 1 Reward point for every dollar you spend with DOUBLE Rewards Points on offer until 31 Aug!!

Cardrona ratepayers society. AGM this Sat 27th, 10am, Cardrona hall. All welcome. Jacqui Dean MP guest speaker.

Yacht Club boat parking.

WYC now has license to occupy the boat parking area.

If you wish to park there please contact wanakayacht@gmail.com.

Your medical centre may have moved but your pharmacy is still right here! Wanaka Pharmacy serving the Upper Clutha for 40 years & here for you daily until 7pm at the top of Helwick St. Wheels to Dunstan Charitable Trust AGM. Tuesday 30th August 9.30am, Community Networks boardroom. All Welcome.

An Afternoon with Sam Hunt.

Luggate Memorial Hall, Sept 11, 2pm. Tickets $15 from Wanaka Fine Wines, Helwick Street, Wanaka – CASH ONLY. Door sales available if event not sold out beforehand.

‘The Short Week’ comedy charity fundraiser R18 event. Tickets $120 each, tables of 8 or 10.

Bookings: Call Trust secretary Heather Wellman on (03) 4437347.

W a n a k a Wastebusters’ Craft Nights: For more information please check Wanaka Wastebusters Facebook page, or www.wanakawastebusters.co.nz or call 03 443 8608.

Running New Zealand: For up-to-date information see Jup’s blog: http://running-nz.info, to donate go to www.runningnz.co.nz.

To donate for the fundraising auction, please contact Roz at Mint Bar or Jup on 021 0829 6699.

For a $3 text donation to the NZ Stroke Foundation text ‘STROKE’ to 5339. Text donations available from September 1.

Massed choir performance of Handel’s Messiah: Phone Marjon 443 4921 for info.

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2011 AGM Wednesday 31st August 2011 7.30pm until 8.30pm Edgewater Wanaka

ALL WELCOME Email: lakeslandcare@gmail.com sport results Wanaka Basketball Club results: Week 11, Tuesday 16th,Women’s Grade, Fifth and sixth play off: First National 53 Dream Team 25. Semi finals: In Balance 67 Mac1 51, Ecco Escape 65 Hawea Lakers 29. Wednesday 17th Men’s Semi finals: Broken Shed Vodka 75 Infinite Dribblers 73, Black Stallions 72 Quest Mac 34, Queenstown Defenders 62 Base City Rollers 54. Saturday Finals - Men’ s B grade: Black stallions 74 Broken Shed Vodka 64. A Grade Women: Ecco Escape 51 In Balance 41. Men’s A grade: Torque Marine 67 Queenstown Defenders 57.

Bridge results: Aspiring Stakes 1: North/South:- John Lyness, Laraine Shepherd 58.89% 1. Mary Gibson-Collings, Jenny Pryde 57.00% 2. Gerarda Herlihy, Kenneth Roberts 56.56% 3. East/West:Clare Scurr, Deirdre Lynch 62.89% 1. Mark Harry, Jenny Turnbull 62.33% 2. Alan Chisholm, Ken Muir 62.22% 3. Friday Bridge 19 August: North/South:- Shona Johnstone, Mo Schofield 68.48% 1. Alan Chisholm, Boyd Ottrey 58.42% 2. Errol Kelly, Pat Ross 55.71% 3. East/West:- Ena Leckie, Dorothy McDonald 66.85% 1. Ann Paterson, Pam Taylor 66.30% 2. Jenny Pryde, Maggie Stratford 59.51% 3.

Netball Upper Clutha finals night: B Grade Siler Threads beat Cardrona Pioneer, Senior Reserve Treble Cone Pioneer beat Lake Hawea Hotel, A Grade Infinity Pioneer beat Mount Aspiring College Proactive.

Wanaka Bowls Results Hodge Trophy Ladies’ Triples Rhonda Hurley Jude Smith Estelle Findlater Alison Hebbard Margaret Barrow Joan Smith Jill Millar Min Mayen Gaillie Cooke Tuesday Pairs Henry Thayer Marj Morrish Jill Millar Kevin Davey Wednesday Triples John Gale Kerry Suckling Isobel James Neville Findlater Betty Russell Peter Wilson Doris Studholme Don Stretch Bruce Hamilton Friday Progressive Skips 1 Don Urquhart 2 Ray Newell 3 Brian Holmes Seconds 1 Colin Johnston 2 Murray Roberts 3 Trevor Tovey/Michael Barnett Leads 1 Neville Young 2 Peter Cooke 3 Rob MathewsonBusiness House Competition Tuesday Lions 2 Golf Club Mt Aspiring College Wednesday Haggis 2 G & T 3 Shot Bowls Thursday E King D Thompson K Curtis A Haig N Walker R Hurley A Russell K Mitchell J Russell LAKE HAWEA GOLF results 21.8.2011 bisque par. men 1st Neville Roberts 7up.

2nd Rick Johnson 5up 3rd. Red Stevenson 5up Adam Clifford 5up Tony Anderson 5up LADIES. 1st Kay Todd 4up 2nd.

Linda Osborne 3up NEARSET PIN Adam Clifford

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Tarras Golf Results Women’s 2nd Eclectic- Kate Norman 112-49-63, Annabel Spiers 95-29-66, Jan Gibson 89-19-70, Jan Allen 113-42-71.

Best Eclectic scores-Kate Norman 58 nett, Annabel Spiers 61, Jan Gibson 64, Cheryl Sinnamon 68. Most new Ringers prize-Rae Madams Men’s 4BBB drawn partners-Dave Trevathan and Holger Reinecke 49 Stablefords, Allan Kane and Robert Gibson 47. Two’s- Robert Gibson 2 and Dave Trevathan.

Wanaka Golf results: Saturday Ladies, August 20, Medal & Stableford: Medal: 1 Coral Cooper 68, Yeverley McCarthy 68, Colette Kelly 68, Helen Thirkell 68. Stableford: 1 Nora Hastings 37, Lynn Howson 37, 3 Ann Brown 36. Nearest to the Pin: Hole No4 Colette Kelly, Hole No15 Lesley Boyd. Saturday Men, August 20, Mid Winter Medal: Division 1: 1 Glenn Tattersall 61, 2 Bob McRae 63, Bill Hunter 63. Division 2: 1 John McRae 63, 2 Phil Thirkell 64, 3 Ross MacMillan (Hamner Springs) 66, Peter Holden 66. Nearest to the Pin: Hole No2 Bryan Pearce, Hole No4 Ron Andrew, Hole No6 Bill Grigor, Hole No13 Mike Thompson, Hole No15 Peter Southwick. Tuesday Ladies, August 18, Ladies 4BBB: 1 Karleeen Jopson & Margaret Read 59, 2 Judy Muir & Viv Jarvie 62, Margaret McKenzie & Liz McRae 62, Yev McCarthy & Kay McHutchon 62.

Nearest to the Pin: Hole No4 Janet Anderson, Hole No6 Bev DeBeer-Lamont, Hole No13 Annie Mantell, Hole No15 May Moffat. Wednesday Men, August 17, Sorted Architecture Stableford: Division 1: 1 Peter Southwick 40, Bill Hore 40, Carl Hamlin 40. Division 2: 1 Jeff Niederer 40, 2 Dietrich Westphal 39, 3 Kelvin Laird (Remuera) 36, Russel Lovelock (Tarras) 36.

Nearest to the Pin: Hole No2 Cobra Ross, Hole No6 Jeff Niederer, Hole No13 Peter Southwick, Hole No15 Peter Southwick.

Thursday Nine Hole Ladies, August 18, Stableford: Stableford: 1 Daille Rogers 17, 2 Julien Bissett 16, 3 Stephanie Still 15, Sunny Ecroyd 15. Nearest to the Pin: Hole No6 Not claimed.

Merino Muster Results Long distance 42km results Men: 1. Brian McKeever, 2. Erik Carleton, 3. Andy Pohl.

Women: 1. Justyna Kowalczyk, 2. Natalia Korosteleva, 3. Anastasiya Kuzmina. Middle distance 21km results Men: 1. Gary Di Silvestri 1:05:23, 2. Arnaud Baube 1:06:04, 3. John Paul Lilburne 1:06:44. Women: 1. Sarah Murphy 1:06:56, 2. Angelica Di Silvestri 1:15:57, 3. Cherie Power 1:27:23.

Short distance 7km results Men, 1. Tristan McKenzie, 2.Larry Nichvolodov, 3. Will Nelson. Women, 1. Olivia Thomson, 2. Bria Noble, 3. Klara Richter.

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FIRST NATIONAL 9 MARBLELEAF LANE, RIVERSIDE PK, ALBERT TOWN

1-2pm 27/08/11

$445,000

9 MARBLELEAF LANE, RIVERSIDE PK, ALBERT TOWN

1-2pm 28/08/11

$445,000

5 REDWOOD LANE

4pm

25/08/11

Auction

33 LITTLE MAUDE DRIVE, LAKE HAWEA

1pm

26/08/11

Auction

116 LOESS LANE, HAWEA FLAT 2pm

26/08/11

Auction

HARCOURTS

33 LITTLE MAUDE DRIVE, LAKE HAWEA

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REMOVALS

1pm

27/08/11

Auction

116 LOESS LANE, HAWEA FLAT 2pm

27/08/11

Auction

19 BEVAN PLACE

2pm

27/08/11

$660,000

36 OLD STATION AVENUE

3pm

27/08/11

Auction

45 KINGS DRIVE

4pm

27/08/11

$489,000

12 PARADISE PLACE, LAKE HAWEA

11am

28/08/11

$375,000

39 KINGS DRIVE

12pm

28/08/11

$657,000

28 BILLS WAY

12pm

28/08/11

Auction

116 LOESS LANE, HAWEA FLAT 12:45

28/08/11

Auction

5 REDWOOD LANE

1pm

28/08/11

Auction

7 MCLEOD AVENUE

1pm

28/08/11

$595,000

7A RATA STREET

1pm

28/08/11

$655,000

19 BEVAN PLACE

2pm

28/08/11

$660,000

51 FRYE CRESCENT, ALBERT TOWN

2pm

28/08/11

$449,000

33 LITTLE MAUDE DRIVE, LAKE HAWEA

2:45

28/08/11

Auction

24 KELLIHER DRIVE

3pm

28/08/11

$995,000

31 STONEBROOK DRIVE

3pm

28/08/11

By Negotiation

36 OLD STATION AVENUE

3pm

28/08/11

Auction

1158 AUBREY ROAD

3:45

28/08/11

$595,000

237 STONE STREET

4pm

28/08/11

$530,000

10am

27/08/11

OPEN HOME

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TREE FELLING

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

RAY WHITE 56 MANUKA CRESCENT 56 MANUKA CRESCENT

11am

27/08/11

AUCTION

16 TOTARA TERRACE

11:30

27/08/11

OPEN HOME

16 TOTARA TERRACE

12pm

27/08/11

AUCTION

transport

FURNISHING

TREE AND PROPERTY SERVICES

CURTAINS Editor: Sue Wards theeditor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Issue 519 Thursday 25 August 2011

circulation: 8,500 Phone: 03 443 5252 Fax: 03 443 5250 Text view: 021 986 786 Text classified: 022 0786 778 Address: Top of the escalator, Spencer House, Wanaka Postal: PO Box 697, Wanaka

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Thursday 25 August to Wednesday 01 September 2011

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Outstanding finals Barry Harding Last Saturday was finals night for the Wanaka Basketball Club After a great regular season, finalists for the Men’s B, Women’s A Grade and Men’s A Grade were found after hard fought semi finals.

The Men’s B Grade final saw Black Stallions up against Broken Shed Vodka. Black Stallions went into this game as favourites, but Broken Shed Vodka, with a mix (no pun intended) of old heads and youth were there for the title too. The lead changed frequently and in the final minutes Black Stallions pulled

away to a 74 to 64 victory.

Women’s A Grade saw regular season winners In Balance up against last season champions Ecco Escape. In Balance went into this final as favourites having beaten Ecco Escape easily during the season. Ecco Escape (pictured) however came to the game with aggressive defence and a new play taking them to back to back titles winning 51 to 41. Men’s A grade, after a very competitive season, saw last year’s champions Torque Marine up against Queenstown Defenders.

Both teams showed great team play and tight defence, exciting the

Netball night Netball Upper Clutha (NUC) held their end of season presentation night last Friday where excellence, contribution and effort were acknowledged and rewarded. The supreme award, for outstanding service and contribution to NUC throughout the year, was awarded to Vicky Wilson.

Outstanding players of the year included Holly Bailey (year 9), Cate Howie (B grade), Carolyn Hay (senior reserve) and Greir Campbell (A grade). Bronnie Thompson, the year 7 rep coach, was awarded for outstanding coaching contribution across the netball grades.

Umpires were also acknowledged on the night with umpiring achievement going to Teresa Alexander and most improved to Ellie Greenwood. The team winners were Silver Threads (B grade), Treble Cone Pioneer (senior reserve) and Infinity Pioneer (A grade).

river run

photo: piers faircloth-harding

crowd with point to point moments, with Torque Marine pulling away in the final minutes to take

home the championship 67 to 57.

See sports results.

Cross country kids Young athletes from Holy Family and Hawea Flat Schools who excelled at the recent junior cross country are pictured. Back row from left: Thomas Scurr, second, year 1 boys; Emily Prout, second, year 2 girls; Bronte Crowe, third, year 2 girls; Finn Thomson, third, year 2 boys; Taane Bayce-Horsley, second, year 2 boys; Will Scurr, first, year 2 boys. Front row from left: Thomas Benson, first, year 1 boys; Pipi Horan, first, year 2 girls; Fiona Hunt, second, year 1 girls; Manaia Elliot, first, year 1 girls; George Croty, third, year 1 boys. (Absent Billie Crowe, third, year 1 girls).

PHOTO: INFINITY IMAGES

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