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Tough blokes in leathers are making a stand against domestic violence. The group of bikers who visited Wanaka on Tuesday (pictured) is part of the New Zealand White Ribbon ride which aims to raise awareness and support for anti-violence initiatives, specifically ending violence towards women. The ride was led by the Patriots’ Defence Force Motorcycle Club. Club member Chris Elles said the purpose of the ride was for people to see tough, rough men in their leathers taking a stand against domestic violence. “We all feel really strongly about this. Domestic violence is unacceptable in our community and we won’t tolerate it.” Upper Clutha Women’s Support Group coordinator Jude Battson, who greeted the riders, said the local support group offered “a friend in need” for women in our community who face domestic violence.

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Wanaka’s boating community has turned out to help find lost sailor Trevor Hawke after he fell from his yacht last Thursday evening near Eely Point.

Trevor, 70, a life-long sailor and founding member of the Wanaka Yacht Club, was last seen shortly after 6pm last Thursday. His sailing companion, also an experienced sailor, rounded the yacht several times but by the third time Trevor had disappeared.

Sergeant Aaron Nicholson said police want to acknowledge the assistance of the community in the search, which began immediately. “The police acknowledge the excellent effort all the Yacht Club members made on the night,” he said.

Club members turned out to search the area until dark and participated in the following structured searches. There was also a quick response from Aspiring Helicopters, Sergeant Nicholson said, who were out searching five minutes after he received the phone call. The Wanaka Coastguard was praised for their role, as were members of the public who offered help. Sergeant Nicholson

also acknowledged Simon Stewart of Lakeland Adventures, who has worked 12-hour days with the divers.

After six days of concentrated searching, searchers were frustrated there was no sign of the body. “I was confident we would have found him

may possibly be used for anything deeper than 50m.

The Hawke family will be briefed by the police this morning (Thursday) on the search so far and what is planned.

Sergeant Nicholson said the family are “holding up”. “They’re grieving.

Trevor was an out-there-doing-it sort of man. He wouldn’t want us sitting on the shoreline moping. early on,” Sergeant Nicholson said.

Police divers left Wanaka on Tuesday and the search has been temporarily suspended until Navy divers arrive, hopefully tomorrow (Friday). The navy will bring an advanced sidescan sonar system which may be the only remaining way to find the body, Sergeant Nicholson said. An area about 350m by 450m near Eely Point has been identified as where Trevor fell, with a water depth of between 25m and 60m. If the sonar identifies anything the navy will dive to investigate, and a remote-operated vehicle with a camera

Finding the body will be a big relief,” he said.

Trevor, who was married to Maureen and has two sons and three stepdaughters, was described as “a total gentleman” by Wanaka Yacht Club Commodore Geoff Dickey. He was a life member of the club and a sailing instructor and had served time as commodore, maintenance man and most other roles in the club. He was acknowledged in the 2009 Yachting New Zealand honour awards for his 40 plus years’ involvement in the club.

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The club will continue their Spring Series sailing this evening, weather permitting, Geoff said. “Trevor was an out-there-doing-it sort of man. He wouldn’t want us sitting on the shoreline moping.” There will be a minute’s silence and boats will drop wreaths at the site where Trevor disappeared.

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Unclaimed duck Rotary duck number 1690 hopes its adopted parent will come forward soon. The yellow rubber duck won the annual Rotary Club duck race during Willowridge Wanakafest last month, but no one has come forward to claim the $500 prize. Club president Tony Brown said the duck was pretty upset about not being claimed. “She swam the race of her life, making it all the way down Bullock Creek ahead of the pack and now she is an orphan,” he said. The club is appealing to the public to check their tickets and will hold the prize money for a year. If the money is still not claimed it will go towards other community projects and next year’s race.

Wastebusters’ site assured The Queenstown Lakes District Council accepted Wanaka Community Board’s recommendation to renew Wastebusters’ lease on the Riverbank and Ballantyne Roads site.

“We are relieved to have the 34 year lease confirmed,” Wastebusters’ general manager Sue Coutts said. “It is great to have the council’s support. It gives us the chance to build on our strengths.” The long term lease of 34 years and 364 days will provide security for the Society as they seek to grow and plan for the future.

“It looks like we are heading into tougher times, people are predicting a downturn in the global economy.”

Sue said. “Organisations like Wastebusters play a key role helping people make it through. Even without the kerbside contracts Wastebusters puts a lot of money back into our small town economy.”

Plan change adopted The Queenstown Lakes District Council adopted Plan Change 18 Mount Cardrona Station following an Environment Court decision which upheld the council’s rezoning of the 131 hectare zone. The plan change, which is operative from next week, provided for a range of development opportunities including residential, commercial and visitor activities. The development proposal also incorporated large open areas and a trail network.

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Central Lakes Trust presented 31 young people from within the region – including six Mount Aspiring College students - with tertiary education scholarships at an official awards function in Cromwell this week. The scholarships, valued at $2000 each, will assist students who study at a tertiary institution next year.

“We have been highly impressed with the calibre of young people in our region who are planning tertiary studies and subsequently we have increased the number of scholarshipsawardedsincethis initiativewasfirstestablishedin 2007,” Trust chairman Sir Eion

Edgar said.

Applicantsmustbebetween 16 and 19-years-old and have lived in the Central Lakes Trust region for a minimum of two years at the time of application.

Selection was based on the students’ future aspirations, financial need, work ethic, community involvement and academic ability. While in previous years students have applied directly to Central Lakes Trust, which identified the successful candidates, this year selection was delegated to the five high schools in the region. Allocation was based on the school’s Year 13 roll using a ratio of approximately one scholarship for every ten

qualifying students in the Year 13 class.

Mount Aspiring College recipients are Saasha Bruce (BCom/Finance & PE, University of Otago), Rebecca Clark (LLB/BCom, Victoria University), Hugh Haworth (BMusic Jazz Performance, NZ Music School), Tomas Hewson (BPhysEd/LLB, University of Otago), Michael Jolly (BEngineering/Electrical, University of Canterbury) and Alexandra Winslow (Health Sci/MBChB, University of Otago).

Central Lakes Trust has awarded 115 scholarships since 2007.

A retired Royal New Zealand Air Force Aermacchi will be added to the Warbirds over Wanaka Community Trust collection which includes a RNZAF Skyhawk fighter jet, Strikemaster, Vampire, Hurricane and WW1 SE5A. Warbirds and Wheels is one of nine New Zealand aviation museums to be allocated an Aermacchi for display. “The Skyhawks, Aermacchis and Strikemasters are an important part of New Zealand’s aviation history and they will make fine exhibits in our aviation museums,” Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said. Some of the retired Aermacchis will remain at the RNZAF’s ground training wing in Woodbourne and may be used as non-flying training aids.

Architecture award Wanaka’s new Catholic church and three private homes have been recognised in the Southern Architecture Awards, the programme which celebrates the year’s best buildings in Otago and Southland.

The Catholic church, designed by Sarah Scott Architect, won an award for public architecture, which project architect Barry Condon said recognised the hard work of many people involved, particularly local contractors and members of the community who donated time and effort.

Three houses in Wanaka also received awards: a Mount Iron house designed by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Chin Architects; the Hawkesbury manager’s house by Herriot + Melhuish Architecture and Marmol Radziner; and the Wilson house by Rafe Maclean Architects.

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New building for Trust About 100 people, including local MP Jacqui Dean and Central Otago Mayor Tony Lepper, attended the opening ceremony of the Central Lakes Trust new building in Cromwell. Peter Mead and Duncan Butcher, former chairmen of the Trust, officially opened the office building at Waenga Drive. “The project has been five years in the planning and it is great to finally see the vision become a reality” current chairman Sir Eion Edgar said. The Trust has approved grants for charitable purposes totalling more than $53M in the ten years to March 31, 2011.

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Sue Wards Fifteen teams took to the paddock in Criffel Station’s ‘Bottom Gear’ competition last weekend as part of the Woolshed’s Long Lunch annual event.

The same vehicle was used by all the teams in the time trial, with Wacky Racers Tom Pinckney and Steve Schikker (pictured) coming first in a time of two minutes and two seconds.

The paddock racing followed

the Long Lunch, catered by Flying Trestles, with all the proceeds going towards this year’s chosen charity, the Waitaki Community Garden Bee Corridor.

The project aims to create a ‘bee corridor’ of flowering

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trees attractive to bees, starting at the community gardens and tracking out so other communities can develop it further. Marian Shore from the Waitaki Community Gardens attended the event.

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Violent teens arrested Sue Wards Access to alcohol and the freedom to be out late at night with no supervision is “a recipe for disaster” for Wanaka youths, according to Wanaka police youth aid officer Constable Phil Vink.

Constable Vink is dealing with three arrested teenagers and nine other teenagers involved in a brutal, alcohol-fuelled assault on two Wanaka-based Englishmen last month.

The youths have probably not yet grasped the seriousness of their actions, Constable Vink said. Given the level of violence it would not have been have been surprising for one of the blows to be fatal, he said, and he has never before seen this level of violence in Wanaka from youth offenders. “Confronting the reality of this is part of the process,” he said. While some of the teenagers’ parents are shocked at their

children’s involvement, others may still “have the wool pulled over their eyes” by their children, he said.

The group of teenagers repeatedly kicked and punched the victims, aged 25 and 27, as other teenagers watched. The fight began with an

group conferences, identification of factors causing the youths’ behaviour, reparation to victims and the community.

The youths may go on to have drug and alcohol counselling, undergo other programmes or undertake community

he said. “There are a lot of youth out there at all hours. Perhaps parents think they’re safe.” He said it was a false sense of safety, as the combination of alcohol and a lack of supervision is “a recipe for disaster”.

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Given the level of violence it would not have been have been surprising for one of the blows to be fatal. exchange of comments between one of the victims and one of the teens.

The three arrested teenagers, two 16-yearolds and one 17-yearold, will appear in the Queenstown Youth Court next Tuesday. Of the remaining nine teenagers who have been identified as being involved, one has yet to be located and interviewed, and the others will be dealt with through the Youth Aid process. Constable Vink said the process may involve family

work. Curfews may also be imposed.

“This level of violence you’d like to think is a one-off,” Constable Vink said. “While the police will do their best within the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act to make the community safe, the behaviours and the risks around these youths relates back to factors in their environment and the freedoms they have.”

Those freedoms included access to alcohol and the freedom to be out late at night unsupervised,

A family affair A rare Russian Yak 3 fighter, currently undergoing a major restoration, will perform at next year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow. Partowner and pilot Graeme Frew said the Yak 3, scheduled to have completed test flights by early 2012, was regarded as one of the finest interceptors of World War II. Graeme’s nephew Daniel, 28, is one of the engineers working on restoring the aircraft. Daniel also hopies his Ford Mk1 Cortina will feature in the ‘Ford Through The Ages’ line up along with his father’s V8 Mk1 Cortina Hotrod.

“World War II piston-engine aircraft were lining up two by two for the airshow,” event manager Mandy Deans said. There are two Supermarine Spitfires, two P-51 Mustangs, two P-40 Kittyhawks and two Yak 3 fighters now on the programme.

Grindell said Wanaka has an issue with youths’ access to alcohol, as do other New Zealand towns. While local liquor outlets generally do a good job by not supplying alcohol to young people, “there is clearly liquor being supplied to children and it is being supplied by parents”. Supplying liquor to 18-year-olds and younger is “asking for trouble later on,” he said.

Kiwi care Wanaka had a resident Totoeka kiwi for 24 hours last week, before the rare bird was flown to Wellington Zoo for toe surgery. Kevin the kiwi was found in Haast

by Department of Conservation staff last week on a routine check. Wanaka Vets initially looked after him.

“It was so exciting to treat a kiwi, especially since it was such a rare one. There are only about 300 Totoeka kiwis left,” Wanaka Vets co-owner Beth Campbell said. Kevin is now settling in at Wellington Zoo and will undergo a toe amputation this week. “He will stay there until he is 100 percent and if all goes well will be returned to the wild,” Beth said. “I am not sure if Kevin will achieve celebrity status, however we thought it was pretty exciting.”

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Barbara Lee, Kevin the kiwi and Beth Campbell.

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Radio station to change hands After eight years in charge of Radio Wanaka Limited, Ed and Kim Taylor have agreed to sell the company to Mike and Jacque Regal. “Radio Wanaka has been a huge part of our lives but there comes a time when it just feels right to pass the baton to new owners,” Ed and Kim said. Ed plans to assist with the transition and changeover in late January 2012.

Directors appointed John Gilks and Murray Valentine were reappointed as directors at the Queenstown Airport Corporation annual meeting with John being confirmed as chairman. Grant Lilly and Richard Tweedie were appointed as new directors to join James Hadley and Alison Gerry on the board. The Corporation’s two shareholders, Queenstown Lakes District Council and Auckland International Airport, confirmed the appointments.

Andre Klein with the Wanaka Cup and scrap book about Royal Chief.

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The Otago Racing Club has been gifted a trophy with a history which dates back to the 1930s, to one of New Zealand’s most famous racehorses.

Thoroughbred stallion Royal Chief was one of the best sires in the country and stood at Mount Barker Stud in the 1930s. “He was not only an outstanding stallion, whose line is still around today, but was also an outstanding racehorse,” Otago Racing Club chief executive Andre Klein said. Royal Chief was

trained in both Dunedin and Christchurch where he won numerous high calibre races and was sent to Australia to compete in prestigious races such as the Cox Plate and the Metropolitan. “He was rated the best horse of his era, alongside the great Ajax and not far behind Phar Lap,” Andre said. “He had a long and illustrious career which sees him regarded as one of the best horses ever to come from New Zealand.”

Three years ago Andre was contacted by Barbara Firth who lived in London.

Her father had owned Royal Chief and she had a cup and some memorabilia she wanted to donate. Andre travelled to London where Barbara, 92, and her sister, 94, presented him with a trophy Royal Chief had won while competing in Dunedin in the James Hazlett Stakes and a hard bound scrapbook containing every newspaper article published about the horse.

The Otago Racing Club committee will use the trophy as a perpetual cup for the Wanaka Cup, which will be run this Sunday at the Cromwell Races.

A community Christmas

Emily Lovelock, Kyle Millar and Caroline Smith light an advent candle this week at Mainly Music.

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Charlotte Trundle Mainly Music started the count down to the community Christmas celebrations with the lighting of the first candles on their advent wreath. “The children have been enjoying a music programme rich in Christmas favourites and

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spending time uncovering the true story of the nativity,” Mainly Music co-organiser Karen Wells said. The Combined Churches team is also preparing for their annual Christmas by the Lake event on December 17. “Christmas by the Lake was a big hit last year, with

the combination of a lively nativity, wonderful music, and picnicking in a lakeside setting. People of all ages can feel welcome again as we bring the community together to celebrate Christmas,” Combined Churches committee member Kathy Dedo said.

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Lakes District Council Christmas fairy Jen Anderson has lots planned for the holiday season including Light Up Wanaka, the Travelling Carolers and Where’s Santa competition. The first event will be the official lighting of the Wanaka Christmas tree on December 2.

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Decision time - Election 2011 There are only two days left before the General Election and referendum on the voting system.

Here in the Waitaki electorate we have the choice of seven

candidates, each of whom have told the Wanaka Sun what they have to offer the Upper Clutha.

The last chance to enrol to vote is tomorrow (Friday) as

you can not enrol on election day (Saturday). The easiest way to enrol is to fill out an enrolment form from the Postshop and return it to the staff. Local polling booths

can be found at the Lake Wanaka Centre (89 Ardmore Street), the Mount Aspiring College Gymnasium (121 Plantation Road), the Lake Hawea Community Centre

Barry Monks Labour

Jacqui Dean National

I will combine my experience in the horticultural and rural servicing sectors with my knowledge of planning and environmental law to help formulate government policy that works for both the rural sector and the environment.

I recognise the importance of both agriculture and tourism to our local economies and understand the pressures on water for irrigation and the associated water quality issues in our streams, rivers and lakes.

I intend opening an office in Central Otago and will be available on a regular basis.

I am hard-working, energetic, and determined to be a strong advocate for the Waitaki electorate.

I am a hard-working MP committed to protecting the environment and water supplies in the Upper Clutha. I am supportive of sensible development and keen to promote growth and new jobs in the area. Increasing Wanaka’s profile as a tourist destination is another key issue, while encouraging environmentally friendly land-use through irrigation is a priority. I will continue to support the rural sector, but with sustainability as an important focus. I want to see reforms to the Easter trading laws and will continue to work on that issue for Wanaka, at the same time ensuring that the people of the Upper Clutha have a strong voice in Wellington.

Sue Coutts Green Party All Green candidates work for the party vote.

I am campaigning for the Greens because our policy platform supports a clean, green economy that works for everyone, builds a fairer society and backs the 100 percent pure brand the Upper Clutha depends on.

Green priorities for 2011: making every river clean enough to swim in, bringing 100,000 kids out of poverty and stimulating thousands of smart green jobs.

The Greens have proved they can work with both Labour and National to make good things happen. MMP enables this.

A party vote for the Greens puts a reliable watchdog back into Parliament.

Colin Nicholls ACT

David Ford Independent

I can help give the people of Upper Clutha freedom to get on with their lives and not be subject to a mindnumbing bureaucracy that is forever telling people what they can and can not do with their own property.

I will help to get parents be given the choice of where they can send their children to school and not have to pay twice to do so.

I will help all people and especially farmers to get the ETS dumped as it has only added to costs for little gain and I would try and expose the whole climate change scam for what it is.

My relentless focus in parliament; to call for a cultural, financial renaissance of towns and cities in the Waitaki electorate. Focused on entrepreneurial, personal, small, simple, mobile, clean, healing, local community centric, non-carbon solar age schools, technologies that restore biosphere integrity. Local solutions (i.e.

Wanaka Wastebusters), self responsibility and reliance; collaborative public-private-volunteer enterprises; eg; In Wanaka; purpose-built University to the Future; mission; to lead the world this century in research, development and manufacture of solar age technologies in every field of endeavour. A ‘mentors, illuminators, heroes’ model; stop forever ‘punishment’ model of law. Enshrine 8th generation~intergenerational visioning.

Jesse Misa Conservative New Zealand needs change. Half of our families are in broken relationships, abuse, violence, crime, and even poverty. High numbers of youth are unemployed and many city officials seem powerless to curb the binge drinking culture.

These statistics are simply not good enough!

I joined the Conservative Party because of its common sense policies that most New Zealanders ascribe to. Kiwis simply want their nation functioning again.

Healthy families produce great kids, that makes a great nation.

If you look closely at these issues you’ll find that you might be a conservative too!

(Myra Street), the Luggate Hall (State Highway 6), Tarras Primary School (2612 TarrasCromwell Road), and the Cromwell Memorial Hall (36 Melmore Terrace).

Hessel van Wieren Democrats for Social Credit I live in Cromwell, have been there for 18 years and am self employed in property maintenance. Our party’s main platform is banking and monetary reform. Massive debt and the interest burden affects every part of our society. It drives up asset values and especially downstream costs.

Farm values far above economic returns, council and national infrastructural costs, incurring ever increasing debt, are just a few local aspects of a huge problem.

We have real solutions such as using reserve bank credit at nil interest, instead of banks (credited) debt at interest to finance local authority and national infrastructure projects.

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veaway gi ol to Auction for Community Networks Sue Wards Wanaka’s Archway Motels are celebrating five years in business by fundraising for Wanaka’s Community Networks.

Motel owner Bridgit Parker said the business’s idea to run a silent auction, with all proceeds going to Community Networks, has generated a range of great prizes. Local businesses have donated everything from products through to package tours, worth $20 to $500. The complete list can be viewed on Archway Motels’ facebook page or by going into the motel office. Bidding on the auction will close at 5pm on Sunday December 4.

Bridgit said the volunteers

Bridgit Parker and Kate Tomlinson of Archway Motels.

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and workers at Community Networks “are the most salt of the

earth people” and she hopes the auction will provide Community

Networks with the resources to publicise their services to the community.

“It’s incredibly generous of them as a business,” Community Networks manager Kate Murray said. The money raised will be used to raise awareness about what the service is and what it does. Community Networks provides community social work services (including budget advice), Heartland Services (co-ordinating visiting agencies), co-ordination of Meals on Wheels, Wheels to Dunstan, school holiday programmes and the Justice of the Peace service. It’s not only about providing social services, Kate said, but about creating resilience in the community.

Hammer time Just as you begin drafting your Christmas present list, the Wanaka Sun has a giveaway from Black and Decker which may tick off one of your entries: five Stanley FatMax AntiVibe Hammers (RRP $59.95) which feature the AntiVibe technology which minimises vibration and shock on impact, making the hammer easy to work with.

Email admin@thewanakasun. co.nz with ‘hammer’ in the subject line to go into the draw.

Fairest of them all The Hawea Flat School Country Fair last weekend was a resounding success, thanks to the perfect weather as well as the behindthe-scenes community effort.

Food stalls, items made by the students, a wide range of games and activities, live music, puppetry and even fortune telling were all on offer. Madame Zamora was rushed off her feet telling fortunes non-stop for four hours.

The school PTA raised approximately $1,670 from the fair for education technology and sports facilities.

Paul and Sarah Robertson drew the winning raffle ticket, netting them an overnight cruise on Doubtful Sound.

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Fortune teller Madame Zamora.

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Volunteers wanted!

Wanaka Sun Christmas Food Bank Drive Tuesday 20 December, collection from 6.30pm.

All enquiries to the organiser Alan McKay 03 443 5661 / 0274 457167 Thursday 24 November to Wednesday 30 November 2011

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Fun without booze Charlotte Trundle One hundred and one ways to have fun without alcohol is an initiative run by the Central Otago YATA (Youth Access To Alcohol) group and the Southern Primary Health Organisation.

YATA invite young people and youth groups across Central Otago to come up with 101 ways to have fun without alcohol. The

ideas will then be used to create a Christmas card and will feature in a local media campaign. Entries will also go into a draw to win a prize. “We hope by working with young people and parents they will be more informed around alcohol and the sources of help available, think about their own attitudes to drinking and will feel more confident to communicate about it,” Southern PHO health

promotion co-ordinator Sarah Berger said. “A socially accepted drinking culture and underage drinking is a major concern for New Zealand. Parents can help their young people learn about alcohol in safe and supervised situations and it will also help if young people see alcohol being used safely and responsibly by the adults around them.”

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Battle of the moustaches

Lindis minimum flow The Otago Regional Council will present two possible minimum flow options for the Lindis River and its surrounding groundwater in a meeting on Wednesday November 30 in the Tarras Community Hall.

The first option seeks to allow irrigation and provide a continuous flow at the Lindis Crossing bridge. The second option factors in Tarras Water Ltd’s proposed new irrigation scheme. ORC director of policy and resource planning Fraser McRae said pressure for water-taking from the Lindis River would reduce if the TWL proceeds with the proposed scheme, but no decision on minimum flow would be made before TWL decided whether to proceed. Fraser said the ORC would consider the practicalities for farmers of when and how the minimum flow became operational once it was set.

Moustaches of all shapes and sizes will be on show at the first Wanaka Moustache Bash. The party is to celebrate the end of Movember, to raise awareness of men’s health and to raise funds for the Cancer Society and the Mental Health Foundation.

Calum McLeod will be the compere and judge with former All Black John Timu.

There will be prizes for the title winners: ‘Man of Movember 2011’ and ‘Miss Movember’ for the ladies. The bash takes place on Thursday December 1 at the Creek Café, from 6pm.

AGM for Lake Wanaka Tourism Lake Wanaka Tourism’s annual meeting will be held tonight (Thursday). The organisation’s annual report shows the global economic recession hit Wanaka harder this year than previously even though guest nights were up. A Statistics New Zealand survey, which gathered data on short-term commercial accommodation for the Wanaka Regional Tourism Organisation area, found guest nights were up 13.1 percent to 660,046 from September 2010.

LWT’s report illustrated a challenging year for Wanaka’s tourism sector, attributed to fewer flights to Wanaka, lack of international travel due to the economic downturn and the Christchurch earthquakes affecting visitors’ travel plans. The two key issues still facing Lake Wanaka in the coming year are “awareness and accessibility”, LWT general manager James Helmore said.

Wanaka Sun graphic designer Adam Hall shows off his mo-gress on day 24.

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Banjo virtuosos Two young banjo virtuosos will play at the Riverhouse this Saturday night.

Alex Borwick and Catherine ‘BB’ Bowness have an eclectic range of influences, including jazz, bluegrass and Celtic Last year they released an EP, ‘Play Banjo’, which received strong critical acclaim, with one critic saying, “it’s almost like hearing one 9-string banjo played by a four-handed banjo demon”.

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Christmas spirit

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Get into the Christmas spirit and sing along with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Christmas Pops, courtesy of the Wanaka Sun. We have two tickets to give away to the event, which takes place in the Lake Wanaka Centre on Tuesday December 6 at 7.30pm.

Join host Helen Medlyn, conductor Alexander Briger and a select group of NZSO musicians in The Mainland Tour for an evening of beautiful music and carol singing for the whole family. The repertoire includes well-loved orchestral pieces including Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and the final movement of Haydn’s London Symphony, plus carols Away in a Manger, Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark the Herald Angels and The First Noel.

Email admin@thewanakasun.co.nz and nominate your favourite Christmas carol to go in the draw.

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crimescene $130,000 missing A 44-year-old Wanaka woman has been charged with misappropriating more than $130,000 from her former employer.

The woman was charged on Monday and will appear in the Queenstown District Court next Monday on nine separate charges, arising from alleged offending over the past six years while she was working for a local business.

Damage to cars Last Friday a vehicle parked on Trevathan Lane had a tyre let down, window wipers damaged and the aerial broken.

The following day at least two vehicles had their wing mirrors damaged in the Dungarvon Street car park. A 20 to 25-yearold white male, wearing a blue hooded top with a Speight’s emblem on the front, with medium length light-coloured hair was seen trying to damage wing mirrors on the car park about 10.45pm. He may have been with another male, also white and a similar age, with short sandy-coloured hair and wearing a grey hooded zip-up top. Constable Peter Reed urged people in the vicinity of the car park that night to come forward.

Wells on film Special guests freeskier Byron Wells and his mother Stacey Wells are pictured with the Montessori Children’s House organising group at this week’s screening of Winter of Wells at Ruby’s Cinema & Bar. Winter of Wells follows the Wanaka Wells brothers as they dominate the world of freeskiing, featuring the highlights of the 2009 and 2010 season. All proceeds from the screening will go directly to the Montessori Children’s House Wanaka.

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Photo comp for kids The Queenstown Lakes District Council has launched a photo competition open to all pre- and school-aged children in the district.

The council is seeking the community’s help in illustrating its 10Year-Plan, the most recent of which featured photographs taken by senior members of the community. “This time we are throwing it open to all pre- and school-aged children and students with a theme of our people our place,” council spokesperson Meaghan Miller said.

Twenty or 30 photos will be selected to feature in the plan and the best image – as selected by Mayor Vanessa van Uden – will win a digital camera. Details on how to enter are available on the council website. The competition will close on Friday December 21.

Tournament to benefit Trust The Wanaka Golf Club has announced the Upper Clutha Children’s Medical Trust will be its 2012 Hirequip Charity recipient.

The charity committee, in conjunction with the club and main sponsor Hirequip, has raised more than $140,000 during the eight years the tournament has been held.

The Upper Clutha Children’s Medical Trust, formed in 2009, was established to support local families who are finding it difficult to meet the costs associated with medical treatment for their children.

The Hirequip Golf Tournament will be held on March 16 – 18, 2012.

Shaping Our Future: next steps The community-led consultation process Shaping Our Future has organised a second series of public meetings to help identify a ‘vision of success’ for the district.

In September communities were asked what they value most about the district, what they want it to be like in 50 years and what should be done to get to that point. People strongly agreed on the following things: • We are proud of our place and our own communities and don’t want to be like anyone else, but we want to be better connected to the other communities with the best tracks, trails, internet and public transport we can get.

• We love our natural wilderness and the access to it and our stewardship of the district for our future generations is of

utmost importance.

• We want village greens or market squares where we can gather, and think towns should intensify and not sprawl and the best rural land should be kept for local food production.

• We want to become more involved with local governance and local decision making.

Two males have been apprehended for preparing to paste a Lego cut out on a club building on Ardmore Street. “It is good to catch offenders who deface other people’s property,” Constable Reed said.

The front counter at the Wanaka police station will be closed to the public this Saturday and Sunday.

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

Facilitators have collated people’s views and the summary will be presented in the next series of meetings. Meetings were held in Makarora and Luggate this week and there will be a meeting tonight (Thursday) at the Hawea Community Centre, from 5 to 6pm; a meeting in Wanaka next Tuesday (November 29) at the Lake Wanaka Centre from 5 to 6pm; and a meeting in the Cardrona hall on Friday December 2 from 5 to 6pm.

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gardendoctor Thermal mass fights frost Gardening, I love it! Every season here in Central Otago is different: who knows what’s going to happen? This time last year we were in the middle of a drought, a fantastic early growing season (in a lack of frosts sense) and swimming in the lake on hot balmy days. Fast forward a year and we have an amazing growing season - if you’re a tree or a blade of grass or a plump looking fat hen, not so great if you’re a tomato, eggplant or zucchini. I have talked to numerous gardeners with similar tales of despair: 26 tomato plants, four left, planted in a tunnel house. Are there no sacred spots

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a hotchpotch of recycled windows and doors. In November there were tall corn plants and potatoes nearly ready to harvest. The owner reckoned

But to sleep easily at night we need thermal mass - heat storage solutions. left that Jack Frost and his helpers will leave alone? I too have a tunnel house and a long memory. One December three-ish years ago, in came the icy southerly, still blowing when I went to bed. But the following morning was icy cold and all frosthating plants in my tunnel house were dead or dying. So what is the solution when we can have a frost in any month of the year? There is some hope, don’t despair.

I managed to save my 20 tomato plants and their friends with two layers of frost cloth inside my tunnel house that fatal night two weeks ago.

Some of those plants are only now starting to recover. I was moments away from getting an extension cord and setting up a heater in the tunnel house (Global warming?

Don’t know what you’re talking about.) Luckily for me that was enough. But to sleep easily at night we need thermal mass - heat storage solutions. These can come in many forms: rocks, concrete, water. The best home-built glass house I have ever seen when it comes to thermal mass had a south wall at the base about a metre thick. The paths were concrete, again deep, the rest

this glass house never fell below zero, even during winter.

The old English gardens of the lords and ladies had thermal mass with huge thick walls and other interesting solutions. Their gardeners would dig a pit in a glass house, fill it with manure and straw, cover with soil and plant a pineapple or orange tree. The heat from the composting manure and straw aided in the growing of these exotic plants. Now try that at home. Even trees and shrubs create a micro climate.

So what are some of these thermal mass solutions?

1. Rocks/boulders or concrete: These soak up the sun’s heat during the day and slowly release the heat at night.

2. Containers of water: Same as above. (Try painting them black, they’ll soak up even more heat.)

3. Raised beds: There are many advantages to raised beds, but here they warm the soil up quicker and lift the plants that little bit higher out of the frost zone.

4. Cloches: Cut the bottom off juice bottles and put over tender

seedlings to create their own little micro climate.

5. Frost cloth: Pull out the frost cloth on those 50/50 nights. You can use wind break/weed matting/straw/ tyres - anything that tucks plants up for the night.

6. Sprinklers: Have some sprinklers on a timer to come on before the sun rises.

7. Rent a helicopter.

8. Build veggie gardens around water tanks/next to north facing walls.

9. Put a pond in your tunnel house: thermal mass and a home for insecteating frogs.

10. Trelise pumpkins up above the ground and the frost.

11. Plant the odd fruit tree in your veggie beds - the tree is creating a micro climate for you.

12. Design: If your garden is on a slope, make sure you don’t block the frost’s flow down the slope away from your veggies. Use slopes to your advantage: frost moves downhill.

13. Think of a tunnel house/green house as thermal mass and have beds right up close to them. In marginal frosts they will still be emitting heat from the day before.

Next time we have a frost, walk around your garden observing where the frost is sitting - hardest/lightest/no frost - you might be surprised at what you observe.

Send your gardening questions or problems to admin@thewanakasun. co.nz for Dr Compost to address.

-Dr Compost

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A field day was held last week at Fork Farm in the Maungawera Valley, owned by 2011 New Zealand Ewe Hogget Competition winners Phill Hunt and Lizzie Carruthers.

Participants went on a tour of the farm and learned some of Phill and Lizzie’s key messages about successful Romney breeding.

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inbrief Top young MD Back Black roll ‘n’ go facepaint managing director Elle Scurr, 18, (pictured) has made the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (NZICA) top five young managing directors in the country. Elle now needs the public to vote for her on the NZICA Facebook page so she can win the ‘people’s choice award’. If she is successful Mount Aspiring College will be gifted an iPad for their Young Enterprise Scheme programme.

Let’s talk about Sax A book outlining the life and times of Dave Saxton was launched at the Albert Town Tavern on Monday night, raising almost $500 for Search & Rescue and the Upper Clutha Deer Stalkers’ Association. A contingent of Haast people came along with one even bringing crayfish for supper. Dave Drangsholt has written about West Coaster Dave’s adventures as a soldier, hunter, fisherman, miner, movie star, helicopter pilot and a chain gang member.

What’s cooking Celebrity cook Jo Seagar was in Wanaka last week to present her new book to an audience of about 70 people at Edgewater.

The book, ‘Italia – simple recipes from the Italian school’, presents recipes with a Kiwi slant, based on Jo’s twice yearly trips to Eggi in Italy. Jo’s involvement with Hospice is the catalyst for her trips, and Wanaka Paper Plus donated $462 to Central Otago Hospice from book sales at the event.

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BOARD R u seriously moaning about the new playground?! I think it’s a great thing, so how about u get back into your trash can and shut the lid tightly oscar the grouch.

Wow that’s weird...someone took my blue bag out for the rubbish...and it wasn’t the rubbish man...hope you enjoy what’s inside it…maroon-coloured rav kind of vehicle with male driver...

If we need to tender waste & recycling why don’t we tender Wanaka tourism and get some accountability To the dog hater. I don’t think the dogs are out of control, they can just smell your fear! I think you’re over reacting, you must be old and grumpy. DOGS ARE AMAZING

Great dog culture here in Wanaka. Poppy the great dane is a lovely dog being judged guilty by her size not her actions. May poppy and all well loved dogs continue to enjoy freedom on their daily walks!

Why were the events centre toilets and the dog pound not put out to public tender if the need for transparency is so great, poor waste busters When the Auckland people bought the damper bay property they were allowed 1 house and 1 shed. What part of that don’t they understand ?? Let’s keep it to 1 house and 1 shed Guys trust me! The best xmas present for yr wife or girlfriend is to pay a cleaner for a spring cleaning... Wishful thinking while i am doing it!

Walked edge water pretty much every day 4 11 years never met unruly dogs. Dane in question gentle nature with responsible owner. Could gentleman concerned be over protective of child? Walked my elderly lame dog on this track last week on leash & got told “someone could trip over that lead” we just can’t win!

Here’s hoping the children like colours then yet 2 see single child using the playground yet if you don’t like the dog culture here -move back to auckland Over 3 yrs i have watched and wondered when wanaka would realise kids are ruining this town with boozefueled antics parents, police and school condone. boarding school good place for some!

Go back to Jaffaland! Your daughter got a fright not a bite!

“The more I see of men the more I like dogs.” It has been said many ways by many people, and it looks like many in Wanaka would agree.

Last week’s story about the Wanaka man concerned by out of control dogs on our walking tracks sparked a big response from our readers, all pro-dog.

I love my dog: Loyal, loving, sociable, entertaining and handsome, Dudley’s nature is purer and more honest than most people I know, including me. I have seen children frightened by him though – children not used to dogs – and consider it my responsibility as much as their parents’ to deal with it.

Dudley can’t be trusted with a rabbit, but he would never behave the way some drunk teenagers behaved recently in Wanaka. There has been a horrified reaction to the group’s violent attack on two men, and questions raised about why a group of such young people were hanging out in the small hours of the morning, drunk and spoiling for a fight.

(Lakes Environmental would have something to say about a pack of dogs hanging around outside the Doughbin on a Saturday night without their owners knowing – or caring – what they were up to.)

Based on reader feedback this week, our dogs could teach some of our teenagers a thing or two about how to behave.

Support for dog owners

Dog culture I was surprised at the article in the latest edition of The Wanaka Sun. I frequently walk the Waterfall Creek track with my small dog and on occasions run into a Great Dane who is known as Poppy. I imagine the dog featured in your article is Poppy. Just because Poppy is very large does not mean she is an out of control dog. On the contrary in my experience she is gentle, friendly and a really magnificent dog ... at all times under control.

Perhaps Mr Warren should take improved care of his daughter and constructively ease her into the realities of life in an outdoor lifestyle town such as Wanaka? An apology to the dog owner would seem appropriate? Lee Webster of Lakes Environmental seems to have a sensible understanding of the situation.

We all have to share the tracks giving consideration to each other, be it dogs, cyclists, children, runners and walkers ... let us keep Wanaka a happy place!

Gordon Brander Wanaka

if you don’t like the dogs then don’t take your daughter down that track. How does that sound.

Like many i`m sickened by the gutless beating of those 2 englishman. Those teens responsible should be named then dealt with severely. None of this P.C soft rubbish.

Deal to them.

Police divers do a great job If a pack of dogs were to attack people on the street they would be put down or shot @ their owners prosecuted @ made to pay reparation.

Name and shame those teenage thugs.

The big trees on Mt. Aspiring Rd are in need of some urgent attention. In the last 2 big blows from the south, I would think 25% off the leaves blew off. Now if you inspect these leaves they have a bad fungi on the underside and some are rotten. These trees are past their use by date and need urgent attention. Even if these trees are protected , you cannot let trees grow out of control. They need topped 2 say 40 feet and every 2nd one removed. How do the city fathers view this?

I think the man complaining about dogs “rushing” people on the Waterfall Creek track needs 2 go back 2 Akl if he doesn’t like how things are here. :) 2 the jaffa complaining about dogs get yourself a dog take it 4 walks like most wanaka people do or go back north where u belong To the owner of the cat killed. I’m saddened by your loss.

I’m baffled by the apparent lack of sympathy. But your message is undermined by your pretentious compulsion to point out that your cat was a pedigree.

The views expressed in the text board and in the Letters to the Editor are those of the author alone and not necessarily those of the Wanaka Sun.

Auckland culture questioned A Wanaka man (fifth generation) wants to know why so many wannabe country people moan when they get to the country regions. They bring their cotton-fluff children to the great outdoors and lifestyle of Wanaka but also bring their old ways of moan, groan, bad attitude and arrogance. I hate going to the cities but rather than go on I just go home.

Recently three little Hannah Montana look-alikes walking home with mum from school were shrieking and squealing and encouraged a young dog to take a look. All hell broke loose, just making the dog think it was a game. What went wrong? These three little girls had failed to be animal savvy and that is the fault of the parents. It’s not dogs that people should worry about in this area. Wild pigs, roaming cattle, wild stags, other city people and pushbikes. Parents need to know how to act and then teach their kids the way of country living or move on.

People need to think more about what they want before they move to Wanaka and its country lifestyle. We locals won’t complain to Auckland if Aucklanders learn to change their mentality and think about the things that they most want out of life and why they chose Wanaka to live in.

Name supplied Lake Hawea

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I would like to write in support of all responsible dog owners including the owner mentioned on last week’s front page, I accompanied the owner that day and want to clarify the events that took place. The dog in question did not rush the child, it merely trotted towards the child with tail wagging and head up, it did not get within a metre of the child, and returned to the owner immediately upon being called. What happened next amazed me though, the father returned to us not once but twice, and within earshot of his child proceeded to verbally berate us, very aggressively yelling, swearing, the works. Yes the dog may be intimidating to some people only because of its size, but I have accompanied the owner on hundreds of walks and have never witnessed that dog display anything resembling aggression towards any other track user, sadly unlike the aggression the father displayed. The owner will avoid tracks where tourists and children are likely and will leash the dog when any reasonable situation requires it. Due to Roy Warren’s apparent fear of all dogs, I would suggest he avoid tracks where off-leash under control dogs are legally allowed, or preferably educate himself and his family to correctly assess a dog’s behaviour so as to understand that not all dogs are dangerous, then hopefully we can all use the many local tracks together.

Tony Bennett Wanaka

No dog danger My wife and I encountered Mr. Warren and his six-year-old daughter on the Millenium track just after the alleged incident in which his daughter had been “rushed” by a Great Dane. She was ahead of him, pedalling furiously, and we stepped aside to let her pass. He then passed us running some yards behind her. Round the corner we came upon the dog and its owner and other owners with dogs discussing the “incident”. We chatted to them for some minutes during which time we patted the Great Dane who was very gentle and friendly - he just happened to be big.

My wife and I have been visitors to Wanaka for many years and walked all the tracks in and around Wanaka. We have encountered a vast number of dogs on our walks and have found them all to be well behaved and friendly. We have never seen any dogs that could remotely be considered out of control or a danger. Thus our experience is totally different from Mr. Warren and his claims of having been “rushed”, whatever that means!

As a newcomer to this very beautiful and friendly community I think he should respect the well established customs in the usage of the Millenium and other tracks which gives locals and visitors so much pleasure.

Robert and Diana Montgomery Nassau, Bahamas

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By Neg

131A AUBREY ROAD

2-3pm

26/11/11

$595,000

28 (LOT 202) INFINITY DRIVE

3-4pm

26/11/11

$785,000

33 (LOT 120) INFINITY DRIVE

3-4pm

26/11/11

$775,000

51 MAUNGAWERA VALLEY RD

12-1pm

27/11/11

Auction

28 (LOT 202) INFINITY DRIVE

3-4pm

27/11/11

$785,000

33 (LOT 120) INFINITY DRIVE

3-4pm

27/11/11

$775,000

124 ANDERSON ROAD

12pm

27/11/11

$359,000

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1pm

27/11/11

By Negotiation

9 HEUCHAN LANE

1pm

27/11/11

Forthcoming Auction

28 GLENGYLE WAY

2pm

27/11/11

$389,000

11 ISLINGTON PLACE

2:45pm

27/11/11

$689,000

11am

25/11/11

By Neg

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11-11.30am 26/11/11

$895,000

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11.45-

26/11/11

$1,395,000

12 RIMU LANE

12pm

26/11/11

AUCTION

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12.30-1pm

26/11/11

By Neg

12 RIMU LANE

12pm

27/11/11

AUCTION

12.30-1pm

26/11/11

$499,000

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Aiming high The Upper Clutha sport climbing community is looking forward to Saturday. It is not Election Day that has climbers reaching for their chalk bags, but the secondannualBasecamp Wanaka Climbing Centre Fun Climbing Competition.

The full day competition, hosted by Wanaka Cliffhangers Climbing Club, includes categories for all climbers from novices to hardcore.

“We’re aiming to set climbs that will

Catamaran championships Participants in the A-Class Catamaran South Island Championships held in Wanaka last weekend are pictured on the lake. The Wanaka Yacht Club will also host a youth regatta this weekend.

It is the first youth regatta hosted by the club, and members expect a good contingent of sailors, aged nine to 18-years-old, from around Otago and South Canterbury.

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Teen ambassador

New option for Motutapu

Charlotte Trundle Professional freeskier Jossi Wells spent time at Auckland’s Snow Planet with CanTeen members Jesse Greenslade and Matteo Stella last week as part of his new role as an ambassador for the charity.

After Jossi’s friend was diagnosed with bone cancer he approached CanTeen to become an ambassador.

“I can only imagine what it would be like to be diagnosed with cancer at my age.” Jossi said. “It’s awesome that CanTeen exists to support young people living with cancer, and their siblings.” He hopes his profile will raise awareness for the organisation in the snow sports industry.

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challenge competitors at whatever level they’re at,” Basecamp’sLozOglesaid.

“As well as a great day of competition, this will also be a showcase event for some very good climbers, and a great chance for people to see what sport climbing is all about.”

Competitors are expected from Queenstown, Cromwell, Twizel and Christchurch.

Registrations for the competition can be made at Basecamp Wanaka Climbing Centre on Saturday morning, or during this week.

Jossi Wells (centre) with CanTeen members Jesse Greenslade and Matteo Stella.

Multisporters will have their chance of glory with the addition of a multisport option for the Motatapu event.

The inaugural Motatapu R&R Sport Multisport event will be held in March 2013 and alternate yearly with the R&R Sport Adventure Run. The multisport course will consist of a 15km kayak down the Matukituki River, a mountain bike through the Motatapu Valley on the same course as the Motatapu Speight’s Summit 47km Mountain Bike, finishing with the 15km Arrowtown Miners Trail Run.

Wanaka’s Finn Fairbairn competing in Christchurch.

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