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A public meeting on allocation of water from the Hawea basin aquifers produced some lively debate last Wednesday night. The meeting was organised by the Otago Regional Council (ORC) and attendees represented a who’s who of those interested in water in the region, including farmers, scientists, guardians of both lakes (Hawea and Wanaka), Royal Society members and (Hawea Flat group) Protect Our Water advocates.

ORC groundwater scientist Simon

East presented information indicating there was little or no more groundwater available for allocation to farmers in some areas of the basin.

This has annoyed some local farmers, particularly Pat McCarthy who has been irrigating his Hawea Flat farm for 38 years. He was recently told by the ORC he doesn’t have consent, there is no water available to be allocated to him, and he must stop irrigating.

“I’ve been irrigating my land since before there was an ORC,” he told the Wanaka Sun. “I would just ring someone up or shake their hand and that was that. Now I’m trying to

hand over to my son or my daughter. They don’t want the farm if there’s no water.” Pat is expecting visits from the ORC tomorrow and next week.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to sort something out,” he said. “I’ve been irrigating this land since before they were born.”

Pat told the meeting he had spoken to five neighbouring property owners and found that between them they had consent for 200,000 cubic metres more water than they were using. There was some discussion regarding farmers negotiating consents among themselves. Another Hawea farmer, Richard Burdon, said the ORC needed

to review some consents. “You need to come and talk to us here,” he said “We’ve mapped the whole basin and we’ve got a lot of information. You need to understand how the whole community is working.”

ORC representatives at the meeting agreed many consent holders were using a very small percentage of their allocations and this could be reviewed. They said they would collate information from the meeting and schedule another one within a couple of months.

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Charlie Lyons and Janina Kuzma (pictured) were the standout performers in the finals of The North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand Big Mountain, held at The Remarkables Ski Area on Tuesday. The international line-up included Freeride World Tour podium winners, Olympians and a host of young talent, with five of the six podium places won by Kiwis. Janina scored 85 to take gold, Austria’s Birgit Ertl took out second place and Anna Smoothy was placed third in the women’s field. Charlie’s score of 89 secured the top spot, while Wanaka’s Hank Bilous won second place with 80.3 and Fraser McDougal, with 79, rounded out the men’s podium.

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A new swimming race around Ruby Island has been announced.

It is the brainchild of local men and keen lake swimmers Eddie Spearing and Jamie N o r m a n w h o w e r e inspired by a recent attempt by Roger North, a lso of Wanaka, to become the first person to swim the length of the lake from Makarora to the town centre. Roger swam 35 of the 45km, more than the width of Cook Strait and the English Channel, before the cold forced him to stop.

The new race, on the afternoon of January 17, would involve five

options – the 3.8km Big Ruby; The Ruby, which would be 2.5km; the 1.2km The Jetty; the 600m The Deep; and the 200m Little Gems for younger swimmers.

T h e R u b y w o u l d b e t h e m a i n r a c e a n d w o u l d b e g i n and end at Waterfall C r e e k , i n c l u d i n g circumnavigating the island.

Registrations would open on October 1, via the swimrubyisland website. The event would raise money for local learn-to-swim programmes.

Eddie was concerned Triathlon New Zealand had also suggested holding an event in Wanaka on January 17. Its spokesperson,

Andrew Dewhurst, said it was not aware of the Ruby Island races when it proposed the date and was “in conversation with all parties...with a view to mitigating any impact on other events and indeed with a view to working together to maximize the benefits to all concerned.”

T h e Q u e e n s t o w n Lakes District Council s a i d i t c o u l d n o t comment on whether it would grant consent for two lake-based events in Wanaka on the same day. Its spokesperson said it had not received a n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r consent from Tri NZ and the first it heard about Tri NZ’s proposed event was on Thursday last week.

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Otago freshwater project fundingEnvironment Minister Amy Adams announced on Tuesday $125,000 of funding to support an Otago Regional Council study to measure nitrogen leaching into the lakes catchments of Hawea, Wanaka and Wakatipu.“The study will improve the prediction of nitrogen leaching from sheep and beef farms, which is not as well understood as dairy farming,” she said.Farmers in these catchments have agreed to a nitrogen loading limit and to use Overseer - a computer programme which estimates the nutrient flows in a farming system and identifies the risk for the environment through nutrient loss.

Anyone can vote early

Advance voting for the 2014 general elections began at the Wanaka Library yesterday. People are allowed to vote before election day, for any reason. Waitaki electorate Green party candidate Sue Coutts said voting now is a good idea.

“ W e d o n ’ t w a n t people not voting if, for example, September 20 turns out to be a powder day,” she said. “It’s easy to vote in advance, and ensures you get to have your say.”

Voter participation has fallen rapidly in New Zealand in the last three decades – from 85 percent in 1981 to 69 percent in 2011. Enrolment numbers h a v e a l s o f a l l e n , particularly among

younger people. In the 18-24 age group, 70 percent are enrolled. The percentage increases with age, with 93 to 100 percent of people over 30 enrolled.

Those not yet enrolled can do so up until the day before the election.

The Waitaki electorate has five candidates vying for the electorate vote. They are Glenda Alexander (Labour), D o n a l d A u b r e y (Conservative), Sue Coutts (Green), Jacqui Dean (National) and Hessel van Weren ( D e m o c r a t s f o r Social Credit).

For the party vote, there are many parties to choose from. In addition to the five mentioned above, there is: NZ First, Act, Alliance, Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis, Maori, United Future, Focus, Internet Mana,

1Law4All, Ban 1080 and Civilian.

People wanting to vote in advance can do so at the Wanaka Library between 10am and 4pm from Monday to Friday until the election, or between 10am and 2pm on Saturday September 13. Advance voting is also available at the Registrar of Electors office in the Cromwell Mall (Monday – Fridays, 10am – 4pm).

O n e l e c t i o n d a y people can vote between 9am and 7pm at any of the following locations: Wanaka Primary School Hal l , Presbyterian Community Church C e n t r e , C r o m w e l l Memorial Hall, Lake Hawea Community C e n t r e , L u g g a t e Hall, Tarras Primary School and Makarora Community Centre.

The Crown Range Road will be closed for half a day in November for a car race.

The Targa New Zealand race, which takes place annually in the North Island, is being held in the south this year, to celebrate the event’s 20th anniversary. The 833km, five-day event will start in Christchurch on Tuesday, October 28, and finish in Queenstown on Saturday, November 1.

The other road in the Queenstown Lakes District which will be closed for the race is the Queenstown t o G l e n o r c h y r o a d . Councillors approved the road closures at their monthly meeting, held in Wanaka last week.

The Crown Range Road will be closed on

the morning of November 1, from 7.25am until 1pm, from Prospectors L a n e i n C a r d r o n a t o t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n with State Highway 6 near Arrowtown. The Queenstown to Glenorchy road will be closed that afternoon and early evening, from 1.30pm until 7pm, from Farrycroft Row, near Closeburn, to Wyuna Rise, in Glenorchy. Fifty metres of the side roads off the closed roads will also be closed which, on the Crown Range Road, includes Jeffrey, Glencoe and Eastburn roads.

The road closures were opposed by the p o l i c e , G l e n o r c h y businesspeople, and t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Conservation due to access for trampers to and from tracks in the Glenorchy area. A condition imposed by the council stated

the race organisers had to provide “controlled access for residents and businesses” during the event. Emergency services would be given unimpeded access.

From Christchurch, race participants will travel to Dunedin where they will spend two nights and then Invercargill for one night, before heading to Central Otago for two nights.

Race organisers said the North Island events attracted more than 900,000 spectators and at least 600,000 followers online. An economic impact assessment carried out in 2007 found the event generated more than $7.5 million, they said.

Among the more than 100 cars entered in the race so far is a 1960 Triumph, 1964 Fiat, 1973 Valiant, 1978 Porsche, 1988 Jaguar, 1989 Chevrolet

and 2003 Maserati. The New Zealand version of the international event began in 1995 with 74 cars. It now attracts more than 200.

The event is divided into four sections – the Targa Tour plus three competitions, for drivers of classic two-wheel-drive cars, modern two-wheel-drive cars and all four-wheel-drive vehicles.

Organisers said it creates fundraising opportunities for community groups, which provide lunches and car washing, among other services. It also raises funds for a chosen charity, with half-a-million dollars raised for Cure Kids during the decade from 2003. The event’s charity last year was Kids in Cars, which enables fun experiences for children in difficult circumstances.

Rebecca Glynn of Wanaka was one of several local people who volunteered to sell some of the first daffodils of spring, during the Cancer Society’s national Daffodil Day fundraising event on Friday. While the society’s policies prevented its local Daffodil Day volunteer coordinator, Sue Saunders, from revealing the amount which was raised in the Upper Clutha, she said local people had been very generous, as usual. The money raised in Otago and Southland goes toward funding the Cancer Society’s services in these provinces, including providing free care and support, information, health promotion initiatives and cancer research.

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Debate at the meeting continued to return to ORC Plan Change 6A - which limits the discharge of nitrogen from farming activities to land in the Hawea Basin to 30kg of nitrogen per hectare per year (30kgN/ha/yr) – despite efforts to keep on the topic of water allocation. Former NIWA scientist Dr Don Robertson said Plan Change 6A would allow for a 20 to 40-fold decrease in water quality in the basin. Federated Farmers vice president and Maungawera Valley

farmer Phill Hunt said there was a real need in the community for reassurance and suggested the ORC make more information available to the public – such as a graph shown at the meeting with results from an ORC lysimeter in Camp Hill indicating the current discharge in the area was 9kgN/ha/yr, (less than one third of what is allowable under the plan change).

“We have been through mediation on Plan Change 6A,”Phill said. “Let’s get on and make it work. We are at the forefront of the country [with nitrogen

discharge limits]. What we are here to talk about is water allocation.”

POW representative Kim Fogelberg pointed out that information regarding pollution from Hawea Flat septic tanks presented at the meeting had been proven to be incorrect last year and passed on to the ORC. Simon East said he had no record of this information at the time, and he has since been updated with the information which shows Hawea Flat septic tanks are not polluting groundwater in the area.

Two home-schooled brothers won places in the Wanaka Library’s National Poetry Day competition. Ferdia O’Connell, 13, came second in the 11-14 years age group and his brother Oisin, 15, came second in the 15- plus category.

The brothers and their younger sibling Rory, 8, are home-schooled by their mother Claire.

“We don’t really write poetry here so I’m very impressed that they

did so well,” she said. “Especially Ferdia as he doesn’t have a lot of language but what he has the judges liked. I am very proud of our w e e h o m e - s c h o o l here, and we do lots of reading at our wonderful local library.”

Competition winners were as follows:

5-7 years: 1st Oisin Corbett - In My Mind, 2nd Dan O’Brien - My Room (Dan’s Room), 3rd Frances Scruby - Cat.

8-10 years: 1st Nevada Wolfgramm - Wild Ideas, 2nd Caitlin O’Brien - What if Chocolate Ate

Us, 3rd Madi Loudon - Poseidon’s Sea.

11-14 years: 1st Ben Harrington -1, 2, 3, 4, I Declare a Chocolate War, 2nd Ferdia O’Connell - In Disney Infinity, 3rd Ned Hudson -The Day I Was In Your Shoes.

1 5 y e a r s + : 1 s t Helena Crawford, 2nd Oisin O’Connell, 3rd Acacia Murray.

Highly Commended: Ben McMurray, 7, The Bus; Olivia Erasmus, 7, ThingS; Ben Chittock, 1 0 , A S p i l l ; H a r r y Oxley, 7, Wind; Gustav Legnovsky, 8, Back Flipping.

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Prime TimersThe Prime Timers went to see The 100 Foot Journey at Cinema Paradiso last Thursday and took the opportunity to each donate a food item to the community food bank. They then presented Community Networks with a basket full of food to stock the food bank shelves.

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The four-day Wanakafest has been condensed into a one-day festival this Labour Weekend, after bad weather in recent years affected takings and the contract with the naming rights sponsor expired.

The event’s new business manager, Amanda Grace, said the Lake Wanaka Wine and Food Festival, usually held both outside and in a marquee on Pembroke Park on the Saturday and Sunday of Labour Weekend, was not going ahead this year.

The popular Passion for Fashion show, held on the T h u r s d a y b e f o r e L a b o u r W e e k e n d , h a d a l s o b e e n cancelled, but it was expected to return next year, she said.

Instead, the organisers were planning a one-day mardi gras on the lakefront on the Saturday of Labour Weekend, October 25.

They wanted it to be a real “local’s” festival, Amanda said, and an opportunity for local

businesses to organise their own events, in conjunction with the festival.

The mardi gras would include some of the favourite events at previous Wanakafests and some new additions. The popular rubber duck race down Bullock Creek would still go ahead, along with the “polar plunge” dip in Lake Wanaka, the trolley

derby race, and the “urban downhill” bike race.

L i v e m u s i c w o u l d b e performed from 1pm until 9pm by both local and national musicians, including Civilian Sol, Highway 89, some Mount Aspiring College bands, and the Melting Faces from Wellington, among others.

There would be various food

stalls and the finish line for the two-day Red Bull Defiance adventure race would also be at the mardi gras.

A good example of a local business collaborating with Wanakafest organisers and holding i ts own event in conjunction with the festival was a community day out at Rippon vineyard on Labour Day Monday, Amanda said.

Detai ls were st i l l to be confirmed, but it would involve music, food and wine.

Changes to Wanakafest, which was in its ninth year, had been necessary, she said, because it had relied heavily on funding and sponsorship and a contract with Willowridge for naming rights sponsorship, ended last year.

B a d w e a t h e r a t L a b o u r Weekend in recent years had also affected crowd numbers at the wine and food festival and the ability to cover costs, including the increased liquor license fees.

The festival also had a new event manager this year, Katy Inkster-Baynes.

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Targeting heavy motor vehiclesSouthern District Police will be focussing on drivers of heavy vehicles, as part of a nationwide operation. It will target driving behaviour including speed, use of safety belts and cellphones, and driving while affected by alcohol or drugs, in addition to specific heavy motor vehicle road-safety aspects. Police will work alongside commercial vehicle investigation staff. “Many of our local truck drivers are safe drivers who operate professionally within the law and with courtesy on our roads, and similarly many of our trucking companies are very mindful of the health and safety standards within which they need to operate. However, unfortunately we also know that there is a small number of truck drivers who don’t obey the road rules and this creates a safety risk for all road users,” Acting Southern District Road Policing Manager, Senior Sergeant Steve Larking, said.

Capturing Kiwi history

New York, New YorkA N e w Y o r k - s t y l e d fundraising evening for 17 students who are going to the United States on a school trip is being held on Saturday night. The dress-up evening includes New York-inspired food and drinks, jazz performed by Mount Aspiring College students and a local DJ.

The trip involves 17 senior English students and two staff; Gena Bagley and Matthew Doyle. Among the students going are (pictured, back) Poppy Jefferies, Emma Jay and Alex Johnston, and (front) Joseph Wellwood and Lucy McCreanor-Knowles.

Gena said there is a strong focus on prejudice and discrimination in the American literature studied by senior English students. The trip includes New York and Washington DC and will focus on American

history, the Civil Rights movement, prejudice experienced worldwide and a visit to the Ground Zero museum.

“Experiencing cultures outside of our own is a hugely beneficial experience,” Gena said. “The trip will teach students about where they fit in the world, who they are, what they believe in and the power of having their own personal voice. It will also be incredibly beneficial for the depth of analysis and understanding required within the academic realms of NCEA English.”

Other fundraising for the trip has included cleaning up after Warbirds Over Wanaka and working at the Easter jet sprints, sausage sizzles, a zumba fundraiser and “gigateering.” The trip is from September 29 until October 8.

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Last weekend Albert Town resident Nikki Latham launched a book she edited and published about her grandfather - photographer and adventurer Guy Mannering. “Guy” was compiled from a trunk full of diaries, letters, newspaper clippings and photographs which Nikki and her grandmother Margie opened after Guy’s death in 2003.

They worked on the project over the next decade and received the first published copies just days before Margie was tragically killed in a car accident earlier this year.

The book combines extracts from Guy’s diaries with stories written by Margie, recounting Guy’s life, in particular the period from the early 60s to the late 70s when he had some remarkable jetboating adventures around the world as well as working as a photographer in Antarctica and running a photography business

in Christchurch. What started as a family journal

developed into a 400-page illustrated biography which reaches far beyond the realms of familial interest. “Guy” captures a fascinating period of Kiwi history - from taking the Hamilton jetboat to the world (including remote places on the Mekong and Congo Rivers), to recording the

remarkable New Zealand Antarctica Research Programme at Scott Base. Margie was as adventurous as her husband, and a favourite part of the book for Nikki, is her grandmother’s story of flying up the Mekong in a small plane during the early days of the Vietnam War to join Guy who was somewhere in Laos teaching locals how to drive jetboats.

Nikki has inherited the adventurer gene. She was a student at the Mount Aspiring College hostel during its first year (1992), and spent the next decade working out how she could live here permanently. She worked in the film industry, first as camera operator and then as an actors’ PA (personal assistant). A highlight was being PA to Martin Freeman (The Hobbit). She has also worked with Gaylene Preston and Bear Grylls. Future plans include documentary filmmaking, visiting Antarctica and possibly more publishing. All from a home base in Albert Town.

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Poetry students excelMount Aspiring College Year 8 Rutherford students have had some remarkable results in the New Zealand Poetry Society international poetry competition 2014.Annabel Fairbairn was highly commended for two of her poems and has had a third poem accepted for the anthology which will be published in November.“It is unheard of to have two highly commended poems in the competition and another accepted for publication from the same poet,” specialist teacher for gifted and talented students, Jilly O’Brien, said.Jaime Toepfer will also have three poems published in the anthology, one of which was commended.Will Turner’s sonnet, which will be published in the anthology, won a commended prize and Meg Weedon’s poem has also been accepted for the anthology.Hamish Robinson (Year 8) and Persia Thor Poet (Year 7) won highly commended prizes at the 2014 Cadbury’s Chocolate Carnival Chocolate Bard Competition last month with their poems which were chosen from more than 300 entries.

The Upper Clutha is on television again, this time in episode four of a cooking series called Gourmet Safari. Screening on Heartland TV, the programme is hosted by celebrity chef Richard Till and former All Black Frank Bunce (pictured). Each programme includes visits to farms and features dishes made from lamb, beef, venison or seafood. Episode four showcases venison grown on Minaret Station by Jonathan Wallis and cooked by Richard Till for Sir Tim Wallis. The hosts also visit Cardrona, the Transport and Toy Museum and the Otago Central Rail Trail. The series has already visited St Arnaud (lamb) and the Marlborough Sounds (mussels) and, in subsequent episodes, will go to Te Anau for more lamb, Doubtful Sound for fish and Balfour for more venison. The series screens on Monday evenings until September 29.

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Challenging weight theories

Locals’ glasses donated to Vanuatu

Glasses donated by Wanaka locals are going to be given to people with poor eyesight in Vanuatu.

Wanaka optometrist Tui Homer (pictured) has been col lecting second-hand glasses and will spend a fortnight in Vanuatu later this month to match them with locals in need.

It was the third time she had been involved in a “Marine Reach”

project. Previously she had travelled to outlying areas of Fiji twice, to match glasses donated by New Zealanders to

Fijian people who had eyesight problems. “The response is incredible – just amazing,” she said.

Tui had about 150

glasses which were in a suitable condition to be given to people in Vanuatu. While there she would also compile a list of people who needed cataract and pterygium surgery, with a view to getting help for them.

Tui would be based in Epi and spend one week travelling to rural villages and the other week to outlying islands.

H e r t r i p h a d a l s o been supported by the local Lions and Rotary c l u b s a n d t h e Lighthouse Church.

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Dr Libby Weaver will be in Queenstown on Monday night talking about “The Road to Sustainable Weight Loss” and her new book “The Calorie Fallacy.” The book challenges many established theories on weight loss, calories and diets.

“There is a mindset that losing weight has to be built around deprivation and sacrifice, however, this does not need to be the case,” Dr Libby said. “The

myth that you need to lose weight to be healthy needs to be turned on its head. All my research and working with people for 16 years has led me to strongly believe that you need to be healthy to lose weight.”

Dr Libby works as a nutritional biochemist, author and speaker. The Calorie Fallacy is her sixth book. Her other five books have all been bestsellers. They include Rushing Woman’s Syndrome, Beauty from the Inside Out and Real Food Kitchen.

The Wanaka Sun has a set of Dr Libby’s books to give away, along with double tickets to her talk which is at 7pm in Queenstown Memorial Centre on Monday (September 8).To go in the draw, email admin@thewanaksun.co.nz, with Dr Libby in the subject line, by 3pm tomorrow (Friday, September 5).

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We have some great ideas to help you celebrate your Dad on Father’s Day.If you want to try something different, go for a ride on Wanaka Trike Tours’ Rewaco 1800cc three-seater cruising trike. Or try abseiling down waterfalls and jumping off cliffs on a Deep Canyon adventure. For a more leisurely day, start with breakfast or brunch with a view at Café Lago.

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Ask the experts at Wanaka Liquor Centre for their recommendation for a treat for your Dad, or pick up one of his known favourites for a relaxing drink on one of these beautiful spring afternoons.Metalworks has a great range of gifts for Dads in their workshop on Ballantyne Road and, if a gift basket is more his style, then check out the tailor-made selection on display at Acton Automotive. Or let him choose his own present with a gift voucher from Hamills.

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Last Monday night a grey Avanti bicycle was stolen from Aspinall Street.

On Tuesday two females stole a travel candle from a store.

On Wednesday night someone attempted to break into the Mount Aspiring College administration area and damaged the door lock.

On Thursday two “never summer” snowboards were stolen from Cardrona Alpine Resort.

Police attended a motorcycle crash on Mount Aspiring Road on the same day. Two people were injured.

The next day police attended another crash. A motorist failed to give way to a cyclist at a roundabout. The cyclist suffered a broken tailbone and required stitches.

Two signs were stolen over the weekend. Both have been found.

The police dealt with two intoxicated people this week.

They also processed a driver for drink-driving at the bottom of a ski field access road this week and another driver after he rolled his car on the Cardrona Valley Road. And they attended a motor vehicle crash on Aubrey Road where a distracted driver collided with a stationary vehicle.

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Telling a story through a photograph

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It is said every picture tells a story. Like any good story, in a photograph there is a beginning (the foreground), a middle (the middle ground), and an end (the background). All three elements of the story are needed to make a compelling landscape shot. Geoff Perry put this into practice with his image “Just a Peep.” The Wanaka Camera Club June competition judge was impressed by the picture, awarding it honours in the open section and commenting Geoff had captured “a lovely strong image, with rich colours and interesting bands running from side to side – the cloud and sky almost reflect each other in tone and colour.” The judge also commented the black hill was a good

eye-catch but balanced by the slightly bigger one beside it, and the light on the mountain was well exposed and composed.

Geoff took the picture with an Olympus DSLR, with a 20mm lens set at f10, a shutter speed of 1/320th second and ISO of 200. Geoff did not use a tripod as he believes a

hand-held camera gives more flexibility in choosing angle of view.

“It was an atmospheric foggy morning down by Lake Wanaka and the light on Mount Roy was stunning, as were the colours reflected between the mountain and the lake,” Geoff said.

The image was well

received by Blipfoto where Geoff has a journal (wildmoosechase). Each week Blipfoto chooses six pictures taken throughout the world and highlights them on its website as “staff picks.” Just a Peep became a “staff pick” and received more than 700 views.

Geoff began taking

photography seriously 18 months ago and joined the WCC in March 2013. He regularly enters pictures in the club’s monthly competitions and appreciates the critique he receives, as well as advice from other members. Geoff is a hunting, shooting and fishing man, so naturally loves the great outdoors. Besides landscapes, he likes to take pictures of seascapes, sunsets and animals.

I f you would l ike t o t u r n s n a p s i n t o creative photographs, come along to Wanaka Camera Club to find out how. The club meets at 7.30pm on the second Monday of every month at the St John Ambulance meeting room on Link Way. New members are always welcome.

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Go to www.gigatown.co.nzSign up with your email address. Click on the activation email to choose Wanaka as the town you support.

Check out the Gigatown Wanaka facebook page.Use #gigatownwanaka when posting on the page to earn points. Comment on the daily deals supported by local businesses to be in the draw to win some fantastic prizes.

Use #gigatownwanaka on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter to earn points.

Visit www.gigatown.co.nz and click on Quiz Masterclass. There are 20 questions to answer. You can take the quiz as many times as you like, until you get all 20 questions right (each of the questions has Gigaclues to help you out). When you have answered the 20 questions correctly you will earn 500 Gigapoints. Completing the entire Quiz Masterclass Series (July, August and September) earns 2000 Gigapoints per person.

The finals are just around the corner. There are less than two weeks until the finals begin and the countdown is on. The first round of the Gigatown competition closes on Friday September 12. The top five towns will become the Gigatown finalists and go on to compete for the winning spot. All scores will be reset to zero ready for the finals to begin on Wednesday September 17. Wanaka has been leading the way for most of the competition but there is strong competition coming from Dunedin and Timaru. Help Wanaka make the top five by taking the September quiz and continuing to use the #gigatownwanaka hashtag on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Watch this space for more information next week.

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Over the next six weeks on our Gigatown Wanaka page the Wanaka Sun will explore how winning the competition will benefit various sectors of our community, including health, education and tourism, and provide information on how to gain gigapoints as the competition reaches its conclusion. Get involved and help to make Wanaka New Zealand’s smartest town.

Local famil ies with no internet access at home could tap into their school’s network if Wanaka had access to faster broadband, educators believe.

M o u n t A s p i r i n g C o l l e g e p r i n c i p a l W a y n e B o s l e y s a i d huge opportunities for enhancing teaching and learning would open up, benefitting local youths, i f Wanaka wins the Gigatown competition.

“If we have fast internet then it may be possible to share that with our community so that either kids with no internet access at home could access our connection via an extension of our wireless network, or we could allow families to connect inbound to us on their internet connections to use our more secured filtering and firewall to protect home users,” he said.

T h i s c o n c e p t i s presently being trialled in Waimate and for Wanaka to be able to offer this,

there would need to be multiple access points spread around the town, “but it is a fascinating idea,” Mr Bosley added.

“We see technology a s b r e a k i n g d o w n the barriers between home and school. We would be able to be a hub and a provider for our community.”

M o u n t A s p i r i n g College is part of a new nationwide initiative cal led Network For Learning, which provides fast, predictable internet

with uncapped data t o s c h o o l s , “ s o w e already enjoy pretty good connectivity”.

“But if we were to w i n t h e G i g a t o w n competit ion, faster internet means better internet, and better opportunities. It means that we can do so much more, by introducing top-end technology to enhance students’ learning – like media, music, drama and design suites.”

With a current school

roll of almost 750, there are up to 700 devices used during school hours at any one time. The school has a “bring-your-own-device” approach, but with some students bringing more than one device to school, i t puts pressure on the infrastructure, Mr Bosley said.

W a n a k a P r i m a r y deputy principal and ICT coordinator Kerry Guise said the primary school currently has about 100mbps on the fibre

network, “so winning Gigatown would mean around 100-times faster internet connection in our school”.

“Classes can be doing multiple things at once such as blogging, playing educational games, Skyping, uploading video, accessing Google Drive and researching without having the downtime of waiting t o s t r e a m , o r n o t having access at all until someone else has finished their session,” she said.

“Winning the Gigatown competition would mean we could connect to s m a l l s c h o o l s f o r teaching and learning. Gigabit speed would allow a platform to create individual learning programmes across schools and subjects with students moving through subjects at their own pace. There will be the ability to have professional learning for teachers with staff in other centres via teleconferences, without the slow streaming.”

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EDITORIAL Four years ago today, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred 10km south-east of Darfield caused widespread damage and disruption to water, power and sewerage services in the Christchurch area. Yesterday’s early morning magnitude 3.8 earthquake centred 25km north of Queenstown is a timely reminder to ensure you have a plan in case of an emergency.With the Alpine Fault nearby, locals should, if they haven’t already, check out the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management website and get prepared. Civil Defence recommends that all households should have a household emergency plan and checklist. Each household should also have an emergency survival kit and a getaway kit which include torches, batteries, blankets, water, food and spare clothing. Get Ready Week - aimed at raising awareness of potential hazards and the need to be prepared – will be held on September 21-27. This year the theme is “What would you do?”Do you have an answer?

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WISHING THE MOST WONDERFUL MUM AND DAD THE HAPPIEST OF ANNIVERSARIES THIS SATURDAY, LOVE YOU HNKS XXXX

WHAT AN AMAZING COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN! THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE CALLS, TEXTS, VISITS AND CARDS FROM EVERYONE. MARK & JO SEDON.

DANGER GARDENERS THAT’S WHY I ALWAYS HAVE A SAFETY MEETING BEFORE I WORK IN THE GARDEN

WHEN IT’S FOGGY TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON SO OTHER DRIVERS CAN SEE YOU

SUMMER IS COMING YOU CAN TEACH YOUR KIDS TO SWIM IN THE LAKE!

NO MORE 18THS AT PUBS. LET THE PARENTS CLEAN THEIR OWN KIDS MESS UP AT THEIR HOUSE.

SO GOOD TO SEE LOTS OF SHEEP BETWEEN WANAKA AND TEKAPO. WE LOVE SHEEP IN NEW ZEALAND. BRING BACK THE SHEEP.

CAN I PAY MY RATES WITH GIGAPOINTS PLEASE?

MUST GET MY CAR SPEEDO CHECKED! WITH THE PEOPLE DRIVING RIGHT UP MY A--E IT MUST BE WRONG ;)

Amazing community

What an amazing community we live in, from the courageous neighbours who were first on scene, the emergency services of whom we should all be so proud, the Wanaka Police who showed such sincerity and professionalism, you all deserve medals for what you do for us all, without expectation of thanks or reward...everyday heroes! In challenging times people show their true worth...all the businesses and individuals that came together with so much love and generosity so we could send our mate Bruce off in such a worthy and memorable way...thank you all! The irony about having to farewell a loved one is that it reminds us all of what we have in each other and not to take anything for granted...so be generous with your words of affection and celebrate your mates. Kia Kaha.

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farmingnewsA monthly column by Kim Reilly of

Federated Farmers, on issues affecting

the Upper Clutha’s rural community…

The Queen Elizabeth II National Trust and Soho Properties Limited recently announced New Zealand’s largest ever private land protection agreement.

The covenant covers 53,000ha of iconic Central Otago high country across substantial parts of Motatapu, Mount Soho, Glencoe and Coronet Peak stations. While each covenant is different, the Soho Properties’ initiative aims to protect outstanding high country landscapes, the habitat of unique native plants and animals, and will provide for historic and recreation values.

This covenant is a great example of a landholder selflessly and voluntarily conceding substantial portions of their land at their own expense to protect public good values. While this agreement is on a large scale, there are many thousands of smaller ones already in place across New Zealand.

T h i s e x i s t i n g c o m m i t m e n t t o conservation is reflected by the fact that the amount of land voluntarily covenanted by private landowners to the QEII National Trust alone, prior to the Soho Properties announcement, was already equivalent to the combined area of the Egmont, Aoraki and Abel Tasman national parks.

Such covenants not only

voluntarily take land out of productive use, but landowners also retain responsibility for managing their covenanted land to the standard required, which comes at a subsequent cost to the landowner.

Farmers were key in the establishment of the QEII National Trust, with Federated Farmers’ former Dairy Chair Gordon Stephenson originally setting the wheels in motion. Alongside other farmers, he wanted to find a way for landowners to protect the landscapes and biodiversity they valued on their properties, while allowing them to tap into the skills and resources they needed to do so.

Unfortunately these types of good news rural stories or details are not generally deemed a s n e w s w o r t h y b y environmental groups, and get little public recognition or media attention.

From Federated Farmers’ perspective, the biggest challenge accompanying s u c h a l a r g e - s c a l e concession of land is to ensure there is adequate provision for the control of weeds and pests that could otherwise be devastating to the district. Significant control is needed, in particular around wilding pines, goats, rabbits and possums. Given the ease with which some of these

pests spread, this is an issue for both neighbouring landowners and the wider region.

While we are assured that sufficient investment has been provided to enable such control, this is an area over which a watching brief must be maintained.

Significant risks generally accompany the retirement of previously lightly grazed areas, and we’ve seen first-hand how quickly weeds and pests can take over once sheep and other stock are removed.

Forestry representatives also hold concerns about the potential spread of invasive wilding pines across the area which, among other things, crowd out native trees and the food they provide for native birds.

It is in the interests of everyone in Central Otago to ensure that the Soho Properties QEII Covenant remains a success story.

F o r t h e a i m s a n d objectives of the covenant to be met and for our high country to truly be protected, provision for the control of pests and weeds must remain t o p a n d c e n t r a l i n everyone’s minds.

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Protecting the High Country

Kangaroo Hoppet successThree top-three placings and six personal bests were achieved at the 24th annual Kangaroo Hoppet cross-country skiing race at Falls Creek in Victoria, Australia.Five Mount Aspiring College students competed in the 7km Joey Hoppet and one student from Gore competed in the 21km Birkebeiner, on Saturday.In the under-16 7km race, Louis Jones was the sixth male, Ella Maluschnig was the third female and Hannah McNabb was the 14th female. Campbell Wright and Ben McNabb, competing in the under-14 7km race, were placed second and ninth respectively. Gore student Cirque Gammelin won the under-18 21km race.

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LYN BROWN BOWEN and JSJ Practitioner treating out of Wanaka Wellness Centre. For appts/info pls ph Lyn 4437388 www.natural-healthwanaka.co.nz

ABHYANGA MASSAGE or another Ayurvedic treatment: A unique experience of self healing and relaxation. Call Martin 443 5712. www.ayur-vedaora.com

REJUVENATE FOR SPRING: Ayurvedic thera-pies and protocol, prevent allergies. Enquiries welcome 02102215409 FB/sadhanaliving/www.sadanalivibg.com

HOMEOPATH AND Wellness Specialist avail-able at Wanaka Wellness Centre. Call Linda Baker on 0211468041 or visit www.intelligen-thealth.com

PREGNANCY YOGA: new Monday eve ses-sion begin 8 sept 6pm/ 90 min. Experienced teacher carmen 02102215409 FB/sadhanaliv-ing Www.sadhanaliving.com

NATURAL SOLUTIONS for health. Holistic Healthcare - detoxification, weight loss, func-tional diagnosis, natural medicine. 4435991. Holistic-healthcare.co.nz

WEIGHWELL CLUB 15th Sept 7pm. Subject: maximum fitness/ minimum exercise. All wel-come. $10 @ wanaka wellness centre

LOCALS SPECIAL - Your first massage is just $45 at The Body Garage. To book in call or text 0212078486

PREGNANCY PILATES - suitable for 2nd/3rd trimester. Stay strong, flexible and healthy throughout your pregnancy. For details ring/text 0212078486

YOGA FOR CANCER support, recovery for patients & caregivers--& ALL desiring a gen-tle, restoring class. Noon Thursdays St. Johns Rooms. Jennifer 0220974596

GENTLE YOGA connecting movement with breath, & You. 9:30 EA WEDS. 557 Aubrey Rd. $12 classes. Mats available. Jennifer 0220974596

QUARTZ CRYSTAL singing bowl and toning sessions for deep relaxation/energy balancing available by appointment. 181 Cemetery Rd HAWEA Jennifer 022 097 4596

YOGA IN HAWEA! Gentle movement with the breath. 181 Cemetery Rd ea Tues & Thurs at 9:30AM $12. Jen 022 097 4596

INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE by Sarah Millwater Dip IIHHT new to Wanaka. Relaxing seated massage head, neck & shoulders 021 059 5639

MASSAGE THERAPY. Neuromuscular therapy, sports massage and vibrational healing. Robyn Clements Dip massage ph 027 678 7731

MASSAGE THERAPY. Sports-,Deep tissue-,Relaxation-,Pregnancy massage. Effective and rejuvenating. Ursula Krebs, Dip. Massage Therapist CH/NZ. Phone: 027 6602271.

HU SONG at Wanaka Wellness Centre this thursday 4th September 5.30pm to 6pm All welcome Gold coin donation Ph 4437388 www.eckankar.husong.org

ASPIRING MASSAGE WANAKA. Est 2004. Trevor Bailey. Full time massage since 1994 USA/NZ. Ph 4432993 or 0274222455. www.aspiringmassagewanaka.co.nz

PREGNANCY BOWEN Therapy with cathy Rodgers 443 7907 / 0210 2201 898 www.lakes-bowentherapy.com

WANT TO get pregnant? Bowen Therapy can help. Contact cathy 02102201898/ 443 7907 www.lakesbowentherapy.com

HOT QIGONG at Hot Yoga Fusion. Come and enjoy deep relaxation for body and mind rejuve-nation. Friday 7.15pm. Contact: James 027 528 0396 wanakaqi@gmail.com

body and mindYOGA FOR your wellbeing, small classes in a warm peaceful environment, to suit all levels. Contact Jill at jillmidgley@gmail.com, 4437655 or 0220685434.

employmentPART TIME and full time senior hair stylists required. Contact Jade at Hairculture for more info 03 443 9515 or jadealex2009@live.com

for sale TAKING ORDERS Now 4 2015 Naish pad-dleboards! Don’t miss out. Call Alpine SUP 0211858001

SAVE TIME - do your grocery shopping online. organicexpress.co.nz

SKIS/BOOTS FOR sale - cheaper than rent-als! Volkl carver XT170 demo bindings & Lange Anthea7 size 8. $50 ono. 4437409

POWER UP your life - electric bikes from Pedego, conversion kits from Lekkie. Moustache electric bikes coming soon! 34 Anderson Road

LEAD LIGHTS /stained glass windows, lamp-shades and decorative mirrors designed and made to suit individual needs. restoration wel-come. Phone 443 5530

AB ROCKET Twister (hardly used) as new $100 Tel 443 2133

WOODEN AIRLINE approved dog transporter for large dog or can be used as a cage - $100. Tel 443 2133

YOUNG 4YO gelding, sale or lease with gear. Experienced rider. Natural horseman-ship home. Curious, friendly, soft, responsive. Parelli start. 0211136845

BEAUTIFUL CHINA tea cup bird feeders, great for attracting wax eyes and bell birds to your garden. Makes the perfect present. $25 ph or txt 021 680 110

ALL ADULT clothing with cut tags now only $1.00 per item at the Salvation Army Family Store

CHILDREN’S CLOTHING with a pink cross are 5 items for $1.00. All other children’s cloth-ing as marked prices at the Salvation Army Family Store

SHOES/BOOTS WITH a yellow dot are 1/2 the marked prices at the Salvation Army Family Store

ALL BOOKS 1/2 the marked price at the Salvation Army Family Store

CHESTERFIELD SOFA. Dark brown leather. $1000. 443 8656

noticeBUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Jake for information 021 404 641

OP SHOP open 12 midday to 4pm at Wanaka Primary School. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

CUSTOMER LOYALTY Cards – ask about these cards on your next visit to the Salvation Army Family Store

HUGE THANX to all who supported th AADogs Heliski Raffle! Especualy HMH and Southern Lakes Heliski for ur generosity...woof!

WELL DONE to Treble Cone for making their chair lifts and lift areas Smokefree!

WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store Opening Hours - Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm. We look for-ward to seeing you there!

WANAKA PHARMACY’S extended winter hours this ski season - 8.30am until 7pm, Monday to Sunday.

noticeHOMEOWNER? LIKE to make some ex-tra $ this summer? Rent your house over New Years. Kiwiana Accommodation www.kiwianaaccommodation.com, for info email iloveit@kiwianainc.com

ROTARY WANAKA book collection, depots Mitre 10 & Video Ezy or call 4436643 to ar-range pickup. Book Sale 3-5 October 2014

BREASTFEEDING PEER Support Councillors ph/txt Kate 027695777, Kim 021495569, Stephanie 0273523047.

OLD WINDOW free to a good home. double glazed. ph 4434499

GET IN shape for spring with a new Paddleboard. Call Alpine SUP 0211858001

SUPER FRESH fruit and vege. We put qual-ity first. organicexpress.co.nz

SURLYBIKES.COM - touring, cargo, trail and fatbikes. Get ready for adventure. Available at Good Rotations in Wanaka! 34 Anderson Road

DISCOVER THE beautiful Cromwell Heritage Precinct.Shops,galleries,cafTs.Lakeside,Melmore Tce,Cromwell.Open daily.www.oldcromwell.co.nz

ROWING COACHES wanted. If you can help out for even just 1 session per week. Please call marg 0272716608. Wanaka rowing club.

TREBLE TONES is a women’s acappella group in Wanaka. We are looking for inter-ested, experienced Alto I and Alto IIs. Kirsty 0272005111

CAN WE EXERCISE YOUR PONY? Experienced Mum with daughter keen to ride. Hawea area, contact Sarah 0210595639

WANAKA TAEKWONDO club offering first week lesson free to All age Than weekly three lesson only $20 call Lax 02040152714 facebook.com/wanakataekwondoclub

WANAKA DISTRICTS Club, for affordable family dining and great bar prices. Join for just $20 per year.

rentROOM FOR rent available for mature person in two bedroom house, Beacon Point Road. Furnished or unfurnished. Ph 0272325584

servicesIS SOMETHING bugging you? Spring is here and the creepy crawlies are on the way. Give your locally owned and operated Jae services a call to help you rid them from your home or workplace. (03) 443 1150

PADDLEBOARDS 4 Sale, new & used, Naish & Mistral. Demo’s available. Call Alpine SUP 0211858001

ARE YOU OVER 60 and need help with laptop or smartphone? Contact Community Networks 4435712 for a free session with a MAC student.

DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR ADDICTION PROBLEMS? Robyn Cousins from SF Central is at Community Networks, 73 Brownston Street Tuesdays 11am-2pm for free confidential advice.

WHEELS TO DUNSTAN:Free daily transport to Dunstan Hospital & Alexandra specialist ap-pointments. Also connects to Dunedin Hospital transport. For bookings call 4437799

INLAND REVENUE are at Community Networks Wednesday 10 September 9am - 12.00pm. For help with personal or business tax,child support,student loans or family tax credits call 4437799 to make an appointment.

FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks by appointment. Call 4437799 or email info@communitynetworks.co.nz

JP SERVICES at Community Networks Tuesdays1pm and Fridays 10.30.For appoint-ments call 4437799

REBOOT YOUR Future: Free CO REAP course in Wanaka on getting back into the workforce. Contact REAP for details on 0800 267 327 or admin@coreap.co.nz

VINTAGE & CLASSIC CAR restoration, mechanical & electrical, MOTOR HOME & CARAVAN repair and restoration. Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

SEWING REPAIRS and alterations. Snow wear, rips an broken zips fixed at an economic price. Phone Sue 0272472181

PLACE YOUR order for a weekly, fortnightly or monthly vegie box at organicexpress.co.nz

FANCY A COLD PINT of local lager? A crisp glass of local wine? Flathead Cafe at Wanaka’s Transport & Toy Museum SH6.

BEAUTIFUL BICYCLES for ladies and gents, Classics from Pilen, Linus, Viva. Good Rotations Bicycle Shop, 34 Anderson Road, Wanaka

MOVING -RELOCATING -shifting? For meas-ures & quotes and all moving services contact Rhonda. Moving Solutions Ltd 021 048 2729 rhonda@movingsolutions.co.nz

GET YOUR art supplies at The Artist’s Corner. Grand Opening sale on now! Spencer House Mall across from New World.

WARDROBE DE-CLUTTERING - I’ll help you decide what to keep, throw, alter. September special, book now! Karen’s Clothing Alterations 443 7409

RAVE REVIEWS FOR TERRA SERVICES! Landscaping, clearing, grading, & more. FAST, EFFICIENT. $85/hour. www.terraservices.co.nz or ring Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

RECONNECT WITH a sense of deep peace and love for FREE! View 15 min film The Message at WWW.LIVING-PRESENCE.ORG

BESPOKE FURNITURE bringing your furni-ture designs to life, from Shaker style kitchens to stunning free standing pieces contact www.davidmillwater.co.nz 021 067 9615

WILSON’S PEST control & Window cleaning. Spider & Fly treatments. Do it once, do it well. Licensed & Accredited. Call anytime 03 443 6652 or www.wilsonservices.co.nz

services NEED A babysitter? Text Katie on 02102988747

WANAKA PHARMACY is your local phar-macy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Street - open until 7pm every single day. Ph 443 8000

wantedWANTED BUNK beds, prefer wooden but will consider others. 4434944/021 251 5510

LOCAL FAMILY require L/T rental, 3+ bdrm (so 4 bdrms, or 3+office or some 4th space, i.e. 2x living etc) to rent from early-mid Oct. 021804460.

WORKSHOP SPACE wanted for furniture making. Please contact Dave 03 4435267 / 021 067 9615

WANTED SELF-CONTAINED flat, private, warm for local female with Labrador girl. Pls phone 0276602271

CASUAL CLEANING job wanted. Local German woman, experienced with eye for detail (weekly or one-offs). $25/hr. Jeannine 0274859580

what’s onLALALAND LOUNGE Bar Wanaka. Open dai-ly from 4pm – 2.30am. Upstairs, 99 Ardmore Street.

EARLY BIRD Luminate Festival tickets now on sale from Base Backpackers in Wanaka and Queenstown. Adult and Youth(14-18 yrs) tick-ets available, numbers are limited, first come first served. Save up to $95! Luminate is a vi-brant summer festival of music, arts, culture, inspiration & transformation. 28th Jan - 4th Feb 2015, Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, Golden Bay. www.luminatefestival.co.nz.

JOIN MIKE van de Elzen for lunch at Edgewater, while he talks about his new book Fast: Good Home Cooking). Saturday September 6, 12 noon. Tickets $20 at Paper Plus. Proceeds to St John.

BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT meets 1st monday every month, plunket rooms, 10.30. Peer support from Kate, Kim and Stephanie.

PRAYER FOR Wanaka, NZ and the world, Upper Room, st Andrews Presbyterian church, tenby st, 730pm , wed 10 September, all welcome.

AFRICAN DRUM n dance workshops this weekend in Alexandra.awesome tutors-all ages.book now with Anna 0226522779

ST NINIANS church , Hawea flat, welcomes you this Sun, 10am. communion, worship, prayer, cuppa. all welcome.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST landing at The Lake Hawea Hotel 9th October fundraiser for The Mental Health Foundation

‘NEW YORK, New York’ evening at Urban Grind, Saturday September 6. Includes NY-styled menu and drinks, MAC jazz and DJ Civilian Sol. Fundraiser for MAC English trip. Tickets $20 from venue or MAC office.

THE PRIME Timers next meeting will be on Thursday September 11 at the Wanaka Districts Club on Plantation Rd at 2.00 pm. All welcome.

WAIORAU NORDIC Sports Club 20th year cel-ebration! 20th September come to our Ceilidh (fun Scottish dance) website www.waioraunor-dicsportsclub.co.nz phone 0275366222

DUCK RACE, a Rotary Wanaka event, 25 October 10am. Start Dungarvon Street, Finish Dinosaur Park, Ticket outlets Video Ezy, New World 5,12 Oct

ROTARY CLUB of Wanaka & Harraway & Sons (sponsor) invite the Koru Quintet to Edgewater, Sunday 26 October 6.30pm Contact Don 021 236 1518

LALALAND HAPPY Hour daily from 5pm – 7pm. $5 tea cocktails from 4pm – 8pm.

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UPPER CLUTHA NETBALL A Grade Finals Findlay Mac A, 29 - Lake Hawea Holiday Park, 22; Senior Reserve Grade Nulook Hawea 39 - Mac B 28; B Grade 1 Mac Yr9 A 22- lightspeed New World 28; B grade 2 Mac Lakeland 24 - Mac 11 Social 14.

WANAKA BRIDGE CLUB Results. Aspiring Stakes 3. North/South:- Vivienne Christie, Errol Kelly 61.89% 1. John Lyness, Laraine Shepherd 61.52% 2. Jan Lyness, Max Shep-herd 58.58% 3. East/West:- Ena Leckie, Deir-dre Lynch 63.85% 1. Jenny Muir, Jenny Pryde 61.64% 2. Dorothy McDonald, Nan Ottrey 54.29% 3. Friday Bridge 29 August. North/South:- Ena Leckie, Laraine Shepherd 69.23% 1. Deirdre Lynch, Heather Wellman 59.04% 2. Ian McDonald, Boyd Ottrey 57.12% 3. East/West:- Dorothy McDonald, Nan Ottrey 65.96% 1. Carol Orbell, Freda Ryder 60.96% 2. Vivi-enne Christie, Neoline Goldsbrough 58.65% 3. Wednesday Bridge. North/ South:- Sandy Bryan, Marion Furneaux 62.75% 1. Pauline Davidson, Peter Hart 54.50% 2. East/West:- Deborah Budden, Miranda O’Leary 72.33% 1. Nicola McGregor, Heather Wellman 69.17% 2. Debbie Brent, Noeline Turner 56.67% 3.

WANAKA STADIUM BOWLS Results Mon-day Evening Edgewater Trophy Final: Winner Donald Urquhart 383pts. Runner up Richie Muir 381pts Tuesday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Madeleine Wilson and Kathryn Mitchell 2: Geoff Thomas and Dave Minson 3: Don McLeay and Bruce Hamilton Wednesday Afternoon Triples 1: K Hodge, C Kiewiet, A Turnbull 2: D Studholme, K Sutherland, R Chartres 3: B Smyth, P Wilson, M Wilson Thursday Mixed Fours 1: S Hurley, L Croft, F Duncan, R Hurley 2: D Urquhart, M Young, N Young K Urquhart 3: G Thomas, G Cameron, R Davey, J Davey Thursday Evening Trades Competition 1: A Haig, G Dowdall, N Walker 2: R McNeilly, L Allison, R Muir 3: P Studholme, M Wight, K Crawford Friday Afternoon Progres-sive Skips:1: Scottie Culverwell 2: Betty Russell 3: George Russell 3rds:: 1:Bruce Hamilton 2: John Maddison 3: Maida Baxter 2nds: 1:Jenny Scott 2: Graeme Walker 3: Oscar Verbiest Leads: 1:Garth White 2: Rick McLean 3: Beaton Marr Saturday Studholme Memorial – Final 1: Mt Albert 5: Bremner Park 2: Beacon Point 6: Pembroke 3:Rippon Lea 7: Hawea 4: Scurr Heights 8: Meadowstone Tuesday afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Geoff Thomas and Kathryn Mitchell 2: Betty Russell and Yvonne Gale 3: George Russell and Robyn Chartres Thurs-day afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Trevor Tovey and Neville Young 2: Noeline Turner and Mel Campbell 3: Geoff Thomas and Alison Brown Friday Afternoon Progressive Skips 1: Trevor Tovey 2: Coleen Landsborough 3: Betty Rus-sell 3rds 1: Jon Barron 2: Bruce Hamilton 3: Madeleine Wilson Leads 1: Iain Fletcher 2: Peter Cooke 3: Beaton Marr

INTERCOLLEIGIATE SHOOT Wanaka Sat-urday August 30: 25 skeet. H O A. 23 Locky Woods, MAC. 1st senior Taylor Diack, Central Southland College. 1st junior, Scott McKenzie, John McGlashen. HOA girls Jessica Fraser, St Kevins. 20 Single Rise. HOA. 20 Dylan Craw-ford, Dunstan High School. Seniors, 1st Harry Davis, WBH. 2nd Kade Bellaney, DHS. 3rd Andrew Mcleod, Gore High. Juniors, 1st Scott McKenzie, JMcG, 2nd Jake Taylor, WBH. 3rd Shane Sanders, JMcG.20 Points Score. HOA. 59 Ryan Black, Aparima College. Seniors, 1st Dylan Crawford, DHS. 2nd Arthur Chapman-Cohen, JMcG. 3rd Taylor Diack, CSC. Juniors 1st Shane Sanders, JMcG. 2nd Harry Simpson, WBH. 3rd Angus Trimble, WHB. 10 Single Barrel. HOA. 10 Angus Trimble, WHB. Seniors, 1st Marcus Allan, Timaru Boys High. 2nd Arthur Chapman-Cohen, JMcG. 3rd Dylan Crawford, DHS. Juniors 1st Shane Sanders, JMcG. 2nd Lewis Mulligan, WHB. 3rd Locky Weir, MAC. HOA Shane Sanders (JMcG), HOA Seniors Dylan Crawford (DHS), HOA jun-ior Angus Trimble (WBH). HOA female Maggie Winter (Craighead). Team Points Score winner WHB on 273, 2nd JMcG on 266

LAKE HAWEA GOLF RESULTS Single Par 1st N.Matchett +5, 2nd T Arscott. +4, 3rd. J Cotter. +3, 4th. T Cotter. +2, D Sullivan +1, I Brown +1. Closest pin no 1 T Arscott no 5 D Sulivan. Two’s D Sullivan, T Arscott.

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League of Champions round 5

Freeski finals contested

The first game of the night was a one-way affair with Independent Scotland continuing to play some of the most exciting, free-flowing, free-scoring futsal to grace the Wanaka futsal arena. They played the Ballstars who managed one goal in reply to the 12 they let in. The final score was 12-1 to the Scots.

The Dribble Squad, complete with a few new signings and a few veterans to bolster the squad, took on the Mishits. It was 5-1 to the Squad at halftime but the Mishits dug in and made the final score a respectable 7-4. Victory for the Squad reinstated them as second spot holders in the league.

Next up the Wanaka Poker Club took on the New Team. WPC tried but their shots,

and there were a few, were off-target or blocked on the line by hook or by crook and failed to score. It was 3-0 to the New Team. New Team ascend one place in the league but WPC hold onto fourth place through goal difference alone.

The last game of the night was between Notinyourmum’s Forest and the Misfits. There was always going to be a “coming of age” for the Foresters, who look the part on paper but have

been in the bottom half of the table all season. Unfortunately the other team at the bottom has been the Misf i ts and they caught the brunt of the Foresters’ resurgence. It was 8-0 at halftime, thanks to some great individual goals from Alex Sherwood and some well-constructed team football moments that the Misfits had no come back to. The final score was 11-0 to the Foresters.

The Upper Clutha Deerstalkers hunting competition has been hailed as very successful by the organiser Russell Duff. A record number of entrants – 112 males and females, including 30 juniors – took part in the event which was held over the weekend with the weigh-in at the Albert Town Tavern on Sunday. It was perfect weather for hunting and plenty of animals were presented at the weigh-in. In the open division, there was a good selection of red deer, fallow deer, wild pigs and goats entered, as well as wallabies, a chamois and a wild turkey. In the junior section (5-15 years), there was a big variety of “little critters” including opossums, hares, rabbits, ferrets, magpies, a rat, a starling and a mouse.

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The Upper Clutha Year 7A representative netball team finished its season on a high in Dunedin at the weekend by winning their grade in the tournament. They competed in four official tournaments in August and were placed third in the first tournament in Queenstown, second in Balclutha and they won both the Alexandra and Dunedin tournaments.The team, pictured, are (back) coach Margo Beattie, Meg Breen, Kirsten Blackley, manager Emma Breen, (middle) Jessica Ecroyd, Jodie Chisholm, Krystal McCutcheon, Rata Horran, (front) Annie Timu, Josie Plimmer and Shanae Sanders.

Just a week after picking up her first ever World Triathlon Series podium finish in Sweden, Wanaka’s Nicky Samuels has added another at the WTS grand final in Edmonton, Canada.Nicky was placed third behind Gwen Jorgensen (USA) in first place and Andrea Hewitt (NZL) in second. She finished with a 2014 world ranking of fifth. Pictured, celebrating on the podium, are Andrea and Nicky.

An international field of 12 men and four women contested the three-run finals of The North Face Freeski Open of New Zealand slopestyle at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Friday. James Woods (UK) and Kelly Sildaru (Estonia) took out the two top spots.

New Zealand athletes made up half the field and included Jossi, Beau-James and Jackson Wells. Jossi (pictured) scored 89.3 to take third place, Beau-James was placed seventh with his best score of 76.3, and Jackson was placed eighth with 74.3. Finn Bilous, also from Wanaka, was placed ninth with his best score of 71.3.

Sweden’s Emma Dahlstrom finished in second place with a top score of 82.3 and Wanaka-based Anna Willcox rounded

out the women’s podium with a third place scoring of 70.7.

Five women and ten men competed in a three-run halfpipe

final in the 22-foot Olympic halfpipe on Saturday.

Wanaka’s Janina Kuzma scored 90.3 for the best run of her career and won gold in the women’s field. Kelly Sildaru was second and Britt Hawes (NZ) was in third place.

“I’m really pumped,” Janina said. “I started off the NZ winter with some new tricks and now I’m feeling well prepared for the northern hemisphere winter.”

The men’s competition was tight with Taylor Seaton (USA) winning with a score of 93, Beau-James was placed second with 87 points, and Jossi took the third podium spot with 86.7. Finn, with a score of 72, was placed sixth.