Wanaka Sun | 23 - 29 June 2016 | Edition 771

Kahu Youth’s Matariki goes with a bang

n the shortest day of the year, Mount Aspiring College stu-dents leapt into the lake at

dawn in the annual polar plunge. The morning of Tuesday June 21 was, probably to the students’ de-light, quite mild for the time of year, as Year-13 students gathered for the tradition, which has been in exist-ence for many years. All gold coin donations from the plunge will this year be donated to St John’s Ambulance.

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ahu Youth Trust’s lakeside Matariki celebrations were a success last Saturday, with

the help of volunteers and surpris-ingly pleasant weather.Youth team member Richard Elvey said, “It was like a double celebra-tion, as we were expecting a huge weather front, which thankfully held off. It was an amazing day.”The day’s festivities, which included a traditional hangi, fireworks and bonfires, raised around $1700 for the Trust.Local schools joined in the fun, with haka performances from Wanaka Primary School and Mount Aspir-ing College, whose students also donated their time to helping make the event a success. Richard said that there were around 30 to 40 young volunteers, some from MAC’s Stu-dents in the Community programme and some young people who use the Trust’s services. “It would take up three pages to thank the thousands of people that we want to thank, as the help we have had has been phenomenal. However, we do need to say a special thanks to Light Up Wanaka, who provided the fireworks, as without them we simply couldn’t do this event,” Richard said.

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Varina Proprietary Limited (Varina) was successful in having its resource consent application granted in part following the release of a decision by Queenstown Lakes District Council Commissioners Jane Taylor and Andrew Henderson.

Varina applied for resource consent to operate visitor accom-modation dwellings located at 200 Brownston Street, 37 and 41 Mc-Dougall Street and 177 Upton Street, Wanaka and to establish a function facility to provide for unspecified events, meetings, conferences and educational purposes at 37 McDou-gall Street, Wanaka.

In 2013 the company was granted a resource consent to establish visi-tor accommodation involving staff and up to 48 guests. Demand for the function centre from non-house guests resulted in Varina applying for resource consent to operate the existing function facility for up to 120 guests who will not be required to be accommodated or park at visitor

accommodation surrounding the function facility.

Fifty-seven submissions were received, of which ten submissions were in support and 47 submissions were in opposition to the applica-tion. The main objections were the lack of adequate car parking and adverse noise emissions, including concerns regarding the cumulative effects of noise with the proposed community house.

After consideration the com-missioners concluded, “that the proposed 52 day-time events and the proposed 15 evening functions per year, would not result in noise effects that are more than minor provided that an appropriate noise manage-ment plan is enforced through active management.”

The decision requires Varina to submit a noise management plan to the council and to adhere to the strict parking guidelines set out in the decision. Restrictions on the maximum number of functions, when functions were able to be held and the number of guests were also imposed.

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Anne Dickinson celebrated her 102nd birthday on Thursday June 16 with a quiet, high tea celebration with her family at Elmslie House. She received many flowers and cards, and expressed how fortunate she was to have such kindness and caring in her life. Originally from Southland, Anne moved to Wanaka to be nearer to family almost eight years ago.

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Skydive the Beach Group Limited, Australia and New Zealand’s leading skydiving adventure tourism company, announced earlier this week that it had entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Skydive Wanaka.

The company will acquire 100 percent of Skydive Wanaka for $10.4 million representing a multiple of 4.5 times Wanaka’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation and raised A$15 million through investors which was over-subscribed by the June 17 deadline.

Skydive the Beach expects the acquisition to be completed on July 1. The company also owns Skydive NZone operations in Queenstown and expects Wanaka Skydive to enhance its Queenstown operations.

Skydive the Beach chief financial officer Anthony Ritter said, “Skydive Wanaka would be an outstanding acquisition by itself. But the strategic advantages, cost savings and syner-gies inherent in combining it with NZone in Queenstown will turbo-boost our New Zealand operations.”

The company would now have the option of transporting Queenstown tandem jumpers to Wanaka on days when jumping was cancelled on poor weather days in either resort.

Skydive the Beach is acquiring an additional high-capacity aircraft and three luxury coaches to transport Queenstown tandem jumpers to Wanaka.

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Multi-award-winning New Zealand author and illustrator Donovan Bixley had children mesmer-ised at Holy Family School on Tuesday.

Donovan is visiting schools to talk about his part-novel, part-comic Monkey Boy. The book won Best Junior Fiction at the 2015 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and was also named as one of the top 200 children’s books in the world.

His latest book, an illustrated biography of Shakespeare, has been published around the

world and was recently named a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards.

Donovan will be giving a free talk on his book at the Wanaka Library this Saturday, June 25, at 11am.

“I'll be talking about the inspiration behind my innovative new biography and the life of the famous bard, as well as discussing why he is still relevant 400 years after his death,” Donovan said.

Donovan is one of New Zealand's best-selling book creators, with more than 90 books published in 27 countries.

Pictured: Donovan Bixley talking to students at Holy Family School.

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The mum of five-year-old Arian Truter has said that she has been amazed at the amount of love shown towards her family since arriving in Wanaka on Sunday (June 19).

Aspiring Helicopters and Alpine Image Com-pany kicked off the family’s trip with a helicopter ride and photo shoot on Monday.

“Arian was so excited when the helicopter took off. He was talking to the pilot and telling us that he wants to become a pilot, and he was so, so happy,” Sanaz said.

“The view from the top of the mountain where we landed was amazing. We thought he was going to be scared but he was walking around, loving it.”

Sanaz was also treated to some pamper time

with a makeover and hair cut from the Brooklyn Barbers, who she said had been wonderful.

“It has been seriously amazing and way beyond what we thought it was going to be. We are amazed at how selfless people are here. It is a beautiful community and we wish we could stay here,” Sanaz said.

The family still have a jam-packed itinerary to get through, including pony rides by the lake and snowboarding at Cardrona, where Arian will get to see snow for the first time.

Arian has been diagnosed with a rare and inoperable brain tumor and was given just nine months to live at the beginning of the year.

To donate towards Arian’s treatment and research to help other children like Arian visit givealittle.co.nz/cause/teamarian.

Pictured: Arian with parents Nadim and Sanaz.

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Otago regional councillors adopted the council’s 2016-17 Annual Plan yesterday.

Otago regional Council chairman Stephen Woodhead said the 184 people and organisations who made submissions could be proud of the input they had into the hearing panel’s deliberations and the full council’s ultimate consideration of the panel’s recommendations.

Some of the highlights of the plan approved by the councillors included

the approval of funding of $100,000 towards the control of wilding conifers in Otago; lowering of the threshold for rural properties to be charged the rural water quality rate from 4ha to 2ha; the provision for the development of a regional economic strategy for Otago; construction of a new stock truck effluent disposal site in Central Otago; the appointment of a dedicated harbourmaster for Otago, subject to the recommenda-tions of a pending report on harbour matters and support for increased activity for natural hazards and emergency management.

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A 42-year-old man has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm following the stabbing of another man, also in his 40s, in Cromwell over the weekend.

Police were called to an address in Cromwell in the early hours of Saturday morning (June 18), where a man was found to have been stabbed in the arm a number of times. He was assisted by a St Johns ambulance crew and taken to Dunedin Hospital by helicopter.

Craig Lisle Wadsworth, 42, has

since been remanded in custody by consent and will appear in Queenstown District Court on Monday, June 27, while the victim remains in hospital with serious injuries.

Police are looking for help from the public to locate the weapon, believed to be a hunting-style knife with a blade measuring 150mm long and 25mm wide. The knife may have been dumped in the area of Antimony Crescent, Waenga Drive and Wishart Crescent. Anyone who locates a knife fitting this description in that area is asked to hand it into the Cromwell Police Station.

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Community Networks has recently appointed Jan Scown as the new school holiday club programme coordinator.

Jan, pictured, has been in Wanaka for 18 months after moving here from Wellington.

She ran a support agency for people with disabilities in Hamilton and she headed up the office for disability issues in Wellington for the last 12 years.

Jan likes tramping, walking and getting out and about and is looking forward to the challenge of her new position.

“I saw the job as something really important for the community. It is a good programme with a great reputation and I wanted a role where

I would help and support people in the community.

“I’ve got a lot to learn and have big shoes to fill,” Jan said of previous co-ordinator Delfina Blatchley.

Jan will be assisted by experienced facilitators Bridget Muir, Sarah Smith and Sarah Ballard who have worked in the programme before.

“I’m looking forward to working with these wonderful ladies,” Jan said.

In the July school holidays among the activities available are a trip to the Snow Farm Fun Zone, a visit to the Scientific Funomena at Wanaka Primary School hall, arts and crafts, a mid-winter party and other outdoor activities. The programme is open for children between the ages of five and 12. For more information or to register go to the Community Networks website.

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After recent revelations that all of Queens-town’s glass recycling is being buried at the Victoria Flats tip, residents in other parts of Central Otago were concerned about where the glass they were placing in their recycling

bins outside their homes was going.Queenstown Lakes District Council has

confirmed that glass collected from both Wa-naka and Makarora are recycled and enquiries made with Central Otago District Council confirmed the Cromwell glass is currently being stockpiled at Parkburn awaiting future recycling.

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Young Stroke Thrivers Charitable Trust co-founder Maria Fredatovich is committed to helping other young stroke survivors to achieve their ambitions.

A stroke in 1996 when she was 13 years old left her completely paralysed down one side. Through determination, hard work and a positive outlook she learnt to walk again.

Her motto is, “make the most of life with what it presents you,” and Maria went on to participate in challenging outdoor activities such as skiing, mountain-biking and tramping. After completing a Bachelor of Interior Design at Unitec, Maria worked and lived in London independently, travel-ling more than 30 countries along the way.

After returning to live in Wanaka in 2012 Maria met 12-year-old McKenzie.

“McKenzie’s mother contacted me as she was concerned about what the future held for her daughter,” Maria said.

Having just returned from London, Maria decided to fundraise to give McKenzie and other children like her the opportunity to try skiing at one of the adaptive sports centres around New Zealand.

“It was supposed to be a one off,” Maria said.Maria raised $9000, some of which enabled

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“Learning how to ski, gaining confidence and overcoming new obstacles from her stroke helped teach McKenzie that there are no limits with what she can achieve,” Maria said.


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After completing the Gillespie Pass walk in 2013 with the help of Dr Andrew McLeod, Maria was ap-proached by Michael Sidey, deputy chairman of Forsyth Barr Limited to establish the Trust.

“Maria’s positive attitude and her wish to provide opportunities to other Young Thrivers was my reason for establishing the Young Stroke Thrivers Charitable Trust with Maria. Maria’s post-stroke rehabilitation journey has highlighted the lack of awareness, facilities and opportuni-ties available to stroke children,”

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and 11 years, to benefit from the Trust so far are Amelia, Gabriel, Mili, Sofia, Tino, and Zoe, pictured sit-skiing. They all had a great day learning to ski at Snowplanet. Indi-vidual training enabled the children to develop their skills, confidence and have fun skiing.

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Five community projects have been selected by Contact Energy and LMS Events, working with the Hawea Community Association, to receive financial support from this year’s Contact Epic Community Fund.

“We were able to give a total of $5400 to support five strongly youth-focused projects that might not otherwise be able to access funding, with between $700 and $1500 each,” Clyde Power Station project manager, generation and develop-ment, Neil Gillespie, said.

Contact Epic event director Danielle Nicholson of LMS Events said it was a thrill to give back to the Hawea community, which gave so much to make the event a success.

Trampolining athlete Deia Wolfe, 11, received funding to help cover the cost of competing at the 2016 New Zealand Gymsports Championships.

“Deia has worked so hard to qualify for this national event and without this funding we might have had to say no as it costs well over $3000 with coaching and entry fees, travel, accommodation,”

Deia’s mother, Kate Wolfe, said. After Hawea Playgroup’s 100-year-

old septic tank broke down last month, the group had to fundraise about $11,000 to repair and replace the aging plumbing system. The fundraising started with donations, a silent auction and its annual garage sale, which was held the same week as the plumbing disaster, and is now complete thanks to the Contact Epic Community Fund.

“We are very humbled and ecstatic to report that we have now raised all funds needed to sort our septic tank and plumbing dilemma,” Hawea Playgroup president Jo Goodwin said.

“Some work has already taken place to replace the damaged pipes and install a new septic tank but a new effluent and soak pit was also needed which is booked in to be sorted during the July school holi-days… During the summer holidays we will need to reshape and resow the lawn to sort out the hole and mud pit that the numerous diggings have created.”

The group initially needed about $8000 to get playgroup open and

replace the septic tank. Then the group discovered the effluent and soak pit were also in need of replace-ment, which meant an increase in costs to about $11,000.

The playgroup also received contributions from the Ministry of Education, Rotary Club of Wanaka, Masonic Lodge of Wanaka, Hawea Dip Trust and Air Max Refrigeration.

“We are very blown away by our community’s generosity and sup-port,” Jo said.

The other successful applicants were Aspiring Gymsports Club to support the XTND Youth Leadership programme, Hawea Flat School to assist with the purchase of a line marker and Luggate Albion Cricket Club to assist with a new artificial pitch.

“It is a tremendous contribution from Contact Energy and LMS Events,” Hawea Community Associa-tion chair Paul Cunningham said. “We’re really pleased too this year to get in behind the new cricket pitch. We have a huge number of young people playing cricket in Hawea and so it is fantastic to have this new pitch.”

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Senior students at Wanaka Primary School worked with local mosaic artist Janey Johnston to create eight mosaic bird tiles that will be placed in the new playscape area currently under construction at the school.

Wanaka Primary School assistant principal Daryl Gellatly said the children had been working on the project over the last two weeks with Janey.

“Janey has generously donated her time to help the children make the mosaic bird tiles representing

each of the tribe birds. We are try-ing to encourage leadership in the higher year levels. Two students were chosen from each tribe to collaborate and work together on the mosaic tiles,” Daryl said.

There are eight tiles in the col-lection, six representing the tribe birds and two tiles depicting kiwis.

Janey Johnston said she really enjoyed working with the children.

“I feel like a facilitator. They have all that creativity within and I just guided them. There was a lot of intensity but it was a lot of fun.

Pictured: The senior students involved in the project with Janey and the completed mosaic tiles.

Students and artist collaborate


Managing money and navigating the financial world can sometimes be daunting. Te Wananga o Aotearoa offer a no-fee Certificate in Money Management course in Wanaka which could be just the course to help you get your finances under control.

Course tutor Mylrea Bell said, “There is a lot of financial pressure in this town and knowledge from the course helps people to deal with it in a positive way, and increases confidence in dealing with financial matters. It is so good to be able to offer the course in Wanaka.”

The course works for those who are struggling with their finances and wanting to reduce debt through to those considering investments and deciding what will work best for them, depending on their age, stage and risk profile. The course also covers property, home-ownership issues, asset protection in terms of

wills, power of attorney and insur-ances. There is also a module on the share market and valuing business for investment.

There is a lot of jargon in finance and this course helps participants to put everything into “regular speak”.

Past pupil Lyn Williamson said it was, “a very informative course. I would recommend it to everyone. I believe it would help young folk to-day if it was compulsory in schools.”

Morgan Howie also found the course to be helpful.

“This course has been so good for me, it has helped me feel more capable in dealing with my finances, budgeting and getting on top of debt. I now don't feel overwhelmed by the word budget. Mylrea is fantastic and is a great support in learning. If budgets, finances and retirement planning scare you this is a great way to get over that fear and take the power back.”

The fully funded course com-mences on July 5 and will run each Tuesday evening for 20 weeks.

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Mount Aspiring College students have been busy building new nesting platforms for the Grebe Programme, which they presented earlier this week. Retired zoologist John Darby, who has been building nest platforms for Lake Wanaka’s grebes for three years, collected the platforms from the students on Tuesday.

A group of Year-7 students, alongside a group of Year-11 boys, helped with drilling and putting screws into the platforms, which were con-structed out of wood and pool noodles, under the supervision of workshop technician Tony

Waterworth.“We have built environmental things in the

past, but this is a special one, as it is the first time any of the younger people have been involved,” Tony said.

John said that the new platforms were beauti-fully made, and would replace the old ones, a lot of which were breaking and causing problems.

Funding secured by Mount Aspiring College principal Wayne Bosley and Wanaka’s Angling Club, alongside a special deal on materials from Mitre10, made the project possible.

Pictured: Year-7 students Fiona Hunt, Izzy Percy, Holly-Grace Davey, Bella Sarginson, Millie Cranfield and Jacob Field with retired teacher and workshop technician Tony Waterworth.

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Knit Wanaka’s Worldwide Knit in Public Day gathering outside Kai Whakapai on Saturday attracted a range of people. The pop-up, outdoor lounge was buzzing with knitting enthusiasts of all abilities for the two and a half hour event. About 40 people dropped in, with up to 30 people knitting at its busiest.

Holiday-maker Mohamed Abou-Rabiah, from Auckland, was the first official drop-in. Mo-hamed, pictured, was working in an emergency department when he was taught to knit by one of his patients and he decided to make his sister a beanie. His first attempt was ruled out as not good enough by his mates, so he made another and just kept on knitting. He is currently travel-ling, and knitting his way, around the South Island with a friend.

Several locals also dropped by the outdoor lounge for knit, including Bif Taylor and Karen Read, pictured below.

International knit day celebrated

The Wanaka and Queenstown market is full of small business owners who are working hard to grow into more substantial operations. The issue many find is that once their business starts to take off that’s when they need more funds to grow or even buy a house. This can create a disconnect, as typically banks will only consider a business’ past trading history when determining its ability to repay a new loan. Borrowing money then becomes difficult, not to mention frustrating, as even though cash flow may be strong, lenders may not be interested if there is insufficient proof to back this up. As a result many business owners have to delay buying or building a home or expanding their business until the new financial year. Businesses that have been trading for less than two years are often in a similar boat.

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Retired zoologist John Darby, who has been working on a grebe nesting programme in Wanaka for the past three years, has been given a research grant of $18,000 to continue his work.

The sum, which comes to almost $21,000 once GST is added, has come from the Participatory Science Plat-form, which is designed to encourage communities to work together on collaborative science projects.

John said that the work he had been doing already ticked a lot of the boxes to make his research eligible for the grant. For a project to be eli-gible, it must be locally relevant and resonate within the community, have scientific value and provide quality teaching and learning opportunities.

“The grant encourages young people to come together and work on these projects too, which I think is particularly important, as these are the people who will be looking after the grebes in the future,” John said.


Mount Aspiring College had a successful evening at Smokefreerock-quest, with five-piece band Kairos earning first place in the bands category, and four-piece Ceiling coming in third.

Junior Sound System won the people’s choice award and best song with Lowdown.

With just two days before the competition, Kairos still had half a song left to write last Wednesday.

Band member Rosie Spearing said, “it all came together on Wednesday and Thursday. We worked really hard

and by Friday we weren’t as stressed as I was expecting us to be. It all came together really nicely and we played really well. There was some really tough competition and we weren’t expecting to win. It was all a bit surreal.”

The band have already started working on their 15 minutes of video footage which they will need to enter for selection as national finalists, with the competition’s final taking place in September.

Pictured: Kairos band members Markus McCraith (drums), Will Cole (guitar, keys, vocals), Rosie Spearing (vocals), Sam Jenkin (guitar) and Lucan Smith (bass).

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FROM LEFT: MANAGER SUE GIBSON, WITH DONNA AND SANDRA

Alex Campbell's Menswear kicks off its birthday celebrations in style. Yes, the store has now com-pleted its first 12-months, bringing its own special mix of everyday needs and top fashion brands into Central Otago and the Central Lakes districts.

Along with some fantastic birthday specials, there is a substantial $500 cash price for one lucky customer.

The store is in the Cromwell Mall, in the former NU Dax store location. Being centrally located in Cromwell, means its target market is mostly less than an hour’s drive away.

Doing business here is a pleasure as the people are both positive and relaxed.

"I just love the buzz the area gives off. It's so posi-tive it rubs off," said Alex Campell's owner, Lindsay Campbell.

Store manager Sue Gibson has moulded a popu-lar and friendly local team, with Donna Lord, Sandra Zoutenbier and Kate Robertson. They have been well supported and just love meeting new custom-ers everyday. All have remarked how first-time clients often say "wow" when they walk in because the store is so big, and has pretty much everything for one-stop shopping, from suits down to socks, and everything in between.

“Whether you're after everyday items or fashion brands, we cater to all. I instill in my team what Lindsay preaches, that we are there to make cus-tomers happy, not to just make sales,” Sue said.

The specials are on for a few weeks only and the $500 cash prize will be drawn on July 10. We hope to see you in Cromwell.



Luxurious Knitwear Specialising in NZ made Fine Merinos and gorgeous possum and merino garments.

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TRUDIE MILLARPersonal stylist It is not surprising if you feel overwhelmed when it comes to mixing print and pattern together. Most people fear looking ridiculous, but don’t miss out on this exciting way to dress. Mixing oozes style, creativity, fun and confidence. Not to mention a sense of achievement - you have mastered the art of putting together what typically doesn’t go, and look fabulous while doing so.

Just a few simple guidelines will have you tearing apart your wardrobe, and putting together what you never thought possible. Like any style change, you may feel self-conscious at first, but follow these tips and I promise you won’t look stupid.

The more print and pattern you combine in one outfit the more skill it takes. And yes, height, weight, shape and age do matter. You will see numerous pattern trends in fashion magazines that can seem weird, but go for the ones that suit your style personality. Always remember that every purchase you make should go with a least three other items in your wardrobe.

When you see a print you like ask yourself, “will my best or worst

features be highlighted? Is it only a one-season look? Can it work to cre-ate other outfits in my wardrobe?”

If it is your first time mixing items, max out at two patterns. Safe coordination comes from either two patterns with a solid colour or two solid colours with a pattern. Still nervous? Tie a plaid shirt or a printed sweatshirt around your waist to a weekend outfit.

Mix prints of different scales such as larger stripes with small stars. Choose one print to dominate as your focal point and the other as an accent. Think about keeping your outfit in a similar colour pallet, such as varying shades of black,navy or grey etc.

Try patterns with neutral prints for a relaxed look. Using a belt to create a break between prints will soften your outfit. Look for elements you can use to unite the patterns, such as colour, theme or design lines. You could put two different floral items together that share the same theme.

The smaller the print/pattern the easier it is to mix them. The busier or more complex, coordinate it with a solid colour or a more simple pattern or texture such as pin stripe.

When in doubt polka dots and stripes are always a winner!

Mixing pattern and print

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There are only a few tickets left for this Friday’s Spanish night Fiesta de las Estrellas (Party of the Stars) which is being held at The Venue.

Year 11 and 12 Spanish students are fundraising for their trip to Spain this September.

There will be 32 students on the three-week trip to Spain where they will immerse themselves in the

language and culture of Spain. They will not only be travelling around Spain taking in the sights, but will also be staying with host families along the way.

Previous Spanish nights organised by Mount Aspiring College have been a huge success.

Tickets are $65 which includes a three-course, Spanish-themed meal, Spanish music and dancing and an auction. Tickets are available from the MAC office.

Irene Mertz, Lorna Stronach, Elaine Parsons and Nancy Fluit were among the almost 30 Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village and Elmslie House residents who went for a Sunday drive in classic cars. The residents enjoyed afternoon tea at the Warbirds and Wheels cafe at the airport where 1920-1940s songs played on the jukebox.

Tickets selling fast to Fiesta de las Estrellas


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Making a Mark on the Market

Get ready, set, go. You will need to

be quick with this one as the market

is racing. Calling all first home

buyers and investors, this cute 3

bedroom home situated on Mataraki

Place is off Anderson Road: close to

the schools, Mount Iron, and an

easy bike ride into town. Wrap-

around decking provides plenty of

enjoyable outdoor living.

Albert Town 12 Quinnat Street 4 A 2 F 2 I

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Leaving Town

Yes our owners are packing up the

family and heading East, creating a

wonderful opportunity to own an

established home in this popular

family friendly neighbourhood.

This fully fenced, four bedroom

home is near new and situated on a

nice easy care 1001 sqm section,

making it a sound rental or ideal

family home with loads of room for

the troops.

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Class Above

From the moment you enter this

property off Hollywood Rise, you will

be impressed by the attention to

detail, from the feature driveway and

fencing, through to the unique

appearance of this Sarah Scott

designed home. This is one out of

the box, and if you are looking for

more than Vanilla then this must be

viewed to be truly appreciated.

Albert Town 10 Sandys Lane 5 A 4 F 2 I

Deadline Sale Offers by 4pm 7th July 2016

(unless sold prior)

View Sunday & Wednesday at 1pm

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More than Most

If you are looking for space this

beautifully constructed eco-home

has more than most. In addition to

the four bedrooms and massive

living areas there is a library, games

room, drying room and four

bathrooms. This home sits down a

private lane on a landscaped acre

and is within minutes to the Wanaka

township. Call now to find out more.

Wanaka 143 Anderson Road 4+1 A 2 C 2+1 F 2 I

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Acre with Earnings

Here is an opportunity to own this

classic country style home, set upon

a spacious acre, yet so close to

town & the schools. This generous 4

bedroom home, would be ideal for a

large family or as a solid rental

investment (currently returning $630

pw). Top that off with a self-

contained Cottage attached to the

home, that is currently used as a

short-term rental.

Wanaka 58 West Meadows Drive 4 A 2 C 1 D 2 F 2 I

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Elevated Elegance

The expansive multiple living areas

are the star of the show here,

perched on this elevated site,

providing fantastic privacy from any

neighbours on this well established

property. The views are stunning,

taking in glorious snowcapped

mountain vistas and glimpses of the

lake, enabling you to nestle in front

of the large wood fire and soak it all

in.

Wanaka 11 Edgewood Place 5 A 2 F 2 I


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Space To Spread Out

Enter through the lovely entryway

with schist stone feature wall to the

foyer overlooking the enveloped

deck with views to the mountains.

Make your way into the open-plan

kitchen dining and living area with

timber flooring and high-ceilings that

make this home feel sophisticated

and elegant. A cosy lounge extends

off the dining area to provide an

extra space that can be closed off.

Queensberry Lot 11 Willowbank Road 8.45 ha P

For Sale $320,000

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Land Aplenty

Located at the end of Willowbank

Road, this sizeable flat block offers

plenty of options, either as a bare

land site or establish your rural oasis

in this sheltered spot. Surrounded

by mountain vistas, and positioned

under the umbrella of the Central

Otago District Council, you have

plenty of flexibility, yet still positioned

close to Luggate, Wanaka and the

surrounding Central Lakes. Call now

for more information.


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Well done WanakaLittle town with a big heart is right for all the generous services, goods, activities and

memories you have gifted to Arian and his family.

It’s not the first time Wanaka has stepped up to help out a family and it sure won’t be the last!

It was heartening to read in last week’s Wanaka Sun about the vibrant, giving and loving community we have and to be re-minded that we live in such a “community”.

Thanks for bringing the stories to light.The online community is just one way

of connecting people to do good things. I congratulate all those involved in Food for Love, Wanaka Warmth for Winter and similar projects for doing something worthwhile and, simply, very nice. Sorry I can’t remem-ber all the names. And of course to the on-the-ground groups as well.

Perhaps the reason we have no snow is because of all the warm fuzzies going around town? Be well

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WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store. Opening Hours – Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 4pm. We look forward to seeing you here!DONATIONS KINDLY received. Please drop them into the Salvation Army Family store or ph 443 5068 to book a pick up.BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking op-portunity to grow your business. Contact Rosie Ford for information 021 189 6671WANAKA PRIMARY School ‘Op Shop’ open Tues & Thurs - 12 midday to 4pm. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, along-side the steps.

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WANAKA PHARMACY is your local pharmacy. We’re the big phar-macy at the top of Helwick Street - open until 7pm every single day. Ph 443 8000 JP SERVICES are available at Community Networks every Tuesday from 1pm and Friday from 10.30am. Please book your appoint-ment by ringing Community Networks 03 443 7799.

INLAND REVENUE are at Community N e t w o r k s , Wednesday 22 June, 9am – 12.30pm. If you need help with your Tax return, Family Tax cred-its or the changes to Child support give Community Networks a call on 03 443 7799 to make an appoint-ment for this free service.

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REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION RESULTS

Parent Representatives VotesTAMATI, Paul 201

TOOMEY, Martin 163

GIBSON, Tracey 150

BROWN, Shona 143

NEPIA, Ed 106

WATHERSTON, John 92

KING, Richard 81

COTTIER, Ross 46

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Vetlife is a privately owned veterinary practice with branches throughout Canterbury and Otago.

We currently have an opportunity for a qualified and experienced Vet Nurse with a passion for customer service to join the team at our Wanaka clinic.

The successful candidate will work alongside our team of veterinarians and also make sure that our clients receive the highest quality customer service by co-ordinating their phone calls and requests,appointments and product needs.

Key attributes for this position include:• A passion for animal health

• A qualification in Vet Nursing with a desire to develop further• Friendly personality and the confidence to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues• Strong team player skills

This is a full time position which includes some rostered Saturday morning work. Duties are varied from reception work to full surgical nursing duties. If this sounds like the challenge you need, please submit your expression of interest and CV to:

Nicola Williams HR Manager, [email protected]

FREE LEGAL ADVICE available at Community Networks deliv-ered by the Dunedin Community Law Centre on Wednesday 6th July. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book your appointment. CAN YOU no longer drive? The Total Mobility Scheme provides sub-sidised taxi services to people who have an impairment that pre-vents them from being able to drive. Contact Community Networks

for more informa-tion on 443 7799. FREE COMPUTER lessons for older people - Community Networks is offering one-to-one or small group lessons in your own home on your own device. If you are interested or know of friends or neighbours who are struggling please call in to Community Networks or phone 03 443 779. Our thanks go to the Synod of Otago and Southland for pro-viding the funds for this project.

CAREERS ADVICE and CV assistance available at Community Networks, delivered by Central Otago REAP. Free to school leavers 17-23 yrs or $30/half hour session or by preapproved arrange-ment by Work & Income. Please call Community Networks on 443 7799 to book.NOT FOR profit training workshop: ‘Successful Funding Applications’. Facilitated by Community Networks Wanaka and delivered by the Otago Chamber of Commerce, 9 August, 1.30-4.30pm, Wanaka. Payment of $40 on registration. For further in-formation, or to register, please contact 0800 42 49 68 or [email protected]

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Due to a high number of rabbits in Luggate park area, an application of carrot pindone is going to be applied to reduce numbers.

Please note: Pindone is less hazardous than other poisons. Would require an average sized dog to consume in excess of 20 entire poisoned rabbit carcasses to cause any secondary poisoning. Ifpoisoning occurs please take to vet for treatment with Vitamin K.

For any further information Please contact Paul Cosgrove. PH 0274306082.

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Queenstown Lakes District Council harbour master has hit back at incidents arising from “stupidity” on the district’s lakes, after two people were rescued from Lake Wakatipu at the weekend in an inflatable boat with only one life jacket between them.

Marty Black said incidents such as this are more common in Queen-stown than in Wanaka, only being able to recall one in Wanaka just before Christmas, compared to two or three in Queenstown.

“These stupid people that are

involved should pay for their rescue. Why should we have to pay for them? The rescue at the weekend cost between $4000 and $5000, and it puts people at risk who are search-ing for them in the dark,” Marty said.

“The message is that anyone who goes out or wants to do a trip needs to have a Plan A and a Plan B. Plan A is to tell someone where you are going, what you are going to do and take your safety equipment like your life jackets. Plan B is to be prepared if it does go pear-shaped. Think about the time of day that you go. The last thing you want if it goes pear-shaped is for it to be getting dark.”

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A seven-hour clean-up operation was in place on Monday after a milk truck toppled over on SH8A, Luggate-Tarras Road.

Site maintenance supervisor at Fulton Hogan, Bart Nicol,was on road patrol when he received a call about the incident at around 11am.

“I wouldn’t want to speculate further at this stage, but the truck went into the water table and the driver wasn’t able to recover it and it fell

onto its side,” Bart said.The driver only suffered minor head injuries

and was taken away in an ambulance. Fulton Hogan, alongside Central Machine

Hire, worked at the scene to get all of the milk off the fallen truck, and onto another truck, so that it could be transported back to Christchurch.

Traffic was kept to one lane whilst the clean up was in place, with road closures in place for around one hour while the truck, pictured, was moved and towed by crane at around 7pm.

Milk truck crash clean up

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Sections of the four-wheel-drive track from Dublin Bay to the Clutha River outlet have been upgraded with the aim to making access more vehicle friendly.

Fish and Game officer, Paul van Klink, approached the Department of Conservation (DOC) with his concerns about the 3km-long track, which he said has needed some remedial surface work for several years.

“DOC began doing a little bit of work here and there but it has been gradually getting worse due to no drainage and increased vehicle use. We flagged the issue last winter, as there were around four or five really big pothole areas. Now that the draining and resurfacing work has been carried out, it is really

usable and people can get out there quite comfortably without worrying about getting stuck,” Paul said.

Fish and Game’s concerns arose from wanting to make the track more usable for anglers and picnickers in the area and although the work, which cost just over $4000, has increased the track’s us-ability, it is still only recommended for four-wheel-drive vehicles due to areas of the track where ground clearance is low.

“We are keen to work with DOC to keep improving access, maybe doing maintenance work every year or two. Apparently when the track was first opened you could com-fortably drive a two-wheel-drive vehicle across it, but if you don’t maintain things they go downhill,” Paul said.

Pictured: A section of the track before and after the upgrade.

Dublin Bay track upgraded

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Meeting Schedule for July 2016Public Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 that meetings of the Council will be held as listed below, during the month of July 2016.

Resource Consent Hearing (Flax Trust Ltd) – Crowne Plaza Hotel (Level 3), Queenstown. Monday 4 July 2016 at 10.00am.

Property Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 7 July 2016 at 10.00am.

Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 7 July 2016 at the conclusion of the Property Subcommittee meeting.

Wanaka Community Board – Armstrong Room, Lake Wanaka Centre, Wanaka. Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 10.00am.

Resource Consent Hearing (Scott Family Trust) – Crowne Plaza Hotel (Level 3), Queenstown. Thursday 14 July 2016 at 10.00am.

Property Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 21 July 2016 at 10.00am.

Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Subcommittee – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 21 July 2016 at the conclusion of the Property Subcommittee meeting.

Queenstown Lakes District Council – Council Chambers, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown. Thursday 28 July 2016 at 9.00am.

These meetings are open to the public with the exception of the Property Subcommittee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Section 7(2)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987; the Resource Consent Commissioner Appointment Committee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Section 7(2)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987; and the Audit & Risk Committee, which will be held with the public excluded, pursuant to Sections 7(2)(b)(ii) and 7(2)(h) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. Mike Theele CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Amended Meeting ScheduleThe QLDC June Meeting Schedule has been amended as follows:

Additional Meeting:

Proposed District Plan Hearings – Hearings to consider submissions to the QLDC Proposed District Plan will be held Monday 27 –Wednesday 29 June 2016 on the following chapter:• Heritage and Protected TreesFor detailed information on these hearings please see our website http://www.qldc.govt.nz/proposed-district-plan-hearings/

Notice of Intention to Grant Easement Over Recreation Reserve in Queenstown. Easement to be in Favour of Skyline PURSUANT TO SECTION 48 OF THE RESERVES ACT 1977. An easement is sought over land, being reserve legally described as Lot 2 DP 345184, that is located adjacent to the Skyline lower gondola building at 53 Brecon Street. The land forms part of the greater site occupied by the Kiwi Birdlife Park.

The Land is vested in the Queenstown Lakes District Council pursuant to Section 26A of the Reserves Act 1977 as recreation reserve. Skyline Enterprises Limited are seeking a Right of Way Easement over the reserve for vehicle, pedestrian and cycleway access. The Council is considering granting the appropriate easement pursuant to Section 48 of the Reserves Act 1977.

Pursuant to Section 48 of the Reserves Act 1977 the Council has an obligation to publicly notify its intention to grant such an easement by way of this Notice.

Any person or organisation may object to or make submissions with respect to the proposed easement. More information can be obtained from Aaron Burt, PO Box 50072, Queenstown 9348, phone 03 450 0322 or email [email protected].

Submissions will be required no later than 21 July 2016 and should be sent to the Queenstown Lakes District Council as above, quoting the title of this notice as a reference.

THIS NOTICE is given by Queenstown Lakes District Council, PO Box 50072, Queenstown 9348, phone 03 441 0499.

Notice of Intention to Grant Lease Over Recreation Reserve Wanaka Junior Football ClubPURSUANT TO SECTION 54(1)(b) OF THE RESERVES ACT 1977. The land described in Schedule A of this Notice (the Land) is vested in the Queenstown Lakes District Council pursuant to Section 26A of the Reserves Act 1977 as recreation reserve. Wanaka Junior Football Club is seeking a lease over the reserve to construct a storage facility. The Council is considering granting the appropriate lease pursuant to Section 54(1)(b) of the Reserves Act 1977.

Pursuant to Section 54(1)(b) of the Reserves Act 1977 the Council has an obligation to publicly notify its intention to grant such lease by way of this Notice.

Any person or organisation may object to or make submissions with respect to the proposed licence. More information can be obtained from the Council’s agent, APL Property, PO Box 1586, Queenstown, phone 03 442 7133 or email [email protected].

Submissions will be required no later than 22 July 2016 and should be sent to APL Property as above.

Schedule A: The reserve is legally described as Section 93 Block XIV Lower Wanaka SD.

THIS NOTICE is given on behalf of Queenstown Lakes District Council by APL Property, PO Box 1586, Queenstown, phone 03 442 7133.

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Hometown heroes and winter Paralympians Adam Hall, Carl Murphy and Corey Peters are featured in the Paralympics New Zealand Spirit of Gold Collection which will be on display in Wanaka from today (Thursday June 23) to July 5.

Kiwi artist Amber Stephens has created a set of 12 portraits featuring some of New Zealand’s most high-profile summer and winter Paralympians and para-athletes. The innovative project is a unique combination of art and sport and showcases the depth of talent across para-sport in New Zealand.

The portraits of Wanaka-based athletes Adam, Carl and Corey will be displayed at the Cardrona Alpine Resort town office and will then feature as part of the 2016 NZ Mountain Film Festival Art Exhibition at the Lake Wanaka Centre from July 1 to 5.

Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall said, “It has been a huge honour to be selected from many well-known Kiwi Paralympians to be part of the Spirit of Gold collection. It was a pleasure to meet Amber when she came to Wanaka last season to meet us before she began painting. She has done a fantastic job in showcasing and bringing to life the amazing stories these portraits show of each athlete.”

Since February the portraits have travelled from one end of the country to the other and have been

viewed by 75,000 people. The collection will be auctioned during a planned send-off event in July 2016, to mark the moment the team leaves for training camps ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, September 7 to 18.

Spirit of Gold Exhibition arrives

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With burgeoning numbers, Mini Muscles has recently moved to bigger premises to cater for more children at its popular classes.

Mini Muscles (MM) first opened its doors in Wanaka in April 2002 and now caters for more than 100 families in Wanaka. MM class manager Rae Patterson has been there from the start and has seen class participation grow from a few families in Wanaka to around 200 families over the whole of Central Otago, with classes also held in Cromwell and Queenstown. MM is an indoor movement-based programme based on the physi-cal and brain development of children.

“Physical movement plays an important role in early childhood education. Our sessions are an interactive, fun, children’s movement session where parents and caregivers play with their child using our indoor play equipment.”

”We start with babies from eight to ten months and teach how physical movement plays an

important role in early education and is necessary for the baby’s brain and social development,” Rae said.

The group is an incorporated society with charitable status and relies heavily on parents to volunteer their time to keep the programme going.

“We have a pretty amazing group of volunteers. Most people don’t know about our charitable status. It is really hard to run an incorporated society and our committee members volunteer many hours to keep all the administrative and regulations up to date. We couldn’t do it without them,” Rae said.

MM recently launched a fundraiser event at Ruby’s Cinema on June 30. “The tickets were sold out within a week, it was amazing,” she said.

Tickets are still available for the raffle. The prize includes a dinner at Lonestar and $30 towards babysitting costs. Tickets are $2 and are available at Mini Muscle classes. The raffle will be drawn at the movie night.

For further information on classes go to www.mini-muscles.co.nz.

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Eight Year-11 students have returned from high school adventure competition, The Hillary Challenge, where they battled it out in a six-hour adventure race against 12 teams from schools across the South Island.

Wilfred Spearing, Sam Coupland, Luke Wright, Harrison Brown, Bella Fraser, Breagha Rennie, Simone Johnson and Sarah Burbery came eighth in the competition in Christchurch, in which they

competed in cycling, orienteering, rogaining and mystery activities.

Bella said that although only the top three teams were able to travel to the final in Tongariro, Mount Aspiring College’s team, pictured, plan to go back next year with more training and experience under their belts to give it their best shot.

“It was an awesome event, well organised and so much fun. The bike part was hard and very hilly, up Rapaki Track to Sugarloaf. Plus the weather was very windy, and most of us girls got blown off, but we still had a great time,” Bella said.

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The Upper Clutha Marsupialamis took on the Upper Clutha Salamanders this week.

From the outset, the Marsupialamis played with vitality and dynamism however, moments of loose defence were exploited to the full by Salamanders’ Max Porter and Matt Botting who scored three goals between them in the first half. Undeterred, the Marsupialamis did well to get into the scoring circle but struggled to get past player of the day Hudson Weathington in defence and Jack Sand-ford in goal.

The second half saw some exhilarating play from the evenly matched teams, coached by Chrissi Pettit and Marten Patzelt. Oisin Corbett and Max battled each other for possession while Thomas Mitchell, Lulu Pettit and Will Anderson worked tirelessly to set up goals but were foiled by the defensive work of Caitlyn Curtis, Zac Groves, Matt and Hudson. Thomas Niles’s shot at goal hit the post but it got a nice bit of topspin and curved back into the goal. A Marsupialamis stick deflec-tion saw the Salamanders knock in their fourth goal to win the match 4-1. Jessie Davidson played with real verve and was the deserving recipient of the Marsupialamis player of the day award.

Smiles all round from the Wanaka Jedis who beat Queenstown 1-0 in Cromwell on Sunday. The under-8 soccer team, pictured from left, is Guy Walsh, Lachy Johnson, Cooper Norman, Rhys Taylor, Shay Hampson, Hunter Heath and McKay Heath.

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Otago’s secondary schools netball tourna-ment saw three teams from Mount Aspiring College play against other schools in the region.

The competition, which took place on June 12 and 13 in Dunedin, gave the girls the chance to play against others their own age in six to seven games over the two days.

MAC A team, pictured, finished sixth out of 13 teams, while the 10A team finished 11th out of 19 teams and the 9A team finished 10th out of 12 teams.

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Paralympian Hamish McLean has had podium finishes at the international IDM German Swim Open, improving his world rankings in the run-up to Rio’s paralympic games.

After the competition in Berlin, and training in Majorca, Hamish said it was nice to be back home in Wanaka, where ‘The Shortest Day Waterski’ was held on Sunday June 19, raising $500 for his journey to Rio.

“Thanks to the mid-winter ski crew and all those who cheered everyone on in a great mid-winter water-ski and lake swim. It is amazing to have the proceeds donated to help with the swimming goals this year,” Hamish said.

Hamish’s mum, Claire McLean, said that the money raised will go largely towards physio and training in prepara-tion for the games.

“It was a really enjoyable event of camaraderie and fun. The support from everyone, including the school and Hamish’s school friends, who were there on the day, has been fantastic. It was lovely just to see people come out and have a lot of fun,” Claire said.

Berlin’s swim meet had more than 400 competitors from around the world, with Hamish receiving four podium finishes in the youth age group and personal bests in all but one race.

The swimmer, pictured, was placed first in 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley, second in 100m breaststroke and third in 400m freestyle.

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The Kiwi Sticks Orioles scored a comprehen-sive 10-9 win over the Wakatipu Whippets. The skilful Thomas Benson scored a number of goals. Lily Wilson had a quiet early game in goals but showed great vision as she marked tightly and tackled tirelessly on the front line. Amy Benson showed what a fine positional player she is and Billie Crowe played a deliber-ately generous match, passing to her team-mates and creating space. With Billie and Thomas rested for much of the second half, Ruby Cochrane stepped up a gear and looked menacing as she took charge with great support from Nicola McKay and player of the day Zoe Eckhoff. Annie Wells did a fine job as sweeper.

The Mini Sticks Hornets, playing Cromwell Carrick, displayed great skill in their first win of the season. Player of the day Andy Gillespie, Luke Gendall and Sarah Dougherty each scored a hat-trick. At the other end of the pitch Bradley Groves, Dot Anderson, Violet Davidson and Poppy May worked well together to keep the opposition’s ball out of goal.

Despite dominating possession, territory and shots on goal the UC Kwik Sticks team was unable to see its efforts reflected on the score-board in their match against Cromwell, whose goalie played a blinder. Cromwell opened the scoring with a fast counter-attack just before half time. Kalani Muirhead, in her first game in goal, blocked the shot but was outnumbered for the rebound. The second half continued in a similar vein; Upper Clutha pressuring the Cromwell goal, winning numerous penalty corners but not converting. Meanwhile Crom-well played a crash-ball game, hitting long balls into the circle and looking for rebounds and deflections and scoring twice more. Upper Clutha finally scored when Thomas Gibson shot through a crowd of players. The final score was 3-1 to Cromwell. There were great perfor-mances all over the pitch but player of the day went to Maggie Dougherty for great tackling in defence, terrific support play and passing up the right flank.

The Upper Clutha Senior B team drew 1-1 against Dunstan High School Junior Girls. Billy Sandri scored the team’s only goal and despite determined efforts in attack the team was unable to secure a win.

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Wanaka Sun | 23 - 29 June 2016 | Edition 771