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Gwen Hendry with her triplets Alfie, Aria and Billie Moss. Story page 4

Big Fruit makeover

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Dolls house raffle

Free Conway Jeune concert

Cruz keeps title

Mini fundraiser

Wanaka’s only triplets

Wanaka police are looking for two offenders after a “smash and grab” burglary of the Albert Town Tavern last Thursday. PAGE 3

Cromwell’s famous “Big Fruit Reserve” is to get a makeover. The Central Otago District Council has contracted Queenstown-based landscape architects, Baxter Design Group, to design a concept plan for redeveloping the reserve. PAGE 2

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Dunstan Hospital may be forced to cut services because the funding it receives from the Southern District Health Board is not increasing at the same rate as the population.

That’s according to Central Otago Health Services (COHS) chair Russell McGeorge.

“Without a funding increase to match the increased population-related health demands, the level of services

provided by Dunstan Hospital cannot be maintained.”

Mr McGeorge said the latest census figures showed the population in the area serviced by the hospital had increased by 20 to 30 percent since 2006.

However, the Southern District Health Board’s (SDHB) executive director of planning and funding, Sandra Boardman, disagreed, saying Upper Clutha’s population had increased by 30 percent, but growth across the entire area serviced by the hospital averaged 14 percent.

Ms Boardman said base funding for Dunstan Hospital had increased by 16 percent since the 2010/11 financial year.

“This increase in funding does not include funding for CT, ambulance transfer underwriting, high cost consumables or an adjustment for needs assessment, all of which would increase the allocation further.”

But Mr McGeorge argued SDHB funding had only increased at or below the level of inflation (averaging two percent) during that period. He

said the SDHB also planned to cut its overall budget by five percent this financial year.

Dunstan Hospital general manager, Karyn Penno, told the Wanaka Sun the hospital has funding for 19 beds, but operates 31.

“If people need the care, they need the care,” she said. “We have amazingly dedicated and skilled staff, which makes a huge difference. But we have already made all the cuts we can.

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Health services may be cut

Smash and grab at Albert Town

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The Government’s Rules Reduction Taskforce is holding a public meeting in Wanaka next week.

Meetings are being held throughout the country at which locals are encouraged to describe to the taskforce “loopy property rules that annoy you.”

The taskforce, which is part of the Department of Internal Affairs, is planning to update the housing and property rules.

It said the information

provided by members of the public would help it advise the Government on which rules should be changed and which were unnecessary.

Feedback is sought on rules pertaining to building and property; planning and land subdivision; roading and footpaths; water, wastewater and stormwater services; rubbish and recycling services; environmental protection; business and commerce; public health, food and alcohol regulations, and animal control.

The Wanaka meeting is being held at Community Networks at 73 Brownston Street on Tuesday, April 14, at 9.30am.

A meet ing is a lso planned in Cromwell, at the Cromwell and Districts Presbyterian Church at 10 Elspeth Street, on Monday, April 13, at 3.30pm.

The taskforce is also inviting people to complete a form about “rules you find frustrating” on its website and how they could be improved.

Submissions to the taskforce close on June 1.

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Big Fruit makeover Meeting on “loopy” rules

Health services may be cut

Spaces still available in art schoolDo you feel like singing your heart out, learning to snap a good photo or decorate a book?There are still spaces available at this year’s Autumn Art School, which starts on Monday, April 13, including book arts, digital photography and choir singing.Organiser Robyn van Reenen said the classes were always popular, particularly the art lessons with the oil, watercolour, pastels, printmaking and mixed media sessions all full within the first week of being advertised. Now in its 26th year, the five-day art school is held at Mount Aspiring College and there is an open day for the public to view the classes next Friday, April 17, from 1-2:30pm.

Cromwell’s famous “Big Fruit Reserve” is to get a makeover.

The Central Otago D i s t r i c t C o u n c i l h a s c o n t r a c t e d Queenstown-based landscape architects, Baxter Design Group, to design a concept plan for redeveloping the reserve.

The plan and what the reserve would look like from various directions can be viewed on the council’s website or at its Cromwell Service Centre.

The plan was developed following a community meeting in January this year at which ideas and opinions were gathered.

Cromwell Community Board chairperson, Neil Gillespie, said among the community suggestions which were included in the plan were provision

for public art, support for a playground and wild flower plantings.

“Opening up this space and letting people get a view of our town is expected.

“People want to find

out what great facilities and attractions we have.”

Mr Gil lespie said the plan was to have the redevelopment completed by early December.

It would “tie in” with

the recently redeveloped Cromwell Mall frontage, for which Baxter Design G r o u p w a s n a m e d a finalist in the 2015 New Zealand Landscape Architecture Awards.

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“The SDHB is in a very difficult financial situation and that will impact on everyone in the region.”

Mr McGeorge said much of the population growth in the Upper Clutha was in the 65-plus age group, which is the highest user of healthcare services. Inpatient admissions to the hospital had grown by 28 percent, which was attributed to both new and improved services and population growth. The new CT scanner had

also enabled more patients to remain at Dunstan Hospital, rather than be transferred to Dunedin.

“The scanner is saving lives,” Mr McGeorge said. “It operates five days a week. The board would like to see it operating seven days a week, but we can’t do that unless we get more funding.”

I n p a t i e n t g r o w t h had been matched by increased demand for the outpatient and community services offered by the h o s p i t a l , i n c l u d i n g s p e c i a l i s t s e r v i c e s ,

chemotherapy, district nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

“The district health board has a funding deficit and this could be very serious for the Dunstan Hospital region,” Mr McGeorge said.

The SDHB is meeting COHS and the hospital’s management on April 20.

“This will be the first face-to-face meeting specifically for Dunstan,” Mr McGeorge said. “It’s been very frustrating, waiting to see what will be offered.”

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Wanaka police are looking for two people after a “smash and grab” burglary of the Albert Town Tavern last Thursday.

Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell said the burglary occurred overnight and offenders used a hammer to break the front window of the bottle store.

Numerous bottles of spirits were taken, but the offenders dropped two outside while they were running away.

Sergeant Grindell said burglaries of this nature were very uncommon in Wanaka “and it’s a bit scary when these things happen in our wee town.”

If anyone can help with the inquiry, they are asked to contact Wanaka police.

P o l i c e a r e a l s o investigating a series of fires in and around the public toilet areas at Roys Bay.

Sergeant Grindell said since Sunday evening fires had been lit on three occasions in the public toilets and rubbish bins near the Dinosaur Park.

“The fire brigade was needed to extinguish fires in the rubbish bins and

luckily only minor damage has been caused and no one was injured.”

Police will view CCTV footage and run foot and vehicle patrols in the areas where the fires were lit.

“We’re seeking help from the public. Is there someone at their address arriving home later than normal, or possibly smelling of fire?”

Smash and grab at Albert Town

Contact sells for river park

A f t e r m o r e t h a n a y e a r o f negotiating, the trust behind a proposed park near Luggate’s Red Bridge has reached an agreement with Contact Energy to buy the land.

In a statement released last night, the parties said the Red Bridge River Park Trust would pay a portion of the market sale price for the 4006 square metres of land up front, with further settlement due within five years.

The trust was formed last year

with the aim of creating a park alongside the Clutha River near the Red Bridge.

It raised funds to buy the land, with most of the donations from trustee Lewis Verduyn-Cassels and his family.

Mr Verduyn-Cassels is a longterm tenant on the land, living in a cottage he has renovated. He has removed exotic vegetation from the site, replacing it with native flora. He has said he intends to continue this work to create a riverside community park in perpetuity. The park would showcase the native flora and fauna restoration

work and the river’s freshwater ecology, he said.

Originally the trust hoped the river park would include an adjacent site, but Contact Energy sold it to another party. “The trustees will be looking at revising the project plan to reflect the changed ownership,” Mr Verduyn-Cassels said.

Contact Energy is also finalising arrangements to gift a 1.9 hectare block of land beside the Red Bridge to the local community, probably through the Queenstown Lakes District Council. The trust hopes this will also be part of the river park.

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Feedback on council’s plansThe Queenstown Lakes District Council’s plans for the next decade are now available for public feedback.The parts of the council’s 10 Year Plan, from 2015 to 2025, on which it is seeking public feedback this year, include; when the new Wanaka swimming pools will be built, a standardised district-wide rate for water and wastewater services, the proposed rating model for the Queenstown Convention Centre, how to address transport issues and the possibility of a new library hub being developed in Frankton.The council is proposing an average rate increase of one percent during the 2015/16 year and an average 2.6 percent increase per annum over the ten years of the plan. Rates vary between properties depending on their valuation.The deadline for lodging a submission on the plan is April 29.

Twelve of Wanaka’s most exquisite homes will be on display next Saturday, April 18, as a fundraiser for the Holy Family Catholic School.Tickets are now on sale for the “Impressions Behind the Gate House Tour” and $5 from each ticket will be given to the Upper Clutha Hospice Trust.Tickets are available from Mitre 10 and the school.

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Alfie, Aria and Billie Moss share something pretty special that few other siblings have - the same birthday.

Wanaka’s only triplets were born on January 26, to parents Gwen Hendry and Wayne Moss.

The nearest sets of three babies are in Milton and Gore, with New Zealand averaging only 14 triplets a year.

When Gwen and Wayne attended their six-week scan and realised at the same time as the radiographer that there were not two but three pairs of feet on the screen, they admitted to being “pretty overwhelmed. “But I didn’t realise the reality of it until they were actually here,” Gwen said.

The logistics of feeding three babies and actually getting them to sleep at the same time has been the biggest challenge, but thankfully support for the couple has also been overwhelming.

“People have been coming in every day to feed them and bring food,” she said.

The new family of five has been living with Gwen’s parents, but they are returning to England next week. The help of an au-pair for a few hours a day will help fill the gap, Gwen said.

One of her biggest supports has been the Facebook Triplets page which connects her with other families from all over New Zealand.

“I honestly couldn’t have got through this without that.”

This support was particularly valuable when the first obstetrician told her over the phone, and while she was at work, that she should consider “reduction” and terminate one of her unborn children.

There is a 56 percent chance of losing a triplet before 14 weeks. “Plus all the other risk factors that come with a multiple birth,” she said.

But Gwen said she could not think of anything worse than “reducing” her family before

she’d even started one, and went online to do her own research.

A holiday to the United Kingdom and Canada at just 10 weeks pregnant was also a good move, as she had another scan and talked to a very supportive English obstetrician.

“It was the first time anyone said anything positive to me…they have so much more experience and even different scanners for multiple babies.”

She came back to New Zealand at 15 weeks looking “very pregnant.

“I was full term size at 25 weeks and they were born at 33 weeks and five days. I was massive.

“I swam 60 lengths every day to keep me sane but couldn’t

really walk anymore. “She also worked (as a personal

trainer) right up until 29 weeks, before they had to relocate to Dunedin at 31 weeks to be closer to a hospital.

The triplets (otherwise known as her little “trippers”) were born in the Queen Mary Maternity Hospital in Dunedin.

They then spent 30 days in the neonatal intensive care unit before she was finally able to bring them home.

“I remember bursting into tears as soon as we got to the first roundabout in Wanaka. I was so pleased to be home.”

Every week the triplets go through 130 nappies, 14.7 litres of breast milk, 21 baths and about 42 wardrobe changes.

“I can’t even count the number of hours spent shushing, patting and dummy replacing. And of course there are three more chances of being woken up.”

As busy as her new life is looking after her babies, Gwen still manages to find time for herself and her old life.

There is a group fitness class to take tomorrow at the gym while her colleague is away and last weekend she attended a wedding expo as she is also a marriage celebrant. But that’s another story.

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Wanaka was overrun by minis on Tuesday as the Pork Pie Charity Run passed through on a six-day road trip from Kaitaia to Invercargill. The biennial event, now in its fourth run, follows the route of the yellow mini in the 1981 New Zealand movie Goodbye Pork Pie. This year it is a fundraiser for the KidsCan Charitable Trust and organisers said yesterday they have raised

over $170,000 and hope to reach $200,000. KidsCan supports children at decile 1-4 schools by providing food at school, clothing and health and hygiene items.

Nearly 60 minis are taking part in the 2015 e v e n t . E a c h o n e i s supported by a team of drivers and fundraisers w h o c o m e f r o m a l l over New Zealand and Team Sputnik also has members from Brisbane and Singapore. Every team has a story to tell.

“I bought Sputnik [a 1979 Leyland Mini 1000] from an old lady i n D u n e d i n , ” T e a m Sputnik leader Glen Carpenter, (pictured right) of Brisbane, said. “She couldn’t believe I was going to drive it from Kaitaia to Bluff. That was further than she had ever driven.” That was in 2009 and Sputnik is still going strong.

The event finished in Invercargill last night, with a black tie dinner for all the participants.

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Mini fundraiser passes through town Children’s Day for Chitty Chitty

A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Children’s Day will be held at Warbirds and Wheels this Sunday, in aid of the Upper Clutha Children’s Medical Trust.Organiser Naomi Lindsay said there will be garden games, face painting, a lolly scramble and The Kiddy Catcher will make an appearance at 2pm.Children’s entry to the museum to see Chitty is a gold coin donation to the trust (with an accompanying adult) and the movie will be showing three times during the day.There will also be a silent auction with all funds raised going to the trust.The event runs from 11am until 3pm.

National jetsprint compRound five of the New Z e a l a n d J e t s p r i n t s Association’s national competition was held in Wanaka last Saturday and the final round i s t o t a k e p l a c e i n Featherston on April 26.

T h e e v e n t , i n i t s third year, attracted an estimated crowd of between 3000 and 4000.

O r g a n i s e r B r e n t Scammell said the event went well and there were some surprising results.

Held at the Oxbow

Aquatrack near Wanaka Airport, there were no major injuries during the competition, although one boat spun out and hit a fence.

The event had three classes - Whites, Group A and Superboat, with R o s s T r a v e r s , S a m N e w d i c k a n d R o b Coley the winners of

the classes respectively.People came from

all over the country to watch the competition, with one man having a t t e n d e d a l l o f t h e r o u n d s s o f a r , i n W a n g a n u i , M o u n t Maunganui, Meremere, H a s t i n g s a n d n o w Wanaka. “We took him for a spin in one of the jets which was a good bit of fun,” Brent said.

The audience was on par with previous years and the f inal in Featherston in a fortnight is expected to attract an even bigger crowd.

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Police found two German trampers who were overdue after tramping from the Ahuriri River Track to Hawea on Good Friday.

Two local people were dealt with for drink driving on Friday, April 3. A 51-year-old woman had an excess breath alcohol level of 559mcg and a male had 1034mcg, which was four times over the legal limit of 250mcg.

Police received a complaint about an assault on Saturday, April 4, outside a local bar.

They attended a two-vehicle crash on Sunday, April 5, when a vehicle failed to take a bend on the “zig zags” on the Crown Range.

A paraglider suffered a mishap after failing to land safely at his meeting point on Mount Brewster. His personal locator beacon activated and he was rescued.

Police were called to a party on Lismore Street on Monday, April 6, after a complaint of male assaults male.

A climber was rescued after injuring his leg on Mount Aspiring on Tuesday, April 7. A LandSAR team brought him down to French Ridge Hut where he was picked up in a helicopter and taken to hospital.

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Open day at new LandSAR building

Model-A club supports St JohnThe Model-A Ford Club held its Easter Meet in Wanaka on Saturday, with ‘Show and Shine’ at Pembroke Park. Model-A Ford cars first hit the market in December 1927 and are considered to be Ford’s second most successful car. They replaced the Model T which was sold for 18 years. Around 170 Model-As were exhibited in Wanaka at the weekend. The club donated the gold-coin entry fee, which totalled $1260, to St John in Wanaka. The funds will go toward adding two staff bedrooms to the ambulance building, as demand for ambulance services grows in Wanaka.

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The Wanaka Land Search and Rescue operations base will be open to visitors on Saturday, April 11, from 1pm until 4pm. LandSAR chair Paul Marshall said the open day was being held in response to requests from members of the public and as a way to thank the community for its support.

“The local community has been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive throughout the

whole planning, fundraising and construction process,” he said. “[This included] the generosity of the Wanaka Golf Club which selected LandSAR as its charity of choice for the 2013 Hirepool golf tournament, players who purchased items in the charity auction, the local businesses who provided items for the auction; the assistance provided by planners, surveyors, architects, building consultants and other professionals; major contributions from Central Lakes Trust, Otago Community

Trust and other community and gaming trusts outside the Otago region; [and the] overwhelming support from local tradespeople and material suppliers, who provided a wide range of free or discounted goods and services.

“The combined result of this support, coupled with significant input from our own LandSAR members, has enabled us to realise our vision which was first discussed in 2012.” he said.

Wanaka LandSAR carries out between 35 and 50 operations

annually. These can be in urban and rural areas, rivers, canyons, bush and mountains. Water-based operations are carried out in conjunction with Wanaka Coastguard. All LandSAR team members, with the exception of three local police officers, operate entirely on an unpaid volunteer basis. Funding the ongoing costs of training, equipment and now the new operations base is the responsibility of Geoff Hatten, treasurer of Wanaka LandSAR.


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Raffle raises money for child cancer

Science kits from Rotary

The Mike Greer Homes’ Annual Dolls House raffle has been drawn.Pictured are the winners Jane Asberg and Issy, 3, being presented with their prize of a Victorian Dolls House by Glenn Thompson from Mike Greer Homes.This is the third year Mike Greer Homes has run the raffle, with all proceeds going to the Child Cancer Foundation. The raffle raised $640 this year.

Bistro Gentil held an Easter Eggstravaganza on Sunday in the art space beside the restaurant. It included an egg hunt, giant bubbles, face painting, cupcakes and craft activities for children. Special guests Snow Queen Elsa and Spiderman also attended the festivities.Pictured is Maddy Bohyn, 6, enjoying the music.

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Research showing New Zealand children are not as good at science as they used to be has prompted the Rotary Club of Wanaka into action.

Club member Noeline Pullar said the club had raised more than $4500 for the project and is donating science equipment kits to all the primary schools in the area (Wanaka, Tarras, Makarora, Holy Family Catholic and Hawea Flat).

The kits were designed by Wanaka Primary School assistant principal Kit South. They included magnifying glasses, petri dishes, candles, sieves, torches, baking soda, thermometers, mirrors, eye droppers, syringes and more. Kit said the kits were designed to create curiosity.

“For children to be good at science they need to develop an interest at a young age,” she said. “These kits contain many everyday objects that are used often by science teachers and will be easily available. They will be

far more useful than say - one microscope.”

Pictured (from back left): Rotary member Dave Evans, Wanaka Primary School principal Wendy Bamford, Rotary member Noeline Pullar, Holy Family Catholic

School principal Jo McKay and (from left) Wanaka Primary School pupils Zoe Nicholson, 6, Bailey Sharp, 10, Indi Picard, 5, and Sara Ambrose, 8 , using equipment from one of the science kits.

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Huge fundraising effort

Free Conway Jeune concert

Opportunity for young snowsports fans

Local preschools, along with Hawea Flat Primary School, have raised $1245 to support the children of Vanuatu who were affected by Cyclone Pam.Hawea Flat School came up with the idea of holding a pyjama day first and then the preschools jumped on board a week later, as part of a joint fundraising effort.Pictured enjoying toast in their pyjamas at Wanaka Preschool last Thursday are (clockwise from left) Anika West, 5, Eva Lamb, 4, Meila Barker, 5, JJ Pittaway, 5, Ivy Campbell, 4, Ivy Craig, 4, with teacher Karina Odell.

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Twenty-five children will benefit from the Wanaka Ski and Snowsports Club’s grassroots programme this year. Last year 15 local children received $250 towards ski or snowboard lessons and this year the offer is being made to 25 children who are between years two and eight at school. Any local child can apply to be a part of the programme, for weekend or school holiday lessons at Cardrona or

Treble Cone. “ F o l l o w i n g t h e

inspiring double World Junior Championship success of our junior

free-ski club member Beau James Wells, the club would love to assist other Wanaka children to achieve their dreams,”

club member Bonny Teat said. “Children on the programme in 2013 and 2014 said they loved being part of the club and the lessons helped them win some junior events and ‘improve their skills heaps’.”

Applications close on April 17.

Pictured: grassroots programme recipient Thomas Benson (Holy Family Catholic School) competing in the Mini Mountain competition at Treble Cone in 2014.

After Tunes of I’s successful koha concert at The Nook during its summer tour in January, lead singer Conway Jeune is returning to Wanaka to play a free solo show at Fitzpatrick’s Irish Pub on Monday, April 13. Jeune will perform a series of original songs and covers, which he arranges using vocal and guitar loops and various other sounds, from things he finds around his room and then programmes into his loop station. He will also perform at the Remarkables Market in Queenstown on April 11.

Jeune’s manager is Hawea local Lauren (Loz) Wootton, who is now based in Wellington working as a music and events manager. She frequently organises bands to come to Wanaka through her music management company Jam Jar Management.

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New children’s album for van RielAnna van Riel is releasing her fourth album and this time the focus is on children and families.Her collection of original children’s songs is aimed at encouraging parents to interact musically with their children. The album is called “Cooking up a Song.”Encompassing van Riel’s love of cooking and music, the album offers clever suggestions and tips on how to engage musically with your little ones. She is also holding a pre-launch party at The Nook near Hawea Flat this Sunday for families to hear the new songs being performed live.


Challenged Wanaka Challenge responds

I was relieved last year when Challenge Wanaka moved their race from a Saturday during summer holidays to a Sunday in February. However they have just announced they will now be moving the date from Sunday the 21st to Saturday the 20th of February. The race totally paralyses other economic activity in Wanaka, and blocks or impedes traffic on every road into and out of Wanaka - it would make sense to hold it on a day where the impact on other businesses and visitors would be the least, yet this decision seems to have been allowed to be made without any public consultation. For the QLDC to effectively be able to give away the entirety of Wanaka’s publically owned infrastructure for a token donation, and almost complete reliance on local volunteer labour, fails to acknowledge that Wanaka is moving away from a stunt-based tourism economy, and there are plenty of other vibrant businesses that need to operate efficiently on a Saturday in February.Other events that bring far, far more visitors or competitors to town, such as the A&P show, Warbirds, Contact Epic, Motutapu Race, all seem to do so without having to monopolise every road in the district.That said, Challenge Wanaka has provided great experiences for local participants and there is a genuine feel-good community spirit surrounding the event, and some economic benefit to a fairly narrow sector of the economy. However of the 36 races that the Challenge Organisation holds globally, 31 are held on Sundays not Saturdays to mitigate the economic impact on the host-towns.By all means keep running the race, but not on one of the busiest days of the year.

Simon Darby

From 2007 to 2014 Challenge Wanaka was held on a Saturday. In 2015 it was moved to a Sunday to prevent an event conflict (which never happened in the end), and so in 2016 it is reverting back to its traditional Saturday, as requested by the volunteers and athletes.The event attracts approximately 8000 people to the town, who bring over $3 million in direct economic benefit, more of a boost to the local economy than a paralysis! These visitors shop, eat, drink, stay, do activities in the region as well as taking part in Challenge Wanaka. In addition, the event provides worldwide media exposure, promoting it as a world-class sports tourism destination with all the associated benefits, both economic and social.The road closures are partial closures (apart from along the lakefront) to protect the safety of the athletes, volunteers and regular road users while still allowing traffic flow. The reason the other Challenge races around the world have their events on Sunday is because they all have full road closures for the entirety of their bike and run courses, something that is neither desirable nor practical for the Wanaka region.The Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust is extremely grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who are inspired to help bring the event to fruition, along with the rest of the amazing Wanaka community who bring the event alive with their support - sport around the world cannot survive without people like you. Thank you to you all.

Victoria Murray-OrrRace Director and TrusteeChallenge Wanaka Sports Trust

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The decision by some Wanaka retailers – plus business people in other parts of the country – to flout the Shop Trading Hours Act and open their shop doors on Good Friday and Easter Sunday used to be a big story, both leading up to and following Easter.But the smaller amount of coverage this year indicates the “rule-breaking” has become quite normal and more accepted.Let’s put the religious reasons for not trading on Good Friday and Easter Sunday – and the fact that New Zealand’s society is believed to be becoming less religious – to one side.There are good reasons for having days when businesses don’t trade – one is that it gives staff a guaranteed break and time with their families and friends without being, or feeling, pressured to work.But, if other laws are being adhered to, those staff, should they be expected to work, will receive additional remuneration and time off in lieu. It has been said many times, but it’s nonsensical that retailers in the popular tourist towns of Wanaka and Cromwell are breaking the law – and risking prosecution – by opening at certain times during Easter, while those in neighbouring Queenstown – with its “resort” status – are not.

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AMAZINGLY GOOD massage therapy - remedial, deep tissue, sports, relaxation, pregnancy. Mobile available. Professional and effective. Contact Lee: 027 333 4909

FREE GUIDED MEDITATION! The flame in your heart is the beginning of a fire that will transform the world. www.harmonic-sofconsciousness.com, under films, THE MESSAGE.

GENTLE YOGA with Jennifer Rumore. Tues, Weds in Wanaka 9:30AM, Thurs Hawea 9:30AM. $12 classes & all wel-come! 022 097 4596.

ARE YOU drawn to experience your own inner essence more deeply? Enjoy a Soul Centered Energy Healing clinical session. $25 temporarily. Jennifer Rumore 022 097 4596

METAMORPHIC FOOT massage facili-tates healing flow throughout the body’s meridians. Subtle yet profoundly relax-ing. Temporary clinical session rate $25. Jennifer Rumore 022 097 4596

CANCER CALLS all hands to the pump for nurturing. GENTLE YOGA can help patients, supporters, and more. 9:30 Tuesdays at St Johns rooms. 022 097 4596

MASSAGE THERAPY, Sportsmassage, deep tissue relaxation.Effective. Ursula Krebs, Dipl. Massag Therapist CH / NZ, ph: 027 6602271, mobile service available.

BUSINESS AS usual for Massage in Wanaka and Resonance Aspiring Podiatry @ 24 Dungarvon Street. We are takng Over the lease so expect some great new changes.

MUAY THAI Tuesday & Thursday 6:00pm. 9 Cliff Wilson St (upstairs). Beginners welcome. Contact Sanna 0212010954. Facebook/Wanaka Muay Thai & BJJ.

HOT QIGONG at Hot Yoga Fusion. Come and enjoy deep relaxation for body and mind rejuvenation. Friday 7.15pm. Contact: James 027 528 0396 [email protected]

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TO RENT. QUEENBED ROOM. ALBERT TOWN. Suit quiet living, nonsmok-ing couple//single. With own bathroom, WiFi, Power. $240//$175/wk. Maryann 03 4436463, 021 1101160

for saleFILING CABINET as new 2 drawer Fong cabinet. $150 ono. Ph/txt 0274 903 022

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

noticesHAWEA WANAKA Pony Club AGMWEDNESDAY APRIL 29th 7pm, 5 Cemetery Rd, Lake Hawea

noticesA MESSAGE from New Zealand Fire Service: Chimney fires can cause house fires.

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

DONATIONS KINDLY received. Please drop into the store or for larger items phone the Salvation Army Family Store on 03 443 5068

WHO’S BEEN to Archangel or Bannock Brae? There are lots of fabulous local wine stories that we want to share with you! www.wanakawinetours.com WINETRAIL (946387)

TOUR SPAIN with Julie Le Clerc May /June Small Group Fantastic Itinerary More information Email [email protected] or local call 443 9425

WANAKA PRIMARY School ‘Op Shop’ open Tues & Thurs - 12 midday to 4pm. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps.

A MESSAGE from New Zealand Fire Service: Have your chimneys cleaned at least once a year.

BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great network-ing opportunity to grow your business. Contact Rudy for information 027 703 4037

servicesA MESSAGE from New Zealand Fire Service: Get your chimneys’ cleaned be-fore winter.

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

MINI MUSCLES Indoor Movement, Music and Play at Proactive Gym. Every Friday. 9.30am for crawlers & walkers under 2 years, 10.30am for 2, 3 & 4 year olds & 11am for babies. Everyone welcome. $5 p/hr, $1 for extra children.

TIMBAFORM TREE Protectors and Fence Panels. See our listings on Trade Me.

FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks by appointment. Call 4437799 or email [email protected]

JP SERVICES at Community Networks Tuesdays 1-2pm and Fridays 10.30-11.30. Appointments essential. Call 4437799

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

COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE. Not for profit training 4 May 9.30-12.30. Visit www.communitynet-works.co.nz or call 443 7799

SUCCESSFUL FUNDING APPLICATIONS. Not for profit training 12 May 6-9pm. Visit www.communitynet-works.co.nz or call 443 7799

MANAGING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. Not for profit training 28 May 1.30-4.30. Visit www.communitynetworks.co.nz or call 443 7799

INLAND REVENUE are at Community Networks Wednesday 22 April 9am - 12.00pm. For help with personal or busi-ness tax,child support,student loans or family tax credits. Please call 4437799 to make an appointment.

TEETH WHITENING by experienced, pro-fessional, fully certified NZCTWA member at our Wanaka studio or your home. For appointments call/text Lakes Sparklewhite 0277818989

servicesFUN FUN fun! Come try the original Surly Fatbike. Rent/demo/sales. Good Rotations, 34 Anderson rd, Wanaka, www.goodrota-tions.co, 034434349.

GOOD ROTATIONS: your only local electric bike specialist. 34 Anderson Road, Wanaka, www.goodrotations.co, 03.4434349.

WANT TO give your bicycle wings? LEKKIE Summit electric motor kits are the perfect solution! Good Rotations, www.goodrotations.co, 034434349.

WANAKLEAN DOG - Grooming, clip-ping and bathing. Right here in Wanaka! Call Emily on 0275110282 to make an appointment.

DOG GONE It!!! Autumn is here. Don’t wait until the cold is biting. Call Wanaklean Dog today! 0275110282.

REDUCE YOUR restricted licence time with the Street Talk defensive driving course. Call Nicky at Aspiring Drivers to book 0210607310

DRIVING LESSONS available. Call Nicky at Aspiring Drivers to book your les-son for professional driving instruction. 0210607310

YES! CREATE Your Idea (big or small)Workshop for women, Wanaka May 30,31st, June 1st, More info:www.retreats-forthesoul.co.nz or 021 262 2049

SPEAK WITH Confidence Workshop, pub-lic speaking coaching. May 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Constructive, supportive, fun! Contact Lee Ball: 027 333 4909, [email protected], www.leeballcommunications.nz

THREE CHAIRS Hair Salon Autumn spe-cial with Stephanie. 1/2 head of foils, cut and blow wave $100. Ph 443 5898

DIGGERS MAKE short work of your OUTDOOR PROJECTS! Call TERRA SERVICES for good, fast, efficient perfor-mance. Rave reviews! Steve Rumore 027 222 6600

CARAVAN OR TRAILER CUSTOM DESIGN, FABRICATION, REPAIR, RESTORATION. Put Steve Rumore’s skill, experience, & passion to work for you! 027 222 6600

HIRE ME FOR WOOD STACKING! $5 per cubic metre. 13 and keen! Text or ring Nicholas at 027 470 3170.

WHETHER IT’S massage ,beauty or make up ,our team of internationally quali-fied therapists will ensure you look and feel your best . Massage in Wanaka. Ph 03 443 8448.

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

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

NEED A portable chiller trailer for your function or wedding? Come and speak to us at Wanaka Liquor Centre. 1 Ardmore Street. Ph 03 443 1466

BRA PROFESSIONALLY fitted 200 sizes so you will get a perfect fit - Beautiful de-sign NO underwire private appointment ph 443 9425

PROSTHESIS (BREAST form) local fitter Registered with Ministry of Health and will take care of your claim Appointment phone 443 9425

WANT YOUR colours done? Always look your best? Book an appointment with ex-perienced Colour Consultant 4439425

servicesA MESSAGE from New Zealand Fire Service: Dirty chimneys can cause chim-ney fires.

wanted WINTER CHRISTMAS at Waiatoto River Safari, exclusive tours, taylor made for your team. Contact Ruth [email protected] for details.

WANAKA TRAIL RIDE: Sunday, 26 April - Volunteers sought to help deliver this fundraiser. Varied roles. To get involved, email [email protected]

JOB WANTED. 30hrs week. Experienced Digger operator, Tractor driver, fencer etc. Off a farm. Young and fit. Deklan 0273743258

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED. The Salvation Army Family Store, Wanaka requires your help. Please enquire at our store or phone 03 443 5068

LOOKING FOR a bike for female less than $100. Alexia 02108454691

THE CLEANERS Wanaka is looking for housekeeper. Please interested email CV to [email protected]

WANTED: WASHING machine, also lit-tle fridge. Thanks. Phone 027 6602271.

CLEAN SUPERMARKET BAGS re-quired, please drop these into the Wanaka Salvation Army Family Store

CASUAL WORK WANTED by 23-year-old graduate, until August. Lots of ex-perience: cleaning, babysitting, office work, hospo, general household help. Please text or call Maddy Harker on 0278740573.

RETIRED US couple looking to rent apt/house for 5 months (Nov25-Apr15). [email protected]

20 YEAR old Male doing Rookie Academy looking for Accommodation from July till September. Please phone Jack on 0278401072

what’s onWANAKA GUN club championships Saturday 11th April 10am

KIDS CONCERT. Entry by donation at The Nook, 62 Nook Rd, Hawea. 2-4pm This Sun 12th. Bring a picnic

TUI FOLK nominee Rachel Dawick will be performing koha concert @ The Nook in Hawea on Tue 14th, 7pm. Bring fold out seat. Dress snug as in marquee. 0273679940

ART IN the Park, Sunday 19 April 2015, 11am – 5pm at Minaret Lodge Eely Point Road,A South American Fiesta of Art, food, wine & music, A Rotary WANAKA fundraiser www.artinthepakrwanaka.co.nz

COME TO the Autumn Apple Drive on Sunday 19 April. Make chutney and juices. Rippon Hall, 10am-4pm, $5.

LALALAND LOUNGE Bar Wanaka. Open daily from 4pm – 2.30am. Upstairs, 99 Ardmore Street.

GIN AND raspberry open every day from 12. Happy hour 5-6 and live music every Friday and Saturday


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WANAKA BRIDGE CLUB RESULTS. Wa-naka Bridge Club Re-sults. Easter Open. North/ South:- Marion Furneaux, Ken Saxby 65.89%1. Helen Corn-well, Boyd Ottrey. 61.98%2. Gerarda Her-lihy, Daphne Stewart 59.38%3. East/West:- Jan Cunningham, Jo-sey McKenzie 63.07%1. Lester Foulds, Anton Kumbaroff & Ian & Dor-othy McDonald 53.98% 2= Matukituki Pairs 2. North/South:- Tommie Munns, Gerarda Herlihy 59.82%1. Lyla Hensley, Denise Bunn 57.44%2. Morag Chisholm, Daph-ne Stewart 55.65%3. East/West:- Peter Hart, Denise Bruns 60.71%1. Maggie Stratford, Ste-ven Renall 59.82% 2. Alan Bunn, Bryan Hens-ley 53.57%3.


Cruz keeps titleGrommet Wanaka wakeboarder Cruz Morland has retained the national title he won last year and is still young enough to make it three in a row.Competing on the Waikato River last weekend, Cruz out-pointed nine other young athletes in the “groms” under-10 division and will still be eligible to compete in the same category next year.

Riding side saddle at TCsunsport

A new trail to open up more intermediate skiing terrain in Treble Cone’s Saddle Basin is expected to be completed soon.

Earthworks and snow fencing have been used to create a run called Side Saddle, between Raffills Run and Bullet.

The new trail is part of improvements carried out over the summer at the ski area, including a new open-air cafe at the top of the Home Basin six-

seater express chairlift.The earthworks are

being done by local firm Maungatua Contracting

which has completed earthworks at the ski field and on its access road since 1977.

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1000 miles for Underdog

Winter Games NZ host adaptive events

Cardrona Valley dogsled operator Curt Perano has finished 32nd in what is considered to be the toughest endurance race in the world. Competing for the fourth time in the 1000-mile Iditarod race in Alaska, Perano and his wife Fleur, pictured with their son Wyatt, 2, and dogs Taizer and Block at the end of the race, run the Underdog sled dog tours on the Pisa Range.

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This year’s Winter Games NZ will feature two high-level International Paralympic Committee Alpine Ski ing Southern Hemisphere Cup events.

Organisers are hoping the event will attract some of the best adaptive ski racers in the world, including New Zealand’s dual

world champion Corey Peters and 2010 Winter Paralympic Slalom gold medallist Adam Hall.

Winter Games NZ has been c o m b i n i n g a d a p t i v e a n d able-bodied events in their programme since 2009. Chief executive Arthur Klap said he was proud of this tradition and was looking forward to welcoming adaptive athletes back to the Southern Alps this winter.

“From the very beginning,

we put adaptive events at the heart of our sports programme. Providing a platform for New Zealand adaptive ski racers to compete against the best in the world on home snow can only help with the development of our inspirational athletes and the sport as a whole,” he said.

Winter Games NZ 2015 will take place from August 21 to 30 in Wanaka, Queenstown and Naseby.

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