Frankton Flyer November 2014

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Remarkables Park is now in discussions about the possibility of incorporating a hospital into its revived plans for a medical precinct at Frankton, managing director Alastair Porter says. The company would welcome discussions with the Southland District Health Board about integrating a public/private hospital into its updated plans for a Remarkables Park medical facility, he says.Plans for the 3000sqm medical campus already include radiology, pharmacy, after-hours medical care, an operating theatre, physiotherapy, the Skin Institute, aged care, regenerative medicine, cosmetic dentistry and research and teaching labs. “Six months ago we suspected that the board was not likely to upgrade Lakes District Hospital, as promised, so we revived our medical precinct plans,” says Alastair. “Since then we’ve had medical use inquiries from around New Zealand come forward, including parties interested in hospital facilities as well,” he says. “We would be very supportive of plans to integrate public and private health facilities, as it’s logical when you’re trying to attract specialist services to the area.”“We’re extremely frustrated about what’s not happened in the Wakatipu over medical facilities,” he says. Remarkables Park approached the DHB about an integrated public-private system in 2008 when the company was supporting plans for a Southern Cross Hospital at Remarkables Park. The board thought

the community would like to own its own hospital through a trust, he says.It’s unknown if Southern Cross will be back on board this time, but there’s definitely potential for a private hospital operator, Alastair says. There’s already very strong support from the professional service people for the proposal. “I’m reasonably confident we can make this happen and it would work better if the Southern District Health Board would work with us this time.” He believes the DHB should sell the ageing Lakes District Hospital with its ownership and airport noise issues and invest into co-locating all medical facilities together. “This would benefit locals and regional users, as well as visitors, most of whom would be horrified to know that if they need hospital attention here they’ll be transferred to Dunedin or Invercargill.” The DHB says 40 to 60 people get transferred out of the Wakatipu every month, but Alastair says this is understated. “So many people leave the district before they even have to go to hospital,” he says. “I was at a Plunket meeting recently with 30 women and not one of them was having their baby here in Queenstown. They were off to Invercargill, Dunedin or Auckland,” he says.There are huge benefits in also co-locating other health-related facilities, such as the Cancer Society, Disability Resource Centre and Age Concern, on the site. “We would be keen for a medical-hospital

campus to include those facilities,” he says.“We can sell the medical precinct land for apartments, but this community has been deprived so long that we’re planning to do it ourselves, because it’s just not getting done,” he says. “If we get the right specialists here for private services then they’ll be here for public services as well.”Queenstown has the potential to become one of the largest towns in the South Island and Alastair believes, in time, it may even surpass Invercargill and Nelson. The population of about 22,000 and the 1.8 million visitors who come here annually need a good hospital facility in Queenstown. “It doesn’t cut the mustard for the board to tell us that all the money’s being spent on operating facilities in Dunedin,” he says.

HOSPITAL OPERATORS EYE UP FRANKTON MEDICAL PRECINCT DHB URGED,


FLYER SPORT

WE ASKED A FEW LOCALS WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE MOST URGENT HEALTHCARE NEEDS ARE IN THE WAKATIPU. IS A NEW HOSPITAL AMONG THEM? IF SO, WHERE SHOULD IT GO?

“We need the hospital to stay where it is. There’s plenty of area across the road in front of it for redevelopment. I’d like to see it upgraded though. The maintenance there has been very badly neglected, although the staff do a great job.”

Development is booming around us in the Frankton region and with all this growth there’s much discussion at present about whether our health services and hospital are keeping up to speed with the increasing numbers. If you’re concerned then see our front page for your chance to have your say. Summer is pretty much upon us – not so good for the hayfever sufferers, but we haven’t forgotten you (see our Wellness section).You’ll see plenty of familiar faces in this month’s Flyer. We’re celebrating one of Frankton’s favourite angels, Clarice May our Frankton Fabulite, who at 93 packs twice as much into her day and is more immaculately presented than many people half her age. We can be proud of our community and its awards, achievements and creativity. Huge congratulations to our DIY hero, Lake Hayes Estate dad, Simon Ryder, who scooped the Tree Hut building prize with his upmarket design, complete with outdoor decking. We hope you like this issue.

Eileen Todd (Abbeyfield resident)

“We need more elderly healthcare beds – a residential, healthcare, retirement-type facility with hospital beds. A lot of people I know are moving out of the district, some to Wanaka, where the Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village offers excellent medical healthcare facilities.”

“The hospital needs to be upgraded, because of the skifields. We need more specialists to come down here instead of us having to travel to Christchurch. Cancer scans should be more readily available here. I’m supposed to have one every six months and I find it hard to get one every 18 months.”

“Anything that will improve the health and wellbeing of NZ citizens is a must, whether it’s a private or public hospital, as long as Kiwis still get free public healthcare. So many tourists turn up at our hospital with the sniffles and they’re clogging up the system.”

‘Yvonne’(Remarkables Park pharmacy assistant)

Sue Lindsay (Arrowtown)

Joan Blomfield (Queenstown)“I’m new here, but I don’t think a private hospital is urgent for this community. There’s not a big enough population. They should just upgrade the public hospital. I believe a private one would be looking more at healthcare tourism, which would bring money into the area, more than improving healthcare.”

Nic Moynihan(Remarkables Park pharmacist)

“I don’t think a new hospital is urgent just yet, but we need cheaper medical services. Our healthcare services are becoming too impersonal too. As an older person you have to deal with answerphones and often have seven or eight options to consider. We’ve lost the personal touch.”

Henry Kramer (Frankton)

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Alison Beaumont

EDITORS LETTER

Managersales/Marketing editor

The Wakatipu has been hitting the big time in tennis with a young pro on the ATP Tennis Tour world circuit and five players taking up scholarships at American universities in recent years.It’s no mean feat for a small Kiwi town like Queenstown to have such a successful line-up of tennis stars. This is not only due to the dedication of the players, but their coach, Lan Bale, an 11-year player on the ATP Tennis Tour. His coaching is now attracting rising talent from around the region, with youngsters travelling to the Wakatipu for coaching at weekends from Dunedin, Wanaka and Winton.Young Winton tennis star Emilia Price, (13), made the final of the New Zealand Junior Tennis Masters at Labour Weekend. Amelia lost the final, but is now ranked second in New Zealand in the Under 14 age-group. Wanaka players Stephani Innes and Michael Gealogo were both placed third in the Under 12 age-group at the same tournament. “We get a lot of kids coming to Queenstown to train now,” says Lan, who is also a Tennis New Zealand talent scout and high performance coach. The dream is to get on the pro-circuit, but Lan says that’s very difficult. “However, a scholarship in the States is achievable and they get a great education and tons of tennis.”Both Ben (22) and Riki McLachlan (23) have graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. They’ve played in all four Junior Grand Slams, including Junior Wimbeldon. Ben graduated in May this year and made the quarter finals of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships (National Collegiate Athletic Association) in the United States. He’s now playing on the international ATP Tennis Tour professional circuit. Riki’s now

assistant coach at Southern Mississippi University, where’s he’s studying for a Masters in Sports Management. Louise Oxnevad is part way through an architecture degree on a scholarship at Cal Poly in California and James Smith has done a year of a scholarship to Weber State University in Utah, while Harry James is studying on a scholarship at Montana State University. “It’s very unusual to have so many kids from a small town achieve American tennis scholarships,” says Lan.Three more promising Wakatipu players are rising through the ranks. Miki Nobuzawa(16), Bjorn Pollock and Jesse Eccles, both 14, are all expected to play in the New Zealand Junior Nationals in January.

Ben Mclachlan (centre) celebrating yet another win with his parents Yuriko and Craig

…..to simon ryder of lake Hayes estate the winner of our d.i.Y tree Hut Competition.this amazing tree hut in a “secret location” is complete with an outdoor deck & sun umbrella. Well done simon! We hope you enjoy the $50 Hamills Voucher & box of chocolate bars.

A HUGECONGRATULATIONS...


Memberships more than doubled at the Frankton Golf Centre for the financial year ending in June this year and there was a 62 percent increase in players compared with the previous year.

Frankton Golf Centre team leader and NZPGA golf professional Jamie McIsaac says a huge boost in junior players and the centre’s new driving range membership has greatly bolstered participation. A total of 21,370 people used the centre for the year ending June this year, compared with 13,175 for the year ending June, 2013. Memberships also more than doubled during that period from 79 to 174.

The first, $175,000 stage of the Frankton Golf Centre redevelopment is due to open in March next year and includes a new 800sqm practice green and 60sqm practice bunker, irrigation systems, earthworks and new tees. The first and ninth-hole greens and surrounds are also being renovated. Plans for the second stage will be included in the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s next Ten Year Plan, which is released for public consultation in March.

The council took over the golf course operation in March last year (2013) and since then Jamie says junior memberships have blossomed from nil to 80. The newly-formed Wakatipu Junior Golf Club, an amalgamation of the Frankton, Arrowtown, Queenstown and Millbrook clubs, has enhanced that growth and now has 156 members. Parents and caregivers can access three club courses for only $100 if playing with a junior club member, as part of an exciting new club initiative.

“People want to know what’s happening with the redevelopment here,” says Jamie. “They’re so pleased that after some uncertainty the course and driving range are here to stay.” The community has continuously asked that the Golf Centre remains and is enhanced, he says. “The council’s right behind it and sees it as an

important and popular community asset.” With Jacks Point and Millbrook catering to the more upmarket golfer, Jamie says Frankton’s affordable memberships, $15 green fees and NZPGA coaching are attracting increasing numbers of locals.

An upgrade is also proposed for the driving range, which will hopefully include a turfed area and improved irrigation. The new Hole in One Prize Pontoon, launched this month, will be offering some big prizes, including helicopter flights to Cecil Peak’s ‘Over The Top Golf’.

FRANKTON GOLF CENTRE UPGRADE here to stay

First tee golf Class coach Willie Moore (left) gives some pointers to Jasper eady (9)


stats. (AVERAGES)

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teMP 12.4°C sUn 210.6 HoUrs

71.8 mm 5.4 daYs

HigHest teMPeratUre29.2ºC (1981)

loWest teMPeratUreMinUs 1.6°C (1949)

FrostMinUs 10°C (1949)

rainFallHigHest 303.7MM (1999 Floods) loWest 8.4MM (1937)

HigHest sUnsHine 258 HoUrs (1937)

loWest sUnsHine(1957) – 136.3 HoUrs

It’s 15 years since the Wakatipu’s notorious record November 1999 Flood, which made headlines around the world. Its devastation swept through downtown Queenstown with water pouring into shops almost chest high in places, after a thunderstorm that lasted for several days. Fortunately our weather guru David Crow is pretty confident we’re not in for a wet November like that again. If anything this month is likely to be sunnier, slightly milder and warmer than normal, says David. The Wakatipu’s had a good dousing of rain of late – around 23mm one day earlier this month. However, David is not expecting much rain for the rest of the month. In fact, he’s predicting a pretty good summer overall. “Compared with the rest of the country, this is a pretty good place to be,” assures David.

Based on ‘If I Had My Life To Live Over’ - by Erma Bombeck

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead, of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner, even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the ‘good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have sat on the lawn and got grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical and wouldn’t show the dirt.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment, realising that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in

a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, ‘Later. Now go get changed and do your homework.’

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it ... live it and never give it back. Stop sweating the small stuff and not worry about who doesn’t like me, who has more, or who’s doing what.

This Christmas season as the bustle begins, let’s cherish the relationships we have with the important people in our lives and appreciate what God has blessed us with.

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BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

Sally hails from a strong catering and hospitality background, starting out as a chalet girl in France during her 20’s. She owned Chestnuts Fine Food Company in Auckland for almost 12 years, before following her passion for wine, a subject she’s been delving into in depth. “I’d always dreamed of combining my two passions of food and wine into a business and this is essentially the result of that.” Sally’s just getting started, but she has big plans to develop the wine tasting side of her business, both in-home and on-site. “I can take wine tastings, matched with appropriate food, into holiday accommodation or homes.” She’s already done some Central Otago and New Zealand tastings for overseas visitors. “Whether they’re down from Auckland, or wherever, people love it, because they don’t have to go out to dinner,” she says. The wine comes with great food and there’s no need to pay for a taxi.”

Monthly tastings, including a French night and an Italian night, are planned focusing on different wine regions with food to match. “A lot of people aren’t confident to buy wines that they don’t know. I can teach them about the different varieties in a social setting, complete with delicious food.” Taste and

Savour comfortably seats 20 inside and 30 outside on its stunning, private terrace. Sally focuses on casual-style food and platters to share that complement the wines.

Taste and Savour is proving to be an essential stop-over for busy parents and people wanting to entertain, who just don’t have the time to prepare. Frozen gourmet dinners, such as family lasagnes, Thai Chicken Curry and Moroccan Lamb, all come with side dishes like scalloped potato, Kushari Rice (rice and green lentils with almonds, cranberries and Moroccan spices) and Spicy Red Cabbage. Desserts are taken care of too – Blueberry and Almond Tart or gluten free Orange and Almond Cake. Sally has a

good selection of wines and also supplies all the little entertaining extras like

biscotti, apricot balls, chocolate macaroons and cheese straws.

The site was formerly Grind Cafe and word is now spreading beyond the estate about barista Teri Tran’s coffee and amazing memory for customers. Raw energy beetroot salad and Pork and Black Bean Burritos are firm favourites. She’s open

late for after-work wines and nibbles on Fridays,

offering Queenstown Breweries and other boutique

beers, as well as delicious pates, dips, hummus and antipasti platters.

Delicious finger food and antipasti platters will be among the offerings for Christmas to match Taste and Savour’s range of fine wines.

Newly-opened in July, Taste and Savour, in the Glenda Drive Industrial Estate.

is one of frankton’s best-kept secrets!!However, the great food, wine and coffee are not all that should be savoured here. This great little deli-cafe boasts one of the Basin’s sunniest and most sheltered scenic terraces overlooking the Shotover River.

Unit 20, shotover ridge Business Park179 glenda drive FranktonPh: 4090248

Hours:Mon to thurs: 8am - 4pm

Fri: 7.30am – 7pm


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Each capsule contains:Lactobacillus paracasei (LP-33™) 10 billion CFU* (organisms)Directions for use:Adults: Take 1 capsule daily or as directed by a healthcare professional.No added artificial flavouring, colouring or preservatives.Free from gluten, wheat, dairy, lactose, eggs, nuts, yeast and salt.Naturally derived vegetable capsule (Naturally derived vegetable capsule (VegeCaps). VegeCaps may be preferred by people wishing to avoid gelatin for health or religious reasons.Store at 2°C to 8°C. (Refrigerate. Do not freeze.)

Always read the label. Use only as directed. If symptoms persist consult your healthcare professional.

It’s that time of year when hayfever and allergy sufferers are grappling for remedies to relieve them of their misery. Unichem Remarkables Park Pharmacy owner Glenn Mitchell says the season hit a month early this year, with a rush on hayfever medications from September. “It usually hits once the grasses grow and the trees bud,” says Glenn. “Without a doubt the great growing weather brought the season forward.” Both natural and traditional medical experts now seem to agree that the key to wellness is in maintaining good gut health. A probiotic ,like Inner Health Plus, can be a great frontline defence against allergies.

Queenstown Naturopathy’s Emma Pearce says hayfever sufferers often also have food allergies that they’re unaware of. “It may even be a healthy food. They then get undigested food building up in their small intestine and that destroys the good flora in the gut,” says Emma. “Our gut flora houses a lot of our immunity and protects the underlying cells. When they get

damaged protein fragments leak through to the bloodstream,” she says. The body is then inflamed and these inflammatory mediators then start reacting to pollen. “Things like oral contraceptives, alcohol, junk food, sugar and medications, like antibiotics, feed the bad flora in our gut,” says Emma. “If your gut’s not in good shape then you’re more susceptible to hayfever.” People with food intolerances may feel unwell after eating, suffer bloating, excess wind, tummy pains and reflux. “Limit gluten and opt for an unprocessed diet – the less packaging, milling and bleaching the better,” she says.

Eating seasonally, as we’re designed to, also helps.“Follow Mother Nature. Buy what’s cheap and that will give you the minerals you need for that time of year,” says Emma. Locally-produced honey can also help ward off hayfever. “Bees that feed off pollens can give us some immunity.”

The body secretes histamines – complement and cytokines - the inflammatory mediators that cause a runny nose, itchy eyes and sneezing. Quercetin is a bioflavanoid that’s available from pharmacies and natural health stores. Histamine makes the blood vessels leaky, while Quercetin tightens them, says Emma.

Levrix, a new medication released last season, has less side-effects than other antihistamines as it’s non-sedating and taken once a day, says Glenn. He also advocates a daily saline nasal spray rinse, which washes the sinuses clear of pollen and dust particles. Other patients prefer steroid-based nasal sprays like Flixonase. Livostin and Zaditen eye drops are also effective. “Some people present with a real bad scenario and need to use all three options,” says Glenn. Serious sufferers can even have trouble seeing. “Their eyes are itchy, they’re sneezing and their nose is dripping like a tap.” Even young children can suffer and most antihistamines are available in liquid form.

A TISSUE, A TISSUE, DON’T FALL DOWN!

• Take a probiotic

• Eat seasonally

• Avoid junk food, sugars and medications that attack the gut flora

• Eat local honey

• Rinse daily with saline spray

• Avoid grasses, silver birch, lupins and broom

Tips for Hayfever & Allergy Sufferers:

Naturopath Emma Pearce with daughter Evie (21 months)


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FRANKTON FABULITE

At 93, Clarice May has put the smile back on many sad faces with her famous meringues and muffins, baked fresh each morning at dawn. Age is not slowing this uplifting angel of encouragement,

kindness and love. She’s off to bed by 7pm, not a care in the world, rising at

5.30am daily, all frocked up, smartly dressed and looking half her age.

No dishevelled morning look for this Queen of the Kitchen,

who appears in full make-up with matching eyeshadow,

nail polish and lipstick, her first batch of muffins

out of the oven by 6am. Each

week she beetles

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around Frankton in her trusty Mazda Zam with a fresh batch of baking to visit the sick, bereaved and infirmed.

A retired Southland farmer’s wife from Mayfield, near Winton, and bowel cancer survivor, Clarice has been visiting bowel cancer patients around the region to educate and encourage them since she herself was healed 51 years ago. “I must have visited more than 200 people in 50 years, from stroke victims to cancer patients. It’s just second nature to me, baking and giving to people,” she says.

A mother of five and nurse, Clarice was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 40. “I went home and sat on the verandah and prayed like I’d never prayed before. That’s when I felt something, like a presence I’d never felt before and ever since my surgery and colostomy I’ve been in the

best of health and (Christian) faith,” she says.

During her 40 years on the farm, doctors at Southland Hospital would often ring her to come and visit a distraught patient, newly diagnosed. “I was like a volunteer social worker, I guess, especially for young people who knew nothing about bowel cancer.” One patient was only eight.

Old folk at the Wakatipu Home, Abbeyfield and sick at

home have welcomed her famous

shortbread, ginger biscuits, meringues and muffins. “I only do about 10 visits a week to deliver baking now – that’s enough, but I still write about 20 letters a week.” Her uplifting handwritten letters of love and encouragement wing their way across the globe to cancer sufferers as far away as the United States, Australia and around New Zealand.

In 1980, Clarice was awarded the QSM (Queen’s Service Medal) for services to cancer sufferers in the community, but there are no Government grants offered here. “What’s money for,” she says. “Anyway, I’ve got to keep busy to keep fit. Baking keeps me fit,” she says. Clarice also swims twice a week.

Her reward is in the gratitude shown by others who are suffering. Proudly displayed on her kitchen bar is one of her latest cards in which a grateful recipient has named her ‘the Lord’s best helper’. “That’s what it’s all about,” says Clarice. “Actions speak louder than words.”

Queen of the Meringue and Angel of Encouragement

93-Year-Old Clarice May

Frankton’s Queen of the Meringue Clarice May


Hot, filling and delicious sums up Thaitanium Restaurant, a popular well kept secret for most Frankton locals.

Tom yum spicy soup ($9.50) more than lived up to its name. Remember ‘hot’ in English doesn’t necessarily translate as ‘hot’ in Thai, but this chilli, tomato-flavoured soup with lashings of mushroom, onion, plump prawn and squid pieces was absolutely delicious. The chef had this spicy combo all sewn up and although I like it hot, I kept the water glass nearby.

My daughter and I also shared three generous roasted duck rice-

paper rolls ($12). Spilling over with vegetables and tasty roasted duck, these came with a dipping bowl of soya sauce. My Sizzling Garlic Seafood really was and once again my plate was piled high with beautiful fresh prawns, fish, squid and mussels. This was cooked in a tangy, sweet garlic fish sauce on a bed of bean sprouts and finely chopped celery. Even at my age a side of rice in the shape of a teddy bear makes me smile ($2) and it was pleasing to see so many rice options, including brown rice, coconut rice, jasmine rice, sticky rice and egg fried rice as sides. Our large plate of steamed green vegetables ($8) was piled high with perfectly cooked broccoli, bok choy, cabbage, beans, courgette, mushroom, carrot and baby corn. My daughter’s Blue Cod Green Curry was thick and creamy, not too spicy and packed with melt-in-the-mouth fresh blue cod. The food arrived promptly

and was served hot, with a smile. Our helpful waitress was very eager to please.

This is an excellent place to dine out affordably in pleasant restaurant surroundings, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Remarkables Park. It was Friday night when we dined there and clearly a good number of other locals had the same idea, stopping by for a chat at the tables with friends before being seated to order their meal.

Thaitanium has a clean, fresh feel about it and the 64 dishes on the menu are all laid out with matching numbers and photographs so you know what you’re ordering. ‘Extra’s’ ranging from $1 to $7

include fried tofu, scallops, chopped chilli, cashew nuts and squid.

This restaurant is tops and just the ticket if you’re looking for a really good value, affordable dinner for two or to catch up with a larger group of friends.

FLYER FOOD

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Historic photo of ah Bow’s Cottage, dating from the 1930’sJust a stone’s throw from the Kelvin Heights turn-off on the

highway south from Frankton is a charming stone cottage thought to be one of the earliest inhabited homes in the Wakatipu Basin. Known as Ah Bow’s Cottage, it’s less well-known than similar old stone cottages built in the district during the 1800’s and sadly doesn’t even carry a historic classification. The cottage is believed to have been built by pioneer Wakatipu runholder and founder of Queenstown, William Rees, or possibly his Kawarau

Falls Station successor CC Boyes, during the 1860’s or 70’s.Legend even has it that Rees lived in a small cave in the hillside behind the cottage while he gathered stones for construction of his store sheds and house at the Falls homestead (where Hilton Queenstown’s Kawarau Village is now).

An historic stone barn, or stable, on the property was built and used as accommodation for former Chinese miners, who worked on Kawarau Falls Station after the goldrush. George Singleton, who compiled the Kelvin Peninsula history, ‘Our Place in the Sun’, believes it was built in the late 1880’s as a bunkhouse for the men, who tended the extensive Kawarau Falls Station vegetable gardens. Their foreman was Ah Bow, a former Chinese miner, who lived in the main cottage. “The Boyes brothers employed a

small gang of four Chinese ex-miners to maintain their vegetable garden and hoe the extensive turnip paddock, which was next to the stone barn,” says George. “They also tended the extensive old English gardens that surrounded the station homestead.”

The old stone accommodation barn has no chimney, because the Chinese slept in bunks around the walls, that were a metre off the ground. “They built a fire in the middle of the room to keep warm. There was no chimney – just a hole in the roof to let the smoke out.” It was too cold to head outside to the toilet. George says the Chinese miners typically tucked an old bottle into the interior stone walls of their cottages, which they would relieve themselves in during the night.

Ah Bow’s Cottage and the stone barn are also thought to have been used by transients and swaggers passing through the district. Crews working on the lengthy construction of the Kawarau Falls dam and bridge lived in the cottage and barn during the mid-1920’s. It was also used by itinerant workers seeking odd jobs in the district during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, while workers employed on the construction of the Lake Road (Frankton to Kingston) also stayed there during the mid-1930’s.

The cottage was eventually abandoned and left derelict until it was discovered by an Invercargill family. They were granted approval to squat in it and convert it into a holiday home. Wooden extensions were added later. In 1973 it was bought at auction by a group of Invercargill friends, who still use it as their holiday home today.

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Ah Bow’s Cottage just south of the Kelvin Heights turn-off

The old stable

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Hundreds of fit bodies will swarm into Queenstown later this month to prepare for the new Queenstown International Marathon – a new international running festival. The event on Saturday, Nov 22, incorporates a 42km marathon, 21km half marathon and 10km run, which are all sold out. There’s even a 3km kids run starting at 1pm on Memorial Street in Queenstown, and parents are welcome to run this course with their kids. The main event starts in The Avenue at Millbrook Resort at 8.15am, finishing at the Queenstown Memorial Centre Recreation Ground. Half marathon runners start at Speargrass Flat Road and the 10km runners at Allan Crescent in Frankton. It’s an easy running, mainly flat and fast course taking in some of the Basin’s best scenery - Millbrook, Arrowtown, the Arrow River, Lake Hayes, the Old Shotover Bridge, Twin Rivers Trail, Lake Wakatipu and the Queenstown Gardens. But there’ll be no stopping to check out the scenery. Athletes must reach the 13.25km mark at the start of Lake Hayes by 10.15am, due to road closure restrictions and course management. The course will be officially closed at 3pm. There’s some big prize-money to be had for the winners, including $3000 cash each for the winners of the men’s and women’s events.

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One of the largest national contingents of motorcyclists to ever take part in the White Ribbon Ride will ride into the Wakatipu on Friday, November 21. The week-long White Ribbon motorcycle tour is held each year to raise awareness about New Zealand’s crippling domestic violence record. The 30 or so large motorcycles will power their way into Queenstown, after riding from Nelson down the West Coast, taking the anti-bullying and anti-violence message to schools along the way. The ride will be led by The Patriots, former military bike enthusiasts, with members of The Redeemed motorcycle ministry joining other riders. Queenstown chairman of The Redeemed, Blair McKenzie, will join the ride in Nelson – the first time anyone from Queenstown has completed the whole South Island ride. In another first, the entire group of riders will descend on Queenstown Primary School where they will deliver their anti-bullying and anti-violence message to children. “We’ll be talking about Cyber bullying too and where kids can get help,” he says. “We’ll touch sensitively on family violence at home, as well.” Any bike enthusiasts are encouraged to join the group on their ride into Queenstown. The tour will head from Queenstown Primary School down to Earnslaw Park for the community White Ribbon event from 2.30pm – 3.30pm. People are encouraged to come and check out the bikes, listen to the speakers and a Maori cultural performance, while supporting the ride and learning more about the dangers and risks associated with family violence.

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Queenstown’s own legendary Bill tapley Cow Pat throwing Contest will be revived, this time as a national event, during the Hilux nZ rural games to be held in the resort at Waitangi Weekend (Feb 7 & 8) next year.the iconic Queenstown Winter Festival event was dreamt up by long-time Queenstown tourism entrepreneur and Cattledrome owner, the late Bill tapley, in the late 1970s. dried cow pats will be launched in style during the Jetstar kids ‘n Country (Under 12’s) section of the games, to be staged on the Queenstown recreation ground.It’s the first time the Games have been held and even taihape - the gumboot Capital of nZ – is throwing its support behind the first ever New Zealand Championship of gumboot throwing being held in Queenstown as part of the event. the international Boot throwing association from Finland is even hoping to send Finnish competitors to take part. Hilux new Zealand rural games founder and trustee steve Hollander says the games feature exciting new formats for traditional rural sports, including speed sheep shearing, sheep dog trials, speed fencing, speed milking and coal shovelling. top professional athletes will be competing with many rural sports associations hosting their national championships at the event. the best axemen from both sides of the tasman will swing it out for the anZaXe wood chopping trophy, while the inaugural nZ rural Highland games Championships feature the traditional caber toss, dead weight carry and sheaf toss other sports stars will be on hand to compete in the egg throwing and Catching Competition, which includes a world record attempt. the topp twins, as ‘ken and ken’, will entertain and open the saturday night concert, along with leading kiwi country singer Jody direen.tickets for the two-day games and concert are now on sale with ticket direct.

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White ribbon ride.

Lakes District Museum is commemorating a century since the

beginning of World War One with WWI and the Wakatipu: Lest We Forget. The exhibition

takes a reflective look at the local servicemen and women who believed it was their duty to serve King

and Country, recounting their individual stories. Museum director David Clarke says understanding of the impact of WWI on the Wakatipu has diminished over time. At total of 288 Wakatipu people served overseas, 85 of them never to return. Glenorchy was hardest hit. From a population of 150

in 1916, 25 men lost their lives. A phenomenal number returned with injuries, seen and unseen, with many families

attributing their early death to war service.

the kens. Photo Credit: sally tagg


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The statistics are out for September sales and around the country we saw a 7.8% increase on August, but this was down 12% on September last year. Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s Helen O’Sullivan says “the real estate market appears to have moved on from the election, with a notable increase in activity over the last 10 days of the month. The national median house price was steady at $420,000 compared to August. Compared to September 2013 the national median house price increased by $20,000 (+5.0%), with nine regions recording an increase in the median price. 68% of the increase in the national median price compared to September last year occurred in Auckland, with Canterbury/Westland contributing 20% of the increase and Waikato/Bay of Plenty contributing 5%. Together these three regions accounted for 92% of the increase in the median price between September 2013 and September 2014, with the remaining nine regions contributing 8% of the increase in the median price.

So what about our local market and how does it compare to the national trends? Central Otago Lakes recorded the largest percentage increase in median price compared to September 2013, with a 14.3% increase, followed by Taranaki with an 11.6% increase and Canterbury/Westland with a 10.1% increase. Compared to August 2014, Central Otago Lakes recorded the largest percentage increase in median price, up 12.6%, followed by Taranaki with an 11.0% increase and Canterbury/Westland with a 3.3% increase.

In Queenstown there were 40 residential listings sold in September with a median price of $624,500 and 11 sections sold with a median price of $214,300. The average time to sell was 68 days for dwellings and 78 for sections. Note: these section sales stats exclude Shotover Country. * Source REINZ

My graphic this week comes thanks to Valocity which is an online data agency. They have tracked real estate values across the country from 2007 onwards. Of course 2007 was the peak of the market, followed by the Global Financial Crisis and it is interesting to note that some regions have still not recovered to pre-GFC levels. While all of the South Island has either been stable or seen some increase in values.

So Spring is in the air, buyer confidence remains strong, Queenstown growth seems assured thanks to new infrastructure development, but we are still faced with a lack of supply in some price sectors. If you own a family home and are thinking of selling

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For the annual Wakatipu Community Presbyterian Church fundraiser, which brought in about $20,000 for the church’s many Wakatipu outreaches, including Pasta Cafe, Manna Cafe and its Brazilian and Korean churches. Weather prayers were definitely answered with warm, sunny conditions. Queues of laden bargain hunters lined up for everything from Brazilian barbecue food to warm pikelets and Devonishire teas. The kids had a ball on Crazy Bikes, pony and police car rides, while eco-conscious adults took a spin on a $2450 electric bike donated to the fair’s silent auction.

Brownies has become so popular this year with a long waiting list that there are now two Brownie units operating in the Basin – Wakatipu Brownies and Queenstown Lakes Brownies. Queenstown Lakes Brownie leader Nadine Molloy says fun weekend camps help build confidence and the girls enjoy everything from washing each others’ hair with mugs and buckets of water to singing silly songs. Relay races, games from overseas, making cards and performing night-time skits in front of the camp fire are also on the programme. Brownies have been busy helping clear dishes at the Wakatipu Home where they entertained residents and this month 14 girls will attend a regional camp at Sidey Lodge, Waikouiti. Almost 30 local girls, aged from 7 to 9 and a half, now attend Brownies weekly, led by four volunteer leaders. More leaders will allow the groups to expand so anyone interested in becoming a leader is urged to contact Patricia Hilton at [email protected].

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Brianna ricketts enjoy sleeping in a tent inside

the lake Hayes Pavilion as part of a local

Brownies around the World Camp.

Lake Hayes queen of catering and creativity Ann Mann’s quirky array of mismatched retro op shop crockery treasures is in demand throughout Central Otago.

Best known as a former owner of Queenstown’s iconic Eichardt’s Pub, these days Ann’s Mannmade Catering business is serving up great country-style food at everything from weddings to 50th birthday parties on her famous mismatched antique and art deco crockery. She’s also renowned for her delicious 1-metre wide pavlovas and massive apple pies.

“I do a lot of country hall weddings all over Central Otago,” says Ann. “Venues like the Becks Hall are so well suited to the retro style and I do 1970’s and 80’s food to match.” A keen op shop hunter, her collection of mismatched plates and cups began when she catered for an English country-

style wedding. ”I just got more and more into it. I kept seeing these neat old abandoned plates.”

Her collection now boasts everything from 1950’s-style to brownie-type plates and tiered-cake stands adorned with decorative silver handles. “It’s quite amazing how effective they look, particularly for weddings or parties, especially if people are on a budget. Suddenly the table setting becomes quite amazing,” she says. “Everybody comments on them and says, ‘this is like déjà vu - I’ve seen this plate. Grandma had one of these’, and they turn them over to read the bottom.” Grandma would be surprised to know her old sandwich plates, cake stands and doilies are right back in vogue now in designer stores.

Old teacups are used to serve condiments like relishes and pickles with name tags tied to the handles. “It puts that

edge on the delivery of the product. The way you present a dish adds to that ambience.” Designing and presenting food is now “art on a plate”, says Ann. Whether she’s serving up a country afternoon tea or a 7-course roast dinner in a woolshed, Ann’s constantly thinking outside the square.

She’s used old glass shelving squares on which to serve salads and lined old Steinlager buckets with plastic to serve coleslaw. Upturned wooden Jack Daniels’ boards also come in handy as platters for cheeseboards. It all adds to the character.

As for the op shop fetish, there’s no stopping her now. Mann’s mother had a “built-in antennae” for back-street treasure troves. “It’s in my blood,” she says.

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Two Wakatipu teenagers have been clocking up huge honours in the St John Youth programme, with one even earning her Grand Prior badge in just three years. Alex MacKenzie, (18), of Kelvin Heights, will be presented with the highest award a St John cadet can earn by Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae this week. St John Ambulance Wakatipu divisional youth manager Tania Haugh says it’s a “huge accomplishment”. “Normally it can take up to seven years to earn your Grand Prior. It’s quite a distinguished achievement.”She’s equally proud of Frankton’s Ashley Burney, (16), who’s been selected to represent the South Island at the St John Youth National Competitions for the second year running. Ashley was also selected for the South Island team last year and her team won overall at the Easter competitions this year. “Her team won heaps of events and she came back with heaps of medals,” says Tania. Ashley is the only one selected from south of Ashburton for the team and will earn her Grand Prior also next year.About 30 percent of St John Youth cadets go on to pursue a medical or paramedic careers, or serve as St John Ambulance volunteers. “It’s a great foundation for the basics and once they’re 17 we train them to first responder level and they can work at events,” says Tania. St John Wakatipu has 18 Youth and five younger ‘Penguins’ in its programme with plenty of room for more, she says.

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