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free What’s On Wanaka & Beyond Issue 11, Autumn 2014 xxxsxxxyy VINTAGE WARBIRDS BOTTLE ROCKETS ODE TO ORANGE ROCK HOPPER PAR AVION contents Issue 11, Autumn 2014 THE 4 concept 18 what’s on 32 opinion Ode to Orange Gig guide & events Coming Home WHITE HOUSE 6 aviation 23 directions 33 little ones Warbirds to Watch For Wanaka & Hawea map Bottle Rockets 24 on the beat 8 par avion Wanaka band Rock Hopper 34 degustation Paris, On T’aime Whare Kea Chefs 26 on the scene 10 on location Romance in Wanaka 35 on the page Fixed Wings - local Book review: The business Twenty24 28 on track Mouseproof Kitchen Unspoked - young riders 12 fashion 36 on screen Flight 443 30 on foot Music movies to Pisa Range Walk mong out to Part 2 17 on/off What’s cool, 31 on the water 38 inspiration what’s not The Matukituki River Poetry by Ali Jacs The contents of On Magazine are copyright and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. Printed on FSC paper by Craigs Ltd. To advertise with On Magazine contact us on: 022 0188 314 or (03) 443 4629, [email protected] www.onmag.co.nz. Follow us on Facebook & Twitter. COVER: Martin Cedes & Chevy Libaude @ Classic Flights, Wanaka. Image by Bridget Hall Wanaka’s Iconic Art Deco Café and Bar Mediterranean cuisine and a stunning Central Otago wine list Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 5.30pm til late 33 Dunmore St, Wanaka Ph: 443 9595 concept Orange is the colour of autumn. Right now every deciduous leaf in the region is moving through the orange spectrum, and watching the change is pretty uplifting. That’s because orange is a warm mellow glow that has its own specific wavelength. This means it produces the colour when light reflects a transparent surface. Orange is often interpreted as a colour of joy and enthusiasm. It’s also a spiritual colour. That’s why the Hare Krishnas wear saffron robes. Orange is the hue of happiness. It’s the colour of beginnings and endings: sunrises and sunsets. It’s the colour of tangy childhood tastebud teasers like Raro, Frujus and wedges of orange at half-time. The feelings that are experienced when the colour orange is observed are happiness, encouragement and freshness. Full of energy, this vibrant and friendly colour is said to increase the supply of oxygen to the brain, stimulating activity in it. So go cop a load of those fiery poplars by the lake. The view is bound to make you feel energised and inspired. That’s also the aim of our little zine. We hope you like this issue, in which we celebrate another year for Warbirds Over Wanaka and all the aircraft of Autumn. Welcome to Flight 443. Shanti, shanti, shanti. Peace. ANNABEL WILSON MAGAZINE Editor Deputy Editor Design Advertising Annabel Wilson Laura Williamson Bridget Hall Prairie Pritchett [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Contributing Writers Miek Deuninck Rebecca Williamson JOIN OUR ONLINE Ali Jacs COMMUNITY... Contributing Photographers For latest Wanaka Martin Cedes, Chris Riley events, gig alerts, Contributing Illustrator sport, people, places, India Hughes arts & culture Online www.onmag.co.nz On Magazine is supported by Twitter Micimage Design & Facebook Martin Cedes Photography 4 MAGAZINE. aviation GRUMMAN AVENGER TBM-3E This excellently-named bad boy first saw action at the Battle of Midway in the Pacific theatre in 1942. Torpedo bombers can attack their adversaries with both WARBIRDS TO WATCH FOR torpedos and bombs. Avengers were credited with 30 submarine kills in WWII, including the I-52 cargo ship, nicknamed LAURA WILLIAMSON singles out a few of the more badass aircraft coming our way Japan’s “Golden Submarine” because she for this year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka. was carrying a secret shipment of gold bound for Germany. Cool, huh? Pub trivia fact: Future American President George GRUMMAN AVENGER TBM-3E CURTISS P-40 KITTYHAWK YAKOVLEV YAK 3-M HW Bush was an Avenger pilot. The RNZAF flew 297 of these beauties in Apparently, when the Yak 3 was introduced the Pacific during WWII, and they were in 1944, it shocked the pants off German responsible for downing 99 enemy aircraft. fighter pilots, who had been used to IROQUOIS Math isn’t my strong suit, but by my dominating the badly-trained and poorly- The Iroquois, also known as the Huey, has calculations that’s an epic kill rate. When equipped Russians. The new Yaks were one been flying since 1956 and the RNZAF still the No 112 Squadron of the Royal Airforce of WWII’s smallest and lightest fighters, and uses them. Over the years it’s become used the P-40s in North Africa, they were their manoeuvrability was unmatched—as a downright iconic helicopter, and I get the first allied unit to paint the “Shark many as 15 enemy planes were shot down shivers every time I see one of these mo- Mouth” on the nose of their aircraft. It was for each Yak lost, earning the plane the fos fly. Remember the Ride of the Valkyries really scary. nickname “Dogfighter Supreme.” scene in Apocalypse Now? Those were Hueys. Awesome, obviously. YAKOVLEV YAK 3-M A nod to Ben Thompson of www.badassoftheweek. com who we’ve completely ripped off for this story. Do check out his stuff. It’s brilliant. CURTISS P-40 KITTYHAWK IROQUOIS 6 MAGAZINE. MAGAZINE. 7 par avion “If you escaped what I escaped, you’d be in Paris getting f***ed up too!” PARIS, ON T’AIME – Kanye West and Jay Z If you could fly away tomorrow, where would you go? It’s a bit of a cliché, but for me, the answer is always the same: Paris. It’s got everything a city should have, great food (oh God, the food), music, art, multiculturalism, girls in frocks on bikes, loudspeakers is so high, you can hear most wine, literature, history, parks (big parks, with sculptures), gothic architecture, of it from the riverbank (though sometimes gypsies on the Metro, a bloody big river running right down the middle, and did it’s in German). A stroll along the river’s I mention the food? In fact, it’s so excellent it can be a bit overwhelming. And Left Bank takes you past the Eiffel Tower, Napolean’s tomb at the Les Invalides, the expensive. Not to worry though, years of working in print media have not only A gargoyle on Notre-Dame Cathedral taught us the difference between an apostrophe and a gerund, we’ve learned how Pont des Arts “Love Lock” bridge where you queues in the high season are very long, but to have fun on the cheap. Here’s a few ways to do it in Paris. can leave a padlock for your sweetie, used who cares, because you don’t need to go book stalls selling French vintage Asterix inside to see the coolest part: the gargoyles. comics, and the bohemian Latin Quarter, RIDE A VELIB BIKE Gargoyles rule. once home to Voltaire, Ernest Hemingway, The Parisian bike share programme is George Orwell and science hero Marie Curie. the third-largest in the world, with about WALK ALONG THE LEFT BANK 14000 bicycles in circulation. It works like You can take a tour of the Seine by boat, this: you saunter up to a Vélib station, pay but this costs a bit, and you can view the less than two Euros and spend the rest of same sites on foot. Even better, the volume the day pedalling around Paris like Chris of the live commentary on the tour boat Froome doing Tour de France victory laps. The trick is to swap bikes every half hour - rides of less than 30 minutes don’t incur additional charges. The glitches (broken spokes, dodgy brakes and the fact that the residential neighbourhoods have an early morning exothermic relationship with Vélib Vélib Bikes are so chic bikes; they all disappear into the central city by 8am) make it all the more enjoyable. Love Lock bridge “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in VISIT CIMETIERE PERE LACHAISE history, beauty, and in the point of life” EAT Worth a look for its creepy tombs and – Thomas Jefferson Eating out in Paris is expensive, but no art deco monuments, this is where Jim matter. This is France, where even the Morrison is buried (expect to see at least crappy food tastes ridiculously good. one inebriated fan swaying next to the grave, SEE NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL Load up on the filled baguettes at the pouring his last beer reverentially over the A fine example of French Gothic architecture, neighbourhood patisseries—they’re huge deceased), not to mention Edith Piaf, Oscar Notre-Dame Cathedral is a masterpiece, and will last you two meals--and hit the Wilde and the painter Modigliani, who’s magnificent in both its scale (the interior is supermarket. The first time I saw the partner is buried with him. She threw herself 130 metres long and 35 metres high) and cheese aisle at a Parisian Monoprix I cried, out of a five-story window not long after he its detail. The architects purposely worked overwhelmed as I was by the bounty spread died, which is really tragic, but just the sort asymmetrical imperfections into the design, before me. Fromage. Paris. Ah oui. of thing you go to a cemetery to think about. such as differently-shaped entrances. The Stroll the left bank past the Eiffel Tower LAURA WILLIAMSON 8 MAGAZINE. MAGAZINE. 9 on location FIXED WINGS LAURA WILLIAMSON talks sheet metal and slip rollers with Twenty24 Ltd.