June 2016 Monster Garage Sale

Saturday 11 June, 2016 starting 10am | Former Scenic Circle Hotel (opp. Garage), Beds, single and doubles. Modular shelving units, mirrors, towel rails, drapes and tracks, toilet roll holders, sliding wooden doors and tracks, power sockets, stainless steel shower trays, toilet pans including seats and cisterns, hand basins, internal doors, bar fridges, tv's, custom ROSS wood panels, pre-hung doors, formica tops, eco heaters, wall hung writing desks/drawer Lynley Hargraves units, formica tops with basins, light shades/bulbs, light switches, hand basins. ph. 03 755 4227

Plenty of kindling for those winter fires |Cash only | All proceeds raised go towards the Fox Glacier Community Centre Nick or Karyn at SWAS Painting the Hall [email protected] For the past 17 odd years members of the ph. 03 753 3160 Chatto Creek Motorcycle Club from Central Otago have been coming on a Memorial Ride over to Bruce Bay in August/September. Over Karla Maisey the years they have watched the struggle of the [email protected] small community in our effort to improve the old hall and its facilities. Last year they were so ph. 03 753 4028 impressed with the progress (and warmth!) that they offered to help by volunteering to paint the OKARITO exterior of the hall. Paula Sheridan “Harry Houdini”, the chief painter, spent a [email protected] week here in May, and along with John Birchfield painted the hall! A team of locals fed the painters ph. 03 753 4223 and Rina Thompson, prepared the hall for with food prepared and donated by the painting. This was no mean feat, considering the community and by all accounts, everyone was FRANZ JOSEF happy. state of the hall and the awful weather we were Helen Lash It was estimated that this effort saved the hall experiencing at the time! Then on Friday night a [email protected] band of helpers from Central arrived over and—lo board at least $10,000, if we had had to get and behold—Saturday morning provided the professionals in, so it is a massive contribution weather opening we were all wishing for and they from Chatto Creek. FOX GLACIER The Bruce Bay Community Hall Kate Draper Board would like to sincerely thank [email protected] the Chatto Creek Team and band of 0212478894 helpers for this wonderful effort. We can only shudder at the thought of SOUTH our community trying to do the painting Brenda Monk ourselves with our dwindling [email protected] numbers, other Home ph. 03 751 0892 commitments and Work ph. 03 751 0837 the average age

of us all!!! HAAST Paul Gurney Community Contact is compiled from the contributions of the people of South Westland. Articles, items, [email protected] news, recipes, stories, etc. from everyone are most welcome. All personal opinions should be signed and publication is at the discretion of the Community Contact team. The views expressed in Community Contact are not necessarily the views of the CC board. Send your articles or adverts to your contact or e-mail to NEWSLETTER COMPILER [email protected] by 15 June to be included in the July issue. Lisa Reinhardt ADVERTISING RATES [email protected] ph. 03 751 0170 Full Page $150.00 1/2 Page $80.00 1/4 Page $40.00 1/8 Page $20.00 Address: Community Contact, Counter Delivery, Lake Paringa Post Centre, South Westland 7834 We prefer online banking payments directly into the Bank Account: 1 Community Contact 12 3166 0042300 02 with your name & what the deposit is for. Please do not send cash. DOC JUNE 2016 to study. Marine reserves may be established in areas What’s happening at DOC during May? that contain underwater scenery, The Community Team natural features, or It’s been a busy month, which saw us participating in marine life of such local sport events and games around Franz Josef, distinctive quality, or so typical, Whataroa and Fox Glacier. The Triathlon yielded the Best beautiful or unique that their Dressed Award, the Franz Games proved to be a blast, continued preservation is in the and the Whataroa Golf tourney saw some sharp shooting national interest. Perhaps the good doctor on the greens. It could also be said that the DOC team says it best: avoided all sand traps or water hazards the whole day! “The contrast between the ever restless sea – But seriously folks, we have increasing numbers of users the gigantic waves coming and going without of drones, RPAs, or Unmanned Aircraft, wanting to fly intermission – and the quiet watershed of over Public Conservation Land (PCL). Please note that Lake Ōkārit[o], with its numerous islands, surrounded by these craft are considered to be aircraft under Civil Aviation luxuriant forest, was most striking.” – Dr Julius Haast, 1865 Authority (CAA) regulations, and must comply with those Find out more at http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/habitats/ regulations (part 101 and 102). Key points to remember for marine operators: Fox Glacier office advertised a“Weedbusters” position last  You must have permission from the land owner to fly month and expect to make an appointment soon, with the your craft, no matter how small. On PCL, you may likely start date being 1 July 2016. This person will be the need a permit or concession. Please ask at your local Department’s key contact for South Westland communities Visitor Centre or email [email protected] about weeds and pest plants, and will be able to assist with  This helps us to manage effects on the wildlife, even if weed control in your garden, your farm and other areas near it’s for family snapshots. Public Conservation Land.  No recreational drones are permitted in Franz Josef or Haast Biodiversity Team reports: Fox Glacier Valleys for safety reasons. May 2016 sees the first kohanga re-capture for the Haast  You will need insurance. tokoeka bio team! Kohanga areas are secure, pest-free sites  Observe the Privacy Act. where Operation Nest Egg juveniles have been released over  If in doubt, seek advice: https://www.caa.govt.nz/ the past 10 years. Rarotoka Island in Foveaux Straight rpas/index.html currently has 20 adult Haast tokoeka and is first in the line.

Any offspring discovered by the conservation dog teams will News from the Visitor Assets team: be brought back to the Haast Tokoeka Sanctuary later this The wet weather has kept us quite busy keeping access open month. It is exciting times as the birds have been left to their in both iconic glacier valleys. In the backcountry, new toilets own devices for so long the team in Haast is hoping for lots at Welcome Flat Hut are finished; windfalls have been of chicks! Keep posted for the results in next month’s issue. cleared from the routes up Mt Fox and Mt Adams. Our work in frontcountry sites in May also included work on the track, and Alex Knob was cleared. Looking ahead, we will work on tracks at Gillespies’ Beach and at Hari Hari, and doing some repair and upgrade work to bridges in the Copland Valley. News from the Biodiversity Team

Now that our five marine reserves are established on the West Coast, there has been a considerable amount of work preparing an operational plan that will describe how the reserves are to be managed during the next few years. In conjunction with this work, the West Coast’s “Marine Mammal Stranding Plan” has also been revised and updated; as has a strategy for Conservation Law Compliance. Why have Marine Reserves? The main aim of a marine reserve is to create an area free from the removal of marine 2 habitats and life, providing a useful comparison for scientists Whataroa JUNE 2016

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8 9 Haast JUNE 2016 Haast Happenings HAAST SCHOOL Haast Allstars What’s happening at Haast School? Hi everyone, well, looks like summer is just about behind us, We are well into Term 2 with our new Principal Michelle and the winter weather is rearing its head once again. Green and teacher Katrine Armstrong. It is cross country running season and after a successful practice at our school On the 20th April, we gathered at the Hard Antler for our th Fun Run we are off to Whataroa on the 8 of June to meal. There were fourteen of us which included our Prime - compete against four other West Coast Schools. Liz Komen, and Yoshi - the current student. Heleen was with us again, and is improving remarkably all the time. We are also excited to be receiving a visit from “The Saints”. The St Kilda Brass Band from Dunedin are bringing 10 players We all chose whatever we wanted, and the meals were to perform at the school at 2pm on the 23rd of June. Community members are welcome to join us and enjoy a cup of tea afterwards. Our gardens are experiencing a slow revival. Rachel Roxburgh is kindly working with the students every Thursday and we have begun with the raised vegetable beds and a bokhashi compost bucket. We all love getting our hands dirty and have plans for the seed raising trays, raspberry patch and the school landscaping. Any donations of cuttings or plants would be gratefully received! We have also been learning about all the different ways of keeping ourselves safe in health-fire, earthquake, stranger danger, cover basic first aid and dog safety. Community members can help our children, especially by observing the beautifully speed restrictions outside the school. presented, very generous, and Principal Michelle Green extremely tasty. Thankyou Darcy and Nikki for all the lovely food. We were lucky

enough to get surprise Easter Haast Police June 2016 Eggs by our plates donated by Tessa and Scott Norton. Thank you for being so nice to us. They didn't last long. Winter driving Our next meeting will be on the 18th of May, and will be held It’s that time of year so just a reminder to check your tyres in the Haast Hall. We will be having silverside and veges, with tread depth and that you have serviceable snow chains for a pudding to follow. I hope you can all make it then. If it’s on the ice on the roads. Have a practice with those chains the chilly side we will, of course have a fire going to keep us before you have to use them for real. all toasty warm. Look forward to seeing you all then. Once those frosts arrive, police do not want to see someone I would just like everyone to know that the Red Puppy driving down the road, peering through a small carved out Appeal raised $372.50 this year. Have done better, but roll on gap in their frosted windscreen. Please de-ice all your next year. windows.

10 Haast Police continued the last few months. The group has grown from several members to six at the last police checkpoint. Damage has Highway occurred to vehicles and property, particularly garden The state highway has certainly quietened down with the equipment and rooflines. The police 4x4 was attacked main tourist season over. That didn’t stop a stretched out yesterday morning resulting in an expensive trip to the convoy of seven rental cars cutting corners all over the Haast electrician and the vehicle put out of action. Police pass the other day though. surveillance has ascertained the gang name as Nestor Various tourist drivers have had their rental agreements Notabilis. (aka Kea) cancelled by rental company/police due to poor driving on I’ve been advised by Department of Conservation that the Haast roads this summer. (Usually failing to stay within the group will disperse shortly. Any major damage can be lane and excess speed 150kph plus) reported to your insurance company, not the police. (<: Even with the poor telecommunications here on Haast roads, if you see something, do something. Report it. Putting it into perspective though, the vast majority of tourist drivers are obeying our road laws. Youth gang in Haast township A youth gang has taken up residence in Haast town-ship over

West Coast Local Government Community Feedback Matters

The Local Government Commission will be on the West Coast in June to talk to and invite thoughts from the community about local government in the region. “Last year we received an application asking us to look at your local government arrangements, with a view to making changes,’’ says Local Government Commissioner Janie Annear. “The application met the legal requirements for assessment, and the step we are now taking is to seek the views of the wider community.” “There is something special about the Coast, and its unique communities, and we at the Local Government Commission have been reminded of this as we have travelled throughout the region, introducing ourselves to your mayors, councils and other community leaders. Now we want to meet you – the people of the West Coast.” “We want to hear what you like about the current way your councils are set up and the way services are delivered. We also want to know if you think your local government arrangements can be made more efficient, effective and user-friendly while still remaining accountable to local communities.’’ The Commission will hold a series of community workshop and drop-in sessions on the West Coast, beginning in Karamea on 15 June and finishing in on 30 June. Locally there will be a drop-in sessions from midday until 3.30pm on Monday 20 June at the Fox Glacier Emergency Services Centre and on Tuesday 21 June at the Haast Hall. Evening community workshops will be held at 7pm on Monday 20 June at the Franz Josef Medical Centre and on Tuesday 21 June at the Haast Hall. The Commission wants to talk to and hear from the community about:  What the big challenges and opportunities are on the West Coast  What you like about the current way your councils are set up and the way services are delivered  Whether there is anything about the current way your councils are set up and the way services are delivered, that you would like to change  Whether there are any council services you think would be better delivered over a wider area as shared services by existing councils  Whether some councils should be combined “We are coming to the West Coast to listen to your ideas,’’ says Mrs Annear. “We are completely open-minded and genuinely interested in what you have to say.’’ Those not able to attend a workshop or drop-in session will be able to join in the discussion through pamphlets, online and by completing the questionnaire available on paper and online. For online information and the full schedule of community workshops and drop-in sessions - www.lgc.govt.nz 11 South Westland Licensed Building Practitioner Painting & Decorating New Homes, Additions, Renovations, Concrete Work, Gib Stopping; Tiling

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12 South Westland Hunting Club Roar Competition

The South Westland Hunting Club had its first Roar the Trail Cam Competition and received a Jacket from Stoney Competition with the final weigh in and BBQ at the Whataroa Creek and a Trail Camera form Thomsons Homekill. He also Domain on 23 April. won the Early Bird Registration Draw and received a pair of There was a great turn out and some very impressive heads Bonnies Gumboots. entered. A big thank you to Marcus Pinney for doing the Ella Pinney took 1st Place for the Colouring Competition and official Douglas Scoring for the evening received some goodies from Mitre 10 and Also Mike Mciver for judging the Mega. Photo Competition. Mitre 10 Mega Greymouth, Alpine The results for the competition were Cinema Franz Josef and Stoney Creek Highest Scoring Head was shot by Dave supplied Spot Prizes on the night. Friend receiving a $300 Flight Voucher The South Westland Hunting Club would from Alpine Adventure. The same head like to thank everyone who entered and also took out the Peoples Choice Award we look forward to next year. and received a pair of hunting boots from The South Westland Hunting Club would Boonies. like to also thank all the sponsors of the 2nd Place Scoring Head went to Ben competition. Bamford. The same head also was awarded the Oldest Stag shot and Stoney Creek received a processing voucher from Alpine Adventures Franz Josef Thomsons Homekill. Ben was awarded Bonnies Most Unusual and received a pair of Quantro gumboots from Can Am West Coast Farmlands. Thomsons Homekill Service 3rd Place Scoring Head was shot by Scott Perrin. He was also Farmlands Whataroa awarded Judges Choice and received a hard rifle case from Department of Conservation Westland Can Am West Coast. Mitre 10 Mega Greymouth Smallest Head went to John Mead and received two Annual M.G Sullivan Contracting Fox Glacier Hut Passes from Department of Conservation. Heartland Hotel Fox Glacier Jeremy Nolan took out both the Wild Photo Competition and Alpine Cinema Franz Josef

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Ross 10.30am 10.30am 2 Bingo Night @ Fox

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Whataroa 10.30am 9am 10.30am 9am 4 Jet Boat Tasks @ Family mass, M.tea after Whataroa 5pm 5pm Franz Josef 5 Jet Boat Sprints @ Franz Josef Fox Glacier 11am 11am 6 Queen’s Birthday Haast 5pm 7 South Westland Catholic Parish: Contact Fr. Michael Mahoney, 0210333746 or 037534140 Note: This mass is the normal parish schedule. It is wise to check that a mass has not been 8 changed for some special reason. Anglican 5th 12th 16th 26th 9

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18 SUPPORT, HELP, ADVICE? South Westland Area Practice 19 West Coast contact numbers are: Providing Healthcare from Hari Hari to Westland Victim Support 0800 VICTIM or 0800 842 846 Haast 20 Local Govt Feedback Arthritis Foundation (03) 768 7254 For all appointments please call Cancer Society (03) 768 9557 or 0800 794 325 84 and speak to one of our 21 Local Govt Feedback Chch office 0800 226 237 Health Care team Women’s Refuge (9am – 3pm) (03) 7898025 AH 8.30–17.00 hrs Monday to Saturday 22 0800 208 339 23 The Saints performing@ Child Support Agency – queries re child support 0800 221 221 For URGENT after hours care please call 24 Disability Information Service 0800 100 946 0800 SW Health / 0800 794 325 84 West Coast Rural Support— Your call will always be answered, please 25 Dianne Milne 0800 787 254 stay on the line! Lifeline – West Coast Toll Free 0800 353 353 26 Kidsline – 4pm – 6pm every school day Please remember to order your repeat 27 0800 543 754 prescriptions in plenty of time to avoid AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) (03) 7520200 any delay in receiving your medication. 28 Poison helpline 0800 POISON 0800 764766 Payment is expected on the day of your HEALTHLINE – FREE 24 HR HEALTH ADVICE visit. 29

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