on magazine volume 3, issue 6, summer 2012-2013

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Vol. 3, Issue 6, Summer 2012-2013
ka Bowling Club
ISLAND CABARET hawea NYE
al fresco play being green
diamond geezers flash fiction
SUMMER LOVIN’ SOUTHERN FLING
Vol. 3, Issue 6, Summer 2012-2013
4 concept
32 on screen
6 environment
34 little ones
8 on track
35 on the page
10 on location
36 degustation
11 on the island
38 destinations
12 fashion
40 flash fiction
18 directions
42 inspiration
Eco adventures
Spec-trackular!
Diamond geezers
Ruby Island cabaret
Love all
Wanaka map
19 on / off
What’s cool, what’s not
20 what’s on
Gig guide
26 on location
Hawea Happening
28 on the beat
Rave rising
30on foot
A peek at Mt Roy
31 on location
Chop Shop
Bikes on film
Playground guide
Book review
Summer BBQ
Invercargill
Short short stories
Local poetry
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COVER: Ruby Island
Image by Simon Darby
Photo: Jeremy Town
Gone Troppo
onmagazine Summer. It turns me upside down. Summer, summer, summer – like a merry-go-round.
The Cars were right. Summer is magic. Wanaka’s population surges during the warmer
months – for good reason. For the weeks either side of Christmas and New Year, New
Zealand shuts up shop and heads for a sunny spot beside a body of water. A river, lake or
piece of coast we like to call our second home. And half the population seems to come
to Wanaka. It’s the time of the great Out Of Office AutoReply. If you for some strange
reason send a business-related email during this summer-soaking fortnight, it’s most
likely to ping back with something like Thank you for getting in touch. I’m away from
the office on leave so the only work I’m doing is on my tan. If you are really desperate
to communicate with someone, then get in touch with some poor intern or underling
because I’m sifting sand through my toes and rubbing sunscreen on my loved one/s.
What are you even up to; sending an email, you doofus? Go outside, crank up
your BBQ, run through the sprinkler, live a little. It’s officially ‘tools down’.
I will endeavour to reply to your email in the New Year, ‘but til then I’ve gone
troppo. You should too.
This is corporate communiqué at its best. The last thing I’m planning before
embracing my Wanaka summer holiday is crafting that snappy AutoReply. Something
along the lines of I’m here, it’s awesome, best wishes for 2013. Then the fun begins.
I’ve got a bucket list of Wanaka must-dos for this season: Jump off the wharf, go
wakeboarding, glamping, tramping, swimming and fishing. Play golf, tennis, backyard
cricket and lawn bowls. Eat hot chips under the willows. Picnic. Lose the shoes.
Meanwhile my instant reply can tell others what they’re missing. Because although this
is gloating just a teeny bit, it’s all in the interest of promoting Work/Life balance. And
just now, Summer = Life. Work can wait. Let’s go troppo.
ANNABEL WILSON
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Contributing Writers: Alex Kerr, Simon King, Christopher Horan, Libby Paulin, MAL,
Sarah Wadsworth
Contributing Photographers: Simon Darby, Zed (Zeph) Wadsworth, WANAKA.TV,
Jeremy Town, Nina Henderson
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ECO WANAKA ADVENTURES
The On girls caught up with Chris Riley, the co-owner of Eco Wanaka Adventures.
He and his guides take their clients hiking, lake cruising, heli hiking and fishing, and
word around town is they are the local authority on the region’s secret spots.
So, Chris, we’re intrigued by both the “Eco”
and “Adventures” part of your name. Can you
tell us a little bit about what you do?
Eco Wanaka offers lake, island and mountain
adventures with a difference: informative,
flexible, fun eco tours and treks with the amazing
Wanaka secrets revealed. For example, the Rob
Roy Glacier Trek gets well off the beaten tracks.
And on the “eco” side of it, our clients can “give
back” by planting a native tree on Mou Waho
Island on every Lake Cruise & Island Nature
Walk trip - a mutually beneficial agreement with
DOC that leaves the island in better condition
than we arrived, every time.
How long has ECO Wanaka Adventures been
running?
We have been running for six years now. Our
local guides all have had many years’ experience
prior to this, and, personally, I have been guiding
here since 1983!
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Have you had any particularly memorable
clients?
One man wanted “The Big Day Out”, Wanaka
style. This consisted of: drive Wanaka to
Makarora, fly Siberia Valley, walk to Lake
Crucible, swim in the lake (requested!) pushing
the icebergs out of the way, walk back to airstrip,
fly scenic back to Makarora, drive back to
Wanaka to finish with a beer with his wife (who
refused to stay in a hut overnight), all in one day!
He was lots of fun, and it was a really cool tailormade experience.
Your “Lake Cruise and Island Walk” trip takes
visitors to Mou Wahu Island Nature Reserve.
What sort of flora and fauna make the island
their home?
This introduced-predator-free island is alive with
birdlife, including the New Zealand pigeon, tui,
bellbird, New Zealand falcon, morepork and,
of course, the flightless buff weka, extinct on
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mainland New Zealand since 1920 and liberated
back on here in 2004. This is now the only place
they can be seen in the wild in any numbers (100150 plus) on the mainland. Hopelessly nosey, sadly
they have no street sense with predators, and will
walk up to them, to their demise.
Can you explain the “island on a lake on an
island on a lake” thing? It’s very cool.
Wanaka is the most amazing lake. Just north of
the island, it is 311 metres deep (below sea level),
then, during the ice ages, ice was forced uphill 500
metres right over the top of the island, somehow
leaving a gouged-out lake up 150 metres on top
of Mou Waho Island. And then there are islands
in that lake! It is a unique phenomenon, found
nowhere else in the Southern Lakes.
Wally Weka checks the map
What’s your favourite local walk?
It has to be Rob Roy Glacier Trek. I have been up
there guiding long enough to say that the valley
geologically and ice-wise has changed amazingly
in the last 25 years; a snapshot of geological
time. It is always different. Trek-leading in the
Annapurnas and Everest region, it would take
us two weeks to see icefall action like that, not
two hours!
If you could choose anyone from history to
take on a heli hike, who would it be and why?
Ernest Shackleton, after wintering over two years
in a row in gruesome conditions in Antarctica,
then saving all his men. I think I would shout him
a single malt as well!
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Upper Clutha Tracks Trust.
When it comes to tracks, cyclists and walkers
in Wanaka are spoiled for choice. Along with
local classics such as the Outlet Track, new trails
have sprung up at an impressive rate recently,
with the Hawea River Track from Albert Town
to Hawea, the Upper Clutha Track to Luggate,
the Gladstone Track at Hawea and the Glendhu
Bay Track all completed in the past four years.
By Christmas there will be one more.
The new tracks are all thanks to the Upper
Clutha Tracks Trusts (UCTT), formed in
2006 as a local answer to the Wakatipu Trails
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Trust. The trust facilitates both the funding and
construction of new trails, and they’re doing a
fine job.
“The concept was to create a communityled process for track building,” says UCTT
Chairman Tim Dennis. He explains that
a charitable trust, as opposed to DOC or
Council, for example, can access multiple
finding sources. More importantly, a trust is
something locals can feel a part of.
Since its inception, the Trust has built more
than 50 kms of track in the Wanaka area. This
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will soon grow by another 12 kms, with the
Newcastle Track due to open in December.
Starting from the Hawea Swing Bridge, this
trail offers an off-road loop between Albert
Town to Luggate, up one bank of the Clutha
and back along the other. Not bad - just two
years ago the only way to see this part of the
Clutha was from a boat.
To help these guys keep making tracks,
financial donations can be made online at
www.uppercluthatrackstrust.org.nz. Or, if
you’d rather help in other ways, says Tim,
contact the Trust directly. “We take everything
from cattle stops to gravel. Every bit helps!”
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Flapper alert! This summer marks the return of a legend: the Ruby Island Cabaret.
A Gem of a Lifestyle
IN HAWEA
There’s something precious about life in Hawea, and for the team behind 1791
Diamonds, it’s proving to be a real gem of a place to work.
Richard Prout and Alice Herald, both
originally from the UK, are the co-founders
of 1791 Diamonds, specialising in the online
retail of exquisitely-crafted diamonds.
Richard brings a degree in Computing and 20
years’ business experience to the company, while
Alice has a BA Honours Degree in Jewellery.
But it was a love of the outdoors and an active
lifestyle which brought them both to New
Zealand. Alice is also trained in sports therapy,
an area she was working in when she and
husband Jon came here in 2004. Richard and
wife Jenny had also moved to Hawea following
six months spent travelling with their two young
daughters. For Richard, seeing the view from
the Hawea dam, and meeting the people of the
local community, was life-changing, inspiring a
permanent move from the UK.
It was at a fitness group taken by Alice
that the two first met. They got talking
and Richard’s keen business senses pricked
up. He was operating a boutique software
company, which had been buying shares
in a US online engagement ring company.
Richard was convinced he could make a
better website, he just needed someone to
develop the “product” side of the company.
“And that’s where I came in!” explains Alice.
Fast forward to 2012 and a Google search
for ‘diamond engagement rings’ will put
1791 Diamonds top of the list. The 1791
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Diamonds website showcases over 100 of
Alice’s beautiful designs, with a signature
collection coming soon. If there are
disadvantages to running an international
business from small-town New Zealand,
the 1791 Diamonds team aren’t aware of
them. What is obvious is that Alice’s designs
are inspired by the spectacular natural
environment in which she lives and works.
A sliver of that view from the Hawea dam
which first stopped the Prout family in their
tracks ends up in the rings that are sent
around the world.
ALEX KERR
Alex is a writer and editor based in Wanaka. Read
more of her work at wordproof.wordpress.com.
More than 80 years ago, between 1928 and
1932, Ruby Island was home to a Saturday
night cabaret. Revellers took to the Makarora
beech floor, dancing to jazz, ragtime, blues and
Dixieland, while, according to rumour, a lookout
back on shore kept watch for the local constable.
On February 3, 200 people will get to
experience the magic of this bygone era with the
return of the Ruby Island Cabaret. Lake Wanaka
SouNZ Inc. (which runs Rippon Festivals and
Sounz Forza Workshops) has been granted the
opportunity to recreate these 1920s parties, with
all profits going to Ruby Island Trust.
The Cabaret will take place on the original
dance floor at the top of the island. A stage is to
be built on the original kitchen site where an 8piece ragtime band will entertain the first guests
at a public event on the island since 1932. A
traditional (but funked-up) café/bar will operate
at the site and an audio-visual area will offer
historical insights.
LWSI is keen to hear from anyone who has
recollections of Ruby Island, especially memories
which date prior to 1950.
Tickets are on sale December 10 and are limited
to 200, with live music and boat travel included.
www.facebook.com/LakeWanakaSounz
twitter.com/ripponfestival
info@cabaretonruby.co.nz
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Base: Fashion
Basecamp: Climbing Centre
BWM: Snow/Skate
Cherry: Fashion
Chop: Apparel/Headwear/Espresso
Eco Wanaka: Outdoor Adventures
Emma for Beauty: Beauty Salon
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9 Hawea Hotel: Bar/Restaurant
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Quest: Snow/Skate
Rubys: Cinema & Bar
Sasanoki: Japanese Cuisine
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Skinny Dipping
Spelunking
Jandals
Friends with Boats
Ruby Island
Dirt Biking
A Roll in the Hay
Sunscreen
Lawn Bowls
Double Dipping
Krunking
Jandal Blow Outs
Kooks in boats
Mururoa Atoll
Dirt Bags
Hayfever
Sunstroke
Underarm Bowling
Friday 14 December
] Anna van Riel live, Federal Diner
] Retro Chic 1st birthday, Lalaland
For regular gig and event updates,
follow us on Twitter (@onmagwanaka)
Saturday 15 December
] Anna van Riel live, Queenstown
Remarkable Markets
DECEMBER
Monday 3 December
] Racers Edge Group Rides: easy ride, 6pm
(every Monday)
Tuesday 4 December
] Racers Edge Group Rides: mountain bike
ride, 6pm (every other Tuesday), women’s
road ride, 9am (every Tuesday)
] Twisted Tuesdays at Lalaland (every Tue)
Wednesday 5 December
] Racers Edge Group Ride: road ride,
intermediate/advanced, 6pm (every Wed)
] Deans Bank MTB Time Trial, 6pm, meet
at start of track at stile (every Wednesday)
Wanaka triathlete Simone Maier
Thursday 6 December
] Racers Edge Group Ride: Hawea Road
Ride, 7pm, meet at Cemetary Rd (every Thu)
] The Christmas Belles, 4-6pm, Wanaka
Farmers Market
Friday 7 December
] Live music every Friday, drink specials &
bar menu, 6-8pm at Federal Diner
] Exhibition opening: ‘Colour’- Group show
with Lukeke, Richard Adams and more,
Gallery 33
] Love it Live, live music from 6pm, Urban
Grind (every Friday)
Photo: Jeremy Town
Wednesday 12 December
] 12:01am screening of The Hobbit in 3D,
Ruby’s Cinema
Thursday 13 December
] Anna van Riel and Liv McBride live,
Wanaka Farmers Market
photo: WANAKA.TV
Saturday 8 December
] Mission WOW Wheels @ Wanaka,
women’s MTB clinic, apres bike at Maude
winery, Dec 8-9
] Cardrona 150 Years of Gold Celebrations,
Cardrona Valley, Dec 8-9
Sunday 9 December
int/adv, train or race, 9.30am, meet at Vets
Corner (every Sunday)
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Photo: WANAKA.TV
Sunday 2 December
] Christmas dinner with The Christmas
Belles from 5pm, The Creek Cafe
] Cromwell Christmas at the Races,
Cromwell Racecourse
] Gordie Smith live acoustic, following
Cromwell Races, Luggate Hotel
] Sunday sessions, live music 3-8pm, Happy
Hour at 5.30pm, The Creek (every Sunday)
Thursday 20 December
] Anna van Riel live, 4-6pm, Wanaka
Farmers Market
Tuesday 25 December
] Merry Christmas!
Photo: WANAKA.TV
Saturday 1 December
] ON magazine Summer issue launch party
@ Wanaka Bowling Club, 4 - 6pm.
] Santa Day, fundraiser for St John, Paper Plus
] Exhibition: Wanaka artist Philippa Jones,
Bannockburn Country House, to Dec 14
Friday 28 December
] The Sellouts, Hawea Hotel Garden Bar
Sunday 30 December
] Bannockburn Mountainbike Classic,
Bannockburn Hotel
Monday 31 December
] Summerdaze Festival 2013 starts
] Hawea New Year’s Carnival, Hawea Hotel
] The Heartleys, Luggate Hotel
] New Year’s Eve Countdown, Ardmore St
] Glam Rock the New Year, Lalaland
Clothing Boutique & Espresso Bar
Shop 3, Pembroke Mall. Ph 443-8297
Tuesday 1 January
Wednesday 2 January
] Summerlands 2013 with Dub FX, Tiki
Taane & P-Money, Lake Hawea Hotel
] Wanaka Rodeo, Rodeo Grounds next to
Albert Town Bridge
Friday 4 January
] National Cherry Spitting Competition/
Cherry Festival, The Mall, Cromwell
Saturday 5 January
] Wanaka Holiday Gala, Wanaka
Showgrounds
Sunday 6 January
] Sunday sessions, live music, 3pm, Luggate
Hotel (every Sunday)
Monday 7 January
] Racers Edge Group Ride: easy ride, 6pm
(every Monday)
] Studio 24 / Cakes of Wanaka Wedding Expo
Tuesday 8 January
Wednesday 9 January
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Photo: WANAKA.TV
Junior Challenge Wanaka Triathlon
Sunday 3 February
] Cabaret on Ruby (Ruby Island)
FEBRUARY
Friday 1 February
] Jo Little & Jared Smith NZ Summer Tour,
Federal Diner
] Exhibition: Madeleine Child and Philip
Jarvis, Gallery 33
] New Zealand Saloon Car Champs, Central
Motor Speedway
Photo: Nina Henderson
JANUARY
The Black Seeds
intermediate/advanced, 6pm (every
Wednesday)
] Deans Bank MTB Time Trial, 6pm, meet
at start of track at stile (every Wednesday)
Thursday 10 January
] Sir Peter Blake Memorial Trophy - Round
Ruby Island Race 2, Wanaka Yacht Club
Friday 11 January
Sunday 13 January
int/adv, train or race, 9.30am, meet at Vets
Corner (every Sunday)
] Puzzling World Junior Challenge,
Pembroke Park
Friday 18 January
] Contact Tri Series, Wanaka lakefront
Photo: WANAKA.TV
Photo: WANAKA.TV
Wanaka Rodeo, January 2nd 2013
Saturday 19 January
] Challenge Wanaka Triathlon
] Lake Wanaka Half Triathlon
Friday 25 January
] Mitre10 Roy’s Bay Regatta, Wanaka Yacht
Club, January 25-27
Saturday 26 January
] Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Dinosaur Park
] The Big Easy Mountain Bike Race, Pisa
Range
Enjoy Lake Hawea for your New Year!
Photo: Bridget Hall
Photo: Jeremy Town
Tiki Taane and family at the Sunshine Festival
Thursday 14 February
] Valentines Day - share your love, share a
cocktail at Lalaland
Saturday 16 February
] Kathmandu Riverrun Trail Series, Race 2,
Cardrona River Mouth Reserve
Friday 22 February
] Summer Send Off, Pembroke Park, Feb 22-24
Saturday 23 February
] Pat Benatar, Bachman & Turner and
America, Gibbston Valley Station
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Photo: Simon Darby
Mat Proctor on Lake Wanaka
Monday 4 February
] Racers Edge Group Ride, easy ride, 6pm
(every Monday)
Tuesday 5 February
Wednesday 6 February
intermediate/advanced, 6pm (every Wed)
] Deans Bank MTB Time Trial, 6pm, meet at
start of track at stile (every Wednesday)
Thursday 7 February
Friday 8 February
Saturday 9 February
] Sunshine Shotover Festival, Queenstown
Sunday 10 February
] Racers Edge Group Ride: road ride, int/adv,
train or race, 9.30am, meet at Vets Corner
(every Sunday)
MARCH
Sunday 3 March
Monday 4 March
] Racers Edge Group Ride, easy ride, 6pm
(every Monday)
Tuesday 5 March
Wednesday 6 March
intermediate/advanced, 6pm (every
Wednesday)
] Deans Bank MTB Time Trial, 6pm, meet at
start of track at stile (every Wednesday)
Thursday 7 March
Friday 8 March
] Upper Clutha A & P Show, Wanaka
Showgrounds, March 8-9
sophisticated bar menu, 6-8pm at Federal
Diner
Saturday 9 March
] Motatapu R & R Sport Multisport,
Matukituki River
Sunday 10 March
] Godzone, 10-16 March
] Racers Edge Group Ride: road ride, int/adv,
train or race, 9.30am, meet at Vets Corner
(every Sunday)
Friday 15 March
] Wanaka Embroidery School, Mount
Aspiring College, March 15-17
Hawea Happening
Celebrating the New Year: It’s all ON in Hawea!
New Year’s Eve at the Hawea Hotel. It’s legendary. Everyone around here has a tale of
packing into the outdoor bar area to see The Exponents, Shapeshifter, Shihad or The
Datsuns to count in one coming year or another. People travel from far and wide to
join in the revelry, Hawea style.
This year the boys and girls in Hawea are
taking New Years to the next level, with
several days of music, entertainment and
activities for all ages and all persuasions.
It all kicks off with the pre-New-Year Lake
Hawea Garden Bar series. Confirmed already
are Cromwell’s The Sellouts, playing December
28. For updates on more gigs, keep an eye on
the Hawea Hotel Facebook page.
It will be all go for kids and grown-ups alike
on December 31 with the Hawea New Years
Carnival set to go off like a pinwheel sparkler on
a starless night. The garden bar will be chocka
with interactive games, all things bouncy, a
vertical bungee, old school bob for apples and
carnival games. There will be live entertainment
throughout the day, as well as bubbles and face
painting. Hungry work, so look out for the
all-you-can eat BBQ (Hot dogs! Candy floss!).
Local musos Rockhopper will see in the New
Year, with special guest Richard Adams of the
Nairobi Trio on fiddle and, of course, fireworks.
All-inclusive tickets are $120 for a family of
four, extra adults $45, extra kids $20, and there
will be an after dark price of $20.
Take a day to recover, and then rock up on
January 2 for Summerlands 2013, a festival of
local, national and international sweet beats.
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On deck, among others: Melbourne’s loopmaestro Dub FX with Flower Fairy, P-Money,
an acoustic set by Tiki Taane and Wanaka’s very
own SamSam in the gorgeous setting of the
Hawea Hotel garden bar. Camping is available,
or catch the Summerlands bus from Wanaka.
Check out Summerlands on Facebook for
tickets and more info: www.facebook.com/
summerlandsnz/info.
From Melbourne to Hawea: Dub FX
Rave Rising
On Magazine’s music muse MAL contemplates the mainstreaming of club music.
French dj David Guetta is a polarising
figure. Legions of fans who bought into the
signature synthetic whump that underpins
the record-breaking digital download ‘I
Gotta Feeling’ with the Black Eyed Peas are
pitted against fiercely underground pioneers
who risked and suffered imprisonment
participating in massive druggy raves.
The latter feel like Guetta got rich by
foisting a cheesy version of their culture on
unsophisticated consumers.
My first remembered exposure to Guetta’s
club brand was at the riotous DC10 club in
Ibiza in 2001, when some hot wasted chick with
a Fuck Me I’m Famous badge gave me a flyer.
I didn’t attend the promoted event on that
occasion, but subsequently became familiar
with the output of the artist who scored an
island-wide hit in the form of ‘Just A Little
More Love’, a hugely euphoric club track
jostling for prominence amongst a slew of
other similarly inclined others.
But over the following decade Dave
emerged from the peloton, along with the
nakedly ambitious Swedish House Mafia and
constantly shuffling uncle’n’nephew team
LMFAO, to form the triad most hated on due
their immense success and, IMO, refreshing
lack of subtlety.
Perhaps hypocritically Dave even publicly
forswore illegal drugs, preferring instead the
rush of a massive injection of cash mainlined
into his bank accounts.
Me? I like how club music is popular, even
as I salute the forerunners who dug the trench
for the money waterfall that followed.
Take for example the late Sam Guetta, my
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old boss, club industry raconteur and no
relation to David.
According to news outlet Diario de Ibiza,
Sam’s body was found in July covered in
bruises. I still don’t know what happened.
Top 5: Solange ‘Losing You’, Twin Shadow ‘I
Can’t Wait’ [Gordon Voidwell Remix], Michel
Cleis ‘Mir a Nero’, Caribou ‘Sun’ [Altrice’s
Only What You Gave Me Remix], Bieber &
Big Sean ‘As Long As You Love Me’.
Download or stream the On Mag Deep
Summer Mix, featuring the above tracks, here:
www.givingupdrugsforlent.podomatic.com.
In Wanaka on January 2 will be
Summerlands, featuring Dub FX & Flower
Fairy, Tiki Taane doing an acoustic set, PMoney, a Soulside Session with Emma G &
MC Tali, K+Lab, Summer Thieves, and our
very own SamSam!
chop
shop
Photo: Simon Darby
On got together with Chop duo Deano
Johnston and Hayley Knights to chat about
their Wanaka born and bred brand.
Mount Roy is hard to miss. At 1578 metres
above sea level, it hovers over Wanaka like
a friendly sentinel, visible from anywhere
in town. Locals look to its peak in spring
to guide them in early season sowing—
never plant your lettuces while there’s still
snow on Roy. You’ll lose them to frost. The
track is closed October 1 to November 10
for lambing, so, come summer, locals and
visitors are eager to scale its heights once
again and take in some of Wanaka’s most
spectacular views.
The track zig zags steeply uphill, and it’s an
honest day’s walk, five to six hours return
depending on your level of fitness. Bring a hearty
lunch, your camera, and a steely determination
to make it to the top. When you do, you’ll be
rewarded with the best views you’ll get around
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here without boarding an aeroplane, a bird’s eye
perspective of the Wanaka township and Lake
Wanaka, and a 365 degree vista that takes in
the Matukituki Valley, Mt Aspiring/Tititea and
the Hawkdun Range. It’s like a giant Grahame
Sydney painting, except better because it’s real
and you’re sitting smack in the middle of it
instead of staring at it on a wall.
There’s a parking lot at the start of the trail,
located about 6kms along Mt Aspiring Road
on the left. There is no shade on the track, so
take a hat, lots of water, and don’t forget to slip,
slap, slop.
Difficulty: Strenuous.
Views: Panoramic lake and mountain vistas.
Flora: The lower portion of the track takes you
through grassy paddocks, which give way to the
alpine tussocks of the Stack Conservation Area
as you climb.
Hayley shows the cute kidswear at Chop Shop
ON: We remember when CHOP hats first
appeared at the old Boardhouse beside 4
Square on Ardmore St. They were an instant
hit. Now every self-respecting Subaru in
Wanaka has a CHOP sticker on it. What’s
the story behind your brand’s success?
Hmmmm, our success? Well CHOP was an
idea that began on the couch back in 2004
and was initially a small run of beanies gifted
to some Wanaka snowboarding crew. Peeps
seemed to identify with the brand and things
rolled from there. Still stokes us out seeing cars
plastered with CHOP!
Pop in for an espresso...
ON: You’ve always supported guru riders
and musos. What’s the criteria for getting
sponsored by CHOP?
Due to us both having backgrounds in NZ
snowboarding we were already well connected
with the industry and basically just hooked
up friends that were on top of their game.
Downtown Brown and The Sunshine Sound
System were the first crew we flowed product
to in the NZ music scene and through them we
met other music industry big hitters who were
keen to rock the brand.
Deano and Kaya
We’ll be hangin’ tight in Wanaka, working
hard and enjoying spending time with our
two awesome little girls Kaya & Casey.
ON: What’s the CHOP family up to for
summer?
Check out the Chop Shop.
Shop 3 Pembroke Mall.
Photos: WANAKA.TV
* ROY’S PEAK TRACK *
ON: What’s ON this season, and what’s
OFF?
Caps & Tees are ON.
Beanies & Hoodies are OFF!
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Quicksilver (1986)
Kevin Bacon is Jack Casey, a stockbroker whose
career ends prematurely after a bad stock call. His
solution? Become a bike courier, of course! What
follows is a lot of hogwash involving saving a cute
girl called Terry from bike-messenger-exploiting
drug dealers and something about opening a hot
dog stand.
Bikes
on the
BIG SCREEN
Movies about bikes have been around for a long time. Thomas Edison even
shot one in 1899, of a stunt rider doing all sorts of cool tricks, including a
very competent handlebar spin. This summer sees the release of Premium
Rush, starring hottie-du-jour Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Dark Knight Rises,
Looper) as a bike messenger in distress. To get in the mood, why not pick up
one of these cycling celluloid classics first?
2 Seconds (1998)
It’s got the Mammoth Mountain Kamikaze
downhill, it’s got French Canadians, it’s got girlon-girl action! A wee Canadian gem dating from
the early days of downhilling.
THIS
RUBYS
THIS WEEK
WEEK AT
ATThe
RUBYS
Flying Scotsman (2006)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
An unemployed father finally gets work putting up
posters because he has a bicycle. Alas, his bike is stolen.
A classic work of Italian neorealism and an early onscreen acknowledgement of a universal truth: it really
sucks when someone swipes your bike.
Breaking Away (1979)
Small-town boy from Indiana develops obsession with Italian
cycling to the point that he starts speaking Italian and eating
sauteed zucchini. The film won the 1979 Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay, and features a very young Dennis
Quaid in very short shorts.
BMX Bandits (1983)
THURSDAY 8TH
THURSDAY 8TH
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2:00 The Descendants R
2:30 We Need To talk About Kevin R
2:30 We Need To talk About Kevin R
4:05 Moneyball PG-13
4:05 Moneyball PG-13
4:40 Vincent Wants to Sea UR
4:40 Vincent Wants to Sea UR
6:30 War Horse PG-13
6:30 War Horse PG-13
6:45 Buck: Buck Brannaman PG
6:45 Buck: Buck Brannaman PG
8:30 Moneyball
8:30 Moneyball
8:30 We Need To talk About Kevin
8:30 We Need To talk About Kevin
9:15 Underworld 4: Awakening R
9:15 Underworld 4: Awakening R
MONDAY 12TH
MONDAY 12TH
2:00 The Descendants
2:15 Buck: Buck Brannaman
4:00 We Need To Talk About Kevin
4:30 The Vow
4:30 The Vow
6:15 Romantics Anonymous
6:30 Hugo 3D
6:30 LAURA
Hugo 3DWILLIAMSON
8:45 Underworld 4: Awakening
FRIDAY 9TH
FRIDAY 9TH
1:45 War Horse
1:45 War Horse
6:30 Romantics Anonymous UR
6:30 Romantics Anonymous UR
6:40 Hugo 3D PG
6:40 Hugo 3D PG
8:55 TT3D: Closer to the Edge UR
8:55 TT3D: Closer to the Edge UR
TUESDAY 13TH
TUESDAY 13TH
2:00 Moneyball
2:00 Moneyball
4:30 Vincent Wants to Sea
6:00 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy PG
6:00 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy PG
8:15 War Horse
8:15 War Horse
SATURDAY 10TH
SATURDAY 10TH
2:00 Star Wars Episode 1:
2:00 Star Wars Episode 1:
The Phantom Menace 3D PG
The Phantom Menace 3D PG
6:15 War Horse
6:15 War Horse
7:15 Vincent Wants To Sea
7:15 Vincent Wants To Sea
8:50 Moneyball
8:50 Moneyball
Three BMX kids get in heaps of trouble with
a group of homicidal bank robbers. It’s never
going to be mistaken for Shakespeare,
but there’s
SUNDAY 11TH
SUNDAY 11TH
StarAustralian
Wars Episode 1:
something endearing about 1:40
this
1:40 Star
Wars Episode 1:
The Phantom Menace
The Phantom Menace
classic and the riding is, like, totally
rad!
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1:45
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4:00
4:15
4:15
6:30
6:30
6:35
6:35
8:15
8:15
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8:35
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Melancholia
Melancholia
Hugo 3D
Hugo 3D
Buck: Buck Brannaman
Buck: Buck Brannaman
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady
Underworld 4: Awakening
Underworld 4: Awakening
The story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Orbee, who
broke the UCI Hour Record (the longest distance ridden in one hour),
on a bike he built himself, incorporating components from an old washing machine.
Starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie’s first, and spunkiest, husband.
WEDNESDAY 14TH
WEDNESDAY 14TH
6:30 Hugo 3D
6:30 Hugo 3D
8:45 The Vow
8:45 The Vow
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See-saws! Swings! Slides! On Magazine’s round-up of Wanaka’s best playgrounds.
THE DINoSAUR PARK
Corner of Ardmore St and Lakeside Rd
A Wanaka classic, the Dinosaur Park underwent
a $350 000 upgrade in 2004. New swings, a
“Spiderman” rope tower and all sorts of things
that spin were added, and the dinosaur slide got
a spiffy new coat of paint. The prehistoric plaster
creature has taken pride of place at the park since
1976. The red sliding surface warms up nicely
on a summer morning, and the plates along his
spine are perfect for hiding behind, especially
when the grownups are calling home-time.
Domini Park
Trevathan Lane, off Kings Drive
This playground has swings for both little and
big kids, a groovy wooden car, a covered BBQ
area and the best flying fox in the region. Get up
enough speed, and you’ll flip completely upsidedown when you hit the rubber stopper at the end.
Wanaka Station Park
Wanaka-Mt Aspiring Road
Only one swing set, but acres of grass to run
around on, thick bushes for hide-and-seek,
epic tree climbing and the ruins of the original
homestead and farm equipment for clambering
action. This park is the most sheltered spot in
town when the Nor’wester gets up, and there’s a
banquet-sized wooden table for summer picnics.
A great spot for outdoor birthday parties.
Luggate Park and Domain
Main Road, Luggate
Luggate has two parks almost directly across
from each other. The newer playground is
located in front of the Luggate Pub. There’s a
flying fox, tunnel slide and a scale model of the
nearby Red Bridge. On the other side of the road
is the Luggate Domain, where delightfully oldschool climbing frames - paint slightly flaked,
steel bars slightly askew - sit next to the cricket
pitch. Take a picnic; there’s a good few hours’ of
fun to be had between the two.
Photo: LW
Albert Town Playground
Wanaka Station Park
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Dale Street, Albert Town
One of the newer parks in the district, here
you’ll find a pirate-themed climbing frame
for little scurvy dogs and a concrete kid-sized
tunnel through a native-tussock-clad hillock. It
makes an excellent echo chamber. Next to the
playground, a smooth, concrete path winds its
way across a grass field - the perfect training
ground for first-time cyclists, skaters and scooter
pilots.
LAURA WILLIAMSON
Elemental:
Central Otago Poems
by Brian Turner
Brian Turner is best-known as a poet of place, the place being Central
Otago. Like Central, his work is bursting with tussocks, big skies, wind and
hillocks (so much so a friend of mine once referenced Turner, tongue-incheek-lovingly, in a poem about “f***ing tussocks”). When I read his words
I often picture him sitting at the Oturehua Tavern with Grahame Sydney
and Owen Marshall, raising their glasses to the landscape.
It is easy to reduce his work to caricature, to liken it to a series of regional postcards,
but, as Elemental shows, he is much more than that. Turner has selected 150 works
from his 30-year career as a poet, and the collection showcases why he is one of our
most beloved writers: visceral imagery, acute observation and thoughts that are as
accessible as they are profound.
In ‘Van Morrison in Central Otago’, he nails the un-utterably vast beauty of this
area, beauty that still catches the breath
of those of us who have lived here for
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of beyond.” And Turner can be funny. In
‘Keep It Up’, he captures a snippet of rural
conversation anyone who has spent time
leaning on the bar at the Luggate Hotel
will recognise. “A farmer asked me,” he
writes, “if I was working / and added / he
didn’t mean / writing.”
Elemental pairs Turner’s work with the
photographs of Wanaka’s Gilbert van
Reenen, a union that is pure Central.
“It’s as if the hills watch us, and ask if we
are watching ourselves in them,” Turner
explains in his introduction. And in
these poems and pictures, we may watch
ourselves too.
LAURA WILLIAMSON
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Summer tastes,
Japanese food by the lake.
Grilled Quinoa Stuffed Peppers with
Cheddar and Fresh Coriander
q
(Vegetarian and Gluten Free)
q
PHOTO: Z (Zeph Wadswor
th)
These grilled peppers (capsicums) work great as a vegetarian meal or as a side to a
summer BBQ. They are healthy while packing a real punch in the flavour department.
While perfect for summer, we also have cooked this up in the dead of winter, just to
warm us up a little, and they still deliver!
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2 T olive oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp cumin
2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp salt
2 tsp pickled jalapeno peppers, finely minced
1 c corn, preferably fresh but canned works
1/2 cup fresh coriander, finely chopped
1 can of crushed tomatoes (or 2 cups of fresh tomatoes, roasted or barbecued)
Pinch of garlic salt (or plain salt)
3 cups cooked grains (I used a combination of brown rice, amaranth, and quinoa)
6 red capsicums, top removed with attached core (on bottom side of top) removed
4 ounces cheddar cheese, sliced thin
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In a good-sized sauté pan, heat oil over medium
high heat. Add onion and cook for a couple of
minutes before adding carrot, garlic, cumin,
oregano, and salt. Sauté for a few minutes, until
veggies are soft and aromatic. Add jalapenos,
corn, coriander, and tomatoes. Give a good stir
and season with salt and pepper. Cook over
medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Add cooked
grains and stir. Remove from heat and let sit
while you prepare the BBQ.
Preheat grill to medium high heat (or with
charcoal/wood, get it hot, then let it cook down
just a little so it is not blazing), lightly oil and
scrape clean. While grill is warming, go back
to the filling the peppers. Sprinkle the inside
of each pepper with garlic salt and fill peppers
midway with filling. Place a slice of cheese over
the filling, then fill the remainder of each pepper,
topping again with a final piece of cheese. Top
with pepper top. You can skewer the top through
the pepper to keep the lid on, or toothpicks.
Place peppers on centre of grill and if you can,
turn off heat directly below peppers. Cover BBQ
with lid and let cook for 15-20 minutes, checking
mid-way to make sure peppers aren’t charring.
Once pepper is lightly grilled and soft, remove
from grill. Let sit five minutes and enjoy! Makes
six stuffed peppers.
BY SARAH WADSWORTH
www.seasonalalchemist.com
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3.
Inviting Invercargill
Buildings!
Invercargill boasts a bevy
of fabulous architecture, a mix of Victorian,
Edwardian and Art Deco. Try to cruise
down Dee Street without looking up. It’s
almost impossible, such is the allure of the
funky facades.
We all have a secret love. Mine is Invercargill. Yes, I’m an Inver-phile. An Invermaniac. I may even be Inver-sexual. I adore the place.
She gets picked on a bit, my Invercargill. Maybe it’s because she’s flat, and because all the crap
weather that hits New Zealand, the storms that track up the West Coast, the snow to low levels that
hits the east, the wind the howls through the middle, all of it goes through Invercargill first. True.
But get past the climate, and you’ll find a wee city that charms. And to prove I’m right, here are five
things to love about New Zealand’s southernmost city.
4.
1.
Dinosaurs!
Actually, they’re tuatara,
which aren’t strictly dinosaurs, but
they’ve been around for more than
150 million years. Invercargill’s most
famous Tuatara is Henry. He’s been
hanging out at the tuatarium at the
Southland Museum since 1970, and
is still breeding (currently with his
“soulmate” Mildred, who is in her
eighties) at more than 110 years old.
2.
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Tuatara
Food!
You’ll find everything
from kebabs shops to taverns in Invers.
My favourite spot is Zookeepers on Tay
Street, the place to be for trippy décor
and great meals, not to mention the
alter to the Tour of Southland erected
on the wall above the main staircase.
And for one of New Zealand’s best
calories-to-dollars-spent ratio, head
up the road to Luvlee. Their large-size
roast dinner will feed two for $11.50.
Zookeepers
5.
Bikes!
Southlanders love cycling, so much so
they spent $11 million on New Zealand’s
only indoor velodrome at Stadium
Southland, home to our national track
cycling athletes, who brought home
two medals from the London Olympics.
They also love motorbikes, thanks to
Burt Munro. Munro, of course, set
the under-1000 cc world record at
Bonneville in 1967, a feat immortalised
in The World’s Fastest Indian. Munro
raced and perfected his machine at Oreti
Beach, where you can drive your vehicle
up and down the shoreline and channel
your inner Burt.
OP Shops!
Invercargill is Op Shop
nirvana. There are close to twenty stores
selling pre-loved clothing, furniture, art
and all manner of knick knacks you never
knew you needed until you saw them on
sale for a dollar. I once spent three hours
in the SaveMart on Tay Street alone. Every
corner seems to host a Red Cross or a
Salvation Army shop, and the good news
is it’s all cheap, really cheap, unlike, say, the
vintage stores on K Road in Auckland. Just
sayin’.
Words & Photos
LAURA WILLIAMSON
Oreti Beach
onmagazine 39
Here at On, we love words, we love stories and, being a pocket-sized ‘zine, we love
brevity. With this in mind, we launched the On Magazine Flash Fiction Contest.
We asked writers to submit short stories of no more than 150 words, and convinced
columnist Joe Bennett to be the judge. Thanks to everyone who entered, and congrats
to Simon King who took top place, walking away with a copy of Brian Turner’s new
poetry collection, Elemental (reviewed on page 35).
Winner
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42.
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A STABLE
ARRANGEMENT
He walked in after work,
turned the telly
off and said, “Do you love
me, Joyce?”
“Hey!” I said, “I was wat
ching that!”
“Do you?”
“Frank, we’ve been mar
ried over thirty
years.”
He said, “I was listenin
g to the radio in
work, talking about wha
t listeners think,
about God and that. I
thought, I know
what Joyce thinks. But
I didn’t know what
I thought.”
I looked at him.
“Did you love me at first
,” he asked, “I
mean, when we got mar
ried?“
“Of course I did,” I
told him. “Best
wedding our family eve
r had.”
He was doing the dishes
after tea when
he said, “I shouldn’t hav
e asked you that.
You know, if you love
me. I know you
don’t. I don’t mind real
ly. Why should I? I
mean, I don’t love you.”
I didn’t answer. I felt
like having a lie
down.
BY CHRISTOPHER HOR
AN
Christopher lives in Lake
Hawea and came a long
way to get here.
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Seconedr
Runn
Up
A DIFFERENT KIND OF
CONQUEST
. It wants your attention.
, extending claws, piercing
It comes. A paw on you
Stroking, stroking.
es.
s visits, pills and apologi
Hip pain brings doctor’
ps across you.
mouse: silence as it cree
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produce an answer. The
An ulcer appears. Tests
bites you, hard.
ch,
No pounce.
the sea nor the giant bee
l window does not include
The view from the hospita
y-eight years.
your companions for fort
slow surrender.
vases
There’s plenty of time for
ched on Highgate ridge,
the rest home room per
The world collapses into
s.
r, pinks and delphinium
filled with roses, lavende
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tran
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star
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The mou
which you cannot see and
Cecil Brunner rosebuds
Your husband brings you
gather.
your hand. Your family
Gently, gently.
The mouse’s body quivers.
surrender.
Your breath goes as you
th.
Mouse’s head in cat’s mou
It is done.
ea Flat.
in Haw
BY LIBBY PAULIN
living happily on wheels
nt (among other things!)
Libby is a poet and a pare
Honourable Mentions
Black Dog BY SIMON KING and
Scribbledog BY LIZ BRESLIN
Visit onmag.co.nz to read more from our Flash Fiction Contest.
The 2012 On Magazine Flash Fiction Contest was judged by Joe Bennett. Joe is a
syndicated columnist, travel writer and top-notch public speaker, and he has been
named New Zealand’s Columnist of the Year five times. His latest book, Double
Happiness: How bullshit works, was released in August, and you really should read it,
it’s very good. Learn more at www.joebennett.co.nz.
onmagazine 41
THREE BOATS
1.A wall of sequential photographs
In the foreground an icy river rushes
Behind, the Potala glows in a shaft of sunlight
It’s a sunny day in Tibet
A robed man kneels in the swiftly flowing river
He raises above his head a giant wooden stamp
Engraved with the Chinese character for water
He plunges it into the current and withdraws
Raises it again and thrusts it in again
In the gallery there is boulder from the river
In a tray of water from Tibet
Following the instructions, I dip my finger in the water
And draw the symbol for water on the rock
But it evaporates before I’m done
The river rushes on
It’s a sunny day in Tibet
2. Hundreds of frames of 35mm film hang from a clothesline
In each frame stands a naked man
From frame to frame he slowly disappears
His wife is painting black each part of his body that he cannot see
3. The video projection covers a huge wall
The soft whisper of wind in trees comes from hidden speakers
There is no frame of reference for the muddy waters of the Mekong
We cannot see the banks as we look down
Three boats are drifting aimlessly in an ever repeating pattern
Three boats are drifting aimlessly
Three boats are drifting
Three boats
By Simon King
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