Firstly, I would like to congratulate Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous for their terrific results in the slopestyle, big air and half pipe at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The hard work has paid off for you both so well deserved.

Also well done to those who performed their best over in Beijing. You are also champions to reach such heights in your chosen sport.

I have seen a little of the Olympics and what I have seen has been impressive. Not sure if you are all aware but one of our newer officers was one of New Zealand’s top skeleton racers not that long ago.

It is a sport that looks pretty intense to me, hurtling face first at 120km/h with your chin 50mm from the ice. No thanks!

Well done to our local athletes Braden Currie, Dougal Allen and Simone Maier who showed the strength of Wānaka sport at last weekend’s Coast to Coast.

We attended a potential water rescue on the lake where a foil boarder seemed to be having trouble on Friday.

We took a report of yet another fraud where sadly someone has scammed their way into a bank account and taken thousands of dollars. This is a weekly occurrence here so I can only imagine how many other areas are affected by this same behaviour.

We seem to have escaped better off than some other areas with last week’s COVID outbreak so well done with healthy practices Wānaka.

We suspended several drivers licenses this week for excess demerits. I think it is worth thinking about when you are speeding or on your phone that you could lose your license after a few tickets. A lot of people need their licence to keep their job. Each ticketable offence can be avoided by complying with the road rules.

Tonight (Sunday) we attended a fire at a local business. It seems this was caused more from a bad practice than anything intentional. Thankfully it was caught early this time.

We followed up a complaint of an assault with a weapon and a potential retaliation. Do not take matters into your own hands. We will get a better result than you and it is not unusual for both sides to end up facing criminal charges when there is a better way.

I’ve spent a bit of time on the roads this week and have seen some great driving and some awful driving. Let’s stay alert and drive to the conditions.

It wasn’t all bad however. There seemed to be plenty of romance in the air on Valentine’s Day. One young couple came to our attention when they were out in the middle of the lake on Valentine’s morning enjoying each other’s company on a small catamaran.

Stay safe, look after each other and remember one good deed can change a grumpy day.