Artist holding life-drawing workshops
An experienced Arrowtown-based artist and teacher is running a series of art-making workshops exploring different styles.
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Proposal could lift affordable housing
Proposal could lift affordable housing
A prominent developer has proposed turning one of Queenstown’s last and best-known farms into a 1242-home subdivision.
Crossing the English Channel the hard way
Crossing the English Channel the hard way
A Queenstowner's off next week to undertake one of the world’s most famous open water swims — the English Channel.
Famous Arrowtown tree planting re-enacted
Famous Arrowtown tree planting re-enacted
Thirty-three Arrowtown School students, aged 7 to 11, are telling the story of the planting of the first tree in the township’s famous Buckingham St avenue of trees.
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Meet Queenstown election’s ‘repeat offender’
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Meet Queenstown election’s ‘repeat offender’
He was a mayoral candidate in 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022, and has never got within a bull’s roar of winning.
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Electric Kingston ferry floated
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Electric Kingston ferry floated
The developer turbocharging Kingston’s in the early stage of exploring an electric foiling ferry between the southern end of Lake Whakatipu and Queenstown Bay.
Electric ferry service being mulled
Electric ferry service being mulled
The developer turbocharging Kingston is in the early stages of exploring an electric foiling ferry between the southern end of Lake Wakatipu and Queenstown Bay.
Familiar name, unfamiliar occupation
Familiar name, unfamiliar occupation
He's a real estate rookie but not a Queenstown rookie.
Adventurer breaks ice with resort visit
Adventurer breaks ice with resort visit
A world record-breaking Aussie adventurer/mountaineer visited the world’s adventure capital for the first time last week and was immediately dreaming of buying property here.
Viewing Van Gogh on film
Viewing Van Gogh on film
A film screening in Arrowtown next Friday features one of the world’s greatest and most influential artists — post-impressionist Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.
High school’s first junior musical
High school’s first junior musical
Wakatipu High is staging its first ever junior musical next week.
Threat to affordable sections roll-out
Threat to affordable sections roll-out
Kingston Village Ltd’s (KVL) plan to continue rolling out affordable sections has hit something of a road block.
Doctors set to reopen Arrowtown clinic
Doctors set to reopen Arrowtown clinic
Two longtime doctors are resuscitating Arrowtown’s medical centre, the closure of which two weeks ago was a bitter pill for many locals.
Veteran skier not sloping off
Veteran skier not sloping off
An 82-year-old Wellingtonian now in his 50th season skiing Queenstown’s Coronet Peak has no plans to slow down.
Queenstown airport's amazing 90-year flight path
Queenstown airport's amazing 90-year flight path
In 1935, when the tiny Queenstown airfield was licensed to become an aerodrome, who’d have projected its growth over the following 90 years?
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Hot pools project heating up
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Hot pools project heating up
The developer of Queenstown’s first central hot pools complex estimates it’ll open in the first week of next month.
All Black stars backing fundraiser
All Black stars backing fundraiser
Ex-All Black stars Justin Marshall, Ben Smith, Kees Meeuws and Stephen Donald are speaking at a Queenstown fundraiser this month.
Merit seen in NCEA replacement
Merit seen in NCEA replacement
Wakatipu High’s principal welcomes aspects of what the government’s aiming to achieve by scrapping NCEA qualifications, but doesn’t believe the present system was broken.
He’s a cricket pro at 18
He’s a cricket pro at 18
A Queenstown 18-year-old’s pinching himself he can now call himself a professional cricketer.
Exhibition charity opening
Exhibition charity opening
An acclaimed Queenstown-born artist’s turning an exhibition opening next month into a Bruce Grant Youth Trust fundraiser to support local youth in their arts, cultural and sporting pursuits.