Philip Chandler

Airport CEO reflects on top-flight tenure

Departing Queenstown Airport CEO Glen Sowry. Photo: ODT files

Airport CEO reflects on top-flight tenure

His tenure having started in the Covid lockdown, Queenstown Airport chief executive Glen Sowry is leaving almost four years later feeling like he has ‘‘done everything I needed to do in my tenure’’.

Conversion kick in final minutes seals win

Conversion kick in final minutes seals win

In as thrilling a game as you could imagine, the Wakatipu Premiers only once hit the lead against Alexandra on Saturday.

Queenstowner wins global tech award

Marijke Dunselman’s reaction to winning a world agritourism award. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Queenstowner wins global tech award

A long-time Queenstown consultant’s won a global award for teaching Kiwi farmers, through online learning, how to diversify farm income through tourism.

Airport fund has lift-off

Queenstown Airport partnerships and marketing manager Vanessa Hartnell with local NZ Deerstalkers...

Airport fund has lift-off

A new community fund established by Queenstown Airport has made its first distribution of $50,000 to 16 charitable organisations.

Our homes’ silent kereru killer

A Queenstowner’s advising people with large glass surfaces on their properties to implement bird...

Our homes’ silent kereru killer

A Queenstown gardener is appalled she’s now seen three dead native wood pigeons, or kereru, in Kelvin Heights as a result of glass collision — the latest early this month.

Retail trio vacating Queenstown Mall

Smiggle, Dotti and Jay Jays are all departing The Mall. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

Retail trio vacating Queenstown Mall

Three side-by-side chain stores near the top of Queenstown Mall are for sale as their leases expire.

Granting organisation tops $1million

2025’s Impact100 Wakatipu contributors include, from left, Melissa Hammer, Selina Turner, Anna...

Granting organisation tops $1million

Talk about making an impact.

Showhome showcases many features

Fowler Homes’ Queenstown franchisee Jason McGirr with his company’s new Jack’s Point showhome....

Showhome showcases many features

A home building company’s new high-end Jack’s Point showhome is designed to show off a wide range of materials and ‘smart home’ features.

Good prep for freediving worlds

Kathryn Nevatt taking a breather last weekend with competition safety divers Adrian Bosi, left,...

Good prep for freediving worlds

Ex-world champion freediver Kathryn Nevatt, of Queenstown, has limbered up for world champs in Japan next month by reclaiming two national records.

‘Unifying Threads’ has Auckland connection

Arrowtown artist Tori Beeche has organised a Queenstown exhibition for an Auckland artists-run...

‘Unifying Threads’ has Auckland connection

When Auckland artist Tori Beeche relocated to Arrowtown early last year, she only knew a few people here.

Towering challenge

Aoife Sheehan after a previous Sky Tower Challenge. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Towering challenge

Ahead of her third Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge in Auckland this Saturday, Queenstown firey Aoife Sheehan can’t wait to bust out another 1103 steps wearing about 25kg of full kit including...

Golfer off to junior worlds

Golfer Ricky Kang, 17. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

Golfer off to junior worlds

Selection for the New Zealand under-19 golf team for the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan next month confirms Queenstowner Ricky Kang’s steady rise up the ranks.

Waka ready for tough away clash

Wakatipu Prems coach Jordan Manihera. PHOTO: ARCHIVE

Waka ready for tough away clash

The Wakatipu Premiers rugby side’s away match against Alexandra this Saturday shapes as an enthralling near-top-of-the-table clash.

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Queenstown section sells for almost $7m

This Lake Hayes lakefront section, outlined, sold for almost $7 million at auction last week....

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Queenstown section sells for almost $7m

A lakefront section in Lake Hayes has sold for almost $7 million in possbily a record auction price for any Queenstown residential property.

Tourism groups step up joint work

Tourism groups step up joint work

The Queenstown and Wānaka regional tourism organisations (RTOs) are working together more than ever, creating, it is claimed, both efficiencies and more marketing clout.

Wakatipu's diamond wedding couples

From left, Jenny and Jules Tapper, Bob and Fae Robertson, Heather and Trevor Gamble and Jane and...

Wakatipu's diamond wedding couples

Four well-known Wakatipu couples married 60 years ago. Philip Chandler finds out how they came to meet and asks about their secrets to a long marriage.

Wahlburgers gone burgers

The now-closed Queenstown Wahlburgers. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

Wahlburgers gone burgers

Opened with great fanfare 18 months ago, Queenstown’s Wahlburgers - part of a burger chain created by Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg - has quietly shut up shop.

'Flying theatre' thrill ride planned for Queenstown

An approved design for a flying theatre on Brecon St. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

'Flying theatre' thrill ride planned for Queenstown

A theatre-style thrill ride is being developed for a newly consented complex in central Queenstown.

First NZ showing of oceanic tapa

NZ artist Dame Robin White’s exhibiting in Arrowtown next week alongside Peata Larkin. PHOTO:...

First NZ showing of oceanic tapa

Arrowtown's Nadene Milne Gallery hosts an artists’ talk and exhibition opening featuring two top New Zealand artists, Dame Robin White and Peata Larkin, next Friday.

Promo bodies move closer

Mat Woods is now chief executive of Destination Queenstown and Lake Wanaka Tourism. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Promo bodies move closer

The Queenstown and Wanaka regional tourism organisations (RTOs) are working together more than ever, creating, it’s claimed, both efficiencies and more marketing clout.

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