Kickstart your Tuesday
Kickstart your Tuesday
A free new Queenstown fun run is aimed especially at beginners and even those who don’t like running.
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Waka’s first loss a galvaniser
Waka’s first loss a galvaniser
Watch out Cromwell.
Wakatipu High School runner-up among public co-eds
Wakatipu High School runner-up among public co-eds
It's no wonder Wakatipu High School principal Oded Nathan’s smile is so wide.
Queenstown tenant’s renting ‘hell’
Queenstown tenant’s renting ‘hell’
After living in Queenstown for almost three years, a migrant from Ecuador says she has left town due to her bad experiences as a tenant.
Head tenants proving a ‘law unto themselves’
Head tenants proving a ‘law unto themselves’
When it comes to rental accommodation issues, the most complaints Queenstown’s Citizens Advice Bureau receives relate to head tenants — which they’re powerless to do anything about.
Rural identity calling time on Wakatipu
Rural identity calling time on Wakatipu
With his lifestyle block on the market, one of Queenstown’s last farming identities is about to leave the Wakatipu Basin he’s lived in since 1962.
Cleaners spot an opening
Cleaners spot an opening
A Queenstown home services company has made its window-cleaning operation a stand-alone business.
Bid fails to move festival to resort’s CBD
Bid fails to move festival to resort’s CBD
Despite high-level support, Snow Machine’s owner has failed in is bid to host his music festival in the CBD-adjacent Recreation Ground.
Promoting Bitcoin bit by bit
Promoting Bitcoin bit by bit
Making Queenstown Bitcoin-friendly is the aim of a new community-led initiative.
DIY course a world-beater
DIY course a world-beater
When Queenstown Golf Club president John Grant’s wife June teed off to officially open the Kelvin Heights course 50 years ago this month, it marked the completion of arguably the resort’s biggest...
Sarah’s uphill battle
Sarah’s uphill battle
At 40, Queenstowner Sarah Douglas is competing again at the New Zealand Mountain Running Championships at Cardrona today, but will need her feet to behave on the day.
Plays sure to raise a laugh
Plays sure to raise a laugh
A short attention span is all you need for some of the best theatrical entertainment you’ll see.
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Silicon Valley tycoon's Queenstown 'acquisition binge'
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Silicon Valley tycoon's Queenstown 'acquisition binge'
An American Silicon Valley entrepreneur who calls Queenstown his second home is determined to bring more life to Lake Wakatipu — for both commuting and watersports.
Personalising Arrowtown’s war dead
Personalising Arrowtown’s war dead
A passionate Arrowtowner, Denise Heckler got the idea for a memorial panel remembering Arrowtown’s WW1 victims when she saw a panel beside the Glenorchy Hall several years ago.
Electric tram seen as solution to traffic congestion
Electric tram seen as solution to traffic congestion
A public transport expert believes Queenstown’s chronic traffic congestion — in Frankton Rd, in particular — can be solved by a modern electric tram carrying up to 200 passengers.
‘Really happy but not comfortable’
‘Really happy but not comfortable’
"There's a difference between being happy and being comfortable, and the latter we definitely aren’t."
Teens tussle for Arrowtown title
Teens tussle for Arrowtown title
Arrowtown Golf Club recently hosted an epic, birdie-filled final to decide its senior club championship title.
Young riders taking on the world
Young riders taking on the world
Two Wakatipu High students will be the youngest pony riders representing New Zealand at the world under-18 team champs in Belgium in August in the equestrian discipline of Mounted Games.
Teen a middle distance sensation
Teen a middle distance sensation
James Weber’s announced himself as a middle distance runner to look out for.
Making ‘approachable’ music
Making ‘approachable’ music
Anne Rodda, the director of this Easter’s Whakatipu Music Festival, wants locals and also visitors filling up Queenstown this weekend to know there’s another side to the resort "than only adventure...