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Swim across English Channel took ‘every ounce’
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Swim across English Channel took ‘every ounce’
He did it tough.
Philip Chandler
Prime parcel on the market
Prime parcel on the market
It's being touted as Queenstown’s next dress-circle precinct.
Artist’s generous gesture
Artist’s generous gesture
Having left behind about 50 paintings, prominent former Arrowtown artist Ping Wang is generously selling them off to benefit two local causes.
Band snares title
Band snares title
You'd blow your trumpet if you had one.
Farm proposed to become subdivision
Farm proposed to become subdivision
A prominent developer has proposed turning one of Queenstown’s last and best-known farms into a 1242-home subdivision.
Queenstown estate agent's billion dollar prize
Queenstown estate agent's billion dollar prize
Bayleys Queenstown chiefs believe a recent slew of awards reflect credit on not just their own franchise, but are a good marker on the state of the local residential property market.
Water leak damages street
Water leak damages street
This upper portion of Queenstown Mall has been fenced off following a "significant water leak" which damaged the street surface.
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Protracted consent process lands ratepayer over $9k bill
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Protracted consent process lands ratepayer over $9k bill
A Queenstown ratepayer feels the local council is treating him as a cash cow while he endures a lengthy resource consent process.
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Concern over cutting school buses
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Concern over cutting school buses
Plans to move more than 1000 Queenstown schoolchildren on to public transport will have severe negative impacts on education and create even more traffic chaos in the town, critics say.
Queenstown chippy scooped up
Queenstown chippy scooped up
Queenstown's Anna and Erik Arndt have cashed in their chips - or rather, their fish and chips.
Artist holding life-drawing workshops
Artist holding life-drawing workshops
An experienced Arrowtown-based artist and teacher is running a series of art-making workshops exploring different styles.
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.