Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life
Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life
Queenstown identity Margaret Reid died last Sunday at the very ripe old age of 102.
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Order’s high honour
Order’s high honour
It's an honour so prestigious it has to be approved by the King.
Trail planting project seeded
Trail planting project seeded
A project to reforest the margins of the Queenstown Trails Trust (QTT) network has begun.
Robot geniuses off to Greece
Robot geniuses off to Greece
Two young Queenstown teens make up the only New Zealand team invited into a prestigious international robotics comp in Greece next month.
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Sunshine Bay luxury hilltop lodge for sale
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Sunshine Bay luxury hilltop lodge for sale
A luxury hilltop lodge almost hidden away in Queenstown’s Sunshine Bay is for sale as a freehold going concern.
Farm becomes film set
Farm becomes film set
The owner of Glenorchy’s stunning Arcadia Station has sold off all its sheep and cattle to put all its eggs into film and tourism.
Plum industrial land worth $7.7m on market
Plum industrial land worth $7.7m on market
Wide interest is expected in a rare parcel of vacant industrial land for sale in the premium part of Queenstown’s main industrial area.
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Anger over cuts to staff parking
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Anger over cuts to staff parking
Anger is being expressed by businesses at a major Otago shopping centre facing a squeeze on staff parking.
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Glenorchy farm becomes fulltime film set
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Glenorchy farm becomes fulltime film set
The owner of Glenorchy’s stunning Arcadia Station has sold off all its sheep and cattle to put all its eggs into film and tourism.
Frankton cribs worth $6.7m sold
Frankton cribs worth $6.7m sold
A "sold" sticker has gone on two holiday cottages below Frankton Rd.
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Town centre’s ‘human scale’ loss feared
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Town centre’s ‘human scale’ loss feared
A prominent Queenstown property investor says a council proposal to allow 24m-high buildings across a large section of the central business district would make the resort town less walkable.
Free endoscopy consultations
Free endoscopy consultations
Publicly-funded endoscopy procedures, including colonoscopies, are being offered in Queenstown and Wānaka for the first time.
Boosting kids’ mental health
Boosting kids’ mental health
A rugby knight’s visited Queenstown to launch a programme designed to reduce youth suicide rates.
Weaver and painter fostering Māori-led art
Weaver and painter fostering Māori-led art
A mother and daughter — an oil painter and a traditional and contemporary weaver, respectively — have opened a Māori-led art studio in Queenstown’s Country Lane artisan village.
A Battle of the Basin for the ages
A Battle of the Basin for the ages
Has the Battle of the Basin ever had a better stage?
Irish eyes are smiling
Irish eyes are smiling
Queenstown dominated teams shone at the recent national Gaelic champs in Wellington which 73 local Gaels club players attended.
Turf’s up at school
Turf’s up at school
It's probably the envy of every other school in the Whakatipu.
South Island’s first ‘golden visa’ deal made
South Island’s first ‘golden visa’ deal made
A German family has clinched Queenstown’s — and the South Island’s — first Active Investor Plus (AIP) property deal just days after the rule change came into effect.
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Birthing mums forced to Dunedin
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Birthing mums forced to Dunedin
Queenstown women giving birth who need emergency out-of-town transfers are being taken to Dunedin rather than much-closer Invercargill.
Qualmark cuts concern
Qualmark cuts concern
It is feared cost-cutting by Tourism New Zealand quality assurance organisation Qualmark will reduce the quality of NZ’s tourism product.