‘Bureaucracy gone mad’
‘Bureaucracy gone mad’
A Queenstown publican’s gobsmacked at the council bureaucracy involved just in painting his landlord’s building.
Philip Chandler
Queenstowners recognised in NZer of year
Queenstowners recognised in NZer of year
Two Queenstowners, an international climate scientist and an eminent ecologist and botanist, are blown away to have been named semi-finalists in the latest Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards...
BestStart’s best possible restart
BestStart’s best possible restart
Twelve weeks after being decimated by September’s massive storm, daycare centre BestStart Queenstown returned to its Hamilton Rd premises on Monday.
Discovering your inner woman
Discovering your inner woman
A Queenstowner has launched a 12-week planner aimed at helping women discover their inner strength.
Full speed ahead for Hugo
Full speed ahead for Hugo
A past Wakatipu High student’s well on track for a career in international motor racing.
Licking her art into shape
Licking her art into shape
Local artist Sandra Duncan, known for her quirky portraiture, puts the finishing touches to a mural on a Chorus box in Queenstown CBD’s Beach St.
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Ex-Q’towners’ novel sales method
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Ex-Q’towners’ novel sales method
A couple raffling off their successful Costa Rican eco-tourism business got their start in tourism in Queenstown.
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Contamination risk from discharges ‘low’
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Contamination risk from discharges ‘low’
Queenstown council doesn’t believe septic tank discharges from properties close to the new Shotover water treatment plant pose any contamination risk.
Slew of OSTA nods for locals
Slew of OSTA nods for locals
Queenstown thespians are up for a host of awards at next year’s Otago Southland Theatre Awards.
New coach buoys club
New coach buoys club
Having trod water since head coach Lauren Taylor left in September, Queenstown Swimming Club’s excited about the calibre of her replacement.
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Slip slidin’ away at Country Lane
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Slip slidin’ away at Country Lane
With apologies to Paul Simon, you know the nearer you are to Queenstown’s Country Lane destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away.
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Regenerative tourism goes wild
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Regenerative tourism goes wild
A farm near Glenorchy with a unique geological feature is the proposed setting for an innovative edu-tourism venture.
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Push for Queenstown council offices to move from CBD
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Push for Queenstown council offices to move from CBD
Four former mayors, in an unprecedented move, are lobbying for proposed new Queenstown council offices to be sited outside the CBD.
‘Travelling band of merry filmmakers’
‘Travelling band of merry filmmakers’
For the past two months, they’ve been some of the most appreciative but hardest-working visitors Queenstown/Arrowtown and Central Otago have had.
Artist and character fondly remembered
Artist and character fondly remembered
Renowned Arrowtown landscape painter Graham Brinsley, who died last Friday aged 60 after courageously battling cancer, was also, fittingly, a very colourful character.
Developer blasts council
Developer blasts council
A Queenstown property owner who’s triumphed over the council in an Environment Court case is querying its competency — and doesn’t believe it should keep secret the costs it’s paying out to him.
Windier the better for paddlers
Windier the better for paddlers
The wind’s so frequently a curse, but the organisers of the second annual Deepsouth Downwind are hoping for particularly windy conditions on Lake Whakatipu this Saturday.
Time to heed call of The Wild
Time to heed call of The Wild
If local knowledge counts, Arrowtowner Benje Patterson and Queenstowner Maureen Stachowicz should be contenders to win the headline 85km race at The Wild mountain running event this weekend.
An hospitable old church
An hospitable old church
Queenstown's latest hospo venue, officially opening tomorrow at Frankton’s Country Lane precinct, formerly performed service as a church.
Hotel says ‘buon appetito’
Hotel says ‘buon appetito’
The hotel chain behind Queenstown’s Holiday Inn, above Frankton Rd, has turned its lake-facing dining venue into an Italian restaurant, Grazie, following the "roaring success" of its first outlet...