Garden for the senses
Garden for the senses
Wakatipu High’s plan for a sensory garden has been given the green thumbs-up.
Philip Chandler
Refugee camp doco screening
Refugee camp doco screening
A Queenstown filmmaker’s short doco capturing the construction of the world’s first concrete skatepark inside a refugee camp screens next Sunday at Arrowtown’s Dorothy Browns Cinema.
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‘Thrown in a hole’ by sudden closure
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‘Thrown in a hole’ by sudden closure
A Queenstown acupuncturist, originally from China, says she has been "thrown in a hole" by the sudden closure and subsequent liquidation of Queenstown Health.
Wahine to the fore
Wahine to the fore
Four distinguished Kiwi women — two artists and two film-makers — share insights into their work at Queenstown’s Te Atamira this weekend.
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‘Nature gallery’ shutting, citing rent cost
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‘Nature gallery’ shutting, citing rent cost
Another independent retailer is leaving Queenstown’s central business area.
‘Rarity’: big block of land for sale
‘Rarity’: big block of land for sale
A pivotal 10.2ha block at the eastern or Lake Hayes end of Queenstown’s massive planned Ladies Mile residential/commercial subdivision is for sale.
$11m Queenstown home snapped up by overseas buyers sight unseen
$11m Queenstown home snapped up by overseas buyers sight unseen
An out-of-town buyer has bought, sight unseen, one of Queenstown’s most impressive country homes for what’s understood to be $11 million-plus.
Queenstown lots a rare industrial offering
Queenstown lots a rare industrial offering
The first lots in Queenstown’s first industrial subdivision in more than a decade have just been released.
Galleries grown from dream
Galleries grown from dream
Queenstown's Artbay Gallery Group is marking 20 years at the heart of New Zealand’s contemporary art scene with an exhibition.
Warren Cooper’s special milestone
Warren Cooper’s special milestone
It's a milestone very few former Members of Parliament ever reach.
Queenstown's tech pitch to Aussies
Queenstown's tech pitch to Aussies
A Queenstown not-for-profit’s plan to develop a tech sector has been pitched to an influential Australian audience.
Hurto Gym’s night of nights in Arrowtown
Hurto Gym’s night of nights in Arrowtown
Rob Horrocks, owner/head coach of Queenstown’s Hurto Gym, say he’s really proud of how his Muay Thai fighters performed at a packed North vs South ‘The Brawl in the Hall’ at Arrowtown Athenaeum...
Scholarship winner’s lofty goals
Scholarship winner’s lofty goals
A Wakatipu High School leaver with charitable as well as academic ambitions has won a prestigious scholarship awarded by Queenstown’s Returned and Services’ Association (RSA) branch.
Vehicles on parade and on show
Vehicles on parade and on show
Under new organisers, Saturday’s Arrowtown Auto Show, on the primary school’s grounds, is being preceded for the first time by a ‘Friday Night Cruise’ around Arrowtown streets.
Great motorsport spectacle
Great motorsport spectacle
Considered to be one of the world’s shortest but most scenic motorsport events, Queenstown Car Club’s annual Coronet Peak Hill Climb runs again this Saturday.
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Clinic closes: ‘many patients affected’
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Clinic closes: ‘many patients affected’
A Queenstown health clinic has been placed in voluntary liquidation, leaving hundreds of patients stranded.
Wine ‘godfather’ gains New Zealand citizenship
Wine ‘godfather’ gains New Zealand citizenship
You could not say he rushed.
Updated history reflects change
Updated history reflects change
It is hard to believe the landscape of Queenstown’s Gibbston valley was dominated 40 years ago, in 1985 — the same year Anne Cook released her history of the area — by five high country...
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Plan to open floating sauna
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Plan to open floating sauna
New Zealand media personality Dominic Bowden will soon launch the country’s first floating sauna, on Queenstown Bay.
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Heating system slashing power bills
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Heating system slashing power bills
A large-scale ground-source heating system being installed for an Arrowtown subdivision is thought to be the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere.