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.
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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...
Some very unroyal behaviour
Some very unroyal behaviour
Imagine if you knew the Queen farted but no one else wanted to believe you — and you could even end up in jail if you let out the secret.
Donation raises the bar
Donation raises the bar
Whakatipu Wildlife Trust (WWT), whose predator control efforts are aimed at increasing native bird and insect life, is crowing over a $10,000 donation from a Queenstown brewery.
Tributes flow for local country music star
'Reluctant legend': Tributes flow for local country music star
Tributes are pouring in for country music icon Reg McTaggart, who died at his Arrowtown home last month, after having lived in the Wakatipu for roughly 50 years.
Arterial art lifted in
Arterial art lifted in
Renowned Kiwi singer-songwriter Marlon Williams has contributed to Maori artwork etched into precast concrete panels that are being installed this week alongside Queenstown’s CBD bypass.