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Best wastewater disposal option will emerge — Smith

Acting mayor Quentin Smith. PHOTO: ARCHIVE

Best wastewater disposal option will emerge — Smith

Acting Queenstown mayor Quentin Smith expects a compelling long-term option for disposing of the resort’s wastewater is likely to emerge in the coming months.

Wakatipu High School runner-up among public co-eds

Wakatipu High principal Oded Nathan. PHOTO: ARCHIVE

Wakatipu High School runner-up among public co-eds

It's no wonder Wakatipu High School principal Oded Nathan’s smile is so wide.

Celebrating A’town’s ‘Unsung Hero’

Arrowtown Preschool head teacher Jane Foster, surrounded by some of her charges, who was last...

Celebrating A’town’s ‘Unsung Hero’

Long-serving Arrowtown Community Preschool manager Jane Foster thought she was going for a quiet dinner at the New Orleans last week.

The cat comes back — eventually

Deborah Coburn pictured with her cat, Lucy, who’s seemingly splitting her year with another local...

The cat comes back — eventually

Queenstowner Deborah Coburn’s hoping there’s another family who might help her solve the mystery of her meandering moggy, Lucy.

He put the ‘Mac’ into Mactodd

Alan Macalister’s practised law in Queenstown for 50 years, if in a more limited role of late....

He put the ‘Mac’ into Mactodd

Fifty years ago, Alan Macalister became just Queenstown’s third full-time lawyer when he started what’s today the resort’s largest locally owned law firm, Mactodd.

Local creatives impress judges

Hazel Alviola’s winning photo of Macetown’s Needhams Cottage. PHOTO: HAZEL ALVIOLA

Local creatives impress judges

The winner of the biennial Arrowtown Photography Competition, held as part of this year’s Arrowtown Autumn Festival, only started properly snapping last year.

Life drawing for all levels

Life portrait classes require focus and an open mind, a Queenstown tutor says. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Life drawing for all levels

The Queenstown Arts Society’s popular life portrait classes return next week under the tutelage of professional artist Kasia Hebda.

Waka’s first loss a galvaniser

Arrowtown’s John Steele shrugs off Cromwell tackler Matis David at Jack Reid Park last Saturday....

Waka’s first loss a galvaniser

Watch out Cromwell.

Kickstart your Tuesday

Tuesday’s runners included, from left, Evangeline Brown, Rachel Beaver, HOKA store manager Briony...

Kickstart your Tuesday

A free new Queenstown fun run is aimed especially at beginners and even those who don’t like running.

NZ honours for teen rodeo rider

Zoe Johnston competing at a rodeo meet. PHOTO: TY BLAKE

NZ honours for teen rodeo rider

Queenstown 17-year-old Zoe Johnston’s got her bit between her teeth when it comes to the sport of rodeo.

Foot traffic count vindicates later opening hours

Foot traffic count vindicates later opening hours

Queenstown CBD retailers who persist in closing at 6pm or even 5pm now have proof why opening later should only benefit them.

Resort’s $30m makeover

An artist’s impression of Coronet Ridge Resort’s new reception area. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Resort’s $30m makeover

You hear of hotel refurbishments, but with the former Nugget Point Hotel in Queenstown’s Arthurs Point, that’s being taken to a whole new level.

Star buys slice of Queenstown business

Hollywood heavyweight buys slice of Queenstown business

Hollywood heavyweight Jason Momoa has bought into a longtime Queenstown hospitality business.

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Man badly hurt in fall flown to Chch Hospital

Police in Turner St in Queenstown, where a tourist had a serious fall. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS

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Man badly hurt in fall flown to Chch Hospital

An overseas man who was seriously injured in a fall in central Queenstown yesterday has been flown to Christchurch Hospital.

Shortlist of five treated wastewater disposal options presented to council

View over Queenstown, with the Kelvin Peninsula and Kelvin Heights in the centre background....

Shortlist of five treated wastewater disposal options presented to council

The Frankton Flats and the Shotover Delta are the best locations for the disposal of Queenstown’s treated wastewater, a council analysis has found.

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Riverbed works to be done on land where possible

The Shotover wastewater treatment plant at Frankton. Photo: QLDC

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Riverbed works to be done on land where possible

Riverbed works to enable the ongoing discharge of treated wastewater into the Shotover River will be done on dry land as much as possible to mitigate damage to the environment, application...

Mystery as man found in pool of blood in Queenstown

Police at the scene in Turner St. Photo: Guy Williams

Mystery as man found in pool of blood in Queenstown

A 33-year old foreign national found in a pool of blood has serious head injuries after apparently falling down a steep bank in central Queenstown this morning.

Airport to start $12m terminal extension

Queenstown airport. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Airport to start $12m terminal extension

Queenstown Airport is set to start the next major project in its capital development programme.

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