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    Bookings for new plane expected from October

    Glenorchy Air is adding to its fleet and is launching a dedicated premium charter arm of the...

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    Bookings for new plane expected from October

    Glenorchy Air’s purchase of a new plane is coinciding with the launch of a dedicated premium charter arm of the business.

    Post ‘inappropriate, insensitive’

    An AI-generated post by a Queenstown real-estate agent has since been deleted. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

    Post ‘inappropriate, insensitive’

    A Queenstown real-estate agent has apologised after using AI imagery linking the Middle East conflict with sales success.

    Cash flow issues, trading losses led to hotel’s collapse

    The Carlin Hotel. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Cash flow issues, trading losses led to hotel’s collapse

    Cashflow issues and trading losses led to the collapse of the companies behind a $30 million Queenstown hotel, liquidators have found.

    Prime land to be ‘forever protected’

    A QEII National Trust ‘‘forever protected’’ sign is now on the gate of Paddy Mathias’ Place....

    Prime land to be ‘forever protected’

    A prime piece of land at Queenstown’s Arthurs Point has been protected forever thanks to a new open space covenant with the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust.

    Key appointment for community hub

    The Whakatipu Community Hub’s new general manager Sarah Hannan. Photo: supplied

    Key appointment for community hub

    A new general manager has been appointed to drive the Whakatipu Community Hub forward.

    Doubling the impact for donations

    Doubling the impact for donations

    Talk about doubling down.

    Our long-distance pedalling grannies

    Adventure-seekers Pamela Rogers (left) and Katrina Gardiner. Photo: Philip Chandler

    Our long-distance pedalling grannies

    One’s a great-grandmother, the other’s a grandmother.

    Agent slammed over war zone marketing post

    The image has since been deleted from social media. Image: Instagram

    'Sincerely apologise': Real estate agent slammed over war zone marketing post

    A Queenstown real-estate agent has apologised after using AI imagery to link the Middle East conflict with sales success.

    What a hoot

    What a hoot

    Local snapper Sam Gold’s hours of waiting patiently in a car have paid off.

    A’town’s ‘Unsung Hero’

    Arrowtown Autumn Festival chair Nichola Bentley’s pictured with this year’s Unsung Hero, Mark...

    A’town’s ‘Unsung Hero’

    Dedicating hundreds of hours to help protect the place he calls home’s resulted in Arrowtowner Mark Hosie being honoured by his community.

    Sommelier standouts

    An unintended consequence of the DCC's draft local alcohol policy is that dessert wine drinkers...

    Sommelier standouts

    Fourteen Queenstowners are among New Zealand’s best sommeliers — and one’s been singled out.

    Local solar company rebranding

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    Local solar company rebranding

    Local solar installation company Queenstown Solar is rebranding this week as Think Solar Queenstown.

    Anzac Day commemorations

    Anzac Day services are being held across the Whakatipu on Saturday. Photo: Allied Media files

    Anzac Day commemorations

    You can pay your respects to those who fought for New Zealand in various wars at two Anzac Day commemorations this Saturday along with a bagpiper’s tribute.

    Rescue chopper on display

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    Rescue chopper on display

    Lakes District Air Rescue Trust throws open its Queenstown Airport rescue helicopter hangar to the public this Sunday for its third open day.

    Inspiring adventure films

    A scene from a Banff mountain film festival short film, Carving Lines, in which a printmaker...

    Inspiring adventure films

    If Queenstown’s early snowfall isn’t enough, snowsport enthusiasts should get even more amped viewing short films from an esteemed Canadian mountain film festival.

    Dancing beyond disability labels

    Jolt Dance performer Jokani Coe will perform in Whakapapa at Queenstown’s Te Atamira next Friday...

    Dancing beyond disability labels

    Queenstowners will have the rare chance to see some of the most powerful and inspiring performers in the country next week.

    Restaurant gets Spanish seal

    La Rumbla owners Sam Gruar and Penelope ‘PJ’ Johnson. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh

    Restaurant gets Spanish seal

    An Arrowtown restaurant has just officially been given the Spanish seal of approval.

    Gym branches into suburbia

    Industrial Fitness is opening a second gym in the new Park Ridge subdivision. Image: supplied

    Gym branches into suburbia

    Work is about to start on the first indoor gym for Queenstown’s fast-growing southern corridor.

    Cashflow woes sank $30m luxury Queenstown hotel

    The Carlin Hotel. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Cashflow woes sank $30m luxury Queenstown hotel

    Cashflow issues and trading losses led to the collapse of the companies behind a $30 million Queenstown hotel, liquidators have found.

    Stars in awards contention

    Arrowtown-raised sevens player Olive Watherston, pictured with Black Ferns Sevens captain Sarah...

    Stars in awards contention

    Queenstowners are once again right in the mix for this year’s Forsyth Barr Central Otago Sports Awards.
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