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    Junior riders returning to worlds

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    Junior riders returning to worlds

    Two Wakatipu Pony Club riders will again be representing New Zealand at next month’s under-18 world champs in the equestrian discipline of Mounted Games.

    Wintry laps

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    Wintry laps

    For hardy swimmers, The RealNZ Whakatipu Legend’s winter swim is on again this Saturday in Queenstown Bay.

    Amped to win last home game

    Wakatipu’s Harry Walker-Leach scoring against Upper Clutha in Wānaka in May. PHOTO: JAMES ALLAN...

    Amped to win last home game

    With the Wakatipu Premiers rugby side playing their last home game this season tomorrow against Upper Clutha, coach Tom Cunningham has two messages for his troops.

    Wild’s last games

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    Wild’s last games

    The Wakatipu Wild women’s ice hockey team plays season-ending games against Canterbury Inferno in Christchurch this weekend.

    Simon sweeps the pool

    Queenstown’s Simon Singleton, left, with Adam Lilley after beating him 5-0 to claim his record...

    Simon sweeps the pool

    Queenstown 8-ball pool player Simon Singleton is a record-breaker.

    Earlier plan aborted

    The vacant site off Queenstown’s Frankton Rd. Photo: James Allan Photography

    Earlier plan aborted

    Predating current plans, Auckland-based Shundi Group spent years battling for consent to build a luxury hotel on this site after buying it for $10.5m in 2016.

    Warning over 'freezing fog' in Kawerau Gorge

    Icy roads have prompted warnings from police and local MP Joseph Mooney. Photo: Supplied/Joseph...

    Warning over 'freezing fog' in Kawerau Gorge

    Motorists are being warned to watch out for freezing fog and icy roads on a chilly start to the day in Queenstown and Central Otago.

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    Scammers dupe shoppers with fake Arrowtown business

    The homepage of The Hawke Sisters, which purports to be an Arrowtown-based business. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

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    Scammers dupe shoppers with fake Arrowtown business

    Online shoppers are being duped by a fake Arrowtown business, which is believed to be the brainchild of Netherlands-based scammers.

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    Creditors $6.9m out of pocket after liquidation

    Steve Rout. PHOTO: BRENDAN HOLT

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    Creditors $6.9m out of pocket after liquidation

    A Queenstown company once involved in the construction of Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium has left creditors nearly $7 million out of pocket 15 years after entering liquidation.

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    Michelin puts resort on dining map

    Standing outside their Roki Collection HQ after their restaurant, Essence, was awarded two...

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    Michelin puts resort on dining map

    Bringing the Michelin Guide to New Zealand has put Queenstown on the map as ‘‘the’’ dining destination in the country, Roki Collection general manager Steve McAteer says.

    Teen gears up to swim length of Lake Wakatipu

    Waitati teenager Jemimah McIlroy is aiming to complete a marathon swim across Cook Strait that...

    Teen gears up to swim length of Lake Wakatipu

    Swimming the length of Lake Wakatipu in the middle of winter is just part of the training schedule for a Dunedin teenager.

    Developer resigns amid ‘employment process’

    Chris Meehan. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Developer resigns amid ‘employment process’

    Queenstown property tycoon and prominent political donor Chris Meehan has resigned as chief executive and chairman of Winton Land amid an employment process.

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    Hoping to double number of units

    The three parcels at 429, 465 and 489 Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway are owned by developer Clarke...

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    Hoping to double number of units

    An Auckland-based property development firm plans to almost double the number of residential units first proposed on one of its Ladies Mile sites.

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    How flight-seeing got off the ground

    Seventy years after its pioneering proving flight to Milford Sound, de Havilland DH89 Dominie ZK...

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    How flight-seeing got off the ground

    Former Queenstown-based Southern Scenic Air Services promoted its Milford flight as the ‘‘Gateway to Magnificence’’.

    Person dead after water incident at Kingston

    Kingston. File photo

    Person dead after water incident at Kingston

    A person has died after being pulled from the water of Lake Wakatipu at Kingston.

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    Flood-plagued walking track section to be lifted, armoured

    Lake Hayes. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Flood-plagued walking track section to be lifted, armoured

    A section of walking track at the southern end of Lake Hayes will be raised and reinforced to protect it from flooding.

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    Resilience of skifield plan queried

    An artist’s impression of the gondola base station in the Doolans Basin. IMAGE: NZSKI

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    Resilience of skifield plan queried

    The Department of Conservation has questioned whether the proposed expansion of The Remarkables into the Doolans Basin would make the Queenstown skifield more resilient in the face of climate change.

    A topping good pizza

    Queenstown’s Biga owner Ionatan Dmoch shows off some of the skills that netted him a second place...

    A topping good pizza

    A Queenstowner is the vice-world champion in contemporary pizza-making.

    Queenstown firefighters' ‘left-field’ property play

    Queenstown volunteer fire brigade’s chief fire officer Terry O’Connell. Photo: supplied

    Queenstown firefighters' ‘left-field’ property play

    With fewer firefighters living in central Queenstown, the local volunteer fire brigade’s come up with an "out-of-the-box" solution.

    Deep freeze tests drivers across Whakatipu

    Icy roads, especially in Fernhilll, Sunshine Bay and Queenstown Hill, are making driving, and...

    Deep freeze tests drivers across Whakatipu

    Icy roads across the Whakatipu this week are making the daily commute a white-knuckle ride, and disrupting bus services to Fernhill and Sunshine Bay.
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