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    First on the chairlift at Coronet Peak are (from left) Natalie Urbani, of Queenstown, Alexa...

    Friend doing honours as skifields open to blue skies

    Alexa Macdonald had something more than her skifield pass giving her access to the opening weekend of the Queenstown and Wanaka ski season.

    Apprentices go head-to-head

    Ben Harris, of Wanaka, takes part in the Southern Apprentice of the Year practical challenge...

    Apprentices go head-to-head

    Twelve of the southern region’s top apprentice tradies put it all on the line in Queenstown on Saturday.

    Reserve forestry plan feedback wanted

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Reserve forestry plan feedback wanted

    People are encouraged to share their thoughts on a draft forestry management plan for Queenstown Hill Reserve.

    NZONE scoping Kingston drop zone

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    NZONE scoping Kingston drop zone

    Queenstown skydiving operator NZONE could move south to Kingston.

    Arrowtown distillery on top of the world

    Rifters’ co-founder Stu Clark, left, and GM Philip Riley with their international gongs in London...

    Arrowtown distillery on top of the world

    An Arrowtown distillery is officially on top of the world.

    ‘Why can’t Momoa live here?’

    Minister for the South Island James Meager. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    ‘Why can’t Momoa live here?’

    The National-led government’s South Island minister believes lifting the foreign buyer ban for $5million-plus Queenstown residential properties makes sense.

    Carlos rows into the record books

    ‘Thanks a Million Challenge’ organiser Gihan Ganesh, with his daughter Lola, 4, and long-time...

    Carlos rows into the record books

    Queenstown's Carlos Bagrie can now add Guinness World Record-holder to his list of achievements.

    Arrowtown artist’s full-picture life

    Jane Burdon with a painting she painted for one of her nine grandchildren, Lili Burdon. PHOTO:...

    Arrowtown artist’s full-picture life

    Arrowtown artist Jane Burdon likes film star Mae West’s quote, "you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough," because she lives by it.

    Banksy’s home in Queenstown

    The Arts Hole owners Tom Roberts and Chani Caulfield with their son, Denali. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Banksy’s home in Queenstown

    A Queenstown couple believe their art gallery at Frankton’s Country Lane is the only one in New Zealand with works by English street artist Banksy on the walls.

    Queenstown’s beauty queen

    From cooking in a retirement village kitchen to successfully strutting the catwalk in a beauty...

    Queenstown’s beauty queen

    A Queenstowner is off to China at year’s end to represent New Zealand at the Mrs United Nations International pageant.

    Local Bitcoiners present to MPs

    Queenstown’s Rob Clarkson and Arrowtowner Nell Hunter giving MPs the lowdown on Bitcoin as a...

    Local Bitcoiners present to MPs

    More than 20 coalition government MPs heard about Bitcoin last week from a Whakatipu-led delegation invited to Parliament by local MP Joseph Mooney.

    Altitude to unleash bugged-out brew

    The Altitude Brewing team including, from left, Rob Garrett, Eliott Menzies and Dan Jaffe, has...

    Altitude to unleash bugged-out brew

    A Queenstown brewer is, quite literally, upping the ant-e.

    Co-working space for ‘misfits’

    Misfits Workshop founders Jonty, left, and Max Norton. PHOTO: CONOR DOLMAN

    Co-working space for ‘misfits’

    A co-working space for "doers and dreamers" has opened in Frankton.

    New brand for longtime hotel

    The Rydges Lakeside Queenstown Hotel will soon be converted into the QT Queenstown. PHOTO:...

    New brand for longtime hotel

    QT Queenstown is about to expand.

    Take a bow, Marley

    Queenstowner Marley King Smith was part of the winning University of Washington heavyweight coxed...

    Take a bow, Marley

    A Queenstown rower who’s competed for New Zealand in under-19 world champs for the past two years is now also a United States national university champion.

    Skating past the Caitlin confusion

    Caitlin ‘Judy’ Heale’s relishing her first season for the Wakatipu Wild. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Skating past the Caitlin confusion

    You can call her Judy.

    Waka’s pace-setting fullback

    Conner Hamlin. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    Waka’s pace-setting fullback

    Give the ball to ‘Vegas’.

    Remarkables Park villas in high demand

    An artist’s impression of Queenstown’s Kawarau Villas. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Remarkables Park villas in high demand

    A two-level terrace housing project in Queenstown’s Remarkables Park appears to be hitting the sweet spot with the market.

    Big development land sale

    The combined capital value of these two recently-sold residential properties, adjoining Boundary...

    Big development land sale

    Two neighbouring residential properties close to Queenstown’s CBD have sold for mega-bucks in a sign development sections are becoming attractive again.

    Queenstown open for skiing action on Saturday

    Coronet Peak staffer Ashlea Fahmy celebrates the start of winter at the skifield. PHOTO: NZSKI

    Queenstown open for skiing action on Saturday

    It is not too shabby for an opening day.
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