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    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.

    ‘Beaten by the better team’

    File photo

    ‘Beaten by the better team’

    The Wakatipu Premiers will be determined to right the ship when they play Matakanui Combined under lights in Omakau tomorrow after suffering their first loss of the season.

    Adam’s memorable 100th match

    Adam Jackson shrugs off Maniototo’s Henry Powell during his 100th game for the Arrowtown Bulls....

    Adam’s memorable 100th match

    Arrowtown second-five Adam Jackson could hardly have brought up his 100th game for them in more memorable fashion last Saturday.

    Rally driver back on winning track

    MacDonald is defending a national championship class title this year.

    Rally driver back on winning track

    Queenstown rally driver Caleb Macdonald’s successfully begun the defence of his national rally class title despite driving a virtually-new car.

    Historic win for Q’town footballers

    The Queenstown AFC U15 boys football team pictured after winning the Global Games Queenstown...

    Historic win for Q’town footballers

    The Queenstown AFC under-15 boys football team made history in the resort last weekend, becoming the inaugural winners of the Global Games Queenstown International Cup.

    Unique Kelvin Heights lakefront pad

    A large Peninsula Rd landholding. Photos: supplied

    Unique Kelvin Heights lakefront pad

    It's arguably the largest undeveloped lakefront property in Queenstown’s Kelvin Heights.

    Party planned for kiwi chick

    Kiwi Park Queenstown’s new kiwi chick, which hatched late last month. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Party planned for kiwi chick

    A special gender reveal party is being planned in Queenstown.

    Queenstown farmer steps in to help disabled teen

    The stairs that Dinson Thomas has to carry his daughter up in order to get inside their home....

    Queenstown farmer steps in to help disabled teen

    A Queenstown farmer has offered to pay the shortfall for a lift so a dad does not have to carry his teen daughter from her wheelchair up seven steps to their front door.

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    Kids 'screaming' as driver mows down ducks in Queenstown

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    Kids 'screaming' as driver mows down ducks in Queenstown

    A group of young children were left screaming and crying in Queenstown’s CBD on Tuesday after watching a motorist mow down a group of ducks in lower Beach St.

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    Woman fled via window to get help after assault

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Woman fled via window to get help after assault

    A Queenstown woman locked herself in her bathroom and climbed out the window to get help from a neighbour after being assaulted by her partner last month.

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    Criticism of cable car project rebuffed

    An artist’s impression of the proposed Queenstown Cable Car. IMAGE: SOUTHERN INFRASTRUCTURE

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    Criticism of cable car project rebuffed

    The company behind the billionaire-backed Queenstown cable car proposal has hit back at concerns from the local government, saying it is still early days in the process.

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    Autumn festival events ‘amazing’

    The Buckingham Belles perform during Saturday’s 40th Arrowtown Autumn Festival Street Parade....

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    Autumn festival events ‘amazing’

    It might have been the first Arrowtown Autumn Festival in recent years where the vista was framed by snow-capped mountains.

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    Third attempt at fast track successful

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Third attempt at fast track successful

    It is third time lucky for an Australian developer whose fast-track application for a large residential suburb and skifield near Queenstown has been accepted after two failed attempts.

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    Government ‘misappropriating’ levy funds: deputy mayor

    Queenstown Lakes District deputy mayor Quentin Smith, of Wanaka. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Government ‘misappropriating’ levy funds: deputy mayor

    The  government is ‘‘misappropriating’’ funds from international visitors, the deputy mayor of the Queenstown Lakes says.

    It’s the height of lunacy

    Warren Cooper reflecting on his parliamentary career. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    It’s the height of lunacy

    Former local mayor Warren Cooper says a council proposal to allow 24m-high buildings across a swathe of Queenstown’s CBD is ‘‘absolute lunacy’’.

    Robot geniuses off to Greece

    NZ reps: Jasper Eckford, second left, and Ollie Sharpe, flanked by coach/mentor Paula Hugens,...

    Robot geniuses off to Greece

    Two young Queenstown teens make up the only New Zealand team invited into a prestigious international robotics comp in Greece next month.

    Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life

    ‘Just be happy and don’t be greedy’: The late Margaret Reid, pictured on her 100th birthday at...

    Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life

    Queenstown identity Margaret Reid died last Sunday at the very ripe old age of 102.
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