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    ‘Queen of the Mountain’ to premiere

    Annie Ford pictured after obliterating her own Guinness World Record at Coronet Peak last January...

    ‘Queen of the Mountain’ to premiere

    It would have been rude not to.

    Library seeking lifeline

    The volunteer committee running the Wakatipu Toy Library need to find $60,000 within the next...

    Library seeking lifeline

    The Wakatipu Toy Library’s pleading for community support to help keep its service running.

    School seeks landowner

    Wakatipu High’s Morris Kan, left, and Blake Turoa are among 14 students building this two-bed...

    School seeks landowner

    Wakatipu High’s looking for someone who could accommodate on their land a student-built rental that’ll be let out to school staff.

    Pupils get in character

    Photo: Philip Chandler

    Pupils get in character

    Pupils of Queenstown’s St Joseph’s School warmed up for this Sunday’s massive book fair with their usual book character day last Friday.

    Bumper crop for retirees

    Photo: Philip Chandler

    Bumper crop for retirees

    Arvida Queenstown Country Club residents are exhibiting the sort of self-sufficiency made famous by actors Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers in the popular British sitcom, The Good Life.

    Offering solution to ‘broken’ democracy

    newDemocracy Foundation executive director Iain Walker is addressing this topic in Queenstown...

    Offering solution to ‘broken’ democracy

    An expert on how democracy can be improved is giving a Catalyst Trust talk in Queenstown next Wednesday.

    Helping waste reduction

    Photo: Philip Chandler

    Helping waste reduction

    Thanks to supportive businesses, Sustainable Queenstown (SQ) has been gifted another shed to store gear for its burgeoning waste-reduction project, DISHrupt.

    Milestone match for popular loosie

    Photo: ODT files

    Milestone match for popular loosie

    Self-nicknamed the ‘South Waikato Steam Train’, Wakatipu Premiers loosie and co-captain Tom Ria’s "pretty chuffed" he’ll run out for his 100th game in blue against Maniototo in Queenstown this...

    Robinson among sports award finalists

    Robinson among sports award finalists

    Some familiar names have made the cut for this year’s Otago Sports Awards.

    Paddlers impress on national stage

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Paddlers impress on national stage

    Twelve Wakatipu High School girls impressed at the national secondary schools waka ama champs — in a values-based sport based on traditional Pacific outrigger canoes.

    Mountain bike star 'in good spirits' despite horror crash

    Queenstown-based mountain bike rider Louise Ferguson's recovering in hospital after an horrific...

    Mountain bike star 'in good spirits' despite horror crash

    Queenstown-based mountain bike star Louise Ferguson is on the road to recovery following a horror crash in South Korea.

    Q’town athlete reaches podium

    Photo: ODT files

    Q’town athlete reaches podium

    Queenstown teen Malik Boatwright narrowly missed out on a gold medal at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in South Korea on Saturday.

    Fresh blood fuels Stampede

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Fresh blood fuels Stampede

    Queenstown's SkyCity Stampede may be without two of its superstar stalwarts this year, but coach Cam Frear’s confident he’s got a team that could conceivably lift the Birgel Cup.

    Q’town Miners win ice hockey league

    Queenstown Miners goalie Noah Reid, pictured during his team’s winning Premier Ice Hockey League...

    Q’town Miners win ice hockey league

    A talent-laden Queenstown Miners team won the inaugural Premier Ice Hockey League after national finals were held in the resort last weekend.

    Rugby club in the rough

    Arrowtown Rugby Club reps, from left, Tom McKenzie, Tom Macfarlane, Ben Walker, Alberto Palma,...

    Rugby club in the rough

    Members of the Arrowtown Rugby Club turned into alpine ball boys (and girls) last Sunday, raising almost $1000 in the process.

    Fireys bring the heat

    Photo: ODT files

    Fireys bring the heat

    Queenstown fireys set some blistering pace in Wellington last weekend, during the National Firefighter Championship Series.

    New Kelvin Heights housing style

    An artist’s impression of Peninsula Rise.

    New Kelvin Heights housing style

    A high-end cluster of five stand-alone homes and eight duplexes represents a new housing typology for Queenstown’s Kelvin Heights.

    Rookie joins experienced pro

    ‘Team Penrose’ comprises David Penrose and Tink Brinsley Turner. Photo: supplied

    Rookie joins experienced pro

    There's definitely a generational feel about a new team at Queenstown’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty (NZSIR).

    One remarkable photo

    The winning photo "Night at the Remarkables”.  PHOTO: TOM RAE

    One remarkable photo

    New Zealand young photographer Tom Rae has wowed judges of a global contest again.

    'I wouldn't want to merge with Queenstown'

    Sam Corson of Alexandra. PHOTOS: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS

    'I wouldn't want to merge with Queenstown'

    We asked people across the South what they think of the government’s plan to force councils to amalgamate.
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