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"It is business as usual for our customers," Kath Cruickshank said after selling her business,...

Selling up but staying in touch

"It is time to let my "baby" grow while I try to slow down a little," Kath Cruickshank said of her decision to sell her 5-year-old independent business, Frankton Real Estate, to major real estate chain Ray White on July 1.

Flying Trestles has expansion plans

Flying Trestles owner/operator Colin Sutherland (left) with new business partner David Arnold,...

Flying Trestles has expansion plans

A new business partner has been brought on board by Queenstown catering company Flying Trestles to help it expand further in the Wakatipu.

Let the bike do the work

Charge About director Campbell Read with one of his eBikes at a charging station. Photo supplied.

Let the bike do the work

It feels a bit like cheating.

Boutique tours to India offered

Shammi Sandhu, of Queenstown, is running boutique tours to India and will bring her tour to...

Boutique tours to India offered

Queenstown woman Shammi Sandhu is so passionate about her Indian culture she has started running boutique tours to show people the real India.

In Business: Couple find Christmas cheer in decoration

Holiday Bling artists Ryan Caldwell and Bridie-Rose O'Leary in Queenstown yesterday. Photo Olivia...

In Business: Couple find Christmas cheer in decoration

Holiday fever - have you caught it?

Pair launch mobile art consultancy

Wakatipu artists asking for advice on materials has prompted two Queenstown artists to form a dedicated mobile service, which starts with a public event on Saturday.

In Business: A taste of Christmas

Eat Humble Pie assistant baker Sam Scanlan unveils the first tray of piping hot Christmas pies...

In Business: A taste of Christmas

Queenstown's smallest independent pie merchant has come up with an ingenious way for busy Wakatipu workers, residents and visitors to get a taste of Christmas on the run.

Rare peek at collection

Director Richard Blakeley, of the newly launched Mountfort Gallery, beside the $60,000 painting,...

Rare peek at collection

A new Queenstown gallery business is riding the wave of renewed popularity of representational art by exhibiting rarely seen paintings from the private collection of a reclusive master.

Good old-fashioned hospitality

Gibbston Valley Winery's newest addition, The General Store, features Central Otago beehives and...

Good old-fashioned hospitality

A Queenstown winery had a busy build-up to Christmas, opening a new wine-tasting store in Arrowtown and its own ''General Store'', which harks back to the gold mining era, with rustic and recycled furniture, - at Gibbston.

New tour company takes off

Heli Tours director Paul Mitchell (pictured at the new company's temporary headquarters at...

New tour company takes off

Heli Tours director Paul Mitchell says his new alpine tour company is "ahead of schedule" after getting certification on Christmas Eve and operating for less than three weeks.

New owners toast Postmasters

New owners toast Postmasters

The new owners of Arrowtown's Postmasters restaurant believe they have found the recipe for success.

In business: Loving care with that? You got it

Fergburger general manager Barry Smith holds a specially adorned burger in a rare, less hectic...

In business: Loving care with that? You got it

Tucking into a Fergburger has become one of the "must-do" activities for visitors to Queenstown, up there with bungy jumps, jet-boat rides and snow sports.

Local organic lamb company launches online store

Twin Rivers trio (from left) marketing manager Dave Hockly, managing director Ben McGill and...

Local organic lamb company launches online store

A local organic lamb company is now selling whole carcasses and lamb cuts online to people in the Wakatipu and Central Otago.

Photographer achieves vision

Still Vision photographer Jackie Gay, who has just opened a studio in Queenstown. Photo by Tracey...

Photographer achieves vision

While working as a driver on The Waterhorse Jackie Gay was inspired to pick up a camera and forge a career for herself - a dream which has been firmly realised with the opening of her photography studio last week.

Gym with view to fitness

Configure Express Queenstown owner Kim Hollebon at the Remarkables Park gym, as it begins to take...

Gym with view to fitness

Queenstown's first all-women gym is set to open next month and the owner says it will offer privacy and views for women who like to work out.

Fergbaker sees brand expand

Head baker Christophe Prodel, retail manager Vicki Onions and head chef Stuart Ritchie, with some...

Fergbaker sees brand expand

Twenty new positions have been created with the expansion of Queenstown gourmet burger bar Fergburger into the bakery business.

More Kawarau thrills with Easter opening of zipride

AJ Hackett Bungy senior managers (from left) chief executive Dave Mitchell, board member Andy...

More Kawarau thrills with Easter opening of zipride

A new thrill ride at AJ Hackett Bungy in Gibbston proved popular in its first weekend of operation over Easter after three years of development and 12 months of construction.

Full steam ahead for Sutherland

Kingston jewellery and clothing designer Jane Sutherland stands in her workshop, from which she...

Full steam ahead for Sutherland

A Kingston clothing designer has decided the right time to launch her label locally is when her favourite steam train, the Kingston Flyer, returns to service in October.

Trekking firm adds riding school

International riding instructor Suzanne Kolff sits next to the round pen used for horsemanship...

Trekking firm adds riding school

In this week's In business, Christina McDonald talks to Deana Irvine, of High Country Horses.

Just the ticket for the hungry worker

Gay Sheenan, the new owner of Ava Cafe on Industrial Pl, stands with some of the goods on sale in...

Just the ticket for the hungry worker

A working bloke needs a working bloke lunch and now one Queenstown woman has the answer for those on the outskirts of town with her new takeaway lunch cafe.

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