Calling the shots for ‘Spamalot’
Calling the shots for ‘Spamalot’
As a news industry veteran he might come across as straight-laced, but Dunedin’s Dave Goosselink’s a vital cog in one of the funniest shows Queenstown’s ever staged.
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Queenstown skifield adds to worker housing
Queenstown skifield adds to worker housing
With the worker digs shortage remaining dire, Queenstown skifield operator NZSki’s increasing its supply of staff housing.
Plans for a hive of industry
Plans for a hive of industry
A Queenstown company’s trying to address the "extremely high" demand for industrial/commercial land in the resort.
Frankton North taking seed
Frankton North taking seed
The first residential development north of Queenstown’s Frankton-Ladies Mile highway has just hit the market.
Rowers bound for worlds
Rowers bound for worlds
Two ex-Wakatipu High and Whakatipu Rowing Club old boys have been selected to represent New Zealand in their respective age groups at the world rowing champs in Toronto, Canada, in August.
Athletics prodigy off to Japan
Athletics prodigy off to Japan
A Queenstown Primary School athlete who’s achieved some head-turning results this past season will soon be trying to qualify for the Japanese national champs.
Queenstown characters leave fond memories
Queenstown characters leave fond memories
Two hugely positive characters who made major contributions to Queenstown died in the past 10 days.
Life-saving rope donated
Life-saving rope donated
Queenstown's Lakes District Air Rescue Trust (LDART) and Heliworks have made it much easier for people to be rescued in tricky terrain.
An ex-museum director’s musings
An ex-museum director’s musings
It’s hard to believe he’s left the building. Having been Lakes District Museum director since 1989, David Clarke, QSM, who turns 68 this Sunday, finally retired last October, but then carried on...
Melbourne St property play
Melbourne St property play
A hotel chain owner’s snapped up adjacent houses on central Queenstown’s Melbourne St — part of the town centre arterial road project — for a combined $6,855,000.
Para sportspeople raise the bar
Para sportspeople raise the bar
Two sporty Queenstown youngsters performed remarkably well at the recent Halberg Games for physically-disabled and vision-impaired Kiwis aged between 8 and 21.
Wakatipu High School scores highly
Wakatipu High School scores highly
The government’s Education Review Office (ERO) has marked Wakatipu High highly in its latest report card on the school.
Celebrating completion of subdivision sell-down
Celebrating completion of subdivision sell-down
Sharyn and Grant Stalker, the developers of Queenstown’s Shotover Country, last week celebrated the last sale in their subdivision with a function for their ‘project control group’.
Big boost to Queenstown housing stock
Big boost to Queenstown housing stock
Aiming to provide quality, affordable housing on the Frankton Flats, a Queenstown-based developer is launching a 226-home development next week — and hoping to have his first 63 homes completed by...
Nourishing fundraiser
Nourishing fundraiser
Best take an empty stomach along to Queenstown’s Mitre 10 Mega this Saturday, because you’ll be rendering St John a great service.
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‘Some great work being done’: Wakatipu scores highly on evaluation
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‘Some great work being done’: Wakatipu scores highly on evaluation
The government’s Education Review Office (ERO) has marked Wakatipu High School highly in its latest report card on the school, signalling "some great work being done", the principal says.
Bulls buoyed for big challenge
Bulls buoyed for big challenge
Buoyed by a great home win over Cromwell last weekend, the Arrowtown Premiers rugby side takes some confidence into its White Horse Cup challenge against undefeated Upper Clutha in Wanaka tonight.
First satellite event for First Thursdays
First satellite event for First Thursdays
Tonight's First Thursdays Quarterly Queenstown CBD art gallery ‘crawl’ features for the first time a satellite event.
'It would be lovely to see 20 first-time buyers'
'It would be lovely to see 20 first-time buyers'
Twenty studio units for sale beside Frankton Arm Tavern redefine affordability in Queenstown’s high-priced property landscape.
Arrowtown stalwart honoured
Arrowtown stalwart honoured
The late Jim Ryan, "a stalwart for all things Arrowtown", is now being remembered with a memorial bench in front of the town’s library.