Raffle tops up special fund
Raffle tops up special fund
A Wakatipu High School Foundation raffle’s raised almost $20,000 for a fund assisting students from financially-disadvantaged families.
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Philanthropic Flynn
Philanthropic Flynn
Donating $500 to Hospice Southland’s Queenstown charity shop was pretty special for inspirational Arrowtowner Flynn Laker.
Top 2023 price for non-Auckland home
Top 2023 price for non-Auckland home
Having changed hands for $19.2m, this property at The Preserve, at Queenstown’s Jack’s Point, has been touted as the fourth-highest settled residential sale in NZ last year.
Tune-up for young teens
Tune-up for young teens
A Queenstown gym’s hosting a workshop this coming Monday aimed at helping teens make healthier choices for their body and mind.
Groovy donation
Groovy donation
Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade’s benefited to the tune of $6309 from a DJ party at local bar/restaurant 1876.
Wheels up for Queenstown bike fest
Wheels up for Queenstown bike fest
Sometimes we advise people, ‘go jump in the lake’, but that’s actually happening during tomorrow’s opening party for a jam-packed 10-day Queenstown Bike Festival.
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Troubles in Paradise still to be resolved
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Troubles in Paradise still to be resolved
A world-renowned farm in Paradise, near Glenorchy, has finally changed hands almost four years after it sold — but a scrap over $4.5 million in penalty interest is still going to court.
Queenstown’s role in shaping acting star
Queenstown’s role in shaping acting star
Christmas is always special for Auckland-based, Queenstown-raised actress Holly Shervey because that’s when she always returns ‘home’.
Obituary: humble country legend trouper to the end
Obituary: humble country legend trouper to the end
Country music legend Reg McTaggart was a trouper to the end: the 79-year-old Arrowtown musician’s final gig was in Cromwell just two weeks before he died.
Getting her fill of rep cricket
Getting her fill of rep cricket
Seventeen-year-old Queenstown cricketer Abby Fookes is busy this month playing for age-group Otago sides.
Qtown prodigy’s prodigious run-making
Prodigy’s prodigious run-making
He doesn’t turn 16 till next month, but Queenstowner Hugo Bogue’s already turning heads in cricketing circles.
Hammer down for mental health
Hammer down for mental health
Concern over alarming suicide stats in the construction industry’s driven a Queenstowner to drive golf balls for a 24-hour fundraiser next month.
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Legal challenge to resort’s hosting of NZ Open
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Legal challenge to resort’s hosting of NZ Open
A legal challenge is being mounted to Arrowtown’s Millbrook Resort hosting the New Zealand Open golf tournament beyond this year.
Company living up to its name
Company living up to its name
It might sound a bit hackneyed, but what recruiter Remarkable People has done in only seven years truly is remarkable.
Feelers frontman’s feel for Queenstown
Feelers frontman’s feel for Queenstown
Kiwi singer-songwriter James Reid, whose iconic band, The Feelers, are playing Arrowtown in January admits he has looked at buying property in Queenstown.
Pace bowler’s first NZ call-up
Pace bowler’s first NZ call-up
Sixteen-year-old Queenstown pace bowler Mason Clarke will get his first taste of international cricket next month.
‘I liked ... so I bought it’
‘I liked ... so I bought it’
After 20 years as a foundation director of local ski rental business Snowbiz, long-time Queenstowner Euan ‘Urb’ Paterson’s become the main lessee of Arthurs Point’s historic Gantley’s Tavern.
Promoting local shoots
Promoting local shoots
A new organisation has been set up to promote Queenstown and Central Otago’s film industry both nationwide and internationally.
Power grinch almost steals Xmas
Power grinch almost steals Xmas
A power provider has apologised for stinging a Queenstowner with a shock $4000 power bill that had to be paid by Christmas Day.
Hook, wine and sinker
Hook, wine and sinker
In a move that floats his boat, the owner of Queenstown’s Wet Jacket Wines has sold his historic woolshed ‘cellar door’ at Lake Hayes and set up at the Frankton marina.