Helping young green fingers
Helping young green fingers
Queenstown's Mitre 10 Mega’s offering to help local school gardening programmes with whatever tools or equipment they require, including even manpower.
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A bloomin’ good show
A bloomin’ good show
Having first sprung into life in 1924, the Arrowtown Annual Spring Flower Show enters its second century over the next two days.
Architect made of Wright stuff
Architect made of Wright stuff
When you talk about over-achievers, you’d have to include Louise Wright.
Purpose-built worker digs nearly finished
Purpose-built worker digs nearly finished
A large Queenstown tourism and property company is close to completing the first stage of a staff accommodation complex.
Gin bar gem on the market
Gin bar gem on the market
The owner of Queenstown’s world-award-winning Broken Heart spirits is selling his Arthurs Point cellar door.
Buyers’ market but prices holding
Buyers’ market but prices holding
‘Cautious optimism’ is the theme of Colliers’ latest annual market review and outlook report on the Otago property market, including Queenstown.
It could drive you up the wall
It could drive you up the wall
In the nursery rhyme, London Bridge is falling down. Queenstown’s historic Ballarat St Bridge might not be, but it’s sure taking a fearful battering from passing motorists.
Not right says Fred
Not right says Fred
A Queenstowner who developed the Speargrass Flat subdivision where council’s allowed an allegedly over-height building says it makes "a nonsense" of it.
Queenstown parking squeeze ‘killing CBD’
Queenstown parking squeeze ‘killing CBD’
A Queenstowner believes the council is imperilling the viability of CBD businesses by ‘‘systematically’’ getting rid of carparking spaces.
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Large snowfalls extend Coronet Peak skifield season by a week
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Large snowfalls extend Coronet Peak skifield season by a week
Following large snowfalls over the past week, Queenstown’s Coronet Peak skifield is extending its season by a week.
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Over 1000 petition to stop club
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Over 1000 petition to stop club
A petition to stop Christchurch-based strip club Calendar Girls setting up in Queenstown had attracted 1037 signatures by noon on Wednesday.
This one takes the cake
This one takes the cake
Queenstown Bowling Club celebrated its 120th anniversary at its season-opening day last Saturday.
Reef rides off to worlds
Reef rides off to worlds
After his first season in Europe, an Arrowtown 17-year-old competes in the under-19 division of the UCI road world champs in Zurich, Switzerland, next week.
Delivering hoop dreams
Delivering hoop dreams
An illustrious former basketball pro’s holding two Queenstown clinics at the end of this month that also teach life skills and healthy living.
Teeing off for mental health fundraiser
Teeing off for mental health fundraiser
The wife of a Queenstowner who died suddenly in November 2022 is organising a second charity golf tournament in his honour.
Stunning garden’s last viewings
Stunning garden’s last viewings
If you want to view arguably Queenstown’s most spectacular private garden, you have one more chance.
Scoop at large in Hong Kong
Scoop at large in Hong Kong
Having settled in Hong Kong last Christmas, Arrowtowner Marion Botherway declares the metropolis — population 7million-plus — is far from what she imagined it to be.
Breakfast host 'blindsided' by redundancy
'Blindsided': Plug pulled on breakfast radio host's long career
Popular Queenstown breakfast radio host Craig ‘‘Ferg’’ Ferguson has had the plug pulled on his long broadcasting career.
Breakfast host 'blindsided' by redundancy
Queenstown breakfast host 'blindsided' by redundancy
Popular Queenstown breakfast radio host Craig ‘‘Ferg’’ Ferguson has had the plug pulled on his long broadcasting career.
What's Todd Barclay doing in Saudi Arabia?
What's Todd Barclay doing in Saudi Arabia?
You could probably think up a few reasons not to visit Saudi Arabia.