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- A Skyline divvy
DESPITE a $21 million drop in profit, Skyline Enterprises Ltd CEO Geoff McDonald says there’s growing evidence to support a level of ‘‘cautious optimism’’ looking ahead, with the first dividend payment in three years coming before Christmas.
- Helping mental health
A NEW Queenstown trust’s been formed to ramp up a community-led mental health initiative.
- The triple treat
THREE lifetime contribution awards were made at last Saturday’s Spirit of the Wakatipu Gala & Awards evening, organised by the Wakatipu Community Foundation.
- CBD a ‘living hell’Retailers slam Queenstown’s ‘shovel-ready’ street upgrades project
QUEENSTOWN’S council’s under pressure over disruption and apparent delays in delivering the $60 million CBD street upgrades project.
- Fresh face for Autumn Fest
A NEW director is at the helm of the Akarua Arrowtown Autumn Festival as it enters its 37th year.
- Games team’s chief medic
ONE of the busiest members of the large New Zealand contingent at the recent Birmingham Commonwealth Games in England was a Queenstown doctor.
- Catalyst event used as ‘grandstanding opportunity’YOURWORD
ON September 13, Catalyst Trust held a mayoralcandidates’ forum, inviting thepublic to ‘hear more than soundbites and see beyond the marketing gloss’.
- Celebrating spring blooms in A’town
BLOOMS, buds and a bit of baking will be the order of the day at tomorrow’s Arrowtown Spring Flower Show.
- A reel good day
FISHING fanatics will be dreaming of reeling in the big one at this Saturday’s 41st annual Glenorchy Fishing Competition.
- Last chance for Writers Fest earlybird tickets
EARLYBIRD ticket sales for this year’s Queenstown Writers Festival, being held from November 11 to 13, end tomorrow.
Featured documents
- Matt Wong, 44 iFLY Indoor Skydiving Queenstown owner/ managing directorMary Weston Steve Chernishov, 41 educatorEsther Whitehead, 47 Thrivable.design inclusive sustainability educatorClaire Turnham, 41 advocate, educator, campaignerPeter Newport Niki Gladding, 47 councillorTony DornerGavin Bartlett, 50 engineer
1.Our district is facing a number of challenges, many of which have an engineering aspect to them. I am offering my skills, training and experience to be part of a council team that is able to deal with these complex problems to achieve the best outcomes for our district....
- Moving us towards a regenerative tourism futureYOURWORD
COVID-19 has thrown us into a new world of closed borders, bubbles and health and safety protocols over this past year, and while we’ve all been ‘‘re-imagining’’, ‘‘pivoting’’ and crystal ball-polishing to the best of our ability, the ride will be rocky for some time yet....
- Coronet Peak’s driving force
GROWING up in Dunedin, a young John Davies visited Queenstown during school holidays with his parents, who built one of the first houses at Lake Hayes, to ski at Coronet Peak — graced only with a single-person rope tow....
- More headwinds to face before return to ‘normal’YOURWORD
WE all accept we don’t wish to see our health system overrun by throwing open the borders....
- Dining out in hospo-tech world
IT was former Queenstown restaurant Solera Vino that sparked a business idea for Mat Weir....
- More headwinds to face before return to ‘normal’YOURWORD
WE all accept we don’t wish to see our health system overrun by throwing open the borders....
- Massive issues for new mayor
WHOMEVER the next Queenstown mayor is, they will be contending with ‘‘massive’’ issues for the district — not related to the Covid recovery....
- It’s just another whack with a bommy knocker
THAT escalated quickly....
- Young travellers and the re-imagination of tourismYOURWORD
ILOVE Italy, and have returned no less than five times in the 20-plus years since first visiting as a 24-year-old in the 1990s....
- It’s just another whack with a bommy knocker
THAT escalated quickly....