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• Q’town’s hospo queen bows out

  Vivacious, intelligent, inspiring, encouraging, caring and compassionate. They are but a few of the words you’d use to describe Karen Hattaway, the queen of Queenstown’s hospo industry. As she prepares to leave hospitality, she talks to Tracey Roxburgh about her journey so far, and why sometimes the bad things are good

• EXPECT a localised snow flurry in Queenstown’s Beach St tonight.

• ‘No need for foreign buyer cap’

  THE Labour government minister responsible for policy settings around foreign buyers argues National’s election policy allowing overseas people to buy $2million-plus residential properties — which they’d be taxed 15% on — will only fuel further price growth.

• ‘Twenty years on, we’re no further ahead’ YOURWORD

  MORE than 20 years after Queenstown’s council consulted Whakatipu residents about their vision for where we are today, I question whether we’ve even come close to achieving the community’s aspirations.

• ‘Fundraising, fun & fashion’

  TICKETS are on sale for Queenstown’s second Preview Summer Fashion Show fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House charity, which provides free accommodation for families of kids overnighting in hospitals around New Zealand.

• Contractors dish rubbish regime

  RUBBISH collectors say the council’s plan to curb kerbside bin pick-ups in the Queenstown and Arrowtown CBDs, from November 1, will at least double their workload — and add significant costs to businesses.

• THE prizegiving for Queenstown’s popular Skin to Summit series, organised by Small Planet Sports, was held this week.

• Russell’s the cat’s paw-jamas

  QUEENSTOWN rescue cat Russell is feline just fine — and officially a VIP (aka a Very Impawtant Puss).

• NEW Zealand’s Petitions Committee wants ‘‘urgent progress’’ from the next government on rezoning accommodation supplement areas across the country, thanks to a concerted effort by a group of Queenstowners.

• Salon receives 21st b’day makeover

  A RENOVATION dreamed up during the 2020 Covid lockdown has finally been realised for one Arrowtown business owner.

Featured documents

• So what is machine learning?

  MACHINE learning’s defined as teaching computers to learn and recognise patterns from looking at huge amounts of data humans can’t analyse with traditional methods....

• So what is machine learning?

  MACHINE learning’s defined as teaching computers to learn and recognise patterns from looking at huge amounts of data humans can’t analyse with traditional methods....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• Loving thy neighbourhood reserves

  Most council services are carried out, understandably, by council staff. But when it comes to beautifying local reserves, Queenstown’s council’s empowering community groups to do their own thing, with its assistance. Philip Chandler looks at how these groups are tidying up reserves and replanting...

• 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....

• Q’town’s energiser bunny

  It’s almost impossible not to like Brendan Quill. Enthusiastic, almost to a fault, the 54-year-old Queenstown realtor, universally known as ‘Quilly’, sits still long enough to talk to Philip Chandler about his varied life and times, and where he goes to recharge his...

• 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....