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• A SLICE of prime Crown Terrace land above Arrowtown failed to attract a buyer at a rare mortgagee auction.

• Carlos rows into the record books

  QUEENSTOWN’S Carlos Bagrie can now add Guinness World Record-holder to his list of achievements.

• Fast-track applications pass first hurdle

  AND then there were seven.

• Bar in gun over strip shows Controversy over new bar linked to Calendar Girls chain

  A SEX workers’ collective is calling on a new Queenstown bar featuring strip shows to be shut down as it’s not operating under an ‘adult entertainment’ liquor licence.

• Q’town skifields ready to ride

  IT’S not too shabby for an opening day.

• A SIXTH charity’s been added to the beneficiaries of the annual Latitude 45 South charity event.

• A PINK Ribbon Breakfast at Arrowtown’s Mora Wines & Artisan Kitchen last month raised $27,920 for the Breast Cancer Foundation.

• Youngest fireys still at school

  THEY’RE too young to vote, yet they can fight fires and save lives.

• Remarkables Park villas in high demand

  A TWO-level apartment development in Queenstown’s Remarkables Park appears to be hitting the sweet spot with the market.

• Queenstown’s beauty queen

  A QUEENSTOWNER is off to China at year’s end to represent New Zealand at the Mrs United Nations International pageant.

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....

• Olivia Wensley, 37 Startup Queenstown Lakes chief executiveJon Mitchell, 58 Massey University capability and leadership development managerGlyn Lewers, 44 structural engineerNeeta Shetty, 48 business ownerAl Angus, retiredDaniel Shand

  1.Building trust with the community by unblocking the information flow currently operating....

• 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....

• Q’town’s role in shaping acting star

  Besides Queenstown’s dramatic scenery, the resort’s also proven to be a good breeding ground for dramatic talent. Think Jodie Hillock and Ben Farry. Then there’s Shortland Street star Holly Shervey. Still buzzing over her recent wedding, she tells Philip Chandler how she got into acting and reveals ...

• Runners’ highs for marathon man

  He runs runs and also runs an awful lot himself. He’s Queenstown Parkrun founder and co-director and serial marathon runner Chris Seymour. Former runner Philip Chandler catches up with him to ask why he runs, and how a personal cause inspired him to run around the...

• 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...

• Big future for little town

  There’s been a changing of the guard at the Arrowtown Promotion and Business Association (APBA), with Jimmy Sygrove, having led the membership organisation through Covid, stepping down, and regional economist Benje Patterson stepping up as chair. While the village’s future is bright, they tell...

• 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 part-time till last Friday. Before heading for Tokyo this week with his wife Wendy, Philip Chandler...

• The evolution of Blanket Bay

  Americans Pauline and Tom Tusher this week hosted a function at Glenorchy’s Blanket Bay to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of their lodge — regarded as the South Island’s first ‘super lodge’ — in 1999. They discuss with Philip Chandler how their world-renowned property came to be...

• 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....