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- Course pro’s labour of love
HE might be new in the role, but Ben Taylor’s no stranger to The Hills Golf Club, or its course.
- NZ-first sushi train
THERE’S a new high-speed transport option in Queenstown’s CBD, designed for sushi delivery.
- On yer bike for Matariki
A MYSTERY twilight bike ride’s being held tomorrow around Queenstown’s Frankton to celebrate New Zealand’s first Matariki holiday.
- Neutral stance
QUEENSTOWN mayor Jim Boult (right) says he’s not endorsing any of the people who’ve put their hand up to take his job on.
- One plucky joiner
OLD skateboards have been given a new purpose by one Arrowtown woodworker.
- WHAKATIPU WATCH
Two roles sought
- One way to wake you up
ABOUT 20 brave, if not foolhardy, folk took to Lake Whakatipu last Sunday for the Southern Lakes Swimming Club’s annual winter solstice swim, some not even bothering with wetsuits. Ironically, though, at eight to 10 degrees the water temperature was higher than the air temp. The club started these swims seven to eight years ago.— PHILIP CHANDLER
- New CBD player
FOR Flo & Frankie director and founder Chrissy Conyngham, last week saw a dream come true.
- Two top-10s ‘exceptional’
TWO young Queenstown distance runners produced head-turning performances at last weekend’s New Zealand secondary schools cross country champs in Nelson.
- ‘Mana-enhancing’
SEVENTY Arrowtown School kapa haka performers are due to take centre stage in the village tomorrow afternoon.
Featured documents
- 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....
- 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....
- Dining out in hospo-tech world
IT was former Queenstown restaurant Solera Vino that sparked a business idea for Mat Weir....
- 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....
- 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....
- 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....
- It’s just another whack with a bommy knocker
THAT escalated quickly....
- It’s just another whack with a bommy knocker
THAT escalated quickly....
- Aero club after comeback
NEW Queenstown Airport boss Glen Sowry will have the remnants of the Wakatipu Aero Club on his doorstep soon after he arrives next month....
- Boaties blow safety whistle
QUEENSTOWN Bay boaties believe water safety’s being compromised by council handing over harbourmaster duties to a security company....