NewsBank (Mountain Scene)

ONE step forward, three steps back.

WORLD-RENOWNED country musician Kaylee Bell’s headlining at this year’s Coronet Peak Night Ski Party.

ARTHURS Point’s Mt Dewar Station might soon be home to a few ‘yurtmates’.

MOUNTAIN Scene’s chief news hound Philip ‘Scoop’ Chandler has entered the annals of history.

QUEENSTOWN’S council has appealed an Environment Court decision, which ordered it to issue a certificate of compliance to a subdivision developer.

COUNCIL boss Mike Theelen — who’s wary of parties discussing commercial agreements with council through the media — maintains ‘‘7.5% of turnover isn’t a particularly egregious cost, is it?’’

AS local temperatures cool, 14 Wakatipu High cricketers are sweating it out in the heat and humidity of Sri Lanka.

BROADCASTER Paddy Gower’s saddling up in Queenstown next month to help raise money for the Lakes District Air Rescue Trust.

ARROWTOWN fire station is ensuring the memory of its longest-serving volunteer lives on.

QUEENSTOWN mayor Glyn Lewers is scratching his head over the National-led coalition government’s apparent aversion to a visitor levy, either locally or nationally.

TALK about timing.

QUEENSTOWN’S AA agency’s been struggling to cope with growing numbers of foreigners wanting to convert their overseas driving licence to a Kiwi one.

THE funeral programme for Queenstowner Bob Britton, who died last month, aged 84, contains the lyric from kids’ TV programme, Bob the Builder: ‘‘Can we fix it, yes we can.’’

He explains the remaining 32.5% has to go on other overheads like marketing, power and rates.

FOUR hundred hardy runners are prepping to compete in one of New Zealand’s most iconic events this weekend.

TWO Arrowtowners have launched the Arrowtown area’s first buyers’ agency, helping out-of-town, mostly high-end buyers find their dream Southern Lakes home.

IT’S an odd thing, in this day and age, to struggle to give money away.

Already well-known as a longtime guitarist with The Verlaines, Paul Winders has added to Arrowtown’s amazing pool of talented musos since moving to the township. But he’s also impacted the lives of many young Arrowtowners through his roles at the local school. He talks to Philip Chandler about his various gigs

QUEENSTOWN’S champion SkyCity Stampede side’s supplying no fewer than eight Ice Blacks for the Division 2 Group B world ice hockey champs starting in Sofia, Bulgaria, this coming Monday.

HAVING been tested by Cromwell, Maniototo and Arrowtown, but still beaten them, the Wakatipu Premiers rugby side face their sternest examination this Saturday.

QUEENSTOWN Lakes Community Housing Trust boss Julie Scott says delivery of the housing bonanza Mountain Scene revealed last week can’t happen soon enough.

TWO Queenstown entries in this weekend’s prestigious Otago Rally couldn’t be more close-knit.

DAVID Seymour says if he has one message, it’s this: ‘‘Things are really bad.

AN event at Queenstown’s Bob’s Cove this Sunday afternoon features music, hangi food and expert speakers all designed to highlight the history and beauty of the area.

When it comes to Sister City relationships, the one between Queenstown and Aspen, in Colorado, United States, is special. Aspen mayor, Torre, tells Tracey Roxburgh despite being separated by more than 21,500 kilometres the two destinations, which reaffirmed their commitment yesterday, have a lot to learn from each other

TWO iconic Arrowtown businesses will close in coming months, in part due to the ongoing ‘‘Covid-19 hangover’’.

QUEENSTOWN’S Wharf Casino has folded its cards.

QUEENSTOWN council’s defending its decision to prematurely harvest its Coronet Forest above Malaghans Rd.

QUEENSTOWN Lakes Community Housing Trust’s chief executive commends the Spence Park developers for offering to give the trust 5% of the sections they create.

SURE, the Battle of the Basin’s on at 2.30pm at Jack Reid Park, but for an extra dose of entertainment, turn up two hours early.