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Left, right, centrist and extremes

Election day is upon us and there are some very big decisions for the people of New Zealand to make. We are at a crossroad in our country’s direction. Despite both our major political parties being centrist, there is a definitive lean left or lean right future at stake for kiwis.

The Labour Party have ruled New Zealand for the past six years. The last three years they have enjoyed an absolute majority in the Beehive. No need to compromise on anything to a minor party such as NZ First, Te Pāti Māori or The Greens. The voters of New Zealand will pass judgement if they have performed in the best interests of us all as a priority over this time in power, or simply looked after their own priority people. And are they leading us down the pathway we want New Zealand to travel?

Then there is the National Party. They lead the polls and have a better chance of forming a new government than the All Blacks do of beating Ireland in the Rugby World Cup. But it is looking highly unlikely they will manage to do it alone and will need to form a coalition with one or more minor party to create the necessary majority.

There are a multitude of issues out there and it can become overwhelming sometimes deciphering all the messages on the billboards and popping up as spam advertising on your apps and websites. At the end of the day each of us will prioritise the issues that affect us most. Some will prioritise economic factors, or social, or environmental. Most of us will mix and mingle all of the above. That’s what makes us a generally well-balanced centrist society. There are of course the extremes of hard left and hard right.

Believe it or not there are 17 registered political parties vying for your vote on Saturday. Although only four minor parties have a real chance of joining Labour and National in Wellington. ACT and NZ First are more centre right then hard right, and on or around the extreme edges of the left side of politics are Te Pāti Māori and The Greens. Is this a good thing or a bad thing that one of our centrist parties may need to do a deal with a minor party to form a government?

Some will say our MMP voting system gives the minority extremes of society too much power considering their small numbers. However, this is our democratic system, so work with what we have, and make your vote count on Saturday.

If all this talk of Left and Right, Centrist and Extremes is making your decision making even harder, do what I did and use a couple of handy little websites. Both are politically neutral so fear not being honest when using them. They are votecompass.tvnz.co.nz/nz2023 and policy.nz/2023

Scott Stevens

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Queenstown Multicultural Festival was a big hit with more than 2500 people attending at the Events Centre on Saturday. The second annual festival, it celebrated the many different cultures in town, with performances, traditions, art and lots of yummy food.

Battle of the airports

By Paul Taylor

Queenstown Airport chief executive Glen Sowry says there’s no need for a fourth international airport in the South Island.

Christchurch Airport proposes to build a wide-bodied jet capable airport on farmland in Tarras. It has already spent tens of millions of dollars on the project, including buying the Central Otago land, which is 10 minutes from Wānaka Airport and an hour’s drive from Queenstown.

It would rival Queenstown Airport, with capacity for four million passenger movements (arrivals and departures) by 2050, operating 24 hours a day.

“We can all agree that New Zealand is facing infrastructure challenges, but a shortage of airports is not one of them,” Sowry says.

He believes the justification there is an unmet need in the Southern Lakes region doesn’t hold water.

“Christchurch Airport is a majority Christchurch City Councilowned asset and is a commercial organisation, not an altruistic one. Its motive is to make a profit, so why not be honest about that?

“The people of this region, who have few means to influence the project, have made it clear they do not want a flood of extra visitors. They want sustainable tourism, not over-tourism.”

Sowry says that’s supported by the new destination management plans for the regions.

“Meanwhile, Christchurch City Council, like many councils across the country, has a series of infrastructure challenges of its own and is strapped for cash. Rates are rising and the sale of community assets is being openly discussed.

Bomb scare from electric ski boot-warmer

By Paul Taylor

Friday’s airport bomb scare was sparked by a routine bag check. Hundreds of people were evacuated from Queenstown Airport shortly at 8.40am after Aviation Security Service (AvSec) staff spotted something suspicious in a bag going through one the scanners.

New Zealand Defence Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron helicoptered down from Christchurch to check the bag, leading to 25 flights being diverted or cancelled.

But the team eventually found the item was an electric ski boot-warmer, in a bag next to a computer.

Airport boss Glen Sowry says the Explosive Ordnance Team were given X-ray security images and agreed full security alert was appropriate.

“A controlled investigation of the baggage was conducted by the Explosive

“Rather than spending money on its nebulous Tarras project, Christchurch Airport could support Christchurch ratepayers through greater dividends.”

Queenstown Airport’s current masterplan will enable passenger numbers to increase by a third by 2032 and, Sowry says, “allocates space for further expansion in the decades beyond that”.

“However, that will only happen with the support of our shareholders and the residents of our region. We are listening to them, unlike Christchurch Airport, which seems to be ignoring the widespread rejection of the proposed airport at Tarras.”

Local communities will “bear the brunt of the environmental costs and additional strain on infrastructure” and he questions what impact Tarras will have on other regional airports’ plans, including Dunedin, Invercargill, and Christchurch itself.

“Inevitably, passengers flying into Tarras would bypass Christchurch, which has successfully rebuilt a vibrant business community and tourism industry after the 2010-11 earthquakes.”

But Christchurch Airport’s chief strategy and stakeholder officer Michael Singleton maintains there’s an issue with airport capacity in the lower Central Otago, shown, he says, by Queenstown Airport’s own figures.

“The reality is, if you don’t meet demand it won’t go away,” Singleton says. “Instead, passengers will fly to other airports and then drive to Central Otago - our experts’ modelling shows that could result in an extra 500,000 kilometres being driven on South Island highways every day by 2050.”

Instead of waiting for that “irreversible problem to materialise”, he says, “we are robustly exploring a solution now”.

If Queenstown Airport genuinely believes getting visitors and locals to use other airports, such as Dunedin and Invercargill, is the best solution, Singleton says, “it could choose to do that now - instead of proceeding with plans to add 600,000 more passenger movements, at a cost of $300m, with no guarantees airlines will want to meet that cost”.

And he balks at any impact on Christchurch, saying it is “undeniably a worldclass destination”.

Ordnance Team who determined that the reported items posed no threat,” he says.

NZ Police says no one has been arrested or questioned over the incident. Browns Ski shop owner Haggis Vaitkus told RNZ he was surprised by the alarm, as the devices had been on the market for 15 years.

“These are not new products and they are fairly prevalent, especially with people travelling because a lot of Australians get cold feet. We sell quite a few of them,” Vaitkus said.

“Why was it such an unusual thing to see in a bag in a ski town?”

He had flown with boot warmers before, but usually telling airport security what they were was sufficient, he said.

About 250 passengers were transported by bus to the Queenstown Events Centre, and provided with food, drinks and activities until the airport reopened.

Sowry thanked the response team and passengers whose travel was disrupted.

An artist’s impression of the planned Tarras Airport

Queenstown Airport boss Glen Sowry

Christchurch Airport’s Michael Singleton

Crypto outbreak likely caused by poo in water

By Paul Taylor

Human faecal contamination of the water supply is the most likely cause of the cryptosporidium outbreak, according to health officials.

Medical officer of Health Dr Michael Butchard says Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, supported by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, has carefully examined all the information gathered by authorities since the outbreak began.

This included analysis of the outbreak’s epidemic curve, detailed case interviews with affected people, genotyping of samples, geo-spatial analysis mapping of cases, and ongoing water testing.

“Based on all the gathered information to date, our most likely hypothesis is that the outbreak started through human faecal contamination of the source water in Lake Wakatipu, which has then been collected into the Two-Mile water treatment plant’s intake pipes, then gotten into the water reservoir,” he says.

“From there, it has then been distributed around the Two-Mile water distribution network to homes and businesses, most likely over a number of days.

“While the results are unable to tell us exactly where the contamination came from, genotyping shows that the outbreak cases are all linked since they are all of the same hominis genotype, which is also evidence of a human rather than an animal source.

“There could also be a number of possible contamination sources, as only a very small amount of faecal contamination – for example from just one person – is enough to cause an outbreak of crypto.

“Possible sources could have included sewage dispersal from watercraft near the Two-Mile Lake Wakatipu drinking water intake, contamination from swimmers or other lake users, wastewater overflows or other undetected faults in the wastewater system. But we are unlikely to ever know.”

This was further supported by the fact that the boil water notice put in place on 18 September had effectively halted the continuous source of contamination.

Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure boss Tony Avery says the findings are “disappointing” but “not totally unexpected”.

It means a boil water notice will remain in place for areas supplied water from the Two-Mile water treatment plant. QLDC is working to put in place protozoa barriers at the plant by 8 December.

“We acknowledge the ongoing impact this will have on businesses, residents and visitors to the affected areas,” Avery says. “Our focus remains on completing work at our Two Mile water treatment plant as soon as possible.” A boil water notice for thousands of residents and business on the Kelvin Heights water supply, including Frankton, was lifted on Thursday after QLDC isolated it from the Queenstown overall supply.

Dr Butchard says crypto is still very much present in the community, with a high risk of re-infection and person-to-person spread.

“This means the risk of further spread of crypto is still very real, and higher than before the outbreak began.

“We continue to strongly encourage the community to boil water, wash and dry hands thoroughly and take care to avoid swimming pools and facilities where crypto could be spread.”

Te Whatu Ora is scaling down the reporting of case numbers. The last update was Friday morning, when there were 62 confirmed cases of crypto and 18 probable cases. Twenty-four cases are under investigation.

Te Whatu encourages anyone with symptoms to contact their GP, hauora provider or call Healthline on 0800 611 116.

Dr Butchard says while water testing had not shown any positive results for cryptosporidium, testing itself was complex and not always conclusive. Additionally, investigations had not flagged any food, beverage, event, or location as a source of the outbreak. The

Two-Mile drinking water intake, on Lake Wakatipu

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No freewheelers - Mainland Angel Investors backs hardworking winners

Race Ranger co-founder James Elvery has been in Europe over the past fortnight, providing logistical support for the company’s product at the World Triathlon Championship Series final.

The Wānaka-based entrepreneur founded the tech start up back in 2014, with pro triathlete Dylan McNeice, to tackle illegal drafting in the sportthat’s when a racer gets an advantage by slipstreaming during the cycling stage.

As with most entrepreneurial journeys, it started with the simple aim of solving a problem and mushroomed into long nights discussing ideas, years of R&D, patent applications, testing, iterations and, most importantly, finding the financial backing to take a product to market.

But now, the company has found its race rhythm and is on the cusp of penetration into the lucrative sport. The product, which attaches to a bike and allows referees to check the distance between competitors, was launched in November 2021 and held its first public event trials in January 2023.

“We’re now at the stage where people are paying to use the product,” Elvery says. “World Triathlon wants to use it for their Paralympic athletes next year at the Games, so we tested the product at the Paris course last month, and then we were in Pontevedra, Spain, for World Triathlon Championship Series final.

“Next year, they’ll use it at all their Para World Series events, before and after the Olympics.”

Competitors legally should be at least 12 metres away from each other and are then given 25 seconds to pass. At present, that’s policed by referees on motorbikes, and is always difficult for the competitors to judge.

“It’s a big discussion point at all levels of the sport. The goal for us as a company is to go beyond the professional fields, where you might get 100 athletes at a time, and into the amateur fields, where there are thousands.” Elvery says it wouldn’t have been possible without the backing of Mainland Angel Investors (MAI), through two funding rounds.

“We wouldn’t have made it through. It’s been pretty tough conditions for raising money - the first round was in the middle of Covid, and you couldn’t even fly to Auckland at the time.

“You could pitch on Zoom, but it didn’t get the same traction as with the local group MAI.”

Race Ranger raised $400k in its first round and is now in its second round. “We’re raising $1 million NZ and it looks like we might actually be oversubscribed, so that’s looking really good. MAI has been our lead investor both rounds.”

That money will be used to re-engineer the equipment, making it waterproof and more durable, develop an app, create a governance board, as well as allowing Elvery to leave his job with Specialized and go full time.

It’s the type of business MAI was founded to help: innovative, scalable, local and created by passionate, hard-working professionals who know their niche. The organisation aims to bridge the gap between investors and founder focused organisations Startup Queenstown Lakes, Startup Dunedin and COIN South.

It gives the many lower South Island entrepreneurs an easier path to investment, pulling together angel investors from across the regions into one accessible group, to build a strong pool of capital and capability, including specialised expertise matched to the right business, through a single investor rep.

Since its foundation, it’s backed Queenstown start ups stars such as First Table and Loaded Reports NZ.

MAI chair Brad Hurndell says: “You’ve got smart, experienced investors who are looking to provide capital and, in some cases, expertise to help entrepreneurs navigate those early stages, maybe six to 18 months, and then beyond.

“And it’s a really interesting way to invest. You have more of a connection to the company, which is quite different to investing in some shares generally, although there’s obviously a different risk because typically it’s an early stage business.”

It also helps the companies, as MAI are grouped as one investor, rather than different individual shareholders, with all the paperwork that entails, and difficulties with future capitalisation.

The companies go through a detailed screening process.

“We have committee which works out if they’re ready for investment, if they have the required documentation, is it going to appeal to our members, is it a credible opportunity? All those sorts of things.

“Typically then we have three companies who will pitch to our members. The idea of the pitch nights is to generate conversations in our community, give investors the opportunity to casually discuss the business, and get more information through the Q&A.”

MAI welcomes Wholesale investors with as little as $5,000. “It’s not like Dragons Den, where you need $50k or $100k.”

MAI PITCH EVENING

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Email peter.ramsay@mainlandangels.nz to register (or to find out more about becoming a member)

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James Elvery, second left, with Race Ranger engineer Matt Pike and two assistants at the PTO Open in Ibiza in May

Race Ranger tech attached to a pro triathlon bike

Hud Rapata

To be or not to be…..Māori

By Sue Fea

Raised as an ‘urban Māori’, distinctly separated from his Maoritanga roots, Hud Rapata spent his childhood years in Cambridge and Twizel, totally unaware that he looked any different to his Pakeha friends.

“We were children, and we didn’t notice things like the colour of our skin as we weren’t living in an adult world,” he says. Rapata’s family, with the four youngest of 12 kids, moved from Waikato to Fairlie when he was nine in 1969 where his father worked on the Upper Waitaki Hydro Scheme. They moved to Twizel once housing was built. “There was a huge Māori population there, upwards of 8000 people, mostly from the North Island, but few Māori kids, so I was raised with Pakeha kids.”

“I knew little customary tikanga or Te Reo. My parents certainly didn’t speak it. It just wasn’t relevant,” Rapata says. “I told Dad I was doing kapa haka at school once and he said, ‘Don’t talk nonsense’.”

It wasn’t until Rapata reached his 20s that it all became extremely confusing and hard to grasp. The attitudes of the adult world around him had crushed that childhood innocence. “I didn’t even think of myself as being Māori as it was never spoken around us, my parents didn’t indulge in any Māori culture or traditions. They were careful not to immerse us in that as it had probably been beaten out of them by society,” Rapata says. “But I learned, by being at the coalface, that I was different.”

He started to really consider his identity and began a challenging time of self-discovery. “It was a huge transition. I’d pushed myself in the western world to become a ‘good Māori’,” Rapata says.

“I’d denounced my Māoriness and that led me to despise them as a race and think of Māori as Pākehā would, just to fit in. It was no problem to me to look down on Māori as useless,” he says.

“When you hear of intergenerational trauma you don’t understand until you’re confronted with it, the stereotypes and racism. You realise that who you are is judged by the colour of your skin,” he says. “I worked for years to be accepted and prove my value, over and over.”

At 30, it all became so confronting that he went back to school to finish his education, completing fourth to seventh forms at Invercargill’s Kingswell High School – the first adult student in Invercargill to do so. He’d left school at 15, working with his dad on the dam, as was expected. “I knew I’d never get past second or third to be foreman.”

Rapata was the first beneficiary of a charitable fund bequeathed by Invercargill MP Norman Jones set up for adults needing re-education. Here he was teased for being so old in the class, but left with good passes in economics and maths, then completed a year-long business diploma at Southland Polytech. “It totally changed my life.”

He worked for the Labour Department in the mid-90s, becoming an advisor in community building and employment, working on the likes of the Hump Ridge Track. The general manager in Wellington then shoulder tapped him to the capital as national advisor working on policies and procedures for major events like the APEC Summit. “I worked closely with Lockwood Smith (Cabinet Minister) writing government policy and procedures.” He worked on policies around foreign buyers purchasing property in NZ and even received a letter of thanks from the government.

Rapata was then invited onto a South Island Māori Advisory team. He worked alongside Ngāi Tahu whānau groups and assisted organisations to hui about tribal matters in the early days of Treaty settlement negotiations, all under the management of late Parekura Horomia.

He moved to Queenstown in 2000 to explore entrepreneurial opportunities, launching Haka Pa at Waterfall Park, then contract driving his own tour coaches to Guthrie Tours.

Rapata is pleased to see many of the old racist attitudes gradually fading. “Many of us Baby Boomers grew up with that engrained in our culture, but for my children, and especially theirs, thankfully that’s changing.

“NZ’s born on a dual culture – the Tiriti (Treaty) people and the tangata whenua. We now have a multicultural society imbedded through immigration which is starting to influence us. We’re becoming more acceptable. There’s hope.”

Queenstown is quite accepting of different cultures which helps Māori to walk with pride within this community, he says.

• Check www.lwb.co.nz for the results of last week’s KUMA Southern Māori Business Awards

Public Notice | Pānui

BOIL WATER NOTICE UPDATE FOR THE QUEENSTOWN WATER SUPPLY NETWORK

This notice is issued following confirmation of a number of local cases of illness caused by the protozoa, cryptosporidium. The source of these cases is not yet confirmed but the drinking water supply is a possible source and therefore a boil water notice is in place to protect public health.

Where this notice applies

The boil water notice is in place until further notice for all properties serviced by a Council water supply in the following areas:

• Queenstown Town Centre (out to Industrial Place)

• Queenstown Hill

• Frankton Road and suburbs on the hill above Frankton Road out to and including Goldridge Way and Goldrush Way

• Fernhill and Sunshine Bay

Council is currently implementing UV treatment intending to complete the work by 8 December 2023 and lift the boil water notice at that time.

The boil water notice for the Kelvin Heights water distribution zone – also including Frankton, Hanley’s Farm, Quail Rise and Tucker Beach Road – has been lifted as of Thursday 5 October. Residents, visitors and businesses in these areas can now use tap water normally.

Please go to www.qldc.govt.nz/crypto for a map of affected areas.

What you need to do

If you live, work, run a business or are visiting / staying in an affected area please boil all drinking water for at least one minute (or use boiled water) for the following uses:

• Drinking water (including cold beverages and ice-making)

• Food preparation (including washing uncooked foods such as salads, vegetables and fruit)

• Preparing baby/infant formula

• Washing food utensils

• Brushing teeth

• Pets’ drinking water

Water for showering, laundry or other uses does not need to be boiled. Be cautious when bathing babies and young children as they might swallow water.

If you are feeling unwell

The most common symptoms of cryptosporidium infection are smelly, watery diarrhoea and stomach cramps. If you live or work in or are visiting the affected area and are experiencing these symptoms, call your family doctor or Healthline on 0800 611 116 for free advice from a registered nurse 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

How to stop the spread of infection

The best thing you and your whānau can do to stop the spread of cryptosporidium (crypto) infection is to practise good hand hygiene. This means scrubbing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds and drying them thoroughly with a clean towel. Note: hand sanitizer does not work against cryptosporidium.

If someone in your household has crypto, please make sure all surfaces, including door handles, are cleaned regularly with a cleaning product that contains hydrogen peroxide. Chlorine based products do not work against crypto and bleach based products are not as effective.

For more info and updates visit www.qldc.govt.nz/crypto

For information about cryptosporidiosis, including symptoms and treatment visit healthed.govt.nz/products/cryptosporidium-and-giardia

SPORT NZ RURAL TRAVEL FUND OPENS FOR 2023-24

Applications for funding from the Rural Travel Fund can be made by any sports club or school within the Queenstown Lakes District, with members aged between 5 and 19 years, who require financial assistance with transport costs so that they can participate in local sporting competitions.

To apply you must be either a rural school club team if it is participating in a regular local sports competition out of school time, which excludes inter- school and intra-school competitions run during school time or a rural sports club team if it is participating in an organised, regular sports competition through club membership outside of school time.

Applications forms available on the Council website http://www.qldc.govt.nz/events/funding/funding-for-sports/

Funding round closes 5.00pm Tuesday 31 October. All applications must be emailed to jan.maxwell@qldc.govt.nz

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ALTRUSA CHARITY FASHION SHOW IS ON 12 October from 6:30pm at Arvida Queenstown Country Clubhouse. You’re Invited for a night of fashion & fun! We are raising funds for Whakatipu Youth Trust. Grab your tickets early and support your community Tickets $35 includes welcome bubbles, cheese platter & cash bar. Tickets & info email altrusaqueenstown@gmail.com call Ngaire Hayes 021 078 2997

WHAKATIPU DRIVE MY LIFE ARE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to become mentor buddies to help our vulnerable people achieve their drivers licence. If you are interested or have any questions contact Louise Ward louise@reap.co.nz

SPCA OP SHOP – 51 GORGE RD. Open Monday – Saturday 9.00 – 5.00. Pre-loved goods and clothing at great prices. Help support the ongoing work done by the SPCA. Your old goods, or your time, could help save a life. Accepting donations (no electrical at the moment) and volunteers now. Volunteers wanted!

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AT THE WORLD’S EDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL, 7-20 October, Queenstown Lakes. The classical music festival in the heart of the Southern Alps. Six programmes, free events and international artists. www.worldsedgefestival.com

SUSTAINABLE QUEENSTOWN ARE BRINGING REPAIR REVOLUTION BACK. Sunday, 15 October, 11am-3pm, Te Atamira. Bring your broken household items and let our repair heroes help you renew, revive and repair them- save them from landfill. First in, first served, free/koha.

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LAKES DISTRICT MUSEUM: NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL Meeting on, Thursday 26th October, at 7pm at the Museum: 49 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown

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Southland candidates have their say

Queenstown and New Zealand head to the polls this Saturday, 14 October, to vote in the 2023 General Election. There are seven candidates standing in the Southland constituency, which includes Queenstown. In the second of our two-part Q&A, we’ve asked the candidates for their opinions on the hop topics of infrastructure funding and housing. We asked:

1. Queenstown welcomes millions of tourists each year, but only has a relatively small number of ratepayers. How should the town’s infrastructure be funded?

2. How would your party help solve Queenstown’s housing crisis, both in terms of affordability and rental supply?

1. We currently have a $35 per visitor Tourist Levy on entering New Zealand. The Labour party is in favour of working with local councils around options for specific levies for unique situations like Queenstown. We also need to ensure that all Airbnb accommodation is complying with the regulations and contributing the additional rates for having a business operating from a household. Labour is requiring online services, like Airbnb, to pay GST - just like companies here in New Zealand, this will level the playing field and provide the Government with revenue that can be invested back into our community. Central government also needs to partner with the QLDC as Queenstown has a unique ratio of rate-payers to tourists.

2. Labour has been building houses faster than any government since the 1950s. The housing crisis in Queenstown is related to both the number of houses being built and the infrastructure to support those houses. Labour has committed to building 27,000 houses in the next four years, while National will stop building public housing. Labour will keep foreign buyers out of the market, and ensure that first-home buyers have a level playing field with investors by preventing investors writing off interest on mortgages which is not possible for average home owners. We need to shift houses away from Airbnb and back into the rental market. Ensuring that Airbnb comply with council regulations and rates will help raise funds and restore some balance to the market. The cost of housing is related to supply, and the supply of new houses is limited by the water and road infrastructure. The government needs to be investing in the future with long term planning rather than hoping the private market will support the community.

National will prioritise investment in infrastructure projects that connect communities and regions and deliver the critical infrastructure needed – like roads, housing, quality water infrastructure, public transport, environmental resilience and an EV charging network – to allow tourism to grow sustainably without overwhelming our local community. National has also committed to an additional $100 million to be spent on the transport network in Queenstown. National’s comprehensive City and Regional Deals infrastructure plan are designed to give councils new ways to access funding for infrastructure including in tourist hotspots. We will task the new National Infrastructure Agency to work with local councils like Queenstown-Lakes to ensure destinations with high visitor numbers but low ratepayer bases can access the funding they need to build longterm infrastructure. This approach will deliver a new partnership between central and local government to help resolve longstanding tourism-related infrastructure challenges in what is also one of New Zealand’s fastestgrowing areas.

2. I’ve spent the past three years actively advocating for potential solutions to housing issues of affordability and rental supply in our region. I’ve worked at length with others in the community to bring to the fore the inadequacies of the accommodation supplement among many other issues. National will fix the housing crisis by unlocking land for housing, building infrastructure, and making sure communities share in the benefits of growth. National will improve rental housing regulations and restore interest deductibility to encourage house owners back into renting out their homes, unlock investment in purpose built ‘Build-to-Rent’ housing developments, support community housing providers with funding and long-term contracts, free up land for new housing construction, and have a $1 billion fund for Build-forGrowth incentive payments for councils that deliver new housing.

Dave Kennedy Green Party

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1. The Green Party would provide local authorities with new revenue tools such as targeted environmental taxes, congestion charges, resource rentals and tourism infrastructure levies, to better enable funding of local programmes without relying solely on rates.

2. The Green Party would scale up the Kāinga Ora building programme to quickly increase supply. We would provide government underwrites of community housing developments that provide long-term affordable rental and shared ownership housing. The Green Party would expand support for first home buyers through shared equity and progressive home ownership schemes, and low interest government-backed loans. We would halt the rise in rents by providing that annual rent increases cannot be more than 3%, and link rents in a new tenancy to what previous tenants paid.

Anntwinette Grumball

Aotearoa legalise cannabis party (Alcp)

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1. (+2) If everyone grew an acre of hemp it would help with the building crisis. Two crops a year can build our economy, create jobs and help the environment, all from use of the plant. Alcp will change the archaic law of hemp to help our country grow. Check out the hemp House in Wānaka, it is a testament as to how fibrous this plant really is. Another place it can be used for is infrastructure for roading. Changing our cannabis laws so everyone is on a level playing field, all with the same restrictions, will attract tourists as well as start up businesses, thereby creating employment. Queenstown would be booming and safer if cannabis was legal. We could have been leading the cannabis and hemp industry but are now 20 years behind. Alcp will keep our country clean and green.

1. Mosgiel

Vision NZ Party, under the Freedoms NZ Party

Vision NZ will reassess how the decision making is made. We want to see more power, control and decisions shifted from central government to local government. With this shift in power there is also an allocation of taxpayer funding that would also need to shift to provide a better proportion of the country’s overall funds where demand exists and income is derived. Vision NZ and Freedoms NZ want to see tourists come and experience a thriving New Zealand which is looking after all people, our land and have the means to welcome all who touch down here. Vision NZ will ensure that tax dollars that are collected for local infrastructure are not

Today, 27% of houses within the Queenstown Lakes District are unoccupied dwellings, with a median rent above the national average. In New Zealand, those visiting for travel, working holidays, certain students and workers, must pay a $35 International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy. Vision NZ believes this needs to be increased to $100 per person and the funds be directed to those areas of our country, like Queenstown, that experience a significant increase in population due to seasonal tourism, to help fund local infrastructure. Vision NZ would limit the number of Airbnbs in our major tourist towns and cities across the country freeing up homes to rent to the workforce. Vision NZ would limit international property sales across the country leaving more homes available to locals. Vision NZ will re-assess the rural/urban zoning in areas like Queenstown to help where Government Accommodation supplements could qualify.

Todd Stephenson

ACT New Zealand

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1. New Zealand’s national infrastructure is falling behind, including around Queenstown. ACT proposes that all new major infrastructure projects be identified in a 30-year partnership agreement between central government, local government and the Infrastructure Commission. The draft plan would set out the timelines of expected delivery if the projects were to be funded out of existing funding. The plan would also identify projects that could be fast-tracked if they were to be supported by a public-private partnership. Local communities would then be consulted on the projects and whether they would like to have the private sector invest so infrastructure can be delivered quicker.

2. ACT offers real solutions to New Zealand’s housing woes – for both buyers and renters. We’d get politicians out of the building business and leave it to those who know best – locals on the ground and every day Kiwis spending their own money. ACT would share 50% of the GST revenue from new residential buildings with councils. This would give councils both the incentive to consent and the resources to deal with new housing. We would scrap the Natural and Built Environment Act. ACT’s replacement would make it much easier to get homes built. ACT would reform the Building Act. The Building Act’s bureaucratic approval processes and local councils’ risk-averse approach entrench the power of a limited number of material suppliers. With more houses being built the market will be more affordable for renters and buyers.

* Logan Evans, New Zealand Loyal, did not provide any answers by deadline

Psychedelic pop hits town

by Jess Allen

Flamingo Pier takes over Seek this weekend to share their chill unique sounds at their first Queenstown show. They head here off the back of touring Bali, the UK, New York and Mexico, and the tour is in support Beneath The Neon EP, which came out on 1 September.

Luke Walker, Dominic Jones and Brad Craig make up the trio, who were born and raised in New Zealand, but schooled in London. Their sound is described as having electronic heft weighted lightly with tropical sounds atop influences pouring in from all directions. While their other EPs had been worked on as each member was in a different corner of the world, Beneath The Neon is the first time the band have worked together from Auckland. The result is a more joyful, fun, percussive sound.

“We’ve got a studio in Luke’s basement, in Mt Eden,” Jones says. “We’ve only actually all been back living in New Zealand together since Covid happened. So we built a studio in his basement over Covid times, and it’s actually meant that it’s way easier for us to produce new music faster than we used to, being in different countries before.

“Luke’s the production side of it – he’s the recording and the beats. Me and Brad are more guitars, vocals, melodies, and we’ve just got quite a good workflow together – we each add different elements, having different strengths, and work together well with those. This EP came together pretty quickly, to be honest, and our workflow is way faster now that we’ve got our own studio.”

The band came together as they all worked in music in NZ. Craig and Jones previously played in university bands in NZ, Craig’s band Two Cartoons out of Dunedin, ended up in London. While they have an indie-rock influence, the band have certainly embraced the unique music styles that make up Aotearoa.

“A lot of New Zealand music is Summery, rootsy, dub, all that sort of vibe absolutely has an influence on our music, which I think is quite summer-vibes, positive energy. It has that influence, which I think 100% comes from New Zealand summertime and growing up around bands like Fat Freddy’s Drop. It may not always come through in the sound, but it's there subconsciously – it’s such a big part of our music."

Prior to all being based in NZ, they would send stuff over the internet and “work in bits and bobs,” but were never all in the same room for the prior EPs. Since moving to NZ, Jones explains that decisions can be made much quicker, but some things are still done individually.

“Most of this EP was written together, some of the stuff was recorded in London. One of the remixes, a song ‘Remedy’ on the EP has the JKrive Steve Monite remix. Steve is sort of a boogie disco legend from Nigeria, and that stuff was recorded in London. So, some of it was done separately and overseas, but most of it’s done in our studio in Mt Eden these days, if we can.”

Flamingo Pier will play at Seek this Saturday, 14 October, with tickets on sale at the door. You can listen to their tunes and find more information on the band and tour at flamingopier.net

Queenstown Writers Festival returns in off year

by Jess Allen

Queenstown Writers Festival will return in 2023 for a smaller version of the usually biennial event. This year will run across two days on 11 and 12 November and includes author talks, a writing workshop, and an exciting new event across Te Atamira and Arrowtown Lifestyle Village.

The event is run by volunteers and since its inception in 2019 has grown in popularity. Tanya Surrey is one of the founding trustees and chair of the festival and has a life-long love of books. All the trustees work together to curate the programme, run the festival and arrange source-funding and sponsors.

“When we started the festival, the idea was to run it on a biennial basis, so every second year, but last year’s festival was our biggest and most well-attended, so we decided that for this year we would put on a sort of mini festival,” Surrey says. “It’s really bringing together a number of writers who have released books that the trustees thought would appeal to the Queenstown audience, and that we all really enjoyed ourselves. We wanted an eclectic mix and we also wanted an opportunity to showcase some local writers.”

One of the writers that will be showcased at the festival is Michael Bennett. Last year, the award-winning filmmaker took the publishing world by storm with his debut novel, Better the Blood.

“It’s a crime thriller,” Bennett says. “The story, in a nutshell, is the senior Māori detective, Hannah Westerman, in the Auckland CIB discovers a connection between a number of killings that have happened, but no one’s actually joined the dots between before. What she realises is that in the 19th century, during the colonisation of New Zealand, a Māori chief was brutally executed on one of the mountains in Auckland, quickly executed by a Colonial force of British soldiers.”

Bennett loves crime and thriller genres, coming from a filmmaking background before shifting to writing. He’s enjoyed writing something that gave him the thrills that he likes to get from the genre itself, and gave the reader a satisfaction and momentum, while addressing a bigger agenda for himself.

Bennett will be in conversation with local lawyer Bryony Shackell in what’s expected to be a wide-ranging discussion. They’ll talk about how the fight for justice for Teina Pora intersected with writing Better the Blood, our fascination with true crime, and contemplate the existence of evil.

“The cool thing about writers festivals is that it’s not us writers who set the agenda – so it’s not just us going in there and selling our books. I get to get stuck into issues – I just love talking about the act of writing and storytelling. The nice thing is that every festival is completely different and every festival is a little bit driven by what the audience asks, which is always one of the real highlights, when the audience is stepping in and saying ‘what is this about.’ I really hope we will be talking a bit about maybe some films I’ve done in the past and my work on Teina’s story because I think it’s an important story for New Zealanders to know about."

In addition to Bennett's talk, there’s seven other events on the programme. One is the ‘From your imagination to the screen’ workshop with Gatlene Preston. This three-hour screenwriting workshop is not something the festival’s done before and is something the trustees believed may be popular given the profile of the area for New Zealand Filmmaking.

Another event is Christina Sanders in conversation with Bill Day. Sanders' latest novel, Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant, takes readers on a wild ride of sailing, shipwreck and desert island intrigue and is about a boat that was shipwreck and is still buried at sea. Day has led expeditions to try and recover the boat and the gold that are rumoured to have gone down with that ship. The 2023 mini festival will take place over the weekend of 11 and 12 November, with events spread across Te Atamira and Arrowtown Lifestyle Village. Early bird discounts on tickets will be available until this Saturday, 14 October. Head to qtwritersfestival.nz to grab your tickets, read the full programme and find out more about what’s happening.

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Wakatipu Anglers Club one-day Fly Fishing Course

The Wakatipu Anglers Club is holding its annual oneday fly fishing course, which promises an educational and hands-on experience guided by the skilled anglers and longstanding club members. The course will cover vital aspects of fly fishing including finding, stalking and landing fish, gear, knots, entomology - a closer look at the study of insects vital to the fly fishing ecosystem, casting - sessions to enhance casting proficiency, directed by veteran anglers, and environment - as guardians of the rivers, how anglers can care for the special freshwater environment. Registering is through wakatipuanglersclubnz@gmail.com

When: Saturday, 14 October, 9am-5pm

Where: Queenstown Event Centre

Altrusa Charity Fashion Show

Altrusa is holding its annual fashion show to raise funds for Whakatipu Youth Trust. This year, the event will feature six local fashion retailers - Girl Next Door, Angel Divine, Outside Sports, Wallace + Gibbs, Mr Davis Menswear & Social Clothing & Co, in a new venue. Tickets are $35 includes welcome bubbles, cheese platter & cash bar. For tickets & info email altrusaqueenstown@gmail.com, call Ngaire Hayes 021 078 2997, or check out the event on event on Altrusa Facebook page. Grab your friends and support the community.

When: Thursday, 12 October, from 6.30pm (for 7pm start)

Where: Arvida Queenstown Country Clubhouse

Repair Revolution

The Repair Revolution is back! Join Sustainable Queenstown for this FREE, feel-good, volunteerbased event. Our Repair Heroes with varied expertise share their skills and knowledge and help you renew, revive, and repair items and keep them out of landfill! Keen to volunteer? Contact Neha at rc@sustainablequeenstown.org.nz 027 373 0149.

When: Sunday, 15 October, 11am-3pm

Where: Te Atamira, Remarkables Park, Frankton

Queenstown Arts Society takes a look Inside, Outside and Inbetween

EXHIBITION

QAS presents a members’ exhibition that celebrates all that we see around us, inside and outside with the added invitation to imagine and portray what might exist ‘in-between’. Entries close 20 October 2023. Visit QAS website for more details www.queenstownartsociety. co.nz or hello@queenstownartsociety.co.nz for any questions.

When: 26 October – 25 November

Where: Queenstown Arts Society, Te Atamira, Dart House, Remarkables Park

Cyclorama E-Bike Festival

Join us this spring in lovely, historic Arrowtown at Labour Weekend. Bookings are open! Choose from eight specially-curated trail rides - there’s something for everyone. Bring your own e-bike or rent from one of our preferred local bike stores. And don’t worryyou don’t need to be a super experienced or an uber fit bike rider to enjoy most of the rides. Just come have fun. Relax with a drink after your ride and enjoy the live music of the very talented Scottish guy, acoustic guitar soloist, Robert Glen, followed by the rousing sounds of the Queenstown Funk Orchestra.

When: Saturday-Sunday, 21-22 October

Where: Cyclorama Festival Village on Butler Green, Arrowtown

Sherwood Natural Wine Festival

Purchase a ticket ($25) that gives you a tasting glass on arrival and access to tastings from each winery.

Amoise, The Boneline, O Naturel, Mt Edward, Alpine Wine Co. confirmed, with other wine brands to be announced. Sherwood will have live music and a Natural Wine Bar out there for people to purchase their favourite wines to enjoy here or take home. Tipi will be up so it should be a fun afternoon. They hosted the festival event pre-covid, so it’s great to see this event return to the spring calendar, to celebrate their wonderful local natural wine suppliers.

When: Sunday, 15 October, Noon-5pm

Where: Sherwood, 554 Frankton Road, Queenstown

WHS Cricket Tour Fundraiser

Following on from previous successful trips, Wakatipu High School is now sending its Senior Boys Cricket team to Sri Lanka in April 2024. Sri Lanka has been described as the best place in the world to visit and play cricket. It will provide our children the opportunity to experience sport in a different country under different conditions, whilst making new friends and new experiences along the way. The boys will be engaging in community work at the Foundation of Goodness and helping teach English to children in the local village. Highlights of the trip include a visit to Kandy Maligawa UNESCO World heritage site, a cricket match at the famous P Sara Stadium in Colombo and a visit to Pinnawella Elephant Orphange. The team is holding a fundraising Quiz Night, dress in your favourite sports gear! For more information, please visit their Facebook page: facebook.com/ WHSCrickettour

When: Friday, 3 November, 7pm

Where: Queenstown Memorial Centre

Jenny Don’t & The Spurs

MUSIC

Hailing from the wilds of Portland, Oregon, USA, Jenny Don’t & The Spurs have been playing their raucous honky-tonk, rockabilly-tinged sounds for more than 10 years and will make their first Queenstown appearance next Saturday. With roots in Portland’s fertile punk and garage scenes, bass player Kelly Halliburton was in the Pierced Arrows with Dead Moon’s Fred & Toody Cole (Dead Moon played Queenstown in 1992). More fun than you can have even with your chaps on, and they’re gonna tear the house down every time.

Jenny Don’t & The Spurs are ... Jenny Don’t on vocals & guitar, bassist Kelly Halliburton, drummer Buddy Weeks, and Christopher March on lead guitar and steel.

Supported by Adam Hattaway & The Haunters, from Christchurch. Tickets from www.utr.co.nz

When: Saturday, 21 October. Doors at 8pm

Where: Sherwood

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Music festival’s award-winning composer

By QMG

At the World’s Edge Festival Composer-in-Residence, Victoria Kelly, has been awarded one of Aotearoa’s most prestigious music awards, the SOUNZ Contemporary Award /Te Tohu Auaha.

Kelly received the award, celebrating excellence in contemporary composition, last week for her much anticipated and highly praised composition, Requiem, which was premiered at the Auckland Arts Festival by the Auckland Philharmonia with tenor Simon O’Neill and soprano Jayne Tankersley. It comes as no surprise to AWE Artistic Director, Benjamin Baker.

“Victoria has been a leading light in Aotearoa’s music scene for a long while and we are absolutely thrilled that she has received this thoroughly well deserved award,” he says.

“Her CV reads like a who’s who of the music world - from classical musicians to contemporary artists such as Tami Neilson, Anika Moa and Shapeshifterand we could not be happier to have her add AWE Composer-in-Residence to her accomplishments. We’ll certainly be raising a glass or two in celebration of this fantastic recognition of her endless talents.”

The opening night of this year’s AWE Festival held last Saturday, 7 October, took its name from one of Kelly’s pieces, Sono, which was performed on the evening. Sono is the Portuguese word describing the cerebral feeling of wanting to be or trying to get back to sleep and Kelly’s piece plays with the idea of trying to hold onto a lucid dream that has just escaped our grasp and can’t be recaptured.

Kelly returns to Queenstown for Immemorial this Friday, 13 October, when she will be involved in a free composer talk, discussing the evening’s programme in the intimacy of Te Atamira.

Engaging with local kura and encouraging young musicians is at the heart of AWE’s ethos and during the festival, senior students with a keen interest in composition will work alongside Kelly and Composer Mentor, Salina Fisher, in one-on-one composition workshops.

Kelly will also be at Rippon, Wānaka, this Sunday, 15 October, for Manifesto, the pinnacle of the festival’s journey. Leoš Janáček’s Intimate Letters begins the programme, a Czech piece exploring Janáček’s manifesto on love and bringing together personal and cultural dimensions.

Kelly then introduces her brand-new AWE commission for horn, violin and cello, before Tchaikovsky’s joyful remembrance of a summer in Florence brings the programme, and festival, to a close.

Performers are Benjamin Goldscheider, french horn; Benjamin Baker, Justine Cormack, Vesa-Matti Leppänen & Marike Kruup, violin; Jordan Bak & Tobias Breider, viola; and Alice Neary & Rolf Gjelsten, cello General admission to Manifesto, at 2pm and 5pm, is $65, but Kelly also gives a fee talk at 4pm, about her new AWE commission.

At the World’s Edge Festival features six stunning programmes to be performed across the region, until 15 October, with wider festival school visits until 20 October.

For tickets and more information on the full festival programme and free AWE+ events, head to www.worldsedgefestival.com

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Nomads gets electric buzz

By Paul Taylor

Queenstown’s 4WD tour firm

Nomad Safaris has taken the plunge and invested in a $450k fullyelectric 25-seater bus, a first for New Zealand.

The e-bus will replace diesel coaches on summertime transfers to the Routeburn Track, including sections on unsealed road within the Mt Aspiring National Park.

Co-director David Gatward-Ferguson says it has been a goal of the company, which has been in business for 30 years, to take people into the UNESCO World Heritage area without creating any emissions whatsoever.

He’s been frustrated with the slow rollout of technology.

“It’s been our life’s work to reduce our carbon emissions and now finally we can walk away with this legacy, showing younger people that it is possible.

“We operate a 35-plus strong fleet of machines and two Teslas, which were trailblazers in the adventure tourism industry when we first got them five years ago.

“We’ll be the first private commercial user to have one of these buses in New Zealand. No-one is starting, so how can anybody follow?”

It doesn’t come cheap. The Yutong E7 coach, made in China and due to be shipped to New Zealand within the next six months, costs $458,000, compared to its diesel-powered counterpart at $176,000.

Thankfully, it is being co-funded by the Low Emission Transport Fund (LETF) managed by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

With no commercial bus charging stations anywhere in the South Island, something Gatward-Ferguson has raised with politicians, the company has also had to invest in a $30,000 charger.

The return trip is 150km and Gatward-Ferguson has calculated that the new e-bus will reduce carbon emissions by approximately 17,702 kilos of carbon annually, based on a comparative analysis with diesel-powered transport. It will also save over $49,000 annually on diesel costs.

Outback New Zealand’s (which trades as Nomad Safaris) use of the new e-bus is a ‘first’ with its off-road sections, colder temperatures, and gradients, although some are currently in use in public commuter networks in the North Island.

Low Emission Transport Fund Lead Louise Murphy says the project is a great example of what the Low Emission Transport Fund is for, enabling early adopters and first-movers to get innovative projects off the ground, and eventually to encourage more organisations to follow suit.

“Outback New Zealand’s Yutong electric coach is the first we’ve co-funded. To meet requirements, it has a higher wheelbase to operate on different road conditions, and we’re really looking forward to seeing how it goes, particularly in low temperatures,” she says.

“It’s great to see tourism operators embracing low-emissions transport, particularly as international tourists become more conscious of their footprint as they travel. We hope to see more bus and coach operators taking up these options, and it’s projects like this that will help make the case for them to do so.

“David has been persistent and tenacious in getting the coach on the road. As with many ‘firsts’, it’s not always easy to make happen, but he’s been determined, and we’re pleased to see it reach this stage. We’ll be watching with interest.”

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My Life Story

ALISON PRICE

Music Mama – 20 years at the helm

There’s been many a high note in Alison Price’s 30-year-plus high school music teaching role, and while some of her past Wakatipu High School students may now have their names in lights, the little victories are the most memorable.

Raised in Hawkes Bay where her dad was an accountant, her mum’s health meant Alison enjoyed fun times with her rural godparents further north. Piano lessons began at age four, followed by swimming, tennis, and dance. Despite the music in her, Alison confesses to being “bottom of the dance class”. Piano advanced to the pipe organ at boarding school, where she reluctantly admits to being head prefect.

“We were pretty under the thumb. The worst thing we ever did was steal grapefruit from the school tree in my final year, chased by the matron.” Younger years, however, got into the Communion wine and midnight swims. It was ‘expected’ that young people went to uni, so after completing a double degree in music and arts at Canterbury University, Alison needed income so trained as a teacher.

Pukekohe High School was her first job – a very different experience due to the multi-cultural community.

Alison spent 10 years there teaching music, history, and social sciences, also representing New Zealand internationally in Australia, Europe and South Africa at fencing. “We were definitely no match for those top teams.”

She completed a Diploma in Human Resources in the 1990s, but stuck with teaching, which was a lot more relaxed then. “Fridays after school we’d have fish and chips and a few beers until 9pm.”

Parents would arrive at school camps and disappear with their beer and wine into the tents with the teachers. A new principal put paid to that. “My friend was married to an Italian and used to a wine with dinner very night, so we resorted to hiding it in an olive oil bottle in the kitchen,” she grins.

Once she smelt the strong smell of weed wafting about the school. “I thought, the nerve, not even pretending to be discreet.” Her investigations revealed police were having a burn off down the road. A staffroom telescope also detected any playground cigarette smokers.

Alison then spent a year teaching at Garden International School in Malaysia before she and husband Rod moved to Queenstown in the early 2000s, marrying several years later. Here she began 20 years as music teacher, then department head, at Wakatipu High School. “The music department was one little classroom with three tiny rooms, one a storeroom.” A search for the instruments unearthed one violin with no strings, a few saxophones and guitars. “I thought, so we won’t be having an orchestra, but maybe a jazz band.”

“Ned Webster was teaching drums in the disabled toilet – the only space big enough.” Gary Kernahan taught guitar and Nigel Hirst saxophone. Even that was a challenge. Principal Kevin Orlowski was doing his best to attract funding, but Alison cleared gear out of the cleaning cupboard on occasion, directing her saxophone students there to practise. “I’d send my recorder lesson kids to play outside the senior management window to make my point there was no space,” she says.

She was a one-woman band until 2014, but it was, and still is, incredibly rewarding, teaching talented musicians and performers like Matt Doyle, Thomas Brinsley, Tom Maxwell, brother Sam, and James Boult, to name a few. “That golden section of kids set us up. We had some iconic musicals, a jazz and rock band.”

From the small beginnings of a junior jazz band placing third, to runner-up in National Rockquest two consecutive years and students achieving at a high level in songwriting and jazz competitions, plus the annual musical, it’s all kudos to the kids. “We set up the environment, but they work really hard.” Student Josh Mehrtens’ band Mild Orange is now touring overseas. “They make their own way.”

There have been plenty of laughs and a few frustrations raising her starlets. During ‘Grease’, a performer’s leg slid through a hole in the stage, forgotten clothes pegs meant music blew away during outdoor performances, and one jazz band member missed van check-in, travelling to Blenheim in his pyjamas. While competing in Auckland, her charges met her at the Devonport ferry dressed as pirates after a spot of shopping. Passengers were in hysterics watching the encounter as Alison ordered a defiant Matt Doyle to hand over his plastic sword, only to find he was also wearing very large fake boobs. After ordering, ‘Take those out’, she was left having to carry them conspicuously on the ferry ride.

The Peregrine Singers performing at Thomas Brown Gallery. Alison — far left

Alison enjoying some school holidays outdoor recreation in a well earned break from the classroom recently

The revolution is afoot!

by Scott Kennedy, Sustainable Queenstown

It was my own damn fault. I wasn’t paying attention, my hands were full and I bumped into the shelves in the garage. The circular saw, perched precariously above head height teetered for the briefest of moments, almost comically like a cartoon, before the pull of gravity took hold and the mass of metal and blade and pain plummeted towards the earth, the floor and most importantly - my foot.

All I could do was watch as the saw exploded onto the concrete floor with a bang that sounded like a gunshot. Horrified and in shock my eyes bore into the saw and my foot - miraculously unscathed. Heart racing I surveyed the damage and to a relief that would send the righteous back to church, the only casualty was the cord - clean cut nearly in two.

For months the saw sat on the shelf - cordless and dead. But what if there was a chance to bring it back for a second life, to avenge my stupidity and cut again - just not cords or toes?

Enter the Repair Revolution - this free gathering of good souls and damaged goods is back for Spring 2023, with Repair Cafes at Te Atamira, Frankton on Sunday, 15 October 11am-3pm, and St John’s Presbyterian Church Hall, Arrowtown, on Saturday, 11 November 10am-2pm

This initiative is all about changing our approach to ‘stuff’ - it harkens back to a time when we knew or figured out how to fix our things instead of discarding them.

The ethos of the event is all about repair and learning how to fix what’s broken (clothes, furniture, electric items, bikes, toys - you name it) from those who know best. We have a line-up of ‘Repair Heroes’ who volunteer their time and skills to mend what needs mending, share their knowledge, and save the broken from the bin. It’s a true win-win - when money is tight and Aotearoa drowning in discarded stuff - getting that toaster to toast a few more loaves is a bonus we’d all put jam on.

For those keen to learn how to extend the lifespan of household items, some of the fixers will be offering up sage advice on bigger repairs, and how to make small repairs yourself. There will be a couple of mini repair workshops on the day so revolutionaries such as yourself have skills in the toolbox to do the mahi at home next time you are in need.

I’ll be there, with my broken saw and my intact pinky-toe to get that cord tidied up and to learn some great tips from a bunch of good humans. Come along, the Revolution is afoot.

Details on facebook.com/sustainablequeenstown

Keen to volunteer? Contact us: rc@sustainablequeenstown.org.nz

Resourceful Communities is created by Wastebusters. Sustainable Queenstown is proud to partner with Wastebusters to deliver Resourceful Communities in the Whakatipu. This event is proudly supported by Queenstown Lakes District Council Zero Waste District Programme.

More joy for Zoi

By Paul Taylor

Snowboarding phenom Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was crowned the Snow Sports NZ overall athlete of the year, at Coronet Peak on Saturday. Over the past 12 months, Sadowski-Synnott continued her utter dominance of women’s snowboarding, once again finishing on the podium at every event she dropped into.

A particularly notable achievement is her LAAX Open slopestyle win, a career first for Sadowski- and a dream of hers since she started competing.

Queenstown’s Ruby Star Andrews was crowned the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year, which was tightly contented, with five athletes having an incredible breakthrough season.

Andrews’ third place finish at the Mammoth Slopestyle World Cup (during her first ever World Cup season) sealed the deal, judges say.

And Alice Robinson won Alpine Ski Racer of the Year, after proving she is back on top form, with a string of top 10 finishes at World Cup and World Championships events

The Snow Sports NZ Annual Awards, sponsored by Racers Edge Wānaka, aim to celebrate the achievements of NZ’s best on the snow, as they head north to compete in the North Hemisphere winter events.

Queenstown Lakes is always heavily represented, as the home of snow sports in NZ.

Other notable award winners were Wānaka’s Luca Harrington, who is Freeski Athlete of the Year.

Harrington claimed his best ever World Cup and World Championships result, with a fourth place at the Silvaplana Slopestyle World Cup, along with finishing fifth at the 2023 World Championships Big Air.

With Harrington and Ruby Star Andrews’ seasons such a success, their coach Hamish McDougall took down the coveted Coach of the Year award “Not only did his athletes achieve phenomenal results, he is also a positive coaching role model, operates with a high level of professionalism and is dedicated to his athletes and the team,” a Snow Sports NZ spokesperson says.

Snow Sports NZ Annual Awards winners:

• Instructor of the Year – Rebecca Matthew

• Coach of the Year – Hamish McDougall for Freeski (Wānaka)

• Breakthrough Season – Ruby Star Andrews (Queenstown)

• Freeride Athlete of the Year – Finn Bilous (Wānaka)

• Alpine Ski Racer of the Year – Alice Robinson (Queenstown)

• Snowboarder of the Year – Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka)

• Freeskier of the Year – Luca Harrington (Wānaka)

• Adaptive Athlete of the Year – Adam Hall (Dunedin)

• Snow Sports NZ Overall Athlete of the Year – Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (Wānaka)

Por Daniela Díaz Soto ddiazsoto@gmail.com

NUESTRA VOZ

Let’s vote!

Las elecciones generales en Nueva Zelanda ya empezaron y aún no es tarde para inscribirte y participar en este proceso democrático, para así decidir quiénes serán los mejores representantes para el país en el próximo periodo. El proceso comenzó el pasado 2 de octubre y culmina el 14 de octubre, día en que los lugares de votación estarán abiertos desde las 9:00 hasta las 17:00 horas.

¿Quiénes pueden votar?

En estas elecciones, el derecho a voto no está limitado únicamente a los ciudadanos; también pueden participar aquellos con residencia permanente e incluso quienes recibieron la 2021 Resident Visa. Para ello, deben cumplir con los siguientes requisitos:

• Ser mayor de 18 años

• Ser ciudadano o residente permanente

• Haber vivido en Nueva Zelanda por 12 meses o más, de forma ininterrumpida en algún momento de tu vida.

Para fines electorales, se considera como residente permanente vivir legalmente en Nueva Zelanda y no tener una fecha determinada para dejar el país, incluyendo a quienes tienen visa de residente.

¿Cómo me inscribo?

El proceso de inscripción es muy sencillo y puede realizarse online en vote.nz. Necesitarás los datos de tu licencia de conducir de Nueva Zelanda, pasaporte de Nueva Zelanda o la identidad verificada de RealMe. Una vez inscrito, podrás acercarte a los locales de votación y sufragar por quien consideres sería la mejor representación en el Parlamento.

Si deseas que tus datos personales sean resguardados, se puede solicitar que sea incluido en el padrón electoral, pero sin publicar.

¿Cómo votar?

Si no estás inscrito para votar cuando vayas a la locación electoral, puedes registrarte en el mismo lugar, incluso hasta el mismo día de la elección.

En estas elecciones recibirás dos votos: uno del partido político y otro del candidato local del área donde perteneces. Puedes votar por ambos o elegir una de las dos opciones, eso sólo queda a tu criterio. Recuerda que sólo puedes elegir un partido y un candidato.

Los candidatos por Southland son:

1. Logan Evans, New Zealand Loyal

2. Anntwinette Grumball, Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

3. Dave Kennedy, Green Party

4. Naomi Maclean, Vision New Zealand

5. Simon McCallum, Labour Party

6. Joseph Mooney, National Party

7. Todd Stephenson, ACT New Zealand

Si cometes un error, puedes pedir otro voto y el equivocado quedará inválido. Los resultados oficiales serán liberados tres semanas después del día de elección.

Infórmate lo mejor que puedas sobre cada partido y representantes, antes de votar. No perdamos la oportunidad de participar en estas elecciones, ya que es una forma de que nuestras voces sean escuchadas y seamos parte de las decisiones que nos benefician a todos los que vivimos en este país.

Para más información ingresa a vote.nz

The audience at Coronet Peak

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott at the awards. Photos: Federico Pagola / Snow Sports NZ

TRAINBRAIN YOUR

1. Which ancient Greek city was known for its austere lifestyle?

2. Gorilla, gibbon and orang-utan are varieties of which type of creature?

3. Who is the central character in the Disney film The Lion King?

4. A domesticated polecat has what name?

5. Who directed the 2009 film Avatar?

6. What is the profession of the title character in the Ace Ventura films?

7. Which people built Machu Picchu?

8. What word of naval origin describes diluted rum?

9. What name is given to a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables?

10. The state of Western Australia has which capital city?

11. What is written after a title to indicate that the author is unknown?

12. Paper Plane was a 1972 single by which rock group?

13. In which country was papyrus used as an early writing material?

14. Which actor played the title role in the 2000 film Get Carter?

15. What is the name of the sauce made from melted butter, egg yolks and vinegar?

16. Who produced the first pair of jeans in 1870?

17. In which body of water is the Isle of Man?

18. Which singer had hits in the 1990s with Killer and Kiss from a Rose?

19. The Mountbatten family home in Hampshire has what name?

20. What is the general name for a large blood vessel leading from the heart?

21. In the French comic strip, who is the best friend of Obelix?

22. What, in Greek mythology, is a river or spring nymph called?

23. How many inches are there in two yards?

24. ‘The Pilgrims’ Way runs from Winchester to which other city?

25. Endocrinology is the study of what in the body?

COMPETITION CAPTION

Turns out those Tinderprofiles wereforthefish, not the man holdingthem.

Redemption Song General Property Hand

We are offering a unique opportunity to join part of a small team of professionals, that caretake an exclusive privately-owned luxury lodge in Dalefield, set on 129 acres.

The dedicated team is a collection of diverse individuals with a shared passion for excellence. We care for one another, work hard, and have a lot of fun doing it! We seek equally passionate individuals to join our team, understand our vision and help us achieve our goals.

If you are looking to join a dynamic team, then jump on board!

The Role

We look after the property to ensure it is kept to a high standard, this adds key value to the overall operation. The successful candidate will need to be reliable, have a strong eye for detail and a great can-do attitude.

• weed management (including herbaceous & woody weed control)

• line trimming

• care of native plants & assist in the formal gardens

• pest control (traps and bait stations)

• fence & general property maintenance

Experience is not essential as full training will be given. Both part time and a fixed term contracts on a long-term basis are available. University Students are welcome to apply, for Summer holiday work.

If you have a great work ethic, are motivated and physically fit with excellent communication skills and enjoy working outdoors unsupervised. We would love you to join our small team, please email your CV to Donna Stewart-Freemantle donna@rsqt.co.nz or call 027 5522 545

There are exciting opportunties to join a small dedicated team and fast paced environment at Te Atamira, Queenstown's arts and culture centre located at Remarkables Park, Frankton.

Our vision is to be a platform for creativity to flourish for everyone every day. Open 7 days a week, Te Atamira has 22 fit-for-purpose arts and culture spaces including dance, performance, visual art, itinerant music studios, a pottery workshop, a recording studio, a curated art gallery, a project space, an art workshop and a flexible space.

FACILITIES MANAGER

This role is responsible for the security, maintenance, and services of Te Atamira to ensure that they meet the needs of the organisation and its users.

You will have experience in building management, operational support, facilities management or in other similar roles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building and space management - monitoring and maintaining the whole facility and ensuring the efficient and smooth operation of the building.

• Security management - support the monitoring, programming and troubleshooting of security and access requirements of the Te Atamira team and our resident artists and groups.

• Exhibition and Programme installations - carry out the installation and deinstallation of all of Te Atamira's exhibitions and ensure any repair/ maintenance work is completed in conjunction with this work.

• Health and safety - Working in a safe and proactive way to ensure all health and safety procedures are adhered to.

This is a 30 hours/ five days a week role, flexibility is essential as hours will include evenings and weekends.

ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR

This role is responsible for the invoicing, accounts receivable, payroll, banking processes and supporting grant with financial and grant reporting.

You will have a minimum of three year’s experience in financial management accounting and strong xero and excel skills.

Key responsibilities:

• Efficiently manage day-to-day accounting transactions, oversee accounts payable and receivable, handle payroll processing, and manage fixed and intangible assets.

• Handle financial transactions including payments, invoicing, billing, expense claims, perform bank reconciliations, and meticulously track expenses.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, assist in budgeting, forecasting, and trend analysis, provide input on trends, opportunities, and issues, and monitor cashflow while maintaining robust control systems.

• Ensure compliance with tax obligations such as GST, PAYE, and income tax, while also managing insurance portfolios and other key contracts.

This is a part-time 20 hours a week ideally Monday – Friday, days and hours to be agreed.

Applications close on Monday 16 October 2023. To apply, please email a CV and cover letter to olivia@teatamira.nz (a full job description can also be requested from that email).

Become part of the friendly team serving traditional breakfast lunch and dinner with a twist every day in The Mall. We need a

Queenstown Expeditions & Professional Touring Drivers, Queenstown Based

Our brands have a long association within the tourism industry since the inception of company in 1993. Products such as Professional Touring offer a huge range of transport solutions from Conference and Incentive business to bespoke day tours and local transfers. Queenstown Expeditions operates local tours in the Queenstown area from Mercedes Sprinters through to larger Coaches and 4WD Man Trucks to compliment our variety of work. We are in need of drivers to join our growing team. If you have 1, P or Class 2 & 4 licenses with Passenger endorsement. We have permanent and casual positions available, We are looking for team members with a can do attitude, excellent driving skills and an ability to relate well with clients and colleges in the work place. Our business offers an enjoyable work place environment, with excellent remuneration.

If you have any of the above class licenses we would like to talk with you.

Please reach out to us to discuss further.

Ewen or Morgan

We’re Hiring

Baker, Barista, Chef, Duty Manager required Work Perks:

•We offer a competitive salary, best in the industry discounts, ongoing development, and opportunities

•A fun, friendly and positive work environment where you’ll make a bunch of new mates

•A flexible roster

•Discounts across the wider MacFarlane's group

•A clear career path with opportunities for advancement

•Delicious food & staff meals

•Free coffee - all day every day

•Epic work stories

•We accomodate work and play

Who wants to LIVE, WORK and PLAY

Skills required – Experience in a busy front of house setting. A first, second, and top gear. A hospitality radar. If it’s in your blood… we want to talk to you.

We offer – daytime hours. Free up your evenings. Top pay for the right candidate. Express your interest now

or call/txt 021 664 553

CELLAR DOOR HOST

The Mora Wines & Artisan Kitchen cellar door and restaurant at Lake Hayes is one of the most popular destinations in Central Otago. Our vision is to provide a signature cellar door experience that is on the “must do” list for all visitors to our region.

To support the growth of the cellar door and our focus on providing an exceptional tasting journey, we are seeking applications for the position of a superstar Cellar Door Host to join our dynamic team. You will be responsible for:

• Delivering exceptional customer service to our guests

• Delivering an engaging tasting experience whilst demonstrating your in-depth knowledge of Mora wines

• Processing sales of wine and merchandise through the point of sale

• Ensuring the tasting room is always presentable and well-stocked

• Conducting accurate physical stocktakes

• Submitting accurate weekly reports to management team

Candidates should ideally have a proven background in a customer interfacing role, have strong communication/presentation and relationship skills, commercial acumen, enthusiasm, creativity and be a willing team member.

Minimum 30 hours per week. Weekly roster will include Saturdays and every other Sunday.

Only people eligible to work in New Zealand and currently present in the Queenstown area should apply for this position.

To apply, send a cover letter and CV to info@mora.co.nz

Applications Close 13 October.

Contact: 265 Arrowtown-Lake Hayes Road, Arrowtown Website: mora.co.nz

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VACANCIES INCL UDE:

HOUSEKEEPERS

Wecanofferpermanent&casualroles, withcompetitivehourly rates, andasociableenvironment. We can provide full training and career-growth opportunities.

We are looking for staff for our busy cafe. No nights, flexible, stable rosters and a great team are all part of the package!

Positions available for:

EXPERIENCED CAFE CHEF

FRONT OF HOUSE SUPERSTAR

Experience necessary for the positions. Must hold a valid visa.

Pop in and see us or email your CV manager@theexchange.kiwi

Joiners Wanted

• Must have NZ residency or valid work visa

• Must be trade qualified in cabinetry and timber joinery

• Must have minimum 5 year’s experience in a similar position

• Must hold current full drivers licence

• This is a full-time role

• Remuneration by negotiation is relevant to experience

To apply please email your CV to: queenstown.joinery@xtra.co.nz

Azur Luxury Lodge in Fernhill is hiring

We offer a paid meal break during every shi� worked with a meal included. And a famil night a�er 1 year for permanent team members. We have an amazing work place culture with a focus on learning, growing and being authen�c.

Luxury Lodge Host

Full �me evenings – including weekends- $26 p/h

This posi�on is very mul�-tasked, the tasks range from recommending ac�vi�es & dining op�ons, hos�ng guests during their stay, food and beverage service, gree�ng guests on arrival at the airport, housekeeping & various front of house du�es. The evening shi� is 3pm to 11pm (so you can spend your mornings enjoying the beauty of this region). You must have a full and valid driver’s license.

CLEANERS

Partners in Grime are looking for new cleaners to join our team! We specialise in cleaning and preparing high-end holiday homes, residential cleaning, builders and commercial cleaning

We are a small team searching for fun energetic people to join us full time 30 - 40 hours a week. Starting wage - $27 per hour

Please send your CV to info@partnersingrime.co.nz and provide us with your visa status

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We have incredible opportunities in a variety of roles with shifts and hours that will suit whatever you are looking for across our 3 Queenstown properties.

EXECUTIVE CHEF –MILLENNIUM HOTEL

CHEF DE PARTIE & COMMIS

CHEF – MILLENNIUM HOTEL RECEPTIONIST

FOOD AND BEVERAGE SUPERVISOR – MILLENNIUM HOTEL

F&B ATTENDANTS - KITCHEN ATTENDANTS – PORTERS

RECEPTIONIST & HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR –KINGSGATE TE ANAU

We

Casual Housekeeper

We are looking for a casual housekeeper to assist us on busy days - $26 p/h

We require an experienced housekeeper who is enthusias�c, mo�vated, has great a�en�on to detail and who would be proud to keep our accommoda�on to a high level while working within a small friendly team. The hours are 9am to 3pm, including some weekends.

All applicants must have a valid work visa or the right to work in New Zealand. We cannot sponsor for these posi�ons.

Please email applica�ons to Danielle danielle@azur.co.nz

www.azur.co.nz

Build Clean & Commercial cleaning experts required

Amazing individuals required to join our fun team as:

• New House & Commercial property cleaning

• Exterior Complex cleaning and Maintenance

• Window Cleaning

• Full training given

• Great work/life balance

Email us for full details and a trial! slithytoves33@gmail.com

AVIS & Budget Queenstown

RENTAL SALES AGENT

Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment where the days go quickly?

Do you enjoy meeting and talking to people from all over the world?

Do you appreciate a consistent working roster because your life outside of work is important too?

If you answered yes to any of these then maybe this customer service, sales and office administration based role is the new job for you.

Full Time contracts available with set days off, Shifts are mostly 8am to 5.30pm with at least one evening shift per week. The role also requires you to work weekends. You'd be based out of our Queenstown Airport office in Frankton or our downtown office

What you need:

• Full drivers licence

• Good command of the English language

• Working rights in New Zealand

Please send a CV to: Claire.hampson@abgroup.co.nz

Staff wanted for a new neighbourhood cafe/ restaurant in Hanleys Farm.

We would love to talk to anyone that is interested in joining us. We have full and part-time positions available in all areas and all experience levels, day and evening shifts available.

Chefs

Kitchen Hands

Bar Staff

Baristas Wait Staff

If this sounds like a bit of you then drop us an email manager@thefarmhouse.kiwi

Cookright Part-time position

• Part time position $30 per hour

• Early start, job requires physical strength

• Shifts Wednesday & Thursdays, immediate start

• Full training will be provided

• Full NZ drivers licence and clean criminal history

• Must be legally able to work in NZ

• References required

Call Scott on (027) 2463886 or email Cookright@queenstown.co.nz

The Frankton Arm is the Local’s Local. A busy venue with great beer, great food, gaming, sports & a community feel. We’re looking for a Venue Manager to take the reins & really become the heart of the place.

be the kind of person that always puts customers first, loves great beer, enjoys good yarn & makes friends with all the familiar faces with a passion for hospitality.

It’s a job with a lot to it, you’ll be in charge of hitting targets, managing the team, following & implementing procedures, organising functions, preparing KPIs, rostering & managing stock.

Sound like you? To apply please email hr@republicqt.co.nz with a CV & cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you!

Real careers, real purpose

Find professional development, master a work-life balance, and join our whānau in the most beautiful places on earth.

With a wide selection of work available, and accommodation for the right candidates, we’re here to support you for a good time AND a long time.

Some positions available in Queenstown and further afield:

Queenstown

• Marketing Assistant (Digital)

Chef de Partie

Commis Chef

Kitchen Hand

Contact Centre Consultant

Whakatipu Accommodation Lead

Graphic Designer

• Coach Cleaner

Further Afield:

• Team Leader - Day Cruise (Doubtful Sound)

Hägglunds Driver – Christchurch

Launchmaster (Fiordland)

Maintenance Technician - Marine (Te Anau)

Looking for an exciting hospitality opportunity with plenty of room to grow?

Are you friendly, energetic & hardworking?

We’re hiring across all 8 venues: WAIT STAFF - BAR STAFF - CHEFS

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR / PA QUEENSTOWN

We are looking for a capable and professional person to perform the administration and finance aspects for our office.

You must have experience in a similar role and be confident in your abilities, be familiar with bookkeeping (QuickBooks (Reckon), Xero or similar), payroll (ACE or similar), and general office administration practices. Previous experience in a professional services or consulting environment is an advantage.

You must demonstrate initiative and have a bright personality with outstanding client service skills and a sound knowledge of professional office systems and practices. This role includes support to engineering staff where advanced Word and Excel skills in document presentation is desirable. At times you will act as PA to the business principal and will be exposed to a broader range of business activities and projects. This aspect of the role can be tailored to suit your level of experience and interests.

You must have excellent computer skills (MS Office Suite) along with strong written and oral communication skills. If this sounds like you, please apply to:

Hadley Consultants Ltd

PO Box 1356

Queenstown

Ph: 03 450 2140 or email: jobs@hadleys.co.nz

Remuneration will be appropriate to experience. Applications will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

and be a part of Republic Hospitality Group

•Tired of being bored at work?

•Want to make your Queenstown life epic!

•Looking to meet a fun and friendly crew?

Republic Hospitality Group has 10 venues in Queenstown, and we offer casual, part-time and full-time work. So whether it’s bar, restaurant or kitchen work you’re interested in, we’ve got it available at all levels

Our perks are pretty hard to beat:

• Sta pricing (did someone say great deals on food & drink?)

• Sta accommodation options

• Epic sta parties

• Great sta incentives

• A trusting culture

• Competitive pay

• Free sta meals

• Training and upskilling

• A welcoming and friendly team

Get in touch and join us today, email HR@republicqt.co.nz and tell us what you’re looking for.

Check out our venues at www.republichospitality.co.nz

Full-time and Part time Drivers Required

We are currently seeking applicants for the above positions. A heavy trade licence (Class 4) is required and previous experience in the concrete industry would be an advantage but is not essential. The successful applicant must have:

• A positive attitude and professional outlook

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Bright/friendly personality

• A sense of humour

Applicants should apply to: The Manager Allied Queenstown Concrete 0272209022 shane.tell@alliedconcrete.co.nz

Holiday Home Manager & Housekeeper

30-40 hrs. $23-30 per hour depending on exp, speed & accuracy. Long term residents with car preferred. Email admin@qubehouse.co.nz to apply.

FRONT OF HOUSE ROLES

• Business is fully staffed and now gearing up for summer

• Daytime, winery hours

• Stable team, great culture, positive work environment

• Staff meals and sales bonuses

• Training and Development – including company sponsored WSET training

We are looking for a fun, enthusiastic food and beverage professionals for our Winery Bistro. You need to have a can-do attitude, love people and have a minimum of 1 years front of house experience, preferably with barista skills and wine knowledge.

Kinross is a fun place to work, we have a great team culture, staff benefits and sales bonuses. We have full time, part-time, fixed term and permanent roles available.

Please apply with CV and cover letter to david.m@kinross.nz, giving details of your qualifications and experience. Applicants must currently reside in NZ as a NZ citizen, resident or have a working holiday visa. Own transport and accommodation is required.

Need someone now?

There are currently over 300 willing jobseekers ready to work in the Queenstown area. Go to jobfix.co.nz

FORMWORK CARPENTERS

Southern Lakes Foundations is a Queenstown based foundation formwork company, operating in the Central Otago area including servicing Cromwell, Alexandra and Wanaka.

We have been in operation for over 8 years in the area and have a firm, trusted reputation for our quality foundations, professionalism and reliability.

We are looking for experienced formwork carpenters, specialising in foundation floors, to join our team.

The successful applicant will have a minimum of 6 years carpentry experience and minimum of 3 years in formwork carpentry. We are on the hunt for someone with proven experience in this area of construction.

Competitive rates will be paid to the right applicant.

Please email your CV and evidence of proven relevant experience to Carly at carly@southernlakesfoundations.co.nz

VACANCIES

Property Maintenance Person Full Time

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Maintenance Person to join our team at the Arrowtown Lifestyle Village. The ideal candidate will be responsible for performing a variety of tasks to maintain our villas and facilities.

Mandatory requirements:

• General maintenance experience

• Knowledge of basic plumbing, electrical, and carpentry work.

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills – the residents are our #1 priority.

• Physical fitness

• New Zealand residency

• Drivers licence

• Relevant trade certificate is a plus, but not essential.

Applications with a cover letter and curriculum vitae to robyn@arrowtownretirement.co.nz by Tuesday 24th October.

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