The America’s Cup is on, in Barcelona, and the locals love it so much they are marching down the streets shooting water pistols at tourists visiting the iconic city and shouting “tourists go home”. To be fair most in the angry mob wouldn’t even know the yacht race is on. The message is the same though, “tourists go home”. The city is at capacity, it’s overrun, the locals are squeezed out by housing affordability, quality of life deterioration, and frustration they are not getting value from tourism that exceeds the cost the industry leaves behind. The price Barcelona is paying for being too amazing and wonderful.
Here in the Queenstown Lakes our statistics at peak tourism time are about the same as Barcelona, three tourists for every local. We have housing affordability problems, our lifestyles are impacted, and we pay via rates for the infrastructure and waste cost tourism leaves behind. Where our stats differ from a big European city is that our teeny tiny economy in the Queenstown Lakes is built and almost exclusively reliant on tourism. Directly or indirectly, we need it. We need them, so please do not go home tourists, come and stay longer. Despite all the talkfests deep in the Covid hole, we haven’t built a diverse high value economy, we are still a one trick pony. Our fortunes go up and down with the seasonal influx of tourist dollars. Our problem is getting maximum value. Value being defined as not just monetary but environmental and community impact too.
Are we getting the best value out of our hospitality? We invite tourists, we feed and accommodate them, we share our space and put on a pretty good show. About the only thing half intelligent that came out of ex-tourism minister Stuart Nash’s mouth a few years ago, was the desire to restart the tourism economy after Covid with value over volume visitation. What is a valuable tourist? It’s pretty simple really: they stay longer. The longer someone settles in, the less impact they have and the more they spend. For every flush of the toilet they have a meal, unlike the 40 flushes of the public toilets in Arrowtown with every tour bus that comes and goes in 30 minutes. All this rushing around trying to see New Zealand in eight days, spending most of it in a car or bus, is leaving nothing but cost to most of us. I sense an angry mob on the horizon with water pistols in hand if this continues. Barcelona has hordes of cruise ship day trippers. Glenorchy has a trail of rental cars full of camera clickers who spend less time in the township than they do getting there. Same problem a world apart: it costs more to locals than what they receive in return. Despite the grandiose delusions of Stuart Nash, the volumes will continue to increase. The only way to slow it down is to be so amazing and wonderful, rushing through is not on the itinerary. Stay longer, enjoy more and we will never march on the streets demanding your immediate departure Barcelona-style.
Scott Stevens - Lakes Weekly Bulletin
Olympic gold medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was one of the high fliers in the FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup qualification round at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Saturday, part of the Winter Games NZ 2024. The finals were scheduled for Monday, weather permitting. Photo: Winter Games
SATURDAY 7TH SEPT THE DELL AT AYRBURN
11AM - 4PM
Architects heading for finals
It’s enough to make you a little green with envy. Gorgeous designs for Queenstown Lakes houses have seen local architects clean up at the regional finals of the Architectural Designers New Zealand competition, on Friday.
Queenstown’s Carolin Friese, of CF Architecture, was one of the big winners with her projects Tall Tree House and The Cove both receiving high honours. Tall Tree House, nestled in a mature beech forest at the base of Mt Creighton and inspired by moody alpine cabins, won four awards, including New Home up to 150sqm, Home Interiors, Colour in Design, and the Kaitiakitanga Award.
“Designed with passive principles in mind, the home boasts a thoughtful program that effortlessly separates private and communal spaces, ensuring both functionality and tranquillity for its inhabitants,” the judges said.
Charlotte Muschamp, of Alki Design, also picked up two awards for her Glenorchy one-bedroom cabin The Rātā, a project with Cromwell-based prefabrication specialists Arbol.
They’re both headed to the national finals in in Rotorua on 1 November, along with 10 others regional winners. They include the architects of four Wānaka projects: Michael John, of AO Architecture, for his work on Akitu House Two; Warwick McLaren, McLaren Architecture Design Limited, for The Oak Grove Residence; and Keiron O’Connell, KO Architecture, for Swiss Chalet.
Tall Tree House. Photo: Gabriel Adda
The Oak Grove Residence. Photo: Larkin Photography
Akitu House Two. Photo: Simon Larkin
The Rātā: Anneke Lisa Photography and Todd Couper
Locals discount for Snow Machine
by Paul Taylor
Snow Machine organisers say they hope to get more and more Queenstown Lakes locals and Kiwis attending the festival each year.
Around 7,500 people are coming to town this week for the massive ski-trip music festival, mainly Aussies. They’ll ski and snowboard The Remarks and Coronet Peak in the day, where there’ll be DJs playing, before heading for the main arena in Remarkables Park at night.
Open from Thursday through to Saturday, the main arena will feature dozens of big name Australian, Kiwi and international acts, including Angus & Julia Stone, Atomic Blonde, Bag Raiders, Lee Mvtthews and others. And Snow Machine is offering discounted tickets to locals. As the LWB went to press, there were around 400 locals-only tickets available for the various festival nights (details below).
Festival co-owner Quentin Nolan says: “We’ve had a big focus on getting more locals involved, just engaging the whole community, including businesses and trying to spread the benefits of the festival. I’d encourage locals to get in as quickly as they can, because they’re selling out and we’re getting quite full.”
Ayrburn, near Arrowtown, is also involved as a festival-partner this year, offering chill out daytime events for festival-attendees, as well as a ticketed event on the Saturday, featuring including Ladyhawke and Drax Project, and more (see Goings On).
“Around 50% of people coming are first time skiers, so to go up the slopes four or five days in a row can be quite strenuous,” Nolan says. “We’ve got some good things happening out there, including lunch packages and a drag brunch, which should be fun.
“Saturday should be a good option for locals too, if they want to see some of the acts. It will be family-friendly and we encourage people to come down.”
About 85% of festival attendees are Australian, with about 10% Kiwi and 5% from elsewhere.
“It’s kind of interesting that there’s such a big Aussie impact on this event . . . we have actually tried to market pretty significantly in New Zealand, and bring on a number of Kiwi acts and whatnot, but yeah, for whatever reasons, the Aussies just love it.”
Snow Machine sells five and seven-night inclusive packages, including accommodation, chairlift passes, festival passes and extras. About 90% of attendees by the packages, with an average price of $1,500.
“When we work those numbers that relates to around $11 million in package revenue that’s going into the local community, for ski passes, rental companies, transportation up and down the hill, event infrastructure, scaffolding for the stages, hire companies, production guys, F&B, all that side of it.
“And then there’s the other spend that people are making while they’re over here. With the average stay being five or six days, and people spending probably about $200 a day, we estimate that comes out at $7-8m as well.”
Locals tickets are available online at snow-machine.nz/locals
Listen to Quentin Nolan on last week’s Outlet Podcast on the Queenstown App and lwb.co.nz
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Who picks up the bill?
by Paul Taylor
Downtown Queenstown businesses shouldn’t be asked to pick up the bill for upgrades that have driven locals away.
That’s the view of Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce over the council’s proposed targeted rate to pay for the streetscape works and the troubled bypass project.
Chamber boss Sharon Fifield says the council’s share of the $69 million streetscape project and the $129m arterial road should be spread across all Whakatipu ratepayers, in her submission to Queenstown Lakes District Council’s Long Term Plan hearings last week.
On the streetscape, she says downtown draws visitors to the district, which benefits all.
“Unfortunately for business, we have beautified the CBD but, in the process, made it less accessible for many in our community to visit with estimates of around 400 lost parks over the last five years,” she says.
That’s been exacerbated by the council’s hardline on parking reinforcement, which has seen the number of tickets dished out across Queenstown Lakes increase by 45% over those five years, to 71,010 in 2023/24. The highest number of tickets issued last financial year were in Shotover Street, some 17,336, and nine of the top 10 locations are in the Queenstown CBD area, with the other Ardmore St, Wānaka.
“I know you are already receiving plenty of feedback and submissions around belligerent parking enforcement tactics which is again disincentivising CBD use and ultimately costing business,” Fifield told the hearings.
She says there just aren’t enough parks downtown and urges the council to push ahead with the Stanley St temporary car park, and look to make the under-used Lakeview carpark free until people catch on to it.
“I stress – we really need your support in removing CBD parking as a barrier. It is urgent.”
Regarding the arterial, which connects Frankton Rd to Gorge Rd, via Melbourne St and Henry St, Fifield says the “benefit to any ratepayer is questionable in its current stage of development”.
“CBD residential and commercial ratepayers have already endured significant costs in disruption and loss of access to their business/premises. The arterial, in its completion, will stand to benefit those that wish to effectively ‘bypass’ the CBD.”
Fifield also made general comments about the LTP on behalf on the Chamber’s 620-plus members, urging council to tightly scrutinise its expenditure to lessen the burden on ratepayers, as well as pushing for alternative funding streams, such as a visitor levy, a greater share of the International Visitor Levy (IVL), and pursuing a city/regional deal from government.
The council has $643m of net debt, 263% of its operating revenue, and headroom of $54m this year. By 2034, that’s expected to be $1.22 billion net debt, 249%, and $180m headroom.
“Ongoing double-digit rate increases are not sustainable in building a thriving business community that will attract future investment and business attraction.”
And she says, QLDC needs to plan for the predicted 124,000 district population by 2053, including 70k visitors daily to Queenstown CBD.
“This will add substantial pressure on moving around the district and generally businesses would like to see more progress around future thinking alternative transport modes such as utilisation of Lake Wakatipu, gondolas and cableways that truly set us up for the future, position us as world-class and build our global reputation.”
Costs breakdown
QLDC’s proposed targeted rate would be weighed 65% on properties across the wider town centre area, stretching from Fernhill roundabout to Gorge Rd and Suburb St.
For the streetscapes, the total cost was $69m. Central Government paid $35m, development contributions $8m, and Three Waters rates $6m. That leaves $19m. QLDC’s preferred option is the wider CBD properties pay $13m of that. That would increase their residential rates between 1.6% to 4.1%, commercial 1.7% to 3%, and accommodation from 0.9% to 2.2%. The alterative, applying the cost to the existing Whakatipu Ward Roading Rate, would see increases between 0.7% and 1.6% (residential), 1.3% to 2.3% (commercial) and 1.9% to 2.3% (accommodation) across the basin.
For the bypass, the total cost is $129m. Central Government paid $50m, development contributions $35m, and Three Waters rates $9m. That leaves $35m, with downtown properties potentially paying $22m of that. Residential properties show increases of between 3.4% to 8.3%, commercial 3.1% to 5.4%, and accommodation 3.4% to 3.9%. Alternatively, spreading the cost through the Whakatipu Ward Roading Rate, would see increases of between 1.2% to 2.9% (residential), 2.3% to 4.1% (commercial), and 3.4% to 4% (accommodation), across the basin.
The costs of both projects would be spread over 30 years, with QLDC paying 5% interest on borrowing.
Money set aside for more
Future stages of Queenstown’s arterial roads project are still on QLDC’s backburner, despite the problems with stage one.
Council has budgeted $16 million for buying land and preliminary designs, in the later years of the Long Term Plan, for stages two and three. That would
see a link first to Man Street, then down to the One Mile roundabout at Fernhill. There’s no other funding available as yet for the multi-million projects. The $129m stage one of the new road, which was partially funded by the government’s ‘shovel ready fund’, is expected to be open by Christmas 2024.
Chamber boss Sharon Fifield
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CRIMELINE
Police warn beware of online scammers
Queenstown Police are warning people buying goods from Facebook buy and sell sites and purchasing crypto currencies to be very vigilant after locals have been taken for a ride by scammers.
Detective Tim Risstrom says Queenstown Trading and Facebook Marketplace are often targeted, with all demographics being ripped off by these schemes. “We’re all quite trusting around here, people are asked to send through a bank transfer but when they turn up to collect the item at an arranged spot, it’s not there,” Risstrom says. “It’s common.”
Scammers often target those who are more inexperienced with social media and the internet world. “It still happens on Trademe too.”
The biggest issues locally have been on Queenstown Trading, he says. “Be vigilant about who you’re talking to online and protect your identity.”
People have been asked to send their personal details, including bank account numbers and photos of drivers’ licences for identification. “Once they are out there it’s too late and those details can be used for further identity fraud,” he says.
Risstrom says it’s also common for people to buy items from a fake Facebook account and then discover that the item doesn’t exist. “Do your best to ensure it’s a real account. If it doesn’t feel right, then don’t send the money.”
Try to physically touch and look at the product before you buy. “Make sure it’s a real thing.”
Be savvy with your money, he says.
Police are also warning about crypto currency scams with several local cases of crypto purchasers being scammed for thousands of dollars.
“These are usually people trying to look for new ways to invest their money, but these bank transfers can be intercepted by scammers anywhere in the world,” Risstrom says. “There are a lot of these scammers overseas and the problem is it’s very hard for Police to do anything in New Zealand once that occurs.”
He says it’s a huge problem with Kiwis losing millions of dollars. Risstrom says there are definitely safe ways to purchase crypto currencies, like Bitcoin, through legitimate companies and financial advisors. “Just don’t go straight to Google, take your time and ensure you’ve completed your due diligence.”
Online buying tips:
Meet in a safe, secure place with others for any exchanges Don’t invite people to your home to pick up items. Be weary of people saying they’ll ‘flick it in the post’. Make sure you have physically checked an item before handing over money Never send your personal details to people you don’t know online If you think you are the victim of a scam, or are suspicious about an online profile, visit https://www.police.govt.nz/105
For more information about cybercrime and the internet, visit www.police.govt.nz/advice-services/cybercrime-and-internet
Car crashes through motel wall
The co-owner of a Melbourne Street motel got a rude awakening and is thankful to be alive after a guest’s rental vehicle smashed through the wall from the car park into his bed, landing precariously right beside his pillow.
Handa Oniel says he was asleep at 6.40am when he awoke to a large bang on his bed and “a weird smell”. “It was the coolant from the engine dropping next to my bed.”
Both Oniel, who lives in Auckland but was visiting Queenstown last week, and the 71-year-old Chinese man at the wheel were shaken but not injured. Community Constable Amanda Shute says the Chinese driver appeared in the Queenstown District Court on Monday, 26 August, facing a charge of operating a vehicle carelessly. She says he allegedly accelerated instead of braking when driving out of the car park.
Oniel says he’s just grateful he and the guest were unharmed. “I’m glad he’s ok. Thank God. It was very, very close.”
He suspects the rental may have been an electric vehicle and the driver was possibly revving to check that the engine was running, but it must have been in ‘drive’ instead of ‘reverse’. “If he’d gone just a little bit faster, he could have injured me.”
The accident caused significant damage to the wall and adjacent window which caved in, as well as to the vehicle. Insurers were taking care of the damage. A motel staff member says the escape was quite miraculous. “Angels were doing their job. That was a lucky escape.”
LAKES WEEKLY POLL
LWB regularly polls locals on issues affecting our region. This week’s responses are below.
Do you feel the parking enforcement in Queenstown is aggressive?
Yes - 73%
No - 18%
Unsure - 9%
Do you agree with the Government's amendments to the Fast Track legislation, notably transferring the final say to an independent panel rather than the Minister alone?
Good move - 45%
Disagree with Fast Track planning entirely - 24%
Should be made by the Minister - 3%
Don’t know - 28%
Do you believe Queenstown and Wānaka are welcoming communities?
Yes, absolutely - 27%
On the whole yes but not entirely - 62%
Unsure - 4%
No - 7%
Do you have an updated will?
Yes - 42%
Yes, but not updated or know where it is - 10%
No - 48%
Do you feel more signage is needed at popular climbing sites around the region?
Yes - 23%
No - 31%
Unsure - 46%
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4 BEDROOMS
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There were 145 respondents this week. If you would like to take part: you can sign up on the LWB Facebook page.
QUEENSTOWN ADULT VENUES
QUEENSTOWN EVENTS
CENTRE, FRANKTON (Monday) Starts 14th October
QUEENSTOWN EVENTS
CENTRE, FRANKTON (Tuesday) Starts 22nd October
Grades: - Mixed - Mens - Womens
Fees: $240 (entries close 11th October 2024)
Enter team at www.touchsouthland.co.nz homepage and click on Queenstown Adult
COMMUNITY NOTES
Welcoming Week / Te Wiki O Manaaki
Welcoming Week - a celebration of diversity and inclusion - begins this Friday, 6 September, and runs until next Sunday, 15 September.
This marks the first time that our district is celebrating Welcoming Week since it was first observed in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2022. The event showcases a strong cross-collaboration between various organisations and the council, highlighting our collective commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community.
It’s the perfect opportunity to honour the values that unite us as neighbours, parents, and colleagues. Aotearoa New Zealand is one of the most diverse countries in the world, with over 200 different ethnicities and a quarter of all people born overseas. Our diversity is a strength, making the country a vibrant and attractive place to be.
For this year’s Welcoming Week, let’s roll out the welcome mat and celebrate the things that unite us in Queenstown Lakes District. No matter what language you speak or where you were born – we’re glad you’re here!
Community partners along with council are host a series of free events throughout Welcoming Week in both Queenstown and Wānaka, each designed to bring people together and create a sense of belonging and connection. From business workshops and fitness classes to film screenings and community planting days, there’s something for everyone.
Help celebrate this special week and create a warm and welcoming place in our community. Check out the events below and come along – we look forward to seeing you there!
Full details are available at www.qldc.govt.nz/community/welcomingcommunities/welcoming-week/ or on QLDC’s Facebook page.
Welcoming Week Queenstown
- 6 September: Your Muslim Neighbour
- 7 September: Take Your Business to the Next Level | Lleva Tu Emprendimiento al Siguiente Nivel (in Spanish)
-7 September: Community Planting Day
- 9 and 12 September: Learn to Swim for Adults Only
- 10 September: Community Draw
-11 September: International Storytellers Film Series
- 11 September: Migrant wellbeing and how workplaces can make a difference (webinar) with Revolutionaries of Wellbeing
- 12 September: Teaching Dynamic Yoga (in Spanish)
- 13 September: Teaching Friendly Fitness (in Spanish)
-14 September: Community Planting Day
- 14 September: Saturday Arts Social Welcoming Week Wānaka
- 28 August - 8 September: Paralympics Challenge
-7 September: Community Planting Day
- 8 September: Squash and Potluck
- 10 September: Language Lounge
- 11 September: Nursery Planting
- 11 September: Migrant wellbeing and how workplaces can make a difference (webinar) with Revolutionaries of Wellbeing
- 15 September: The Flavours of Mexico - A Mexican Culinary Workshop
- 17 September: Wao Film Night - Migration
Public Notice | Pānui
Creative Communities Scheme August 2024 -
Funding Round Open
Funding is now available for community–based arts groups for performances, events and workshops that will provide a variety of opportunities for participation in those activities.
The aim of the scheme is to increase participation in the arts at a local level, and increase the range and diversity of arts available to communities.
A funding guide is available online to assist with the application process.
The application form is now required to be completed online here is the link on the Council website: https://qldc.smartygrants.com.au/CCSAug24
Funding round is now open and will close on Friday 6th September 2024
For any enquiries contact:
Jan Maxwell - Relationship Manager Arts and Events 03 441 0469 or 027 233 7934
jan.maxwell@qldc.govt.nz
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THE DISHERY
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Blue Kanu is now open for lunch! Indulge in a culinary journey at Blue Kanu, where every dish invites you to Taste the Pacific. Offering a tantalising menu, bursting with exotic flavours - join us Friday through Sunday for a midday escape into a world of vibrant tastes and unforgettable dining experiences. Book your lunch reservation today and embark on a voyage of culinary delight. 16 Church Street, Queenstown Ph: 03 442 6060
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HOSPOGUIDE
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Latin Party with DJ Pirata
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Live Sports on 12 TVs $12 Cosmos
UFC Live $12 Dark ‘N’ Stormys
Monday Huge Singles Pool Comp 8pm Start $10 Entry + House Drink
FERNHILL ROAD, FERNHILL, QUEENSTOWN
John Healy live from 8.30pm
Danny Atkinson from 8.30pm Stonegrills only $30! Friday Calico live from 9pm Saturday Blake & Gabby live from 9pm Sunday Irish Traditional Music Session live from 5.30pm
Includes Angus beef lasagne, veggie lasagne, vegan lasagne, bolognese and carbonara
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GOINGS ON ABOUT
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THEATRE
- AT THE GALLERIES
EVENTS
Snow Machine – The Winery at Ayrburn
Snow Machine has a brand-new day-time hub: The Winery Arena at Ayrburn! Need a break from carving up the piste? Take your pick of Ayrburn’s onsite bars and restaurants or relax on the grass with a meal and drink from the outdoor bar.
Things will really kick up for the final day with a ticketed event on Saturday, as some of the festival’s favourite artists take to The Winery stage, in a curated event that is bound to get everyone talking! Saturday features a bespoke line up; Middle Kids · Drax Project · LadyHawke · Teenage Dads · MESSIE · Groove City · Jimi
The Kween · Danny Clayton · Tiana Ivy · Turtle Funk · Julian Temple and Zahn Walker. This is a ticketed Snow Machine side event, with tickets available for $99. Book now at www.snow-machine.com/nz/the-winery-at-ayrburn.
When: Saturday, 7 September, 11am – 4pm
Where: The Winery at Ayrburn, 1 Ayrburn Avenue, Arrowtown
COMMUNITY
Annual International Women’s Fly Fishing Forum
The Wakatipu Anglers Club is hosting the International Women’s Fly Fishing Forum this weekend at the Queenstown Primary School and the Patagonia retail store. This is the second annual event and aims to promote female participation in the fly-fishing community under the banner ‘Chicks with Sticks’, while also fostering diversity, education, and engagement within the sport. This event is for women interested in fly fishing, from beginners to seasoned anglers. While the event is free interested locals are asked to preregister by emailing wakatipuanglersclubnz@gmail.com.
Conservation Week is coming up from 2-8 September 2024, and the Whakatipu Wilding Control Group is kicking things off with the first volunteer wilding control event of the season! If you are keen for a morning of lopping wilding seedlings and making a positive impact on our environment, get involved. Plus, if you join in on the day, you go in the draw for an awesome experience thanks to Zip Trek Eco Tours and Segway on Q. If you are interested, fill out a quick sign up form (scan the QRcode) and we will be in touch!
When: Sunday, 8 September, 10am
Where: One Mile Reserve - Parking opposite Heritage hotel on Fernhill Road
Emily Perkins & Queenstown Writers Festival Launch
Acclaimed Kiwi author Emily Perkins joins Queenstown Writers Festival for a special conversation to launch their 2024 programme. Perkins won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards with her critically acclaimed satire of Wellington high society, Lioness. She will contemplate the unravelling of middle-aged women, class privilege in New Zealand and peeing outside in conversation with journalist and Festival trustee Debbie Jamieson. Perkins novels are funny, critically acclaimed and impossible to put down. Tickets cover Emily Perkins conversation, wine, canapés, and a preview of this year’s Writers Festival programme. The Queenstown Writers Festival will be held over three days – from 1-3 November, and will be the biggest yet with 20 visiting writers, including non-fiction writers, poets, novelists, children’s writers, Kiwi icons, and literary legends.
When: Sunday, 8 September, 3pm – 5pm
Where: Te Atamira, Dart House, Remarkables Park Town Centre
MUSIC
Across the Great Divide - A national AOTNZ Tour
“You guys were ‘otherworldly’ last night and no one has ever had a standing ovation after all our years of putting on house concerts. You guys have something really special going on” – Brenda Shearer, singer songwriter artist. Prepare you dancing feet, vocal chords and heart! Here come Across the Great Divide, featuring traditional, contemporary and original songs and tunes from Celtic and Americana roots. Original and traditional tunes and airs; Americana original compositions all receive the same skill and passion in their delivery until you are no longer aware of their different musical roots, nor any divide at all. Only their infectious sounds. An Across The Great Divide concert isn’t a quiet affair. Strap yourself in for a wild, toe tapping and emotionally laden journey, perfectly held together by their passion for their traditions. Tickets are available online at Humanitix
When: When Friday, 13 September, 7.30pm
Where: Arrowtown Community Centre, 12 Centennial Avenue, Arrowtown
A Relatively Uneventful Evening
Our fantastic Remarkable Theatre Company and xtravel present A Relatively Uneventful Evening. Over the course of one evening a small group of close but highly dysfunctional friends are invited to a dinner party to celebrate the publication of Eleanor’s first book. Various disagreements ensue while, in the background, one of the guests stumbles into the room and is quickly pronounced dead. Chaos and panic drive this hilarious comedy followed with lots of twists and turns throughout a relatively “uneventful” evening. Tickets are available online at eventfinda
When: Opening night Thursday, 8 September, 7.30pm, until Wednesday, 11 September
Where: Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall, 33 Buckingham St
Arts+Culture
Acclaimed Kiwi author Emily Perkins launches festival programme by
Jess Allen
Queenstown Writers Festival is returning for another year and has a fresh new look. The full programme runs from 1-3 November and will launch this Sunday, 8 September, with special guest, Ockham Award-winning author of Lioness, Emily Perkins.
Perkins will be in conversation with Queenstown-based journalist and festival trustee Debbie Jamieson, discussing Lioness, as she contemplate the unravelling of middle-aged women, class privilege in New Zealand and peeing outside. The book is set post the Covid-19 pandemic and follows Therese Thorn as she grows used to a life of luxury after marrying into an empire-building family. Her social status is then damaged and she starts to look at her own privilege with new eyes.
Perkins says her novels are infl uenced by the phrase “every story should contain the facts of blood and money”. Taking home the Ockham Award for her latest book was an amazing feeling for her and big surprise, too.
“It’s a very signifi cant recognition, so I feel hugely grateful for it,” Perkins says.
“One of the things that awards do is provide a book with a little bit more attention and a bit more time on people’s radar, and that’s a real gift given how quickly the publishing world moves these days. They work as a really lovely spotlight on literature.”
She’s looking forward to the festival and having the opportunity to meet different readers and hear different responses to the book, along with getting to share some of her thinking as she was writing. “It’s a really great opportunity for writers and readers to connect. The event is going to be fun – it’s going to be a relaxed convivial conversation.”
Festival chair Tanya Surrey says that even if you’ve not read Lioness, you’ll love hearing Emily Perkins in conversation at the programme launch. The trustees aredelighted to be her to the region.
“We have proudly hosted several previous Ockham winners and when we were told Emily would be unavailable during this year’s festival, we invited her to join us in launching our programme,”
Surrey says.
Perkins is equally as delighted to be back in Queenstown, where she’s come to do some work on her book in the past, as she is to be able to launch the festival. She fi nds herself coming back
to this part of the country often to fi ll her cup with energy and beauty. “It’ll be great to launch the festival and hear about all the good things that are coming, and going to be a part of it. I think New Zealand literature and New Zealand fi ction is in such great shape at the moment, and it’s wonderful that readers are connecting with it.”
The festival is held over three days from 1 November at Te Atamira and will include 20 visiting writers including non-fi ction writers, poets, novelists, children’s writers, Kiwi icons and literary legends. In addition to the onstage conversations there will be writing workshops, a book launch, panel discussions, a writing competition and the return of the popular Sampler Session featuring local writers. Keep your eyes peeled for the full programme.
Emily Perkins In Conversation with Queenstown Writers Festival and the programme launch will be this Sunday, 8 September, at Te Atamira –you can get your tickets and fi nd out more info through the QR code (right). The event will also be held at Hello Ranger in Wānaka with tickets available at booketybookbooks.co.nz/ collections/book-club
My Life Story
by Sue Fea
GARY MULLINGS
The harder you work the luckier you get
Gary Mullings is a busy man.
He may have supposedly ‘retired’ at 49 after working in multiple careers and successfully launching and selling multiple businesses, but somehow Gary’s entrepreneurial eye never closes.
Best known locally as a self-taught Arrowtown jade and opal cutter, Gary was born in Temuka in 1947, and raised in the Hakataramea Valley on a post-World War II rehab dairy farm, his Navy dad fresh from combat.
Primary school years were spent at Ikawai, before his dad sold the farm to pursue fi shing in Gisborne where Gary left high school at 15.
At 14 he’d become the fi rst schoolboy to make the Poverty Bay Men’s Hockey Team and was set to tour Australia with the New Zealand U21s until he broke his tibia. By now a Post Offi ce radio telephone technician, Gary had just been accepted to become assistant communications offi cer at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, but the broken leg put paid to that.
He was also a champion swimmer and springboard diver. But fi shing and surfi ng became his thing, serving a pastry cook apprenticeship by night before working in a cake kitchen then starting his own full-scale wholesale bakery in 1969.
Son Lee-Roy was born about the same time, followed by daughter Vanessa, Gary starting at 2am and fi nishing around 4pm or 5pm. It was a work ethic instilled by his parents, so much so that during his baking apprenticeship Gary ‘daylighted’, chopping fi rewood and cleaning windows. “I’d be three storeys up with no ladder, hanging on to the frame,” he grins.
GD Bakeries grew quickly, supplying baked small goods to supermarkets, school cafeterias and coffee lounges all over Gisborne. Gary sold up and opened a small cake kitchen, converting it into Gisborne’s fi rst pizzeria in the early 70s.
At the same time, he’d become a ‘part-time’ professional hunter, hunting export quality deer for the German market, but in typical Gary style that grew to 12-hour days.
In 1979 it was time for a Mullings holiday in Queenstown where Gary visited friend Dennis Lynes who convinced him to come and manage his Shotover Street jewellery manufacturing team.
A fast learner, Gary taught himself to cut precious stones, selling them through Dennis’s Jade & Opal Centre, then sold up to Dennis in 1981. The pair soon launched their own jade factory in the old Upstairs Downstairs Restaurant building in Shotover Street.
“In the early days we bought greenstone from West Coast jade miners,” Gary recalls. This involved some clandestine trips in the middle of the night in what was an extremely competitive industry.
“We always had a big Japanese market, and Americans – the Gabardine Brigade, as well as Kiwis earning big money in the Aussie mines.”
An overseas couple once paid for a $2800 carving and promptly left the country without it.
Several years after Gary, carver Rob Lynes and Ian Caldwell bought the current Arrowtown Jade and Opal Factory business off the Wins, Gary retired, at just 49.
The trio then joined Tony Sparks, buying the iconic Mountaineer Hotel in the late 1980s, turning it into a massive retail store, with a backpackers’ hostel attached. Gary worked seven, 14-hour days until he’d “had enough” so he took wife Lois on a two-month hunting safari and holiday to South Africa. They drove 11,000kms in a Toyota Starlet, dodging mini wars with semi-automatic rifl es fi ring and staging a hasty retreat as armed robbers approached.
Back home Gary just hadn’t been quite busy enough. He also worked his 100-acre (40.4ha) deer farm on Malaghans Road. “I’d be out there at 4am before work at The Mountaineer putting posts in.”
Prior to that, winters had been “very, very tough” and he’d also taken private hunting clients to Glenorchy in the early 1990s.
Fortunately, Lois, now wife of 55 years, and a good Poverty Bay farming girl, is a patient woman. Another of Gary’s ‘part-time’ ventures baling hay for Ian Hutton turned into 14-hour days, so Gary imported the region’s fi rst baleage wrapping machine from Ireland. That arrived while he was hunting moose and deer in Alaska and Canada in minus26degC. “Lois had to do that fi rst contract. She’s a great woman.”
Son Lee-Roy became the star carver, earning his stripes as understudy to Rob Lynes so Gary bought the Arrowtown business outright in the late 1990s, Lisa Marshall and Bev Feinerman a big part of the team. Gary still doesn’t really know when to retire, usually in the shop helping Lee-Roy, his wife, Nicola, and grandson Bradley. “My dad always said the harder you work the luckier you get. I’m a lucky man.”
But he’s ticked most things off the Bucket List, including a hike to Everest Base Camp, becoming stranded in Nepal during the Covid lockdowns.
“We fi nally convinced the Australian ambassador to fl y us out in their plane, but no Nepalese plane had ever landed in Australia, so the Aussie Captain had to fl y with us to make sure they knew where it was.”
As for that trip to the South Pole, that’ll keep.
Gary, right, and wife Lois land the big catch salmon fishing in Alaska in 2010
Gary, centre, Lois, left, and their Nepalese guide on the hike to Everest Base Camp with Mount Everest behind - 2020
Proud Great Grandad Gary sharing some special time with great granddaughter Bailey
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WHO’S IT FOR? WHEN AND WHERE DOES IT RUN?
A green prescription is a referral from your GP and can be given to someone with a stable medical condition or chronic disease that would benefit from exercise.
Session runs every Wednesday at 11.00am.
participants.
You’ll need a green prescription referral and then visit reception for a subsidised membership. For more information scan the QR code or give us a call on 03 450 9005.
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LOVE TO REPAIR STUFF? JOIN the Repair Revolution! Sustainable Queenstown returns this spring with its Repair Revolution events. The first one is on 28 September in Frankton, and we’re looking for volunteer fixers of all kinds to join us. Whatever your fixing superpower is (bikes, furniture, electronics, clothes, anything!), if you love repairing things and helping others learn, we would love to have you on board. If you can help please get in touch with Scott on 021 681 959 or email scott@sustainablequeenstown.org.nz
WHAKATIPU BEEKEEPERS SUPPORTING LOCAL BEEKEEPERS with sharing knowledge, mentoring and maintaining best ractice. Most importantly a group of likeminded individuals who love bees. Meeting regularly, for more info or to join us whakatipubeekeepers@ gmail.com
NEW TO THE AREA OR got more time on your hands & looking to give back to your community? Altrusa International Qtwn is looking for volunteers just like you to join our women’s charitable & service org. supporting our local community. Want to know more? Email: president.queenstown@altrusa.org.nz or message us on Facebook. com/AltrusaQueenstown
SPCA OP SHOP – 51 GORGE RD. Open Monday – Saturday 9am5pm. Sunday 10am-4pm. Pre-loved goods and clothing at great prices. Help support the ongoing work done by the SPCA. Accepting donations now. (Please NO furniture or Children’s clothing.) Call into store now to enquire about Volunteering. Your old goods, or your time, could help save a life.
Everything Else
PREGNANCY/ CHILDBIRTH IS LIKE A marathon. Prevent discomfort and musculoskeletal dysfunction. Pelvic floor and abdominal exercises to prepare for birth. Program funded by Te Hau Toka Southern Lakes Wellbeing Group. Wednesday, 25 Sept, 7.30-8.45pm at Salvation Army, 8 Pin Oak Avenue, Frankton. Please register: antenatalstrong@gmail.com
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: WE love the things we love for what they are. - Robert Frost
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1. Which golfer claimed her first major title at last month’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship?
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5. In 1898, New Zealander Edward Le Roy invented what waterproof cloth, beginning with O?
6. In which sport is the Davis Cup contested?
7. What, beginning with D, is the name given to the small silver balls used for decorating a cake?
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QUEENSTOWN DHARMA CENTRE, 12 LAKE ST
TUE (3 Sept) @ 6:30pm, Discovering BuddhaDharma with Grant Rix SUN (8 Sept) @ 10am, ‘Cultivating Awareness Practice’ followed by ‘Social Sunday’ All are welcome. Classes are free. Donations for the teacher/centre are gratefully accepted. See www.dharmacentre.org.nz or FB
VACANCIES
We are looking for a RETAIL STORE MANAGER to oversee our Bettys Liquorstore in Camp Street Queenstown. We are a locally owned and operated chain of liquor stores in the Southern Lakes area.
The role:
Responsible for the day to day operations of the store and staff to ensure it can open and operate to its full potential.
This includes:
• recruiting, training and rostering staff to operate the store within the company operating guidelines and to the level required by the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act
• managing all aspects of product ordering, ensuring the stockweight of the store is sufficient daily ordering levels are maintained within acceptable limits
• making sure the store looks great for our customers
• ensuring all stock ordering, paperwork, rosters, cashups, bankings and stocktakes are completed correctly
• working as part of the overall company management team along with the owners and other store managers
What about you?
You will:
• be confident, a team leader, a good decision maker, organized, customer focused, good under pressure and be prepared to work hard with your team for the success of your store and the company.
• Ideally you will have your LCQ and General Managers Certificate
• Ideally you will have retail or hospitality management experience
What will we offer?
• A good salary
• Staff purchasing benefits
• Training and career development opportunities
• A great team environment
If you think this is you and you are interested in applying for this role please email ferg@bettys.co.nz telling me about yourself and attaching an up to date CV.
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VEHICLE DETAILER / DEALERSHIP ASSISTANT
At Southern Motor Group Queenstown, we’re looking for a Vehicle Detailer / Dealership Assistant to join our busy and growing dealership. We’re looking for someone that has a high standard of workmanship, that takes pride in their work to ensure all vehicles are presented at its best.
Have you got an eye for detail and a can-do attitude? Then this job is certainly for you!
CHURCH HALL
FOR RENT
St. Peter’s Anglican Church (in the centre of Queenstown) $30-$50 per hour. Kitchen facilities available as well. Also a smaller lounge available, suitable for meetings, small gatherings etc. For more information please email Tina on kastina.1@gmail.com
SUDOKU
COMMERCIAL CLINIC SPACE TO SUBLET AVAILABLE 1-2 days p/w, beautiful newly renovated space just off the main street in Arrowtown. Please enquire for further details plantpeopleofthesouth@gmail.com
What’s in it for YOU?
• Permanent full time 40-hour week
• Competitive remuneration
• Ongoing training and the opportunity to expand your skills with globally known brands
• Excellent working environment and conditions
• A small close-knit team
To apply contact Duane Courtney Duane.courtney@smgqt.co.nz
Hiring: Grill Chef
Hulbert House is one of Queenstown's original residences. The building has been lovingly restored to match its Victorian heritage and offers accommodation that is the perfect mix of timeless elegance, with contemporary touches and services. To complement our luxury boutique 5-star accommodation, we are recruiting for skilled and passionate individuals to join our small team in the position of:
Duty Manager / Host
(minimum 30 hours - full time)
The role of the Duty Manager / Host is to act as the manager on Duty in the absence of the Assistant Manager and General Manager. Your role will encourage and support a team of General Lodge Assistants and Housekeeping Attendants to host our guests, delivering an exceptional guest experience. This is a hands-on role that will require team work and multi-tasking, this role will is suited to an aspiring Duty Manager, Front Office Manager or a Head of Department.
It is essential that the successful candidate for this position will possess the following attributes:
• Previous experience hosting guests in a 5star environment, housekeeping, food & beverage service, managing shifts unsupervised, and the responsible service of alcohol
• A desire to deliver and exceed expectations in guest service
• High motivation and energy levels
• A pride in their personal grooming
• A high level of organisation and communication skills and great attention to detail
• The ability to work independently
• Flexibility to work morning and evening shifts, split shifts, including weekends and public holidays
Duties will include:
• Final check on all housekeeping duties (room checks and hotel inspection pre guest arrival)
• Checking on hotel guests and managing concierge duties
• Taking guests luggage to room and valet parking guests’ vehicle
• Preparing and hosting guests during our evening cocktail period
• Managing and assisting general assistants for turndown service
• General housekeeping, laundry and close of hotel
• End of night reports, checking or emails and organising following day activities
• Attending to guests at breakfast and assisting during breakfast service
• Attending to guests' requests, preparing guests vehicles for departure
• End of day procedures
• Hosting breakfast
• Assisting housekeeping in morning duties
• Checking out guests
• Front office duties (pre-arrival emails, concierge duties)
Your wellbeing is important to us, we provide healthy staff meals daily (morning tea & lunch), you will have the same 2 days off per week, you will enjoy a positive team environment, you will experience some of the kindest guests and be part of an award-winning hotel experience. We will encourage your growth and personal development.
Applications should include a cover letter and should be addressed in the first instance to:
Jade Errington General Manager manager@hulberthouse.co.nz
Ph: 03 409 2800
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Are you...
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail?
• Passionate about the environment and selling a sustainable product?
• A team player
• Enthusiastic and motivated with great interpersonal skills
• Excited to share our eco journey.
Our Tour Guides are responsible for delivering an unforgettable experience for all our guests
Go to www.ziptrek.co.nz to view the full job descriptions and to apply, multiple start dates available Mid Sept- Early December
Live In Lodge assistant
QRC Halls of Residence is looking for a Live In Lodge assistant to join our team in Fernhill.
This is a diverse, key role assisting in daily operations of the lodge and supporting our tertiary students. We offer a rostered full-time position which includes a one-bedroom self-contained unit in your salary package.
If you're ready to dive into a dynamic role where every day brings something new, apply now for this exciting opportunity.
The role will work closely with the Lodge Managers and Student Services Team.
For more information, or to apply please email tili.naivaluwaqa@qrc.ac.nz
Ph: 03 409 2800
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LANDSCAPE GARDENER
Mountain Landscaping & Maintenance is looking for a full time gardener to work as part of a small team maintaining a range of 50+ properties to the highest standard. Experience preferred in pruning, weed control, power tool use and plant knowledge.
Competitive pay rates, full training & PPE provided.
A NZ work visa and current drivers license are essential. Immediate start
Please email your CV and references to roy@mountainmaintenance.co.nz
REQUIRED NOW!!!!!!
Skilled and Unskilled Labourers
Traffic Controllers
Looking for casual, temporary or long term work??
Queenstown Personnel and Labour Hire are looking for labourers for a variety of jobs around Queenstown with an immediate start.
Contact Sharleen - 027 778 7377 or email sharleen@qtplabour.co.nz
Baristas wanted!
We are looking for people who are passionate about what they do with proven experience.
Full training provided, early finishes and a great work environment
Apply now and become part of our great team: marmoladacafe@yahoo.com Only visas with work rights.
Support Worker
Do you enjoy teamwork and want to make a difference in someone’s life? Are you up for helping disabled people to live each moment to the full? We need flexible support staff who are positive and capable. Casual and Permanent positions available, shifts available are day, night and overnight (you can sleep for a period of the overnight shift). Positions are in the Lakes District. Experience preferred. Wages dependent on your qualification $23.38 -$29.10.
For enquiries and application pack contact vanessa@livingoptions.org.nz or phone 03 448 7748
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
QUEENSTOWN
The Speights Alehouse is reopening and we're looking for some Hospo Stars to join our team. Positions include: Duty Manager Front of House Kitchen Hands Commis Chef
To be successful you’ll need to have a big smile and to be happy to work in a busy team environment. Remuneration will depend on the skills you bring to the party.
Please apply to Info@speightsalehousequeenstown.co.nz
We are hiring!!!
Balls and Bangles are looking for people to join their team!
We are on the hunt for FOH/Baristas
This person will need to be an all rounder and enjoy working in a fast paced environment. Must be reliable, a good team player and have a fun can-do attitude.
Full time hours , daytime shifts, staff meals and you get to be a part of the best team in Queenstown! Ideally available for an immediate start with a commitment of 6 months or more.
Current work visa essential.
To apply, drop into our Shotover St store or email your CV to ballsandbanglesjobs@gmail.com
Painter and Brush Hand
We are seeking both a Brush Hand and Experienced Painter for either short or long term repainting work starting immediately. Reputable company offering 40 hours per week.
Decent hourly rate. Must have own vehicle and valid work visa. Working in the Queenstown area. Phone Greg on 027-510-3265 for more info or enquiry, or email your CV directly to accounts@arrowtownexteriors.co.nz
Assistant Manager role at Browns Boutique Hotel Queenstown. Full Time/Part Time(Flexible). This is a livein position for an experienced independent contractor. Duties will Include breakfast service and security/compliance, with the opportunity for additional roles and hours to suit the individual. Approx 24 hours per week, additional hours by accommodation. This is a flexible role ideally suited to a reliable outgoing person with front of house experience wanting accommodation and a fixed term contract. Regretfully not a sponsored position.
Apply with CV to Peter-Ray deepbayholdings@gmail.com
PEOPLE LIKE US ARROWTOWN ARE HIRING
CHEF POSITIONS
We have 2 positions available at our restaurants Slow Cuts & La Rumbla. Senior Chef & Chef de Partie. These 2 positions both require previous experience in relevant roles. You need to be well organised, be able to work at a fast pace, enjoy being part of a team & flexible for both day & night shifts Full & part time hours considered.
BARTENDER
Minimum 1 years bar experience is required. You will need to have basic cocktail training & be able to make classic cocktails such as a margarita, mojito & negroni. We are looking for someone who can host the bar, give an excellent guest experience, work fast & clean & enjoy being part of a local scene.
SERVER
Position at Slow Cuts. Full or Part Time role available. You will need to be flexible for day & night shifts. This role requires a confident personality, a minimum 1 years hospitality work experience & a passion for looking after people. The guest experience is very important to us. We serve slow cooked meats, through to vegan options & delicious burgers. A sound knowledge of beer, wine & cocktails will also be an added bonus. We have a great mix of our local community & visitors to the town.
CAFE WORKER
This role is at our day time cafe Kahwah. This role requires you to have had previous barista experience, be willing to work as a barista as well as general cafe duties, such as running food, taking orders at the till & looking after the guests.
All positions are available for an immediate start. Your own transport to Arrowtown is essential. No sponsorship is available for these roles
Do you love travel and providing amazing customer experience?
New Zealand Fine Touring Group (NZFT) is a technology enabled travel business based in Wanaka. We offer our customers highly tailored and bespoke advice, ensuring they get the best experience possible. We are proud to bring New Zealand to the world!
One of the secrets of our success is our great people and we are now recruiting for a Sales Superstar to join our team!
What does the role look like:
• Selling and experiencing the best products in the world - New Zealand.
• Working in the world’s largest industry - travel and tourism.
• Providing bespoke and personal advice to visitors from all over the world.
• Achieving individual and team sales targets Requirements:
• Experience in a sales and target-driven role is advantageous but not required.
• Someone who thrives under pressure
• A passion for travel!
• Experience maintaining and providing exceptional customer service.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Organisational, administrative and time management skills, ability to multitask.
• Competent and confident in computers and using software and apps.
• Able to work rostered hours between 7am-6pm, Mon-Fri, and one weekend day every 3rd weekend.
• Our peak season is between 1st December-31st March, we will require individuals to be available over this period.
Benefits:
• Great training, support and career growth opportunities.
• Very competitive remuneration
• Company Social Club
• Paid volunteer days
• The opportunity to join a fast growing and successful business based in Wanaka.
• Industry perks such as experiencing the best places and activities in New Zealand
By joining NZFT you will be joining a great bunch of people from all over the world who have come together for a shared purpose - to deliver the very best New Zealand and Australian travel experiences!
To apply, please email your CV and Cover letter to careers@nzft.co.nz
This role is based in Wanaka. Candidates with a current working visa with at least 12 months remaining are welcome to apply.
