There’s no denying it, one thing Queenstown does well is host our visiting friends.
We need to remember that! If you have a visitor from out of town, do you take them into downtown Queenstown? I hope so. It’s magic where the mountains meet the lake and so many of our out-of-town friends would dream to have daily access* to a place like ours.
Speaking of hosting, we’re playing our part to keep visitation rolling post Winter Pride and Snow Machine. This week we will be hosting around 80 of our Chamber peers from across NZ for our annual NZ Chamber conference, powered by 2degrees. The team and I are looking forward to showing off Queenstown to our colleagues and discussing ways we can collectively represent business better.
The Chamber network is strong. Together, we represent over 22,000 businesses around New Zealand and have a strong independent voice to government. I’ve been impressed with the responsiveness of central government to some of our advocacy of late particularly around immigration and housing.
On the ground, we’re a small team at the Chamber but it’s amazing how much you can get done when you have such strong and supportive business partners. Thank you to our partners for rolling out a great Queenstown welcome for the delegates this week, it’s impressive! Thank you, Queenstown Airport (ZQN), AJ Hackett Bungy, Heritage hotel, Gibbston Valley, RealNZ for your support.
If you’re in business, I really do hope you can see the benefit of joining the Chamber. We’re an engaged, active and dare I say it, smart and supportive crowd. I have been amazed at how much business is created just from coming along to a Ba5 and enjoying a drink, chat and great hospitality.
As for the conference, we’ve strategically made sure they all have some free time on Wednesday evening to sample the great dining and nightlife in Queenstown, I’m sure you’ll show them a great time. We’ll also do our best to throw Auckland Chamber CEO Simon Bridges off the Kawarau Bridge on Thursday given he’s our top cheerleader. It’s in print now. Ngā manaakitanga,
Sharon Fifield
Chief Executive, Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce
((*Access: I know, not always logistically easy for locals and visitors and I am concerned about our delegates’ experience of getting in and around the CBD easily. But fortunately, these will be leaders from Chambers around NZ that know exactly what we’re talking about. Our infrastructure issues are not unique. But I hope you see we’re doing all we can to advocate for improvements.)
It was one for the enthusiasts at Wakatipu Reforestation Trust’s Whitechapel Reserve planting day on Saturday. But despite the rain, 99 volunteers turned out and 1500 natives were planted by 11am. Check Goings On, p10, for how to get involved.
Top NZ writers head to festival
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
by QMG
More than two dozen nationally-acclaimed writers are lined up for this year’s Queenstown Writers Festival.
They’ll take part in author conversations, workshops, a book launch, theatre and a media panel at Te Atamira and other venues from Thursday, 31 October, through to Sunday, 3 November.
“The festival team is thrilled to be bringing the magic of storytelling to the Queenstown Lakes with some of the best writers in Aotearoa New Zealand joining us,” festival chair Tanya Surrey says.
The guest list is led by an outstanding selection of non-fiction writers, who’ve written some of NZ’s best-selling books of 2024, including journalists Steve Braunias and Paddy Gower, and TV personality Jude Dobson who wrote the incredible story of WWII spy Pippa Latour.
Dr Emma Wehipeihana (Espiner) will discuss her gutsy memoir with Otago University’s Dr Jacinta Ruru, Craig Hoyle will share his heart-wrenching story of growing up gay in an Exclusive Brethren family in Invercargill, while Olive Jones’ tale of establishing and maintaining one of NZ’s most long lasting communes will feature.
Fiction writers appearing include well-known children’s author Gavin Bishop, one of NZ’s most challenging and fun writers Pip Adam, bestseller Rachael King and one of this year’s newest literary sensations, Saraid de Silva. Former cage fighter Airana Ngarewa will share his stories of growing up in small town NZ as published in Pātea Boys, while Claire Baylis discusses her novel dissecting the internal workings of a jury with Dunedin-based defence lawyer Anne Stevens KC, a veteran of more than 170 jury trials.
Central Otago’s own Kyle Mewburn will talk about her first novel for adult readers, Scott Bainbridge discusses his most recent NZ true-crime books, Glenorchy-based book cover designer Holly Dunn shares secrets of the professionals, and Lil O’Brien and Kathryn Van Beek talk about their unique collection of essays on motherhood and its absence - Otherhood.
Author of Feijoa Kate Evans will talk about her deep dive into the story of one of our favourite fruits with Craig Hoyle, in Queenstown and Wānaka, while Gavin Bishop will also travel over the Crown Range for one of his free library sessions for children.
An icon of broadcasting, music and writing in Aotearoa, Karyn Hay, will speak about her new writers’ podcasts before the return of the popular Sampler Session where six invited local writers showcase their work.
Volunteer trustees have spent many hours deliberating over the 2024 programme, Surrey says
“The breadth of literary talent across the motu is exceptional. It has been a pleasure to collaborate with other arts groups to present a wide-ranging programme.
“Literary festivals around the country have been thriving in recent times and I am optimistic that audiences will enjoy the events in our 2024 programme. It is designed to delight and inspire.”
A limited number of tickets are available for the Friday night gala opening hosted by Queenstown comedian Emma Lange and including short tales of aroha from six invited writers.
More details, including novel launches, poetry recitals, festival workshops, a media panel discussion, the return of the Queenstown Writers Festival Short Story competition, plus how to buy tickets, are available on the festival website - www.qtwritersfestival.nz
Airana Ngarewa, Saraid de Silva and Karyn Hay are all coming to the 2024 Queenstown Writers Festival.
Will Queenstown benefit from $100 border levy?
by Paul Taylor
Queenstown Lakes tourism numbers shouldn’t be hit too hard by the massive border levy hike, says DQ boss Mat Woods.
The fee increases from $35 to a whopping $100 this October. But, as Woods points out, our largest international market, the Aussies, won’t need to pay the levy.
Still, the Coalition Government’s announcement last week that the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) will almost triple “was a surprise” he says.
“However we now have the great opportunity of ensuring funds contribute towards specific tourism and conservation initiatives in the Queenstown Lakes district,” Woods, the chief executive of Regional Tourism Organisation, Destination Queenstown, says.
“Queenstown is the reason many international visitors come to New Zealand, yet as one of the country’s largest contributors to tourism GDP, Queenstown hasn’t benefited from the IVL since it was introduced in 2019.”
One in three international visitors come through the Queenstown Lakes region, which records 20% of NZ’s visitor nights, second only to Auckland. But the district gets no direct funding through the IVL, which is split 50/50 between tourism and conservation.
That was also one of the complaints from Queenstown Lakes District Council in its June submission to MBIE on the potential increase and changes. QLDC believes the IVL lacks the “the rigour, the scale, and the targeting” to address the real impacts of tourism. It wants to be in control of its own local visitor levy, to pay for the infrastructure needed to support the millions of visitors per year, rather than the burden falling on ratepayers.
Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers told the Wānaka App he’s disappointed with the IVL decision, announced Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Matt Doocey and Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka last Tuesday. Lewers says they provided “no further clarity” on how the money should be spent, with it remaining “opaque in how it’s dished out”.
“We haven’t seen a track record of spending that levy in places that really need it,” he tells Wānaka App reporter Sue Ward. He expects the government will once again make accessing IVL funds a competitive process, repeating “the same mistakes”.
iFly Queenstown owner Matt Wong, who is also a QLDC councillor, has also called for more transparency about how the levy will be spent. He told RNZ the hike comes at a challenging for the sector, which is still recovering from the pandemic years.
“The market is really price sensitive at the moment. There’s a lot of competition from international so it may put off quite a few visitors,” Wong says. He is not against an increase to the levy, especially in light of inflation and rising costs, but does not believe the $65 increase is justified.
Woods, meanwhile, says DQ is advocating strongly for the fund to contribute towards mixed used infrastructure currently funded by ratepayers, as well as initiatives in the Zero Carbon by 2030 destination management plan.
“We’d like more transparency around how the increase will be spent while ensuring it’s considered alongside other fees and levies to enable growth and regional development,” Woods says.
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Charges over Skyline landslip
by Paul Taylor
Skyline Enterprises and two other companies are due to appear in court next month over one of the massive landslips on Bob’s Peak last September.
Queenstown Lakes District Council confirmed on Friday it has filed charges for alleged breaches of the Resource Management Act.
The landslips brought logs, mud, stones and debris down Ben Lomond Reserve into Brecon St, through Queenstown Cemetery, and down to Reavers Lane, off Gorge Rd, after a month’s worth of rain fell in 24 hours.
On the night, more than forty people had to be evacuated from their homes and a local state of emergency was declared. It took three months of painstaking work to restore the cemetery, with 700 tons of silt and debris removed and gravestones repaired.
In Reavers Lane, to the right of the hill when seen from town, 10 properties were red-stickered and two yellow-stickered, including a day care centre, and cars were damaged.
Contractors had logged the front face of the hill to create a path for Skyline’s new gondola and for a firebreak, while a construction firm worked to upgrade the top terminal, including significant earthworks.
The charges relate to the landslip that affected Reavers Lane.
“Queenstown Lake District Council has commenced a prosecution relating to activities that allegedly contributed to the slip that occurred on the Ben Lomond Reserve that affected Reavers Lane on 22 September 2023,” a QLDC spokesperson says.
“It has filed charges against three companies for alleged breaches of the Resource Management Act 1991. “As the matter is before Court, the Council will not be commenting further at this stage.”
The defendants are due to appear in the Queenstown District Court on 21 October, 2024. QLDC has not named the companies it has filed charges against, and those companies could potentially apply for name suppression.
But Skyline Enterprises chief executive Geoff McDonald confirmed it is one of the companies charged.
“We are disappointed to receive notification that Skyline are to be the subject of regulatory action as a result of weather-related incidents that occurred last year.
“Immediately following the incident last year, Skyline committed to supporting Queenstown Lakes District Council’s clean-up activities and have worked in association with Council in the remediation of the slope below Skyline. He says the tourism giant acknowledges “the distress that the events have caused in the community”.
Skyline has applied for resource consent for more remedial works on the hill, including removing 3000 cubic metres of material.
New bridge nearing capacity
by Paul Taylor
Queenstown has a major traffic problem on the horizon with the Kawarau Falls bridge expected to hit capacity within two years.
Around 1200 vehicles per hour travel across the two-lane State Highway 6 bridge northbound towards Queenstown in the morning rush, then return in the evening.
The bridge, which only opened eight years ago, has capacity of 1500 vehicles per lane (in each direction) at peak.
“Under the existing travel behaviour profile, the Kawarau bridge will not be able to accommodate demand generated by the existing zoned development,” QLDC strategic growth manager Anita Vanstone told councillors, in a report to Thursday’s Planning and Strategy Committee.
“In addition, there is significant growth and capacity at the Remarkables Ski Area, Coneburn Industrial, Kelvin Heights and Kingston. These all need to be taken into consideration when modelling and planning for growth of the corridor.”
The extra 300 vehicles per hour of traffic would be created by around 600900 extra residential units in the Te Tapuae / Southern Corridor. Thousands of much-needed homes are planned in various developments out that way, with some developers intending to use fast-track legislation.
And, other than shifting people on to buses and congestion charging, there are few solutions in the works, and no funding set aside in council, regional council or NZTA budgets. Plans for a second bridge, including a road running in front of the Remarkables connecting to SH6 near Lake Hayes, have been shelved, deemed too expensive.
Deputy mayor Quentin Smith was at pains to highlight the enormity of the problem, during Thursday’s meeting.
“The infrastructure deficit, particularly in transport, but also in other things, is actually at, I would suggest, a critical level,” he says. “And I’m not putting that just on us, NZTA have walked away from this as well.
“We know this problem is coming. I’m looking at the recommendation and we are ‘noting’ effectively that the network is going to fail in two years’ time, and we don’t have any investment.
“Rather than just note the report, how do we highlight this as being a critical issue, in the highest possible terms?”
Rather than just noting the report, the committee “expressed concerns about the significant restraints in the roading network”. A further report is being prepared for full council.
Jasper Thompson, middle right, shovels debris into a wheelbarrow as residents of Reavers Lane begin clearing up after heavy rains. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
Mud from the landslips flowed down to Memorial St
Flowers laid at Queenstown Cemetery before the clean-up operation began
CRIMELINE
Police are on the hunt for car thieves who have been targeting vehicles and tradies’ tools in a Queenstown subdivision.
Three vehicles were stolen and another was broken into in Shotover Country, overnight on Tuesday, 3-4 September.
Senior Sergeant John Fookes says two vehicles were stolen from George Drive and a third was taken from Myles Way.
The first of the two was located in Myles Way later in the morning and the second found on Arrow Junction Road the same day. One was a trade vehicle and a number of the tradesman’s tool are missing, Fookes says.
As the LWB went to press, police were still wanting help in finding a green/ grey 1995 Toyota Landcruiser, registered BYL392, which is missing.
Another car was also broken into in Risinghurst Terrace in the same area, likely around the same time as the other offences, and a men’s large black Mons Royale ski jacket, a pair of Anon M4 ski goggles some Doc Martin boots were taken, Fookes says.
Police are seeking any useful CCTV footage or other information from anyone in the area that may help identify the offenders – or any further offending, and they urge them to come forward.
Please call on 105 if you can help.
Drugs dog at school
Wakatipu High School has been continuing to be proactive in its ongoing efforts to keep the school free from drugs. Principal Oded Nathan says the school brought a drug detective dog through the school last week “to ensure we are doing what we can to keep the school free from drugs”. Parents were informed in the weekly newsletter.
“While every situation is dealt with on a case-by-case basis, any students who are under the influence of drugs (or alcohol) and/or bring drugs or drug paraphernalia to school at any time put themselves, and possibly others, at risk of not being able to attend Wakatipu High School,” Nathan says. The school takes these matters “very seriously”, including engaging with the Police, if required. He’s urging parents to make sure they “have a conversation” with their student to ensure they understand the potential implications of their actions.
Winter Pride alleged flag offenders found
The Winter Pride missing flag saga has been solved, but maybe not with the outcome that the event’s organisers would have hoped for. The offenders who allegedly removed the flags from downtown Queenstown have been identified but had returned to Australia before they were found, Fookes says. “There is no suggestion that there was anything sinister behind the theft,” he says. “A member from here is trying to communicate with them at present.”
Event organisers say about 29 flags were removed from poles downtown ahead of the recent festival, which were likely to cost around $12,000 to replace. Police released CCTV footage of four people, one draped in a rainbow flag and another appearing to have a flag in their pocket.
Airbnb guest breaks in
An Airbnb guest at Shotover Country, who’d arrived home without his keys, tried to break in using a pot plant and a rock at 12.45am on Tuesday, 2 September, getting himself arrested for intentional damage.
Runaway driver
A driver scarpered before Police arrived after a vehicle hit multiple parked vehicles on Spur Ridge Rise at Hanley’s Farm at 8.30pm on Tuesday, 3 September. Fookes says the driver wasn’t present when Police arrived, but strong lines of inquiry are being followed.
Head-butting hero picks wrong fight
A 25-year-old man was headbutted on Earl Street after a duo had been playfighting when a stranger intervened and allegedly assaulted one of them on Monday evening, 1 September. Fortunately, the victim didn’t sustain any significant injuries. The offender was unknown.
Late night Cow Lane assault
A 32-year-old Australian man was arrested for allegedly punching another male several times to the head in Cow Lane at 2.30am on Friday, 30 August. He appeared in the Queenstown District Court and was fined $1000.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Winter Pride mpox warning
Anyone who attended Winter Pride is being warned to watch out for symptoms of mpox because suspected cases of the virus attended the festival - reports RNZ. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora says no further cases have been found as yet, but they are aware of a number of people in NZ who’ve been contact with “people now known to have mpox”. The Burnett Foundation chief executive Joe Rich says anyone with fever-like symptoms, lesions or spots in the genital area should refrain from sexual contact and get into a sexual health clinic to get tested. “In New Zealand, gay, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are at the greatest risk. That’s where we’ve seen previous outbreaks spreading and the ones that are circulating in Australia are the same.” Anyone who attended Pride but was not symptomatic did not need to worry, unless symptoms developed, or they have been notified by somebody as a contact. Read more on lwb.co.nz and the Queenstown App.
More drug raids
Queenstown Police seized brown crystal (heroin), capsules, cannabis and cash in raids on alleged local drug suppliers last week. Detective Nicola Clark says the search warrants were executed on Monday and Tuesday. A firearms licence holder also had their licence suspended and 11 firearms were seized. No charges have been laid at this time, however enquiries are continuing. Clark says police had become aware of an increase in drug use in Queenstown, with several large party events coming to town, such as Snow Machine. “We hope these seizures help keep our community and visitors safe.” She highlighted the medical risk of taking unknown substances. The raids follow on from operations executed in prior weeks where cash, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and LSD were seized in Queenstown and Dunedin. Eight were charged after those raids, including two locally.
Quarter of a million for local projects
Wānaka organisations are the big winners from the latest round of Central Lakes Trust awards, which totals $237,546. Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust received the largest grant with $95K going towards the Wānaka Festival of Colour 2025. “The Wānaka Festival of Colour 2025 will once again transform our town into a lively hub of creativity with performances, art installations, and interactive experiences that celebrate our shared humanity and offer something for everyone,” festival director Ruth Heath says, thanking CLT who have “been with us from the very beginning”. The Upper Clutha Historical Records Society was awarded $25k towards their digital media project. Other recipients include the Glenorchy Playgroup, who received $7,160 towards double-glazing, the Lake Hayes A&P Show 2025, $7k towards costs, and Mount Aspiring College who received $25k towards an adventure playground that will be open to the wider community outside of school hours.
Mountain bike forum heads to NZ
Aotearoa will welcome global mountain biking leaders for the first time, from 5-7 November. Bike Glendhu is hosting the Destination Mountain Biking Forum. This three-day conference will feature an impressive line-up of keynote speakers, including some of the most influential voices in the global mountain biking community. In addition to keynotes, the Forum will also include a series of practical workshops led by industry experts. ‘We’re incredibly excited to bring the Destination Mountain Biking Forum to New Zealand for the first time,” Bike Glendhu Operations Manager Kelsi Mackay says. “This event is a fantastic opportunity to showcase Aotearoa’s vibrant biking community and the epic natural beauty of Wanaka. We look forward to welcoming participants from across the globe to experience everything Bike Glendhu has to offer.”
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Dredging at Shotover treatment plant
We’re upgrading Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of ongoing work to help improve capacity in the district. Dredging and draining an existing oxidation pond will be completed early October. We don’t expect bad smells as a result but have measures in place to deal with any that occur. Find out more at www.qldc.govt.nz/shotover-wwtp-upgrades
Have your say on Jardine Park
We’re looking for feedback on a draft design plan for Jardine Park in Kelvin Heights that aims to meet future needs. All welcome to attend a drop-in session: 7.00-8.00pm, Wed 11 Sep at the croquet clubhouse. Find more info and complete the survey by 30 Sep at http://letstalk.qldc.govt.nz
Chat with your Councillors
Interested in connecting with your local elected members, sharing your thoughts and helping shape future decisions? Join your Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward Councillors at their new ‘Share With Us’ drop-in sessions at Arrowtown Library: 27 Sep, 25 Oct, and 29 Nov (last Friday of the month); all between 11.00am-12.00pm. Expect a warm, friendly atmosphere with coffee and treats!
Get rid of your spare tyre for free
Roll your tyres in for free recycling at the Frankton (or Wānaka) Transfer Station, courtesy of the new tyre stewardship scheme. They’ll accept all air-filled and solid tyres from motorised vehicles, but no bike tyres or inner tubes please (hopefully in the future). De-rimming fee applies if required: $8.50 (car)/$14.50 (truck) per tyre. Max 5/person.
Celebrate Welcoming Week
To celebrate culture and community during Welcoming Week (6-15 Sep) we’re hosting a series of free events to help people connect and foster a sense of belonging. For more info head to www.facebook.com/QLDCinfo
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Queenstown Salsa Festival 2024
EVENTS
The fourth annual Queenstown Pasión Salsa, comprising four days of social dance events, bootcamps, and two days of workshops, returns at the end of the month. The Salsa Festival features workshops with some of New Zealand and Australia’s top instructors, performances, and parties, organised to be a party for dancers of all levels. The boot camps and workshops will take place at Te Atamira and the social nights are at the Arrowtown’s Athenaeum Hall and Queenstown Memorial Centre. For more head to queenstownsalsafestival.co.nz
When: Thursday, 19 September – Sunday, 22 September
Where: Various venues
Starkwhite Queenstown
Starkwhite Queenstown presents Marti Friedlander’s work in partnership with the Marti Friedlander Estate. One of NZ’s most celebrated photographers of this land and its people, Marti Friedlander (1928-2016) had an almost 60 year career. She arrived from England in early 1958 and was taking photographs until shortly before her death. From the early 1960s on she became one of the best-known and most admired photographers here; her work reproduced in periodicals and books and exhibited ever more widely, especially after the Auckland Art Gallery-organised retrospective in 2001, which toured the country. Friedlander’s subjects are diverse – city, suburban, small town, rural, and one ‘wilderness’ (Mitre Peak Milford Sound), various kinds of protests and demonstrations, work and ceremonies, as well as their equally diverse human inhabitants and participants. Professor Leonard Bell from the art history department at the University of Auckland and an expert on Marti Friedlander’s photography will discuss the artist’s work at 5pm on Saturday, 14 September.
When: Monday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm
Where: Starkwhite Queenstown, 1 Earl Street
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: Friday, 13 September, 7.30pm
Where: Arrowtown Community Centre, 12 Centennial Avenue, Arrowtown
Voices Unleashed
Whakatipu Reforestation Trust Spring Planting Days
COMMUNITY
Every spring, Whakatipu Reforestation Trust (WRT) invites the community to help plant native plants at keystone sites. Since 2015, WRT has planted over 95,000 natives throughout the Whakatipu Basin. Keystone sites are large, multi-year planting projects on public land. These areas will form biodiversity islands and corridors, providing food and habitat for our native birds, lizards and invertebrates. New to volunteer planting days? Here’s what to expect on the day. All planting days are drop-in style and when you arrive, look for the green WRT flag where you register and receive training on the whole planting process, so no prior experience is required. All holes will be pre-dug making tree planting easy and fun! A volunteer will show you everything you need to know.
Spring planting dates & locations:
• Saturday, 14 September, 9am-noon - Lake Hayes Pavilion. Morning tea provided
• Saturday, 21 September, 9am-noon - Slope Hill Road, alongside the Queenstown Trail (access only off Speargrass Flat Road). Morning tea provided
• Thursday, 26 September, two sessions, 9am-noon and 1pm-4pmJardine Park Welcome Forest, Kelvin Heights: Local business mid-week planting. Registrations via loveqt.co.nz
Voices Unleashed is an immersive experience in choral music, combining five choirs from our local community of voices, of varying sizes and style. It will release the primal beauty of the human voice in harmony with each other. Following on the success of last year’s debut - Voices Unleashed will be creating another interactive vocal landscape where the audience find themselves immersed IN the choirs to experience the rawness of the human voice but within the sophistication and synchronicity of the choir. Bookings are $35 and can be made online at Te Atamira’s website.
When: Friday, 13 September, 7.30pm
Where: Te Atamira, Remarkables Park
THEATRE
Wilding Pines in the Whakatipu - Annual Community Reporting Night
Wilding control updates and future plans. Highlights include success in the Shotover area, moving to a maintenance only phase proving landscape scale control is achievable. Two key speakers with considerable backgrounds in conservation:
• Greg Lind, Co-Chair of Southern Lakes Sanctuary & Advisor to the National Parks and Conservation Foundation
• Jamie Cowan, Wildfire Management Specialist
We look forward to welcoming our community.
Complimentary drink. Gourmet pizza & platters kindly supplied by Skyline RSVP to srose@whakatipuwilding.co.nz for catering
A Relatively Uneventful Evening
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: Wednesday, 11 September, until Saturday, 14 September, 7.30pm
Where: Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall, 33 Buckingham St
When: Wednesday, 18 September, 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Where: Queenstown Memorial Centre Supper Room, CBD
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NZSHRED’s seventh recycled snowboard art exhibition takes place this week at Sherwood. This year the exhibition is entitled BoardWorX and the concept is an easy one. Any budding artist can turn an old snowboard into an art piece, which is then sold with 100% of the proceeds going to charity. This year’s charity is Happiness House.
Owner of NZSHRED Jase Johns, puts in the mahi to get the event up and running, with help from good friend, co-organiser and happiness house volunteer, Lou. The original idea was sparked by Jase’s sister, who works in the art industry in Australia.
“She was teaching at a college in Aussie and one of the things they were doing at the time, for disadvantaged youth, was following a programme that had been done in the States with skateboards, where they’d hold back kids after school that were getting in trouble and make them do artwork on skateboards. They then got pro-skateboarders and actual artists and put them together with the kids to do an exhibition, with no nametags – so no one knew who had done what. I grabbed that idea and extended it, thinking, how can we help the community charities that are doing some good work?” Johns says.
Most of the people that participate aren’t professional artists, which results in a melting pot of creative and interesting works. Johns makes the process simple for anyone that wants to get involved.
“If you can make it as easy as possible for people, giving them time to do it or getting them the resources, they don’t have to do anything for themselves other than just create a piece of art. It helps that it’s year-on-year, so that people can get a feel of it from last year” Johns says.
Students from Remarkables Primary School are already underway preparing boards for the exhibition. The BoardWorX exhibition will be a relaxing event where people can take their time looking at all the artworks and enjoying themselves.
Johns loves running the exhibition each year and is happy to see the momentum it’s gained. Often people will recommend friends or family to get involved.
“The most amazing thing for me is standing there and watching people come in to look at their piece of art. Most of the people aren’t artists, they’re builders, or lifties, or walk around in a Fluro vest, but they’ve just got a little bit of flair for doing something. If it does anything for the individual, it reminds them that they do have something more in them,” he says.
The BoardWorX exhibition runs until Sunday, 15 September, with prize giving being held on Friday, 13 September, at 6pm.
Where folk and classical music collide
Stories change over time, no matter how familiar they are. Every telling of the Trojan War has a slightly different slant, versions of Romeo and Juliet change with every director, sometimes morphing into a whole new story in the case of West Side Story. The point is, stories evolve, stories change and stories become richer as they are repeated, reinterpreted and retold.
As with stories, so too with music. We hear strains of other musicians, other songs, other tunes in the works of artists across musical genres. It may be explicit, in a cover of a song or in a performance of a known piece of music, but often it’s far more subtle. There’s no signposting, just the echoes of something you’ve heard before, in a different time, a different place and a different context.
This confluence of musical ideas and influence lies at the heart of this year’s At the World’s Edge Festival which takes place in Central Otago and the Southern Lakes this October. From New York to the Northern Caucasus, from Shanghai to the Kawhia Harbour, AWE’s world class musicians will bring to life folk and chamber music from around the world over seven intertwined performances within some of the south’s most stunning settings.
“We’re thrilled to have many of the world’s best chamber musicians join us this spring,” says AWE Festival Director and renowned New Zealand violinist, Justine Cormack. “In a region that’s become a melting pot of cultures and experiences, there’s no better place to explore the history of folk music and how it has influenced classical music across continents and centuries.”
Among this year’s artists are Cromwell-born, UK based violist Bryony GibsonCornish, who returns home for her first performances in Central Otago in a decade. Soprano Deborah Wai Kapohe will be providing Antipodean colour to folk songs from around the world and the CSO’s Principal Viola, Serenity Thurlow, will take to the AWE stages for the first time.
These bright lights of Aotearoa chamber music will play alongside international peers including Julian Bliss from the UK, one of the world’s finest clarinettists. US violinist Alexi Kenney, acclaimed Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt and rising star, American cellist Sterling Elliott, all make their Aotearoa débuts at AWE.
The performances include compositions by this year’s Composer in Residence, Eve Castro-Robinson, whose new work for clarinet and string trio, Earth’s Eye, will receive its world premiere in Wānaka.
In addition to the seven ticketed AWE programmes, AWE+ offers an extensive and varied range of free events throughout the festival that are open to all.
At the World’s Edge Festival runs from 5-18 October, 2024.
Visit www.worldsedgefestival.com
BoardWorX
Have a laugh with the ladies
by Jessica Allen
If you’re looking for a laugh, be sure to head over to Sherwood next Saturday. Award-winning comedian Harriet Moir is bringing the all-female comedy extravaganza, Central Otago Whine Tour – Ladies Night Comedy back to Queenstown. While the lineup is full of ladies, all are welcome to enjoy. Moir, who is based in Dunedin, was recently in town with Ed Byrne and is excited to be heading back over – this time alongside some of New Zealand’s funniest ladies. She has performed across the arts, including musicals and theatre, but got into comedy around five years ago. She says comedy is still the most terrifying, but that it is all about storytelling at the end of the day. Since dipping her toe in, she’s started to produce her own solo show as well as gigs with other comedians. She has become a driving force in comedy for the lower South Island – it’s something she loves and is passionate about.
“I do a gig called Live at the Dish here in Dunedin and a couple of years ago we ran a breast cancer fundraiser show,” Moir says. “I made it an all-female and non-binary lineup and it sold out almost instantly. I was like ‘oh, that’s interesting. People are keen to see all-female lineups.’ Since then I’ve produced quite a few all-female lineup shows and they just sell so well.”
One such show was the Otago Whine Tour last year where the Queenstown show sold out with a month until the gig. Moir believes part of the reason these shows are so popular and successful is because comedy traditionally is a very male-dominated scene and often told from the male perspective and voice.
“I think it’s really exciting that there’s comedy now that’s available for women – that’s relatable and comedy for women, by women – which doesn’t mean to say that it’s not for men as well, because it is.”
This sentiment seems to be shared as female comics have started picking up more awards here and in Australia, and we’re also seeing more female comics on our screens. Time Magazine reported back in 2022 that “it’s indisputable that there has never been more – or, arguably, better – comedy by women.”
If you did find yourself at last year’s gig, never fear, as the show will be different this time around. There are familiar faces and some new, but by and large it will all be new comedy. The show will be hosted by Nicola Brown, who has been described as having a “whimsical sense of depressive irony,” and took home Dunedin Comedy’s Best Storyteller award in 2021. Harriet Moir will headline and will be joined by Monty Montgomery, Demelza Daisy Ray, Molly Force and Central Otago locals Jadwiga and Maggie Rogers. “It’s a pretty great lineup. One of the things I love about the female lineup shows are that there’s this authenticity that’s really amazing and subsequently all the acts are really unique. It’s really great to have all these really different voices,” Moir says.
The Central Otago Whine Tour will be on Saturday, 21 September, at Sherwood. Due to quickly selling out the last tour, there will be two shows – 6pm and 8pm. There are also two shows at 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Friday, 20 September, at Rhyme X Reason in Wānaka. Tickets are available for both nights at trybooking.com/nz/events, or scan the QR code. The shows are expected to sell out as they did last time, so be sure to get in early.
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Seldom do the secateurs stop snipping for Jean Britton, who’s been at it with fl owers for more than 60 years, including decades at the helm of fl ower shows and rose societies across the region.
Not only has Jean been a long-reigning queen of the daffodil at the Arrowtown Horticultural Society’s Spring Flower Show, celebrating its 101st year this month, but she’s been part of the New Zealand Heritage Rose Society for some 40 years. That’s included 10 as Central Otago convenor. She’s spent 10 as president of the Arrowtown Horticultural Society, which she joined when retiring here in 2005, been president of the Wakatipu Garden Club and had a long association with the NZ Alpine Garden Society.
Jean’s also a bit of a stage queen, a popular Southland entertainer with late husband Bob for many years before retiring to the Wakatipu where she’s starred in Showbiz Queenstown’s Cabaret and The Sound of Music. A founding member of the Arrowtown Entertainers, Bob writing some of their musical scripts and Jean their music, at 80 she’s still hitting the high notes.
Cold winters don’t bother Jean.
Raised in Omakau she attended the tiny Ophir School, biking home, her mitten-clad hands stuffed inside bunny skins wrapped around her handlebars. “I’d throw my suitcase down, grab my skates and head down to the rink on the pond by the Manuherikia River.”
The sole male teacher at Ophir School, with its roll of 24, instilled a love of gardening in an already fascinated young Jean. Interschool gardening plot competitions were a major part of the curriculum, and it was through Jean’s mum boasting her daughter’s home gardening prowess that a visitor suggested she should become a fl orist, which she did.
Music was also encouraged.
When Jean was 12, they moved to Darfi eld where she discovered ‘pop’ when The Everly Brothers were big. In 1960 they moved to Invercargill where Jean began a fl oristry apprenticeship at H.S. Young. Floristry was huge then with nine or 10 staff in the workroom. “I had to wire leaves and sweep the fl oor then clean the water in the buckets of fl owers in the cooler every night.” Funeral wreaths and wedding bouquets were in big demand. The pay wasn’t great, and Jean met Bob working weekends at the Caltex Station. She was engaged at 18 and married at 19. “My motherin-law thought I was too young, and it wouldn’t last,” she grins. But it did – almost 61 years, until Bob passed earlier this year. The pair were awarded Arrowtown’s Unsung Hero Award last year on their 60th wedding anniversary.
Talented musos, they formed well known bands, including ‘The Doubtful Sound’ and ‘The Bob Britten Combo’, performing in Invercargill bars and restaurants, a sought-after act at Don Lodge and ‘Top of the Kelvin’ dine and dances.
Things didn’t always go according to plan. A waitress once launched through the double swing doors and tripped sending a large fl ying fi sh hurtling across the dancefl oor, smacking into the back of a man’s nice suit. And when shirring gathered bodices were fashionable Jean had diffi culty containing her song when a woman, engrossed in romantic dancing with her partner, was totally oblivious to the fact that her strapless bodice had dropped exposing her breast.
Bob was a loss adjustor and while their three children were little Jean helped in the offi ce, eventually becoming an adjustor too for their Claims Services Southland.
But Jean’s home roots always beckoned and after many long weekends skiing and holidaying in their Arrowtown crib they moved to the Wakatipu in 1988. “We bought a holiday crib on the banks of the Shotover and ended up turning that into our home,” Jean says. Here their loss adjusting business boomed and once retired Jean got the spade out and pursued her love of gardening.
She and Wakatipu Heritage Rose Society friends fundraised at Autumn Festival markets to buy roses which they planted in a heritage trail through town.
In 2014 the Arrowtown Business Association asked Jean for ideas to brighten Arrowtown streets. With funding support from local groups and Bob’s help, they bought fl ower boxes and Jean and her horticultural friends got planting. They still keep those looking smart.
The Flower Show must go on and not even last spring’s deluge which prompted a local state of emergency stopped fl ower power from blossoming through for the 100th celebration of the iconic Arrowtown event. While the mayor couldn’t come and businesses were closed, the sun shone on cue. “It was absolutely brilliant,” Jean says. We had one of our biggest crowds. It worked in our favour.”
She may have handed over the Flower Show reins, but Jean is still helping get a now, new-look show on the road for this year’s 101st event on September 27 and 28. “It’s all about having a good team. I certainly never did it on my own,” she says.
Jean upon being surprised last year with an unexpected Unsung Hero Award for her and husband Bob
Jean, second from the right in the middle row, during her Ophir (Blacks) School photo with sole teacher Eric Bell and his 24 charges - 1953
‘The Doubtful Sound’ in their matching paisley, from left Arthur, Jean, Alan and Bob
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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
WSCA – ROOMS FOR HIRE - Spacious, sunny rooms are available for hire to Queenstown Community Groups. The rooms hold up to 90 people, with seated dining for 40. Located on the 1st floor of Malaghan House, 10 Memorial Street, Queenstown with lift access. There are kitchen facilities, toilets, Wi-Fi, media equipment for projection onto large screen plus large screen TV. Contact us on 03 4429214 or info@wsca.org.nz for more details.
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Learn to ride, build confidence and make friends at AM Equestrian Pony Club - Registrations open now, limited spaces available. See more at www.amequestrian.co.nz or call Ashley on 0273460326
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
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 7 days a week 9am- 5pm. Pre-loved goods and clothing at great prices. Help support the ongoing work done by the SPCA. Accepting donations now. Call into store now to enquire about Volunteering. Your old goods, or your time, could help save a life.
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
CENTRAL OTAGO CYCLING CLUB. FIND us on Facebook. A big summer of events including regular Thursday night racing around Highlands. All ages and abilities are welcome.
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5. Also a type of house and a peninsula in the US, what is another name for a vodka cranberry cocktail?
6. What are the spherical boulders south of Oamaru called?
7. Who will voice the Terminator in the upcoming anime series Terminator Zero?
8. The four-leaf version of what plant is considered lucky?
9. A heptahedron has how many sides or faces?
10. Caipirinha is the national cocktail of which South American country?
11. What is the name of the southernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand?
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Hardworking enthusiastic staff member required to work in our fast pace restaurant. Applicant must have current working visa or be eligible to work in New Zealand.
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• Training and development.
• Daily staff meals.
• Dining discount within the group.
• Paid day off on your birthday.
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• Open for dinner only, so plenty of time to enjoy the mountains before work!
