Queenstown’s housing crisis, struggling infrastructure, the lack of a credible public hospital, and congestion, all seem like separate issues. But let’s get simplistic - it’s all about numbers.
And there are steps we can take to reduce the numbers of visitors and residents. For instance, we could bring forward and implement a total smoking ban in the Wakatipu basin! No smoking in public and no tobacco sales (commercial or private) permitted. Hobart has an outdoor smoking ban in its CBD. I was just in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market, and there was a smoking and vaping ban. Luxury. But I walk around Queenstown and I have to dodge plumes of smoke from our outdoors puffers! I’m supposed to enjoy our mountain air? Enough with them. We know we need a chance to rest our overloaded infrastructure and congestion. Simple. Ban smoking anywhere in the basin. It would immediately reduce the number of visitors and those that do come would be a healthier and fitter calibre of tourists.
And what great green advertising it would make! It would reduce our resident population size slightly, and consequently there would be less demand on our limited medical services. Sorry to my puffing friends – this is your chance to quit! That small exodus frees up housing and our non-smoking residents and visitors maybe more likely to embrace cycling, reducing congestion. There’s already a precedent, with The Remarkables skifield 100% smoke-free (and vape free) without much fuss. Remember Smoke Free 2025 – we just need to go fast and hard.
There are other simple solutions we can investigate, to make life better for locals. Take freedom camping in places such as Park Street. In the absence of freedom camping legislation, which seems to have run afoul of the courts, make Park St overnight parking for residents only. QLDC has recently introduced an overnight parking ban at the Events Centre. It would be easy to enforce in Park Street too, if residents were given permits. Alternatively, go the total capitalist route and make overnight parking $100 per vehicle ... think of the revenue for our poor council coffers.
I’ll admit, some problems don’t have the simplest solutions, such as traffic on Frankton Rd and the wider road network. Introducing a proper mass transit ferry service is an idea, but it will only work if it serves a high-density area and has parking. Frankton doesn’t really work. It is already overloaded with airport parking, and no one wants a huge Park & Ride spoiling Frankton Beach, which is too shallow anyway. Commuter ferries to the suburbs, such as Shotover Country / Lake Hayes and Jack’s Point / Hanley’s Farm, all have their own complications.
But maybe there’s another simple solution I haven’t thought of yet - any ideas?
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Arrowtown artists Lady Christine Hill, left, and Dr Maryanne Marlow have donated 20 artworks worth $58,000 to raise funds for Southern Lakes Sanctuary. They’re pictured with SLS project director Paul Kavanagh. Read more on p2.
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Twenty artworks worth $58,000 collectively have gone on sale to raise funds for Southern Lakes Sanctuary.
Arrowtown artists Lady Christine Hill and Dr Maryanne Marlow have donated their original artworks to support the charity’s conservation projects, such as the recent return of takahē to the Rees valley.
“I have great fun doing the paintings and mine are slightly unusual in that they’re based on patterns I’ve seen in rusted pieces of metal, which is rather bizarre,” Lady Christine says.
“But I believe you can see beauty in anything if you look at it the right way around, and I think that ties in quite well with the beauty of the landscapes here and the wildlife conservation work of Southern Lakes Sanctuary.”
A couple of the pieces have already been snapped up but the rest are available through the charity’s website, southernlakessanctuary.org.nz/shop/ priced $2,350 - $3,350.
Born in Yorkshire, Lady Christine attended Sheffield College of Art, before emigrating to New Zealand in the 60s and working as an art teacher at Whangarei Girls High School, later conceptualising the design of the Michael Hill Jewellery Stores, developing her own unique jewellery collections, and curating paintings and sculpture for The Hills golf course and lodge, while continuing to paint.
It was a casual conversation with Dr Maryanne Marlow over coffee that sparked the idea for the fundraiser.
“The Hills are long term supporters of SLS and I’m very keen too to see our native birds, all our flora and fauna, retained,” Dr Marlow says.
“My pieces were inspired by a trip to Ireland. I was fascinated by the interaction of the sea and the coast; the energy release and ferocity of it in one area and then around the corner in another bay it could be quite tranquil and peaceful.
“Both Christine and I were dealing with organic subjects, as rust is an organic process, so they fitted together well for an exhibition. I absolutely love doing these works, so if they rase some money for conservation in the process, I’d be delighted.”
Arrowtown-based Dr Marlow has exhibited both locally and throughout New Zealand, most notably in the NZ Art Show, Renew Art Exhibition in 2020 and
The Craigs Aspiring Artist finals in 2024. Her works are held in collections in New Zealand and internationally.
SLS now supports the work of more than 100 environmental groups through our the region, focused on conserving, restoring, and protecting ecosystems and building resilience in wildlife populations – including 35 species now threatened with extinction in this area.
Recent successes included the release of 18 takahē on to 18,000ha of leasehold land in the Rees Valley near Queenstown in February, after three years of major predator control operations.
SLS project director Paul Kavanagh says the ongoing support of the Hills and other benefactors is crucial to the organisation’s success.
“Continuity is really important in conservation,” he says. “We have to plan long term, and you need partnerships like we have with the Hills, to achieve that.
“This is an incredibly generous gesture from both artists, who’ve donated some wonderful artwork to help support our cause. I’d encourage everyone to go on the website and have a look.”
Sir Michael Hill with one of the artworks on sale
Pee’d off! Freedom campers polluting lakes, as another sewage leak closes beach
by Sue Fea
It’s been a free for all this summer with freedom camping rules forcibly relaxed – budget travellers washing, shaving and shampooing and lakeside bush pooing, even cleaning greasy frying pans and dishes in our once pristine waters.
One young overseas man was even spotted diligently recycling after a barbecue at Moke Lake recently by washing bloodied plastic meat trays amongst children and others swimming.
Residents and some leaders say it’s up to authorities like Queenstown Lakes District Council to get out and do something about the problem amid growing concerns over the degradation of Lake Wakatipu water quality.
Park Street residents adjacent to Queenstown Gardens have had enough, as has Jack’s Point resident Jens Richter who complained to QLDC recently about long-stay freedom campers washing themselves, their clothing and dirty frying pans, in the lake at picturesque Homestead Bay.
“The council said it’s nothing to do with them. It’s LINZ (Land and Information NZ) land and they can’t get involved,” Richter says. The freedom campers in vans had also been “pooping in the bushes”, he says. “It’s a health hazard as contractors have just been putting bores in along that foreshore to ensure safe drinking water as the area grows in future.”
He even supplied photos of the campers washing their dirty dishes in the lake. Thankfully, a bit of a southerly blast and some local media attention saw them move on.
“Most land is either LINZ or DOC around the lake, but it’s still got to be protected,” Richter says. “The council should take ownership to protect our water and beaches and educate if they can’t enforce, not rely on landowners, certainly not government agencies like LINZ.
“We need a plan to protect our lakes which are our greatest assets,” Richter says.
Freedom camping reports double
The council has been swamped with almost double the number of reports and queries dobbing in freedom campers – 233 this summer, with its eight summer ambassadors slapping 345 fines on rule breakers, ranging from $400 to $800. (Freedom Camping Act infringements 286-$400); Reserves Act infringements 59-$800)
Ambassadors made more than 2300 visits to freedom camping ‘hotspots’ district-wide and Mayor Glyn Lewers is encouraging the public to keep reporting what they see. This could be something as simple as using non-selfcontained vehicles, which isn’t permitted, camping on a reserve, or illegally parking, he says.
Freedom camping is not permitted anywhere on LINZ land in the district. “LINZ has the
All this as the council erected its third ‘Health Warning’ sign on the popular main Frankton Beach last Thursday (6 March) warning swimmers of pollution from yet another cross connection. That’s when plumbers and contractors unwittingly connect pipes from new developments into the stormwater system, rather than the council’s sewage system.
Otago Regional councillor and former district councillor Alexa Forbes is annoyed that yet another ‘cross connection’ has occurred and wants to know why, after receiving reports of others several months ago.
While she’s frustrated at freedom camper behaviour, Forbes says there’s no point in blaming them. “We’re probably not doing enough to educate them about behaviour around our waters when they arrive in NZ.
“There will be a lot more lake pollution coming from these cross connections and it needs to come onto the agenda, how ORC and QLDC can work together to stop this.”
People were still swimming around the Frankton Beach ‘Warning’ sign, so signs are clearly ineffective, Forbes says.
“Just plonking a sign there and saying it’s polluted isn’t enough. More needs to be done to ensure it never gets polluted.”
Rees Hotel CEO Mark Rose has asked the two councils if a ‘warning system’ can be set up and transmitted to accommodation providers for times when the lake is “unswimmable”.
“This would be a ‘failsafe’ for signs put up and left up for no reason, or as a ‘just in case’,” he says. “This gives us a chance to mitigate negative feedback from guests who believe New Zealand is clean and green.
“Cross connections are a major issue, and the regulator needs to take action against those who get it wrong (connect sewerage to stormwater), as the downside, as we’ve seen, is massive.”
power to appoint enforcement officers to enforce these requirements,” a council spokesperson says. Council ambassadors often visit LINZ land to educate campers on the dos and don’ts.
Cross connection leaks sewage into Frankton Bay
Lewers says the March 6 ‘Health Warning’ sign was in response to a cross connection that occurred on a private property where wastewater is incorrectly connected to stormwater pipes. This resulted in wastewater being discharged into Lake Wakatipu near Frankton Marina via the stormwater network. Warning signage was erected at Frankton Beach as a precaution given its proximity to Frankton Marina and high recreational use. The cross connection was repaired on Tuesday (11 March) and water test results were due back on Friday (14 March).
CRIMELINE
Cop allegedly assaulted by teen
by Sue Fea
Two local 19-year-old males allegedly tried to fight with members of the public downtown just after midnight on Saturday, with one accused of then hitting a cop in the face. Police located one of the men urinating in Searle Lane. The pair walked away from Police in the lane and were located soon after, one on the roof of a local bar, and the other at the bottom of a staircase.
Both men allegedly resisted arrest and one allegedly assaulted a police officer by hitting them in the face, Constable Amanda Shute says.
One of the men has been charged with assaulting and resisting Police, excreting in a public place, and disorderly behaviour and will appear in the Queenstown District Court on 19 May.
The other, charged with disorderly behaviour and resisting Police, will appear in the Queenstown District Court on 4 April.
Man attacked by group in Man Street
Police are calling for witnesses to an assault at 6.30am in Man Street on Saturday in which a male victim was attacked by a group of about five other males. The man who was set upon by the group sustained a cut and swelling to his eye.
No further detail was available as to what prompted the attack, or where the victim was from, but Shute says they would like to hear from any members of the public who may have witnessed the attack in Man Street at that time.
Contact Police on 105 quoting file # 250309/8399.
Disqualified drivers at checkpoint
Police netted two disqualified drivers at a checkpoint in Arrowtown around 6.30pm on Wednesday (5 March). Shute says a 23-year-old local male attempted to avoid the checkpoint. He was stopped by Police and passed a breath alcohol test.
“After being questioned the driver admitted to being disqualified from driving.” The vehicle was impounded, and he was charged with driving while disqualified, set to appear in the Queenstown District Court on 4 April.
The other disqualified driver, a 37-year-old Auckland man, blew 600mcgs and was charged with driving with excess breath alcohol and driving while disqualified. He pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in court on 19 May. His vehicle was also impounded.
Multiple helicopter rescues
Helicopter rescue crews were kept busy with three callouts to various parts of Mount Aspiring National Park earlier this month – two on Thursday, 6 March, and one on Friday, 7 March.
A St John Ambulance spokesperson says a female visitor was also flown from the Mount Nicholas – Beach Bay Road at Walter Peak after being injured in a fall at 1.15pm on Thursday (6 March). She was flown to Southland Hospital and the extent of her injuries wasn’t available.
The same day parapenters were rescued from mountain tops (see p8), one airlifted to Dunedin Hospital with moderate injuries, and a patient had an accident near Mount Aspiring and was airlifted to Lakes District Hospital.
A climber fell five metres on the Matukituki Saddle in Mount Aspiring National Park just after 5.30pm on Friday (7 March) and was flown by a Queenstown rescue helicopter to Dunedin Hospital with moderate to serious injuries. A Rescue Coordination Centre spokesperson says the climber was winched onto the helicopter. RCC had received an alert from a personal locator beacon, sparking the rescue and a Wakatipu Alpine Cliff Rescue team crew was flown in on the helicopter.
There was another rescue helicopter callout to Mount Aspiring National Park on Tuesday (11 March) and a St John spokesperson says a helicopter airlifted a patient to Lakes District Hospital after a biking accident on Bush Creek Road, Arrowtown, around 12.30pm on Sunday (9 March).
LAKES WEEKLY POLL
LWB regularly polls locals on issues affecting our region. This week’s responses are below.
Do you think vaping and smoking should be banned in the CBD?
Yes - 62%
- 24%
opinion - 14%
Three-quarters of people in Queenstown Lakes rate their quality of life as 'good or extremely good', according to a council survey. What do you think?
Yes, my quality of life is 'good or extremely good' - 63%
No, it's average - 23%
No, it's 'poor or extremely poor' - 7%
Difficult to say - 6%
Doesn't apply - 1%
Does Queenstown celebrate its multicultural societies enough?
- 41%
not enough - 33%
much - 11%
opinion - 15%
Would you install solar panels on your house if they were partially subsidised? Yes - 67%
- 12%
Already have them - 6% Doesn't apply - 15%
Will you go away for Otago Anniversary weekend?
Yes - 18%
- 63% Unsure - 19%
There were 116 respondents this week. If you would like to take part: you can sign up on the LWB Facebook page.
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Public Notice | Pānui
Queenstown Lakes District Council Valuation Rolls
The Valuation Rolls for Queenstown Lakes District Council have been revised by Quotable Value Limited (as the Council’s valuation service provider).
The revised Rating Values are effective as at 1 September 2024 and the new notices of valuation will be posted to owners and ratepayers from 19 March 2025. The District Valuation Rolls are available at www.qldc.govt.nz and will also be open for public inspection, free of charge, during regular office hours, at the offices of:
Queenstown Lakes District Council, 10 Gorge Road, Queenstown, 9300
The revised values can be viewed until 24 April 2025.
Objections to the revised valuations must be lodged, in writing or online at www.ratingvalues.co.nz no later than 24 April 2025.
Objection forms are available from Queenstown Lakes District Council or Quotable Value Limited and should be posted to:
Quotable Value Ltd – Business Support
Private Bag 39 818
Wellington Mail Centre
LOWER HUTT, 5045
More information about “Understanding your Rating Value” can be found at www.ratingvalues.co.nz
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Parapenter plunges 40m on rocky terrain
A very experienced local female parapenter is very lucky to be alive after being blown backwards in a wind gust off the top of Mount Earnslaw on takeoff late last week, bouncing 40m down steep, rocky terrain.
“She’s just very lucky that she didn’t end up a few thousand feet below the rocky gully where she landed,” Wakatipu Alpine Cliff Rescue team coordinator Russ Tilsley says.
“As she put her chute up the wind gust yanked her backwards and she bounced down a steep rocky area, falling about 40m.”
The specialist rescue team was called in about 11am last Thursday (6 March) after an alert from a personal locator beacon (PLB), and five team members were flown in by Heliworks.
The woman’s helmet smashed from the impact, and she has stitches in her head, a couple of fractures to the vertebrae in her back and has pulled a ligament in her foot, Tilsley says. She’s now recovering from her injuries.
The team long lined her off the rocky terrain near the summit which is 9000 feet (2743.2m), her parapente still attached.
“There was another guy with her and fortunately they had an InReach (satellite communications device enabling SOS messaging),” Tilsley says. “We got her onto a stretcher then Heliworks flew her out on a longline to where the paramedics were waiting.”
It’s been a busy few weeks for the Queenstown team, called to two other major rescues, including the technical rescue of three Israeli men off U Pass in Fiordland, the rescue delayed overnight due to bad weather. Tilsley says it was the same night of the Brewster Glacier tragedy in Mount Aspiring National Park when a French female hiker died in a fall about 7pm on 20 February.
Israelis rescued
The three Israelis became trapped on U Pass, near Mistaken Creek off the Eglinton Valley. Tilsley says a Te Anau rescue helicopter couldn’t get in to retrieve the men, separated in two groups in very steep terrain. “They needed a team in there on the ground.”
The three were stranded overnight in very bad weather, eight Queenstown rescuers setting off at 7am the next morning.
“We found two groups about 100m apart – two in one and one guy alone. We put four of us down to each site on a long line then all three were long lined by Heliworks to terrain where we could pick them up,” Tilsley says. “They’d been there all night huddled in steep terrain, wet and cold but in good spirits.”
The men were “quite cold” by the time their rescuers arrived, but were prepared, although not with a lot of warm gear. “They did have sleeping bags and the right gear.”
“It’s a route not a walking track and they went the wrong way into some steep bluffy terrain. Up is easy but they couldn’t get down as it was just too steep.” Thankfully, they also had an InReach device, so the Rescue Coordination Centre could keep in contact with them. Heliworks flew them down to an awaiting Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter with a paramedic on board. “They were fine and flown back to Manapouri.”
A Maritime NZ spokesperson says the RCC received the InReach SOS alert just after 6.30pm that three people were “bluffed” on the northern side of Triangle Peak. After several failed attempts to rescue the party, the experienced helicopter crew made the decision to call in the Wakatipu Alpine Cliff Rescue (ACR Team) due to the terrain and weather.
“These are highly experienced operators, who were focused on getting the bluffed party back to safety,” he says. “They always put safety first and it just wasn’t possible during the initial attempts to get the party safely out,” he says. Conditions and fading daylight meant the party had to spend the night on the side of Triangle Peak.
Wakatipu Alpine Cliff Rescue Team members and a Heliworks chopper prepare to rescue three Israelis in Fiordland recently.
Photo: Wakatipu Alpine Cliff Rescue Team
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THEATRE - AT THE GALLERIES
Send me an Angel
Charlotte Graf is never short of ideas - but few know of her more spiritual side... Just in time for Valentine’s Day Charlotte explores the world of Heaven and Angels, and love of course. Do you believe in Angels, Love and Heaven above? Escape to Cloud 9 with Charlotte Graf & her Band of Angels as she moonlights as a heavenly messenger, granting wishes while spreading good news and cheer throughout the land!
When: Thursday, 20 March, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
New Lands Pop-Up Shop
New Zealand-designed clothing brand New Lands are hosting a pop-up at the Mountain Club. Join them for coffee or bubbles, as they celebrate the launch of their Winter 2025 collection. In honour of their very first pop-up, you’ll also receive 10% off!
When: Thursday, 20 and Friday, 21 March, 10.30am – 7.30pm
Where: Mountain Club, 85 Beach Street, Queenstown
Ayrburn Classic
EVENT
A celebration of motoring heritage and innovation. Don’t miss the first ever Ayrburn Classic Festival of Motoring. From pioneering vintage to highperformance supercars, this event brings together the best of interational luxury marques with some of the country’s finest classic and vintage automotive treasures. With live music, high fashion, breathtaking scenery, and award-winning wine, the Ayrburn Classic promises a weekend of entertainment and indulgence whether you’re a lover of cars or simply of lifestyle.
For one weekend only, AJ Hackett are rewinding the clock and bringing two legendary bungy jumps out of retirement. You can leap from the Pipeline Bungy, a 102m freefall over the Shotover River with no frills, just pure fear factor on the 29th. You can also leap from the historic Skippers Bridge, where only the wild ones dared, on the 30th. All proceeds are donated to charity, to book call 0800 286 4958 or message via bungy.co.nz
Where: AJ Hackett Bungy, Shotover and Camp Street, Queenstown
COMEDY
The Science of Getting 2 High
After a run of sold out Queenstown shows, Jonathan Falconer is back with a new show! The science of Getting 2 High sequel show is hosted by the selfidentified World’s Dumbest Doctor, Falconer, who seamlessly blends stand-up comedy with intriguing insights from the field of neuropharmacology. The new show gets a bit more raw and personal, with a look at the science behind bad trips with personal anecdotes on how to embrace or avoid them.
Where: The Blue Door, 18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown
Alien Weaponry
Three-piece Te Reo metal band, Alien Weaponry, are celebrating their latest album, which is due out at the end of this month, and are touring the country. With support from Shepherds Reign, metal fans nationwide have the chance to witness two of Aotearoa’s finest acts come together for a triumphant night of cultural heavy metal, a fresh sound conveyed through multilingual story-telling, ferocious tribal beats, crushingly heavy riffs and a raw, fervent power.
When: Sunday, 23 March, 6.30pm – 11pm
Where: Kawarau Bridge Bungy, Gibbston
Oceania Mountain Bike Championships
SPORT
Oceania’s best mountain bikers will return to New Zealand for the first time in five years for the continental championships, giving our riders the opportunity to compete against the best in the region on home soil. The three-days of competition will see Oceania Champions crowned in three categories. For the first time riders will compete in Cross-country Short Track (XCC), as well as Cross Country (XCO) and Downhill (DH). Friday 21 March will be dedicated to practice for cross-country and track walk for downhill, with XCO racing on Saturday along with DH practice and racing for both XCC and DH on Sunday.
The 2025 Rees Tour will feature a star-studded field of superstocks, stockcars, classic stockcars and ministocks from all over New Zealand. Sit and be entertained by the Rees Tour cars and modifieds who are making a rare appearance at the Central Motor Speedway track. There’s entertainment for the whole family with a bouncy castle, food trucks, lolly scramble and Mr Whippy.
When: Monday, 24 March, 4pm, doors open at 2pm
Where: Central Motor Speedway, Cromwell
SkyCity Stampede vs Botany Swarm
Watch the fastest team sport in the world, as SkyCity Stampede take to the ice for their first home game of the NZIHL 2025 season, playing Botany Swarm. Get behind the team and make some noise.
When: Friday, 28 March, 7pm
Where: Queenstown Ice Arena, 29 Park Street, Queenstown
COMMUNITY NOTES March
Library card sign-up month!
We want to remind everyone that library membership is free and comes with a wealth of resources beyond just books.
We’ve also removed fines and hold fees to make libraries as accessible as possible!
Our libraries offer:
• A fantastic collection of books
• Board games and virtual reality experiences
• Free online movies, newspapers and magazines from around the world
• eBooks and eAudiobooks
• DVDs and academic databases
• Ancestry.com and local history resources
• Free Wi-Fi and printing services
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Join now and win!
Library Card Sign-Up Month!
• A growing Library of Things - where you can borrow interesting items like a telescope and bird watching kits!
Join the library anytime - it’s always free! However, if you sign up this March, you’ll receive a free library lanyard and go into the draw to win a grocery voucher!
Joining the library is easy as ABC!
A. Sign up via www.qldclibraries.govt.nz or visit your local library
B. Pick up your shiny new library card
C. You’re in the draw to win a grocery voucher - easy as!
Whether you’re here for a short stay or a lifetime, there’s a membership for everyone. Your library card is your ticket to a world of resources, entertainment, and knowledge.
Nau mai, haere mai – everyone is welcome at the library! Sign up today and start exploring.
Joining the Library is FREE and Easy as ABC!
A. Sign up with the QR code or pop into the library.
B. Pick up your library card.
C. Go in the draw to win a grocery voucher!
Te whakapuāwai i kā hinengaro me kā hapori. Enriching minds and communities. qldclibraries.govt.nz
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Super Pool Competition
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Tuesday Mad Dogs
Tuesdays open from 1pm
Wed-Sat TACOS JAGUAR, Authentic Mexican food, open from 1pm
Tuesday Live Music with TJ 9pm Wednesday Live Music with Je Marco 7.30pm DJ Mitch from 10pm
$20 Pint & Poutine
Thursday Drum and Bass Night DJ MAD spinning DnB from 10pm - Late
Friday OPEN MIC
6.30-9.30pm, Every Friday, Elle & Alex Music
$20 Chicken Parmy & fries Friday/Saturday DJs in the beer garden 4pm till late
Friday/Saturday DJs playing the hottest Hip-Hop & RnB tracks on Fridays and Saturdays 10pm - Late! $25 shot skis every day
Comedy Night The Science of Getting 2 High Tickets on Eventfinda Tues-Sat NOW OPEN from 1pm
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Monday Live Music with TJ 9pm
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Tuesday DJ GRZLY from 9pm $25 SpecialBirra Tacos
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Thursday Mitch EP from 9pm Reel Rock Film 7-9pm $25 SpecialBBQ Ribs
Monday 2 for 1 pizza night Wednesday $35 Steak Night
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Friday Skate Jam from 4pm DJ GRZLY from 10pm
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Sunday Block Party@ WB & Yonder all day
Monday DJ Mad from 9pm $25 Burger Special
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TE KAUPEKA RAU
Te Kaupeka Rau
29 MARCH — 6 APRIL
Presented by
Welcome to the 11th Wānaka Festival of Colour, Te Kaupeka Rau, a name gifted to us by Kāi Tahu. After a year of dedicated mahi in challenging times, this is our chance to gather, celebrate, and immerse ourselves in the Arts.
Each performer and speaker in this festival o ers a crystallisation of their mahi toi - art and craft – from near and far, shaped by their unique journey to this point in time. We are privileged to witness it, be wowed and inspired while being o ered the chance to connect in our shared humanity and collective experiences. And we get to do so together, amongst our friends and family, in one of the most beautiful places on the planet we are lucky enough to call home.
The festival would not be possible without the generous support of our grant makers, sponsors, patrons, benefactors and festival crew. A heartfelt thanks to our naming rights sponsor Milford Asset Management, our Foundation Partner the Lloyd Morrison Trust, and to all who contribute. We encourage you to support the businesses and individuals who make this festival a reality.
To our audiences, thank you for your curiosity and enthusiasm. Be bold - try something new, and prepare to be inspired, challenged, and moved. We look forward to celebrating nine extraordinary days with you.
The Festival Team
Dancing in the street by Jessica Allen
The streets of Wānaka are about to be taken over by a troupe of inspirational dance luminaries. Tōrua, a show part of this year’s Festival of Colour, has celebrated choreographer and director Malia Johnston bring together seven incredible independent dance artists from across Aotearoa and Australia for the immersive experience.
The show is a celebration of movement and place. It will have the audience roaming the lakefront, streets and alleyways of Wānaka with headphones, following dancers Kia Jewell, Cameron Holland, Jemima Smith, Sefa Tunupopo, Xin Ji, Andre Quinlan-Busby, Levi Siaosi and Ella Williams. The group will be presenting movement in response to the township’s terrain and natural environment as they go. It’s part of the Movement of the Human project, who work with di erent ideas with a view of engaging the audience.
“Each artist has material that they’ve made, so it’s a curation of them as artists in collaboration with the spaces,” Johnston says. “It’s all constructed dance work that the performers have made but it’s what we would call responsive to the space, so it gets, kind of, moulded and changed a bit as the dancers workshop that material into the space.”
It’s up to you how close you are to the performers, and at times you will be arranged so that the dancers can move around. For most of the performance you will be enjoying the music and observing.
“This one is totally zero risk for an audience member, you can come along and if you don’t enjoy it you can hand your headset back to one of the ushers and exit. It’s very easy to observe close up or far away. You can take your headset o , you can keep them on. There’s lots of choice.”
Johnston is heading down to Wānaka o the back of recent seasons at CubaDupa and HOTA Queensland (AU) and Nelson Arts Festival. She’s also the artistic show director for World of Wearable Arts in Wellington and explains the inspiration for the unique performance style came out of Covid.
“Getting together after the pandemic, Wellington City Council organised an event called What if the City was a Theatre, and Movement of the Human were invited to curate the movement programme for that. It was really about activating the streets and city spaces again after the pandemic, after everybody had been outside of those spaces, and bringing them in and having them outside so that people could socially distance if required – not feeling like they had to go inside.”
The name Tōrua was gifted to Johnston by Rodney Bell, another member of the Movement of the Human. According to him it means bringing two forces together. Accompanying music for the show is composed by Anna Edgington and Eden Mulholland, which helps to create the fullyimmersive experience.
“It’s a really cool piece. We have had lots of audience members love this work that don’t normally enjoy dance, which is awesome because it’s really fun, really expressive and really interesting because the backdrop is your town – that’s the theatre,” Johnston says.
As this is a roving performance, be sure to wear comfortable shoes. There are several Tōrua sessions around Wānaka CBD, all meeting at Lake Wānaka Centre entrance. The sessions are at Saturday, 29, at 10am and 1pm, Sunday, 30, at 10am and 4pm, and Monday, 31, at 10am. Tickets are $35 or $25 for students. Head to festivalofcolour. co.nz/programme/torua for more information and to grab tickets.
Jazmine Mary
Captivating Noir-Folk artist Jazmine Mary is “rising into our collective consciousness as a star, as an artist to be reckoned with, as a creative force”. They make music not to earn a living, but to survive, and it’s through their songwriting that Jazmine Mary feels tethered to something tangible, a constant. It’s the action of translating their experiences into poetic folk compositions that helps in “understanding parts of the beauty and ugliness of the world”, and which might help listeners do so too.
Price: $35
When: Sunday, 30 March, 5pm
Where: Rhyme x Reason
A stage reading and music performance for the whole family. Badjelly, the baddest witch in the world, is coming to get you! Can Binklebonk, Mudwiggle and Dinglemouse save Tim and Lucy from being turned into sausages? Join us as we celebrate 50 years of this much-loved fairytale by Spike Milligan. Narrated by Olivia Tennet (Kiri in award-winning animated series Kiri and Lou) with a live musical underscore composed and played by Tom Broome (Tami Neilson, Aradhna, Home Brew, Bailey Wiley), this will be an event full of madness and mayhem.
Price: $20. Children $15 (up to age 14). Babies in arms, free
When: Sunday, 30 March, 10am and 2pm
Where: Pacific Crystal Palace
Delaney Davidson - Out of My Head
One of Aotearoa most influential and lauded contemporary songwriters and performers, Delaney Davidson both defines and commands his own unique realm in the shadowy musical world some call ‘Country-Noir’, or ‘Gothic Americana’. He’s well-known for his hypnotic and original One man and his Ghost Orchestra show. Out Of My Head presents songs written over the global pandemic lockdown period with Davidson navigating the personal political landscape he seems to feel at home in. What does the 10th album mean to a man standing on the precipice of 50 as his touring world territory cross-fades into his house and backyard?
Price: $50. Students $25
When: Monday, 31 March, 8.30pm
Where: Pacific Crystal Palace
The power of Māori and Pasifika literature roaring to theatrical life. The world of Oceania is not small. From the energetic volcanoes of O’ahu to the southern reaches of Aotearoa, she is borderless and vast – and growing bigger by the day. After decades of dismissal and disconnection, her children are closer than ever. It’s time for a reunion. In UPU, borders disappear and for just over an hour, the theatre becomes a sea of Islands. Be transported across an ocean to hear the voices dealing with colonisation, family, climate change, love, sex, religion, power and tourists. Performed by a stellar cast of some of the best Tagata Moana actors in Aotearoa NZ.
Price: $50 - $60. Students $25
When: Sunday, 6 April, 7pm
Where: Lake Wānaka Centre
Wahine Mātātoa
The (mostly) true story of Brihaspati Parthi. A comedy of consequences, Wahine Mātātoa tells the story of our wahine Kāi Tahu across time and space, where the protagonist, Elizabeth, navigates how to balance decisions that could potentially end her dreams of adventure. This all takes place as she visits the (mostly) true stories of her ancestor, Erihāpeti Pātahi, a high born, high-spirited wahine, a force as untameable as the sea.
Price: $48. Students $25
When: Tuesday, 1 April, 7pm
Where: Lake Hāwea Community Centre
He Māori?
Īhaka Martyn - Life as the colonised and the coloniser. “This show is for somebody who is ever doubting if they are Māori enough, for rangatahi
who are curious to know more about their whakapapa but don’t know where to start.” – Īhaka Martyn. In He Māori?, Īhaka Martyn will lead the audience on a journey from total confusion to partial understanding - weaving together elements of stand-up comedy, waiata, and theatrical performance to explore the doubt, celebration, and complicated nature of identity. He aha? He Māori? Is he? Maybe - it depends.
Price: $48. Students $35
When: Wednesday, 2 April, 6.30pm
Where: Lake Hāwea Community Centre
Kommi Me Ana Tipua
Witch-Hop/Swamp Hop music that will leave you thrilled and discombobulated! Kommi is a non-binary solo music artist, recording and performance collaborator, writer, poet, swamp witch, and a lecturer in Māori, based in Ōhinehou-Lyttelton, Christchurch. Their WitchHop / Swamp-Hop music is all delivered in Te Reo Kāi Tahu, the dialect of the largest iwi within Te Waipounamu.
Price: $48. Students $25
When: Thursday, 3 April, 7pm
Where: The Beehive, The Camp, Hāwea
Aya & The Butterfly
A child’s journey to happiness with puppetry, music and more. Award-winning children’s theatre company, Birdlife Productions, bring this heartwarming and joyful story to the stage –about a little girl who finds happiness through her experience of the metamorphosis of the monarch butterfly. This work is based on the book of the same name by Ōtautahi Christchurch based author Dr Maysoon Salama, who wrote the story for her young granddaughter Aya, and all the tamariki of Aotearoa New Zealand. Expect exquisite puppetry, live music, lots of joining in and giant caterpillar fun, as well as a poignant experience for children and their whanau.
Price: $20. Children $15 (up to age 14). Babies in arms, free
When: Saturday, 5 April, 10am & Sunday, 6 April, 11am
Where: Saturday: Hāwea Flat Hall, Sunday: Te Atamira
Bad Jelly The Witch
by Sue Fea
TISH GLASSON
Mastering the mountains
An early baby boomer, born in 1945, the daughter of a World War I Passchendaele vet and bank manager, Tish Glasson has lived on the edge in the great outdoors. Highly qualifi ed in mountain safety, she never took risks though, hundreds of kids delivered home safely in her capable hands. Courage is in the blood. Tish’s father joined the Army at 17, a Sergeant by 18, and was among early Canterbury First Regiment advancers at Passchendaele, Tish there on that front line for the century commemorations in October 2017.
Early years were spent in Hawera then Dunedin. Holidays were at their bach beside Queenstown Hallenstein Mill Store at Kawarau Falls with other Dunedin families – the Fultons, from Fulton Hogan, and Dr Chapman – daughter Jill (Egerton), Tish’s holiday playmate.
“We’d never swim immediately above the dam. There were two drownings at Tomkies Jetty,” Tish says. “Years later I wouldn’t even kayak through there as there’s a dangerous undertow.”
The Fulton’s boat almost caught fi re once on Lake Wakatipu, Colonel McKenzie from Walter Peak rescuing and towing them to safety at Closeburn.
An accomplished skier, starting aged eight, the Coronet Peak base building was a chalet and there were two rope tows. “It cost 10 bob (shillings) a day –4 for the tow belt, 5 for the bus and 1 shilling left to buy a pie,” Tish smiles. Private vehicles weren’t permitted, and they trudged over a mile from Car Park 7 carrying their gear.
Science took hold at Columba College – Tish now a member of the Clutha branch of The Royal Society of Science. She and her classmates almost blew up an Otago University lab during her BSc post graduate studies, after highly toxic chemicals spilled when somebody slammed the fridge shut, causing it to explode.
“We had to send the Fire Brigade back to get their masks!”
In 1969 Tish landed a job at Waimea College under principal Fred Gallas, a renowned climber and outdoors man. Exhausted sixth formers would doze off face down in their dinner on school camp. “Fred worked them hard,” she says.
River crossings were taught using ‘mutual support’ and poles – no health and safety requirements back then.
Tish then taught at Methven High School – among the fi rst to ski The Golden Mile in 1972 on what would become Mount Hutt Skifi eld the following year. “I followed Austrian instructor Willie Huber, there to do early analysis. We climbed the south summit, about 1000ft (304.8m), with a PE teacher, two 7th form boys with sledges and a bunch of farmers. I’ve never skied such perfect conditions again. It was absolutely perfect powder,” she says. “I went back in 2022 for my 50th anniversary and skied that same line.”
Highly certifi ed with the Mountain Safety Council and holding avalanche qualifi cations, Tish was one of the few teachers to take geography and biology camps up the Tasman Glacier, under Mueller Glacier and up to Mueller Hut. “These were very fi t, Canterbury country kids.”
My Life Story
While head of science at Masterton’s Solway Girls’ College she had a girl with severe appendicitis deep in Tongariro National Park in the middle of the night. Outdoor Pursuits director Graeme Dingle was busy elsewhere, so another instructor ran to the Chateau to raise the alarm. “Unfortunately, word got out in the media and the principal had to deal with worried parents ringing about their kids.”
Fiordland College was next where Tish and Robyn Hutchins launched the Fiordland Tramping Club, before Tish taught at Wakatipu High for six years, starting just after it opened in 1980. Almost reaching Lake Lochnagar with only two ‘hardy boys’ on Branches Camp – one, actor Stelios Yiakmis, weather closed in, Tish and Barry Lawrence returning them to 16 Mile Hut where Bruce Walker was waiting with the others. “It was a very wet night under tent fl ies, so we had the whole fourth form – 30 kids and three adults, in a tiny musterers’ hut.” Branches runholder Arthur Borrell and daughter Kaye came to the rescue in a fl ooded Shiel Burn with a Land Rover and two packhorses for the gear, helping Tish and the others ford the kids, seven at a time, over a swelling Shotover River.
A Ruapehu volunteer ski patroller and Southland Face Rescue Team member, Tish was also a SAR volunteer and taught Correspondence School, teaching sports stars all over the world, until retiring in 2021. She’s fallen down an avalanche chute on the Tasman Saddle and been plucked from Bauman Glacier by a daring Mount Cook ski plane pilot on dusk, with 6500 feet (1981.2m) of avalanche danger below. However, none of it had her quite ready for three years in Brunei on Borneo from 1994. “The British SAS instructors put us civilians through very hard jungle training, fl ying us out in a monsoon, all for Gurkha Relief.”
Tish fi rst joined the Otago University Tramping Club in 1968 and is still a member at Tararua Tramping Club. A pilot since 1966, she fl ew a few commercial fl ights in Fiordland, gaining her Milford rating, and is also an accomplished diver.
Turning 80 this year, she’s now focused on writing, documenting her many mountain adventures.
Tish, deep in Fiordland - 2008
Tish in 2022 marking 50 years since her first historic run from the summit of Mount Hutt
Tish, right, tramping with, from left, Lindsay and Liz Key, and Paul Clark - October, 1986
Tish, right, with her dad, Peter Glasson, at the family holiday home in Frankton - 1963
health MENTAL
The Metabolism Myth: Why cutting calories won’t help you lose weight (and what will)
by Katherine Froggatt
If “eat less, move more” worked, why do so many high-performing professionals still struggle with weight, exhaustion, and cravings - despite trying every diet under the sun?
I’m Katherine Froggatt, a Metabolic Health Coach specializing in burnout recovery, and a cancer survivor. I help employees and professionals who push themselves to the limit, struggle to slow down, and unknowingly sabotage their metabolism through chronic stress. After healing my own body post-cancer, I’ve dedicated my career to helping others regain control of their weight, energy, and overall well-being - without restrictive diets or burnout-inducing exercise.
If you’re constantly on the go, stressed, and using caffeine or sugar to power through the day, your metabolism isn’t broken - it’s dysregulated. Here’s why:
The stress and metabolism connection
Stress isn’t just a mental burden - it’s a biological disruptor. When your body is stuck in ght-or- ight mode, it releases cortisol, a hormone that signals fat storage (especially around the belly) while increasing cravings for sugar and carbs.
Chronic stress also spikes insulin, leading to energy crashes, intense cravings, and an inability to lose weight - no matter how little you eat or how much you exercise. This is why traditional diets fail: they stress the body even more, slowing metabolism and triggering binge cycles.
Why calorie cutting backfires
When you drastically reduce food intake, your body slows metabolism to conserve energy. Hunger hormones surge, cravings intensify, and eventually, willpower gives out - leaving you stuck in a cycle of restriction and rebound eating.
The key isn’t eating less - it’s balancing your metabolism so your body naturally burns fat without extreme dieting.
How to reset your metabolism without starving yourself
1. Balance blood sugar – avoid sugar crashes by prioritizing protein, healthy fats, and ber for steady energy.
2. Train your body to burn fat – constant snacking keeps your body dependent on sugar. Learning to extend time between meals (without extreme fasting) trains your metabolism to use fat for fuel.
3. Support your nervous system – chronic stress locks your body in fatstoring mode. Tools like breathwork, EFT tapping, and mindfulness help shift into a fat-burning state.
4. Prioritise quality sleep – poor sleep disrupts hunger hormones and fat loss. Aim for 7-9 hours of deep, restorative sleep.
5. Ditch chronic cardio – over-exercising spikes cortisol, making weight loss harder. Instead, focus on strength training and walking for metabolic balance.
Want to Learn More?
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DHARMA CENTRE, 12 LAKE ST SUN (16 Mar) @ 10am, ‘Cultivating Awareness Practice’ followed by ‘Social Sunday’
It’s been a big weekend for Queenstown Lakes skiers and snowboarders as they begin to wrap up their northern hemisphere winter season.
Wānaka freeskier Luca Harrington, 21, made New Zealand freeski history in Tignes, France, winning the 2025 FIS Freeski Big Air Crystal Globe as the top athlete on the 2025 FIS Big Air World Cup Tour.
And global snowboard star Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is bringing home the FIS Snowboard Slopestyle Crystal Globe, the first of her career for the Wānaka 24-year-old Olympic and X Games winner. With the final in Flachau, Austria, cancelled due to poor weather, her qualifying run secured the overall Globe win. Meanwhile, Queenstown’s Ruby Star Andrews, 20, claimed the third World Cup podium of her career, finishing third place at the FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup in France, the best result of her season.
Harrington was ecstatic to become the first Kiwi to win the FIS Freeski Crystal Globe. “This is absolutely unbelievable, coming into this season I didn’t think this was even possible. To be standing here holding this globe means the world to me and I need to thank everyone who has helped me along this journey to get here, I am so grateful for this moment.”
He’d finished third in the Tignes comp, putting down a ‘never been done’ switch right triple corked 1800 with an esco grab on his first run, which was the highest scoring single trick of the competition. Harrington combined that trick with a right triple corked 1980 safety grab for a total score of 187.00 points, earning him bronze on the tightly fought podium.
Italian freeskier Miro Tabanelli took the win with a score of 188.25, just minutes after his younger sister won the women’s competition.
Out of the five Big Air World Cups that Harrington dropped into this season, he finished on the podium in four of them (two wins, a second and a third) and fourth in the other in Beijing.
“I think China kept me hungry, being so close the podium was tough, and I wanted to be on there, so I worked hard, trained hard and kept the consistency up,” he says. “Everything really worked out this year and I am so happy.”
Sadowski-Synnott become only the second Kiwi to win a FIS Snowboarding Crystal Globe, after Queenstown’s Tiarn Collins in 2022.
“It wasn’t even on my mind, I just wanted to get back into this season strong and healthy coming off my ankle injury last year,” she says.
Ruby Star Andrews’ third place at the FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup marks her best result since November 2023.
“A season’s best result feels amazing for me, especially because we are into the Olympic qualifying period,” she says. “I have been working super hard on my rail skiing while consolidating my jump tricks - to lace those things together and land on the podium is a dream come true.”
Her runs included a 270 onto the down rail and a huge front 630 out of the up-fl at rail, along with two different 900 rotations to start and fi nish her run. With the FIS Park and Pipe World Championships starting next week, Andrews is feeling good going into the fi nal event of the season. “This result feels great going into world champs. It’s something to build off, I’m really looking forward to skiing at world champs next week.”
Ruby Star Andrews, Luca Harrington and the NZ Freeski team celebrate in Tignes, France. Photo: Snow Sports NZ
Trades & Services
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SOUTHERN LAKES DEERSTALKERS MONTHLY MEETING – Join us on 27 March, 6.30pm at Arrowtown Bowling Club for a special talk with Glen Thurston, founder of MentalHunts. Hear his powerful story on mental health in hunting. All welcome!
WHAKATIPU BEEKEEPERS SUPPORTING LOCAL BEEKEEPERS with sharing knowledge, mentoring and maintaining best practice. Most importantly a group of likeminded individuals who love bees. Meeting regularly, for more info or to join us whakatipubeekeepers@gmail.com
Everything Else
NEVER BIN A BATTERY. THEY cause fires if damaged so keep them out of all rubbish and recycling bins. Safely recycle your batteries and electronic devices at Wānaka & Frankton Transfer Stations.
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE ARTS at the heart of the Southern Lakes! Wānaka Festival of Colour, 29 March – 6 April 2025. Explore the programme and join us: www.festivalofcolour.co.nz
WINNERS OF THE WHITE HORSE Cup, Central Otago Championship & the Otago Country Premiership are invited to a 30 year reunion. Fri 28 March 4pm @ Speights Ale House & Saturday 29 March lunchtime at the club rooms. RSVP Murray Middleton 027 5611400
GRISELINIA BROADWAY MINT HEDGE PLANTS
Bushy plants in 6L pots. Sale price of $40pp for orders of over 20. Grown in the region. Phone 0274733146
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LWB QUIZ
1. Which TV show introduced us to Miranda Hobbes and Samantha Jones?
2. How many permanent teeth does a dog have?
3. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, what song does the rogue computer system HAL 9000 sing to himself as he’s shut down?
4. What are the two main ingredients of a Dark and Stormy cocktail?
5. What element is denoted by the chemical symbol Sn in the periodic table?
6. What is the capital of Bulgaria?
7. What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
8. What iconic weapon does the Bride use in Kill Bill?
9. What is the capital of Westeros in Game of Thrones?
10. What is the name of Miranda Hart's best friend in her hit sitcom?
11. What is the northernmost country in Africa?
12. What is the only London Underground station with a 'z' in its name?
13. What Top Gun character is Captain Marvel's cat named after?
14. What’s longer, a nautical mile or a mile?
15. What’s the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?
16. When was the movie the Titanic released?
17. Which actor portrayed Inspector Morse?
QUIZ ANSWERS:
1. Sex and the City | 2. 42 | 3. The nursery rhyme Daisy Bell (Bicycle built for Two) | 4. Dark rum, Ginger Beer | 5. Tin |
Sofia | 7.
| 8. Samurai sword/katana | 9. King's
| 10.
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| 12. Belsize Park | 13. Goose | 14.
| 16. 1997 | 17. John Thaw
Trumpet
Landing
Stevie
Tunisia
Nautical mile (it’s 1.15 miles) | 15. Woody
QLDC Libraries
Librarian Profile
Kia Ora!
Lakes Weekly Bulletin and Queenstown Lakes Libraries are profiling our librarians. This month we are profiling Haylee, who is a new Library Assistant at Queenstown Library.
Eleven months ago, I made the difficult decision to leave my library assistant role and everybody I loved in Australia to embark on a solo adventure. I planned to spend just three months in New Zealand, but quickly fell in love with its stunning landscapes, friendly people, and rich cultures. What started as a short trip turned into a much longer, stranger and wilder adventure, which left me in love with this country.
During my travels on the North Island, I met a group of five people. We all quickly became inseparable and considered each other family – we embarked on a journey together to Queenstown. My now-partner and I instantly fell in love with the town’s beauty and charm, and it didn’t take long for us to decide to make Queenstown our home.
When I manage to find some free time (between juggling three jobs!), I enjoy reading, painting, hiking, and swimming in the serene waters of Lake Wakatipu. The natural beauty of this place and its people inspire me daily, and I’m so grateful to be able to call it home.
Book Recommendations:
The House in the Cerulean Sea – TJ Klune
Linus Baker leads a quiet life. At forty, he has a tiny house with a devious cat and his beloved records for company. And at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, he’s spent many dull years monitoring their orphanages. Then one day, Linus is summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a highly classified assignment. He must travel to an orphanage where six dangerous children reside – including the Antichrist. At the orphanage, Linus must somehow determine if these children could bring about the end of days. But their guardian, the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, will do anything to protect his wards. And, as Arthur and Linus grow ever closer, Linus must choose: his duty, or his dreams…
Tress of the Emerald Sea – Brandon Sanderson
The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?
Atomic Habits – James Clear
People say when you want to change your life, you need to think big: swap job, move house, change partner. But they’re wrong. World-renowned life coach James Clear has discovered a completely different way to revolutionise your behaviour. He knows that lasting change comes from hundreds of tiny decisions – he calls these atomic habits. Clear uncovers a handful of simple life hacks to show how you too can grow tiny shifts into life-transforming changes in behaviour. And he reveals a simple four-stage method that will let you build atomic habits into your day-to-day life.
I’m very fortunate to have found a role that I love at the Queenstown Library, where I can continue my passion for supporting the community. Libraries are more than just places for books; they are hubs for learning, connection, and cultural exchange. I’m excited to contribute to a space that welcomes everyone, no matter backgrounds, and provides valuable resources for the diverse community here.
My journey from Australia to New Zealand has been one of growth, exploration, and new beginnings. I’m grateful for the opportunity to build my life here in Queenstown, and I look forward to continuing to serve and support this wonderful community.
See you in the Queenstown Library!
When the Moon Hatched – Sarah A. Parker “He’s fire and brimstone. I’m shattered ice, I’ll gladly burn beneath him until the world comes crumbling down.” As an assassin for the rebellion, Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. When a rival bounty hunter shatters her world, Raeve finds herself captured by the Guild of Nobles - a group of powerful fae. Crushed by the loss of his great love, dragon rider Kaan Vaegor took the head of a king and donned his melted crown. Now on a tireless quest to quell the never-ebbing ache in his chest, a clue lures him into the capital’s high-security prison where he stumbles upon the imprisoned Raeve. Together, they seek truths that threaten to unravel everything they knew about their world - and each other.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley
It is June 1950 and a sleepy English village is about to be awakened by the discovery of a dead body in Colonel de Luce’s cucumber patch. The police are baffled, and when a dead snipe is deposited on the Colonel’s doorstep with a rare stamp impaled on its beak, they are baffled even more. Only the Colonel’s daughter, the precocious Flavia - when she’s not plotting elaborate revenges against her nasty older sisters in her basement chemical laboratory, that is - has the ingenuity to follow the clues that reveal the victim’s identity, and a conspiracy that reached back into the de Luce family’s murky past. Flavia and her family are brilliant creations, a darkly playful and wonderfully atmospheric flavour to a plot of delightful ingenuity.
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
A transfer student from a small town in California, Richard Papen is determined to affect the ways of his Hampden College peers, and he begins his studies under the tutelage of eccentric Julian Morrow. He falls in with a group of students of Ancient Greek. But, in order to remain part of the group, he must keep their murderous secret.
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jobfix.co.nz
Aspiring Learners are looking for a tutor!
AspiringLearners arelooking foratutor!
We are a private tuition business based in Wanaka and Queenstown and offer specialist individualised tuition for students in literacy and numeracy. We work with students who have dyslexia, dyscalculia and other neurodiversities, and students who simply struggle with their learning. If you have a current or expired NZ teachers practising certificate for either primary or secondary teaching and would like part time or full time work working one on one with students, please contact us. A training course will be provided. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
For more information visit our website www.aspiringlearners.co.nz or contact Kristin - kristin@aspiringlearners.co.nz
If you’re an energetic, ambitious & experienced hospitality professional we want to hear from you.
Send your CV to hr@wolfgroup.nz
Customer Service / Scarer
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Fear Factory Queenstown are looking for an experienced Custumer Service and Scarer. Average of 32-37 hours a week (full-time), mainly evening work. You will be working with a fun, hard working, scary team, passionate about horror, making people laugh and scream.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Minimum 6 months wih full availability
• Stock management skills
• Cash, eftpos, till and computer skills
• Excellent team player
• Problem solving and communication skills to brief guests and sell merchandise
Interested?
Please email your CV and a cover letter telling us a bit about yourself to queenstown@fearfactory.co.nz
Hostel Manager
We are an independently run friendly backpacker hostel in central Queenstown and we are looking for an enthusiastic manager to join the team.
If you enjoy working with people, have great customer facing skills, some management experience and able to work flexible hours we’d love to hear from you.
On site accommodation is available
Previous experience would be great but not essential. Working Visa is required, this is a long term role.
Apply by emailing neil@stayatsouthern.co.nz or see us at 4 Isle St, Queenstown
Technical Ski Boot Fitter
We are seeking a new team member for our Small Planet
Job Description:
• Outdoor gear sales
• Previous experience required
• Boot fitting knowledge essential
If this sounds like you, please email a cover letter and CV to: small.planet@xtra.co.nz
Cafe Manager position
Experienced cafe allrounder required to run a 7 day cafe in central Queenstown. Daytime hours and friendly team.
We are also looking for Baristas & All-rounders
Call Ed on 021 280 2425 or email marmoladacafe@yahoo.com
AVIS & Budget Queenstown
RENTAL SALES AGENT
Do you enjoy working in a fast paced environment where the days go quickly?
Do you enjoy meeting and talking to people from all over the world?
Do you appreciate a consistent working roster because your life outside of work is important too?
If you answered yes to any of these then maybe this customer service, sales and office administration based role is the new job for you.
Full Time contracts available with set days off, Shifts are mostly 8am to 5.30pm with at least one evening shift per week. The role also requires you to work weekends. You'd be based out of our Queenstown Airport office in Frankton or our downtown office
What you need:
• Full drivers licence
• Good command of the English language
• Working rights in New Zealand
Please send a CV to: claire.hampson@abg.com
HAIR STYLIST
We are are looking for fully qualified and experienced stylists to join our Frankton salon, minimum 5 years experience.
Cutting edge is a fresh, bright and vibrant salon, built on the foundation of exceptional service and experience, and a passion for delivering only the very best to our clientele.
We are looking for:
•fully qualified and experienced hairdressers/ stylists
•reliable and friendly team players
•professionals who take pride in producing quality finishes
•good communicators with excellent customer service skills
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you - drop in or send your CV to Salon@cuttingedgehairdesign.co.nz
Looking Good - Feeling Great
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
Jack’s Point Clubhouse is situated on the edge of Lake Tewa, surrounded by Jack’s Point championship golf course which is billed as one of the world’s most spectacular golf courses.
We are currently recruiting for a Duty Manager/Barista/Server to join our team.
The successful candidate will be able to lead the shi�t to ensure the service, presentation and atmosphere for our guests is exceptional.
For more information and to apply: www.jackspoint.com/employment
Join Our Team at Fine Orthodontist!
Are you passionate about creating beautiful smiles and providing top-notch patient care? Fine Orthodontist is looking for dedicated professionals to join our growing team! We have exciting opportunities for:
• Dental Assistant
Why Join Us?
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Supportive and friendly work environment
• Opportunities for professional growth
• State-of-the-art orthodontic practice
What We’re Looking For:
• Enthusiastic team players with a positive attitude
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Experience in orthodontics or dentistry (preferred, but training available for the right candidate)
• Passion for patient care and customer service
How to Apply:
Send your resume to management@fineortho.co.nz
Join Fine Orthodontist and be part of a team that transforms smiles and changes lives every day!
Warehouse Assistants, Delivery Drivers Evening Shift Picker and Packers
Bidfood Queenstown is currently looking for Warehouse Assistants, Delivery Drivers and Evening Shift Picker and Packers. This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable and highly respected company within the hospitality industry. We offer a competitive remuneration package, consistent hours and staff benefits.
Key responsibilities include picking orders for the delivery runs and packing to pallet. You may also be required to receive incoming goods, check inventory and warehouse maintenance. Delivery drivers will need to deliver goods to our customers around the Queenstown and Wanaka region. This position requires individuals to be physically fit as there is frequent heavy lifting of up to 25kg.
Previous experience in a warehouse environment or delivery driving is preferable but not essential as full training and appropriate PPE will be provided. Forklift experience also desirable but not essential.
Applicants must be able to provide references and must be eligible to work in NZ to apply for this role.
Please send your CV to HR.Queenstown@bidfood.co.nz
