Striking senior doctors and NZNO members picketed outside Lakes District Hospital on 1 May calling for better investment in health and safe staffing levels across the region to reduce the amount of patients needing to be transferred because of the lack of local facilities that have failed to keep pace with population growth.
The doctors’ strike took place in the context of nationwide stop work meetings involving a multitude of public and private sector unions, as they try to fight back against a coalition government hell-bent on attacking the rights of workers to organise for better wages and working conditions.
From pushing through two years of real-term minimum wage cuts, to removing the living wage in government jobs, repealing fair-pay agreements, extending 90-day trials, restricting the right to strike, removing union protections for new workers, reducing the ability of workers to take personal grievances and lowering payouts even if they’re successful, limiting unjustified dismissal claims and limiting contractors’ rights, our government has pursued an ideologically driven barrage of attacks on working people’s rights led by an extremist ACT party Workplace Relations minister who refuses to even talk to unions.
In Queenstown, with its extreme cost of living, acute housing problems and outrageous rents, the need for local and migrant workers to be able to unionise is more important than ever. Not only do unions provide a way for us to collectively organise to negotiate better wages and conditions, but they also function as much needed checks and balances on breaches of employment law that are unfortunately common in the area.
Migrant workers, who make up a high percentage of the local workforce, are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuses of power - as demonstrated by the region’s unusually high number of Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visas issued to those with nowhere else to turn.
Our local MP Joseph Mooney cannot be relied on by local working people - his National party is more interested in ‘solving’ the housing crisis here by gutting the few protections tenants have against no-cause evictions and rent rises, and overseeing a massive transfer of wealth from working people to landlords and the ultra-rich. Nor can we look to our Mayor Glyn Lewers who seems focused on hiding questionable spending, avoiding media scrutiny and punishing councillor whistleblowers who fight to protect our local democracy and environment.
Instead, we need to organise ourselves, in unions, to create a more just, fair and welcoming community for the people that actually make Queenstown run - local and migrant workers. This is what May Day is all about.
Simon Edmunds - Otago & Southland Organiser for Unite union
Queenstown doctors and nurses were among the thousands across New Zealand who took strike action on Thursday over pay and conditions. They’re pictured outside Lakes District Hospital, Frankton.
Bouncing to Barcelona
Queenstown trampoliner Max Trembath has earned a spot at the Freestyle Trampoline World Championships in Spain.
The high-flying teenager, who’s been training since he was three years old, qualified through the GT Games ANZ at SITE Trampoline, Frankton, during the Easter school holidays.
Max, 13, now hopes to raise enough funds to travel to Barcelona in September and take on the best in the world.
“It’s just so much fun,” the Queenstown Primary School pupil says. “Every time I bounce on a trampoline, it’s awesome, it’s just one of those feelings that sticks with you.
“I started at SITE Tramp about 10 years ago, but it’s only in the last five years that I’ve been really training. I train two or three times a week and the coaches are really good.
“I want to go to the World Champs and see how good everyone is, and what my level is.”
Freestyle trampolining largely focuses on tricks performed off the back or stomach and features massive flip and spins.
Max, who also snowboards, mountain bikes and does parkour, has already put down the ‘Quint Kaboom’, which is five backflip somersaults off one bounce, along with many other tricks.
Up, up and away
NASA launched another scientific balloon from Wānaka Airport on Sunday, lifting off into the skies at 11.38am.
The stadium-sized super pressure balloon, the second launched from Wānaka this year, is floating around 108,000 feet above Earth’s surface.
It will support several scientific missions, including measuring light and sound waves in the Earth’s atmosphere.
This is the sixth balloon launch campaign NASA has conducted in NZ since 2015.
You can track the balloon in real-time: go.nasa.gov/43gsqfS
In the GT Games ANZ comp, he was the only junior, so was put into a higher age bracket, competing against 16-year-olds, and finishing fourth overall, one point off the podium.
“In Barcelona, I’ll be competing against kids my own age, which will be better.
I’m really interested to see how good people are that just focus on one sport, rather than lots of different ones.”
Max has already been brainstorming fundraising ideas and plans to set up a GoFundMe page, record some video for social media, along with holding a raffle and fundraising through school and SITE Trampoline.
Photo: NASA/Bill Rodman
CLASS – Central Lakes Arts Support Scheme
Funding is now available for community–based arts groups, with the aim of the scheme is to increase participation in the arts at a local level, and increase the range and diversity of arts available to communities.
Funding rounds close on the 15th of each month A guide and the application form is available online to assist with the funding process - scan the QRcode.
any enquiries
Soho Basin is go!
by Paul Taylor
Cardrona’s new Soho Express chairlift is spinning.
Doppelmayer is in final testing mode of the high-speed six-seater chairlift ahead of handover later this month.
Cardona Alpine Resort & Treble Cone general manager Laura Hedley says she expects the lift to be operational by 28 June, two weeks after the skifield opens for the 2025 winter season.
“They’re just finishing commissioning it now, with the electrical engineers, getting those chairs on the line and spinning it,” she says. “We’re expecting handover about mid-May.
“We’ll do our training with our teams, make sure everyone’s up to speed, make sure the lift operators know what they’re doing, the maintenance teams, and we’ll do some trial evacuations, all that sort of fun stuff.
“Once we’re confident and capable on that, we’re good to go. We’re aiming for the start of the school holidays, 28 June.”
Soho Basin has 150ha of skiable terrain, the equivalent of 150 rugby fields. The chairlift project will increase Cardrona’s ski area from 465ha to 615ha –making it the biggest commercial ski area in New Zealand.
“It’s quite hard to comprehend when you talk about the numbers but when you stand out there, which we’ve done a lot this summer, it is just a huge basin,” Hedley says.
“There’s so much fun terrain, really rolly and playful, lots of dips and lips, a few rocks to weave in and out of. We’ve made three nice big wide runs to be groomed, mostly blue and black runs.
“It’s a quick ride up and then some really long runs down. Our team can’t wait to ski it, I can’t wait, we’re just as excited as everyone else.”
While Cardrona, owned by tourism giant RealNZ, has put some snowmaking infrastructure into the basin, the major upgrade will be next summer, with another water reservoir and more guns.
“So we’ll have to rely on Mother Nature a bit this year for getting it open. Our plan is to have really good snowmaking in Soho Basin so we can be really reliable with our openings.”
Soho Express will be able to transport 3000 passengers per hour, on 75 chairs along 1237m and a vertical rise off 379m. It has 11 towers and is the same model as the $23 million Shadow Basin chairlift, installed last summer by Doppelmayer at NZSki’s Queenstown skifield The Remarkables.
At Cardrona, Doppelmayer is also installing a T-Bar chairlift in the main basin for the 2025 season, between the existing McDougall’s and Whitestar chairlifts alongside the Racecourse run, which will mean faster runs for everyone visiting Big Bucks, Little Bucks, Antlers Alley race course, and the Border Cross. It will reduce congestion on the White Star lift.
Cardrona has also expanded its carparks over recent summers, with 200 more spaces in Valley View and 140 in Pine Trees, and built a new cafe and retail store.
$46m expansion for Events Centre
Bustling Queenstown Events Centre is about to get a game-changing upgrade. Plans are in the development pipeline for a $46 million expansion including a major new indoor sports building, with four multi-purpose courts and gym space.
Queenstown Lakes District Council, which owns and operates the popular facility, is asking companies to submit design plans for the project, which will meet the district’s explosive growth. Construction could begin in early 2026 and is expected to take around 18 months.
“We’re busting at the seams to be honest,” council sports and recreation boss Simon Battrick says.
“Some of our sports clubs don’t want to attract new members because they just don’t have the facilities to cope with them. Our gym has 2800 members. And the population continues to grow, so we want to future proof the facility.”
The expansion will triple the number of indoor courts available, up from two to six NBA-sized courts for basketball, netball, futsal, badminton and other sports. Gym space will be doubled, adding 800sqm to the current 798sqm space.
The new complex will stretch across the existing car parks from the current building, towards sports field four, near the astro-turf courts and Frankton golf course.
Like the existing hangar-style courts building, it will be reasonably no frills, although design will need to be sympathetic to the stunning landscapes nearby and be a building that will last.
“It will be function over form,” Battrick says, with the council learning a lesson from the expensive and disruptive replacement of the Alpine Aqualand ceiling.
QLDC already has the budget earmarked for the project.
And don’t worry about car parking - the plan is to move the car park to Grant Road behind the facility, increasing capacity from the existing 340 spaces to 535.
“From my perspective, it’s a fantastic success to get this project underwayit’s been eight-and-a-half years in the making,” Battrick says.
The Events Centre’s current courts building
CRIMELINE
Photographer kicked in the head
by Sue Fea
A Queenstown resident was kicked in the head by a stranger while taking photos of the sunrise on Kawarau Falls Bridge.
Police are also seeking a white man in his early 30s with a Latin American accent, after he allegedly snuck up behind the local resident at 7.30am on Sunday, 27 April, and assaulted him.
Constable Amanda Shute says the suspect had a beard and moustache, was wearing dark clothes, a blue or black backpack, dark beanie and black jacket. After being struck from behind the victim turned around and saw his alleged attacker “standing in a fighting stance”.
The victim took to community social media, sharing a beautiful red sunrise over the bridge, entitling his post ‘Assault’ and warning others to “keep safe”.
“What kind of a coward sneaks up behind someone taking photos at 7.30 in the morning then delivers a roundhouse kick to the back of the head of a complete stranger,” his post says.
“This happened to me as I was taking this picture with my iPhone and tripod on the Kawarau Bridge this morning.
“I was totally shocked and yelled at the guy who was squaring off in what looked like a Capoeira stance. Resisting the instinct to attack in case he had a weapon, I yelled at him….“ He says the attacker mumbled a few incoherent words to which the photographer yelled again: “I’m just taking pictures, you idiot”.
The attacker then apologised profusely, turned and bolted back towards Frankton. A search by the stunned photographer in his car failed to locate him. Police want to hear from anyone who witnessed this assault or has any information to assist Police in identifying the suspect. Contact Police quoting file # 250427/2387.
Overseas man found seriously injured
Police are appealing for information after a 33-year-old man was found seriously injured, lying in a pool of blood, near the top of the steep Turner Street cul-de-sac, around 6am on Tuesday. Senior Sergeant Glenn Wilkinson says the overseas man was rushed to Lakes District Hospital in a critical condition with serious head injuries and has since been transferred to Christchurch Hospital. Wilkinson says Police are making urgent enquiries to determine how the man came to be injured. “It appears he was in the vicinity of Turner Street and Hallenstein Street, Queenstown, from about 2am,” Wilkinson says. Police would like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time who may have information to assist the investigation. Anyone with information should call police on 105 and quote file number 250429/8686.
Public intervene after man set upon
Two men, aged 22 and 20, have been charged with assault with intent to injure after they both repeatedly punched and kicked a man in a Searle Lane bar. Shute says the men approached the victim and began a verbal exchange at 1.30am on Saturday, 26 April. One of the men then punched the victim in the left side of his face, she says, the second man joining in and also punching the victim. “They continued to punch and kick the victim until he fell to the ground and was hit a further two times before members of the public intervened,” she says. Police located the two men shortly after and they’ll appear in the Queenstown District Court on 19 May.
Nude driving … on and off range
A man, understood to be in his 60s, literally got caught with his pants down at Morven Ferry, near Arrow Junction, last Thursday, 24 April. Police say they were called when the man was seen driving naked near the Arrow River. Shute says he’d also been seen hitting off golf balls without any pants on. Police spoke to him and asked him to put his clothes back on, which he did. While his actions weren’t illegal, he was strongly advised that it was appropriate to wear pants in a public area, Shute says.
From Wakatipu to Wellington
Wakatipu High School student
Ankita Pilo has been named as Queenstown’s Youth MP for this Parliament.
The Year 12 student will represent MP Joseph Mooney’s Southland constituency, which covers Queenstown, and is looking forward to learning more about how our political system works and helping give a voice to local youth.
“There was a very high quality of applicants for the role across the electorate, and I want to thank everyone for putting themselves forward,” Mooney says. “Congratulations Ankita, I know you’ll do very well.”
Youth Parliament is held every three years, giving young New Zealanders the opportunity learn first-hand about our democracy, influence government decision-making, and have their voices heard.
Wakatipu High School announced last week that it ranks second highest in Aotearoa New Zealand for University Entrance results among public, co-educational schools and in the top 10 nationally for NCEA Level 1 & 2 endorsements.
Some 79% of students achieved UE, against a EQI average of 69% (Schooling Equity Index) and a national average of 51%. Fifteen students attained scholarships, while 91% have Level 1 Literacy and 92% Level 1 Numeracy.
Fatal crash driver convicted
The driver in a tragic crash that killed her sister and injured four others has been convicted.
Anneli De Los Santos, 50, failed to negotiate a left-hand bend while driving to Wānaka last November, her car full with family members in town for her daughter’s wedding. After a moment of inattention, she crossed the centreline and went into the path of a minibus.
Her sister, Philippines teacher Joyce Fesico, 59, in the backseat, died at the scene, sustaining unsurvivable spine and chest injuries, reports Open Justice multimedia journalist, Belinda Feek, in the NZ Herald.
De Los Santos’ front seat passenger and three people in the minibus were also injured. She pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death and four charges of careless driving causing injury, and appeared in Hamilton District Court for sentencing last week. A crash report suggested fatigue was an issue.
“This comes down to a momentary lapse of attention, driving an unfamiliar vehicle on unfamiliar roads at a time which should have been extremely happy for Ms De Los Santos and her family, which has unfortunately turned to tragedy,” her lawyer Rob Quin said, reports the Herald.
The accident led to an outpouring of grief from family, friends and student of the popular teacher.
Community Magistrate Ngaire Mascelle said no sentence would make De Los Santos suffer any more than she currently was. She was supported by family members and the people injured in the minibus did not seek compensation.
“As has been acknowledged, the error in your judgment has caused someone to lose their life, and you reflect on that greatly, given it’s a family member, so it’s impacted in the most tragic way on so many lives and yours included,” Mascelle said.
De Los Santos, a New Zealand resident who lives in Qatar, was convicted and discharged, and disqualified from driving for 18 months.
Joyce Fesico, centre, with her family in Queenstown
by Sue Fea
My Life story
KAYE EDEN
High Country Kid
She grew up with an idyllic childhood, the envy of many, roaming barefoot through snow covered tussock lands and riding her horse through the swift currents of the Shotover River up into spectacular mountainous terrain.
Kaye Eden, daughter of legendary high country runholders Lorraine and Arthur Borrell, had the privilege of growing up on the Wakatipu’s remote Branches Station, something she’s never taken for granted. From age 10 she and her siblings would head into the hills on horseback and camp out. “Nobody was worried where we were,” she smiles. At 12, she’d independently take the sixhour horse ride to Queenstown for ‘The Hunt’.
Treats for Kaye on a day trip to town were simple: “It was always exciting – a cup of tea at Lakes Restaurant, Mrs Hood’s Sheep Shop in the Mall, and I loved Wheatley’s Drapery Store, because he had two little Sidney Silky dogs,” she says. “I’d buy mince from the butcher for 50 cents and feed it to the trout long before Underwater World began.”
Born in Christchurch, they moved to the Branches when Kaye was a child after Lorraine, tragically widowed in her 30s when her farming husband died of a brain tumour, remarried Arthur who had an affiliation with the station. The transition was easy – a huge, scenic, backcountry playground to explore.
Kaye recalls the first ever Wakatipu High School Branches Camp kids arriving unannounced and bringing great glee. “I ran up to the house and yelled, ‘Mum! There are loads of kids in the paddock in tents!’ to which she replied: ‘Don’t be silly’,” Kaye chuckles. Camp founder and science teacher Ian Daniel hadn’t asked permission for the camp as he thought he’d be turned down, she says.
Kaye put her foot down and refused to follow her sister and brother to boarding school, opting for Correspondence School instead, adopted by
Ian to join camp activities each year. “I’d hang around the kids. He always ordered a spare chocolate bar and orange for me.”
An innocent country kid, national Correspondence School camp in Palmerston North was an education of a different kind. “The expelled girls held signs up in the back of the bus announcing where they were staying to the bogans in cars behind. The rest of us, all country and lighthouse kids, were pretty naïve,” she laughs.
Maybe it was the country way. “The Upper Shotover Management Board – basically Daggs and Arthur, used carrots to poison the rabbits in the 60s and 70s. They had a shed by the Wakatipu Aero Club at Frankton where they stored the arsenic,” Kaye says. “I’d tag along. They’d tell me to go away put hankies over their faces and mix the arsenic with the carrots in a concrete mixer, then Tex Smith (legendary pilot) dropped it from the plane.”
Power cuts didn’t strike up at Branches despite knee-deep snow and temperatures plummeting to -18°C or -20°C. DIY expert Arthur built a hydro plant, so much power to dispose of that they’d run heaters under the station vehicles overnight to draw the power, Lorraine’s bonus –a heated swimming pool all summer.
After completing her nursing training in Dunedin Kaye worked at Clyde Hospital while the Clyde Dam was being built, falling into what became an extremely successful career as a goldminer. Early metal detecting was becoming popular but there was gold in them ‘thar hills regardless. “A battery stick would’ve found it. It was everywhere,” she says.
By then she’d met ex-husband Justin Eden, who was goldmining and possuming at Skippers. From 1981 they had a claim and hut at Bullendale where they mined summers, mining winters in Western Australia. “Most seasons we came
home with 65 to 70 ounces.” It proved to be a lucrative career that funded 50 prime acres (20ha) at Arrow Junction, a nice house and their Arrowtown Gold Shop business. She still rejoices in her one-and-a-half-ounce Aussie find. “Justin had told me I was in the wrong place,” she grins. Justin’s brother joined them, discovering a 36-ounce nugget and a four-ounce beside it which bought him a house in Cromwell. “There weren’t the restrictions we have today.”
They were constantly unearthing historical finds – camel registration tags and a working Chinese compass in WA, and mining gear relics - pieces of picks and shovels, 19th Century dolls and kids’ toys around the Wakatipu.
“Arthur once found a moa bone at Branches and waited until my kids could join him to dig it out,” Kaye says.
“I’d buy mince from the butcher for 50 cents and feed it to the trout long before Underwater World began.”
She says growing up in the backcountry taught her resilience and practical DIY initiative. “You couldn’t get anybody else in to do it, so you had to figure it out yourself,” she says.
“It was just such a special place. I’m very lucky. I didn’t realise it as a kid,” she says.
That adventurous spirit lives on. Kaye recently took the trip of a lifetime to the Antarctic, walking on Ross Ice Shelf, visiting Scott’s and Shackleton’s Huts, and held hostage on the boat by a giant Humpback Whale.
Kaye and daughter Catherine on a visit back to the Branches in the mid-90s
Transport Branches style - Kaye with pet lamb Lindsay towing little brother Tim in the cart her Grandad built
Kaye and little brother Tim as kids at the Branches
Kaye visiting Lorraine’s grave at Skippers Cemetery with Banjo
GOINGS ON ABOUT
EVENTS - MUSIC - ART
THEATRE
- AT THE GALLERIES
Locals Week
EVENT
For the first time ever, Shotover Canyon Swing are doing a full week just for locals. That’s right — a whole week of wild, gravity-defying goodness in our own backyard. 50% off the world’s #1 Canyon Swing for one week only! Book online – use code LOCAL50 at checkout. Reach out at 03 442 6990 to speak directly with the team or stop by our shop in Queenstown, to book in person. Locals from Queenstown, Arrowtown, Wanaka, Cromwell, Alexandra, Kingston, or Glenorchy – bring proof of address (license, bill, payslip, etc.) and you’re good to go.
When: Monday, 5 May, 9.30am – Sunday, 11 May, 5pm Where: Shotover Canyon Swing, 34 Shotover Street, Queenstown
Wastebusters Every Bite
Join Wastebusters and Crowne Plaza chef Alvaro Briones for the launch of Every Bite, an at-home programme to help households reduce their food waste and save money in the process. Over a delicious dinner cooked by Alvaro, you’ll learn industry tips and tricks to keep your kai in date and on your plate, and be given everything you’ll need to get started at home. Bring your friends, bring your flatties and make every bite count! Tickets $10 per person with all proceeds going to Kiwi Harvest. Register at wastebusters.co.nz/events
Veteran cult Kiwi comedian Dan Brader has been based in Melbourne for the last two years. This is his first tour back in NZ & will be his only show in Queenstown this year. You’re going to have a fun and memorable night out watching this unique, one of a kind performer who’s fresh of a successful season at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The Big Bike Film Night’s mission is to bring the best short cycling films from around the world together for you. Showcasing two-and-a-half hours of riveting bike films that have everything a cycling-centric audience could want – action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration. The evening is unashamedly and utterly designed and devised to delight the two-wheel devotee. These short films are a great reminder of why we love to ride our bike; with stories that captivate us, stories that move us, and most importantly of all – inspiring us to get out and ride. All celebrate the fun, adventure, and joy that cycling enables.
If you would like your show, event, exhibition or meeting promoted in Goings On drop us a line at info@qmg.co.nz with the details
Type Here: An Aotearoa Typography
Poster Competition
Type Here is Aotearoa’s newest typography poster competition, celebrating expressive and contemporary design. Themed ‘Aotearoa now’, this exhibition features winning entries covering a broad range of typographic work. This inaugural exhibition highlights the winning entries, offering a compelling visual snapshot of Aotearoa now - told through type.
When: Exhibition opening: Friday, 9 May – Saturday, 21 June, at 5.30pm
Where: Te Atamira, 12 Hawthorn Drive, Frankton
The Zine Project: The Art of Zine Making
This workshop with Fluid will dive into the art of zinemaking. Explore layout and design techniques to bring your zines to life, using various materials to arrange text and images that showcase stories and perspectives. All materials are provided. Bookings essential: email queenstown.library@qldc.govt.nz or call 03 441 0600
Showbiz Queenstown invites you to step into the enchanted woods where fairy tales collide and reality bites. Join them for a magical journey as Cinderella, Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, and a childless baker navigate the darker side of happily ever after. With Stephen Sondheim’s iconic score and James Lapine’s witty book, Into The Woods is a cautionary tale of wishes, consequences, and the power of community. Experience the timeless magic, unexpected twists, and profound insights that have captivated audiences for decades. Get your tickets now and discover what happens when the woods whisper secrets and the characters must face their true selves.
When: Thursday, 15 – Saturday, 24 May
Where: Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial Street, Frankton
MUSIC
Weekend Of Song - Delights
Join former Arrowtown local and winner of the Herald Sun Aria competition - Countertenor Austin Haynes, and Chicago Lyric Opera soprano Emily Mwila for a night of opera arias and duets that have been especially chosen for their exquisite beauty and charm - in collaboration with acclaimed Wellington pianist Catherine Norton.
When: Saturday, 10 May, 7pm – 8.30pm
Where: 568 Speargrass Flat Road, Lake Hayes
New Zealand String Quartet
Make Mother’s Day even more memorable this year, by gifting and/or enjoying a very special performance with the highly acclaimed New Zealand String Quartet.
When: Sunday, 11 May, 7pm
Where: Arrowtown Lifestyle Village, 224 McDonnell Road, Queenstown
Battle of the Bands 2025 National Championships
Battle of the Bands – National Championship has been an annual feature of the New Zealand music scene since 1993. The event consists of multiple live shows held at leading professional live music venues throughout the country. Each year typically sees bands from all over NZ competing for a place at the National Final, which is held in Auckland. You can enter your band now at battleofthebands.co.nz/register.php
When: Thursday, 15 May, 7.30pm
Where: Yonder, 14 Church Street
HOSPOGUIDE
Stubacca 7pm $15 Parmi
Burger & Beer
Stacked Steak Buy a steak or vegan steak, get it loaded with onion rings & garlic bread for
Wednesday Quiz Night
Bookings are required. To book contact info@lokalqt. co.nz or ring 03 442 5444 Last quiz before a short break, back again from mid June
$18 Cocktails
Hospo Night DJ MAD / double points
Live music with Blake & Gabby 5pm DJ R!sk 8pm $15 Burger & Fries
QTMBC End of Season Fundraiser, Friday, 16 May Beers, Band, BBQ - Auction & Raffles Tickets on sale at Atlas
Happy Hour
20% off house beers, wines and spirits Tue - Thu 5-6pm Fri - Sun 4-6pm
Open Decks
Open Mic Night from 9.30pm
/ Dave Arnold Bring instrument or use ours to join in and play or sing from 8pm
Live music with TJ 5pm DJ Rinkha 8pm $15 Chef’s Special
6 MAY- 12 MAY
Live Music with TERE 4pm DJ Eoin 7pm $15 Chef’s Special
Pouring
Takeaways available, burgers, ribs, pizzas and more! Order online www.lokalqt.co.nz
DJ Mad 10pm - late
Pizza Night Quiz from 7pm then Live Music
Lunch Special
$28 BBQ meat platter, dine in or takeaway, Fri, Sat and Sun only 12pm to 5pm
Mother’s day Special FREE* dessert for mum with your booking. Mention this ad while making a reservation.
to Sunday Live Music or DJ from 9.30pm New All Day Happy Hour, drink specials every day
Singles Pool Comp 8pm
155 FERNHILL ROAD, FERNHILL, QUEENSTOWN
$6 Beer handles 7 days a week
Free to Watch Ice Hockey Jurassic Ice Hockey from 6.30pm-10pm
$15 Nachos
Ice Bumper Cars & Ice Skating from 12pm4.30pm
SKYCITY Stampede Game Buy Tickets online!
$19 Burger & fries deal
SKYCITY Stampede Game Buy Tickets online! Sunday Free to Watch Ice Hockey Sunday Social League from 5.15-10pm
Free Pool Tuesday Full Ice Skating Session from 3pm-4pm
Full Ice Skating Session from 3pm4.45pm
$20 Pint & Poutine
$20 Chicken Parmy & fries Friday/Saturday DJs in the beer garden 4pm till late
COCKTAIL HAPPY HOUR 9pm - midnight
Tuesday $25 special Birra Tacos
DAILY 3 - 5PM $30 HAPPY HOUR FOOD COMBOS
TAP BEERS 5 DRAFT BEERS TO CHOOSE FROM DAILY 3 - 5PM $10 BEERS $10 WINES $12 COCKTAILS
LATE NIGHT EVERYDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT ASIAN FUSION
Every Friday, Elle & Alex Music
Locals Loyalty Rewards
QMTBC membership beer handles
Wednesday Silent Disco 3 DJs | 3 Channels | Free Entry $25 Special Chicken Parmi Thursday Mitch EP from 9pm $25 Special BBQ Ribs Friday DJ GRZLY from 9pm Saturday Reclaimed threads 10am-5pm DJ GRZLY & Friends from 9pm, free entry
Daily $20 Lunch Special
Sunday Danny Atkinson From 5-9pm in the beer garden
Monday DJ Mad from 9pm $25 special Burger Special
Also serving lamb shanks, blue cod and other delicious southern classics
Arts+Culture
Cycling short films rolling into town
by Jessica Allen
The Big Bike Film Night celebrates cycling in all its different shapes and forms by showcasing some great short films. The programme aims to inspire, featuring an a great mix from Aotearoa and around the world designed for two-wheel enthusiasts.
The 11th edition of the festival will feature some incredible characters and passionate cycling advocates. Since humble beginnings in Taupō, the event has now expanded across Aotearoa and beyond to Australia, Scotland and London. It started in response to vandalism of a biking statue that had been recently put up in Taupō, organiser Brett Cotter’s hometown. His mission now is to bring the best cycling short films from around the world together for you.
“There was a real outcry in the local community, and I thought, let’s turn this negative into a positive – let’s see if I can do a film festival that celebrates cycling and spread the joy but also help get some money to go towards the statue’s restoration and repairing it,” Cotter says.
He was able to donate $2,500 towards the project as a result, and from there the passion grew. From a small garage project, it's now touring the world.
“It’s been a real joy, showing films every year that showcase that love of cycling, whatever we ride, and that’s always been at the heart of it – just to find films that really celebrate the fun, the adventure and the inspiration that cycling brings."
Eight films make up the bill, with a couple of local ones entered this year. The Annual Green Steam, follows a group of local bike and snow enthusiasts from Wānaka, who are partaking in an annual bikepack to Treble Cone Ski Resort from the town with all their gear, proving there is another great way of
getting to the snow. There’s also Your Time is Now, showcasing Ben Hildred. Everyone’s backyard looks a little different, and Hildred’s is the Coronet Loop: 50km of old mining tracks, water races, and winding singletrack come together to make one of the best back country escapes around. And he can pedal there straight from home.
Each year films can be submitted through the Big Bike Film Night website. The films may be about road cycling, mountain biking, BMX, adventurebased, documentaries, humorous, or something entirely different, as long as it shows bicycles in some form. The tour is not a competition, but rather a space for filmmakers to showcase their work, receive merit, help to build international exposure and contribute towards a stronger and more vibrant bike culture.
“A story is a story – it can be animated, it can be cartoon, it can be traumatic, non-fiction, fiction – I’m looking for something that’s actually quite original and creative, but also inspiring to get people out to ride. Our 2024 collection has been the strongest contingent of Kiwi films in the collection, we’ve got four films from New Zealand and six international films. It’s always been about 30-40% New Zealand, and I think New Zealand films provide a heritage story that we can connect with, but are also inspiring for international people to see these New Zealand films as well.”
The Big Bike Film Night will be held at Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall on Tuesday, 13 May, at The Headwaters Eco Lodge in Glenorchy on Wednesday, 14 April, and at Wānaka Community Hub on Thursday, 15 May. The tour will also head to Alexandra and Te Anau, you can head to bigbikefilmnight.nz to read more about the programme, stops on the tour, and to pick up tickets.
A Tribute in Song
by Jessica Allen
The Central Otago Regional Choir will take to stages around the region this week to perform their tribute in song to WWII, We’ll Meet Again – 80 Years On. The audience will be transported back in time to relive the spirt of unity and resilience, with a plethora of iconic songs that captured the hearts of the nation during turbulent times.
The performance is a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. As they have always done, the choir will provide opportunities to young talented musicians as guests artists. This concert will feature Orla Dunlop (violin) playing a movement from Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor by Saint-Saens.
There’s Otago Honours graduate Erin Connelly-Whyte (soprano), singing her favourite aria, Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß (My lips kiss with such heat) from Giuditta by Franz Lehár. Both ladies will be accompanied by Cameron Monteath, also an Otago Honours graduate.
Alison Frude is the accompanist for the choir and explains that the conductor, Richard Madden, decided it would be very appropriate to do a concert at this time of year celebrating the songs from WWII times. She found it quite emotional as her mother and sister often used to ask her to play music from that era.
“I was quite used to playing that sort of music, and it’s part of my heritage, I guess. So when I knew this was coming up, I thought ‘oh, that would be cool, to revisit those songs again,’” Frude says.
There will also be a bagpiper, James Aitken, performing in the second half of the concert, complete with his tartans. This year they’ll also be doing a singalong for some of the songs. This includes White Cliffs of Dover, It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, and Land of Hope and Glory.
“Richard will invite the audience to sing along with a chorus or sometimes two. That will be a lovely experience, because some of the audience, I’m sure, every so often want to have a good sing along. So it’s a bit of a different concert in that way.”
Other songs included in the lineup are A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square, We’ll Meet Again, and The Dam Busters. One of the choir’s favourites is the beautiful but heart-rending For the Fallen by English composer Mark Blatchly, to the words of poet Laurence Binyon addressing the losses of war while celebrating the soldiers' patriotism and bravery.
“We’re looking forward to sharing it with people because there’s so much wonderful music that we’re going to be playing. It will be a good concert.” They do a performance in May and November annually, with a wee break between rehearsals over winter – rehearsals for this round started in February. Frude explains that all the funds from the two concert series the Choir put on each year go back into the group.
The concerts will be at Lake Wānaka Centre on Friday, 9 May, at Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall on Saturday, 10 May and at Dunstan High School, Alexandra, on Sunday, 11 May. Tickets are $30 with all profits put back into the choir. You can get tickets from Alexandra, Cromwell and Wanaka Paper Plus, Unichem Pharmacy Summerfields, Life Pharmacy Wilkinsons, Antidote QT Central or Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. There’s also door sales and tickets available by scanning the QR code.
Cameron Monteath
Orla Dunlop
Erin Connelly-Whyte
COMMUNITY NOTES
Ride for a Change
Ride for Change is a community-wide campaign running from 1 April to 30 June, designed to inspire Wānaka to embrace biking as a fun, everyday choice – led by our young people. Over three months, we’ll celebrate cycling through exciting school challenges, group rides, and hands-on workshops, all aimed at empowering tamariki and rangatahi to take the lead. By building skills, boosting confidence, and creating safer, more social ways to move around our town, Ride for Change is about more than bikes – it’s about shaping a connected, healthy, and climatepositive future for Wānaka.
There are two upcoming rides. The first is the retro ride on Saturday, 17 May at 3.30pm – get ready to roll back in time with a leisurely retro bike ride. Feel free to embrace the theme with vintage or tweed attire, a thermos, scones to share, and old-style bicycles, but no worries if you’d rather keep it casual, just come along and enjoy the ride! This is a free event, but registration is required to help us plan.
The Matariki ride will celebrate light and renewal. Join us for a special end-ofday ride in honour of Matariki, the Māori New Year. Starting from the Dinosaur Park on the Wānaka lakefront at 3.30pm on Saturday, 21 June. Embrace the spirit of Matariki by dressing as a star and adding lights to your bike - think fairy lights, glow sticks, or anything that sparkles! Or simply come as you are and enjoy the ride.
The rides are starting from the Dinosaur Park by the Wānaka lakefront. Our scenic route follows the cycle-lane loop to the Rec Centre, continues to Kelly’s Flat Reserve, and then returns to the starting point. Everyone is welcome - bring your bikes, your family, and your friends for a relaxed ride full of good vibes. Dress warmly and make sure you have working rear and front bike lights.
Kids participating in the Bike 4 Books schools programme will earn double points for joining this event. The route is approximately 10km and will take around 1.5 hours at a cruisy pace. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Participants are responsible for themselves and their children, and by taking part in the event, they agree to the waiver outlined in the registration form.
Head to wao.co.nz/ride-for-change to find out more information on upcoming events and to register.
Lakes Weekly gives community organisations in Queenstown Lakes the chance to address our readers directly though our Community Notes page. If you’d like to take part, email Jess at info@qmg.co.nz
Gorge Road westbound closure
To enable work on a section of waterpipe, the westbound lane (only) of Gorge Rd will be closed between the Shotover St intersection and Weaver St from 12 May to 6 June. Please follow the detour via Memorial St onto Robins Rd. QLDC’s Gorge Rd offices and library remain open with parking available nearby in the Boundary St carpark. Full details at www.qldc.govt.nz/town-centre-arterial-road
Enrol to vote in October’s election
If you haven’t seen Orange Guy in your letterbox recently, you need to update your details! Anyone who didn’t get an enrolment pack is either not enrolled or the Electorate Commission doesn’t have the right address for you. This means you might not get your voting papers for the local elections later this year. It’s easy to get sorted –head to https://vote.nz/enrol
Celebrate LitFest
Celebrate literacy at your local library with dozens of free events including author talks, workshops and panel discussions. Runs until end of May. Pop into your local library for more information or click https://qldclibraries.govt.nz/whats-on
Share feedback on our draft Annual Plan?
We’re keen to hear your views – every voice counts! Community feedback is open until 30 May. Find out more and have your say at https://letstalk.qldc.govt.nz
Help Save our Stuff!
Got a clever idea for reducing waste or finding other ways to make use of stuff we normally throw away?
Grants from QLDC’s Waste Minimisation Community Fund are available to help local groups, schools and businesses make a real difference. Applications are open now! www.qldc.govt.nz/wmcf
Decluttering your garden shed?
Small, broken items can go in your red rubbish bin, while Wastebusters can reuse good-condition tools, hoses, pots and more. For more details on these and heaps more items check out our A-Z Rubbish & Recycling Directory at www.qldc.govt.nz/services/rubbish-recycling
Struggle to remember when to pay rates?
Set up a direct debit today – it’s the easiest way for your rates to be collected and in a way that works for you. We offer weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and annual options, helping to make payments as manageable as possible. Set up a direct debit using the application form at www.qldc.govt.nz/rates-dates and email it to directdebit@qldc.govt.nz
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Milestone for Queenstown’s private hospital
by Paul Taylor
Four thousand surgeries have now been performed at the Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital since it opened three years ago.
The hospital, a partnership between Southern Cross Healthcare and Central Lakes Trust, accommodates various specialties, including orthopaedics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, urology, gynaecology, plastic, and general surgery. It treats not only insured or self-paying patients, but also patients referred from public health services.
“Approximately 50 percent of our patients are referred from ACC or Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, meaning we are truly delivering surgical care closer to home,” General Manager Tim Capill says.
“We provide a local option for elective surgeries, which is great as people previously had to travel to either Dunedin, Invercargill or further afield for surgeries.
“We’re pleased we are able to relieve some of the pressure on health services and ensure local residents can receive the care they need in a timely and more convenient way.”
That model, public healthcare delivered via in private infrastructure and clinical teams, has been proposed as a way to tackle the growing health services access inequality in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago compared to elsewhere in NZ.
A steering group headed by local MPs and mayors last month published a report recommending harnessing the growth of the private health sector, collaborating with projects that are already in the pipeline, to bring more public services to the fast-growing areas. It has been delivered to Minister of Health Simeon Brown, with a business plan expected by the end of the year.
Some 70% of the people in NZ who live more than two hours from a base hospital live in Otago Central Lakes.
Health Action Wānaka recently published its own report ‘Perception versus reality: the true state of healthcare in the Upper Clutha’ revealing the depth of the problem for public healthcare locally. It found some patients have to travel seven hours for medical appointments and others pay for health services that are free elsewhere, including after-hours acute care and blood collection.
People are being refused clinically necessary radiology and specialist care due to high numbers of referral rejections, , it found, while the elderly, people with mental health needs, and pregnant women all face significant barriers. It’s the same story across the region, due to years of chronic underfunding.
HAW spokesperson Monique Mayze says it’s good to see some recognition of the problem, through the steering group’s work.
“In an ideal world, we’d like to see public investment in health infrastructure and delivery of services, but we recognise the limitations at the moment,” she says. “So, being pragmatic, these partnerships are obviously what’s being looked at.
“Our primary principle for everything is ‘is this the most equitable solution for the community’. If you look at something like a base hospital, it’s been suggested it would be in Queenstown, but we’d question whether that’s the best location in terms of equitable access for most people.”
While Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital is an undoubted success for elective surgeries, there are concerns in the community and nationally about the public / private model and the way forward.
“When you have commercial interests as a motivation, perhaps there isn’t the same level of clear headedness about what’s best for the community,” Mayze says. “So we’d have to look at what’s proposed on a case by case basis.”
HAW is meeting with the Minister in July and has written to him with a list of quick wins: the introduction of psychiatric consultations via telehealth within 12 months, delivery of a publicly-funded blood collection service in Wānaka within two years, and increased local access to publicly funded radiology services via the government’s $30m funding boost announced last June.
Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital GM Tim Capill
Lost & Found
LOST & FOUND
UNCLAIMED ITEMS SITTING AT THE Police Station, at 11 Camp Street, this week include:
- JAVIER INGUERZON INFANTE – wallet
- ASHLEIGH TOBIN – WALLET
- MICHAELA ANDERSON – PURPLE purse
- SEBASTIAN OSSANDON SANHUEZA – card wallet
- BENJAMIN MURDOCH – WALLET
- NGUYEN LE MINH ANH – wallet
- AYDN CALLAGHAN – WALLET
- GOLD SAMSUNG SMART RING
- BLACK HARDSHELL SUITCASE (CARRY on size), found at the airport
- JESSICA WILKINSON – BACKPACK
- RACHEL CAVE – GREEN bumbag
FOR SALE
NISSAN TIIDA SEDAN AUTOMATIC 2005, immaculate condition. 206,700 km, WOF to Oct 2025, as is where is. 4 new tyres, strut mounts replaced. Regular servicing, view Frankton. $3,400. Contact 021 055 4060
ACCOMMODATION
1. How many players are in a football team?
2. Which entertainment show featured the phrase, 'Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be...'?
3. Which singing competition was the first to feature Simon Cowell as a judge?
4. Who plays Eleven in Stranger Things?
5. Which US state was Joe Exotic a.k.a. the Tiger King's G.W. Zoo based?
6. In which year did the original UK version of The Office air?
7. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
8. What was the first single to be released by the band Oasis?
9. What was the Turkish city of Istanbul called before 1930?
10. Which two houses were involved in the War of the Roses?
11. Which 2021 show has Netflix reported as its most-watched original series ever?
12. Which UK city is situated further west – Bristol or Edinburgh?
13. Who played Cruella de Vil in the 2021 live-action film about the 101 Dalmatians villain?
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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.
BRIDGE LESSONS 2025: WHEN: 22 May - 24 July (Every Thursday for 10 weeks). Where: Meeting Room, Mezzanine, Events center, Frankton. Time: 6pm till 9pm. Contact: Lynnette McLennan for more information. lynnettemclennan63@gmail.com
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TUE (6 May) @ 6.30pm, ‘Cultivating an Open Heart’ with Grant Rix WED (7 May) @ 6.30pm, ‘Monthly Sadhana Practice’ with Grant Rix SUN (11 May) @ 10am, ‘Cultivating Awareness Practice’ followed by ‘Social Sunday’
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14. What company is also the name of one of the longest rivers in the world?
15. Which former Beatle had a number one hit with Stevie Wonder in 1982?
16. Which legendary surrealist artist is famous for painting melting clocks?
QUIZ ANSWERS:
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2. Stars In Their Eyes | 3. Pop Idol | 4. Millie Bobby Brown | 5. Oklahoma | 6. 2001 | 7. Mercury | 8. Supersonic | 9. Constantinople | 10. York, Lancaster | 11. Squid Game | 12. Edinburgh | 13. Emma Stone | 14. Amazon | 15. Paul McCartney | 16. Salvador Dali
QLDC Libraries
Librarian
Profile
Kia Ora!
Lakes Weekly Bulletin and Queenstown Lakes Libraries are profiling our librarians. This month we are profiling Jen, who is a Library Assistant at Frankton Library.
Kia ora! I’m Jen and I started in my role as a Frankton Library Assistant in October of last year. Working within a library has long been an aspiration of mine and I’m loving getting to do so within such a great team here in Te Kirikiri. Reading was (and remains!) one of my favourite past-times. As a big Enid Blyton fan, I spent a lot of time in my school library churning through the Famous Five and the Secret Seven. I became well-known to my school librarian who even let me volunteer to get a taste of librarianship... the height of cool!
Growing up in a small community, trips to the public library enabled me to explore different ideas through literature and went a long way towards helping me to expand my horizons and perspective.
Hailing from the mighty Waikato, I have spent time living in various places around the country and overseas, most recently Montréal Canada where I spent a couple years learning French and experiencing the northern hemisphere winter before arriving here in Tāhuna last year. I have found libraries to be a brilliant resource to assist in connecting and integrating within
Book Recommendations:
Amma – Saraid de Silva
Amma is a sweeping, intergenerational debut that traces the lives of three Sri Lankan women – Josephina, her daughter Sithara, and granddaughter Annie – across continents and decades. Beginning in Singapore in 1951, a single traumatic event reverberates through time, shaping the choices and identities of the women who follow. From their migration to New Zealand in 1984 to a fractured family reunion in London in 2018, Amma explores the complexities of displacement, queerness, cultural expectation, and the enduring power of love to heal generational wounds.
Woman on the Edge of Time – Marge Piercy
Considered a classic of utopian speculative science fiction as well as a feminist classic ‘Woman on the Edge of Time’ is a groundbreaking feminist science fiction novel by Marge Piercy that explores power, freedom, and the possibilities of a more just future. When Consuelo (Connie) Ramos, a Mexican-American woman institutionalised against her will, begins to communicate with a visitor from the year 2137, she glimpses a radically different society – one shaped by equality, sustainability, and shared care. But as Connie is pulled between two worlds – one real and one imagined – she must fight for her agency, sanity, and the future itself.
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Queenstown Lakes District Libraries
a new community and am now lucky enough to be on the other side of the desk helping new arrivals settle into our lovely region.
Other than my interest in books, what drew me to libraries was the numerous things they offer and represent. A space where all are welcome, lifelong learning is encouraged, connection facilitated, a place for creative expression or simply a cosy spot to hole up with free WiFi. Libraries are where it’s at!
After training as a nurse in Ōtepoti Dunedin, I worked for several years at Starship Children’s Hospital where I had the privilege of working alongside some incredible tamariki and whānau. And while my current nursing role does not generally involve mixing with children, I have been enjoying getting to do so in the library with our Pages & Purrs programme, Wriggle and Rhyme on occasion and the newly launched Lego Club. So pop by and say hi at any of these programmes!
There’s a Cure For This – Emma Espiner
From award-winning writer Dr Emma Espiner comes this striking and profound debut memoir. Encompassing whānau, love, death, ‘90s action movies and scarfie drinking, There’s a Cure For This is Espiner’s own story, from a childhood spent shuttling between a ‘purple lesbian state house and a series of man-alone rentals’ to navigating parenthood on her own terms; from the quietly perceived inequities of her early life to hard-won revelations as a Māori medical student and junior doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic. Clear, irreverent and beautiful, this book offers a candid and moving examination of what it means to be human when it seems like nothing less than superhuman will do.
It’s a day in the life of three friends beefing with their own city, Tamaki Makaurau. Razor-sharp, satirical novel by Coco Solid, following three young wāhine navigating life, friendship, and identity in a gentrifying Auckland. Blending memoir, fiction, and cultural commentary, the story pulses with humour, defiance, and a deep love for community. As the city shifts around them, the trio holds space for each other, confronting racism, class, and colonisation with wit and resistance. A fresh, genre-bending debut that captures what it means to exist – and resist – in Aotearoa today.
How to Loiter in a Turf War – Coco Solid
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Teacher Aide - Fixed Term
We are looking for a Teacher Aide (Learning Assistant) who is empathetic and compassionate and enjoys working with children to join our team at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Queenstown. This is an opportunity to help to grow young people in our community, providing both behavioural and learning support in the classroom environment as part of a support team and a wider staff who work to achieve excellent outcomes for all.
This fixed term position is for 20 hours per week (school term time only) with an immediate start, finishing on Friday 19 December 2025. The pay rate (as determined by the support staff in schools collective agreement) is approximately $28 per hour.
To be eligible to apply you must have one of the following:
- New Zealand Citizenship
- New Zealand Residency
- Australian Citizenship.
Please note that a full police vet will be required for the successful applicant.
To apply, please send a letter of application which includes any relevant experience to: office@stjosephsqt.school.nz
PART TIME CASUAL VACANCY FOR EXCEPTIONAL SEWING MACHINIST
Nemo workroom is the leading sewing space in Wakatipu. Busy with a variety of private and commercial sewing work.
Our workroom is extremely varied and services a large client base. We are searching for the right person to join our team on a part-time, long term basis.
A Part- Time vacancy has come available for a highly experienced machinist. Experience on industrial machinery is essential. Must be able to deal with a variety of fabric types, work to dead-lines and understand garment construction and a variety of sewing techniques. This key role is for all alteration work coming in the workroom. Weekend work is a possibility.
We require a positive person who approaches life with vigor and enthusiasm.
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Qualified Carpenters Required for a local building company specialising in architectural builds. Long term work available for the right candidate.
We are looking for an experienced baker to take over our very popular cabinet
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This position can be full or part time. Must have legal right to work in NZ
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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
