The Loop Arrowtown – Edition 255

EE FR your local event guide & directory 13 February – 12 March 2025

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SOUTHERN LAKES

28 Feb - 2 Mar

Queenstown Events Centre Fri, Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4 It's all about ideas.

Adult $5, Gold Card Friday $2.50, Under 16 Free Door sales available or buy online at homeandgardenshow.co.nz

SHOW SPECIALS! EXPERT ADVICE!

It's all about ideas at the Southern Lakes Home & Garden Show!

110+ exhibitors showcasing the latest ideas, trends and solutions to improve your home, garden & lifestyle Builders, renovators, spas, saunas, home decor, plants, art, outdoor products, heating & cooling, flooring, double glazing, solar solutions and more Show specials, giveaways, family fun with Resene Paint-a-Pot Sat, Sun 11 - 2 Take a break from the shopping and enjoy good food & great coffee Bring along your plans, questions and ideas and chat to a variety of experts Wonderful selection of artisan foods, well-being & lifestyle products Enter at the Show entrance to WIN a fold-up electric bike thanks to Ezirider and a $250 Resene Voucher!

"The show is a fantastic source of information and ideas for those with a project on the go at home. The variety of exhibitors in one place is a fantastic opportunity to compare what is available on the market and to seek advice from 2 the experts in each field."

2025 arrowtown autumn festival Get ready, Arrowtown!

The 39th annual Arrowtown Autumn Festival is back from April 24–27, 2025, and it’s set to be another incredible celebration of our stunning town.

Tickets are now on sale via Humanitix – for the ever popular Quiz Night and Pie, Pint & Pinot, the hilariously fun Comedy Night featuring Josh Thomson, the Art of Wine which will be at Astor Bristed Gallery this year and for a new high-stakes event at the New Orleans Hotel - Casino Royale.

Get your tickets now before they go! humanitix.com

12 million plus sunflowers Royalburn is opening up the sunflower field this Sunday 16th February and raising funds for the local Arrowtown preschool at the same time (100% of proceeds goes to them).

Come and enjoy a pilates class, gourmet picnic baskets, music, professional photography, coffee cart and more with the best backdrop in town.

Nadia Lim said, 'We get A LOT of enquiries about visiting our sunflower paddocks at Royalburn Station and we’d love to share the joy these stunning beauties bring.'

Get tickets and options @humanitix.com 8am–9am Pilates in the Sunflowers with Yayoi.

Yayoi is one of the best in town, and what better way to start your day than with some deep breaths and an energising practice overlooking one of the best views in town.

BYO mat and get ready to give your Sunday an unforgettable beginning.

10am–1:30pm or 4pm–7:30pm Come along any time between one of the two slots and breathe amongst the blooms. Book your McKibbons Picnic Box and get a family portrait taken by a professional photographer!

Stay as long as you like within your chosen time window.

McKibbons Picnic boxes, along with your portraits in the sunflowers must be preordered. $25 gets you a sitting and one edited digital image emailed to you after the day. Other options will be available, chat to the photographer on the day.

Please note this event is not licensed so no alcohol will be permitted on the premises.

All proceeds go to Arrowtown Community Preschool.

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arrowtown village association news 2025 Community Survey Results

A record-breaking year as our community survey achieved 226 responses, up from 206 last year, thank you to all those who participated. This now forms our membership base who will continue to receive updates on projects and initiatives.

Survey responses showed strong support for our new Quarterly Newsletter, which has become a key part of/arrow ourtown-village… https:/ communications in an increasingly busy information landscape.

Edit This year's five key initiatives were ranked similarly in importance, with Urban Intensification emerging as the top priority, followed by Save Local Elections in October, District Parking Strategy, Coronet Forest Trails & Planting, River Reserve Masterplan and Managed Access Customise to Macetown. More detailed information will be provided in our Q1 Newsletter.

Download It was encouraging that 60% responded expressing interest in learning more about how they can contribute to the work of thefeedbac AVA. k Submit We are a voluntary organisation and constructive participation from all community members is welcomed throughout the year.

As part of our new membership structure we also request voluntary donations. Responses suggested an average of $40 as an appropriate contribution. You can still donate and register as a member via the QR code. Sign up to receive a detailed analysis of survey results and our next newsletter.

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Bespoke kitchens on display and available to order at

18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown 021486620 Located in the Italian quarter between Little Aosta and Bianca Giovi

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weather cleared for another successful opera Arrowtown’s 2025 Twilight Garden Opera was a huge success. The picnic opera event, the fifth held by the Arrowtown Creative Arts Society, had a record attendance of 460 which was achieved despite earlier bad weather. Profits will go to 'Turn Up the Music' charity, which now provides individual music lessons to more than 300 Wakatipu children.

The enthusiastic audience enjoyed a mix of classic opera and modern musical favourities, particularly a moving finale where seven “huge” opera voices delivering a harmonized “How Great Thou Art.” The concert’s picturesque venue was the Stalker Family’s Springpointer Gardens, which has a backdrop to the Remarkables.

“Clearly this concert is well established as one of the summer’s most popular highlights,” said ACAS spokesman John Lapsley.

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Children attend Arrowtown Montessori and Arrowtown School. Parents are local business owners with good references.

Please call 022 125 4875

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mundi trio Filled with joy and exuberant energy, Mundi Trio has captured hearts across the land and far-flung seas, touring and performing extensively.

Just some of the events include Newtown Festival, Festival of Lights (New Plymouth) Christchurch Arts Festival and TEDX. Mundi Trio comprises Brazilian percussionist Ricardo Stuani, guitarist and dancer Chris Dabinett and flautist/ vocalist/ percussionist/ dancer and composer Tamara Smith.

Tamara Smith has travelled the world compiling inspiration for her compositions along the way - from performing in jazz clubs in Paris and recording an album in Sri Lanka, to learning traditional Indian flute by the Ganges and warding off alligators in the heart of the Amazon.

In this Arts on Tour performance Mundi Trio perform a new series of compositions that weave together the two oldest instruments in human’s history – flutes and percussion- into a sizzling array of dueling Brazilian/ African percussion with hypnotic guitar, and vocal melodies soaring above and interlaces stories through music of our interaction’s with nature and ourselves.

Playing here in the Athenaeum Hall, Arrowtown on Thursday 20 February. Tickets $20 @eventfinda.co.nz

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upcoming events

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Sunflowers at Royalburn Station with Arrowtown Preschool

Lakes District Museum Gallery 9 am – 5 pm Royalburn Station 8 amw 7.30 pm

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Mundi Trio

Athenaeum Hall 7:30pm – Tickets $20

27 2 Mar

New Zealand Golf Open

tickets @ humanitix.com eventfinda.co.nz

Millbrook Resort 9 am – 5 pm nzopen.com

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Motatapu

Wilcox Green 8 am – Late motatapu.com

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arrowtown community nursery The Arrowtown Community Nursery which is being set up at Tewa Banks by the Arrowtown Choppers, are excited to let you know that the potting shed is being built this week by the absolute legends at AJ Saville, who are generously donating their time and skills to get the job done.

A huge thanks to Grant from Spectrum Drainage & Contracting who volunteered his time (and the digger) to level the site for us.

Also, we have received funding from Central Lakes Trust to purchase the T28 potting trays that we will be using in the nursery. These are a new longlasting version, lasting for nine+ years instead of the current one year.

That means much less plastic and less long-term cost.

The community nursery is a real team effort, and we can’t wait to make it a great place for us to all to grow the trees that will become a beautiful native forest around Arrowtown.

All the help mentioned above is in addition to all the amazing help and/or funding we’ve had to get to this point including the ORC EcoFund, Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust, Arrowtown Golf Course, DevCorp, Arrowtown Business and Promotions Association, Arrowtown Village Association and QLDC. If you haven’t already and would like to register your interest and to receive updates, please contact us via email: nursery@ arrowtownchoppers.co.nz SAVE THE DATE: Autumn “Arrowtown Beech Party” Planting Day. Meet anytime from 9am at the Chinese Village, Arrowtown on 6 April 2025 and you will be directed to the planting site (about a 20min walk).

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The entire range on display and available at

18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown 021486620 Located in the Italian quarter between Little Aosta and Bianca Giovi

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© Photo by Hamish Murray

Arrowtown Photography Competition The Arrowtown Photography Competition is on again. We are seeking photographs of Arrowtown to support us in marketing our “Most Beautiful Small Town” to NZ and the rest of the world.

Categories:

• Seasonal (Horizontal only) • Landscapes (Horizontal only) • Wildlife/Nature (Horizontal only) • Outdoor Recreation (Horizontal only)

• Nightscapes (Horizontal only) • B&W (Vertical or Horizontal) • Youth (Vertical or Horizontal)

The Grand Prize for the best photo overall is The Jade and Opal Factory trophy, with cash prizes for category winners.

For more info or to enter online: www.arrowtown.com Entries close midnight on 23rd March 2025.

Amateur entries only.

All winning & finalists images are on display at Lakes District Museum over the Autumn Festival 2025.

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business directory accountants Mike Wallace–Management Services www.mgtservicesqt.co.nz 43 Homeward Bound Dr 027 616 9007 bars/cafés/resturants Arrowtown Bakery 1 Ballarat Arcade Buckingham St 03 442 1587 The Fork & Tap 51 Buckingham St 03 442 1860 child care Arrowtown Preschool Cotter Ave & Durham St 03 442 1416 cleaning services Slithy Toves slithytoves33@gmail.com 021 079 6233 flowers The Arrowtown Flower Company thearrowtownflowercompany.co.nz 021 946 836 hairdressers D’OR Hair Stylists Royal Oak Complex, Shop 14 Arrow Lane 03 442 1890 health & beauty Back on Track Physiotherapy 57 Buckingham St 03 442 6616 Massage Therapist Renata Garbin www.renatagarbin.nz 021 0256 4680 Unichem Arrowtown Pharmacy 20 Buckingham St 03 442 0975 Immigration Arrowtown Immigration HS 027 834 5473 43 Ramshaw Lane WB 021 184 3309 law Aspiring Law www.aspiringlaw.co.nz 4 Buckingham Street 0800 277 529 photography toddweeksphoto todd.weeks@bayleys.co.nz 021 645 022 16

plumber Queenstown Plumbing & Gas Ltd PO Box 250, Arrowtown 03 441 8071 retail The Jade & Opal Factory 30 Buckingham St 03 442 1654 real estate Bayleys 36 Buckingham St 03 442 1616 Colliers Candice & Vera 027 630 1283/021 059 6266 Harcourts Arrowtown 021 288 3454 Walker & Co. 4/23 11th Ave, Lake Hayes 027 298 4123

community services in an emergency phone........................ 111 Arrowtown School 9 Chalmers Place 03 442 1854 Arrowtown Medical Centre 1 Berkshire St 03 450 1355 Community Policing Centre 57 Buckingham St 03 442 1274 Fire Brigade http://www.facebook.com/ Arrowtownfire 2 Hertford St 03 442 1740 Justice of the Peace Russell Heckler 027 284 8814 Mr A. MacDonald 03 409 8102 Tracey McLaren 027 221 8196 Richard Newman 027 497 0138 Library 58 Buckingham St 03 442 1607 Museum/Gallery/Information Centre 49 Buckingham St 03 442 1824 Plunket 20 Cardigan St 0800 933 922 Post Office 52 Buckingham St 03 442 1885 Wasp Man free wasp nest extermination Russell Heckler 027 284 8814

local club notices Arrowtown Bowling Club

03 442 1905

Club Day Thursday. New members welcome – coaching available – More info phone Susan 021 165 0862

Dorothy Browns Bookclub

03 442 1964

Meet the 1st Tuesday of each month at 10.30 am at the cinema. Newcomers welcome.

Arrowtown Entertainers

Mainly Music

Arrowtown Golf Club

Sundays 3 pm, Library Green. All welcome!

A local group of entertainers who love to perform and sing. Programmes include: Anzac Day, Christmas, music hall singalong, popular variety songs from shows etc. If interested, please contact Faye 03 442 2802. New members welcome.

03 442 1719

Club days–every Weds & Sat(men) / Tue (9 holes) & Thurs (ladies). Phone the golf shop for more info.

We meet every Tuesday of each term at St johns Community Church hall at 10am My contact details are Eileen Toner 0272486513 or etoner1@gmail.com Petanque Plunket

0800 933 922

Little fingers playgroup, Mondays 10–12 pm. Fun Fridays 10–12 pm. Remarkable Mothers group, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of Arrowtown Library 03 442 1607 Hours: Mon–Fri 10 am–5 pm. Sat 10 am– the month, 11–1 pm. Gold coin donation.

2 pm. Reading to Dogs: Tues 3.30–4.30 pm, All welcome. For all current information, LIKE the Arrowtown Plunket during School Term Time.

Facebook page.

Arrowtown Menzshed

027 284 8814

Shotover Country Music Club

The Menzshed (Preston's Drive) is open daily for members. An annual fee of $25 plus $2 donation per visit allows all facilities to be used for woodworking and community projects. New members welcome. Phone Russell Heckler 027 2848814 for info.

Club Day–Sunday 16th February at 1:30, at the Arrowtown Community Centre, Centennial Ave,next to Rugby field, visitors welcome. Blackboard artists, raffles, afternoon tea, $2 door charge.

Contact Sue Dennis 027 488 6478

Arrowtown Scouts

We meet on the 2nd Monday every month. New members welcome. For further information. Contact Jennie Burt 0273060415.

Arrowtown Village Association

MON: Absolute Beginners ~ 9am-10am Beginners/Improver ~ 10am-12pm WED: Improver/Intermediate ~ 10am1:30pm Lake Hayes Pavilion. ALL WELCOME Cost $10. mollycrawford56@gmail.com

Want to know more about the Arrowtown Scout group? We are catering for Boys and Girls aged 6-17 years. For more info email: arrowtown@group.scouts.nz

Join the Arrowtown Village Association, the voice of Arrowtown. We work to protect & enhance the unique character of our town. Visit arrowtownvillage.nz to learn more.

Wakatipu Garden Club

Whakatipu Line Dancers

020 4111 9081

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