Help paint Otago’s streets pink: More volunteers needed for the Pink Ribbon Street Appeal
A local breast cancer survivor is calling on people the people of Otago to step up and volunteer for Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink Ribbon Street Appeal, taking place on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October.
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He’s hosted Taylor Swift, Hugh Jackman and Sir Peter Jackson at his place, Sir Ian McKellen called it his favourite place on earth, and Internet billionaire Kim Dotcom was among many famous people wanting to buy it.
International stars of the chamber music scene converged on Wānaka this weekend for the opening of At the World’s Edge Festival.
Queenstown will sparkle brighter than ever on Friday, 11 October 2025, as the Bhartiya Samaj Queenstown Charitable Trust hosts the 10th annual Diwali – Festival of Lights.
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A local breast cancer survivor is calling on people the people of Otago to step up and volunteer for Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink Ribbon Street Appeal, taking place on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October.
Queenstown will sparkle brighter than ever on Friday, 11 October 2025, as the Bhartiya Samaj Queenstown Charitable Trust hosts the 10th annual Diwali – Festival of Lights.
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Santiago Bonhomme has been selected as one of the winners of Christchurch City Libraries National Poetry Day Competition, taking home a prize in the adult category for his poem The World War Has Not Yet Reached the South Island.
Pulling together a production in a week sounds pretty challenging, but it’s what 45 young people with the help of Stage Antics will do these school holidays. On Friday and Saturday, they will bring the show Sister Act JR. to the stage, performing at the Memorial Centre.
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