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Te Atamira’s ever-popular weekly Community Nights have hit the road and will now take place once a month in Wānaka.

The legacy of a Queenstown woman with a heart for underprivileged Nepalese kids, who left almost $1million in rare collectable Queenstown artworks to locally based Orphans Aid International, is being honoured this month.

A woman whose vehicle rolled multiple times off a steep drop from Moke Lake Road around 10am last Friday, 16 October, coming to rest some 40m below amongst trees, was miraculously able to climb back to the road with a rope line and a little assistance, rescuers say.

The legacy of a Queenstown woman with a heart for underprivileged Nepalese kids, who left almost $1million in rare collectable Queenstown artworks to locally based Orphans Aid International, is being honoured this month.

Kiwi Park has welcomed three healthy kea chicks, the first ever born at the wildlife sanctuary in its 40-year history. Hatched just over three weeks ago, the chicks represent a significant milestone for the Park's conservation advocacy programme, with kea breeding in captivity having been tightly restricted across the country over the past 35 years!