Crash Concerns Between Queenstown and Milford - Boomer Tourist Season Predicted
Police are urging caution on the Frankton to Kingston highway through the Devil’s Staircase with latest NZTA statistics still showing concerning crash numbers along that route before what’s predicted to be a bumper tourist season even gets underway.
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At 76, Queenstown’s Queen of Waka Ama Francie Piacun has brought home a prestigious bronze crown, part of the 75-Plus age-group Kiwi team to win bronze at the World Waka Ama Sprints Championships in Singapore late last month.
Remarkable Theatre’s annual main show will open this Friday, reflecting on “the good old days,” questioning who they were actually good for. Home, I’m Darling will run until Saturday, 19 September and is the biggest show of the year for the group.
Police are extremely concerned to have netted two alleged drink drivers recording over 1000mcg, one over 1300mcg, when breath tested around Queenstown this past week, another two allegedly blowing over 800mcg in Central Otago.
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Remarkable Theatre’s annual main show will open this Friday, reflecting on “the good old days,” questioning who they were actually good for. Home, I’m Darling will run until Saturday, 19 September and is the biggest show of the year for the group.
Queenstown Writers Festival is returning for another year and the programme launch is this weekend.
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