A 60s baby, growing up in Levin in the Horowhenua, Kate Pirovano reckons she was the family ‘sports edition’, arriving well after two brothers. “I was horse crazy, a bit of a tomboy so Mum sent me to boarding school in New Plymouth for two years to teach me how to be a lady,” grins Kate.
At 24, Sheila Morris was an accomplished young Christchurch nursing sister on her way to Auckland to join famous cardiothoracic surgeon Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes.
An entrepreneurial spirit comes with the territory when you’re born into Queenstown’s well-known Brown family, and Nigel Brown’s successful business ventures fully reflect that.
Like so many before him Hudson Turnbull came to Queenstown for the ski lifestyle and never left. That was 60 years ago. In that time he’s risen from Coronet Peak ski patroller to district councillor with no sign of slowing on community affairs yet, even aged 77.
Without even trying she’s landed some of Queenstown’s top marketing roles with ease and always delivered with jovial enthusiasm, and it all started straight out of school at Invercargill’s 4ZA Radio Station.
He’s organised do’s for the Queen and birthday bashes at Eichardt’s for friend Kenny Rogers and his band. Legendary Queenstown entertainer and events man Peter Doyle even started Queenstown’s own jazz big band. The son of a well-known professional Sydney pianist, who once played for silent movies, it was inevitable that Peter would have the music in him.
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