
With $110 million in sales collectively in just two years at Millbrook Resort, including a record-setting $9m transaction, you’d think Mel Carter was all about the hard sell.

You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl – especially if that girl is Laura King.

Based in Alexandra, Dash Design and Print has its origins in the gold rush days of the 1860s, when the Stevens family founded the Dunstan Times and the Alexandra Herald.

Choppy’s impressive aviation background includes diverse roles as a helicopter pilot and instructor in, search and rescue, firefighting, agricultural flying, precision work, and passenger transport.

My name is Hana Kim, and I’m the director of Utsugi Hospitality and the owner of Tinco Café, a small café located in the Kmart foyer in Queenstown Central.

Skyline are on a mission to deliver real fun to global communities, and behind the scenes there’s a team of diverse, passionate individuals.

After seven years of growing community impact, the Wakatipu Community Foundation has officially rebranded as the 45South Community Foundation.

Persistent thieves have been hitting local supermarkets and petrol stations across the Queenstown Lakes District, many just unable to resist that sweet chocolate treat or high-end Bluff oyster.

Queenstown Airport is warming up for the winter rush of around 750,000 passengers over the next few months.

Rising star of the butchery world William Fletcher has earned a place at the grand finals of the National Butchery Awards.

Queenstown locals are being asked to help shape the future of one of the district’s fastest-growing areas - the Southern Corridor between the Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu.

Parenting is definitely no walk in the park. For many, the early years are full of challenges, adjusting to the new normal and learning on the fly.

He tried farming and the freezing works before the lure of ‘good fun’ landed Ross Lawrence his dream job as a liftie at Whakapapa in 1984.

When Tineke and Annika founded Country Lane, they set out to create more than a business, they wanted a lifestyle shift. Their goal was to design a place where they could work on their own terms, with flexibility, purpose, and creativity.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been ordered to pay at least $235,000 in costs over its troubled Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Twenty years ago, as a busy young physiotherapist under the pump, Emma Ferris could never have imagined what her career would look like today.

Carol Morgan wears many different hats around Queenstown, but all have a strong focus on helping the local community.

The New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival is returning to the region. The lineup includes 11 incredible speakers, 64 awe-inspiring films, 15 world premieres and mostly NZ premieres. It kicks off on Friday, 20 June, in Wānaka before heading to Queenstown.

“I spent a decade in Queenstown’s tourism industry, but when I transitioned into tech, I realised I didn’t have a network here - I had to build one,” says Jenni Powell, General Manager of Both Brains for over four years.
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