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Heard 20 November 2008

Scene here... It’s always nice when local New Zealand Post staff redirect to Mountain »»

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20 Nov 2008

Talk about Queenstown having the ear of government – the new Prime Minister is taking the tourism portfolio while the deputy PM is our new MP. By contrast, the outgoing tourism minister was so lowly ranked he couldn’t get back via the party list after losing his West Coast seat. »»

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13 Nov 2008

Heard - Nov 6

I had to smile at the background music while waiting this week in the reception room of local cosmetic surgery Clinic QT. It was Carly Simon’s classic You’re So Vain. A Harcourts ad for a Heritage Villa owner portrays a cry for help: “Due to the falling American economy, »»

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06 Nov 2008

Heard October 30, 2008

Scene here... Ever wondered what this sign at the entrance to the Kawarau »»

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30 Oct 2008

Heard, Oct 23

Scene here... Local plumber Trampus Roberts poses in a mankini on the Kawarau »»

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23 Oct 2008

Heard October 16, 2008

In the event of a disaster, Queenstown Lakes District Council’s new Civil Defence Emergency Management Guide for council staffers provides soothing advice: “Put the kettle on,” then after making a few calls and checks, “have a cuppa”. A guest at a local client »»

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16 Oct 2008

Heard - October 9, 2008

Writing about local wine characters in Pete Gawron’s newly released Saffron cookbook, Wakatipu-based movie actor and wine producer Sam Neill says: “Some you could introduce to your grandmother reasonably safely; some, frankly, would startle the horses.” In last Sunday’s »»

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09 Oct 2008

Heard October 2, 08

Sunday News recently reported embattled New Zealand First leader Winston Peters and partner Jan Trotman were renting a $2.5 million property in Auckland’s Herne Bay – owned by none other than Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman and local accountant Mark Taylor. The Taylor property »»

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02 Oct 2008