- 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 function last week for newly registered bank SBS told the manager: “You’ve got to be the only bank that is actually holding a
celebration anywhere in the world!”
- Local wine pioneer, Mount Edward co-owner Alan Brady, has learnt British Opposition leader David Cameron drank a glass of his winery’s riesling during the Conservative Party’s conference in Birmingham two weeks ago.
- You won’t hear about it till it screens but apparently an episode of TV’s hit worldwide adventure challenge The Amazing Race was shot at AJ Hackett Bungy’s Kawarau Bridge site last week.
- In a novel way of promoting business on our all-too-regular wet days, Bathhouse Restaurant is offering a 10 per cent discount – if you place your order while it’s raining outside.
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