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   Join us: Wakatipu Trails Trust patron Eion Edgar, left, chairman Terry Stevens and Edgar’s golden retrievers Ella, left, and Bayley on the Jack’s Point track Wakatipu Trails Trust bosses believe completion of 100km of “world class” tracks will boost Queenstown’s portfolio of tourist-magnet attr »»

Former Wakatipu High student Rikki-Lee Naea (right) plans to go globetrotting after becoming Queenstown Resort College’s first Locals Scholarship graduate.  Naea, now working reception at the resort’s Heritage Hotel, began a Diploma in Hospitality Management in 2008 after winning a scholarship worth $11,500 – almost half the $25,000 fee for the two-year course.  She did her nine-month internship at the Heritage »»

    Queenstown dad-to-be Adrian Jones brushes up on his bathtub skills with three-month-old tot Leo Haines and Plunket’s Cath Hudson.  Jones and his wife Nicky are two of many soon-to-be parents in the Wakatipu who’ve signed up for the free Your New Baby three-week course organised by Queenstown Plunket. »»

                  Wakatipu High is in defence-mode as it anticipates another below-average ranking in National Cert­ificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) results. »»

  Quake help: Queenstown-based Chilean Daniela Ibanez thinks of her homeland damaged by an earthquake last Saturday A CHILEAN woman in Queenstown whose mum was caught up in last Saturday’s devastating earthquake is staging a fundraiser for victims. »»

    Queenstowner Charlotte Carter (left) is swapping her Air New Zealand uniform for a hard hat and tool belt to help out in tsunami-battered Samoa.  She’s among eight of the airline’s nationwide staff chosen to help rebuild housing on the stricken South Pacific island. »»

   Cat saver: Kieren Flanagan helps two wild kittens adjust to domestic life Queenstown’s cat rescuers hope their inaugural street appeal will raise money to help control a growing number of strays. »»

  Times gone by: Frederic Ellis Adams was born in Arrowtown’s historic Granny Jones Cottage in 1933 It was an emotional stroll down memory lane for Frederic Ellis Adams when he revisited the historic Arrowtown cottage where he was born 76 years ago. »»

  Home schooling: Drama and music school co-founders Jenny Brinsley and son Thomas Four years ago teenager Thomas Brinsley left Queenstown to follow a path that would lead him to “getting paid for acting”. »»

  Hello world: Local artist Emma Butler’s ‘Ruby’ series may be mass-marketed internationally Local artist Emma Butler’s portrayal of Wakatipu landscapes has landed her a lucrative deal which could propel her work into international circles. »»