Queenstown firm offers rapid Covid-19 testing
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A QUEENSTOWN stem cell company's offering speeded-up testing for the Covid-19 virus spreading the world and locking down New Zealand, and other...
Nick’s hellish year continues
By GUY WILLIAMS
Arrowtown's Nicholas Holmes thought he'd had enough drama in 2020, but now finds himself stranded in French Guiana in a coronavirus lockdown.
Holmes arrived...
‘Stress eased’ for some migrant workers
New Zealand’s immigration minister’s going to "urgently enable" three initiatives to help migrants on essential skills work visas.
Queenstown mayor Jim Boult video conferenced with...
WinterFest 2020 wiped out by virus
By MATTHEW MCKEW and HUGH COLLINS
Uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic's forced the Real Journeys Queenstown Winter Festival 2020 to be cancelled.
The festival, in its...
‘Slash rentals’
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A health and safety adviser wants Queenstown's landlords to slash rents during this Covid-19-induced lockdown - and he's got support from the...
Rent holidays called for
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A long-time Queenstown restaurateur believes businesses like his that've been forced to close due to Covid-19 deserve a rent holiday "because our turnover...
Retired docs may man hotels
By MATTHEW MCKEW
Hotels in Queenstown may be needed for makeshift hospital wards should an outbreak of Covid-19 become widespread, a doctor's warning.
Dr Sam Hazledine,...
Colourful Italian import
Queenstown continues to attract its share of multi-millionaire entrepreneurs. One such is Italian Mauro Balzarini, who was formerly Australia's largest livestock exporter. He's now...
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Urgent action needed on skills visas
By MATTHEW MCKEW
An urgent review of essential skills work visas is needed to protect local Kiwis from job losses, Queenstown's mayor says.
Jim Boult's written a...
Our helping hands
By HUGH COLLINS
Local community centres are set to hit the frontline in Queenstown's response to the Covid-19 crisis.
Happiness House, Wakatipu's only community drop-in centre,...
‘Dying is not an option’
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A Queenstowner diagnosed with terminal cancer has urgently flown to Mexico for treatment to try to beat the odds - and the...