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4/02/2012
Hoping and dreaming of 2012

Hoping and dreaming of 2012

Predictions  - An AFL team will visit Queens­town for a training stint and at least one »»

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Love Christmas, hate the build-up

Love Christmas, hate the build-up

I find the lead-up to Christmas extremely frustrating.  It’s that time of year when »»

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And the 2011 awards go to...

And the 2011 awards go to...

It’s been another year of highs, lows and craziness in the Wakatipu – so to celebrate, »»

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Growing in all sorts of ways

Growing in all sorts of ways

“Don’t you f..king take a picture of me, mate.”  I was tempted to ask »»

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Just a few simple wishes

Just a few simple wishes

Dear Santa, Welcome to my mayoral Christmas wishlist.  So, let’s get a few things »»

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This here’s Highlanders country

This here’s Highlanders country

“Where the hell ...” said my slightly boozed Aussie mate, »»

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An election? What election?

Prime Minister John Key early this year shrewdly pegged an election date just weeks after the Rugby World Cup.  Key ensured a short campaign period and also would have banked on a feel-good factor from the All Blacks winning.  His tactics worked a treat, even for this politics-mad »»

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Bring justice out in the open

We’d love to tell you the name of the Queenstown woman who targeted a local teen in a nasty phone hoax.  But we can’t. The 53-year-old local mother, sentenced on Monday to 300 hours’ community work and two years’ supervision, has been granted permanent name »»

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Let’s get festive in the Wakatipu

Many articles have wound me up over the years, but I’ve not had the urge to reply to an article of Mountain Scene before.   This time I do, and feel compelled to reply to “Festive smestive?” (MS, Nov 10). By the way, the title was on a bit of a downer before the article »»

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Eating cake in the bath and crunching stats

Eating cake in the bath and crunching stats

Over breakfast the other day my five-year-old son Jack posed me an interesting question. »»

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