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To the barAdmitted to a different bar Former local barrister John Matthews, who shifted to Christchurch last year, was due to be sworn in as an associate judge of the High Court in the Garden City two Fridays ago. With that ceremony postponed due to the quake, Matthews took off for a brief respite in »» 10 Mar 2011
A cricket legend, bungy king and our stand-in SantaRenowned former English batsman Geoff Boycott fitted in a round of golf at Millbrook early this week before flitting across to Brisbane for the start of the Ashes cricket series. His playing partners Bob Tryfiatis and ex-All Blacks coach Laurie Mains were impressed with Boycott’s golf swing. »» 0 comments
26 Nov 2010
All Black bete noires down the toiletTWO betes noires of All Blacks supporters feature as porcelain busts in the men’s urinal in Queenstown’s newest bar, Cowboy. They’re of English referee Wayne Barnes, who arguably cost the ABs the 2007 World Cup quarter-final game against France – that pass was forward! Sacre »» 0 comments
26 Oct 2010
One shot, two shots, three shots - floorNOTICE attached to a local bar: “The Buffalo Club is closed this evening for staff training on the effects of excessive drinking.” THE new boss of Taupo Motorsport Park tells Inside Tourism he wants his town to start challenging Queenstown: “We’ve got a volcano and a »» 0 comments
18 Oct 2010
Rodney gets Act together in QueenstownAS first raised in this column two weeks ago, Act Party leader has confirmed his engagement to former top squash player Louise Crome, 21 years his junior. The local link? Hide proposed in the romantic setting of Deer Park Heights. NINETIES deputy mayor Margaret McHugh, who shifted to Auckland »» 0 comments
10 Oct 2010
Election signs shuffled under cover of darknessA COUPLE seen removing election signs at 10pm last Sunday weren’t vandals. They were mayoral candidate Vanessa van Uden and her hubby, Lakes Environmental building-consents boss Peter Laurenson. They were shuffling around the locations of Van Uden’s various election hoardings which each »» 0 comments
30 Sep 2010
They came, they stood and then they went on holidayWHAT is it about Queenstown mayoral candidates flitting off overseas during election campaigns? Three years ago, Phil Dunstan flew off to France to watch the World Cup and Colin Cloudesley left for China. This time, Simon Hayes has gone on a Mediterranean cruise. At least Hayes early on flagged »» 0 comments
24 Sep 2010
Couple double up on milestonesQUEENSTOWN couple Clodagh and Matt Hall recently pulled off a rare feat. Matt had his 50th birthday on the very day his wife celebrated her 40th. On the same day Clodagh, who sells for Bayleys Real Estate, also clinched her biggest sale. YOU have to like Remarkable Physios’ logo: »» 0 comments
06 Sep 2010
It's a young town - run by oldiesQUEENSTOWN might be a young person’s town but the make-up of councillors after October’s elections is unlikely to reflect that. Of the 12 Queenstown/Wakatipu ward candidates standing for six seats, no fewer than seven are 60 or over and another is 58. Arrowtown candidate Lex Perkins is »» 0 comments
03 Sep 2010
United Nations comes to hotelHOW cosmopolitan is Queenstown? Well, Novotel hotelier Jim Moore tells me 25 nationalities are represented on his staff. Wonder if any employer can beat that? AT the opening of Forsyth Barr’s Queenstown office last night, chairman Sir Eion Edgar was explaining how he always believes in »» 0 comments
26 Aug 2010
Mayor joins jet setIN case you wondered, outgoing mayor Clive Geddes is on a private trip to Russia. Not long ago, he visited that other great Communist power, China, on a ratepayer-supported trip to the Shanghai expo. He also fitted in a ratepayer-funded trip to the United States early this year. THE most valuable »» 0 comments
19 Aug 2010
From enforcement boss to ski bus driverIN A BIT of a career change, former Lakes Environmental enforcement boss Tim Francis – whose job was axed last December – is driving ski buses up the mountain this winter. DURING televised coverage of the All Blacks’ ninth successive win over the Australian rugby team »» 0 comments
10 Aug 2010
Scoop testPEOPLE might think the town’s big developers and businessmen are throwing their weight around on the airport issue, with their Queenstown Community Strategic Assets Group. However, speaking on the issue to the Chamber of Commerce, spokesman John Martin told members: “I’m just over »» 0 comments
23 Jul 2010
Can you name Queenstown’s oldest bar?REFLECTING on the busy airport terminal, a local this week states: “It’s like an international airport but without the duty free.” CONSIDERING Queenstown’s almost 150 years old, it’s noteworthy that the oldest CBD pub, Chico’s, is only 24 years old »» 0 comments
15 Jul 2010
Queenstown and its egosQuestion of the day. How come our Auckland-based Prime Minister seems to be more publicly supportive of retaining golf’s New Zealand Open at The Hills than either mayor Clive Geddes or Destination Queenstown boss Tony Everitt? According to the Otago Daily Times, Geddes doesn’t want to »» 0 comments
07 Jul 2010
That'll be $9.50 a Heineken, thanks. Yeah, right?EVER wondered what a $9.50 Heineken tastes like? If so, you’ll have to head to Good Group’s premium watering holes Barmuda or Bardeaux, which have just raised the price 50 cents. Although I’d imagine it tastes about the same as the $4.50 Heinekens you can get at Brazz during their »» 0 comments
02 Jul 2010
Juggling all the ballsIT'S ODD to see that the annual Glenorchy ball is on this Saturday night, as it clashes with the popular Winter Festival jazz night. The ball’s a Glenorchy School fundraiser that normally drags in quite a number of Queenstowners who might have other plans this year. THREE members of »» 0 comments
01 Jul 2010
David Kennedy up close with SugarBOXING legend Sugar Ray Leonard was in good hands during his 24-hour stay in the resort for Mountain Scene’s Winter Festival Thriller in the Chiller tonight. Ex-Destination Queenstown boss David Kennedy acted as his minder. As a token of appreciation, Leonard gave Kennedy a signed glove for »» 0 comments
29 Jun 2010
Tiger's mate joins HillsTHE NEWEST member at The Hills Golf Club – annual fee, a mere $10,000 – is an interesting cat by the name of Craig Heatley. One of the founders of Sky TV in New Zealand, he’s a top amateur golfer – he’s won pro-ams in the States with Phil Tataurangi and Fred Couples »» 0 comments
24 Jun 2010
Pub triviaOne interesting fact about Dunedin’s famous student pub, The Gardens – affectionately known as Gardies – is that it was designed by Queenstown architect Murray Cockburn. At the time the brown brick building opened, in 1970, Cockburn was practising in Oamaru. More pub »» 0 comments
20 Jun 2010
Jellyfish, Bollywood and bar openingsMAYBE luxury winter holidays in Fiji aren’t as cruisy as they’re cracked up to be. Local developer John Martin had to be rescued from a lethal jellyfish bite while snorkelling there recently. Ironically one of his rescuers, fellow Queenstown developer John Darby, had a potentially fatal »» 0 comments
17 Jun 2010
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