Violet Smillie

By PHILIP CHANDLER GO figure. You put on a national primary schools’ skiing comp on Queenstown’s The Remarkables and one of the stand-out schools is the resort’s Remarkables Primary. Sixteen school teams from as far away as Auckland and Masterton entered the...

By PHILIP CHANDLER How many 13-year-olds get to present the weather on national TV? That's the opportunity Wakatipu High Year 9 student Jack Smillie was given, and knocked off with polished ease, on TVNZ 1's Breakfast show last Tuesday. The Queenstowner, who's...