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Mountain Scene, 16 Jul 2026

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The award-winning voice of Queenstown delivered directly to homes in Queenstown, Arrowtown and the Whakatipu Basin. Additional copies are distributed across supermarkets, petrol stations, hotels, motels, cafes, libraries, and visitor centres in Queenstown, Wanaka and Glenorchy. Proudly serving the community since 1972, we’ve been a trusted source of local news and connection for over 50 years.

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ArticleGrid­lock gripes grow

FRUSTRATION’S grow­ing at delays in reopen­ing a cent­ral Queen­stown through­road that’s caus­ing grid­lock on the nearby Gorge Rd arter­ial — espe­cially now due to high volumes of ski­field and school hol­i­day traffic. Reopen­ing Robins Rd — a...

Grid­lock gripes grow

ArticleSalut, Sir Sam

BEFORE this year’s dust­up between cel­eb­rated Cent­ral Otago­based movie actor Sir Sam Neill, who died this week, and Cab­inet Min­is­ter Shane Jones over Santana Min­er­als’ pro­posed Bendigo gold mine, his last local stoush was with a former...

Salut, Sir Sam

ArticleZones on the cards

QUEENSTOWNERS are being asked to have their say on poten­tial changes to the resort’s pub­lic bus sys­tem, which could see Arrow­town become a second ‘zone’. The Otago Regional Coun­cil (ORC) is con­sid­er­ing a move to a ‘zone­based fare sys­tem’ for...

Zones on the cards

ArticleThe new slope style

QUEENSTOWN’S Ella James is on a mis­sion to bring some access­ible glam­our to our winter. She’s just launched Chalet Girl., an online designer ski gear hire ser­vice for women, fea­tur­ing a host of inter­na­tional brands, such as Gold­bergh, My...

The new slope style