The Lakes District Air Rescue Trust (LDART)which has played a pivotal role in rescue and emergencies in the area for the past 30 years is charged with raising over $500,000 a year to ensure the ongoing viability of the crucial service and its goal of
Young philanthropists have blazed a trail in Queenstown with their pilot Generation Give programme at Wakatipu High School which has been so successful its leaders are now rolling it out in Auckland and Christchurch this year. Youth Philanthropy New Zealand (YPNZ) was set up last year under
A Central Otago-based company is forging ahead with plans to develop a medicinal cannabis cultivation, research and manufacturing business in the heart of wine country. Medigrowth New Zealand, based in Cromwell, plans to provide pure and safe New Zealand-grown cannabinoid medicines to a market that
The Queenstown Lakes District’s reputation as clean, green and sustainable has received a further boost after being named one of New Zealand’s three Tree Cities of the World. The programme, which is run by the Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
This September, Europe’s biggest winter music festival, Snowboxx, is set to make its Southern Hemisphere debut in collaboration with Rhythm & Alps. Taking place at Cardrona, New Zealand’s ultimate mountain playground, Snowboxx will host an action-packed program of parties and performances slope-side, as part of a
Registrations are now open for the first-ever Walter Peak High Country Farm run, to be held in Queenstown on the decade’s first leap day - Saturday 29 February 2020. This fun event for the whole family includes a TSS Earnslaw Cruise Finishers Medal for each participant
Visiting Australian celebrity chef Justin North enjoyed a chance to sample Real Journey's gourmet BBQ lunch menu before heading to the kitchen to work alongside Executive Chef Mauro Battaglia at Walter Peak High Country Farm in Queenstown recently. North says the first impression when walking through
Momentum is building at the Queenstown Country Club with the recent announcement of the go ahead for a private hospital run by Southern Cross and the Central lakes Trust at the lifestyle retirement village. Operated by the Arvida Group the facility has new homes under construction,
Award-winning Wild Earth Wines has created a stylish new venue in its bid to inspire people with a memorable New Zealand food and wine experience at The Stoaker Room Bistro and Bar in Cromwell. Originally established at Goldfields Mining Centre in the Kawarau Gorge it has
Two years ago, Anna McRitchie realised her vision for a boutique dedicated to New Zealand fashion with the opening of her store Lily & Esther, in Clyde. The Holloway Street store connects people with unique New Zealand designer fashion, eyewear, shoes and jewellery in one place. "It