Redefining how people design and style their homes and commercial spaces is second nature to Wanaka interior design guru, Anna Begg whose interiors store, The Workroom Boutique, is renowned for its international flair. The Workroom is a destination store for interior soft furnishings, furniture, bedding and
Recently Rotorua Canopy Tours’ Paul Button spoke to tourism students at Queenstown Resort College to create awareness of the opportunities of tourism as a career. “At Canopy Tours, we want to work with the industry to ensure that tourism remains sustainable and that opportunities are created for
Arrowtown will host the Italian Film Festival from 21 August at Dorothy Browns when it continues its seven month, 15 venue tour of New Zealand. For the 2019 Festival, director and curator Paolo Rotondo has selected a lineup of comedies, dramas, documentaries and cherished classics that
One of Queenstown’s most iconic tourist attractions has an exciting new twist, with the installation of lights at Skyline Queenstown Luge making Night Luging possible. Skyline Queenstown has just installed 225 lights and 5.5km of cabling on its Luge tracks, ready for the new night-time activity. The
The renowned Clicquot Long Lunch at Rātā Restaurant is back for 2019. Guests can enjoy a four-course degustation lunch, designed by celebrity chef Josh Emett, exquisitely paired with Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, Rosé and Vintage 2008. This incredible degustation meal paired with various champagnes is
Queenstown based Film Otago Southland has been nominated in the category of Outstanding Film Commission at the 2019 Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards. This award recognises a film commission that “rises above and beyond the ordinary demands of location filming.” The film office was nominated
Award winning New Zealand kitchens and bathrooms were celebrated over the weekend in Melbourne at the 2019 NKBA Excellence in Design Awards. The 2019 NKBA Supreme Kitchen Design Award went to Stefan Sonntag of Masterwood Joinery in Otago for an incredible oriental and commercial-styled kitchen
Wanaka based alpine guiding company, Adventure Consultants, is recognised as a world leader in high altitude mountaineering, mountain guiding and trekking expeditions under the direction of renowned New Zealand mountaineer, Guy Cotter. Guy, who is an International Federation of Mountain Guides Association mountain and ski guide
The modern winter wardrobe gets a makeover this season thanks to the team at Arrowtown’s destination fashion store Ikon, with its impressive array of designer labels. “The store has a really cool vibe for winter with plenty of amazing brands to keep our customers happy,” says
This year I completed my 34thconsecutive grape harvest in Central Otago - that’s as long as anyone has been growing grapes commercially for wine here. And what a privilege it’s been to be part of a region that began as a tiny, unlikely upstart at