Queenstown news from September 2005

  • InterCity opens up the West Coast with Newmans

    Posted on 28 September 2005 |

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    Effective October 1, Newmans Coach Lines will introduce a daily West Coast Service between Queenstown and Franz Josef. The InterCity Group (NZ) Ltd is the only national tourism operator to provide regular, daily, scheduled service on this important Queenstown - Wanaka-Fox Glacier - Franz Josef Glacier tourism route. “This daily Newmans Service – which links with the...

  • Challenge issued to Step 'n' Stride

    Posted on 27 September 2005 |

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    Queenstown Lakes Alive is calling all inactive people of the Wakatipu to register for the Push Play Step ‘n’ Stride Challenge in the lead up to National Push Play Day on Friday, November 4. With the support of Sport Southland, Queenstown Lakes Alive is offering 50 free stepometers to the first 50 people who sign up...

  • Mt Cook strike to end after jobs threatened

    Posted on 27 September 2005 |

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    Workers at Mt Cook Airlines in Queenstown have agreed to return to work in the face of threats that they would lose their jobs. “They were told that if the dispute wasn’t settled by last night, they could all be out of work,” said Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little. Fifty-five baggage handlers and ticketers...

  • Affordable Housing Next Step

    Posted on 27 September 2005 |

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    The Queenstown Lakes District Council is continuing to deliver on its Affordable Housing Strategy, adopted in June this year. “The next step has been to appoint a senior policy analyst with the ability, experience and confidence to drive the project through the next key stages,” QLDC planning and strategy manager Vicki Jones said. The council was delighted to...

  • Dog Policy Good Interest

    Posted on 27 September 2005 |

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    Early indications are that the Queenstown Lakes District Council Dog Policy is attracting a strong response from the community, CivicCorp policy planner Lisa Kissell said. Submissions on the council’s proposed ‘Policy on Dogs’ would not close until 3 October 2005; however a steady stream of submissions was already being received. “We currently have 45 submissions on...

  • NZ Teams Impress in Extreme Cocktail Challenge

    Posted on 23 September 2005 |

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    Riki Carter from Good Luck Bar, Wellington and Blake Head from Winnie Bagoes in Christchurch The 42 Below Cocktail World Cup has taken Queenstown by storm this week with an extreme display of cocktail making whilst Jet Boating, Bungy Jumping, cavorting down the side of a mountain in a rubber tube and dangling out of...

  • Aubrey Road Work Rescheduled

    Posted on 22 September 2005 |

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    The scheduled seal extension of Aubrey Road, Wanaka has been rescheduled to avoid any unnecessary inconvenience for residents and cost to the community, Queenstown Lakes District Council Wanaka operations manager Chris Hawker said. The seal extension work was scheduled to commence from the end of September but since setting that program in place the council had commenced...

  • Project to better under understand tourists' needs

    Posted on 21 September 2005 |

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    Otago MP David Parker welcomed today's announcement of a tourism data gathering partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, Tourism New Zealand and Destination Queenstown. "Tourism is continuing to grow rapidly in our region. Information gathered through this project will help the district plan for the impact, advantages and challenges caused by tourism and ensure we are...

  • Queenstown airport workers set to strike

    Posted on 14 September 2005 |

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    Groundstaff at Queenstown airport are to strike after mediation today failed to settle their pay dispute. Fifty-five baggage handlers and ticketing staff employed by Mt Cook Airlines will walk off the job just after midnight on Friday morning. Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union advocate Ged O’Connell said that the workers were extremely disappointed that the dispute had...

  • Hit the slopes and win!

    Posted on 10 September 2005 |

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    Visitors to Wanaka and Queenstown’s ski slopes this season can have their say in the future of the region – and they could win a return trip for two or some Volkl snow gear. An online survey, www.snowsurvey.co.nz[http://www.snowsurvey.co.nz], has been launched by the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI) to assess spending on and around Central Otago’s mountain...

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