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August, 2010
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NEW ZEALAND OPEN LIKELY TO RETURN TO QUEENSTOWN
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The New Zealand Open is understood to be moving to the Clearwater Resort golf course in Christchurch next year but returning to The Hills as part of a five-year deal, it was reported this month.
It's also believed that the tour
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August, 2010
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NEW ZEALAND COURT RULES ON QUEENSTOWN HOUSING
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The Environment Court ruled that the Queenstown Lakes District Council can address housing affordability under the Resource Management Act.
The decision enables statute around what has been a voluntary process for developers in
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August, 2010
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WANAKA RETIREMENT VILLAGE APPEALED
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The Auckland-based developers of a proposed 85-apartment Wanaka retirement village have appealed a decision to decline their resource consent.
Stoney Creek Village Ltd, backed by Auckland-based directors Allen Peters and Steven
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August, 2010
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WANAKA SPORTS CENTRE PROPOSED
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Work on the proposed Wanaka Sports Facility is continuing in response to the Wanaka communitys request for green field sites to be further considered, Queenstown Lakes District Council community services general manager Paul Wilson
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August, 2010
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HISTORIC QUEENSTOWN CHURCH FINDS NEW HOME
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Specialist Arrowtown heritage builders are hard at work transforming the historic Millers Flat Church into a work of art at its new Arrowtown home.
Lakes District Museum director David Clarke said the historic church has had four
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August, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN COUNCIL TAKES OVER HOLIDAY PARK
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The Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park was placed under new management this month when the Queenstown Lakes District Council took over the lease.
Queenstown man Phillip Hensman has leased the camp for the past 10 years with Gordon and
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July, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT SELLS STAKE TO AUCKLAND AIRPORT
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Auckland International Airport has bought an almost 25 per cent stake in Queenstown Airport for $27.7 million in a strategic alliance to channel more tourists to the South Island's premiere tourist town.
The strategic alliance
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July, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN RESORT DEVELOPMENT TO OPEN THIS YEAR
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Stage one of the multi-million dollar Kawarau Falls resort development, in Queenstown, should be opened by the end of the year, according to a project manager.
At a resource consent hearing in Queenstown this month, O'Connell
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July, 2010
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STAGE TWO OF QUEENSTOWN FIVE MILE PROJECT SOLD
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Stage two of the Five Mile development at Frankton was sold unconditionally this month, but who bought the property beleaguered by receivership and failed plans remains a mystery.
In its latest changing of hands, the 23.4ha block
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July, 2010
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ARROWTOWN BAR GETS FACELIFT
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The Arrowtown owners of one of the town's favourite watering holes are planning a $1 million facelift to give the 136-year-old historic building and adjoining garden bar a major facelift.
Owners of The Tap bar and restaurant, Alan
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July, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN NEW ZEALAND CYCLEWAY SUMMER START
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The contract to build the Queenstown cycleway will be publicly tendered by this summer, when members of the trust behind the $3.6 million project hope work will begin on it.
The cycleway will be part of the New Zealand Cycle Trail
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July, 2010
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CENTRAL OTAGO COULD BE NEW ZEALANDS NAPA VALLEY
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Central Otago might have the potential to become one of the great wine-producing regions in the world - a Napa Valley of the southern hemisphere.
Central Otago Winegrowers Association executive committee member Mike Mulvey said
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June, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT FASTTRACKS $8 MILLION EXTENSIONS
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The Queenstown Airport Corporation is planning to fasttrack $8 million worth of extensions to cope with increased pressure from trans-Tasman flights.
Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson said this month six more international
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June, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT NIGHT FLIGHTS PLANS
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A hearing into plans to allow night flights into Queenstowns international airport was adjourned this month.
The plan change being heard seeks to amend the existing airport air noise boundaries and associated district plan provisions
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June, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN COUNCIL TENDERS MULTI MILLION DOLLAR WORK
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The Queenstown Lakes District Council has decided to take millions of dollars of capital project work to the open market, its infrastructure services general manager Mark Kunath said.
The council considered the panel contractors
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June, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN FLOOD PROTECTION COSTS COUNCIL
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More than $80,000 was spent by the Queenstown Lakes District Council on its flood response programme when dangerously high water levels in Lake Wakatipu threatened the resort's CBD with flooding in April.
At a council Queenstown
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June, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN RURAL DEVELOPMENT FEEDBACK
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Queenstown Lakes District residents had a week this month to provide feedback on the future of rural areas, as part of a district plan review.
District council policy analyst Daniel Wells said the consultation process offered
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May, 2010
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AIR NEW ZEALAND DOUBLES AUSSIE QUEENSTOWN SEATS
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Queenstown will be inundated with Australian tourists next summer after Air New Zealand announced this month it will almost double its seat capacity into the resort.
The national carrier's deputy chief executive Norm Thompson
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May, 2010
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NEW QUEENSTOWN BACKPACKER HOSTEL OPENS
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The busy boutique backpacker market in Queenstown is set to become even more competitive when a new 112-bed hostel opens in time for the ski season.
Absoloot Value Accommodation owners, brother-and-sister team Shaun and Nadine
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May, 2010
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KAWARAU FALLS STATION FOR SALE
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Stages two and three of Kawarau Falls Station development could get another owner, now that receivers are looking at selling the property to recover a massive debt.
Receivers Timothy Downes and Richard Simpson, of Grant Thornton,
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May, 2010
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$5 MILLION QUEENSTOWN SUBSTATION MEETS GROWTH
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Aurora Energy is investing almost $5 million into a much larger Frankton substation, to be completed by June next year to cater for a significant demand for electricity.
Aurora chief executive Grady Cameron said growth at the Frankton
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May, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN COUNCIL COLLECTS $1.9 MILLION IN ARREARS
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The Queenstown Lakes District Council aggressively pursued outstanding rates to collect more than $1.9 millon in arrears in the first nine months of this financial year.
A report to this month Queenstown District Council finance
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May, 2010
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700 HOUSES PLANNED NEAR QUEENSTOWN
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700 HOUSES PLANNED NEAR QUEENSTOWN
The developers behind a project that could see 700 new houses built near Queenstown are taking the initiative of organising open days to fully inform the public of their intentions.
The Shotover
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May, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN BUS ROUTE EXPANDS
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The Queenstown Connectabus is extending its route out to the Coronet Peak Hotel at Arthurs Point amid calls for greater use of public transport from the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
However, safety concerns have prompted a
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May, 2010
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NEW ZEALAND COOKIE ICON OPENS IN QUEENSTOWN
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Cookie lovers were delighted this month with the opening of the world's first Cookie Bar in Queenstown, a concept Kiwi icon Cookie Time plans to franchise throughout the world.
Christchurch-based biscuit giant Cookie Time is hoping
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April, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN HOTELS PREDICT BUMPER WINTER
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Queenstown hotel and apartment operators are predicting a bumper winter, with some bookings ahead as much as 40 percent on last year's boomer season already.
Rydges Lakeland Resort general manager John McIlwain said this month
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April, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN APARTMENTS SNAPPED UP AT AUCTION
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There was very strong demand from around the globe as well as Kiwi buyers as 13 upmarket Queenstown apartments all sold under the auctioneer's hammer as part of a receivers' selldown in the resort this month.
The two lots of apartments,
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April, 2010
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INCREASED DEMAND AT QUEENSTOWN RESTHOME
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The new Auckland owners of a Wakatipu resthome have had big demand for elderly patients to return to the district, as they expand the number of hospital beds available.
Experienced resthome operators Heather and John Rogers took
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April, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN TO LEARN FROM WHISTLER
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Queenstown businesses could learn a lot from visiting officials from the Canadian town of Whistler, Queenstown Chamber of Commerce chairman Alastair Porter said.
The chamber hosted the officials for three seminars this month.
Mr
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April, 2010
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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON $9 MILLION COMPLEX
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Construction of the first stage of Diversified NZ Property Fund's $9 million complex at Remarkables Town Centre begins in a fortnight and should be completed later this year.
New tenants already signed up for the 1400 sqm retail
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March, 2010
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HILTON HOTEL GROUP EYES QUEENSTOWN SITE
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March, 2010
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$80 MILLION QUEENSTOWN RETIREMENT VILLAGE CONSENTED
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March, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN HOTELS STRONG THROUGH RECESSION
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March, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN DEVELOPMENT CONFIDENCE RESTORED
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March, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN SCHOOL LEARNING CENTRE OPENED
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March, 2010
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AUCKLAND OPERATORS BUY QUEENSTOWN RESTHOME
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March, 2010
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ELECTIVE SURGERY FOR QUEENSTOWN HOSPITAL
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March, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN RURAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER SCRUTINY
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February, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN TOPS NEW ZEALAND POPULATION GROWTH
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February, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN LEADS NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENTALLY
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February, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN RESTHOME SELLS
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February, 2010
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NEW QUEENSTOWN SUBDIVISION PLANNED
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January, 2010
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THE HOBBIT LOCATION SCOUTS SCAN QUEENSTOWN
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January, 2010
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NEW WANAKA PRIMARY SCHOOL TO MEET GROWTH
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January, 2010
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NEW QUEENSTOWN SKIFIELD CHAIRLIFT
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January, 2010
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QUEENSTOWN LUXURY LODGE SECOND TOP IN WORLD
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January, 2010
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SENIOR NZ GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR QUEENSTOWN
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January, 2010
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JACKS POINT TRAIL COMPLETE
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January, 2010
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GIBBSTON VALLEY TRACK ALMOST COMPLETE
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December, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT SEEKS NIGHT FLIGHTS
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December, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT RUNWAY EXTENDED
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December, 2009
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NEW QUEENSTOWN SCHOOL OPENS IN JANUARY
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December, 2009
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WANAKA DEVELOPMENT GETS GO AHEAD
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December, 2009
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NEW WANAKA DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED
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November, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN RETIREMENT VILLAGE PLANNED
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November, 2009
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WANAKA BACKPACKER HOSTEL SELLS
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November, 2009
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NEW QUEENSTOWN ADVENTURE ACTIVITY OPENS
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November, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN GOLF COURSE FUTURE
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October, 2009
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NEW QUEENSTOWN DEVELOPMENT OPENS
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October, 2009
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HISTORIC COTTAGE REBORN AS CAFE
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September, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN FILM INDUSTRY BOOSTED BY BROADBAND
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August, 2009
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AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE TO BUY QUEENSTOWN LODGE
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July, 2009
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FILM INDUSTRY CRITICISES PARK ACCESS
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June, 2009
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$300 MILLION QUEENSTOWN GOLF RESORT PLANNED
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June, 2009
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RESORT LIFTS QUEENSTOWN GOLF REPUTATION
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April, 2009
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WINTER GAMES TO BOOST QUEENSTOWN
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April, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN GOLF COURSE HOMES PLANNED
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April, 2009
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WANAKA SKI AREA RAISES CAPITAL
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March, 2009
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QUEENSTOWN CHEESERY SCOOPS AWARDS
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February, 2009
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WANAKA SKI AREA MAY BE SOLD
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