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Some may call it the Coachella of the Wakatipu. There were not as many global pop stars or TikTok influencers, but the Arrowtown Autumn Festival’s...

Some may call it the Coachella of the Wakatipu. There were not as many global pop stars or TikTok influencers, but the Arrowtown Autumn Festival’s...

Xu Weidi, of Dunedin, a member of the Dunedin Senior Chinese Association, performs a Beijing opera at Arrowtown’s Buckingham Green yesterday, part...

Mountain Scene By MARK PRICE The timing for our Aussie visitors couldn’t have been better. Just three days after the first international flight in more than a year landed at Queenstown Airport, Arrowtown’s holding the mother of all autumn parties. The 36th Arrowtown Autumn Festival fires up today after, like all major events last year, being forced to put the 2020 event on ice. The town that sprang from the 1860s gold rush has turned on the colour just in time for the five-d...

BROOK SABIN/STUFF New Zealands tiny towns are home to some of our best hidden gems, from an emerald lake, to cliffs that look like theyre from the moon. There’s something sweetly melancholy about the last days of summer when it’s still warm enough for swims and eating outdoors, but the chill in the early mornings and late evenings signals the frigid days that lie ahead. With the timeline for travel bubbles still uncertain, it’s probably best not to bet on escaping to warmer climes this ...