Arrowtown School News Today

Local-raised Mike Buttar, who only returned to town five months ago after 20-plus years away, says he "snuck in under the radar" to win the...

One of Queenstown’s living classrooms was put under the microscope by a group of primary school children yesterday. Shotover Primary School has...

Community from all over the world gathered in Arrowtown last night to herald the Māori New Year. The second annual Matariki Arrowtown Lights drew...

Yesterday marked the beginning of the 37th Arrowtown Autumn Festival, opening with a taster of what people could expect over the following days....

Hon Chris Hipkins Six projects, collectively valued at over $70 million are delivering new schools, classrooms and refurbished buildings across Central Otago and are helping to ease the pressure of growing rolls in the area, says Education Minister Chris Hipkins. The National Education Growth Plan is making sure that sufficient capacity in the school network is delivered in the right place and at the right time. These projects, including some funded by the NEGP, are currently in various...

Mountain Scene By PHILIP CHANDLER African drummers, an Indonesian performance group and the local Highland pipe band will perform tomorrow during Queenstown’s Waitangi Day celebrations. The City Hall-organised event, running from 11am till 2pm on Earnslaw Park, this year’s focusing on both New Zealand’s Maori culture and the resort’s ethnic diversity. It’ll start with an official welcome and songs from Cory Ratahi’s waiata group before the local cultural groups take ...

Noelene Tait. PICTURE: EMILY ADAMSON Hundreds turn out to pay their respects to Noelene Tait, 84, who died after a crash on Frankton Road on January 14 while on her way home from the library in Queenstown. One of the original members of the Arrow Miners Band, Noelene loved Irish music and used to go to The Fork and Tap in Arrowtown and play on Wednesday nights. The former theatre nurse at Kew Hospital, now Southland Hospital, in Invercargill moved to Queenstown 21 years ago after her late husba...