Progress on NZ's first six-star hotel planned in Queenstown 3 Mar, 2021 01:09 AM 3 minutes to read The Carlin developer Kevin Carlin (L) and managing partner Nick Liang overlooking a three-level building under way at the top of the site. Photo / Mountain Scene The Carlin developer Kevin Carlin (L) and managing partner Nick Liang overlooking a three-level building under way at the top of the site. Photo / Mountain Scene Otago Daily Times February 19 was a red-letter day in the lead-up to Queenstown's, and New Zealand's, first six-star hotel opening for business. The first of six roofs went on the central Queenstown boutique hotel that's been renamed The Carlin, after its developer, Kevin Carlin.