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Press Release – Harcourts Queenstown Gibbston Valley Lodge & Spa Homes and sections in a multi-million-dollar piece of paradise in Queenstowns idyllic Gibbston Valley have attracted unprecedented levels of enquiry since launching this week. Would-be buyers … Gibbston Valley Lodge & Spa Homes and sections in a multi-million-dollar “piece of paradise” in Queenstown’s idyllic Gibbston Valley have attracted “unprecedented” levels of enquiry since launching this week. Would-be buyers from all around New Zealand and expats looking to secure a future home in a 1000-acre station nestle...

supplied "I see this becoming a must see attraction for anyone visiting Queenstown," says Harcourts real estate agent Hamish Walker, who is overseeing sales for the Gibbston Valley developments. A $750 million luxury development in Gibbston Valley, near Queenstown, has attracted interest from high-profile buyers former prime minister Sir John Key and cricket coach Brendon McCullum. The project is located on the 40 hectare Gibbston Valley Station, which is co-owned by Greg Hunt, chief executive of Gibbston Valley Winery, Lodge and Spa and Phil Griffiths. The homes, which haven’t been built...

A year in politics 2020 was a punishing and relentless year in politics, both abroad and at home. We take a look back at the ‘unprecedented’ year. It was a year which exhausted the word “unprecedented” and forever tainted the exhortation: “be kind”. In early December, MPs went hard and early into the summer break as Parliament shut up shop for the year. Lucky for some. January The year 2020 began roughly a year ago. MPs were gearing up for the election with National in the box-seat to govern. Multiple polls had National ahead of Labour. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s daughter ...

Labour knew they had a bazooka of political power in Jacinda Ardern Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Reuters Remember January 2020? We were young, carefree and full of hope. The political year in New Zealand started like any other but then the wheels came off spectacularly, and in a way none of us could have predicted. Covid, coups, conspiracies, scandal, leaks, lies, leadership, lockdowns, misinformation, ministerial screw-ups, a sexting MP. It was immense – and that was before we hit the campaign trail. Even setting aside Covid, which we all wi...

She and Todd Muller were facing questions from the gallery on their way into caucus about the lack of racial diversity in their front bench, when Kaye volunteered out of nowhere that Paul Goldsmith – possibly the whitest man in the world – actually descended from Ngāti Porou stock. In the chaotic minutes that followed, Goldsmith confirmed twice to media he was not in fact Māori, including when Kaye asked him directly in front of the cameras. Paula Bennett, who Kaye had recently replaced, spoke for almost all of the political class when she broke into laughter. Ross Giblin/Stuff