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Mountain Scene July 18, 2021 In her happy place: Arrowtown artist Jenny Mehrtens amongst her works. PICTURE: SAM MEHRTENS Jenny Mehrtens jokes that art is her golf. In her comfortable Arrowtown gallery she tells PHILIP CHANDLER why she took up the brush, why she yearned to live here and why she has a globe, while also singing the praises of her family Hardly anyone better illustrates the joys of living and working in Arrowtown than successful artist Jenny Mehrtens. A painter whose signature work employs — appropriately for a town ‘born of gold’ — gold metal leaf, s...

“We’ve never been content to do one thing at a time,” Jane says. “We came from strong working families, my parents loved to work and so did Mick’s and it’s something we passed on to our three boys. “We’re grateful for every day, I think life is a gift. We’re always telling our children, you can’t waste a moment. Try everything in life, you only have that one chance.” The Arrowtown house is the couple’s latest venture. It was Jane who briefed Team Green Architects for the four-bedroom home that sits on an elevated site, facing Queenstown and Cecil Peak, the Remarkabl...

Wellington council Councillor Jenny Condie was stopped from tabling allegations of underhand tactics by mayor Andy Foster ahead of a Shelly Bay land sale vote in November. If ever there was a chance for the 15 people around the Wellington City Council to start afresh, this was it. Councillor Rebecca Matthews took to Twitter to seemingly label some of her colleagues racist and ignorant. She has since deleted the tweet and said she didn’t mean to label individual people racist. There was thereport that said Mayor Andy Foster should be censured for sharing confidential information with some...

Mountain Scene By PHILIP CHANDLER A new pocket-sized booklet on Arrowtown doesn’t just have one plot, it has lots of them. It’s a guide to 40 grave sites at the town’s cemetery entitled Arrowtown Cemetery: A Walk Into History. The text is by Pauline Law rence and Rita Teele, with drone photography by the latter’s son, Ben Teele, and other photos by Jo Boyd. Produced by Queenstown’s Print Central, the book was initiated by Arrowtown’s Oweena Frew and was out in time for this week’s autumn festival. Arrowtown’s Lakes District Museum funded the publication and, ...

Liz Carlson Rafting on the Landsborough River is a perfect choice for getting away from technology and people. Richie says: “I’ve flown through this area a few times and have seen how spectacular it is. You have to fly in or hike over the Brodrick Pass to start the trip, then you can spend a few days rafting and camping your way out. I’d love to do this.”​​​​​​ Stuff Travel says: If there is one must-do for New Zealanders, especially for those who love wilderness and nature, it would have to be rafting the Landsborough River on the West Coast in summer. A guided adventure,...