Queenstown's popular Mardi Gras music festival cancelled
Warren Park, where it was set to take place, has been hit hard by the bad weather.
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Warren Park, where it was set to take place, has been hit hard by the bad weather.
Seriously, if the lifts are running and there's snow on the ground, then the best snow resort is always the one you're at. But why be so serious when you can have another great trans-Tasman debate - namely who has the better snow experience, the Aussies or the Kiwis? Unexpected lockdowns and border closures notwithstanding, we've tracked down skiers and snowboarders with more talent than we'll ever know to give the inside word on their area. And in so doing, to cast their vote on who has the best white stuff on either side of the Tasman. See Also What comes out best - the country with the liv...
Mountain Scene May 11, 2021 By GUY WILLIAMS A group of residents behind a project to build a skateboarding ramp for younger children in Queenstown’s Shotover Country are on a final fundraising push. The mini ramp project was instigated by Nick Hyne and George Carver about two years ago, and they’ve since been joined by a team of other locals to help push it along. Group member Gavin Flynn says the group recently got approval from Queenstown council’s parks team to build the ramp in Richmond Park, right next to an existing pump bike track. ‘‘There are not a lot of com...
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Mountain Scene April 8, 2021 By PHILIP CHANDLER An up-and-coming indie-pop muso from Arrowtown drops another single tomorrow. Sofia Machray, 21, a former Wakatipu High student who’s now based in Wellington, is releasing Milky Ways on streaming platforms including Spotify and YouTube. A video follows a few days later. Machray, who topped alternative charts last year with her debut single, Handstands, wrote the single a few years ago, soon after moving to Wellington to do a Bachelor of Commercial Music through Massey University, which she’s now completed. She admits it was ...