Queenstown Lakes District, Queenstown

1436 days ago

Things change. You can too.

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

We’re holding information sessions to help you enrol with us in 2021. Find out about courses, meet tutors and enrol in one easy process.

Sessions run at various times on campus and if you can’t make it, join us on Zoom. Secure your place for 2021.
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1437 days ago

Make your own modernist art

The Team from Resene ColorShop Queenstown

Make your own modernist art and release your inner Matisse with easy-to-create canvas artworks. Use Resene testpots to suit your colour scheme for a co-ordinated look.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create your own.

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1438 days ago

Poll: Which NZ destination do you most want to travel to?

Lorna Thornber Reporter from Stuff Travel

To celebrate the refreshed Stuff Travel website, enabling you to dream, plan and now book your next escape all in one place, we're giving away a $100 voucher.

To go into the draw to win simply vote below on which of the following destinations you're most likely to use your voucher on. … View more
To celebrate the refreshed Stuff Travel website, enabling you to dream, plan and now book your next escape all in one place, we're giving away a $100 voucher.

To go into the draw to win simply vote below on which of the following destinations you're most likely to use your voucher on. Visit travel-booking.stuff.co.nz for inspiration and to view all the other destinations.
Explore now

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Which NZ destination do you most want to travel to?
  • 4.3% Auckland
    4.3% Complete
  • 20.7% Coromandel
    20.7% Complete
  • 6.2% Rotorua
    6.2% Complete
  • 5.6% Taupō
    5.6% Complete
  • 5.7% Wellington
    5.7% Complete
  • 18.7% Nelson Tasman
    18.7% Complete
  • 10.3% Marlborough
    10.3% Complete
  • 28.5% Central Otago/Lakes
    28.5% Complete
2856 votes
1439 days ago

Neighbourly 101: Contact Us

Neighbourly.co.nz

The Neighbourly team is here to lend a helping hand! Whether you have some questions around how the site works, or you need help updating your details or settings, getting in touch with us is simple:

- Click "Settings" at the top right of the website
(If on mobile, click your profile… View more
The Neighbourly team is here to lend a helping hand! Whether you have some questions around how the site works, or you need help updating your details or settings, getting in touch with us is simple:

- Click "Settings" at the top right of the website
(If on mobile, click your profile picture and select "settings")
- Select "Help”
- Under Top Articles, select "Contacting Neighbourly"
- Click on the link to our Contact Us page

We look forward to hearing from you!

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1440 days ago

Beware...some adorable ghosts may be haunting your streets.

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Halloween can be a fun way to connect with your community. But naturally not all homes in New Zealand will get involved.
If your house is open to trick or treaters this weekend, or if you know of some popular, local streets for trick or treating, please share these below.

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1440 days ago

Popular baby product recalled

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Herobility Eco Feeding Spoon and Eco Baby Spoon & Fork have been recalled as they pose a choking hazard for babies. It has been found that these can break into small pieces.

The product has been sold at Mummum, Global Baby, Hatch Boutique, J Ballantynes, Mighty Ape, Smith and Caugheys and … View more
Herobility Eco Feeding Spoon and Eco Baby Spoon & Fork have been recalled as they pose a choking hazard for babies. It has been found that these can break into small pieces.

The product has been sold at Mummum, Global Baby, Hatch Boutique, J Ballantynes, Mighty Ape, Smith and Caugheys and The Nile from October 2019 to October 2020

If you have one of these forks/spoons and the date stamp is marked 2019 or earlier (or no date stamp is shown), the company advises to stop using the product and contact Bloom and Grow NZ to organise for a gift voucher to the same value.

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1440 days ago

Christchurch to Queenstown: Runners push themselves to raise awareness of mental health

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Otago News

A couple of keen ultra runners are on a 500-kilometre journey from Christchurch to Queenstown over five days to raise awareness of mental health and raise funds for the Lifeline helpline.

Kerryn Bell, of Christchurch, and Ben Fraser, of Oamaru, along with a support crew of six who are travelling … View more
A couple of keen ultra runners are on a 500-kilometre journey from Christchurch to Queenstown over five days to raise awareness of mental health and raise funds for the Lifeline helpline.

Kerryn Bell, of Christchurch, and Ben Fraser, of Oamaru, along with a support crew of six who are travelling in campervans, left Christchurch on Saturday and hope to reach their destination by Thursday.

Read more about their journey here.

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1440 days ago

Queenstown work group swap tourism for environment

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Otago News

A post-Covid Queenstown workforce has provided jobs for more than 50 unemployed tourism workers and community benefits for thousands.

The Tourism Workforce Alliance has created new bike trails, upgraded reserves and removed wilding pines over the past four months.

The project was spearheaded by … View more
A post-Covid Queenstown workforce has provided jobs for more than 50 unemployed tourism workers and community benefits for thousands.

The Tourism Workforce Alliance has created new bike trails, upgraded reserves and removed wilding pines over the past four months.

The project was spearheaded by Bungy NZ and provided employment for local residents from various tourism organisations who had lost their jobs or were on reduced hours.

Much of the work involved fast tracking existing projects and the group was able to complete three kids’ bike trails, track upgrades, removal of 45,000 wilding pines covering 150ha and building almost 500 predator control traps.

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1443 days ago

Hurry... Last time offer for 2020!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

This is your final chance to grab our FREE 3-month Premium Business Listing!

Usually $150, your 3-month Premium Business Listing enables you to reach thousands of people who live around your business! Find friendly locals who want your services, introduce your team and share what makes you … View more
This is your final chance to grab our FREE 3-month Premium Business Listing!

Usually $150, your 3-month Premium Business Listing enables you to reach thousands of people who live around your business! Find friendly locals who want your services, introduce your team and share what makes you stand out from the rest.

There's no catches and no hidden fees. It's just our small way of saying thank you for playing such an essential part in our communities.

Grab your FREE 3 Month Premium Business Listing now!

*offer ends 31 October
Get 3 Months FREE

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1444 days ago

Happy Fri-YAY Neighbourhood Supporters! 🥳

The Team from Neighbourhood Support New Zealand

We know it's our first long weekend since June and many of us are itching to hit the roads, but there's no need to rush. Make sure to slow down, buckle up and have a plan so that you can arrive safely to wherever you're going. 💖

If you're getting behind the wheel:

🌧 … View more
We know it's our first long weekend since June and many of us are itching to hit the roads, but there's no need to rush. Make sure to slow down, buckle up and have a plan so that you can arrive safely to wherever you're going. 💖

If you're getting behind the wheel:

🌧 Drive to conditions

↔️ Keep a safe following distance

😇 Be patient with other drivers

☕️ Take regular breaks to stay alert

⌚️ Allow plenty of time

👉 Use that indicator!


For the latest traffic updates:

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1444 days ago

Looking for planting tips?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

In this week’s issue we say growing organic tomatoes is easier than you think. We list more crops to plant on Labour Weekend and give tips for bigger and better tulips next year. Learn the right way to harvest herbs and enlist predatory insects to eat up aphid pests.

Build a foldable climbing … View more
In this week’s issue we say growing organic tomatoes is easier than you think. We list more crops to plant on Labour Weekend and give tips for bigger and better tulips next year. Learn the right way to harvest herbs and enlist predatory insects to eat up aphid pests.

Build a foldable climbing frame for upwardly mobile crops plus go in the draw for vouchers from Awapuni Nurseries and a vege grower’s hamper from Yates.

Delivered every Friday to your email inbox, Get Growing digital magazine offers seasonal gardening advice from the NZ Gardener magazine's team of experts. Each week we answer all your burning questions on raising fruit and veges and tell you the top tasks to do in your backyard this weekend. Subscribe here:

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1445 days ago

FREE* Low E double glazing upgrade. Terms apply.

RetroFit Double Glazing - Otago

Check out our Retrofit Double Glazing Summer Special! Get a FREE* Low E double glazing upgrade on you retrofit job. The choice is yours, don't let your house overheat this summer and beat the winter rush to avoid a cold and damp home. Enjoy the benefits of retrofit double glazing all year … View moreCheck out our Retrofit Double Glazing Summer Special! Get a FREE* Low E double glazing upgrade on you retrofit job. The choice is yours, don't let your house overheat this summer and beat the winter rush to avoid a cold and damp home. Enjoy the benefits of retrofit double glazing all year round. So, don't wait we also offer a free no obligation measure and quote. click here to request for your free measure and quote. *Terms apply click here to view them

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1445 days ago

Make a sensory table

The Team from Resene ColorShop Queenstown

Take an old children’s table and turn it into a fun and tactile sensory board.

Sensory boards can be made with all sorts of textures and themes for young children, and are great learning tools. Let your children help choose the Resene colours and help fun with contrasting colours.

Make the most… View more
Take an old children’s table and turn it into a fun and tactile sensory board.

Sensory boards can be made with all sorts of textures and themes for young children, and are great learning tools. Let your children help choose the Resene colours and help fun with contrasting colours.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create your own

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1448 days ago

Thousands of jobs go begging because unemployed Kiwis won't take them

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Otago News

Employers are desperate to fill 8000 summer jobs in Otago – and they’re finding it nearly impossible to attract Kiwi applicants.

The horticulture, viticulture and tourism industries especially need staff, putting about $50 million worth of crops at risk if they remain unpicked and unharvested.… View more
Employers are desperate to fill 8000 summer jobs in Otago – and they’re finding it nearly impossible to attract Kiwi applicants.

The horticulture, viticulture and tourism industries especially need staff, putting about $50 million worth of crops at risk if they remain unpicked and unharvested.

A recent “Jobbortunity” event in Queenstown attracted just 274 people. The majority were migrants, with about one third of them New Zealanders.

Neighbouring Central Otago orchards and vineyards need pickers urgently, particularly with the return of Recognised Seasonal Employer workers from overseas uncertain. Read more here.

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1448 days ago

National's Joseph Mooney is the new electorate MP for Southland

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Otago News

New National Party MP Joseph Mooney will serve his first term in Parliament in an electorate that showed some dissatisfaction with his party on Saturday night.

Mooney is the new electorate MP for Southland, but Labour won the party vote.

The new Southland electorate encompasses much of the former… View more
New National Party MP Joseph Mooney will serve his first term in Parliament in an electorate that showed some dissatisfaction with his party on Saturday night.

Mooney is the new electorate MP for Southland, but Labour won the party vote.

The new Southland electorate encompasses much of the former Clutha-Southland area, which has traditionally been a National stronghold and was home to former Prime Minister Bill English for more than 20 years.

“The very first thing I’ll do is try to get [fruit] pickers on the ground and Recognised Seasonal Employers workers, because we have a crisis on our doorstep in Central Otago. Queenstown and Te Anau are also heavily reliant on migrant workers and Kiwis aren’t doing that work, so we need to get people on the ground in there," Mooney says.

“Also our rural contractors and farmers are heavily reliant on migrant workers because Kiwis either aren’t doing that work or they’re not trained to do it.’’

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