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All the latest news, community commentary and business profiles from Queenstown, Wānaka and Cromwell - in the South Island of New Zealand - from the Crux team.
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Central Otago has a new mayor, and it is Vincent Ward councillor and community board chair Tamah Alley. Mayor Alley took over from three-term mayor Tim Cadogan, who vacated the role in favour of a new job with national water regulator Taumata Arowai in Wellington. The former police constable, mother of three, and Alexandra local was appointed mayor by fellow district councillors at a full meeting of the council in Alexandra on October 30th. In her first long form interview she discusses age, ...
In a wide ranging Crux podcast Dunedin City councillor Jim O'Malley has identified "self confidence" as the missing ingredient for Dunedin to achieve its full potential. Councillor O'Malley also tells Crux that if Queenstown "really wants to destroy those valleys - keep going". Councillor O'Malley is the influential chair of the DCC's infrastructure committee with a strong background in academia and the international pharmaceutical industry. He told Crux that his former employer, Pfizer, at o...
It's been hard to ignore. The 2024 Queenstown Writers Festival is bigger than ever and starts soon - October 31 to November 3. This week we are in conversation with festival chair Tanya Surrey. She's a lawyer and our interview reveals an undeniable bias towards the crime genre, but there's also a dazzling cornucopia of other writing - fiction, non-fiction, children's books, history - you name it and it's part of the 2024 Queenstown Writers Festival. Ms Surrey not only describes some of her pe...
It's been hard to ignore. The 2024 Queenstown Writers Festival is bigger than ever and starts soon - October 31 to November 3. This week we are in conversation with festival chair Tanya Surrey. She's a lawyer and our interview reveals an undeniable bias towards the crime genre, but there's also a dazzling cornucopia of other writing - fiction, non-fiction, children's books, history - you name it and it's part of the 2024 Queenstown Writers Festival. Ms Surrey not only describes some of her pe...
Speaking to Crux on the day of our Dunedin launch Mayor Jules Radich has confessed his disappointment over the council's decision not to sell Aurora and also shared his frustration with the Queenstown Lakes District and Central Otago Otago District mayors for not throwing their full weight behind the Dunedin hospital campaign. Mayor Radich says eight out of ten regional mayors have fully supported the campaign for a new Dunedin hospital but Queenstown's Glyn Lewers and CODC's Tim Cadogan were...
RealNZ's recently arrived CEO Dave Beeche has hit the ground running in terms of the challenges of balancing growth and conservation as well as the value of authenticity compared to too much packaging and hype. RealNZ runs many of our top tourism operations from the Earnslaw, Walter Peak station and Cardrona to Milord/Doubtful Sound cruises and the ferry to Stewart Island/Rakiura. Mr Beeche talks with Crux managing editor Peter Newport about a pivotal moment in Europe this year where he...
RealNZ's recently arrived CEO Dave Beeche has hit the ground running in terms of the challenges of balancing growth and conservation as well as the value of authenticity compared to too much packaging and hype. RealNZ runs many of our top tourism operations from the Earnslaw, Walter Peak station and Cardrona to Milord/Doubtful Sound cruises and the ferry to Stewart Island/Rakiura. Mr Beeche talks with Crux managing editor Peter Newport about a pivotal moment in Europe this year where he...
This week's Crux podcast guest is the Central Otago District Council's deputy mayor, Neil Gillespie, who has ruled himself out of the current mayoral race saying he enjoys his job with Contact Energy, volunteering for the fire brigade, and he wants "to stay married". Mayor Tim Cadogan announced his surprise resignation earlier this week meaning that councillors will have to agree an interim mayor later this month. Councillor Gillespie tells Crux he does not believe it is important wheth...
This week's Crux podcast guest is the Central Otago District Council's deputy mayor, Neil Gillespie, who has ruled himself out of the current mayoral race saying he enjoys his job with Contact Energy, volunteering for the fire brigade, and he wants "to stay married". Mayor Tim Cadogan announced his surprise resignation earlier this week meaning that councillors will have to agree an interim mayor later this month. Councillor Gillespie tells Crux he does not believe it is important wheth...
On the Crux podcast this week Cromwell resident James Dicey gets stuck into the Central Otago District Council over what he sees as the Alexandra-based council being "the tail wagging the dog", where "technocrats and bureaucrats" are driving a process that ignores the wishes of Cromwell residents. Mr Dicey, now an influential winemaker but also a qualified lawyer and accountant, tells Crux that he believes the value of Cromwell land being taken from local community board control by the CODC (...
On the Crux podcast this week Cromwell resident James Dicey gets stuck into the Central Otago District Council over what he sees as the Alexandra-based council being "the tail wagging the dog", where "technocrats and bureaucrats" are driving a process that ignores the wishes of Cromwell residents. Mr Dicey, now an influential winemaker but also a qualified lawyer and accountant, tells Crux that he believes the value of Cromwell land being taken from local community board control by the CODC (...
First term councillor Gavin Bartlett says he's determined to find a way for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to get vital new commuter cycle trails built, especially to connect Jack's Point and Frankton. In the latest episode of the Crux podcast Councillor Bartlett also talks about his heritage that connects him with Bohemia, how early in his engineering career he built medical centres out of straw bales in Mongolia, the loneliness of being the only councillor to vote against more money ...
First term councillor Gavin Bartlett says he's determined to find a way for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to get vital new commuter cycle trails built, especially to connect Jack's Point and Frankton. In the latest episode of the Crux podcast Councillor Bartlett also talks about his heritage that connects him with Bohemia, how early in his engineering career he built medical centres out of straw bales in Mongolia, the loneliness of being the only councillor to vote against more money ...
The latest episode of the Crux podcast series proves that each of our Queenstown Lakes District councillors interviewed so far has a surprising and colourful background. Melissa White is a single mum who combines commercial cake decorating with being a councillor, but her advocacy skills were developed in the cut and thrust of the London investment banking industry. She told Crux managing editor Peter Newport investment banking is every bit as dramatic as portrayed by Wall Street movies and s...
In the latest Crux podcast Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sharon Fifield makes a passionate plea for our much-maligned CBD as well as suggesting that a gondola connecting it to the the airport could be what we are all waiting for. Her argument in favour of the CBD is that it's fine – even great – once we manage to get there and find a car park. The lakes, the mountains, and the memories most of us have of previous nights out in the town centre all go towards that the ...
In the latest Crux podcast Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sharon Fifield makes a passionate plea for our much-maligned CBD as well as suggesting that a gondola connecting it to the the airport could be what we are all waiting for. Her argument in favour of the CBD is that it's fine – even great – once we manage to get there and find a car park. The lakes, the mountains, and the memories most of us have of previous nights out in the town centre all go towards that the ...
All over the country ratepayers are staring at astronomical rate increases and at the same time losing patience with their local councils. Prime minister Christopher Luxon spoke for many people this week when he told local councils to "rein in the fantasies" and "do the basics and do the basics brilliantly". As council debt has risen, trust in our local councils has dropped in almost direct proportion. In the case of the Queenstown Lakes District Council, to the lowest trust and satisfaction ...
All over the country ratepayers are staring at astronomical rate increases and at the same time losing patience with their local councils. Prime minister Christopher Luxon spoke for many people this week when he told local councils to "rein in the fantasies" and "do the basics and do the basics brilliantly". As council debt has risen, trust in our local councils has dropped in almost direct proportion. In the case of the Queenstown Lakes District Council, to the lowest trust and satisfaction ...
All over the country ratepayers are staring at astronomical rate increases and at the same time losing patience with their local councils. Prime minister Christopher Luxon spoke for many people this week when he told local councils to "rein in the fantasies" and "do the basics and do the basics brilliantly". As council debt has risen, trust in our local councils has dropped in almost direct proportion. In the case of the Queenstown Lakes District Council, to the lowest trust and satisfaction ...
Respected hotel and hospitality operator Mark Rose calls in the latest Crux podcast for a change in community leadership and for our local council to open their books in the face of planned $1 billion debt - a level he calls "a frightening number." "If there's serious financial problems then we need to discover those now and get them fixed" Mark Rose told Crux Managing Editor Peter Newport. Mr Rose started his career as an international chef and then moved on to luxury hotel management, makin...
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