Guy Williams

New Zealand

Reporter at Otago Daily Times

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Articles

Trust’s heart pump plea

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownQueenstown's helicopter rescue service needs some help to keep hearts beating in an emergency. The Lakes District Air Rescue Trust is fundraising to buy a second Corpuls mechanical CPR device so both the service’s helicopters can be equipped with them.
CCO preferred option for Three Waters

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

A recommendation for a council-controlled organisation (CCO) to deliver Three Waters services in the Queenstown Lakes district will go out for public consultation on Monday. Councillors voted 8-2 in favour of the recommendation at a full council meeting in Arrowtown yesterday, taking another step in revamping Three Waters delivery in line with the government’s ‘Local Water Done Well’ reforms.
Trees may be replaced in reserve

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

Wilding trees infesting a reserve on Queenstown Hill could be felled and replaced with native and exotic species. A draft forestry management plan for the 109ha reserve, which overlooks central Queenstown and Frankton Rd, was unanimously approved for public consultation at a full council meeting in Arrowtown yesterday.
Transport demo to take to skies

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownChristchurch company Whoosh will start building a 2km demo of its "Uber in the sky" transportation system in Queenstown’s Remarkables Park within weeks. Whoosh chief executive Dr Chris Allington said it would begin operating as soon as the middle of next year, and more information would be released soon.
Tech entrepreneur calls for electricity sector shakeup

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

Tech entrepreneur Rod Drury has put a radical reform of New Zealand’s electricity sector at the centre of an impassioned call for a "national vision". Speaking to a packed audience on the opening day of the Electrify Queenstown conference yesterday, the Xero founder lamented the country’s lack of ambition and continuing brain drain. He had spent a lot of time in the past few years thinking about how the country could develop a sustainable competitive advantage in something.
Emergency man can go the distance

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. CanterburyChristchurchQueenstown's the perfect fit for our new emergency management adviser. Dave Grimes, 53, is an ultra-marathon runner who likes nothing better than running in the mountains. Although raised in Christchurch, his family holidays have always been in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago.
Freemasons’ Arrowtown story ends

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownThe curtain has come down on nearly 150 years of Freemasonry in Arrowtown. About 50 Freemasons from throughout Otago and Southland went to the final meeting of the Arrow Kilwinning Lodge in its historic Wiltshire St building on Monday.
Man punched Queenstown woman three times in unprovoked assault

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownA Queenstown woman brutally attacked in the CBD is refusing to let the ordeal destroy her love of her adopted home. Melissa Cuadro, who’s lived here for seven years after emigrating from Peru, says she’s determined to deny the "haters" after she was allegedly punched three times by a Canterbury man in a random assault early on May 10.
Emergency man can go the distance

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

Queenstown's the perfect fit for our new emergency management adviser. Dave Grimes, 53, is an ultra-marathon runner who likes nothing better than running in the mountains. Although raised in Christchurch, his family holidays have always been in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago. "I just love the district, love the terrain."Starting in Ironman racing in 2009, he competed overseas, including at the Half Ironman world champs in Las Vegas, before transitioning to the longer distances.
Freedom camping bylaw on the agenda

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Guy Williams

Developing a freedom camping bylaw for Queenstown Lakes is like "tiptoeing through tulips", a council manager says. Speaking at a full council workshop yesterday, community services general manager Kenneth Bailey said the new bylaw had to be practical, enforceable and compliant with the Freedom Camping Act, but acceptable to the community at large.