Philip Chandler

4 days ago | odt.co.nz | Philip Chandler

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownAn inaugural showhome opening day at Queenstown’s Five Mile Villas prompted a phenomenal turnout. About 250 people visited the Frankton showhome over a two-hour period. The complex, surrounding Remarkables Residences, comprises 226 small two-bedroom, two-level freehold residences priced from$869,000.

4 days ago | odt.co.nz | Philip Chandler

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownArrowtown's outskirts has a new function venue following the meticulous restoration of a dilapidated two-level stone barn built in 1885. On Merryfield Farm — the name for the new venue — the barn, off McDonnell Rd, originally housed horses downstairs and grains and seeds upstairs, though the latter was more latterly used as a woolshed.

4 days ago | odt.co.nz | Philip Chandler

Culinary legend Sean Connolly and his team are applying the finishing touches to one of Queenstown’s most ambitious hospitality ventures. The Yorkshire-born chef and restaurateur, whose career spans 40-plus years, is creator and co-owner of Pavilion Bar & Kitchens — occupying a cavernous Central Otago barn-style building in Frankton’s Queenstown Centre, beside the town square. Opening May 19, it’s designed to cater for every appetite under one roof.

5 days ago | odt.co.nz | Philip Chandler

A high-end gallery owner has left Arrowtown’s main street owing a substantial sum. It is believed prominent furniture designer Jason Bonham owes more than $50,000 in rent, rates and insurance after recently closing Bonham Gallery in Buckingham St.Mr Bonham, who is now operating in Sydney, said he might be one or two months in arrears, but says he hoped to square the ledger after the lease was sold.

5 days ago | odt.co.nz | Philip Chandler

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownSome of the hardest-working local volunteers are Showbiz Queenstown’s cast and crew, who spend months building up to their musical each year. Ahead of next week’s latest show, Philip Chandler delves into the history of the society, who staged their first production 50 years ago last August.