Tracey Roxburgh

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Queenstown Bureau Chief at Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times - Queenstown & Queenstown Times bureau chief

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Articles

New brand for longtime hotel

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownQT Queenstown is about to expand. EVT Hotels & Resorts is refurbing the existing 152-room Rydges Lakeside Queenstown hotel, and then fully converting them into the existing 69-room QT Queenstown, which opened in 2017 as part of a Rydges development.
Altitude to unleash bugged-out brew

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownA Queenstown brewer is, quite literally, upping the ant-e. Award-winning Altitude Brewing, which recently won the Champion Small International Brewery and Best Modern Pale Ale for its draught ‘Sled Dog’ at the Australian International Beer Awards, is soon to unveil a new beer, garnished with freeze-dried Green Tree Ant garnish.
Carlos rows into the record books

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownQueenstown's Carlos Bagrie can now add Guinness World Record-holder to his list of achievements.
Skating past the Caitlin confusion

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownYou can call her Judy. Among Queenstown’s Wakatipu Wild women’s ice hockey team are sisters Caitlin and Abbey Heale, though to help with the confusion, the former’s going by ‘Judy’. That’s because there’s another Caitlyn (Hollyer) on the team, while Kaitlyn Gruber’s the team’s GM.
Rifters on top of the world

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownAn Arrowtown distillery is officially on top of the world.
Open for skiing action on Saturday

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

It is not too shabby for an opening day. NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson says both The Remarkables and Coronet Peak will open as scheduled from 9am on Saturday, with the latter opening from top to bottom. At Coronet, all the beginner conveyor lifts, the Meadows Chair and Coronet Express would be in action — Rocky Gully and Green gates would not be open, "but we’ll be looking to add those in as soon as we can stitch that together".
Call for tourism infrastructure focus

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Matthew Littlewood |Tracey Roxburgh

A Queenstown tourism leader is calling for a greater focus on infrastructure funding over tourism promotion as the government looks to increase visitor demand. Destination Queenstown chief executive Mat Woods made the comments after the government announced the $13.5 million accrued in the past year from the international visitors’ levy would be going into attracting an extra 72,000 visitors into the country over the next year. "I have nothing against Tourism New Zealand.
New hub to be ‘massive asset’ for community: MP

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownSouth Island Minister James Meager believes a new performance, healthcare and rehabilitation centre, officially opened in Queenstown yesterday, will become an economic driver for the South Island. The Mill is a multimillion-dollar one-stop-shop facility, backed by Queenstown-based tech entrepreneur Rod Drury.
Southern tourism pioneer celebrates 100th birthday

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. RegionsQueenstownThe first lady of Queenstown tourism celebrated her 100th birthday, surrounded by family and friends, in the resort on Saturday. Olive, Lady Hutchins (nee Simpson) celebrated the milestone at Queenstown Country Club retirement village, where she lives, with her large family — including some of her 18 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren — and some old friends.
Mountain man leaving a legacy

2 weeks ago | odt.co.nz | Tracey Roxburgh

Queenstowner Aaron Halstead’s one of the lucky ones. He’s managed to forge a hugely successful career from his hobbies, resulting in him receiving a King’s Birthday Honour. He talks to Tracey Roxburgh about his journey so far. While Queenstown’s Aaron Halstead may have been personally singled out this week, he credits the teams he’s worked with over the past 30-odd years for his success.