David Williams: Selling? Really? What are we thinking?
OPINION: I joke with one of my colleagues that his views are slightly right of Hitler. When the tone of office banter turns blue he’s the most likely to wax on about free-market ideals and lazy people...
View ArticleDavid Williams: Politicians need to make our roads safer
OPINION: It wasn’t the relaxing skifield road trip I’d envisaged. Ahead of me on The Remarkables access road the small rental car swept wide, over the centre line, on blind corners. I beeped my horn...
View ArticleMike Ramsay: Our freedoms are being whittled away for growth
Queenstown’s council is having a procrastination moment about housing affordability along Ladies Mile. It asked for submissions and got a mixed response. Predictably, a few land owners warmed to the...
View ArticleYOUR WORD: What I’d like from the election
OPINION: Every three years we see a classic centre-left, centre-right debate, and 2017 is no different, Esther Whitehead, Sustainable Queenstown NFP founder writes. This I find intriguing in a MMP...
View ArticleJim Boult: Buses a first step
OPINION: The saying goes that “all good things come to those who wait”, and I am pleased to share with you that we have a commitment from the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to start the new $2 bus...
View ArticleMark Wilson: We need to fix housing challenges ourselves
Many blows have been traded over who’s to blame for housing unaffordability in New Zealand. I’ve seen some ill-informed debate about this. The recent documentary Who Owns NZ Now, which screened last...
View ArticleJim Boult: Ministry must review school bus decision
Incensed is a strong word, but I think I am! I’ve recently been informed that the Ministry of Education has decided it is time to remove the school bus services in the Wakatipu where other public...
View ArticleUnrequited love, but we’ll make it work QT
Queenstown, I love you. Although, I’m not sure you completely love me back. You’re a little like that super-hot girlfriend I was with, all too briefly, when I was 18. Headstrong. Social. Independent....
View ArticleMike Ramsay: Bribes aplenty but beg for your share of cake
It’s illegal to bribe voters preceding an election. So why is it, that all the political parties promised more benefits to more people in the three months preceding the election, than in the entire...
View ArticleMark Wilson: Immigration – turning off the tap will kill us
OPINION: Congratulations to Labour and the Greens for wooing Winston and forming a new government. I’m picking the yoga lessons taken in opposition helped keep your hamstrings flexible enough to...
View ArticleOPINION: Bus solution leads to pollution and disillusion
Some years ago I watched a famous American actress being interviewed on American television. She was asked about bus travel and, in an animated American accent, responded: “Honey, as far as I’m...
View ArticleJim Boult: We’ll stand by tough decision over Ladies Mile
I have learned that sometimes elected members have to make decisions that challenge our personal beliefs. The recent Ladies Mile decision sits firmly in that camp for me and for many in the community....
View ArticleOpinion: Business dilemma and democratic challenge
David Mayhew is a Kelvin Peninsula resident who lives within Queenstown Airport’s proposed new noise boundaries The community’s overwhelming (92 per cent) rejection of the Queenstown Airport...
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Opinion: Time to roll up the sleeves and go into battle
Happy New Year! Christmas has been and gone and I’d like to wish you all happy holidays. For those in the Queenstown area for the holidays, welcome, we hope you enjoy our piece of paradise as much as...
View ArticleOpinion: No end to excuses for drinking and driving
YOURWORD by Tanya Surrey – a Queenstown lawyer with Mactodd Lawyers When you drive past Queenstown District Court on Monday mornings before 9am, you’re likely to see a line of people waiting outside...
View ArticleOPINION: A focus on things that last
It’s probably a little too late to wish everyone who I haven’t run into personally a very happy new year, however I’ll do it anyway! A mixed bag for this month’s column and I hope there’s something in...
View ArticleOPINION: Queenstown buckling under the strain
OPINION: We’ve reached desperation point, Queenstown, and don’t we know it. The strain on infrastructure is becoming more and more evident and we need intervention – and we needed it yesterday. That’s...
View ArticleOPINION: Sustainable growth?
David Mayhew is a Kelvin Peninsula resident who lives within Queenstown Airport’s proposed new noise boundaries Opinion: The airport and the council are back in the news: Airport action plan designed...
View ArticleParting Shot: Bit beyond ‘raising awareness’
It’s been a while since we’ve done Parting Shot, but there’s so much going on in town and the world that we want to have a crack about, I thought we’d bring it back. Every week. I can’t promise to be...
View ArticleOPINION: Who defines what we mean by ‘sustainable’?
David Mayhew is a Kelvin Peninsula resident who lives within Queenstown Airport’s proposed new noise boundaries Expansion of noise boundaries and sustainable growth were two topics which featured in...
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