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The difference between plasticsAND PLASTIC RECYCLING What do laundry baskets, broken plastic toys and drainage pipes have in common? They’re all made of plastic but none of them belong in your mixed recycling bin. If you’re having trouble telling your plastics from your plastic recycling, read on. Know your numbers…

Gorgeous pup Rosie was rushed to the clinic one Saturday morning as her owners were very worried about how quiet she was. We immediately discovered the reason for her lethargy was due to severe anaemia. The little pup was losing blood and close to death.  We needed to act fast,…

NEW HOTELSDEFY ECONOMIC ODDS Holiday Inn Express and Suites Queenstown general manager Jason Sabin, is pretty pleased with the positive response since the new central Queenstown hotel opened during the July school holidays. On the hotel’s first Saturday night open, all but three of the available rooms had been sold,…

BreastfeedingIT TAKES A VILLAGE Social isolation is not necessarily a new phenomenon for mums of new babies in the Wakatipu, but a band of beautiful volunteers has been getting alongside new mums helping give them the confidence and support they need. With World Breastfeeding Week kicking off on August 1,…

FOOD ON Q PREMIUMGETTING GREAT DEALS TO LOCAL Food On Q has been feeding the Wakatipu great restaurant meals on two speedy wheels for three years now with huge success and its latest progression to Food On Q Premium has the punters excited. Director Danny Sykes started out in 2017…

High flyersA BIRD’S EYE VIEW Josh Dunn and Ben Ruffell are a couple of high-flyers. The local business partners have an ever-changing bird’s eye view of the Wakatipu’s most stunning scenery from their mobile ‘office window’ – 120 metres up. Skilled drone pilot Josh and camera operator Ben, who both…