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PHOTO: SUPPLIED Queenstown's St Joseph’s School’s massive annual book fair’s on again this Sunday, but students were already warming up for it with their Book Character Dress Up Day last week.

The Central Lakes Family Services respite team, including clinical manager Fiona Young, far left. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A crisis respite facility for people struggling with their mental health has opened in Queenstown.

Queenstown’s recently-departed Presbyterian minister, Ian Guy. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER Church ministers come and go, but without doubt one of Queenstown’s most influential has been the Wakatipu Presbyterian Church’s Reverend Ian Guy.

Glyn Lewers. PHOTO: ARCHIVE The recently proposed $300million private hospital in Wānaka is excellent news for the district, particularly for the people of the Wānaka-Upper Clutha.

Michel Marchand, right, with his successor Harry McFadden. PHOTO: SUPPLIED After 31 years in ski school management, Queenstowner Michel Marchand steps down this year to again become a Coronet Peak ski instructor — 40 years after starting in that role.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED You wouldn’t want to be cleaning these windows.

Government under-secretary Simon Court. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER Increasing the supply of land to make housing more affordable will involve some tough trade-offs in terms of landscape and heritage values.

PHOTO: SHEENA HAYWOOD Mountain Scene chief news hound Philip ‘Scoop’ Chandler is now the proud bearer of a Mayoral Citation.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED One of the last available lots at Shotover Country has been snapped up at auction.

The megatonnes of carbon pollution from cruise ships’ funnels are currently going largely unaccounted for. Image: ODT A review of our climate commitments makes it obvious we need to lift our game, Tom McKinlay writes.

Members of The Marseille Naval Fire Battalion board have been sent to help restore calm in New Caledonia. Photo: Reuters French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Nouméa, the top French official in the Pacific island territory says. 

Members of The Marseille Naval Fire Battalion board have been sent to help restore calm in New Caledonia. Photo: Reuters French police reinforcements have started arriving in New Caledonia as part of a massive operation to regain control of the capital Nouméa, the top French official in the Pacific island territory says. 

Butter chicken is a staple on Indian menus and bragging rights about who invented it can matter, brand experts say. Photo: Reuters With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous butter chicken is set to get spicier.

Butter chicken is a staple on Indian menus and bragging rights about who invented it can matter, brand experts say. Photo: Reuters With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous butter chicken is set to get spicier.

Four people have been injured after the car they were in swerved to avoid something on the road and rolled. 

The importance and value of local council Māori wards have been a contentious topic across much of the country in recent years. Photo: RNZ (file) Government plans to require local councils hold a referendum on whether to have Māori wards breaches the Treaty of Waitangi, a Waitangi Tribunal report has found.

The importance and value of local council Māori wards have been a contentious topic across much of the country in recent years. Photo: RNZ (file) Government plans to require local councils hold a referendum on whether to have Māori wards breaches the Treaty of Waitangi, a Waitangi Tribunal report has found.

The case was heard in the Hutt Valley District Court. Photo: RNZ A man who accidentally killed his young son while reversing his work van has been discharged without conviction.

The case was heard in the Hutt Valley District Court. Photo: RNZ A man who accidentally killed his young son while reversing his work van has been discharged without conviction.

Koi Koi Park in Riverton/Aparima will be the new home of the town's iconic pāua shell. Photo: Matthew Rosenberg/LDR A Riverton/Aparima park will likely have its name changed ahead of the Southland town's iconic pāua shell being moved there.