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Queenstown Gardens in Autumn

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Elizabeth Davidson

Kawarau and Kawarau Two on Lake Wakatipu – Image courtesy of KJet.

Thin Air. Wild Rivers.

By Elizabeth Davidson on Mar. 16, 2020

Because of our remote and inaccessible location, Queenstowners took to the air early. The Queenstown airport was granted a license in 1935, two years before commercial flights began in Auckland, and five years before Christchurch airport was founded. For those first aviators, landing in Queenstown…

In High Places

By Elizabeth Davidson on Mar. 10, 2020

For many hundreds of years getting to Queenstown was an arduous journey. Cut off by gorges and hemmed in by mountains, the rugged isolation of the area made it impenetrable for all but the toughest travellers. Māori people were the first adventurers to discover the area in the 13th century, settling…