The Ripple Effect of Regeneration at Aro Hā

Aro Hā was founded by Damian Chaparro with business partners Chris and Beth Madison. Damian’s journey to Aro Hā began in his twenties. Struggling to find his path and his passion he visited a retreat centre in LA. That retreat opened Damian’s eyes to a whole new world of holistic wellbeing. He…

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Three Ways Visitors Are Giving Back to Queenstown

Queenstown is a place of extraordinary natural beauty. Surrounded by breathtaking landscapes, you're never far from pristine wilderness. This unique environment is not just a backdrop for our adventures; it's a living, breathing ecosystem that we're privileged to enjoy. As stewards of this…

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Peregrine Wines: Land, Birds and Pinot

Gibbston - home to some of Otago wine region’s oldest vineyards with an ongoing story of award-winning pinot noir. One of those is multi-award-winning Peregrine Wines. Driving east along State Highway 6 to Gibbston, known as the ‘Valley of the Vines', you’re surrounded by rugged schist mountains…

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How Queenstown is Changing Tourism for Good

How Queenstown's regenerative tourism movement began and why this matters Queenstown has long been home to adventurers – from early Māori venturing inland to find greenstone to European settlers who arrived seeking gold or land to farm, it’s in the DNA of our people and place. In the 1950s…

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