Tag: Meet our Locals
Meet the MeekBoyz. Young Queenstown MTB Riders Taking on the World
Find out how MeekBoyz started making bikes, why the Meek family moved to Queenstown, and get the lowdown on Rory and Toby Meek’s favourite Queenstown trails.
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5 minutes
Mike Madden Gives Us the Lowdown on Backcountry Skiing in Queenstown
Mike Madden, owner and chief guide at Queenstown Mountain Guides, spends his winters exploring Queenstown's snow-covered mountains. Originally from the North Island, Mike discovered his true passion for mountaineering and skiing when he moved to Queenstown at age 20. Since then, Mike's worked and lived in Mount Cook, Canada and Japan, before starting his own mountain guiding business in Queenstown four years ago.
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An Insider's Guide to Queenstown's Ski Trails
Head ski patroller at Coronet Peak Alan Swann, aka Swanny, gives us the low down on skiing in Queenstown. Check out what he has to say.
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3 minutes
Arrowtown Artists Community: Jenny Mehrtens
Meet Arrowtown-based artist Jenny Mehrtens. Discover what drew her to Queenstown, where she finds inspiration and tips for putting paintbrush to paper.
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3 minutes
Alice Robinson: Growing up on Coronet Peak
To celebrate the end of a great winter, we met with Alice Robinson, local alpine ski racer and Winter Olympian. Discover why Queenstown was a special place to grow up, what she loves about skiing and what inspired her to get into ski racing.
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The Graham brothers: Queenstown's coolest office
Originally hailing from Bermuda, Ted and Dan Graham’s love affair with Queenstown started in 2001 when the brothers travelled the South Island, through Central Otago, Wanaka and Queenstown.
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2 minutes
Fleur Caulton: The essence of life
Fleur Caulton is a strong believer that food makes life fun, she’d even go so far as to say “food is the essence of life and most of us live to eat”.
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2 minutes