Stories

Five ways to reduce your plastic consumption in Queenstown

When you are not in your usual routine, falling asleep in one place and waking up in another, convenience can be particularly appealing. However, there are plenty of easy ways you can reduce your plastic use without over-complicating things on holiday. Here are our top five suggestions.

E-Bikes Collecting City Rubbish and Recycling

In a New Zealand first - two electric bikes (e-bikes) are set to collect rubbish and recycling from public litter bins in the Queenstown town centre throughout the summer months.

Remarkables Market: a journey to becoming NZ's first zero waste market

Over the last three years, the Remarkables Market has been on a journey with a seemingly simple purpose; to be New Zealand's first zero waste market.

Conservation at Kiwi Birdlife Park

The Kiwi Birdlife Park is a five-acre wildlife sanctuary for native New Zealand animals. All animals at the park are part of a managed conservation programme which currently involves over 20 native species.

Sofitel Queenstown is taking Planet 21 one step further

Sofitel Queenstown is signed up to Accor’s global sustainability project Planet 21 which ensures Accor hotels operate in such a way as to limit their impact on the environment, promote the health and wellbeing of their guests, strive for positive community engagement and stand up for what is right.

Millbrook's Environmental Group Making Headway

In early 2019, the team at Millbrook decided to take action to reduce the impact that the resort has on the environment and local area, working towards creating a more sustainable future for the operation. Thus, Millbrook's Environmental Group was formed.

Biodiversity, sustainability and The Chef's Garden at Gibbston Valley Winery

In 2014, Gibbston Valley Winery made their first step towards a more environmentally friendly future in having the original Home Block vineyard certified organic by BioGro New Zealand. Since then, the winery has continued to grow their efforts in environmentalism, sustainability and biodiversity.

The Rees Queenstown's birds and the bees

What does independently owned, local Queenstown hotel The Rees have in common with the likes of Waldorf Astoria in New York, Mandarin Oriental in Paris, and the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park? They’re all keepers of honeybees.