Frankton Flyer July 2014

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EDITION 14 - JULY 2014

FRANKTON’S

FIRST AIRPORT HOTEL

IS UNVEILEDArtists Impression of the proposed Ramada Remarkables Hotel at Frankton.

on the wider Frankton Flats also a big drawcard. “The growth in Frankton and Remarkables Park is such that we want to be involved and Queenstown can only grow in this direction,” he says. “There’s nothing else there like this.”

The hotel, which will be built in High Street, opposite the new Frankton high school, is expected to employ more than 40 or 50 people during construction and create more than 20 jobs once it’s opened, hopefully by Christmas, 2015.

Ramada is part of the worldwide United States-based Wyndham Hotel Group, one of the largest hotel groups in the world with 7800 sites internationally. Safari Group, an experienced New Zealand hotel developer,

An Auckland-based development company hopes to start construction before Christmas this year on a proposed $25 million Frankton hotel at Remarkables Park, after applying for resource consent this month.

Safari Group is planning the 54-suite Ramada Remarkables Hotel in a four-level 5000sqm hotel complex to be built adjacent to the Remarkables Park Shopping Centre. Safari Group owner Robert Neil says the hotel will fill 70 percent of the development, mostly levels one and two floors, with the hotel cafe/restaurant and reception area on the ground floor. A key tenant has already been secured for the cafe. The hotel, effectively Queenstown’s first ‘airport hotel’, will encompass 48 rooms and six two and three-bedroom apartment suites on the top floor, catering for up to 120 guests. The complex also includes eight high quality, boutique retail stores, expected to attract some key retail players. The top floor will also incorporate almost 400sqm of commercial office space and the complex includes 34 underground car parks and 22 outdoor car parks. Safari Group has secured the Ramada Suites franchise and is on-selling the hotel operation to an experienced hotel operator.

Remarkables Park’s proposed multi-million dollar convention centre, set to open in just over two years, has been a major motivator for the hotel development, says Robert. “That’s certainly one of the main reasons behind our development.” However, he says it’s not the only reason, with the huge development growth

is about to open Quest Serviced Apartments in Wellington. It’s Ramada Suites in Christchurch should be completed later this year and the company is planning Quest Serviced Apartments in Taupo, as well.

Remarkables Park Ltd general manager-special projects Alan Paris, who comes from a hotel management and development background in Bermuda, says the site is perfect, only 150m from Remarkables Park’s proposed convention centre and close to the airport. Remarkables Park has sought resource consent to build the centre, which provides for 900 delegates, 60 full-size exhibitors and up to 600 people for dinner and pre-function drinks, alongside an exhibition.

There’s been contention about the Remarkables Park proposal, which would be in direct competition with the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s planned $52 million convention centre on the Lakeview site in central Queenstown. Central Queenstown supporters say a convention centre there will help revitalise the Queenstown town centre and avoid transport hassles. However, Alan claims the Remarkables Park centre will actually avoid further clogging of downtown traffic and parking. “The downtown is clearly booming and doesn’t need revitalising,” he says. “The proposed Ramada Remarkables Hotel, together with Hilton Queenstown and The Rees Apartments alone would supply a combined 440 rooms, plenty to cater for Remarkables Park Convention Centre guests.”


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SHOULD A NEW CONVENTION CENTRE BE BUILT AT REMARKABLES PARK OR ON THE COUNCIL’S LAKEVIEW SITE IN CENTRAL QUEENSTOWN?

‘I vote for central Queenstown, because of access. It’s downtown and people are coming to ‘Queenstown, NZ’, not ‘Frankton, NZ’. I’m all for Frankton though and it’s growing. I love it there, but see it as more of a locals’ heart.’

We can always do with more snow, but this winter is shaping up to be a boomer with massive numbers flocking into town and onto the skifields for the Australian and New Zealand July school holidays. Several local skifields even had to turn the punters away for a short time one day early last week, because the car parks were full. A record 50 direct trans-Tasman flights are arriving on average each week this winter, 10 more a week than last year.

The peak hour traffic congestion may try the patience at times, but Queenstown is a tourist town, which relies heavily on visitors having a great time and spending their money. With that comes the positive vibe of new investments like the Ramada Remarkables Hotel, convention centre proposals and restaurants that we feature in this issue. The deluge looks set to continue, thanks to a welcome 25 percent increase in trans-Tasman flights this winter, so let’s embrace our fair dinkum Aussie cousins and make them feel right at home.

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‘Remarkables Park is the best site. It’s essentially a bigger facility at no cost to the ratepayers. Alastair Porter’s proven to put his money where his mouth is, so I know he will deliver. People need to be transported anyway, even if it’s just up the hill to the Lakeview site. It’s only a 10-minute difference by bus or taxi.’

‘Remarkables Park definitely. I like the location out there and it’s where everything’s moving. If Alastair Porter’s prepared to take the burden off the ratepayers then that’s where it should be. I think he’s awesome – everything he’s done is fantastic and he deserves a medal.’

Remarkables Park has more space and major events will block up the traffic congestion on Frankton Road. A Frankton based centre will spread the load.

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Alistair ChalmersArrowtown Engineering owner

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I don’t have a strong preference, but if I was pushed I’d say central QT, as it does need revitalising. I think a CBD convention centre would do well, but only if the roads are fixed, otherwise there will be too much congestion. Most people defer coming into town, because of the parking situation.

‘Frankton – it’s growing and expanding with all the locals’ facilities and housing, as well as the new shopping centre. It’s not far from QT and this is where everything’s expanding. You won’t lose the CBD heart.’

Sandra Davyformer Auckland realtor, now QT resident

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This year’s Southern Stampede Ice Hockey team has a strong showing of Wakatipu youth on its side, all of whom are holding their own against some of the country’s best. Wakatipu High School teenagers Callum Burns (17) and Ben Harford – the youngest at only 15, Harrison Macharg (16) and Lachlan Frear (17) have all got off to an impressive start. Queenstown Ice Hockey Club president and team co-ordinator Ross Burns says they’re doing very well against a wealth of experience.“It’s Harrison’s first year playing on the first line and he’s only 16 playing alongside international pro star imports, Matt Schneider (2 metres tall) and Mike McRae,” says Ross.

The team’s been working hard under new Finnish coach, Heikki Grohn, to claw its way back after a disappointing fourth finish in

the national tournament last year. It’s also New Zealand Ice Blacks captain Bert Haines first season as Stampede captain, after taking over the reins from retiring captain, Simon Glass.

NZ Ice Hockey League home games against the Botany Swarm sold out during the Queenstown Winter Festival. The Stampede won the first game 9-7 with three goals scored by Matt Schneider, two by Mike McRae, two by Callum Burns, one Ryan Strayer and one by Brian Dunford, to the delight of the home crowd. The Swarm took the Saturday night match 5-1, Lachlan Frear scoring for the Stampede.

A couple of wins against the

West Auckland Admirals, 5-4

and 8-6 in Auckland earlier

this month (July) bumped the

Stampede up the points table

to second after eight games.

However, Ross says there’s still a

lot of work to do. A good mix of

experience and youth has been

greatly bolstered by the return

home of goalie Aston Brookes,

who played last season for the

Dunedin Thunder.

Main: Stampede assistant captain Matt Schneider (right) takes charge against the Botany Swarm.Top Left: Stampede players Will Compton (left) and Cameron White (centre) Top Right: Teenager Harrison Macharg (far left) and American import Brian Dunford (centre) Photos: Jacinta Oaten

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Destination Queenstown is backing a central Queenstown convention centre, based purely on criteria supplied by international conference and incentive market experts, its chairman Mark Quickfall says. “As far as we’re concerned it’s not a political debate between the Queenstown Lakes District Council and Remarkables Park,” says Mark, a long-time Queenstown tourism operator.“Putting the political debate to one side, we require a convention centre of world class standard,” says Mark. “Based on the criteria we’ve been given by convention and incentive (C&I) experts, the Lakeview site in central Queenstown, where the council is proposing to build its $52 million convention centre, is the best choice.” A central location, close to the town centre and lakefront with its “dynamic atmosphere”, restaurants, bars, cafes and shopping, close to hotels and accommodation is important to win business,” says Mark. Capacity to win large conferences, adequate exhibition areas, break-out rooms, on-site catering and banquet capabilities are also vital attributes.

Destination Queenstown also believes a central Queenstown centre will serve as the perfect downtown venue for concerts, art exhibitions, expos, weddings, and private functions such as balls. It would also increase residential, commercial and accommodation property values, says Mark. “We need to consider the benefits to the community as well as the business sector.”

A “centrally-located” convention centre is expected to generate $30.9m in regional GDP (gross domestic product), $59.8m in total operational and visitor expenditure, $45.3m in direct construction expenditure and $9.5 million in direct convention centre operation expenditure, says Mark.“Based on assumptions it should attract 29,000 new visitors annually, who will spend a combined $29.2m.” Economic impact at similar destinations suggests spending of between $250 and $450 per delegate day, with an average estimated attendance of three days per conference delegate, he says.

Eddie Weir (3), of Maniototo, waits patiently to be transformed into a dinosaur by Charlotte Graf, of The Paint People. Young Eddie was visiting Queenstown with his family last week and had his heart set on a dinosaur face. The Paint People, a creative bunch of local mums, Ms Graf and Jeannie Crawford, both of Arrowtown, and Frankton mum Kumiko Maki, have been coming up with some delightful children’s face-painting creations during the July school holidays, as part of the Remarkables Park Shopping Centre’s school holiday entertainment programme.

The New Zealand Transport Agency has been making timing adjustments to the Kawarau Bridge traffic lights to gain optimum flow, with three times the normal wait to bridge approaches during peak traffic. NZTA’s John Jarvis says they’ve been closely monitoring peak flows. By early July, staff had clocked waits of up to 12 minutes to travel from the bottom of the Remarkables to the Frankton side of the bridge. That’s 8 minutes longer than the usual 4-minute journey. During New Year the wait has been clocked at up to 25 minutes. NZTA is also installing flexible plastic posts on the south of the bridge to deter motorists from cutting the corner to miss the detection loops for the signals. “This practice is not only illegal and dangerous, but also causes the signals to turn red sooner for following vehicles, causing unnecessary delays for everybody else,” says John.

One of Frankton’s most sought-after pieces of rural real estate, Kawarau River Station, was sold to Queenstown Farm Ltd, a company associated with the Porter brothers, developers of Remarkables Park and Shotover Park, recently. The Porters are also planning a Convention Centre in Frankton. The 1826ha trophy farm property, on the northern face of the Remarkables mountain range, grazes cattle and red deer. Historically known as Cone Peak Station, it had been owned by Queenstown man Steve Laing since 1995 and was sold at a mortgagee auction in Queenstown on July 4. The Porters plan to run deer on the property.

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Estimated convention centre events, event days and attendees (source BERL report March 2013):

YEAR 1

Number Of Events

Number Of Event Days

Total Attendee Days

YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 AVERAGE

96

169

57,450 71,575 80,550 95,400 98,238 80,643

209 237 284 295 239

120 137 166 173 138


JULY STATS. (AVERAGES)

JULY RECORDS

TEMP 3.7°C SUN 86.5 HOURS

56.6 mm 2.5 DAYS

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE(1975) – 17.3°C

LOWEST TEMPERATURE

(1968) – MINUS 7.8°C

FROST(1937) – MINUS 13°C

HIGHEST SUNSHINE(1943) – 122.1 HOURS

LOWEST SUNSHINE(1964) – 56.9 HOURS

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Frankton corner has long been renowned as a good spot to stop and refuel. These days it’s the site of Frankton’s most popular family-friendly ‘local’.

Here are some practical tips on how to survive from The Parenting Place family coach Andrea Stringer. When you’re

stuck inside for a decent stretch of time set expectations clearly and get creative. Let them know at the beginning how they’re expected to behave and what activities they may be doing. Indicate some ‘markers’, such as, ‘As soon as everybody puts their washing away and carries their dishes to the bench we will go to the park or build a hut in

the lounge’. For younger children a long stretch of time is harder to wait so give indicators, such as ‘at lunchtime’. It may help to draw up a plan so it appears real. Children always want to do things that cost money. Operate a jar system throughout the year. Activities that cost money go in one jar and free activities in another. Whenever a child starts whinging to do something say, ‘What a good idea. Why not write it down and put it in the jar’. The kids then know that at the weekend they may take turns to pick one activity out of the ‘cost jar’ and one out of the ‘free jar’. You could also take turns with a friend at having each other’s children and passing on a skill that you’ve learned from a grandparent or parent, maybe crocheting a doily or making the perfect pancake. (see www.theparentingplace.com)

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Temperatures were an average 2.2degC above normal during June, but as our weather guru David Crow says it was the warmest month on record all over New Zealand.

“Normally we could expect an average June temperature of 4.4°C, but 6.6°C was what we got. We had a very warm June, thanks to a predominantly northerly airstream, which brought above average temperatures throughout the month.”

In spite of this, David clocked 11 days in June when the sun didn’t shine at all, which, he says, is most unusual. “It was a very cloudy and warm June.” June’s maximum temperature was quite uncharacteristic for winter, topping 14.8°C on June 21. However, as David predicted, winter surely arrived by mid-July, our coldest month of the year. “July will still be slightly milder than normal, but there will be plenty of good snowmaking potential,” he says. “It’s been a late start to the ski season, but I’m predicting it’ll end about the normal time in spring.” Heading into spring David also warns we can can expect another El Nino weather pattern – slightly wetter with more southwesterlies.

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Irish hospitality with some good Kiwi flavour best sums up the Frankton Ale House, where Irish manager Ciaran O’Carolan is going all out to make the locals feel at home, without busting the budget. Monday night is Fish and Chip night ($15), Wednesday night is Steak Night (two steak dinners and two house drinks for $40) and the Ale House serves up a $16 ‘Roast of the Day’ daily.

Kids and families score best from Ciaran’s Irish generosity and Kiwi hospitality during July and August with half price kids’ meals on offer for families who mention the Frankton Flyer. “We really want to attract families from the wider Frankton, Lake Hayes and Kelvin Heights areas, as it’s expensive to eat out these days,” says Ciaran. He’s dropped his kids’ meal prices from $9 to just $4.50 for these two months, with chicken tenderloins, fish bites, bangers and mash and mini hot dogs among the offerings. The Ale House also has a cool kids’ play room, complete with DVD’s and Playstation. More mature punters won’t miss out either if they sign up to the Ale House’s ‘Super Gold Card’ for ‘Over 65’s’. “If you bring that in we’ll give you a $10 bangers and mash meal and 15 percent off all drinks,” says Ciaran.

Main: Frankton Ale House manager Ciaran O’Carolan is a hit with the kids. Middle: Frankton Ale House manager Ciaran O’Carolan pours another beer.Bottom: Frankton Ale House regular Allan Turner (left) chats with Manager Ciaran O’Carolan (right) during a game of pool.

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Throughout the week, but especially on Saturday’s, the Ale House serves as the local clubrooms for sports teams gathering for a drink, a bite and casual game of pool after the game.“We’re the first stop after the Events Centre, so we’re just like the local clubrooms after Saturday games. We get pretty packed out,” says Ciaran. The pub already sponsors two local sports teams – the Frankton Football Club, winners of the

Central Otago League, and the Queenstown Women’s Hockey Team. “I think it’s

important to give something back to the local community and it’s

just great to have the local teams coming in,” he says.

Golfers don’t miss out either. Anyone bringing a Queenstown Golf Club scorecard in from either the Frankton or Kelvin Heights golf courses enjoys Frankton Ale House’s year-round 15 percent ‘locals’ discount

on all tap beers or house wines.

Rustic interiors, booth seating, a cosy open fire

and restaurant walls adorned with interesting historic photos

of Frankton’s past all add to the atmosphere and all Super 15 Rugby games are

aired live on the big screen, during the season. The pub often hosts fundraising events for sports teams, including greyhound racing, quiz nights and free Bingo every Tuesday night, from 6pm. Three winners each week earn a $25 bar tab and go in a draw to win $500 cash. “We run weekly meat raffles every Friday in support of the Chico’s Senior Netball team and the girls are a popular sight selling their tickets in the bar.”

Frankton corner has long been renowned as a good spot to stop and refuel. These days it’s the site of Frankton’s most popular family-friendly ‘local’.


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WINTER - it’s cold and dark early. Who wants to leave work and head for the gym when cosy comfort food in front of the tele sounds so inviting? However, Alpine Fitness programme manager Maria Bradley says we’re meant to move and when we don’t we can end up with lots of problems, but move in a way that makes you content. “Keep moving and if you're not moving, then get moving,” she says. “Exercise is a big mood improver. It will benefit your circulation so your fingers and toes don't get cold and it will stimulate your immune system to fight off viruses.” We’re so much more inclined to be sedentary during winter and it’s so much easier to stay inside than go out for a run or walk.

Teaching fitness since 1991, Maria says it’s about taking steps to look after yourself. “Everybody has to take responsibility for their health.” There’s really no excuse for the rest of us when Maria has amazing ‘Leisurely’ gym class members, aged 60-plus.

That winter discipline has been reaping huge rewards for dozens of disciplined Frankton-based gym-goers. Maria has been keeping more than 100 gym members honest during the winter months with the Fit and Five Fitness Challenge. They completed at least five fitness classes a week for five weeks

and 12 of them won prizes. “Our members have really embraced that. It’s very achievable and it keeps people honest during that time when it’s tempting not to bother,” says Maria. Class numbers at the Frankton-based gym have swelled during the challenge and members branched out and tried different options on the timetable of 60 classes. Challenge cards had to be signed by the instructors and members could choose whatever intensity of programme they felt comfortable with.

“In fitness circles there’s a real move towards hard out raw work-outs like Crossfit. We offer Tribe Fit programmes here as they suit our membership better,” says Maria. “They’re low-impact, functional and very accessible programmes.” Tribe Team Training runs in 6-week sessions, with a free trial

week to get people started. “We’ve got tuck jumps and burpees, if they want that intensity, but there are plenty of options in between, so that members can still train, but not flog themselves.” CXWORK – a 30-minute core training programme - has also been very popular and is gaining some good results. “It’s basically working the abs, butt and back.”

If you're already exercising then maybe it’s time to mix it up, says Maria. “We like to say in fitness circles that if your body knows all the answers, it’s time to start asking different questions.” If your body has adjusted to one form of exercise, then switch things up and keep it guessing. “If you only walk, then try yoga. If you're a cyclist then try running or a spin class.”

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RESTAURANT REVIEWWith Sue Fea

There’s something nostalgic about historic buildings and food. The quaint little Boat Shed Cafe and Bistro not only has amazing ‘story’ behind its heritage and food, something so vital in a dining out experience these days, but its enviable lakefront site overlooks one of the most stunning vistas in the world. A popular and thriving cafe by day, right on the doorstep of the Frankton cycle and walkway, The Boat Shed is also open late for dinners on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The dinner menu is delightfully different, innovative and refreshing.

I was a little tentative about this, but decided to dive into the sardines on toast - a lifelong favourite of my dear old Dad’s, more aptly described at The Boat Shed as sardines, celeriac remoulade on toasted bruschetta ($19). I was pleasantly

surprised. The servings were generous – two chunky slices of fresh, spongy (gluten free) toast laden with the delicious remoulade and very tasty grilled sardines.

My main of Spicy Cardona Valley lamb rump was served melt-in-the-mouth medium rare and cooked to perfection with harissa and just the right hint of Moroccan spice. It arrived in a wide-rimmed bowl on a bed of soft, fluffy couscous, topped with watercress and yoghurt dressing ($35). Thanks to the additional shared sides of brussel sprouts topped with almonds and bacon ($8.50) and duck fat potatoes with aioli and truffle oil ($8.50), I was by now totally satisfied. The brussel sprouts were cooked to that slightly crunchy stage, ensuring no goodness was lost, and the potatoes with their crispy duck fat skins made for the perfect winter complement.

My husband saved room for dessert – the sticky date pudding set on toasted almonds and delicious butterscotch sauce ($12), which was just the ticket. Not too sweet and that dollop of caramel ice cream melting from on top was the perfect finish to his generous serve of thick and filling mushroom soup with warm bread $12.50) and selection of Southland cheeses with quince paste and fine crackers ($17.50).

I finished off with some Peppy Mint Stir Tea served in a lovely old-style silver teapot, in keeping with the historic theme.

Our two male waiters were polite, friendly and attentive, without being intrusive.

The atmosphere was warm, cosy and inviting. Easy listening jazz and blues played in the background, tiny candles flickered in glasses on the tables, soft drinks were served in old preserving jars with straws and our lakefront table was right in the window overlooking the deck.

The Boat Shed is the result of extensive and authentic renovations to what was once the former New Zealand Railways Shipping Office, built between 1866 and 1876, a previously abandoned relic of Lake Wakatipu’s rich maritime heritage. In the mid to late 1930’s, the old office was moved alongside the Frankton Marina boat shed, which was built in 1934 and 1935.

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Photos; Top Right: ‘Wakatipu Home residents celebrate the relay finish, from left front, Ina Weir, Graeme Fraser, Ellen Burrell, Betty Ramsay. Rear from left, Jenny Hunter, Thelma Buckham and Joan Stuart Bottom Left: Baton relay leader Graeme Fraser celebrates the finish line. Bottom Right: Former Highlander Kelvin Middleton, born and bred in the Wakatipu, celebrates the relay with his mother-in-law, Jenny Hunter.

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90 YEARS ON!READY.. SET.. GO!!

Residents at Frankton’s Lake Wakatipu Home and Hospital are not sitting back in their loungers waiting for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games to kick off on the tele. Even 90-year-old Ina Weir and Ellen Burrell, 91, got dressed in their Sunday sporting best on June 29 to launch the home’s version of the Queen’s Baton Relay, the Bupa Baton Relay, in the lead-up to the Games, which start on July 23.

Family members and friends arrived to support the small group of hardy participants, some of whom were in wheelchairs and braved a chilly winter wind to complete the 600-metre course around the outside garden and inside corridors of the home.

Activities co-ordinator Jenny Brinsley has been keeping a tally on the door at the home for any residents keen to sneak in a few extra corridor laps each day. “We’re hoping that Bupa residents and staff around the country will walk 200kms collectively,” says Jenny. “This is our way of getting into the spirit of the Commonwealth Games.

Many residents had been in lockdown for about six or seven weeks prior to the relay launch, after a nasty gastro bug struck the home, so Jenny said the Sunday event was really “time for a party”. The dining area was decorated and Jenny’s daughter, Ellie, sang and entertained the residents on her guitar. Family and friends then joined in some pre-dinner refreshments before the residents tucked into a special celebration meal.

While some residents had been inspired to clock up a few extra laps behind their walkers this month, others admitted they’d walked too far and would be “sneaking off to bed”.

It’s about raising an awareness of movement

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Colourful TVOne weather presenter Jim Hickey and business partner Craig Macfarlane, both Taranaki boys, unveiled their greatly-anticipated Airspresso at Queenstown Airport on July 17. Several hundred invited guests will attend a formal opening on August 11. Jim and Craig already co-own Queenstown’s successful Joe’s Garage cafe with managing shareholders, Karen Grant, Justin Bird and his wife, Birthe “B” Svendheim. Bird and “B” have taken the controls at Airspresso in Queenstown where up to 20 staff are producing artisan food, specialist coffee and boutique beverages, as well as turning out top Central Otago wines. Everything is sourced locally. Even the fruit for the juice bar is grown in Central Otago, says Jim.

Craig, who owns Ozone Coffee Roasters, has multiple hospitality businesses around New Zealand and has a coffee roastery and cafe in

London where celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is among his clientele. Jim, a keen pilot, says a huge amount of work and investment has gone into Airspresso’s aviation memorabilia and local Hall of Fame, honouring legends like Sir Tim Wallis, Popeye Lucas and All Black captain Richie McCaw’s grandfather, World War II pilot Flight Lieutenant Jim McCaw, who earned a Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts.

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Blue Kanu, New Zealand’s first ‘Polynasian’ restaurant with its hula hut-style bar threw open its doors in Church Street on the old Les Alpes site with an official Maori blessing and opening party on Matariki Day (Maori New Year). The Blue Kanu ‘Polynasian’ concept is the brainchild of long-time Queenstown restaurateurs, Karen and Grant Hattaway and their executive chef, Joff Bertram, who have mixed Pasifika/Polynesian and Asian flavours and cooking styles, blending the two cultures.

Karen says there are also references to Maori, Samoan, Tahitian and Fijian foods, washed with Asian influences like Indian, Japanese and Balinese.”It’s a real collaboration of Polynasian art, food and culture,” she says. ‘Kanu’ is Hawaiian for ‘to be of service’. For the Hattaways, who both have Maori heritage, it’s their third Queenstown restaurant and fifth hospitality business.

Stunning,specially-commissioned

artworks adorn the walls, including Maori carving, weaving and graffiti art. Traditional Maori kumara bread with horopito avocado oil, mahi mahi with toasted coconut dressing, Kung Pow tiger prawns with roasted peanuts and blackened chillies and steamed bun of crisp char sui pork belly with pickled cucumber are just a few of the delights on offer.

“It’s a combination of Asian cuisine recognised as healthy, fresh and exotic, encompassing Pacific influence, along with ancient spices, creating a new cultural soul food not seen in this region before,” says Karen.

ALOHA! BLUE KANU

From left: TV weatherman Jim Hickey, Craig Macfarlane and

Justin Bird before the barricades came down on Airspresso at

Queenstown Airport.


Hilton Queenstown’s Kawarau Village is launching a delivery service to all Frankton and Kelvin Heights residents from its delicious Me & Mee Restaurant from late July. Hilton’s Kawarau Village general manager Chris Ehmann says people living in the area between the BP Roundabout at Frankton and Queenstown Golf Club, at the end of Kelvin Peninsula, will be receiving delivery menus, just like the one published in this issue of the Frankton Flyer.

“We all have those days when we don’t feel like cooking and don’t want to leave the house, but there are very limited options for delivery. With that in mind we decided to offer our extensive menu from Me & Mee to be brought straight to your door,” says Chris. Prices range from Salt and Pepper Deep Fried Tofu for just $9 through to the most expensive dish at $34, the Garlic Prawns and Vegetables main. “People who have a Kawarau Village Locals’ Loyalty Card can also redeem their 20 percent discount on the takeaways. If you are not yet a member, simply let us know at the time of booking and we will get you signed up and apply the discount directly to your order,” says Chris. “That card also entitles you to a benefits across the

hotel outlets and eforea:Spa, as well as a number of other partner business in Queenstown.”

“If Mum and Dad have had a few drinks on a Friday night, it’s cold and they can’t be bothered cooking after a long week, Me & Mee deliveries are the perfect alternative,” he says. “We have great MiniMee Kids options for $12, including Chicken Fried Rice or Chicken Fried Noodles, Sweet and Sour Pork and Garlic Vegetables.” Large bottles of soft drink can also be delivered.

“Me & Mee is open weekly, Wednesday through Sunday, so come in and see us or enjoy the

delivery service from 5pm-9pm. Delivery time will be hot and within 40 minutes. We plan to offer

this during the winter season until September, to keep you out of the cold,” says Chris.

Hilton executive chef Frederic Monnier says the Me & Mee Restaurant concept was reviewed early last year when the restaurant team decided to focus solely on gourmet Chinese cuisine. “We found diners were getting a little confused about exactly what style of Asian cuisine Me & Mee offered,” he says. “Earlier this year we also reduced the size of the menu and our specialty Chinese senior chef

Dahai Guo came on board, redesigning all the dishes. It’s proven to be very popular with locals, as well as our guests,” says Frederic. “We decided to keep only the most popular dishes from our previous menu and we’ve called them, ‘The Classics’. These are mostly priced around $26 and are all served with steamed rice.”

A Chef’s Signature Dishes section has been designed by Dahai, based on his wealth of experience cooking in his homeland of China. This range includes Peking Duck, offered in two courses as a half duck or a whole to share, Kung Po prawns with Cashew Nuts and Spicy Garlic Chicken.

All Me & Mee dishes are MSG-free so the menu provides a healthy alternative for family takeaways. Me & Mee also offers gluten free and vegetarian options.

(Payment can be by all major credit cards or Eftpos. Cash and cheques are not accepted)

Have the school holidays been a bit too much, or maybe work has been on overload as the ski season

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Hilton’s Kawarau Village general manager Chris Ehmann says mid-winter is the time to treat yourself to a ‘Soothe and Renew’ special at Hilton Queenstown’s

award-winning eforea:Spa at Hilton. Designed to revive, rehydrate and replenish this transformative,

90-minute revitalising treatment is available at present for just $155 per person. It’s time to restore those

muscles and revive with an express full body massage. Comfort and rehydrate your feet with a heated

masque and massage and replenish and nourish your skin with a signature tailored facial. “We’ve already had a really good response with bookings being

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The Real Estate Institute released their report this week commenting that the national volume of sales in June this year was 6.3% down on June 2013, confirming an overall trend that volume of sales were tracking down through the winter months. It was also interesting to note that over the last 7 years the national median price had risen by 23%, however Auckland and Canterbury/Westland had risen by 35% and 34% respectively. Those 2 regions account for over half the New Zealand real estate market and they have dominated the national price increase.*

Of course being such a large part of our national market, they also dominate the media reporting. So what’s actually happening in our local market? Queenstown sales for June this year were actually only 4% down on June 2013, below the national trend, and I believe there are 2 factors attributing to this figure. Firstly, sales of sections in Shotover Country are not reported through the Real Estate Institute since they are done by a developer and not via a real estate agency. A lot of first home buyers and family home buyers who have not been able to find the right property for sale have purchased in this suburb, so if we were able to add these sales into the official figures we may well see little change from June 2013. Also, we are still affected by a shortage of supply of existing homes, particularly in the $400,000 - $700,000 range. There are buyers waiting for the right property in this price range. It is quite common that sellers wait until Spring/Summer before listing

their home, but if you are thinking of selling, the winter months can prove to be a good time while there are a shortage of competing listings.Our median price for Queenstown dwellings (including apartments) for June was $645,000. Median days on the market to sell was 58 and the total number of sales was 52. So the trend for the rest of the year? I have noticed a lift in activity over the last few weeks, not surprising given the number of people in town. Buyers remain a little cautious, perhaps due to factors like slow rises to interest rates and the fact it’s an election year, but if they see value in a property they are quick to act, and we have seen a number of multi offers and

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There are monthly fluctuations but overall our local media price is trending upwards, so it’s not a bad idea to get your preferred agent to provide a current market appraisal, even if you’re not thinking of selling just yet. Most agents will be happy to provide this service for you. Until next month – happy buying and selling, and don’t hesitate to contact me if I can be of service to you!

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Jack’s Point Clubhouse and Restaurant is joining the fight to save the kiwi with a fundraising cocktail event, aptly named ‘Nocturnal’. It’s a black tie evening

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young musical talent, alongside musicians who have already

stamped their mark on the world stage. The charity event for ‘Kiwis for kiwi’ – a partnership between the Kiwi Trust and the Department of Conservation - will feature music from

Barnaby Weir and Friends, Kara Gordon,

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George FM. An online auction went live on TradeMe on July 11 and

all funds raised are being pledged to help protect precious kiwi populations from predators and restore the health of their natural environment.

Every $100 raised will provide protection from predators for an entire year for a kiwi, with a vision of seeing kiwi go from ‘endangered to everywhere’.

Tickets are $169 and include a glass of Laurent-Perrier champagne, a Broken Shed vodka cocktail, canapés and complimentary transport to Jack’s Point from Queenstown, Arrowtown and Frankton. Taxis will be waiting to transport guests home at the end of the night.

It’s 21 years since New Zealand’s oldest multisport event, the Peak to Peak, a gruelling 44km race across the Wakatipu Basin, was launched.

Organiser Geoff Hunt anticipates about 400 competitors racing as teams and individuals and 160 boats on Lake Wakatipu, as a mass of competitors ski off from The Remarkables Alta chairlift, headed for Coronet Peak Ski Area, on the first 2km ski or snowboard section of the race. They bike 17kms down the Remarkables access road to Lake Wakatipu where they paddle the 7km leg to Queenstown Bay.

Competitors then run 9kms to Arthurs Point, near the foot of Coronet Peak, for the final 9km cycle leg up to the ski area base buildings. Geoff’s invited all past winners back to compete in the 21st anniversary event, with athletes coming from as far away as Australia. Past winner, Frankton’s Glenn Roberts, will be lining up at the starting line, alongside local Chris Dagg, who has raced every event, and endurance legends Bill Godsall and Steve Gurney, who’s recovering from surgery. Geoff’s picking Dougal Allan, of Wanaka, could be hard to beat.

The prestigious New Zealand Skiing Masters at Coronet Peak will showcase some of the country’s past Olympians and New Zealand representatives, competing in a spirit of fierce, but friendly rivalry. Coronet Peak’s challenging new giant slalom course and slalom, on the infamous ‘Race Arena’, are both sure to set the pace.

Coronet Peak race and events manager Toby Arnott says the event, being held for the 25th year, which is open to skiers over the age of 30, traditionally attracts former top New Zealand skiers, along with committed recreational masters' racers from around the country.”Obviously the downhill is

a big drawcard, because Coronet Peak has the only masters' downhill in New Zealand. For

everyone who enters it, it is such a huge buzz,” says Toby. There’s also expected to

be some added overseas interest with international teams continuing to train on the mountain this season, which should push our aspiring local athletes to the max.

It’s an event that’s sure to get the blood flowing with some neck and neck crosses

over the finish line.

PEAK TO PEAK CELEBRATES 21 YEARSWhen: Saturday, July 26. 12 noon.

Where: The Remarkables Ski Area to Coronet Peak

PAST NZ SKIING OLYMPIANS LIKELY FOR MASTERSWhen : August 8 & 9. Racing starts 9am

Where : Coronet Peak Ski Area

JACK’S POINT PITCHES IN TO SAVE THE KIWIWhen: Saturday, July 26, 7pm

Where: Jack’s Point Clubhouse and Restaurant

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Few modern day Wakatipians are aware as they drive through Frankton of the heritage of its founding fathers. Descendants of two very prominent Frankton farming families, the Hansens and the Grants, got together recently for a large family reunion to celebrate that heritage. It was originally tragedy that brought the two families together, but years later the two families have much to celebrate.

June Thompson (nee Hansen) and Bett Pittaway (nee Grant), both 88, are the two oldest surviving members of the Hansens and the Grants. Together they cut the celebration cake

at a weekend reunion recently at the Heritage Queenstown that attracted 67 Hansens and Grants from far and wide. The descendants also enjoyed a picnic at the stone chimney remains of the original Grant-Hansen farmstead at Lake Johnson.

It all started back when Elizabeth Grant (nee Meldrum) (1852 – 1927) arrived in the district from Scotland at the tender age of 16. By 17 she’d married Robert Grant (1839 to 1877), 13 years her senior. The couple had four children before Robert was tragically killed in 1927 when he was dragged by a team of horses at Lake Johnson. By then the couple owned a farm at Lake Johnson, which they’d bought in 1913.

Elizabeth soon caught the eye of a young Danish farm labourer, Christen Hansen, who had been working at nearby Kawarau Falls Station. They were soon married and had another seven children, one of whom was Charlie Hansen, the second youngest and June’s father. William, the youngest Hansen, was killed during World War I. Elizabeth and Christen Hansen bought extra farmland at the Queenstown end of Lake Johnson. June Thompson was only one when her grandmother, Elizabeth, died. She recalls her grandfather, Christen Hansen as a stern old fellow with a beard. “Dad eventually bought a

farm on the Frankton Flats, which has since been carved up as part of the Five Mile development.” As a youngster June also grew up in the old white villa on Frankton Road, adjacent to the Frankton Motor Camp, where she helped pick strawberries and serve them with whipped cream to tourists for 15 cents a punnet.

The school bus was a big Hudson car owned by local farmer Jack Dagg, who drove it. She recalls her first trip to school, aged 6: “We got to the second or third bend on the narrow, dirt road and a man on a horse told the driver to get all the children out and as fast as possible, as there was a herd of cattle coming through,” says June. “The bus had to move right onto the edge of the road and I remember a big girl hoisting me over the fence. It was quite exciting.”

Bill Grant, 67, now retired, was the last Grant farming on the Frankton Flats where his grandfather Robert bought the farm with his brother 100 years ago. After the war his father and uncles took over the farm. Tragedy struck again when one of the uncles, George Grant, and several others were killed in a car accident at Frankton during the early 1950’s. Fortunately Bill parents escaped unharmed when the car rolled near Jim’s Way.

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