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Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) [3] is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District.. The town located on the northwestern edge of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the ...
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MetService, Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited; Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, founded as Meteorological Service of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Meteorological Service Singapore; Central Weather Bureau, the government meteorological research and forecasting institution of Taiwan
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, or simply MetService (Māori: Te Ratonga Tirorangi, lit. 'satellite service'), is the national meteorological service of New Zealand. MetService was established as a state-owned enterprise in 1992. It employs about 300 staff, and its headquarters are in Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to becoming a ...
MetService (Meteorological Service of New Zealand), a government agency that is the major provider of weather data; MetVUW - a weather and climate service operated by Victoria University MetVUW - forecasting; NIWA - National Climate Centre; NZ Weather - A New Zealand-based weather forum
The prominent hill above Queenstown known as Bob's Peak (itself part of Ben Lomond) was a popular vantage point, but difficult to access due to the steep terrain.Ian Hamilton, a bus company owner, had a road cut in 1961 with a gradient of 1 in 4.5 in places so that he could drive tourists to the view point.
The new arena was named the Queenstown Ice Arena. In 2010, the Graham family, hailing from Canada, purchased the arena and began an extensive programme of renovations as per an agreement with the Queenstown Lakes District Council to spend $500,000 on renovations in the first five years in exchange for a lease till the year 2050.