From The Valley Podcast

The current favourite to win the next election in October NZ. Former CEO of Air NZ during the last decade. Speaks very well. Listen to what he see for NZ and what he wants to change from the current government. A few questions also answered.

From Sydney. Media advertising background. Music industry big experience with famous performers. Move to real estate over two decades ago moving to Queenstown NZ Detailed analysis of real estate trends that Mark has seen over 20 years. Very informative.

Great story about Jose. Born in Curitiba, Brazil. His thoughts on his career/ life progression. What sets Carlson Gracie from the others. BJJ misconceptions and benefits from joining a gym. The move the Queenstown and the future. Many other discussion as well.

Born and bred in Queenstown Over 15 different jobs from age 10-21 From Wrapping lollies to Fergburger. Marketing Degree in Otago 7 years overseas business ventures in the UK Back to Queenstown when Covid started. Kiwi Water Park great idea now 3 seasons in. Summer Park open in Cromwell.

Originally from the UK. Brought up in a large family. Becks first made it to Queenstown nearly 20 years ago. Exceptional Technology & design skills. A teacher at Mount Aspiring College. Rotary Queenstown and now Cromwell. New Business ventures - Creative Workshops. Luma Workshops Podcast was 2 years coming.

A short Poem about Edith Cavell's story and its significance to our great bridge in Arthur's Point on Anzac Day

A poem written about my time in Queenstown, Rotary, Midlife Crisis

Fun to find out about Sharon Fifield. Very sporty at school. Graduated University - Marketing major. Started at Destination QT & AJ Hackett - Virtual Bungee Worked in the UK 5-6 years Worked in Melbourne for 8 years. Moved back to Arrowtown in 2019 to work with the Council. Took up opportunity to be the actine Chief Executive. #thatsareallygoodquestion.

Born in the Netherlands - moved to ChCh at the age of 8. Go through career progression. Why when Queenstown? Travel Industry Expert and Leader. Always great to hear the stories of those in Queenstown and where they come from.

Find out the story about Jo. Born in the Waikato but grew up in Auckland. Sailing, Swimming, Tennis, Netball Same place (HSM) for over 22 years. How to navigate staffing numbers/ visas.

Lawyer brought up as the youngest in a Christchurch family. Inspiring Dad. Always an academic achiever. Lived overseas in Italy for a period. Moved to Australia - Advanced career with Gaden's, Minter Ellison before working with Loreal. Moved to Queenstown earlier this year. Ran the Queenstown Marathon. Battled auto immune diseases. Great opportunity at the right law form in Wyn Williams. Pride Week, Duck Races and what does the future hold?

Great to hear the story of Melissa. Her own cake business in the QLDC Region. Lots of World Travel, Science degrees, Scuba diving in South East Asia, Event Management, Consulting firms. Hawkes Bay to Wellington then to Queenstown. Her take on what needs to change in the region.

Great Story. Nell grew up the middle child, south of London. Made the big move to Queenstown NZ over a decade ago. Obtained a trade in Painting (part of lots of Queenstown construction projects) Family person and has her own business.

Croation descent. Experience in lots of IT Projects. Running for a Councillor position for Arrowtown - Kawarau Ward in the upcoming Election. Basketball, Bodyboarding, OCD or CDO? Bike Library. Best in the World Bike racks. Transcribe Me, Return to Sender. Life Experiences. Moments of Delight.

Great to catchup with Lisa. HR Specialist. FMCG and Hospitality industries as well as Municipal councils. Global experiences. Skydiving & Paragliding expereinces. 30 years in the Queenstown area. Listen to this podcast "Go on I dare you!" Lisa's motto.

Al has had a great life living in the South Island. Tells it as it is. Doesn't mince words. Running for mayor again. first time was 9 years ago. Storied career. Coming out of retirement to lead the great district of greater Queenstown.

Its great to find out about Neeta's story. Immigrating to Australia. Bene involved in restaurant businesses, community groups, roles in council including Auckland City council. Her take on the important issues facing Queenstown's future.

Stuart McLean as MC - moderating presentations from:- Neeta Shetty Jon Mitchell Olivia Wensley Glyn Lewers Al Angus Daniel Shand Questions about traffic, leadership, background, Three Waters etc.

Born in Queenstown in 1964. Seen a lot of change to the area in that time. Lots of career experience is disaster management. Lecturing at University. Roles with DOC, Border control. Very fit marathon runner. Helen Clark a mentor. Very good episode with Jon outlining his plans for the District.

Topic - That Queenstown is the Jewels in New Zealand's Tourism Crown Fun debate with the following participants Brooke van Velden Eve Lawrence Martin King Mark Frood Stephen England-Hall Nick Rado

Olivia has lots of word experience. Grew up in Waikato, Dublin. Studied law in New Zealand. Two internships in Sydney. Worked in Auckland and 3 years in Singapore. Last 10 years in Queenstown. Childhood hobbies :- Soccer & Art. Nominated for New Zealander of the Year in 2019. Advocate against abuse and bad culture in the workplace (legal). Mentors/ Heros include Bloomberg & Xero Founder Rod Drury. CEO of Startup Queensland Lakes - Capability, Connections & Capital. Excellent social media presence and campaign. Very good podcast.

Lau pronounced 'Law' - Tells his fascinating story of his life to Queenstown Rotarians. Been in lots of overseas countries. Countries with different religions in Africa. Lots of great lessons learned in his life.

Grew up in Northland. Passionate about Rugby. Airforce Training, Surveying at Otago University. 10 years working in Australia (Perth, Gladstone & Port Headland) Structural Engineer. Last 10 years in Queenstown. Won council seat on a clin flip. Board of DQ. Family Man. October Elections

Great initiative from the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce - Jason went through HR trends and why Millbrook was the winner of Employer Choice Awards

45 minute presentation from Joseph Mooney. What is happening in GDP, Economy, Jobs. Where has the Budget not delivered? What would the Nationals do better?

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Conversations with various business owners in Queenstown featuring Matt Wong, Melissa Jenner, Wendy Van Lieshout from the Board. This is about the economy, impacts of lockdowns, and how the chamber can help.

15 months between his last time of the podcast. Great catchup. Council Projects, dealing with Covid, Struggling businesses in QT, Property Prices, The Uncertain Future

The story of a chemical engineer who has a lot of experience with brewing, distilleries. Chat about his life and experiences, lots of beer talk

This is about a community minded journalist, who has been in the Resort for over 35 years. Hear some of the stories as to Scoop's perspective in everything Queenstown.

Angela - her story. Starting in Wellington, travelling to London, living in Sydney. Started as a Physio, Open to View Photography business before 5 years ago coming to Queenstown and owning a Joinery Business. Lots of discussions regarding Queenstown

Guests that have been on the podcast. Things I have been up to.

From King Country on the North Island - this podcast goes through Anna's life journey from the farm to Hamilton, overseas holidays to the big move to Queenstown and finding a great niche. We look at the menu, beliefs. Great to get this going again

Great podcast with a newcomer to town. Augmented reality. Born in Blenheim and grew up in Marlborough. Great chat about lots of tech stuff.

Recorded at Mercure Resort Fernhill at Queenstown Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Event.0 - My Intro of Rod Drury.1:35 - Speech starts, When he first came to Queenstown when Xero started - Did you buy shares?2:46 - Retired 3 years ago, what does life look like?3:14 - Covid - More than 2 weeks in one place.3:35 - Where's the best place to live?4:30 - Biking Skyline the first time (like snowboarding)5.25 - Queenstown feels like home. Meeting locals (last 18 months to 2 years)6:30 - True Crossroads - Place to do meetings. Business meeting on a bike. Great base8:00 - Location not as important (jump on zoom)9:00 - Queenstown can be a globally connected place.10:00 - Diversify away from tourism (Tech industry)10:50 - Bring forward Fibre, Cell phone coverage, Rollout 5G12:00 - Innovation Centre, High Speed Electric Car Charges throughout NZ (Every hour and a half)13:33 - If all Campervans were electric. (Know where the tourists are)14:30 - Digital Film Studio Project + Gaming Industry. $12 million for screens, Courses (Amazon, Disney, NZTE)18:45 - 50 Visas - pick specialty areas, tech cluster. Machine learning AI, Gaming, Filming (Google Microsoft - people kicked out of US could come). Affordable housing.22:30 - Transport pod discussion- Tech to solve transport issue. Pods go down cycle ways. Its been installed in Munich. How it could work in Queenstown. Airport into town. Use for individuals and stock26:30 - Mountain bike community. Bike towns Derby in Tasmania and other places. Ski strong actors, Biking is Grass roots. Make Queenstown Whistler of Southern Hemisphere.28:30 - World class trails -build it, maintenance, planting trees, funding31:15 - Friends of Lake Hayes - Cleaning the Lake. 1.6 million funding there to assist the cleanup.34:20 - Air Ambulance at Queenstown Airport.35:30 - Get you and your staff out on the Trails. Business Sponsor a trail, maintenance.37:00 - Question time -37.05 - How do you decide what to dedicate your time to? . Many big chunks of projects is preferred. 5-10 year period of working out systems.39:30 - Leadership should be urgent. recapping44:20 - My question - Retirement - Important things that Queenstown needs to change. Infrastructure. Affordable housing. Pick zones. The Covid Effect.46:25 - Will be speaking at Wakatipu House School.49:45 - Streaming Services - Series been shot here.50:55 - International School in Queenstown no-brainer.52:15 - Government biased against Queenstown. Need to keep landing projects in Queenstown. Traffic, school dropoffs, Cycleways. Top tech people in the world are all here.54.15 - 3 takeways - Everybody is faking it. Clear Vision, Knew Xero would be successful, Capital to execute strategy (raise enough), working on the business so hire to have people working in the business. Hire great people, build the machine.57.15 - Diversify the economy, need to collaborate. Networking, paying it forward X 10. Add value59:00 - Which tech company to invest in now (Story about investing in Elon Musk's stock, not a great investor) Get upset to think about it.1:00.00 - Join the Mountain Bike Club.

Great story about the Graham brothers- born in Bermuda. How they got to owning an historic business in the Resort. Some Ice Hockey chat, brother rivalry, canadian influences.Great guys -check out the venue host of many great ice hockey games and ice experiences.

Born in Invercargill, Scott has lived also in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Melbourne & Perth. Now 2ic on the Queenstown Chamber Board. Works with ACT political party, Toastmasters, Rotary - loves and is a blue belt in BJJ. Also a great lawyer working as a Senior Associate at AWS Legal.

Born near Greytown, North Island NZ. always loved Conservation, Birds of prey, Field Hockey, Came to Queenstown nearly 2 decades ago. Thrown into Tourism and led Eyesight for a long period. Opportunity arisen to get into iFly. Great business model adapting to Covid. Great spot in the middle of lots of future growth. Lots of passion.

Born in Rockhampton, grew up in the Gemfields. Well travelled, Studied Japanese & theatre, Spent some time in the UK. Came to Queenstown in 2004. Now a Travel expert and instrumental in patrons having a great experience in Queenstown. Lots of hard work during Covid with Repatriation flights. One of the best conversationalists in Queenstown.

Lived in Otago his whole life. Law degree, Lots of Retail store opportunities in Dunedin and then moving to Queenstown in the early 80s. Mitre 10, Homewares, Video stores, Electronics, Mobile Phones and then in the early nineties worked in Law for Anderson Lloyd before opening up the Queenstown branch for AWS Legal. Great storied career. Retired lawyer looking to become a councilor in a vacant position with an election looming soon.

Daniel spent the first 10 years of his life on the North Island of New Zealand before moving to the South. Daniel is a international tax expert working as a partner for Findex in Queenstown. Complete Uni in Dunedin and loves cricket. A good chat about what is happening in Queenstown.

Graeme has been a lawyer/ solicitor in the Wakatipu basin (Queenstown) for over 40 years. He has seen the area grow from 2,000 population to now past the 20,000 mark. A very interesting career. Graeme is now the senior principal in the vibrant Todd & Walker Law Firm.

Hamish has a great story, born in Dunedin. Has tried his hand at lots of different occupations. Fisherman, Accounting degrees, Politics and Real Estate. A member of the Highland Harcourts Real Estate team. Newly elected onto the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce Board.

Director, Southern South Island at Department of Conservation.Aaron Fleming has shown outstanding leadership skills during times of crisis and change in several different fields. He is an author and ambassador, a respected leader of people, a champion of the environment, and an athlete who has defied the medical world.Improving the lives of New Zealanders is the incentive that drives Aaron Fleming – an enterprising leader, environmental warrior and an athlete who has defied the medical world.At the relatively young age of 33, Aaron has shown outstanding leadership skills during times of crisis and change, and proven he can successfully engage, build and lead successful teams. He’s held senior public sector roles in both local and central government, and established environmental groups and events that encourage people to take better care of our country. He has an affinity with youth, speaking at schools around the country, inspiring students to dream big and overcome adversity.And he’s proudly proven doctors wrong and become a globally-respected Ironman triathlete

Great to catchup with Ben '10' Nguyen - 100 episodes between podcasts.Covered off on MMA Commentary, Disciplines and techniques, Viral YouTube video, Acting, Seminars, The Future.

End of year catchup with Damien Brown MMA professional athlete, coach gym owner.

Jim has recently joined the Queenstown Rotary Club - Born in Oklahoma. Spent most of his business career managing companies in crisis (turnaround solutions). The oil and gas industry. Law School, MBA, Lots of interesting stories mainly based in the US. A piece on Trump and the US political landscape.

Lee-Ann born in Invercargill. A great discussion about the Rotary club, the Queenstown area, her AirBnB and some background.

Jason born in the Central North Island has been working with Veolia for 20+ years.A short time in Rotary and is the president elect for the Queenstown Rotary Club.Good chat about his career , Rotary & Queenstown.

Born in the UK. Find out about Kim's life. What brought her to Queenstown. What did she encounter in her life and what are her areas of expertise?

Alastair has been in Queenstown for 5 years. A General Practice Solicitor with some specialties in Banking & Finance Sector. Lots of good hobbies - Sport, Fishing, Hunting, Golf etc.