The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown - Queenstown App

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour talks with  Benjamin Baker. Ben is a violinist and Artistic Director of the  At the World’s Edge Music Festival in Queenstown, which is on from Oct 7th - 20th. The festival is six  programmes weaving together free events and community performances. They talk about his inspiration for the festival, and how fostering y...

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast host Brent Harbour talks to Anna Dorsey. Anna is the CEO of Headlight.  Headlight makes it easy for communities to support their mental wellbeing, so that people can thrive. As it's Mental Health Awareness week, Brent chats with Anna about how Headlight started, and how headlight approaches community involvement differently with me...

The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast, Host Brent Harbour talks to Jake Bailey. Jakes speech from 2015  at Christchurch Boys’ High School went viral . A week before this speech, Jake was diagnosed with the most aggressive form of cancer known to man and given two weeks to live if this went untreated. Jake is now in remission and  works full time on the psychology of resilience.  Te Ha...

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour talks to Jessica Wolfgang.  Jess is a brewer and the co owner of Rhyme & Reason  has just won the Beer Tourism Award at the 2023 NZ Brewers Guild, Awards. They chat about Jess's journey into brewing, the start of Rhyme & Reason, and the mixture of art and science that comes with brewing beer. and  David...

Welcome to The Outlet,The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour talks to Samantha Kirk, the  Chief Operating Officer of the Three Lakes Cultural Trust, on the launch of their fantastic new website  Te Wāhi Toi . I find out how the website benefits the community, tourists and artists and how it all came about thanks to the trusts 2020 Masterplan. https://www.tewahitoi.nz/ Thanks fo...

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown. In this Podcast host Brent Harbour catches up with John Glover. John recently wrote and article  called "Over-tourism: how do we define ‘too much” We talk about the article and the shaping our future public workshops and other ways they are gathering feedback. https://shapingourfuture.org.nz/ Thanks for listening to The Outlet. From the Queenstow...

 Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown. In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour, talks to Amanda Robinson, General Manager of the Lightfoot Initiative. They chat about about how Lightfoot came to be, their mission to reimagine transport use and how they advocate for the community. https://lightfoot.org.nz/ Thanks for listening to The Outlet. From the Queenstown App. Download here: https://apps...

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown.  In this Podcast host Brent Harbour chats to  Martin King from social enterprise South Pacific Pride Limited, Martin tells us what to expect at Winter Pride 23 in Queenstown from August 25th to September 3rd, including his favourite part of the event. winterpride.co.nz Thanks for listening to The Outlet. From the Queenstown App. Download here: https:/...

 SYNTHONY in the snow is at Coronet Peak on Saturday August 19th. SYNTHONY  re-imagines  club classics and more. Ryan Youens is the Orchestra Director for SYNTHONY and has  put together 80+ orchestral arrangements. He chats with host Brent Harbour about the beginnings of SYNTHONY and the process of putting this incredible show together.  Thanks for listening to The Outlet. From the Queenstown App....

 Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown. Last week an incredible event was announced for Queenstown and Coronet peak.   S YNTHONY in The Snow SATURDAY 19 AUGUST 2023 . SYNTHONY  in The Snow is 30 years of the biggest dance anthems, orchestra, vocalists, , DJs, and fantastic lighting and visuals. Host Brent Harbour caught up with Matt Davy from Duco Events to talk through the process of putt...

Welcome to The Outlet, The  Talk of Queenstown. In this Podcast host Brent Harbour catches up with Emma Crutchley the Federated Farmers Otago Arable Chair, and  farmer in the Maniototo. Federated farmers have released their roadmap to restore farmer confidence, so they  talk through some of those concerns and what needs to be addressed  urgently.  Thanks for listening to The Outlet. From the Queen...

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown. Peter Doyle and the community kicked off the original Queenstown Winter Festival in 1975. Calls to bring back the original community-style Festival aimed at providing fun for locals have the backing of many of the festival’s early founders and organisers. Host Brent Harbour caught up with Peter to chat through those early days, his favourite event and...

Hi and Welcome to The Outlet, The Voice of Queenstown. In this Podcast, following  some catastrophic weather events around the country, we've all been thinking about our food supply chains and seeing some empty spaces on supermarket shelves. Recently WAO has conducted a food resilience survey, talking to the community and various stakeholders in the community, and the results have been releas...

Welcome to The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour,  talks  to Glen Thurston from Turn The Corner. We find out about his personal journey and efforts to raise awareness, promote conversations, and provide support for mental health in the construction industry and beyond. And Hayley worked 4 jobs to finally build and own her own home in Wanaka. We look at the early ch...

Welcome to The Outlet, your local interview and information podcast for Queenstown. In this episode, host Brent Harbour speaks with Glen Sowry, CEO of Queenstown Airport,  about the Airport's Draft Master Plan. We'll explore the innovative ideas, transformative projects, and the vision that will shape this vital transportation hub for decades to come.  For more information on the draft m...

Thanks for listening to The Outlet. From the Queenstown App. Download here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-queenstown-app/id1215583262 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.queenstown.nz&pli=1

Welcome to The Outlet, your local podcast for Queenstown In this episode, host Brent Harbour talks to Gary from KiwiHarvest. KiwiHarvest work hard in the community with rescue food deliveries and so much more. They assist charities and organisations, there by  allowing them to focus on core issues to help people in need in the region. We talk about their upcoming campaign, what initiatives KiwiHar...

Welcome to The Outlet.  In this episode host Brent Harbour talks to Winter Games NZ CEO, Marty Toomey on how the new funding secured from Central Government,  will allow them to showcase Aotearoa to the world through  the biggest snow sports programme they have ever delivered. And  Toby Roberts from Bike Wanaka on the upgrade and opening of Lismore Park and Bike Wanakas plans for the biking commun...

 Ben from Wastebusters talks Dr Compost, a fantastic programme and initiative that will help keep organic waste from landfill, and produce great results in your garden!  Hannah and Lindsay,  have been organising protests to highlight Queenstown's rental crisis. They share some stories of people and families and the impact finding a home is having on them and the outcome of their meetings with...

Welcome to The Outlet.  This podcast is all about local news, sport, interviews and events for Queenstown.  In this Podcast host Brent Harbour talks with Julia Blackford, a food resilience and food systems sustainability expert, on the concept of food resilience, the Wao Aotearoa food resilience survey and what they are looking for in the feedback. And  we catch  up with Barb Simpson from the Whak...

Welcome to The Outlet.  This Podcast is all about local news, sport, interviews and events information for Queenstown. In this Podcast host Brent HarbourI talks to Mellissa White, a candidate for the Arrowtown/Kawarau ward By-election on what the issues to be focused on are, and her drive to serve the community. And fellow Ironman athletes Joe Sutheran and Brittney Litton, have launched a trial fu...

Welcome to The Outlet,  in this podcast, host Brent Harbour,  talks with John Glover. John has put his name forward for the by-election in the Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward.  John tells us what he sees as some of the challenges, what he's passionate about, and how he thinks council can communicate better. And it's looking to be a great season at Cardrona and Treble Cone. Laura Hedley​​​​ is the...

Welcome to the first edition of The Outlet, The Talk of Queenstown. On todays podcast host Brent Harbour talks to Duncan Forsyth  about Luma returning to Queenstown Gardens this King's Birthday weekend, bringing illuminated art, sculpture, sound production and live music And he catches up with  Ashley Light, the CEO of the Queenstown Medical Centre. He and other medical professionals in Queen...