Last week marked the 50th edition of the Queenstown.com Weekly, and here's hoping that this continues far into the future. In this week's edition, we announce the winner of the Queenstown.com Monopoly Competition as voting draws to a close this week. Also, we highlight the recycling efforts of Queenstown as a whole, we detail the latest news from the council, and briefly talk about the local housing market and the cracks that are starting to appear.

"Over my dead body" is a quote made famous by ex-Councillor, and local police officer, Chris Blackford. It was in response to plans that aimed to relocate Queenstown's ailing skate park to the Recreation Ground. Putting it in perspective, this took place in late 2005, and it signalled Queenstown.com's involvement in the skate park issue from that point. Our Content Manager at the time was Kara-Leah, and she sat down and conducted the first two interviews on behalf on this website. They were with Chris Blackford, and the then chairman of the Wakatipu skate club, John Stapleton.

Scorching may be the best word to describe Queenstown's weather recently, with multiple instances of temperatures higher than 30 degrees during the week. Perfect for taking a dip in the cool waters of Lake Wakatipu or even Glendu Bay over in Wanaka. This week's edition highlights what made news recently, and we have the latest photos of the skatepark construction in the Queenstown Gardens. And finally, we check out Queenstown's current status on trying to get onto the world edition Monopoly board, and the Wolverine movie makes the news again, but in a good way.