In what's shaping up to be the most boring of elections since the last one where Mayor Clive was re-elected unchallenged, I'm left with a feeling that I may be too young to be campaigned too. I'll talk about that some more inside this edition as well as rave on about the Shotover Canyon Swing that Queenstown.com was invited to partake in last weekend. Also, as the snow melts, one must really take the chance to get some skiing and riding in before it's all gone, so place a free classified and go into the draw for a Cardrona Day pass!

What a difference one day can make. Yesterday morning when I got up, it was 9 degrees inside and a balmy 13 degrees outside, and this was at 8am. And today, it's 9 inside, and 4 outside and both Coronet Peak and the Remarkables have been blanketed with 25cm of snow. I was planning on writing about how the skifields were on their last legs due to the warm weather we've had lately, and now I'd rather be...

Hello all, and welcome back to the Queenstown.com Weekly after a two week absence. Lots has happened in that time, and I'll be highlighting the additional features of this website from both a user perspective, and an advertising one. On the news front, things that will be discussed are the upcoming elections and the challenges for the position of Queenstown Mayor, as well as projections of increased tourism numbers in the years to come, and lastly, is Central Otago's Wine Industry at risk?