Queenstown’s landscape has become one of its greatest economic resources. But as tourism, investment and housing increasingly compete for the same territory, who gets to build a life in the place everyone wants to visit?

Long before Queenstown had streets, hotels or its present name, Hakitekura crossed Lake Whakatipu before dawn. Today, her story remains written into the landscape - and into an artwork in the centre of town.

Recent earthquakes have put fresh attention on one of Queenstown’s oldest pieces of transport infrastructure. A new crossing at Arthurs Point has been planned for years - but funding and timing are still unresolved.

Was Queenstown named because the landscape was considered fit for Queen Victoria, or did Irish miners carry the name here from Queenstown in Cork Harbour? This is a story somewhere between history and fiction.