Wānaka’s one-stop shop for takeaways is also the hot spot to dine on a bluebird day.

Covid-19 has shuttered the artsy, crafty Queenstown Market for now, but their new online market means you can shop from the warmth of your own home.

Inspired by Herb Ritts’ “It’s always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room on any location you’re on, you can make a photograph you’ll appreciate, the Hullabaloo Art Space artists share a spontaneous look into the four corners of their world during lockdown.

From her Wanaka bubble, Sally Currie felt a sense of anguish out there in the world, so reached out to Kiwis living overseas and asked them to share their stories and to send a message home.

An expertly-made coffee from Misa at Mo’s in Hāwea is missing from many lockdown lives but she’s still, quite literally, going the distance and is on the tools for the people in her bubble.

Beer is one of many lockdown changes that bar manager Alex Fraser - the friendly, welcoming face with the beard at the Fork and Tap in Arrowtown has made.

Incommon editor Jo Elwin is locked down in a woolshed in Bannockburn

Kelly Brown is in a Hāwea bubble with her working-around-the-clock-but-trying-to-smell-the-roses husband plus a boy of nine and girl of seven who alternate between best buds and mortal enemies.

Chegs Chisholm is in a Hāwea Flat bubble with an 11-year-old tween boy, an eight-year-old queen girl, a sourdough-making-constantly-working husband, two bored dogs and a cat with an attitude problem.

As the General Manager of Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone it’s quite possibly Bridget Legnavsky’s car that sees her the most. Lockdown is giving the car a well-earned rest, but not in the garage it seems …

We’re missing Tom Merrall from Wanaka’s fields, tracks and trails but inside their bubble, his three young children are benefiting from their Dad’s sporting prowess.

Coronavirus has silenced the bars and clubs of Wanaka but DJ Matty J is still playing the beats from his bubble to yours.

In the early days of The People’s Bread Co, Ruth Heath’s bike was well used for deliveries. Lockdown life has it being well used again for the family’s health and wellbeing.

The team from Arrowtown’s Terra Mia are bringing their traditional Italian flavours to Alexandra at the gorgeous Shaky Bridge location

The kids and I went to Gore for the school holidays. “Ohh,” cooed our nearest and dearest, “don’t have too much fun,” they mocked gently.

From a striking black barn on the tranquil Chapman Road in Earnscleugh, All Vintage sell a very well curated collection of twentieth-century pieces at realistic prices.