It's been a long wait - around 20 years - but the Wakitipu community is about to get its very own state of the art multidisciplinary arts space.
Two former commercial spaces in the Frankton shopping centre have been converted into more than 20 spaces. They'll house theatre and dance, a recording studio and both an art gallery and workshop.
It's been a huge undertaking for the trust which was tasked with finding almost $4 million for the refit.
The centre's called Te Atamira - meaning a stage or platform.. It hasn't even opened yet and it's all but booked out for the next few months.
Lynn Freeman talks with Olivia Egerton, the centre's Development Director. Queenstown's Te Atamira opens on the 16th of May.
