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A developer wants to build two gondolas and a cable car up to Bowen Peak in Queenstown (File photo).
The developer behind a sprawling gondola, housing and tourism proposal in Queenstown has told sceptical residents his family wants to help the community.
Bowen Peak Ltd owner Guy Hingston fielded questions and, at times, fury from members of the Fernhill & Sunshine Bay Community Group at a meeting on Tuesday night.
His company is seeking to build two gondolas and a cable car extending up to Bowen Peak, along with two predator-free sanctuaries, viewing stations, hiking and biking trails, ski facilities, an outdoor education centre, and more than 1300 housing units across 175 large chalets in Fernhill.
