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Posted 29 March, 2024

Queenstowners can expect some big changes for this year’s LUMA Southern Light Project festival, including a site redesign and a kids zone.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Cancer is a sneaky beast but every year (in fact it seems like every week at the moment!) treatments get more effective and less toxic.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Dr Jim Salinger has been named the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Rocco Jamieson has claimed the snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at the 2024 FIS Slopestyle and Big Air Junior World Championships, held in Italy.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Cooler temperatures are forecast nationwide as unsettled weather from the southwest hits the country this Easter weekend.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

In a sombre precursor to the busy Easter holiday weekend the male driver of a car has died after allegedly overtaking a truck and trailer unit, crashing head on into another truck travelling towards him near Clyde.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

A community housing leader wants the government to take firmer action to address Queenstown's long-running rental crisis.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

The fantastic Ōtautahi-based indie folk duo Terrible Sons are heading to town in April.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

It was 1977 when an extremely talented, young wanderlust artist from Canada discovered the sleepy tourist town of Queenstown.

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Posted 27 March, 2024

Wakatipu High School students are getting ready to take their mainstage to perform American musical Hairspray. The show is their annual musical production and will open at the start of April.

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Posted 27 March, 2024

An estimated record number of 50,000 Aussies flocked into Queenstown for ski holidays last year, injecting about $100m into the local economy, and so far, operators are predicting similar numbers for this year, in some cases slightly ahead.

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Posted 27 March, 2024

Farmers closing their wallets is having flow on effects for Southland businesses - with some even closing down.

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Posted 27 March, 2024

Flying in the skies above Wānaka as part of Warbirds Over Wānaka this weekend will be a very special experience for Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130 Hercules co-pilot Flight Lieutenant Angus Knox.

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Posted 26 March, 2024

It feels as if I’m sending my column in every day but apparently it’s only every week - I guess it’s old age making me think life is flying past far too fast.

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Posted 26 March, 2024

Songwriter Society is a monthly open mic night for writers of original songs and poetry – all are welcome. The event is held at the Sherwood and run by local musicians Clair Forrester and Paul Marcham, aka Choice. The next one is this Thursday, then Thursday, 25 April.

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Posted 25 March, 2024

The final round of funding for mental wellbeing initiatives to boost Southern Lakes communities opens in early April.

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Posted 25 March, 2024

When Private Lyndi Le Fay isn’t studying the final frontier, she’s relishing her role as a New Zealand Army Reserve Force soldier and encouraging other young women to follow in her footsteps.

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Posted 25 March, 2024

Central Lakes Trust recently approved $741,495 to charitable causes in their funding region.

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Posted 25 March, 2024

Wānaka Freeskier Luca Harrington has claimed the first World Cup podium of his career in Switzerland, with a third-place finish at the Silvaplana FIS Freeski Slopestyle World Cup. He's one of a host of Queenstown Lakes snowsports athletes who've competed in European comps over the weekend.

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Posted 22 March, 2024

IYKYK (If You Know You Know) is a double-bill of contemporary dance, with works by choreographers Holly Newsom and Forest Kapo, coming to Queenstown this weekend.

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