Fast-Track fail for mega development
Plans for a Queenstown funicular, new ski field, convention centre and housing development will not be Fast-Tracked.
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Wealthy foreigners on a so-called "golden visa" will be allowed to buy a luxury home in New Zealand once more, with the coalition government confirming a new exemption to the foreign buyers' ban.
Award-winning writers, big personalities and a slew of talented southerners are all in the mix for next month's Queenstown Writers Festival.
Resource consent has been approved for the Wānaka Health Precinct joint venture between Roa and Kā Rūnaka (represented by Puketeraki Ltd and Ōtākou Ltd).
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Community
This Friday, 29 August, is Daffodil Day - the Cancer Society’s most iconic fundraising day of the year. For Queenstown and the surrounds, our local Cancer Society branch have been working on events to get the community involved and spread information about cancer.
If you want to know the benefits of ‘Buddying’ ask Big Buddy Beth Lyons and her Buddy Norah O’Connell.
Arts and culture
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Annie Goldson will be in town on Friday for a screening and Q&A of Red Mole: A Romance. The film explores the origins, performances, personalities and fate of the Kiwi group Red Mole, who burst onto the scene in the early 1970s.
Gibbston’s brand-new music festival The Valley has unveiled a stellar line-up for January 2026.
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