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A Southland man in his 70s was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle crash on the Queenstown to Glenorchy Road, near Mount Crichton, just after 2pm on Saturday, 21 February, Police say.

A new pop-up art school, “Art Assembly”, will open in the Assembly Room at Frankton’s Country Lane from mid-April to mid-May 2026

Jane Scheib epitomises ‘Kiwi can do’ – the girl power kind. You have to when you want to fund life in the Greek Islands for four months of the year.

The Aspiring Conversation programme is returning to Wānaka in March. It will feature a number of speakers and artists across four days who aim to inspire, create space for reflection and live exchange. It’s more important now than ever to gather, discuss, listen and reflect on the issues that affect all in our community and the world at large.

We all know our district is a leading tourist destination, and we all feel the impact of record numbers coming to the jewel in New Zealand’s tourism crown.

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

Innocent until proven guilty is the bedrock of human rights but in the one-woman play, Prima Facie, Tessa Ensler learns the hard way that this isn’t always the case.

Two American hunters had to be rescued, plucked from tricky, rocky terrain in the Upper South Wye Creek area early on Tuesday last week (10 February) after becoming exhausted, dehydrated and disoriented with insufficient food and water.

Police are warning both overseas and Kiwi drivers to make sure they take regular breaks during long trips, or change drivers if they’re tired, after two separate accidents in two days this week in the Wakatipu when drivers appear to have fallen asleep at the wheel.

When Marty Newell arrived in Queenstown in late 1994, his weekly rent was just $75 a week and his Pizza Hut wages not much better.

Happiness House is a community-based non-profit organisation that provides services to the Whakatipu district.

Electricity lines company Aurora Energy has opened a satellite office in Queenstown, strengthening its presence in one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing regions.

Queenstown’s easiest downhill mountain bike trail, Whakatipu View, has officially opened at Coronet Peak. The highly anticipated 5km-long, Grade 2 trail, opened with a special community celebration on Saturday (February 7) that involved long-time Coronet Peak team member and former top Kiwi rider Erin Greene being the first to ride the trail.

Police say tragedy was only avoided by “luck and a small distance” after they allegedly clocked a vehicle at 144km/hr in an 80km/hr zone leaving Cardrona Village on the opposite side of the road at the weekend. Sergeant Dylan Hannah-Jones says just 10 minutes prior Police had stopped a motorcyclist in a group travelling in the opposite direction, who was allegedly clocked at 129km/hr.

Te Atamira’s latest exhibition opens on Tuesday, Let the Honey Soak Through. Inspired by bee networks and their relationship with the environment, the installation will include a range of works exploring the patterns that bees create to sustain their lives, replicated by human systems, hiveware, keepers and agricultural formations.

Southern Infrastructure Limited welcomes the early release of the referral application documents for the Queenstown Cable Car (QCC) on the Government’s Fast-track Approvals website ahead of a formal referral decision being made, and sees it as an opportunity for the community to engage with the project as it progresses toward the substantive application stage.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) recently teamed up with New Zealand Police to create videos for tourists promoting safe driving in our district. The videos are in Mandarin and will be promoted to tourists ahead of Chinese New Year when the district sees an increase in visitors.

He’s rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous, had a yarn with the Queen and Nelson Mandela, and even donned wizard regalia for an Air NZ Middle Earth TV campaign.

There’s not much that escapes the attention of Queenstown’s vigilant, volunteer Community Patrollers when party town hits full swing. Patrol chairperson Gary Lonsdale is on the hunt for more volunteers with just enough nighttime activity for the 12-strong team to get around at present.

The Cancer Society is set to celebrate the official opening of its new Queenstown–Tāhuna Centre on Thursday, 19 February, marking a major step forward in making cancer support more visible and accessible for the local community.