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A Queenstown high school volleyball team is recovering from a crash last night that left a dozen people injured in Invercargill.

Warm hugs, smiling faces and plenty of sparkle will make for the jolliest of times with Santa Claus’s magical appearance at Queenstown’s Minus 5° ICE BAR next month.

The Ivy Box is celebrating a big milestone this month — ten years in business! They’re hosting an event on Friday to commemorate, showcasing new art by past and present artists, music, and nibbles. All art lovers are encouraged to come along and join in.

He began his Police training at Trentham, just 17, hitting the Auckland beat in 1976 at 18. In an almost 50-year career Phil Jones has survived a stabbing, arrested the Rainbow Warrior bombers, overseen mass meth and cocaine seizures and protected everyone from US presidents to British Royals.

Ute flips, crashes into parked Jeep at Lake Hayes Estate - Occupants flee Police are working to identify the driver and three passengers of a Nissan ute that flipped onto its roof allegedly colliding with a parked Jeep, which then careered into a parked Volvo at Lake Hayes Estate at 12.20am on Saturday, 15 November.

Hato Hone St John has marked 140 years of service to Aotearoa New Zealand with one of its busiest years yet, supporting more than one million people and delivering faster, safer emergency care amid rising demand.

Rātā, one of Tāhuna Queenstown’s most well-loved restaurants, has refreshed its dining room – marking a new chapter for the legacy dining destination.

Air New Zealand is set to make it even easier for Kiwis to swap snow for sand and enjoy some Queensland sunshine, today announcing a new non-stop seasonal service between Queenstown and Brisbane.

A local hobby goldminer in his 30s was airlifted to hospital by the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter late on Sunday afternoon (9 November), after suffering a seizure late morning while panning up Twelve Mile Creek on the Mount Crichton Loop Track.

First time champions have claimed the 2025 New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon Presented by ASICS titles, with both runners making their decisive move late in the race.

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Police are ‘very disappointed’ to have netted 15 alleged drink drivers at various levels in just six days around the district this past week, also attending a number of crashes, involving young, inexperienced drivers – Kiwis and from overseas.

Neighbourhood Story Slam is a community event where storytellers share a true, personal, lived five-minute story based on the night’s theme.

A youth has been remanded in custody following a commercial burglary in Remarkables Park earlier this week. Today, the youth appeared in Queenstown Youth Court charged with burglary and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle.

She’s been privy to some top-secret local government deliberations and was responsible for that election tie coin toss that earned Glyn Lewers a council seat.

Some races end at a finish line - instead, the Arrowtown Backyard Ultra is all about how many times runners can cross the start line. On Saturday, 150 competitors lined up to see how many laps of the 6.7 kilometre loop alongside the Arrow River they could complete, on the hour, every hour, until they could go no further.

Hey Queenstown! Are you ready to walk the talk for an important service?

Queenstown Police are appealing for information from the public following a burglary in Remarkables Park. At around 2.15am today, Police were alerted to a burglary at a commercial premises at the intersection of Tex Smith Lane and Hawthorne Drive.

Winners of the 2025 2degrees Queenstown Business Awards were announced at a vibrant ceremony held on Saturday 8th November at the Queenstown Memorial Centre, right in the heart of the CBD.

Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade secretary Katherine Lamont has been honoured with Fire and Emergency NZ’s special Judges Award for going above and beyond with her national firefighters’ petition seeking equal ACC rights for thousands of unpaid volunteer firefighters.