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Posted 30 October, 2025

Queenstown firefighters had to use the ‘jaws of life’ to cut a seriously injured Kiwi driver from his vehicle after emergency services responded to a head on crash on the Glenorchy Road just before 3.30pm on Monday (Labour Day).

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Posted 30 October, 2025

A large slip has blocked and closed the Rees Dart Track near Dart Hut and Saturday’s (1 November) planned Routeburn Track opening will be reviewed with DOC and rescuers warning backcountry enthusiasts to beware of a heightened spring avalanche risk and the real risk of tree fall.

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Posted 30 October, 2025

Vaudeville is a genre of live theatre dating back hundreds of years, which can feature a range of acts from music and comedy to pantomime, dancing and multifarious skills.

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Posted 29 October, 2025

If you want to get the job done, Kerry Dunlop’s your man.

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Posted 29 October, 2025

The South Island's first three-person adventure swing opened at the iconic Queenstown home of AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand (AJHBNZ) on Friday, 23 October.

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Posted 28 October, 2025

What a week it has been. Fortunately, Queenstown managed to miss the brunt of Thursday’s destructive winds which swept up the country.

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Posted 24 October, 2025

The clean-up is underway and Queenstown Lakes District remains open for business ahead of Labour Weekend. Efforts are now focused on supporting the community of Kingston and reopening any remaining roads still closed because of flood damage or fallen trees.

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Posted 24 October, 2025

Expect the unexpected… That’s what Kiwi sailor and songwriter Andrew Fagan is telling fans about his upcoming tour, Passage of Time – Solo Songs and Stories from Swirly World.

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Posted 23 October, 2025

QLDC-led group using monitoring data from Otago Regional Council and working with Emergency Management Otago to update community on potential flooding.

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Posted 23 October, 2025

A 74-year-old American tourist has been charged with careless driving after crossing the centre line and hitting an oncoming car head on on the plateau at the top of the Crown Range Zig Zag at 1.45pm on Saturday, 18 October.

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Posted 23 October, 2025

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

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Posted 23 October, 2025

Emergency services and Police are warning people to exercise extreme caution, check the forecast and stay home, or at least change their plans for the long weekend, with the severe weather bomb hitting the Wakatipu-Queenstown Lakes region from early this morning (23 October)

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Posted 22 October, 2025

ORC is cautioning people in the Queenstown Lakes townships and rural areas to stay up to date with the likelihood of rising river and lake levels in coming days – with some flooding now predicted.

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Posted 22 October, 2025

More than 140 volunteers from across the Queenstown tourism industry rolled up their sleeves on Thursday, 16 October for the annual Industry Planting Day, contributing another 2,400 native trees to the ongoing restoration of Jardine Park.

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Posted 22 October, 2025

Emergency services are at the scene of a sudden death in Queenstown.

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Posted 22 October, 2025

He hails from one of the Wakatipu’s best-known farming and original tourism pioneering families, their family farm now probably the largest expanse of untouched greenbelt and spectacular hill country in the Wakatipu. And that’s the way Mike Mee and his family want it to stay.

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Posted 21 October, 2025

Despite demand for jobs running red-hot across the country, some Queenstown and Wānaka employers say it's never been harder to find staff.

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Posted 21 October, 2025

What is Band Lab? Created by Turn Up the Music, Band Lab is a new, fun, and inspiring way for singers and musicians aged 10–13 to experience the thrill of being in a band.

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Posted 17 October, 2025

Emergency services and rescue volunteers are warning backcountry hikers to stick to their capabilities, know the terrain and carry a reliable communications device after two Queenstown men had to be rescued from near the top of the Pisa Range on Saturday evening (11 October).

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Posted 16 October, 2025

The judges’ results are in, and the Queenstown Business Chamber is excited to announce the finalists for the 2degrees Queenstown Business Awards 2025.

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