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Police are transitioning to a new phase in their search for missing woman Erika Rodrigues Coelho near Queenstown. The 47-year-old has been missing for a month. She was last seen on Friday, 18 September near Skippers Saddle.

She’s launched three successful local food businesses and one of Central Otago’s most iconic fresh produce markets, her sticky buns still legendary years after she retired.

Dick Hubbard has served as Mayor of Auckland, circumnavigated the world two up on a motorcycle up with his wife Diana and founded Hubbard Foods with social responsibility at its heart.

Boaties and recreational water users are being warned to take extreme care this spring and heading into summer, keeping an eye out for slash and debris with several early spring deluges seeing masses of large driftwood washed up on local beaches recently.

Police were called to an alleged three-vehicle collision at the Hanleys Farm intersection on Kingston Road. A vehicle on Jack Hanley Drive turning right has allegedly failed to give way to oncoming traffic and allegedly collided with a vehicle travelling towards Frankton.

Gather today. Shape tomorrow. This November, WAI Wānaka is inviting the community to take a seat at the table for a special milestone.

Tucked away in a renovated historic cottage in Arrowtown is an unassuming American Kiwi and former Santa Fe antique trader whose dad sold jewellery to Elvis Presley and western art to John Wayne.

Queenstown is known for its energy — the buzz of visitors, the seasons, the constant movement of people, visiting, working, exploring, and building new lives.

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) will stop by Queenstown this month, bringing a touch of spring with them, with the Serenade programme.

The Skyline Charity Golf Classic raffle opened on 1 October 2026, giving the wider community a chance to win one of 15 prizes worth more than $60,000 while helping Wakatipu High School students attend Branches Camp.

Cooler temperatures and light rain overnight have helped suppress the vegetation fire at Walter Peak, providing firefighters with more favourable conditions as operations continue today. An early morning flight found that the fire has significantly reduced, with no visible flames observed around the fire perimeter.

We’ve come a long way in the Queenstown Lakes District. No one bats an eyelid when you offer up a reusable coffee cup in town and an increasing number of water stations have made reusable bottles the norm for locals and visitors alike.

A local youth was arrested over the weekend after a group of youths were allegedly identified on a private yacht moored in Queenstown Bay. The individual was charged with unlawfully takes motor vehicle, unlawful gets into a motor vehicle, unlawfully gets onto a ship and escapes custody.

Firefighting resumed at Walter Peak at 7am today, with air and ground operations underway. Four helicopters equipped with monsoon buckets are cooling hotspots and dampening the fire perimeter, with a fifth helicopter used as an aerial platform to direct the air attack.

Few people are representing their country in their chosen sport, let alone medalling multiple times, and still working fulltime at almost 80, but Queenstown’s Queen of Waka Ama Francie Piacun is definitely the exception.

Police have paused the search for missing 47-year-old Erika Rodrigues Coelho.This difficult decision follows extensive searches of the area since Erika was reported missing on 20 September.

NHR has rolled into town, bringing a range of moving trucks and cargo vans suitable for individuals and business hire. Their fleet includes diesel vehicles and our district’s first electric moving truck – all complete with handy tail lifts.

Firefighting operations are continuing at Walter Peak, where a large vegetation fire is burning on steep slopes above the shores of Lake Wakatipu.

Queenstown’s Ide family has not only produced two dedicated local volunteer firefighters, but they’re a pretty good bunch of gold diggers too.

Fire and Emergency is responding to a large vegetation fire at Walter Peak station on the shores of Lake Wakatipu.