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The Government’s recently released Tourism Policy Statement sets out ambitious goals including doubling tourism export value by 2034, improving productivity, sustainable tourism and community support.

Work is a big part of life, and every now and then it can throw us a curveball. Maybe you’re unsure how to ask for flexible hours after parental leave.

From highland dancing to the pipes for delighted tourists and flashing her frilly knickers to the cancan, to singing her heart out in a chorus, former seasoned Arrowtown performer Carolyn Crum is in her happy place on stage.

While there’s less of a concern about whether recreational drug users are getting what they paid for around the Queenstown Lakes just now, Know Your Stuff general manager Casey Spearin says they’re more concerned about people mixing their drugs with alcohol.

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience will take over QT in November, bringing the much-loved sitcom to life.

Queenstown Olympian and World Cup alpine skiing star Alice Robinson will share her season’s highlights, which saw her finishing second in World Cup Super G and regularly on the podium, at a Queenstown Alpine Ski Team (QAST) celebration night and fundraiser on September 5 at Cargo Brew Hall at Arthur’s Point.

In what seems to be an ongoing problem Queenstown Police are again chasing the offenders of yet another spate of 11 vehicle break-ins and thefts across four Queenstown suburbs and they’re calling for the public’s help.

As migrants, sharing our culture with the wider Queenstown community is something we hold dear – and what better way to connect than through music and dance?

Experienced local rescuers are warning young climbers against “getting sucked in by summit fever’ amid calls from Police for extreme caution in the backcountry after two more major alpine rescues near Wānaka in a week.

He may have arrived in the south having never seen ice but after 30 years here Niel Frear’s spent much of his time rink side at the helm while Queenstown’s produced some of New Zealand’s best Ice Blacks and the Southern Stampede’s soared to victory.

Kiwi Park is inviting the community to come together on Sunday 16 August for A Day for Dylan, with all proceeds taken at Kiwi Park on the day being donated to support Queenstown local four-year-old Dylan and his family as they navigate his battle with relapsed Stage 4 neuroblastoma.

Eric Lim is the Art Facilitator at Te Atamira, bringing local artists, musicians, and creatives into the space to share their skills and connect with the community.

The Patagonia Snow Tour is all about celebrating all things snow, bringing together the people who make winter the best season.

Police have been kept busy investigating some allegedly serious assaults and aggressive behaviour in recent weeks with one person arrested and CCTV photos released in a bid to help locate some of the other offenders.

Lindsay Reid has never been one to get rattled, despite a teaching and principal’s career that spanned 33 years across Otago, even landing him temporarily on the Chatham Islands.

The perseverance of a passionate Queenstown woman, determined not to give up, is already turning heads in the corridors of power with the ACC for firefighters member’s bill that she inspired being drawn from the ballot system and scheduled for its first reading.

Book Club at Queenstown Library is Adult Services Librarian Lili Owen’s favourite programme, hands down.

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

Parenting is definitely no walk in the park. For many, the early years are full of challenges, adjusting to the new normal and learning on the fly.

A climber who fell between 200m and 300m off a ledge down a very steep, rocky face while descending Mount Aspiring in darkness on Tuesday evening is “very, very lucky to be alive”, rescuers say.