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Last week’s big tourism conference in Rotorua saw plenty of optimism about the industry’s potential, but also warnings that airline capacity is hampering post-COVID growth.

The Memorial Centre will be transformed into an enchanted woods this week as Showbiz Queenstown take over with Into the Woods. Fairy tales will collide and reality bites in the magical production.

Queenstown Lakes athletes shone at the 2025 Forsyth Barr Central Otago Sports Awards, held on Thursday night (May 8) at the Lake Wānaka Centre.

Adrian Bailey is an elite runner who is now involved in event management for running challenges around Aotearoa. He’s done many races around the country, and worked on events including the Motatapu Miner’s Trail, Godzone Adventure Race and the Peak to Peak.

At an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Queenstown Lakes District Council's Infrastructure Committee voted for a parking ban from 10pm until 6am on Park Street, and one side of Lake Esplanade.

At the heart of Fine Orthodontist Queenstown is a simple goal: helping people of all ages smile with confidence. Whether it’s aligners, braces, or early care for kids, their team provides expert care for the whole family.

Skin-first. Results-driven. Rooted in Queenstown. Originally known as Five Mile Nails, Zenith Beauty began as a boutique nail salon. Under the ownership of fourth-generation Queenstown local Amy Bennetts, the clinic has evolved into one of the few Corneotherapeutic skin clinics in the Queenstown Lakes District - while proudly continuing its roots in nails and beauty.

Wakatipu High School principal Oded Nathan has voiced strong concerns over plans to phase out Ministry of Education-funded school buses, warning the move could have significant consequences for students and families.

Queenstown's Atlas High School will open with 100 students next year, if all goes to plan.

After six days of extensive searches, police have paused the search for a tramper missing in Milford Sound.

Heath Caseley and Kamile Hood are testament that out of something challenging sometimes comes something good.

New overnight parking restrictions could soon be introduced to some of Queenstown’s lakefront roads, including Park Street and Lake Esplanade.

A petition to change ACC eligibility for volunteer firefighters has been handed over at Parliament.

Cutting Edge is Queenstown’s leading hair care centre celebrating 25 years of business this year. Salon Director Sharron Holland has been styling Queenstown for over 33 years.

New Zealand's travel bonanza event is being held in Rotorua this week, but the thousands of business meetings being held can't hide the fact that our airline capacity is still underdone.

Multiple scammers are targeting Queenstowners online with fraudulent posts about accommodation, items for sale and firewood sales.

She grew up with an idyllic childhood, the envy of many, roaming barefoot through snow covered tussock lands and riding her horse through the swift currents of the Shotover River up into spectacular mountainous terrain.

Police seized ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, LSD, cannabis, and psilocybin, and $45,000 in an operation targeting illicit drug dealing in Queenstown.

For most new mums daily pelvic floor exercises can seem like a drag but the experts say if they don’t do them, it will be.

Progress is on track for two new Wānaka retirement villages, which will eventually increase retirement accommodation in the township by more than 220 residences.