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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.

Destined to be a leader, he was appointed ‘Sergeant Major’ for his Greymouth High School Cadets in 1959 “in charge of training the kids”. By 2001, albeit on a somewhat grander scale, former Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes was pretty much doing the same.

One of Queenstown’s firefighting Superheroes, Bobby Lamont, who has more than 25 years’ service under his kit, is one of five experienced specialist Kiwis seconded to the United States to help fight wildfires.

The young talent of our region was on display at Wakatipu High School last week as students took on HADESTOWN Teen Edition.

A beloved community centre which has served as a second home to tens of thousands of Queenstowners is on the hunt for a new home of its own. Happiness House - which offers free food, low-cost clothes, advocacy and spaces for social connection - has learned it must vacate its premises of two decades near Queenstown Gardens by 2028.

A member's bill that would extend ACC cover to volunteer firefighters has been drawn from the biscuit tin.

Since opening Patagonia Tāhuna Queenstown, we’ve wanted it to feel like a gift to the community.

Three youths will face charges in the Youth Court in relation to a ram raid at Big Barrel liquor store in Remarkables Park around 2.30am yesterday (Wednesday, 22 July), the second in Remarkables Park in eight months.

Kiwi Park Queenstown has officially revealed the name of its rare brown kiwi chick, Tuku Iho, during a traditional Māori naming and blessing ceremony held with local iwi.

She’s breathed new life into Arrowtown’s ANZAC commemorations, flashed her frilly knickers during countless knee highs, and as an award-winning hair stylist Rosemary Chalmers has got it cut and dried.