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Queenstown's main swimming pool will remain closed for at least another week or so, as repairs are made around the hydroslide tower.

Are fly-drive holidays the way to create a more regenerative tourism sector? The lower South Island's three airports and eight southern Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs) are making the argument that they are.

A 31-year-old New Zealand woman is in a stable condition and being admitted to Burwood Hospital’s spinal unit in Christchurch after suffering serious spinal injuries in a tandem paragliding crash off Coronet Peak late on Sunday morning.

Colin Macnicol doesn’t like to sit idle, so when he and wife Jean supposedly ‘semi-retired’ from their Southland deer farm to Arrowtown in 2006, Colin got busy.

Congratulations Queenstown! This great place we call home has been voted the best city in New Zealand by readers of US based media outlet Travel + Leisure.

Local musician Mark Wilson is inviting everyone to refamiliarise and be re-energised by the world we live in.

The first property at Central Otago’s Mt Cardrona Station 400-hectare alpine village development has been completed.

Fiordland Camera Club president Chris Watson has stumbled across a drowned $12,000 camera, still on its tripod, while attempting to photograph a white heron on the tidal flats of Milford Sound on Saturday, (20 July).

For Sustainable Queenstown every day is a good day to be more plastic-free, but in July, we ramp up our efforts to get the community more involved, and inspire you with new ways to reduce your plastic use.

Let’s talk air, While Otago’s air quality has improved over the past 20 years, ORC’s science shows the need to do more.

En estos últimos meses, hemos visto muchos cambios en las políticas de inmigración, los que incluyen requisitos adicionales para la obtención de visas y permisos de trabajo, así como mayores controles en los procesos de solicitud.

Autumn proved a difficult season for Queenstown Lakes businesses with some reporting a 30% drop in profits.

A Queenstown resident charged an extortionate $89 for a 9km cab ride is warning others to be on their guard.

Aurora Energy says it is making good progress on the upgrade of the Queenstown zone substation, behind Queenstown Fire Station.

Venice Qin produces a fusion of electronic pop music with strong vocals. The 22-year-old originally hails from Auckland but now spends her time in Sydney – on a recent trip to Queenstown for the Chamber of Commerce Women in Business event she recorded four songs for her upcoming LP at Te Atamira.

From expensive jackets, with phones, wallets and passports, swiped from local bars and snowboarding gear stolen up the mountain, to late night punch-ups, alcohol-fuelled icy road crashes and stray goats and deer - Police have been busy this past week.

She’s mother to many - ‘Mother Teresa’ to abandoned orphans across the world, and a whole generation later the immense satisfaction Sue van Schreven receives from making such a difference in these young lives keeps driving her to do more.

New fees and charges are now in place for many Queenstown Lakes District Council. The changes cover sport and recreation, community facilities / parks and reserves, libraries, planning and development, parking, mooring and jetty fees, environmental health services, and Wānaka airport landing fees.

Queenstown-based scenic flight company Glenorchy Air has been awarded a Tripadvisor Travellers Choice Best of the Best 2024 Award for its Milford Sound flightseeing / cruise experience.

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