Police are ‘very disappointed’ to have netted 15 alleged drink drivers at various levels in just six days around the district this past week, also attending a number of crashes, involving young, inexperienced drivers – Kiwis and from overseas.
A youth has been remanded in custody following a commercial burglary in Remarkables Park earlier this week. Today, the youth appeared in Queenstown Youth Court charged with burglary and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle.
Some races end at a finish line - instead, the Arrowtown Backyard Ultra is all about how many times runners can cross the start line. On Saturday, 150 competitors lined up to see how many laps of the 6.7 kilometre loop alongside the Arrow River they could complete, on the hour, every hour, until they could go no further.
Queenstown Police are appealing for information from the public following a burglary in Remarkables Park. At around 2.15am today, Police were alerted to a burglary at a commercial premises at the intersection of Tex Smith Lane and Hawthorne Drive.
Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade secretary Katherine Lamont has been honoured with Fire and Emergency NZ’s special Judges Award for going above and beyond with her national firefighters’ petition seeking equal ACC rights for thousands of unpaid volunteer firefighters.
Police are reiterating stern warnings to anyone thinking they’ll take the risk to drink and drive after a teenage driver, who allegedly crashed into a fence on Littles Road, allegedly blew three and a half times over the legal adult limit.
Police are warning cyclists, walkers and motorists to be ‘extra vigilant’ along state highways and roads with summer approaching and the new Kawarau Gorge Trail on the way, after an American cyclist was seriously injured at Gibbston last Monday (3 November).
A cyclist has been seriously injured after being hit by a car near Queenstown.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and the Three Lakes Cultural Trust (TLCT) are playing creative matchmaker this November — pairing local creativity with unexpected spaces and places across the district.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force is planning on a big turnout of its aircraft for next Easter’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow.
A man has been remanded in custody following a search warrant at a property in Glenorchy. This morning, the Otago Lakes Central Organised Crime Team executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing Operation, targeting the supply of Methamphetamine within the community.
Josie Shapiro is the bestselling author of Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts, which won the inaugural Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize and was named one of the best books of 2023 by The Spinoff and The New Zealand Listener.
As the clean-up from last week’s storm continues, Fire and Emergency is asking farmers and lifestyle block owners in Otago and Southland to pause and plan before starting to burn debris.
Queenstown firefighters had to use the ‘jaws of life’ to cut a seriously injured Kiwi driver from his vehicle after emergency services responded to a head on crash on the Glenorchy Road just before 3.30pm on Monday (Labour Day).
A large slip has blocked and closed the Rees Dart Track near Dart Hut and Saturday’s (1 November) planned Routeburn Track opening will be reviewed with DOC and rescuers warning backcountry enthusiasts to beware of a heightened spring avalanche risk and the real risk of tree fall.
The South Island's first three-person adventure swing opened at the iconic Queenstown home of AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand (AJHBNZ) on Friday, 23 October.
The clean-up is underway and Queenstown Lakes District remains open for business ahead of Labour Weekend. Efforts are now focused on supporting the community of Kingston and reopening any remaining roads still closed because of flood damage or fallen trees.
QLDC-led group using monitoring data from Otago Regional Council and working with Emergency Management Otago to update community on potential flooding.
A 74-year-old American tourist has been charged with careless driving after crossing the centre line and hitting an oncoming car head on on the plateau at the top of the Crown Range Zig Zag at 1.45pm on Saturday, 18 October.
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