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Cyclists will be able to use the bike racks again on daytime Queenstown Orbus services from Good Friday, and night-time services from early May.

With Easter Weekend arriving later this week, New Zealand Mountain Safety Council (MSC) is reminding trampers to be prepared for autumn conditions when planning their outdoor adventures.

A Wānaka woman who was trying to get help at a time of mental health crisis says she was made to feel like a burden.

Neighbouring residents and some golfers are upset that an unsightly 11-metre high 5G cellphone tower suddenly appeared right beside prime residential properties in the middle of one of Kelvin Heights Golf Course’s most picturesque views.

Investigators have concluded the pilot of cruise vessel Fiordland Navigator was asleep at the wheel when it grounded last year.

Police netted two drink drivers with astonishingly high levels - more than four times the legal limit, among 18 caught in the Queenstown Lakes - Central Otago region late last week.

If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life and infrastructure for generations to come, according to the latest update on the state of the environment.

An influential US magazine has named a Queenstown fine dining restaurant as third best in the world.

Queenstown has been suffering from growing pains for years but with visitor and resident numbers continuing to swell it's turning into a full-blown belly ache.

Well-known local John Glover has announced he will square off against embattled incumbent Glyn Lewers in the October elections, for one of the most difficult jobs in local politics.

Aotea Gifts is matching every dollar donated during the Queenstown Trails Annual Trail Lovers Appeal up to $25,000

Queenstown Lakes District Council has published its first test results of treated wastewater being discharged into the Shotover River.

Frankton and Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigades both turned out to a gas leak near a residential area at Jack’s Point after the gas mains were hit by a digger trenching for cables in Cunningham Drive yesterday morning.

There’s been havoc on Hawthorne Drive, a couple of opportunist cowboys roaming the Events Centre, a warranted Nelson petrol thief caught, careless driving, checkpoints targeting after work drinks and a few heli rescues this week.

Traffic was backed up to almost the BP Roundabout corner yesterday after a bad car accident at the Kelvin Heights intersection with State Highway 6 on the Queenstown to Kingston Road just before 4pm.

Queenstown councillor Niki Gladding has been removed from two committees, after speaking out early over the Shotover wastewater issue.

A significant fire broke out last Thursday morning at Frankton's Whakatipu Recycling Centre. Initial investigations suggest the fire may have been caused by a battery being run over by a loader pushing up material.

One of the greatest rock climbers of all time is set to headline the speaker line-up at the 23rd NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival.

Councillors were briefed on Thursday, 20 March, where officers stated they would be engaging with iwi, rūnaka, and the community in the coming days, with a media stand-up scheduled for Wednesday, 26 March, to inform the wider public of the intention to use emergency powers. The following are my personal views on the situation.

New Zealander Finley Melville Ives has unfurled an explosive run in Switzerland to be crowned men's freeski halfpipe world champion.