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Posted 1 July, 2025

Alpine experts say a young German backpacker is lucky to be alive after straying off the Ben Lomond Track, falling, and being forced to spend the night out in the trees above Fernhill early last week.

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Posted 30 June, 2025

Queenstown Lakes District Council wants to push its controversial river wastewater consent directly to the Environment Court.

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Posted 30 June, 2025

Soho Basin is ready to rock and will open to the public once another 10-15cms of snow falls.

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Posted 29 June, 2025

Attracting more Chinese tourists to New Zealand, including during the off-season, was a major part of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s trade agenda during his visit to China last week. As Tourism Minister Louise Upston put it: “we welcome anyone, from anywhere, anytime”.

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Posted 27 June, 2025

Queenstown Lakes District Council has devised a new plan to manage freedom campers.

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Posted 26 June, 2025

Ski tourers, mountaineers and trampers are being warned that there’s already a real avalanche risk in our region.

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Posted 26 June, 2025

Drunken antics, a man hiding a cannabis grinder down his trousers, a downtown assault and drink drivers all feature in this week's Crimeline.

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Posted 26 June, 2025

Bus fares for children will be reintroduced to Orbus from late September, while adults will pay slightly more.

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Posted 25 June, 2025

From sweeping alpine vistas to intricate macro shots of fungi, ferns, and forest-floor textures, Queenstown Lakes photographers have shone at this year’s Otago’s Lens on the Wild World photography exhibition.

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Posted 24 June, 2025

Shimmering high on the Queenstown horizon, an expansive off-map ski basin that, for years, existed only in whispers and long-term plans is finally ready to be revealed.

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Posted 24 June, 2025

Global Games, the powerhouse behind some of New Zealand’s most vibrant junior sports festivals, is teaming up with Queenstown Football Club to launch a brand-new event, the Queenstown International Football Cup, set to put the resort town firmly on the footballing map.

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Posted 23 June, 2025

A community group opposing plans for major developments around Ben Lomond says shipping more than a million people up the mountain each year is "completely unsustainable".

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Posted 19 June, 2025

After seven years of growing community impact, the Wakatipu Community Foundation has officially rebranded as the 45South Community Foundation.

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Posted 19 June, 2025

Queenstown Airport is warming up for the winter rush of around 750,000 passengers over the next few months.

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Posted 18 June, 2025

Rising star of the butchery world William Fletcher has earned a place at the grand finals of the National Butchery Awards.

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Posted 18 June, 2025

Queenstown locals are being asked to help shape the future of one of the district’s fastest-growing areas - the Southern Corridor between the Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu.

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Posted 17 June, 2025

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been ordered to pay at least $235,000 in costs over its troubled Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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Posted 17 June, 2025

It’s the end of an era for two of Queenstown’s most iconic venues, The World Bar and Yonder.

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