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Health New Zealand says shifting appointments out of major hospitals and into communities could spare Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes residents as many as 40,000 road trips a year.

Queenstown Lakes Libraries is inviting young readers to join this year’s Summer Reading Challenge: Forest Quest. The nature-inspired theme aims to encourage children to read over the summer holiday period and features prizes for every five books read.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has received two abatement notices from Otago Regional Council (ORC) in relation to recently communicated performance challenges at the Project Pure Wastewater Treatment Plant in Wānaka.

A 34-year-old Taiwanese tourist, who ploughed head on into a local family near Roaring Meg on Sunday, 15 November, seriously injuring a Queenstown woman, was driving for the first time on New Zealand’s open roads, Police say.

A Queenstown high school volleyball team is recovering from a crash last night that left a dozen people injured in Invercargill.

Ute flips, crashes into parked Jeep at Lake Hayes Estate - Occupants flee Police are working to identify the driver and three passengers of a Nissan ute that flipped onto its roof allegedly colliding with a parked Jeep, which then careered into a parked Volvo at Lake Hayes Estate at 12.20am on Saturday, 15 November.

Hato Hone St John has marked 140 years of service to Aotearoa New Zealand with one of its busiest years yet, supporting more than one million people and delivering faster, safer emergency care amid rising demand.

Rātā, one of Tāhuna Queenstown’s most well-loved restaurants, has refreshed its dining room – marking a new chapter for the legacy dining destination.

Air New Zealand is set to make it even easier for Kiwis to swap snow for sand and enjoy some Queensland sunshine, today announcing a new non-stop seasonal service between Queenstown and Brisbane.

A local hobby goldminer in his 30s was airlifted to hospital by the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter late on Sunday afternoon (9 November), after suffering a seizure late morning while panning up Twelve Mile Creek on the Mount Crichton Loop Track.

First time champions have claimed the 2025 New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon Presented by ASICS titles, with both runners making their decisive move late in the race.

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.