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International stars of the chamber music scene converged on Wānaka this weekend for the opening of At the World’s Edge Festival.

A new case of measles has been found in Queenstown. The case has no known links to the four cases in Northland.

Vintage steamship TSS Earnslaw is resuming its regular sailings from Queenstown to Walter Peak on Wednesday after a five-month engine overhaul.

Hato Hone St John (HHStJ) ambulance service has experienced its busiest winter on record, with July and August marking the two heaviest months for ambulance callouts in the service’s history.

Queenstown Police are warning against vigilante actions as they investigate reports that a group of ‘Queenstown-based individuals’ have been trying to ‘catfish people’ who are attempting to contact minors online.

A Queenstown principal believes plans to axe 10 dedicated school buses will have severe impacts on student attendance and could put children in danger travelling to and from school.

A downtown carpark on the former Queenstown Performing Arts Centre site will be closed for the next two-and-a-half months, reopening before Christmas with almost double the number of spaces.

Gibbston Valley Wines' long-standing CEO Greg Hunt is leaving the business.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is calling on the community to have a say on the draft Blue Green Network Plan .

Two young Ashburton men allegedly caused havoc while filming themselves doing it, sparking a fire alarm at 8.30pm on Saturday, 20 September, at Nomads Backpackers.

A Queenstown councillor and a mayoral candidate say the task of finding a new chief executive should stop, arguing it should wait until after local body elections.

Kawarau Gorge Trail remains on schedule for an early 2026 opening but people using it before then are damaging its surface.

One of New Zealand’s rarest manu has renewed hope in its fight against extinction after Saturday night’s annual RealNZ Conservation Ball.

The world’s original and longest-running women’s adventure race, the Merrell Spring Challenge, returned with its 19th edition in the spectacular landscapes of Glenorchy, Dart, and Rees Valleys on Saturday.

Opponents of the proposed Bendigo-Ophir gold mine say Santana Minerals’ newly released landscape simulations are only part of the picture, and they are urging the company to release all of its expert reports.

Police have refused to be drawn on whether the man found with serious injuries at Moke Lake turnoff last week had been shot.

A new report warns Queenstown Lakes faces unprecedented food demand over the coming decades.

The man who once ran for Parliament with no policies and the slogan "I don't know anything about politics, but I'll give it a go" has returned, this time, with spray paint, plywood and possibly the cheapest mayoral campaign in Queenstown Lakes.

The Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal Negotiation Committee has appointed Conor English, Director of Silvereye, as the Negotiator to help steer the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal negotiations.

Queenstown bus fares are going up from the end of this month.