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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.

Police have had a great public response to calls earlier this week for information and footage after a man, still Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries, was found at the Moke Lake Road intersection on Glenorchy Road about 6.15pm on Sunday.

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

The Department of Conservation (DOC) plans to increase predator control in South Island beech forests, ahead of a major predicted beech 'mast'.

A rare UK-based aircraft will be one of the International stars of next Easter’s Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow as the event marks the 90th anniversary of the first ever flight of the iconic Spitfire.

New Zealand is in for another celestial treat next week with a partial solar eclipse which will only be visible for handful of countries.

Two 24-year-old overindulging, heavily-intoxicated Australian men sparked a burglary call-out after they were seen banging on the door and trying to break into a St Matthews Place property on Queenstown Hill .

Queenstown transport group The Lightfoot Initiative is encouraging parents to write directly to Education Minister Erica Stanford over the touted removal of school buses.

Police investigating a Queenstown incident which left a man with serious injuries are seeking help from the public.

Police are continuing enquiries into an incident which left a man with serious injuries in Queenstown.

A Queenstown hotelier made a string of false claims, after the business's luxury "heli-crayfish experience" caught the attention of fisheries officers, documents show.

Salmonella Dub are coming to Queenstown to celebrate their 33.33rd birthday and the release of their digitally re-mastered full back catalogue.

Twenty-five years ago, Aaron Fleming was told he’d never physically exert himself again. This Sunday, he’ll stand on the start line of the men’s IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, France.

An estimated $44,000 of public money to fly Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to the top of a Queenstown mountain is a publicity stunt "gone badly wrong", Labour leader Chris Hipkins says.

Wakatipu Land Search and Rescue volunteers successfully trialled a RECCO detector device from a helicopter over the lower rocky outcrops of The Remarkables earlier this week, offering new hope to those needing rescued in the backcountry locally.

Residents across the Queenstown Lakes District can now cast their all-important votes in the 2025 local elections.

The Contact Alexandra Blossom Festival is promising one of its liveliest years yet, with a diverse entertainment programme that brings together Kiwi icons, international performers and family-friendly fun.

Queenstown Medical Centre's brand-new clinic is now open.

I want to acknowledge the effort Wakatipu Community Trust put into its application to open a new charter school in Queenstown. The Board recognises the strength of the Trust’s proposal and the vision it outlined for students and their communities. The Board was impressed by the level of community passion and support for this proposal. So why didn’t it get across the line?

Over the past seven months our team, our partners, and hundreds of Queenstown families poured themselves into the Atlas High School application. The goal was to prove that a community-owned, not-for-profit, fees-free model could give our young people real choice in a one-school town that is loudly asking for it. I’m proud of the work we did, and even prouder of the community that stood up for it.