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Queenstown Medical Centre has announced it will relocate its Arrowtown clinic to a larger, new purpose-built facility at Remarkables Park later this year.

A local has told Queenstown Lakes District Councillors the streets were becoming "toilets and rubbish pits", due to freedom camping.

All shops across Queenstown Lakes can continue trade on Easter Sunday.

A highly technical Remarkables climbing rescue, air rescues, drunken antics downtown and a Dutch drink driver at Gibbston this week.

A 30-year-old overseas visitor, yet another to be lured by the beautifully stunning but highly dangerous Brewster Glacier, was fortunate to be rescued before nightfall after falling 5m to 6m in steep and rocky terrain in Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday afternoon.

A national petition calling for more ACC support for volunteer firefighters has more than 14,000 signatures in the first 48 hours.

Planners have given the green light to New Zealand's first floating sauna and plunge experience.

Otago Regional Council (ORC) has ditched a public transport business case for the Upper Clutha in its draft annual plan, blaming central government policies.

Twenty artworks worth $58,000 collectively have gone on sale to raise funds for Southern Lakes Sanctuary.

It's been a free for all this summer with freedom camping rules forcibly relaxed – budget travellers washing, shaving and shampooing and lakeside bush pooing, even cleaning greasy frying pans and dishes in our once pristine waters.

It's been a big weekend for Queenstown Lakes skiers and snowboarders as they begin to wrap up their northern hemisphere winter season.

Two local 19-year-old males allegedly tried to fight with members of the public downtown just after midnight on Saturday, with one accused of then hitting a cop in the face.

Queenstown Trails Trust has confirmed it is considering stepping in to deliver a crucial section of the Southern Corridor Active Transport Route, towards Hanley’s Farm and Jacks Point.

A very experienced local female parapenter is very lucky to be alive after being blown backwards in a wind gust off the top of Mount Earnslaw on take-off late last week, bouncing 40m down steep, rocky terrain.

World-renowned New Zealand–Greek composer John Psathas has been announced as the 2025 At the World’s Edge Festival Composer in Residence.

Alice Robinson has continued her exceptional podium streak, claiming her seventh consecutive Giant Slalom World Cup podium.

Fellow local volunteer firefighters have launched a Givealittle page to help support former Kingston Volunteer Fire Brigade chief Peter Ottley, who’s been unable to work after suffering from PTSD triggered by a horrific fatal bus crash just before Christmas.

Police say the fatality opposite the Kawarau Bungy Bridge around 10pm on Monday night was definitely not a hit and run and the Kiwi driver had stopped immediately and called emergency services.

Management for Queenstown's Fergburger says it is investigating whether a "misunderstanding in communication" occurred during an encounter between staff members and a customer.

The husband of an Invercargill woman found dead at Lake Hāwea last year has formally pleaded not guilty to her murder.