Get your skates on! Arrowtown has a free community ice rink once again.
The Queenstown Citizen Advice Bureau (CAB) is helping dozens of migrant workers who are struggling to pay rent and basic living costs because they are not getting the work hours they have been promised.
Fiords in temperate regions may account for 11% of the global marine organic carbon burial, writes academics Rebecca J McLeod and William Austin for The Conversation
Queenstown Lakes property market continues to slowly track in the opposite direction to much of New Zealand.
The last kilometre of the vertical race at the World Mountain Running Championship in Innsbruck, Austria, is something that Queenstown runner Sarah Douglas will forever cherish.
Public consultation has closed on two major plans which could change the face of housing in Queenstown.
More than 30 cabins owned by the Queenstown Lakes District Council are sitting empty, despite the region facing a rental housing crisis.
In this Podcast, host Brent Harbour talks to Glen Thurston, from Turn The Corner, about mental health in the construction industry, and to Hayley Furze, who worked four jobs to finally build and own her own home in Wanaka.
There'll be no Winter Fest this year but Queenstown can still expect a spectacular fireworks display.
Climate activists want Queenstown Airport passengers to be charged a $100 local tax per flight, which they say could raise hundreds of millions of dollars a year for ratepayers.
A Queenstown tourism business has been ordered to pay $48,000 after ghosting an employee during the pandemic.
By withdrawing its support for the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) it helped introduce in the first place, the National Party has essentially only made a soft policy even softer - writes Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland
A second valuable Life Education Trust Heartland mobile classroom has finally been purchased specifically for the Queenstown Lakes-Central Otago area, enabling the trust to reach an extra 5000 students a year.
Queenstown Police want to speak to this man about an assault in Ballarat Street this morning.
Heavy rain, snow and strong winds are expected for Queenstown's headwaters and mountains over the coming 48 hours.
Hanley's Farm developer RCL has splashed $70 million on a huge block of farmland and plans a massive new subdivision.
Queenstown's council is missing targets on building checks, which have been highlighted in the wake of the fatal Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Wellington.
A frog sitting in slowly warming water won’t notice the change – and will eventually be boiled dead. Whereas if it jumped into hot water, it would immediately jump out.
The inaugural Wao Film Festival was a goosebump-inducing success, and it’s not too late to tune in and watch online.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will seek endorsement from Elected Members to notify its Urban Intensification Variation to the Proposed District Plan (PDP), at the Full Council Meeting on Thursday 1 June 2023.
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