The TSS Earnslaw – The Grand Old Lady of Lake Wakatipu, made her way into Kelvin Grove with a hiss and a roar on Tuesday where she was loaded up onto the slipway for her biennial survey.
Queenstown's council has reduced the cost of hot showers at Queenstown Events Centre and Wānaka Recreation Centre to help those going through difficult times this winter.
The Outlet podcast host Brent Harbour talks to Gary from KiwiHarvest on the organisation's vital community work
The H&J Smith Group is proposing to close its department stores throughout the lower South Island, including Queenstown.
Queenstown Airport has announced a new partnership with the Wakatipu Community Foundation (WCF) to support community philanthropy.
John Munro is manager of Locator Beacons NZ and one of the south’s unsung heroes, having helped save countless lives all over NZ, and last week he was honoured with an NZ Search and Rescue Gold Award (Support) in Wellington.
Te Hau Toka Southern Lakes Wellbeing Group has appointed Ella Hitchcock as its new Central Lakes Mental Wellbeing Navigator.
Wānaka is set to be immortalised in a special edition of the world-famous Monopoly board game later this year.
Local charity, Sustainable Queenstown, has announced this month’s Green Drinks event. It’s all about Healthy Homes That Don’t Cost The Earth.
RRRRIP- not a sound you want to hear your jeans make when you’re setting up an event with no spare clothing at hand. Lucky for me, the event happened to be the first ever Repair Cafe in Glenorchy last weekend, and our volunteer seamstress had reported early and sorted out a quick patch so I didn’t have to spend the afternoon walking around with a drop cloth wrapped around my waist.
He may be driving the local school bus and tour coaches these days, but acclaimed Queenstown chef Grant Jackson has cooked for dignitaries like former US President Bill Clinton, and trained some of NZ’s best chef exports.
NZ’s biggest international tourism trade show was back with a bang for the first time in four years last week (9-11 May) with Queenstown operators turning out in record numbers to show off what the resort has to offer to hundreds of holiday market buyers from around the world.
Rob Phillips has been appointed the independent chair of the newly-formed Wānaka Airport Liaison Committee.
NASA has crashed its second super pressure balloon (SPB) into the Pacific Ocean after it developed a leak.
More than one hundred tītī / muttonbirds have crash landed in Northern Southland, following the chilling southerly blast that has lashed the south in the last few days.
Wakatipu High School students considering a career in trades are getting hands-on experience through a SIT | Te Pūkenga Tertiary Academy programme.
The life story of a pioneering New Zealand mountaineer, who suffered a broken neck while climbing in Fiordland in 2015, has won the Nankervis/Bamford NZ Mountain Book of the Year for 2023.
Tourists will be encouraged to take their time exploring the south through a new sustainable tourism campaign, originally conceived by much-loved former Destination Queenstown boss, the late Graham Budd.
Pack the snow chains in the car, snow is forecast for the Crown Range and possibly lower tonight.
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