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Winter Games NZ has secured its future for the next five years with $6 million in funding from Central Government.

Melissa White will be the new Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward councillor after another super tight council election result. White won the by-election by just 26 votes from John Glover, based on the preliminary results released on Friday.

With the pressure of rising mortgage rates, rent and cost of living increases, Kiwi Harvest are currently supporting over 760 individuals in our region each week. With the financial pressure that we’re all under, they have launched their Winter Food Campaign to help alleviate some of the strain that people are feeling.

Duck hunters are being urged to keep safety in their sights this gamebird hunting season.

Feedback is now open on a draft Joint Housing Action Plan (JHAP) for Queenstown Lakes, working towards a vision for improving homeowner and renter access to affordable housing.

An Arrowtown original, (John) Taylor Reed was just six when Arrowtown School headmistress Rose Douglas came into the classroom to tell the handful of kids that World War II had just broken out.

Could 'Gritney Spears' stop your winter mornings being toxic? Will 'Spready Mercury' break you free from the icy conditions?

A field of 260 hardy runners took on the challenging and spectacular terrain of the Southern Alps in the 23rd Routeburn Classic on Saturday, in favourable weather conditions.

Five years on from its big move, Queenstown's Wakatipu High School campus at Remarkables Park is complete.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has notified a variation to rezone land located in Te Pūtahi Ladies Mile Corridor to provide for future housing demand in the district.

A recently released report from Pacifecon is giving insight into the state of the construction industry throughout Aotearoa.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has taken the 2023 Natural Selection Tour title cleanly with stunning back-to-back wins on both scored stages of the Tour, Revelstoke and Alask - her 23rd podium in a row!

National has pledged to rollback changes to tenancy legislation if elected, to help ease the housing crisis.

A project to improve the experience of travellers flying out of Queenstown Airport is under way.

Queenstown alpine ski racing star Alice Robinson has split with her head coach Chris Knight ahead of the 2023/2024 season.

Kā-Muriwai Arrowtown will once again shine as it hosts Matariki celebrations for the second year running.

Despite the latest inflation figures for New Zealand coming in slightly lower than expected by many economists, the rate remains stubbornly high. At 6.7% for the year to March 2023, the inflation rate is more than double the Reserve Bank’s target range of 1-3%.

Air quality in Arrowtown and other locations around Otago appears to be improving, with monitoring stations reporting far fewer breaches of national standards.

Athletes from around the world are gearing up to take on the 2023 Routeburn Classic Trail Running Race this weekend, starting near Te Anau.

Some 100 hectares of land on Mount Iron and Little Mount Iron in Wānaka is one step closer to coming into public ownership, with fencing around the site near completion and settlement on the land purchase expected in early May 2023.