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Beam e-scooters are set to hit Queenstown's streets tomorrow (Wednesday, 8 March).

Southern Lakes ski areas Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone are introducing daily capacity limits this season - a win for locals who buy season passes.

Police making inquiries into the death of a man at the start of a mountain-bike race in Wānaka over the weekend are seeking help from those who may have seen what happened.

Family and friends have paid tribute to a "special, unique and irreplaceable" 24-year-old man, who died while kayaking on a West Coast river late last month.

Acting Queenstown Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sharon Fifield has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis.

Aotearoa's largest off-road sporting event made a welcome comeback in Wānaka and Arrowtown yesterday, with close to 4000 mountain bikers, runners and walkers lining up to take part in the Motatapu.

A pedestrian and cycle bridge across a busy section of State Highway 6 in Queenstown is a step closer after winning the backing of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.

New Zealand’s tourism industry is working hard to combat any fall-out with international visitor markets from the devastating cyclone and flooding which has ravaged parts of the North Island.

A boomer Queenstown and Wanaka snow season last year has some Australians scrambling to book their winter ski holidays way earlier than usual.

People in Queenstown Lakes District will have an opportunity to help save up to three lives at the end of this month, with New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) set to host its first mobile blood drive in the district region since 2019.

Tickets for Luma 2023 went on sale this morning, March 1.

Ruby Star Andrews and Ben Barclay have both achieved career best World Championships results in Freeski Slopestyle at the 2023 FIS Freeski World Championships being held in Georgia.

Snowboarding phenomenon Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has claimed the silver medal at the FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Championships held in Georgia.

Scores of trees between One Mile and Sunshine Bay are among hundreds facing the axe across Queenstown Lakes.

The hearts of Queenstown hospitality operators have been moved with compassion for those in the north left in the fall-out of the recent devastating floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.

Queenstown Lakes residents able to support the relief effort following the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle can now donate directly to one of worst hit areas.

Don't be concerned if you hear gunshots or see police running around 516 Ladies Mile. The toxic mould has not become sentient.

The constant pressures of working seven days amid a severe labour shortage have been starting to take their toll, mentally and physically, on some local business owners and staff with local doctors now calling for more resources.

Some of the world’s best Olympic and world championship sailors will be strutting their stuff on Lake Wakatipu from Friday with the launch of the New Zealand International Moth Association National Championships being held here for five days.