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Elected members from the three Otago councils forming a joint committee to negotiate a regional deal with central government will now be able to access reports and sit in on public-excluded sessions, following clarification at a fractious meeting this week.

Construction of a major new Queenstown trail could begin as soon as this summer, if funds can be raised.

Queenstown Airport will pay at $18.8 million dividend to its shareholders after a strong financial year.

Amisfield was among six restaurants that scored the highest at the Good Food Awards and also took the coveted restaurant of the year title.

The second meeting of a joint committee negotiating a regional deal for Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes with central government was abruptly adjourned on Monday (August 18) amid debate over conducting much of the discussion behind closed doors.

A paid parking trial planned for Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Franz Josef Glacier is being closely watched in Wānaka, with the local tourism boss noting it should be considered in the wider context of other charges facing visitors.

The age for New Zealand's working holiday visas should be raised to 50 to help hike international visitor numbers, a tourism operator says.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is asking the community to share their thoughts on a draft Development Plan for Arrowtown Riverside Reserves, a network of public reserves that line the Haehaenui Arrow River.

Queenstown Lakes Community Action leaders are frustrated testing has been scaled back around the controversial Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Tasman police are appealing for information to identify victims of a Wānaka couple’s elaborate fraud scheme, which used false cancer claims to swindle more than $1M and fund a “lavish lifestyle” until their arrest yesterday (Thursday August 14).

Queenstown Airport is celebrating its 90th birthday, making it one of New Zealand’s oldest commercial airports still operating on its original site.

An Australian tourist leaves the country today with an expensive dent in his wallet after he was clocked at 168kmh in his rental vehicle, three passengers on board, last week.

Kiwisaver provider Simplicity is to spend hundreds of million dollars on building up to 600 long-term rental houses in Queenstown.

Two new seasonal visas announced by the government have been welcomed by local operators.

A major new office, retail and parking complex in Five Mile is among a host of new planning applications in the works.

Police were shocked to find eight people – six of them unrestrained - in a campervan caught speeding on State Highway 6 near Kingston last Sunday.

Property values ticked lower in the July quarter as the winter freeze continues, but the deep south continues to buck the trend. The biggest rises were in Queenstown-Lakes, up 2.4 percent to $1.86 million.

Rudim3ntal, Santigold, and Dizzee Rascal are all confirmed for Rhythm and Alps.

State Highway 6 through Kawarau Gorge will be closed overnight for eight weeks from 31 August as work is carried out to fix an under slip at at Scrubby Corner.

The first major international act for next Easter’s Warbirds Over Wānaka Airshow has been confirmed.