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Local non-profit organisation, WAI Wānaka is thrilled to welcome Richard Burdon and Stephen Stuart as our newest members to our Board of Trustees, each bringing a wealth of experience, insight and dedication to our mission. Their diverse backgrounds will help guide our strategic direction and strengthen our governance.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has voted to restrict freedom campers to 141 carparks across the district following a summer of complaints about rubbish, overcrowding and late-night partying.

Queenstown's new mayor has pledged to stay grounded in the community's wishes and to empower councillors to perform at their best.

Queenstown Lakes District Council spent more than $1.8 million on repairs to its troubled Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant before racking up almost $600,000 in legal bills over compliance failures.

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Police are warning motorists to take extra care with a number of drivers clocked speeding at over 140km/hr in the last few weeks, school holidays and extra international drivers on local roads due to Chinese Golden Week.

Wakatipu Search and Rescue and Alpine Cliff Rescue volunteers have been called out to at least a third more, close to twice their usual number of rescues and searches in what’s been one of their busiest extended winter periods in some years.

International stars of the chamber music scene converged on Wānaka this weekend for the opening of At the World’s Edge Festival.

A new case of measles has been found in Queenstown. The case has no known links to the four cases in Northland.

Vintage steamship TSS Earnslaw is resuming its regular sailings from Queenstown to Walter Peak on Wednesday after a five-month engine overhaul.

Hato Hone St John (HHStJ) ambulance service has experienced its busiest winter on record, with July and August marking the two heaviest months for ambulance callouts in the service’s history.

Queenstown Police are warning against vigilante actions as they investigate reports that a group of ‘Queenstown-based individuals’ have been trying to ‘catfish people’ who are attempting to contact minors online.

A Queenstown principal believes plans to axe 10 dedicated school buses will have severe impacts on student attendance and could put children in danger travelling to and from school.

A downtown carpark on the former Queenstown Performing Arts Centre site will be closed for the next two-and-a-half months, reopening before Christmas with almost double the number of spaces.

Gibbston Valley Wines' long-standing CEO Greg Hunt is leaving the business.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is calling on the community to have a say on the draft Blue Green Network Plan .

Two young Ashburton men allegedly caused havoc while filming themselves doing it, sparking a fire alarm at 8.30pm on Saturday, 20 September, at Nomads Backpackers.

A Queenstown councillor and a mayoral candidate say the task of finding a new chief executive should stop, arguing it should wait until after local body elections.

Kawarau Gorge Trail remains on schedule for an early 2026 opening but people using it before then are damaging its surface.

One of New Zealand’s rarest manu has renewed hope in its fight against extinction after Saturday night’s annual RealNZ Conservation Ball.