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Posted 26 September, 2025

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.

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Posted 26 September, 2025

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

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Posted 25 September, 2025

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

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Posted 25 September, 2025

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.

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Posted 25 September, 2025

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.

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Posted 23 September, 2025

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

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Posted 23 September, 2025

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

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Posted 22 September, 2025

The world’s original and longest-running women’s adventure race, the Merrell Spring Challenge, returned with its 19th edition in the spectacular landscapes of Glenorchy, Dart, and Rees Valleys on Saturday.

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Posted 22 September, 2025

Opponents of the proposed Bendigo-Ophir gold mine say Santana Minerals’ newly released landscape simulations are only part of the picture, and they are urging the company to release all of its expert reports.

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Posted 22 September, 2025

Police have refused to be drawn on whether the man found with serious injuries at Moke Lake turnoff last week had been shot.

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Posted 22 September, 2025

A new report warns Queenstown Lakes faces unprecedented food demand over the coming decades.

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Posted 22 September, 2025

The man who once ran for Parliament with no policies and the slogan "I don't know anything about politics, but I'll give it a go" has returned, this time, with spray paint, plywood and possibly the cheapest mayoral campaign in Queenstown Lakes.

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Posted 18 September, 2025

The Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal Negotiation Committee has appointed Conor English, Director of Silvereye, as the Negotiator to help steer the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal negotiations.

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Posted 17 September, 2025

Queenstown bus fares are going up from the end of this month.

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Posted 17 September, 2025

The Department of Conservation (DOC) plans to increase predator control in South Island beech forests, ahead of a major predicted beech 'mast'.

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Posted 16 September, 2025

A rare UK-based aircraft will be one of the International stars of next Easter’s Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow as the event marks the 90th anniversary of the first ever flight of the iconic Spitfire.

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Posted 16 September, 2025

New Zealand is in for another celestial treat next week with a partial solar eclipse which will only be visible for handful of countries.

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Posted 16 September, 2025

Two 24-year-old overindulging, heavily-intoxicated Australian men sparked a burglary call-out after they were seen banging on the door and trying to break into a St Matthews Place property on Queenstown Hill .

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Posted 16 September, 2025

Queenstown transport group The Lightfoot Initiative is encouraging parents to write directly to Education Minister Erica Stanford over the touted removal of school buses.

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Posted 15 September, 2025

Police investigating a Queenstown incident which left a man with serious injuries are seeking help from the public.

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