Total grants awarded by the Central Lakes Trust have now exceeded the $155 million it was seeded with.
Councillors have urged Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) staff to find a replacement for the district’s old Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) as quickly as possible.
Music fans and the Whakatipu Basin community are in for a treat next Easter as Queenstown’s Whakatipu Music Festival presents a week-long smorgasbord of workshops and performances 14-21 April 2025.
Vegetation starting to dry out is a key factor in Central Otago and Upper Waitaki fire zones entering a restricted fire season this week.
A draft strategy detailing how Queenstown Lakes communities can prepare and adapt to natural hazards will go out for public feedback this week.
Queenstown's mayor Glyn Lewers is guest on the last-ever Outlet Queenstown podcast this week.
They’ve clocked up almost 60 years between them in the classroom at Arrowtown School, wiping away many a child’s tears, soothing grazed knees and gleaning immense joy from encouraging little minds to stretch and grow.
The first residents are moving into Arrowtown's new neighbourhood, the 68-home Tewa Banks development.
Queenstown finally has its own edition of popular boardgame Monopoly, just in time for Christmas.
A coroner has decided not to open an inquiry into the deaths of three men in a helicopter crash near Wānaka in 2018.
Police are on the hunt for Christopher Mitchell, who Police believe is in the Invercargill area, but may have travelled to Queenstown.
Solar power company SolarZero has been put into liquidation, leaving some customers worried about the contracts they have signed with the company.
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Major planning work is underway for The Remarkables ski field expansion into the Doolans.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is set to hear submissions from members of the public on Monday about a McDonald's restaurant opening in Wānaka.
Plans to rezone Queenstown land for 2400 new homes have been approved by the Minister for the Environment.
The alpine pass between Queenstown and Wānaka will be closed this week while contractors clear slips brought down by heavy rainfall n September and October.
Otago Lakes Central Police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of 60-year-old Invercargill woman Karen Gaylene White, who died at a Lake Hāwea property in March 2024.
A 25-year-old hiker reported missing this morning in the Queenstown Lakes District has been located, cold but uninjured.
Motatapu organisers say next year's race is on track to go ahead, despite the tough economic climate forcing many other long-running events to pull pin.
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