Queenstowners will hit the slopes in less than one month, if the snow gods deliver.
Thirty-one technology companies will be exhibiting at Queenstown's Host-Tech conference Expo Day this Thursday, with local workers invited to pop down and see the latest solutions.
Queenstown's ambition to become a global tech hub took a major leap forward this week. Otago University has announced plans to partner with cybersecurity powerhouse Palo Alto Networks to develop and deliver cutting-edge programmes in digital defence in the resort town.
Firefighters are battling a house fire in the roof space of a property opposite Queenstown Central retail park, Frankton.
Queenstown principals and parents are pushing back after the Ministry of Education signalled it may pull the plug on free school buses.
A 37-year-old Canterbury man has been charged with male assaults female after allegedly punching a woman in the head in Cow Lane, soon after 12.30am on Saturday.
A Woolworths supermarket is coming to Queenstown's Ladies Mile.
Queenstown Airport has announced its new CEO. Shane O’Hare will replace outgoing chief executive Glen Sowry, taking the reins in September.
Last week’s big tourism conference in Rotorua saw plenty of optimism about the industry’s potential, but also warnings that airline capacity is hampering post-COVID growth.
Queenstown Lakes athletes shone at the 2025 Forsyth Barr Central Otago Sports Awards, held on Thursday night (May 8) at the Lake Wānaka Centre.
At an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Queenstown Lakes District Council's Infrastructure Committee voted for a parking ban from 10pm until 6am on Park Street, and one side of Lake Esplanade.
Queenstown's Atlas High School will open with 100 students next year, if all goes to plan.
After six days of extensive searches, police have paused the search for a tramper missing in Milford Sound.
New overnight parking restrictions could soon be introduced to some of Queenstown’s lakefront roads, including Park Street and Lake Esplanade.
New Zealand's travel bonanza event is being held in Rotorua this week, but the thousands of business meetings being held can't hide the fact that our airline capacity is still underdone.
Police seized ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, LSD, cannabis, and psilocybin, and $45,000 in an operation targeting illicit drug dealing in Queenstown.
Progress is on track for two new Wānaka retirement villages, which will eventually increase retirement accommodation in the township by more than 220 residences.
Four thousand surgeries have now been performed at the Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital since it opened three years ago.
Queenstown trampoliner Max Trembath has earned a spot at the Freestyle Trampoline World Championships in Spain.
A large-scale search and rescue operation is continuing today in Milford Sound, for a man who has been missing since late on Sunday night.
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