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Queenstown Airport has increased its parking charges for the first time since 2019 - but it won't affect short stayers.

Queenstown Lakes District Council's plans for force property developers to pay towards affordable housing look to be dead in the water.

Work is ramping up on Queenstown's Frankton BP roundabout upgrade as contractors prepare to underground the power network.

Applications are now open for the Central Lakes Arts Support Scheme (CLASS) grants. This initiative, set up in 2008 by the Central Lakes Trust (CLT), aims to foster and promote the arts at a local level.

Two people have been arrested following drug-related search warrants in the Queenstown and Canterbury Districts last week.

August could be a landmark month in the future of affordable housing in Queenstown Lakes.

Queenstown's main swimming pool will remain closed for at least another week or so, as repairs are made around the hydroslide tower.

Are fly-drive holidays the way to create a more regenerative tourism sector? The lower South Island's three airports and eight southern Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs) are making the argument that they are.

A 31-year-old New Zealand woman is in a stable condition and being admitted to Burwood Hospital’s spinal unit in Christchurch after suffering serious spinal injuries in a tandem paragliding crash off Coronet Peak late on Sunday morning.

The first property at Central Otago’s Mt Cardrona Station 400-hectare alpine village development has been completed.

Fiordland Camera Club president Chris Watson has stumbled across a drowned $12,000 camera, still on its tripod, while attempting to photograph a white heron on the tidal flats of Milford Sound on Saturday, (20 July).

Let’s talk air, While Otago’s air quality has improved over the past 20 years, ORC’s science shows the need to do more.

Autumn proved a difficult season for Queenstown Lakes businesses with some reporting a 30% drop in profits.

A Queenstown resident charged an extortionate $89 for a 9km cab ride is warning others to be on their guard.

Aurora Energy says it is making good progress on the upgrade of the Queenstown zone substation, behind Queenstown Fire Station.

From expensive jackets, with phones, wallets and passports, swiped from local bars and snowboarding gear stolen up the mountain, to late night punch-ups, alcohol-fuelled icy road crashes and stray goats and deer - Police have been busy this past week.

New fees and charges are now in place for many Queenstown Lakes District Council. The changes cover sport and recreation, community facilities / parks and reserves, libraries, planning and development, parking, mooring and jetty fees, environmental health services, and Wānaka airport landing fees.

Queenstown-based scenic flight company Glenorchy Air has been awarded a Tripadvisor Travellers Choice Best of the Best 2024 Award for its Milford Sound flightseeing / cruise experience.

Queenstown's mayor Glyn Lewers is urging residents to have their say on council's $2.4 BILLION plans. Only 150 submissions have been received on the draft Long Term Plan for 2024-2034, since consultation opened about three weeks ago. That's less than 0.3% of the 52,800 population

More than a year on from the public protests about Queenstown's rental housing crisis, the pressure appears to have eased but problems remain.