Vulnerable ratepayers may be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy due to escalating rates rises to pay for Three Waters upgrades, Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says.
Electric buses will replace Queenstown's whole Orbus fleet starting in 2028, but Dunedin will get them first. Otago Regional Council, which runs the Orbus services, has confirmed today that the first fleet of e-buses will appear on Dunedin’s streets this month, February 2024.
In an historic moment for the world of extreme sports, the inaugural World MTB Awards (WMA) is set to take place in Queenstown next week.
Popularity has long come with a price for Queenstown as New Zealand’s most popular holiday destination, but long-time businesspeople say the current housing crisis is the worst they’ve ever seen.
Sex toys. Live ammunition. Dead animals. Kitchen knives. Vape pens. You'd be surprised what Queenstowners put in their recycling bins.
The parents of a 12-year-old Queenstown girl who’s been battling cancer for eight months have been overwhelmed by the huge generosity and support pouring their way to help fund urgently needed, expensive international cancer treatment.
It’s been an historic day for New Zealand at the Winter Youth Olympic Games with two Central Otago freeski athletes winning gold and silver in the halfpipe.
Snow Sports NZ athlete Alice Robinson has finished in second place at FIS Giant Slalom World Cup held in Kronplatz, Italy overnight.
Tegan Ariel Chen has been named as the 10-year-old girl who died after falling into Marian Creek in Fiordland.
A cruise ship which ran aground on rocks in Fiordland's Doubtful Sound last week will restart trips on Tuesday afternoon.
This year’s Aotearoa Bike Challenge kicks into gear this Thursday, 1 February, with The Lightfoot Initiative’s calendar of new events and incentives for the Queenstown Lakes community to get cycling - to help cut congestion, reduce emissions, and increase their wellbeing.
Nico Porteous has claimed the silver medal in a hotly contested X Games Men's Ski SuperPipe at the Aspen X Games.
Queenstown Lakes mayor Glyn Lewers says the council faces penning the “toughest Long Term Plan in its history”, as it struggles with the $800 million blowback of Three Waters.
he government is being accused of quietly expanding the reach of its public service cuts to pay for promised tax breaks.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has launched a marine safety inquiry into an accident involving the scenic cruise vessel M.V Fiordland Navigator.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged with Excess Blood Alcohol Causing Death, over the crash that killed Royalburn Station butcher Outrega Anderson.
A 10-year-old girl has died after being swept down the Marian Creek in Fiordland National Park today.
Wānaka snowboarder Lucia Georgalli has won silver at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea.
The RealNZ tourist vessel, The Fiordland Navigator, broadcast a mayday call after running aground in Doubtful Sound yesterday evening at 6.15pm.
The ‘people’s poet’ Hone Tuwhare has inspired four acclaimed printmakers to create a visual connection with the written word.
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