Recent criticism of Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) - specifically the suggestion that it should be put under statutory administration - is “hilarious”, according to mayor Glyn Lewers, and “silly” according to councillor Lyal Cocks.
The biggest snow sports event in the Southern Hemisphere is primed to run from this Friday 23 August, in Queenstown Lakes.
Rocco Jamieson (Wānaka, 18) has won the first stop of the 2024 FIS Australia New Zealand Cup (ANC) Snowboard Slopestyle series at The Remarkables Ski Area on Saturday.
The first major subdivision on the northern side of Queenstown's Ladies Mile finally has the planning green light.
Sam Hadley has been crowned men’s New Zealand Giant Slalom National Champion for the first time in his career today at Coronet Peak.
A new population of takahē are thriving in on Greenstone Station near Queenstown, one year after being released.
A former colleague of the pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Cairns says he wasn't reckless, and the circumstances don't make sense.
Ski racing superstar Alice Robinson has been crowned the New Zealand Giant Slalom National Champion for the second year running at today's race held at Coronet Peak.
Libraries in the Queenstown Lakes District are going to a fine-free model, removing overdue fines for all users to help eliminate financial barriers and encourage even greater accessibility to all library resources.
Leading Queenstown hospo tech business First Table has launched a new feature which displays real-time availability for all its partner restaurants.
We are being told the health system is in crisis, “on the brink of failure” – spending beyond its budget, waiting times getting longer, suffering from widespread staff shortages.
QLDC could so easily fix the risk in its draft Long Term Plan that it loses supermajority shareholder control of Queenstown Airport without any community consultation. But instead of addressing this risk, Council’s “correction/clarification” of my Lakes Weekly Bulletin (LWB) article sought to obfuscate, misinform and divert attention from the serious issues raised. Issues about which Council’s LWB response was silent.
An independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to conditions, to subdivide land for a housing development at Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway in Queenstown.
Queenstown Lakes mayor Glyn Lewers says the council needs more than just new debt tools to pay its whopping $1.5 BILLION water bill.
The Wild 2024 has become the latest Queenstown Lakes event to pull pin as economic pressures continue to bite.
New Zealand’s only cross-country ski area Snow Farm is celebrating its busiest season on record as it gears up to open its new $750,000 base building this month.
People are jumping on the buses in Queenstown in record numbers with a 51% increase year-on-year. Some 1,897,200 trips were taken on Orbus Queenstown from July 2023 to June 2024, exceeding all previous financial years.
Conservationist and long-term local Sararose Brown has been appointed as the new Operations Manager for the Whakatipu Reforestation Trust (WRT).
The road racing at the Paris Olympic Games may not have brought riches in terms of top-10 placings for Kiwi riders, but it did bring some remarkable scenes in remarkable settings, Cycling New Zealand says.
Queenstown Lakes District Council has appointed Katherine Harbrow as its new finance boss.
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