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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.

The Department of Conservation is urging people to stop feeding kea following a spate of preventable road deaths of the parrot.

A "concerning number" of drivers are being caught at more than 20kmph over the limit, says the lower South's top road cop, with some doing "horrendous" speeds.

Winter Pride organisers are changing it up for 2024 with the return of Pride in the Park and many more laid back social events on the calendar.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is launching the Winter Wellness Series to promote wellbeing and help build a sense of community.

Queenstown tech start-up Chomp Food Safety is expanding its focus in Australia, with co-founder Paul Wilson relocating to Queensland.

Tourist towns and rural communities were hit hard by border closures and lockdowns in the Covid-19 pandemic. People living in Queenstown Lakes, Central and Fiordland areas faced not only the prospect of a catching a deadly virus but also the economic impact of job losses and businesses going under, not to mention isolation and actual illness. But if there is a silver lining from the suffering, it's found in the response from the communities and many charities, groups and agencies that supported them.

There's less than a week to go until the DFS Queenstown 2024 Winter Fireworks light up the night sky above the bay.

Feral cats are causing the deaths of countless native taonga, conservationists say. The apex predators are different to purring pet moggies or strays. They can weigh up to 7kg and feed on everything.

Queenstown Primary School’s $1million-plus property redevelopment was officially opened this week after two years of hard work, but it’s straight back to fundraising a further $400,000 for the remaining projects in the school’s 10-Year Plan.

How many tourists should Queenstown Lakes welcome each year? That's the question facing a team of researchers from Griffith University as they begin a project to create an 'optimal visitation model'.

Queenstown Airport is installing new safety measures to stop aircraft that overshoot its short runway.