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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.

Auckland-based poet, author and playwright, Dominic Hoey, will perform an intimate night of poetry and storytelling at Sherwood this Friday. Local poets Bethany Rogers and Julian Noel will also join him to perform some poems at the start of the evening.

Trail-blazing plans to force property developers to pay towards affordable housing have been scrapped.

Queenstowners can expect significant overnight disruption as the Frankton BP Roundabout project moves to its next stage.

Queenstown Airport is donating $75,000 to local food rescue charity KiwiHarvest.

A plan to diversify Queenstown Lakes economy away from just tourism and construction has been given the greenlight.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has been working with the community to develop a three-year Welcoming Plan for the district to ensure that all newcomers are able to thrive. The wider public are now being called on to share their thoughts

A freezing evening didn’t deter nearly a hundred locals from gathering at Rhyme x Reason Brewery in Wānaka on Wednesday night (30 July) to hear Wao Aotearoa director Monique Kelly launch this year’s summit.

The snow has fallen at the perfect time for the NZ Skiing Masters Championships. Competitors head to Coronet Peak this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 3-4 August, for the first event of the calendar.

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.