Queenstown Lakes / Central Otago housing market reached an unprecedented high in December, with the highest average asking price for any region of $1,590,855.
Australian Stock Exchange-listed company Santana Minerals is telling its investors, swathes of high-grade gold could rest beneath the remote farmland between the Bendigo and Dunstan Ranges in Central Otago.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will close Mount Iron Reserve between noon-6am for the next three days due to extreme risk of wildfire.
2023 was New Zealand's second hottest year on record and among the cloudiest, NIWA has announced today.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has implemented water restrictions in several locations around the district, and is asking the community to conserve water as much as possible.
Waning immunity and complacency have contributed to the fifth wave of Covid-19 in Aotearoa, an epidemiologist is warning.
Organisers of grassroots environmental projects across Central Otago can apply for funding from a massive $900,000 pot this year.
Queenstown's dreadlocked street piano player AJ Hickling has died after a short battle with cancer.
Police are urging people to be careful in the outdoors after three swimmers were rescued from the Kawarau River in Queenstown this afternoon.
The number of deaths on the road this summer shows road safety in New Zealand going backwards, the Automobile Association says.
End-of-year results aren’t only for school and university students. Countries, too, can be measured for their progress – or lack of it – across numerous categories and subject areas.
Prize sheep will be sweating it out in pens, there’ll be farm machinery galore, quirky races and candy floss faces, the agricultural smells of hot scorched grass and the odd hint of dung wafting in the air. It’s the Whakatipu’s big Kiwi day out – the Lake Hayes Agricultural & Pastural Show at the Lake Hayes Showgrounds on 13 January.
One of New Zealand's first film industry stars and a child cancer doctor are among recipients of the country's top honours.
Alice Robinson has rounded out 2023 with a ninth-place finish at the star-studded Lienz Giant Slalom World Cup in Austria overnight.
Testing clinics have discovered a dangerous drug being sold as MDMA in the Christchurch region, drug harm prevention agencies say.
Police have warned festival-goers drink responsibly and watch out for drink-spiking.
ORC is cautioning the public to remain vigilant over increasing reports of toxic algae in Otago waterways and is asking people to be aware that warning signs cannot be deployed to every site.
The tourism industry has been creating plans on how to prepare for the impacts of El Niño during a busy summer.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is encouraging residents and visitors to conserve water, as demand for the precious resource soars early in the summer season.
Walking across a tightrope suspended hundreds of metres above a lake sounds like a terrifying nightmare for most people. But for Gavin Alexander Lewis it is a way to focus and relax.
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