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Hikes in outdoor dining fees are hitting already struggling hospitality businesses hard according to their Association.

An unwitting Queenstown dad sparked a Police alert last Thursday after members of the public saw a man with a rifle lying in the grass near Queenstown Airport.

Golf equipment manufacturer, Callaway Golf, has signed on as a new sponsor for The New Zealand Open, held in Arrowtown.

A Queenstown hospitality business owner says the council is hiking the fees he pays to have a few tables outside by almost 1600 percent, and it "doesn't make much sense".

One of the world’s most anticipated earthquakes is the next major surface rupture of the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand.

Queenstown Writers Festival are offering keen readers the chance to own a bundle of 19 books by some of New Zealand's best authors.

A proposed 80km walking and cycling loop-track along the shorelines of Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea has the potential to become an iconic New Zealand track, believes the Upper Clutha Tracks Trust (UCTT).

Fast-Track plans for another 2800 homes along Queenstown's Southern Corridor are likely to cause a few headaches for transport planners.

Expect to see road crews and traffic managers out and about repairing and re-sealing highways and keeping road users safe around Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago from now onwards, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).

Cromwell Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrates its 150th anniversary this weekend.

The Kingston Community Association is fundraising to support the construction of a pump track in the lakeside town - with a $13k prize raffle.

A teenage mountain biker was airlifted from the Wynyard Jump Park at Fernhill in a serious condition on Monday, in one of a number of call outs for the Otago Rescue Helicopter.

Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) seventh annual Quality of Life survey is now open for residents to give feedback on how they feel about life in the district.

Central Lakes Trust (CLT) has backed 18 projects across the region with grants totalling almost $1.3m in its latest funding round, including $18k for Queenstown's Diwali festival

The CEO of a ‘healthcare district’ planned for Wānaka’s Three Parks says he remains focused on delivering the hospital and health precinct despite missing out on the government’s ‘fast track’ process.

Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) CEO Glen Sowry has announced he will be retiring from his role in June 2025.

Queenstowners surveyed are overwhelmingly in support of continuing to build the new Dunedin Hospital, even if the budget blows out to $3 billion.

Nine Queenstown Lakes projects have been selected for the Government's new fast-track development pathway. They include NZSki's project to expand The Remarkables into the neighbouring Doolans basin; Coronet Village Ltd's plans for a gondola and housing off Malaghans Rd; and Hanley's Farm developer RCL's plans for a further 2800 sections in Homestead Bay.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) mayor Glyn Lewers says he is “very positive” the Dunedin Hospital will be built, and also “encouraged that there is a medium to long term focus of the needs in inland Otago”.

The regions are in the brace position as Air New Zealand cuts more flights and capacity on routes. Changes include swapping out larger jets for much smaller twin engine turboprop planes on some Queenstown and Dunedin flights: That means more than a hundred fewer seats on a flight.