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Wao Aotearoa's annual climate festival will feature more than 40 different events, workshops, films, pop-ups, and tours taking place throughout Wānaka, Queenstown and Glenorchy.

It's Mental Health Awareness Week. In this episode of the Outlet Podcast Queenstown, host Brent Harbour talks to Headlight CEO Anna Dorsey about the work the charitable trust is doing to support communities to foster mental wellbeing.

Team Europe were crowned 2023 Obsidian Team champions after a convincing win at the Backcountry Freestyle Challenge.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has this evening issued a boil water notice after at least eight people were taken ill with a diarrhoea bug, caused by a microorganism.

A month out from Election Day, the four leading parties' finance spokespeople came together for the ASB Great Debate in Queenstown to pitch their spending and visions for New Zealand's future.

Expect the mysterious, the morbid, and insights into the deeply personal act of memoir writing at the 2023 Queenstown Writers Festival.

A survey of residents and businesses in the Upper Clutha released today has revealed strong opposition to the proposed international airport at Tarras.

By 2051, Queenstown's daily population in the peak tourist season is expected to almost double to 204,000 people. There will be 78,000 residents and around 126,000 tourists according to the estimates. With that in mind, the agencies responsible for the Whakatipu Basin's public transport network are developing a 30-year plan to meet demand and give people a solid alternative to cars.

Police have released the name of the woman who died in a crash near Kingston last month.

Outlet Podcast host Brent Harbour talks to cancer survivor Jake Bailey, who's in Queenstown this week giving free speeches on resilience, ahead of mental health awareness week

Queenstown's deputy mayor Quentin Smith says local ratepayers simply can't keep footing the bill for growth-related infrastructure in New Zealand's tourism capital.

There is growing concern someone could be killed on Otago's bike trails in a collision with virtually silent high-powered e-motorcylces illegally using the tracks.

Conservation organisation Southern Lakes Sanctuary will receive a significant funding contribution to help continue its predator-control work.

The Wakatipu High School thespians cleaned up at the weekend scooping five top awards including Best Production and Best New Director at Theatre NZ’s national TheatreFest Showcase finals in Christchurch.

Glenorchy's Dr Leslie Van Gelder has been appointed as the new chair of the Climate Reference Group (CRG), by Queenstown Lakes councillors.

After six years at the helm, Winter Pride owners Martin King and Mike Hughes have sold the festival to new owners.

Blowback against plans for a massive new international airport in Tarras continue with academics highlighting the financial and environmental risks.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon has ruled out a bed tax in the short term to fund Queenstown Lakes under-pressure infrastructure.

A board of directors has been appointed for Destination Southern Lakes, the organisation which will lead the region's tourism industry into a regenerative future.

The district’s first Women’s Fly Fishing Forum will take place this Saturday, 9 September, to celebrate women in fly fishing and promote the sport to more women.