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Zac Coombs plays the role of Neil Diamond in The Sweet Caroline Tour: A Tribute to Neil Diamond, which is a dream come true.

The development of Cromwell’s newest subdivision has moved into its next phase with sections going on the market.

Thousands of runners and walkers from across New Zealand and around the world took part in yesterday’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon.

If you prefer "delightfully simple sleeping huts rather than a high-end hotel", New Zealand's top architects agree with you. The Great Glenorchy Alpine Basecamp, a collection of 14 gable-roofed sleeping huts and adjacent communal spaces off Oban Street, won big at the 2023 New Zealand Architecture Awards, held in Wellington on Thursday.

Queenstowners are being given advice on how to stay well and support whānau as New Zealand moves through its fifth wave of Covid-19.

Tourism operators say they do not want new technology to jeopardise the manaakitanga they offer visitors.

The Queenstown branch of the Palestine Support Network Aotearoa (PSNA) is holding a rally in Earnslaw Park this Sunday, 10am.

National leader Christopher Luxon says negotiations to form a government are in the final stages.

Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau has seen a 44% jump in workload from overseas visa workers facing everything from exploitation to massive visa processing delays with no income due to impractical and unworkable immigration rules, says manager Tracy Pool.

Work will hopefully start early next year creating one of the most majestic walking trails in the region beneath the craggy outcrops of The Remarkables, as part of plans to open up the covenanted QEII National Trust land on Remarkables Station.

Wānaka's Wastebusters is opening a new chapter with long-tenured zero waste inspiration Gina Dempster appointed new general manager.

With a majority of the votes, the pūteketeke Australasian crested grebe has been crowned Bird of the Century.

Queenstown Airport is gearing up for what is usually its busiest weekend of the year - Queenstown Marathon weekend, with 12,000 passengers expected to arrive from today, around 8500 of them domestic.

An extremely experienced hunter who died in Mount Aspiring National Park was negotiating steep terrain when he fell to 30 metres to his death.

Work to install protozoa barriers across the district is progressing well, says council infrastructure boss Tony Avery.

Young Wānaka and Queenstown snowsports athletes have been selected for the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

As negotiations to form a government drag on, National may have to consider phasing in its planned tax changes gradually, or possibly announce deeper cuts in spending, a top economist says.

Concerns that initial concept designs for the new $50m Whakatipu Community Hub don’t truly reflect Queenstown’s cultural heritage and multicultural make-up have been “really disappointing” for the Community Hub Trust, but are being taken seriously.

Aurora Energy is future-proofing the electricity network and strengthening the electricity supply for the Queenstown community by upgrading the Queenstown zone substation.

A couple of young hospitality workers in their 20s have lost everything but the clothes on their backs after a devastating fire ripped through their Lower Shotover home near Domain Road early on Tuesday afternoon.