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Arrowtown's air quality fell below national standards 14 times over winter.

Motorists can expect delays as abseilers work to make two schist rock bluffs safe above State Highway 6 at Gibbston.

Going, going, gone! It’s been an integral part of entertainment, film, and fashion for 30-plus years, but the final gong is sounding for those who want to snap up an iconic slice of local history and a bargain at the same time.

The finalists for the hotly-contested 2023 Queenstown Business Awards have been announced. Close to 100 entries came in across the nine categories for the awards, run by the Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce.

Sir Tim Wallis, an aviator, deer farmer and the founder of one of New Zealand's biggest air shows, has died aged 85. He founded the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show in 1988 and was the lead organiser for 20 years.

The Wānaka A&P Show has a president again, along with three new board members.

The sixth annual Quality of Life survey is now open, asking residents and ratepayers to share how they feel about life in the Queenstown Lakes District.

In November 2021, Christopher Luxon took over a party in tatters. He was picked by 32 caucus colleagues in desperation, as much as hope. Today, he is Prime Minister-elect.

National MP Joseph Mooney has easily won the Southland constituency, which includes Queenstown. Mooney extended his majority with a landslide victory, taking 19,981 of the 33,046 votes, a whopping 60%.

National will lead the next government and its party's leader Christopher Luxon has thanked New Zealand for splashing blue across the country.

Queenstown skifield operator NZSki has been ordered to pay almost $600,000 over the death of Anita Graf at Coronet Peak.

A person has died after their vehicle rolled on Bannockburn Road, Nevis, Central Otago.

Power ha been restored to 132 premises in Queenstown CBD, including the Queenstown App / Lakes Weekly Bulletin offices, after an outage this morning.

Water-lovers and river roamers are being encouraged to share their thoughts on how the safety of the district’s waterways is managed, to help inform the development of a new draft Navigation Safety Bylaw 2024.

Wao's Monique Kelly talks about this year's festival, which features six days of workshops, kōrero, films, tours and community events later this month, all about creating tangible, long-term social and environmental change.

A South Island tourism operator is set to secure a Queenstown cruise boat enterprise from a competitor that received nearly $7 million dollars of government support during the pandemic.

Queenstown Airport chief executive Glen Sowry says there’s no need for a fourth international airport in the South Island.

A Queenstown ski shop owner says residents are bewildered as to how a ski boot dryer led to the evacuation of the airport on Friday.

Skyline Gondola believes debris from its worksite contributed to flooding on Reavers Lane last month, Queenstown Lakes District Council says.

Queenstown Airport's boss Glen Sowry says today's bomb scare was sparked by a routine bag check.