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A Dunedin astronomer is so excited by the prospect of witnessing a total solar eclipse on his doorstep, he bought his house 10 years ago with a view of it in mind.

Award-winning Belgium-based pianist and composer, Daniel Verstappen, is coming to Queenstown for a one-off performance.

Queenstown Lakes is forecast to have some heavy rainfall over the next couple of days, while Fiordland and the West Coast gets drenched.

Destination Queenstown, Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce, and Queenstown Lakes District Council are this week hosting a delegation from Aspen Colorado, Queenstown's sister city in the United States.

I was hoping to write this column without mentioning any idiocies but honestly $250 million for traffic lights and other nonsense????

Keep the traffic flowing. That's one of the main aims for the team behind Queenstown's now-$250 million State Highway 6 improvement project, which includes a full redesign of one of South Island's busiest junctions.

Queenstown cosmetic tattoo artist Victoria Wynn, who’s renowned for her natural and enhancing approach to brow tattooing, has been honoured with the prestigious title of Best Brow Tattooist in New Zealand 2024, at the New Zealand Blushed Cosmetic Tattoo Conference.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s recent unsuccessful demand to have the central government repay the GST levied on property rates is the latest salvo in the battle over funding for local government in New Zealand.

Born in Korea, raised in the United States, and now residing in Aotearoa New Zealand, Sumi Hahn is a writer with many interesting life-chapters to draw from.

Central Government announced today it has more than doubled the budget for Queenstown's SH6 upgrades - to an eye-watering $250 million.

The Aspiring Conversation programme is returning to Wānaka this week. It will feature a number of speakers and artists across four days who aim to inspire.

Methamphetamine and weapons charges, a brawl at a local bar, and five Easter drink drivers all feature in this week's Crimeline.

Local charitable organisations who work in the environmental sector can now apply for grants of between $5,000 - $10,000 to support their work, with the first funding round of the Love Queenstown and Love Wānaka Community Funds now open.

Five weeks of rock stabilisation work near Queenstown’s Bungy Bridge gets underway early in April, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).

Some 140 tourism volunteers planted more than 2,500 native trees near Lake Hayes over just two days earlier this month.

Queenstown's troubled arterial road project will reach a construction milestone this month, with the reopening of upper Suburb and Dublin Street.

The daughter of Queenstown’s two most famous early hoteliers, Pat Doyle (O’Connell), who arrived here aged two in 1937, was number four out of 10 children, gravitating towards hospitality from a young age.

Even though it was SO cold on Saturday morning, a decent crowd turned up at 9am to see the parade of beautiful old classic cars rolling down Buckingham Street on their way to Naseby and Gore.

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The Central Otago Regional Orchestra is delighted to join with internationally renowned, Queenstown based pianist Kinga Krupa to present their April concert series, 'Autumn Romance', showcasing a programme with flavours of romance ranging from Beethoven to Tchaikovsky to Grieg.