Takahiro Hataji has become the first player from Japan to win the New Zealand Open in its 103-year history.
Foundations have been poured for Snow Farm's new base building, with construction on track to be completed before the 2024 winter.
LUMA24 will see the trees in Queenstown Gardens come to life. Tickets for the King's Birthday weekend light festival, which attracts 40,000 to the Gardens each year, went on sale on Friday, 1 March.
A Central Otago man has been charged with manslaughter over the crash that killed a Royalburn Station butcher Outrega Anderson.
There were some epic battles for podium spots at the Motatapu 2024, as four thousand ultra-keen bikers, runners and walkers took to the hills of Wānaka and Arrowtown on Saturday.
They got there in wildly fluctuating fashion yet Aussie pair Matthew Griffin and Scott Hend will start the final round today tied for the lead at the 103rd New Zealand Open at Millbrook Resort, Queenstown.
Queenstown skydiving instructor Jason Mullins who has been a New Zealand resident for 10 years is frustrated with the whole process of becoming a New Zealand citizen.
Queenstown's Blake Marshall has finished in fifth place at the mind-blowing Freeride World Tour stop in Georgia overnight.
Queenstown Lakes residents are generally happy with life but their faith in the district council is at rock bottom.
Australian veterans Matthew Griffin and Scott Hend fired rounds of seven-under par 64 to share the lead on the opening round of the 103rd New Zealand Open at Millbrook Resort, Queenstown on Thursday.
With a creative reputation spanning three decades, John Reynolds is the artist New Zealand turns to for works with a mischievous punch.
Constant roadworks, Frankton Road traffic congestion, a desperate shortage of parking, rising costs, shrinking margins and economic pressures are being cited as the most likely reasons for four restaurant closures recently.
Renowned Queenstown sports chiropractor Neki Patel is now one of just nine chiropractors worldwide to sit on the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS) executive board and heads to a three-day board meeting in Portugal this July.
Se pueden ver diariamente, de día, tarde o noche. Un grupo de emprendedores se está tomando el paseo que bordea el lago en Queenstown, para deleitarnos con ingeniosas propuestas y diversos sabores.
Southland on the move – Infrastructure and resource management in the fast lane
Council’s consultation on Project Manawa would almost be funny if it were not so tragically farcical. And their plans for consultation on Stage II of the huge arterial project are even worse.
Christchurch Airport has hit pause on its proposed international airport in Central Otago.
Here's what Queenstowners are getting for $128 million, split $78m through rates and $50m central government 'shovel-ready' funding. QLDC has published a split-screen fly through of the Queenstown Town Centre Arterial Stage 1 on YouTube.
Growing up as a city boy in Pakuranga, Auckland, Geoff Woodhouse doesn’t seem the most likely candidate to study veterinary science.
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