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A high-end boutique hotel is set to transform the corner of Man and Brecon Streets in Queenstown CBD, replacing a tired 1960s former language school building.

Ski tourers, mountaineers and trampers are being warned that there’s already a real avalanche risk in our region.

Drunken antics, a man hiding a cannabis grinder down his trousers, a downtown assault and drink drivers all feature in this week's Crimeline.

Bus fares for children will be reintroduced to Orbus from late September, while adults will pay slightly more.

She raised six kids single-handedly, among them a best-selling children’s author, even co-writing her own best-seller with him. But Maureen Smith is famous in her own right as a solo ‘Supermum’ of the 70s.

From sweeping alpine vistas to intricate macro shots of fungi, ferns, and forest-floor textures, Queenstown Lakes photographers have shone at this year’s Otago’s Lens on the Wild World photography exhibition.

Nestled in the heart of Hanley’s Farm, the Hanley’s Farm Community Garden has quickly become a vibrant hub for connection, sustainability, and fresh produce.

Shimmering high on the Queenstown horizon, an expansive off-map ski basin that, for years, existed only in whispers and long-term plans is finally ready to be revealed.

Otago Regional Council will consider whether to discontinue free children’s bus fares, increase adult fares from $2 to $2.50, and several other public transport changes at its meeting this week.

Global Games, the powerhouse behind some of New Zealand’s most vibrant junior sports festivals, is teaming up with Queenstown Football Club to launch a brand-new event, the Queenstown International Football Cup, set to put the resort town firmly on the footballing map.

Women-led businesses are everywhere in Queenstown - paving the way for an innovative future.

Queenstown primary school Te Kura Whakatipu o Kawarau is set to expand thanks to a multi-million boost from Central Government.

A community group opposing plans for major developments around Ben Lomond says shipping more than a million people up the mountain each year is "completely unsustainable".

Let’s face it - insurance isn’t exactly dinner party conversation material. But if you have people who rely on you (hello, mortgage… hi, kids), it’s something worth getting right. And spoiler alert: googling “cheap life cover NZ” isn’t the same as getting proper advice.

With $110 million in sales collectively in just two years at Millbrook Resort, including a record-setting $9m transaction, you’d think Mel Carter was all about the hard sell.

You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl – especially if that girl is Laura King.

Based in Alexandra, Dash Design and Print has its origins in the gold rush days of the 1860s, when the Stevens family founded the Dunstan Times and the Alexandra Herald.

Choppy’s impressive aviation background includes diverse roles as a helicopter pilot and instructor in, search and rescue, firefighting, agricultural flying, precision work, and passenger transport.

My name is Hana Kim, and I’m the director of Utsugi Hospitality and the owner of Tinco Café, a small café located in the Kmart foyer in Queenstown Central.