Sisters are doing it for themselves at Women’s Shed Queenstown with “overwhelming” numbers, more than 60 creative carpentry queens nailing it already and less than two months since the group’s launch.
It’s been a fun transition from Wakatipu High School deputy principal to new Arrowtown Primary School principal for James Rasmussen, who’s already greeted with ‘high fives’ and invitations to play Four Square.
Rural counsellor Kathryn Wright talks about her journey to counselling and her key findings from her research so far.
Shotover Jet is inviting young sportspeople living in Queenstown Lakes to apply for sponsorship through its 2024 Te iti Kahuraki programme.
Former Southlander Eliot Crowther’s homecoming couldn’t have been better as he pointed to the sky and celebrated victory on the Remarkables at the end of the 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland’s fourth stage.
In Queenstown Lakes District, the entrepreneurial spirit is more alive than ever. To enhance this force, the Techstars Startup Weekend from 10 - 12 November, Queenstown is the place to be. We are bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators and mentors to transform ideas into reality in just 54 hours.
Migrants from India, the Philippines and China are adding extra heft to the country's annual population growth, latest figures from Stats NZ show.
Local writers are invited to feel the fear and do it anyway in a new competition as part of this year’s Queenstown Writers Festival.
She moved to Queenstown at just 17, spending the next 40 years working her way up the hospitality ladder from hotel housemaid to owner of multiple restaurants.
Host Brent Harbour catches up with Mark 'Willy' Williams, CEO of Queenstown Trails, the charitable trust responsible for the planning and development of more than 200km of trails in the Whakatipu Basin.
An elderly man scammed out of $20,000 got his cash back in a last-minute airport search, thanks to fast action by police in Gore.
The newly minted Wānaka Airport Liaison Committee (WALC) met recently for the first time, heralding a new approach to planning for the airport’s future.
Demand continues to outstrip supply in the Queenstown Lakes property market.
The Sweet Caroline Tour: A Tribute to Neil Diamond will roll into Queenstown at the end of November.
The second annual fundraising soiree for Liger Leadership Academy will take place on Thursday.
Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago’s free-wheeling love affair with biking have seen the region listed as the ninth ‘best value’ holiday hotspot in the world by Lonely Planet.
What is art? Why do we make it and what effect does art have on our well-being?
If you have ever visited Glenorchy, you are sure to have felt a sense of underbelly innovation swirling about the quiet and tranquil streets of this small community at the head of the lake.
They’re our frontline biodiversity protectors - a landscape scale conservation project working across the Lake Wānaka and Whakatipu catchments, and Southern Lakes Sanctuary (SLS) won’t stop until the job is done.
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