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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.

Queenstown Writers Festival will return in 2023 for a smaller version of the usually biennial event. This year will run across two days on 11 and 12 November and includes author talks, a writing workshop, and an exciting new event across Te Atamira and Arrowtown Lifestyle Village.

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.

There’s been many a high note in Alison Price’s 30-year-plus high school music teaching role, and while some of her past Wakatipu High School students may now have their names in lights, the little victories are the most memorable.

Flamingo Pier takes over Seek this weekend to share their chill unique sounds at their first Queenstown show. They head here off the back of touring Bali, the UK, New York and Mexico, and the tour is in support Beneath The Neon EP, which came out on 1 September.

Raised as an ‘urban Māori’, distinctly separated from his Maoritanga roots, Hud Rapata spent his childhood years in Cambridge and Twizel, totally unaware that he looked any different to his Pakeha friends.

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.

Detailed investigations by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand into the source of the current cryptosporidium outbreak in Queenstown have concluded the most likely source is "human faecal contamination of the water supply".

Queenstown Airport has now reopened after a bomb scare, as the New Zealand Defence Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron deemed the reported items pose no threat.

At the World’s Edge Festival Composer-in-Residence, Victoria Kelly, has been awarded one of Aotearoa’s most prestigious music awards, the SOUNZ Contemporary Award /Te Tohu Auaha.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has confirmed the boil water notice for its Kelvin Heights water distribution zone – also including Frankton, Hanley’s Farm, Quail Rise and Tucker Beach Rd – has been lifted with immediate effect.

La diversidad cultural en Queenstown es innegable. Distintas comunidades de todas partes del mundo convergen en una misma ciudad, en búsqueda de nuevas oportunidades y también integración.

Charges against a tourism company over a resource consent breach to moorings at Milford Sound have been dismissed, with the company paying court costs and $100,000 toward an environmental project.

Wao Aotearoa’s annual climate festival will feature more than 40 different events, workshops, films, pop-ups, and tours taking place throughout Wānaka, Queenstown and Glenorchy.