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Cromwell College band Mistep have been making waves - and now are set to share a stage with music icons. The five-piece have been announced as the local opening support act for the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert in January.

The Department of Conservation intends to pilot paid parking at three South Island visitor hotspots next summer.

The Night ‘n Day Rainbow Runs in Wānaka and Frankton, on 22 and 23 November respectively, will officially launch this year’s Summerdaze programme.

Not even Captain America can evade the Queenstown Police and the public who were quick to respond to a Police Facebook appeal on Monday, resulting in two arrests after a serious assault in Camp Street.

One in five New Zealanders have hypertension (high blood pressure).

He was affectionately known as ‘Mr D’ during his 40 years teaching at Queenstown Primary School, where Mark Douglas wore shorts year-round and always had a referee’s whistle draped around his neck.

Not every musician owns a DC3 aircraft, but if you do, you might as well make the most of it.

Scapegrace Distilling Co has unveiled its brand-new state-of-the-art distillery near Cromwell. The $30 million project has been eight years in the making and will allow the brand a huge upscale in production, making 160,000 cases of single malt whisky each year, and enough gin and vodka to meet its long-term forecasts.

A woman has been charged over a fatal car crash on the Crown Range earlier this month.

Summer is (mostly) on its way and market season is upon us. We’re lucky to live in a town full of creative and talented people, offering artisan wares.

House values have ended October little changed from the start of the year.

More than 12,500 runners are set to descend on Queenstown Lakes this Saturday for the tenth Queenstown Marathon, injecting around $20m into the local economy.

The Crown Range Road is likely to be closed for two weeks to stabilise a large bluff which has begun to collapse across the road, although dates are yet to be confirmed.

On this week's Outlet Podcast, dive into the exhilarating world of adventure racing with Andy Magness, and the upcoming Southland race featuring 40+ teams worldwide.

Queenstown Lakes business confidence is improving as we head into what is expected to be a busy summer.

Queenstown cyclists have been left spinning their wheels by a temporary ban on the Orbus bike racks. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi told operators across the country to stop using the racks as carrying bikes can potentially obscure headlamps on some bus models.

Tourists driving on a road next to the Dart River in Otago on Saturday found the road had been undermined, and were forced to scramble out of the car.

Welcome to our first Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Column! We wanted to tackle recent and relevant subjects that we see in our office and where we may be able to help our community.

Last night’s celebration of the New Zealand tourism industry at the TIA Awards finished with RealNZ taking the Supreme Tourism Award back to the Deep South – and they couldn’t be prouder.

Happiness House was established over 30 years ago by Whakatipu local Pat Bird.