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Award-winning poet, author and playwright Dominic Hoey will run two creative workshops in Queenstown in August.

Queenstown's mayor Glyn Lewers is urging residents to have their say on council's $2.4 BILLION plans. Only 150 submissions have been received on the draft Long Term Plan for 2024-2034, since consultation opened about three weeks ago. That's less than 0.3% of the 52,800 population

RealNZ boss Dave Beeche talks Covid recovery, sector growth, conservation, the Milford Opportunities Project and Queenstown's future, on this week's Outlet Queenstown podcast.

More than a year on from the public protests about Queenstown's rental housing crisis, the pressure appears to have eased but problems remain.

The Department of Conservation is urging people to stop feeding kea following a spate of preventable road deaths of the parrot.

Locals will be able to have their say on McDonalds’ controversial bid for a Wānaka restaurant from this Friday (July 12).

Desde temprana edad, Victoria Bálsamo, oriunda de Paysandú, Uruguay, descubrió que el movimiento y el baile la hacían conectar con sus emociones. Fue así como de a poco esta disciplina se fue transformando en lo que ahora es su pasión.

A teenage ‘sextortion’ and an appeal for witnesses to a vicious downtown assault feature in this week's Crimeline..

"Just like cooking with friends" – that’s how Happiness House’s Coordinator Steph Burbidge describes their free bi-weekly Cook Around the World classes.

A "concerning number" of drivers are being caught at more than 20kmph over the limit, says the lower South's top road cop, with some doing "horrendous" speeds.

Winter Pride organisers are changing it up for 2024 with the return of Pride in the Park and many more laid back social events on the calendar.

Music runs through the veins of the Coutts family line, but it took some wild teenage tamperings and a few risky adventures for long-time Queenstown musician Noel Coutts to find the right note.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is launching the Winter Wellness Series to promote wellbeing and help build a sense of community.

Recently, Queenstown Lakes District Council launched its climate action plan including the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 44% by 2030.

Queenstown tech start-up Chomp Food Safety is expanding its focus in Australia, with co-founder Paul Wilson relocating to Queensland.

Tourist towns and rural communities were hit hard by border closures and lockdowns in the Covid-19 pandemic. People living in Queenstown Lakes, Central and Fiordland areas faced not only the prospect of a catching a deadly virus but also the economic impact of job losses and businesses going under, not to mention isolation and actual illness. But if there is a silver lining from the suffering, it's found in the response from the communities and many charities, groups and agencies that supported them.

Police have revealed the person killed in a crash between a car and a push bike in Wānaka on Saturday (July 6) was a 25-year-old tourist from Japan.

Sustainable Queenstown is hosting a Plastic-Free Night Market and they’re seeking to showcase local businesses that provide everyday household products and services that are plastic and single-use free.

There's less than a week to go until the DFS Queenstown 2024 Winter Fireworks light up the night sky above the bay.

Feral cats are causing the deaths of countless native taonga, conservationists say. The apex predators are different to purring pet moggies or strays. They can weigh up to 7kg and feed on everything.