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It’s 100 years since Arrowtown’s best blooms first took centre stage at what was originally the Arrow Horticultural and Industrial Society Flower Show, funded by a group of enthusiastic local gardeners.

Queenstown hospitality businesses are scrambling to find ways to remain open without using tap water due to the town's cryptosporidium outbreak.

Health officials have still not found the source of a gastro illness in Queenstown and say there is no clear pattern to food or water.

This spring, Biketober is back for the second year to celebrate all things pedal-powered. Run by not-for-profit Wao Aotearoa, the annual Southern Lakes Festival of Cycling will transform the month of October with workshops, races, family events, film nights and more.

It's vast, open and empty – but locals in Tarras say it's not the right place for a new international airport that will encourage unbridled tourism growth.

The first Youth Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa courses are under way this month in the Southern Lakes, before being rolled out across New Zealand.

Food Truck Festival: La imperdible fi esta gastronómica en Queenstown

Queenstown restaurant owners are angry about the delay in being warned about an outbreak of cryptosporidium in the tourist town.

The boil water notice for many Queenstown and Frankton neighbourhoods issued yesterday by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) remains in place until further notice.

Skiers and snowboarders will be zooming into Shadow Basin up The Remarks on a new chairlift next ski season.

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.

It's Mental Health Awareness Week. In this episode of the Outlet Podcast Queenstown, host Brent Harbour talks to Headlight CEO Anna Dorsey about the work the charitable trust is doing to support communities to foster mental wellbeing.

Team Europe were crowned 2023 Obsidian Team champions after a convincing win at the Backcountry Freestyle Challenge.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has this evening issued a boil water notice after at least eight people were taken ill with a diarrhoea bug, caused by a microorganism.

Carol Morgan’s story as an immigrant is a journey that traces back to her birth. Born in Argentina to an English father and a mother of Lebanese descent, she carried a natural passion for adventure and diversity in her blood from the very beginning.

Cinema Italiano Festival will come to Queenstown and Wānaka this week. Dorothy Browns in Arrowtown and Ruby’s Cinema & Bar in Wānaka will be taken over by a fantastic selection of Italian films until 30 September.

She arrived in Queenstown in 1975, coincidentally the founding International Women’s Year. By 1986 Kirsty Sharpe had polled second highest - one of just three women among 20 candidates, on the newly amalgamated Queenstown Lakes District Council.

A month out from Election Day, the four leading parties' finance spokespeople came together for the ASB Great Debate in Queenstown to pitch their spending and visions for New Zealand's future.

We’re just about a 1 week away from the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, a time when we come together to spotlight the importance of mental wellbeing, foster understanding, and create a supportive community.