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The district’s first Women’s Fly Fishing Forum will take place this Saturday, 9 September, to celebrate women in fly fishing and promote the sport to more women.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon was in Queenstown today to announce plans to boost the recovery of tourism, if elected.

Desde los callejones oscuros hasta las avenidas iluminadas, el arte callejero emergió como un grito audaz de reivindicación política y crítica social.

Queenstown's council boss Mike Theelen has been given a pay rise bringing his salary to more than $415,000.

It was full-on action in the steeps of The Remarkables Alta Chutes yesterday with skiers and snowboarders competing in The North Face Frontier 4* freeride event, as part of the 2023 Winter Games NZ.

The property market is New Zealand’s largest industry, adding NZ$41.2 billion a year to gross domestic product. But there is a debate over how we tax houses – particularly those sitting empty despite the ongoing housing crisis.

The final event of the 2023 FIS Park and Pipe Junior World Championships went down yesterday (Monday, 4 September) with the Big Air Finals.

Cutting-edge technology is being trialled to monitor conditions within two district recreation reserves - Ben Lomond in Queenstown and Mount Iron in Wānaka.

Her white starched veil, bowling shoes and stockings – seams strictly straightened down the back, and armed with ‘Ooky Spooky’ ghost puppets, was a scary enough sight for most schoolchildren. Little wonder it took much cajoling and consoling to get her child clients into her office, renowned as ‘The Murder House’, and into that formidable tilt-back chair.

Winter Pride director Martin King says the targeting of a festival event by queer-phobic graffiti reinforces why Pride is so important.

Kiwi skier Fynn Powell put his knowledge of The Remarkables to good use on Sunday as he won The North Face Frontier 2-star.

Otago tourism agencies have spoken out against the proposed airport at Tarras, concerned about the "overtourism" they say would be created from a third airport in the immediate region.

Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago highways have a big season of summer maintenance and repairs ahead, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.

Glenorchy residents are grappling with how to protect their community from flooding and liquefaction.

The Winter Games NZ FIS Australia New Zealand Cup alpine ski racing programme finished successfully at Coronet Peak yesterday, with the second of two Slalom races.

It seems the Wakatipu could be lacking a bit of girl power when it comes to some traditionally male-dominated sports, but there are moves afoot to rectify that.

A hazelnut ice cream that took five years to perfect has won the country's top prize.

Emigrar a un país distante de nuestras raíces presenta desafíos propios y, entre ellos, la barrera lingüística emerge como uno de los obstáculos a la hora de querer adaptarnos a un nuevo lugar.

Teenager Lucia Georgalli became the first New Zealander to win a snowboard Junior World Championship title, at Cardrona yesterday.

St John Wakatipu’s got a flash new set of wheels with wheelchair access, officially blessed and commissioned onto its popular health shuttle and Friendship Drive runs at a launch morning tea on August 18.