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He’s been one of the region’s leading Search and Rescue [SAR] volunteers and a top NZ heli-ski guide with 42 years’ experience. With a CV stretching the length of the South Island, Russell Carr’s never been one for ‘just another day at the office’.

Taste of Art, or TART, is a new group of artists that seek to innovate the cultural field in Queenstown. Their aim is to create new events that don’t currently exist in the local art scene and to connect with the community through their artistic activities in public and inclusive spaces.

It’s been a highlight of Queenstown’s ski season for 21 years, delighting many a weary, homesick skifield worker longing for Mum’ s hearty home cooking, but Wakatipu Presbyterian Church’s annual free-for-all Pasta Café is just as much a hit with the locals.

Year 13 Wakatipu High School student Marley Smith has been selected for the New Zealand under 19 Men’s 4x Rowing Crew and will be competing for the World Championship in Paris this month. He’s the first Whakatipu Rowing Club member to win the New Zealand selection since the 70s – he and his family are currently over there for the event.

Queenstown Lakes needs more direct infrastructure funding before locals will fall in love with tourism again, says councillor Matt Wong.

Former Queenstowner Emma Timmis has broken the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance run on a treadmill in 48 hours.

Conservation organisation Southern Lakes Sanctuary is calling for the inclusion of feral cats in the NZ Government’s Predator Free 2050 strategy.

A project to develop faster and easier travel between New Zealand and Australia could soon mean cheaper travel and more people making the trip, industry players say.

Supermarket customers around New Zealand are noticing gaps in the grocery aisles that have nothing to do with the global pandemic or Ukraine war. It’s clear domestic food supply chains have been increasingly challenged by natural disasters and the ongoing impact of climate change.

Benee, Fat Freddy's Drop, Ocean Alley and Synthony are booked to perform for a crowd of 10,000 at this year's Rhythm & Alps Festival, in Cardrona Valley.

A government audit prompted by the fatal Loafers Lodge fire has identified 70 similar multi-storey boarding houses across the country with no sprinklers.

For the first time ever, Synthony will head to Queenstown for a spectacular night of dance anthems at Coronet Peak.

A striking Queenstown home built by John Gavin Construction has taken out the Supreme House of the Year Over $1 million Award at the 2023 Southern Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition.

The Cancer Society is calling for urgent help from the government to fund its support services after a 44 percent increase in Central Lakes patients seeking support in the past year.

New research has confirmed once again that Queenstown feels the negative impacts of tourism more acutely than anywhere else in New Zealand.

If you’re strolling along Queenstown’s picturesque waterfront any day of the week, you’ll get to enjoy a sweet show from one of the many street performers dotted around. From opera singers and jugglers to singing dogs, hula hoopists, talented musicians and dancers – there’s much to see and enjoy.

In a cost-of-living crisis Kiwi American backcountry adventurer Jef Desbecker is just the guy you need around. A self-professed ‘professional ski bum’ in his younger days, Jef wound his way all over the US using skills and savvy he’d learned along the way to carve a lifestyle on snow and rivers.

Justice Minister Kiri Allan has been charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says.

The tourism sector is being told it needs better strategy, more investment and must be prepared for takeovers if it is to thrive in the future.