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Treble Cone has delayed its opening day due to a lack of snow. The Wānaka skifield, operated by RealNZ, was due to open this Saturday, 23 June.

A Queenstown-based social enterprise has received international attention this month for its work bringing mental health education to remote and rural communities.

A challenge to swim every lake in the South Island, no matter how cold the water and how hard they are to reach, has brought together a Queenstown swimming club.

National’s recent policies have potential to bring significant positive change to Queenstown. National will focus on transitioning to a low-emissions, high-growth economy, great infrastructure and sustainable housing and accommodation for all in the region.

The NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival is about to kick off in Queenstown, Wanaka and online. The seven-day event celebrates Kiwi filmmakers and all things adventure.

It is definitely winter and I’m a fan of winter, yet as a gardener I’m already counting down the weeks to spring, it can’t come quick enough for me and my aching bones.

National Volunteer Week is running between the 18th and 24th of June and honours the collective energies and mana of volunteers across the country.

Dozens of migrant workers are being exploited by Queenstown employers who are not meeting the minimum conditions required by their visas, the Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau says.

Queenstown Trials has unveiled its plans to grow and enhance its network of green corridors across the Whakatipu over the next 10 years.

Queenstown tech firm First Table has announced a "significant investment" from Invest South, bringing its total recent capital raise to $3.5m.

Born into a strong Kiwi rugby culture, Queenstown’s ‘Ferg’ Ferguson was knocking on the door of a long-held All Black dream when injury put paid to his rugby career.

Queenstown Lakes 2023 ski season is underway but it's very patchy up there.

Two weeks of night works on Gorge Road are being undertaken to complete the installation of three power ducts.

Queenstown Lakes residents are being asked to suggest places which are suitable or unsuitable for residential and business urban development across the district.

Air quality can vary immensely throughout Otago, depending on location and time of year. We accept we’re able to enjoy good air quality most of the time. However, it’s vital we improve air quality, where possible, to enable us to live in a healthier region. 

If the Southern Lakes were cut off from the rest of the country, how long do you think the food in your pantry would last you? For the region as a whole, our supermarket stores would do us for a week, according to the findings from the first phase of the Wao Food Resilience Project.

Trampers are being urged to consider travelling in small groups in challenging alpine terrain in the wake of a solo tramper's death.

Get your skates on! Arrowtown has a free community ice rink once again.

Queenstown’s internationally-acclaimed, gold medal-winning Zenkuro Sake is doubling the size of its Gorge Road brewery operation this winter, as part of a move to double production during the next two years.

The Queenstown Citizen Advice Bureau (CAB) is helping dozens of migrant workers who are struggling to pay rent and basic living costs because they are not getting the work hours they have been promised.