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In a day long before it was fashionable Tonnie Spijkerbosch led the charge on repurposing, renowned locally as a creative entrepreneurial visionary, plumbing genius and King of DIY.

Pack the snow chains in the car, snow is forecast for the Crown Range and possibly lower tonight.

It is very encouraging to see the business levels year to date, with visitor numbers remaining positive. While we are certainly not out to the woods yet, figures to date this year versus 12 months ago are a positive sign. It was pleasing to see the latest business confidence results for New Zealand.

The Cancer Society invites courageous people to ‘Jump for Cancer’ to support the 1 in 3 people impacted by cancer. The skydive fundraiser will happen at Skydive Wanaka on Saturday, 27 May and at NZONE Skydive Queenstown on Sunday, 28 May where Cancer Society staff will be cheering on the brave jumpers. Skydivers can also arrange another time in May if these jump days do not suit.

She’s now passing on a lifelong passion for poetry and reading to future generations with works published and the first of her plays performed locally this week, but Wendy Clarke’s talents haven’t always been recognised.

A bright idea to make the LUMA Southern Light Project accessible to all is being sponsored by Queenstown Airport.

About 470 trees are likely to be felled from Kelvin Heights Golf Course, most of them this month – at least 330 Douglas Firs and 100 aging poplars, because of safety and nuisance concerns.

Prue Kane and the team from from Wai Wanaka are celebrating planting over 45,000 native plants in the Upper Clutha over the last five years! Prue talks to The Outlet host Brent Harbour about the work.

Winter Games NZ has secured its future for the next five years with $6 million in funding from Central Government.

Melissa White will be the new Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward councillor after another super tight council election result. White won the by-election by just 26 votes from John Glover, based on the preliminary results released on Friday.

A couple of Queenstown-raised brothers, who owned several local rental properties each by their late 20s, are showing young people how to be cash savvy after huge demand from others wanting to know their secrets.

With the pressure of rising mortgage rates, rent and cost of living increases, Kiwi Harvest are currently supporting over 760 individuals in our region each week. With the financial pressure that we’re all under, they have launched their Winter Food Campaign to help alleviate some of the strain that people are feeling.

Recent extreme climate events and unseasonable weather got your eco-anxiety at an all time high? Join the Repair Revolution and be a part of the solution!.

Duck hunters are being urged to keep safety in their sights this gamebird hunting season.

Feedback is now open on a draft Joint Housing Action Plan (JHAP) for Queenstown Lakes, working towards a vision for improving homeowner and renter access to affordable housing.

If you were at the Remarkables Market on the 15th of April, you might have seen me and a bunch of people walking around in our green Headlight T-shirts holding post-it notes. We were there talking with our community and asking them to ‘write a message of support to someone experiencing mental distress’. Maybe you saw us, maybe you wrote a message or maybe you wondered ‘what’s that all about?’

Central Otago Regional Choir will perform their show, Diamonds, throughout the region next week, across the Mother’s Day weekend. The show will feature an array of musical gems spanning across three centuries and is one of only two shows the group put on each year.

Dr Compost, aka Ben Elms, has been sharing his composting and gardening knowledge with Queenstown Lakes locals through his fun and informative workshops, one-on-one advice and articles for over a decade.

An Arrowtown original, (John) Taylor Reed was just six when Arrowtown School headmistress Rose Douglas came into the classroom to tell the handful of kids that World War II had just broken out.

Could 'Gritney Spears' stop your winter mornings being toxic? Will 'Spready Mercury' break you free from the icy conditions?