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Mayor Glyn Lewers is hosting a tree planting at Te Kararo Queenstown Gardens to commemorate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and The Queen Consort, starting at 11am on Saturday, 6 May.

First Thursdays Queenstown is a free community event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in Queenstown. This Thursday 4 May join in for a fun and friendly art crawl across six exhibition spaces showing a wide range of work.

There’s a buzz in the air with Queenstown operators excited about United Airlines’ new direct San Francisco – Christchurch service kicking off on December 1.

A field of 260 hardy runners took on the challenging and spectacular terrain of the Southern Alps in the 23rd Routeburn Classic on Saturday, in favourable weather conditions.

Five years on from its big move, Queenstown's Wakatipu High School campus at Remarkables Park is complete.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has notified a variation to rezone land located in Te Pūtahi Ladies Mile Corridor to provide for future housing demand in the district.

A recently released report from Pacifecon is giving insight into the state of the construction industry throughout Aotearoa.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has taken the 2023 Natural Selection Tour title cleanly with stunning back-to-back wins on both scored stages of the Tour, Revelstoke and Alask - her 23rd podium in a row!

National has pledged to rollback changes to tenancy legislation if elected, to help ease the housing crisis.

A project to improve the experience of travellers flying out of Queenstown Airport is under way.

Queenstown alpine ski racing star Alice Robinson has split with her head coach Chris Knight ahead of the 2023/2024 season.

Kā-Muriwai Arrowtown will once again shine as it hosts Matariki celebrations for the second year running.

Despite the latest inflation figures for New Zealand coming in slightly lower than expected by many economists, the rate remains stubbornly high. At 6.7% for the year to March 2023, the inflation rate is more than double the Reserve Bank’s target range of 1-3%.

Air quality in Arrowtown and other locations around Otago appears to be improving, with monitoring stations reporting far fewer breaches of national standards.

Athletes from around the world are gearing up to take on the 2023 Routeburn Classic Trail Running Race this weekend, starting near Te Anau.

Some 100 hectares of land on Mount Iron and Little Mount Iron in Wānaka is one step closer to coming into public ownership, with fencing around the site near completion and settlement on the land purchase expected in early May 2023.

Arrowtown-based economist Benje Patterson is calling on Queenstowners to invite a lodger into their homes this winter to help ensure the town is adequately staffed this ski season.

With the ski season due to get underway next month, thousands of workers are headed for the Southern Lakes region for what’s expected to be the busiest winter since 2019.

Plans to increase housing supply and affordability in Queenstown have continued to fall short despite desperate appeals from within the community. The framework for tackling the issue includes sector-specific legislation, national policies and independent entities. We summarise some of these efforts and consider the practicalities of these alternative solutions to the housing crisis facing Queenstown.

At the conclusion of the first quarter of 2023, the commercial property market in Queenstown has maintained a steady level of activity, resulting in strong sales and leasing activity which buck the national market trends. In this article I will cover off some key trends we are seeing in the market, as well as an indication on what we see to come over the course of the year.