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Queenstown Airport will pay a record interim dividend to its shareholders after its revenue was boosted by the steady recovery of passenger numbers.

MetService New Zealand has issued a heavy rain watch for Queenstown Lakes and the lower South Island.

Queenstown Lakes' first Multicultural Football Festival kicks off at Wānaka Recreation Centre this Saturday, 25 February.

ACC is reporting that e-bike-related injury claims reached a new high last year with the 60 – 74 age bracket with the highest number of reported injuries. In the Queenstown Lakes District, claims have risen over the past five years from approximately ten up to 89. Locals and councillors have recognised a rise in traffic on bike paths, which has contributed to the increase in claims.

The recent extreme weather events across large parts of the North Island have left many communities devastated. Our thoughts and hearts go out to those who have suffered loss and are now facing a long and difficult process of recovery and rebuilding. It is important for us to come together and support these communities as they face the challenges ahead and help them rebuild.

Police searching for missing hunter Murray Horsfield found a body on Sunday, above the Dart River, north of Glenorchy. The experienced Central Otago-based hunter was last heard from on Sunday, 12 February, when he was hunting in the Dart River catchment.

Economist Benje Patterson has run the numbers and confirmed the local housing rental supply is shrinking, cranking up pressure on the employment market. The Arrowtown-based analyst was commissioned by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) to write the quarterly labour market snapshot.

LUMA returns to Queenstown Gardens this King's Birthday weekend bringing illuminated art, sculpture, sound production, live music, performance and WTF moments at every turn.

They say you can’t keep a good man down and Queenstown’s veteran of off road adventure Denis Columb wasn’t going to let a broken neck, broken back, a sharemarket crash, or cancer keep him from his off road motorbike passion.

Police and LandSAR volunteers are searching near Glenorchy for a hunter missing since last weekend.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has announced water alert level 1 restrictions for Arthurs Point, Luggate and Lake Hāwea, effective from 5pm today (Friday, 17 February, 2023).

Skyline Enterprises is being forced to look at converting about 20 or so of its lower level Blue Peaks Lodge rooms to staff accommodation to try and get its tourism operations fully operational again, says director Grant Hensman.

Locals keen to play a key role in shaping the future of the Queenstown Lakes District are invited to put themselves forward ahead of a by-election within the Arrowtown-Kawarau Ward.

Another appeal with Queenstown links is helping victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

The New Zealand Open is launching its tournament week with a free fun-filled afternoon for the local Queenstown and Arrowtown communities.

She’s led a significant sector of New Zealand’s tourism industry, green tourism initiatives, and helped lead one of the country’s fastest growing districts, all without even passing School Certificate. That was never a problem. If Erna Spijkerbosch didn’t know how to do something she found someone to teach her and learned.

ZZ Top, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo and Stone Temple Pilots provided the tunes as thousands rocked out in the baking sun at Gibbston over the weekend.

A fifth round of funding for local mental wellbeing initiatives is set to give Southern Lakes communities a boost during the autumn season.

A major new affordable housing development in Queenstown Lakes is a step closer after rules were changed around the land it will be built on.

Hearts are being moved around the country to support those left grieving, orphaned, without shelter in just the clothes on their backs, and in freezing temperatures after the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquakes this week.