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New Wakatipu High School principal Oded Nathan is all about preparing students for “their future, rather than our past” and is well aware of the changing global landscape they’re heading into.

Wānaka snowboarding superstar Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won her second X Games medal in as many days, claiming the Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air silver medal.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has successfully defended her X Games Slopestyle gold medal at the prestigious, invite only event this morning in Aspen.

First Thursdays Queenstown is a free community event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in Queenstown. This Thursday 2 February join in for a fun and friendly art crawl where you choose the route and the amount of time you spent at each exhibition.

Eleven of New Zealand’s leading academics have written an open letter to business leaders and politicians stating that the proposed new international airport in Central Otago should not proceed.

A young tramper who disappeared off the map and the exceptional search operation which swiftly returned him to his family.

Vape sellers in Queenstown and across Central Otago have passed the don't-sell-to-minors test with flying colours.

Alpine ski racer Alice Robinson has finished in 8th place at the FIS Giant Slalom World Cup held in Italy overnight.

“Volunteering is great for the soul” says Queenstown’s Simon Hayes. He should know. He does a lot of it.

From this weekend Te Atamira will host Cindy Huang’s exhibition, which is bringing to light the history of the Chinese gold miners of the Otago region. She has explored exchange, ancestry, and materiality, and created 1000 handmade porcelain lilies. The handwritten poem pictured serves as the title of the exhibition and offers some insight into the delicate process of considerations made.

She started life on a farm near Whanganui but it was a rainy high school tramping trip to Mount Ruapehu that first drew one of the Wakatipu’s greatest outdoor legends into the hills.

Queenstown Lakes District Council and Otago Regional Council have confirmed that toxic algae is present in some waterways around Queenstown.

Police have released the name of the man who died in the water at Glenorchy last Thursday, 19 January.

Well-known Queenstown winemaker Jen Parr is pragmatic when reflecting on the resilience of the viticulture industry after the pandemic. “Personally, I don’t think the challenges of the past few years are unique to NZ wineries. I guess it depends on whether you are talking about pandemic challenges, or those that nature throws our way. Dancing with Mother Nature is part of being a wine grower and the seasonal challenges in Central Otago are somewhat kinder than in other parts of NZ – usually.”

People with the drive and insight to help address local effects of climate change are invited to join Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) independent Climate Reference Group (CRG).

An investigation is underway after two Queenstown helicopters nearly collided in mid-air.

Warning signs have been erected at the waterfront in Glenorchy after two people drowned in near identical circumstances, just six days apart.

A wildfire off Skippers Road spread across 12 hectares but was contained before it reached the historic Baldersons Cottage.

Kiwi snowboarding powerhouse Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won the LAAX Open Slopestyle World Cup in Switzerland.