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Posted 30 July, 2024

Mother Nature has delivered a fresh blanket of snow to Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone overnight. The mountains have welcomed between 15-50cm of snow – with more incoming.

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Posted 30 July, 2024

Queenstown Lakes District Council's plans for force property developers to pay towards affordable housing look to be dead in the water.

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Posted 30 July, 2024

Queenstown-based charitable trust Headlight has two of its team and one of its past facilitators as finalists in this year’s Inspirational Women Awards NZ.

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Posted 30 July, 2024

Work is ramping up on Queenstown's Frankton BP roundabout upgrade as contractors prepare to underground the power network.

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Posted 30 July, 2024

Applications are now open for the Central Lakes Arts Support Scheme (CLASS) grants. This initiative, set up in 2008 by the Central Lakes Trust (CLT), aims to foster and promote the arts at a local level.

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Posted 29 July, 2024

Two people have been arrested following drug-related search warrants in the Queenstown and Canterbury Districts last week.

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Posted 29 July, 2024

Hilariously dark comedian Ed Byrne will perform at Queenstown Memorial Centre this weekend. Following a slew of five-star reviews and critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe, he’s excited to be bringing his new solo show, Tragedy Plus Time, to New Zealand and to visit Queenstown for the first time.

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Posted 29 July, 2024

August could be a landmark month in the future of affordable housing in Queenstown Lakes.

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Posted 26 July, 2024

Queenstown's main swimming pool will remain closed for at least another week or so, as repairs are made around the hydroslide tower.

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Posted 25 July, 2024

Are fly-drive holidays the way to create a more regenerative tourism sector? The lower South Island's three airports and eight southern Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs) are making the argument that they are.

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Posted 24 July, 2024

A 31-year-old New Zealand woman is in a stable condition and being admitted to Burwood Hospital’s spinal unit in Christchurch after suffering serious spinal injuries in a tandem paragliding crash off Coronet Peak late on Sunday morning.

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Posted 24 July, 2024

Colin Macnicol doesn’t like to sit idle, so when he and wife Jean supposedly ‘semi-retired’ from their Southland deer farm to Arrowtown in 2006, Colin got busy.

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Posted 23 July, 2024

Congratulations Queenstown! This great place we call home has been voted the best city in New Zealand by readers of US based media outlet Travel + Leisure.

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Posted 23 July, 2024

Local musician Mark Wilson is inviting everyone to refamiliarise and be re-energised by the world we live in.

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Posted 23 July, 2024

The first property at Central Otago’s Mt Cardrona Station 400-hectare alpine village development has been completed.

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Posted 23 July, 2024

Fiordland Camera Club president Chris Watson has stumbled across a drowned $12,000 camera, still on its tripod, while attempting to photograph a white heron on the tidal flats of Milford Sound on Saturday, (20 July).

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Posted 22 July, 2024

For Sustainable Queenstown every day is a good day to be more plastic-free, but in July, we ramp up our efforts to get the community more involved, and inspire you with new ways to reduce your plastic use.

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Posted 22 July, 2024

Let’s talk air, While Otago’s air quality has improved over the past 20 years, ORC’s science shows the need to do more.

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Posted 22 July, 2024

En estos últimos meses, hemos visto muchos cambios en las políticas de inmigración, los que incluyen requisitos adicionales para la obtención de visas y permisos de trabajo, así como mayores controles en los procesos de solicitud.

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Posted 22 July, 2024

Autumn proved a difficult season for Queenstown Lakes businesses with some reporting a 30% drop in profits.

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