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Keen skiers and snowboarders took their first turns in Soho Basin on Saturday, kicking off a new era for Cardrona Alpine Resort.

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

One of New Zealand’s most iconic buildings, the Cardrona Hotel, is on the market for the first time in more than a decade.

A Queenstown Landlord chose to ignore tenancy rules housing 22 mainly migrant workers in a five-bedroom house, converted garages and a shed, the Ministry of Business and Innovation says.

Police have warned a 29-year-old Queenstown man who allegedly presented an imitation firearm in a burst of road rage at another driver while caught in Frankton’s frustrating traffic gridlock on Tuesday evening.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has awarded a total of $467,000 in grants to support local events and community initiatives

A 23-year-old Dutchman allegedly grabbed another guest at a local backpackers’ hostel on Saturday night squeezing his neck, slapping him then thrusting him into a headlock, demanding $2000 with threats of a beating before soon after brandishing a 15cm kitchen knife.

A visitor levy, gondolas, congestion charging, privately-funded public hospitals, more housing, an upgraded electricity network, and a supercharged business and tech sector are all now on the table.

She may be small in stature but even the tallest and bulkiest of Wakatipu High School Year 7 boys knew not to mess with wee Mrs Gazzard.

Wānaka residents have pressed government ministers and health chiefs for answers on why they are paying for blood tests, travelling to Dunedin for basic scans and waiting months for children to see psychiatrists, at a packed public meeting in the Otago town.

Four Queenstown Lakes’ tourism and hospitality businesses will be going through a technology bootcamp over the next six months to streamline their operations and inspire others to do the same.

New Zealand Poet Laureate Chris Tse is set to appear in Queenstown for a special one-night performance this August.

What if just $1500 could bring joy to hundreds of local children, support families doing it tough, and promote sustainability all at once?

Wastewater being discharged into Queenstown's Shotover River could breach national ammonia limits, Otago Regional Council says.

Are you a budding entrepreneur with a big idea, but need a little extra push to get it off the ground?

We’re thrilled to present our latest venture in Queenstown, which opened its doors in August last year. This is our first business in New Zealand, inspired by the legacy of our family-run establishment in Brazil — Padaria do Moinho (Wind Mill Bakery) — a gourmet market, restaurant, café, bakery, and patisserie that has been delighting customers for over 26 years.

Winter is an exciting time for Queenstown and it is great to see the ski fields getting set for another busy season.

Right now, if QLDC told us it was June, a significant number of people would either disagree outright, check their diary or wonder what the ulterior motive was for telling us in the first place.

Alpine experts say a young German backpacker is lucky to be alive after straying off the Ben Lomond Track, falling, and being forced to spend the night out in the trees above Fernhill early last week.

Otago’s iconic landscapes have long captured the imaginations of photographers, and this year’s Otago’s Lens on the Wild World photography exhibition confirms that Queenstown, Wānaka, and Arrowtown aren’t just scenic destinations, but creative powerhouses in the realm of nature photography.