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Police were shocked to find eight people – six of them unrestrained - in a campervan caught speeding on State Highway 6 near Kingston last Sunday.

Property values ticked lower in the July quarter as the winter freeze continues, but the deep south continues to buck the trend. The biggest rises were in Queenstown-Lakes, up 2.4 percent to $1.86 million.

Cook Around the World is an ongoing cooking series of free community workshops hosted by Happiness House in partnership with Lakes Multicultural Collective.

Rudim3ntal, Santigold, and Dizzee Rascal are all confirmed for Rhythm and Alps.

State Highway 6 through Kawarau Gorge will be closed overnight for eight weeks from 31 August as work is carried out to fix an under slip at at Scrubby Corner.

The first major international act for next Easter’s Warbirds Over Wānaka Airshow has been confirmed.

Queenstown Lakes District Council is asking for feedback on its plans for Widgeon Park.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has laid out his vision for "frictionless" business and travel between Australia and New Zealand, as he wraps the annual bilateral leaders' meeting in Queenstown.

Frankton Track is likely to closed at times in 2026 and 2027 as a new pressurised wastewater pipeline is installed underneath it.

Teams from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), led by the Labour Inspectorate, have launched a sweeping compliance monitoring operation in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago.

Explainer - If you're coming to New Zealand as a tourist to check out some of our most famous attractions, get ready to pay a little more for the privilege.

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

New Zealand Open generated $23 million in direct economic impact for Queenstown Lakes this year.

There’s still time to join Royalburn’s Nadia Lim and Wet Jacket Wines owner Greg Hay on a RealNZ Doubtful Sound Overnight Cruise this weekend (9-10 August) and support a good cause.

Police allegedly unearthed methamphetamine, utensils and a large knife when they stopped a 42-year-old local woman for a routine licence and breath alcohol check on Frankton Road last Thursday.

Arrowtown Creative Arts Society (ACAS) and Queenstown Writers Festival are bringing New Zealand’s Poet Laureate Chris Tse to town. He’ll be performing this Friday alongside local poets, and will also host a Masterclass on Saturday.

He may have climbed dozens of mountains around the world, done hundreds of climbs at home, and been part of some of this country’s most notorious search and rescue operations, but you won’t find this humble, Kiwi guy boasting about them.

Running a regional airline is not for the faint-hearted. It’s a high-cost, high-risk business with very little margin for error. While Air New Zealand happily scoops up the profitable main routes, smaller communities like Wānaka are left reliant on independent operators with the courage and financial stamina to fill the gaps.

Two backcountry skiers had to be rescued in challenging conditions on Saturday evening – one from steep terrain high above the Doolans Basin near the Remarkables, the other from the south face of Black Peak, near Treble Cone.

After ten years in the position, Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) Chief Executive Mike Theelen has announced his departure from the organisation in February 2026.