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Posted 9 April, 2025

If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life and infrastructure for generations to come, according to the latest update on the state of the environment.

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Posted 9 April, 2025

Now author of multiple fiction novels – one that almost made it to the big screen, Ray Drayton was once best known as Queenstown’s very own restaurant front-of-house, Fawlty Towers funnyman.

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Posted 9 April, 2025

Former Wānaka resident Don Grant has recently survived an aircraft crash, but he had made it a priority to get a message to the children of Wānaka primary school Te Kura o Take Karara, for whom he was a bus driver.

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Posted 8 April, 2025

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Posted 8 April, 2025

An influential US magazine has named a Queenstown fine dining restaurant as third best in the world.

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Posted 8 April, 2025

UPDATE 6am Wednesday: Today’s launch attempt has been cancelled. There is a potential opportunity for another launch attempt tomorrow. We will keep you posted.

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Posted 8 April, 2025

On the second Tuesday of each month, Te Atamira hosts its free Community Draw event. It encourages participants to embrace the joy of different approaches to drawing, featuring a range of techniques.

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Posted 8 April, 2025

The Central Otago District Council is making preparations to hear Santana Minerals Fast Track Application for a Bendigo gold mine.

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Posted 8 April, 2025

Queenstown has been suffering from growing pains for years but with visitor and resident numbers continuing to swell it's turning into a full-blown belly ache.

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Posted 7 April, 2025

A parliament petition to change the ACC legislation for volunteer firefighters has reached nearly 30,000 signatures.

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Posted 7 April, 2025

Well-known local John Glover has announced he will square off against embattled incumbent Glyn Lewers in the October elections, for one of the most difficult jobs in local politics.

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Posted 4 April, 2025

Queenstown’s Whakatipu Music Festival returns to the Arts calendar this Easter featuring superb live performances.

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Posted 4 April, 2025

Aotea Gifts is matching every dollar donated during the Queenstown Trails Annual Trail Lovers Appeal up to $25,000

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Posted 4 April, 2025

The identity of the man accused of stealing critical medical supplies from a rescue helicopter will remain secret for now.

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Posted 3 April, 2025

Queenstown Lakes District Council has published its first test results of treated wastewater being discharged into the Shotover River.

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Posted 3 April, 2025

Frankton and Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigades both turned out to a gas leak near a residential area at Jack’s Point after the gas mains were hit by a digger trenching for cables in Cunningham Drive yesterday morning.

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Posted 3 April, 2025

There’s been havoc on Hawthorne Drive, a couple of opportunist cowboys roaming the Events Centre, a warranted Nelson petrol thief caught, careless driving, checkpoints targeting after work drinks and a few heli rescues this week.

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Posted 3 April, 2025

Traffic was backed up to almost the BP Roundabout corner yesterday after a bad car accident at the Kelvin Heights intersection with State Highway 6 on the Queenstown to Kingston Road just before 4pm.

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Posted 2 April, 2025

His name may be synonymous with opulence and lavish luxury lodges in this country, but Kenyan-born Brit Philip Jenkins certainly did the hard grind to get there.

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Posted 2 April, 2025

Some Queenstown Lakes communities have to travel seven hours for medical appointments and pay for healthcare that's free in other parts of the district, a new report has found.

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