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Members of the public will get their say on a proposed organisation - independent from council - to deliver water services in this district.

A 38-year-old lightly clad American tourist is lucky to be alive after a team of 13 searchers from Glenorchy and Queenstown spent hours in cold, rainy conditions overnight last Wednesday searching when he’d become lost in darkness returning from the Earnslaw Burn.

Police are trying to trace a man who was punched in a seemingly unprovoked assault at a Queenstown taxi rank.

The government has rejected a vision to ban cruise ships from Milford Sound and close its airstrip while announcing $15.2 million for infrastructure upgrades and conservation projects.

They bred country girls tough on the Crown Terrace in the 1960s. Helen Jeffery’s life of global adventure, courage and resilience is testament to that.

More than 1600 people have signed a petition to stop a "Fast-Track mega development" on Ben Lomond and Bowen Peak.

Nik Kiddle has announced he'll run for mayor of Queenstown Lakes in the elections later this year.

Queenstown legends Aaron Halstead and Ross Lawrence were among 188 New Zealanders awarded for their services, in the King's Birthday Honours.

Three men were extremely fortunate to escape injury on Thursday when the van they were travelling in rolled after losing control on a bend on State Highway 6 just between the Kelvin Heights turnoff and Boyd Road around midday.

Wānaka’s Scope Communications has been recognised as the best Small to Medium PR Consultancy in Aotearoa at the prestigious Public Relations Institute of New Zealand Awards.

Winter brings a sharp rise in food insecurity across the region, with our recipient charities reporting a more than 50% increase in demand for food support programmes last year.

Queenstown’s town centre will receive a welcome boost just in time for King’s Birthday weekend, with Gorge Road, Ballarat Street and Athol Street all reopening at 5pm today, Friday 30 May.

There are snowfall warnings today for the Crown Range Road (from 10am-9pm) and Lindis Pass (from 1pm,-10pm). Up to 2cm may accumulate above 700m.

Meila Davis died of an aggressive bone cancer at age 13. Her mother is gutted about last week's Budget.

This week's letters to the editor.

Queenstown’s downtown volunteer Community Patrollers are warning those heading into town for a night out to “keep themselves safe” with the winter ski season approaching.

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

Light-up giant sculptures, luminous flora and fauna, and interactive installations are heading to Kiwi Park for the winter.

Over 500 students from Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago have officially graduated from Civil Defence’s 'Don’t Panic, We’ve Got This' school of emergency smarts — AKA ‘Clued Up Kids’.

She’s watched the hair on the principal’s legs catch fire, had a parapenter land on the library roof while teaching and been reprimanded for putting beer in the fish batter on an alcohol-free school camp.