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Award-winning folk artist Amiria Grenell is coming to Queenstown in support of her new album, The Winter Light.

Four hundred runners will take on the gut-busting Routeburn Classic this weekend, running the 32km alpine trail through Fiordland & Mount Aspiring National Parks.

Christchurch-based group the River City Jazzmen will be heading to Wānaka this weekend.

Building more and more roads cannot be the answer to our congestion and climate problems, says Otago Regional Councillor Alexa Forbes.

A high-profile Queenstown Dad and daughter duo have been named as finalists in the APRA Best Children’s Song category of the New Zealand Children’s Music Awards for their hilariously fun rendition of a stinky, farting, hoof-hearted’ wonky donkey.

A Dunedin couple say it is unfair how hard they have had to fight to overturn a parking breach after being scammed in Queenstown.

Former high school principal Steve Hall is set to return to the industry and mountain where his career began, this time as The Remarkables’ new Ski Area Manager.

Iconic Arrowtown retail group Wallace & Gibbs will close two of its six stores, citing an ongoing hangover from the pandemic years.

Italian mountaineer Simone Moro headlines the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival this year, talking about his achievements in high-altitude mountaineering and extraordinary rescue missions he's been involved with during his mountaineering career and as a helicopter pilot.

Suspicious activity in Kelvin Heights, a man pepper sprayed by police in a confrontation, a runaway van, youngster charged over graffiti, and a burned out vehicle in Shotover Delta all feature in this week's Crimeline.

It has taken 16 years of diligent work, but all the seeding conifer trees have now been removed from a massive stretch of backcountry near Queenstown.

She was there when the first parapenters landed in the playground, at the helm in the search for the stolen school bell, and consoling children when Wicky the school cat ate a classroom’s pet mice and goldfish.

A Dunedin astronomer is so excited by the prospect of witnessing a total solar eclipse on his doorstep, he bought his house 10 years ago with a view of it in mind.

Award-winning Belgium-based pianist and composer, Daniel Verstappen, is coming to Queenstown for a one-off performance.

Queenstown Lakes is forecast to have some heavy rainfall over the next couple of days, while Fiordland and the West Coast gets drenched.

Destination Queenstown, Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce, and Queenstown Lakes District Council are this week hosting a delegation from Aspen Colorado, Queenstown's sister city in the United States.

I was hoping to write this column without mentioning any idiocies but honestly $250 million for traffic lights and other nonsense????

Keep the traffic flowing. That's one of the main aims for the team behind Queenstown's now-$250 million State Highway 6 improvement project, which includes a full redesign of one of South Island's busiest junctions.

Queenstown cosmetic tattoo artist Victoria Wynn, who’s renowned for her natural and enhancing approach to brow tattooing, has been honoured with the prestigious title of Best Brow Tattooist in New Zealand 2024, at the New Zealand Blushed Cosmetic Tattoo Conference.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s recent unsuccessful demand to have the central government repay the GST levied on property rates is the latest salvo in the battle over funding for local government in New Zealand.