From JP and Waitaki District councillor to Lakes District Museum chairman, Arrowtown MenzShed founder and go to ‘Wasp Man’, Russell Heckler is a humble, no fuss and tireless community contributor.
“Weird as f*ck” is one way Pip Adam’s latest book, Audition, has been described. It’s all about a spaceship that is hurtling towards the event horizon that holds three giants.
Climate action conference the Wao Summit opened in Wānaka yesterday with a focus on food resilience.
Queenstown is still a town according to the latest figures from Stats NZ.
Queenstown's Marco Dingemans has been named a finalist for 'Pilates Method Teacher of the Year' at the 2024 Exercise NZ Awards.
Queenstown's alpine ski racing sensation Alice Robinson has started her 2024/25 season with a bang.
As fellow white-knuckled flyers will know, New Zealand has some challenging airports to land at.
Plans for Queenstown's first charter school are well advanced with Manawaroa Education aiming to secure government funding.
Throughout our lives, our joints will take a huge amount of load, especially those that are weight bearing such as the knees, hips and ankles.
Work to upgrade the Rob Roy suspension bridge has been completed and it is now open to the public again.
Queenstown's community heroes were honoured at the Spirit of the Wakatipu Awards last Saturday night.
The upcoming Queenstown sessions at the Wao Summit offer two dynamic opportunities for businesses to enhance their operations and align with purpose-driven and secure practices.
Queenstown Lakes District mayor Glyn Lewers says he is disappointed with the outcome of Otago Regional Council’s (ORC) representation review and is considering an appeal.
The world’s most exciting mountain bikers are set to test their skills in Queenstown. The inaugural Natural Selection Bike will be held on Mt Dewar on 15 February, 2025, featuring 30 men and women competing in downhill, slopestyle, and freeride.
Queenstown police uncovered a meth pipe, a knife and a 48gram bag of cannabis during a routine roadside stop.
Kate Evans is a Kiwi whose fascination with the quintessential New Zealand fruit, the feijoa, has grown over the years, especially in her time living overseas.
The eldest daughter of renowned Routeburn Station runholder ‘Wattie’ Watson, Elaine Kirkland has always been a practical woman who remains unfazed and gets the job done.
A record number of runners will run the full 42km distance at the Queenstown Marathon next month.
The 2024 programme of events for Central Lakes Polyfest will be the biggest one yet. Organisers are excited to deliver the two-day programme of non-competitive cultural performing arts at Queenstown Events Centre.
It's not just the bestsellers who'll be at this year's Queenstown Writers Festival. The festival, which runs 31 October to 3 November, is presenting six talented local writers through The Sampler Session.
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