Campaigners and academics who challenged plans to build a huge international airport at Tarras say they don't believe the fight is over.
During an event last night at the Liger Leadership Academy, technology experts Ben Reid and Sam Ragnarrson, joined by students Nyah Swiety-Santos and Alex Gile, explored the impact of rapid technological advancements on New Zealand's future.
When Ming Han arrived in Queenstown, just 24 and speaking minimal English more than 11,000kms from home, ironically, he was returning to his roots.
I’m thinking of firing my editor. Old ladies like me worry all the time that they might be getting dementia so it was very cruel of him to leave a text message saying the column hadn’t arrived on Monday morning just before said old lady goes to yoga.
The family of one of the New Zealanders killed in an avalanche in Japan say she was full of vitality and passion for life.
Three Gen-Z teenage digital natives with a passion to enlighten the older generation on all things tech are launching a series of free weekly workshops for the tech-illiterate at Frankton from March 13.
The house market has flattened out with diminishing demand expected to continue, as interest rates and other costs remain high, according to the latest QV House Price Index.
Sustainable Queenstown’s Slow Fashion Campaign is back!
James Shaw, the outgoing Green Party co-leader and former Climate Change Minister, is on The Outlet Queenstown Podcast this week. Ahead of his appearance at Aspiring Conversations in Wānaka Shaw talks to pod host Brent Harbour about the complexities of global climate solutions and individual responsibilities.
Wānaka welcomed more than 44,000 people to the 87th Wānaka A&P Show this weekend.
Queenstown Lakes workers say they feel like 'second class citizens' in the expensive region, with housing, activities, shopping, food and drinks beyond their reach.
Landlords will once again be able to claim tax deductions for interest on residential investment property from the start of next month.
I have lived in Queenstown since 1977, when the population was approximately 7,000 (give or take) but I left for greener pastures in the early days, because rents were high and wages low and one couldn’t get ahead. Australia paid more, but winters were something not to miss if you were addicted to snow. There wasn’t that much of it (snow), to be honest. No snow making and not much precipitation. The lifestyle and mountains were a draw, but the money wasn’t enough. Sound familiar?
Queenstown Police want help in their hunt for brazen young scammers who’ve been targeting their victims through Facebook Marketplace locally.
We believe in the transformative power of the arts to spark conversations, challenge perceptions, and connect people.
Naughty Val Miller got lots of locals all riled up thinking the tennis courts and bowling green were about to be disposed of when she posted a photo of the Casino Hotel at Lake Annecy and pretended it was a new hotel planned for the Queenstown Gardens (it does look very like our beautiful part of the world!!).
Although the notion of a government’s “first 100 days” in office is constitutionally meaningless, it has become part of the modern political lexicon.
Stroll down the Buckingham Street courtyard in Arrowtown and you’ll stumble across its latest art installation, Crescendo, a three-and-a-half metre white granite sculpture by Jack Stobart, founder and director of Birdwoods Gallery.
People waiting for flights at Queenstown Airport this morning, had to be rescreened after a passenger inadvertently entered the domestic departures lounge without passing through security screening
Fine wool growers behind some of the country’s most iconic Merino brands will be vying for a coveted industry award at the Wānaka A&P Show this week.
WHY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS WITH US
The Lakes Weekly is part of Queenstown Media Group (QMG).
QMG is Queenstown’s leading locally owned and operated media company with print, online and social platforms that engage locals with what they care about — everything local!
The Lakes Weekly delivers stories and news that connects with local so they come away each week better connected to their community. Advertising sits within this curated content environment, and it’s a trusted relationship between readers and the Lakes Weekly. Advertisers benefit from the association with the LWB brand values.
The Lakes Weekly is hand delivered to every business in Queenstown, Arrowtown, Frankton, Five Mile Remarkables Park and Glenda Drive on Tuesday. Copies are available in service stations, libraries and drop boxes throughout the region and every supermarket throughout the Queenstown basin and Wanaka.
Online the issue is available Monday afternoon, on lwb.co.nz and the Qtn App.
3,500
Printed copies
each week
13,250
Estimated weekly
readership
Latest issue