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Liger Leadership Academy founders Trevor Gile and Agnieszka Tynkiewicz-Gile have been recognised for their significant contributions to education in Cambodia.

Water restrictions are in place around Lake Hayes with Queenstown Lakes District Council asking the community to conserve as much water as possible.

Queenstown's Alice Robinson has made history overnight, securing New Zealand’s first-ever FIS Alpine Ski Racing World Championships medal with a silver in Giant Slalom.

This week is a big one for local wineries as they host Roam Central 2025, an unforgettable weekend celebrating the best of Central Otago’s wine and food, set among Central’s stunning landscapes.

Otago Regional Council’s Natural Hazards team will be in Glenorchy today and tomorrow (13 and 14 February) to talk face to face with the community about the Draft Head of Lake Whakatipu Natural Hazards Strategy.

Two people have died following a crash on State Highway 8/ Cromwell-Clyde Road yesterday evening.

Local parents are being urged to know where their kids are in the wee small hours with teens as young as 13 and 14 causing havoc and breaking into vehicles in Shotover Country and Hanley’s Farm this past week.

Commissioners have declined to grant consent for a McDonalds restaurant to open in Wānaka.

Wellfest is returning to Kawarau Falls this weekend, offering a space to celebrate community, creativity, connection and all aspects of well-being. It will showcase local wellness practitioners and artisans, while equipping you with tools for a healthier life through interactive workshops.

Eighteen takahē were released on to 18,000ha of leasehold land in the Rees Valley near Queenstown yesterday, after three years of major predator control operations.

The police say a missing man has not been located, despite a large-scale search of the Rob Roy Stream area yesterday (Tuesday, February 11).

He’s helped guide thousands of aircraft safely in and out of Queenstown, even the US President’s Air Force One, and faced the heat helping fight hundreds of local fires, clocking an impressive track record of protecting and saving lives over 40 years.

Construction of the 32km Kawarau Gorge Trail, which links Bannockburn to the Gibbston Valley, has officially passed the halfway mark.

The husband of an Invercargill woman found dead at Lake Hāwea last year has been charged with her murder.

huddl, an initiative designed to support community groups in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago regions, is offering free training workshops in February to help local non-profits upskill and stay updated on key legislative changes.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is seeking community feedback on its draft Events Policy.

A large-scale search is underway this morning (Tuesday, 11 February) as police and Wānaka Search and Rescue (SAR) continue their work to locate a man reported missing in a river in Mt Aspiring National Park

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New data shows luxury property sales across the country have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last four years.

Wānaka skiers and snowboarders continue their world class form, with both Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Luca Harrington taking to the podium yet again last week.