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Kingston's Peter Ottley has served the community as volunteer firefighter for 13 years but now he needs help himself from ACC, it isn't there.

The line-up for Natural Selection Bike has been confirmed following a huge Friday afternoon of competition at the Dream Ticket event qualifier in Queenstown.

Sustainable Queenstown, in collaboration with our friends at Wānaka Wastebusters, is bringing the Repair Revolution back for another year. The first event of the year is on Saturday, 15 February, at the Salvation Army in Frankton.

Police and retailers are clamping down on shoplifters locally after what has become a huge problem in Queenstown and Wānaka, large numbers of overseas visitors, as well as Kiwis and local residents, to blame, police say.

Twenty-five top freeride mountain bikers will hit the Wynyard Jump Park this Friday as they compete for a spot in the Natural Selection comp.

NZ Mountain Safety Council (MSC) is calling on hikers and trampers to prepare thoroughly to avoid being caught out by the weather as Waitangi Day approaches.

The daughter of an Olympic skier-high country farmer father, and artist mother, Brigit van der Kaag was bound to be adventurous, resourceful and headed for the snow.

Food For Love Wānaka and Queenstown's arts and culture centre Te Atamira were two of the big winners in Central Lakes Trust's latest grant funding round.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has placed Otago’s alpine area into a restricted fire season from 8am this morning, (Wednesday, 5 February) until further notice.

Twilight Opera in the Garden is returning for its fifth year, featuring a superb programme. On Sunday, performers will deliver a mix of the most musical favourites of classic opera and big voice standouts from modern shows, often described as popera. There’ll be something for everyone at this year’s show.

Around 200,000 hectares of land located at the head of Lake Whakatipu has officially been certified as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary.

Frankton man Thomas George Murdoch has been named as the victim of a fatal crash near Queenstown on Thursday, 30 January.

An Air New Zealand flight from Queenstown to Auckland was delayed this morning after mist was seen coming from the engine.

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has taken the win at the FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup in Aspen.

Elite athletes, weekend warriors, first-time competitors and junior runners are set to line up for Queenstown's iconic Motatapu off-road events in less than a month.

A distance of 82km – the length of Lake Whakatipu – is what local marathon swimmer Liana Smith will attempt to swim this month. Without a wetsuit and unassisted, no less. It’s the first time someone’s attempted this swim in such a way.

South Islanders saw a fireball break through the atmosphere near Wanaka overnight (31 January) with a loud sonic boom.

The Wānaka Festival of Colour will return this year for the 11th time. The bi-annual festival will be hitting the streets from 29 March – 6 April, celebrating all things arts and culture.

Locals will have to wait a little longer to find out whether the ‘golden arches’ are coming to Wānaka.

Queenstown's mayor has been talking to the government about the option of a congestion charge on tourists driving around town.