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The Central Otago Whine Tour will return this Friday and Saturday, bringing talented female comedians to Rhyme X Reason and Sherwood.

Southern Lakes Heli-Ski has invested in 40 more avalanche airbag backpacks for guests on its trips, to supplement its safety programme, chief guide Tarn Pilkington says.

A 56-year-old Queenstown man allegedly punched a 50-year-old Australian tourist for accidentally turning the wrong way down one-way Buckingham Street in Arrowtown.

One of New Zealand’s most renowned rugby writers throughout his successful 66-year career, Arrowtown’s Bob Howitt has notched the names of many of New Zealand’s most famous All Blacks into his belt, also writing the biographies of many.

Sir Michael Hill has died. The founder of the well-known chain of jewellery stores was 86.

At Patagonia, we believe in using business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. When we opened our first store in Aotearoa in January 2024 - Patagonia Tahuna Queenstown - we set out to create more than just a retail space. We envisioned a community hub.

Local food help agencies have been inundated with demand, churning out record numbers of food parcels this winter, amid an unprecedented need to feed everyone from migrants awaiting visas to local families.

Two local Superheroes will be honoured on Saturday night (3 August) for their 25 years of tireless devotion to the Queenstown Fire Brigade, racing to call-outs at all hours, interrupting family camping trips and literally facing the heat on the frontline.

An inexperienced Australian alpine climbing couple had to be rescued from a steep snowy rockface near the summit of Mount Earnslaw, near Queenstown

Qualifying for New Zealand work visas under confusing and difficult skilled migrant rules is proving to be a major, and sometimes heartbreaking, issue for many local migrant workers and their families.

Now fostering the young brains of 62 different nationalities and ethnicities, Wakatipu High School has employed a Portuguese Language Support person, and this week held a special Brazilian evening for Brazilian students’ parents.

Shoplifters made off with around $30,000 worth of goods from Pak’nSave Queenstown in the past 12 months, a whopping 99% increase.

How can you tell who will – or won’t – keep corporate secrets? And how does a religion’s physical environment affect its adherents’ beliefs, and feelings about those beliefs?

Dunedin pianist and composer Abhinath Berry will perform at Arrowtown’s Aspiring Lifestyle Village this Sunday. Midway through a scholarship in London, it’s a show not to be missed.

Transpower, Aurora Energy and PowerNet are asking Queenstown residents for their views on the best way to provide a more resilient and secure electricity supply into the region for the long term.

Just a week after the Gibbston concert announced its new home in Wānaka, there's a new festival planned to take its slot.

Queenstown Airport and Remarkables Station National Trust Ltd have formed a partnership to restore native biodiversity at the base of the Remarkables / Kawarau mountain range.

A 33-year-old Australian man has been charged with assault after he allegedly kicked a local taxi driver in the head, with the 33-year-old taxi driver also charged with alleged wilful damage.

Police say there has been $750,000 worth of damage to townhouses in Frankton over the weekend.

He’s been selling overseas holidays for about 50 years, around in the days when agents had to ring airlines ‘collect’ to book flights and write letters to Europe to book hotel rooms.