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Organisers of grassroots environmental projects across Central Otago can apply for funding from a massive $900,000 pot this year.

Results from testing of water quality at Sunshine Bay in Queenstown have come back negative regarding contamination, after a wastewater overflow at the bottom of Arawata Terrace was reported to Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) on Monday 1 January 2024.

Moves are afoot to promote Arthurs Point as a food and entertainment destination, with plans for a Farmers’ Market selling local produce and businesses banding together to form an association.

She grew up a farm girl near Te Anau and after multi-tasking through early motherhood and a full-on corporate and civic career she became Queenstown Lakes’ first female mayor at 43.

Alice Robinson claimed an eighth-place finish at the Kranjska Gora FIS Giant Slalom World Cup in Slovenia, as she starts her 2024 race season.

Queenstown's dreadlocked street piano player AJ Hickling has died after a short battle with cancer.

Police are urging people to be careful in the outdoors after three swimmers were rescued from the Kawarau River in Queenstown this afternoon.

The number of deaths on the road this summer shows road safety in New Zealand going backwards, the Automobile Association says.

End-of-year results aren’t only for school and university students. Countries, too, can be measured for their progress – or lack of it – across numerous categories and subject areas.

Prize sheep will be sweating it out in pens, there’ll be farm machinery galore, quirky races and candy floss faces, the agricultural smells of hot scorched grass and the odd hint of dung wafting in the air. It’s the Whakatipu’s big Kiwi day out – the Lake Hayes Agricultural & Pastural Show at the Lake Hayes Showgrounds on 13 January.

One of New Zealand's first film industry stars and a child cancer doctor are among recipients of the country's top honours.

The number of patients seeking emergency medical help in Queenstown has increased substantially during the past two years putting pressure on health services.

Alice Robinson has rounded out 2023 with a ninth-place finish at the star-studded Lienz Giant Slalom World Cup in Austria overnight.

Testing clinics have discovered a dangerous drug being sold as MDMA in the Christchurch region, drug harm prevention agencies say.

Police have warned festival-goers drink responsibly and watch out for drink-spiking.

ORC is cautioning the public to remain vigilant over increasing reports of toxic algae in Otago waterways and is asking people to be aware that warning signs cannot be deployed to every site.

Brent Harbour talks to mountaineer Lydia Bradey, who in 1988 became the first woman in the world to climb Mt Everest without supplementary oxygen.

The tourism industry has been creating plans on how to prepare for the impacts of El Niño during a busy summer.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is encouraging residents and visitors to conserve water, as demand for the precious resource soars early in the summer season.

Walking across a tightrope suspended hundreds of metres above a lake sounds like a terrifying nightmare for most people. But for Gavin Alexander Lewis it is a way to focus and relax.