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The Department of Conservation (DOC) spent nearly half a million dollars on an operation to kill one stoat.

The tide appears to be turning against controversial plans to build new council offices in downtown Queenstown.

Foodstuffs says its Wānaka New World stores have decided to stay open across Easter Weekend in breach of the holiday's trading laws.

Queenstowners can expect some big changes for this year’s LUMA Southern Light Project festival, including a site redesign and a kids zone.

Cancer is a sneaky beast but every year (in fact it seems like every week at the moment!) treatments get more effective and less toxic.

Dr Jim Salinger has been named the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa.

Rocco Jamieson has claimed the snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at the 2024 FIS Slopestyle and Big Air Junior World Championships, held in Italy.

Cooler temperatures are forecast nationwide as unsettled weather from the southwest hits the country this Easter weekend.

In a sombre precursor to the busy Easter holiday weekend the male driver of a car has died after allegedly overtaking a truck and trailer unit, crashing head on into another truck travelling towards him near Clyde.

A community housing leader wants the government to take firmer action to address Queenstown's long-running rental crisis.

The fantastic Ōtautahi-based indie folk duo Terrible Sons are heading to town in April.

It was 1977 when an extremely talented, young wanderlust artist from Canada discovered the sleepy tourist town of Queenstown.

Wakatipu High School students are getting ready to take their mainstage to perform American musical Hairspray. The show is their annual musical production and will open at the start of April.

An estimated record number of 50,000 Aussies flocked into Queenstown for ski holidays last year, injecting about $100m into the local economy, and so far, operators are predicting similar numbers for this year, in some cases slightly ahead.

Farmers closing their wallets is having flow on effects for Southland businesses - with some even closing down.

Flying in the skies above Wānaka as part of Warbirds Over Wānaka this weekend will be a very special experience for Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130 Hercules co-pilot Flight Lieutenant Angus Knox.

It feels as if I’m sending my column in every day but apparently it’s only every week - I guess it’s old age making me think life is flying past far too fast.

Songwriter Society is a monthly open mic night for writers of original songs and poetry – all are welcome. The event is held at the Sherwood and run by local musicians Clair Forrester and Paul Marcham, aka Choice. The next one is this Thursday, then Thursday, 25 April.

The final round of funding for mental wellbeing initiatives to boost Southern Lakes communities opens in early April.

When Private Lyndi Le Fay isn’t studying the final frontier, she’s relishing her role as a New Zealand Army Reserve Force soldier and encouraging other young women to follow in her footsteps.