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Scapegrace Distilling Co has unveiled its brand-new state-of-the-art distillery near Cromwell. The $30 million project has been eight years in the making and will allow the brand a huge upscale in production, making 160,000 cases of single malt whisky each year, and enough gin and vodka to meet its long-term forecasts.

A woman has been charged over a fatal car crash on the Crown Range earlier this month.

Summer is (mostly) on its way and market season is upon us. We’re lucky to live in a town full of creative and talented people, offering artisan wares.

House values have ended October little changed from the start of the year.

More than 12,500 runners are set to descend on Queenstown Lakes this Saturday for the tenth Queenstown Marathon, injecting around $20m into the local economy.

The Crown Range Road is likely to be closed for two weeks to stabilise a large bluff which has begun to collapse across the road, although dates are yet to be confirmed.

On this week's Outlet Podcast, dive into the exhilarating world of adventure racing with Andy Magness, and the upcoming Southland race featuring 40+ teams worldwide.

Queenstown Lakes business confidence is improving as we head into what is expected to be a busy summer.

Queenstown cyclists have been left spinning their wheels by a temporary ban on the Orbus bike racks. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi told operators across the country to stop using the racks as carrying bikes can potentially obscure headlamps on some bus models.

Tourists driving on a road next to the Dart River in Otago on Saturday found the road had been undermined, and were forced to scramble out of the car.

Welcome to our first Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Column! We wanted to tackle recent and relevant subjects that we see in our office and where we may be able to help our community.

Last night’s celebration of the New Zealand tourism industry at the TIA Awards finished with RealNZ taking the Supreme Tourism Award back to the Deep South – and they couldn’t be prouder.

Happiness House was established over 30 years ago by Whakatipu local Pat Bird.

Freedom camping restrictions in this district are no longer being enforced after the bylaw on freedom camping was revoked by the High Court - following a legal case which may cost ratepayers more than $400,000.

The stunning new Kimi-ākau Bridge on the yet to be completed Shotover Gorge Trail has now been fully funded by the Queenstown Lakes community. More than $965,000 has been raised by philanthropists, trail lovers and local businesses.

Police are on the hunt for ‘Captain America’ after an offender dressed as him got a bit carried away with his superhero moves at 2.30am in Camp Street on Sunday, 3 November.

A Queenstown GP in the 70s and 80s, Mike Anderson oversaw delivery of well over 500 babies, while working with fantastic midwives, Queenstown Maternity Hospital becoming renowned nationally for exploring gentle births. Mike’s only prerequisite: “But if I say, ‘We’re going to Invercargill’, we’re going.”

Waka Kotahi's Nevis Bluff spring / summer rockfall scaling programme will get underway on Monday.

For almost three years, First Thursdays Quarterly has been connecting our community to creativity across six exhibition spaces in Queenstown’s town centre.

Comedian Pax Assadi will come to Queenstown to perform his latest show, Secrets, this week.