A Queenstown principal believes plans to axe 10 dedicated school buses will have severe impacts on student attendance and could put children in danger travelling to and from school.
A downtown carpark on the former Queenstown Performing Arts Centre site will be closed for the next two-and-a-half months, reopening before Christmas with almost double the number of spaces.
Gibbston Valley Wines' long-standing CEO Greg Hunt is leaving the business.
Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is calling on the community to have a say on the draft Blue Green Network Plan .
Two young Ashburton men allegedly caused havoc while filming themselves doing it, sparking a fire alarm at 8.30pm on Saturday, 20 September, at Nomads Backpackers.
A Queenstown councillor and a mayoral candidate say the task of finding a new chief executive should stop, arguing it should wait until after local body elections.
She’s been investing in the development of hundreds of curious little Arrowtown minds during almost 40 years at the helm of the popular and flourishing Arrowtown Preschool.
Queenstown and Wānaka snowsports athletes and professionals are in the frame for the 2025 Snow Sports NZ Annual awards.
Pulling together a production in a week sounds pretty challenging, but it’s what 45 young people with the help of Stage Antics will do these school holidays. On Friday and Saturday, they will bring the show Sister Act JR. to the stage, performing at the Memorial Centre.
Looking for a relaxed way to get outdoors, meet people, and have some fun? Join Happiness House’s Frisbee Golf Social Group!
Kawarau Gorge Trail remains on schedule for an early 2026 opening but people using it before then are damaging its surface.
One of New Zealand’s rarest manu has renewed hope in its fight against extinction after Saturday night’s annual RealNZ Conservation Ball.
Queenstown’s ferry service will now run every hour from 8.15am to 9.45pm seven days a week.
The world’s original and longest-running women’s adventure race, the Merrell Spring Challenge, returned with its 19th edition in the spectacular landscapes of Glenorchy, Dart, and Rees Valleys on Saturday.
Opponents of the proposed Bendigo-Ophir gold mine say Santana Minerals’ newly released landscape simulations are only part of the picture, and they are urging the company to release all of its expert reports.
Police have refused to be drawn on whether the man found with serious injuries at Moke Lake turnoff last week had been shot.
A new report warns Queenstown Lakes faces unprecedented food demand over the coming decades.
The man who once ran for Parliament with no policies and the slogan "I don't know anything about politics, but I'll give it a go" has returned, this time, with spray paint, plywood and possibly the cheapest mayoral campaign in Queenstown Lakes.
Love Queenstown is thrilled to announce the return of the 2025 Industry Planting Day in collaboration with the Whakatipu Reforestation Trust, Skyline, and the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC).
The Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal Negotiation Committee has appointed Conor English, Director of Silvereye, as the Negotiator to help steer the Otago Central Lakes Regional Deal negotiations.
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