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Police say they’ll be continuing to clamp down on shoplifters after the arrest of two alleged, wanted Queenstown male shoplifters, aged 19 and 20, on Tuesday, who were allegedly on a pitstop to curb a chocolate craving at a Frankton supermarket

In 2023, scientist turned stand-up comedian Ben Miller was the artist in residence at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park – the first stand-up comedian ever selected for the programme.

He may have been born in South Africa to a Kiwi mum and a Bermudian dad, but retired Queenstown lawyer Simon Stamers-Smith’s family heritage is steeped richly in Queenstown.

huddl, an initiative supporting local community groups and non-profit organisations, is offering mentoring opportunities for people in governance roles across Queenstown Lakes.

Hanley’s Farm residents are warning it’s only a matter of time until there’s a serious accident at their entrance intersection with the 100km/hr State Highway, and they’re urging NZTA (New Zealand Transport Agency) to lower the highway speed limit before tragedy occurs.

A Southland man in his 70s was airlifted to Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle crash on the Queenstown to Glenorchy Road, near Mount Crichton, just after 2pm on Saturday, 21 February, Police say.

A new pop-up art school, “Art Assembly”, will open in the Assembly Room at Frankton’s Country Lane from mid-April to mid-May 2026

Jane Scheib epitomises ‘Kiwi can do’ – the girl power kind. You have to when you want to fund life in the Greek Islands for four months of the year.

The Aspiring Conversation programme is returning to Wānaka in March. It will feature a number of speakers and artists across four days who aim to inspire, create space for reflection and live exchange. It’s more important now than ever to gather, discuss, listen and reflect on the issues that affect all in our community and the world at large.

We all know our district is a leading tourist destination, and we all feel the impact of record numbers coming to the jewel in New Zealand’s tourism crown.

Mental Health by Katherine Froggatt

Innocent until proven guilty is the bedrock of human rights but in the one-woman play, Prima Facie, Tessa Ensler learns the hard way that this isn’t always the case.

Two American hunters had to be rescued, plucked from tricky, rocky terrain in the Upper South Wye Creek area early on Tuesday last week (10 February) after becoming exhausted, dehydrated and disoriented with insufficient food and water.

Police are warning both overseas and Kiwi drivers to make sure they take regular breaks during long trips, or change drivers if they’re tired, after two separate accidents in two days this week in the Wakatipu when drivers appear to have fallen asleep at the wheel.

When Marty Newell arrived in Queenstown in late 1994, his weekly rent was just $75 a week and his Pizza Hut wages not much better.

Happiness House is a community-based non-profit organisation that provides services to the Whakatipu district.

Electricity lines company Aurora Energy has opened a satellite office in Queenstown, strengthening its presence in one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing regions.

Queenstown’s easiest downhill mountain bike trail, Whakatipu View, has officially opened at Coronet Peak. The highly anticipated 5km-long, Grade 2 trail, opened with a special community celebration on Saturday (February 7) that involved long-time Coronet Peak team member and former top Kiwi rider Erin Greene being the first to ride the trail.

Police say tragedy was only avoided by “luck and a small distance” after they allegedly clocked a vehicle at 144km/hr in an 80km/hr zone leaving Cardrona Village on the opposite side of the road at the weekend. Sergeant Dylan Hannah-Jones says just 10 minutes prior Police had stopped a motorcyclist in a group travelling in the opposite direction, who was allegedly clocked at 129km/hr.

Te Atamira’s latest exhibition opens on Tuesday, Let the Honey Soak Through. Inspired by bee networks and their relationship with the environment, the installation will include a range of works exploring the patterns that bees create to sustain their lives, replicated by human systems, hiveware, keepers and agricultural formations.