National Party leader Chris Luxon told an audience of about 150 in Queenstown yesterday he wants to "power up" tourism to help turn around the country’s economy.
The idea of building "the world’s biggest green hydrogen plant" in the South has been welcomed by most. But making the new wonder fuel so far from potential markets creates a shipload of challenges.
In the first of three reports, Mark Price examines the argument over one small development proposed for one of the country’s best-known wine producing regions — Gibbston — and the fears about where...
How to effectively govern a region almost as sparsely populated as Mongolia — that will be an issue for those engaged in reorganising local government, Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan says.
Might the Maniototo become part of Dunedin city, might Cromwell be administered from Queenstown rather than Alexandra, might Southland local bodies be forced to amalgamate?
The Government is standing well clear of the debate over the competing airport proposals at Tarras and Wanaka put up by companies majority-owned by two southern local authorities.