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Council receptive to Arrowtown medical plan

The Arrowtown Community Centre, which Arrowtown Promotion and Business Association chair Benje...

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Council receptive to Arrowtown medical plan

Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers says council will "certainly have a look" at a plan to extend an Arrowtown community facility to provide space for GPs.

Hospital wing may be empty for some time

The wing has been empty since September last year. PHOTO: OLIVIA JUDD

Hospital wing may be empty for some time

Options for the now-vacant 36-room wing attached to Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital can finally be revealed. But it may be a long time before anything comes to fruition.

Beware of wandering deer

Drivers should watch out for deer stalking Queenstown country roads during hours of darkness.

School’s ‘oarsome foursome’

When it comes to sculling — of the rowing variety — Wakatipu High’s without peer among New Zealand secondary schools.

Celebrating 50 years at Robins Rd

Principal Fiona Cavanagh, fourth from right, with long-serving teachers, from left, Susan...

Celebrating 50 years at Robins Rd

Queenstown’s oldest school moved to a ‘new’ site 50 years ago. Queenstown Primary’s celebrating the anniversary this week with a reunion for past students.

Plans for our first kōhanga reo revealed

Te Kōhanga Reo o Whakatipu komiti chairman Brendon McIntosh and kaiako Tere Carroll. PHOTO: GUY...

Plans for our first kōhanga reo revealed

The Whakatipu’s first kōhanga reo in decades may be up and running by the end of the year.

Gift of support

Aotea Gifts is standing on its pedals to support this month’s Queenstown Trails Trust’s annual appeal, matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.

Charity CEO meets new ‘friends’

New Malaghan Institute of Medical Research CEO Professor Kjesten Wiig, second right, with Central...

Charity CEO meets new ‘friends’

The new CEO of the Wellington-based Malaghan Institute of Medical Research believes a new Whakatipu-based ‘friends’ group will be "incredibly important" for her world-leading research organisation.

In for a Wild ride

Wakatipu Wild women’s ice hockey coach Colin McIntosh isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to how his team is looking ahead of their season-opening games against the defending champs in...

Otago Rally a race within a race

Otago Rally a race within a race

In his fifth Otago Rally this weekend, Alan Garrick — again driving this mid-’90s Toyota Trueno — says he and his fellow Queenstown entrants will enjoy racing each other as well as the rest of the...

Tour director, 81, can’t stop

An 81-year-old Queenstowner’s again organising next week’s eighth edition of a five-day charity cycle ride/race from Greymouth to the Crown Range summit.

Making home ground ‘a fortress’

Wakatipu Prems halfback James Valentine looks to break the shackles during his side’s convincing...

Making home ground ‘a fortress’

After a disappointing loss to Upper Clutha, the Arrowtown Premiers rugby side’s determined to extend their one-game home winning streak against Alexandra this Saturday.

How much is your property worth?

Q Property director Barry Murphy. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

How much is your property worth?

The new valuations for property in Queenstown-Lakes have told owners.

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‘Just a small council doing a lot’: mayor

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‘Just a small council doing a lot’: mayor

Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers admits his council should have done a better job of communicating about the resort’s thorny issues over the past three years.

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TV show set in Gore nominated for award at Cannes

Former Queenstowner Victoria Boult, left, is the co-creator and co-director of n00b. Photo: Supplied

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TV show set in Gore nominated for award at Cannes

Gore is to make a name for itself France this month.

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Wastewater woes ‘problem waiting to happen for years’

The Shotover wastewater treatment plant at Frankton. Photo: QLDC

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Wastewater woes ‘problem waiting to happen for years’

Queenstown's troubled wastewater treatment plant has put the Otago Regional Council between "a rock and a hard place", a regional councillor says.

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Ward gaining another councillor on ORC

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Ward gaining another councillor on ORC

Dunedin's loss is Queenstown’s gain in an Otago Regional Council shake-up.

'I’ve never received so many threatening emails'

A Queenstown councillor says he has 'never received so many threatening emails' in the wake Cr Niki Gladding's decision to leak information about plans to discharge wastewater into the Shotover River.

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Celltower labelled ‘obscene’

A new cellphone tower on Eleventh Avenue, in Queenstown’s Lake Hayes Estate, is causing an uproar...

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Celltower labelled ‘obscene’

Residents of an upmarket Otago community have branded a new celltower "an ugly and unsightly eyesore in our community".

Recycling centre blaze likely caused by battery: Fenz

Scenes from a fire at the Wakatipu Recycling Centre which was started from a discarded battery....

Recycling centre blaze likely caused by battery: Fenz

A fire which broke out last week at the Wakatipu Recycling Centre in Queenstown is believed to have been started by a battery — which is turning out to be far from a rare occurrence.

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