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Govt loans for non-tourism industries

Pictured at the Queenstown Research & Innovation Centre yesterday are (from left) Economic...

Govt loans for non-tourism industries

Another step towards building economic diversity into the Queenstown-Lakes economy was taken yesterday, with the announcement of $3.25 million in government loans to two Queenstown businesses.

$3m boost for Queenstown businesses

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash. Photo: ODT files

$3m boost for Queenstown businesses

Christmas has arrived early in Queenstown, with Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash announcing $3.25 million in loans to two businesses in the resort.

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New trail approved after ‘cordial negotiations’

The planned 35km Kawarau Gorge Trail will link the Queenstown Trail with the Lake Dunstan Trail...

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New trail approved after ‘cordial negotiations’

It is hoped a long-awaited new trail, linking Gibbston to Central Otago, will be under construction by the middle of next year.

Rogue camera wrongly cops cars in Queenstown

Rogue camera wrongly cops cars in Queenstown

Queenstown’s council is going to waive infringements issued at a P30 Shotover St carpark, after a CCTV camera monitoring the former loading zone was accidentally reactivated.

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Units dropped, height reduced in altered plan

Visitors to ski venues in places such as Queenstown should be required to scan in with the Covid...

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Units, car parks dropped; height reduced in revised Lakeview-Taumata plan

Seventeen "co-living units" and 84 car parks have been dropped from a planned billion-dollar development in Queenstown.

Flooding, liquefaction relief options outlined

Flooding, liquefaction relief options outlined

A new report has outlined potential options for the Otago Regional Council and the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) to mitigate the effects of flooding and liquefaction at the head of Lake...

SIT to introduce new courses

SIT's Queenstown campus development manager Nick Fifield. PHOTO: SIT

SIT to introduce new courses

Southern Institute of Technology Queenstown campus development manager Nick Fifield says education must be viewed as a key tool in the resort’s economic diversification plans, or "it won’t happen".

Gang in Queenstown home invasion

The Government has been advised allowing bed taxes by the Productivity Commission. Photo: Getty...

Gang involved in Queenstown home invasion

Gang members were involved in a home invasion in Queenstown but police say there is no evidence gangs are setting up in the resort.

Gang in Queenstown home invasion

Police temper gang rumours

Gang members were involved in a home invasion in Queenstown but police say there is no evidence gangs are establishing themselves in the resort.

Brewery wins ‘Lager than Life’ competition

Altitude Brewing Co head brewer Eliott Menzies, of Queenstown, with the brewery’s "Lager than...

Brewery wins ‘Lager than Life’ competition

Altitude Brewing has been punching above its weight for almost a decade, but now it has the belt to prove it.

Colour bomb run gets summer events rolling

Queenstown’s Georgina Cunningham helps her son, Boston Dodds (5), through a colour station at...

Colour bomb run gets summer events rolling

Washing machines in Queenstown on Saturday afternoon were given a workout, cleaning up after the 300 participants who took part in the Night ’n Day Rainbow Run at the Frankton Recreation Reserve.

Incomes far from housing affordability

A recent report examining the case for inclusionary housing in the Queenstown-Lakes region states that housing affordability in the district is a $1 billion problem.

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Qtown council gets dodgy builder banned

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Queenstown council gets dodgy builder banned

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is believed to be the first in New Zealand to successfully take a dodgy builder to the Building Practitioners’ Board (BPB).

$20m marina finally opens

Lakes Marina Projects partners Alan Kirker (left), of Queenstown, and Iraj Barabi, of the United...

$20m marina finally opens

Queenstown Marina’s developers have launched a second stage, comprising about 100 more berths, which is expected to take about six months to complete.

Record year for southern skifields

Straight Ski racers had to compete on skis pre-dating 1995. Photo: Cass Marrett

Record year for southern skifields

The 2022 winter was a record-breaker for NZSki.

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$230 impulse buy expected to fetch $30K

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QTOWN licence plate expected to fetch $30K

The QTOWN personalised plate - bought for $230 as an impulse purchase three decades ago - is expected to fetch up to $30,000 at auction.

'Leaner workforce' warning for Queenstown

Record levels of tourist spending during the ski season might not be repeated during Queenstown's peak summer season unless acute staffing shortages can be managed, a new report warns.

Inspiring tales from marathon runners

Christchurch runner Hannah Oldroyd continued her fine form by winning the Queenstown Marathon open women’s race over the weekend.

Many inspiring tales from marathon runners

Jenny Downie (67), of Brisbane, with Queenstown’s David Graham who, at "87 and three-quarters",...

Many inspiring tales from marathon runners

There were inspirational stories to be found everywhere in the Wakatipu on Saturday during the first Queenstown Marathon in two years.

Queenstown to host one-stop vaccine pop-up

The amendment to the Medicines Act enables voluntary booster doses to be administered without a...

Queenstown to host one-stop vaccine pop-up

Health providers in Queenstown are offering a one-stop vaccine pop-up in the tourist resort next week.

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