Our top gun
Our top gun
Queenstown shooter Fraser Mackenzie is preparing to compete against the sharpest of sharp-shooters from 23 countries.
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Exploitation visas a ‘godsend’
Exploitation visas a ‘godsend’
Among Queenstown’s 2133 migrant visa workers, there are 16 holding a migrant exploitation protection visa (MEPV).
Clean-up continues on peak
Clean-up continues on peak
The face of Bob’s Peak is in for another round of cosmetic surgery.
Prodigy on the keys and skis
Prodigy on the keys and skis
It's one thing to be a gung-ho ski racer - it’s another to also be an accomplished pianist.
Picture-perfect Queenstown
Picture-perfect Queenstown
It might look like the photo of Queenstown on every tourist’s phone.
Bearing cost of welcoming communities
Bearing cost of welcoming communities
Rolling out the welcome mat to growing numbers of migrants to Queenstown will have economic benefits — just not yet.
Care suites a game-changer
Care suites a game-changer
The first residents will move into Arvida Queenstown Country Club’s care suites next month.
‘Only way is up’ for Winter Pride crew
‘Only way is up’ for Winter Pride crew
Challenging economic times are impacting Queenstown’s 21st Winter Pride Festival, due to begin today.
This, too, shall pasta
This, too, shall pasta
For the first time since the late-1990s, pasta’s off the menu at a Frankton church this winter.
New Kiwis welcomed to Queenstown
New Kiwis welcomed to Queenstown
An increased desire for New Zealand citizenship will mean an increase in the number of ceremonies in the Queenstown Lakes next year.
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4am bar licence granted despite police oppposition
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New bar granted licence till 4am despite police opposition
After a three-hour hearing it took a licensing committee 10 minutes to decide a new Queenstown bar can open until 4am despite police opposition to the late closing hour.
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US billionaire appears to give up on lodge build
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US billionaire appears to give up on lodge build
American billionaire Peter Thiel appears to have given up on his plan to build a lavish lodge overlooking Lake Wānaka.
Radio host broadcasts live after eight years on air
Radio host broadcasts live after eight years on air
Connor McMillan has found his happy place.
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Nailing down building costs proves elusive
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Nailing down building costs proves elusive
Many ideas have been floated to help solve the ills of Queenstown.
Hefty price tag attached to Kombi
Hefty price tag attached to Kombi
Baby-boomers who bought an old Kombi van in the 1960s or ’70s to travel around Europe might well find this a sad story.
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Bid to build road attracts opposition
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Bid to build road attracts opposition
A group of North Island investors is attempting to turn a route near Queenstown, which has been nothing more than a farm track since being marked on maps in the 1860s, into a sealed road.
‘There shouldn’t be a free ride’
‘There shouldn’t be a free ride’
The "who should pay?" question continues to be front and centre of Queenstown’s affordable housing conundrum.
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Developers’ idea to use rates gains no traction
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Developers’ idea to use rates gains no traction
The call for ratepayers rather than developers to bear the cost of helping provide affordable housing has received no support from Queenstown Lakes District Council staff or consultants.
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Affordable housing plan slated as ‘poor’
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Affordable housing plan slated as ‘poor’
An Auckland expert took a blowtorch to a proposal designed to help solve the affordable housing problem in the Queenstown Lakes district.
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Developer slams affordable housing levy
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Developer against levy for affordable housing
"Fundamentally flawed" is how one of Queenstown’s biggest developers has described a scheme to help fund affordable housing in the district.