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Public shows opposition to Project Manawa
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Public shows opposition to Project Manawa
The public doubled down this week on its opposition to the major civic development proposed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Mark Price
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Committee weighs problem gambling
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Committee weighs problem gambling
Quantifying the extent of Queenstown Lakes District’s problem gambling became something of a numbers game yesterday.
Hopping into a new industry
Hopping into a new industry
Local pet owners can’t get enough of what the Arrowtown ‘bunny man’ has to offer.
Business vacates earthquake-prone building
Business vacates earthquake-prone building
Nadi Wellness owner Sandi Murphy has left the building.
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Creatives red carpet-bound
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Creatives red carpet-bound
Two more Whakatipu residents are set to walk the red carpet at the Emmys.
Lakefront cribs a look back in time
Lakefront cribs a look back in time
Some may say there’s no place in modern Queenstown for the ever-so-humble crib, or bach.
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‘Planning fatigue’ discussed at hearing
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‘Planning fatigue’ discussed at hearing
"Planning fatigue" and the effectiveness of consultation came under the microscope at a hearing yesterday, as questions were asked about whether people had time to understand stuff which was "very...
If only walls could talk
If only walls could talk
Some may say there’s no place in modern Queenstown for the ever-so-humble crib, or bach.
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Ladies Mile travel plan questioned
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Ladies Mile travel plan questioned
Schools, or the lack of schools in the right places, got the blame yesterday for much of Queenstown’s eastern corridor commuter problem.
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Housing density focus of Ladies Mile hearing
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Housing density focus of Ladies Mile hearing
How densely packed housing could or should be on 120ha of land to the east of Queenstown was the central issue at a planning hearing yesterday.
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Three-quarters of country has ‘E. coli’ issues
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Three-quarters of country has ‘E. coli’ issues
A report released this week shows many New Zealand waterways and catchments are badly affected by one or more of the contaminants nitrogen, phosphorus, E. coli and sediment.
Queenstown-Lakes waterways under microscope
Queenstown-Lakes waterways under microscope
Could be worse — should be better. That’s where Queenstown-Lakes’ waterways rank in the contamination stakes.
Peak work, peak cost
Peak work, peak cost
The replacement of its gondola and upgrade of other facilities on Bob’s Peak, above Queenstown, isn’t coming cheap for Skyline Enterprises.
Bird flu threat front of mind
Bird flu threat front of mind
New Zealand scientists protecting the world’s remaining 247 native kākāpō parrots are on alert as a deadly bird flu spreads around the world.
Region ninth on ‘best value’ list
Region ninth on ‘best value’ list
There are only eight places in the world offering tourists better value than the Queenstown-Lakes-Central Otago region.
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Queenstown district population booms
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Queenstown district population growth highest in NZ
Population growth in the Queenstown-Lakes District has streaked ahead of all other parts of New Zealand.
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Determined to ride and that’s no bull
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Determined to ride and that’s no bull
Dash won but it ain’t done.
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Hundreds expected to attend funeral
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Hundreds expected to attend funeral
Hundreds, if not thousands, of mourners are expected to attend the funeral of Sir Tim Wallis at Wānaka Airport on Saturday, October 28.
Sir Tim Wallis ‘a special bloke’
Sir Tim Wallis ‘a special bloke’
One of the South’s foremost entrepreneurs and business and community leaders, Sir Tim Wallis, of Wanaka, died yesterday evening following a short illness.
Aviation pioneer Sir Tim Wallis dies
Aviation pioneer Sir Tim Wallis dies
Sir Tim Wallis, one of the South’s foremost entrepreneurs, business and community leaders, has died. He was 85.