Job search next step in recovery
Job search next step in recovery
Following more than a decade of rehabilitation after a car crash left him with severe brain damage, Queenstown resident Jesse Boulay is determined to seize life with both hands.
Lucy Wormald
Young people unite for song for Ukraine
Young people unite for song for Ukraine
About 30 Queenstown children feature in a new music video aiming to raise money and awareness for a Ukraine-based charity.
Sallies slated over prices at family store
Sallies slated over prices at family store
A woman says the price of goods at a Salvation Army Family Store in Queenstown is extortionate, with some items costing hundreds of dollars.
Sallies slated over prices at Queenstown store
Sallies slated over prices at Queenstown store
A Queenstown woman says the price of goods at Gorge Rd’s Salvation Army Family Store is extortionate, with some items costing hundreds of dollars.
Public praised for alerting police about driver
Public praised for alerting police about driver
A 23-year-old man will appear in the Queenstown District Court on August 1 after being caught driving with a breath alcohol level more than four times the legal limit in the resort early on Friday.
Victim lucky to survive coward punch
Victim lucky to survive coward punch
Queenstown police are searching for a man who dealt a coward’s punch to a young man at Ballarat Street Mall earlier in the month.
Woman with Covid forced to collect hospitalised father
Woman with Covid forced to collect hospitalised father
A Kingston woman with Covid-19 was forced to break her isolation period to collect her elderly father, also Covid-positive, from Dunedin Hospital after he was allegedly "kicked out" on Wednesday.
Dismantling of unconsented boardwalk hailed a success
Dismantling of unconsented boardwalk hailed a success
A three-year battle has come to a close with a controversial Arrowtown boardwalk being dismantled.
Arterial road project pain
Arterial road project pain
Roadworks at the Queenstown end of Frankton Rd are causing headaches for hoteliers and their guests.
‘Perfect storm’ brings crowds to Queenstown
‘Perfect storm’ brings crowds to Queenstown
Bars and restaurants are at full stretch as visitors flood into Queenstown for winter.
Winter festivities a ‘real boost’ for resort
Winter festivities a ‘real boost’ for resort
Abounding with liveliness, Queenstown’s Welcome to Winter celebrations brought lifeblood back to the resort at the weekend.
Surgical facilities shown proudly on open day
Surgical facilities shown proudly on open day
Queenstown's Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital flung open its doors on Saturday, inviting the public to view operating theatres and recovery rooms for the first time since opening in January.
QLDC sticking with status quo
QLDC sticking with status quo
Queenstown's council has voted to continue with business as usual in the governance of the billion-dollar Lakeview-Taumata development, although transparency around decision-making will increase.
Review recommends status quo for project
Review recommends status quo for project
An independent review into decision-making for the billion-dollar Lakeview-Taumata development concludes the project’s governance is sound.
Electric jet-boat part of Ngai Tahu’s carbon neutral tourism plan
Electric jet-boat part of Ngai Tahu’s carbon neutral tourism plan
The launch of the world’s first electric commercial jet-boat marks Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu’s first major step towards a carbon-neutral tourism future.
Shotover Jet to go electric
Shotover Jet to go electric
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is pioneering a zero-carbon future, heralded this morning by the launch of the world’s first electric jetboat designed solely for tourism.
Shotover Jet to go electric
Shotover Jet to go electric
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is pioneering a zero-carbon future, heralded this morning by the launch of the world’s first electric jetboat designed solely for tourism.
5.5 quake near Milford Sound
5.5 quake near Milford Sound
Hundreds of people have reported feeling an early-morning shallow quake centred north-east of Milford Sound.
5.5 quake near Milford Sound
5.5 quake near Milford Sound
Hundreds of people have reported feeling an early-morning shallow quake centred north-east of Milford Sound.
Pollution threat, lack of consultation concern
Pollution threat, lack of consultation concern
The threat of water pollution oozing from a consented subdivision and lack of consultation with the community has Kingston residents frustrated with the QLDC and worried about the water quality of Lake Wakatipu.