Tracey Roxburgh

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Bid to save ex-America’s Cup yacht

Former America's Cup yacht, NZL14, in Queenstown Bay. Photo: Philip Chandler

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Bid to save ex-America’s Cup yacht

The apparent owner of a former America’s Cup yacht has launched legal action to stop the Queenstown Lakes District Council consigning the vessel to the knacker’s yard.

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Survivor runs for charity

After staring down a future of not being able to eat or speak, Bradley Jackson should find running 42km easy.

$400k to fight massive blaze near Queenstown

Crews fought the blaze for about four days. Photo via Mountain Scene

$400k to fight massive blaze near Queenstown

Last month’s massive Mount Creighton fire near Queenstown is likely to have cost about $400,000 to fight, which can’t be recovered.

Chamber chief to leave at year’s end

Queenstown Business Chamber of Commerce chief executive Ruth Stokes is stepping down.

Tourist’s death probably due to hypothermia

Tourist’s death probably due to hypothermia

It was likely an overseas tourist whose body was found on an Arrowtown walking track last month died from hypothermia.

Queenstown UB40 venue announced

UB40 venue announced; hopes for 10,000 punters

Queenstown’s polo farm will come alive with the sound of reggae and rock in January.

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Visa announcement almost ‘fake news’

Hilton Queenstown general manager Chris Ehmann. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Visa announcement almost ‘fake news’

One Queenstown hotelier says the announcement about an extension to working holiday visas is not "fake news, but it’s pretty damn close to it".

New high-end shopping experience opens

DFS Group Oceania retail operations vice-president Prashant Mahboobani, of Sydney, inside the new...

New high-end shopping experience opens

The world’s leading luxury travel retailer has officially opened the doors at a new high-end shopping centre in Queenstown following a $26 million redevelopment.

New high-end shopping experience opens

DFS Group’s confidence in Queenstown’s recovery was so strong, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer signed a lease on CBD premises despite the pandemic, when the building was little more than an exterior shell.

Small businesses under pressure to deliver

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash (left) speaks to media at Ziptrek Ecotours in Queenstown yesterday,...

Small businesses under pressure to deliver

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash is predicting "boom times" this summer — which is both a blessing and a curse for tourism and hospitality operators.

Visitors coming back to NZ

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says more than 10,000 working holiday visa-holders have arrived in NZ while about 145,250 overseas tourists arrived in the country in the four weeks to Wednesday.

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Police seek suitcase after mysterious Arrowtown death

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Police seek suitcase after mysterious Arrowtown death

Police are making slow progress in tracking down the next of kin of a man who died in Arrowtown at the weekend.

Drug bust tipped to have put ‘dent’ in supply

Queenstown police seized about $10,000 cash while executing search warrants in relation to...

Drug bust tipped to have put ‘dent’ in supply

A senior Queenstown police officer expects a "dent" has been made in the supply of drugs in the Queenstown-Lakes and Central Otago areas following a four-month police operation, dubbed Operation...

Arrests following dark web drug bust

Detective Senior Sergeant Malcolm Inglis, of Queenstown, speaks to media. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh

Arrests following dark web drug bust

A major drug bust targeting a dark web operation supplying cocaine, LSD and MDMA has resulted in the arrest of 12 people in Queenstown and two in Christchurch.

12 snared in Queenstown dark web drug bust

A major drug bust targeting a dark web operation supplying cocaine, LSD and MDMA has resulted in the arrest of 12 people in Queenstown.

Tourist’s next of kin unknown

Tourist’s next of kin unknown

Next of kin of a tourist who died in Arrowtown on Saturday morning are yet to be notified, because police do not know who they are.

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Fire service awards for father and son

Frankton volunteer firefighters Karl Argyle (left) and Stu Ide. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh

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Fire service awards for father and son

Two generations of a Queenstown family will be recognised at a special awards evening in the resort on Saturday night for their combined 75 years’ service to the Wakatipu fire service.

Plans for development’s $10m focal point building revealed

An artist’s impression of the view from inside The Homestead, Mount Cardrona Station’s $10...

Plans for development’s $10m focal point building revealed

Plans have been unveiled for Mount Cardrona Station’s $10 million cornerstone building, which will become the central point of the new $650 million alpine village between Queenstown and Wanaka.

Arrowtown death: Mystery over Hong Kong visitor

Police have issued this photograph of 51-year-old Wai Ming Lai, who died after collapsing in...

Arrowtown death: Mystery over Hong Kong visitor

Mystery surrounds a visitor from Hong Kong who died after collapsing in bush on a walking track near the historic Arrowtown Chinese Settlement.

Invitational delivers game for the ages

Former Highlander Hale T-Pole evades the Wakatipu defence during the Glenorchy Invitational XV...

Invitational delivers game for the ages

It doesn't hurt having a couple of former Highlanders in your team.

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