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Hotel snaps up Queenstown church for $13m
The purchaser of Queenstown’s St Andrew’s Church — on a landmark Stanley St site, just above the CBD — is Scenic Hotel Group.
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Sporting interest their secret
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Sporting interest their secret
Arrowtown couple Jenni and Graeme Heazlewood are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with family today.
Queenstown measles case has links across South
Queenstown measles case has links across South
A new measles case in Queenstown connected to more than 20 exposure events in the South is concerning health authorities.
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Family battles Department of Conservation over ‘iconic’ crib
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Family battles Department of Conservation over ‘iconic’ crib
A family who own an old Kinloch crib, which features in a soon-to-be-released Brad Pitt movie, has won support to keep the 87-year-old "absolutely iconic" structure.
Queenstown woman recounts Bondi shooting terror
'Just running for our lives': Queenstown woman recounts Bondi shooting terror
A Queenstown woman caught up in the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach says her family are still very much on edge the day after the tragedy.
‘I’ve gone down wrong track’: drug dealer
‘I’ve gone down wrong track’: drug dealer
A man deported from Australia for criminal offending says he started dealing drugs in Queenstown because he struggled to find work.
Question over future of golf centre gutted in accidental blaze
Question over future of golf centre gutted in accidental blaze
It is too soon to say whether a Queenstown golf centre gutted in an accidental blaze will be demolished or rebuilt.
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Trail design to start after consent issued
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Trail design to start after consent issued
Designing a new bike and walking trail between Queenstown’s southern suburbs and Frankton will start immediately now resource consent has been granted for its main section between the Kawarau Falls...
One family, two heads
One family, two heads
It's rare for two high school head students to come from one family.
Top-of-the-range subdivision hits the market
Top-of-the-range subdivision hits the market
Expressions of interest are being sought for the first 23 sections in a pre-eminently-positioned luxury enclave atop Queenstown Hill.
Kōhanga dream taking shape
Kōhanga dream taking shape
A group of parents working to establish the Whakatipu’s first kōhanga reo in decades has started a fundraising drive to fit out its building.
New Zealand reps at home in Arrowtown
New Zealand reps at home in Arrowtown
Arrowtown is the second home to two siblings who’ve both played international sport.
Fire guts Frankton golf building
Fire guts Frankton golf building
A fire that has gutted the Frankton Golf Centre building is being investigated.
Saved boy, so ‘died for his love of living’: fiancee
Saved boy, so ‘died for his love of living’: fiancee
The fiancee of an Australian man who "gave away his life" for a young boy "to continue on living" said it was her truest honour to receive a New Zealand Bravery Award on his behalf.
Queenstown school bus decision in ‘near future’
Queenstown school bus decision in ‘near future’
A decision on the proposed axing of nine Whakatipu school bus services is due "in the near future".
Queenstown hotel's $30m five star makeover
Queenstown hotel's $30m five star makeover
The former Nugget Point Hotel, a modern resort when it opened in the late ’80s, is about to start a new life as the five star-plus Coronet Ridge Resort.
Companies fined for role in landslip
Companies fined for role in landslip
The three companies responsible for a landslip near Queenstown’s Skyline gondola in 2023 must pay more than $700,000 in fines and reparation for their role in the calamity.
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Judge gives mother ultimatum
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Judge gives mother ultimatum
A Kingston mother of five with a history of dishonesty offending has narrowly escaped prison.
'Highly careless': Companies fined over role in Queenstown slip
'Highly careless': Companies fined over role in Queenstown slip
A major Queenstown tourism operator and two contractors have been sentenced for contributing to a landslip that inundated a residential street, forcing dozens of evacuations during record rainfall.
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Using sale proceeds to pay debt ‘absolute joke’
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Using sale proceeds to pay debt ‘absolute joke’
The widow of a prominent former Queenstown developer is furious the district council is putting money from selling an Arrowtown property into reducing debt rather than restoration projects in the...
Should Arrowtown benefit from the sale of 6 Merioneth St?
Almost 20 years after the late John Martin brokered a deal to save three historic Arrowtown cottages, which included a property on Merioneth St, his widow's furious Queenstown's council's putting proceeds from the $2.761m sale of the latter into reducing its own debt, rather than Arrowtown projects.