$750 parking fine frustrates muso unloading equipment
$750 parking fine frustrates muso unloading equipment
A muso who used a disability park in Arrowtown to unload heavy gear is voicing concerns over council’s handling of his case.
Arts groups need new home
Arts groups need new home
The show must go on.
Blockbuster tourist attraction planned for Glenorchy
Blockbuster tourist attraction planned for Glenorchy
The world’s largest-ever eagle stalks a moa in spectacular VR footage produced for a new Glenorchy tourism attraction
Opportunity to sing your heart out
Opportunity to sing your heart out
Anyone who’d love the thrill of joining a mass choir to knock out some classical bangers can do exactly that as part of the third Whakatipu Music Festival this Easter.
No ceiling to roofer’s generosity
No ceiling to roofer’s generosity
They're not shouting it from the rooftop, but a Queenstown roofer has become a generous benefactor over the past two and a-half years.
Celebrating different thinking styles
Celebrating different thinking styles
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is being marked in Queenstown with a free event at the Frankton library next Thursday.
Blood drive coming to you
Blood drive coming to you
Queenstowners will have the chance to save lives next week.
Site Safe gongs for Queenstowners
Site Safe gongs for Queenstowners
Two Queenstowners have been recognised nationally for their work in health, safety and wellbeing in the construction industry.
Queenstown chocolatier buys orchard
Queenstown chocolatier buys orchard
Queenstown's Patagonia Chocolates has bought an organic Central Otago orchard where it’ll build a factory to make all its products using sustainable principles.
Legend’s leap of faith
Legend’s leap of faith
Go jump in the lake, they said.
Rowers buoyed by recent success
Rowers buoyed by recent success
Having proven they’re again the South Island’s best rowing school, Wakatipu High crews will be buoyed with confidence for the huge Maadi Cup national secondary schools regatta at Lake Karapiro,...
Celebrating three decades of disc golf tourney
Celebrating three decades of disc golf tourney
The country’s longest-running disc golf tournament is celebrating a milestone in Queenstown this weekend.
Young talent kicking it to the UK
Young talent kicking it to the UK
A group of Queenstown’s most talented young footballers have scored the opportunity of a lifetime — to play amongst, and learn from, the UK’s elite and rising talent.
Stags legend graces Rec Ground
Stags legend graces Rec Ground
In their final preseason hit-out last Saturday, the Wakatipu Premiers, playing Invercargill’s Star, faced a rangy lock in Southland legend, Josh Bekhuis.
New players encouraged to pick up sticks
New players encouraged to pick up sticks
Wakatipu Hockey Club is calling for player registrations from anyone keen to play this season, including those new to the sport.
Arrowtown’s $5m neighbours
Arrowtown’s $5m neighbours
Arrowtown's two latest record house sales — excluding Millbrook Resort — have been for neighbouring homes on Advance Terrace.
Second ace for one-armed golfer
Second ace for one-armed golfer
Many able-bodied golfers never hit a hole-in-one, but a one-armed Queenstown man has just picked up his second.
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Faeces, rubbish, unwanted gear paint damning picture
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Faeces, rubbish, unwanted gear paint damning picture
Photos showing human faeces and piles of rubbish on Queenstown's lake shore paint a damning picture as the council prepares to crack down on freedom camping.
Event handed back due to council rules
Event handed back due to council rules
Council red tape — and costs it incurs — has forced organisers of Arrowtown’s Matariki celebrations to hand the event back to the Arrowtown Preschool.
Community rallies for firefighters
Community rallies for firefighters
A petition started by a Queenstown woman to help volunteer firefighters to get the same ACC support as their paid counterparts is gathering national momentum.
Have you lost confidence in Queenstown's council?
As Queenstown council reps fronted media over continuing issues at the Shotover wastewater treatment plant, and protesters lined State Highway 6, calling for more transparency from council about its management of the wastewater system, another Queenstowner's launched a petition, calling for a public vote of no confidence in the council.