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.
Man found dead on SH6 named
Man found dead on SH6 named
Police have named the man found dead on State Highway 6 near Gibbston on March 3.
Man hit by vehicle had fallen from cliff
Man found dead on SH6 near Gibbston named by police
Police have named a man found dead on a Queenstown highway who fell from a cliff before being hit by a vehicle.
More than $82m sought for land acquired by airport company
More than $82m sought for land acquired by airport company
Property developer Remarkables Park Ltd is seeking more than $82 million compensation for land compulsorily acquired by Queenstown’s airport company in 2019.
Roundabout project going to plan so far
Roundabout project going to plan so far
The $250 million upgrade of Queenstown’s BP roundabout and connecting roads remains on time and budget, the NZ Transport Agency says.