Local women's rugby 'huge moment'
Local women's rugby 'huge moment'
Women's rugby in Queenstown’s come of age, literally, with the first 50-game blazers being presented after the Wakatipu Ladies team’s latest game last Saturday.
Taxpayers’ Union claim rebuffed
Taxpayers’ Union claim rebuffed
Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers is pouring cold water on a New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union (NZTU) claim the council’s planning a "backdoor deal" with Ngai Tahu Property Ltd (NTP) to build an office...
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Council receptive to Arrowtown medical plan
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Council receptive to Arrowtown medical plan
Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers says council will "certainly have a look" at a plan to extend an Arrowtown community facility to provide space for GPs.
Hospital wing may be empty for some time
Hospital wing may be empty for some time
Options for the now-vacant 36-room wing attached to Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital can finally be revealed. But it may be a long time before anything comes to fruition.
Beware of wandering deer
Beware of wandering deer
Drivers should watch out for deer stalking Queenstown country roads during hours of darkness.
School’s ‘oarsome foursome’
School’s ‘oarsome foursome’
When it comes to sculling — of the rowing variety — Wakatipu High’s without peer among New Zealand secondary schools.
Celebrating 50 years at Robins Rd
Celebrating 50 years at Robins Rd
Queenstown’s oldest school moved to a ‘new’ site 50 years ago. Queenstown Primary’s celebrating the anniversary this week with a reunion for past students.
Plans for our first kōhanga reo revealed
Plans for our first kōhanga reo revealed
The Whakatipu’s first kōhanga reo in decades may be up and running by the end of the year.
Gift of support
Gift of support
Aotea Gifts is standing on its pedals to support this month’s Queenstown Trails Trust’s annual appeal, matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.
Charity CEO meets new ‘friends’
Charity CEO meets new ‘friends’
The new CEO of the Wellington-based Malaghan Institute of Medical Research believes a new Whakatipu-based ‘friends’ group will be "incredibly important" for her world-leading research organisation.
In for a Wild ride
In for a Wild ride
Wakatipu Wild women’s ice hockey coach Colin McIntosh isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to how his team is looking ahead of their season-opening games against the defending champs in...
Otago Rally a race within a race
Otago Rally a race within a race
In his fifth Otago Rally this weekend, Alan Garrick — again driving this mid-’90s Toyota Trueno — says he and his fellow Queenstown entrants will enjoy racing each other as well as the rest of the...
Tour director, 81, can’t stop
Tour director, 81, can’t stop
An 81-year-old Queenstowner’s again organising next week’s eighth edition of a five-day charity cycle ride/race from Greymouth to the Crown Range summit.
Making home ground ‘a fortress’
Making home ground ‘a fortress’
After a disappointing loss to Upper Clutha, the Arrowtown Premiers rugby side’s determined to extend their one-game home winning streak against Alexandra this Saturday.
How much is your property worth?
How much is your property worth?
The new valuations for property in Queenstown-Lakes have told owners.
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‘Just a small council doing a lot’: mayor
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‘Just a small council doing a lot’: mayor
Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers admits his council should have done a better job of communicating about the resort’s thorny issues over the past three years.
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TV show set in Gore nominated for award at Cannes
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TV show set in Gore nominated for award at Cannes
Gore is to make a name for itself France this month.
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Wastewater woes ‘problem waiting to happen for years’
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Wastewater woes ‘problem waiting to happen for years’
Queenstown's troubled wastewater treatment plant has put the Otago Regional Council between "a rock and a hard place", a regional councillor says.
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Ward gaining another councillor on ORC
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Ward gaining another councillor on ORC
Dunedin's loss is Queenstown’s gain in an Otago Regional Council shake-up.
'I’ve never received so many threatening emails'
'I’ve never received so many threatening emails'
A Queenstown councillor says he has 'never received so many threatening emails' in the wake Cr Niki Gladding's decision to leak information about plans to discharge wastewater into the Shotover River.