Queenstown farmer steps in to help disabled teen
A Queenstown farmer has offered to pay the shortfall for a lift so a dad does not have to carry his teen daughter from her wheelchair up seven steps to their front door.
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Kids 'screaming' as driver mows down ducks in Queenstown
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Kids 'screaming' as driver mows down ducks in Queenstown
A group of young children were left screaming and crying in Queenstown’s CBD on Tuesday after watching a motorist mow down a group of ducks in lower Beach St.
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Woman fled via window to get help after assault
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Woman fled via window to get help after assault
A Queenstown woman locked herself in her bathroom and climbed out the window to get help from a neighbour after being assaulted by her partner last month.
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Criticism of cable car project rebuffed
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Criticism of cable car project rebuffed
The company behind the billionaire-backed Queenstown cable car proposal has hit back at concerns from the local government, saying it is still early days in the process.
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Autumn festival events ‘amazing’
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Autumn festival events ‘amazing’
It might have been the first Arrowtown Autumn Festival in recent years where the vista was framed by snow-capped mountains.
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Third attempt at fast track successful
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Third attempt at fast track successful
It is third time lucky for an Australian developer whose fast-track application for a large residential suburb and skifield near Queenstown has been accepted after two failed attempts.
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Government ‘misappropriating’ levy funds: deputy mayor
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Government ‘misappropriating’ levy funds: deputy mayor
The government is ‘‘misappropriating’’ funds from international visitors, the deputy mayor of the Queenstown Lakes says.
It’s the height of lunacy
It’s the height of lunacy
Former local mayor Warren Cooper says a council proposal to allow 24m-high buildings across a swathe of Queenstown’s CBD is ‘‘absolute lunacy’’.
Robot geniuses off to Greece
Robot geniuses off to Greece
Two young Queenstown teens make up the only New Zealand team invited into a prestigious international robotics comp in Greece next month.
Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life
Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life
Queenstown identity Margaret Reid died last Sunday at the very ripe old age of 102.
Order’s high honour
Order’s high honour
It's an honour so prestigious it has to be approved by the King.
Trail planting project seeded
Trail planting project seeded
A project to reforest the margins of the Queenstown Trails Trust (QTT) network has begun.
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Procedures now available close to home
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Procedures now available close to home
Upper Clutha and Queenstown residents will now be able to access publicly funded endoscopy procedures closer to home.
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Warning over Queenstown cable car use
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Warning over Queenstown cable car use
A billionaire-backed cable car linking Queenstown and its airport risks becoming a ‘‘white-elephant’’ few locals use, the council has warned.
Early starts guaranteed for Coronet Peak
Early starts guaranteed for Coronet Peak
Queenstown's Coronet Peak will be the first ski resort to open in New Zealand year in and year out thanks to new $2million-plus snowmaking technology, NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson says.
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Sunshine Bay luxury hilltop lodge for sale
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Sunshine Bay luxury hilltop lodge for sale
A luxury hilltop lodge almost hidden away in Queenstown’s Sunshine Bay is for sale as a freehold going concern.
Aussie ski market still buoyant
Aussie ski market still buoyant
Escalating fuel prices notwithstanding, NZSki’s boss is still confident good numbers of Aussie skiers and boarders will hit Queenstown slopes this winter.
Visitor options open from new Walter Peak zone
Visitor options open from new Walter Peak zone
New visitor experiences are being planned for one of Queenstown’s most special pieces of land.
Arrowtown 'becoming suburb of Auckland'
'Status postcode' but Arrowtown risks ‘losing our community’
Arrowtown is becoming ‘‘a suburb of Parnell’’, a real estate agent says, as its house prices climb to the highest in New Zealand.
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Hub consent: fast-track a ‘kangaroo court’
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Hub consent: fast-track a ‘kangaroo court’
A Queenstown Lakes district councillor has launched a broadside against the whole fast-track process, calling it a ‘‘kangaroo court’’.