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    REPORT & PHOTO: TRACEY ROXBURGH

    My kingdom for a horse carrying holiday brews

    Queenstown’s Canyon Brewing harked back to the days of yore yesterday for its annual Christmas beer deliveries.

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    Drug dealer avoids jail by ‘slim margin’

    Queenstown Courthouse. Photo supplied

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    Drug dealer avoids jail by ‘slim margin’

    A Queenstown man caught with cocaine and a sawn-off shotgun in his car has been spared a prison sentence because of his prospects for rehabilitation, a judge says.

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    Lack of ACC cover riles: ‘It needs to change soon’

    The Kingston Volunteer Fire Brigade’s former chief fire officer, Peter Ottley, with his faithful...

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    Lack of ACC cover riles: ‘It needs to change soon’

    Former Kingston chief fire officer Peter Ottley has a message for New Zealand’s bureaucrats.

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    Listed cottage for sale

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    Listed cottage for sale

    One of Arrowtown’s most significant heritage homes is on the market.

    Alice’s world-beating hat-trick

    Alice Robinson after her super G win in St Moritz last weekend. PHOTO: SIMON HAUSBERGER/FIS ALPINE

    Alice’s world-beating hat-trick

    With Queenstown ski racer Alice Robinson in the form of her life, her co-coach Nils Coberger says her superpower is her ability to learn quickly from success and failure.

    High-end market boosted

    New figures show the resort is the most expensive place to rent a house in New Zealand. Photo:...

    High-end market boosted

    Queenstown residential property over $5million is about to attract more buyers.

    Arrowtown sale decision reversal likely

    Full council will reconsider distribution of the funds it earned selling this Merioneth St...

    Arrowtown sale decision reversal likely

    The Queenstown council’s going to relook at where it’s putting money from the sale of an Arrowtown property.

    Duo off to U19 worlds

    Queenstowners Hugo Bogue, left, and Mason Clarke are both heading to the U19 Cricket World Cup...

    Duo off to U19 worlds

    In an unprecedented situation, two Queenstowners will be playing for New Zealand at the under-19 Cricket World Cup (CWC) in Zimbabwe next month.

    Big jumps, top riders at Classic

    The Queenstown Polo grounds are again the venue for next month’s Queenstown Show Jumping Classic....

    Big jumps, top riders at Classic

    The second edition of the Queenstown Show Jumping Classic is a chance to watch a "real deal" exhibition of the sport, its event director says.

    Poplar Lodge bought in ‘tap of the shoulder’ moment

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    Poplar Lodge bought in ‘tap of the shoulder’ moment

    Arrowtown-based buyer’s agent Jo Eddington says her purchase of the township’s former Poplar Lodge was a ‘tap on the shoulder’ moment.

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    Hotel snaps up Queenstown church for $13m

    This prominent, decommissioned church has been bought by a hotel company which owns two...

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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

    Arrowtown couple Graeme and Jenni Heazlewood today celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary....

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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

    Photo: Supplied/US CDC

    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

    Mark Blundell, Donna Corbel, Tahlia Blundell and Jake Blundell, pictured during an earlier trip...

    '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

    Queenstown Courthouse. Photo supplied

    ‘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

    Queenstown Lakes District Council sport and recreation manager, and acting community services...

    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

    Part of Queenstown's network of biking trails. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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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

    2023 head student Annika Thornton and her brother, 2025 head student, McKellar Thornton. PHOTO:...

    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

    An artist’s impression of what Karamata Peak could look like. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    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.
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      Gift of $10,000 delights Dunedin charity

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