‘Queen of the Mountain’ to premiere
‘Queen of the Mountain’ to premiere
It would have been rude not to.
Library seeking lifeline
Library seeking lifeline
The Wakatipu Toy Library’s pleading for community support to help keep its service running.
School seeks landowner
School seeks landowner
Wakatipu High’s looking for someone who could accommodate on their land a student-built rental that’ll be let out to school staff.
Pupils get in character
Pupils get in character
Pupils of Queenstown’s St Joseph’s School warmed up for this Sunday’s massive book fair with their usual book character day last Friday.
Bumper crop for retirees
Bumper crop for retirees
Arvida Queenstown Country Club residents are exhibiting the sort of self-sufficiency made famous by actors Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers in the popular British sitcom, The Good Life.
Offering solution to ‘broken’ democracy
Offering solution to ‘broken’ democracy
An expert on how democracy can be improved is giving a Catalyst Trust talk in Queenstown next Wednesday.
Workshop targets migrant communities
Workshop targets migrant communities
An emergency preparedness workshop being held in Queenstown this coming Tuesday is partly targeting migrant communities.
Helping waste reduction
Helping waste reduction
Thanks to supportive businesses, Sustainable Queenstown (SQ) has been gifted another shed to store gear for its burgeoning waste-reduction project, DISHrupt.
Milestone match for popular loosie
Milestone match for popular loosie
Self-nicknamed the ‘South Waikato Steam Train’, Wakatipu Premiers loosie and co-captain Tom Ria’s "pretty chuffed" he’ll run out for his 100th game in blue against Maniototo in Queenstown this...
Robinson among sports award finalists
Robinson among sports award finalists
Some familiar names have made the cut for this year’s Otago Sports Awards.
Paddlers impress on national stage
Paddlers impress on national stage
Twelve Wakatipu High School girls impressed at the national secondary schools waka ama champs — in a values-based sport based on traditional Pacific outrigger canoes.
Mountain bike star 'in good spirits' despite horror crash
Mountain bike star 'in good spirits' despite horror crash
Queenstown-based mountain bike star Louise Ferguson is on the road to recovery following a horror crash in South Korea.
Q’town athlete reaches podium
Q’town athlete reaches podium
Queenstown teen Malik Boatwright narrowly missed out on a gold medal at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in South Korea on Saturday.
Fresh blood fuels Stampede
Fresh blood fuels Stampede
Queenstown's SkyCity Stampede may be without two of its superstar stalwarts this year, but coach Cam Frear’s confident he’s got a team that could conceivably lift the Birgel Cup.
Q’town Miners win ice hockey league
Q’town Miners win ice hockey league
A talent-laden Queenstown Miners team won the inaugural Premier Ice Hockey League after national finals were held in the resort last weekend.
Rugby club in the rough
Rugby club in the rough
Members of the Arrowtown Rugby Club turned into alpine ball boys (and girls) last Sunday, raising almost $1000 in the process.
Fireys bring the heat
Fireys bring the heat
Queenstown fireys set some blistering pace in Wellington last weekend, during the National Firefighter Championship Series.
New Kelvin Heights housing style
New Kelvin Heights housing style
A high-end cluster of five stand-alone homes and eight duplexes represents a new housing typology for Queenstown’s Kelvin Heights.
Rookie joins experienced pro
Rookie joins experienced pro
There's definitely a generational feel about a new team at Queenstown’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty (NZSIR).
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Councillors reject Wānaka airport plan
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Councillors reject Wānaka airport plan
Councillors have rejected a plan to put the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) in charge of the future of Wānaka’s aerodrome.
Happy with Queenstown’s health plan?
THE government’s this week announced a $180 million investment in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago healthcare services over the next four years, which includes $52m in capital funding to upgrade existing facilities — one of the first cabs off the rank will be an expansion of Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital emergency department. There’ll also be increased access to diagnostics, improved maternity services and expanded community-based mental health and addiction services.