Gallery super-sizes
Gallery super-sizes
Queenstown's Milford Galleries has taken over the long-vacated former McKenzie & Willis showroom in Gorge Rd to dramatically lift its profile in the resort.
Making ‘approachable’ music
Making ‘approachable’ music
Anne Rodda, the director of this Easter’s Whakatipu Music Festival, wants locals and also visitors filling up Queenstown this weekend to know there’s another side to the resort "than only adventure...
Seeking more wastebusting ideas
Seeking more wastebusting ideas
Queenstown's council has opened applications for its Waste Minimisation Fund, with up to $60,000 available for individuals, businesses, schools and community groups keen to bring their ideas to life.
Lakebed study offers climate clues
Lakebed study offers climate clues
A sediment core from Queenstown’s Lakes Hayes has offered an insight into how the Whakatipu Basin’s climate may change in the coming decades.
Swimmer making huge splash
Swimmer making huge splash
An Arrowtown 14-year-old girl is so good at open water swimming she’s beating experienced men and women.
Teen a middle distance sensation
Teen a middle distance sensation
James Weber’s announced himself as a middle distance runner to look out for.
Young riders taking on the world
Young riders taking on the world
Two Wakatipu High students will be the youngest pony riders representing New Zealand at the world under-18 team champs in Belgium in August in the equestrian discipline of Mounted Games.
Teens tussle for Arrowtown title
Teens tussle for Arrowtown title
Arrowtown Golf Club recently hosted an epic, birdie-filled final to decide its senior club championship title.
Locals to the fore at world champs
Locals to the fore at world champs
Queenstowner Kellye Nelson wasted no time making her name on the world stage this week.
‘Really happy but not comfortable’
‘Really happy but not comfortable’
"There's a difference between being happy and being comfortable, and the latter we definitely aren’t."
Paddling perfection
Paddling perfection
Whakatipu Waka Ama had a stellar performance at the recent Waka Ama Secondary School Nationals in Rotorua.
Piratical disc golfers
Piratical disc golfers
The father of disc golf in the Whakatipu was delighted to play with a fun group of golfers named in his honour on a recent return visit.
Industrial sector a very high performer
Industrial sector a very high performer
A real estate services company is singling out Queenstown’s industrial sector for defying national trends due to very strong demand and extremely limited supply.
Ten years of The Tiers
Ten years of The Tiers
Ten years on, Queenstown developer Will Taylor can look back with satisfaction at a high-spec local apartment development that’s just a few years from completion.
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Call for harsher punishments after salon burgled
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Call for harsher punishments after salon burgled
A Gore business owner targeted by a recent burglary spree said harsher punishments were needed for youth crime.
Health spending plan encourages mayors
Health spending plan encourages mayors
A health plan reference to a "new rural hub" somewhere in the South has the mayors of Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago hopeful it's a recognition of the districts’ rapidly growing populations.
Councillor hits back at hostile ratepayers
Councillor hits back at hostile ratepayers
A Gore district councillor has hit back against criticism of the organisation, complaining about increasingly hostile interactions in relation to rates rises.
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Pump track decision involved ‘unfair’ process
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Pump track decision involved ‘unfair’ process
A southern athletics club is not ruling out escalating its grievance regarding a council decision to allow a pump track to be built on a site previously used for athletics.
NZ golf open 'invaded privacy', neighbours claimed
NZ golf open 'invaded privacy', neighbours claimed
Millbrook neighbours claimed two editions of the New Zealand Open golf tournament felt like an invasion of privacy, according to a High Court reasons decision.
Fined freezing works reports new breach of resource consent
Fined freezing works reports new breach of resource consent
The Kokiri freezing works has reported a recent breach of the resource consent that allows it to release treated effluent into the Arnold River.