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Mayor refuses to defend his election claims - gets QLDC staff to do the job

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Auditor General: 'Up to QLDC to manage any actual or perceived Lisa Guy conflicts of interest'

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Wānaka's Councillor Barry Bruce launches attack on John Glover

Queenstown Airport CEO Shane OHare 3

New airport CEO's vision for 'critical infrastructure'

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New suspension bridge over Routeburn River opens

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QLDC blocks future Hāwea development due to sewage plant failures

Measles Sep 9

Overseas measles case confirmed in Queenstown

Wanaka audience feature

Our final Crux Election Poll - #4

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Government announces shake-up of earthquake strengthening laws

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Queenstown cancer survivor calls for more street appeal volunteers

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Lewers launched recruitment process before telling councillors that Theelen had resigned

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Lisa Guy's undeclared conflict could derail QLDC $1 billion water CCO

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Lewers claims "misinformation", Guy resorts to insults. Wong says Lewers is right.

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Lakeweed control to begin on Otago lakes

Cristina Griffith Gibbston Valley

New leadership for Gibbston Valley Wines

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QLDC closes Stanley Street car park until Christmas

Andrew Stewart Jones and Sepiuta Setaita Vave

Wānaka woman charged with fake cancer scam also faces sexual assault charge

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TSS Earnslaw to resume service after major refurb

Toby Mills

Music grant recipient to showcase up and coming musicians

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Community has 'lost trust' in ORC - Nicky Rhodes

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Record number of objections to liquor licence in Lake Hāwea

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Number of $100k+ salaries at ORC revealed

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Proposed parking prices at Mt Cook revealed

Horsehead Nebula Joe Nidd

Naseby becomes New Zealand’s first dark sky community

Grass fire Glencoe Rd Sept 22

Fire crews extinguish large grass fire on Crown Range

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Arrowtown debate: John Glover "I'll bring out the best in everyone."

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Latest poll results: Glover leads QLDC mayoral race

Hoem grown food 2 WAO Aotearoa Apple Drive

New report: our district's food demand could treble by 2050

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Queenstown water taxi service expanded - new timetable

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Kawarau Trail on track for early 2026 - but early users cause damage

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Lisa Guy: questions over CEO recruitment 'disrespectful and inaccurate.'

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Police investigate cell phone/power pole fires in Albert Town

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Double Feature: Everything you need to know about your ORC Dunstan Candidates

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John Glover to Mayor Lewers: CEO recruitment "no mandate - optics terrible."

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Craig Gasson: "Turn that rage into engage"

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Public submissions open on QLDC sewage discharges into Shotover River

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Niki Gladding: The importance of best practice in hiring a new council CEO

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Please take part - Crux Election Poll #3

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Contact Energy fronts stormy Hāwea meeting

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Poll: 75% of voters support a rates cap

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Economy contracts sharply as GDP falls 0.9% in June quarter

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Conor English hired as Regional Deal negotiator

Matt Wong GC

Matt Wong: "Nobody wants to work with us because of our growth."

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QLDC blamed for not collecting hundreds of millions in development contributions

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Cromwell's candidates turn out in force

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Wānaka in many voices: "The status quo has to go"

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QLDC's senior comms manager is a key cheerleader for Lewers' re-election

Scoop Philip Chandler and Tracey Roxburgh

Crux urges Wānaka candidates to ask their MC some tough questions

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Man "may have been injured earlier - at a different location."

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One seriously injured in Queenstown incident, road closed

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New $70 million tourism funding for events, infrastructure and cycle trails

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Analysis: Wānaka deserves more than the current old power base

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Deputy Mayor: Lewers' statement on $60m Project Manawa "simply not true."

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Wānaka Chamber hires pro-Lewers editor for public debate

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Shotgun, ammunition and cocaine seized in Queenstown drug arrest

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The 2025 Crux QLDC Mayoral Debate

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Lewers under pressure at NZ Taxpayers Union debate

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WorkSafe launches enquiry into Queenstown concrete truck incident

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Queenstown's Aaron Fleming “Getting to a start line is winning - it’s about defying the odds.”

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Hipkins slams Luxon over $44k bill for Queenstown promotional chopper trip

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Dunedin car dealer falsely claimed $410,000 in EV rebates on 119 cars

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Hāwea candidate: Low engagement from young voters a "silent crisis."

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Like Oturehua? It's now for sale.

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Darren Rewi rejects $5,000 Rod Drury donation

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Rod Drury donates to Darren Rewi's mayoral campaign

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New medical clinic for Remarkables Park

Council meeting Sep 2024 QLDC LTP

Poll: Lewers, Ferguson, Guy and Cocks at risk

Tom Phillips shooting scene

Fugitive father Tom Phillips shot dead by police - two children still missing

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Queenstown slumlord Conrad Goodger fined $81,050 - 117 tenants involved

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Exactly who did what - and how they voted - on the Niki Gladding dismissal

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Cody Tucker: A changed man?

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Video: Three people swept away in avalanche near Treble Cone

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