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Ground breaking regional deal drafted by QLDC

Read our full analysis in the Friday Edition

Feb 20,2025

Government: new $3 million fund to attract off-season tourists

Government warned fast-track bill broke rules in benefiting business

Chinese government linked Queenstown development in liquidation

High-profile journalists to go as NZME announces 30 job cuts

What we're working on for this week's Friday Edition

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Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 3.75%

Feb 19,2025

Glitz, glamour and glory: Ko reigns supreme at Halbergs

Feb 19,2025

QAC interim report

Queenstown airport delivers on community dividend, safety and the environment

Feb 19,2025

Some Pam's chicken nuggets may contain blue rubber

Feb 18,2025

One dead in Bannockburn motorbike crash

by Peter Newport - Feb 18,2025

Economist: Low wage tourism at heart of local productivity and infrastructure problems

by Ralph Hanan - Feb 17,2025

queenstown fergburger tourists

The Friday Edition: Birds, tourism's hidden costs, Sewage hole, Alexa Forbes and that Trust Survey.

by Peter Newport - Feb 14,2025

Immediate QLDC water restrictions for Lake Hayes area

by Peter Newport - Feb 13,2025

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Alexa Forbes: Leaving local government but not the community

by Peter Newport - Feb 13,2025

Two die in Cromwell Gorge crash

Feb 13,2025

Accident closes Cromwell Gorge

Feb 12,2025

Karen and Robert White

Husband charged in Hāwea murder case

by Peter Newport - Feb 12,2025

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Wānaka McDonald's consent application declined

Feb 12,2025

Breaking: Shotover main sewage plant suffers failure

by Peter Newport - Feb 12,2025

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Arrest in Lake Hāwea murder case

by Peter Newport - Feb 12,2025

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Kawarau Gorge cycle trail reaches halfway point

Feb 12,2025

Chris Hipkins 2 v2

New polls show centre-left bloc could form government

Feb 11,2025

Wanaka Rippon Vineyard

Central Otago wines now have NZ's highest organic certification

Feb 10,2025

Three rescued after overnight rafting ordeal in Southland

Feb 09,2025

DOC 'cautiously optimistic' for New Zealand's rarest bird

Feb 08,2025

In Today's Friday Edition

by Peter Newport - Feb 07,2025

Luca Harrington

Video: Wānaka's Luca Harrington scores silver at Big Air world cup

by Peter Newport - Feb 07,2025

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Rescue mission underway in Mount Aspiring National Park

Feb 07,2025

More than $1m in grants made to Central Lakes community groups

Feb 05,2025

'Horrendous' Ladies Mile traffic down to slow drivers, NZTA says

by Andrew Ashton - Feb 04,2025

ORC: QLDC/Veolia did not tell us it was this bad.

by Peter Newport - Feb 04,2025

Land at head of Lake Whakatipu becomes official International Dark Sky Sanctuary

Feb 04,2025

196.9 Departures rebuild QUeenstown Airport supplied August 2023

Flight delays in Queenstown after engineering issue with plane

Feb 03,2025

Queenstown stormwater replacement works resume, and so does traffic disruption

Feb 03,2025

Sadowski-Synnott lands third slopestyle World Cup win

Feb 03,2025

Meteoroid over Queenstown causes massive sonic boom

Feb 01,2025

Out now - The Friday Edition.

Jan 31,2025

Govt announces new Dunedin Hospital plans

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 31,2025

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Tourism operators lose patience with Milford Sound tourism 'masterplan'

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 31,2025

Tiwai Point scrub fire explodes to cover 250 hectares

Jan 30,2025

Mount Aspiring College Principal Nicola Jacobsen

Strong showing for Mount Aspiring College NCEA results

Jan 29,2025

Cromwell fireworks

Fireworks ban for much of Otago coincides with Lunar New Year celebrations

Jan 29,2025

Southern region nurse recruitment falls short, new Health Minister quiet on hospital plans

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 29,2025

'Scary as hell': Strong quake jolts lower North Island

Jan 29,2025

Community LINK recruit swaps Mexico City for Upper Clutha

Jan 28,2025

Christopher Luxon hints National will campaign on asset sales in the 2026 election

Jan 28,2025

Mount Hutt skifield blanketed in mid-summer snow

Jan 27,2025

Historic Hāwea church to be sold

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 27,2025

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Police investigating Queenstown unexplained death

by Peter Newport - Jan 26,2025

Medical items stolen from Queenstown air ambulance recovered

Jan 24,2025

Alpine Hut feature

Back Country hut projects fund announced

Jan 24,2025

Tourism operators replace 20 m

Coming up on Today's Friday Edition

Jan 24,2025

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Wānaka Paralympian Adam Hall back on the podium

Jan 24,2025

Piera Hudson NZL Women s FIS ANC Slalom 2024 credit Sean Beale

Winter Games folds due to cost increases, low revenue

Jan 23,2025

Shotover waste plant

'Not in this day and age': Otago Fish & Game weigh in on QLDC Shotover sewage failures

Jan 23,2025

Car collides with parked cars in Cromwell

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 23,2025

ORC seeks Court Order to enforce QLDC sewage compliance

by Peter Newport - Jan 23,2025

Queenstown Mall busy

Tourism growth: A 'very serious investment' in infrastructure needed, says mayor

Jan 23,2025

Rod Drury group pitches for private Queenstown hospital and gondola

by Peter Newport - Jan 23,2025

Police appeal again for information on Wānaka brawl

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 22,2025

Police appeal for information on Wānaka brawl

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 22,2025

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Lewers to stand for second mayoral term - dismisses sewage breakdown

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 22,2025

Faint stirrings of optimism as McCaw statue saga rumbles on

Jan 22,2025

Waste 1 Jan 21 feature

Sewage: QLDC knew for four years of “incorrect operation”

by Peter Newport - Jan 21,2025

Sir Alexander Matheson

Chief of Clan Matheson to attend Mosgiel gathering.

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 21,2025

Water leaks cost NZ $122m a year - research

Jan 21,2025

Queenstown Airport runway safety improvements nears half-way point

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 20,2025

Coastguard Queenstown tows swamped boat to shore

Jan 20,2025

Shane Reti Chris Luxon

Tourism and Health ministers gone in major Luxon reshuffle

by Peter Newport - Jan 19,2025

Over 14,000 celebrate the final Gibbston Valley concert

Jan 18,2025

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Sewage: Deputy mayor and ORC councillor call for halt to Queenstown development

by Peter Newport - Jan 17,2025

Labour passes National in new poll

Jan 17,2025

Queenstown training base a blessing for Ben Campbell's LIV Golf League call-up

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 17,2025

Substack Jan 17

QLDC sewage consultants: "It's not looking good."

by Peter Newport - Jan 17,2025

Fires prompt burn-off reminder from ORC

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 16,2025

Kurt tree track

NZTA says support available as Kurt's trees get cut down

by Andrew Ashton - Jan 16,2025

Dec 10 pipe wide

Otago Regional Council complicit in QLDC sewage cover up

by Peter Newport - Jan 16,2025

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