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Serious two vehicle crash on SH6 south of Kingston
Motorists should avoid the area or expect delays.
Measles: Queenstown/Cromwell locations of interest and pop-up clinic
Upsets on the way - final Crux election poll results
Eight Southern Lakes' snow sports stars selected for 2026 Winter Olympics
Exchange over iwi water rights cut short at election debate
Data shows it's Guy and Lewers making the personal attacks - not their opponents
Mayor refuses to defend his election claims - gets QLDC staff to do the job
Auditor General: 'Up to QLDC to manage any actual or perceived Lisa Guy conflicts of interest'
Wānaka's Councillor Barry Bruce launches attack on John Glover
New airport CEO's vision for 'critical infrastructure'
New suspension bridge over Routeburn River opens
QLDC blocks future Hāwea development due to sewage plant failures
Overseas measles case confirmed in Queenstown
Our final Crux Election Poll - #4
Government announces shake-up of earthquake strengthening laws
Queenstown cancer survivor calls for more street appeal volunteers
Lewers launched recruitment process before telling councillors that Theelen had resigned
Lisa Guy's undeclared conflict could derail QLDC $1 billion water CCO
Lewers claims "misinformation", Guy resorts to insults. Wong says Lewers is right.
Lakeweed control to begin on Otago lakes
New leadership for Gibbston Valley Wines
QLDC closes Stanley Street car park until Christmas
Wānaka woman charged with fake cancer scam also faces sexual assault charge
TSS Earnslaw to resume service after major refurb
Music grant recipient to showcase up and coming musicians
Community has 'lost trust' in ORC - Nicky Rhodes
Record number of objections to liquor licence in Lake Hāwea
Number of $100k+ salaries at ORC revealed
Proposed parking prices at Mt Cook revealed
Naseby becomes New Zealand’s first dark sky community
Fire crews extinguish large grass fire on Crown Range
Arrowtown debate: John Glover "I'll bring out the best in everyone."
Latest poll results: Glover leads QLDC mayoral race
New report: our district's food demand could treble by 2050
Queenstown water taxi service expanded - new timetable
Kawarau Trail on track for early 2026 - but early users cause damage
Lisa Guy: questions over CEO recruitment 'disrespectful and inaccurate.'
Police investigate cell phone/power pole fires in Albert Town
Double Feature: Everything you need to know about your ORC Dunstan Candidates
John Glover to Mayor Lewers: CEO recruitment "no mandate - optics terrible."
Craig Gasson: "Turn that rage into engage"
Public submissions open on QLDC sewage discharges into Shotover River
Niki Gladding: The importance of best practice in hiring a new council CEO
Please take part - Crux Election Poll #3
Contact Energy fronts stormy Hāwea meeting
Poll: 75% of voters support a rates cap
Economy contracts sharply as GDP falls 0.9% in June quarter
Conor English hired as Regional Deal negotiator
Matt Wong: "Nobody wants to work with us because of our growth."
QLDC blamed for not collecting hundreds of millions in development contributions
Cromwell's candidates turn out in force
Wānaka in many voices: "The status quo has to go"
QLDC's senior comms manager is a key cheerleader for Lewers' re-election
Crux urges Wānaka candidates to ask their MC some tough questions
Man "may have been injured earlier - at a different location."
One seriously injured in Queenstown incident, road closed
New $70 million tourism funding for events, infrastructure and cycle trails
Analysis: Wānaka deserves more than the current old power base
Deputy Mayor: Lewers' statement on $60m Project Manawa "simply not true."
Wānaka Chamber hires pro-Lewers editor for public debate
Shotgun, ammunition and cocaine seized in Queenstown drug arrest
The 2025 Crux QLDC Mayoral Debate
Lewers under pressure at NZ Taxpayers Union debate
WorkSafe launches enquiry into Queenstown concrete truck incident
Queenstown's Aaron Fleming “Getting to a start line is winning - it’s about defying the odds.”
Hipkins slams Luxon over $44k bill for Queenstown promotional chopper trip
Dunedin car dealer falsely claimed $410,000 in EV rebates on 119 cars
Hāwea candidate: Low engagement from young voters a "silent crisis."
Like Oturehua? It's now for sale.
Darren Rewi rejects $5,000 Rod Drury donation
Rod Drury donates to Darren Rewi's mayoral campaign
New medical clinic for Remarkables Park
Poll: Lewers, Ferguson, Guy and Cocks at risk
Fugitive father Tom Phillips shot dead by police - two children still missing
Queenstown slumlord Conrad Goodger fined $81,050 - 117 tenants involved
Exactly who did what - and how they voted - on the Niki Gladding dismissal
Cody Tucker: A changed man?
Video: Three people swept away in avalanche near Treble Cone
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Toddler spent close to an hour in bus luggage hold suitcase
The Friday Edition - now published for paid Crux subscribers
Gibbston Village opposition mounts: 'This was snuck in'
CODC consults lawyers over $300m Cromwell endowment land
Dunedin get its own Monopoly board game
Three ORC councillors support complaints over 35.8% Lakes rates increase
Last minute Parliamentary moves put kibosh on ORC vote
Roads remain closed in South Island after floods, snow
Otago Regional Council releases Annual Report
PM Luxon praises flood response