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QLDC plans to increase CEO's borrowing limit to $100 million

The change wil allow increase CEO Theelen's borrowing limit by $70m

Mar 17,2025

Ex QLDC Veolia manager silent on $800,000 deal

QLDC denies existence of "missing" $800,000 Veolia payment

Video: Great White shark attacks DOC Fiordland research camera

Bike trail funders deny "massive shortfall" claim

Tarras mining opposition videos: “People have no idea what’s coming.”

Police confirm fatality as SH6 Cromwell remains closed

by Peter Newport - Mar 15,2025

McNulty Road SH6

SH6 Cromwell closed at McNulty road - serious crash

Mar 15,2025

Out now - The Friday Edition

by Peter Newport - Mar 14,2025

Veolia Wellington plant RNZ

Veolia threatened with financial penalties over Wellington sewage plant

Mar 13,2025

SH6 towards Frankton

Surprise progress: Jacks Point to Frankton bike trail

by Peter Newport - Mar 12,2025

Queenstown airport EMAS system in place

New $23 million Queenstown airport safety system launched

Mar 12,2025

Queenstown crosswinds disrupt multiple flights

by Peter Newport - Mar 11,2025

map cromwell northburn

Road reopens after fatal Cromwell crash

by Peter Newport - Mar 11,2025

Mayor Glyn Lewers

2024 QLDC Survey Results: Lewers reckons everything is "pretty good"

by Peter Newport - Mar 10,2025

Mooney and Chandler

Local MP endorses denial of sewage crisis

by Peter Newport - Mar 09,2025

Mar 7 this week

This week's Friday Edition - can you join the dots?

Mar 07,2025

QLDC's illegal sewage wall at risk of collapse

by Peter Newport - Mar 05,2025

QLDC CEO Theelen: "Tell us how you really feel."

by Peter Newport - Mar 04,2025

Kwarau Bridge road map

Police seek information after man dies on SH6

by Peter Newport - Mar 04,2025

QLDC Executive Leadership team Feb 2024

QLDC launches community trust survey - in secret

by Peter Newport - Mar 03,2025

New illegal overflows at Shotover sewage plant

by Peter Newport - Mar 02,2025

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Video: 2,600 compete in this year's Motatapu

by - Mar 01,2025

Clarifier Feb 28 feature

How QLDC councillors were tricked into believing a sewage whitewash

by Peter Newport - Mar 01,2025

QLDC declares new sewage failure - then denies it

by Peter Newport - Feb 28,2025

QLDC $33 million land plans revealed - with council connections

by Peter Newport - Feb 28,2025

CODC their meeting culture

In tomorrow's Friday Edition - for Crux subscribers

Feb 27,2025

Parliament interior RNZ

Four-year parliamentary term legislation to be introduced

Feb 27,2025

Vancouver drive

Confidential buyer pays $33 million for QLDC land

Feb 26,2025

Divers will install around 4.5 hectares of hessian mats in Lake Wanaka. Photo credit NIWA .JPG

Lake Wānaka weed clearance starts tomorrow

Feb 26,2025

ORC and CODC support regional deal with QLDC

by Peter Newport - Feb 26,2025

Air NZ christchurch airport

International tourism spend returns to pre-Covid levels

Feb 26,2025

tourism queenstown lakefront busy

Warning of "protests and hostility" if Queenstown tourism not better managed

Feb 26,2025

Skippers Canyon jet

Four injured in jet boat incident at Skippers Canyon

Feb 26,2025

QLDC meeting Feb 25

Regional deals debate: extraordinary "blackmail" accusation from Mayor Lewers

by Peter Newport - Feb 25,2025

New Government funding for national bike trails

by Peter Newport - Feb 25,2025

Corruption and mortages RNZ

The NZ corruption ranking that could affect your mortgage

Feb 25,2025

Wanaka history feature

New Wānaka history plaques follow new website

by Peter Newport - Feb 24,2025

Lakes Hayes fire - investigation underway, "extremely fortunate" no houses damaged

by Peter Newport - Feb 24,2025

QLDC staff outnumber TVNZ - so why no council cuts?

by Peter Newport - Feb 24,2025

Grass fire burns in Shotover Country/Lake Hayes Estate

Feb 23,2025

Tarils dig Mooney Cadogan and Lewers

Bike trust silent on "massive shortfall" for Kawarau trail

by Peter Newport - Feb 22,2025

Glassford Road Omakau

One dead in Omakau crash overnight

Feb 21,2025

Regional Deal Feb 20

Ground breaking regional deal drafted by QLDC

by Peter Newport - Feb 20,2025

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

Feb 20,2025

Brown Jones and Bishop montage RNZ

Government warned fast-track bill broke rules in benefiting business

Feb 20,2025

Reserve bank RNZ

Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 3.75%

Feb 19,2025

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

Feb 19,2025

Gibbston residents silenced

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

by Peter Newport - 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

Jade lake 1 wide

Chinese government linked Queenstown development in liquidation

by Peter Newport - Feb 17,2025

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

Alexa Forbes MR3

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

McDonalds Wanaka feature

Wānaka McDonald's consent application declined

Feb 12,2025

Breaking: Shotover main sewage plant suffers failure

by Peter Newport - Feb 12,2025

Karen White best

Arrest in Lake Hāwea murder case

by Peter Newport - Feb 12,2025

Kawarau cycle 2

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

mt aspiring summit

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

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