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Early exits at the top of QLDC could transform the 2025 local elections

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QLDC deleted 50% of trust survey responses as "too negative."

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PowerNet says new fuses should help prevent another Hanley's Farm outage

QLDC councillors updated feb 2024

Ombudsman forces release of QLDC trust survey - council claims 17% trust rating

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Paywall removed: Court orders QLDC to fix Shotover sewage plant

Shotover sewage leak Jan 16 2024

ORC welcomes court decision against QLDC on sewage plant

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Court orders QLDC to take extensive measures to fix the Shotover sewage plant

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Government spends $13.5 million to attract 72,000 more tourists to NZ

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More frequent Queenstown buses - plus improved routes

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Will these new local privatisation schemes mean the end of big local government?

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Air New Zealand flight to Queenstown struck by lightning

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Vehicles stranded on the Lindis Pass being rescued

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Vehicles stranded on Crown Range

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District prepares for heavy snow, sub-zero temperatures to strike

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Wānaka's Urban Grind to close on Monday June 9

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Labour can't comment on Queenstown sewage issues due to "conflict of interest"

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New larger aircraft for Air NZ's Auckland-ZQN flights

Kings Birthday 2025 RNZ

King's Birthday Honours: the full list

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Ombudsman slow to act on suppressed QLDC trust survey

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Mayor Lewers blames councillors for water and sewage crisis

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New Blue Pools bridges open for King's Birthday weekend

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Queenstown bus use rises - but revenue drops

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Queenstown airport boss to chair the NZ Olympic Committee - from the high seas

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ORC lifts Central Otago sewage abatement notices

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Upper Clutha welcomes ORC public transport move

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Reserve Bank drops OCR to 3.25 percent

Nik Kiddle May 2025

Nik Kiddle announces QLDC mayoral candidacy

Lewers and Theelen unhappy

Council workshop on new QLDC office building descends into farce

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Queenstown’s two new gondola projects breathe life into a stagnant energy economy

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Queenstown's lake heavily polluted after sewage spill

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Neil Gillespie to stand for ORC - step down from CODC

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Poll: QLDC consultants shift new $60 m council HQ back towards CBD

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Paywall removed on two major Crux stories

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All occupants accounted for in major Cromwell fire

Beehive Money

Budget: Coalition claws back savings from pay equity, KiwiSaver - tax benefit for business

Tamsin Orr Walker Feature

Residents denied access to their own property by flawed tenancy rules

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Hāwea residents oppose new liquor store

Queenstown Airport charity

Queenstown airport announces recipients of $50,000 in community grants

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QLDC investigates "regrettable" sewage spill

Southland bakery RNZ

Southland bakery: butter too expensive to buy from NZ companies

Craig Gasson

Wānaka's Craig Gasson to stand for QLDC councillor

Cromwell and Wanaka

Crux opens pledges to fund a Cromwell/Wānaka journalist

Rob Roy Glacier RNZ

Increased Wānaka search and rescue callouts linked to social media

QLDC Executive Leadership team Feb 2024

QLDC community trust survey results delayed for an extra month

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Fire crews fight major Frankton house fire

ODT at QLDC

Should our local councils fund local news?

Meehan Winton

$200 m Queenstown film studio at risk in infrastructure battle

Cromwell cop cleaned

Police deny unreasonable ticketing over mobile phone use

Ladies Mile Woolworths

Woolworths applies for Ladies Mile supermarket consent

Sewage protest 2025 v2

Nikki Macfarlane - Queenstown's accidental activist.

Shane OHare Airporrt CEO

New Queenstown airport boss announced

ANZ RNZ

Biggest bank bottom of customer rankings

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NZ travellers warned of increased detention risk at US border

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Queenstown's missing Cryptosporidium membrane filters

Mount Hutt

Mt Hutt plans to open two weeks early after big snow dump

Milford Sound

Search for missing UK tramper suspended

Jevon McSkimming

Deputy Police Commissioner resigns - just before being sacked

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Lakeview cash crunch and the role of a Government deal-maker

Quentin Smith feature

Acting mayor struggles to explain “fake” QLDC sewage test results

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Search resumes for missing British tramper Eli Sweeting

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Weather limits search for missing tramper at Milford Sound

Luxon RNZ Feb 2024

Pay equity legislation could save 'billions' for government - PM

McDonalds Fire Auckland May 5 v2

Explosions heard from fire at Auckland McDonald's

Clutha At Alex

2019 - an Alexandra teacher and irrigation expert predicted our current sewage crisis.

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In case you missed it: Full interviews with Lewers and Gladding

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Substack: QLDC's $200 million plan to discharge effluent onto Queenstown airport

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Queenstown airport launches third community survey

Crux Substack

Crux update. A stronger paywall – new benefits for free subscribers

Orbus bike rack ORC

All restrictions on Queenstown bus bike racks removed

Turner Street

Man found with serious head injuries on Queenstown street

Tory Whanau v2

Tory Whanau quits Wellington mayoral race

House build construction RNZ

Government reveals new self-certified building scheme

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