Fire scene grab

Fire crews fight major Frankton house fire

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

US airport border control

NZ travellers warned of increased detention risk at US border

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

Lakeview apartments image

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

Quentin Smith feature

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

Eli Sweeting

Search resumes for missing British tramper Eli Sweeting

Milford Sound in rain

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.

Lewers gladding

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

Airport 2 MR

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

Airport 1

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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What we are working on this week

Airport terminal

Queenstown airport starts $12 million terminal extension

DOC great white share grab

Diver bitten by Dusky Sound great white shark flown to hospital

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Queenstown's second road to nowhere - finished but closed

QLDC Ka Huanui a Tahuna Ballarat Street Stormwater Project A4 Maps Apr25.jpg

Stanley Street will reopen Thursday April 24

Hooker valley bridge 2 DOC

Hooker Valley track closed after bridge erosion

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Our Lakeview visit – $1m dumped pavers and zero construction.

Air NZ ATR MR

Cheaper to fly to LA than Wellington - angry dad

Hawea wastewater plant

ORC issues abatement notice against QLDC effluent quality at Hāwea plant

Balloon launch v3

NASA launches giant balloon from Wānaka Airport

Water sample Crux

Otago Regional Council: QLDC sewage samples to stay secret

Fibre internet v2

Cut fibre cables send parts of South Island offline

Lewers Glover

10 second survey - who should be the next QLDC mayor?

Ladies Mile feature Sep 8 v2

Ladies Mile forced onto QLDC's new HQ location list

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Regional Council to investigate potentially false QLDC sewage data

Tamah Alley Crux 2

Tamah Alley announces CODC mayoral candidacy

Moke Lake fatal

Mountain bike rider dies in Moke Lake incident

Dry channel

New ORC data suggests QLDC “clean effluent” claims are incorrect

Simon Upton

Parliamentary Commissioner in contact with ORC over sewage crisis

brad pitt instagram

Sewage crisis: Brad Pitt abandons Queenstown river shoot

Pukaki map

SH8 closed near Lake Pukaki after campervan crash

Doubtful sound cruise

Doubtful Sound cruise grounded after skipper fell asleep

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Shotover bike trail to open this Sunday April 13

Water sample Crux

Disposal field damage revealed: Crux tests show effluent improvement

Mooney and Alley

MP and mayor at risk over QLDC's refusal to detail "clean" sewage data

John Glover best feature

John Glover enters mayoral race with "hard reset" of QLDC

ORC test sites

New ORC testing - Veolia buys an infectious substances truck

Summer Queenstown Bay 2010 25

Queenstown tourism support falls from 80% to 20% on infrastructure issues

Pipe and UV building v2

QLDC and Crux effluent test results produce dramatically different numbers

Joseph Mooney Lauren 2023

MP Joseph Mooney denies endorsement of QLDC “clean effluent” claims

Theelen Lewers Mooney

Theelen, Lewers and Mooney – “clean effluent” position disproved by new test results

Manawa 3

QLDC to spend $60.7 Million on new council  HQ

Health Action Wanaka

Wānaka patients prepared to lose eyesight due to inaccessible healthcare

QLDC meeting Apr 1

QLDC: Gladding voted off committees - interviews and survey results

Pipe and UV building

Sewage flows direct into Shotover River – QLDC on fragile legal ground

Project Shotover Feature

QLDC to start sewage discharges tomorrow morning - Monday

Dingleburn track

One dead, one seriously injured in Hāwea plane crash

Gladding new wide

Crux launches survey on QLDC Niki Gladding action

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Fish and Game: Shotover River is protected by Conservation Order

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Council threat: Full statement from Niki Gladding

Niki feature shot

QLDC call extraordinary meeting to strip Niki Gladding of council roles

Drilling

Breaking News: QLDC starts work on "emergency" sewage discharge

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Sewage: the real data and the real emergency - it's the wall, not birds

Mayor Tamah ALley reading the oath

CODC mayor concerned at QLDC emergency sewage plans

Disposal high shot v2

Breaking: ORC receives emergency plan notification from QLDC

Sewage feture Nov 20

Avery admits spending "around $700,000" on illegal sewage wall that 'did not work'

Avery screen grab

QLDC admits "we cant handle the public health risk."

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Protesters make their point as sewage crisis deepens

Tony Avery feature RNZ

QLDC's Tony Avery: his chequered past and our three questions for him

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