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Queenstown airport partners on Remarkables biodiversity project

Jul 24,2025

Police investigate $750,000 Frankton burglary and damage

Jul 23,2025

The true size and scale of Ladies Mile development

by Amanda Robertshawe - Jul 23,2025

Hamilton mum stole $500,000 to spend on takeaways

Jul 22,2025

Four skiers partially buried in avalanche on Mt Ruapehu

Jul 21,2025

Crux Photo of the Day sponsors: business turns 20

Jul 21,2025

Free to read. Did too much hype kill Lakeview?

by Peter Newport - Jul 21,2025

Sounds Air cuts Wānaka route as costs surge

Jul 21,2025

David George to stand for CODC Cromwell ward

Jul 21,2025

Central Otago Substack co-founder in $US 100 million capital raise

by Peter Newport - Jul 20,2025

QLDC candidate statement from Aaron Cowie

Jul 19,2025

Critical shortage of candidates for ORC, CODC and QLDC

by Peter Newport - Jul 19,2025

Fat Freddy's Drop founder Chris Faiumu dies

Jul 18,2025

Simon Telfer to stand again for Wānaka Community Board

Jul 18,2025

$12 million economic benefit concert moves to Wānaka

Jul 17,2025

Govt to halt 'pricey, pointless' council planning work

Jul 16,2025

QLDC enters the TV news industry

by Peter Newport - Jul 16,2025

$153 million loss. Lakeview crisis builds as QLDC refuses two official information requests.

by Peter Newport - Jul 15,2025

Paywall removed. QLDC's Lakeview project faces $153 million loss

by Peter Newport - Jul 15,2025

Will slumlord James Truong's $113,000 fine get paid to his tenants?

by Peter Newport - Jul 15,2025

ORC agrees to shift QLDC sewage application to the Environment Court

Jul 11,2025

Queenstown CBD duty free mall to close

by Peter Newport - Jul 10,2025

QLDC progresses Ladies Mile sports field project in spite of councillors HQ preference

by Peter Newport - Jul 09,2025

Scientists sceptical on Moa project: "Extinction is forever."

Jul 09,2025

Darren Rewi enters QLDC mayoral race

Jul 09,2025

Lindis Pass without coverage for days as cell tower vandalised

Jul 08,2025

12 injured in Five Rivers tourist bus crash

Jul 08,2025

QLDC reveals plan to address poor community trust

by Peter Newport - Jul 07,2025

Free to read: Lakeview developers given four more years by QLDC

by Peter Newport - Jul 07,2025

Man dies in Stewart Island hunting accident

Jul 06,2025

For Sale: NZ's most photographed pub

Jul 03,2025

Queenstown slumlord James Truong ordered to pay $113,000 to migrant workers

by Peter Newport - Jul 03,2025

Memo to Shane Jones: What if NZ needs more regional government, not less?

Jul 03,2025

Jacks Point: Dean Franklin's liquidated company owes $7.5 million

by Peter Newport - Jul 02,2025

Wānaka residents grill government ministers over healthcare shortfalls

Jul 02,2025

ORC asks polluted town residents to wait 20 years for a fix

by Amanda Robertshawe - Jul 01,2025

Major Jacks Point property developer goes into liquidation

by Peter Newport - Jul 01,2025

CODC rates increase set at 12.47% average

by Peter Newport - Jun 30,2025

Paywall removed. Lakeview investigation Part 3.

by Peter Newport - Jun 30,2025

ORC identifies multiple problems with QLDC sewage test results

by Peter Newport - Jun 30,2025

QLDC interim CEO refuses to acknowledge loss of Lakeview investor

by Peter Newport - Jun 28,2025

Lakeview investigation Part 3. Broken Promises

by Peter Newport - Jun 27,2025

QLDC attempts to divert emergency sewage consent to the Environment Court

Jun 27,2025

QLDC freedom camping bylaw proposes 158 free parks

Jun 26,2025

Police respond to massive Queenstown cocaine use increase

Jun 26,2025

Police data: Queenstown now the Cocaine Capital of NZ

by Peter Newport - Jun 26,2025

QLDC pays Aussie consultants $250,000 to listen to Wānaka residents

Jun 26,2025

Queenstown bus fare increase, free travel for children scrapped

Jun 25,2025

ORC Central/Southern Lakes rates increase set around 3%

Jun 25,2025

Veolia found to have unfairly dismissed expert Queenstown water engineer

by Peter Newport - Jun 24,2025

GPs to get extra $175 million government funding

Jun 24,2025

Wānaka Airport - a call for past lessons to be learned.

by Nick Page - Jun 24,2025

Queenstown gains most from solar power performance

Jun 24,2025

Junior World Football event for Queenstown

Jun 23,2025

Centuria CEO on Queenstown Lakeview exit: "Time is right to step back."

by Peter Newport - Jun 23,2025

Major 25% investor and partner pulls out of QLDC's Lakeview project

by Peter Newport - Jun 23,2025

Public meetings held by Central Otago goldmine opponents

Jun 20,2025

$27 million of new Queenstown and Central Otago education funding

Jun 19,2025

Queenstown airport forecasts 250,000 passengers in the next three months

Jun 19,2025

Queenstown mountain cable car/subdivision/ski field - fast track details released

by Peter Newport - Jun 19,2025

QLDC's trust solution: bring in the consultants

by Peter Newport - Jun 17,2025

Quentin Smith considers QLDC mayoralty, other councillors declare their intentions

by Peter Newport - Jun 17,2025

Court orders QLDC to pay $235,000 legal costs over sewage failures

by Peter Newport - Jun 16,2025

Local Government Minister on QLDC trust survey: Action up to the community

by Peter Newport - Jun 16,2025

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

Jun 13,2025

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

by Peter Newport - Jun 12,2025

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

by Peter Newport - Jun 11,2025

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

by Peter Newport - Jun 11,2025

Paywall removed: Court orders QLDC to fix Shotover sewage plant

by Peter Newport - Jun 11,2025

ORC welcomes court decision against QLDC on sewage plant

Jun 10,2025

Mike Casey launches the Queenstown Electrification Accelerator

by Peter Newport - Jun 10,2025

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

by Peter Newport - Jun 10,2025

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