Crux is the issues and action focussed local news site for Queenstown, Wanaka and Central Otago

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CRUX

Recent News

Recent News Archive

Crux Local Election Poll #2

Sep 05,2025

Mayoral candidates up their game at WHS

by Peter Newport - Sep 04,2025

Massive Mt Cook avalanche video a warning of current dangerous conditions

by Peter Newport - Sep 04,2025

Work to start on new Lake Hāwea development

Sep 04,2025

Cardrona road open - police detail injuries

Sep 04,2025

New huts proposed to offset Doolans Basin ski development

Sep 03,2025

Cardrona Valley Road/Crown Range closed due to multiple vehicle crash

Sep 03,2025

Mayor Lewers reveals $10,000 election donation from Rod Drury

Sep 03,2025

Lakeview: read the full 10 part Crux investigation

Sep 03,2025

Niki Gladding: Ineffective leadership the cause of QLDC dysfunction

by Amanda Robertshawe - Sep 03,2025

Serious crash in Gibbston Valley - road blocked

Sep 02,2025

Rees Valley takahē make a comeback

Sep 02,2025

Smiths City in voluntary administration

Sep 02,2025

CODC mayoral candidate seeks "community-led" not "council-led."

by Zizi Sparks - Sep 02,2025

QLDC and ORC candidates join forces for Shotover election meeting

by Amanda Robertshawe - Sep 01,2025

Overseas business investors to be able to buy $5 million plus houses

Sep 01,2025

Mount Aspiring College Foundation launches $1 million future fund

Sep 01,2025

'This close to murder': Angry passengers as 58 flights cancelled

Sep 01,2025

Sounds Air: Government loans too late - planes sold

by Peter Newport - Sep 01,2025

Queenstown Writers Festival: Full programme and ten free double passes

Aug 31,2025

ORC candidates attack "obscene annual rate rises"

Aug 31,2025

Mark Quinn : How CODC can reduce rates

by Zizi Sparks - Aug 31,2025

Former Queenstown Chamber boss joins "Elect Lewers" campaign group

by Peter Newport - Aug 30,2025

Wānaka's Craig Gasson attacks "behind the scenes" councillors

by Amanda Robertshawe - Aug 30,2025

CODC claims increased satisfaction levels - but the survey only got 195 responses

Aug 29,2025

QLDC's Boundary Street car park: no lit signs and an invisible yellow line

by Peter Newport - Aug 28,2025

Wānaka private hospital and health precinct gets resource consent

Aug 28,2025

Thanks QLDC for the $70 mayoral debate parking ticket

by Peter Newport - Aug 28,2025

CODC's Tamah Alley: Looking to escape from Tim Cadogan's shadow

by Zizi Sparks - Aug 27,2025

Consumer NZ: house insurance becoming increasingly out of reach

Aug 27,2025

Central Otago residents mobilise against Bendigo mine

Aug 27,2025

Showdown at the Queenstown Memorial Hall

by Peter Newport - Aug 26,2025

Crux local QLDC election poll #1: full results

Aug 26,2025

QLDC CCO water charges set to rise to a future $4,889 per household

by Peter Newport - Aug 26,2025

Candidate Statement: Samuel Belk

Aug 26,2025

Upgrade of Luggate's drinking water supply brought forward

Aug 25,2025

The first Crux local election poll - 2025

by Peter Newport - Aug 25,2025

Deputy mayor Quentin Smith on the need for a change in QLDC culture

by Amanda Robertshawe - Aug 24,2025

Wānaka airport: are new QLDC fees the source of debt?

by Nick Page - Aug 23,2025

Deal or No Deal?

by Quentin Smith - Aug 22,2025

Central Otago's first mayoral race since 2019

by Zizi Sparks - Aug 22,2025

Candidate statement: John Wellington, Wānaka Upper Clutha Community Board Candidate

Aug 21,2025

Government spends $2.7 billion on new aircraft

Aug 21,2025

Candidate statement: Nicola King, QLDC Wānaka–Upper Clutha Ward

Aug 21,2025

Banks start to cut mortgage rates after OCR cut to 3%

Aug 20,2025

Wānaka $1 million cancer fraudsters had rifle and ammunition

Aug 20,2025

$14 million Queenstown airport dividend to QLDC ratepayers

Aug 20,2025

$2 billion Lakeview drama finally plays out in public

by Peter Newport - Aug 19,2025

Wao summit 2025 - full programme and tickets

Aug 18,2025

Government defends $671m scrapped ferry fiasco

Aug 16,2025

Wānaka couple charged with $1 million fraud

Aug 15,2025

Shotover sewage discharges breach safety limits as monitoring is cut back

by Peter Newport - Aug 15,2025

$250,000 QLDC Wānaka airport survey produces six email responses

by Peter Newport - Aug 15,2025

$500 million build to rent homes for Ladies Mile

by Peter Newport - Aug 14,2025

Government seeks QLDC assurances on Lakeview - calls for increased transparency

by Peter Newport - Aug 14,2025

Chief Ombudsman to QLDC: “It is my opinion that the Council has acted contrary to legislation"

by Peter Newport - Aug 13,2025

QLDC councillor candidate statement: Jon Mitchell

by Peter Newport - Aug 13,2025

Aussie angler manhandles world record fish out of Twizel canal

Aug 13,2025

Crux lodges complaint with Government as QLDC refuses to answer Lakeview questions

by Peter Newport - Aug 12,2025

Our QLDC Lakeview questions - Deadline, Friday August 15.

Aug 11,2025

Albanese and Luxon: "Special and great friends."

by Peter Newport - Aug 09,2025

Candidate statement: John Bache, Wānaka–Upper Clutha Community Board

Aug 09,2025

Rod Drury: The surprising detail behind his plan to fix Queenstown.

by Amanda Robertshawe - Aug 08,2025

South Island: still only 16 out of 71 electorates in spite of 7% population growth

Aug 08,2025

Free to read: How the Lakeview story has changed over the years

by Peter Newport - Aug 08,2025

Explainer: new road user charges and the end of petrol tax

Aug 08,2025

Hipkins Queenstown speech: "Over emphasis in NZ on the housing market"

Aug 07,2025

Australian PM and fiancée due in Queenstown to meet PM Luxon

Aug 07,2025

Rod Drury pulls support from Coronet Village project

by Amanda Robertshawe - Aug 06,2025

Crux adds new team members for local elections

Aug 06,2025

Mike Theelen decides to leave QLDC

Aug 05,2025

Mayor defends external CCO due to "legal and technical perspectives."

Aug 04,2025

← 1 2 3 4 ... 109 →