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Cody Tucker: A changed man?

by Amanda Robertshawe - Sep 07,2025

Video: Three people swept away in avalanche near Treble Cone

by Peter Newport - Sep 06,2025

Mike Casey's electrifying foray into Cromwell local politics

by Zizi Sparks - Sep 06,2025

Mayoral candidate phone poll mystery solved

by Peter Newport - Sep 05,2025

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

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