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In search of a 2024 routine

by Jennifer Smart - Jan 24,2024

'Extensive' earthworks on Queenstown hillside prompt investigation

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 24,2024

Overnight temperatures to drop, 'possibility of snow flurries'

Jan 23,2024

Cromwell anxious at possible stealth grab of sizeable assets by Alexandra

by Kim Bowden - Jan 23,2024

Pinot noir flows down gutter of Central Otago street

by Kim Bowden - Jan 23,2024

Gruesome dog attack claim at Wānaka playground a 'timely reminder'

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 23,2024

'We've lost local decision-making': Regions to get more health input

Jan 23,2024

$100,000 hunting prize brings Yellowstone actor to Hāwea

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 22,2024

Queenstown CBD parkers pinged $85 at former free parking spot

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 22,2024

Central Otago mayor dishes out Cromwell parking warnings

by Kim Bowden - Jan 22,2024

Central Otago experimenting with freezing cherries

by Kim Bowden - Jan 22,2024

Wānaka warned: 'lengthy' detour as through-road closes

by Kim Bowden - Jan 22,2024

Impact of streaming services on local productions 'significant and so damaging'

Jan 21,2024

Video: Queenstown's Alice Robinson scores World Cup bronze

Jan 21,2024

New scanning technology introduced at Wellington, Christchurch airports

Jan 20,2024

Westland heavy rain eases - region "fared exceptionally well"

Jan 20,2024

Silence on investigation as Skyline moves to limit Reavers Lane risk

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 19,2024

State of emergency declared as Coast braces for more rain

Jan 19,2024

Details scarce on status of swamp at centre of sewage spill

by Kim Bowden - Jan 19,2024

New health minister dodges questions on stretched Queenstown hospital

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 19,2024

Former backpackers on Queenstown main drag sits empty for years

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 18,2024

No charges since Christmas crash that killed Arrowtown butcher

by Kim Bowden - Jan 18,2024

Gold miners delivered a 'no' on dredging Clutha from Luggate

by Kim Bowden - Jan 18,2024

Weather warnings upgraded as summer dampener closes in

by Kim Bowden - Jan 18,2024

Queenstown Airport numbers back to pre-pandemic heights

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 18,2024

Warning issued as wet, windy weather set to hit

by Kim Bowden - Jan 17,2024

Upper Clutha commuters frustrated as lights and communication fail

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 17,2024

EVs, plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges from 1 April

Jan 16,2024

Councillor calls QLDC plant 'an embarrassment' as sewage spill stopped

by Kim Bowden - Jan 16,2024

Council approves mega EV charging station for Wānaka

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 16,2024

Green MP resigns after allegations of shoplifting

by Kim Bowden - Jan 16,2024

Government rules out lowering voting age

Jan 16,2024

Grass carp escapes Queenstown pond, invades Lake Dunstan

Jan 16,2024

Queenstown NYE room rates average $614, smashing records

by Kim Bowden - Jan 15,2024

Council maintains stance on stallholder enforcement

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 15,2024

Pollution watchdog tells council to stop Shotover sewage spill

by Kim Bowden - Jan 15,2024

Sewage spills from Queenstown treatment plant

by Kim Bowden - Jan 15,2024

'What a waste': Residents on $230m scrapped light rail budget blowout

Jan 15,2024

Lakeview thanks QLDC for "remarkable dedication" to 10 year, "multi-billion" luxury project

by Peter Newport - Jan 13,2024

Shotover poo pong still weeks away from being sorted

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 12,2024

“Wingfield”: the doomed plan for QLDC’s toxic house revealed

by Peter Newport - Jan 12,2024

Wānaka Mt Iron roundabout work resumes with new detour

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 12,2024

'I'm sick of waiting'. Inadequate facilities frustrating, unsafe for Wānaka midwife

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 12,2024

Albert Town sewerage failure fixed but 'root cause' remains unknown

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 11,2024

Central Otago gold discovery worth "$325 million a year"

Jan 11,2024

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faces shoplifting claims

Jan 11,2024

'Concerning' 4WD damage prompts DOC appeal

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 11,2024

'Confused and stressed' Queenstown stallholders fight for survival

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 10,2024

Sewage overflow in Albert Town may reach Clutha river

Jan 10,2024

QLDC admits defeat and says it will fix Earnslaw Park toilets

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 10,2024

Ladies Mile development a threat to Lake Hayes water quality

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 10,2024

Water restrictions now in place for Queenstown and Wānaka

Jan 10,2024

QLDC manager denies the facts of the council’s $6 million uninhabitable toxic house

by Peter Newport - Jan 09,2024

Aurora Energy can't yet explain today's outage to 10,000 Upper Clutha homes

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 08,2024

Pressure on CEO Theelen as Ombudsman recommends “missing” QLDC emails be disclosed

by Peter Newport - Jan 08,2024

Otago Regional Council boosts community Eco fund to $900,000

Jan 08,2024

Major power outage hits 10,000 Upper Clutha homes

by Lauren Pattemore - Jan 08,2024

One motorcyclist dead, two with moderate/serious injuries in Milford crash

by Peter Newport - Jan 07,2024

Three motorbike crash near Homer tunnel closes Milford Road

Jan 07,2024

Police report only minor problems at Queenstown Bay Dreams event

by Peter Newport - Jan 06,2024

Mystery continues over Lake Wānaka death

by Peter Newport - Jan 06,2024

Organisers say Qtown traffic plan for 8,000 event audience will work

by Peter Newport - Jan 05,2024

Child seriously injured in Ladies Mile incident

by Peter Newport - Jan 05,2024

Sunshine Bay given all clear after sewage spill

by Peter Newport - Jan 04,2024

Police name man found dead in Lake Wānaka

by Peter Newport - Jan 04,2024

Queenstown piano busker A J Hickling lost to cancer

by Peter Newport - Jan 04,2024

Dramatic helicopter rescue of three teenagers from Kawarau river near Queenstown

by Peter Newport - Jan 03,2024

Serious crash closes SH8 near Alexandra

by - Jan 03,2024

Detective team investigating Wānaka body in lake

by Peter Newport - Jan 02,2024

Australian Rhythm and Alps star admits Queenstown shoplifting

by Peter Newport - Jan 01,2024

Holiday road toll rises to 15

Dec 31,2023

Body recovered from Lake Wānaka

by Peter Newport - Dec 31,2023

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