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Recent News Archive

Covid-positive food cart owner homeless, 'abandoned' in Queenstown
by Kim Bowden - Nov 18,2022
QLDC team contains sediment discharge into Horne Creek
by Peter Newport - Nov 18,2022
New Frankton Beach wharf for next year, but will the ferries come?
by Kim Bowden - Nov 18,2022
No bubbles on the beach for Christmas again in Queenstown or Wānaka
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 18,2022
Cromwell's expensive new roundabout to be ripped up due to fault
by Kim Bowden - Nov 17,2022
QLDC may say bye to library fines in 2023
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 17,2022
'Completely archaic' legislation hits Queenstown's newer suburbs
by Kim Bowden - Nov 16,2022
The 'Airbnb invasion' of Queenstown
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 16,2022
$850,000 council spend on Wānaka Airport - increased commercial use?
by Peter Newport - Nov 15,2022
Aussies in Queenstown drive tourism recovery
by Kim Bowden - Nov 15,2022
QLDC denies serious CCTV privacy breach
by Kim Bowden - Nov 15,2022
Housing affordability crisis continues to grow in Queenstown Lakes
Nov 15,2022
Hotelier: 60 percent of new hires leave before day one
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 14,2022
Q'town mega duty free store off to a quiet and expensive start
by Peter Newport - Nov 14,2022
'Bulging' Arrowtown wall to get $600,000 council fix
by Peter Newport - Nov 14,2022
Household power bills driven up by retailers paying excessive dividends: union
Nov 14,2022
Dunedin and Invercargill hospital upgrades face uncertainty
Nov 13,2022
Tramper rescued after six days without food
Nov 13,2022
Affordable housing handed over in Hāwea
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 11,2022
Three Waters: Government agrees to changes
Nov 11,2022
Anna Harrison to lead Cromwell Community Board again
by Kim Bowden - Nov 11,2022
Tech-savvy buoys floated on Lakes Wānaka and Whakatipu
by Kim Bowden - Nov 11,2022
Council answers multi-million dollar wharf questions
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 10,2022
Applications invited for $54m fund for tourism initiatives
Nov 10,2022
QLDC projects $479 million in debt by June
by Peter Newport - Nov 09,2022
Wānaka BP closes due to staff shortages
by Kim Bowden - Nov 09,2022
$5,000 payment offered to ease critical Q'town airport staff crisis
by Kim Bowden - Nov 09,2022
In residence limbo: Doctors, split families wait for news from Immigration NZ
Nov 09,2022
Commerce Commission given power to set fairer petrol, diesel prices
Nov 09,2022
New ORC chair: 'Solutions' needed, not 'bickering'
by Kim Bowden - Nov 08,2022
Afghan refugee and author talks empathy and resilience with local kids
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 08,2022
Crux digital ad offer – try before you buy!
Nov 08,2022
Queenstown home values climb as double-digit declines hit main centres
by Kim Bowden - Nov 08,2022
Wānaka ATR flight could mark future scheduled service
by Peter Newport - Nov 07,2022
Details emerge of Aramex treatment of their local franchise owners
by Kim Bowden - Nov 07,2022
One seriously injured in West Auckland mall attack
Nov 05,2022
Dunedin hospital stretched beyond limits
Nov 04,2022
Why does QLDC own a wharf?
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 03,2022
Launching with fresh energy: Wānaka-Upper Clutha Community Board
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 03,2022
Ruth Stokes resigns from Chamber of Commerce
by Peter Newport - Nov 03,2022
Personal promotion: can it really help land a local Qtown rental?
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 02,2022
23-year-old Ben Bell is the new mayor of Gore
Nov 02,2022
Were QLDC managers drawn into election campaign dirty politics?
by Peter Newport - Nov 02,2022
New video claims no 'social licence' for Tarras airport
by Kim Bowden - Nov 01,2022
Arrowtown's historic post office perpetually fund-raising
by Lauren Pattemore - Nov 01,2022
Glyn Lewers third in Wānaka mayoralty race
by Peter Newport - Nov 01,2022
Air fares: Travellers unhappy at skyrocketing prices
Oct 31,2022
$61m to be spent on lifting bus drivers' wages, conditions
Oct 30,2022
New images released in search for clues to Arrowtown death
Oct 30,2022
Air NZ cancels Wellington/Queenstown flights
by Peter Newport - Oct 28,2022
Mother and son separated by Queenstown rental market
by Lauren Pattemore - Oct 28,2022
Proposed Wānaka road may prepare Sticky Forest for houses
by Kim Bowden - Oct 28,2022
Radical shake-up from local government review including voting for 16 year olds
Oct 28,2022
QLDC engineer accused of threatening to throw planning applications in the trash
by Peter Newport - Oct 28,2022
Police detail major local drug arrests
by Lauren Pattemore - Oct 27,2022
Mystery deepens over Chinese man’s Arrowtown death
by Peter Newport - Oct 27,2022
Southland hospital has no radiology accreditation, but continues scanning
Oct 27,2022
Why do we need sustainability summits?
by Lauren Pattemore - Oct 27,2022
Queenstown: Do you recognise this man?
by Kim Bowden - Oct 26,2022
The weight of emissions: how to go on a climate action diet (and have a good time while you’re at it)
by Georgia Merton - Oct 26,2022
Cromwell's Neil Gillespie is back as Mayor Cadogan's deputy
by Kim Bowden - Oct 26,2022
Chamber silent on Stokes’ future
by Peter Newport - Oct 26,2022
Queenstown ferries buzzing to use Bee Cards
Oct 25,2022
Crux team expands - more strong community news for our audience
by Peter Newport - Oct 25,2022
Duck race brings in over $7,000 for air rescue trust
by Peter Newport - Oct 23,2022
Cyclorama – new event here to stay
by Peter Newport - Oct 22,2022
Wao: The lost art of feeding ourselves
by Georgia Merton - Oct 22,2022
The great Queenstown road gamble - will we give up our private vehicles?
by Kim Bowden - Oct 21,2022
Queenstown bus users will benefit from single payment system
Oct 21,2022
Roadworks: Waka Kotahi announces 'biggest' summer of work
Oct 21,2022
Progress in Hanley’s Farm postal bid
by Kim Bowden - Oct 20,2022
After the campaign - we have a new Council
by Peter Newport - Oct 20,2022

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