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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

Government spends $13.5 million to attract 72,000 more tourists to NZ

Jun 09,2025

More frequent Queenstown buses - plus improved routes

Jun 09,2025

Will these new local privatisation schemes mean the end of big local government?

by Peter Newport - Jun 07,2025

Air New Zealand flight to Queenstown struck by lightning

Jun 07,2025

Vehicles stranded on the Lindis Pass being rescued

Jun 07,2025

Vehicles stranded on Crown Range

Jun 06,2025

District prepares for heavy snow, sub-zero temperatures to strike

Jun 06,2025

Wānaka's Urban Grind to close on Monday June 9

Jun 05,2025

Labour can't comment on Queenstown sewage issues due to "conflict of interest"

by Peter Newport - Jun 05,2025

New larger aircraft for Air NZ's Auckland-ZQN flights

Jun 04,2025

Costs more than benefits: Queenstown’s biggest problem.

by Peter Newport - Jun 03,2025

King's Birthday Honours: the full list

Jun 02,2025

Ombudsman slow to act on suppressed QLDC trust survey

by Peter Newport - May 30,2025

Mayor Lewers blames councillors for water and sewage crisis

May 30,2025

New Blue Pools bridges open for King's Birthday weekend

May 30,2025

Queenstown bus use rises - but revenue drops

by Peter Newport - May 30,2025

Queenstown airport boss to chair the NZ Olympic Committee - from the high seas

by Peter Newport - May 29,2025

ORC lifts Central Otago sewage abatement notices

May 28,2025

Upper Clutha welcomes ORC public transport move

by Peter Newport - May 28,2025

Reserve Bank drops OCR to 3.25 percent

May 28,2025

Nik Kiddle announces QLDC mayoral candidacy

May 28,2025

Council workshop on new QLDC office building descends into farce

by Peter Newport - May 27,2025

Queenstown’s two new gondola projects breathe life into a stagnant energy economy

by Peter Newport - May 27,2025

Queenstown's lake heavily polluted after sewage spill

by Peter Newport - May 26,2025

Neil Gillespie to stand for ORC - step down from CODC

by Peter Newport - May 26,2025

Poll: QLDC consultants shift new $60 m council HQ back towards CBD

by Peter Newport - May 25,2025

Paywall removed on two major Crux stories

May 23,2025

All occupants accounted for in major Cromwell fire

May 22,2025

Budget: Coalition claws back savings from pay equity, KiwiSaver - tax benefit for business

May 22,2025

Residents denied access to their own property by flawed tenancy rules

by Peter Newport - May 22,2025

Hāwea residents oppose new liquor store

May 22,2025

Queenstown airport announces recipients of $50,000 in community grants

May 22,2025

QLDC investigates "regrettable" sewage spill

by Peter Newport - May 21,2025

Southland bakery: butter too expensive to buy from NZ companies

May 21,2025

Wānaka's Craig Gasson to stand for QLDC councillor

May 19,2025

Crux opens pledges to fund a Cromwell/Wānaka journalist

by Peter Newport - May 19,2025

Increased Wānaka search and rescue callouts linked to social media

May 18,2025

QLDC community trust survey results delayed for an extra month

by Peter Newport - May 17,2025

Fire crews fight major Frankton house fire

by Peter Newport - May 16,2025

Should our local councils fund local news?

by Peter Newport - May 16,2025

$200 m Queenstown film studio at risk in infrastructure battle

by Peter Newport - May 16,2025

Police deny unreasonable ticketing over mobile phone use

by Peter Newport - May 15,2025

Woolworths applies for Ladies Mile supermarket consent

by Peter Newport - May 15,2025

Nikki Macfarlane - Queenstown's accidental activist.

by Peter Newport - May 15,2025

New Queenstown airport boss announced

May 15,2025

Biggest bank bottom of customer rankings

May 14,2025

NZ travellers warned of increased detention risk at US border

May 14,2025

Queenstown's missing Cryptosporidium membrane filters

by Peter Newport - May 14,2025

Mt Hutt plans to open two weeks early after big snow dump

May 13,2025

Search for missing UK tramper suspended

by Peter Newport - May 12,2025

Deputy Police Commissioner resigns - just before being sacked

May 12,2025

Lakeview cash crunch and the role of a Government deal-maker

May 10,2025

Acting mayor struggles to explain “fake” QLDC sewage test results

by Peter Newport - May 09,2025

Search resumes for missing British tramper Eli Sweeting

May 09,2025

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