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Mt Cook climbers at risk of frostbite as they continue to wait for rescue

Sep 21,2024

Crux podcast: Councillor Gavin Bartlett 'why I'm not on Facebook'

by Peter Newport - Sep 20,2024

Tetchy exchanges during fiery Otago Regional Council meeting

by Andrew Ashton - Sep 20,2024

New Cromwell hall facing $1.7m annual operating bill

by Kim Bowden - Sep 20,2024

Local patients to pay $180 for Wānaka after hours, overseas, $650

by Kim Bowden - Sep 20,2024

Mayor, councillors sign off 'straightjacket' QLDC long term plan

by Kim Bowden - Sep 19,2024

NZME drops Ferg from The Hits, says 'thank you'

by Peter Newport - Sep 19,2024

Illegal use of e-motorbikes in Queenstown dangerous and damaging

by Kim Bowden - Sep 19,2024

Arterial road stage one opening delayed until end of January

by Kim Bowden - Sep 19,2024

Sports field study confirms Queenstown-Wānaka imbalance

by Kim Bowden - Sep 18,2024

Central and regional government clash on future of Otago policy shake up

by Kim Bowden - Sep 18,2024

Your QLDC rate rises in detail - winners and losers

by Peter Newport - Sep 17,2024

Serious problem discovered in legality of QLDC's rating system

by Peter Newport - Sep 17,2024

At 50,000 and counting, is this NZ's biggest record collection?

Sep 17,2024

'Essentially a new town' - concerns over Coronet gondola village plans

by Kim Bowden - Sep 16,2024

New World liquor licences suspended after advertising breach

Sep 16,2024

Glenorchy swimming dangers highlighted in coroner's reports

by Kim Bowden - Sep 16,2024

Queenstown Lakes ski fields making most of 'winter's encore'

by Kim Bowden - Sep 16,2024

Hoiho yellow-eyed penguin named Bird of the Year

Sep 16,2024

Last day to vote for 2024 Bird of the Year

Sep 15,2024

MetService warns southerners more heavy snow to come

by Kim Bowden - Sep 14,2024

Chief ombudsman's transparency investigation targets QLDC

by Kim Bowden - Sep 14,2024

Mountain Safety Council warns of avalanche risk

Sep 14,2024

Old pipe breaks spilling sewage down Queenstown street

by Kim Bowden - Sep 13,2024

Cromwell's lake guardians need new leadership

by Kim Bowden - Sep 13,2024

Flipped car sits for days on Queenstown-Cromwell highway

by Kim Bowden - Sep 13,2024

Snow day as schools close in Queenstown

by Kim Bowden - Sep 13,2024

At risk whio making Matukituki River home

by Kim Bowden - Sep 12,2024

Five mpox cases now with links to Queenstown pride festival

by Kim Bowden - Sep 12,2024

More warning level spring snow on the way for Crown Range

by Kim Bowden - Sep 12,2024

QLDC's missing $15m putting pressure on transport network

by Kim Bowden - Sep 12,2024

Vandals destroy trees on public land in Cromwell

by Kim Bowden - Sep 12,2024

Wānaka arts trust 'disappointed' as council sidelines project

by Kim Bowden - Sep 11,2024

Frankton, Jack's Point and Ladies Mile first in line for new transport system

by Kim Bowden and Peter Newport - Sep 11,2024

Polytech looking to drop suburban Cromwell campus

by Kim Bowden - Sep 11,2024

Plan for holiday highway closures at Five Rivers

by Kim Bowden - Sep 11,2024

Queenstown, Wānaka, Cromwell missing out on hospital beds

Sep 11,2024

Lakeview land ready, but ratepayers could wait 20 months for developer payment

by Kim Bowden - Sep 10,2024

Mystery solved - concrete pads for country club billboards

by Kim Bowden - Sep 10,2024

Reports of sewage flowing down central Queenstown street

by Kim Bowden - Sep 10,2024

Health NZ confirms mpox case with likely Queenstown links

Sep 09,2024

Boaties' emergency radio channels at risk on Wānaka lakes

by Kim Bowden - Sep 09,2024

Cromwell New World readies for greenway-driveway conversion

by Kim Bowden - Sep 09,2024

Skyline 'disappointed' as council takes legal action

by Kim Bowden - Sep 09,2024

Media panel a Queenstown Writers Festival first

Sep 09,2024

Crux poll: 87% opposition to Ladies Mile sports field plan

by Peter Newport - Sep 08,2024

Three concrete pads appear on Ladies Mile - what are they for?

by Peter Newport - Sep 08,2024

24 hour poll: Queenstown or Wānaka for multi million dollar sports fields?

by Peter Newport - Sep 07,2024

Warning of mpox outbreak for Queenstown Winter Pride attendees

Sep 07,2024

NZTA refuses impossible planning condition from QLDC

by Peter Newport - Sep 07,2024

Crews prepare to battle Waitaki bush fire for days

Sep 07,2024

Cannons at the ready to tackle any Shotover sewage stink

by Kim Bowden - Sep 06,2024

Crux podcast: Melissa White on council, cakes and a surprise exit from investment banking

by Peter Newport - Sep 06,2024

Jack's Point cycle trail 'unlikely' to proceed: NZTA

by Kim Bowden - Sep 06,2024

QLDC files charges against three companies over Skyline debris flow

by Kim Bowden - Sep 06,2024

Underwater observatory partially sinks in Milford Sound

Sep 06,2024

Problem Queenstown culvert in government spending plan

by Kim Bowden - Sep 05,2024

Queenstown Lakes mayor slams government distribution of visitor levy

by Kim Bowden - Sep 05,2024

Clyde public toilets empty into stormwater for 18 months

by Kim Bowden - Sep 05,2024

Queenstown firefighters on madcap scooter mission

by Kim Bowden - Sep 05,2024

Cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and LSD seized in Queenstown party drug bust

by Kim Bowden - Sep 05,2024

Cromwell marks 150 years of volunteers fighting fires

by Kim Bowden - Sep 04,2024

Kiwi actually an Australian immigrant, experts say

Sep 04,2024

Prepare for gridlock as Kawarau Falls Bridge heads for capacity

by Kim Bowden - Sep 04,2024

South Island missing out on fair share of transport funding, commentators say

Sep 04,2024

Welcome to NZ - now pay up: The risks and rewards of raising the foreign tourist tax

by Tracy Harkison - Sep 03,2024

No tracking of numbers of badly parked Beam scooters

by Kim Bowden - Sep 03,2024

Council boss Mike Theelen scrutinised in private workshop

by Kim Bowden - Sep 03,2024

The death of a Te Araroa tramper has experts on alert

Sep 03,2024

Tourists will have to pay $100 to enter New Zealand

Sep 03,2024

$1.4b for the south in government's transport spend up

by Kim Bowden - Sep 02,2024

Queenstown winery's cellar door crowned country's best

by Kim Bowden - Sep 02,2024

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