The closure of Queenstown’s public pool on weekends due to a lifeguard shortage has highlighted a housing crisis which has left council staff living in vans and made finding workers a struggle.
A critical lifeguard shortage is forcing the Queenstown Lakes District Council to close its public swimming pool in Queenstown every weekend from February 18.
Calling an incident involving two helicopters in Queenstown Airport a near-miss was "probably over-calling it", the chief executive of the one of the helicopter companies involved says.
A man is missing in the water at Glenorchy after going to the aid of a child in distress - mirroring the circumstances of a drowning in the same location less than a week ago.
A consent application for a residential apartment building in Queenstown - with potential consent for each unit to be used year-round as visitor accommodation - will be heard in the resort next month.