Building skills and bonds
Building skills and bonds
The founder of Women’s Shed Queenstown still gets a kick out of watching her students’ confidence on "scary" power tools grow.
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Issues cited in mayoralty bid announcement
Issues cited in mayoralty bid announcement
John Glover has burst out of the gates early in his bid for the Queenstown Lakes mayoralty after three failed attempts to get on to the council.
'The potential impacts of a bird strike event are significant'
'The potential impacts of a bird strike event are significant'
Queenstown Airport gradually ramped up the pressure on the Queenstown Lakes District Council to address the increased bird strike risk caused by ponding on its failing wastewater disposal field.
Letter arrived after decision made
Letter arrived after decision made
Queenstown Airport gradually ramped up the pressure on the Queenstown Lakes District Council to address the increased bird strike risk caused by ponding on its failing wastewater disposal field.
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Dangerous dog classification appealed after alleged attack
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Dangerous dog classification appealed after alleged attack
A Queenstown dog owner has appealed a dangerous dog classification on the grounds he did not see the alleged attack, despite it happening only metres away.
Mayor rejects union claim over new council building costs
Mayor rejects union claim over new council building costs
Queenstown's mayor is pouring cold water on a NZ Taxpayers’ Union claim the council is planning a "backdoor deal" with Ngāi Tahu Property to build an office building for itself.
Gift of support
Gift of support
Aotea Gifts is standing on its pedals to support this month’s Queenstown Trails Trust’s annual appeal, matching all donations dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000.
Plans for our first kōhanga reo revealed
Plans for our first kōhanga reo revealed
The Whakatipu’s first kōhanga reo in decades may be up and running by the end of the year.
Taxpayers’ Union claim rebuffed
Taxpayers’ Union claim rebuffed
Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers is pouring cold water on a New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union (NZTU) claim the council’s planning a "backdoor deal" with Ngai Tahu Property Ltd (NTP) to build an office...
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‘Just a small council doing a lot’: mayor
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‘Just a small council doing a lot’: mayor
Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers admits his council should have done a better job of communicating about the resort’s thorny issues over the past three years.
'I’ve never received so many threatening emails'
'I’ve never received so many threatening emails'
A Queenstown councillor says he has 'never received so many threatening emails' in the wake Cr Niki Gladding's decision to leak information about plans to discharge wastewater into the Shotover River.
Council whistleblower stripped of roles
Council whistleblower stripped of roles
Outspoken Queenstown Lakes District councillor Niki Gladding has been stripped of her committee roles at an extraordinary council meeting this afternoon.
Shotover whistleblower unrepentant
Shotover whistleblower unrepentant
Maverick Queenstown Lakes councillor Niki Gladding says she has no regrets about blowing the whistle on the council’s plans to directly discharge treated wastewater into the Shotover River.
Community chips in
Community chips in
Queenstown's Happiness House has a flash new pataka kai — or community pantry — after a team effort by volunteers.
Wastewater discharge into Shotover set to begin
Wastewater discharge into Shotover set to begin
The direct discharge of treated wastewater into Queenstown’s Shotover River is expected to start early next week.
Closure of only medical centre ‘huge blow’
Closure of only medical centre ‘huge blow’
Arrowtown community leaders say the loss of the township’s only medical centre in September is a "huge blow".
Legend’s leap of faith
Legend’s leap of faith
Go jump in the lake, they said.
Celebrating different thinking styles
Celebrating different thinking styles
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is being marked in Queenstown with a free event at the Frankton library next Thursday.
Arts groups need new home
Arts groups need new home
The show must go on.
Waimarino decision ‘troubling’
Waimarino decision ‘troubling’
A court's decision to not award costs to a community trust that opposed a luxury villa development in Queenstown’s Bob’s Cove sends a "deeply troubling message" to other Whakatipu Basin residents...