Operation of long-awaited CT scanner 'important milestone'
Operation of long-awaited CT scanner 'important milestone'
A long-awaited CT scanner is now operating at Lakes District Hospital.
Guy Williams
'Record price' of $13.9m due to property restructuring
'Record price' of $13.9m due to property restructuring
A Queenstown property has hit the headlines for achieving the highest sale price in the country this year, but its owner says he is going nowhere.
Aussie billionaire not going anywhere
Aussie billionaire not going anywhere
A Queenstown property has hit the headlines for achieving the highest sale price in the country this year, but its owner says he is going nowhere.
Q'town bed tax: 'NZ doesn't need new taxes'
Q'town bed tax: 'NZ doesn't need new taxes'
A new report has backed Queenstown's bed tax bid, but the tourism industry has hit back saying "New Zealand doesn't need new taxes" and Kiwi travellers will be caught out by the levy.
Monitoring buoy on Lake Hayes
Monitoring buoy on Lake Hayes
Lake Hayes finally has a water monitoring buoy, five years after the lake's protectors first asked for one.
Women in crash flown to hospital
Women in crash flown to hospital
Two women were flown to Southland Hospital after their camper van crashed into a tree near Kingston yesterday.
Detention terms for benefit fraud
Detention terms for benefit fraud
A Queenstown couple have been sentenced to community detention and community work for committing benefit fraud for four years while living in Rotorua.
$70k water monitoring buoy launched on Lake Hayes
$70k water monitoring buoy launched on Lake Hayes
Lake Hayes finally has a water monitoring buoy, five years after the lake's protectors first asked for one.
Hoping to put wide experience to work on ORC
Hoping to put wide experience to work on ORC
A founding member and present secretary of the Friends of Lake Hayes Society is standing for the Otago Regional Council's Dunstan seat.
Northlake not ruling out appeal
Northlake not ruling out appeal
Property developer Northlake Investments is not ruling out an appeal after being found guilty of discharging contaminants into the Clutha River nearly two years ago.
Developer discharged contaminants into Clutha
Northlake developer discharged contaminants into Clutha
Property developer Northlake Investments has been found guilty of discharging contaminants into the Clutha River nearly two years ago.
Pool closing for 3 months to fix ceiling, ventilation issues
Pool closing for 3 months to fix ceiling, ventilation issues
Queenstown's public pool will be closed for at least three months from September to fix its ceiling and ventilation issues.
Lane blocked after car rolls
Lane blocked after car rolls
A person suffered minor injuries after this car rolled on the Crown Range Rd yesterday.
Queenstown pool to close for repairs
Queenstown pool to close for repairs
Queenstown's public swimming pool will close for at least three months from September for a $2.3 million repair of its ceiling and ventilation improvements.
Bid to subdivide rejected
Bid to subdivide rejected
A Queenstown real estate agent's application to subdivide her Quail Rise property has been refused.
Decision clears way for appeal, mediation
Decision clears way for appeal, mediation
A second Environment Court decision has cleared the way for mediation or the hearing of an appeal over a dispute between neighbours over helicopter flights from a Queenstown billionaire's property.
Chairlift work 'thanks' from Coronet Peak
Chairlift work 'thank you'
The staff and contractors who helped build Coronet Peak's new chairlift in record time have been thanked at a "roof shout".
Man convicted of making threats on Facebook page
Man convicted of making threats on Facebook page
A Wanaka man has been convicted of making obscene and threatening public comments on a social media post advertising rooms for rent.
Gangster's paradise: Meth on the rise in Queenstown
Gangster's paradise: Meth on the rise in Queenstown
Police are concerned gangs are bringing a growing amount of methamphetamine into the Otago Lakes area in response to demand.
Drink-driver's milk truck stunt 'remarkably stupid'
Drink-driver's milk truck stunt 'remarkably stupid'
The actions of a British man who reversed a milk delivery truck while the driver was in the back were "remarkably stupid'', a judge says.