Theft topping $230,000 admitted
A 29-year-old Auckland man has admitted two charges of theft by a person in a special relationship, the money he had stolen totalling more than $230,000, in offending which spanned more than two years in Queenstown.
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Club opens revamped ‘Mini Dream’ area
Club opens revamped ‘Mini Dream’ area
A rebuilt Queenstown mountain bike jump park is being hailed as the best community-built facility of its kind in the world.
Meth, cannabis in system at time of serious injury crash
Meth, cannabis in system at time of serious injury crash
A man had methamphetamine and cannabis in his system and had driven close to 1500km in less than 48 hours when he crashed after failing to see a stop sign in Geraldine, leaving a woman with serious...
Avoided jail term over drug for supply
Avoided jail term over drug for supply
A Fernhill man narrowly avoided a prison term when he was sentenced in the Queenstown District Court by Judge Alison McLeod yesterday.
Tough road to secure residency
Tough road to secure residency
A British woman finally has the right to remain in New Zealand after 15 years of "uncertainty" on one-year visas.
Communities’ airport plan views clash
Communities’ airport plan views clash
Lakes district’s debate over airports is pitting two communities against each other.
District stalwart dies
District stalwart dies
Long-serving community stalwart Lex Perkins, a local body politician in the Queenstown Lakes and Bluff areas, has died.
Man to be sentenced for assaulting partner
Man to be sentenced for assaulting partner
A man who headbutted a woman and, separately, punched her several times to the head while she was in bed will be sentenced in the Queenstown District Court in January.
After more than 2000 toddlers 'Mrs Kindy’ retires
After more than 2000 toddlers 'Mrs Kindy’ retires
‘End of an era’ can be used a bit loosely, but when applied to the impending retirement of Wakatipu Kindergarten’s Sally Hogg, it’s entirely apt.
'The party is over': Queenstown is not OK
'The party is over': Queenstown is not OK
OPINION: There's a bloody big elephant stampeding through the streets of Queenstown and no one, it seems, can see it.
Young driver’s first taste of speed
Young driver’s first taste of speed
She cannot legally drive a car yet, but that did not stop a Queenstown teenager spending Saturday tearing up Coronet Peak’s access road in her first motorsport event.
Dramatic afternoon for raft rescuers
Dramatic afternoon for raft rescuers
Spotting an upside-down raft and then searching for its occupants made for a much more eventful afternoon than a group of teenage paddlers near Queenstown had expected.
QLDC seeking legal advice after letter
QLDC seeking legal advice after letter
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is seeking legal advice over Christchurch International Airport Ltd’s plans to establish an airport at Tarras.
Learning how to terminate killers
Learning how to terminate killers
There is little point in trying to trap a stoat with an apple.
Beech trees herald huge eco-venture
Beech trees herald huge eco-venture
Two years ago, the ODT unveiled Treespace Queenstown's plans to reforest a high country farm with a wilding tree problem. Two months ago, the planting of beech trees on Mt Dewar Station began.
'Lucky escape' as seven rescued from Kawarau River
'Lucky escape' as seven rescued from Kawarau River
There was a sigh of relief from emergency services personnel in Queenstown this afternoon, after seven people who fell from a raft were found safe and well.
Covid-19 forces global approach to advert
Covid-19 forces global approach to advert
A Christmas-themed Coca-Cola advertisement that will be seen by millions of television viewers was filmed near Queenstown and Southland’s coast in August.
‘Crucial’ environment work funded
‘Crucial’ environment work funded
Environmental stewardship will take leaps and bounds among the next generation thanks to $28,000 in funding being approved for a Queenstown biodiversity trust, its leader says.
Opinion: Why NZ should care how resort fares
Opinion: Why NZ should care how resort fares
Last summer, Queenstown was humming. There were jobs galore and the population and economy were growing twice as fast as the national average. Then Covid-19 hit. Peter...
'It’s doing our heads in': Unhappy campers take aim at council
'It’s doing our heads in': Unhappy campers take aim at council
Long-time lessees of the former Frankton campground claim to have been badly treated by their landlord — Queenstown’s council.