Person missing in water at Glenorchy - report
A search and rescue operation is underway to locate a missing fisherman on Lake Wakatipu, at Glenorchy.
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Residents evacuated after Arrowtown gas leak
Residents evacuated after Arrowtown gas leak
Fire crews responded to a gas leak in Arrowtown this afternoon.
Migrant couple denied return to NZ
Migrant couple denied return to NZ
Immigration NZ doesn’t believe a desperate Queenstown migrant couple, stuck in Bali because of Covid-19 border restrictions, meet its humanitarian criteria to let them return.
Bluebird day gets skifields pumping
Bluebird day gets skifields pumping
Queenstown Lakes skifields were the place to be yesterday with queues and full car parks showing domestic tourism is buzzing.
School holidays provide fillip for Air NZ
School holidays provide fillip for Air NZ
Air New Zealand expects to fly more passengers to Queenstown during the school holidays than it did last year.
Covid causes oversupply in rental market
Covid causes oversupply in rental market
It is a tenants’ market in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago as holiday and longer-term rentals fall victim to the long tail of Covid-19.
Awake, up and out the door
Awake, up and out the door
Volunteer fire brigades are an integral part of New Zealand communities. Arrowtown fire chief Murray Forward chats to Hugh Collins as he reflects on 22 years of...
Alleged absconder ‘the nicest guy ever’
Alleged absconder ‘the nicest guy ever’
A Queenstown woman says she warned the man who fled a Hamilton isolation hotel to visit a liquor store not to do it.
National to choose candidate this month
National to choose candidate this month
The National Party expects to name a candidate to replace disgraced MP Hamish Walker by the end of the month.
High-end operators draw the short straw
High-end operators draw the short straw
In the wake of this country’s borders closing due to Covid-19 and the prediction they will not open any time soon, many New Zealand tourist operators have had to reconfigure and target...
Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown
Man who allegedly escaped quarantine from Queenstown
A Queenstown man who allegedly escaped from hotel quarantine in Hamilton has been has been sent to Spring Hill prison.
Consent to be sought for $12m film studio
Consent to be sought for $12m film studio
A gathering of film and television industry players from Queenstown and Central Otago have agreed on a "road map" for the future, and given strong support for a proposed film studio near Gibbston.
Car parks at capacity after huge turnout at Otago ski fields
Car parks at capacity after huge turnout at Otago ski fields
Car parks have hit capacity early on a bluebird day at Queenstown Lakes ski areas.
Hope held till the end
Hope held till the end
A remarkable Queenstowner has died in his native Czech Republic, aged only 34, just four months after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
Skydiver’s family want to find body, closure
Skydiver’s family want to find body, closure
A death certificate has not yet been issued to the family of a Californian tourist who drowned in Lake Wakatipu two and a-half years ago because the case is still "active" with the coroner.
Snow to ski but roading compromise
Snow to ski but roading compromise
A wintry blast across Otago and Southland yesterday has "exceeded expectation", a skifield operator says.
Family's bid to recover son's body from Lake Wakatipu rejected
Family's bid to recover son's body from Lake Wakatipu rejected
A Californian family have an underwater drone ready to look for the body of their son, who drowned in Lake Wakatipu after a skydiving jump went wrong.
Plane lands safely after emergency call-out
Plane lands safely after emergency call-out
A full-scale emergency call-out to Queenstown Airport this afternoon ended without incident.
Govt urged to avoid Queenstown for isolation
Govt urged to avoid Queenstown for isolation
The Southern District Health Board is pushing for Dunedin and Invercargill to be used for managed isolation ahead of Queenstown, due to concerns about its lack of medical facilities.
'Challenge' in Queenstown isolation plan
'Challenge' in Queenstown isolation plan
The SDHB says a lack of hospital facilities in Queenstown is "a challenge" to its viability as an isolation town.