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    Medical centre picks new portal after hack

    The Manage My Health app. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Medical centre picks new portal after hack

    Queenstown Medical Centre (QMC) will phase in a new patient portal from next Friday to replace its hacked Manage My Health (MMH) app.

    Another false start for workers’ accommodation project

    Project manager Steve Savery by The Motor Club building on top of which two floors of workers’...

    Another false start for workers’ accommodation project

    You could call it Queenstown’s go-slow project — even though it was originally fast-tracked.

    Reality hits Wellington over Queenstown growth

    Arrowtown-based regional economist Benje Patterson.

    Reality hits Wellington over Queenstown growth

    Statistics New Zealand is finally listening.

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    IT shop finds nasty surprise on Queenstown laptop

    The teacher exchanged explicit messages and photos with a teenage girl. File photo: Getty Images

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    IT business uncovers child porn on Frankton man's laptop

    A Frankton man was caught with hundreds of child porn images on his laptop and cellphone after he took them to a Queenstown IT business.

    Queenstown Lakes housing least affordable in country: new data

    Photo: RNZ

    Queenstown Lakes housing least affordable in country: new data

    Housing affordability is at the best level in almost a decade, but the effect is not being felt evenly.

    'Ready to burn': Fire ban spreads to Queenstown Lakes

    Very dry conditions including in Wānaka have prompted a total ban on outdoor fires. Photo: Fire...

    'Ready to burn': Fire ban spreads to Queenstown Lakes

    Fire and Emergency NZ has declared a prohibited fire season for the Queenstown Lakes District. 

    Fire threatened housing

    Fire threatened housing

    Multiple fire appliances and a helicopter with a monsoon bucket battled a large vegetation fire which threatened housing at Arthurs Point, near Queenstown, yesterday.

    Freedom campers fall foul of Q'town Lakes rules

    Queenstown Lakes District Council introduced new freedom camping rules in December, restricting...

    'S***ting in the bushes': Freedom campers fall foul of Queenstown Lakes rules

    Freedom campers are falling foul of new Queenstown Lakes District Council rules, with about 18 people per day stung with $400 fines.

    Arthurs Point fire no longer a threat

    Photo: Supplied

    Arthurs Point fire no longer a threat

    A large vegetation fire that initially threatened housing at Arthurs Point, near Queenstown, has now been extinguished.

    Police ask for public’s help to catch car thieves

    Photo: ODT Files

    Police ask for public’s help to catch car thieves

    Queenstown police are asking for the public’s help to find out who stole two cars early on Sunday.

    Police ask for help after cars stolen, damaged in Queenstown

    Photo: ODT Files

    Police ask for help after cars stolen, damaged in Queenstown

    Queenstown police are asking for the public’s help to find out who stole two cars early yesterday.

    Competitors enjoy fine conditions

    Maia Flint in recovery mode after winning the Motatapu Miners Trail race on Saturday. PHOTOS:...

    Competitors enjoy fine conditions

    More than 2700 competitors relished fine conditions as they ran or biked in the back country between Arrowtown and Wānaka during the Motatapu off-road race on Saturday.

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    Trail network hailed as ‘incredible asset’

    Riding the new trails at the Project Tohu site near Arrowtown on Saturday are (from left) Jean...

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    Trail network hailed as ‘incredible asset’

    The Wakatipu’s newest trail network has been lauded as an "incredible asset" after hundreds of people took a sneak peek at the Project Tohu native restoration site.

    No-one injured in car flipping incident

    Photo: Tracey Roxburgh

    No-one injured in car flipping incident

    A vehicle was left on its roof yesterday afternoon in Jack Hanley Dr in Hanley's Farm, near Queenstown.

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    Call to set up hospice care at empty site

    Lakes District Hospital. Photo: ODT files

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    Call to set up hospice care at empty site

    An exhausted Queenstown resident caring for her dying husband has called on the health minister to turn empty rooms at Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital into a temporary hospice space.

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    ORC decides not to build e-bus depot

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    ORC decides not to build e-bus depot

    The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has palmed off developing an electric bus charging depot in Queenstown to the private market.

    Rich foreign buyers flock to properties

    Mark Harris

    Rich foreign buyers flock to properties

    The early foreign birds are circling the Southern Lakes to catch the rare golden worms.

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    Surprise literary selection

    Queenstown author Peta Carey says she is ‘‘absolutely floored’’ after being shortlisted for the...

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    Surprise literary selection

    Queenstown author Peta Carey is preparing to eat her hat.

    Statutory manager appointed

    Cleave Hay

    Statutory manager appointed

    The board of Queenstown-Lakes’ oldest school, Glenorchy School, has called in a limited statutory manager (LSM).

    Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze

    A helicopter with a monsoon bucket dumps water on the blaze. Photo: Guy Williams

    Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze

    Crews of firefighters and two helicopters with monsoon buckets are fighting a large vegetation fire near Arrowtown.
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