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    One taken to hospital after Queenstown house fire

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    One taken to hospital after Queenstown house fire

    A person was taken to hospital as crews tackled a house fire in central Queenstown this morning.

    Case of measles confirmed in Queenstown

    Photo: Supplied/US CDC

    Case of measles confirmed in Queenstown

    A measles case in Queenstown has been confirmed, in addition to one identified earlier in Dunedin.

    New freedom camping bylaw takes effect

    The council says campers should understand the rules at each location in Queenstown Lakes...

    New freedom camping bylaw takes effect

    A new freedom camping bylaw for the Queenstown Lakes district aims to balance community concerns about freedom camping while staying within the requirements of the Freedom Camping Act, the council...

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    Chef on drug charges out of country on court date

    Ben Norfolk was head chef at The Bunker in Queenstown. Photo: supplied

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    Chef on drug charges out of country on court date

    A longtime Queenstown chef and hospo identity who was listed to appear in court on serious drug charges this week turned out to be overseas.

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    Track closure plan ‘laughable’

    The Frankton track. Photo: ODT files

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    Track closure plan ‘laughable’

    The closure of Queenstown’s Frankton Track for virtually all of next year, to lay a new wastewater pipeline, is being greeted with disbelief by many people.

    Long Table returns

    PHOTO: TRACEY ROXBURGH

    Long Table returns

    Hundreds of people lined Arrowtown’s historic main street to celebrate the return of the town's Long Table event.

    Gondola plan endorsed as priority project

    Southern Infrastructure chief executive Ross Copland. Photo: supplied

    Gondola plan endorsed as priority project

    A second plan to lift Queenstown people out of traffic gridlock gained momentum this week.

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    ‘Thrown in a hole’ by sudden closure

    Acupuncturist Jingying Jazmin Woo is struggling for work after the abrupt closure of Queenstown...

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    ‘Thrown in a hole’ by sudden closure

    A Queenstown acupuncturist, originally from China, says she has been "thrown in a hole" by the sudden closure and subsequent liquidation of Queenstown Health.

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    Wastewater options put at $44m to $203m

    Queenstown Lakes District Mayor John Glover. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Wastewater options put at $44m to $203m

    The most expensive option for disposing of wastewater from Queenstown’s troubled Shotover treatment plant could cost more than $200 million, councillors have been told.

    New Otago Regional Councillor faces axe

    Matt Hollyer’s term on the ORC may be very short term. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES

    New Otago Regional Councillor faces axe

    Matt Hollyer is Queenstown’s second ever Otago Regional Council (ORC) councillor, but there’s a good chance he’ll be our last.

    Refugee camp doco screening

    Cinematographer James Holman making friends in an Iraqi refugee camp. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Refugee camp doco screening

    A Queenstown filmmaker’s short doco capturing the construction of the world’s first concrete skatepark inside a refugee camp screens next Sunday at Arrowtown’s Dorothy Browns Cinema.

    President Paddy’s happy pad

    New NZ Cricket president Mark Greatbatch. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    President Paddy’s happy pad

    Who knew NZ Cricket’s new president lives in Queenstown?

    Covid legacy powers conservation

    AJ Hackett Bungy NZ boss David Mitchell, left, with Southern Lakes Sanctuary’s Paul Kavanagh and...

    Covid legacy powers conservation

    A unique conservation project delivery agency, born from Covid, will begin its next era under the Southern Lakes Sanctuary (SLS) umbrella.

    Plea to ‘play it forward’ for toy library

    Pak’n Save Queenstown co-owner Michelle King, centre, with Plunket Wakatipu’s Tanya Moffat, left,...

    Plea to ‘play it forward’ for toy library

    Queenstowners are being asked to ‘play it forward’ this Christmas, and help the Wakatipu Toy Library rejuvenate its service.

    Garden for the senses

    Wakatipu High teacher in charge of biology and earth and space science Rose Kidd and local Mitre...

    Garden for the senses

    Wakatipu High’s plan for a sensory garden has been given the green thumbs-up.

    New brew to support trail

    The Cargo Collective head brewer Andrew Boulton, left, and Queenstown Trails Trust boss Mark ...

    New brew to support trail

    It's a brew-tiful way to support the Queenstown Trails Trust.

    Wahine to the fore

    Local winemaker Duncan Forsyth captured by Julia Holden for a portrait entitled ‘The Vintner’....

    Wahine to the fore

    Four distinguished Kiwi women — two artists and two film-makers — share insights into their work at Queenstown’s Te Atamira this weekend.

    Explosive start to exceptional wines

    The late Dame Cath Tizard, in her role as governor-general, officially opens the Gibbston Valley...

    Explosive start to exceptional wines

    In 1993, Central Otago’s ‘godfather of wine’ decided to blast a 1400 cubic metre hole into the side of a schist mountain, using 1.5 tonnes of explosives.

    Beginners’ workshops just the tonic

    Martha Na Nagara pouring a gin for Anna Robinson towards the end of a recent gin workshop at...

    Beginners’ workshops just the tonic

    Queenstown locals and visitors can make their own gin in three-hour workshops designed to ignite one’s senses and creativity.

    On top down under

    Queenstown’s Kathryn Nevatt’s again set a breath-taking world record. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    On top down under

    A former world champion and world record-setting freediver, Queenstowner Kathryn Nevatt’s been involved in breaking another world record.
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