Post ‘inappropriate, insensitive’
A Queenstown real-estate agent has apologised after using AI imagery linking the Middle East conflict with sales success.
Cash flow issues, trading losses led to hotel’s collapse
Cash flow issues, trading losses led to hotel’s collapse
Cashflow issues and trading losses led to the collapse of the companies behind a $30 million Queenstown hotel, liquidators have found.
Prime land to be ‘forever protected’
Prime land to be ‘forever protected’
A prime piece of land at Queenstown’s Arthurs Point has been protected forever thanks to a new open space covenant with the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust.
Agent slammed over war zone marketing post
'Sincerely apologise': Real estate agent slammed over war zone marketing post
A Queenstown real-estate agent has apologised after using AI imagery to link the Middle East conflict with sales success.
Anzac Day commemorations
Anzac Day commemorations
You can pay your respects to those who fought for New Zealand in various wars at two Anzac Day commemorations this Saturday along with a bagpiper’s tribute.
Cashflow woes sank $30m luxury Queenstown hotel
Cashflow woes sank $30m luxury Queenstown hotel
Cashflow issues and trading losses led to the collapse of the companies behind a $30 million Queenstown hotel, liquidators have found.
Party planned for kiwi chick
Party planned for kiwi chick
A special gender reveal party is being planned in Queenstown.
Queenstown farmer steps in to help disabled teen
Queenstown farmer steps in to help disabled teen
A Queenstown farmer has offered to pay the shortfall for a lift so a dad does not have to carry his teen daughter from her wheelchair up seven steps to their front door.
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Kids 'screaming' as driver mows down ducks in Queenstown
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Kids 'screaming' as driver mows down ducks in Queenstown
A group of young children were left screaming and crying in Queenstown’s CBD on Tuesday after watching a motorist mow down a group of ducks in lower Beach St.
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Woman fled via window to get help after assault
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Woman fled via window to get help after assault
A Queenstown woman locked herself in her bathroom and climbed out the window to get help from a neighbour after being assaulted by her partner last month.
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Criticism of cable car project rebuffed
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Criticism of cable car project rebuffed
The company behind the billionaire-backed Queenstown cable car proposal has hit back at concerns from the local government, saying it is still early days in the process.
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Autumn festival events ‘amazing’
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Autumn festival events ‘amazing’
It might have been the first Arrowtown Autumn Festival in recent years where the vista was framed by snow-capped mountains.
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Third attempt at fast track successful
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Third attempt at fast track successful
It is third time lucky for an Australian developer whose fast-track application for a large residential suburb and skifield near Queenstown has been accepted after two failed attempts.
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Government ‘misappropriating’ levy funds: deputy mayor
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Government ‘misappropriating’ levy funds: deputy mayor
The government is ‘‘misappropriating’’ funds from international visitors, the deputy mayor of the Queenstown Lakes says.
It’s the height of lunacy
It’s the height of lunacy
Former local mayor Warren Cooper says a council proposal to allow 24m-high buildings across a swathe of Queenstown’s CBD is ‘‘absolute lunacy’’.
Robot geniuses off to Greece
Robot geniuses off to Greece
Two young Queenstown teens make up the only New Zealand team invited into a prestigious international robotics comp in Greece next month.
Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life
Happiness hailed as key to 102-year life
Queenstown identity Margaret Reid died last Sunday at the very ripe old age of 102.
Order’s high honour
Order’s high honour
It's an honour so prestigious it has to be approved by the King.
Trail planting project seeded
Trail planting project seeded
A project to reforest the margins of the Queenstown Trails Trust (QTT) network has begun.
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Procedures now available close to home
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Procedures now available close to home
Upper Clutha and Queenstown residents will now be able to access publicly funded endoscopy procedures closer to home.