Sir Michael Hill dies, aged 86
Sir Michael Hill, founder of Michael Hill Jewellers, has died at the age of 86.
Queenstown house wins supreme building award
Queenstown house wins supreme building award
A Queenstown home constructed by Velvin Building has been awarded the supreme house of the year over $1 million at the 2025 Southern Master Builders House of the Year awards.
Urban planning gives town ‘deferential’ treatment
Urban planning gives town ‘deferential’ treatment
An independent commissioner has questioned why Arrowtown should receive special treatment when it comes to the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s proposed urban intensification variation.
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Member of high-profile family dodges conviction for Pak’nSave shoplifting
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Member of high-profile family dodges conviction for Pak’nSave shoplifting
A member of the high-profile Thackwray family has avoided a conviction after being caught stealing groceries from a Queenstown supermarket on 15 separate occasions.
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Minister keeping eye on consent application
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Minister keeping eye on consent application
Environment Minister Penny Simmonds says she is "keeping a watching brief" on the application for treated wastewater being discharged directly into the Shotover River.
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Released sections sell straight away
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Released sections sell straight away
Strong demand for sections in the Kingston Village (KVL) residential development continues, with the latest release snapped up in minutes.
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Resort needs more houses: Willis
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Resort needs more houses: Willis
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says if she was Queenstown Lakes mayor for a day, she would "stare down the Nimbys and say I’d build some homes".
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Arrowtown may get height reprieve
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Arrowtown may get height reprieve
A Queenstown council planner is recommending proposed new residential height limits be reduced for Arrowtown.
School’s extraordinary benefactor remembered
School’s extraordinary benefactor remembered
Jack McPherson, who has died aged 98, was an extraordinary supporter of Wakatipu High’s outdoor education programme.
New Gibbston music fest on the way
New Gibbston music fest on the way
While Gibbston may have lost the annual Summer Concert Tour, a new music festival is stepping into the breach.
Arrowtown’s feast finds its feet
Arrowtown’s feast finds its feet
The Arrowtown Long Table is officially back on the calendar.
Huge honour for WHS head girl
Huge honour for WHS head girl
Wakatipu High’s head girl’s been nationally recognised for being a "local leader and climate change trailblazer".
Lake showing signs of recovery
Lake showing signs of recovery
Fix the catchment and you’ll fix the lake.
WHS principal favours open-plan classrooms despite government ban
WHS principal favours open-plan classrooms despite government ban
Wakatipu High School’s principal is vigorously defending open-plan learning despite the government shutting it down.
Boarder, 78, still cutting shapes
Boarder, 78, still cutting shapes
You won’t find many snowboarders on Queenstown’s ski slopes who took up the sport in the 1980s.
Trail’s completion ushers in new goal
Trail’s completion ushers in new goal
The completion of the Buckler Burn Trail between Glenorchy and the Whākaari Conservation Area will be celebrated by the township’s community next month.
Arrowtown rink back from the brink
Arrowtown rink back from the brink
Third time lucky, hopefully.
Pioneering businesswoman in spotlight
Pioneering businesswoman in spotlight
Screeds have been written about Queenstown’s founding fathers, but the township’s pioneering women also have stories worth telling, a new novel’s author says.
Rare bird in the spotlight
Rare bird in the spotlight
A secretive, critically endangered wetland bird is the subject of the Whakatipu Wildlife Trust’s latest ‘Talk on the Wild Side’.
Buddying-up programme well supported
Buddying-up programme well supported
Little and big buddies have been buddying-up in Queenstown for 24 years.