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    Sir Rod Drury hands back New Zealander of the Year award

    Sir Rod Drury. File photo: RNZ

    Sir Rod Drury hands back New Zealander of the Year award

    Queenstown resident Sir Rod Drury, the subject of misconduct claims by former employees, has handed back his New Zealander of the Year award.

    Former mayor ‘chuffed’ to see investment

    Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Former mayor ‘chuffed’ to see investment

    Former Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers says he’s "really chuffed" the government’s finally investing in this district’s health services.

    Mind-blowing response to ‘Giving Day’

    Photo: Getty Images

    Mind-blowing response to ‘Giving Day’

    As far as an hourly rate goes, it’s mind-blowing.

    Millbrook’s golf director pulls pin

    Millbrook Resort. Photo: Ben Arthur

    Millbrook’s golf director pulls pin

    Millbrook Resort’s ex-director of golf says he resigned about two months ago "purely for a change of pace".

    Special screening for star actress

    Chelsie Preston Crayford breaks from playing detective in a murder-mystery drama series to host a...

    Special screening for star actress

    Hosting next Saturday a Queenstown Q&A screening of her first feature film is pretty special for director Chelsie Preston Crayford.

    Completing Emma’s Showbiz CV

    Emma Pullar. Photo: Philip Chandler

    Completing Emma’s Showbiz CV

    Though she’s feeling a bit of imposter’s syndrome, Arrowtowner Emma Pullar’s local stage experience makes her eminently qualified to direct Dolly Parton’s hit musical, 9 to 5.

    ‘Queen of the Mountain’ to premiere

    Annie Ford pictured after obliterating her own Guinness World Record at Coronet Peak last January...

    ‘Queen of the Mountain’ to premiere

    It would have been rude not to.

    Library seeking lifeline

    The volunteer committee running the Wakatipu Toy Library need to find $60,000 within the next...

    Library seeking lifeline

    The Wakatipu Toy Library’s pleading for community support to help keep its service running.

    School seeks landowner

    Wakatipu High’s Morris Kan, left, and Blake Turoa are among 14 students building this two-bed...

    School seeks landowner

    Wakatipu High’s looking for someone who could accommodate on their land a student-built rental that’ll be let out to school staff.

    Pupils get in character

    Photo: Philip Chandler

    Pupils get in character

    Pupils of Queenstown’s St Joseph’s School warmed up for this Sunday’s massive book fair with their usual book character day last Friday.

    Bumper crop for retirees

    Photo: Philip Chandler

    Bumper crop for retirees

    Arvida Queenstown Country Club residents are exhibiting the sort of self-sufficiency made famous by actors Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers in the popular British sitcom, The Good Life.

    Offering solution to ‘broken’ democracy

    newDemocracy Foundation executive director Iain Walker is addressing this topic in Queenstown...

    Offering solution to ‘broken’ democracy

    An expert on how democracy can be improved is giving a Catalyst Trust talk in Queenstown next Wednesday.

    Workshop targets migrant communities

    Local Good and Ready champion Carol Morgan will co-facilitate Tuesday’s workshop. Photos: supplied

    Workshop targets migrant communities

    An emergency preparedness workshop being held in Queenstown this coming Tuesday is partly targeting migrant communities.

    Helping waste reduction

    Photo: Philip Chandler

    Helping waste reduction

    Thanks to supportive businesses, Sustainable Queenstown (SQ) has been gifted another shed to store gear for its burgeoning waste-reduction project, DISHrupt.

    Milestone match for popular loosie

    Photo: ODT files

    Milestone match for popular loosie

    Self-nicknamed the ‘South Waikato Steam Train’, Wakatipu Premiers loosie and co-captain Tom Ria’s "pretty chuffed" he’ll run out for his 100th game in blue against Maniototo in Queenstown this...

    Robinson among sports award finalists

    Robinson among sports award finalists

    Some familiar names have made the cut for this year’s Otago Sports Awards.

    Paddlers impress on national stage

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Paddlers impress on national stage

    Twelve Wakatipu High School girls impressed at the national secondary schools waka ama champs — in a values-based sport based on traditional Pacific outrigger canoes.

    Mountain bike star 'in good spirits' despite horror crash

    Queenstown-based mountain bike rider Louise Ferguson's recovering in hospital after an horrific...

    Mountain bike star 'in good spirits' despite horror crash

    Queenstown-based mountain bike star Louise Ferguson is on the road to recovery following a horror crash in South Korea.

    Q’town athlete reaches podium

    Photo: ODT files

    Q’town athlete reaches podium

    Queenstown teen Malik Boatwright narrowly missed out on a gold medal at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in South Korea on Saturday.

    Fresh blood fuels Stampede

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Fresh blood fuels Stampede

    Queenstown's SkyCity Stampede may be without two of its superstar stalwarts this year, but coach Cam Frear’s confident he’s got a team that could conceivably lift the Birgel Cup.
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