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    Location second to none: One of two longtime holiday homes for sale beside the Queenstown Marina....

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    Neighbouring lake-facing holiday homes for sale

    Two of Queenstown’s best-located holiday homes are for sale.

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    Looming sale puts Plunket service ‘in limbo’

    Queenstown Plunket faces being in limbo if its landlord successfully sells its Henry St premises...

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    Looming sale puts Plunket service ‘in limbo’

    Queenstown Plunket is in danger of being homeless.

    Organisation looking for new location

    The property currently used by Plunket in Queenstown. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Organisation looking for new location

    A Plunket boss says the organisation is talking to several parties about new Queenstown premises.

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    Board of directors sought for WaiSouth

    File photo: ODT

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    Board of directors sought for WaiSouth

    The Queenstown Lakes district’s Three Waters company has a name.

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    New Moke Lake booking requirement blindsides camper

    An online booking system is now in place for the popular Moke Lake campground near Queenstown....

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    New Moke Lake booking requirement blindsides camper

    The unannounced introduction of an online booking system for the popular Moke Lake campground near Queenstown has caught at least one would-be camper unawares.

    Queenstown tourist attraction a dream result

    Experiencing The Dreamery. PHOTOS: PHILIP CHANDLER

    Queenstown tourist attraction a dream result

    Overlooking Queenstown’s Village Green is a unique tourist attraction that is opening this Saturday.

    Memorial fest cranks up

     Local rider Conor Macfarlane drops into Queenstown Bike Festival’s slopestyle at Wynyard Jump...

    Memorial fest cranks up

    Already seven days in, the action-packed Queenstown Bike Festival concludes with a very special McGazza Fest over the next three days.

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    Skippers Bridge at risk of ‘catastrophic collapse’

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    Skippers Bridge at risk of ‘catastrophic collapse’

    A historic Queenstown bridge is in such a bad state it risks "catastrophic collapse", an engineering report has revealed.

    Construction of apartment complex to begin

    A graphic render of the Lakeview-Taumata precinct overlooking central Queenstown. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

    Construction of apartment complex to begin

    The first sod in Queenstown’s long-awaited, $2 billion Lakeview Te Taumata project — tipped to reshape the town’s urban centre — will be turned in three weeks’ time.

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    Overworked noodle cook awarded $86k payout

    No. 8 Noodle Bar. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Overworked noodle cook awarded $86k payout

    An overworked and underpaid cook at a Frankton noodle restaurant has been awarded an $86,000 payout from his employer.

    Injuries in motorbike crash

    Photo: Supplied

    Injuries in motorbike crash

    One person was transported to hospital after a "multiple motorbike crash" near the Devils Staircase south of Queenstown.

    Knife-wielding Queenstown hairdresser slashed flatmate

    Queenstown Courthouse. Photo supplied

    Knife-wielding Queenstown hairdresser slashed flatmate

    A Queenstown hairdresser who attacked his flatmate with a knife is likely to be deported.

    'Multiple' motorcycles involved in crash near Queenstown

    Photo: ODT files

    'Multiple' motorcycles involved in crash near Queenstown

    One person has been transported to hospital after a "multiple motorbike crash" near the Devils Staircase south of Queenstown.

    'Ghost houses': Concern for Queenstown's future

    'Ghost houses': Concern for Queenstown's future

    At any given time, more than a quarter of Queenstown Lakes district's properties aren't occupied, data shows.

    Crash causes delays on Gibbston Hwy

    Crash causes delays on Gibbston Hwy

    A two-vehicle crash caused delays on State Highway 6/Gibbston Highway between Queenstown and Cromwell this afternoon. 

    Man charged after alleged Arrowtown assault

    Man charged after alleged Arrowtown assault

    Police have charged a 27-year-old man with assault in relation to an incident in Arrowtown last month.

    Balancing act

    PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS

    Balancing act

    Lukas Deverson, 7, of Queenstown, has a go at the "log ride" event by Steamer Wharf on Queenstown’s Lake Wakatipu waterfront yesterday

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    Developer launches into multiple new accommodation projects

    New plans for 29 terrace homes in a long-vacant site at the corner of Hallenstein and York Sts in...

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    Developer launches into multiple new accommodation projects

    An Auckland developer who first popped up on the Queenstown scene in 2009 is pushing "go" on three, if not four, central business district accommodation complexes this year.

    ‘Huge honour’ to be named doctor for Tall Blacks

    Euan Speirits. Photo: James Allan Photography

    ‘Huge honour’ to be named doctor for Tall Blacks

    A Queenstown sports medicine specialist has been selected as doctor for the New Zealand men’s basketball team.

    Parent slams son’s school over Treaty stance

    Parent slams son’s school over Treaty stance

    A Queenstown parent is strongly critical his son’s school has recommitted to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, now the government has allowed schools to opt out.
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