Queenstown restaurant in top 100 in world
Queenstown restaurant in top 100 in world
Queenstown fine dining restaurant Amisfield has been named in the top 100 restaurants in the world.
Right royal challenge
Right royal challenge
You could call it a one-in-a-million challenge.
Mountain man leaving a legacy
Mountain man leaving a legacy
Queenstowner Aaron Halstead’s one of the lucky ones - he’s managed to forge a hugely successful career from his hobbies.
Native lizards in focus
Native lizards in focus
An expert on New Zealand’s colourful native lizards — geckos and skinks — confesses she only started learning about them six years ago.
Voluntary roles proving hard to fill
Voluntary roles proving hard to fill
Queenstowners seem less willing to put their hands up for voluntary roles than before, a community arts stalwart says.
Take a chance auditioning
Take a chance auditioning
Auditions for Queenstown’s Remarkable Theatre’s 2025 play, set in the unpredictable world of dating, are on this weekend.
Duo on caravan tour
Duo on caravan tour
Award-winning husband-and-wife duo Aro rock into Glenorchy and Queenstown for concerts next week on a caravan tour of the country with their two young tamariki.
Rowers on world stage
Rowers on world stage
Two Wakatipu High 17-year-old rowers are furiously training and fundraising to represent New Zealand at world under-19 champs this winter.
Crown Terrace pad going under auctioneer’s hammer
Crown Terrace pad going under auctioneer’s hammer
If Queenstown mortgagee auctions aren’t rare enough, so is the opportunity to buy just over 65 hectares of Crown Terrace land above Arrowtown.
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Skifields on schedule to open: CEO
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Skifields on schedule to open: CEO
For once, it is white on time.
Victim sought after unprovoked assault by one of 3 exiting bar
Victim sought after unprovoked assault by one of 3 exiting bar
Police are seeking the victim of an unprovoked assault in central Queenstown on May 25.
Queenstown street assault victim sought by police
Queenstown street assault victim sought by police
Police are looking for the victim of a seemingly unprovoked early-morning assault in the centre of Queenstown.
Queenstown drink-driver caught for eighth time
Queenstown drink-driver caught for eighth time
A judge has refused a request for "lenient" treatment by a Queenstown man caught drink-driving for the eighth time.
Views sought on future of airstrip
Views sought on future of airstrip
How the Glenorchy airstrip operates is about to come under the spotlight.
Q’town plea to avoid gridlock
Q’town plea to avoid gridlock
Stark warnings about looming gridlock in Queenstown have sparked pleas for urgent investment in public transport.
Lack of funding for care service 'breaks my heart'
Lack of funding for care service 'breaks my heart'
It is seven months since Queenstown girl Meila Davis died of an aggressive bone cancer. She was just 13.
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CCO preferred option for Three Waters
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CCO preferred option for Three Waters
A recommendation for a council-controlled organisation (CCO) to deliver Three Waters services in the Queenstown Lakes district will go out for public consultation on Monday.
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Trees may be replaced in reserve
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Trees may be replaced in reserve
Wilding trees infesting a reserve on Queenstown Hill could be felled and replaced with native and exotic species.
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Light show’s new iteration on its way
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Light show’s new iteration on its way
A nature park by day, a light show by night. Queenstown’s Kiwi Park is hosting a "whimsical" iteration of the popular Luma light show which ran in the gardens for the past 10 years.
Luma in a new light
Luma in a new light
A nature park by day, Queenstown’s Kiwi Park’s hosting from tomorrow night a "whimsical" iteration of the popular Luma light show which ran in the Gardens for the past 10 years.