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    Arrowtown Long Table owners Laura and Campbell Ross, of You Gather Events. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Arrowtown’s feast finds its feet

    The Arrowtown Long Table is officially back on the calendar.

    Lake showing signs of recovery

    The Friends of Lake Hayes chairman Mike Hanff, with Berti. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMS

    Lake showing signs of recovery

    Fix the catchment and you’ll fix the lake.

    WHS principal favours open-plan classrooms despite government ban

    PHOTO: ODT FILES

    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

    Graeme Burgess with his latest snowboard, imported from Slovenia. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER

    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

    The new 48-metre Hugo Bridge, part of Glenorchy’s Buckler Burn Trail. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    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

    Bush Creek rink has reopened. PHOTO: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHY

    Arrowtown rink back from the brink

    Third time lucky, hopefully.

    Pioneering businesswoman in spotlight

    Former medical doctor and author Lauren Roche, whose historical novel Julia Eichardt will be...

    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

    Conservationist Peter Langlands with an Australasian bittern PICTURE: EMMA WILLIAMS

    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’.

    Kinross hosting ‘king of noir’

    Delaney Davidson. PHOTO: SABIN HOLLOWAY

    Kinross hosting ‘king of noir’

    Fifteen years after releasing his first album, celebrated Kiwi songwriter Delaney Davidson’s preparing to perform a rocking collection of bangers at Gibbston’s Kinross this Saturday night.

    Beyond a personality

    Drew Knowles. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Beyond a personality

    Queenstown facilitator Drew Knowles is re-running a workshop next Friday, focused on making behavioural tools actually work.

    Wild’s time to do or die in Dunners

    Wakatipu Wild captain Kellye Nelson. PHOTO: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHY

    Wild’s time to do or die in Dunners

    It all comes down to this weekend.

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    High-profile firms admit guilt over Queenstown landslide

    Landslip debris covers Reavers Lane in Queenstown in 2023. PHOTO: RNZ

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    High-profile firms admit guilt over Queenstown landslide

    Three high-profile companies have admitted charges over their role in the landslip that wreaked havoc in Queenstown’s Reavers Lane neighbourhood.

    Taps turned on in burglary cause $750k of damage

    Photo: Getty Images

    Taps turned on in burglary cause $750k of damage

    Burglars turned on taps in 10 houses in the Five Mile Villas complex in Queenstown, contributing to $750,000 worth of damage.

    Appeal after $750k damage to Frankton houses

    Appeal after $750k damage to Frankton houses

    Police are appealing for information after Queenstown houses were damaged, costing an estimated $750,000.

    ‘Capturing value’ regional deal’s first priority

    The latest rating valuations for the Whakatipu, based on a property’s likely sale price last...

    ‘Capturing value’ regional deal’s first priority

    "Capturing value" is the priority initiative of a new joint committee formed to negotiate a regional deal for Otago Central Lakes (OCL).

    Coming up trips

    REPORT: APL / PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Coming up trips

    AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand expects to launch its new three-person swing — the first in the South Island — at the Kawarau Bridge, near Queenstown, in September.

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    Queenstown's rising tide of problems

    The Shotover wastewater treatment plant leads to a failed disposal field that still has no agreed...

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    Queenstown's rising tide of problems

    The release of treated wastewater into Queenstown’s beloved Shotover River sparked outrage this year, but is only one of the growing region’s sewage challenges.

    Feedback sought on draft freedom camping bylaw

    Photo: ODT files

    Feedback sought on draft freedom camping bylaw

    Community feedback is being sought as the Queenstown Lakes District Council finalises a draft bylaw which will allow freedom camping only under specific restrictions.

    Slice of yesteryear sold for $1.29m

    The cottage today. PHOTO: RAY WHITE

    Slice of yesteryear sold for $1.29m

    It is a new era for one of Frankton’s last remaining original holiday cribs.

    Hollyer’s hoping for ORC seat

    Queenstown’s Matt Hollyer, who’s seeking election for Otago Regional Council. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Hollyer’s hoping for ORC seat

    Queenstowner Matt Hollyer’s hoping to enter politics.
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