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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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.

    Q’town Miners win ice hockey league

    Queenstown Miners goalie Noah Reid, pictured during his team’s winning Premier Ice Hockey League...

    Q’town Miners win ice hockey league

    A talent-laden Queenstown Miners team won the inaugural Premier Ice Hockey League after national finals were held in the resort last weekend.

    Rugby club in the rough

    Arrowtown Rugby Club reps, from left, Tom McKenzie, Tom Macfarlane, Ben Walker, Alberto Palma,...

    Rugby club in the rough

    Members of the Arrowtown Rugby Club turned into alpine ball boys (and girls) last Sunday, raising almost $1000 in the process.

    Fireys bring the heat

    Photo: ODT files

    Fireys bring the heat

    Queenstown fireys set some blistering pace in Wellington last weekend, during the National Firefighter Championship Series.

    New Kelvin Heights housing style

    An artist’s impression of Peninsula Rise.

    New Kelvin Heights housing style

    A high-end cluster of five stand-alone homes and eight duplexes represents a new housing typology for Queenstown’s Kelvin Heights.

    Rookie joins experienced pro

    ‘Team Penrose’ comprises David Penrose and Tink Brinsley Turner. Photo: supplied

    Rookie joins experienced pro

    There's definitely a generational feel about a new team at Queenstown’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty (NZSIR).

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    Councillors reject Wānaka airport plan

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    Councillors reject Wānaka airport plan

    Councillors have rejected a plan to put the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) in charge of the future of Wānaka’s aerodrome.

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    Queenstown council bylaw flawed, court rules

    Backed by High Court: Queenstown street food vendor Danna Burton. PHOTO: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHY

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    Queenstown council bylaw flawed, court rules

    Queenstown waterfront vendors are claiming victory after the High Court struck down rules hindering their trading.

    Man sought over Queenstown assault

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    Man sought over Queenstown assault

    Police are hunting a man over a central Queenstown assault which left the victim shaken.

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    Amisfield owner ‘misjudged’ former chef

    Vaughan Mabee. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    Amisfield owner ‘misjudged’ former chef

    The owner of an acclaimed Queenstown restaurant says he ‘‘misjudged’’ a controversial former chef at the centre of a slew of official complaints.

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    Healthcare boost of $128m ‘huge step forward’

    Health Minister Simeon Brown (centre right) announces a new clinical services plan for the Otago...

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    Healthcare boost of $128m ‘huge step forward’

    Healthcare services in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago will begin expanding next year with $128m in additional operational spending over the next four years, the Health Minister says.

    $180m boost to healthcare in Central Lakes area

    Waitaki MP Miles Anderson (L), Health Minister Simeon Brown (C) and Southland MP Joseph Mooney at...

    $180m boost to healthcare in Central Lakes area

    An expansion to Lakes District Hospital's emergency department will begin within months as part of a $180 million boost to healthcare in the Otago Central Lakes area.

    Amisfield dropped from top food guide

    Amisfield dropped from top food guide

    The award-winning Arrowtown restaurant was crowned NZ's best five times but has been pulled this year amid a stream of allegations against former executive chef Vaughan Mabee.
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