Queenstown

$180m funding boost for Q’town health services

Healthcare services in Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago will begin expanding in 2027 with $128m in additional operational spending over the next four years, the Health Minister says.

Frankton pedestrian overbridge to cost $12.6m

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi director of regional relationships James Caygill (right) shows...

Frankton pedestrian overbridge to cost $12.6m

A $12.6 million pedestrian bridge will provide safe passage for schoolchildren over one of Queenstown’s busiest roads, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says.

Plea for performing arts home

Remarkable Theatre president Chris MacKenzie. Photo: Allied Media files

Plea for performing arts home

Local performing arts practitioners are adamant Queenstown needs a permanent venue where groups can rehearse, store costumes and props, and perform.

Queenstown McDonald’s site sold

There's been a transaction at Queenstown’s McDonald’s that’s a tad bigger than your average Big Mac.

Wye Creek side track closed

Safety concerns: Wye Creek Track, between Queenstown and Kingston, has been closed for the...

Wye Creek side track closed

An increasingly popular side track off Queenstown’s Wye Creek Track, off the Kingston highway, has been closed to public access for safety reasons.

‘Bulldog’s’ ride for rescue choppers

Pro Kiwi mountain biker Brook ‘The Bulldog’ Macdonald’s saddling up for tomorrow’s Westpac...

‘Bulldog’s’ ride for rescue choppers

Brook ‘The Bulldog’ Macdonald is used to going like the clappers downhill on his mountain bike for about three and a-half minutes.

Pair injured in Queenstown serious assault

Police vehicles surround a house in Hallenstein St in Queenstown following a serious assault....

Pair injured in Queenstown serious assault

Police have swarmed a central Queenstown property following a "grievous assault" last night, which has left two men seriously injured.

Former Xero staffer 'elated' Drury returns honour

Rod Drury, of Queenstown. Photo: supplied

Former Xero staffer 'elated' Drury returns honour

"Elation" and "validation" are words Ally Naylor uses to describe her reaction to hearing Xero founder Sir Rod Drury has returned his New Zealander of the Year award.

Sir Rod Drury hands back New Zealander of the Year award

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’

Mind-blowing response to ‘Giving Day’

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

Millbrook’s golf director pulls pin

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

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

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

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.

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