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Call to set up hospice care at empty site
An exhausted Queenstown resident caring for her dying husband has called on the health minister to turn empty rooms at Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital into a temporary hospice space.
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ORC decides not to build e-bus depot
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ORC decides not to build e-bus depot
The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has palmed off developing an electric bus charging depot in Queenstown to the private market.
Rich foreign buyers flock to properties
Rich foreign buyers flock to properties
The early foreign birds are circling the Southern Lakes to catch the rare golden worms.
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Surprise literary selection
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Surprise literary selection
Queenstown author Peta Carey is preparing to eat her hat.
Statutory manager appointed
Statutory manager appointed
The board of Queenstown-Lakes’ oldest school, Glenorchy School, has called in a limited statutory manager (LSM).
Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze
Fire crews battle Arrowtown vegetation blaze
Crews of firefighters and two helicopters with monsoon buckets are fighting a large vegetation fire near Arrowtown.
Ultra-wealthy jet into Queenstown to snap up $5m-plus homes
Ultra-wealthy jet into Queenstown to snap up $5m-plus homes
Ultra-rich buyers arriving in private jets are zeroing in on Queenstown's priciest properties as new foreign house-buyer rules come into force.
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Fire ban for district amid hot conditions
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Fire ban for district amid hot conditions
Hot and windy weather has raised the fire risk in the Queenstown Lakes District to extreme, prompting Fire and Emergency New Zealand to suspend all fire permits in its Lakes zone for the next three...
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Miners seek to take out gold from the bank
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Miners seek to take out gold from the bank
Hopeful gold miners are having another crack at it in the Upper Clutha — this time on the banks of the river rather than in it.
New $1.4m Queenstown homes arrive on back of truck
New $1.4m Queenstown homes arrive on back of truck
Heralding a new type of construction for Queenstown, four adjacent, elevated homes have been trucked down from Christchurch.
Marathon guru samples 5km run
Marathon guru samples 5km run
A recent Queenstown Parkrun participant played a major role in developing the world’s largest marathon into what is today.
As good as gold
As good as gold
Three Queenstowners each hauled in four golds at the recent New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin — Mike Ramsay, 75, Chenin Madden, 47, and Bruce Patton, 83.
Ex-pro’s new Arrowtown coaching gig
Ex-pro’s new Arrowtown coaching gig
A longtime former pro rugby player is enjoying reconnecting with the game by helping coach the Arrowtown Premiers.
Ex-Qtown pro’s pride and joy
Ex-Qtown pro’s pride and joy
Former Queenstown golf teaching pro Ben Guilford coaches the Christchurch amateur who made a splash at the New Zealand Open at Arrow-town’s Millbrook Resort late last week.
Cancer survivor’s comeback run
Cancer survivor’s comeback run
After going ‘‘to hell and back’’, Bresita Paton is treating Saturday’s Motatapu Miners Trail Run as her comeback.
Axis relocates to Park
Axis relocates to Park
Growing demand and a need for more space are behind Axis Sports Medicine’s move to a new, purpose-built clinic in Frankton’s Remarkables Park.
Sherwood’s unique room refurb
Sherwood’s unique room refurb
A globally-recognised Melbourne-based architecture and interiors studio’s leading a room refurb at Queenstown’s Sherwood Hotel.
Hotel’s youthful new GM
Hotel’s youthful new GM
When you’re 32 and your whole hotel experience has been in Australia, Queenstown’s Crowne Plaza’s not a bad place for your first GM gig.
Calling actors and directors
Calling actors and directors
Queenstown's Remarkable Theatre’s holding auditions this weekend for actors and directors for its annual Pint-Sized Plays, being performed in Frankton on May 6 and 7 and in Bannockburn on May 9.
Firey beginning to 40th festival
Firey beginning to 40th festival
The Whakatipu’s longest-running event is going to start with several thousand bangs this year.