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Unicorns also welcome at teddy bear social occasion

Unicorns also welcome at teddy bear social occasion

Vera Muldoon, of Arthurs Point, was dressed to impress with her mum, Amy Schmitt, at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic, held at Jack Reid Park in Arrowtown.

Latin line-up

Members of the bachata boot camp perform at the Queenstown Memorial Centre on Saturday night during the resort’s inaugural salsa and Latin dance festival.

Bunnings finally set to open in Queenstown

Bunnings Queenstown complex manager Liam Dawson says doors to the store, four years in the making...

Bunnings finally set to open in Queenstown

One of the most highly-anticipated stores in Queenstown will finally open its doors this month.

New owners for Arrowtown landmark

New owners for Arrowtown landmark

"Passionate" owners have been found for Arrowtown’s most well-known old stone cottage.

Festival for salsa and Latin dancers

Festival for salsa and Latin dancers

Aucklanders Eduardo Speranza and Nemi Turakhia take part in a workshop run by Sebastian Vera and Ellie Ladd at the Queenstown Salsa Festival yesterday.

First batch of Te Pa Tahuna apartments go on sale

Otago experienced a 12 per cent increase in annual house sales in September. Photo: RNZ

First batch of Te Pa Tahuna apartments go on sale

The first 27 of the 300-plus apartments in the Te Pa Tahuna development on the former Wakatipu High School site in Queenstown went up for sale yesterday.

Altered winter festival to go ahead

Fireworks light up Queenstown Bay during the 2018 Queenstown Winter Festival in June. Photo:...

Altered winter festival to go ahead

Queenstown's biggest winter party is making a return this year — but it is not a WinterFest as we know it.

Camp returning to what it was

A revamp of the former Frankton Motor Camp will take it back to its roots, its new lessees say.

Bleak figures in Lake Hayes in flow data

A view of the Lake Hayes catchment area. Photo: Supplied

Bleak figures in Lake Hayes in flow data

An analysis of water inflow data for Lake Hayes by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist gives a bleak insight into the amount of sediment and phosphorus flowing into the scenic Wakatipu Basin lake.

Continued investment in Otago schools supports roll growth

Construction on the new teaching space at Queenstown's Shotover Primary School begins in 2018....

Continued investment in Otago schools supports roll growth

Six projects valued at over $70m are delivering new schools, classrooms and refurbished buildings across the Queenstown-Lakes and are helping to ease the pressure of growing rolls in the area, the Education Minister says.

Vaccinations to ready resort for bubble

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said today that just over 90,000 Covid jabs have...

Vaccinations to ready resort for bubble

Queenstown border workers and frontline health staff will get their first Covid-19 vaccinations next week, as officials rush to get the resort ready for the opening of the transtasman bubble.

Queenstown Airport chief exec resigns

Queenstown Airport chief exec resigns

The Queenstown Airport Corporation is on the hunt for a new chief executive following Colin Keel’s resignation yesterday.

Skifields to hire hundreds more staff to cater for Australians

Those seeking jobs are being urged to train and spend the winter in a mountain town like Ōhakune,...

Skifields to hire hundreds more staff to cater for Australians

The opening of the travel bubble between Australia and NZ has given southern skifields confidence and certainty to begin recruiting staff - but they still need critical workers to be allowed into the country.

Mayor to look at tiny home policy

Sophie and Pete Oswald’s tiny house at a previous site near Queenstown. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Boult to look at tiny home policy

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult has promised owners of a tiny home he'll take a look at what they think are unworkable rules for living in them.

Mayor's delight at travel bubble

Destination Queenstown marketing and communications director Sarah O’Donnell and Queenstown Lakes...

'I could not be happier': Delight at travel bubble

"This is the saviour." Those were the words of Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult after learning quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start in less than a fortnight.

Climbers killed in fall not exceeding abilities, coroner says

Conor Smith. Photo: New Zealand Alpine Team

Climbers killed in fall not exceeding abilities, coroner says

Two promising mountaineers who died in a fall in Fiordland National Park in 2017 were not climbing beyond their abilities, a coroner has found.

Mayor hits out at ejected pubgoers’ behaviour

'Complete cretins': Mayor hits out at ejected pubgoers’ behaviour

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult has labelled a group of revellers who flooded into Queenstown Mall at midnight on Saturday "complete cretins".

Two hospitalised after incident at Queenstown bar

Queenstown erupts into chaos after bars shut at midnight for Easter Sunday.

Two hospitalised after incident at Queenstown bar

Two people ended up in hospital after an altercation at a Queenstown bar last night.

High country farmers oppose pastoral lease Bill

The Walking Access Commission prepared the draft report, which focuses on the South Island's...

High country farmers oppose pastoral lease Bill

Proposed reform of the law overseeing South Island high country pastoral leases will not lead to better environmental outcomes, a public hearing has been told.

Chilling weather fails to dampen procession

Carrying a cross into St Peter’s Anglican Church at the head of a Walk of the Cross procession in...

Chilling weather fails to dampen procession

More than 50 members of four Queenstown churches shrugged off rain and wind to take part in a multi-denominational Easter Walk of the Cross yesterday.

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