Well-known GP returning to Wānaka
Well-known GP returning to Wānaka
Long-term and well-known Wānaka GP Lucy O’Hagan will return home as a guest speaker at next month’s Aspiring Conversations and then she will stay for good.
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If you love it, you can protect it
If you love it, you can protect it
This summer, local not-for-profit WAI Wānaka has been inviting everyone to use the lakes responsibly.
Rural girl still loves the changed world
Rural girl still loves the changed world
As she enters her golden years, Mary May says she appreciates the changes over time to the landscape she loves. Olivia Caldwell follows the journey of a rural woman who returns to where her life...
Sky’s the limit for urban plan
Sky’s the limit for urban plan
The controversial urban intensification plan was approved last week by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to allow for higher and more dense urban planning.
‘Inspiring next generation of pilots’
‘Inspiring next generation of pilots’
An event at Timaru’s Richard Pearse Airport is set to make the economy soar.
Workshop to teach AI tool use
Workshop to teach AI tool use
The South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local business owners, leaders and professionals to invest in themselves and their businesses by attending an upcoming AI master class.
Odyssey recounted
Odyssey recounted
A Timaru-born author has delved into his vivid diary entries to create an engaging and fascinating travel memoir of adventuring through Africa in a giant Bedford truck in the 1970s.
Consent sought for changes
Consent sought for changes
Accommodation changes were brought before a hearing panel in Alexandra this week.
Project brings up milestone
Project brings up milestone
A project to record personal memories of life in Central Otago is so successful it needs more volunteers to help out.
How Prophets Rock got its name
How Prophets Rock got its name
If you are seeking spectacular vistas, a walk up the Omeo Gully Track to Prophets Rock is both rewarding and can bring some understanding to some of Central Otago’s rich past.
Shear speed of speed shearers
Shear speed of speed shearers
Owaka Speed Shears kicked off the South Otago circuit with a buzzing crowd.
United despite our differences, views
United despite our differences, views
As this is my first time writing in the Clutha Leader this year, I hope you have had a great start to 2026 and also an enjoyable Waitangi weekend.
Quintessential Kelvin Heights
Quintessential Kelvin Heights
A prime development site in Queenstown’s high-end Kelvin Heights is attracting good interest due to dual access off both Peninsula Rd and Willow Pl — along with a substantial, modern boathouse.
Remarkables Park townhouses a fast sell
Remarkables Park townhouses a fast sell
The project team behind the Kawarau Villas terrace housing complex, just below Frankton’s Remarkables Park, suspect it’s currently Queenstown’s fastest-selling development.
Runners entering hurt locker
Runners entering hurt locker
At least four Queenstowners are tackling New Zealand’s premier ultra-trail running event this weekend — the Tarawera 100-miler (163km this year) in and around Rotorua.
The Milburn trifecta
The Milburn trifecta
Three local tennis-playing brothers, who’ve all been the best in New Zealand for their age, have now each won the prestigious Queenstown Open men’s title in successive years.
Having a ball in Q'town
Having a ball in Q'town
Queenstown's clearly on the radar of the New Zealand Breakers basketball franchise’s new majority owner.
Q’town’s evergreen ‘Grey Cap’
Q’town’s evergreen ‘Grey Cap’
One of the oldest members of the New Zealand ‘Grey Caps’ competing in the over-70s Cricket World Cup (CWC) in and around Christchurch from next week is Queenstown’s John Cushen.
Queenstown hotel's makeover moving it upmarket
Queenstown hotel's makeover moving it upmarket
The owner of Queenstown’s Holiday Inn Express & Suites is moving the town centre hotel upmarket.
This gig won’t lack punch
This gig won’t lack punch
Fresh from a special single release last week, Gore-raised folk/country/blues singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow’s performing her first Queenstown concert in two years on February 22.