Bungy king AJ Hackett lucky to be alive
The Kiwi king of bungy - fresh from 25th celebrations in Queenstown - is lucky to be alive after a high-speed head-on road smash.
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Kings to run new store
Kings to run new store
Queenstown's supermarket kingpins are jumping shop.
Mainfreight criticised over chemical incident
Mainfreight criticised over chemical incident
A trucking company has been criticised for its lack of health and safety concern after a chemical incident in Queenstown earlier this year.
Winemaker moving out of the valley
Winemaker moving out of the valley
Queenstown wine pioneer Alan Brady is uprooting himself from the Wakatipu, 40 years after shifting here.
Chronic staff shortages affect resort businesses
Chronic staff shortages affect resort businesses
A Queenstown staff shortage is putting huge pressure on the resort’s businesses, a survey confirms.
Sale puts seal on school playground fundraiser
Sale puts seal on school playground fundraiser
The sale by auction of a Shotover Country house has put the final seal on a school fundraiser.
Stage 1: a swanky subdivision
Stage 1: a swanky subdivision
A $100million lakeside development planned near Queenstown will start with a swanky subdivision with a dozen $2million-plus sections.
Light festival future bright
Light festival future bright
Queenstown's spectacular Luma Light Festival might expand after a stellar opening year.
Christchurch band to headline festival concert
Christchurch band to headline festival concert
The headline act for Queenstown Winter Festival's Friday night party has been named.
Survivor of horror hit-and-run talks
Survivor of horror hit-and-run talks
A cyclist almost killed in a Queenstown hit-and-run woke from a coma in Dunedin Hospital four days later with no memory of it.
Worker apartments planned for Queenstown entrance
Worker apartments planned for Queenstown entrance
Plans have emerged for another massive worker accommodation complex in Queenstown.
17 million gondola rides in 50 years
17 million gondola rides in 50 years
Since it launched back in 1967, Skyline says more than 17 million people have ridden its gondola to get a bird’s-eye view of Queenstown.
Order over hut but builder gone
Order to dismantle hut but no sign of builder
A former Queenstown resident who built a tree hut on a willow island in Lake Wakatipu has been ordered to take it down - but appears to have left for Australia.
Dotcom tweets a call for new staff
Dotcom tweets a call for new staff
Kim Dotcom wants you.
Moving from hip-hop to hop
Moving from hip-hop to hop
Arthurs Point’s new local, Canyon Food Brew Co., opened its doors last Wednesday. Tracey Roxburgh talks to the man behind the beer – a dancer, turned mechanical engineer, turned award-winning brewer.
Key to new hotel – no key
Key to new hotel – no key
What’s claimed to be New Zealand’s first fully "smart" hotel has opened on the fringe of Queenstown’s CBD.
'A big setback': Pest traps stolen and vandalised
'A big setback': Pest traps stolen and vandalised
Volunteers restoring native bird populations in the Wakatipu are devastated at the theft and vandalism of traps and trapping equipment.
Resort bars at 'crisis point' over lack of staff
Resort bars at 'crisis point' over lack of staff
Staffing shortages in Queenstown have forced one bar owner to close her doors to give workers a break, while a manager says he's looking to offshore recruitment to boost numbers.
'Riverdale' stars land in Q'town
'Riverdale' stars land in Queenstown
Actors KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse, stars of the hit US teen drama, appear to be ringing in the new year in Queenstown.
Roundabout 'not safe for children'
Roundabout 'dangerous for children'
A Queenstown councillor is crying foul over a CBD roundabout she says is dangerous for children.