Initiative boosts healthy habits

Kim Harvey (centre) is on a mission to promote healthy habits in children. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Initiative boosts healthy habits

A digital initiative, designed by a Queenstown mother and health and wellbeing entrepreneur, has improved healthy habits for almost 20,000 children nationwide.

Stranger’s CPR skills may have saved child

Eli Fynn returns to the spot where he performed CPR on a child who had reportedly almost drowned....

Stranger’s CPR skills may have saved child

A young boy reportedly nearly drowned at Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown on New Year’s Day.

Airport easier option for balloon pilot

The balloon landing at Queenstown Airport this morning. Photo: Kathleen Mann

Airport easier option for balloon pilot

A rainbow-coloured balloon might stand out among the aircraft that typically lands at Queenstown Airport, but pilot Carrick McLellan said landing at the airport today was nothing out of the ordinary.

One injured in fall at Remarkables

A person has been injured after a fall at Queenstown’s Remarkables.

Queenstown blaze started in oven - fire investigators

Nikki Gabriel and Rodel Musni embrace as their unit burns in the background. PHOTO: CASS MARRETT

Queenstown blaze started in oven - fire investigators

A young Filipino mother is in shock after a fire ripped through her family’s home in Queenstown, destroying all their belongings.

Cyclist knocks mountain equivalent off for a cause

Queenstown mountain biker Simon Noble (left) and Makingtrax founder Jezza Williams. PHOTO: CASS...

Cyclist knocks mountain equivalent off for a cause

Queenstown mountain biker Simon Noble successfully biked the vertical height of Mt Everest in one day, finishing up at 11pm on Wednesday last week.

SIQ sorted in Queenstown

SIQ sorted in Queenstown

Queenstown now has six available SIQ units for visitors needing to isolate.

Longest day charity fundraiser a long haul

Queenstown’s Simon Noble (left) and Makingtrax founder Jezza Williams mark an exhausting...

Longest day charity fundraiser a long haul

Queenstown mountain biker Simon Noble successfully biked the vertical height of Everest in one day, finishing up at 11pm on Wednesday.

Freedom Camping Bylaw vote unanimous

Changes to freedom camping would be phased in over two years to allow vehicle owners time to...

Freedom Camping Bylaw vote unanimous

The Queenstown Lakes District Council Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 came into effect yesterday after councillors voted unanimously for it.

More SIQ facilities sought in Queenstown

The rules would have the most effect on absentee owners wanting to let their property for short...

More SIQ facilities sought in Queenstown

The search for a self-isolation quarantine facility in Queenstown continues after one possible site came to nothing.

Hospital on time, on budget and officially opened

The new Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital in Queenstown was offically opened last night,...

Hospital on time, on budget and officially opened

Just 18 months after the first sod was turned, Queenstown’s new hospital is almost ready for its first patient.

New hospital officially opens in Queenstown

Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital’s first operating theatre set to open in January. PHOTO:...

New hospital officially opens in Queenstown

Just 18 months after the first sod-turning, Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital officially opened in Queenstown at a ceremony this evening.

Pump track comes to life with Crankworx

Louise Ferguson rides the new Kerry Drive pump track. PHOTOS: CASS MARRETT

Pump track comes to life with Crankworx

With the popular Skyline gondola and Queenstown mountain bike park towering overhead, the resort town’s newest track sits nestled among the trees at the top of Kerry Dr.

YHA pulling plug on southern hostels

YHA Queenstown Central is among 11 Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand sites closing next...

YHA pulling plug on southern hostels

Budget accommodation provider the Youth Hostel Association of New Zealand has buckled under the pressure of closed international and domestic borders, winding up operations for four southern hostels.