By PHILIP CHANDLE A Whakatipu-based fundraiser’s raised an amazing $35,000 for the children’s ward of Fiji’s Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva. A recent auction at Arrowtown’s...

By GUY WILLIAMS A new lobby group’s been set up to fight the proposal to close Milford Sound’s airport. One of the backers of ‘Save Milford...

By PHILIP CHANDLER A spruce-up of Queenstown’s Robert Lee Memorial, by the Ladies Mile highway, is being spearheaded by his great-grandson, who’s also named Robert Lee. The...

By PHILIP CHANDLER A group fighting a visually-prominent 89-lot subdivision at Queenstown’s Arthurs Point is claiming a victory. Arthurs Point Outstanding Natural Landscape Society (AONLS) had...

By GUY WILLIAMS With funding assured for the next three years, the Southern Lakes Sanctuary Trust is on  the hunt for people to put its...

By PHILIP CHANDLER If you see one of these Whakatipu residents driving a vehicle next week, you can probably dob them in. From left, Will Grigor,...

By CASS MARRETT When iFly Queenstown’s Matt Wong caught wind of a group of disappointed young Highland dancers, he knew he needed to help. That’s why...

By TRACEY ROXBURGH Five eucalyptus trees in Queenstown will live to see another day, for now. Due to be felled on Monday, to make way for...

By PHILIP CHANDLER A short-cut bus service between Arrowtown and Queenstown — starting on a trial basis — could be on the cards. Since Otago Regional...

By TRACEY ROXBURGH and CASS MARRETT DESPITE mounting pressure on Queenstown’s council to save five eucalyptus trees, they’re destined for the chop next week. Last week Mountain...

A Waitaki teen who posted a selfie on Instagram two days before his court appearance with a Queenstown cop whose car he later jumped...

By TRACEY ROXBURGH Queenstown Highland dancing teacher Carleen Dalton’s hoping it’ll be third time lucky. The Southland Teachers & Judges Association member, and primary organiser of...