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CODC's Tamah Alley: Looking to escape from Tim Cadogan's shadow

She was shoulder-tapped by the previous mayor - but now seeks election on her own merits.

Aug 27,2025

Central Otago residents mobilise against Bendigo mine

Showdown at the Queenstown Memorial Hall

Crux local QLDC election poll #1: full results

Deputy mayor Quentin Smith on the need for a change in QLDC culture

Candidate Statement: Samuel Belk

Wanaka Northlake houses 2024

Consumer NZ: house insurance becoming increasingly out of reach

Aug 27,2025

Water tap drink

QLDC CCO water charges set to rise to a future $4,889 per household

by Peter Newport - Aug 26,2025

drinking water tap

Upgrade of Luggate's drinking water supply brought forward

Aug 25,2025

QLDC councillors updated feb 2024

The first Crux local election poll - 2025

by Peter Newport - Aug 25,2025

WANAKA AIRPORT MAY 2018 035 preview

Wānaka airport: are new QLDC fees the source of debt?

by Nick Page - Aug 23,2025

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Deal or No Deal?

by Quentin Smith - Aug 22,2025

Tamah Alley Mark Quinn Charlie Sanders 1 v2

Central Otago's first mayoral race since 2019

by Zizi Sparks - Aug 22,2025

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Candidate statement: John Wellington, Wānaka Upper Clutha Community Board Candidate

Aug 21,2025

Collins and Peters new aircraft RNZ

Government spends $2.7 billion on new aircraft

Aug 21,2025

Nicola King Wanaka candiate cropped

Candidate statement: Nicola King, QLDC Wānaka–Upper Clutha Ward

Aug 21,2025

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Banks start to cut mortgage rates after OCR cut to 3%

Aug 20,2025

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Wānaka $1 million cancer fraudsters had rifle and ammunition

Aug 20,2025

Queenstown airport Aug 2025

$14 million Queenstown airport dividend to QLDC ratepayers

Aug 20,2025

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$2 billion Lakeview drama finally plays out in public

by Peter Newport - Aug 19,2025

WAO banner launch

Wao summit 2025 - full programme and tickets

Aug 18,2025

Winston Peters ferries RNZ

Government defends $671m scrapped ferry fiasco

Aug 16,2025

Wānaka couple charged with $1 million fraud

Aug 15,2025

Shotover sewage discharges breach safety limits as monitoring is cut back

by Peter Newport - Aug 15,2025

Wanaka survey cover

$250,000 QLDC Wānaka airport survey produces six email responses

by Peter Newport - Aug 15,2025

Simplicity Living Queenstown land

$500 million build to rent homes for Ladies Mile

by Peter Newport - Aug 14,2025

Government seeks QLDC assurances on Lakeview - calls for increased transparency

by Peter Newport - Aug 14,2025

Chief Ombudsman 2025

Chief Ombudsman to QLDC: “It is my opinion that the Council has acted contrary to legislation"

by Peter Newport - Aug 13,2025

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QLDC councillor candidate statement: Jon Mitchell

by Peter Newport - Aug 13,2025

World record fish RNZ

Aussie angler manhandles world record fish out of Twizel canal

Aug 13,2025

Lake abandoned Aug 11

Crux lodges complaint with Government as QLDC refuses to answer Lakeview questions

by Peter Newport - Aug 12,2025

QLDC letter feature image

Our QLDC Lakeview questions - Deadline, Friday August 15.

Aug 11,2025

Smiling feature

Albanese and Luxon: "Special and great friends."

by Peter Newport - Aug 09,2025

Candidate statement: John Bache, Wānaka–Upper Clutha Community Board

Aug 09,2025

Rod Drury bike 3

Rod Drury: The surprising detail behind his plan to fix Queenstown.

by Amanda Robertshawe - Aug 08,2025

Christchurch new electorate Aug 15 v2

South Island: still only 16 out of 71 electorates in spite of 7% population growth

Aug 08,2025

Lakeview A CRUX investigation 7

Free to read: How the Lakeview story has changed over the years

by Peter Newport - Aug 08,2025

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Explainer: new road user charges and the end of petrol tax

Aug 08,2025

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Hipkins Queenstown speech: "Over emphasis in NZ on the housing market"

Aug 07,2025

Alabanese and finacee Jodie Haydon

Australian PM and fiancée due in Queenstown to meet PM Luxon

Aug 07,2025

Coronet Village application v2

Rod Drury pulls support from Coronet Village project

by Amanda Robertshawe - Aug 06,2025

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Crux adds new team members for local elections

Aug 06,2025

Theelen December 2023

Mike Theelen decides to leave QLDC

Aug 05,2025

Glyn Lewers 3 edit

Mayor defends external CCO due to "legal and technical perspectives."

Aug 04,2025

Wanaka waste water

QLDC to upgrade Upper Clutha sewage systems

Aug 04,2025

Toddler spent close to an hour in bus luggage hold suitcase

Aug 04,2025

Intercity bus v2

Toddler found in suitcase in bus luggage compartment, woman charged

Aug 04,2025

Christchurch casino

Skyline's Christchurch Casino faces $5 million anti-money laundering fine

by Peter Newport - Aug 04,2025

Luxon 2025 Nat conference RNZ

Luxon attacks "activists" who oppose new housing developments

Aug 03,2025

Mount Cook parking RNZ v2

Overseas tourists to pay for National Park access

Aug 02,2025

Jacks Point for sale

Jacks Point: Three more Dean Franklin companies in liquidation

by Peter Newport - Aug 02,2025

Local elections 2025

Updated: last minute additions to election nominations

by Peter Newport - Aug 02,2025

Pacific island tourists warned against dengue fever

Aug 01,2025

Neil Gillespie v2

Candidate statement: Neil Gillespie for ORC Dunstan ward.

Aug 01,2025

Local Elections 2025: The QLDC, CODC and ORC final nomination lists

by Peter Newport - Aug 01,2025

Statement from ORC Dunstan ward candidate Ben Farrell

Aug 01,2025

Ferrets enlisted in Queenstown rabbit fight

Aug 01,2025

Two Mile water treatment site Dec 6

Mayor Lewers uses casting vote to push through new water CCO

by Peter Newport - Jul 31,2025

QLDC's new HQ debate - just when we thought it couldn't get any worse

by Peter Newport - Jul 31,2025

QLDC temp pollution sign

QLDC investigates Kelvin Heights sewage spill

by Peter Newport - Jul 31,2025

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Candidate Statement: Matt Hollyer for ORC

Jul 31,2025

Queenstown nurses strike July 2025

Queenstown nurses strike for safer staffing and inflation proof pay

by Peter Newport - Jul 30,2025

Jewellery entrepreneur Sir Michael Hill dies

Jul 30,2025

Air NZ Nikhil Ravishankar

Air NZ appoints new CEO to replace Greg Foran

Jul 30,2025

Gladding new wide

Candidate statement from Niki Gladding

Jul 29,2025

Niki Gladding v3

Niki Gladding to stand again for the QLDC

by Peter Newport - Jul 29,2025

Kathy Dedo 1 2025

Kathy Dedo to stand for Wānaka Upper Clutha Community Board

Jul 29,2025

P 7 final Lakeview A CRUX investigation 6

Council CEO Theelen departure could wipe out $80 million loss

by Peter Newport - Jul 29,2025

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Queenstown airport improves domestic departures toilets

Jul 29,2025

New QLDC HQ - Frankton in the frame, Ladies Mile out

by Peter Newport - Jul 28,2025

Paywave RNZ generic

Surcharges on in-store payments, including PayWave, to be banned

Jul 28,2025

Police mute on $750,000 tap attack on Frankton villas

Jul 25,2025

Developer's Queenstown worker accommodation - in pods

by Peter Newport - Jul 24,2025

ZQN biodiverrsity

Queenstown airport partners on Remarkables biodiversity project

Jul 24,2025

Police investigate $750,000 Frankton burglary and damage

Jul 23,2025

Ladies Mile high density

The true size and scale of Ladies Mile development

by Amanda Robertshawe - Jul 23,2025

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Hamilton mum stole $500,000 to spend on takeaways

Jul 22,2025

Ruapehu ice and snow RNZ

Four skiers partially buried in avalanche on Mt Ruapehu

Jul 21,2025

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