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Trekkers come for the solitude and beauty of the remote Hollyford Valley, which has resisted many an attempt to tame it.

The legacy of Queenstown’s first European settler was celebrated on Thursday at a hotel named after him, on what would have been his 196th birthday...

People in Queenstown are living in cars, hostels, tents and couch surfing - and the problem is only snowballing, the co-organiser of a housing protest says.

New data suggests Otago is bouncing back from the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It has never been harder to run a business in Queenstown, hospitality and tourism operators in the town say.

The shortage of workers in Queenstown has led to a community group started to help connect businesses with staffing gaps with locals willing to pitch in.

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The Southern DHB is warning residents to be cautious as they travel to usual holiday hotspots as it seems Covid-19 has already arrived ahead of them.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council says it is well prepared to keep services running when Omicron arrives but temporary facility closures are possible.