Children with disabilities who would love to ski or snowboard are being offered the opportunity to do so as part of The Remarkables Adaptive Snowsports scholarship initiative.

Arrowtown residents are being urged to get proactive about air pollution in the town and attend a 'clean air expo' this weekend.

Implications of the appointment of receivers to 5 Mile Holdings Limited was discussed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council at its full council meeting today at Queenstown.

Positive progress was made this week on the issue of helicopter consents in the Queenstown Lakes District.

The Otago Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group is holding an exercise designed to test its response to a major earthquake affecting most of Otago.