Guy Williams

The Queenstown Lakes District Council should turn down Fergburger's request to widen the footpath outside its premises to ease congestion, the resort's chamber of commerce says.

After quarter of a century in the wine business and a decade running a popular bistro beside Lake Hayes, Amisfield has produced a book the company promises will take readers behind the scenes.

Construction of the first stage of a community rental housing project in Arrowtown has begun.

The Government will provide $200,000 over three years to help the Hollyford Conservation Trust carry out pest control across 2400ha of the lower Hollyford Valley in Fiordland.

A Queenstown man's dream to help Maori performing arts thrive in the resort took a giant step forward at the weekend.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council says its parking officers are ''unsung heroes'' who carry out a difficult but vital role.

TSS Earnslaw has become the first passenger vessel in New Zealand to be certified under a new national safety regime.

A newly-formed conservation group hopes to start pest control operations in a ''biodiversity hotspot'' in Fiordland this spring.

A Queenstown man has been charged with assault after allegedly shoving a parking warden in the chest during an altercation in the resort yesterday.

A large group of young Germans watching the game at Queenstown's Xtreme Bar yesterday were not difficult to spot in the crowd.

Strengthening work on the Kawarau River Bridge on State Highway 6 between Cromwell and Queenstown will cause delays for motorists next week.

Queenstown bar owners appear relaxed about a district-wide police initiative that has involved officers going undercover in the resort during last month's Winter Festival.

A Canadian tourist has copped a lucky break after she was caught with a cannabis pipe at Queenstown Airport.

Keeping a camera steady while suspended from an overhanging rock face was just one of the challenges Guillaume Charton faced while making his film about a Queenstown rock-climbing ''gem''.

The Department of Conservation (Doc) will carry out an aerial 1080 predator control operation across more than 20,000ha in the Dart, Routeburn and Caples Valleys this spring, as part of a South-Island wide operation that will cover about 70,000ha.

Kawarau River Station has been bought by the developers of Frankton's Remarkables Park for $8.05 million.

The Australians are coming to Queenstown by the planeload - it must be winter.

The first babies Madeline Lawn helped care for in her role as a community Karitane are celebrating their 21st birthdays this year.