Bad weather has pushed back the completion of Queenstown’s long-awaited Eastern Access Road slightly, but its first stage is still expected to open by the end of May.
Detailed plans are being prepared for the upgrade of Frankton’s Lakes District Hospital, although building work is not expected to start until the end of the year.
A visit to Queenstown by Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue next month has no connection to long waiting times for criminal trials in the resort, a spokeswoman says.
The Civil Aviation Authority is saying little about its investigation into a skydiving accident near Queenstown at the weekend that left two men seriously injured.
The number of visitors spending their Chinese New Year holiday in Queenstown is expected to be on a par with last year after several years of double-digit growth.