Value of snow is uncounted
Value of snow is uncounted
As skiers and boarders hit the slopes of Coronet Peak and Cardrona skifields today, Guy Williams asks what the snow industry is worth to the Otago economy, and gets a surprising range of answers.
Guy Williams
Man on firearms charges
Man on firearms charges
A drunk Australian who allegedly shot at bottles with an air rifle in a car park will appear in the Queenstown District Court next week on firearms charges.
Drunk Aussie 'shot bottles in Queenstown carpark'
Drunk Aussie 'shot bottles in Queenstown carpark'
A drunk Australian who allegedly shot bottles with an air rifle in a carpark will appear in the Queenstown District Court next week on firearms charges.
MP fires shots at 'nimbyism'
MP fires shots at 'nimbyism'
Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith has labelled opposition to special housing areas proposed for Queenstown as ''nimbyism''.
Feeley man of integrity: minister
Feeley man of integrity: minister
Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Adam Feeley has ''total integrity'', Minister of Building and Housing Nick Smith says.
Wind gusts disrupt flights
Wind gusts disrupt flights
Strong wind in the Queenstown Lakes district toppled trees and affected flights in and out of Queenstown Airport yesterday.
Sounds kept sweet
Sounds kept sweet
While some of the world's best young violinists have been dazzling Queenstown audiences, a master craftsman has been working his own kind of magic out of the spotlight.
Battle over location of bridge 'far from finished'
Battle over location of bridge 'far from finished'
A lobby group will continue its battle over the location of a new bridge planned for Frankton, despite an official report backing the status quo.
Avalanche warning
Avalanche warning
Heavy snowfall in the Southern Lakes mountains last month has raised the danger of avalanches this winter, a veteran Queenstown mountain guide says.
Community rallies around fire victims
Community rallies around fire victims
Offers of help are flooding in for two families left homeless by a fire in Queenstown on Sunday.
Group to lobby council on bridge site
Group to lobby council on bridge site
A lobby group proposing an alternative site for replacing the Kawarau Falls Bridge near Queenstown plans a show of force at a council public forum today.
Rafa Trust SHA on agenda
Rafa Trust SHA on agenda
Queenstown Lakes District councillors will decide today whether to set aside a special housing area (SHA) application by chief executive Adam Feeley's family trust while it is the subject of an Auditor-general inquiry.
Museum, village visited
Museum, village visited
A high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official has spent some downtime in Queenstown at the end of a three day visit to New Zealand.
Meeting opposes break from QLDC
Meeting opposes break from QLDC
A meeting of Kingston residents has overwhelmingly rejected splitting from the Queenstown Lakes District Council and joining Southland.
'It was a serious, serious blaze'
'It was a serious, serious blaze'
A unit of a former motel has been destroyed and another damaged by a fire in Arrowtown yesterday.
SHAs would swell school roll by 40%
SHAs would swell school roll by 40%
Arrowtown School's roll could rise by more than 40% by 2019 if four Special Housing Areas (SHA) proposed for the township proceed.
Rentals revoked
Rentals revoked
Rental agreements for two vehicles driven by tourists were revoked within the space of an hour on Wednesday, after police received reports of erratic driving on Crown Range Rd near Queenstown.
Tourists' rental agreements torn up
Tourists' rental agreements torn up
Rental agreements for two vehicles driven by Indian tourists were revoked within the space of an hour yesterday after police received reports of erratic driving on the Crown Range Rd near Queenstown.
Development on hill
Development on hill
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is in line to net millions from the development of reserve land high above the Queenstown town centre.
Budget boost for resort airport
Budget boost for resort airport
Queenstown Airport will be staffed by immigration officers year-round for the first time as a result of a Budget funding boost.