Philip Chandler

Site works have teed off for Queenstown’s latest championship golf course.

Still only 31, Queenstown-raised tennis pro Ben McLachlan’s called time on his career.

Major Queenstown player Republic Hospitality Group, which owns the likes of Winnies, The Ballarat and Sundeck, takes over popular local watering hole 1876 (above) this coming Monday.

Arrowtowner Dave Gent, formerly bass guitarist for The Exponents, is among a group of seven celebrated New Zealand musos warming up for superstar Tom Jones’ ‘Harvest Moon’ concert in Napier this...

Five adjacent Queenstown lifestyle lots offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to "create your own neighbourhood", a high-end local realtor suggests.

Remarkably, two former Wakatipu High students finished a hair’s breadth away from each other in the 100 metres and 200m finals at the recent New Zealand track and field champs in Wellington.

Whakatipu Wildlife Trust’s (WWT) only paid employee’s stepping down after three years to allow younger blood to step up.

A Queenstowner who recently graduated in theatre from New York University’s (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts can’t believe the role she’s scored in the theatrical world.

Wakatipu High rowing crews again blew 100-plus schools out of the water with their performances at last week’s prestigious Maadi Cup regatta on Twizel’s Lake Ruataniwha.

A former Frankton funeral parlour’s been brought back to life for much-needed Queenstown worker accommodation.

With a rare win in Cromwell last Saturday, the Wakatipu Premiers couldn’t have started their Central Otago rugby season in better fashion.

Everyone's welcome to join Frankton firefighter Jamie Harris on his annual MARCH March up and down the Queenstown Hill walkway this Saturday.

A local who claims Airbnb’s destroying Queenstown’s residential rental market is delighted all Airbnb bookings will attract GST from Monday. 

A Queenstown personality who formerly had major winery and casino interests in the resort has died, aged 78.

Having been involved in 11 sales in 2023, Queenstown- and Central Otago-based New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty sales associate Justine Burke’s (right) won the nationwide firm’s ‘rookie of...

When it comes to foreigners making an impact in the Whakatipu Basin, few have achieved more than Julian Knights in just four years here. Philip Chandler talks to the arts patron about why he moved...

One of Queenstown’s best-located commercial properties is on the market.

The Cancer Society’s planning a Queenstown-based one-stop-shop for cancer patients providing all the support and services they need.