Shadow treasurer Andrew Bayly believes the government should bulk-fund Queenstown through the Covid crisis to ensure the survival of key businesses and staff.
An expressions-of-interest campaign has been launched for a "premium" subdivision on a plateau above Queenstown’s Lake Hayes Estate and Shotover Country.
After objections, a stop has been put to a Government-funded programme to eliminate wilding pines from a 35-hectare swathe bordering Queenstown’s Arthurs Point.
The boss of Queenstown’s Eichardt’s Private Hotel and The Grille says the council’s policy to offer a 50% discount on businesses’ table and chairs licence fees, in response to Covid, is ‘‘too little, too late’’.
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash predicts Queenstown could enjoy a record ski season thanks to the transtasman bubble, and hints he’ll announce more measures to help the Covid-ravaged tourism industry...