Philip Chandler

Described as an ‘art crawl’, Queenstown CBD art event First Thursdays Quarterly — now run every three months — returns tonight across six galleries between Earl St and Marine Parade.

Climbing Africa’s highest mountain and cricket mightn’t appear to have much in common, but Queenstown lawyer Russell Mawhinney’s making a link late next month.

Queenstown friends of Hamish McCrostie — and he has a lot — were thrilled on December 30 to learn he’d made the New Year honours list. The man himself, who was incredibly humbled, talks to Philip...

A top Queenstown junior rower’s off to an American university whose rowing exploits feature in a newly-released film directed by George Clooney.

An Arrowtowner’s so committed to restoring native species she’s planning to walk 5200 kilometres this year — or 100km a week.

A prominent Queenstown couple have had their plans for three rural living lots on their Speargrass Flat farm dashed by council planning commissioners.

An experienced Queenstown digital marketer is training tourism operators and hospo providers on how to market their businesses using artificial intelligence or AI.

A new development fund’s offering $10,000 a year to junior Whakatipu golfers.

When you think about the future stars of New Zealand athletics, consider Queenstown runner Siena Mackley.

An accounting firm’s scholarship for Wakatipu High school leavers has kicked off with the first successful applicant undertaking a summer holiday internship.

Amid concerns over the loss of carparks in Queenstown’s CBD, a carpark operator’s planning a nearby 85-bay parking facility on vacant land on the Frankton Rd/Brisbane St corner.

A Queenstown councillor says a bylaw threatening the livelihoods of waterfront traders should be scrapped as proper consultation wasn’t carried out.

Though held during the height of summer, an off-season Queenstown ice hockey tournament continues growing exponentially.

Queenstown and Arrowtown volunteer fireys were rushed off their feet last year.

Queenstown tennis player Kai Milburn last Saturday won his first International Tennis Federation junior (under-18) tournament in Christchurch last week.

Local-raised Mike Buttar, who only returned to town five months ago after 20-plus years away, says he "snuck in under the radar" to win the Queenstown Darts Club club championship last Saturday.

A Wakatipu High School Foundation raffle’s raised almost $20,000 for a fund assisting students from financially-disadvantaged families.