The parents of a 15-month-old boy who has a vocabulary of 150 words in English and Mandarin, and has been speaking since he was 7 months old, were indicative of those attending the annual conference of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children in Queenstown on Saturday.
Late night pizza lovers now have a refurbished slice of pizza paradise.
The Wakatipu Croquet Club's annual tournament may have modest prizes but ''the honour and glory is great''.
The first rain Queenstown had had in a long while did not dampen a celebration of local history Yesterday, a procession of worshippers walked from St Peter's Anglican Church to the lakefront statue of William Rees - Queenstown's founder and leader of the local Anglican community - for a re-enactment of the then Bishop of Christchurch, Bishop Henry Harper, presenting Mr Rees with his licence to be a lay reader and preacher to the community.
A proposal to sell South American pasties from a kiosk attached to a new public toilet block on Earnslaw Park in central Queenstown has drawn overwhelming support from Queenstown, if submissions to Queenstown Lakes District Council are anything to go by.
A tiny non-native ''water flea'' may hold the key to restoring Lake Hayes' water to its original state.
Future leaders will debate global issues in Queenstown later this month.
With no time frame set for the final decision on the Milford Dart Tunnel, the Glenorchy-based Stop the Tunnel group is hoping a submission to the local government and environment select committee will bolster a refusal to grant consent for the controversial proposal.
Over 34 hours of non-stop racing had done nothing to loosen Team Seagate's hold on first place during day two of the Wakatipu-based Godzone adventure race.
Described by practitioners as an addiction, line dancing, they say, is an activity for everyone. Every Monday afternoon, a group of mostly women congregates at the Arrowtown Hall.
Walking any of New Zealand's Great Walks will change your life, a group of four international visitors promoting them say.
The Arrowtown Post Office sign advertising gifts, stationery and books has been discovered at Auckland Airport.
With about 73,000ha of the Wakatipu infested with wilding pines, the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group says its latest strategy of eradicating, containing and reducing is vital if the trees are to be managed.
It has been confirmed the Lakes Leisure service-delivery review being carried out by the Queenstown Lakes District Council will be extended to all operations of the council-controlled organisation.
Shotover Park Ltd is confident a Pak'n Save supermarket and Mitre 10 Mega hardware store can be built on their Frankton Flats land despite its proposed zone, which would provide for such activities, being rejected by the Environment Court in an interim decision.
The image of a soldier ''overlooking his mate's grave'' at Gallipoli now shines from an outer wall of the Queenstown Memorial Centre.
More than 40 BMX riders rode for around two hours each on Saturday during the Red Bull Roast It dirt bike competition at the Gorge Road jump park.
With the Government reviewing the Resource Management Act, Prime Minister John Key said it was hoped the planning and approval process for new developments, such as the proposed Queenstown convention centre, would be made quicker.
Queenstown's situation of ''few people'' but ''massive demands'' was acknowledged by Prime Minister John Key when he was questioned about the Kawarau Falls Bridge yesterday.
The group which presented a petition opposing the Milford Dart tunnel to Parliament has been invited to make a submission to a select committee on the Department of Conservation (Doc) concession process.
