The launch of a ''global'' business in November awaits NZSki chief executive James Coddington, who yesterday announced his resignation from the company responsible for the Coronet Peak, the Remarkables and Mt Hutt skifields.
A 49-year-old woman is missing after an early morning car crash in Arrowtown.
With the draw of Pat Benatar in town, visitors to Queenstown struggled to find somewhere to stay as the resort enjoyed more guests over the weekend than at New Year.
While many home chefs make the trek to the supermarket for supplies, Chuck Berry went foraging at Rob Roy glacier and base-jumped off a waterfall before flying a microlight plane to catch freshwater crayfish to make a meal.
The Wakatipu men's novice four, all from Wakatipu High School, has ended the New Zealand Club Rowing Championships in Twizel with a gold medal.
Everyone is legally obliged to fill in and return the census, but another good reason people should participate is because the documents will provide vital information for communities, including the rapidly growing Queenstown Lakes district.
A native Southlander who was schooled in Dunedin and was previously Westfield Australia's national operations manager has been appointed NZSki's new Coronet Peak ski area manager.
Speeds of up to 280kmh will be reached on Lake Wakatipu next month during a national powerboat race which will serve as a trial run for a world championship race to be held in Queenstown next year.
Wine, a stunning sunset over the Gibbston hills, New Zealand musicians and an energetic but well-behaved crowd all equated to a success story for the seventh annual Classic Hits Winery Tour, which came to Gibbston for the first time on Tuesday.
A second kitten adoption day for the year will be held on March 2 as more rescued kittens need permanent homes.
It was ''critical'' Queenstown Airport acquired an area of land known as ''lot 6'' and also that it determined the feasibility of evening flights, the airport CEO told a Queenstown Lakes District Council finance and corporate committee meeting yesterday.
With Labour MP Maryan Street's End-of-Life Choice Bill sitting in the ballot box, the euthanasia discussion will come to the fore in Queenstown on Monday in the form of a community forum.
The number of houses being built in Queenstown and Wanaka is increasing, which is having positive effects on Lakes Environmental's financial report.
A woman made a lasting impression even before she had began her first day of work yesterday morning - by driving her car into a schist entranceway.
Police spent several hours searching for an Arrowtown woman after her crashed car was found blocking an Arrowtown street.
An Arrowtown cafe was left in short supply of its bread after a dog with a penchant for paninis, French sticks, doughnuts and bagels made away with $60 worth of stock.
More industrial land would be created at the Frankton Flats in Queenstown by the plan change 19 interim decision by reducing the zone intended for mixed business, counsel for Mitre 10 Mega Graeme Todd said yesterday.
The Environment Court was correct in issuing consent for the proposed Wakatipu Pak 'n Save supermarket ahead of the final decision from a separate court hearing on the zoning of the Frankton Flats, the owner of Pak'n Save, Foodstuffs, said.
Despite only 4% of the eligible New Zealand population rolling up their sleeves and donating blood, the New Zealand Blood Service was inundated with Queenstown donors on Wednesday.
On Valentine's Day at Frankton Kindergarten children put on their best red shirts for the day, had red hearts painted on their faces, made cards and heart-shaped tomato sandwiches and slurped brightly coloured cranberry ice blocks.
