'Wrong call' prompts booze ban
'Wrong call' at store do prompts booze ban
Alcohol has been banned from Rodd & Gunn store functions after a hiccup at the opening party of its upmarket Queenstown bar.
David Williams
Candidate company board roles queried
Candidate company board roles queried
Company board roles have become a Queenstown Lakes mayoral issue.
Housing demand continues
Housing demand continues
A house in Queenstown's Lake Hayes Estate has sold for $1.22 million, a record for the estate and the latest example of the resort's hot market.
Concert all but sold out
Concert all but sold out
Gibbston Valley Winery's summer concert is almost a sellout.
Authority questions safety move
Authority questions safety move
The Queenstown harbourmaster’s stand on paddleboarding safety is not supported elsewhere in New Zealand or the world, Maritime New Zealand says.
Rental car not legally modified
Rental car not legally modified
A group of North Island men who modified their rental car to go through rivers near Queenstown have bought the vehicle rather than paying to have it put right.
21 new apartments planned for track
21 new apartments planned for track
More apartments are planned for Cromwell's Highlands Motorsport Park.
No backing for centre
No backing for centre
If last night's loudest voices are to be believed, Queenstown's council-backed convention centre is dead.
Employers seek worker accommodation fix
Employers seek worker accommodation fix
Big Queenstown employers are working together to find a fix for the resort's worker accommodation crisis.
UB40 returning for Gibbston gig
UB40 returning for Gibbston gig
British band UB40 is heading back to Gibbston, hopefully this time with some fine, fine weather.
Council says 9 of 10 consent fixes done
Council says 9 of 10 consent fixes done
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is a step closer to cementing its accreditation to issue building consents.
Another title to Stampede
Another title to Stampede
A third-period blitz has lifted the Southern Stampede to back-to-back national league titles.
Victim unwilling to meet kidnapper
Traumatised kidnap victim unwilling to meet offender
Convicted kidnapper Joshua Veint told a judge of his remorse before being sentenced in May.
Pressing for war
Pressing for war
As British newspapers crucify former British prime minister Tony Blair, in the wake of the Chilcot report, David Williams asks whether they too have questions to answer.
Cleaning up in Baghdad
Cleaning up in Baghdad
As Britain went to war, The Sun fired its own volley of shock and awe.
Owners of winery want subdivision
Owners of winery want subdivision
Mount Soho Winery’s owners want to carve up their rural land near Arrowtown.
12,000 truckloads of fill to be removed
12,000 truckloads of fill has to be removed, court rules
A High Court judge has ordered a construction company to cart 12,000 truckloads of fill from a Queenstown development site.
Lakes hospital to get upgrade
Lakes hospital to get upgrade
The South's cash-strapped health board is pushing aside concerns over finances to pursue a long-awaited upgrade of Queenstown's Lakes District Hospital.
Limiting bar crawl tours backed
Limiting bar crawl tours backed
Queenstown police are backing a move to regulate organised bar crawl tours, saying the tours actively promote the consumption of alcohol.
Queenstown hospital to get upgrade
Queenstown hospital to get upgrade
Queenstown's Lakes District Hospital is to get an upgrade and will become an emergency, diagnosis and transfer centre.