Crowded House delights fans
Crowded House delights fans
Antipodean favourite Crowded House could not put a foot wrong for the 6000 fans who turned up in Queenstown on Saturday for the band’s second Otago show in three days.
Guy Williams
House tour fundraiser features straw bale home, passive house
House tour fundraiser features straw bale home, passive house
A straw bale home, a certified passive house and an artist’s residence and museum were among the attractions for the 170 people who went on the inaugural Wakatipu House Tour yesterday.
Backing for airport opposition welcomed
Backing for airport opposition welcomed
The Wanaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) is hailing the "clear, unequivocal and united" opposition of the town’s district councillors to the development of more jet-capable airports in the region.
The Queenstown scenery getting Insta-famous
The Queenstown scenery getting Insta-famous
A Queenstown tramping enthusiast is sounding a note of alarm over the number of walkers he encountered camping at the head of Earnslaw Burn at the weekend.
Crowded House as originally recorded
Crowded House as originally recorded
Crowded House purists will be pleased.
Fourth consecutive win a first in national champs
Fourth consecutive win a first in national champs
Queenstown paragliding ace Louis Tapper has bagged his fourth national championships in a row.
Passenger repatriated from resort in private jet
Passenger repatriated from resort in private jet
A private jet has flown from Sydney to Queenstown to pick up a single passenger for their repatriation across the Tasman to Australia.
Hospo chief hanging on for the bubble
Hospo chief hanging on for the bubble
The boss of one of Queenstown’s biggest hospo companies is bullish about the resort’s prospects, predicting a transtasman bubble could be only three months away.
Arts trump sport career-wise: Fox
Arts trump sport career-wise: Fox
A young person has a better chance of forging a career in the arts than in sport, New Zealand jazz luminary Rodger Fox reckons.
QLDC agrees rewrite of contracts policy
QLDC agrees rewrite of contracts policy
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has agreed to an interim fix of its procurement guidelines while giving staff six months to rewrite its policy.
Queenstown businesses facing closure
Queenstown businesses facing closure
One of Queenstown’s longest-running independent restaurants will close its doors for good tomorrow night, amid predictions of a "bloody long autumn" for the resort town.
Free burgers bring out the masses in Queenstown
Free burgers bring out the masses in Queenstown
A long queue stretches along Queenstown's Shotover St as people wait for a free burger from resort institution Fergburger.
Errant drivers taking ‘unacceptable risks’
Errant drivers taking ‘unacceptable risks’
Queenstown police say drivers need to make better decisions after 45 infringement notices were issued for using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt during a two-day operation last week.
Station event attracts 1000 riders
Station event attracts 1000 riders
About to set out on the Queenstown Park Station Fun Ride yesterday are Sarah Fletcher (centre) with her children (from left) Joey (6), Alba (8), Sonny (2) and Evie Craig (10), all of Queenstown.
Gardening work to help plantings
Gardening work to help plantings
Naylor Love employees James Bortoli (centre) and Lachlan Burrows (right), along with Wakatipu Reforestation Trust volunteer Victor Klap (top left), clear weeds from around the trust’s native...
Council’s procurement report finds mistakes, no illegality
Council’s procurement report finds mistakes, no illegality
An internal report on the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s procurement practices, and in particular the contracting of a former senior manager to undertake bylaw reviews, has found staff made...
Predator control suffers funding setback
Predator control suffers funding setback
The consortium behind a $30million plan to eradicate or intensively control predators across a vast swathe of the Queenstown Lakes district is back to square one after a series of funding setbacks.
Report paints tourism as ‘ogre’
Report paints tourism as ‘ogre’
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult supports any logical proposals for tourism that better look after the environment, but says a new report paints the industry as an "ogre".
Improvement project begins
Improvement project begins
Lower Beach St in central Queenstown has been closed to traffic as preparatory work begins on the latest stage of the town centre upgrades project.
Far fewer freedom camping infringements this summer
Far fewer freedom camping infringements this summer
Closed borders, stricter rules and "responsible camping" initiatives have led to a massive drop in the number of freedom camping fines issued in the Queenstown Lakes district.