Brisbane, Sydney night flights added
Brisbane, Sydney night flights added
Night flights to and from Queenstown will expand to two more Australian cities next winter.
Guy Williams
Wildings cleared from peninsula
Wildings cleared from peninsula
A tourism company's project to rid its land of wilding trees and invasive weeds has transformed a peninsula across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown.
QLDC consents dept a work in progress
QLDC consents dept a work in progress
Last month Crown agenc International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) gave the Queenstown Lakes District Council the go-ahead to continue issuing building consents. Guy Williams read the full IANZ report and found there's plenty to work on.
Drilling begins for second bridge pier
Drilling begins for second bridge pier
Drilling has begun on the second of five piers for the $22million Kawarau Falls replacement bridge project near Queenstown.
Lunch even longer
Lunch even longer
Relishing fine food, good company and sunshine at Arrowtown’s sixth annual Long Lunchon Friday are Arrowtown residents (left, from front) Gino Tudela and Dana Griffiths nand (right, from front)...
Resort joins $1m home club
Resort joins $1m home club
House values in the Queenstown Lakes continue to soar, and the district has now joined Auckland in the million-dollar club.
Queenstown house values top $1 million
Queenstown house values top $1 million
Queenstown house values are continuing their bull run, leaping over the $1 million mark.
Duck killer contacts police
Duck killer contacts police
A man who ran over a family of ducks in Queenstown contacted police after the incident received national media coverage yesterday.
Ducks 'mown down' by truckie, say police
Ducks 'mown down' by truckie: police
A group of ducklings and their mother were deliberately mown down by a truck driver in front of a group of tourists, Queenstown police say.
'Someone will drown,' Gurney warns
'Someone will drown,' Gurney warns
Someone will drown unless something is done about man-made hazards on the Kawarau Falls rapids, multisport athlete Steve Gurney says.
Muslims here for 'spiritual sanctuary'
Muslims here for 'spiritual sanctuary'
A group of Sydney-based Muslims and their teacher are using Queenstown as a "spiritual sanctuary'' during a five-day visit to the resort.
Alleged assaults in Queenstown
Man taken to hospital after Queenstown assault
A man was treated in hospital after being assaulted in central Queenstown yesterday.
More funding needed to combat lake snot
More funding needed to combat lake snot
There's something nasty in Central Otago’s lakes, and researchers need more funding to understand it, a University of Otago scientist says.
1080 drop area search hampered
1080 drop area search hampered
A methodical search in the Routeburn Valley to study the impact of last month’s aerial 1080 operation has found small numbers of dead rodents.
Special housing guidelines review
Special housing guidelines review
The door could soon reopen for landowners and developers if an overhaul of special housing area (SHA) guidelines for Queenstown is approved tomorrow.
Big cut in ED deaths
Big cut in ED deaths
New research shows a six-hour target for the time people stay in hospital emergency departments (ED) has contributed to a 50% reduction in patient deaths.
Visitor levy decision due within year
Visitor levy decision due within year
The Government expects to decide within a year whether Queenstown Lakes and other district councils can charge visitor levies.
‘A lot harder than we expected’
‘A lot harder than we expected’
They might have been last off the course at the Queenstown International Marathon on Saturday, but Steve Rutherford and Carolyn den Baars received one of the biggest cheers of the day.
'On top of world' after third-bid win
'On top of world' after third-bid win
Mel Aitken is no longer the bridesmaid after winning the Queenstown International Marathon on Saturday on her third attempt.
Aitken celebrates marathon effort
Aitken celebrates a marathon effort
It was third time lucky for former Dunedin policewoman Mel Aitken, who has won the Queenstown International Marathon.