A Wanaka company director and Oxford University-educated social anthropologist, who worked as a geisha in Japan, has been fined $64,000 and ordered to pay $9000 in costs to the Queenstown Lakes District Council, after being convicted of 14 charges under the Building Act.
A pair of "grossly intoxicated" teenaged girls allegedly crashed their car into a power pole, suffered head injuries and then fled the scene after attempting to hide the vehicle, in Frankton, early yesterday.
National recognition of the 122-year-old masonic lodge in Arrowtown by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust is "absolutely fantastic", the Queenstown architect and heritage specialist involved in its restoration says.
Just over $1500 was raised for the families of the men who died in the Pike River Coal mine disaster from the fundraising concert held in Queenstown last week.
Kawarau Jet says it is open to what the Environment Court recommends in its final verdict on the legal battle between two jet-boat operators and is "confident the judge and commissioners will make the right decision".
A new contract for the long-term lease and boutique visitor accommodation business within historic Eichardt's Private Hotel in Queenstown is under negotiation with an undisclosed party, since interest from American billionaire Julian Robertson appears to have been withdrawn.
A bumper selection of Christmas goodies will be offered when the Remarkables Market, the Queenstown Farmers' Market and the Creative Queenstown Arts and Crafts Market hold special festive sessions.
A new Queenstown gallery business is riding the wave of renewed popularity of representational art by exhibiting rarely seen paintings from the private collection of a reclusive master.
Families buckling under the stress of the festive season are urged to contact the Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network (WAPN) before tension spirals into emotional or physical assault.
A blaze of fireworks in both Queenstown and Wanaka on New Year's Eve will herald an activity-packed month of family-friendly recreational, sporting, arts and cultural events in the district.
TODAY: 6.30pm: Basil, Sybil and Manuel bring back madcap mirth when the Faulty Towers Dinner Theatre Show returns to Skycity Casino. The three actors interact with diners as much or as little as diners want. With live entertainment from Queenstown singer-guitarist Brett Strachan. Tickets cost $65, including a three-course dinner during the show, and are available from the casino cashier's desk. R20.
Former Otago woman Kate Adamson says she was "locked in a glass coffin" for 70 days because she could see and hear everything, but could only communicate by blinking her eyes, after she was completely paralysed by a double brainstem stroke.
Civil Aviation Authority regulation for the hang-gliding industry is expected to be "a living document", a Queenstown tandem hang-gliding chief says.
Auckland five piece Harvey Knows a Killer is about to break out of the city pub and bar circuit after five years and show Queenstown what they are all about, on Saturday, December 18.
Families of the men who died in the Pike River mine disaster will benefit from the fundraising concert held in the heart of Queenstown yesterday.
The third set of traffic lights in Queenstown and Central Otago is expected to be turned on by the end of next week.
Queenstown adventure operators have become so adept at risk management, some tourists may think they can handle the forces of nature themselves.
Firefighter, property investor, English professor, yachting enthusiast and radio promoter - rising rock'n'roller Jazzy J has added recording artist to her list of careers.
A clearer understanding of where long-tailed bats roost near Glenorchy has been achieved by the Department of Conservation (Doc) and volunteers, with the aim of protecting New Zealand's only native land mammals from predator invasions.
A young visiting Englishwoman missed serious injury by minutes when an unoccupied van yesterday morning rolled across a street and smashed into the wall of the bedroom in which she was staying.
