Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden and district council chief executive Debra Lawson met John Bitcheno, the new chairman of the Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau, and familiarised themselves with the valuable community service, last Friday.
"Oh my God, I think someone's died," a Queenstown woman said to her husband as they watched the search for two French kayakers on Lake Wakatipu from the window of their Fernhill home.
"We officially declare this trail open" was shouted by an estimated 500 ecstatic Wakatipu residents and guests when the $1.4 million Gibbston River Trail was officially launched on Saturday.
A Methven woman holidaying in Queenstown who was rescued after she, her husband and their poodle fell off their jet ski into the fast-flowing Kawarau River on Saturday was "extremely lucky" to escape without injury, the deputy harbourmaster says.
A call by the Queenstown Community Strategic Asset Group for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to stop being a defendant in the forthcoming judicial review over the airport shares deal was "laughable if the matters at hand were not so serious".
The new Queenstown regional chairwoman of the New Zealand Hotel Council says she does not want snow sports enthusiasts to think there is a "no vacancy" sign outside the resort during the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
The Queenstown woman who was the only South Island finalist in Bluebird's national competition to find a new potato chip flavour says she is disappointed another flavour won this week, but $5000 was "not a bad consolation prize".
A life's work presented in a new exhibition by a self-taught Wakatipu artist illustrates his connection with the landscapes of the Ireland and Europe, but above all, the lower South Island.
The new Saturday Remarkables Market will clash with the returning Queenstown Farmers' Market and the resort's weekly arts and craft market, but Remarkables Market may appeal to customers who would not venture into town in any case, the farmers' market organiser says.
NZone Skydive's new $2.5 million Cessna Grand Caravan aeroplane was welcomed to Queenstown with water cannons from two firefighting appliances at Queenstown Airport yesterday.
A budding Queenstown artist says she hopes visitors to her debut exhibition feel the same sense of joy she felt when she painted the artworks.
Organisers of the The Hills Cure Kids Open, held at Michael Hill's The Hills golf course in Arrowtown, say they are delighted the third annual event not only raised $73,000 but also forged strong relationships with national business figures.
The estimated $20 million Frankton Marina could be open to the public by the end of 2012, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's newly renominated "preferred developer" says.
Contractors working on the vital $5 million runway end safety area (Resa) at Queenstown Airport will raise a cold beer or two on Friday to celebrate reaching the halfway point towards completion by the end of May next year.
More than two dozen chief executives of some of the world's top airlines will land in Queenstown next month for the first Star Alliance conference to be held in New Zealand.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council heritage strategy and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust are where the Queenstown and District Historical Society should direct its expertise and resources over the next two years, the chairman says.
The grand peaks, tempestuous waters and stunning views of Milford Sound are justly world renowned, but a freshly revamped attraction is now revealing the compelling human stories and providing...
The first community use of the new St John's church hall, in Arrowtown, will be a combined service on Sunday, before it is officially opened in February.
Enhancing communication and safety on the waterways are among the aims of a full-scale multi-agency search and rescue exercise to take place in Queenstown on Saturday.
The Queenstown Art Society is seeking interest from Gibbston and Central Otago wineries to sponsor a contest for artists to design next year's bottle labels.
