The long-term lease and boutique visitor accommodation business within Queenstown's historic Eichardt's Private Hotel looks set to be bought for less than $1 million by American billionaire Julian Robertson.
An outdoor concert featuring acts such as Shapeshifter, Fat Freddy's Drop and Hollie Smith near Queenstown on February 5 could attract about 5000 music lovers.
An authority on the works of painter Colin McCahon will talk about the "responses to nature" and the themes shared by McCahon and Port Chalmers artist Russell Moses in Arrowtown tomorrow night.
Remarkables Primary School pupils will explore the Remarkables mountain range with Peter Hillary, when the mountaineer and expedition leader joins them for the school's 4 Peaks Day and the ticketed Glittering Peaks community fundraising night on Friday, November 12.
A staggering 4.9 million Australians are "actively considering" New Zealand as their next holiday destination and they have the money to do it, Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) says.
Demystifying one of the oldest institutions in Arrowtown and exposing what its fraternity is all about are the aims of the latest exhibition at the Lakes District Museum, a member and the museum director say.
Christian schools are producing some of the finest achievers and leaders in New Zealand, Southern Lakes Christian School board trustee Russell Engelke tells James Beech, in our final interview with the trustees.
An Arrowtown architect who has designed almost 1000 buildings in the Wakatipu and around New Zealand says his new book is a "stock take" of his career, not the final chapter.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman Mark Taylor is unfazed by the announcement a low-cost airline will fly an extra 70,000 passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Christchurch each year, saying yesterday the airline's parent carrier already flies to Queenstown's "strategic alliance" partner, Auckland International Airport.
The launch pad for hundreds of New Zealand and international aviators will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a reunion of past and present members, at Queenstown Airport, on Friday, November 19.
A proposed $100 million big-box retail development for Queenstown was unveiled yesterday, but developer Alastair Porter said the announcement was not a declaration of war against revamped retail plans for the Five Mile site.
Vanessa van Uden has been elected the first female mayor of the Queenstown Lakes district, with 5087 votes, more than twice as many as nearest rival Simon Hayes, with 2315 votes, and fellow challenger Michael Scott, with 943 votes.
Auckland oil painter Michael Hight has turned his brush to more familiar rural surroundings for his new exhibition titled Wakatipu, which opens today at Milford Galleries Queenstown.
A miners' ball where the ladies fail to show up, a child obsessed with digging to the other side of the world and an alien evacuating humanity from a polluted Earth are among the original works of fiction entered for the inaugural Queenstown Creative Writing Group's short story writing competition.
Arrowtown is anticipating a business boost in early November when hundreds of visitors are expected to help the community celebrate the canonisation of Australasia's first saint, Mary MacKillop.
Integrating Southern Lakes Christian School (SLCS) with the state education system by the start of the next school year will make Christian values-based education more accessible and affordable to the community, board trustee Hine Marchand tells James Beech.
Wakatipu artists asking for advice on materials has prompted two Queenstown artists to form a dedicated mobile service, which starts with a public event on Saturday.
Integrating Southern Lakes Christian Schools (SLCS) into state finances will mean "significantly" lower fees and give Wakatipu parents much needed choice, Christchurch Christian Schools' co-ordinator, Andy van Ameyde, says. The SLCS board member tells James Beech he believes parents gain confidence in knowing what values their children are taught at integrated schools with a clearly defined special character.
Queenstown police say they are concerned for the welfare of a Swedish man living in the resort who has not been seen for more than two weeks.
Excitement is building among the 16 Wakatipu singers and dancers, seven musicians and backstage organisers preparing for the debut of the David Bowie-inspired musical Rock and Roll Suicide.
