Brazilian singer-songwriter Fernando Aragones says he hopes Wakatipu residents enjoy his music as much as the movies, when he returns to perform during the Queenstown Adventure Film Festival next week.
A long-held dream to bring the arts together becomes a reality tonight for an Arrowtown gallery owner, when an album of remastered classical music by New Zealand composers is promoted with specially selected and complementary works by New Zealand artists.
St Joseph's School board of trustees parent representative Gigi Hollyer. Photo by James Beech.
National Standards will force children and schools to compete against one another, leading to competition far too early in a child's education experience, St Joseph's School board of trustees parent representative Gigi Hollyer says.
Fresh from headlining England's Glastonbury Festival with Gorillaz, one-third of pioneering hip-hop group De La Soul takes in Queenstown as one of only three national tour dates.
A music retailer of 38 years says she has been forced to close the last dedicated record shop in the Southern Lakes district because of consumers downloading music and rents being too high for small business owners in central Queenstown.
Team Good Bye Pork Pie has arrived in its 13th country, and is stocking up on medical supplies before entering the Middle East on their way to Mongolia.
Hospitality workers from four Queenstown hotels will enter a sponsored extreme adventure race in Fiji to boost funds for medical treatment of Fijian children.
Awe-inspiring climbs on sheer Yosemite rock faces, the art of riding in all snow styles, a boy confronting his fears and new perspectives on mountain biking are the themes of the first four award-winning short films confirmed for the Queenstown Adventure Film Festival, which opens next week.
A civic heart for Glenorchy and how the township could tap into the increasing popularity for cycleways were among issues raised in a workshop of residents and Queenstown Lakes District Council staff.
St Joseph's School board of trustees parent representative Michelle Bradley tells James Beech she is "unconvinced" of National Standards' ability to enhance New Zealand's education standards.
A guide to using your property for visitor accommodation is scheduled to go live on the $6700 upgraded website of the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) today.
National standards will draw a line in the sand as to where we want our children to be with their learning, St Joseph's School board parent representative Chris Chandler says.
A mother and two children were discharged from Lakes District Hospital after assessment, following an accident on the Coronet Peak skifield access road, near Queenstown, yesterday.
In the second year of her role as principal of St Joseph's School principal and board of trustees member Trisch Inder tells James Beech that keeping up with classroom technology is one of the biggest challenges facing the school.
Never-heard-before songs and a new version of the anthem Right Here, Right Now will be played live when one of New Zealand's favourite rock bands returns to Queenstown.
Tickets are now available for the fifth annual Queenstown Adventure Film Festival, which opens on Thursday, August 12, at the Queenstown Memorial Hall.
A Queenstown Mall "gastro-pub" was back in business by lunchtime yesterday, after a small kitchen fire was extinguished by Queenstown firefighters on Monday night.
Australia may claim the Blessed Mary MacKillop as its first saint, but she is just as eligible to be Arrowtown's first saint, Fr Tony Harrison says.
About $3500 was raised for the Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network after two sold-out performances by a Queenstown actress and a silent auction at The Hills clubhouse in Arrowtown last Friday and Saturday.
Quick action by a Downer EDI Works crew prevented major traffic build-ups when an estimated six tonnes of rock fell on the road to Kingston yesterday.
