A $100,000 investigation into the stability of sheer rock faces along the Glenorchy-Queenstown Rd could be conducted this winter, if the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) approves an application for funding from the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC).
Five top musical acts are preparing to perform at one of the most popular events on the Winter Festival calendar tomorrow night.
Wakatipu High School principal Lyn Cooper says the new school board of trustees needs to update its strategic plan, although the need for discipline "has definitely reduced" as a result of mixed age classrooms.
After five years as the bridesmaid, Queenstown publisher Richard Thomas, also known as "Beach Barbie" finally became the bride, when he won both the Miss Personality sash and the overall Queenstown Winter Festival Drag Race, yesterday.
Remarkables Primary School and Naylor Love staff clashed in a friendly netball game on the Frankton school's newly-laid synthetic turf sports court recently, and a nail-biting 13-goal draw means the construction company will take on the pupils in a football match this Friday.
Property developer and Wakatipu High School Board trustee Wayne Foley says the school has "stuffed up" its mixed age classroom policy at the start of the year and while it has worked hard to correct the issue, he is still concerned about the approach. The father of four tells James Beech pride must be restored to the school.
The Queenstown Arts Society quizzed its landlord over electricity charges and reductions to lease subsidies at a recent Queenstown Lakes District Council subcommittee forum.
Arts funding by the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has been cut from the draft annual plan and there is no guarantee of reinstatement after 2010-11.
The 36th Queenstown Winter Festival attracted more spectators to its opening weekend events than in years past, organisers say.
Two Queenstown pilots have been served trespass notices after racing a car along the Queenstown Airport runway in the middle of the night.
The inquest into the death of Queenstown snowboarder Ryan Manu Campbell (30), who was crushed in a back-country avalanche last year, was deliberately timed for the start of the snowsports season ...
An Alexandra woman was treated and discharged from Lakes District Hospital yesterday morning after being cut from the wreckage of a car on Saturday.
The new "chief executive officer" for the Anglican church in Otago-Southland made his first official visit to the Wakatipu over the weekend and presided over two services on Sunday.
More than 90 shaved heads gleamed in the winter sun on arrival at Queenstown Airport yesterday and their owners have raised at least $75,000 in support of the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation.
A full-time mother of two pupils at Wakatipu High School joins its board of trustees for the first time as the whanau representative. Sheree Horomona tells James Beech mixing age groups in classrooms seems to be working well and urges residents to be part of the board's consultation process.
Family of Paralympian gold medallist Adam Hall says his late mother would be "over the moon" with her son's joint win of the Snow Sports New Zealand athlete of the year award, in Queenstown, on Saturday night.
"Spectacularly well" is how American Express Winter Festival director Simon Green described the going so far last night, after thousands of people from around the country and overseas arrived to swell the population of the Wakatipu for the 10-day extravaganza.
The first movie made about the earliest European ascent of the Remarkables mountain summit in 1864 has been selected as a finalist in the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka next month.
Public submissions on a new draft plaques, memorials and monuments policy will be called for by the Queenstown Lakes District Council, a subcommittee has resolved.
Thousands of residents and visitors lined the streets of downtown Queenstown to enjoy the colour, music and spectacle of the 2010 Queenstown Winter Festival parade today. The Queenstown and...
