A golf course designer, a former finance chief executive, a lawyer, a doctor, a property developer, two teachers and a Queenstown Lakes mayoral candidate are among the new trustees guiding the future of Wakatipu High School.
A 139-year-old church took to the skies above Arrowtown yesterday to make its third and hopefully final journey to its new home and purpose behind the historic miners' cottages.
The forgotten remains of a pioneering European gold-mining settlement in Arrowtown have been rediscovered after 50 years.
Alternative country rock band the Fea St Hustle finesses tracks for the recording of its forthcoming debut album at Dux de Lux on Friday, June 25.
Ancient South Pacific patterns on dyed tapa surgical gauze and coconut tree fibres form the southern hemisphere debut of a Wallis Islands artist in Queenstown this month.
The works of three Queenstown exponents of creative knitting are on display at the Cloakroom Gallery until Friday, June 18.
Modern twists on the classic margarita will be judged at the latest round of the Ready Steady Shake cocktail competition tomorrow night and one of two competing bartenders will go forward to the semifinals.
It may not be a yellow Mini, but Team Goodbye Pork Pie has bought a 2002 Renault Kangoo and is now modifying it for its rally from the United Kingdom to Mongolia.
A 139-year-old church in Arrowtown will move for the third time in its life on Wednesday, from beside St John's Presbyterian Church to a new home behind the historic miners' cottages.
The art of conversation and making new friends while having fun are the ideas behind the launch of a Queenstown business.
Larger-than-life paintings of native flora in vivid clarity form the first solo exhibition at Milford Galleries Queenstown for Auckland artist Neal Palmer this month.
A historic scheelite mining hut has become a new destination for trampers in the Whakaari Conservation Area, near Glenorchy, as part of a $60,000 restoration by the Department of Conservation (Doc) Wakatipu.
A beloved Queenstown Primary School teacher was paid tribute for his 30 years of teaching in a surprise "This is Your School Life" assembly on Friday.
Revolver celebrates its relaunch and rebranding in new premises tonight with a free concert starring high-energy Christchurch reggae drum'n'bass collective Taos.
Service is encouraging more Milford Aerodrome operators to sign up for its commercial weather briefing system to keep it financially viable.
Tourists flying to Milford Sound will be hit with a $15-to-$20 increase on air tickets this summer, as scenic flight operators are forced to pass on rising charges from the Government.
The Government has "changed the goalposts" on the proposed Around the Mountain cycleway and the "quick start" project needs another $7 million, the Southland District Council (SDC) said yesterday.
The vast majority of Lake Hayes Estate residents are "very happy" independent commissioners have vetoed proposals for six two-storey houses in Howards Dr, the residents' group says.
The only road to Glenorchy will remain closed today, following a massive rockslide yesterday morning.
A bank safe room rediscovered in the Lakes District Museum, in Arrowtown, after being forgotten for 40 years, will become a new historical display this year.
