A mostly Wakatipu-based cast of extras and crew were involved in a shoot for a winter-themed American television commercial in Arrowtown yesterday.
The rule book for Kawarau Jet, containing "valuable intellectual property", will be seen by only a few select eyes during the operator's continuing Environment Court battle to keep jet-boat rival Thunder Jet off the Kawarau River.
Queenstown can cope with hosting a thousand domestic and international tourism agents at Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand (Trenz) next year and the Southern Lakes will be poised to reap the benefits, tourism and civic leaders say.
Confidence sums up the mood among the Fletcherz members as they prepare to take the Queenstown Memorial Hall stage by storm at the Big Break 2010 showcase tonight.
About $20,000 was raised at the popular annual St Joseph's School Book Fair on Sunday.
After 10 shows over 10 days for about 2500 spectators, the curtain fell on the successful Showbiz Queenstown production of the musical Oliver! on Saturday night.
Plans to form a heritage trust in honour of a Queenstown founding father and a society to link the descendants of early settlers with the resort continue to be developed.
Three Queenstown residents taking part in an unsupported rally across a third of the world's surface say they are "absolutely over the moon" to have raised more than $1000 for a children's charity.
About 15 registered canines, plus another dozen spectating with their owners, were judged by veterinary nurse Clare Temperton and Dr Lucy Gladwin, of Pets'n'Vets Queenstown, and Otago SPCA inspector Helen Saunders, of Alexandra.
Despite tasting the wild side of Queenstown, sub-zero temperatures and little sleep, six dedicated Wakatipu High School pupils say they would camp out again in a cage without food on Queenstown Mall for 40 hours for charity.
Four firefighters from Arrowtown raised about $10,500 for charity after completing the Sky Tower Challenge in Auckland on Saturday.
Glenorchy will get back to business today after a massive fall of between 1500 and 2000 tonnes of rock was cleared and the only road from Queenstown to the township was reopened at the weekend.
A Tokanui girl on her way to becoming one of the brightest stars in New Zealand music says she is excited to perform at The Big Break 2010 and thrilled to help young Wakatipu singer-songwriters.
Four-legged friends will be put their paces at the debut Dux Wonder Dogs competition in aid of a new dog shelter in Queenstown, on Sunday.
Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Russell Engelke at the Lake Hayes Showground yesterday, which has been enhanced in a $250,000 upgrade, "spot on budget", following consultation with user groups.
New Zealand and his new home of Queenstown inspired a Brazilian artist to pick up the brushes and create his second collection in less than a year.
Demand for prime retail space in central Queenstown has increased, but new industrial leasings have slowed, a commercial real estate agent says.
Ready Steady Shake aims to find the best bartender in Queenstown and launches tomorrow night at Debajo.
St John Queenstown will recruit an additional four full-time and qualified ambulance officers as part of its preparations for the 2010 winter ski season.
Kawarau Jet's appeal against consent approval for competitor Thunder Jet to operate commercial jet-boat trips on the Kawarau River on safety grounds was a "convenient and somewhat contrived argument", the Environment Court was told yesterday.
