Queenstown hotels weathered the storms of global recession and swine flu by capitalising on the "massive influx" of 106,000 more Australians last year, according to the New Zealand Hotel Council (NZHC), which met in the resort this week.
Wakatipu artists will create new works before the eyes of the public when a Queenstown gallery doubles as a working studio this month.
A revamp of the Lake Hayes Pavilion grounds is one of a raft of community facility upgrades in the works for the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Wellington indie rockers the Phoenix Foundation are tipped to return to Queenstown in May.
The idea that more than two million World War 2 concentration camp prisoners could have been saved if the Allies had bombed camp gates is explored in a book by a Queenstown author.
The stars came out in Arrowtown when about 30 movie-lovers dressed the part at the seventh annual Dorothy Brown's Oscars Party on Monday night.
On a Blondie-inspired rock song about teenage love is a taster of an Auckland artist's new 1980s influence, before she plays in Queenstown next month.
A Waverley artist will talk about her tribute to American fashion designer and business executive Ralph Lauren at the exhibition opening and luncheon at Amisfield Wine Company today.
One month on from the opening of the $17.3 million Remarkables Primary School, more than 60 children are being educated by the foundation staff of 13, and construction continues on schedule.
A Queenstown artist and art consultant has contributed 100 abstract paintings valued at $10,000 to the Queenstown Art Society's Mad March Art Sale.
Six New Zealand Red Cross volunteers walked the streets of Queenstown on Friday to collect donations as part of the humanitarian organisation's annual appeal.
Young Wakatipu musicians are being offered career tips from music industry professionals in a new series of workshops beginning on Wednesday.
Heritage buildings can be preserved and restored, but to give them a successful new life they must have commercial viability, independent commissioners were told last week.
Plan change hearings in May on the controversial Arrowtown South project and on urban boundaries in the Queenstown Lakes district will be chaired by district councillors Gillian Macleod and Lyal Cocks.
Heritage enthusiasts planning to restore the Frankton Marina boat shed and ticket office and turn it into a working museum are organising a dinghy regatta.
The life of the Taiwanese woman who died after being hit by a bus on Tuesday night was commemorated by her family and Buddhist monks at the scene of the crash in Queenstown early yesterday morning.
National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand members (from left) B-flat tuba player and vocalist Rene Spoors (19), tenor horn player Roseanna Dale (21) and cornet player Thomas Eves (21), all of Christchurch, gave residents and visitors a quick preview before their concert at the Queenstown Memorial Hall last night.
Dangerous poplar trees are being felled and removed from Lower Shotover Rd - five months after Queenstown farmer Russell Liggett was killed when one of the trees fell in high winds and crushed the cab of his ute.
A male Connectabus passenger and the driver of a light-coloured four-door car are being sought as witnesses by Queenstown police after a Taiwanese woman was hit by the bus and killed on Tuesday night.
The next generation of baggage-handling machines will be introduced at New Zealand airports, including Queenstown, in 2012-13, as a result of the science and technology agreement signed with the United States in January.
