James Beech

Lonely Planet has caught up with what has been known for years - Queenstown is a world-class venue for honeymooners.

A new $165,000 day shelter for independent and guided day trampers at the Routeburn Flats Hut on the Routeburn Track is ready for use after two months of construction.

Practising medicine in Balclutha convinced a University of Otago medical student to pursue a career as a rural doctor and his ambition will be bolstered by experience in India and Gibraltar.

Queenstown will play to its strength as the gateway to adventure when Destination Queenstown and Tourism New Zealand encourage Australians to visit this summer.

Following our focus on ultrafast broadband deployment in the Wakatipu basin last week, the Queenstown Times asks what service the three available internet providers offer Queenstown customers. James Beech investigates.

Contemplation and self-reflection are what artist Jasmine Middlebrook hopes are the emotions felt when visitors to Artbay Gallery view her debut Queenstown exhibition.

The Routeburn Track between Lake Harris and the Harris Saddle will be monitored this week after it was closed by the Department of Conservation (Doc) because of adverse track conditions on Wednesday.

Diwali, one of the most important annual Hindu festivals, was celebrated in style in Novotel Queenstown Lakeside on Sunday by Queenstown-based Indians (from left) Novotel receptionist Ankita Narvekar, Novotel restaurant and bar manager Prasheel Churi, Hilton Queenstown receptionist Renu Pais, Novotel night manager Nitin Sharma and Mercure Queenstown Resort Hotel porter Ritesh Gohil.

Individual, confidential consultation with Queenstown police is being offered to all Wakatipu residents and visitors in Remarkables Park Town Centre every month.

Queenstown artist Sunhee Shin won the top $3000 Best of Exhibition prize at the 2013 Locations Art Awards on Friday.

Darth Vader's glove, Muhammad Ali's boxing trunks, Sir Paul McCartney's violin bass guitar and a check list from Apollo 17 are among the valuable exhibits on display in the Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.

Queenstown Airport's growing strategic value has been backed by independent research which reveals it pumps $274 million into the Queenstown Lakes District's domestic and international tourism, business travel and imports and exports.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith's dedication of the Department of Conservation (Doc) to fighting wilding pines in the Wakatipu basin over the next five years is really a formalisation of the existing successful partnership.

A 33-year-old Korean driver and his Korean wife escaped injury when the rental Nissan car he was driving rolled down an embankment off the Kawarau Gorge Rd and came to a stop on its side yesterday at 3.45pm.

It was a race between nations and against time, involving heroic trailblazing men, using cutting-edge technology to be the first to conquer an environment bitterly hostile to human life.

Memories of days gone by were recalled by generations of former pupils of Arrowtown School who travelled from around the world to celebrate its 150th anniversary at the weekend.