Shared spaces between pedestrians and traffic, town centre zone expansion, security cameras and noise are among the issues raised by the community on the vision for central Queenstown over the next two decades.
Queenstown artist Spike Wademan has been selected to display one of his works at the prestigious 30th annual International Marine Art Exhibition in the United States.
Wakatipu High School bands O'Base and The Intergalactic Disco Movement took home prizes at the Smokefreerockquest, in the Lake Wanaka Centre on Saturday night.
Search and rescue volunteers plucked two climbers off the Remarkables mountain range yesterday morning after one climber became concerned about the condition of the other man as they sheltered overnight high on the freezing mountain.
Queenstown police issued tickets for 83 vehicle defects, 76 intersection offences, 64 infringement notices and about 100 motorists were given verbal warnings last week.
Queenstown business and tourism leaders are backing a call by Queenstown police for new closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) to fight alcohol-fuelled crime in the resort.
Queenstown police are urging the installation of closed-circuit television cameras in the resort's centre to fight alcohol-fuelled crime - and bars could help pay for it.
A village green, car-parking and water infrastructure are wanted by Cardrona residents and landowners, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy committee heard this week.
Chart-topping trio Smashproof brings the hip hop sounds of South Auckland to Revolver tomorrow, ahead of the release of its third single from New Zealand top-40 mainstay album The Weekend.
The Intergalactic Disco Movement has been busy ahead of tomorrow's regional final of Smokefreerockquest at the Lake Wanaka Centre.
Luxury hotels, a scenic flight, a boat cruise, a bungy jump and the vistas of Queenstown will be on national television when The Bachelor screens tonight.
A designated "entertainment precinct", an affordable civic centre, maintaining building height restrictions and preserving short-term car parking are among the public responses to the Queenstown Lakes District Council's draft town centre strategy.
The Department of Labour says it is still investigating a Queenstown woman's complaint she was injured by Alpine Aqualand's fast-speed hydroslide two months ago.
Community consultation on the possibility of making plan changes to the rural general zone "is going to cost us and bog us down for a long time", Cr Lyall Cocks warned a Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) committee yesterday.
Defining the urban boundaries of Queenstown and Wanaka would give long-term direction to landowners and developers where growth took priority, a Queenstown Lakes District Council subcommittee was told yesterday.
The Queenstown Adventure Film Festival explores what makes daredevils risk life and limb and documents adventures in far-flung corners of the globe in longer movies this year.
A families Commission pilot to encourage local authorities to engage with families and the agency received a lukewarm response from the Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy committee yesterday.
The Department of Conservation (Doc) is bracing itself, for heavy demand for Otago's Great Walks, after next season's bookings for the Routeburn, Milford and Kepler tracks opened yesterday.
Qantas will lay on a third transtasman flight to Queenstown this summer for the second consecutive season in response to "high demand" from Australian holidaymakers.
Destination Queenstown is attributing a 7% increase in international guest nights in Otago to its multimillion-dollar promotion of the resort in Australia, but says even more Australian visitors can be encouraged to come.
