The organiser of the Queenstown Farmers Market says she wants to come to "a fair agreement" with the Queenstown Lakes District Council to encourage more out-of-district vendors to set up operations when the market returns in December.
Former Olympic and world champion boardsailor Barbara Kendall says her stint on popular television show Dancing With the Stars is bringing out her competitive streak.
The National Bank is moving from Queenstown Mall to the new Post Office Precinct development in October, but says there will be no staff changes as a result of the move.
The Phoenix Foundation and the Datsuns are to perform at Revolver in Queenstown this month.
Department of Conservation ranger Stew Hardie has a slightly different brief to that of his fellow rangers - he is one of the custodians of the Wakatipu's priceless heritage from its gold and scheelite mining days.
Te Anau Airport-Waiau has begun the process of winding down from aerodrome operations to private use only and then eventual decommission.
An eclectic mix of Seletti lifestyle products has been gathered under one retailing roof in Queenstown for the first time in New Zealand.
The long-awaited Big Queenstown Down Winder set sail on Saturday, and 19 windsurfers and kitesurfers from the Southern Lakes and Otago enjoyed the waters of Lake Wakatipu.
Personal challenges were met, camaraderie was shared and new friends were formed at the Sparc Real Women's Duathlon, held at the Millbrook Resort, Arrowtown, yesterday morning.
Crowne Plaza, Novotel Lakeside, Millennium Hotel, Vudu Cafe and Top 10 Holiday Park Creeksyde were among the Queenstown businesses participating in a global environmental initiative to switch off as many lights and electrical appliances as possible for an hour on Saturday night.
Frankton Playcentre was bid a fond farewell on Saturday, but the parents, friends and children it nurtured over the past 28 years say its spirit of family will carry on, in its temporary premises, and then in its new permanent home.
Travellers staying at holiday parks pump more than $623 million a year into the New Zealand economy, and they are staying longer in Queenstown, Wanaka and Alexandra areas, new research reveals.
Scores of young players signed on the dotted line for the 2009 junior rugby season in the Wakatipu Rugby Club on Saturday.
Popular opera classics and hits from musicals were enjoyed by about 40 residents and visitors in Kingston and bolstered the township's emergency services building fund by $450.
Beats, breaks, bass and horns reverberated around the usually serene Queenstown Gardens at Homelands on Saturday.
Wakatipu High School staff deny it has a "booze culture", have never heard of a "vomit room" and say the school is not responsible for pupils after the end of its official ball next Saturday.
Top South Island dub, roots and reggae bands plus Queenstown DJs will see out the summer in style with a free open-air concert in Queenstown Gardens tomorrow.
Dialogue between parents and young adults, "parent upskilling", the need for positive role models, greater networking between parents, abstinence and changing New Zealand's culture were some of the ideas aired during a discussion on youth access to alcohol last night.
Thunder Jet's bid to get back on the Kawarau River has been renewed, more than two weeks after being shut down, with two resource consents being lodged with the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Vandals smashed windows, ripped a protective lead cap off a chimney and attempted to light a camp fire inside a pair of 130-year-old restored buildings in Macetown.
