Northern Southland Transport owner-driver Bruce Walker says he has been fined three times in the last 18 months while delivering to bars and restaurants on Cow Lane. He called for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to designate the lane as a service lane, "to let us do the job without penalty". Photo by James Beech.
Parking time restrictions, sharing loading zone use and family access on Brecon St were just some of the issues raised at the hearing on parking in downtown Queenstown yesterday.
Concept designs for the proposed Remarkables Primary School were finalised this week at the latest meeting of project leaders.
Up to three new jobs could be created when Milford Sound Red Boats Ltd opens for reservations in downtown Queenstown in early May.
Young people in the Wakatipu have a host of activities to choose from in the autumn holiday programme announced by X-it Youth Centre.
More than 100 revellers packed 12Bar on Saturday for its relaunch as Queenstown's first gay-friendly venue.
An evening of popular opera classics and hits from musicals will be held in aid of the Kingston Emergency Services Building Fund on Friday.
One of Queenstown's prime sections, vacant for almost four years, may be the site for a major hotel complex.
The economic turmoil is forcing some businesses to commission more television commercials as they ramp up their marketing - and the South is reaping the benefits.
Queenstown Lakes District Council organisations reported mixed fortunes in their six-month reports, with some feeling the impact of the economic slump on bottom lines.
Works valued at more than $40,000 have been assembled for the Queenstown Art Society's third annual Mad March art sale, at the Cloakroom Gallery from this Friday until Sunday.
Top fashion labels at affordable prices are flying off the racks at the Salvation Army Clothing Store following the group's Queenstown Fashion Show last Friday.
Beware of shifty merchants offering to sell you "tomb gas" next time you are in Turkey.
Swimming tutors and parents have made an impassioned plea to Queenstown Lakes District councillors for more learn-to-swim access at the community-owned Alpine Aqualand in the Queenstown Events Centre.
The proposed private hospital and healthcare complex at Remarkables Park is complementary to Queenstown services, the Otago and Southland district health boards say.
The establishment board of trustees of Queenstown's newest planned school will liaise with the boards of existing primary schools and the Ministry of Education to discuss enrolment schemes and catchment borders in the next few weeks.
Rare pateke/brown teal birds will be given a lift in a commercial airliner and a tourist helicopter to the wilds of Fiordland National Park tomorrow, the first major release of the endangered species in the South Island.
Thunder Jet immediately stopped taking passengers for thrill rides on the Kawarau River this week when it learned a judicial review had found its rival, Kawarau Jet, should have been consulted about its application to run trips on the river.
Queenstown's guest- starring role in the top-rated television show The Bachelor was watched by millions in the United States and increased the number of Americans visiting the resort's official website by 266.88% compared with the previous week.
A century of "camaraderie and competition" will be celebrated by past and present members and friends of the Queenstown Tennis Club tonight, the president says.
Queenstown's guest- starring role in the top-rated television show The Bachelor was watched by millions in the United States and increased the number of Americans visiting the resort's official website by 266.88% compared with the previous week.
