With the finishing touches being put to Camp St, the Queenstown Lakes District is turning its attention to a $4 million-plus upgrade of Church St, Earl St, the section of Marine Pde between them, and Searle Ln.
Ngai Tahu Wakatipu Holdings Ltd has been granted the first of 25 consent applications it lodged with the Queenstown Lakes District Council for the landing and takeoff of 6595 aircraft a year from 25 sites spread across its Routeburn, Greenstone and Elfin Bay properties.
District event organisers, from left, Winter Games NZ chairman Eion Edgar, Festival Of Colour chairman John Beattie and director Philip Tremewan, entrepreneur Michael Hill, ASB JazzFest Queenstown director Harvey Maguire, The Hills general manager Sam Gent, Warbirds Over Wanaka events manager Mandy Deans and Winter Games NZ chief executive Arthur Klap, after meeting Queenstown Lakes District Council representatives on Wednesday.
How events boost the economy and community pride were among the topics of discussion when the organisers of some of the biggest festivals in the Queenstown Lakes District met Mayor Clive Geddes and senior council staff on Wednesday.
Queenstown Shakespeare members, at their meeting last Sunday, unanimously voted to wind up the trust and return as another entity, most likely an incorporated society.
The city will be bombed by a toy-shop owner facing bankruptcy if Santa Claus does not turn himself in and stop giving children free toys for Christmas.
Maritime New Zealand has begun an investigation into the sinking of the cruise boat Waverley in Doubtful Sound last Friday.
Cleaners were cleaning up Morven Ferry Rd, near Lake Hayes, yesterday after residents complained about the use of crushed concrete and rubbish as gravel last week.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council says it launched an "intensive communications campaign" with Camp St retailers before and throughout the upgrade and beautification.
The $4 million upgrade and beautification of one of Queenstown's oldest streets is nearing completion, 21 months after Queenstown Lakes District Council contractors began the project.
Downturn in trade, noise and dust pollution and an alleged lack of communication from the Queenstown District Council had most Camp St retailers up in arms over the ongoing beautification works.
Queenstown Playcentre is hoping to raise at least $5000 from its Christmas Fair on Saturday to complete essential maintenance on its 28-year-old building.
Environment Southland's oiled bird rescue team and Department of Conservation rangers will be monitoring seabirds around Matai Island this weekend after charter boat Waverley struck a rock and later sank in Doubtful Sound early yesterday morning.
A Wanaka motorcyclist received a dislocated shoulder and a Taranaki motorist was treated for a hip injury and severe bruising after a collision at Devils Staircase, north of Kingston, yesterday.
Musical performer Marty Grounds may be living happily with his wife and two children in Tapanui, but his next concert with Wakatipu artists explores the darker side of humanity.
A contractor has been hired and preparatory work is expected to begin in early December on a restoration of the 125-year-old Paradise House, near Glenorchy.
Queenstown Shakespeare is not only preparing to perform its final play reading of the year, but also to consider transforming the trust into an incorporated society on Sunday.
The roles the Queenstown Lakes District Council thinks it should play in community events are open for public response when its draft events strategy is released today.
No two days are the same for the staff of Pets 'n' Vets in Queenstown.
Thrills and spills were the order of the day when the winner and a spectator were treated for minor injuries during the otherwise successful Arrowtown Community Preschool Trolley Derby on Saturday.
About 30 river-boarding and river-sledging business owners, guides and trainee guides from Queenstown and Rotorua took part in their industry's first dedicated river-rescue training workshop over the weekend.
