The Wakatipu area office of the Department of Conservation is moving house from central Queenstown to the Morning Star Beach Recreation Reserve at Arthurs Point, although the Queenstown regional visitor centre and Glenorchy field office are staying put.
Members of the Queenstown and District Historical Society will debate the recommendation of its leader to dissolve the group and restart it as a proactive heritage watchdog.
An American family of five will be the first official guests in the luxurious Eichardts Lakefront Cottage this week.
After months of speculation, the event managers behind the New Zealand Open have confirmed the date it will be held at The Hills in Arrowtown.
A commissioner involved in the Queenstown Lakes District Council plan change hearing yesterday on the definition of visitor accommodation says having let her home previously to holidaymakers would not influence her decision.
Wakatipu St John is appealing for help in launching three initiatives for the community - health shuttles, Caring Callers and a dedicated defibrillator for downtown Queenstown.
The Sawpit Gully Track takes walkers through one of the most fascinating chapters in Central Otago's history.
Artwork created by more than 25 Otago-Southland talents will go under the hammer at the St Josephs School fundraising art auction on September 20.
Wakatipu St John staff say they are delighted with their first new ambulance in two years.
Business owners who suffered damage to their premises when Lake Wakatipu burst its banks in 1999 say anything that could prevent another flood is welcome.
Travellers to Aspen Lodge Backpackers are more likely to be in the 25-30 age bracket, know what they want to do before their plane lands and have the money to do it, although they still crave a bargain.
Debajo will not become the "unofficial home bar" of the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup after its application for a special licence was declined by the Queenstown Lakes District Licensing Agency yesterday.
The Otago Regional Council says its proposed training works on the Shotover River would cost up to $2 million and be met by targeted ratepayers within the Wakatipu.
Queenstowners praise them, shopkeepers, taxi drivers and police appreciate them and tourists want to be photographed with them.
Chief executives of both Queenstown Lakes District and Otago Regional councils say they are confident the removal of a million cubic metres of gravel from the Shotover River and construction of a training line on the delta bed will minimise another flooding of downtown Queenstown.
Queenstown Times reporter James Beech takes a walk around the Wakatipu. This week, he tramps the Lake Rere Loop Track.
The proposed $20 million motorsport park near Cromwell was a good concept but in the wrong location, an Environment Court appeal hearing in Queenstown was told yesterday.
Queenstown beats other regions, including Auckland, in its green performance, according to international holidaymakers, the latest Regional Visitor Monitor (RVM) research shows.
The Routeburn Track, one of the most popular of New Zealand's nine Great Walks, has reopened to the public, after the suspension bridge at the Glenorchy entrance was repaired last Friday.
Skyline Gondola Restaurant and Bar has a new look after two months of refurbishment.
