Witnesses and counsel for Remarkables Park Ltd and Shotover Park Ltd yesterday called for assurances that the paper eastern access road would be constructed to meet future traffic demands, regardless of runway safety extension progress at Queenstown Airport.
Concerns about noise, dust and traffic involved in the proposed runway safety extension at Queenstown Airport were raised during the second day of the resource consent hearing yesterday.
The Queenstown man aiming to raise both funds for a Nepalese orphanage and the Wakatipu profile in Auckland while preparing to compete in the world's most demanding marathon says he is ecstatic the first tourism operator has answered his appeal for help after the Queenstown Times told his story last Wednesday.
The Frankton Domain next to the Peace Park on the shore of Lake Wakatipu is set for a $20,000 upgrade by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) from next week.
Queenstown Airport will lose "International" from its name if it does not build a 90m safety area at the eastern end of its runway by October 2011, a hearing was told yesterday.
Queenstown is one of Anika Moa's favourite places to be, so much so the Auckland songbird wants to live here one day.
With a cheery "Kia ora, babes", Anika Moa delivered a performance that mixed the heartfelt with the hilarious at Revolver on Wednesday night.
New Zealanders' connection with their land, the longest petrol-free road trip, extreme unicycling and giant wave surfers will be among the films featured at the Queenstown Adventure Film Festival at the Queenstown Memorial Hall from Thursday to Sunday.
The multimillion-dollar marina development given resource consent approval in the Frankton Arm of Lake Wakatipu has been appealed by three separate parties who either want the $20 million to $23 million project sunk or amended, to protect a heritage restoration project.
Kai Tahu ki Otago says it is considering the decision of resource consent hearing commissioners who approved a $20 million to $23 million marina development in the Frankton Arm of Lake Wakatipu last week.
With a little more than two weeks to go before the 2008 Olympic Games begin, morale is "excellent" in the Kiwi team, the Queenstown-based president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) says.
In a country obsessed with rugby and cricket, Queenstown 16-year-old Christopher Boyd says he took a bit of stick from his school mates when he started figure skating because it was not a "bloke sport".
Louisa Davis (Queenstown) and Glen Currie (Christchurch) won the women's and men's individual titles in the North Face Peak to Peak multisport race in the Wakatipu on Saturday.
Health Minister David Cunliffe wants to know what issues are concerning New Zealand doctors.
Young contenders including Matty Graham, of Dunedin, and Mike Walker, of Invercargill, will make today's North Face Peak to Peak race one to watch, organisers say.
About 30 Department of Conservation rangers and Queenstown Lakes District Council staff underwent fire safety, firefighting tactics, fire control and teamwork training at the 12 Mile Delta recreation reserve on July 9 - and the very next day were called to a blaze on the Shotover River Delta.
Queenstown's community guides may be walking the streets from 8pm until 5am from next week in the latest experiment with effectiveness during the initiative's three-month trial.
Two young doctors from Otago were among the 17 who were welcomed into the elite of New Zealand's medical world in a ceremony in Queenstown last Wednesday.
Up to six new commercial outlets will be created on the Searle Lane side of the four-storey Church St development.
The Queenstown Community Housing Trust (QCHT) does not know yet how much a typical home will cost at the new "affordable" housing village it plans to build on the Lake Hayes Estate.
