Queenstown climbers opted against climbing the western face of the Remarkables just 48 hours before experienced Christchurch climber Jamie Vinton-Boot was swept off his feet there by an avalanche, falling to his death.
It is ''highly likely'' the distress calls of two separate Fiordland fishing crews would have been heard by Maritime New Zealand, or other boats in the area, if the calls had been made on the recognised international distress channel.
Advice on the suitability of winter tyres as substitutes for snow chains will be sought from the New Zealand Transport Agency by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Advice on the suitability of winter tyres as substitutes for snow chains will be sought from the New Zealand Transport Agency by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Coach parking rules were changed by a Queenstown Lakes District Council committee recently, after a meeting with the Bus and Coach Association in July.
The winners of the 2013 Hospitality New Zealand awards for excellence will be announced in Queenstown this month, but there will be nothing for the resort's hospitality operators.
Queenstown Primary School Media Group pupils (from left) Josh Perry (13), Mia Bisley (13), Hannah Coombe (13), Martin Schnelle (12), Seth Mawhinney (11) and Mika Turnbull (13), plus absentees Chester Rosie (13) and Christopher Hansen (11), have earned the school almost $3000 in competition winnings in only their first year of study.
The Wakatipu stars of the upcoming show Calendar Girls have bravely stripped off for their own fundraising calendar, just as their characters in the comedy do.
Summer 2014 is shaping up to be a big one for music fans, with Fat Freddy's Drop as the headliners of Rippon Festival, then Lynyrd Skynyrd, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and 10cc set to rock Queenstown.
A mural with positive environmental messages for the community and visitors has been created by Glenorchy School pupils, who entered it into both the Keep New Zealand Beautiful ''Wall Worthy'' and the Resene Mural Masterpieces competitions.
Planting kowhai trees is the Queenstown community activity organised by the Department of Conservation (Doc) Wakatipu district office as part of Conservation Week this year, and all are invited.
Bravo to veteran Queenstown actor Alex Derbie and guest star Rutene Spooner, who together provided the tent pole which supported the three-ring circus that was La Cage aux Folles.
A driving force in the construction of the Glenorchy-Queenstown road has produced a DVD to chronicle the vital link for posterity.
About 40 women, some from Queenstown and others from overseas, improved their skills and confidence on the slopes at the weekend, attending the Burton Snowbroads ski and snowboard freestyle camp.
The digital and 3-D movie upgrade under way at Reading Cinemas Queenstown marks the end of a century of film projection in the resort.
All 21 Otago Regional Council candidates have been implored ''to take an active lead'' in the war against wilding pines, and two candidates have already voiced their support.
Queenstown's potential for more conservation-community-commercial partnerships softened the blow of national restructuring and job cuts on its Department of Conservation (Doc) office.
Queenstown Lakes district ratepayers have stumped up almost $755,000 in legal costs in court battles concerning Frankton Flats in the past four years alone.
A ''ladder truck'' for the Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade would not necessarily save lives and would be neither cost-effective nor efficient for Queenstown, the New Zealand Fire Service says.
A call for three community representatives for the new Queenstown Airport Liaison Committee is part of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's confident expectation the Queenstown Airport's noise management plan will be in place soon.
