James Beech

Queenstown Airport was the second-busiest airport in New Zealand for Australian passenger arrivals in July, according to Statistics New Zealand.

The former Arrowtown borough council building is the first stone heritage building to undergo earthquake-strengthening for preservation and public safety in the township.

The Queenstown Times was invited to join in the Queenstown Ambassador programme at Queenstown Resort College to see how the initiative links business operators with the community and visitor expectations.

Reading Cinemas Queenstown is in for a spring clean next week, and will reopen fully digital and 3-D capable later this month, with a wider choice of movies.

New Zealand artist Grahame Sydney offers fresh perspectives on his beloved Central Otago through photography, instead of paintings, in a new exhibition opening in Arrowtown this week.

The larger-than-life characters and desperate times of the Otago gold rush form the backdrop of a new book by a Queenstown author that was 12 years in the writing.

Kathleen Brentwood has played her fair share of wholesome nuns and tarts with hearts in musicals, but the role of Annie in Calendar Girls is her toughest acting challenge yet.

About 60 Queenstown Primary School pupils in years 6 to 8 give other pupils and parents a preview on Friday of the outer space-themed dance routine they will perform for ''Stars on Stage'' in the Regent Theatre, Dunedin, this week.

Westpac Queenstown staff thanked the Arrowtown rugby team for their part in the arrest of a man who allegedly smashed the glass door to the bank, and then helped keep the bank safe until police arrived.

A bid to extend residential and industrial zones off Ballantyne Rd, near Wanaka, will be publicly notified, as long as more details about the effects on traffic are provided to the Queenstown Lakes District Council's satisfaction.

History will be both made and re-enacted when 150 years of ministry and worship in Queenstown are celebrated by Wakatipu past and present parishioners over a bumper weekend of community festivities.

The Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to 142-year-old Eichardt's Private Hotel yesterday to extinguish a fire in the luxury property's external metal chimney.

A scorpion smuggling ring has been smashed and four men will appear in court after raids on Queenstown and Arrowtown homes, police say.

Medical and veterinary minds met in Queenstown yesterday, with discussions held on how changing diets improves the condition of animals with brain disorders and how it could apply to people living with Huntington's disease.