This sequel to the irreverent action-comedy antidote to the solemn superhero genre will be best remembered for guest star Jim Carrey refusing promotion duties because Kick-Ass 2 was too violent in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootings.
The latest round of legal proceedings regarding one of the most fought-over parcels of land in the country began yesterday with submissions on whether the Environment Court has jurisdiction to direct higher order outcomes for plan change 19: Frankton Flats.
The creative team behind the hit Chicago are working hard to stage a comedy musical which ''celebrates family and marriage in all its forms,'' Showbiz Queenstown president Marty Newell says.
Queenstown Arts Society members are making a renewed push to make their Cloakroom Gallery a hub of the community, with a grand reopening as a contemporary art retail gallery and an open day.
The Queenstown-based Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust has opened applications for two scholarships worth $30,000 to encourage undergraduate and rural health professional research and professional development.
Wi-Fi access on Queenstown's ski mountains has proved popular, with nearly 10,000 devices registered in less than two months of operation, Telecom says.
An Arthurs Point mother was inspired to give acting a go by Sir Ian McKellen and is now starring as one of the Calendar Girls, the new comedy from Remarkable Theatre.
Thousands of old televisions have been recycled from throughout the Otago region thanks to the Government's TV Takeback subsidy, which ended in the South Island on Wednesday.
One of the pilots injured when a light plane on a training flight crashed while landing in the Von Valley near Queenstown earlier this month has been discharged from hospital.
Plans for a commercial water-propelled ''jet pack'' attraction for tourists on Queenstown Bay were met with caution when the possible noise the venture would generate was discussed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Concentrating on quality, a great environment and a family atmosphere among staff is the recipe of success for Fergburger, the burger bar which has become as much a part of Queenstown as skiing and bungy jumping.
Heaven is a place off Earth for the healthy, wealthy 1% in Elysium, and all the wretched 99% can do in their dusty slums is gaze adoringly at the glittering habitat in orbit, out of reach.
New Zealand's climbing community is in mourning after Christchurch climber Jamie Vinton-Boot was killed in an avalanche on the Remarkables last week. James Beech talks to the Wakatipu volunteers who help those in crisis, often putting their own welfare on the line.
Fact and fiction blur with comedic and dramatic results in the celebrated one-woman play Playing Miss Havisham in Arrowtown on Saturday.
Two stars of Chicago say they love the challenge of playing completely opposite characters in the follow-up Showbiz Queenstown musical, La Cage Aux Folles, now being rehearsed.
The subdued development Queenstown has been experiencing over the past few years will let all parties consolidate their investments and usher in a new upswing of ''sensible growth'' in the foreseeable future.
The countdown to the 2015 Fifa Under-20 World Cup has begun with the announcement last week of the seven centres, including Dunedin and Christchurch, which will host international games.
The fourth edition of the two-yearly epay Silver Fern Rally will return to the South Island in November 2014 and the finishing line will be in Queenstown.
The black singlet, New Zealand's contribution to world fashion, will be sported by the nation's athletic elite at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
A young Queenstown woman is lucky to be alive after she was rescued from a ledge on the fourth floor of her apartment block.
