James Beech

The owner of the Kingston Flyer is urging the public not to give money to an appeal set up to save the mothballed historic steam train operation.

A High Court decision to quash appeals in support of the $50 million Pak'n Save and Mitre 10 Mega development in Queenstown is against central Government mandates for affordable living, the developer says.

The main northern road into Queenstown reopened last night after a weekend operation costing tens of thousands of dollars cleared a major rockfall from the Kawarau Gorge road.

A bid for $3.6 million to buy the Kingston Flyer vintage steam train operation had raised $1600 through the PledgeMe website by the attempt's deadline on Friday.

Police have thanked quick-witted Shotover Jet mechanics and drivers who detained a fugitive who allegedly crashed into a Queenstown family's car and had fled from police on foot through back-country.

A $1.7 million Central Lakes Trust grant has boosted the war chest of the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group (WCG) in its battle against wilding pines.

Reading Cinemas Queenstown cinema complex manager Rebekah Moore (left) and cinema manager Bernie Mullin are preparing to take the resort's sole movie house into the digital and 3-D future next month.

Oscar Vincent Pickard is a new prince in Queenstown and to celebrate his arrival so close to the royal baby's, half a world away, talented knitters have showered him with handmade woollen clothes.

Charges have been laid against two commercial jet-boat drivers following a collision on January 4 on the Dart River, near Glenorchy, in which a passenger suffered a broken clavicle and several others suffered bruising.

A compromise between two developers over the provision of affordable housing in the Queenstown Lakes district has been signed off by Judge Jon Jackson.

Cash-poor residents, seasonal workers and visitors can count on one hot nourishing meal a week free, in the depths of winter, when a mainstay of Queenstown's charitable community opens its doors again on Friday.

New Zealand Sculpture (2013) and other Carrera sculptures by Martin Selman, of Auckland, coming to Milford Galleries Queenstown have been praised for both celebrating and subverting the ancient artform.

The number of international passengers to Queenstown Airport in June shot up by almost half as many as in the same month last year but domestic passenger numbers in June fell sharply, compared to the month in 2012.

Defending champion Adam Milne, of Christchurch, will vie for his third Peak 2 Peak Leading Edge Winter Multisport Race win against this year's Coast to Coast champion Braden Currie, former titleholder Dougal Allan and Motatapu hero Gavin Mason, all of Wanaka.

Young people studying at Queenstown's sole secondary school could be wearing new uniforms in 2015 if voted for by pupils, staff and parents.

Queenstown favourite and platinum-record-selling artist Anika Moa has joined the ranks of Fly My Pretties for their Homeland Tour, which takes in the Lake Wanaka Centre on September 28 and the Queenstown Memorial Centre on September 29.