Critical musical components of the Showbiz Queenstown production of Chicago are falling into place, as the eight-week countdown starts until the curtain rises on opening night.
Up to 40 trampers a day can take guided overnight trips on the Routeburn Track after the Department of Conservation (Doc) signed a new 20-year concession with Routeburn Walk Ltd (RWL).
The 150th anniversary of the first official Anglican church services in Queenstown will be celebrated in style on Sunday near the site where the pivotal congregations took place.
Inspiration came from all corners when the 11 members of Central Otago Outside the Square (Coots) set to work on mixed-media and fibre artworks for their first Wakatipu exhibition in 10 years.
Eleven Wakatipu musicians should know in the next 24 hours if they have been chosen to form the orchestra for the musical Chicago, after a masterclass by the leader of the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art.
Wakatipu tourism will be strongly represented on the international stage when Destination Queenstown and 25 operators showcase their latest products at Trenz, in Auckland, next month.
Community-spirited individuals are being called on to help support the Wakatipu's teens at the ''Youth Booth''.
Celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield is the subject of a one-woman play bound for Queenstown next month.
Wakatipu tourism operators will get their chance to comment on the industry's road map for the next two decades and hear the latest updates when the Tourism Industry Association (TIA) Regional Roadshow rolls up in Queenstown on May 16.
You have not heard Billie Jean until you have heard it as surely Michael Jackson intended - played with lightning dexterity on a ukulele doubling as a beat box by a shaggy-haired Canadian.
The Department of Conservation (Doc) has appointed Jess Clark as co-ordinator for Project Gold to support community restoration of kowhai woodland throughout Otago.
Pablo Picasso's portrait of his mistress Dora Maar was the inspiration behind a series of works by Southland artist Nigel Brown which are now on display in Milford Galleries Queenstown.
Queenstown and national tourism operators should get ready to take advantage of the new dynamic visitor markets opening in Asia as traditional western markets continue to slump, Tourism Industry Association (TIA) chief executive Martin Snedden says.
A chance to explore historic Macetown is back on this weekend, complete with 4WD tour, guided walks, a welcoming campfire and evening music.
Lake Hayes Estate residents could get a long-awaited store to buy their milk, bread and paper and a communal place to socialise over a beer after a new call for commercial operators this week.
Water use in the Queenstown Lakes district has decreased, thanks mainly to the council's ongoing public awareness campaign, but the challenge to cut peak demand remains and no change in peak use has been reported.
Contemporary art enthusiasts will enjoy a rare chance to quiz a master on his life, career and latest work when Max Gimblett introduces his sixth solo exhibition in the Nadene Milne Gallery, in Arrowtown.
Fans of world-class drama will think all their birthdays have come at once when they watch Top of the Lake and Queenstown viewers will get a special thrill, for this is the Wakatipu, but not as we normally experience it.
Auckland media darlings were so impressed by the natural beauty of Queenstown, which forms the backdrop to a crime most horrid in Top of the Lake, they asked the producer if the new transtasman television series was really shot on location.
Nomads Queenstown has gained second spot in the Best Extra Large Hostel in the World category at the 11th annual HostelWorld Hoscar Awards.
