A follow-up inspection to a damning report about senior management in Queenstown's only secondary school was ''very positive'' in its early verdict, the principal and board of trustees chairman say.
Queenstown Airport staff are prepared for their busiest summer season, with a 17% increase in passengers predicted for January.
Auckland violinist Natalie Lin has been named one of 18 semifinalists in the Queenstown-based Michael Hill International Violin Competition for 2013, the first New Zealander to make the grade in eight years.
Destination Queenstown says it is not concerned the resort has slipped one place to become New Zealanders' fourth most desirable spot to visit for a holiday in the next six months.
Fire up your foot-long clay pipes, lean back, smile and breathe a sigh of relief, good people of the Shire, for the first instalment of The Hobbit is a hit. For the most part.
Tourism New Zealand's 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand campaign, featuring Queenstown and Glenorchy, won the award for ''world's leading destination marketing campaign'' in the World Travel Awards 2012 grand final in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Today • 7pm: Contemporary artist Martin Poppelwell, of Napier, attends the opening of the exhibition of two of his acclaimed patchwork paintings and a selection of his ceramic works in Nadene...
Police in the Southern district warn they will be out in force to apprehend drink- and drug-drivers in a campaign launched this week and set to continue into the new year. ''Don't take the risk of getting caught driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs,'' Senior Sergeant Steve Larking, of Dunedin, said.
Dunedin artist Anna Reid will introduce her debut Wakatipu exhibition to the public in the Arrowtown Gallery next Thursday.
The past and present of a leading contemporary New Zealand artist is will be exhibited at the Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, from Friday.
The Arrowtown pilot killed in a helicopter crash on the Criffel Range, near Wanaka, on Thursday night was a respected and experienced aviator and an instructor to generations of pilots.
A primary school for 450 pupils will be built in the heart of a new $300 million residential development near Queenstown and it is expected to open by February 2015.
Senior Queenstown Lakes District Council staff will review before Christmas ''a number'' of options for new council headquarters in the resort.
Campervans may be the bane of motorists' lives, especially when stuck behind one, but research says travellers using ''fridges on wheels'' contribute almost half a billion dollars a year to the economy.
Cinemas in Arrowtown and Wanaka have embraced the digital revolution early enough to present The Hobbit in all its glory this week, but only a few cinemas in the South Island can project the epic at its controversial 48 frames per second (fps) speed.
Choristers (from left) Johannes Mackay (9) and Julia Lima (7), both of Lake Hayes Estate, and Aria Ford-Squires (9), of Queenstown, are among the 38 members of the newly formed Corus Children's Choir
The owners of the failed development known as ''Hendo's Hole'' could be required to sell land to the Queenstown Lakes District Council to start the long-awaited $6.02 million construction of a bypass across the Frankton Flats.
Mischief springs to mind when Julia Deans thinks about hitting the road with Jon Toogood and Shayne Carter, her bandmates from the Adults, and other members of New Zealand's pop music royalty for the 2013 Classic Hits Winery Tour.
Mystery drama Top of the Lake, shot by Queenstown film industry talent on locations around the Wakatipu Basin, will premiere during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in January and launch on UKTV in March.
Tomorrow • 8am: This weekend is the Cardrona community's turn to celebrate 150 years of gold. The village among the Crown Range mountains will host dog trials; equestrian events; stagecoach...
