Photographers open gallery
Photographers open gallery
A desire to offer an alternative to picture postcard snaps for residents and visitors is behind a new fine art photography gallery which opens this week.
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'Surreal' LA dash to pick up film gong
'Surreal' LA dash to pick up film gong
A Queenstown film-maker says it was "pretty surreal" to go from another day of editing to boarding a flight to a Los Angeles skateboarding film festival and winning an award.
Queenstown Resort College offers leadership course
Queenstown Resort College offers leadership course
Operational managers and business owners will benefit from a new leadership course at the Queenstown Resort College (QRC), which is believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand and is poised to go nationwide next year.
Queenstown man just missed flight which killed friend
Queenstown man just missed flight which killed friend
A Queenstown man has "very mixed emotions" about just missing the flight which killed his life-long friend and pilot Ian "Ned" Sloan.
Great Walk season starts
Great Walk season starts
Popular back-country tracks in the Wakatipu are in varying degrees of readiness for the 2011-12 Great Walk season, which opened on Tuesday.
Hot Tip: Tear Fund Encore South Island Tour
Hot Tip: Tear Fund Encore South Island Tour
Bantering blues men Steve Apirana and Derek Lind take in the Southern Lakes when they tour the South Island next month.
Wigmore on tour
Wigmore on tour
Multi-platinum and four-time Tui award winning pop star Gin Wigmore will join the Mutton Birds and Avalanche City for the 2012 Classic Hits Winery Tour in Cromwell on February 21.
Gallery marks 10th anniversary
Gallery marks 10th anniversary
A self-described "snowboarding kid" from Wellington who first rocked up in the Wakatipu in a battered Holden with a bunch of mates will celebrate the 10th anniversary of her high-end contemporary art gallery opening in Arrowtown tonight.
Hobbits could be coming
Hobbits could be coming
Middle-Earth appears to be returning to the Wakatipu if construction in a remote valley is anything to go by.
Thunder Jet consents approved
Thunder Jet consents approved
Conditional approval from the Environment Court for Thunder Jet to operate ends a three-year battle with rival Kawarau Jet and the start of seeking its share of "several hundred thousand dollars" in costs for the last hearing.
Queenstown plane forced to land in paddock
Queenstown plane forced to land in paddock
The third private aircraft to get into difficulty in the Wakatipu in nine days made an emergency landing in a paddock near the residential Lake Hayes Estate yesterday.
Trust marks end of cottage restoration
Trust marks end of cottage restoration
Golden keys were handed to the Queenstown Lakes community yesterday by the trust which spearheaded the rescue and restoration of three miners' cottages from the pioneer days of Arrowtown.
JazzFest plays on
JazzFest plays on
The 33rd edition of the Queenstown JazzFest plays out today with Remarkable Dixie at noon and the Queenstown Jazz Orchestra at 1.30pm, both on the Queenstown Village Green.
All the fun of the fare as bigger, better market opens
All the fun of the fare as bigger, better market opens
Remarkables Market opened to thousands of bustling bargain hunters and browsers on Saturday and organisers say they have space for a further 20 stalls.
Plane wreckage examined
Plane wreckage examined
The light plane which crashed near Arrowtown this week may have clipped trees after the pilot aborted a landing, crash investigators say.
Hot tip: Queenstown Jazzfest
Hot tip: Queenstown Jazzfest
A two-for-one ticket deal is being offered for the Fat Freddy's Drop concert in the Queenstown Memorial Hall tonight as part of the 2011 Queenstown Jazzfest, which launched last night.
Health trust to be wound up
Health trust to be wound up
The Wakatipu Health Trust has announced it will wind up after more than eight years in favour of the new Wakatipu Heath Reference Panel.
Trust chairman Craig Benington said he and fellow trustees saw no need to have two groups championing the same issues.
Nomad Safaris wins Operator of Year
Nomad Safaris wins Operator of Year
Nomad Safaris has been named Operator of the Year in the 2011 APT Supplier of the Year awards.
EarthTonz time for local talent
EarthTonz time for local talent
Young Wakatipu artists are being hand-picked to perform during New Zealand's brand new music festival with the help of the RockFormation Charitable Trust.
American Welsh choir to perform at St Peter's
American Welsh choir to perform at St Peter's
The land of song meets the land of the long white cloud when members of the North American Welsh Choir raise their voices in a Queenstown church next month.