Feast of footy and fun
Feast of footy and fun
Hundreds of residents and visitors enjoyed food, wine and rugby in spring sunshine in Arrowtown on Saturday.
James Beech
Few hotels, many vans reported booked
Few hotels, many vans reported booked
Rugby World Cup arrivals in Queenstown this week are "something of a wait and see", Destination Queenstown and the Queenstown branch of the New Zealand Hotel Council say.
Scanner mooted, but where?
Scanner mooted, but where?
A tug of war could be looming over where a CT scanner is based for Central Otago.
Angry submissions over school zoning
Angry submissions over school zoning
Parents and prospective parents bought houses in the Lake Hayes and Quail Rise Estates so they could send their children to Remarkables Primary School at Frankton, only to find zone changes now mean their children cannot attend the Frankton school.
Funding awaits event projects
Funding awaits event projects
Central Otago community groups only have one month left to strike gold in a $200,000 funding stream set up to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the discovery of gold, in 2012.
Hot tip: Goldie
Hot tip: Goldie
Drum 'n' bass pioneer and part-time James Bond villain Goldie will play his only South Island show in Queenstown on Wednesday, September 21.
Doobie Brothers to play Gibbston Valley
Doobie Brothers to play Gibbston Valley
The Doobie Brothers and Little River Band have been confirmed to headline the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert next year.
Quake relief show the big one
Quake relief show the big one
A charity which raises funds for Christchurch citizens affected by earthquakes while attempting to break world records hosts a rock concert in the Queenstown Events Centre on September 23.
Someone has a very big secret to unveil
Someone has a very big secret to unveil
Remarkable Theatre's latest production, Secret Bridesmaids' Business, opened to a sold-out audience in the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall last night.
Seeking stories behind memorials
Seeking stories behind memorials
An Auckland historian is searching for the stories behind Wakatipu war memorials and the fallen commemorated on them for a blog and book she is writing for the centenary of the start of World War 1.
Southern receptionists show their skills
Southern receptionists show their skills
Receptionists Daria Felde, of Hotel St Moritz Queenstown, and Fanny Castro, of Novotel Queenstown Lakeside, will represent the South in the national Receptionist of the Year competition in Christchurch on September 23.
Maelstrom . . .
Maelstrom . . .
Takemitsu's Garden (2010) is one of six new oils on canvas and three mixed media works on paper to arrive from the studio of Warkworth landscape artist Garry Currin to Milford Galleries, Queenstown.
Panel calls for Lakes hospital expansion
Panel calls for Lakes hospital expansion
Recommendations that Lakes District Hospital be retained and expanded received a largely positive response in Queenstown last night.
School informally asks to use reserve
School informally asks to use reserve
Remarkables Primary School has informally approached the Queenstown Lakes District Council about using two large neighbouring reserves as play areas for the potentially overcrowded school.
Coming back to where it all began
Coming back to where it all began
Hallenstein Brothers returned to its roots with the grand opening of its new store in Queenstown on Thursday, at the stroke of midnight.
Council expects to convene marina workshop
Council expects to convene marina workshop
A workshop of Queenstown Lakes district councillors and advisers including a marine engineer is expected to be organised soon, now the council has gone back to the drawing board with plans for a new Frankton marina.
Barker returns on regional tour
Barker returns on regional tour
Life and times, relationships and the environment are among the topics Arj Barker says he will touch upon in his own inimitable easy-going style when he performs in the resort he loves next month.
Hot tip: Krafty Kuts
Hot tip: Krafty Kuts
One of dance music's most in-demand and highly revered DJs on the global scene plays in Queenstown next week.
Wakatipu locations for commercial
Wakatipu locations for commercial
About 45 crew members and equipment and 60 people from Queenstown were hired for the filming of a television commercial for an American jewellery chain store in the town this week.
Resilience of groups after quakes impresses
Resilience of groups after quakes impresses
How ‘‘amazingly resilient'' people are in groups in the aftermath of disasters such as the Canterbury earthquakes is a finding which jumps out from the research discussed in Queenstown last weekend, the driving force behind a psychology symposium says.