James Beech

A Queenstown-fronted company says it is ready to take over the stalled Frankton Marina project with its own concept for the project.

About 60 excited girls will represent Queenstown Primary School for the first time in the Stars on Stage performing arts challenge in Dunedin tomorrow night.

Variety and the ever-increasing quality of acts distinguish the 2011 programme of the Queenstown JazzFest, its chairman says.

The National Health Board panel says it will unveil its recommendations on future health care in the Wakatipu in a public meeting on Monday, August 29.

The Maori equivalent of a chamber of commerce will hold its annual meeting in Queenstown next month.

Queenstown's accommodation sector has taken a battering in the past three years; however, hoteliers and moteliers are keeping a positive outlook for the second half of 2011 and beyond.

Thrill-seekers can get their hearts pumping just as much off the slopes from today, when the Winter Games Adventure Film Festival opens in the Queenstown Memorial Hall.

English house superstar DJ and producer Nick Warren (pictured right) brings his album release party to only two centres in New Zealand: Queenstown's Debajo, on September 6, and Auckland's Flight Lounge, on September 7.

The Ministry of Education says it has "strategic plans" for Wakatipu education, including building another primary school and buying a site for a new secondary school. However, a community action group has criticised it as "lip service".

The first 500 customers through the doors of the new Hallensteins shop in Queenstown next week will each get a free pair of $70 IFD Denim jeans, the retailer says.

A new president and executive will steer the Queenstown Young Professionals (QYP) networking group for the next financial year.

A group of Wakatipu boating enthusiasts say they reject entirely the Queenstown Lakes District Council's plan to take part in the development of an offshore marina in Frankton.

The people of the Wakatipu have overwhelming rejected the proposed enrolment changes for Remarkables Primary School (RPS).

Tickets are selling fast for the Burton Open Sessions at the Queenstown Events Centre tomorrow, but the promoters are going to extra lengths to bring the tickets direct to the public.

Three days of free live music in Earnslaw Park tied in with the Rugby World Cup will be one of the most exciting components of this year's Queenstown JazzFest, its organisers say.

A renewed passion is behind the rise of Queenstown as an events and entertainment hub.

How is Education Minister Anne Tolley going to provide equal access to learning facilities for Wakatipu children now, when classrooms are bursting at the seams, and what is her long-term plan as those children continue on to high school?