Two unrelated assaults, three drink-drivers, a car driven off State Highway 6, and six arrests for breach of bail made for a steadier few days for Queenstown police and the Rural Drink Drive Squad, compared to the previous weekend, the opening of the Queenstown Winter Festival.
The Earnslaw Park stage has been dismantled and the Wonderland Ice Rink will be removed from the village green today, signalling the end of the 2011 Queenstown Winter Festival, after 10 fun-filled and activity-packed days.
More than 30 Wakatipu residents raised issues of elderly care, rest-home facilities and transfers to Invercargill Hospital and voiced concern over which sector would manage the proposed integrated family health centre, with the National Health Board (NHB) on Friday.
Hunters are urged to pick up a free trapping permit from the Department of Conservation (Doc) Wakatipu area office, after rangers seized 20 illegal possum traps set only 5m from a public walking track at Bobs Cove.
The Salvation Army in Queenstown is appealing for more public donations of non-perishable food and cash to stock its foodbank.
Amorous couples, possums, assaults, serenades, dancing, lost passports, ducks and a flasher - Queenstown's three town custodians have encountered all kinds of wildlife while keeping the resort beautiful over the past three years.
Balls flew in the air in downtown Queenstown, while two top rock acts kept Coronet Peak buzzing on day eight of the Queenstown Winter Festival yesterday.
A company believed to be connected with millionaire record producer Mutt Lange, the former husband of singer Shania Twain, has been cleared to buy Coronet Peak Station, near Queenstown.
A glittering line-up of top jazz and funk talent will entertain at the Stoneleigh Jazz Night tomorrow.
TODAY • 7pm: All Shook Up male lead James Stephenson (25) sings and plays piano for the relaunch of the Friday Jazz Club, in Les Alpes. Free. • 10pm: Subculture presents Crunkbox, the...
Co-produced by a Queenstown film-maker, skateboarding in Burma is the unusual focus of a documentary garnering praise around the world.
Fewer drink-drivers were processed last weekend than during the previous Queenstown Winter Festival opening, and the Rural Drink Drive Squad will be out on the roads again this weekend with its leader urging revellers to take taxis instead of risks on the roads.
Aspiring home-owners who are committed to the Queenstown Lakes district and willing to save will benefit from $780,000 in Government funding for a rental property pilot scheme with the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust, the chairman says.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup roadshow arrives in Queenstown on Wednesday, July 6.
Staff in shops in Queenstown and Frankton are thrilled their window displays on Friday won trips to Milford Sound and the World of Wearable Art in Wellington.
Parents, teachers and pupils were briefed on internet safety and how to prevent cyber bullying on computers and mobile phones, during presentations at Queenstown Primary School on Thursday.
The second annual meeting of the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group will double as a celebration of the work done so far to curb the spread of pines in the past two years.
More than 100 Wakatipu business owners are getting into the spirit of winter, with or without snow, by decorating their shop fronts with a "wonderland" theme.
The producers of fondly-remembered talent show and the rock-opera Rock and Roll Suicide have dreamed up a new original artists competition, described as a cross between X-Factor and The Eurovision Song Contest.
