Coronet Peak, the Remarkables and Mt Hutt operator NZSki has increased some of the prices of its "early bird" season passes which go on sale today, soon after Treble Area announced it was increasing prices across the board.
New Zealand's achievement in the World Cup, the introduction of "twilight" five-a-side football and the launch of a successful girls' team at Wakatipu High School last year, were factors in the popularity of the Queenstown Junior Football Club's registration day, yesterday.
Frontline tourism staff will enhance their customer skills by taking part in a new interactive e-sales training programme, the Queenstown-based developers say.
A century of golf in Arrowtown was celebrated when 152 players in pairs played 27 holes across the Arrowtown Golf Club, Millbrook and The Hills yesterday.
A new way to worship on Sundays is being introduced by the Wakatipu Presbyterian Community Church - a free breakfast and then an informal discussion group about faith.
Australian troubadour Tim Guy has taken his melodic original songs to all corners of New Zealand many times, but he plans to take the heartland to the world when he goes on tour with a camcorder.
A road trip through heartland New Zealand is how a new solo exhibition by Christchurch artist Callum Arnold has been described by Milford Galleries Queenstown.
Descendants of Macetown gold miner Jim Anderson last week travelled to visit the historic battery name after him in Macetown.
A double bill of work by New Zealand artists Rachel Hirabayashi and Mandy Emerson is on show at Amisfield Winery and Artbay Gallery.
An elderly Auckland man who survived a Fiordland flood by clinging to a rock for almost two days says he was never frightened, but was concerned about how he could get to safety.
Appeals against the decisions of all three plan changes regarding Arrowtown's urban boundary and Arrowtown South were adjourned yesterday until the next Environment Court pre-hearing in April.
Acoustic specialists on behalf of appealing Arthurs Point property owners and the Queenstown Lakes District Council should get back in talks and report to the Environment Court, Judge Jon Jackson says.
Several expressions of interest have been made to buy the large $50,000 sculpture, which was removed from financially troubled developer Dave Henderson's Anthem Vineyards, which is in receivership.
The first principal of KingsView School says she wants the modernised and expanding Frankton school to become "a leader in academic excellence and character development" in Wakatipu.
Audiences can look forward to "comedy, dexterity and a Kiwi flavour", performers in New Zealand's only animal-free and polytechnic-educated circus say.
Old school hip-hoppers rejoice - a retrospective celebration of De La Soul is Dead is to be held live in Revolver on the 20th anniversary of the seminal album's release.
A Shotover Delta "training line" designed to reduce the flood danger to Queenstown when Lake Wakatipu is swelled by back-country rain looks likely to be built this winter.
Several top New Zealand acts have been confirmed for this weekend's Shotover Sunshine Festival at the open air music event.
Fans and media following their beloved rugby teams from England, Ireland and Romania will have "an immediate business impact" on Queenstown and boost its profile as a sports tournament training ground, Destination Queenstown and Lakes Leisure say.
Quick work by an alert householder - and then firefighters - probably prevented a major blaze in the Closeburn area near Queenstown on Sunday night.
