A love of the outdoors and a passion for ensuring New Zealanders have access to the back country is the motivation behind David Rider's volunteer work. He has been a member of the Deerstalkers'...
The contest for the Queenstown mayoralty became at least a two-horse race yesterday with former deputy mayor Simon Hayes confirming he will stand against Vanessa van Uden.
People who give up their time for the good of the community do not expect anything in return. Volunteers are the backbone of many community organisations. In an ongoing series, Joanne Carroll meets some Wakatipu volunteers.
Without the tireless dedication, blood-spilling hard work and determination of Gibbston Community Association chairwoman Susan Stevens, the Gibbston River Trail would not be opening this spring. As the trail nears completion, Mrs Stevens tells Joanne Carroll about how it came to fruition over the past six years.
Susan Stevens has always been a volunteer.
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson is preparing a cabinet paper to present her recommendations on the adventure tourism review to Parliament.
People hoping to be the subject of memorials or plaques in the Queenstown Gardens will have stricter criteria to meet under the Queenstown Lakes District Council's new draft plaques, memorials and monuments policy.
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) wants to cash in on some of China's 20 million students, in the hope some will come to study at the expanded Queenstown campus.
A record number of twins have been conceived in the Wakatipu this year, and all have to be born outside the district because of a lack of obstetric care in the resort.
A Genesis Power advertisement targeting Queenstown residents has been deemed misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority.
An NZSki truck driver had a lucky escape when his grit truck slipped off the side of a bank and into a gully near the Coronet Peak Ski Area base building yesterday.
People who give up their time for the good of the community do not expect anything in return. Volunteers form the backbone of many community organisations. In an ongoing series Joanne Carroll meets some Wakatipu volunteers.
Wakatipu child care and early childhood education centres are full to bursting.
Queenstown's beleaguered Five Mile property project has been sold, but the identify of the buyer remains a mystery.
Following a spinal injury, Xena the 40kg Newfoundland Labrador-cross loves getting a ride behind her owner's bike, but has sparked negative comments from passers-by.
Queenstown police arrested three Queenstown men with high breath-alcohol readings over the weekend.
Lee "Final Table" Nelson's chances of getting on to the final table of the New Zealand Poker Tour Queenstown Skycity Alpine Adventure tomorrow look good as he enters the penultimate day in third place.
Attending this week's announcement that U3A Wakatipu had won a $1000 prize from SBS Bank are (from left) SBS Bank business development manager Honor Mathieson, U3A Wakatipu member Bob Cranfield, U3A Wakatipu administrator Gitti Tapper, U3A Wakatipu chairwoman Mary Stammers-Smith and SBS staff member Johanna Edis.
The first week of Queenstown's new bus services went "quite well", according to the Otago Regional Council (ORC).
Queenstown residents were treated to a little piece of Ireland with the Rhythms of Ireland show at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday night.
