About 100 people enjoyed the 14th annual Gibbston community picnic at Gibbston at the weekend.
Organiser Susan Stevens said she was delighted with the turnout.
"I'm thrilled that Santa could be there, doing his lolly scramble. There were lots of little happy faces," she said.
The children enjoyed a bouncy castle, face painting and games.
Invercargill athletes Matt King and Shelley Findlater were the major winners at the inaugural Jacks Point triathlon held in calm, sunny conditions on Saturday.
It is time the Queenstown Lakes District Council stopped adopting so many strategies, a councillor believes.
The owners of Arthurs Point Tavern are welcoming the long-awaited decision to realign Gorge Rd.
Funding cuts by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) could cost the Queenstown Lakes District Council up to $2 million a year if it continues to defer road maintenance, according to the council's acting transport manager, Geoff Cobb.
The Alcohol Advisory Council (Alac) is welcoming the Court of Appeal's decision to dismiss an appeal of the Liquor Licensing Authority's decision to restrict opening hours for licensed premises in Queenstown.
High levels of e-coli bacteria were found in Lake Wakatipu after a sewage spill at Kelvin Heights in October.
The cost of upgrading the Lucas Pl roundabout and Sir Henry Wigley Dr, in Frankton, has ballooned by $247,000 to $696,925 because more pavement and stormwater improvements are needed than budgeted for.
A Queenstown Lakes District councillor yesterday questioned a waste management report's transparency because it failed to show the slow uptake of council's new 120-litre wheelie bins had contributed to a $400,000 loss.
The Crown Range Rd will get a $1.6 million upgrade after the Queenstown Lakes District Council's utilities committee approved a concept design at its meeting yesterday.
Nearly $4.4 million will be spent on the next stage of upgrading Gorge Rd, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's utilities committee meeting decided yesterday.
Cardrona would look like a "Wild West film set" if a proposed plan change for Mount Cardrona Station was approved, the Environment Court in Queenstown heard yesterday.
A Queenstown man has 1.43 million people behind his quest to turn his house into a pirate ship.
Cardrona Valley residents and ratepayers came out in support of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed plan change for Mount Cardrona Station, in the Environment Court yesterday.
Fear of competition could be driving a developer's appeal against the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed plan change for Mount Cardrona Station, Judge Jon Jackson said in the Environment Court hearing in Queenstown yesterday.
Repairs to Skippers road after slips and washouts during winter have cost the Queenstown Lakes District Council $193,000.
Queenstown author Da'Vella Gore has published her third book, This Blessed Journey.
The owners of Blanket Bay luxury lodge at Glenorchy have been given approval by the Supreme Court to mount an appeal to recoup $304,000 from a chimney fire six years ago.
Eastern Southland woman Rachel Burke is New Zealand's only finalist in the International Extreme Huntress contest, a $US50,000 event to be held in British Columbia next year.
A United States company has big plans for Kingston if a tender bid - its third - for the historic Kingston Flyer steam train is successful.
