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.
Destination Queenstown (DQ) is seeking feedback from members on its new draft constitution.
Queenstown is lagging behind Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland as the most popular autumn and winter holiday destination for domestic tourists, according to a new survey.
Queenstown police are appealing for information about three men who boarded the TSS Earnslaw early on Sunday.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the Queenstown Lakes District Council to budget $50,000 for a closed-circuit television system for Queenstown in the 2010-11 annual plan.
Bearsden, Wakatipu's newest bed and breakfast, was a seven-year "labour of love" for owners Margie Slattery-Smith and Ned Smith.
Multiple commercial jet-boat operators could operate safely on the Kawarau River and accidents were unlikely to happen as long as drivers followed safety procedures and the rules of the river, the Environment Court heard yesterday.
Destination Queenstown (DQ), Lakes Leisure and the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce are calling for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to help set up an event management organisation.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce wants $40,000 from the Queenstown Lakes District Council to set up an "economic future agency" to help the district's economic development.
The 2010 Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) Heart of the District Awards will recognise the tireless work of many groups and individuals who make a difference in the community.
The public will have a chance to have its say on whether a Queenstown skydiving company should be allowed to have more flights per day at its airstrip on Remarkables Station, off State Highway 6.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) can begin working on its $42 million wastewater and sewage facility Project Shotover after being given the final go ahead by the Environment Court.
About 50 football players attended the first Festival of Females in Football in Queenstown yesterday.
Television weather presenter Jim Hickey hopes to be a regular sight around Queenstown, now that he owns an apartment, a cafe in the resort and his own plane to fly into the notoriously tricky airport.
Long-time Queenstown resident Paddy Mathias died at the Lake Wakatipu Home and Hospital on Wednesday morning.
At least 400 people were affected by disruptions to flights to and from Queenstown Airport because of low cloud this week.
People who give up their time for the good of the community don't expect anything in return, and volunteers are the backbone of many community organisations. In the first part in an ongoing series Joanne Carroll meets one of the Wakatipu's volunteers.
Television weatherman Jim Hickey is one of the new owners of Queenstown cafe Joe's Garage.
Some Queenstown-based tourism operators are welcoming changes to the way the Department of Conservation (Doc) processes permits for commercial activities on public conservation land.
Four Arrowtown firefighters are making a final push to reach their target of $10,000 for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation.
