Totally Tourism lodged an application to appeal its own resource consent to increase the number of flights at a helicopter landing pad at Arthurs Point at an Environment Court hearing held in Queenstown on Friday last week.
It was a bad day for a Queenstown digger operator who knocked out power to several homes in Frankton yesterday.
The Southern District Health Board (SDHB) will consider any alternatives to its proposal for Lakes District Hospital, says chief executive Brian Rousseau.
More than 80% of resource consent applications in the Queenstown Lakes district are processed within the statutory timeframe.
It took his 8-year-old daughter telling him it was her fault he beat her for Vic Tamati to get help.
A group of Queenstown health professionals plans to come up with an alternative to the Southern District Health Board's (SDHB) proposed shake-up of Lakes District Hospital.
This year's American Express Queenstown Winter Festival has 16 new events on the programme, which was released this week.
A seven-lot subdivision development at Jacks Point near Queenstown would be inappropriate for a golf course and the application should be declined, a Lakes Environmental planner has recommended.
The Arthurs Point Protection Society will appeal the Queenstown Lakes District Council's Plan Change 27A.
The developer proposing to build six two-storey houses at Howards Dr in Lake Hayes Estate might have one less opposing submitter after a "private agreement" with Queenstown Airport Corporation.
The Arthurs Point Protection Society is mounting a $100,000 fight in the Environment Court against a helipad.
Snow Sports New Zealand is to hold its annual awards night in Queenstown as part of this year's Winter Festival.
The developer of Queenstown's Kawarau Falls Station has applied to the Queenstown Lakes District Council to build a jetty on Lake Wakatipu.
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes describes the loss of more than half a million dollars when finance company Bridgecorp went into receivership as "regrettable".
Queenstown tourism has weathered the global economic crisis "relatively well" because it refocused its efforts on the resilient Australian market, Destination Queenstown's draft business plan says.
Design defects caused the failure of two water pumps at the Two Mile pump station at Fernhill in February, leaving Queenstown short of water for 24 hours.
Amended parking restrictions for Church St and Searle Ln in Queenstown will be be open to public consultation.
The Wakatipu Health Trust has "serious concerns" about the Southern District Health Board's proposed shake-up of Lakes District Hospital.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's utilities committee approved a $884,609 upgrade to the pavement and stormwater drainage on Adamson Dr in Arrowtown at its meeting yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is running 20% under budget on infrastructure capital works projects this year.
