Wanaka may have the Wells brothers, but Queenstown has their match in ice hockey clan the Frears, of which all three sons have been recently named most valuable player for their top level teams.
Queenstown parents were this week given the chance to increase their awareness of drug use and related issues through a visit by a leading drug educator.
Queenstown police believe up to 90% of bars in the resort now have closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras - and they are already coming in handy combating thefts and assaults.
Five Arrowtown households using creek water "unfit for human consumption" due to increased pollution, are now asking to be connected to the Arrowtown water supply.
Property owners looking to connect to the Lake Hayes water and wastewater schemes, whose land is outside the original zoning, will have to make do with restricted water supply.
A wastewater scheme at Cardrona, servicing at least Cardrona Village, will be investigated by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
After the hustle and bustle of winter dies down, the owners of Subculture nightclub are looking to ramp up music festival organisation for the 2013 Shotover Sunshine Festival, held every two years - and possibly next winter.
It's official - guest nights for the Otago region, and in particular Queenstown, fell in June.
Four teams of four firefighters turned out for the inaugural Firefighter Chill Factor Challenge at Coronet Peak on Friday, which saw ski and snowboard-clad quartets competing to finish as many sponsored runs as possible in two hours.
Despite an "unlucky" early exit from last week's Pokerstars.net Skycity Snowfest tournament, World Series of Poker 2005 champion Joe Hachem says he will return.
For Southern Stampede coach Stephen Reid, his first year in the hot seat has been a memorable one.
From last to - hopefully - first.
As some of those arguably most affected by immigration law, Queenstown business operators on Wednesday had the chance to make their views known to the Minister of Immigration.
For Winter Games gold medallist Warner Nickerson, time spent in Dunedin and the Southern Lakes was the stimulus that helped him lift his Alpine ski racing career.
Plans to make it easier and faster for skilled workers, students and visitors to acquire visas were yesterday welcomed at an Immigration New Zealand update in Queenstown.
The women's giant slalom featured another tight tussle on Tuesday, with only one second separating the top nine competitors.
Adaptive giant slalom athlete Ian Bishop is but one Winter Games competitor with a story to tell. However, his is a unique one - he is a "sit-ski" racer who lost both legs on service in Afghanistan.
A former Dunedin scarfie won the men's giant slalom at Coronet Peak yesterday, with the Winter Games event attracting one of the strongest alpine ski racing fields seen in New Zealand.
Following on fromits recent annual meeting, the Queenstown Climbing Club is seeking to raise the profile of climbing in the Wakatipu Basin to new heights this season.
Despite the "stoic Cantabrians" image portrayed in the media, children and families living in post-quake Christchurch were struggling to adjust, the annual New Zealand Psychological Society conference in Queenstown heard yesterday.
