Queenstown ski racer Taylor Rapley (20) says she has finally done herself justice after posting a career-best slalom score to win silver at Monday's FIS (International Ski Federation) Series race in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The Wakatipu Clay Target Club is shifting its shooting activities from land near the Shotover River to a new site in the Gibbston valley.
Queenstown police yesterday arrested a 29-year-old Frankton man allegedly seen in possession of a pistol in Frankton, Queenstown, who may have shot himself in the leg.
Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce embraced an industry near to her heart yesterday when she visited a Cromwell winery and sheep station, concluding her state visit to New Zealand.
New Zealand Olympian Tim Cafe has just led a group of skiers aged 12-14 through their first overseas competition experience, and hopes to organise a "bigger and better" camp next year.
Dinosaurs could soon be roaming the Rees Valley, with Wellington company Fossil Films proposing to start filming on the 3D movie Walking with Dinosaurs as soon as Monday.
The Queenstown Climbing Club is calling for people to shoot away for its 2012 Alpine Photo Competition, and the Queenstown Mountain Bike Club is also looking out for standout snaps.
A slopestyle bike event where riders will drop in to a series of trick features from a 9.6m-tall tower in the Ballarat St car park has been booked as part of this April's Queenstown Bike Festival.
A "last-minute" book swap in Arrowtown proved popular at the weekend, with more than 30 people stopping to claim a good read, chat with fellow book aficionados and help the Wakatipu Trails Trust.
Queenstown's Japanese community is getting together one year on from Japan's catastrophic tsunami to hold a day of music and martial arts to raise money for the ongoing recovery.
Jewish residents and visitors to Queenstown will soon have the support of what is thought to be the area's first synagogue and kosher food supplier, the Queenstown Chabad House.
Motorists on Frankton Rd got a shock yesterday afternoon when driving past a simulated crash between a truck and trailer and two cars.
Organisers of the worldwide series of Local Wild Food Challenges have been "amazed" by the passion and creativity seen at the weekend's inaugural Glenorchy event, and want to reoeat it next year.
Three landowners have expressed interest in developing a nine-hole community golf course "in proximity to Frankton", given the limited lifespan of the Frankton golf course.
Queenstown Lakes' freedom camping bylaws are being revisited to allow infringement fines to be enforced in line with the Freedom Camping Act of 2011.
A section of the Kepler Track could be opened up to mountain bikers by the Department of Conservation (Doc).
The Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) board has praised the benefits of the company's strategic alliance with Auckland Airport.
A ski patroller who had spent the past five winters working in Queenstown and was expected to return this year died last week in a back-country avalanche in Colorado, United States.
Tenders for Queenstown's new 10-camera wireless CCTV system have closed, with the race to supply the $150,000 system down to two tenderers to be decided early next month.
Access to a potential saving of $40,000 on $10 million of debt has been facilitated as part of a review of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's Treasury Management Policy.
