The public release of the Price-waterhouseCoopers report on the strategic alliance between Queenstown and Auckland airports has been delayed because of last week's Christchurch earthquake.
Backpacker lodges in Queenstown are reporting strong occupancy and extended stays since last week's earthquake in Christchurch.
Queenstown's reputation might be tarred by gang members, drug-dealing and the pornography industry if the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed Brothel Control Bylaw goes ahead, said one submitter at yesterday's draft bylaw hearing.
Chairman and 60% shareholder of Gibbston Valley Wines Limited Philip Griffith has been granted consent to buy a further 11.11% of the company's shares, the Overseas Investment Office yesterday announced.
Janice and Earle O'Born have seen more of New Zealand in the past few weeks than many people would see in a lifetime - one benefit of touring the country by helicopter.
Most Queenstown submitters for the district plan change dealing with noise in the central business district (CBD) have indicated they want the noise limit increased.
The 2010-11 Antarctic meteorite harvest was a "bumper year" for Twizel mountaineer Shaun Norman, who is just back from guiding American experts on the annual search.
The most important thing Queenstowners can do to help victims of the Christchurch earthquake right now is donate money, the Salvation Army said yesterday.
Local school children will be encouraged to take to the streets on ''heels and wheels'' when Walk'n'Wheel to School week gets into gear next Monday.
Elvin Heights residents helped with $70,000 replanting work at the new intersection of State Highway 6 and Peninsula Rd near Queenstown on Saturday.
Co-founder of the Southern Lakes Lesbian And Gay Society (SLLAGS) Sally Whitewoods says the feedback for the organisations's first meeting on Saturday night has been "really, really good".
Saturday's Donald Hay Classic trailer yacht race was one for the patient - taking the first boats just under five hours from Kingston to Queenstown.
The Coronet Peak chairlift that trapped a Queenstown woman last year, leaving her with severe neck injuries, was found to be wrongly configured, the Department of Labour said.
Following on from the nationwide Bike Wise Challenge this month, the Queenstown Lakes District Council is expected to announce its "Right Way" alternative transport initiative this week.
Queenstown residents keen to be a part of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as local volunteers should register online as soon as possible, the Queenstown Lakes District Council says.
The future is looking dire for the Antarctic's Ross Sea Adelie penguin population if predicted temperature increases from climate change occur within the next 40 years.
Queenstown workers may have little free all-day car parking left if 240-minute time restrictions are placed on Queenstown Gardens car parks, as proposed in the draft Queenstown Gardens reserve management plan.
Two Wakatipu High School pupils who will soon be flying to Nepal may not be the only Duke of Edinburgh candidates at the school if an Arrowtown mother has her way.
NZSki skifield developments have been cited as part of the reason for a rise in the cost of early-bird passes this season.
Infringement fines will be part of a "multipronged attack" in a proposed bylaw legislating against campers dumping rubbish and excrement, Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden said this week.
