Queenstown Gateway Ltd's $125 million plan for the former Five Mile site at Frankton will not pose a threat to its neighbouring Remarkables Park complex, according to director Alistair Porter.
Central Otago drivers can expect to see more drink-driving checkpoints on the region's roads as the police Rural Drink Drive Group steps up operations for the summer socialising season.
A deal to put a sports shelter on the border of Queenstown's failed Five Mile development is not a sweetener to ensure a new $125 million, 38,000sq m retail complex at the Frankton Flats site gets approval, outgoing Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes says.
Councillor Cath Gilmour has apologised for the wording of an opinion piece criticising the controversial Queenstown Airport share sale as "flawed", "undemocratic" and "wrong".
The sound of leather on willow is becoming more commonplace in the Wakatipu, as teams from around the area prepare for the opening of the Koford Cup and Scurr Cup cricket competitions.
Outgoing Queenstown Lakes District mayor Clive Geddes' last council meeting was bittersweet but still conducted with the same astute aplomb that has characterised his nine-year tenure in the top job.
Robert Moore, of Nightcaps, hooked a 4.396kg brown trout to become overall winner at last Saturday's Glenorchy fishing competition, held at the head of Lake Wakatipu.
Queenstown businesses could be unfairly disadvantaged if Rugby World Cup legislation is enacted allowing accelerated liquor licensing and resource consents for outside operators, departing Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes warns.
Conservative lobby group Family First is pleading with the Queenstown Lakes District Council to scrap a draft bylaw, adopted yesterday, that would allow brothels in central Queenstown and Wanaka.
Kawarau Jet and two of its drivers have been charged with several offences brought by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) after allegedly operating unsafely on December 18 last year.
The father of drowned English traveller Emily Jordan (21) has dismissed the name change of Mad Dog - the Queenstown river boarding company held responsible for her death - as "cynical."
The Brazilian faithful are becoming spoilt for spiritual choice with the addition of pastor Andres D'Alves (30) and his family who have come direct from their homeland to spread the word of the Agape evangelical church.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is moving to rein in a forecast $400 million debt by tackling the false perception of an "endless supply" of water thought to be held by many residents who live near lakes.
Five holes on Queenstown Airport Corporation-owned land at the Frankton golf course are under threat after it was revealed the corporation wants to build an $8 million airport taxiway between 2012 and 2015.
Most of Queenstown's bars, clubs and restaurants have opted to absorb the 2.5 % GST increase that came into effect at midnight last night - at least until breweries and produce suppliers respond to the increase.
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has granted consent for United States company Cabo Ltd to buy 2269ha of sensitive land, valued at $8,358,908, at Wyuna Station, near Glenorchy.
Police arrested a 19-year-old Invercargill man on Wednesday after he allegedly tried to fraudulently acquire $500 of alcohol from a Betty's Liquor store in Beach St by posing as a staff member at a bar in the town.
Queenstown structural engineers are working double-time in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquake to assess the future of Christchurch's threatened heritage buildings and help clients "get back on their feet".
A fully-laden tourist bus, an Australian tourist and a New Zealand driver were unwitting victims when two families of Australian tourists caused minor traffic chaos, crashing and causing road hazards as they tried to navigate heavy snow on the Te Anau-Milford highway.
As a young boarder at Auckland's Sacred Heart College, Split Enz co-founder Mike Chunn had two aspirations - to be a Beatle and an All Black.
