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Police are hunting the driver of a stolen Subaru Impreza who crashed into a bus and fled on foot after a pursuit in central Queenstown early this morning.

Queenstown's $5 million cycle trail has attracted global interest from buyers attending the Trenz tourism and travel expo hosted in the resort this week.

Wakatipu's junior rugby players turned out in force to get some advice from Highlanders players at the Queenstown recreation ground last week.

Hilton Queenstown's twin hotel billion-dollar boutique village finally opened for business last Thursday.

A Glenorchy resident says the Southern Primary Health Organisation should cut one of its "job-created bureaucrats" instead of axing funding for weekly community nurse practitioner visits.

It has been a sometimes precarious three-year wait, but yesterday Hilton marked its South Island debut with the opening of the billion-dollar Hilton Queenstown twin hotels at Kawarau Village.

The father of drowned English tourist Emily Jordan says a UK coroner's inquest into the Queenstown river-boarding death shows adventure operator Mad Dog was ill-equipped to deal with the accident.

Highlanders lock Tom Donnelly with Gabe White (9) of Arrowtown's under-9 Eagles squad at yesterday's skills session for Queenstown and Wakatipu basin-registered junior rugby players at Queenstown's recreation ground.

Former All Black Justin Marshall has made the "tough" decision to move his frightened young family to Queenstown to escape the ongoing aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake.

After losing the New Zealand Open to Christchurch's Clearwater course, The Hills is working on its long-term goal of bringing another high-profile tournament to Arrowtown.

Ecojet's plans for a new Queenstown jet-boating and water-taxi service have been questioned by Jo Boyd, a fourth-generation resident of the lower Kawarau River concerned about the proposal's environmental impact.

Kingston's "eclectic charm" will be threatened if a five-lot "corporate" subdivision is allowed to go ahead in the township, concerned residents say.

Dangerous tree removal in the Queenstown Lakes District will take another year to complete while Queenstown Lakes District Council continues playing "catch up" to remedy the problem, council parks manager Gordon Bailey said.

Developers behind the $125 million Five Mile shopping and entertainment complex on the Frankton Flats are confident building will start later this year after they were granted master plan resource consent approval.