The Queenstown Lakes District Council has adopted the controversial brothel bylaw that will allow a "theoretical maximum" of nine brothels in the Queenstown CBD and five in the Wanaka CBD.
Remarkables Primary School has expanded its eco-friendly, sustainable, high-tech stock with a first for a New Zealand school - a "green roof" that insulates for warmth and absorbs aircraft noise.
A 55-year-old Christchurch hunter was found in the Jerry River area, near Gorge River in South Westland, early yesterday morning after spending a cold two nights in the bush because of bad weather.
A Queenstown journalist who collapsed 15 minutes after a series of one-minute sparring sessions for June's Thriller in the Chiller charity boxing event had chosen not to wear protective head gear.
A perceived rise in girls bullying girls is not a significant problem at Wakatipu High School and neither is bullying in general, says principal Lyn Cooper.
A 70-strong Chinese delegation will arrive in Queenstown on Tuesday, just three days after New Zealand welcomes China Southern Airlines' inaugural flight into Auckland from Guangzhou - China's third-biggest city.
Queenstown Lakes District Council is proposing an average rates rise of 2.74% council chief executive Debra Lawson said yesterday.
Destination Queenstown is hoping the resort will benefit from global publicity as Wellington hosts the Society of American Travel Writers annual convention in November - thought to be worth more than $2.5 million to the capital.
A Cromwell man (47) has been charged with three counts of dangerous driving causing death and injury, after the truck he was driving collided with two vehicles on State Highway 6 between Kingston and Frankton.
Destination Queenstown (DQ) yesterday unveiled its 2012 draft business plan, which focuses on achieving $1 billion in annual visitor spending in the resort by 2015.
A million-dollar proposal to turn the Tap Tavern in Arrowtown into the "front door" of the historic Buckingham St miners' cottages is in Environment Court mediation, following an appeal after the resource consent was declined in November.
Although he admits he may be "fooling himself", veteran Queenstown lawyer Graeme Todd would not be put off opening his new law firm today, April Fool's Day.
Queenstown tourism chiefs are hailing an extra Rugby World Cup pool game in Dunedin and news the Georgia team will visit the resort as a boon.
Mortgagees have listed the historic Kingston Flyer steam locomotive including passenger cars, a station and a tavern for sale on an online auction site.
Christchurch jet-boat driver Greg Skene was knocked unconscious when his boat flipped 4m into the air at the braided confluence of the Shotover and Kawarau rivers near Queenstown yesterday afternoon.
Yet again the Wakatipu community has shown its generosity, helping raise an estimated $30,000 at the Queenstown Primary School fair, which principal John Western described as a "stellar" day.
Wakatipu ratepayers have footed a $21,100 bill for the removal of 67 abandoned cars during January and February.
A Christchurch youth has been charged with bashing a retired Alexandra man early yesterday who was holidaying with his wife in Kingston.
A Queenstown community guide who was beaten twice in separate drunken assaults in the CBD while doing his job says he is pleased his attackers have been convicted.
A Sydney woman and her partner sold everything to fund a three-year adventure trip around the world, but which ended in her death on Wednesday after she fell 400m while climbing in Fiordland.
