About 500 patients will today be told the Queenstown Midtown Medical Centre will officially reopen on Monday, but the doctor who walked out after a dispute with the owner says he has "no immediate plans" to return.
After 30 years of service, Queenstown coroner Alan Macalister was unable to close his last case yesterday - a helicopter crash which claimed two lives - because of a delayed Civil Aviation Authority report nearly five years in the making.
Formula 3 motorsport champion Jonny Reid said he was happy to take his foot off the gas for a relaxing day in Queenstown yesterday.
A council request to formalise the use of the helipad on Bob's Peak, has received two "informal" applications from local helicopter operators.
The Otago Regional Council says it is "disappointed" with a slow uptake of people using new Connectabus services from Queenstown to Kelvin Heights, and Lake Hayes Estate.
North Island tourism officials agree Queenstown is much more than just the adventure capital of New Zealand, and say major cities benefit each other more on an international stage, rather than domestically.
After 30 years of investigating "unexplained and violent deaths", Queenstown coroner Alan Macalister says he will gladly report on his final inquest in Queenstown District Court tomorrow.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council and the Department of Conservation have imposed a total fire ban for the Queenstown Lakes district, with severe fire risk conditions forecast for this weekend.
Competitors from far and wide kept their cool despite the hot weather at the 2011 Wakatipu One Day Horse Trial in Queenstown last weekend.
Skaters will flip, pop and slide their way to local stardom at the "Summer Sk8 Sesh" in the Queenstown Gardens on January 22.
Glenorchy School trustees say they would not be able to afford vital literacy and numeracy materials without the money raised at the annual Glenorchy Races.
A Kingston man has been issued with a menacing-dog notice following the latest in a series of dog attacks in Kingston.
Fanfares blared, the ground thundered and thousands of bets were placed at the 2011 Glenorchy races on Saturday.
Queenstown police have praised organisers of the Glenorchy races and the National Rugby Sevens for "very well-behaved" crowds at the weekend.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has applied for permission to formalise the use of the helipad on Bob's Peak.
Queenstown is being considered as a filming location for The Hobbit, a production company official has confirmed.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has applied for permission to formalise the use of the helipad on Bob's Peak.
Petrol heads have until the end of this month to register their prized automobiles for public display at the three-day Queenstown Auto Extravaganza.
A former Queenstown man who was paralysed from a paragliding accident, smiled in triumph yesterday afternoon as he pedalled past the scene of the horrific crash which happened 14 years ago on the Crown Range.
A search and rescue operation swung into action on Lake Wakatipu, near Queenstown, on Christmas Day when a man regained consciousness after crashing his jet ski and became concerned when he could not find his friend, who had been nearby before the crash.
