Despite the parties' coming to an agreement on noise boundaries, witnesses will attend the Environment Court today in a hearing over Queenstown Airport noise and surrounding developments.
Businesses are being invited to partner the Government's $50 million New Zealand Cycle Trail to market themselves and the 18 other rides to the world.
When yachting legend the late Sir Peter Blake visited the Gore Boat Club more than 15 years ago, he could not believe how many members it had for a town without a nearby lake.
Major parties in an environment court hearing on Queenstown airport noise boundaries were yesterday warned by judge Jane Borthwick to "draw a line in the sand" or face court costs.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson is confident the year-long dispute over airport noise will be settled by the end of the week, as involved parties head back to the Environment Court today.
Since the late 1800s, Paradise, near Queenstown, has been the perfect retreat for people seeking tranquility, but on February 19 it will become a place of gruelling hard work as the third ActiveQT triathlon gets under way.
The Ben Lomond Horse Trekking company is well on its way to raising $10,000 for the Breast Cancer Foundation since owner David Black decided to give all earnings for an entire year to the cause.
The Arrow Miners Band and Buckingham Belles are teaming up to go to Hokitika's Wild Foods festival this year.
Queenstown people show up in numbers for a yoga session on the Green with Rachel Land, of Lululemon, yesterday.
Some of the expected heat has come out of an Environmental Court hearing concerning noise and surrounding developments at Queenstown airport, as several parties have reached a compromise.
One of Queenstown's best chefs has been chosen as an ambassador chef in the 2012 Beef and Lamb awards.
Money raised and donated for the purpose of getting the Kingston Flyer back on its tracks has been spent, the man in charge of the fundraising endeavour said.
Construction of Glenorchy's new Te Aroha retreat centre is set to begin at the end of the month. Otago Daily Times Queenstown reporter Olivia Caldwell asks one of the partners what happens at a retreat centre.
At 137 years old it still entertains bridal parties, accompanies choral groups and adds melody to church services.
Milford Sound's main harbour will undergo a $6 million upgrade, involving the rebuilding of the 22-year-old breakwater, starting in January.
Public submissions are open for the latest application from the five-star Matakauri Lodge Ltd to build four guest rooms sleeping eight people on the southwestern corner of the Glenorchy Rd site.
The silent world of the chess player has reigned in the Millennium Hotel this week as 148 national and international players challenge each other in the Queenstown Chess Classic.
Queenstown has been overtaken as the country's most expensive place to live according to one report, but chairman of Queenstown Lake's Community Housing Trust said this is no relief.
Amateur mistakes: don't make them and you'll swim, bike and run through your first triathlon with ease.
The Dunedin Chess club has sent four of its best to represent the group in the Queenstown Chess Classic which runs until Monday.
