As Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, ''Tthere is nothing permanent except change.'' When applied to Queenstown, never a truer word was spoken. In recent decades, countless stories in the...
Queenstown-based actor Sam Neill says he is ''stricken'' at hearing of the sudden death of fellow actor Robin Williams (63).
Six Wakatipu schools have joined forces to voice their concerns over the Ministry of Education's proposed changes to school bus services in the area.
Television weatherman Jim Hickey reckons it will take ''a lot of coffees'' to make an investment worth ''a bit north of $1 million'' at Queenstown Airport pay off.
Haunting stories from survivors of the Holocaust will be told in an exhibition which opens at the Lakes District Museum in Arrowtown tonight.
The first of 20,000 steering wheel tags, to reinforce key road safety messages to tourist drivers visiting New Zealand, was fitted in Queenstown yesterday to launch a two-month trial.
The New Zealand Transport Agency supports a blacklist for unsafe tourist drivers and believes there is a way to implement it without breaching the Privacy Act.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith yesterday announced a grant of $75,000 for the restoration of the historic Arrowtown Gaol, enabling the Wakatipu Heritage Trust to forge ahead with fundraising.
Coastguard Queenstown is collecting old flares from boat owners to dispose of them safely, part of a South Island-wide collection.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith is expected to make an announcement about funding to assist with the restoration of the historic Arrowtown Gaol today as part of a visit to the resort.
Two public-private consortiums have been shortlisted to construct four schools in New Zealand worth more than $200 million in total, including the new Wakatipu High School.
Consultants are warning the Queenstown Lakes District Council against pruning costs to the point where its proposed convention centre becomes ''a box''.
Fine, warm weather greeted the thousands of people who lined the Queenstown CBD today to take in the action from the Golden Mile and the annual Street Parade, part of the 2014 Queenstown Winter Festival.
Tomorrow's decision by Queenstown Lakes district councillors on a proposed convention centre at Lakeview will not be ''an irreversible commitment'', chief executive Adam Feeley says.
It has taken three years, 10 reports and more than $500,000, but on Thursday the Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to approve a recommendation it forge ahead with its proposed convention centre on the Lakeview site.
The 1970s made a comeback in Queenstown on Saturday morning as many dressed to impress during the Queenstown Winter Festival Golden Mile and Street Parade, enjoyed by thousands of visitors and residents.
The Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act has been changed to enable the Government to enter into a Housing Accord with Queenstown, which has the potential to increase the supply of houses and reduce their cost in the Queenstown Lakes district.
There have been flares, platforms, afros and jive talking; thrills, spills, calamity and hilarity; shivering birdmen, bleeding runners and soaked spectators - and the best is yet to come.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been holding public meetings about regulating the sale and supply of psychoactive substances in the district. Tracey Roxburgh talks to a former Queenstown resident about his struggle with the products.
There was action aplenty at Queenstown Bay on Saturday as thousands of people lined the shoreline to watch Queenstown Winter Festival's Day on the Bay.
