A 24-year-old Queenstown man was ''very lucky'' to have only minor injuries after a car crash on Saturday morning, which police say was probably the result of ''alcohol and speed''.
The people behind a multimillion-dollar residential development near Queenstown have pledged $100,000 to the resort's newest school, due to open next year.
Jet-boat company KJet intends to relodge its consent application to operate on a stretch of the Kawarau River, regardless of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's decision on the Navigation Safety Bylaw 2014.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been criticised for an apparent lack of disclosure over a jet-boat company's plans to extend its operations.
Wakatipu schools are celebrating a Ministry of Education ''backdown'' over government-funded bus services.
A former Queenstown barman is shedding light on what goes on after dark in the resort in a novel, released last month.
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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.
