Three Department of Conservation staff spent much of yesterday attempting to establish a ''new line'' of track from Dredge Flat to just past Sandy Bluff on the Rees-Dart circuit after a massive landslip made the section impassable.
The massive landslip in the Dart Valley has changed the colour of Lake Wakatipu - temporarily, at least.
The ''bullring'' is back.
Queenstown police, heartened by the behaviour of holiday-makers in the resort, both on the roads and in the CBD after dark, urge people to continue behaving responsibly and looking after their friends.
Connor Bland and Graham Nelson push their bikes in the transition area during the the 20th Lake Hayes Christmas Triathlon and Duathlon yesterday.
Patrols will be out in force in Queenstown and Wanaka during the busy summer period, ensuring recreational lake users are adhering to the rules.
Just three days after setting the New Zealand hang-gliding distance record, John Smith has beaten his own record.
Last Thursday Mr Smith (43) flew from Queenstown to Tekapo, a distance of 172.4km, taking him 5hr 10min and 4sec.
Rotary Queenstown president Pete Laurenson (left) with Ray White Realty marketing co-ordinator Nina Jensen (centre) and Rotary Queenstown community service director Keith McIntosh sit among some of the hundreds of presents given to Happiness House recently through the inaugural Little Ray of Giving.
A focus on fresh, elegant and contemporary Japanese food is the ethos behind Kobe Restaurant at Millbrook Resort - taken over by the resort earlier this year.
Less than a year after opening its doors, an Arrowtown beauty spa has further diversified, becoming the first salon in the Wakatipu to offer a teeth-whitening service.
It took 5hr 10min 4sec for hang-gliding pilot John Smith to set a New Zealand distance record this week, flying from Queenstown to Tekapo - and seven hours for him to return to the resort by car.
More than $500 was raised for The Youth Booth in Queenstown on Saturday, during the resort's inaugural Tattoo Show, held at Xtreme Bar.
A criminal investigation is under way following allegations a Queenstown policewoman assaulted a Queenstown taxi driver earlier this month.
Queenstown's adventure tourism community is reeling following the death of AJ Hackett Bungy's group logistic manager Tony Middendorf.
Appeals from police have led to information surfacing regarding a former Queenstown resident thought missing in the Nelson area.
Rain was not going to dampen the spirits of a group of excited children at Lake Hayes Estate, who gave the McBride Park's new bike track a resounding thumbs up yesterday.
Thirty-seven road safety patrollers from Arrowtown and Queenstown Primary Schools were presented with certificates of appreciation by Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden and Arrowtown community Senior Constable Beth Fookes, at a sponsored lunch from Hell's Pizza on Friday.
About $10,000 in vouchers has been donated to the Haven Trust to kick-start its fundraising to establish a business and home in Queenstown for families escaping from domestic violence.
One of Queenstown's regal women will again welcome guests this month for the third Laurel Bank Christmas High Tea event.
In the past 140 years, many thousands of people have entered the historic St Paul's Anglican Church in Arrowtown and now its foyer floor is beginning to feel the effects.
