The mortgage market is ''continuing to fail the next generation of new home buyers'' according to the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust chairman David Cole, who says ''starter loans'' or housing bonds need to be considered at a national level.
The quick actions of a head chef saved a 35-year-old Queenstown restaurant and bar from being destroyed by fire on Sunday night.
Three Irish men will appear in the Queenstown District Court this afternoon facing violence, assault and disorderly behaviour charges, stemming from an incident in Queenstown early yesterday in which a pool cue was used in an assault.
While the champagne corks were popping at Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden's home on Saturday night after a successful election campaign, Ms van Uden is making it clear from the outset she will not be seeking a third term.
Four new councillors were elected to represent the Queenstown-Wakatipu ward in Saturday's local body elections.
An Arrowtown man is believed to have been treated at Lakes District Hospital after a fire in his home early on Saturday.
The Arrowtown Endowment Fund could be used to assist funding the proposed $1.78 million Arrowtown Community and Sports Centre (ASCS), a report to the Queenstown Lakes District Council says.
Queenstown Lakes District Council principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey has recommended the council support an enlarged rural fire district for Otago.
Prime Minister John Key says a new scare over dairy products exported to China has come at the worst possible time, but he has downplayed concerns it will further sour New Zealand's reputation in China.
Southern police have taken the unusual step of posting a $20,000 reward in the hope of finding Simon James Garrick, last seen by his family a year ago.
Kinloch man Al Angus defended his position in the challenge for the Queenstown Lakes mayoralty during a mayoral forum in Wanaka yesterday.
More than 900 women flocked to the area around Gibbston at the weekend for the premier event of the 2013 Spring Challenge.
Queenstown residents and ratepayers will have the chance to grill those standing for the Queenstown Lakes District Council and mayoralty tonight during the major election debate before the 2013 local body elections.
After five years at the helm of a trust which has been responsible for stimulating the Queenstown Lakes economy through the development of 110km of trails, Terry Stevens has decided it is time for a change.
A man known as the ''Fast-Master'' will share his story and philosophies about ''regular intelligent fasting'' (RIF) in Queenstown next month.
The toned, taut and tanned will be on display in Queenstown this Saturday during the resort's first International Natural Bodybuilders Association (Inba) Southern Lakes Classic bodybuilding competition, and there is a possibility an ''exceptional'' entrant will be invited to the Natural Olympia contest in San Diego in November.
Eighteen months ago, John Wallace became a Wakatipu celebrity, winning the controversial men-only Lake Hayes A&P Show home brew competition.
Four members of the Queenstown Swimming Club will this weekend head to Wellington to compete in the 2013 New Zealand Short Course Championships, a five-day swimming meet.
The hallways at St Joseph's School in Queenstown echoed with tales of yesteryear on Saturday as former pupils, teachers, principals and invited guests marked the 150th anniversary of the first Catholic Mass in the resort.
Cassie Chow's dream of representing New Zealand internationally in bodybuilding came closer in Wellington on Saturday, when the 36-year-old Queenstown bodybuilder won her first regional title.
