Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Adam Feeley has declined to disclose the details of a payout to former Lakes Environmental chief executive Hamish Dobbie, who resigned from his position this month.
It has taken almost four years and has cost the Queenstown Lakes District Council more than $137,000, but Lakes Leisure's fast hydroslide at Alpine Aqualand has finally reopened - and the thrill-seekers are pleased.
Three charities are set to benefit from the 2013 Queenstown Winter Festival, including a trust established to provide financial assistance to children at Wakatipu High School.
In this week's Behind the Story Tracey Roxburgh talks to one of Central Otago's first winemakers, Grant Taylor, about Valli Vineyard - and why he has steadfastly remained a small, boutique operation.
Richard Hutchens models In a Frazzell about Frizzell, made by Sharon Gilchrist, in the Old Masters category of the Art2Wear show, part of the Arrowtown Autumn Festival, at the Athenaeum Hall last night.
Following a successful two-day tournament at Millbrook Resort last week, Jim Malcolm, of Royal Wellington Golf Club, Fran Weinstein, of North Shore Golf Club, and Steve Hyun, also of the North Shore club, will travel to Germany later this year to represent New Zealand at the 2013 MercedesTrophy World Final.
Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Adam Feeley says there is ''absolutely a potential'' for a conflict of interest in appointing Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden's husband, Peter Laurenson, as acting chief executive of Lakes Environmental.
More than 150 customers have signed up to use a ground-breaking Dunedin-based hospitality industry business tool and, with two major investors backing the project, its future looks bright.
Four new schools may be opened in Queenstown by 2017, with backers of an independent school in the resort announcing Jacks Point as its preferred location and a potential opening date in 2015.
Departing Lakes Environmental chief executive Hamish Dobbie says his decision to leave the position he has held since 2007 has been ''an evolving process in my mind''.
An announcement on the preferred site an independent school in Queenstown is imminent, following a meeting with the land owners in the resort last week.
The Auckland-based Pacific Blue pilot accused of carelessly operating an aircraft flying from Queenstown to Sydney in June 2010 has been found guilty by Judge Kevin Phillips.
Disgraced Queenstown postie Philippa Lynette Lindsay has admitted stealing thousands of pieces of mail destined for Wakatipu homes, in the Queenstown District Court this morning.
New surveillance equipment will be installed at SkyCity's Queenstown and Auckland casinos which will allow Auckland surveillance staff to remotely access Queenstown surveillance cameras, now that it has received permission from the Gambling Commission.
Arrotown's Dorothy Brown's Cinema will host the second annual 2013 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival next month.
A ''historical moment'' is about to occur in New Zealand's wine industry following consultation this week between Central Otago winemakers and the Austrian Riedel Glass Company, which aimed to produce a wine glass specifically for Central Otago pinot noir.
After raising $800,000, two Queenstown businessmen have officially launched their film equipment accessory Genie, which they say will revolutionise motion-controlled time-lapse photography.
The entire Lakes Leisure board resigned yesterday after finding themselves in an ''untenable position''.
More than 100 employees face an uncertain future after the Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday decided to disestablish Lakes Leisure Ltd and Lakes Environmental Ltd.
The alleged theft of a piece of fabric art from the Lakes District Museum on Monday is just the second time in 25 years anything has been taken from the Arrowtown-based museum, director David Clarke says.
