It was one of the most innovative ideas in New Zealand tourism and in the 45 years since the Skyline gondola carried its first passengers to the top of Bob's Peak, the company behind it has achieved more than anyone dreamed possible.
Otago Daily Times Queenstown bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh documents her progress in the 12-week Revive programme at Alpine Health and Fitness.
Queenstown police Sergeant Kate Pirovano celebrated her 50th birthday with a makeover last Thursday, in memory of her brother.
Although many in the Wakatipu may be unprepared for a natural disaster, the same cannot be said for reside
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is seeking proposals for a 2.6m space of "prime" Queenstown lakefront - in the new Earnslaw Park toilet block.
"Preperation checks" have delayed the arrival of a restored DC3 aircraft bound for Te Anau on the final leg of the "Airscapade", retracing pioneering aviator Jean Batten's 1936 record-breaking flight.
Just over a year after buying the Mr Whippy franchise from a Wanaka man and reintroducing the popular ice-cream van to the Wakatipu after a 12-year absence, Cromwell couple Steve and Linda Mitchell are "loving it".
A descendant of one of Otago's pioneering families has left the entire proceeds from the sale of her Arrowtown home, being auctioned later this month, to charity.
Otago Daily Times Queenstown bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh documents her progress in the 12-week Revive programme at Alpine Health and Fitness.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council spent more than $130,000 during the three-year arbitration process to come to an agreement over Lakes Leisure's fast hydroslide.
Police are treating a house fire in Queenstown this morning as suspicious.
The New Zealand court system took another step into the 21st century yesterday afternoon, a successful trial taking place of web-based video conferencing linking Queenstown, Balclutha, Invercargill and Wellington.
A mock Family Court hearing today, presided over by Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier, will test web-based video-conferencing technology in Queenstown, Invercargill, Balclutha and Wellington.
An information technology initiative was launched at Wakatipu High School yesterday, aiming to help the school become an "exemplar" in delivery and the use of IT in an e-learning environment.
Otago Daily Times Queenstown bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh has reached the halfway point of the 12-week Revive programme at Alpine Health & Fitness. With just under six weeks left, this week she documents her progress and that all-important meeting with the scales and measuring tape.
Discover Arrowtown is on the hunt for the best photograph of the town, and its taker will receive an award in the inaugural Arrowtown Gold Photography Prize next year
After more than three years of arbitration, a dispute over the safety of the fast hydroslide at the Queenstown Events Centre has been resolved and the slide will be reopened by Christmas.
Former Queenstown Winter Festival director Simon Green began work as the Queenstown Lakes District Council event facilitator on Monday, following a decision made in February to establish an "events office" within the council.
She has been counting down for the past 185 days - and in four more sleeps, come rain, hail or superstorm Sandy, Jendi Paterson is determined to be at the start line of the 2012 New York Marathon on Sunday.
An initiative of the Branches Charitable Trust and Wakatipu High School year 10 pupils is giving Wakatipu residents the chance to do a "Double Good Deed" next month.
