Rugby road trip rolls into town
Rugby road trip rolls into town
The most prized possession in international rugby will be in Queenstown this weekend as the Great Rugby Road Trip finishes its national tour.
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New CEO lands resort job without airport experience
New CEO lands resort job without airport experience
New Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Scott Paterson wants to assure the Queenstown community his appointment is not "a big prank from the board".
Tunnel backers prepare for round two
Tunnel backers prepare for round two
Milford Dart Ltd will address Department of Conservation hearings chairman Paul Green and assistant Chris Visser in Queenstown next month, after a 10-day session of hearings on its $150 million, 11...
Boat sinks, eight rescued
Boat sinks, eight rescued
Eight people were rescued from Doubtful Sound at 11am on Saturday when the 12m catamaran they were in sank in poor weather.
Real women race rain or shine
Real women race rain or shine
About 750 women from as far afield as Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill braved rain and cooler temperatures in Queenstown yesterday to complete the sixth annual Real Women's Duathlon and 5km run/walk at Millbrook Resort.
House and garden tour popular
House and garden tour popular
Doors to some of the Wakatipu's most stunning homes were opened on Saturday, during the inaugural Queenstown New Zealand House and Garden Tour, a fundraiser for the Cancer Society of New Zealand.
Arrowtown Trust fails to win award
Arrowtown Trust fails to win award
The Arrowtown Trust failed to win the supreme award in the TrustPower National Community Awards, but trust chairman David Clarke said it was always going to be a "tall order".
Plan likened to communist dogma
Plan likened to communist dogma
Milford Dart Ltd's proposal to dig a road tunnel through mountains in two national parks was likened to communist dogma practised in the Czech Republic - for happier tomorrows, we are sacrificing today - by a Glenorchy resident yesterday.
Gym franchise seeks to open in Frankton
Gym franchise seeks to open in Frankton
An Auckland-based company has applied for resource consent to establish a "24/7" gym at Hawthorne Dr, Frankton, in a building owned by Diversified NZ Property Fund Ltd.
Costs for hearing'outrageous'
Costs for hearing'outrageous'
The cost to Milford Dart Ltd for hearings into its proposed $150 million Dart Passage Tunnel was "outrageous", coming in at a total of $70,000 for 10 days of hearings, MDL director Michael Sleigh told the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
Effects of building tunnel compared to cancer
Effects of building tunnel compared to cancer
A Queenstown resident yesterday compared the "minor" effects of the proposed Dart Passage Tunnel construction to terminal cancer and told Department of Conservation hearings chairman Paul Green and assistant Chris Visser "I'll see you at the funeral".
Resort takes centre stage as mini-series films in town
Resort takes centre stage as mini-series films in town
"Great exposure" for Queenstown is on the way as Jane Campion and Garth Davis move the filming of their mini-series Top of the Lake to the resort's CBD this week.
Emotional pleas against Milford tunnel
Emotional pleas against Milford tunnel
Emotions ran high during the first day of a scheduled five-day hearing into the proposed Milford Dart Passage in Queenstown yesterday, with one Glenorchy resident crying as she read her submission.
Doc told to 'speak for the trees'
Doc told to 'speak for the trees'
The Department of Conservation was compared to Dr Seuss' The Lorax in Queenstown yesterday, tasked with speaking for the trees "for the trees have no tongue", yet remaining silent when its voice needed to be heard.
Milford Dart tunnel impossible to mitigate: submitter
Milford Dart tunnel impossible to mitigate: submitter
An overwhelming sense of disbelief has been voiced this week during Queenstown hearings on the controversial Milford Dart Ltd proposal to construct a $150 million, 11.3km tunnel through two national parks.
50kmh speed limit to stay
50kmh speed limit to stay
A proposed reduction in the speed limit for Arrowtown looks unlikely to proceed, with the village-wide 40kmh speed limit proposal not universally supported by the community.
Airport to expand departure facilities
Airport to expand departure facilities
A $4.2 million capital works project which will increase Queenstown Airport's departure facilities by more than 50% is due to begin before Easter.
Dad says daughter (11) assaulted by Motatapu racer
Dad says daughter (11) assaulted by Motatapu racer
Police are investigating an alleged assault on an 11-year-old girl by one of the competitors in Saturday's Motatapu events.
Women lose locks, raise more than $3000 for cancer
Women lose locks, raise more than $3000 for cancer
It took less than 10 minutes on Saturday for two Queenstown women to lose their full heads of hair - all for a good cause.
'Awesome' course delights racers
'Awesome' course delights racers
Chuck Berry's name is synonymous with adventure - but it would appear he has inherited his sporting genes from his mother, the oldest female competitor in the 2012 Motatapu events.