Two people on board a light aircraft which crashed near Queenstown during the weekend were "lucky to be alive", a New Zealand Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokesman says.
An Austrian woman who admitted she had never seen a cheese roll before shamed several New Zealanders by winning the inaugural "Southland Sushi" (cheese roll) competition at the Taste Queenstown food and beverage festival yesterday.
More than $3.7 million is to be spent on roads in Queenstown and Arrowtown this summer - with most of Frankton Rd to be targeted over the coming months.
New Zealand Transport Agency Central Otago area manager John Jarvis told the Otago Daily Times some of the $500,000 of resurfacing work of Frankton Rd carried out by DownerEDI last summer had not survived the winter.
Martin O'Malley sees the Everest Marathon as a bit like dealing with mental-health problems.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council needs a better reason to withdraw from its affordable (community) housing plan change than it had "simply changed its mind", council policy and planning general manager Philip Pannett says.
Vic Tamati had every intention of killing his entire family the night his wife told him she was taking their children and not coming back.
More than 80 submissions from as far afield as Australia and the United Kingdom have been received on a proposal to establish a float-plane operation on Lake Wakatipu.
About $17,000 was raised for Remarkables Primary School at its rugby-themed fundraiser on Saturday night, when more than 250 people braved stormy weather to watch the All Blacks beat France, on a giant screen, before dancing the night away.
Tribute was paid to more than 70 Daffodil Day volunteers during a special afternoon tea near Arrowtown on Wednesday to celebrate more than $28,000 raised last month for cancer sufferers in the Wakatipu Basin.
Alpine Health and Fitness members will be putting their bodies on the line next month during a special class designed to raise funds for breast cancer.
More than $95,000 has been distributed around the Queenstown Lakes District by the SkyCity Queenstown Casino Community Trust, providing funds to purchase everything from sports uniforms to car seats and iPads.
A woman described as a "great leader", and a "wonderful guide and mentor" has been nominated for a Kiwibank Local Heroes Award in the New Zealander of the Year Awards 2012.
A dedicated RPM studio at Alpine Health and Fitness could be under construction by mid-November, after the Queenstown Lakes District Council approved the proposal at its full meeting in Lake Hawea yesterday.
Just one submission was received on the Taramea Trust's proposal to establish a perfumery at Speargrass Flat, which was publicly notified last month.
RPM enthusiasts rejoice - a dedicated RPM studio may be on the way for Alpine Health and Fitness.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will recommend the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) continue design development for a new two-lane, two-way bridge at Kawarau Falls, but acknowledge a possible need to adopt a "cheaper bridge type" at its meeting on Tuesday.
The smile on Joel Malcolm-Smith's face when he found out the Gilbert rugby ball lost in Dunedin on September 10 had been replaced was almost as wide as the ball he bought to replace it on Monday.
Four hundred residential properties - excluding sections - were on the market in Queenstown last month , compared with 550 last August and 1040 in August 2008, Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Queenstown spokesman Kelvin Collins said.
Liquidators and receivers are working to recover more than $30 million owed to creditors of Pounamu Prime Ltd, a company owned by bankrupt Auckland developer Dan McEwan.
The hunt is on for Queenstown performers keen to take to the stage during the 2011 Shotover Jet Christmas Spectacular, to be held on December 11.