Meet Demon. The 2-year-old English mastiff-American red nose pit bull cross was, until Saturday a happy-go-lucky, lovable and loved family pet.
Come October, it is the kind of score New Zealand rugby fans would dream about in the RWC 2011 final - All Blacks 50, Wales 20.
Helicopter rides will be offered at the Mid-Winter Remarkables Market, part of the Queenstown Resort College Downtown Sessions Festival in the 2011 Winter Games NZ, beginning on Friday.
The hunt is on for a new chief executive for Bungy New Zealand Group after Michelle Trapski announced on Monday she would be stepping down from the role at the end of September.
The countdown to one of the biggest winter events on the Queenstown calendar has started.
Work began in Queenstown yesterday to remove dangerous trees from a reserve beside Frankton Rd.
Four companies, including Steve Rout Contracting Ltd (in receivership) have withdrawn an appeal to the Environment Court regarding a private plan change at Quail Rise.
It is the kind of assignment you dream about.
The Environment Court has cancelled a decision by the Queenstown Lakes District Council, paving the way for a million-dollar proposal in Arrowtown to go ahead.
Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt has settled into his role in Queenstown.
Much has changed in three years - globally, nationally and locally.
The woman responsible for this community and behind many of the decisions which will shape the district well into the future, says the past three years have been ones of immense change.
An application to build visitor accommodation at Mt Dewar Station will be covered in Queenstown during a two-day hearing beginning on August 17.
The Southland Conservation Board wants consideration given to Milford Dart Ltd's ability to build the Dart Passage tunnel, both financially and in terms of its expertise.
Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson's announcement yesterday the cap on aircraft landings at Milford Aerodrome would be removed was welcomed by operators in Queenstown and Wanaka and described as "fantastic news" by the chairman of the Milford Users Group.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been directed by Environment Court Judge Jon Jackson to correct an acknowledged error in its operative district plan.
Former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee will be part of the headline act at the inaugural EarthTonz NYE Music Festival, being held at Gibbston Valley Station this year.
Developers behind a proposed subdivision at Arthurs Point have gone back for round two, after being declined consent in March this year.
Arrowtown residents will have to wait to find out if plans for a petrol station in the town will be approved, after a planned resource consent hearing was deferred by the applicant.
She may be losing her voice, but Sally Whitewoods reckons organising Gay Ski Week NZ was worth it - and she is using every opportunity this week to learn, ahead of taking on the event again next year.
