Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden expressed a "discomfort" with the level of surplus recorded by Lakes Environmental - the council's corporate and regulatory arm - which, for the past three years has been running "a total profit of around zero".
Frustrating is how Queenstown Lakes District Council capital works manager Ken Gousmett describes the ongoing arbitration process concerning Lakes Leisure's fast hydroslide, which has now been closed for 25 months.
The bankrupt developer who once had plans to construct the Hilton Queenstown owes creditors more than $58 million following the failure of two of his companies.
Arrowtown artist Thomas L. Brown brought one of his paintings along as a backdrop to the Webb Ellis Trophy in Queenstown yesterday, during the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2011 Roadshow at the Queenstown Events Centre.
Blacktop Construction has been awarded a $5.5 million contract by the Southland District Council for road resealing in the district - thought to be one of the largest resealing contracts in New Zealand this year.
For the first time, the "Art of Dr Seuss" will be shown in Queenstown, comprising a ground-breaking collection of 70 years of Seuss art history.
Photo by Real Journeys.
TSS Earnslaw will be back in action on Lake Wakatipu from Monday, with its annual maintenance and survey nearing completion.
This year Earnslaw underwent an eight-week programme, which cost about $500,000. The biggest job was replacing 950m of its decking.
Queenstown visitors and residents will have a chance to get up close and personal with the piece de resistance of the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2011 today, when the Webb Ellis Trophy arrives in the resort.
So far, this year has not been without its challenges for Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt.
Pupils at Wakatipu Kindergarten let their hands do the talking on Thursday, with green paint used to put their handprints on pieces of paper, protesting proposed cuts to early childhood funding.
A review of the Lakes District's camping grounds will be brought forward to next year following the Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting last week, during which councillors strongly supported the recommendation.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council affirmed a 2001 council resolution to sell a portion of Upton St in Wanaka but following lengthy discussions this week rescinded part of the resolution.
Platinum Estates Ltd plans an 18-lot subdivision at Dalefield, near Arrowtown, with consent sought to undertake the subdivision in four stages.
Shoe designer Kathryn Wilson (left), with Dan Gosling, of Stolen Girlfriends Club, Winter Olympian Juliane Bray and photographer Chris Sisarich on top of the Remarkables yesterday during Veuve Clicquot's inaugural New Zealand "Clicquot in the Snow" event in Queenstown.
Queenstown Airport's $2 million runway lights project has been completed, with the lights expected to be operational on Monday.
While disappointed the High Court at Wellington has upheld the Charities Commission's decision to deregister the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust, chairman David Cole told the Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday in some ways it was also a "relief".
While the Queenstown Lakes District Council adopted a recommendation to confirm and sign an agreement with Junction Hotel Ltd for a land swap at Arthurs Point yesterday, councillors and Mayor Vanessa van Uden expressed concern no formal agreement had been made for the developer to demolish a building labelled an "eyesore".
Hundreds of seasonal workers were treated to a free lunch by NZSki in Queenstown yesterday, culminating in the "world's biggest snow dance" which people desperate for an income hoped would result in a much needed snowfall last night.
The Lakes District Museum is preparing for one of its biggest exhibitions to date - telling the moving story of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who went into hiding in Holland to escape the Nazis during World War 2.
The official opening on Thursday night of the Hilton Queenstown and the Kawarau Hotel, managed by Hilton, was the realisation of a long-term goal for Hilton Worldwide - a company that will not rule out a Hilton Dunedin.
