Despite Skyline Enterprises Ltd rejecting a $246 million offer from SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd in November last year to buy significant shareholdings in Christchurch and Queenstown Casinos, a recent Overseas Investment Office (OIO) decision has granted consent.
It has taken nine months, but the controversial strategic alliance between Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd will finally be aired in the High Court at Queenstown this month.
Being mayor of the country's adventure capitals makes for plenty of action, Tracey Roxburgh discovers.
The Civil Aviation Authority has laid charges of "unnecessary endangerment" following a Pacific Blue flight from Queenstown to Sydney last year.
The appointment of Dunedin-based Murray Valentine as interim chairman of the Queenstown Airport Corporation board, replacing ousted chairman Mark Taylor, came as a surprise to most Queenstown Lakes District councillors, who told the Otago Daily Times they "read about it in the paper" yesterday.
Sexual abuse comes in many forms - from sexual violation, to unwanted touching, or sexual behaviour which makes a victim feel uncomfortable.
Two local and experienced professionals have been added to Millbrook Resort's sales team, including one of the 2009 Top 50 finalists in The Apprentice NZ.
A 17-year-old driver and his three teenage passengers were taken to Lakes District Hospital on Saturday afternoon after a crash at Closeburn, between Queenstown and Glenorchy.
Action from the Salomon Lake Hayes Easter Triathlon on Friday.
Easter took on a sporting theme in and around Queenstown, with several events held over the weekend in superb conditions.
An interim director of the Queenstown Airport Corporation board is likely to be appointed this week.
Consistency in sales records in March was being viewed optimistically by real estate agents and was expected to be one of the key indicators of an "improving market," Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Queenstown spokesman Adrian Snow said.
Makaraka Estate Ltd's $2.6 million plans to reinstate petrol to Arrowtown attracted 148 submissions, 118 of them in support.
Makaraka Estate Ltd's $2.6 million plans to reinstate petrol services to Arrowtown attracted 148 submissions, 118 of them in support.
Two major biking events in Queenstown this weekend should be fun for both recreational and elite riders, as the inaugural Queenstown Bike Festival draws to a close.
Queenstown police hope to reduce street crime by making it harder for drunken revellers to enter bars after being ejected from or denied entry to other licensed premises in the resort.
Snow lovers rejoiced in Queenstown yesterday morning, waking to find the Remarkables and other mountains surrounding the resort covered in snow.
Children are the most precious of things, and should be handled with care - loved, protected and nurtured. All too often, however, the youngest members of a family are exposed to violence, which in itself is child abuse.
Auckland guitarist Billy TK jun will be the headline act at SkyCity Queenstown on Sunday during the inaugural Easter Blues event, which will raise money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.
There is no such thing as a bad person, only bad behaviour - and behaviours can change.
