The remains of a pine tree are pictured on a small hill in Arrowtown yesterday. Photo by James Beech.
Queenstown Lakes District Council communications manager Meaghan Miller said a pine tree was removed from its site on the corner of Malaghans Rd and Berkshire St on Wednesday because it was "deemed to be unsafe" and could fall.
As the last signs of winter slowly disappear from Queenstown's mountains, Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt says the resort's biggest spring snowfall in years was a "key contributor" to September's strong visitor numbers.
Milford Sound was described as a "treasure and stunning place in New Zealand" by Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson yesterday when she officially launched the Southern Discoveries Milford Discovery Centre and Milford Deep Underwater Observatory.
There may well be some nervous teachers around the Wakatipu basin and Cromwell this week, ahead of AJ Hackett Bungy's 22nd birthday celebrations on Friday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will not be appealing a commissioners' decision on Arrowtown's boundary, but may in the future lodge a private plan change for some form of development of its Jopp St land.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation now has to decide whether it will fight to have night flights to and from the resort after yesterday's decision by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to accept a recommendation they not be allowed.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday adopted its proposed annual salaries for the 2010-11 financial year, but amended its policy on the rules for reimbursement to include a "travel time allowance".
Queenstown became the "star" of New Zealand tourism last week, scooping all the major places at the Golden Backpacker Awards held in Sydney on November 4.
The newly elected Queenstown Lakes District Council will have little time to settle in at its first full meeting in Queenstown today, with several important decisions on the agenda.
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) will see its first personal training students graduate next month, having completed a 36-week course.
If the Queenstown Airport Corporation appealed a decision declining consent for night flights to the resort, Frankton residents could consider joining Environment Court proceedings, Frankton Community Association vice-chairman Richard Stringer said yesterday.
Twenty-six "all time Elvis hits" will have the toes of Wakatipu residents tapping next year when Showbiz Queenstown performs All Shook Up, inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley.
It was "too soon to say" if the Queenstown Airport Corporation would appeal a decision by commissioners to recommend the airport not be allowed to cater for flights between 10pm and midnight, QAC chief executive Steve Sanderson said yesterday.
Proposed properties near Millbrook Resort that have the potential to adversely affect views were discussed during the first day of a two-day hearing in the Environment Court at Queenstown yesterday before Judge Jane Borthwick and commissioners Charles Manning and Alex Sutherland, all of Christchurch.
Queenstown adventure sports retailer Outside Sports has secured a deal which will see its stores in Queenstown, Wanaka and Te Anau become exclusive stockists of top international bike brand Specialized.
Two Arrowtown rugby players - dressed in netball uniforms - emerged victorious on Saturday afternoon, taking just under three hours to complete the Battle of the Basin 2010.
Guess who's been holidaying in Queenstown?
A story about a boy who tried to fish in a stream polluted by dairy effluent won the top prize in the Queenstown Creative Writing Group's inaugural writing competition, announced in the resort last night.
A "town in a tent" is how Queenstown real estate agent and Rotary Queenstown president Chris Campbell describes Tuesday's Melbourne Cup event - this year being held at Jack Reid Park in Arrowtown.
The thorny issue of water metering will be one of the first topics tackled by the incoming Central Otago District Council.
