The election for the Queenstown Lakes District Council is shaping up to be one of the most critical in recent history, with three candidates standing for mayor and 20 candidates vying for 10 seats on the council.
A "pretty significant milestone" was celebrated by the Central Lakes Trust in Queenstown yesterday after it announced a $1 million grant to the Wakatipu Trails Trust for its 87km Queenstown Trail - it was the 10th grant of $1 million or more the trust had granted in less than 10 years.
The Studio Pilates and Physiotherapists' inaugural Run Like A Girl programme, held in autumn, was such a success the pro-gramme will be released nationally next year.
A year to the day since Queenstown farmer Russell Liggett was killed by a poplar on Lower Shotover Rd, the Queenstown Lakes District Council Community Services Committee adopted the district's tree policy, which was amended to include trees on parts of the rural roading network.
It has been a while since Arrowtown residents have had to vote for their voice on the Queenstown Lakes District Council - nine years to be exact.
Queenstown's newest school will hold its first social evening in November, with mountaineer and expedition leader Peter Hillary set to make the trek south to support Remarkables Primary School.
Katrina Gordon Trade Shows Ltd will be in Queenstown this month, marking 21 years of bringing hospitality trade shows to New Zealand's regional markets.
A cycling theme was evident in the 2010 Destination Fiordland Tourism Awards, held in Te Anau recently.
It has taken four years of "very hard work", but it will all be worth it in Kingston today when earthworks begin for the community's new emergency services building beside the town's fire station.
Helping to preserve wildlife at Sinbad Gully, at the base of Mitre Peak in Milford Sound, has earned Southern Discoveries a nomination for a prestigious Department of Conservation (Doc) award.
New buildings in Wanaka account for about half the resource consents, valued at $107 million, approved by Lakes Environmental for the past year, according to figures released yesterday.
Organisers of the 2010 ASB Queenstown JazzFest are encouraging local music lovers and businesses to sign up for its early bird patronage programme, which provides front-row action, preferential booking and entry to highlight performances.
In 12 months' time, New Zealand will be in the grip of Rugby World Cup fever, and Destination Queenstown is encouraging everyone to spread a viral campaign, aiming to get friends and family to visit the resort.
More than 100 people attended last night's Queenstown Lakes District Council mayoral and council election debate in the Queenstown Memorial Hall.
The Department of Conservation is planning to begin aerial applications of nontoxic pre-feed baits in Waitutu Forest, in the Fiordland National Park, today if weather conditions permit.
Voters are being urged to attend a public meeting in Queenstown this week, to hear from candidates in what is seen as one of the most important elections in many years.
Mayoral elections in Otago's "heartland" this year have attracted 14 candidates. The Otago Daily Times continues its series profiling the candidates, with Queenstown reporter Tracey Roxburgh putting questions to Vanessa van Uden.
Queenstown's three mayoral candidates are unimpressed with the council's projected debt level of more than $400 million in the next nine years and say a harder line needs to be taken on spending.
After nine years representing ratepayers on the Queenstown Lakes District Council, Gillian Macleod has decided it's time for some "fresh blood".
Queenstown Lakes District voters have a choice of three mayoral candidates this year.
