The simulated crash of a bus carrying supporters and members of an international rugby team on the Devil's Staircase near Queenstown was used to test the emergency management and reporting systems for emergency services and staff in Queenstown yesterday.
More than $60,000 has been spent by the Queenstown Lakes District Council in legal fees and litigation costs between January 1 and February 28 over the controversial strategic alliance between Queenstown and Auckland Airports.
Representatives from all the parties involved in the controversial Queenstown-Auckland airports strategic alliance will address the new Queenstown Lakes District Council on Monday as part of a "workshop", Mayor Vanessa van Uden said yesterday.
A special wine-making project at Remarkables Primary is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting fundraising initiatives for the new school.
The long-awaited PricewaterhouseCoopers report into the controversial strategic alliance between Queenstown and Auckland Airports is due to be released.
Just over 300 trees in the Queenstown Lakes district need to be felled or trimmed because experts say they are dangerous, but the Queenstown Lakes District Council does not have enough money set aside to deal with them all immediately.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation has told Frankton Golf Course executives the airport will not require any of its land for airport purposes in the "medium term" - defined as about 10 years.
The Gibbston Community Association yesterday upgraded the Waitiri Loop trail on the fourth anniversary of its official opening.
Christchurch's Axel Reiser came up trumps from a field of 27 competitors in Saturday's inaugural half ironman triathlon, held during the Motatapu events.
Running a 42.2km off-road marathon might seem like enough of a challenge for most people.
Anton Cooper, of Christchurch, claimed the honours in the Motatapu mountain bike event on Saturday, smashing the course record previously held by Marcus Roy.
Some sausages, bread, tomato sauce and a red and black themed day at Wakatipu High School on Friday raised about $2500 for the Red Cross Christchurch earthquake appeal.
This week, the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group will compete with some of New Zealand's best and brightest organisations, in the TrustPower National Community Awards.
The Lakes District turned on the weather for the 2011 Motatapu, which raised money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal and Canterbury women recovering from breast cancer through five different events.
A $10 million marketing campaign has been launched in China ahead of the inaugural flight from Guangzhou to Auckland with China Southern Airlines, and Queenstown expects to benefit from the new relationship.
An application to construct visitor accommodation for up to 20 people and find places for 14 new allotments and 12 residential building platforms on Mt Dewar Station near Queenstown has been publicly notified.
It is undoubtedly the kookiest, craziest, most extreme cocktail event in the world - but do not let the fun and frivolity surrounding the seventh 42Below Cocktail World Cup fool you.
A 10-hour event held at Earnslaw Park on Sunday raised $14,000 for the Red Cross Christchurch Earthquake appeal - a sum that will be matched dollar for dollar by BP Queenstown.
A locally written, produced and directed show will be staged in Arrowtown for a four-night season this month, the first writing and directing foray for local thespian Jo Blick.
Queenstown brains will go into battle tomorrow night during the Big Pub Quiz being held at the Memorial Hall in aid of the Red Cross Christchurch Appeal.
