Thousands of spectators are expected to pack central Queenstown tomorrow night, all keen to see top skiers and riders showing their style on a snow-covered stair feature at Earnslaw Park in the 8th annual Export 33 Parklife Invitational Rail Jam.
A group of Queenstown businessmen has asked the Auditor-general to investigate the sale of part of Queenstown airport to Auckland airport.
For more than five years Chris Mogensen has been the face of the Queenstown District Court, patiently dealing with inquiries from all corners, greeting everyone with a smile and ensuring the court runs like a well-oiled machine.
The smiles said it all at the official opening of the Arrowtown Early Learning Centre on Friday, the result of five years of research, lobbying, planning and applying for funding.
A winter driving course aimed at those lacking confidence driving in on icy, slippery or snow-covered roads has been introduced in Queenstown by Drive Pro Ltd Driver Training.
The proposed redevelopment of part of a historic building and its site in Arrowtown has been publicly notified and submissions close on August 25.
"Scaremongering comments" made regarding Queenstown Airport was doing little to reassure the "uninitiated or fearful air traveller", one experienced pilot said yesterday.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce will today lodge Official Information Act requests with the Queenstown Lakes District Council and the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) for "the facts" of QAC's recent alliance with Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL).
Queenstown Airport was the busiest combined service airport in New Zealand and because landings and take-offs were "challenging" for pilots, more protections were in place to ensure passenger safety, Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson said yesterday.
Another passenger on the controversial Pacific Blue flight from Queenstown, which is being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority for possibly breaching flight rules, said he did not want to see the pilots "crucified" and there was "nothing concerning" about the flight.
Coronet Peak is getting some snow injection, to ensure the world's best skiers will benefit from top-class race conditions when their training begins.
A former Invercargill woman on board the Pacific Blue flight which took off in near darkness and bad weather from Queenstown last month thought the plane would crash into the side of the Remarkables.
The contentious issue of the Queenstown Airport Corporation granting additional shareholding to Auckland International Airport Ltd would likely be dealt with by the new Queenstown Lakes District Council mayor and incoming council, Mayor Clive Geddes said yesterday.
Queenstown Lakes District councillor Gillian Macleod says she remains "unconvinced" of the local benefits from the strategic alliance between the Queenstown and Auckland airports.
Nine months after it opened its doors, Alpine Health and Fitness at the Queenstown Events Centre has notched up its 1000 member.
The '80s will be back in style at the Remarkables this weekend as the ski area celebrates its 25th birthday.
Air New Zealand is to write to the Queenstown Lakes District Council with a list of proposals about the future of the Queenstown Airport share-sale deal after "very amicable discussions" in Auckland between the two parties yesterday.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman Mark Taylor said he was "surprised" at comments made by Queenstown businessman John Martin published in the Queenstown Times last Monday, given he allegedly "offered to match" Auckland International Airport Ltd's shareholding on July 9.
People were entitled to express an opinion on the controversial sale of shareholding to Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) from the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC), but it was time to look at the "bigger picture", Queenstown businessman Sir Eion Edgar said yesterday.
A shock late bid to overturn the controversial $27.7 million Queenstown Airport Corporation-Auckland International Airport Ltd deal and replace it with an airlines' consortium was launched by Air New Zealand last night.
