Peak to Peak race champion Dougal Allan will not return to defend his title this year, giving the multisport athletes he beat last year a better chance of taking top honours in the 2010 event, being held tomorrow.
Mayor Clive Geddes says he is unrepentant about the controversy caused by the sale of Queenstown Airport shares this month, denies the issue is dividing the community and wants people to "focus on the transaction, not the process".
The discussion to date of the transaction itself in the Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) strategic alliance has been "scant", Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Clive Geddes said yesterday.
Budding young journalists, storytellers and historians from Queenstown and Arrowtown have been hard at work over the past school term - and the fruits of their labour are now on display at the Lakes District Museum.
For two weeks, debate has raged in Queenstown over Queenstown Airport Corporation's sale of a new 24.99% shareholding worth $27.7 million to Auckland International Airport Ltd.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation has called for Queenstown Chamber of Commerce chairman Alastair Porter to "step aside" from chamber deliberations on all matters relating to the airport because of "conflict of interest", and for the chamber to withdraw its "fatally flawed" member survey.
A war of words between Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Debra Lawson and former mayor Warren Cooper over the controversial airport shares sale continued yesterday.
New Zealand Institute of Directors accredited fellow John Harrington, of Arrowtown, told the Otago Daily Times yesterday the controversial deal between Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was "absolutely brilliant" and the QAC board should be congratulated.
The 2010 Dynastar Lange junior interfields ski-race series began at Coronet Peak on Saturday, with the first of six events planned for this season.
Former Springbok captain Bob Skinstad jokingly requested some "healing time" before answering any questions from Queenstown media about the South Africans' performances in the Tri-Nations while in the resort yesterday.
"Further alarm" was created for Queenstown Chamber of Commerce board members on Monday after Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman Mark Taylor addressed a meeting, chamber chairman Alastair Porter said last night.
Former Springbok captain Bob Skinstad thought jumping from AJ Hackett's 134m Nevis Bungy yesterday morning would be "OK".
The Wakatipu Abuse Prevention Network has received a $66,000 operational grant from the Central Lakes Trust, to be paid over the next 12 months, which will help it provide an improved level of service and safer working environment.
Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) chairman Mark Taylor expressed his "disappointment" to the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce board at a meeting yesterday afternoon, regarding a memorandum sent out to its members on Friday.
Most people avoid storms, but one Queenstown man spent about a month recently actively chasing them with two keen Australian surfers to film their adventures for the Discovery Channel.
Members of the newly-formed Queenstown Community Strategic Assets Group (QCSAG) had no financial interest in Queenstown Airport, group spokesman John Martin said in a "categorical statement" to the Queenstown Times on Friday.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce board last night issued a recommendation the Queenstown Lakes District Council investigate whether there had been a breach of Queenstown Airport Corporation's responsibilities under its Statement of Intent.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman Mark Taylor said under the board's constitution it "can issue further shares", but it was "good judgement" it did not.
Former mayor Warren Cooper is calling for the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) board of directors to either resign or explain themselves to the community after a deal with Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) left him "aghast".
The Queenstown Lakes District Council had been "hoodwinked" and the deal the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) had done with Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was "cute", Queenstown businessman John Martin said yesterday.
