Hearings to determine the fate of three plan changes, two of which relate specifically to Arrowtown, will potentially be held between March and May this year, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior policy analyst Mark Rushworth said yesterday.
For the first time, the Michael Hill New Zealand Golf Open will be used to raise money for a charity, with an auction scheduled as part of the event which begins next Thursday.
Tickets for the 92nd New Zealand Golf Open, being held at The Hills from January 28 to 31, are now on sale.
There will be an additional 75 places in the 2010 Routeburn Classic - this year being held two weeks earlier in the hopes competitors will not have to contend with snowy conditions.
In April 2008, 48-year-old Queenstown woman Jo Grimmer rolled over in bed and thought, "That feels a bit funny".
There is no doubt the past 12 months have been hectic for the Otago Daily Times Queenstown journalists, who have kept you up to date with the news you care about. Bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh takes a look back over the past year and the stories which dominated.
Instant fines came into force on Friday after the Queenstown Lakes District Council Navigation Safety Bylaw and the Shotover River Bylaw were gazetted.
Mayor Clive Geddes gave a "whoop of delight" on Friday morning when it was confirmed three international rugby teams would spend a total of 13 nights in the resort in 2011 for the Rugby World Cup.
Most of those arrested in Queenstown over the weekend were drunk, and the expression "Christmas cheer" made too little of what was becoming a serious problem, Sergeant Brian Cameron, of Queenstown, said yesterday.
Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Duncan Field has been replaced, much to his disappointment.
A "small" Queenstown company looks to have a huge future in the beverage industry, with two of its products picking up national awards in the past year.
Yesterday's announcement Queenstown is one of 23 centres across New Zealand which will host Rugby World Cup teams in 2011 has presented the resort with a great opportunity.
The gardening equivalent of the gold rush is on in Queenstown, with keen gardeners of any age, ability or interest level able to "claim a patch" at the Harvest Community Gardens.
With just 13 days left until New Year's Eve, the Queenstown Lakes District Council is busy organising its traditional celebrations in the district.
A $2.5 million show home in Millbrook Resort's new Coronet Square opens on Saturday, giving people the chance to see five-star living at its finest.
A Queenstown entrepreneur is throwing his support behind a New Zealand man who has been a tetraplegic since 2000, when some horseplay went horribly wrong.
The appointment of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's chief executive will be discussed at the full council's final meeting for the year today, with the public excluded.
Queenstown's real estate market statistically had shown itself to have "generally corrected and stabilised", Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) Queenstown media spokesman Adrian Snow said.
A good deed was repaid yesterday when the Salvation Army received about $2500 of groceries as a thank you from contractors at the Kawarau Falls development.
Jim Feehly has been elected the new chairman of the Arrowtown Village Association, replacing outgoing chairman Richard Newman.
