Views on adventure tourism safety sought
Views on adventure tourism safety sought
Views on safety and risk management practices in the adventure tourism industry are being sought as part of a nationwide review into the sector.
Tracey Roxburgh
Flood of 1999 remembered
Flood of 1999 remembered
As the sun beat down on Queenstown last week, it was hard to believe 10 years ago those standing in Earnslaw Park would have been waist-deep in water.
Adventure among the tree tops
Adventure among the tree tops
Ziptrek Ecotours will launch a flying fox operation from the Skyline, on Bobs Peak, next month.
Police putting together picture of events around death
Police putting together picture of events around death
A picture of the events leading to the death of a Queenstown man in the resort on Thursday night was beginning to emerge, but there was still "a long way to go", Senior Sergeant John Fookes said yesterday.
Wakatipu extends its trail repertoire
Wakatipu extends its trail repertoire
Queenstown took a "little step" closer to becoming New Zealand's No 1 destination for walking and cycling trails on Saturday when the 6.2km Jardine Park to Jacks Point Clubhouse Lakeside Trail was officially "reopened".
Chat show should not be boring
Chat show should not be boring
Those with the gift of the gab will be in heaven next month, when the Wakatipu's first Pecha Kucha Night is held in the Athenaeum Hall, in Arrowtown.
Thrills and spills at trolley derby
Thrills and spills at trolley derby
There were thrills and spills, and action galore in Arrowtown on Saturday during the 2009 Arrowtown Preschool Trolley Derby.
Architectural excellence recognised
Architectural excellence recognised
Library, winery, golf course club house, former stables and several private homes were all recognised in Queenstown last night at the 2009 Southern Architecture Awards.
Filming of 'epic' NZ story under way
Filming of 'epic' NZ story under way
The New Zealand landscape would be "the third star" of a $NZ10 million movie being filmed in Queenstown, its director, Ian Sharp, said yesterday.
Kingston K92 locomotive goes home
Kingston K92 locomotive goes home
A deafening silence fell yesterday afternoon as the 24-tonne, K92 locomotive, which turns 131 years old on December 13, was shunted on to the back of a McNeills Distribution truck at Kingston before it left town bound for Mandeville.
Aquatic safety key message for pupils
Aquatic safety key message for pupils
Keeping children safe on the water was the motivation for Lakes Leisure's aquatic education programme, which moved to the Frankton Marina on Wednesday.
QLDC caveat lifted at Five Mile
QLDC caveat lifted at Five Mile
The lifting of a caveat on part of the controversial Five Mile development near Frankton by the Queenstown Lakes District Council removes the last obstacle to the site being sold.
Third Qantas flight is 'growing the market'
Third Qantas flight is 'growing the market'
The addition of a third Sydney-Queenstown flight from Qantas means airlines are "growing the market", but does not mean "cannibalisation", Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson says.
Summer festival coming
Summer festival coming
Summerdaze 2009-10, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's summer festival, is promising another action-packed programme.
Pinot noir toast of award
Pinot noir toast of award
Peregrine winemaker Pete Bartle and co-owner Greg Hay had good reason to smile last week after the company's 2007 pinot noir broke a 13-year Australian dominance in Winestate magazine's wine of the year award.
Builders bag a piece of rugby history
Builders bag a piece of rugby history
It was bizarre timing given the headlines of recent weeks.
Increasing traffic creates need for new roundabout
Increasing traffic creates need for new roundabout
High vehicle speeds and growing traffic volumes on State Highway 6 at Glenda Dr, Frankton, mean a new roundabout is needed to lessen the likelihood of injury crashes.
Paintball aims to spread
Paintball aims to spread
Paintball could be coming to Jacks Point after Kudos NZ Ltd lodged a resource consent application for the activity.
Trampers blamed for 'carpet' of didymo
Trampers blamed for 'carpet' of didymo
A "carpet" of didymo in the upper Greenstone Valley has badly upset a Queenstown man, who blames trampers for its spread.
$50 million retirement village consent sought
$50 million retirement village consent sought
A five-storey, "five-star" retirement village, estimated to be worth more than $50 million, could be built at Frankton if a resource consent application by Sanctuary Retirement Villages - one of the leading multistoreyed retirement village developers in the world - is approved.