Tracey Roxburgh

It was just like being at Flemington. Minus the grass, the wind, the exposure to the sun and the queues for the loos and the drinks.

The last time Molly Malaney was in Queenstown she was dumped by United States reality television star Jason Mesnic (aka The Bachelor).

A former Kawarau Jet driver has been committed for trial, following an accident last year which resulted in the death of a Chinese tourist.

The $15 million Clearwater golf course, designed by Queenstown developer John Darby in consultation with Sir Bob Charles, has been bought from its developers by members of the club for $3 million.

An extraordinary meeting of the Southland District Health Board may be called soon in response to strong opposition from rural GPs to having a single primary health organisation (PHO) in the South, board chairman Paul Menzies said yesterday.

A public appeal was launched yesterday to raise money for a $1.4 million redevelopment of St John's Presbyterian Church.

Two Department of Conservation employees from Wanaka have paid $3000 in costs after damaging Rata trees on Pigeon Island, Lake Wakatipu, in July.

Stormcat Lodge, at Arthurs Point, has been sold to an Australian investor for an undisclosed sum.

Those going to the Memorial Hall in Queenstown tomorrow night could not be in a safer place, with members of every emergency service in the district in attendance - dressed in black tie and celebrating the end of a busy winter.

A $4 million Queenstown house rented for use by a United States reality television show was so damaged during filming the $US10,000 ($NZ13,292) bond on the property did not cover the costs of repair.

Queenstown real estate agents appear confident the recession is over, citing significantly improved sales last month compared with September 2008.

The Wakatipu community has been invited to share their memories of Dr Pat Farry in a remembrance book at the Queenstown Medical Centre.

A nationwide investment and refurbishment plan to pump almost $22 million into the Paper Plus Group brand by December 2011 will include a new store in Mosgiel before Christmas.

All proceeds from "Wine Cave Tours" at Gibbston Valley Wines at Labour Weekend will go to the Samoa Tsunami Relief Fund.