Tracey Roxburgh

An Arrowtown man will give the "ultimate gift" to his sister next month - a life-saving kidney.

Keen golfers will be given the chance to buy all sorts of equipment later this month when the Arrowtown Golf Club holds the first Southern Lakes Golf Sale, raising money for Arrowtown Junior Golf.

One former Dunedin man has discovered the benefits of small-town living, after swapping Dunedin for Arrowtown and running the town's first travel agency.

Stormcat Lodge, at Arthurs Point, is expected to attract wide interest from a variety of buyers.

Some central Queenstown businesses are against an upgrade of Marine Parade because it will take away four car parking spaces.

After 35 years, the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival has been named the best-established event at the Event Professionals Industry Awards Dinner, held in Taupo this week.

Three plan changes, including the controversial Arrowtown urban boundary plan change, will be notified this month, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Clive Geddes says.

Residents would soon be able to subscribe to a community-owned wheelie-bin service, Queenstown Lakes District Council solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said yesterday.

Some of New Zealand's past Olympians will be in action this weekend at Coronet Peak, competing in a spirit of fierce but friendly rivalry during the prestigious New Zealand Skiing Masters.

A 20-year-old Arrowtown woman who yesterday walked away from what was described as one of the worst crash scenes in the area for 24 years has been cited by police as an "excellent example of not to drink and drive".

A record number of hot beverages were bought at Coronet Peak during the school holidays, with coffees and hot chocolates proving popular for snow bunnies.

A man who escaped from the back of the Motueka Police Station on Wednesday may have been involved in three commercial burglaries in Queenstown this month, police say.

The battle lines have been drawn in the Otago Country premier rugby competition.