More than 800 cyclists will make their way from Millbrook to Chard Farm on Saturday during the inaugural New World Tour de Wakatipu, a response organisers say has exceeded all expectations.
An invoice for $640,586.94, received by the Queenstown Lakes District Council a year ago and still unpaid and gathering interest, was discussed for the first time during yesterday's utilities committee meeting.
Freedom campers will be hit in the pocket later this year if a Freedom Camping Strategy is adopted by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
The symbol of Central Otago rugby supremacy will be awarded next weekend in Alexandra, and the challengers are hoping to win the White Horse Cup for the first time since May 28, 1994.
The word "local" will be examined closely over the coming months after the Queenstown Lakes District Council utilities committee yesterday recommended to review the 2006 Procurement Strategy to support local suppliers.
A whopping 84.8% of all rubbish was recycled during last month's Michael Hill New Zealand Golf open at Queenstown.
About £42,000 ($NZ107,000) has been raised towards a unit for people with learning and physical disabilities in Trimpley, United Kingdom, as a legacy to a woman who was killed in Queenstown last year.
Thirty-five years of winter fun in Queenstown will be celebrated this year, with early bird ticket deals going on sale yesterday for the 2009 American Express Queenstown Winter Festival, which starts on June 26.
One Queenstown hotelier has predicted it could be a tough few years for the hotel industry in Queenstown, but believes experience is on its side.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is expected to receive a report from Lakes Leisure later this month, further examining its justification for restricting access to Alpine Aqualand for two commercial swim schools, but it is unlikely the council will step in and fix the problem.
Wakatipu music lovers will be able to enjoy one of the region's favourite choirs next month when the Central Otago Regional Choir performs Fabulous Faure in the resort.
Alpine Aqualand is a community facility delivering a community learn-to-swim programme, not a business owned by a commercial entity - facts which appear to have become lost during an "emotional debate", Lakes Leisure board director Peter Faul says.
As many as 50 heli-biking enthusiasts could be whizzing down Northburn Station, between Cromwell and Clyde, today during the inaugural Fat Tyre Heli-Bike race.
Historic Queenstown building dating back to the late 1880s is showing off it's new face this week, as protective hessian screens are taken down.
A rise in violent offences in the "Otago rural area" last year was largely attributed to Queenstown - and alcohol, Otago rural area commander Inspector Mike Cook said yesterday.
This picture won the recreational category of the 2009 Ministry of Fisheries photography competition.
A new fridge will be gracing the kitchen of an Arrowtown home soon, after its owner won $25,000 in a Big Wednesday Second Chance draw.
The inaugural Tour de Wakatipu planned for Easter Saturday could attract as many as 700 competitors, with more than 500 already entered.
A working bee to plant 300 native trees along the Gibbston River Trail is planned for this Sunday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council may have come up with an innovative $80 million solution to the town's increasing parking issues.
