The "absolutely dangerous" antics of some jet-boaters on the Hunter River last weekend have caused complaints from anglers to Fish and Game Otago and the Queenstown Lakes District Council, with questions asked over a contradiction in council policies.
Running a marathon on Arctic snow and ice, then hopping on a bicycle and riding 100km, may not be most people's cup of tea.
Motorists travelling on State Highway 6 between Queenstown and Cromwell could expect "extended delays" today at the Nevis Bluff.
Queenstown motorists will be targeted from today in an operation by Queenstown police.
Saturday, February 21
The brief: "rip into it" and that is exactly what popular Arrowtown-based band The Lynch Mob intends to do when it plays two consecutive nights at The Hills during the 2009 Michael Hill New Zealand Golf Open. Tracey Roxburgh talks to the band.
Central Otago's premier bowls tournament will be held in Arrowtown this week, with top bowlers from Otago and Southland invited to take to the green in the men's SBS Arrowtown Invitational Fours.
Widespread interest is being shown for the inaugural New World Tour de Wakatipu mountain bike event, due to the innovative rural course, which will begin at Millbrook Resort and end in the vines at Chard Farm Winery.
With just 14 days until tee-off in the 2009 Michael Hill New Zealand Open, preparations are in full swing at The Hills near Arrowtown - flags are flying, the scoreboard is up and Mainstreet is already taking shape.
A Queenstown artist's creation is heading to the big screen following the announcement yesterday Warner Bros had acquired the screen rights to Alveridgea and the Legend of the Lonely Dog.
Classic boats from Queenstown, Dunedin, Invercargill, the North Island, Britain, Canada and Alabama in the United States will be on display on Sunday during the third annual Historical Boatshed Dinghy race and Classic Boat Regatta at Kelvin Grove.
"Weenies", "midgets", junior and intermediate Wakatipu residents will be able to burn off extra energy this weekend during the Q92 The Breeze Lake Hayes Kids Duathlon.
How do you become a photographer if you do not have a camera?
Visitors and residents in Queenstown tonight will have a rare chance to watch some of New Zealand's most skilled aerobatic pilots in action as the Royal New Zealand Air Force's Formation Aerobatic Team, the Red Checkers, completes a display over Lake Wakatipu.
The Kelvin Peninsula Community Association annual fun day this weekend is for families to enjoy everything from egg-and-spoon races and three-legged races, to mountain bike trails, a bouncy castle, water slide, target golf and a sausage sizzle.
Real Journeys has bought four automated external defibrillators for company boats operating in remote parts of Fiordland.
Police in Queenstown are still appealing for information relating to a smash-and-grab incident in Beach St early on Saturday.
The Queenstown Volunteer Fire Service was called to a minor structural fire on Ballarat St on Monday night when a fire occurred in the air extraction system of a restaurant in the Mall.
Week one of Queenstown Times writer and self-described couch potato Tracey Roxburgh's punishing get-fit-fast regime.
Five Mile Holdings Ltd, the company behind the ambitious Five Mile development at Frankton, owes at least $79.6 million in secured and unsecured claims.
