Mountain biking action will continue at Coronet Peak this weekend with the Vertigo Chainless Downhill race, promising excitement for riders and thrills for spectators.
Lakes Leisure Ltd has opened registrations for its winter community programmes at the Queenstown Events Centre, which will include Get Rocked - climbing classes for children aged 8 to 12.
Rugby fans will get the chance to see some of the Southern Region's best club players in action this weekend during the ten-a-side rugby tournament being held in Arrowtown.
Lakes district residents will soon have better access to swimming pools in Queenstown and Wanaka with the introduction of "three pool" pricing by Lakes Leisure Ltd.
Queenstown barrister John Matthews has been appointed chairman of commissioners by the Queenstown Lakes District Council following former convener Neville Marquet's retirement.
A "user-friendly" version of one of Queenstown's longest-established tourism companies websites aims to provide the very best and up-to-date information for consumers and the trade.
Mums-to-be in the Wakatipu longing for a massage during which they don't have to lie on their backs need long no more with the introduction of the "preggy bed".
Tuesday, February 10
8.50am: Checking emails.
Received from New Zealand Boot Camp Systems: "Pre Programme Consultations."
Feeling of dread begins to take over stomach.
Early bird passes for NZSki fields went on sale this week, with one new pass only open to "locals" for $399.
Tiger Woods is "100% ready to go" following knee surgery and is expected back on the course "very shortly", his right-hand man says.
About 600 red roses arrived at Queenstown's Renaissance Florist yesterday morning to cater for the demands of traditional romantics around the resort.
A report for the Department of Labour recommended prosecution over an incident during last year's Queenstown Winter Festival opening at Earnslaw Park.
A "very high" level of response has been received from Arrowtown residents wanting to have their say on the proposed Plan Changes 29 and 30 - Arrowtown Boundary and Urban Growth Boundaries framework, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior policy analyst Mark Rushworth says.
Bodies will be on the line for the large national and inter-national field competing in this weekend's New Zealand Mountain Bike Cup at Coronet Peak.
Wanaka's town centre may be given a makeover to include a town square, a civic area, a parking building, improved pedestrian walkways and rationalisation of its extensive lakefront parking areas if a draft strategy is implemented.
It could be at least June before the Queenstown Lakes District Council knows the outcome of an 11-day hearing into its proposed Plan Change 19 - Frankton Flats, and it may cost another $25,000 before that happens, the QLDC strategy committee heard yesterday.
The Ministry of Tourism has said official tourism forecasts for Queenstown and Wanaka between 2008 and 2014 were likely to "overstate the actual level of tourism" and as such would be reviewed and updated about mid-2009.
Two men with singing ability are urgently required to fill the cast of Showbiz Queenstown's forthcoming season of Les Miserables.
Jaws dropped on Saturday afternoon as the results of the 2009 NZone Brake Burner were announced to the audience at the Coronet Peak mountain bike park.
Talented Queenstown skier Taylor Rapley reached the podium for the first time in Canada during the weekend, winning the women's giant slalom in the Pontiac GMC Cup at Mount Norquay, Canada.
