Tracey Roxburgh

Milford Galleries Queenstown is playing host to an exhibition by one of New Zealand and Australia's leading painters of his generation.

Toi o Tahuna fine art gallery in Queenstownwill be showcasing new works by the "Dunedin 3", Sam Foley, Fleur Yorston and David Teata, in an exhibition which opens today.

Increased access to existing trails and service roads will be made on Coronet Peak this summer, catering for novice and family mountain bikers.

The family of an Alexandra teenager killed in a quad bike crash watched by hundreds of spectators at the Central Speedway in Cromwell last year have waited 20 months for answers, but it will be at least another month before they get them.

The owner of the partially developed Walter Peak Estate - formerly part of vast Walter Peak station, across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown - says the 38ha property "must be sold".

Coronet Peak's multimillion-dollar base building, which was constructed before the opening of this year's ski season, has been officially recognised as a superior facility by the architecture industry.

Members at Arrowtown's Millbrook Resort will be polishing up their drivers and working on their short game this week ahead of the opening of four new holes.

Up to 60 students will be catered for at the Southern Institute of Technology's new Queenstown campus, opening next year, but SIT chief executive Penny Simmonds has not ruled out another larger campus - similar to its home in Invercargill - in years to come.

The Novotel Queenstown Lakeside hotel has been recognised with a commercial architecture award for its "stylish, contemporary design".

New Zealand skifields reported their best year yet and Southern Lakes ski areas were no exception.

A central Queenstown nightclub will be transformed into the era of gangsters, show girls, cocktails and cigars this week, during two special Cabaret performances.

Multi-award winning chef Mark Sycamore will assume responsibility for all culinary operations at the exclusive Blanket Bay resort, near Queenstown, from December 1.

A family fun day at the Remarkables Park Shopping Centre this month will signal the start of the Christmas shopping season.