Questions were being asked yesterday about why the Coastguard Queenstown unit - Queenstown Airport Rescue - was not called to assist at the scene of a fatal incident on the Kawarau River on Thursday.
Kawarau Jet's commercial operations in the Queenstown area resumed yesterday morning for the first time since Thursday's fatal jet-boat crash.
Gibbston is likely to get a community reserve before Christmas.
Queenstown's cemetery has received a second lease of life with the Queenstown Lakes District Council community services committee approving extensions to the area.
Shock waves rippled through Queenstown this week when Destination Queenstown chief executive David Kennedy announced he had resigned, bound for Ngai Tahu Tourism. He talks to bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh about his time with the organisation . . . and the future.
Modifications have been made to the proposed changes for the Te Anau basin in the Southland District Council plan, SDC resource management planner David Falconer said.
Queenstown Mayor Clive Geddes says while the latest crime statistics show an increase in violent offences in the resort, he believes the actual numbers should allay fears about safety in the town.
Two Queenstown women racing from Auckland to Queenstown on $10 are well on the way to Queenstown, after arriving in Christchurch last night from Picton.
A group in the tiny township of Glenorchy has claimed the top prize in the 2008 TrustPower Queenstown Lakes District Community Awards, presented last night in Queenstown.
An untimely snowfall was not enough to deter about 50 keen bowlers, some of whom had travelled from Central Otago and Garston, from the opening of the 2008-09 bowling season in Arrowtown.
Wakatipu residents will given the chance to dispose of their old computers, computer peripherals and cell phones during eDay on Saturday.
A group of 56 people from across New Zealand will leave Auckland on Wednesday with just $10 in their pockets, aiming to get two Queenstown in two days and raise money for Cure Kids on the way.
A Queenstown doorman who received about 20 stitches to his face following a serious assault yesterday morning, considers himself lucky.
Organisers of the 2008 ASB JazzFest have decided rather than taking Queenstown to Las Vegas, they will bring the Vegas experience to the resort, putting on the ritz during this year's festival with Vegas, the cabaret show.
Another reason to celebrate New Year in Queenstown was revealed yesterday, with the announcement the resort will stage New Zealand's newest music festival on January 3.
A few eyebrows were raised last year when it was announced Lake Wakatipu would be patrolled by a Coastguard unit.
An overflowing toilet cistern had forced the closure of the Te Anau Library until October 13, Southland District Council Library manager Lynda Hodge said yesterday.
Queenstown Primary School is the latest addition to the Enviroschools programme, after the school signed a memorandum of understanding this week.
They call him "Goonie" and on the field he is an easy man to spot.
Come the first Tuesday in November, some lucky racehorse owner will hold aloft the trophy for the $A5 million ($NZ6 million) Emirates Melbourne Cup, the world's richest handicap race and the greatest race in Australia and New Zealand.
