Latin line-up
Latin line-up
Members of the bachata boot camp perform at the Queenstown Memorial Centre on Saturday night during the resort’s inaugural salsa and Latin dance festival.
Tracey Roxburgh
Menzshed opens and women welcomed
Menzshed opens and women welcomed
A home away from home for handymen and women has been officially opened in Arrowtown.
Bunnings finally set to open in Queenstown
Bunnings finally set to open in Queenstown
One of the most highly-anticipated stores in Queenstown will finally open its doors this month.
Altered winter festival to go ahead
Altered winter festival to go ahead
Queenstown's biggest winter party is making a return this year — but it is not a WinterFest as we know it.
Queenstown Airport chief exec resigns
Queenstown Airport chief exec resigns
The Queenstown Airport Corporation is on the hunt for a new chief executive following Colin Keel’s resignation yesterday.
Mayor's delight at travel bubble
'I could not be happier': Delight at travel bubble
"This is the saviour." Those were the words of Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult after learning quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start in less than a fortnight.
Mayor hits out at ejected pubgoers’ behaviour
'Complete cretins': Mayor hits out at ejected pubgoers’ behaviour
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult has labelled a group of revellers who flooded into Queenstown Mall at midnight on Saturday "complete cretins".
Hopes high PM backs Australian bubble
Hopes high PM backs Australian bubble
Southern civic leaders and business figures are united in hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will today confirm quarantine-free transtasman air travel is set to resume.
Southern areas priority for tourism funding grants
Southern areas priority for tourism funding grants
About $13 million of tourism funding is on the way, and the Queenstown Lakes District and Fiordland have been identified as two priority areas for grants.
Queenstown, Fiordland prioritised for tourism funding
Queenstown, Fiordland prioritised for tourism funding
About $13million of tourism infrastructure funding is on the way, with the Queenstown Lakes District identified as one of the priority areas for grants.
Challenge a chilly one
Challenge a chilly one
Shiver me timbers, he did it.
Camp designed to help female riders reach new heights
Camp designed to help female riders reach new heights
The future of women’s mountain biking in New Zealand is looking bright if results from the inaugural Mons Royale Future Ground Progression Camp are anything to go by.
Ice men come out of the cold
Ice men come out of the cold
Queenstowner Paddy Turnhout celebrated his 23rd birthday by spending 23 minutes in an ice bath, where the water ranged in temperature from just 3.9degC to 4.5degC.
Air NZ keen to get resort going, Foran says
Air NZ keen to get resort going, Foran says
Air New Zealand’s chief executive says the national carrier is "keen to get Queenstown going" as soon as it can.
Enchanted by Wiggles
Enchanted by Wiggles
Frankie Ryalls (18 months), of Dunedin, is transfixed by The Wiggles in Queenstown yesterday afternoon.
Public rally planned for Queenstown cancelled
Public rally planned for Queenstown cancelled
A public rally planned for Queenstown tomorrow has been cancelled.
‘Crime’ not to let staff in for skiing
‘Crime’ not to let staff in for skiing
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult says to have "one of the few rays of hope" extinguished this year, simply because critical staff may not be allowed in to New Zealand "would be a crime".
Nash to visit hardest-hit Southern towns
Govt aware Queenstown 'doing it tough'
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says "reports of the death of Queenstown are premature".
Urgent plea to Govt for skifield workers
Urgent plea to Govt for skifield workers
New Zealand ski areas have sent an urgent appeal to the government to bring critical international workers into the country ahead of the 2021 ski season.
Businesses making plea to ‘save us’
Businesses making plea to ‘save us’
The Queenstown Lakes’ community is preparing to rally.