Dogs have their day at showgrounds
Dogs have their day at showgrounds
It was a day for the dogs at the Lake Hayes Showgrounds yesterday as pooches from all around Otago and Southland tested their mettle at an agility show.
Tracey Roxburgh
Lifts for summer hikers and bikers
Lifts for summer hikers and bikers
Doc has given temporary approval for NZSki to use eight of its new gondola cabins at Coronet Peak this summer while it considers the company's 40-year concession application.
Overdose highlights 'dark underbelly' of drugs in resort
Overdose highlights 'dark underbelly' of drugs in resort
Just hours after bar owners, managers and security staff attended a ‘drugs in bars’ awareness seminar in Queenstown, a 28-year-old overdosed in a CBD hotspot.
Lake ferry service to wind up
Lake ferry service to wind up
Just over a year after Go Orange launched Queenstown Ferries, it has announced the end of the public scheduled ferry service, although there may yet be an eleventh hour reprieve.
Resort ferry to end public scheduled service
Resort ferry to end public scheduled service
Just over a year after Go Orange launched Queenstown Ferries it has announced the end of the public scheduled ferry service.
$9.3m hospital upgrade 'step on journey'
$9.3m hospital upgrade 'step on journey'
The upgrade of Lakes District Hospital is complete but at its opening yesterday Southern District Health Board chief executive Chris Fleming said it was "an interim step on the journey".
Water rising as alert level looms
Water rising as alert level looms
Twenty years almost to the day of the worst floods in Queenstown's history, Lake Wakatipu's level is nearing its "high" alert threshold.
Minister faults pay rates in bus driver issue
Minister faults pay rates in bus driver issue
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway blames pay rates, not visa issues, for Queenstown's bus driver shortage affecting the $2 Orbus service's ability to expand.
Firefighters experience Australia's 'heartbreak'
Southern firefighters experience Australia's 'heartbreak'
All they wanted was a cheese roll.
Bus-driver shortage ‘crisis’ in Queenstown
Bus-driver shortage ‘crisis’ in Queenstown
Queenstown’s popular $2 bus network’s being shackled by a shortage of drivers, amid calls the resort should be declared a “special case” for overseas workers.
Baring it for Undy 21,100
Baring it for Undy 21,100
Wakatipu Rugby Club players may encounter chilly conditions in Saturday’s Queenstown International Marathon, when they run 21.1km in speedos raising money for Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ.
Petition calls for package labels
Petition calls for package labels
A petition pushing for a compulsory labelling system for all food and drink packaging in New Zealand has been announced to the House of Representatives.
Gas capture would not eliminate odour
Gas capture would not eliminate odour
A new $14.7million landfill gas capture and destruction system at the Victoria Flats landfill, in Gibbston, would not completely remove odour from the area.
Airport hot topic at council public forum
Airport hot topic at council public forum
Queenstown Airport dominated the public forum of yesterday's full Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting, when councillors were reminded they had been elected to represent ratepayers' wishes.
Local bards add poetic touch to council's first meeting
Local bards add poetic touch to council's first meeting
It was a day of firsts for the new Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday.
$14 million plan for landfill
Multimillion-dollar plan for landfill
More than $14 million will be spent on a new landfill gas capture and destruction system at the Victoria Flats landfill, near Gibbston.
Remarkables recovery mission suspended
Remarkables tragedy: Recovery mission suspended
Attempts to recover the body of one of two climbers who died on the Remarkables near Queenstown today have been suspended for the night.
Roller doors stolen from construction site
Roller doors stolen from construction site
Queenstown police believe a hiab or forklift was probably used to steal three roller doors and their motors from a construction site on Grant Rd.
Three 900kg roller doors stolen from construction site
Three 900kg roller doors stolen from construction site
Queenstown police believe a hiab or forklift was likely used to steal three roller doors and their motors from a construction site on Grant Road.
Two men charged with assault following fight
Two men charged with assault following fight
Two Invercargill men have been arrested and charged with assaulting an unknown man in Queenstown at the weekend.