Tracey Roxburgh

Almost 90 University of Canterbury students spent Saturday doing back-breaking work in Queenstown, during their first Student Volunteer Army camp in the resort.

The 2020 ski season at Coronet Peak ends on Sunday.

A Queenstown entrepreneur has used the Covid-19-induced lockdown as inspiration to create, hopefully, short- and long-term benefits for the Wakatipu, and New Zealand.

A proposal to rezone land at Queenstown’s Sunshine Bay, paving the way for a 200-lot housing development, was rejected after outraged neighbours made an impassioned plea.

Hospitality, tourism and service sector workers are being targeted for free Covid-19 testing in Queenstown next week.

Physical distancing requirements on flights, provided passengers wear masks, could be relaxed, a University of Otago epidemiologist says.

A $10 million funding boost for southern events has been welcomed by the struggling sector.

Two fires in less than a week on the periphery of Queenstown’s "Red Zone" both resulted from "prescribed burns" in high-country stations.

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult is calling for social distancing on aircraft to be scrapped to help alleviate the resort’s "economically desperate" situation.

A United States-based foundation has announced a $38,000 grant to help with restoring the water quality of Lake Hayes.

A former Rilean Construction Central Otago director says it is "sad" to see the end of the business, which his parents initially formed in 1979, but cannot comment on its finances.

An Arrowtown pastor plans to be back on the slopes at 100% fitness next season after a "freak accident" at Coronet Peak on July 25 left him with two large metal rods in his hip joint.

One of Queenstown’s oldest building companies is "winding everything back" and selling off tools and its building, but its sole remaining director says it is his intention to "look after the subbies".

A Queenstown company is providing $1million to help pay for a new Salvation Army building in the Wakatipu, designed to help the community's most in need.

A Queenstown Lakes District Council manager disputes errant parkers are being issued with infringement notices, from CCTV cameras, for no reason.

Two more Destination Queenstown staff have been made redundant.