Philip Chandler

Queenstown thespians are up for a host of awards at next year’s Otago Southland Theatre Awards.

Having trod water since head coach Lauren Taylor left in September, Queenstown Swimming Club’s excited about the calibre of her replacement.

For the past two months, they’ve been some of the most appreciative but hardest-working visitors Queenstown/Arrowtown and Central Otago have had.

Renowned Arrowtown landscape painter Graham Brinsley, who died last Friday aged 60 after courageously battling cancer, was also, fittingly, a very colourful character.

A Queenstown property owner who’s triumphed over the council in an Environment Court case is querying its competency — and doesn’t believe it should keep secret the costs it’s paying out to him.

The wind’s so frequently a curse, but the organisers of the second annual Deepsouth Downwind are hoping for particularly windy conditions on Lake Whakatipu this Saturday.

If local knowledge counts, Arrowtowner Benje Patterson and Queenstowner Maureen Stachowicz should be contenders to win the headline 85km race at The Wild mountain running event this weekend.

Queenstown's latest hospo venue, officially opening tomorrow at Frankton’s Country Lane precinct, formerly performed service as a church.

The hotel chain behind Queenstown’s Holiday Inn, above Frankton Rd, has turned its lake-facing dining venue into an Italian restaurant, Grazie, following the "roaring success" of its first outlet...

Imagine if you knew the Queen farted but no one else wanted to believe you — and you could even end up in jail if you let out the secret.

Whakatipu Wildlife Trust (WWT), whose predator control efforts are aimed at increasing native bird and insect life, is crowing over a $10,000 donation from a Queenstown brewery.

Renowned Kiwi singer-songwriter Marlon Williams has contributed to Maori artwork etched into precast concrete panels that are being installed this week alongside Queenstown’s CBD bypass.

Construction's in full swing on a hospitality and town square development, called Junction, that is designed to form the centre stage of Frankton’s Queenstown Central shopping centre.

If he’s miffed at missing out on a ministerial call-up, Queenstown-based National MP Joseph Mooney’s doing a good job of hiding it.

To her surprise, 17-year-old Queenstown footballer Madi McLean recently got her first taste of National League Championship football.