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School bus changes ‘ridiculous’: principal
About 150 Queenstown school children will be left at the bus stop next term after mooted school bus changes become reality.
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New programmes to aid tech sector
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New programmes to aid tech sector
An ambition to create a billion-dollar technology sector in Queenstown will take a significant step forward next year.
Jumping with joy
Jumping with joy
Future Queenstown basketball stars got a rare chance to mix with some of their idols at the weekend.
Less-mobile visitors have opportunity to scoot about
Less-mobile visitors have opportunity to scoot about
When Jody Mowat and Paul Hoffman sustained injuries, the Queenstown pair each realised how difficult it was to move around and enjoy the area.
‘Southbase here for long haul’
‘Southbase here for long haul’
Ahead of Queenstown-Lakes’ estimated $3-to-$4 billion infrastructure build-out in the next nine years, one company’s getting the jump on expansion.
Developer fuels food security
Developer fuels food security
A Queenstown property developer has dug in to support local food rescue charity Kiwi-Harvest.
Going the distance for health charity
Going the distance for health charity
By aligning herself with a charity, a Queenstown runner on the comeback trail has an extra spring in her step.
Kiwi artist’s tiki tour de force
Kiwi artist’s tiki tour de force
A Queenstown exhibition by influential Kiwi artist Dick Frizzell featuring the iconic Māori tiki is being touted as nationally significant.
Contract wrangle over
Contract wrangle over
A Queenstown developer’s run out of legal road in his bid to cancel two off-the-plan apartment sales in his Clubhouse Lane development in Jack’s Point.
Designer picks holes with The Hills
Designer picks holes with The Hills
An Aussie golf course architect redesigning Arrowtown’s The Hills has taken a gentle swing at the championship course’s original layout — however, the original designer’s relatively unfazed.
A’town muscles up for character fight
A’town muscles up for character fight
Arrowtown Inc’s gearing up to appeal the removal of design guidelines from the district plan that protect the township’s special character.
A line-up designed to inspire
A line-up designed to inspire
A powerhouse line-up of inspiring women’s been confirmed for this year’s Westpac Queenstown Women in Business Conference.
Qualmark cuts concern
Qualmark cuts concern
It is feared cost-cutting by Tourism New Zealand quality assurance organisation Qualmark will reduce the quality of NZ’s tourism product.
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Share funds fairly: tourism advocate
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Share funds fairly: tourism advocate
‘‘Absolutely disheartening.’’
Endangered whio return to Rees Valley after decades
Endangered whio return to Rees Valley after decades
Conservationists in Otago are celebrating the return of whio to the Rees Valley after more than 50 years.
Pair sought as Queenstown shop worker left 'extremely shaken'
Pair sought as Queenstown shop worker left 'extremely shaken'
Queenstown police are hunting for two men over disorder in a shop which left a worker distressed.
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Drunk assaulted two women in Queenstown bar
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Drunk assaulted two women in Queenstown bar
A man who tried to force his way into a toilet cubicle in a Queenstown bar told the women inside to "go back to your own country".
Bus use, revenue increases
Bus use, revenue increases
While Orbus patronage in Queenstown continues to increase, numbers have fallen in Dunedin.
‘Queen of Hospo’ raising bar for women's safety
‘Queen of Hospo’ raising bar for women's safety
Award-winning restaurateur Karen Hattaway has returned to Christchurch with a mission - helping to make nights out in the city safer for women.
Lynch Block’s future back on the table
Lynch Block’s future back on the table
The future of the Lynch Block is coming back to the Queenstown council table.
Upset all Q’town maternity transfers go to Dunedin?
IN a surprise move that’s being slammed as ‘‘stupid’’, Queenstown birthing mums needing emergency out-of-town transfers can now only go to Dunedin rather than much-closer Invercargill. Health New Zealand introduced the trial late last year, apparently due to Southland Hospital staffing problems. Making matters worse, for transfers during labour, only the birthing mother can travel in the ambulance or aircraft, meaning partners and support people have to drive about four hours to Dunedin, increasing the risk they’ll miss the baby’s birth.