Queenstown Winter Festival

All aspects of the Queenstown Winter Festival are to be reviewed, but the future of the annual event appears secure.

Aim, athleticism and ball skills were on display in the Queenstown CBD yesterday as 32 teams of four went head to head, vying for the title of Queenstown Winter Festival 2013 Dodgeball Champions in front of national selector and Dodgeball New Zealand president Lee Terwei, who was watching from the stands.

Amy Carr (4), of Queenstown, concentrates during the Queenstown Ice Skating Club's demonstration performance on the Queenstown Winter Festival Winter Wonderland Ice Rink in the resort yesterday.

The main streets of Queenstown were roads travelled by a unicorn, zombies and ice hockey players on Saturday and yesterday Lake Wakatipu hosted a winning performance by an Olympic swimmer.

What do Casino Royale, Jaws, hydroslides and slack-lining have in common? Well, not much, except for Queenstown's Winter Festival opening weekend.

The search is on for a new chief of the Queenstown Winter Festival, who will also be tasked with boosting the resort's status as an events destination.

Hundreds of seasonal workers were treated to a free lunch by NZSki in Queenstown yesterday, culminating in the "world's biggest snow dance" which people desperate for an income hoped would result in a much needed snowfall last night.

American Express Queenstown Winter Festival director Simon Green reckons sleep might be hard to come by over the next seven days.

The big concert event for the Queenstown Winter Festival has gone "back to its roots" with a "world-class" line-up, the organisers say.

Tickets to the southern hemisphere's biggest winter party go on sale today.

After the success of this year's Queenstown Winter Festival, director Simon Green has been reappointed to manage next year's event.

Kiwi rock band Dragon has arrived in Queenstown for its first concert at the resort.