Tracey Roxburgh

Arrowtown residents are being asked to join forces to pull off what is set to be one of the highlights of the Arrowtown 150th celebrations - joining in an historical re-enactment of the discovery of gold.

Former Wanaka resident Andre Prassinos - often referred to as a Queenstown Lakes District Council "watchdog" - has a new title these days, Biobrew director.

Two Queenstown solicitors are putting their money where their wine glasses used to be, abstaining from alcohol this month to help young people with drug and alcohol problems.

Five years after it was moved in sections from Queenstown to Ladies Mile, Laurel Bank House - which turns 120 this year - is set to re-enter the visitor accommodation market.

British mountain-running champion Martin Cox claimed the honours on Saturday, when he won the inaugural Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon in 4hr 27min.

A three-day resource consent hearing over a planned 18-lot subdivision at Dalefield, near Arrowtown, will begin this week.

Construction has begun on Alpine Health & Fitness' dedicated RPM studio, expected to be operational in April.

More than 900 people turned out in perfect conditions at the Queenstown Events Centre to make the most of their long Waitangi Weekend, at the Summer Day Out.

The crowds began to swell about 4.30pm entertained by Made in New Zealand, a band bed by Rikki Morris and Jackie Clarke and New Zealand singer Bex Murray, originally from Tekapo.

The headline act, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, returned to the resort following its successful concert at Gibbston Valley in March.

Assumptions about the Queenstown Lakes District Council's responsibilities to pay for road works associated with the proposed Dart Passage Tunnel will be discussed by its infrastructure services committee meeting in Wanaka on Tuesday.

Three Queenstown businesses have teamed up to support Wakatipu teens needing help to make a lifestyle change.