Tracey Roxburgh

Two Arrowtown women are breathing new life into a historic building on the town's main street - to the delight of women in the town.

The alleged theft of a piece of fabric art from the Lakes District Museum on Monday is just the second time in 25 years anything has been taken from the Arrowtown-based museum, director David Clarke says.

February had the highest sales activity in the Wakatipu in six years, with 83 properties sold, including 22 sections.

Detective Sergeant Sarn Paroli, of Levin, and his uncle Luigi Paroli, originally from Johnsonville, are men on a mission.

Eight families will be treated to a ride on TSS Earnslaw this weekend during a Child Cancer Foundation (CCF) event that will, in part, look to establish a formal branch of the foundation in the Wakatipu.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council says it has decided against adopting an ''alarmist approach'' to the Government's consultation over earthquake-prone buildings and believes more work needs to be done on details about assessment, risk and strengthening.

Boat users on Lake Wakatipu, Lake Wanaka and Queenstown Lakes rivers are being urged to ''be very careful'', as water levels are dropping by the day.

Disgraced Queenstown postie Philippa Lynette Lindsay has admitted stealing thousands of pieces of mail destined for Wakatipu homes, in the Queenstown District Court this morning.

In just under three minutes Colin Aitchison set five New Zealand skydiving and wingsuit records above Methven yesterday - and he's already planning to better them.

The Auckland-based Pacific Blue pilot accused of carelessly operating an aircraft flying from Queenstown to Sydney in June 2010 has been found guilty by Judge Kevin Phillips.