Olivia Caldwell

The Wakatipu's developing $5 million Queenstown Trail impressed Green Party MP Kevin Hague yesterday when he took a tour around the region's newest asset.

Did the seven-week Rugby World Cup event lift visitor numbers to the Queenstown Lakes district?

Walter Peak Estate, across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown, is back on the market, after plans to develop it into a luxury resort failed.

Police will be cracking down on driving speed this Labour Weekend.

Queenstown apartment owners should understand the latest legislation affecting them, one management association says.

Shotover Country developers are confident they will push through the appeal process hassle-free and begin construction of the $300 million development in 18 months' time.

Neil McDonald, of Clark Fortune McDonald, speaking of behalf of the Lady's Mile partnership, said he and the developers were not anticipating an appeal in the 30-day window, which started last Wednesday.

The American man charged over the two-vehicle collision near Te Anau on Thursday which injured six people was fined and disqualified from driving when he appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.

Another block of Frankton land could be rezoned for commercial use after the Queenstown Lakes District Council accepted developers Shotover Property Investment Ltd's submission.

A helicopter carried two people to the Invercargill hospital today after a collision between a campervan and a car took place on the Te Anau-Milford highway.

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust announced a new starter loan package last night for first-time buyers of homes in the Wakatipu Basin.