Christina McDonald

The executive of the Queenstown Lakes District Council has a new look, with chief executive Adam Feeley confirming three of his eight senior managers will come from outside the council.

The upgraded Earnslaw Park toilet block will be finished by tomorrow, ahead of the 39th annual Winter Festival.

In this week's Join The Club, Christina McDonald talks to members of the Wakatipu Spinners, Weavers and Allied Craft group.

The Southern Stampede came back fighting to level its weekend National Ice Hockey League double-header against the Dunedin Thunder, in Dunedin.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has put its foot down concerning a request from a developer of a subdivision asking for a private road to be vested in the council and incorporated into public road maintenance.

Coronet Peak's on-piste snow base was topped up with some fresh layers of powder snow over the weekend after the field had been dealing with warm weather and no natural snowfalls since early June.

Construction of the Milford Dart tunnel would not cost Fiordland its World Heritage status, Conservation Minister Nick Smith said yesterday.

Left-over transport funding has allowed the Queenstown Lakes District Council to advance the first stage of its central business district bypass.

Queenstown, even with its ice and snow, has proved irresistible for at least one Australian import spotted during the seasonal surge of non-native visitors arriving in the resort.

A petition opposing an affordable housing development in Arrowtown will be presented to the Queenstown Lakes District Council during Thursday's public consultation with the community.