Calls for a proposed 10-house affordable housing development
to be ''not here'' were directed at the Queenstown Lakes
Community Housing Trust last night at a public meeting held
to inform the Arrowtown community of the plans.
Fresh from completing his ninth Mt Everest climb on Tuesday -
a record number for a New Zealander - Lake Hawea climber Dean
Staples conquered the 8516m summit of adjoining peak Lhotse
yesterday, achieving another record.
The owners of more than 50 lifestyle blocks at Queensberry,
near Wanaka, have agreed to work with the Otago Regional
Council to deal with their rabbit problem.
A female motorist was rescued from her upturned car by
firefighters using the jaws of life and taken by St John
Queenstown ambulance to Lakes District Hospital last night.
Lake Hawea climber Dean Staples' hold on the record for the
most ascents of Mt Everest by a New Zealander is expected to
last just two days, before Queenstown climber Mark Woodward
matches the feat.
