A $951,000 grant from the Community Trust of Southland has taken the Wakatipu Trails Trust another step closer to its $5 million fund-raising goal to establish the Queenstown Trail and has enabled construction of the 90km trail to begin.
A Christchurch couple is looking to make it two in a row in this month's Routeburn Classic, having crossed the finish line in first place during last year's event.
Despite eight years of emotional, psychological and physical abuse Sarah - not her real name - lived in a state of "perpetual hope" that things would get better.
An eye-catching photographic mural at the entrance of the Remarkables Park Town Centre in Frankton will remain in place for the duration of the 2011 Festival of Colour.
Lakes Leisure is looking for 10 Queenstown residents wanting to lose at least 25kg to take part in a fully-sponsored health and fitness makeover.
Discussions in Queenstown last week on the proposed Lakes District's integrated family healthcare centre were "undoubtedly ... tense at times", but integral in helping the Southern District Health Board (DHB), chief executive Brian Rousseau said yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to consider approving a further $26,400 at its meeting next week to help fund community forums, discussing the need for an independent events organisation and an economic future agency.
A small crowd of rugby fans - including some teenagers who had travelled from Timaru - gathered in chilly temperatures at the Queenstown Recreation Ground yesterday to watch South African Super 15 rugby team the Bulls go through its paces ahead of its game in Timaru this weekend. The Bulls, with a squad of about 28 players and 12 management and support staff, arrived in the resort on Sunday - as did the 40-man Cheetahs squad, also from South Africa, ahead of its game against the Highlanders in Dunedin this weekend. Highlanders marketing manager Doug McSweeney said most travelling tour parties spent time in the resort between New Zealand fixtures if they had a game in the South Island.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has called an extraordinary meeting, to be held behind closed doors tomorrow, to discuss "airport litigation - notice of motion".
The annual Big Queenstown Downwinder, a long-distance event for kiters and windsurfers, was finally held on Saturday after being postponed several times.
About 60 competitors turned out at Jacks Point on Saturday afternoon to compete in the fourth Southern Tri Series event. The same course hosted the 2011 National School Championship Triathlon last week.
About 140 people turned out in Arrowtown last Wednesday to play bingo and raise money for 15 volunteer firefighters heading to Auckland to compete in the eighth annual Sky Tower Challenge.
A former Nightline presenter, a TV3 reporter, the face of Postie Plus, the Queenstown Lakes Mayor, and a New Zealand ski racer were among those strutting their stuff on the catwalk in Queenstown on Friday night, helping to raise more than $3000 for the Salvation Army Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
Remarkables Primary School was a picture of organised chaos yesterday afternoon, as about 300 children jumped into crates full of grapes and stomped on them.
A group of Queenstown businessmen has been ordered to pay a total of $95,000 as security for court costs as it seeks to overturn the sale of Queenstown Airport shares to Auckland International Airport.
NZSKI says it would be "naive" to think recent natural disasters in New Zealand, Australia and Japan would not have an impact on the 2011 season, but it was "too early to tell" if the impact would be negative.
A working maritime museum may be established at the Frankton Marina if a new lease is approved by the Queenstown Lakes District Council community services committee today.
Work has begun on $800,000 of extensions to Queenstown Airport's international arrivals hall and the airport's baggage claim area, ahead of a more comprehensive extension that is expected to begin towards the end of this year.
Charlie Redwood (3), of Wanaka, has more than 800 colourful beads, which he loves to examine, play with and talk about.
For more than four years, Arrowtown residents and visitors have been without a petrol station, but that will change if a resource consent application for a $2.6 million development is approved.
