With just six days until the Fresh Choice Southern Lakes Women's Triathlon at Lake Hayes, organisers are urging competitors to make the most of the time left for training.
A structure which resembles a mussel farm has appeared on Lake Hayes this week, but those thinking that shellfish are being cultivated in the lake could not be more mistaken.
An inquest into the death of Fenton William Tisdall, who died near Cromwell on December 31, 2005, was postponed in Queenstown this week at the request of the family.
Blasting work at the Nevis Bluff, on State Highway 6 between Queenstown and Cromwell, will cause extended traffic delays tomorrow.
New Zealand may rank highly when it comes to aviation security, but the country's airports are not immune to acts of terrorism, New Zealand Airline Pilots Association aviation security co-ordinator Captain Paul Lyons says
"When people arrive at airports, they shouldn't know what's going to happen to them," Aviation Security International editor Philip Baum said yesterday.
Queenstown Resort College is taking wine and spirit tasting to a new level, offering Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) intermediate courses, in a programme beginning next week.
The 31st running of the Donald Hay Classic Yacht Race will include a new breed of high-tech sports boat, which, it is hoped, will generate a new following for lightweight racing yachts.
The 72 ailing poplar trees on Lower Shotover Rd will be removed from tomorrow, according to Queenstown Lakes District Council network operations engineer Ian Marshall yesterday.
Queenstown could lose underutilised, substandard tennis courts at Frankton and get a multisport, all-weather Astroturf pitch in their place.
Like any good movie world premiere, it started with a pot luck dinner.
Two Queenstown beauty businesses have joined forces to help the Breast Cancer Cure Research Trust this month, with a fundraiser which aims to collect at least $1000.
The world's largest and most efficient milk powder drier was officially opened in Edendale by Prime Minister John Key yesterday.
Corporate golfers are being encouraged to enter a team for a New Zealand regional golf tournament at Millbrook next month, with a chance of representing New Zealand in South Africa at the World Corporate Golf Challenge in May.
An Arrowtown-based trust has applied for resource consent for a five-lot subdivision in Arrow Junction Rd.
The "Lady of the Lake" has waited 98 years to be skippered by a woman - and the appointment of Lisa McIlroy as TSS Earnslaw's first female captain has been described as a milestone for the ship and its owner, Real Journeys.
The 150th anniversary of the arrival of two of the Wakatipu's founding fathers will be celebrated this week, with descendants of two of the pioneers accepting invitations to attend the celebrations.
At the tender age of 12, Don McLean fell in love with flying.
One man got the jump on the Valentine's Day marriage proposals in Queenstown yesterday, asking his partner of four years to marry him by landing on a sign after a 15,000-foot tandem skydive with NZone.
Two Mexican tourists will appear in the Queenstown District Court on Monday, both facing charges of assault and injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
