It could be at least June before the Queenstown Lakes District Council knows the outcome of an 11-day hearing into its proposed Plan Change 19 - Frankton Flats, and it may cost another $25,000 before that happens, the QLDC strategy committee heard yesterday.
The Ministry of Tourism has said official tourism forecasts for Queenstown and Wanaka between 2008 and 2014 were likely to "overstate the actual level of tourism" and as such would be reviewed and updated about mid-2009.
Two men with singing ability are urgently required to fill the cast of Showbiz Queenstown's forthcoming season of Les Miserables.
Jaws dropped on Saturday afternoon as the results of the 2009 NZone Brake Burner were announced to the audience at the Coronet Peak mountain bike park.
Talented Queenstown skier Taylor Rapley reached the podium for the first time in Canada during the weekend, winning the women's giant slalom in the Pontiac GMC Cup at Mount Norquay, Canada.
Antiques from France were on display at Fox's Bar in Arrowtown over the weekend, when Emily and Laurent Huchard brought some of their collection to the Lakes district.
An Australian children's entertainment group and a leading Queenstown tourism operator are in discussions over the intellectual property rights of two simple words: "big" and "red".
Former Dunedin man Scott Pauley spent most of yesterday contemplating what might have been following a fall in Fiordland on Saturday.
Established Queenstown adventure company Vertigo Bikes has taken over the operations of the best known mountain bike ride in New Zealand, Skippers Canyon Mountain Biking.
Like most great events, the Kingston community's Shirt Tail Rock Sprint yesterday morning began at the pub.
Intrepid Queenstown Times journalist Tracey Roxburgh, who describes her current fitness regime as walking from the lounge to the fridge to refill her wine glass, embarks on a six-week fitness boot camp.
While Treble Cone is finding things tight, elsewhere in the Southern Lakes region skifield operators are more optimistic about the 2009 season.
Queenstown's Millbrook Resort reported a record $8.8 million in residential resales in December.
Shotover Jet has launched cutting edge "jet cam" technology in what is believed to be a world first, the company announced yesterday.
The whereabouts of the remains of one of the Wakatipu's most important Maori settlers remains a mystery, and Lakes District Museum director David Clark would like to see it solved.
Returned and Services Association (RSA) plans to trial a new "reverse order" for this year's Anzac Day commemorations in Queenstown, the Queenstown Lakes District Council community services committee heard yesterday.
A large field of women is expected to turn out for the annual Fresh Choice Southern Lakes Women's Triathlon and Duathlon at Lake Hayes later this month.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has publicly notified a notice of requirement from Transit New Zealand to improve the alignment and intersection of a 600m stretch of road at the State Highway 6 and Peninsula Rd intersection, near Kelvin Heights.
Monty's Ltd is seeking to vary the conditions of its resource consent, allowing it to use the outdoor courtyard of its Church Lane bar until 11pm.
About 1500cu m of unstable rock identified as a potential hazard to road users will be removed from the Nevis Bluff, between Cromwell and Queenstown on State Highway 6, from the end of this week, New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) Central Otago Area engineer John Jarvis said.
