Guy Williams

The owners of rural-zoned land near Queenstown say it was ''gut-wrenching'' when they learned fast-tracked subdivision Bridesdale Farm would be developed next door.

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden has admitted the council's special housing policy failed to meet her expectations.

The author of an anonymous leaflet opposing medium-density infill housing in Arrowtown has been revealed.

The Queenstown Rangers junior ice hockey team came unstuck trying to defend its junior transtasman ice hockey title last week.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council properly handled a conflict of interest over a proposed subdivision by a family trust of chief executive Adam Feeley, an inquiry has found.

Queenstown tourism operator Real Journeys has bought Christchurch's International Antarctic Centre for an undisclosed amount, and plans to rapidly boost visitor numbers.

The wartime execution of English nurse Edith Cavell has been commemorated in Arthurs Point  near Queenstown - 100 years after she was killed.

The Queenstown Swimming Club fended off 11 rival clubs to retain the Earlybird Shield at a swim meet in the resort on Saturday.

The official opening of the Millbrook Cricket Club's pavilion near Arrowtown yesterday was marked by a match between members and the Otago Sparks women's team.

The short-term residential accommodation industry is booming in New Zealand's tourism capital, with the lure of extra income prompting more and more Queenstown homeowners to list their properties on short-stay booking websites like Airbnb and Bookabach.

Queenstown hoteliers are preparing for a record summer and many are reporting their strongest forward bookings since the global financial crisis.

Wakatipu High School's next head boy and girl reckon they have a lot to live up to.

The Wakatipu Aero Club may not have found a new home yet but its building has.

An 11-year veteran of Wakatipu conservation has left Queenstown to take on one of the country's biggest jobs.

An inexperienced tramper may have been feeling invincible because the weather was fine, the turquoise water of the Wilkin River was ''alluring'' and he was unburdened by a pack, his partner has told an inquest in Queenstown.

Severe weather, fatigue and lack of tramping experience were highlighted as factors in the death of American exchange student Allison Willen in the Mt Aspiring National Park in April.

Severe weather, fatigue and lack of tramping experience have been highlighted as factors in the death of a US exchange student in the Mt Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps.