Philip Chandler

High-profile Salvation Army couple, Captains Andrew and Ruth Wilson, leave town at Christmas for Wellington after six action-packed years in Queenstown.

Queenstown Primary’s appealing to the school community, and beyond, to donate items towards significantly enhancing its outdoor playground and community spaces.

Glenorchy parents are jumping for joy after Ministry of Education (MoE) last week issued a licence for the head-of-the-lake’s first early childhood education service.

An icon of Skippers history’s been given a new lease of life.

Popular Queenstown neighbourhood Arthurs Point will at last have a convenience store following the sale of the former Gin Garden hospo business.

Gibbston residents fighting plans to fast-track 900 houses in the valley are "surprised and shocked" they’ve been barred from speaking at the public forum session of today’s full Queenstown council...

Ministry of Education (MoE) appears receptive to extending Wakatipu High for a second time to deal with looming capacity constraints.

Queenstown mayor Glyn Lewers remains confident his council, and Central Otago District Council, remain frontrunners to sign a regional deal with the government, even if the goalposts have shifted.

Participating this coming Monday in a Cancer Society golf endurance fundraiser, The Longest Day, is a Queenstown team including highly-promising 16-year-olds Yoonae Jeong and Ricky Kang.

Queenstown Climbing Club’s president’s released a fourth but all-new edition of his climbers’ bible, Queenstown Rock, Ice, Boulders & Mountains.

The developer of the Ayrburn hospitality precinct near Arrowtown, based around restored heritage farm buildings, believes his latest offering will hit the mark with locals.

A former local who spearheaded the restoration of Queenstown’s oldest house has stepped down after 30 years’ chairing the trust that owns the building.

After predicted gale force winds forced a Queenstown-based primarily surfski event to be cancelled last December, organisers are setting aside a longer weather window this Saturday.

Queenstown's Wolf Hospitality Group opens its 10th local venue, The Irishman, tomorrow.

Queenstown's first ‘100 Voices’ choir makes its debut with two free 20-minute performances, in a cordoned-off Remarkables Park carpark, this Sunday at 12pm and 3pm.

Mid-70s Frances Piacun is such an inspiration for her age. Since arriving in Queenstown just under 11 years ago, she’s established a very successful sports club, but, as Philip Chandler discovers,...

Wakatipu High principal Oded Nathan confirms the school is trying to grow its portfolio of teacher housing to try to retain staff in a high property price environment.