Philip Chandler

Speedcubing took over the Queenstown Memorial Centre last weekend as the South Island speedcubing competition was held in the resort for the first time.

After starting as a cross country specialist, Wakatipu High Year 11 student James Weber’s ended his first season on the track with two South Island titles.

After a "scrappy" 22-20 win over bottom-placed Matakanui in Omakau last weekend for their first win of the season, the Arrowtown rugby side will be very keen to notch their first home win when they...

Queenstowner Tom Kelly will be hoping it’ll be third time lucky when he competes in his first overseas-based world jetboat marathon starting next Saturday in the United States.

Two former Queenstown high school students and a one-time local preschooler were part of a 4x100-metre Otago men’s relay team who won gold at the recent Australian athletics champs in Adelaide.

A Queenstown brewery producing Japan’s best-known alcoholic beverage has become the only one outside Japan certified to offer a Master of Sake course.

Some of the world’s most inspiring action, environmental, cultural and adventure films screen at Queenstown Memorial Centre next Wednesday and Thursday as the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival...

Former Canadian Jane Paterson says Queenstown’s been the making of her. She tells Philip Chandler, over a libation in a new wine bar she’s invested in, why she’s got involved in so many local...

Two locals have launched a buyers’ agency in Arrowtown, helping out-of-town, mostly high-end buyers find their dream Southern Lakes home.

Queenstown's champion SkyCity Stampede side’s supplying no fewer than eight Ice Blacks for the Division 2 Group B world ice hockey champs starting in Sofia, Bulgaria, this coming Monday.

Already well-known as a longtime guitarist with The Verlaines, Paul Winders has added to Arrowtown’s amazing pool of talented musos since moving to the township. But he’s also impacted the lives of...

As local temperatures cool, 14 Wakatipu High cricketers are sweating it out in the heat and humidity of Sri Lanka.

Queenstown Arts Society’s life drawing classes with nude models resume this Sunday following a successful pilot programme last month.

Queenstown's AA agency has been struggling to cope with growing numbers of foreigners wanting to convert their overseas driving licence to a Kiwi one.

Talk about timing.

The funeral programme for Queenstowner Bob Britton, who died last month, aged 84, contains the lyric from kids’ TV programme, Bob the Builder: "Can we fix it, yes we can."

Having been tested by Cromwell, Maniototo and Arrowtown, but still beaten them, the Wakatipu Premiers rugby side face their sternest examination this Saturday.

Queenstown council’s defending its decision to prematurely harvest its Coronet Forest above Malaghans Rd.

Queenstowner Alyssandra Skerrett’s been voted on to the international governing body of women’s service organisation Inner Wheel.