Philip Chandler

Amid concerns over the loss of carparks in Queenstown’s CBD, a carpark operator’s planning a nearby 85-bay parking facility on vacant land on the Frankton Rd/Brisbane St corner.

A Queenstown councillor says a bylaw threatening the livelihoods of waterfront traders should be scrapped as proper consultation wasn’t carried out.

Though held during the height of summer, an off-season Queenstown ice hockey tournament continues growing exponentially.

Queenstown and Arrowtown volunteer fireys were rushed off their feet last year.

Queenstown tennis player Kai Milburn last Saturday won his first International Tennis Federation junior (under-18) tournament in Christchurch last week.

Local-raised Mike Buttar, who only returned to town five months ago after 20-plus years away, says he "snuck in under the radar" to win the Queenstown Darts Club club championship last Saturday.

A Wakatipu High School Foundation raffle’s raised almost $20,000 for a fund assisting students from financially-disadvantaged families.

A Queenstown gym’s hosting a workshop this coming Monday aimed at helping teens make healthier choices for their body and mind.

Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade’s benefited to the tune of $6309 from a DJ party at local bar/restaurant 1876.

Christmas is always special for Auckland-based, Queenstown-raised actress Holly Shervey because that’s when she always returns ‘home’.

Seventeen-year-old Queenstown cricketer Abby Fookes is busy this month playing for age-group Otago sides.

He doesn’t turn 16 till next month, but Queenstowner Hugo Bogue’s already turning heads in cricketing circles.

Concern over alarming suicide stats in the construction industry’s driven a Queenstowner to drive golf balls for a 24-hour fundraiser next month.