Back on the job: shifted staff return
Back on the job: shifted staff return
A giant crane and a handful of workers were back in action at Queenstown's $2 billion Five Mile Village development yesterday.
Chris Morris
Developers ‘hold on' to vacant sites
Developers ‘hold on' to vacant sites
A small number of developers are sitting on thousands of undeveloped residential sites in Queenstown, even as a shortage of land contributes to the spiralling cost of housing in the resort, new figures show.
Geography cramps runway at Queenstown Airport
Geography cramps runway at Queenstown Airport
Plans for new runway safety zones at Queenstown Airport are a compromise because of the surrounding geography, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy committee has heard.
Potential $9m land portfolio in Queenstown
Potential $9m land portfolio in Queenstown
A 12-building industrial property portfolio for sale in Queenstown could fetch $9 million, but will not make a dent in the resort town's appetite for industrial land, the agent managing the sale says.
Change stalls $40 million events centre plan
Change stalls $40 million events centre plan
Plans for a 5600-seat grandstand as part of a $40 million upgrade of the Queenstown Events Centre have stalled as a new Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) takes over management of Queenstown Lakes district leisure facilities.
Trust to aid in fireplace conversions
Trust to aid in fireplace conversions
A charitable trust aims to help an estimated 700 homeowners in Arrowtown facing the prospect - and the cost - of converting fireplaces to meet new air quality standards.
Green initiative defended by Film Queenstown
Green initiative defended by Film Queenstown
Film Queenstown has hit back at claims an environmental initiative involving the $100 million Xmen Origins: Wolverine film amounts to ‘‘tokenism''.
Community to fight poker machines
Community to fight poker machines
Opponents of poker machines are lining up to fight their introduction to Glenorchy, near Queenstown.
Film crew commits to green ethic
Film crew commits to green ethic
The makers of the $100 million Hollywood blockbuster Xmen Origins: Wolverine are to be rolemodels for environmentally friendly movie-making, days after being caught storing high explosives next to the Queenstown Gardens.