If you visited the Queenstown Events Centre on Sunday you would be forgiven for thinking you had left the resort's cold start to winter behind for the Philippines.
Family concerns about the lack of shade for children at the Lakes Hayes Estate playground have led two women to ask the Queenstown Lakes District Council for a grant towards a shade sail.
Queenstown Primary School's new principal is glad to leading a school where ''kids are kids''.
''Punched in the gut'' was how Marijke Miller described hearing that the old homestead in which she grew up and contained so many family memories had suffered afreak power surge and was burning to the ground.
Hollywood heavyweight and New Zealand director Sir Peter Jackson has sent a message of support for rebuilding the Paradise Homestead.
With the odds overcome, Manapouri's Ruth Shaw was overjoyed at yesterday's Government decision to refuse the Fiordland monorail.
Wakatipu High School's principal is delighted by the school's latest Education Review Office report.
Police praised the response of drivers and contractors this week following the first big snowfall for the year, which brought warnings of black ice.
NZone's bid to increase its skydiving capacity by operating more flights has been refused by the Environment Court, leaving the company ''incredibly disappointed''.
Housing Minister Nick Smith's latest target is to improve housing affordability in Queenstown, where the median house price is $664,000.
When effluent from stock trucks is dumped on state highways, the New Zealand Transport Agency becomes ''a bit of a victim'', senior network manager for Otago John Jarvis says.
Sisters Molly (12) and Ashlea (9) Law started their competitive swimming training in Bali with an Olympic-level coach.
Flames rose and tears fell yesterday.
Kayak and canoe groups are calling on the Queenstown Lakes District Council to reject a proposal from jet-boat operator KJet to allow it to take commercial jet-boats between the Arrow confluence and the Kawarau suspension bridge.
A gourmet-style takeaway business selling prepared hot roast lamb and hot vegetable meals is proposed for a vacant building on the corner of Hallenstein St and Gorge Rd.
It was a game of two halves for the Queenstown Rovers on Saturday at the Queenstown Events Centre, with the home team starting the second half with no goals and their opponent Northern sitting on three.
They did not play as well as they would have liked but they retained the White Horse Cup.
Queenstown Primary School could be harbouring future rock stars.
Police seized 300 2.5g packets of the psychoactive substance Kush Pink from a Gorge Rd, Queenstown property at 11am on Wednesday.
Queenstown's 101-year-old Lady of the Lake has been resting at Kelvin Heights, ready for her annual survey.