Separate to the estimated $50 million capital cost of constructing a convention centre is the $305,000 spent so far in consultant costs by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
It is beginning to look spectacular, but that does not mean it is not spectacular all the time.
Two overseas skiers who have trained at Coronet Peak had widely differing results at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, last week.
One high school for the Wakatipu Basin on a site which has room for expansion is preferable to establishing a second, separate high school, the Ministry of Education says.
Remarkables Primary School netballers Sami Robertson (11, left) and Isabelle Ralston (12) stand back to back with Southern Steel players Jhaniele Fowler Reid (left) and Erena Mikaere.
Coastguard Queenstown, which operates from a tiny storage shed at the back of a scout hall, could be about to secure a huge financial boost towards a new operations base.
Stan Walker fans rushed to the stage screaming with joy when he stepped on to perform at the Classic Hits Winery Tour on Friday evening.
Forget commercially made vinegar dressing; how about home-made dandelion dressing? And forget bargain wine - how about stinging nettle margarita or elderflower ''Champagne''?
Queenstown Airport is outgrowing an airspace classification meant for quieter airports and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is proposing a change to ensure safety.
A colourful life split across journalism and business has given Arrowtown writer John Lapsley ample anecdotes to mould into a column that is now part of a book.
The days are numbered for 21 Lombardy poplars along Lake Esplanade after a falling tree crushed seven cars and damaged a hotel last month.
Fewer $200 infringement fines may have been issued to errant freedom campers in the Queenstown Lakes region this summer compared with last, but some campers are still leaving rubbish and even defecating in public areas.
About $70,000 has been given out by the Queenstown Lakes District Council over the past five years to assist people who own heritage buildings or features.
Enforcement authorities are rallying to address the cause of yet another sewage spill in Queenstown.
An injured wild harrier hawk/kahu is eating its carers out of house and home.
Queenstown has had yet another sewage spill.
The winding 13km alpine road to the Remarkables skifield is to be sealed - starting with the bottom 4km, which will be ready for this ski season.
Queenstown residents whose garage was struck by an out-of-control car early yesterday in Highview Tce are relieved no-one was seriously injured.
Fernhill, Sunshine Bay and Glenorchy were cut off for more than two hours last night after a large Lombardy poplar tree was blown down by high winds, blocking Lake Esplanade in Queenstown.
While in New Zealand, German tourist Paul Zeller had his car crushed by a 120-year-old Lombardy poplar and now arrangements have been made for him to plant native trees, some of which could live for 1000 years.
