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Fewer arrests and less trouble

A huge fireworks display lights up Queenstown Bay just after the countdown to New Year’s Day....

Fewer arrests and less trouble

The number of arrests in Queenstown during New Year’s Eve celebrations fell to single figures, as a downtown liquor ban, large police presence and timely rain kept a lid on alcohol-fuelled disorder.

Smaller crowd in Q'town for New Year

Revellers at the DJ stage on Queenstown's Marine Parade on New Year's Eve. Photo: Guy Williams

Smaller crowd in Queenstown for New Year

Forecast rain stayed away from Queenstown as a smaller-than-expected crowd enjoyed New Year's Eve celebrations on the resort's waterfront.

Lakes District builds up for New Year

Forecast rain and a liquor ban appear to be contributing to a quieter than usual build-up to New Year's Eve celebrations in Queenstown tonight.

Organisations ban Robinson helicopter use

A Robinson helicopter flies over Lake Wakatipu earlier this year. Photo: David Williams.

Organisations ban Robinson helicopter use

A decision by New Zealand’s air accident investigator to put Robinson helicopters on a safety watch list prompted swift reactions by three Government organisations on their use of the aircraft.

School outgrows projections

Wakatipu High School’s new Frankton campus could have run out of space within a year of opening, principal Steve Hall says.

Brisbane, Sydney night flights added

Night flights to and from Queenstown will expand to two more Australian cities next winter.

Wildings cleared from peninsula

The new camping site and barbecue shelter at Beach Point on the Von Peninsula. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED &...

Wildings cleared from peninsula

A tourism company's project to rid its land of wilding trees and invasive weeds has transformed a peninsula across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown.

QLDC consents dept a work in progress

A 54-room boutique hotel being built in Henry St, central Queenstown. Photo: Guy Williams.

QLDC consents dept a work in progress

Last month Crown agenc International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) gave the Queenstown Lakes District Council the go-ahead to continue issuing building consents. Guy Williams read the full IANZ report and found there's plenty to work on.

Drilling begins for second bridge pier

The replacement Kawarau Falls bridge near Queenstown. Photo: David Williams.

Drilling begins for second bridge pier

Drilling has begun on the second of five piers for the $22million Kawarau Falls replacement bridge project near Queenstown.

Lunch even longer

Lunch even longer

Relishing fine food, good company and sunshine at Arrowtown’s sixth annual Long Lunchon Friday are Arrowtown residents (left, from front) Gino Tudela and Dana Griffiths nand (right, from front)...

Resort joins $1m home club

The average house price in the Queenstown Lakes district has surpassed $1 million. Photo: ODT.

Resort joins $1m home club

House values in the Queenstown Lakes continue to soar, and the district has now joined Auckland in the million-dollar club.

Queenstown house values top $1 million

Average house values in the Queenstown Lakes district have climbed 32.2% in the past 12 months.

Queenstown house values top $1 million

Queenstown house values are continuing their bull run, leaping over the $1 million mark.

Duck killer contacts police

A man who ran over a family of ducks in Queenstown contacted police after the incident received national media coverage yesterday.

Ducks 'mown down' by truckie, say police

Ducks 'mown down' by truckie: police

A group of ducklings and their mother were deliberately mown down by a truck driver in front of a group of tourists, Queenstown police say.

'Someone will drown,' Gurney warns

Multisport athlete Steve Gurney says someone will drown if man-made hazards at Queenstown's...

'Someone will drown,' Gurney warns

Someone will drown unless something is done about man-made hazards on the Kawarau Falls rapids, multisport athlete Steve Gurney says.

Muslims here for 'spiritual sanctuary'

A group of Muslim students from Sydney at Queenstown's St Peter's Anglican Church on Sunday....

Muslims here for 'spiritual sanctuary'

A group of Sydney-based Muslims and their teacher are using Queenstown as a "spiritual sanctuary'' during a five-day visit to the resort.

Alleged assaults in Queenstown

Man taken to hospital after Queenstown assault

A man was treated in hospital after being assaulted in central Queenstown yesterday.

More funding needed to combat lake snot

More funding needed to combat lake snot

There's something nasty in Central Otago’s lakes, and researchers need more funding to understand it, a University of Otago scientist says.

1080 drop area search hampered

Checking their position during a grid search in the lower Routeburn Valley on Sunday are John...

1080 drop area search hampered

A methodical search in the Routeburn Valley to study the impact of last month’s aerial 1080 operation has found small numbers of dead rodents.

Special housing guidelines review

The door could soon reopen for landowners and developers if an overhaul of special housing area (SHA) guidelines for Queenstown is approved tomorrow.

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