Words and music bring lazy panda to life
Words and music bring lazy panda to life
A Craig Smith book comes into being when a song and a story come together.
Guy Williams
Queenstown high-rise look revealed
Queenstown high-rise look revealed
A plan change extending the Queenstown CBD and allowing high-rise development will be publicly notified tomorrow.
Proposed backpackers 'should be fully notified'
Proposed backpackers 'should be fully notified'
A proposal for a 114-bed backpackers' facility in downtown Queenstown has ''massive implications'' for car parking and should be publicly notified, the owner of a neighbouring child-care centre says.
Frankton convention centre plan altered
Frankton convention centre plan altered
Remarkables Park Ltd (RPL) has put its consent application for a convention centre in Frankton on hold while it seeks approval from a Queenstown Lakes District Council review panel for a major redesign.
Council admits mistake
Council admits mistake
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has grudgingly taken responsibility for an error in rates notices sent out last week.
Extra land for rezoning
Extra land for rezoning
Two parcels of privately owned land have been added to the area the Queenstown Lakes District Council is proposing to rezone as town centre.
Jetstar introducing new service
Jetstar introducing new service
A new transtasman service between the Gold Coast and Queenstown will boost tourism in the region, industry bosses say.
Healthcare hot topic at election meeting
Healthcare hot topic at election meeting
The cost and availability of healthcare was the focus of a Clutha-Southland joint candidates' meeting in Queenstown yesterday.
Industry award for Eichardt's Private Hotel
Industry award for Eichardt's Private Hotel
Queenstown's Eichardt's Private Hotel has been rated New Zealand's best at the annual awards of industry magazine Hotel Management.
Meeting on town centre change
Meeting on town centre change
An extraordinary meeting of the Queenstown Lakes District Council to consider Plan Change 50 will start the notification process, chief executive Adam Feeley says.
Man sought after assaults
Man sought after assaults
Police in Queenstown are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted his partner and a police officer in the CBD early yesterday.
Not our fault, NZ Post says
Not our fault, NZ Post says
New Zealand Post is denying it is to blame for an error on Queenstown Lakes District Council rates notices sent out this week.
Event puts $95,000 in the bag
Event puts $95,000 in the bag
Wakatipu High School supporters have chosen the money over the bag, raising $95,000 at an event held in a hardware store.
Invitation to apply to tracks, huts fund
Invitation to apply to tracks, huts fund
A consortium representing more than 30,000 trampers, hunters, mountaineers and mountain bikers is inviting outdoor groups to bid for a slice of a $700,000 grant for upgrading backcountry huts and tracks on public conservation land.
US visitors provide boost for week
US visitors provide boost for week
Queenstown's economy is getting a timely boost as Gay Ski Week QT brings more than a 1000 high-spenders into the resort.
Coastguard base start in limbo until more funds raised
Coastguard base start in limbo until more funds raised
A two-year fundraising effort by Coastguard Queenstown towards building a new operations base has passed the three-quarter mark, but time is running out for the project.
Bleating lucky - skier to the rescue of sheep
Bleating lucky - skier to the rescue of sheep
Professional skier Pete Oswald will be able to spin this yarn for years.
Evidence needed to support claims, Blue 9 liquidator says
Evidence needed to support claims, Blue 9 liquidator says
Allegations levelled at former Queenstown man Steve Rout are ''innuendo'' without supporting evidence, the liquidator of failed road construction firm Blue 9 Ltd says.
Over half resort nightclubs had exit blockages
Over half resort nightclubs had exit blockages
More than half Queenstown's nightclubs have been found to be breaching fire regulations because of partially blocked exits.
Council considering appointment of commissioners
Council considering appointment of commissioners
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will consider the appointment of commissioners for its proposed Plan Change 50 at its meeting in Wanaka tomorrow.