Queenstown swimmers retain shield
Queenstown swimmers retain shield
Queenstown Swimming Club members celebrate keeping the winners’ shield for the fourth year in a row at the Colin Walker Memorial Swim Meet in the resort on Saturday.
Guy Williams
'Reckless' driving results in police abandoning pursuit
'Reckless' driving results in police abandoning pursuit
A Nissan Terrano drove through a playground, down some steps and across a field while being pursued by police through Queenstown and Frankton yesterday.
Driver evades police, cuts through playground
Driver evades police, cuts through playground
A Nissan Terrano drove through a playground, down some steps and across a field while being pursued by police through Queenstown and Frankton this morning.
Delay to building lookout
Delay to building lookout
A start to building a new lookout beside scenic Glenorchy Queenstown Rd has been delayed until early next year.
Second conviction for Queenstown lawyer
Second conviction for Queenstown lawyer
A Queenstown lawyer has received his second conviction for driving offences in the space of two and a-half months.
362 submissions on Leaf project
362 submissions on Leaf project
Nearly 60% of submissions on a proposal to build a contemporary building next to Arrowtown's St Patrick's Catholic Church favour the project.
Debates on voluntary euthanasia bill
Debates on voluntary euthanasia bill
Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker is organising two public debates on proposed legislation to legalise voluntary euthanasia.
Owner of shot dogs wants law change
Owner of shot dogs wants law change
A Queenstown man is calling for changes to dog control laws after his dogs were shot by two prominent farmers last month.
Down to their last gasp
Down to their last gasp
Their bodies shook and their faces turned blue as New Zealand’s best freedivers kept holding their breath in Queenstown yesterday.
Rec centre master plan project being tendered
Rec centre master plan project being tendered
The first step has been taken in creating a master plan for the expansion of the Queenstown and Wanaka recreation centres over the next 20 years and beyond.
Pool nationals draw overseas competitors
Pool nationals draw overseas competitors
Indoor freedivers from Hawaii and Australia will be hitting the water in a field of nearly 30 competitors at the Freediving New Zealand Pool Nationals starting in Queenstown today.
Funding commerce chambers criticised
Funding commerce chambers criticised
The Taxpayers Union says it ''beggars belief'' the Queenstown Lakes District Council provided $243,325 in funding to the Queenstown and Wanaka Chambers of Commerce in the 2016-17 financial year.
Doubling fun with two dog derbies
Doubling fun with two dog derbies
The Queenstown Lakes now has two dog derbies.
Economist discusses accommodation impact
Economist discusses accommodation impact
The growth of residential visitor accommodation is severely affecting housing affordability and long-term rentals in the Queenstown Lakes district, an economist says.
Three cars damaged, man charged
Three cars damaged, man charged
A Welshman allegedly badly damaged two cars and also caused significant damage to a third while driving nearly four times the legal limit in Frankton.
Lodge, spa: construction 'imminent'
Lodge, spa: construction 'imminent'
Groundwork has begun on a multimillion-dollar boutique lodge and cottages complex at Gibbston Valley Winery near Queenstown.
Volunteers plant 600 native species beside Lake Hayes
Volunteers plant 600 native species beside Lake Hayes
A long-term project to restore a wetland beside Lake Hayes had a boost at the weekend as volunteers dug in 600 native plants.
Next batch of consultation on QLDC’s proposed district plan to begin next week
Next batch of consultation on QLDC’s proposed district plan to begin next week
Public hearings on the next batch of chapters in the Queenstown Lakes district’s long-running proposed district plan (PDP) process start at Queenstown’s Heritage Hotel on Tuesday.
Resort’s businesses embrace Winter Pride
Resort’s businesses embrace Winter Pride
No-one wandering the streets and lanes of central Queenstown in the past few days could be in any doubt they are in rainbow country.
$24m housing infrastructure loan
$24m housing infrastructure loan
A $24 million interest-free loan for infrastructure enabling new housing at Ladies Mile will make a "significant difference" to Queenstown's housing shortage, Mayor Jim Boult says.