Queenstown Times journalist James Beech says he'll be late for work this week - and here's his excuse ...
A hiking guide and volunteer firefighter said he was feeling stiff, but ecstatic, after he raced the entire 206km distance around Lake Wakatipu in 69hr, 46min for families in need.
Recording fuel consumption, retrofitting fuel-injected piston engines and polishing aircraft are among fuel-efficiency tips recommended to tourism flight operators.
More than 100 hospitality jobs could be created from bars, restaurants and takeaway outlets opening in central Queenstown before the launch of the Winter Festival on June 25.
Tramping is experiencing a "renaissance" in the Wakatipu, thanks to international visitors on a shoestring budget hearing good things about the scenery, the Department of Conservation (Doc) says.
The curtain has gone up on the 2010 programme of the Queenstown Film Society, to reveal 25 world cinema festival favourites and rediscovered celluloid classics.
The restoration of two 19th-century landmarks in and near Glenorchy will be celebrated by the community on April 24.
St Joseph's School, in Queenstown, has a deficit working capital of $23,000 and says it does not get enough money from the Ministry of Education to cover its running costs.
More than 500 principals from around the country and Australia will attend the first New Zealand Principals' Federation Conference to be held in Queenstown, during the Winter Festival in late June-early July this year.
Organisers of the inaugural Over The Top Rock music festival say they plan to annually build on the success of the sky-high concert and can see the potential for 1000 music fans on Cecil Peak.
An Environment Court challenge against the estimated $3 million to $5 million primary school planned at 478 Speargrass Flat Rd, near Arrowtown, is expected to be heard in Queenstown in July or August.
Hot styles for all seasons were displayed on the catwalk of the third annual Salvation Army Fashion Show on Friday afternoon.
People taking craft on to Lake Wakatipu are being urged not to approach the Kawarau River dam at the outlet to Lake Wakatipu after a novice jet skier was sucked underwater and almost drowned yesterday.
A young Queenstown man begins running the entire 206km around Lake Wakatipu in 48 hours today to raise funds for families in need in the community.
The brewery bankrolling a Wakatipu-shot commercial starring US actor Vincent Gallo says it is "surprised and disappointed" it has had to go on the defensive, after an actors' union complained the job should have gone to a New Zealand talent.
Glenorchy is inviting Wakatipu residents and visitors to a new series of free "Cosy Winter Talks" by four international experts in their fields, beginning next month.
Residents who own a historical property or have protected trees on their land are being encouraged to apply for a heritage incentive grant by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
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The Mint Chicks will introduce young Australians to the joys of Lake Wakatipu, Wanaka, the Fergburger and Amisfield Winery as part of a New Zealand promotion on MTV Australia next month.
Forty rare South Island saddlebacks have been released on a new predator-free sanctuary in Fiordland, in an operation sponsored by a Gibbston winery and carried out with the Department of Conservation in Te Anau.