Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes dazzled hundreds of families as the surprise eleventh hour replacement "ballerina" during the Shotover Jet Remarkable Christmas Spectacular 2009 yesterday.
Homelands will return to the Queenstown Gardens after its resource consent application was rubber-stamped by the Queenstown Lakes District Council last week.
A Queenstown publican says he wants some "honesty and transparency" about how supermarkets price their alcohol promotions, saying cheap beer is one of the main causes of the resort's ongoing problem of public intoxication.
Noise levels and the likelihood of more pet dogs scaring livestock in the area were some of the concerns raised by residents who attended the Arrowtown South community open day yesterday.
Eight boxes and six reusable shopping bags laden with food and more than $70 in donations were collected by the Wakatipu Lions Club, Frankton Volunteer Fire Brigade and St John Wakatipu for the Salvation Army last Tuesday night.
More than 4000 punters are expected to enjoy the 48th annual Glenorchy Races on Saturday, January 2.
Queenstown will take a starring role when a major Bollywood film production shoots on location in late January.
A ticket kiosk to be used by tourism operators including Thunder Jet, if the Environment Court approves its application to operate, is expected to be in business by the middle of this week.
The guest star of the Shotover Jet Remarkable Christmas Spectacular tomorrow promises "non-stop fun with effects that will wow the crowd and rocky versions of Christmas carols galore".
Subculture and its co-owner-operator Antonia Crowley have been submitted by Beam Global Spirits as the New Zealand entry for Russian Standard Vodka's worldwide-distributed cocktail book next year.
Debajo owner-operator Jason Clark finished fourth in a national cocktail-making competition on Monday.
The widow of the farmer who died when a decayed poplar tree fell in high winds and crushed his ute says the community will be lucky if the row of unstable trees on Lower Shotover Rd is removed by the end of January.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council "evicted" tenants over "petty issues" and held an injunction on a house for more than a year, the Queenstown District Court heard yesterday.
A critic of the proposed Arrowtown South development says she will attend the open day to be held by the landowners on Sunday, but expects behind the marketing "window dressing" no substance will be provided in terms of guarantees of what will actually be built on the site.
The importance of fire safety and the risks of drink-driving will be highlighted in Kingston when the Wakatipu's emergency services gather for a community information afternoon on Sunday.
Wakatipu residents were queuing out the door at 7.15am to take a discounted thrill ride on Shotover Jet's annual Locals' Day on Saturday.
Sole Threepwood resort opposer Fred van Brandenburg will have his day in the Environment Court again next year, following a procedural hearing in Queenstown last week.
The play's the thing in the Queenstown Gardens when a troupe of Wakatipu actors performs the greatest hits of William Shakespeare as part of the Summerdaze Festival next month.
Provocative artist Heather Straka is exhibiting works in the Nadene Milne Gallery in Arrowtown from Friday, December 18 until December 30.
Environmental issues are being raised by Kawarau Jet as a cloak to disguise commercial concerns, the Environment Court was told in Queenstown.
