The 47th annual Glenorchy Races on Saturday were estimated to have made a net profit of $1500 for community projects, "up a wee bit on last year", one of the organisers said.
Black Caps bowler Kyle Mills says the confident squad is looking forward to a "good tight contest" against the West Indies in Queenstown tomorrow.
Dart River Jet Safaris has joined the growing ranks of Queenstown adventure tourism operators who have had their environmental efforts recognised by the Green Globe stamp of approval.
The irony of Crowded House's Weather With You playing on the PA system may have been lost on the West Indies cricketers, as they posed for their pre-match photograph, but it prompted smiles from cricket fans as they settled in for their day at the Oval.
British Ministry of Sound DJ and CR2 record label owner Mark Brown has joined the national and international line-up of acts for Queenstown's first Peak Festival music event on January 3.
A barbecue blaze which set fire to a Queenstown carport yesterday went from bad to worse when it ignited a car.
The men behind Arrowtown's first boutique microbrewery say they have found a ready market for their traditionally brewed beers.
Otago Regional Council (ORC) resource consent applications to build a training line in the Shotover River delta and extract gravel are "outrageously excessive", according to an opposing party.
Queenstown police were kept busy with reports of assaults, thefts, wilful damage and drunken drivers over the Christmas period.
Two Wakatipu charities are $2000 each better off after proceeds from the Kawarau Jet Locals' Day, on December 6, were donated this week.
A former Queenstown man cycling around the South Island in aid of the Bone Marrow Cancer Trust says his mate is in his heart during every mile of the journey.
Wakatipu holiday parks enjoyed relatively good business from overseas guests on Christmas Day but were counting on the traditional influx of New Zealanders from today and throughout the New Year period.
Queenstown will come alive with Latin rhythms, dancing, colour and cuisine when the Brazilian community gets together for its first organised Christmas celebration tonight.
Queenstown police have criticised a Queenstown man, who made a false complaint he was attacked, for wasting time and resources which could have gone towards aiding genuine victims.
The Timaru-based designer and manufacturer of Alpine Aqualand's fast-speed hydroslide was on the site in Queenstown yesterday, the same day it was reported a lifeguard was taken to hospital after testing the company's super-fast slide in New Plymouth on Monday.
Queenstown's $18 million Alpine Aqualand aquatic centre at Frankton is facing a projected $77,000 funding shortfall to cover power costs in its first year of operation, its management company, Lakes Leisure, confirmed yesterday.
The Queenstown owners of a new Kawarau River jet-boat operation say they have satisfied all Maritime New Zealand safety criteria and the response from customers has been "better than predicted" in their first week of operation.
The township of Lake Hawea will have a temporary liquor and parking ban from December 27 until January 5, the Queenstown Lakes District Council decided yesterday.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) declined to take part in mediation over its moves to provide a runway end safety area (resa) because it did not want to interfere with its application for a priority Environment Court fixture.
Department of Conservation staff are celebrating after a family of six whio/blue ducks were spotted in the Rock Burn, a tributary of the Dart River, by a bio-assets ranger in late November.
