Skate park gets thumbs up
Skate park gets thumbs up
Queenstown Lakes District Council is inviting the community to celebrate the official opening of the new skate park in Queenstown Gardens on Sunday, December 7.
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dDub top billing for new festival
dDub top billing for new festival
Well-known live act dDub asked to perform in Queenstown as part of the inaugural Peak Festival on January 3.
ORC seeking delta consents
ORC seeking delta consents
Residents have until December 17 to lodge submissions on land-use consent applications from the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to build a training line in the Shotover River delta, extract gravel and erect a temporary bridge over the Kawarau River.
Air New Zealand meets operators
Air New Zealand meets operators
The board of Air New Zealand held its monthly meeting in Queenstown for the first time in three years behind closed doors at the Rees Hotel yesterday, following an informal function with tourism operators on Thursday evening.
Resort may be on Jetstar radar
Resort may be on Jetstar radar
Queenstown Airport is on the radar of Jetstar but the low-cost Qantas Group airline has no firm plans for transtasman services to and from the resort yet.
International flights to Queenstown climb 58%
International flights to Queenstown climb 58%
International flights to Queenstown Airport, which all come from Australia, were up 58% in October compared with the corresponding month last year.
Action on 'The Frozen Abyss'
Action on 'The Frozen Abyss'
A documentary on a scientific expedition to the Antarctic in March is being pieced together in Frankton post-production house Action Productions Ltd for broadcast in the United States.
'Too late' to head off Qtown slump
'Too late' to head off Qtown slump
Queenstown's tourism operators are bracing for their toughest summer in years, but the resort is not being promoted in the critical Australian market because Destination Queenstown focuses on the shoulder and winter seasons.
Flying visit for Air NZ
Flying visit for Air NZ
The board of Air New Zealand will meet tourism operators in Queenstown tomorrow, then hold its monthly meeting in the resort on Friday.
Free service nips problem in bud
Free service nips problem in bud
Pets n Vets in Queenstown is tackling head on the problems caused by the large population of stray cats in the Wakatipu by offering free cat castrations for the first time in its Gorge Rd clinic tomorrow.
Best of Exhibition prize for Chatfield
Best of Exhibition prize for Chatfield
Queenstown artist Jackie Chatfield won the top $2000 Best of Exhibition prize for her acrylic painting titled Dreams, at the Queenstown Art Society's Locations Art Awards night on Friday.
Group hit by costs after losing Emporium battle
Group hit by costs after losing Emporium battle
The Environment Court has ordered the Wakatipu Environmental Society Inc to pay costs of $6434 to the owners of Arrowtown's demolished historic Emporium building, who have committed about half of the award to the Arrowtown Primary School library.
Art show with water theme opens today
Art show with water theme opens today
A battleship with guns blazing, a toddler playing with a rubber duck in an overflowing bath and a jetty on serene St Clair beach are among the more than 130 paintings by members of the Queenstown Art Society on display from today.
Hockey goal collapse investigated
Hockey goal collapse investigated
The Department of Labour has begun an investigation into an incident in which a 7-year-old Queenstown girl was hospitalised when a portable hockey goal pinned her to the ground last Monday.
Fault closes Frankton swimming pool
Fault closes Frankton swimming pool
An unexplained pool-lining pressure fault has forced the temporary closure of the lap swimming pool at Alpine Aqualand in Frankton.
Queenstown woman crushed between cars
Queenstown woman crushed between cars
A 43-year-old Queenstown woman suffered hip injuries when she was crushed between her parked car and another parked vehicle yesterday.
Wakatipu Walkabout: Seven Mile Track
Wakatipu Walkabout: Seven Mile Track
Seven Mile Track is a popular walking trail in the Wakatipu but has the added distinction of being one of the homes of the Queenstown Mountain Biking Club.
Bungy turns 20: founders relive first jump
Bungy turns 20: founders relive first jump
Bungy founding fathers A. J. Hackett and Henry van Asch took a tandem jump yesterday where their famous adventure activity began 20 years ago, to the delight of hundreds of school children.
Girl pinned under hockey goal remains in hospital
Girl pinned under hockey goal remains in hospital
A girl who was pinned to the ground when a portable hockey goal fell on her at Queenstown Primary School on Wednesday remained in a stable condition in Southland Hospital last night.
Fine-tuning for resort
Fine-tuning for resort
A shuttle bus service to Queenstown, a mountain biking and pedestrian trail accessing the Kawarau River and 127ha set aside for reinstated native vegetation are among the adjustments proposed for the multimillion-dollar Gibbston Valley Station resort.