New Burmese skate film soon
New Burmese skate film soon
Award-winning Queenstown film-makers return to Burma later this month to capture skateboarding youth in their element and take their film to the international festival circuit.
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Children plant for future
Children plant for future
Ziptrek Ecotours joined forces with the enthusiastic children of Queenstown Primary School yesterday to plant native trees for Conservation Week.
Benatar to headline Gibbston Valley concert
Benatar to headline Gibbston Valley concert
Four-time Grammy winner and Love is a Battlefield hit-maker Pat Benatar headlines the next summer concert at Gibbston Valley Station, in an exclusive South Island concert for Queenstown.
Pair training to ride up NZ for charity
Pair training to ride up NZ for charity
Two Queenstown women are the only South Islanders in a group planning to cycle from Bluff to Cape Reinga to raise funds for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.
Aussie latest to be 'turned around' at airport
Aussie latest to be 'turned around' at airport
An Australian man involved in the latest "immigration turnaround" at Queenstown Airport at the weekend was refused entry because of his criminal conviction.
Ski opportunity
Ski opportunity
Eleven young Queenstown residents, who had not had the opportunity to enjoy the snow sports season, hit the slopes, courtesy of Cardrona Alpine Resort, R&R Sport and Info and Track, recently.
Book draws on family experience
Book draws on family experience
"If you have enough courage, hope and belief in yourself, you'll get there in the end," is the message Arrowtown author Alma Stevenson says she wants children to take from reading her new book.
US sneaks past NZ with best cocktail
US sneaks past NZ with best cocktail
New Zealand scored its best result yet by placing a close second at the 42Below Cocktail World Cup final on Friday.
Cruise prize 'wonderful'
Cruise prize 'wonderful'
A cherished childhood memory of life with the TSS Earnslaw has won an elderly former resident of the Routeburn Valley the VIP treatment during the vintage steamship's centenary in October.
Queenstown rattled by 'best thunderstorm in years'
Queenstown rattled by 'best thunderstorm in years'
Lightning, thunder and heavy rain lashed the Wakatipu basin last night, a taster of more unsettled spring weather expected well into next week.
Incentive for playwrights
Incentive for playwrights
Aspiring storytellers will have the opportunity to see their work performed by Remarkable Theatre by entering the new "Pint-Sized Plays" short playwriting competition.
Fox giving band a hand
Fox giving band a hand
Young Southern Lakes musicians and the Queenstown Jazz Orchestra will "learn from the master" when New Zealand's top big band conductor and trombonist, Rodger Fox, returns to the resort for a concert on September 16.
Intermittent closure of track bridge
Intermittent closure of track bridge
Routeburn Track trampers will decide for themselves whether it is safe to cross the Sugar Loaf Stream while the Department of Conservation (Doc) Wakatipu area office conducts $45,000 of "essential maintenance" on a bridge.
Health providers work with DHB
Health providers work with DHB
A year-old recommendation for the Southern District Health Board (DHB) to attract public and private health providers to the Lakes District Hospital as a "health campus" has gained traction, with seven parties expressing interest.
Further growth expected
Further growth expected
Relocatable classrooms for up to 112 extra pupils are unlikely to tide over Remarkables Primary School until the Ministry of Education opens a new Wakatipu primary school "in about two years' time".
Week's picks: Sola Rosa
Week's picks: Sola Rosa
Today 7pm: Piano man Les Richardson, of Alexandra, accompanies Queenstown singer Hine Marchand in the increasingly popular Friday Jazz Club in Les Alpes. Free.
Jetstar considers Queenstown expansion
Jetstar considers Queenstown expansion
Jetstar reiterated its competitive investment in Queenstown this week with expansion of existing services from Australia a possibility, its continued support for "night flights" and the prediction of a huge increase in passenger numbers from China in less than a decade.
Vandals deal blow to trail project
Vandals deal blow to trail project
Completion of the 100km Queenstown Trail may be delayed after "idiotic vandalism" at the weekend.
Passenger's illness halts take off
Passenger's illness halts take off
The 2.45pm Air New Zealand flight from Queenstown to Auckland yesterday was delayed by about 30 minutes when a passenger who was unwell needed to disembark.
The aircraft had moved from the gate, but not taken off, Air New Zealand said yesterday.
St John was called by air traffic controllers at 3pm.
Scope for more flights
Scope for more flights
Jetstar boosting services to Dunedin Airport is a case of "wait and see". However, "opportunities are there", the airline's Australia and New Zealand chief executive David Hall says.