New health shuttle service
New health shuttle service
Residents who have appointments to keep with doctors, specialists and hospitals will be able to use the St John Community Health Shuttle when it is launched in Queenstown in early November.
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Art society open day
Art society open day
The Queenstown Art Society is throwing open the doors of the Queenstown Arts Centre on Saturday, August 18, for a winter open day.
Musicians casting spells
Musicians casting spells
Helen Webby and Davy Stuart are on the road with their show String Wizardry, supported by Arts On Tour NZ, and perform in the Bannockburn Community Church tonight.
More flights from Auckland as demand keeps on growing
More flights from Auckland as demand keeps on growing
Flights from Auckland Airport will leave for Queenstown almost every two hours with Air New Zealand this summer, when the national carrier's fifth daily flight comes on stream.
Airport expansion begins service
Airport expansion begins service
The terminal expansion at Queenstown Airport doubled international and domestic departure capacity when it opened yesterday, after four months of construction.
New departure lounge opens at resort airport
New departure lounge opens at resort airport
Hundreds of passengers bound for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will be the first to leave from Queenstown Airport's new international departure lounge, which is being used for the first time today.
Relocatable classrooms compromise for school
Relocatable classrooms compromise for school
A stopgap measure by the Ministry of Education to install relocatable classrooms for more than 80 extra pupils at the start of the next school year has been greeted with relief by the Remarkables Primary School board, but trustees still want an extra block of classrooms built to meet enrolment growth.
Drunk woman had two kids in car
Drunk woman had two kids in car
A Frankton woman who argued over responsibility for a traffic collision in Queenstown on Monday was found to be legally drunk while driving with two children as her passengers.
Information on satellite school
Information on satellite school
Parents were reassured the approved $3 million to $5 million campus of St Joseph's School would not detract from the existing school in Queenstown during the first parent information evening about the satellite development on Thursday.
Arrowtown in all seasons
Arrowtown in all seasons
The Arrowtown Promotion and Business Association has launched what it believes to be the first calendar to depict Arrowtown in all its present-day glory for 2013.
Waters exhibition opens today
Waters exhibition opens today
A Central Otago artist who represented New Zealand in a "World Artists Exhibition" in the United Kingdom will attend the opening of his exhibition in a Queenstown gallery tonight.
Council considers development of prime Queenstown land
Council considers development of prime Queenstown land
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is investigating the leasehold development of a parcel of prime Queenstown real estate, up to a third of which could be earmarked for affordable housing.
Early learning centre officially opens
Early learning centre officially opens
"We're living the dream" is how team leader Gill Hodgson described seeing KingsView Early Learning Centre officially opened on Friday after 13 years of work.
Grandmother's bungy bravery of the Irish
Grandmother's bungy bravery of the Irish
A daredevil from Dublin knocked off her fourth bungy jump at the Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown at the ripe old age of 75.
Twilight trading at Arrowtown
Twilight trading at Arrowtown
The evocative aroma and flickering light from wood fire braziers along Buckingham St signalled the first in a series of winter twilight trading evenings among Arrowtown retailers on Thursday.
Court announcements in Maori and English
Court announcements in Maori and English
The relatively informal atmosphere in the Queenstown District Court has been changed to conform to a national initiative to have all opening, adjournment and closing announcements in all district, family and youth courts spoken in both te reo Maori and English.
Top mixologists make up NZ team
Top mixologists make up NZ team
No Queenstown mixologists made it into Team New Zealand, but the 42Below Cocktail World Cup will begin in the resort next month.
Learning centre in Frankton opened
Learning centre in Frankton opened
Deputy Prime Minister and Clutha-Southland MP Bill English says New Zealanders growing up through preschools like the KingsView Early Learning Centre give him hope for the country's future.
Air NZ boosts Queenstown-Auckland service
Air NZ boosts Queenstown-Auckland service
Air New Zealand is to boost capacity on direct air services between Auckland and Queenstown by nearly a third this summer, which tourism leaders say will provide a boon for domestic tourism in the resort.
Two injured on skifields
Two injured on skifields
Two Auckland women suffered severe injuries at Coronet Peak and the Remarkables skifields at about the same time yesterday, but neither was skiing or snowboarding.