James Beech

Stand-up comedy promises to become a regular fixture on the Wakatipu entertainment scene, courtesy of Laugh Club NZ and SkyCity Queenstown Casino.

Ministry of Education representatives will meet the Remarkables Primary School board of trustees next week, hoping for an early resolution to the school's enrolment growth crisis.

Growth in newly emerged tourism markets such as China has yet to translate into a significant increase in visitor numbers in Queenstown, the resort's marketing organisation told its members yesterday.

Collectively they hold 16 Tui Music Awards, have sold multiplatinum records and created some of New Zealand's most popular songs, but pals Anika Moa, Boh Runga and Hollie Smith have never played in concert together - until now.

The Kingston Flyer will emerge from its winter hibernation at the end of next month, following maintenance which has given it another 50 years of life.

The Remarkables Primary School's board of trustees and principal have told the Ministry of Education and deputy prime minister Bill English they will not accept the ministry's proposal to annex two empty classrooms at nearby KingsView School to cope with the Remarkables school's overflowing roll.

Audiences will be required to suspend disbelief and engage their imaginations a little more than usual when the Remarkable Theatre stages its new series of plays without costumes, props, or even a stage.

Queenstown Primary School pupils celebrated their remarkable diversity with national costumes, flags, cuisin

Days of wine and rivets are coming to TSS Earnslaw this season with the release of a special award-winning wine for the vintage Queenstown steamship's centenary.

Splitting The Hobbit into three films will spread the international tourism dividends for Queenstown, Otago and other filming locations in New Zealand over more years than anticipated, tourism chiefs say.

The inaugural Wakatipu Youth Trust team leader says she wants to raise the profile of the Youth Booth among young people and work with the community to provide more opportunities for youth.

Leading Southern environmentalist Barry Lawrence was dearly remembered on Friday by family, friends and workmates at the unveiling of a plaque "for his outstanding contribution to conservation and the Wakatipu environment".

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is calling for expressions of interest this week to provide office accommodation for its 82 staff and 75 Lakes Environmental staff under one roof, instead of in seven offices scattered around the resort.

The prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival brings seven of the most awe-inspiring films to Queenstown in August as part of its world tour.

The only professional wrestling academy in the South Island is ready to rumble for its latest intake of people interested in the sport in Queenstown on Saturday.

Australian model Lara Bingle teams up with New Zealand television host and champion snowboarder Hayley Holt to experience the best of Queenstown in the latest webisode of Air New Zealand's "Kiwi Sceptics" campaign.

Barman Mikey Ball, of the Naughty Penguin, won the 42Below Cocktail World Cup regional heat in Queenstown on Tuesday night.

Andrew Higgins is the pastor on the powder and the mountains are his ministry.

Criticisms of the Queenstown Lakes District Council by the Environment Court were "not taken into account" when the council decided yesterday not to appeal the court's consent for a $30 million Pak'n Save supermarket on Frankton Flats.