Gavin Mason, of Wanaka, won the first race of the inaugural One Square Meal Cyclocross Series in Queenstown yesterday, in 1hr and 2min, but the field is wide open with four more races to come.
The only dedicated nightclub in Queenstown has changed hands after nine years, but the new owner says he will keep its core dance music appeal plus encourage more live gigs.
Queenstown, once again, is about to become the place to be for winter fun and action in the southern hemisphere, with the opening of Coronet Peak and the Remarkables ski areas this month and the Queenstown Winter Festival launch on Friday.
Trash and Treasure sales organised by Arrowtown Plunket are vital for families in a community where the cost of living is high and for keeping the support service in the village, bargain hunters and committee members say.
Popular party destination the World Bar has announced it is getting into the spirit of the Queenstown Winter Festival for the first time with a slate of artists of international calibre.
Classical music touring is like touring in a rock band "but more interesting", says the winner of the latest Michael Hill Violin Competition, who is returning to Queenstown.
Survey work on Queenstown's historic ship TSS Earnslaw is progressing with the painting of her hull this week. The survey, which coincides with the ship's centenary, is on course for its return to service on July 14.
A new $3 million to $5 million campus for 112 primary school children near Arrowtown will not replace or depreciate St Joseph's School in Queenstown, the shared board of trustees says.
The cast and crew of Top of the Lake have become such a familiar sight around Queenstown over the past four months the Wakatipu will seem a little empty without them.
The Catholic Bishop of Dunedin says "the way is now clear" for a new $3-$5 million campus to be built for 112 primary school-aged children near Arrowtown, after neighbouring appellants ended their six-year legal battle.
The Ministry of Education remains tight-lipped on where it plans to build another school in the Wakatipu.
Auckland band dDub will get the Deep South jumping again with a mini-tour which concludes at the Queenstown Winter Festival.
Queenstown pianist Mark Wilson hosts with friends an accessible mix of classical and jazz music and songs in the St Peter's Church Hall, Queenstown, at lunchtime on June 15.
New Zealanders are spending more money than ever on their holidays around the country, a tourism survey indicates.
The owner-operator and survey team of the TSS Earnslaw say they are confident the "Lady of the Lake" will ply the waters of Lake Wakatipu again on Saturday, July 14, two weeks later than originally planned.
"It is only by working in partnership that we're going to get on top of this problem," Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden said when the district council agreed to help eradicate the menace of wilding pines in Otago.
Central Otago, Southern Alps and coastal New Zealand vistas inspired the works created by three significant artists in the latest exhibition in Milford Galleries Queenstown.
A gardener refused to move her vehicle and trailer from a public disabled-driver car park while she worked in Remarkables Park Town Centre, despite being asked to by a disabled driver trying to use the spot.
An unusual increase in the rat population in the Dart Valley during summer prompted the Department of Conservation (Doc) Wakatipu area office to set 2200 traps last month.
Staff evacuated the building while Frankton and Queenstown firefighters and Queenstown police investigated an undetermined odour in Westpac at the Terrace Junction, about 50m from the BP service station, on Wednesday, at 11.10am.
