James Beech

The producers of Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park in Christchurch are searching New Zealand for this year's most talented new stars to perform in the popular Christmas musical production.

Not many people have hit a golf ball off the Remarkables, but a young woman from Gibbston has.

The popularity of the Routeburn Track, the nearest Great Walk to Queenstown, appears to be withstanding the global economic crisis by averaging the same number of New Zealand and overseas trampers each season for the past four years.

Queenstown's vintage "Lady of the Lake" may need a little extra tender loving care during her centennial survey after original steel plating beneath timber decking was found to be more corroded than thought.

The Wild West ain't no place for a lady and that proves to be true even when the sun-baked plains of Central Otago and South Canterbury stand in for the High Sierra in Good for Nothing, which opened in Queenstown last week.

"You don't see much when it's all happening. It's 180kmh to stopped in two seconds."

Arrowtown turned out in force to support young Angus Beaton, who has cancer, with a fundraising evening packed with entertainment on Saturday night.

Helmets, boots, and all snow sports gear in between were available at the annual Wakatipu Ski Club sale in the Queenstown Events Centre yesterday.

Awards recognising cast and crew contributions to Showbiz Queenstown's production of The Sound of Music were presented after the final show on Saturday and next year's production is already in the works.

Kingston residents applauded when the Otago township's new logo was unveiled during the community association's annual meeting on Saturday.

Despite the "wildlife" of Queenstown on Friday and Saturday nights and winter weather, five Wakatipu High School pupils say they would go days without food in a cage again after their 40 Hour Famine appeal ended yesterday.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council hopes to be in a position to offer the post of chief executive to its preferred candidate by the end of July.

The world's first "pavlova Western" makes its debut in Queenstown this week, the rugged land which helped form the epic backdrop to the story of a grizzled gunslinger with performance anxiety.

A pair of actors, 16 characters and one "fush and chup" shop is the foundation for an original New Zealand comedy drama to hit the stage in Queenstown next month.

A lifetime of civic service and dedication to Arrowtown's heritage was celebrated by the Queenstown Lakes District Council on Tuesday.