Queenstown's only youth centre celebrated its huge refurbishment, rebranding and relaunch with dozens of supporters, contributors and the young people it supports on Thursday night.
No further information about the fate of missing crayfishing boat skipper Bruce Gordon (42) and crew member Darren Allen (37) has come to light, police in Te Anau said this morning.
The Winter Games Adventure Film Festival is back for its second year, running from August 24 to 26, with a new format and venue.
Invited civic and business leaders, sponsors, supporters and media were given the VIP treatment and a preview of The Sound of Music on Tuesday evening, more than two weeks before opening night.
Cougars on the prowl, grandchildren from hell, divorce parties, Botox botch-ups, old boyfriends popping up online and internet dating successes and tragedies are lampooned in Boomers Behaving Badly, which hits Arrowtown tomorrow.
Police are holding onto hope that two fishermen missing in Fiordland managed to get onto a dinghy before their boat sank.
Queenstown artist and illustrator Spike Wademan puts the finishing touches to the huge backdrop of the "Austrian Alps" for the coming production of The Sound of Music.
Teachers and trustees say it will be "a dream come true" when the first children enter KingsView Early Learning Centre on Monday after a $350,000 renovation and more than a year gaining consents.
More than 300 of the world's brightest minds concerned with climate change research will gather in Queenstown after a successful first-time bid by Bodeker Scientific, Tourism New Zealand's conference assistance programme (CAP) and the Queenstown Convention Bureau.
An aircraft carrying 106 passengers "crashed" at Queenstown Airport on Monday night in a simulation to test more than 140 personnel from the Wakatipu's emergency and airport services.
The biggest refurbishment of the Youth Booth in the centre's 10-year history will be completed with an official opening tomorrow.
A bypass plan for Queenstown first proposed in 2005 has been resurrected and earmarked for almost $1.4 million of expenditure over the next three years, in the draft Otago Regional Land Transport Programme.
The Catholic bishop and the Diocese of Dunedin feel "delight and relief" a six-year court battle to build a $3 million to $5 million primary school for up to 112 pupils near Arrowtown appears to have ended with the High Court dismissing an appeal.
The scale and threat of the wilding pine infestation in the Wakatipu Basin should be recognised by the Otago Regional Council and the body should contribute $600,000 over the next decade to help fight the war, the Wilding Conifer Group says.
The Texas-born country star who has performed for every United States president since Jimmy Carter serenades Arrowtown next Thursday night.
The next wilding pine day is set for Monday and the call for volunteers has gone out.
The proposed second campus on 2.6ha of rural residential zoned land at 478 Speargrass Flat Rd would be administered by St Joseph's School, Queenstown.
The top $2000 Premier Locations Realty prize in this year's Arrowtown Autumn Festival art exhibition was awarded to Clyde artist Liz Kempthorne for her work Land With No People.
Trenz 2012 returns to Queenstown and the Southern Lakes in early May after $164 million worth of new business resulted from the trade expo's resort debut last year. Queenstown Times reporter James Beech tells you everything you need to know about the biggest event on the tourism industry calendar.
Three major international tourism expos are aligned for the first time in Queenstown this year, offering priceless exposure to thousands of trade and media delegates.
