Hundreds of passengers stuck in Queenstown face a missed day of work or school, a lost travel connection or another 24 hours away from a loved one today after Mount Cook Airline ATR-500 planes were grounded yesterday.
A High Court decision on the proposed second campus to cater for 112 St Joseph's School pupils, on Speargrass Flat Rd, near Arrowtown, was reserved after a two-day hearing in Christchurch last week.
A national road trip will give Wakatipu residents and visitors the chance to share in Rugby World Cup glory when the coveted Webb Ellis Cup and a cabinet full of New Zealand's prestigious rugby silverware are brought to Queenstown.
Rare insights into the photography of a pair of sibling New Zealand Arts Foundation Award winners were revealed to a packed audience in Arrowtown before they launched their new exhibition on Friday night.
Queenstown Lakes residents are being urged to support the eagerly-awaited concert by Flight of the Conchords to encourage more world-class acts to perform in the district.
British electronic DJs the Freestylers bring the breakbeats back to Queenstown and Wanaka in late March, their only dates in New Zealand.
Fine wines, delicious cuisine and entertainment for all ages are on offer when the 2012 Gibbston Harvest Festival opens tomorrow.
The business case behind the controversial $150 million Milford Dart Tunnel proposal has "some major flaws and, therefore, a large risk of failure", the Southland District Council told a public hearing this week.
The sudden decision by low-cost carrier Air Asia X (AAX) to axe its cheap direct flights between Christchurch and Kuala Lumpur is "regrettable" for Queenstown tourism operators, but other airlines could meet Asian demand to visit the resort and the rest of New Zealand.
A bumper crop of scholarships earned by Wakatipu High School pupils has been hailed as "a significant improvement" on past years and a reflection of the high calibre of pupils and teachers, by the acting principal.
The "changing face of rural health" will be the theme of speeches and workshops in the Millennium and Copthorne hotels. New Zealand Rural General Practice Network chairman Dr Jo ...
Overwhelming economic evidence shows the best location for a diagnostic CT scanner for Central Otago is Queenstown, a resort developer says.
Leading New Zealand photographers Fiona Pardington and Neil Pardington open their new exhibition with a talk about their influences and careers in Arrowtown next week.
Ultrafast broadband is confirmed to be deployed in central Queenstown and five other New Zealand towns from July this year.
A galaxy of stars are lined up for the 2012 season of the Queenstown Film Society at Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown.
Queenstown gadget fans are counting the days until they can get their hands on the latest-generation tablet from Apple, but when precisely it will happen is unclear.
Whoever was responsible for triggering the large scrub fire on Mt Rosa, Gibbston, late on February 17 is likely to be liable for the cost of the $5000 to $10,000 firefighting operation.
"A bunch of people on stage playing music as if they were in the audience's living room and offering a very relaxed sing-a-long" is how the co-founder of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra describes what Queenstown can look forward to tomorrow night.
The dramatic natural beauty of Otago is being displayed to the world by The Hobbit, even before a frame is presented in cinemas, and regional tourism chiefs could not be happier.
Provocative new artworks in perspex by former Arthur's Point artist John Shewry have gone on display in Artbay Gallery.
