Queenstown Lakes music fans may not have had Elton John play on their doorstep, but they will be spoilt for choice this summer with the wealth of national and international acts lined up.
Clutha-Southland MP Bill English says the Southern District Health Board (DHB) and clinicians should decide if a CT scanner is based in the hospital in Queenstown or Clyde.
Queenstown does not stop entirely on Christmas Day from bolstering New Zealand's annual $21.7 billion tourism industry, but the frenetic pace of its summer season does drop down a gear.
In order to prevent rural fires, tinder-dry conditions call for common sense and care by the public when handling barbecues and fireworks, the Department of Conservation (Doc) Wakatipu says.
A $300,000 eradication programme spearheaded by the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Control Group (WCG) will target aggressively spreading pines on more than 1500ha of public and private land in Kawarau Gorge this summer.
Experienced photographer Gordon Laing, of Queenstown, takes aim yesterday at the start of the free inaugural "Photo Walk" he will host on Sunday for anyone interested in photography at any level and with any camera.
One of the most established tourism companies in Queenstown says it will not be forced to cut staff or close after being ordered to pay $320,500 in costs by the Environment Court.
Wakatipu employees should check their employment contracts and seek advice if needed before agreeing to work on statutory holidays.
Although Wakatipu music fans are spoilt for choice with music festivals in the Queenstown Lakes district this summer, the hosts of a series of top New Zealand acts say they are offering a more intimate vibe at an award-winning winery in Gibbston.
North of Bombay heads South to the Pig and Whistle Pub, Queenstown, to play a range of exotic and eccentric instruments for free next month.
The 15th annual Arrowtown Post Office Market has attracted 86 stallholders for Boxing Day and aims to break its fundraising record.
Rural letterboxes, pioneering gold miners and native tussocks on The Hills golf course served as inspirations for two Arrowtown artists who launch their double-billed exhibition this week.
Queenstown Primary School is actively fostering pupils to become "confident, competent learners", according to the Government's education watchdog.
Young thespians (from top left) Duncan Campbell (14), Hebe Hilhorst (13), Kate Ward (14), Merida Sowry (13), Annabel Dickson (17), Jacqui Bell (14), Tatjana Reid (13) and Rosie Glover (15) with (from front left) Olivia Jordan (13), Juliet MacKay (15), Bailie Downing (14), Emma Gamson (15), Victoria Boult (13) and Tilly Lewis, plus Sophie Lake (13, foreground left) and Samantha Perry (13) - who play the lead on alternate nights - all feature in the comedy Daisy Pulls It Off tonight and tomorrow afternoon.
Moke Lake, an increasingly popular camping and recreation spot near Queenstown, will be monitored by security patrols in an effort to preserve its tranquillity for everyone.
The co-founder of Creedence Clearwater Revisited says watching three generations of fans rocking out in the sunshine to their greatest hits never ceases to amaze and delight.
Almost 300 exhibitors including Tourism New Zealand, Air New Zealand, Qantas and Southern Lakes tourism organisations have registered to exhibit at Trenz 2012 in Queenstown.
A desperately needed early childhood education centre is ready to open in Frankton after independent commissioners indicated their approval this week.
We were as good as we were ever going to get after seven classes and so, with stout heart, hands reaching for the stars and stomachs pulled in, we twinkled-toed on stage as the Remarkable Men's Ballet.
The Winehouse in Gibbston is stepping up to become a major music venue for the Wakatipu, with the announcement that eight of New Zealand's biggest stars will play live over summer.
