James Beech

Arrowtown Post Office is defying the latest national trend of post shop closures, but its managers say more residents need to use the Lakes District Museum-owned service to stop it from being turned into another cafe.

Qualmark will post its new branding to all 116 licence holders in Queenstown from this week, in a response to dissatisfaction about the old logos from many licence holders nationwide.

The rugged landscape of the Wakatipu is "God's own country", according to the British star of a manhunt thriller shot on location around Queenstown, which is being released in Reading Cinemas on Monday.

Arrowtown lads (from left) Jack Howley (5) and Lennox Faamalepe (4), with Arrowtown Autumn Festival chairman Lex Perkins and Queenstown father Sebastian Hansen and son Zali Hansen (2, behind), present some of the 15 entries in the festival's scarecrow contest, on Sunday.

Community governance of Wakatipu healthcare and the Lakes District Hospital would be welcomed by the Southern District Health Board.

A locally elected health trust will be responsible for delivering public healthcare in the Wakatipu to the same standard as that found in the rest of New Zealand, the architects of the proposal say.

Sewing machines will run red hot behind the scenes of All Shook Up when wardrobe manager Jan Maxwell and her assistants help bring 1950s small-town America to life in the Queenstown Memorial Hall.

More New Zealanders than any other nationality enjoyed the Wakatipu's back country trails during the Great Walks season over summer.

Tickets to the southern hemisphere's biggest winter party go on sale today.

Adventure and outdoor activity commercial operators welcome guidelines they consider make sense and would make the sector safer, the Tourism Industry Association (TIA) says.

Lake Hayes Estate residents fear they will lose their mail collection service if the community's only post box is set on fire for a third time.

Staff from all four Accor hotels in Queenstown rolled up their sleeves last week in the cause of conservation for the multinational company's Earth Guest Day, in honour of International Earth Day.

Wakatipu residents answered the Queenstown Returned and Services' Association's call for new members during the Anzac Day memorial service.

Insights into what qualities the judges are looking for as they assess the 18 finalists in the 2011 Michael Hill International Violin Competition will be revealed to the public in a new "insider's guide" addition to the programme.

Dog lovers of the Wakatipu will unite for the second annual Dux Wonder Dogs show on Sunday, May 8.