Extremely eye-catching design, multiple layers and colours which gave it a life of its own, were the qualities which made a silk tapestry by a Glenorchy artist the outstanding entry in the Silk Road exhibition, the judge said.
More than 80 Wakatipu children aged 5 to 12 and their families took part in the fifth annual Kids Fishing Day, hosted by the Fiordland Fishing Club South, at Jack's Point, on Sunday.
Music concerts in Queenstown in aid of earthquake and tsunami-battered Japan raised more than $4000 for New Zealand Red Cross and Salvation Army appeals.
A quartet of Queenstown hotel operators crawled in triumph across the finish line in Taupo yesterday, after hiking 100km in 28.5 hours for charity.
Working without pay on a trial basis is "a trap to be mindful of" when job hunting, the Queenstown Job Agency warns.
A road trip from Arrowtown to Glenorchy turned into a epiphany about art and ancestors for one of New Zealand's leading arts commentators.
Needleworkers will be in seventh heaven with the "Silk Road" exhibition opening and awards night on Friday, followed by the international Remarkable Quilt Symposium, from April 18.
A small focus group involving Lakes District Hospital staff will look at ways to improve health services while being more cost-effective.
Kings View School hosted its first Cultural Festival on Wednesday. Pupils dressed in costumes representing the countries their ancestors came from and ran stalls offering tasty delicacies. James Beech went along with his camera.
All Shook Up is not only the title of veteran Christchurch director Bryan Aitken's first Queenstown show in almost 20 years, but also an apt description of how he and the city's theatrical community are feeling after the earthquake.
The Southern DHB's proposal for a "one-stop shop" health centre in Queenstown was attacked for being a "woolly concept", while the Government was blasted for failing to cater for the resort's rising population and almost two million visitors a year in its health funding.
If the $30,000 sponsorship of Coastguard Queenstown saves one life, it will be worth every cent, Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Steve Sanderson said during an informal function on Monday, to mark the fourth consecutive year the airport has supported the search and rescue service.
Members of the Wakatipu Community Maritime Preservation Society are "very happy" a Queenstown Lakes District Council sub-committee approved its request for a lease on the historic boat shed, ticket office and slipway at the Frankton marina.
More television commercials being shot in the Southern Lakes, the prolific Dunedin-based Natural History New Zealand television documentary company and an overall maturing of the film industry are behind the growth in screen production spending and number of movie businesses in the South.
Residents using health services in the Wakatipu will on Wednesday get the chance to hear what the proposed integrated family health centre could mean for them.
Air New Zealand, Auckland Airport, Qantas, Tourism New Zealand, Millennium Hotels and Resorts, and Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism are among major players that have signed up as exhibitors for the landmark travel expo Trenz, in Queenstown, in May.
A very Queenstown mixture of music from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, Japan and the United States will be played live on the village green in aid of Japan, on Friday, April 8.
Motorists are urged to be extra vigilant when approaching cyclists on the roads, after a near miss between a group of about 20 Queenstown cyclists and a large truck-and-trailer at Arrowtown junction.
Queenstown and Glenorchy residents are getting in on the action when the Southern Lakes Festival of Colour runs from April 12 to 17.
Top New Zealand artist Greg Johnson will return after years in Los Angeles to play in Queenstown, "one of my favourite places on Earth", and he is looking for a Wakatipu solo artist or duo to open his show.
