Construction of a $9 million shopping centre at Frankton's Remarkables Park Town Centre will begin in two weeks, with completion of stage one scheduled for later this year.
Queenstown's retail industry is bucking a national downturn in the sector.
New Zealand's first bio-diesel refuelling facility was launched in Queenstown recently.
Some high country stations in the Queenstown Lakes District will be able to proceed with tenure review following changes to restrictions on lake-side properties.
An over-dominance of retail activity in industrial areas could be adversely affecting businesses in Wanaka and Queenstown, a survey has revealed.
With two community forums being held tomorrow, to discuss the future of health services in Wakatipu, reporter Joanne Carroll took to the streets to canvass public opinion on the Southland District Health Board's proposed shake up of healthcare services.
The community should demand more detail on the Southland District Health Board's (SDHB) proposed shake-up of Wakatipu health services, a Queenstown general practitioner says.
Minister of Education Anne Tolley officially opened Queenstown Primary School's new classroom block yesterday.
Several plan-change and commissioner hearings have exceeded their budgets as allocated by the Queenstown Lakes District Council's policy and planning department.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has a new heritage strategy - but no money to put it into practice.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy committee raised questions about flood risk, traffic congestion, urban sprawl and environmental impact of a proposal to build 758 homes beside the Shotover River at a meeting in Queenstown yesterday.
I did it! I completed the Real Women's Duathlon at Millbrook yesterday.
The Hilton hotel chain is remaining tight-lipped about whether it is moving into Queenstown's Kawarau Falls Station development, but confirms it is "in negotiations" to open a hotel in the resort.
The overhaul of Queenstown's promotions body Destination Queenstown's (DQ) rules is well advanced.
Doctors and nurses at Lakes District Hospital have concerns about the Southland District Health Board's (SDHB) proposed shake up of Wakatipu health services.
Member's of Queenstown's Irish community were not the only people dressed in green and enjoying the craic, as hundreds of people from all over the world celebrated St Patrick's Day in the resort this week.
Lighting, playground space, signs and parking were among the issues raised at a community workshop on the new reserve management plan for the Queenstown Gardens this week.
A 20-year-old Wellington man was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman who allegedly asked to stop him urinating on the street in Queenstown early yesterday.
An investigation into a commercial jet-boat accident on the Dart River, near Glenorchy, last year has been completed, but a final report is still about three months away.
Queenstown police are investigating a stabbing at the Glenorchy Holiday Park yesterday, Detective Sergeant Grahme Bartlett said.
