Queenstown boarding houses in spotlight
Queenstown boarding houses in spotlight
Queenstown boarding houses are under the spotlight, but the Government agency involved is saying little publicly about what it’s found.
Mark Price
Sour grapes? Conflict between vines and villas
Sour grapes? Conflict between vines and villas
A conflict between vines and houses in Gibbston was foreseen decades ago, and it continues to live on today.
Rates rise needed to maintain Crown Range Road
Rates rise needed to maintain Crown Range Road
Queenstown Lakes ratepayers will have to dig a little deeper this year to pay for maintenance of the Crown Range Road.
Call for review of QAC matters
Call for review of QAC matters
Central government is again being called on to review the actions of a southern local authority.
New group set up to oppose airport
New group set up to oppose airport
A new group is being welcomed to the fight plans for an international airport at Tarras.
Rich-lister in Gibbston stoush
Rich-lister in Gibbston stoush
In the first of three reports, Mark Price examines the argument over one small development proposed for one of the country’s best-known wine producing regions — Gibbston — and the fears about where...
Skifields make ‘solid’ start to school holidays but still ‘plenty of space’
Skifields make ‘solid’ start to school holidays but still ‘plenty of space’
Southern skifields are filling up but there is still some way to go to match the huge crowds of last year.
Airport site analysis to be revealed
Airport site analysis to be revealed
Just how well Tarras stacks up as the site for a new international airport should be a lot clearer by the end of next month.
Plan for significant development in Queenstown hits roadblock
Plan for significant development in Queenstown hits roadblock
Developers keen to turn the pastures of Ladies Mile at Queenstown’s eastern entrance into a housing subdivision are being urged to hold their horses.
Ladies Mile development plans rejected
Ladies Mile development plans rejected
Plans for development along Queenstown’s northern entrance have been firmly rejected by the community.
Kiwis' help sought to save Air NZ plane from scrap
Kiwis' help sought to save Air NZ plane from scrap
Kiwis are being asked to put their hands in their pockets to save a flying dinosaur that could find a new home in Wanaka.
Representing spread crucial
Representing spread crucial
How to effectively govern a region almost as sparsely populated as Mongolia — that will be an issue for those engaged in reorganising local government, Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan says.
Overhaul of local govt anticipated from review
Overhaul of local govt anticipated from review
Might the Maniototo become part of Dunedin city, might Cromwell be administered from Queenstown rather than Alexandra, might Southland local bodies be forced to amalgamate?
Govt keeping clear of airports debate
Govt keeping clear of airports debate
The Government is standing well clear of the debate over the competing airport proposals at Tarras and Wanaka put up by companies majority-owned by two southern local authorities.
Queenstown body builder shaping up to turn pro
Queenstown body builder shaping up to turn pro
Queenstown body builder Danny King’s closing in on his dream of going pro.
Repurposing former church in rural Queenstown
Repurposing former church in rural Queenstown
A 110-year-old former church has become part of the Malaghans Road landscape, between Queenstown and Arrowtown.
Airports, tourism levels spatial plan concerns
Airports, tourism levels spatial plan concerns
Allowing airports to expand and accepting too much tourism and population growth were the main points criticised by the public in their submissions on the QLDC's draft spatial plan.
Pan champ faces big call
Pan champ faces big call
A trip to Poland is beckoning for newly crowned New Zealand gold panning champion Adam Lind, of Alexandra.
Doc decision road block for cycle section
Doc decision road block for cycle section
A "huge roadblock" is holding up a start on the next leg of the $26.3million Otago Central cycle trail network that would link Queenstown with Cromwell.
Commercial jet plans ‘stalled’ but processes can be repeated
Commercial jet plans ‘stalled’ but processes can be repeated
Plans to develop Wanaka Airport for commercial jet services might have stalled, but have not gone away.