Kingston Flyer staff say they were not consulted before the steam train service was suspended on Sunday but were told at a meeting at 3pm on Saturday of the decision to suspend tourist train operations for a month, because of safety concerns.
The Queenstown police will hold hundreds of opened items of mail as evidence and it is still unknown when the mail will be returned to its rightful owners.
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The New Zealand PGA Championship has secured its biggest golfing name yet in three-time US Open winner Hale Irwin.
Queenstown's bid to host 2015 Cricket World Cup matches will have to be debated around the council table next week before going any further.
Building the 104km Around The Mountains Cycle Trail is unlikely to get under way this year, because the Southland District Council is still waiting for an archaeologist's report.
A new downhill mountain bike series begins in Queenstown in two weeks.
Construction of Queenstown's first retreat centre reached the halfway point last month, so Otago Daily Times reporter Olivia Caldwell took a tour of the site with one of the partners of the Aro Ha Centre.
New Zealand Post announced yesterday Queenstown's lost mail will be delivered on Sunday - along with an apology.
A taste of Italy is about to arrive in Queenstown when Italian bistro Sasso opens its doors after a $500,000 revamp.
Children, parents and grandparents gathered at Lake Hayes Estate on Sunday for the settlement's first Party in the Park, which raised money for proposed children's biking facilities.
They met in Queenstown and are now working their way down the country from Cape Reinga to Bluff on their bikes to raise money for St John.
Glenorchy residents welcomed the new $315,000 extension to the Lagoon Boardwalk yesterday after six month's construction.
The Wakatipu Anglican Parish Market Day was held on Saturday morning to raise money for family support in the area.
Runners in the final races in the Queenstown Frontrunner series take off from Jacks Point on Saturday morning. Photo by Olivia Caldwell.
The Frontrunner series finished on Saturday, the final races for the 5km, 10km and half-marathon runners being held at Jacks Point.
The winner of the open female half-marathon was Jana Jurackova in 1hr 31min 5sec.
Simon Green won the open male half-marathon in 1hr 18min 28sec.
The annual series is now in its fourth season.
Wakatipu performers showed up in numbers on Saturday to the pre-auditions to next year's winter production, Chicago.
Queenstown's Alpine Health and Fitness centre was a winner at the New Zealand Fitness Industry Awards in Auckland on Saturday night.
Family members of the woman who died in a helicopter crash in Fiordland in 2004 say from England they are relieved that things have been resolved, after eight-years of uncertainty.
Lake Hayes Estate parents have made it their mission to raise up to $75,000 for bike facilities in the middle of the settlement.
Queenstown man has got his beloved scooter back, even thought it was apparently stolen twice over the weekend.