The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust announced a new starter loan package last night for first-time buyers of homes in the Wakatipu Basin.
Reaction from Wakatipu High School staff members to the appointment of relieving principal Paul O'Connor has been positive, according to the man who appointed him.
Queenstown's new detective sergeant aims to target drug crime in the resort after a month in the top position.
The Lakes Leisure school holiday got under way on Monday, when 80 children signed up for a day of fun at the Queenstown Events centre. Children took part in rock climbing, indoor and outdoor ball...
A school camp for adults is how the American behind Glenorchy's proposed retreat and meditation centre is describing it.
Boxing has never been a sport at which I've longed to have a crack, but getting out of one's comfort zone is always a good thing, or so one particular boxing coach told me.
Wakatipu's next large-scale development is one step closer after a Queenstown Lakes District Council committee yesterday approved the proposed Shotover Country development.
The next piece of the puzzle for the Queenstown Trail will begin today with the start of construction near Arrowtown, marking the halfway mark for the 90km track.
A total of 162 submissions have been received by Lakes Environmental regarding the float-plane operation proposed for Lake Wakatipu - 135 in opposition.
It may have lost the New Zealand Open, but next week The Hills welcomes one of the country's top international tournaments, the Four Nations Cup.
After receiving a rap across the knuckles last week for moving a little too early, the Kingston Flyer's operations team got the train moving along the tracks smoothly yesterday morning.
Epic Boxing Showdown organiser Stewart Mitchell wants to open a junior boxing academy in Queenstown.
Dismissed Wakatipu High School principal Lyn Cooper has lodged a claim with the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) after being asked to leave her position at the school two weeks ago.
More than 80 people, most of them parents, attended a meeting held at Wakatipu High School last night, to voice concerns about a staffing problem that came to a head in the past week.
She's been on the job one week and already Queenstown's newest alcohol harm reduction officer wants to get proactive.
A retreat and meditation centre may be built near Glenorchy if a resource consent for the Aro Ha Retreat Centre is granted by Lakes Environmental.
A working bloke needs a working bloke lunch and now one Queenstown woman has the answer for those on the outskirts of town with her new takeaway lunch cafe.
The proposed $7 million Around the Mountain Cycle Trail that it was hoped would be open at this time next year has received a setback in the resource application process.
The Kingston Flyer's engine blew off two year's worth of steam yesterday as the train's operations team fired it up for the first time since 2009.
QUEENSTOWN: The BackingBlack All Blacks fan club will visit Queenstown on Monday.