Former United States Air Force aircraft electrician Jim Huffstutler, of Queenstown, braved cold conditions in the resort yesterday for the Returned and Services Association’s annual Poppy Day Appeal.
A long-mooted arterial route for Queenstown has been approved for a fast-tracked consent and work could start on the multi million-dollar project before the end of the year.
Queenstown Resort College has joined forces with the resort’s chamber of commerce and the Govt on a pilot programme to help keep people in tourism jobs and give them a chance to add more strings to their bows.
Members of the bachata boot camp perform at the Queenstown Memorial Centre on Saturday night during the resort’s inaugural salsa and Latin dance festival.
"This is the saviour." Those were the words of Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult after learning quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start in less than a fortnight.
Southern civic leaders and business figures are united in hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will today confirm quarantine-free transtasman air travel is set to resume.
About $13 million of tourism funding is on the way, and the Queenstown Lakes District and Fiordland have been identified as two priority areas for grants.
About $13million of tourism infrastructure funding is on the way, with the Queenstown Lakes District identified as one of the priority areas for grants.