It was unlikely any funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) for the bulk of the Eastern Access Rd would be allocated before next July, southern planning and investment manager Ian McCabe said yesterday.
The first coloured police cars began active duty in the Southern district yesterday, aiming to lower the number of serious and fatal crashes in Otago and Southland.
It has taken three years of legal battles but Queenstown will get a Pak'n Save and Mitre 10 Mega store at Frankton Flats, after no appeals were lodged against approved resource consents.
Arrowtown businesswomen have joined forces to network and support each other through the Arrowtown Business Women's Group.
Three serious - potentially season-ending - injuries suffered during Arrowtown's 66-0 win over Matakanui-Combined put a dampener on celebrations on Saturday night.
While many said it with breakfast in bed, chocolates or a meal out, others told their mothers they loved them with flowers, simultaneously raising money for St John.
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee yesterday indicated an announcement on the contentious State Highway 6 Kawarau Bridge at Frankton could be close.
A meeting between Housing Minister Nick Smith and Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden on Friday to discuss a proposed housing accord for the resort was another positive step - but much remains to be done before any final decisions are made.
Confirming development rights is the first step to re-establishing a building and activity on the World Bar site, an existing use rights certificate application says.
VBore Queenstown's $200,000 Corporate Jet Services terminal was even officially opened by Clutha-Southland MP and deputy prime minister Bill English last night, a larger, more permanent structure was already being discussed.
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden says the key focus of a group studying better road safety for tourist drivers is to balance concerns and messages to make informed decisions.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is preparing to lodge an application with the National Rural Fire Authority to recover the cost of a fire at Cecil Peak in March.
The Otago Regional Council yesterday confirmed the Arrow River has tested positive for didymo.
A Governance group is expected to be formed within weeks to develop a project aimed at improving road safety for tourist drivers.
The Battle of the Basin this Saturday shapes up to be a cracker, as both Arrowtown and Wakatipu are unbeaten so far in the 2014 season and the White Horse Cup is on the line.
The Wakatipu business community had every reason to smile over the weekend as school holidays and the long weekend, combined with the Arrowtown Autumn Festival and the inaugural Queenstown Blues and Roots Festival, brought visitors to the resort in droves.
Paddy-Ann Pemberton may be a little hoarse today, after spending the bulk of her weekend crying in Arrowtown.
Unsuspecting visitors were treated to an action-packed fun-filled race down Arrowtown's main street on Sunday morning, as nine teams of four battled for top honours in the annual Pub to Pub Challenge, part of the Arrowtown Autumn Festival.
Queenstown teenager Amelia Gatward-Ferguson booked another trip to Australia after winning the New Zealand Gold Panning Championships overall title on Sunday for the second consecutive year.
Wanaka golfer Michael Bayliss booked the trip of a lifetime on Sunday night in Queenstown, being crowned winner of the 2014 Mercedes Trophy and a member of ''Team New Zealand'', to travel to Germany later this year.
