Owners of a Central Otago vineyard are charging their glasses after learning a bottle of their wine has been sold for one of the highest prices paid for a bottle of New Zealand wine.
The New Zealand University crews retained the Transtasman Cup at Lake Hayes yesterday, beating their Australian counterparts 3-1 in the second test of the series.
Concept plans for the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed Earnslaw Park upgrade have been released to allow for community feedback.
Ice-skating, baking, singing and dancing have kept about 80 children involved in Lakes Leisure's school holiday programme busy this week.
Shotover Jet river operations manager Wayne Paton holds an example of the ice accumulated on the banks and flowing fast down Shotover River at Arthurs Point on Monday which postponed jet-boat tourism at the start of the school holidays.
Queenstown children involved in Lakes Leisure's holiday programme will be treated to a special opportunity next week, giving them a first-hand insight into what it is like to compete at the Olympic Games.
A poular Arrowtown cafe is diversifying, extending its opening hours and catering to a perceived gap in the market for diners.
The 25th commercial harvest at Gibbston Valley Winery will produce an "outstanding" 2012 vintage, thanks to a "dream run" of summer and autumn weather.
Fourteen Kawarau Village Apartments will be released for sale on July 14 by Ray White Queenstown, after the company secured exclusive rights to list the properties.
A pioneering hotel near Coronet Peak which was placed in voluntary liquidation in December is on the market.
The site of the former - and proposed - Arrowtown Petrol Station is on the market again, for sale by tender.
Following one of the most inappropriate events during this year's Queenstown Winter Festival, it was fitting Miss Inappropriate, also known as Mark Wilson, was crowned the winner of the 2012 Drag Race.
Rain failed to dampen the spirits of hundreds of people who lined the "blue carpet" in Queenstown's Ballarat St mall on Saturday night to see the stars of Ice Age 4: Continental Drift.
After two days of unsettled weather, Queenstown was bathed in sunshine yesterday, with snowcapped mountains providing the perfect backdrop for the second full day of Queenstown Winter Festival action.
Queenstown police are seeking witnesses to a serious crash on State Highway 6, near Glenda Dr, on Friday night.
The owner of a 130ha development near Arrowtown believes an "emerging upswing" in the high-end real estate market could pay dividends.
Twelve Queenstown women will spend today primping, preening and preparing to show off the results of three months' hard work, strutting their stuff down the catwalk at the Queenstown Memorial Hall during the Ladies Fashion Challenge.
Wakatipu forward Aaron Redaelli, who last Thursday jumped into Lake Wakatipu to save a young man from drowning, was hailed as a hero again on Saturday after Wakatipu beat Arrowtown 14-11 in trying conditions.
Auckland publicist Lisa Cruse quite literally bit off more than she could chew on Saturday afternoon, when she discovered a chunk of glass embedded in a chocolate bar.
Up to 600 delegates from city, regional and district councils will gather in Queenstown next month for the 2012 Local Government New Zealand conference.
