Chance to plot course for district
Chance to plot course for district
Creating a "vision of success for the future" for the Queenstown Lakes district will be the aim of community meetings this month, part of the Shaping our Future process.
Tracey Roxburgh
Dividend swells coffers
Dividend swells coffers
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's bank account will be $2.46 million healthier this morning, with Queenstown Airport Corporation's first dividend payment having been transferred overnight.
Welcome for Irish World Cup team today
Welcome for Irish World Cup team today
The first Rugby World Cup team will arrive in Queenstown this afternoon. The Irish team will arrive in the resort at 3pm today, to be greeted by 200 school children from around the Central Otago and Lakes districts.
Floatplane operation publicly notified
Floatplane operation publicly notified
A commercial floatplane operation first mooted in the Otago Daily Times two years ago has finally been publicly notified.
QLDC moves to ditch 'affordable' housing
QLDC moves to ditch 'affordable' housing
For seven years, developers told the Queenstown Lakes District Council its plan change to deliver "affordable" housing would not work.
Trust seeks to set up perfumery
Trust seeks to set up perfumery
A proposal to establish a perfumery at Speargrass Flat is now open for public comment.
Taramea Trust has applied for resource consent to undertake additions to its existing commercial winery at Dalefield and to establish a perfumery within the building, which would include retail sales of the product.
Councillor hopes that 'views might change' on PC24
Councillor hopes that 'views might change' on PC24
All is not yet lost for the Queenstown Lakes District Council Plan Change 24 - Community Housing, but next month's meeting in Wanaka will be critical, Councillor Cath Gilmour says.
Demand for advice increasing
Demand for advice increasing
The majority of inquiries at Citizens Advice Bureau Queenstown in the 12 months to June 30 were in the "legal and government" category - which includes immigration inquiries, Cab Queenstown office co-ordinator Gabby Lake said on Friday.
Queenstown man wins $60,000 - wife gets the lot
Queenstown man wins $60,000 - wife gets the lot
Hannah McKenzie-Yates isn't allowed to complain about the amount of time her husband Matty spends playing poker.
Wrong turn: skier hikes 10km
Wrong turn: skier hikes 10km
A Christchurch woman who took a wrong turn on the Coronet Peak skifield late on Saturday afternoon hiked about 10km over "very challenging terrain" in the dark to a farmhouse.
Queenstown scores Trenz event
Queenstown scores Trenz event
Queenstown will host next year's Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand (Trenz) conference, New Zealand's premier international tourism trade event.
Expedition race to be held in April
Expedition race to be held in April
The first unsupported, expedition-style adventure race to be held in New Zealand in 22 years was launched in Queenstown yesterday, with the event already invited to join the Adventure Racing World Series.
Hearing opens into Remarkables Park proposals
Hearing opens into Remarkables Park proposals
A "potpourri" of enhancements and clarifications relating to the Remarkables Park Special Zone were put under the microscope in Queenstown yesterday, during the first day of a resource consent hearing.
One day at the Remarkables...
One day at the Remarkables...
It took five years, five weeks and two days, but NZSki and Southern PR finally got Otago Daily Times and Queenstown Times bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh (aka Troxy) on a pair of skis. Troxy updates us on her first lessons... and her first injury.
Burned dog Demon healing well
Burned dog Demon healing well
After a tough start, Demon, the badly burned canine, is progressing well; as is the fundraising to help with his care.
Council to get $2.46m dividend
Council to get $2.46m dividend
Just over 12 months after Queenstown Airport Corporation was taken to the High Court over a controversial strategic alliance, it has announced a first dividend payment to the Queenstown Lakes District Council of $2.46 million, which the council will use for debt repayment.
Support for Daffodil Day provides needed funds
Support for Daffodil Day provides needed funds
Today marks the 21st annual Daffodil Day, raising money for the New Zealand Cancer Society, to support patients, their families and raise funds to find new treatments and possible cures. The first Daffodil Day was held in 1990 in the Wellington and Central District regions - it is now marked in every town and city in New Zealand.
Firefighters chilly fundraiser
Firefighters chilly fundraiser
There will be no love lost at Coronet Peak tomorrow as firefighters go up against each other in teams of four, competing in the 2011 Firefighter Chill Factor Challenge.
Cancer diagnosis life-changing
Cancer diagnosis life-changing
When Queenstown mother of two Nicki Smith found an area of swelling in her breast last year her life changed.
Shared pollution response sought
Shared pollution response sought
The Otago Regional Council needed to become "accountable" to the Lakes district community in terms of its response to pollution, Mayor Vanessa van Uden said at a full council meeting in Queenstown on Tuesday.