Biking opportunity
Biking opportunity
Two major biking events in Queenstown this weekend should be fun for both recreational and elite riders, as the inaugural Queenstown Bike Festival draws to a close.
Tracey Roxburgh
Move to cut crime in resort
Move to cut crime in resort
Queenstown police hope to reduce street crime by making it harder for drunken revellers to enter bars after being ejected from or denied entry to other licensed premises in the resort.
Not-so-warm winter coat
Not-so-warm winter coat
Snow lovers rejoiced in Queenstown yesterday morning, waking to find the Remarkables and other mountains surrounding the resort covered in snow.
Bruises fade, memories may not
Bruises fade, memories may not
Children are the most precious of things, and should be handled with care - loved, protected and nurtured. All too often, however, the youngest members of a family are exposed to violence, which in itself is child abuse.
Kiwi guitarist top act at blues fundraiser
Kiwi guitarist top act at blues fundraiser
Auckland guitarist Billy TK jun will be the headline act at SkyCity Queenstown on Sunday during the inaugural Easter Blues event, which will raise money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal.
Child abuse - the facts
Child abuse - the facts
There is no such thing as a bad person, only bad behaviour - and behaviours can change.
College springboard to perfect job
College springboard to perfect job
Five years from its inception, the Queenstown Resort College has grown from a modest operation catering for 11 students to a fully-fledged tertiary institution with a student population of just under 300. Joe Dodgshun spoke to graduate Graeme Sharp, now manager of a luxury safari camp in Zimbabwe.
Application 'moved the goalposts'
Application 'moved the goalposts'
Fourteen submissions were received by Lakes Environmental on a proposal for Mt Dewar Station to build a visitor accommodation facility - all but one in opposition.
Loss of QAC chairman rued
Loss of QAC chairman rued
Former Queenstown Airport Corporation chairman Mark Taylor's forced resignation was "a great loss for the board, Queenstown Airport and the community", the remaining three directors said in a statement yesterday.
High Court in resort for airport alliance review
High Court in resort for airport alliance review
In a "very unusual" move, the High Court will sit in Queenstown next month, to preside over a judicial review for the Queenstown-Auckland airports alliance.
Jubilation as trail boosted by $951,000 CTOS grant
Jubilation as trail boosted by $951,000 CTOS grant
When Wakatipu Trails Trust chief executive Kaye Parker found out a fortnight ago the trust had received a $951,000 grant from the Community Trust of Southland, she "might have shrieked down the phone".
Speed limits over winter
Speed limits over winter
Speed restrictions along a section of Malaghans Rd, between Arrowtown and Queenstown, will remain in place over winter, after the Queenstown Lakes District Council announced a $900,000 construction project would be split in two parts and completed in spring.
QAC row claims casualty
QAC row claims casualty
The row over the sale of Queenstown Airport Corporation shares to Auckland International Airport claimed its first victim yesterday when chairman Mark Taylor "resigned".
Significant funding boost for trail
Significant funding boost for trail
A $951,000 grant from the Community Trust of Southland has taken the Wakatipu Trails Trust another step closer to its $5 million fund-raising goal to establish the Queenstown Trail and has enabled construction of the 90km trail to begin.
Quake sees new faces competing in Routeburn Classic
Quake sees new faces competing in Routeburn Classic
A Christchurch couple is looking to make it two in a row in this month's Routeburn Classic, having crossed the finish line in first place during last year's event.
Abuse: Hoping for better did not work
Abuse: Hoping for better did not work
Despite eight years of emotional, psychological and physical abuse Sarah - not her real name - lived in a state of "perpetual hope" that things would get better.
Mural celebrates wider festival
Mural celebrates wider festival
An eye-catching photographic mural at the entrance of the Remarkables Park Town Centre in Frankton will remain in place for the duration of the 2011 Festival of Colour.
Wanted: 10 volunteers with plenty to lose
Wanted: 10 volunteers with plenty to lose
Lakes Leisure is looking for 10 Queenstown residents wanting to lose at least 25kg to take part in a fully-sponsored health and fitness makeover.
Meeting 'integral' in helping board
Meeting 'integral' in helping board
Discussions in Queenstown last week on the proposed Lakes District's integrated family healthcare centre were "undoubtedly ... tense at times", but integral in helping the Southern District Health Board (DHB), chief executive Brian Rousseau said yesterday.
Extra funding requested for discussion forums
Extra funding requested for discussion forums
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be asked to consider approving a further $26,400 at its meeting next week to help fund community forums, discussing the need for an independent events organisation and an economic future agency.