New Zealand Golf's decision to move the Open to Clearwater was disappointing "but Christchurch could do with a bit of a boost", The Hills golf professional Craig Palmer said yesterday.
Queenstown Airport Corporation's six-monthly report lists the strategic alliance with Auckland Airport as a highlight and has included the impending High Court judicial review into the alliance as a challenge.
Kelvin Heights residents are being encouraged to "muck in" today, to help with some of the $70,000 worth of landscaping at the new State Highway 6-Peninsula Rd intersection, near Queenstown.
Members of Queenstown's gay and lesbian community have formed a society, and hope to attract enough members to be able to organise a summer mardi gras.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has the power to control the effects, or potential effects, of any development which could push up land prices in the district, a High Court decision has found.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has spent more than $320,000 in legal fees and litigation costs over the strategic alliance between the Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd, creating an "unfavourable variance" in the budget, which is expected to only get worse.
Gibbston will be celebrating on Monday night during a special event to mark its recent success in the 2011 New Zealander of the Year Awards.
Before Sunday, Daryl Hobman, of Auckland, had never been to Queenstown. But after winning a two-day trip through an Auckland Airport and House of Travel competition, Ms Hobman and her long-time friend Cristeen Smith, of Te Atatu, plan on coming back next month.
Queenstown Airport set a record in January, with almost 73,000 domestic passengers passing through its terminal during the month.
Runway lights at Queenstown Airport will be operational by the end of June, maximising the airport's operating hours and reducing the number of flight diversions.
A bike patrol may soon be in force on the Ben Lomond reserve if a recommendation to the Queenstown Lakes District Council community services committee is accepted tomorrow.
Queenstown will host the world premiere of Rita and Douglas, which tells the story of a brief but passionate affair between two of New Zealand's renowned artists, during the 2011 Festival of Colour.
A chance encounter last month in Christchurch between former top Ironman triathletes and old rivals Gavin Hawke and Geoff Matthews has led to the creation of what is being regarded as the most outstanding off-road triathlon course in New Zealand, which will have its debut during the 2011 Motatapu event next month.
Resource consent applications were lodged with Lakes Environmental on Thursday for Wanaka's new state-of-the-art dog pound.
The long-awaited independent report into the strategic alliance between Queenstown and Auckland airports is expected to be made public this month.
Aspen Ridge Developments and its director, Martin O'Neill, have been ordered by the Environment Court to pay more than $6000 to the Queenstown Lakes District Council for refusing to comply with the terms of consent and exhibiting behaviour which may even amount to an abuse of process.
The seventh annual Cocktail World Cup - dubbed the "Carnival of the Cocktail" - will be hitting Queenstown next month.
Staff from the Department of Conservation and Southern Discoveries spent more than a week camping in Sinbad Gully, at the base of Mitre Peak, playing recorded kiwi calls, to ensure the safety of a pair of breeding kiwi before their release this week.
A recent award for the Gibbston Community Association had sealed the Gibbston River Trail's position on the "Kiwi must do list", Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden said.
Motorists who use the Church St underground car park in the Queenstown CBD will be facing a 60% increase in all-day parking charges and a 68% increase in monthly parking charges if a recommendation to the Queenstown Lakes District Council's infrastructure services committee meeting is approved.
