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.
An upgrade of one of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's "critical" wastewater infrastructure components will be discussed by the infrastructure services committee tomorrow.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is now seeking an alternative solution for dumping Wanaka sewage, this time near Luggate, having failed to gain support for a similar proposal in the Ardgour Valley, near Tarras, last year.
The whereabouts of Amber-Lee Cruickshank remain a mystery after bones discovered on the Kingston foreshore yesterday afternoon were identified as belonging to an animal, possibly a sheep.
A party is being planned for Gibbston to celebrate the tiny neighbourhood being named the 2011 Community of the Year during a gala dinner in Auckland on Wednesday night.
A 60-tonne, 24m-long boat, Pacific Jemm, is expected to begin its journey to Queenstown today on the back of an 88-wheeled trailer.
The Wakatipu Aero Club is searching for sponsors to "substantially boost" the club's funds, allowing it to relaunch its scholarship programme.
Champagne corks would have been popping around Gibbston last night as news broke the tiny community had been named the 2011 New Zealand Community of the Year.
