Skyline Enterprises has been granted non-notified consent by independent commissioner David Clarke for minor extensions to the Skyline Gondola Base Terminal building and the upper terminal building.
About 60 emergency services personnel from Queenstown, Wanaka and Clyde, along with Rescue Co-ordination Centre staff from Wellington, will take part in a full-scale search and rescue exercise (sarex) in the Wakatipu today.
It is likely to be months before Lakes Leisure's fast hydroslide is operating again after being closed in June 2009, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Vanessa van Uden says.
One of Queenstown's most regal ladies will be hosting a pre-Christmas party this weekend and everyone is invited.
The Queenstown Airport Corporation has until January 17 to decide if it will appeal the decision to reject night flights to and from the resort, QAC chief executive Steve Sanderson said this week.
A minute's silence at noon today in Queenstown will provide an opportunity for Wakatipu residents to mark the Pike River mine tragedy.
A report into a Pacific Blue flight that allegedly took off from Queenstown after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) twilight cut-off and in bad weather on one of the shortest days of the year should be ready by the end of next month.
The first resource consent application for the Wakatipu Trails Trust's planned network of public walking and cycling trails has been lodged with Lakes Environmental.
Children in the Wakatipu have been asked to think of someone else this Christmas and make a wish for someone who deserves a treat through the hoamz Wishing Trees.
The Royalburn Farming Company has been granted consent in the Environment Court to develop an 11-lot subdivision beside the Crown Range Rd.
Some motorists, described as "absolute lunatics", may get infringement notices after trying to bypass police roadblocks in Queenstown yesterday morning.
A gas leak of "potentially explosive levels" which caused the evacuation of a three-storeyed building not far from Queenstown Primary School yesterday was caused by a barbecue left stored in a cupboard with the gas bottle still turned on.
Peregrine Wines is the toast of the country after its Peregrine Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009 won the premier award at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards, considered to be New Zealand's most prestigious wine competition, from a field of 1579 wines.
Remarkables Park will officially launch its European-inspired summer weekend market on December 4, with traders advised to register early to guarantee their place.
The driver of the jet-boat carrying 14 passengers which hit a rock face on Monday afternoon has been stood down from work, while one passenger remained in Lakes District Hospital last night, Ngai Tahu Tourism southern region general manager David Kennedy said yesterday.
The controversial alliance between the Queenstown and Auckland airport companies was discussed behind closed doors yesterday during a marathon workshop involving the Queenstown Lakes District Council and other interested parties.
A Queenstown bar and its owner have been ordered to pay more than $18,000 to its neighbour over an ongoing issue which has taken three years in the Environment Court to resolve, described by Judge Jon Jackson as constituting an "abuse of process".
Wakatipu High School technology teacher Glenn Brickell is asking locals to check their back gardens for a spare portable garage needed to help automotive engineering and trade pupils learn their trades.
The companies behind the $100 million The Rees Hotel and Luxury Apartments have been ordered to pay more than $19,000 to the Queenstown Lakes District Council for allowing workers and contractors to park off site during construction of the development.
"Challenging trading conditions" had been behind the drop across most areas of Queenstown real estate in October, but there were hopes loan conditions might be relaxed and more activity in real estate sales would follow, Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Queenstown spokesman Adrian Snow said yesterday.
