Lakes district voters are being urged by the Queenstown Community Strategic Asset Group to sound out election candidates on the contentious alliance between the Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd.
Helping those over the age of 60 get more from their everyday living and recreation are key aims behind Lakes Leisure's "Leisurelys Programme", to be launched on Monday.
Queenstown police are looking for witnesses to "wanton damage" done in the Fernhill area in recent days, part of a spate of wilful damage in the resort.
"Phenomenal" snow conditions have prompted Coronet Peak to extend its season, allowing for up to an extra week of skiing and riding, or as long as conditions allow.
A new programme launched by Queenstown Resort College could see Queenstown businesses become the "face" of the resort's "rich culture, character and energy".
Four young Cantabrians were labelled "very lucky and very stupid" by Queenstown police after a boat trip went "terribly wrong" and their dinghy sank in the freezing waters of Lake Wakatipu on Saturday night.
The 2010 ASB Queenstown JazzFest will have a distinctly Australian flavour, with five acts from across the Tasman included in the line-up of more than 50 bands and 150 New Zealand and international performers for the 32nd festival.
"A competent drop pilot with a smile a mile wide" was remembered and mourned in Glenorchy on Saturday afternoon, two weeks to the day after he was killed in a plane crash at Fox Glacier.
A spring and summer marketing campaign is being launched in Australia this week by Destination Queenstown, showcasing the diversity of the region and providing compelling reasons to "visit now".
The Queenstown Events Centre will add a cafe to its premises by the end of this month after established cafe operator the Tin Goose successfully tendered to operate at the site.
While Queenstown real estate agents were "surprised" by the low number of sales in July, Queenstown was "arguably" fairing better than the rest of New Zealand overall, Real Estate Institute of New Zealand Queenstown spokesman Adrian Snow said.
The election for the Queenstown Lakes District Council is shaping up to be one of the most critical in recent history, with three candidates standing for mayor and 20 candidates vying for 10 seats on the council.
A "pretty significant milestone" was celebrated by the Central Lakes Trust in Queenstown yesterday after it announced a $1 million grant to the Wakatipu Trails Trust for its 87km Queenstown Trail - it was the 10th grant of $1 million or more the trust had granted in less than 10 years.
The Studio Pilates and Physiotherapists' inaugural Run Like A Girl programme, held in autumn, was such a success the pro-gramme will be released nationally next year.
A year to the day since Queenstown farmer Russell Liggett was killed by a poplar on Lower Shotover Rd, the Queenstown Lakes District Council Community Services Committee adopted the district's tree policy, which was amended to include trees on parts of the rural roading network.
It has been a while since Arrowtown residents have had to vote for their voice on the Queenstown Lakes District Council - nine years to be exact.
Queenstown's newest school will hold its first social evening in November, with mountaineer and expedition leader Peter Hillary set to make the trek south to support Remarkables Primary School.
Katrina Gordon Trade Shows Ltd will be in Queenstown this month, marking 21 years of bringing hospitality trade shows to New Zealand's regional markets.
A cycling theme was evident in the 2010 Destination Fiordland Tourism Awards, held in Te Anau recently.
It has taken four years of "very hard work", but it will all be worth it in Kingston today when earthworks begin for the community's new emergency services building beside the town's fire station.
