Some of New Zealand's highest profile multisport athletes will converge on Queenstown next month for the 17th annual North Face Peak to Peak, taking competitors from high on the Remarkables ski area to the finish line at Coronet Peak.
Capital project work worth millions of dollars will be offered to the open market by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
A boat which started out in Auckland, was used on Otago Harbour, then moved to Lake Manapouri before settling on Lake Te Anau, has quietly marked her 100th anniversary.
Lotto versus rugby league and Sports Tonight versus TimesFM will be the two "celebrity match-ups" in the inaugural Thriller in the Chiller, being held for the first time as part of the 2010 American Express Queenstown Winter Festival this month.
Enrolment numbers at the Southern Institute of Technology (Sit) Queenstown campus have tripled, prompting the tertiary education provider to add another six full-time courses to answer demand.
Proud, honoured and humbled were the words Robert, known as Jules, Tapper used to describe his being made an Officer of the New Zeaand Order of Merit for services to aviation and tourism.
A need identified in 2005 will be addressed on July 14 when improved bus services are trialled in the Wakatipu Basin.
Saturday, May 29 10am: Preparing to ascend Sawpit Gully. Open curtains. Big flakes of snow falling. Friend sends text message to say she is on way, despite snow. 11am: On...
A founding member of one of New Zealand's largest farm accountancy partnerships will be able to finally tell his family about his Queen's Birthday Honour today.
People removing barriers on the Benmore bridge over the Oreti River near Dipton and driving over it are risking their lives, Southland District Council engineering manager Peter Thompson says.
Planning for a congress of the finest hotel concierges in the world, being held in Queenstown in 2013, will be on the agenda in the resort this weekend during the Hotel Concierge Society Les Clefs d'Or New Zealand annual meeting.
Queenstown Primary School pupil Alice Moran (11) with her entry in The Great Bayleys Art Competition Awards, held in Queenstown last night.
There are going to be a lot of Australians here," Qantas regional general manager Grant Lilly said yesterday, announcing additional transtasman services direct to Queenstown from Melbourne this summer.
Public feedback is being sought on a proposal by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to make "minor changes" to parking on Church St and a change to Searle Lane access.
Ngai Tahu Tourism is investigating ways to prevent petrol burns to passengers should a jet-boat crash, after an incident on Lake Wakatipu in 2008.
Chairlifts at Coronet Peak would start to turn at 9am tomorrow for the 2010 season, ski area manager Hamish McCrostie said yesterday.
A $10 million community housing development proposal in Queenstown is closer to becoming a reality after Housing Minister Phil Heatley yesterday announced a $1 million grant.
NZSKI will make a decision today on whether Coronet Peak will be able to open as planned on Saturday.
The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival - which starts this month - has been ranked one of the world's Top 10 "must see" festivals by an Australian website.
A robotic ski tuner will be taking the overnight shift at one of New Zealand's longest-established ski shops this winter, following a $270,000 investment in the Montana Snow Cruiser Max.
