Clients and invited guests were on hand to celebrate the relaunch of the Arrowtown Boutique Hair Company on Saturday and its transformation from "London Underground" to "Boutique Boudoir".
The clock started ticking on Saturday for a planned television project which will feature one of New Zealand's most successful chefs.
Flags, fanfares and flying athletes will mark the official opening of the inaugural Winter Games NZ in Queenstown on Friday.
She is described as the "heavy hitter" of the United States women's ski team and while all eyes may be on Lindsey Vonn during the forthcoming Winter Games NZ, the 24-year-old is treating it like any other event and trying not to become overwhelmed.
Queenstown police last week arrested and charged two Australians and one French-Canadian in relation to three incidents in the resort, all involving alcohol.
An "all-encompassing pass" designed to increase the fitness and recreation options for Queenstown residents was last week released by Lakes Leisure.
A price reduction at Alpine Aqualand for Community Services or SuperGold card holders was designed to increase accessibility to the swimming pool complex for "less affluent members of the community".
Wakatipu school pupils were treated to workshops with members of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra last week, when its Outreach and Education programme was held in the Wakatipu basin.
Wakatipu youngsters will have a chance to meet some of the world's great ski champions at Coronet Peak tomorrow.
A resource consent hearing will be held in Queenstown next week to determine whether Aurora Energy Ltd should be granted consent to upgrade part of the electricity line near Wanaka.
It was being called the greatest day of skiing at the Remarkables this season, with hundreds converging on the field to make the most of the 35cm of fresh powder snow which fell in the 24 hours to yesterday morning.
A fortnight from now, one Queenstown man will be testing his mettle against some of the best in the world at Cardrona, when he comes out of retirement to represent New Zealand in the Winter Games skier cross.
"An intricate", complicated and at times contentious development beside Lake Hayes will come under the microscope again next week when four resource consent applications are heard simultaneously in Queenstown.
The father of an Englishwoman who died in a river-boarding accident on the Kawarau River last year is flying to New Zealand for next week's court hearing into the mishap.
An Arrowtown man will give the "ultimate gift" to his sister next month - a life-saving kidney.
Keen golfers will be given the chance to buy all sorts of equipment later this month when the Arrowtown Golf Club holds the first Southern Lakes Golf Sale, raising money for Arrowtown Junior Golf.
One former Dunedin man has discovered the benefits of small-town living, after swapping Dunedin for Arrowtown and running the town's first travel agency.
Two United States snowboarders - one of whom is believed to be a former Winter Olympics medallist - who were charged with possession of cannabis in Wanaka have completed diversion.
The 20-year-old Arrowtown woman involved in a spectacular car crash in Arrowtown last month is likely to appear in the Queenstown District Court in September.
Stormcat Lodge, at Arthurs Point, is expected to attract wide interest from a variety of buyers.
