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.
Some central Queenstown businesses are against an upgrade of Marine Parade because it will take away four car parking spaces.
International names will be in Queenstown this weekfor The North Face Big Mountain Open qualifiers, the biggest freeski event in the southern hemisphere this season.
Millenium Hotel Queenstown is the first hotel in the resort to receive an Enviro Gold Qualmark endorsement.
While the "immediate" risk has passed at the Moonlight Track, near Queenstown, a permanent solution is being investigated to stabilise an area which, in heavy rain, could wipe out two houses.
After 35 years, the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival has been named the best-established event at the Event Professionals Industry Awards Dinner, held in Taupo this week.
Three plan changes, including the controversial Arrowtown urban boundary plan change, will be notified this month, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Clive Geddes says.
Residents would soon be able to subscribe to a community-owned wheelie-bin service, Queenstown Lakes District Council solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said yesterday.
Some of New Zealand's past Olympians will be in action this weekend at Coronet Peak, competing in a spirit of fierce but friendly rivalry during the prestigious New Zealand Skiing Masters.
The Employment Relations Authority has found in favour of a former Queenstown courier driver who was not paid wages or reimbursed for her cellphone calls.
