Yesterday's announcement Queenstown is one of 23 centres across New Zealand which will host Rugby World Cup teams in 2011 has presented the resort with a great opportunity.
The gardening equivalent of the gold rush is on in Queenstown, with keen gardeners of any age, ability or interest level able to "claim a patch" at the Harvest Community Gardens.
With just 13 days left until New Year's Eve, the Queenstown Lakes District Council is busy organising its traditional celebrations in the district.
A $2.5 million show home in Millbrook Resort's new Coronet Square opens on Saturday, giving people the chance to see five-star living at its finest.
A Queenstown entrepreneur is throwing his support behind a New Zealand man who has been a tetraplegic since 2000, when some horseplay went horribly wrong.
The appointment of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's chief executive will be discussed at the full council's final meeting for the year today, with the public excluded.
Queenstown's real estate market statistically had shown itself to have "generally corrected and stabilised", Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) Queenstown media spokesman Adrian Snow said.
A good deed was repaid yesterday when the Salvation Army received about $2500 of groceries as a thank you from contractors at the Kawarau Falls development.
Jim Feehly has been elected the new chairman of the Arrowtown Village Association, replacing outgoing chairman Richard Newman.
Any new owner of the Kingston Flyer could find themselves unable to operate it as such, as the name is subject to a trademark agreement.
Two curves on State Highway 6 may be removed, if the New Zealand Transport Agency's (NZTA) road realignment is approved following next week's resource consent hearing in Queenstown.
Police are "not looking for anyone" in relation to a fire at the Shotover Delta on Tuesday night and say the fire was not suspicious.
Queenstown's second set of traffic lights will become operational today, New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) project manager John Jarvis said yesterday.
"Where do we stop and where do we start?" was the question posed by Queenstown Lakes District Council deputy harbourmaster Dave Black yesterday in relation to a hectic start to the summer season.
The Queenstown Lakes District had already secured 40 Environment Court hearing days for the first quarter of 2010, but it was not enough, solicitor Graeme Todd told the council's strategy committee yesterday.
More than 20,000 flights a year could be taking place at Queenstown Airport by 2037, if growth predictions are accurate, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's strategy committee was told yesterday.
An Invercargill-based charitable trust needs to raise $200,000 by Friday if it is going to be successful in its bid to buy the historic Kingston Flyer.
The full Queenstown Lakes District Council will decide next week on its submission regarding Arrowtown South's private plan change after the strategy committee recommended it yesterday.
It started with what appears to be a cruel hoax . . . and ended with smiles all round for 30 Arrowtown children.
A short-list of three applicants, in the running for the Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive's position, will be interviewed by councillors next week.
