The Queenstown Lakes District Council is expected to receive a report from Lakes Leisure later this month, further examining its justification for restricting access to Alpine Aqualand for two commercial swim schools, but it is unlikely the council will step in and fix the problem.
Wakatipu music lovers will be able to enjoy one of the region's favourite choirs next month when the Central Otago Regional Choir performs Fabulous Faure in the resort.
Alpine Aqualand is a community facility delivering a community learn-to-swim programme, not a business owned by a commercial entity - facts which appear to have become lost during an "emotional debate", Lakes Leisure board director Peter Faul says.
As many as 50 heli-biking enthusiasts could be whizzing down Northburn Station, between Cromwell and Clyde, today during the inaugural Fat Tyre Heli-Bike race.
Historic Queenstown building dating back to the late 1880s is showing off it's new face this week, as protective hessian screens are taken down.
A rise in violent offences in the "Otago rural area" last year was largely attributed to Queenstown - and alcohol, Otago rural area commander Inspector Mike Cook said yesterday.
This picture won the recreational category of the 2009 Ministry of Fisheries photography competition.
A new fridge will be gracing the kitchen of an Arrowtown home soon, after its owner won $25,000 in a Big Wednesday Second Chance draw.
The inaugural Tour de Wakatipu planned for Easter Saturday could attract as many as 700 competitors, with more than 500 already entered.
A working bee to plant 300 native trees along the Gibbston River Trail is planned for this Sunday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council may have come up with an innovative $80 million solution to the town's increasing parking issues.
A Queenstown architect last night won part of a Department of Building and Housing competition for his design of a starter home.
An Arrowtown mother spearheading a drive to get $700,000 funding from the Ministry of Education for a new preschool said she was hopeful this time the proposal would be successful.
The inquest into the death of Israeli tourist Liat Okin (35), who was found dead on the Routeburn Track on May 16 last year, will be held in Queenstown on April 29.
The beginning of the Easter school holidays will be marked this weekend in Queenstown at the Skyline Easter Family Fun Day.
Households and workplaces which pledge to reduce their electricity demand at home will be able to pick up free energy-saving light bulbs from the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Blasting work at the Nevis Bluff, between Queenstown and Cromwell on State Highway 6, was complete, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) advised yesterday.
Queenstown hotels needed to focus on adding value and effectively managing costs to remain competitive as demand softened over the coming months, New Zealand Hotel Council chairwoman Jennie Langley said yesterday.
The Arrowtown Rugby Club paid a final tribute to Ewan Edgerton on Saturday night by downing a shot of whisky in honour of the club stalwart, who died on March 16, aged 57.
You have laughed, snorted, empathised, sympathised and more than once wondered if Otago Daily Times and Queenstown Times bureau chief Tracey Roxburgh (Troxy) has lost her marbles in the past seven weeks. And now, the moment you have all been waiting for . . . Troxy has finished boot camp - and in her last column detailing her experiences, you get to find out whether it was worth it.
