Tracey Roxburgh

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.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council may have come up with an innovative $80 million solution to the town's increasing parking issues.

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.

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.

Over the coming weeks, Queenstown Times readers will see some of the 10,000 historical images held at the Lakes District Museum in Arrowtown.

Queenstown Primary School pupil Reuben Thompson got to meet some of his ice hockey heroes yesterday.

Developer Alastair Porter, owner of Remarkables Park Ltd and Shotover Park Ltd, says any new owner of the Five Mile site at Frankton needs to be aware of "planning and roading hurdles" yet to be overcome at the site.