Tracey Roxburgh

Tiger Woods is "100% ready to go" following knee surgery and is expected back on the course "very shortly", his right-hand man says.

About 600 red roses arrived at Queenstown's Renaissance Florist yesterday morning to cater for the demands of traditional romantics around the resort.

A "very high" level of response has been received from Arrowtown residents wanting to have their say on the proposed Plan Changes 29 and 30 - Arrowtown Boundary and Urban Growth Boundaries framework, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior policy analyst Mark Rushworth says.

It could be at least June before the Queenstown Lakes District Council knows the outcome of an 11-day hearing into its proposed Plan Change 19 - Frankton Flats, and it may cost another $25,000 before that happens, the QLDC strategy committee heard yesterday.

Two  men with singing ability are urgently required to fill the cast of Showbiz Queenstown's forthcoming season of Les Miserables.

Jaws dropped on Saturday afternoon as the results of the 2009 NZone Brake Burner were announced to the audience at the Coronet Peak mountain bike park.

Talented Queenstown skier Taylor Rapley reached the podium for the first time in Canada during the weekend, winning the women's giant slalom in the Pontiac GMC Cup at Mount Norquay, Canada.

Antiques from France were on display at Fox's Bar in Arrowtown over the weekend, when Emily and Laurent Huchard brought some of their collection to the Lakes district.

An Australian children's entertainment group and a leading Queenstown tourism operator are in discussions over the intellectual property rights of two simple words: "big" and "red".

Former Dunedin man Scott Pauley spent most of yesterday contemplating what might have been following a fall in Fiordland on Saturday.

Established Queenstown adventure company Vertigo Bikes has taken over the operations of the best known mountain bike ride in New Zealand, Skippers Canyon Mountain Biking.

Like most great events, the Kingston community's Shirt Tail Rock Sprint yesterday morning began at the pub.

Intrepid Queenstown Times journalist Tracey Roxburgh, who describes her current fitness regime as walking from the lounge to the fridge to refill her wine glass, embarks on a six-week fitness boot camp.

Shotover Jet has launched cutting edge "jet cam" technology in what is believed to be a world first, the company announced yesterday.