Tracey Roxburgh

The victim of an incident at Cardrona Alpine Resort said she had not been able to work since the incident in September 2007, which saw her trip over a 40mm-high steel mesh track.

Alpine Aqualand turns one this week and Lakes Leisure is inviting the Wakatipu community to enjoy three days of festivities over Queen's Birthday weekend.

Strengthening work will be carried out on the Kawarau bridge, opposite the A. J. Hackett Bungy site at Gibbston, from next week.

Queenstown Lakes District Council community services general manager Paul Wilson was yesterday named a member of the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Recreation Council.

It's not every day you get to cook up a storm with an Australian film star, but former Queenstown chef Debbie Crompton did just that when she featured in an episode of Mercurio's Menu, which screens here on Sunday night.

Although Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) chief executive Steve Sanderson would not say how much the corporation may have to pay to buy the 22ha of land it needs from Remarkables Park Ltd for major expansion, he said it was "quite happy" with its balance sheet.

A framed bib, worn by Queenstown-based skier Tim Cafe, will shortly be hanging in Browns Ski Shop as a thank-you to the business which has supported him for the past nine years.

More than two million passengers a year are likely to be using Queenstown International Airport by 2037, more than four times the current level, according to the latest forecasts released yesterday.

A young southern chef is well on the way to international culinary success after being chosen to represent New Zealand in the World Junior Chefs Challenge in Santiago, Chile, next year.

About 150 soldiers from the Royal Gurkha Rifles climbed the level 3 Via Ferrata route near Queenstown with Climbing Queenstown last week.