Destination Queenstown will seek a $900,000 funding increase from the Queenstown Lakes District Council after members this morning voted in favour of the move.
A 30-year-old man sleeping in his vehicle with a knife by his pillow and a hatchet above a sun visor told police he had the weapons ''for protection''.
Subdivision consent for a 300-plus housing development on the former Wakatipu High School site is expected to be lodged within a month and physical work could start before winter.
Ultimate Hikes will conduct an internal investigation after a 74-year-old Japanese woman on a guided walk with the company got lost on the Milford Track.
The 73-year-old Japanese woman who was found after going missing on the Milford Track yesterday will rejoin her group for dinner at Milford Sound this evening.
Strengthening work is about to begin at the Victoria Bridge, on the Queenstown side of the Kawarau Gorge, which will require an overnight road closure.
Queenstown Airport Corporation has been cleared to acquire a contentious piece of land, known as Lot 6, which has tied up court time for more than eight years.
A woman who was left in a vehicle for about seven hours after a car crash in Queenstown on Wednesday morning remains in a stable condition in Dunedin Hospital's ICU.