Tracey Roxburgh

One lawyer says ''lightning doesn't strike twice''. The other contends ''you can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear''.

A pool supervisor says she raised concerns about a man allegedly touching children in a Queenstown swimming pool twice in about 10 minutes with her manager in June 2017.

A lifeguard noticed a "pattern of behaviour'' with a man accused of indecently assaulting six girls, all under the age of 12, in a Queenstown swimming pool on June 2017.

As soon as a man was arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting young girls at a Queenstown swimming pool, he told police it was "accidental touching".

Three young girls in the lazy river at Alpine Aqualand on June 14, 2017 discussed asking a man to ''stop touching'', but were too nervous to do so, a jury heard yesterday.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council's Gorge Road special housing area will be revoked in seven months and, to date, there is only one party looking at any development within it.

A man on trial for indecently assaulting six girls under the age of 12 in a Queenstown swimming pool has denied all 13 charges brought against him.

A burst water main washed some gravel into new water pipes being installed as part of an upgrade to a notoriously dangerous intersection near Queenstown.

A Queenstown helicopter company which went into liquidation last week owes more than $2.1million.

The head of the New Zealand Taxi Federation has praised the Queenstown Lakes District Council's plans to introduce permits for small passenger vehicle service operators in the resort.

Skyline Enterprises Ltd has been granted consent to undertake one of the largest redevelopments in Queenstown's history.

A proposed tennis academy in a Queenstown special housing area will go before independent commissioners in April.

Police were called to help settle what they say was a civil dispute at a Queenstown helicopter base yesterday afternoon, the day after the company went into voluntary liquidation.

New parking permits, including those for small passenger vehicle services, will come into effect from October 1 in the Queenstown Lakes District.

A Queenstown Lakes District Council committee will discuss commissioners' recommendations for stage two of the proposed district plan today, but no formal decisions will be made until next month.