Philip Chandler

Taking up a sports scholarship in the United States is a common way for talented young Kiwis to progress their chosen sport.

She's not lived in Arrowtown since she was about 12, but Otago Sparks cricketer Bella James, who last month made her White Ferns debut, still calls it home.

It's not part of the 10-day Queenstown Bike Festival, as in previous years, but McGazza Fest 2025, over the next three days, remains as action-packed a mountain biking event as ever.

Queenstown tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Rod Drury’s spent about $3millon buying his neighbour at Arthurs Point.

The boss of Queenstown’s Gibbston Valley Winery admits he didn’t know last Saturday’s huge concert would be his venue’s last till a reporter informed him the night before.

For size and opulence, a property for sale on Queenstown’s Slopehill Rd for $11.85 million would take a lot of beating.

Two Queenstown siblings off to world ice hockey tournaments this month expect some pretty tough competition.

Expect next Saturday’s fourth annual Arrowtown Burns Supper & Ceilidh to be even merrier than usual.

Fifty-seven years after taking up mountaineering in his native Britain, Queenstowner-turned-Arrowtowner Brian Hall is still climbing. He tells Philip Chandler why he gave up full-blooded...

Chocs away.

Queenstown's Ayrburn intends adding a function centre to its burgeoning hospitality precinct.

The boss of Queenstown’s Chamber of Commerce believes more CBD retailers should make hay while the sun shines and open later.

Five years after Queenstown’s Wharf Casino closed, its former Steamer Wharf premises are finally being re-leased for a bar/restaurant.

A couple are selling one-eighth freehold shares in a luxury three-bedroom Queenstown apartment as a way for people to afford a local holiday pad, while also being able to enjoy good capital...

Go figure — one of Queenstown’s biggest summer sports tournaments involves ice hockey.

A Queenstowner's bringing his extensive building industry knowledge to the independent body overseeing the adoption and revision of New Zealand standards across the board.

An uber-talented Queenstown muso best known for his energetic saxophone busking on the CBD waterfront is about to record his songs with a view to then touring the world with them.

Filming of a blockbuster American movie, Heart of the Beast, allegedly starring Hollywood mega-star Brad Pitt, starts in Queenstown in March.