Philip Chandler

Four well-known Wakatipu couples married 60 years ago. Philip Chandler finds out how they came to meet and asks about their secrets to a long marriage.

Opened with great fanfare 18 months ago, Queenstown’s Wahlburgers - part of a burger chain created by Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg - has quietly shut up shop.

A theatre-style thrill ride is being developed for a newly consented complex in central Queenstown.

Arrowtown's Nadene Milne Gallery hosts an artists’ talk and exhibition opening featuring two top New Zealand artists, Dame Robin White and Peata Larkin, next Friday.

The Queenstown and Wanaka regional tourism organisations (RTOs) are working together more than ever, creating, it’s claimed, both efficiencies and more marketing clout.

An unparalleled number of planned housing complexes in and around Queenstown’s Frankton Flats is meeting a range of market demand, including even sub-$700,000 units.

Whakatipu Rowing Club’s $800,000 clubhouse redevelopment project has struck some ripples.

Two Queenstown mountain bikers have won the under-19 women’s and men’s divisions of a new Oceania downhill series before the fifth and final round even takes place in Cairns, Australia, late next...

Having raised a record $30,000-plus last year, Queenstown’s St Joseph’s School PTA is setting its sights on making $40,000 from its annual book fair this Sunday.

In an honour for Queenstown, longtime local Margaret Melhop’s taken over as New Zealand governor of women’s service organisation Altrusa International at its national conference in Invercargill...

With just one win from six games, the Arrowtown Premiers rugby side is sitting second last in the Central Otago comp.

A successful former track athlete’s morphed into an even better long distance runner since moving to Queenstown.

Arrowtown's outskirts has a new function venue following the meticulous restoration of a dilapidated two-level stone barn built in 1885.

An inaugural showhome opening day at Queenstown’s Five Mile Villas prompted a phenomenal turnout.

A high-end gallery owner has left Arrowtown’s main street owing a substantial sum.

Stand by for a humdinger when Central Otago’s top two rugby sides clash in Queenstown this Saturday.

Queenstown's Zenkuro Sake owners and staff are super-happy about winning gold for their Zenkuro Drip Pressed Shizuku at the inaugural Tokyo Sake Challenge in Japan — they’re celebrating the brewery...

Eight inspirational short cycling films will be shown in Arrowtown and Glenorchy as The Big Bike Film Night dismounts in Arrowtown and Glenorchy this coming Tuesday and Wednesday.