Outgoing QLDC assurance and finance general manager Stewart Burns says of the eight long-term plans he has dealt with, the most recent — adopted unanimously yesterday — was "no doubt the most difficult".
A lack of playing fields in the Queenstown Lakes area is putting a brake on the growth of sporting codes with some teams in Wānaka already unable to either play or train.
Glenorchy residents remain nervous about the dangers of visitors swimming near the Rees River mouth since two drownings within a week last year, a community leader says.
A new protection society has been set up in Queenstown amidst growing concerns over a proposed fast-track development at the foothills of Coronet Peak.
Police are moving to confiscate nine houses and apartments in Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown which have been linked to an alleged black market tobacco operation.
The founder of an Arrowtown-based independent advisory company says Queenstown’s in a "spiral dive" at present, and believes a "paradigm shift" is required to get us out of it.
A Queenstown consortium, going for Fast-track Approval under "Schedule 2A" - has plans for a gondola at the Coronet Peak foothills, linking to the skifield.