Runners entering hurt locker
Runners entering hurt locker
At least four Queenstowners are tackling New Zealand’s premier ultra-trail running event this weekend — the Tarawera 100-miler (163km this year) in and around Rotorua.
The Milburn trifecta
The Milburn trifecta
Three local tennis-playing brothers, who’ve all been the best in New Zealand for their age, have now each won the prestigious Queenstown Open men’s title in successive years.
Having a ball in Q'town
Having a ball in Q'town
Queenstown's clearly on the radar of the New Zealand Breakers basketball franchise’s new majority owner.
Q’town’s evergreen ‘Grey Cap’
Q’town’s evergreen ‘Grey Cap’
One of the oldest members of the New Zealand ‘Grey Caps’ competing in the over-70s Cricket World Cup (CWC) in and around Christchurch from next week is Queenstown’s John Cushen.
Queenstown hotel's makeover moving it upmarket
Queenstown hotel's makeover moving it upmarket
The owner of Queenstown’s Holiday Inn Express & Suites is moving the town centre hotel upmarket.
This gig won’t lack punch
This gig won’t lack punch
Fresh from a special single release last week, Gore-raised folk/country/blues singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow’s performing her first Queenstown concert in two years on February 22.
Course ‘a step up’
Course ‘a step up’
Queenstown's Lakeland Park Christian Camp has once again hosted a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp attended by 20 young leaders aged 18 to 30 from around the South Island.
Bee-hold this Te Atamira exhibition
Bee-hold this Te Atamira exhibition
It's what you could call a bee-autiful exhibition.
Victoria’s remarkable opportunity
Victoria’s remarkable opportunity
These next six weeks or so loom as a career highlight for Queenstown-born screenwriter and director Victoria Boult.
Inaugural ‘good egg’ gets off to cracking start
Inaugural ‘good egg’ gets off to cracking start
A Wakatipu High School woodwork teacher is the inaugural monthly winner of a ‘Good Egg’ comp being run by Frankton’s Pavilion Bar & Kitchens to recognise those doing good in the community.
Building future tradies
Building future tradies
Fourteen Wakatipu High School (WHS) students will this year build a transportable home, which will likely go up for sale.
Jeweller on world stage
Jeweller on world stage
Renowned Queenstown contemporary jeweller Jessica Winchcombe’s about to play a major role in Germany’s prestigious Munich Jewellery Week — considered to be as big as Paris Fashion Week is in...
No jail term for Frankton felon
No jail term for Frankton felon
A Frankton beneficiary convicted of burglary, theft and receiving charges has been spared prison because of his efforts to turn his life around.
Second stage resurfaces
Second stage resurfaces
The second of three may be back on the table.
Local builder’s national milestone
Local builder’s national milestone
Celebration marked: GJ Gardner Homes clients Guru Prasad and Asha Asha, with their son Divyam Nautival, after writing their family name on the 25,000th slab the national home builder’s ever poured
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$400m airport to CBD cable car route revealed
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$400m airport to CBD cable car route revealed
The planned route of a billionaire-backed cable car linking Queenstown Airport to the town’s CBD has been revealed.
Boat gets into difficulty
Boat gets into difficulty
Two people got into trouble in a small boat on Lake Wakatipu last night.
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Queenstown teen's eye socket shattered in assault
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Queenstown teen's eye socket shattered in assault
A Fijian teenager who shattered the eye socket of a Queenstown high school student with multiple punches could be deported.
Luxury watch nicked in Queenstown turns up in Rotorua
Luxury watch nicked in Queenstown turns up in Rotorua
A handbag stolen from a Queenstown park containing goods worth $34,000 including a luxury watch has been recovered from a property in Rotorua.
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Date set for lakefront stall bylaw plan
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Date set for lakefront stall bylaw plan
The fate of Queenstown’s lakeside vendors could be decided next month.
Happy for ratepayers to fund Skippers Bridge fix?
A Long-time Queenstown tourism operator’s ‘‘absolutely mortified’’ over the indefinite closure of Queenstown’s 125-year-old Skippers Bridge due to its risk of failing, believing it needs to be fixed in the next 12 months, something that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and would be footed by ratepayers.