Queenstown

From playing saxophone to property plays

Following a successful career as a sax player, including many summers busking by Lake Whakatipu, Queenstown’s Eliott Allemand’s become a sales agent with Arrowtown-based Luxury Real Estate New...

Arrowtown restaurant kitchen goes up in flames

Fire crews at the scene. Photo: Tracey Roxburgh

Arrowtown restaurant kitchen goes up in flames

Firefighters from Queenstown and Arrowtown have contained a "heavily involved" kitchen fire at an Arrowtown restaurant.

Teen robbery near Queenstown school leaves victim 'extremely shaken'

The attack happened near Shotover primary school. Photo: Google Maps

Teen robbery near Queenstown school leaves victim 'extremely shaken'

A teenager has been arrested for allegedly robbing another teen in the Queenstown suburb of Shotover Country.

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Expansion plan gathers pace

An artist’s impression of the gondola bottom station in the Doolans Basin area of The Remarkables...

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Expansion plan gathers pace

A Queenstown skifield is set to become New Zealand’s largest, as a long-mooted $150 million-plus expansion gathers steam.

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New high school for Queenstown greenlit

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New high school for Queenstown greenlit

Wakatipu High School’s principal has welcomed government funding for land for a second Queenstown secondary school.

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QLDC backs outsourced water safety provision

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QLDC backs outsourced water safety provision

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is standing by its services on waterways, saying qualified staff are available every hour of the day.

Rolling out the carpet

Land Information New Zealand has started laying about 60,000sq m of hessian matting across...

Rolling out the carpet

Enough hessian matting to cover eight rugby fields is being laid in Queenstown’s Kawarau River.

Call for help after alcohol stolen

Call for help after alcohol stolen

Queenstown police are asking for the public’s help to identify two men thought to be responsible for stealing alcohol from a beer garden behind a suburban cafe-restaurant.

Steep task: $9.5m worth of homes craned into place

A home prebuilt in Christchurch is craned on to a steep Queenstown section at nighttime recently....

Steep task: $9.5m worth of homes craned into place

In a huge logistical exercise, six architecturally-designed homes have been craned on to steep sections in Queenstown’s Middleton Rd on two successive nights.

Hooded Queenstown beer garden burglars hunted

Hooded Queenstown beer garden burglars hunted

Police are on the hunt for a pair of alleged beer garden burglars in Queenstown.

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Bed tax ‘least worst’ option to ease strain

Neve Smith, a member of the Freeride World Tour Academy based at the Remarkables Ski Area,...

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Bed tax ‘least worst’ option to ease strain

NZSKI chief executive Paul Anderson says a bed tax in Queenstown is the ‘‘least worst option’’ to fix the resort’s infrastructure problems.

Scenic station taken off market

Scenic station taken off market

A remote, hugely-scenic Queenstown high country station has been taken off the market despite attracting “exceptional” offers.

Artist’s brush with golf ‘surreal’

Depicting Rory McIlroy playing at the signature AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am led to Olivia...

Artist’s brush with golf ‘surreal’

An artist has found her niche painting posters for golf tournaments.

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Merging ‘disruptive, expensive’

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Merging ‘disruptive, expensive’

Amalgamation will be ‘‘disruptive and expensive’’ and will not solve the issues the Queenstown Lakes District faces, its deputy mayor says.

Violinist takes the stage in quarterfinal

Violinist takes the stage in quarterfinal

South Korean violinist Hyein Koo performs during a quarterfinal round of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition at the Queenstown Memorial Centre yesterday.

Barbers bring cutting edge to Jack's Point

Cut above: Point Cut Barbershop coowner and barber Remmy Kumar with client Ollie Mark.

Barbers bring cutting edge to Jack's Point

The owners of the first barbershop south of the Kawarau River say the area’s been “screaming out” for the service.

'Tiny' Queenstown firefighter scales the heights

A Queenstown firey who likens her latest Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge to torture is at least comforted by breaking her fundraising record.

Queenstown hospital ‘woefully under-resourced’

Pam Shaw worked at Queenstown Lakes District Hospital for 20 years. Photo: Allied Media

Queenstown hospital ‘woefully under-resourced’

A retired local nurse says the ‘‘woefully under-resourced’’ Queenstown’s Lakes District Hospital is only held together by its amazing staff.

Positive response to Incentives for Growth Fund

Positive response to Incentives for Growth Fund

The Queenstown Lakes district could benefit by up to $40 million from an ‘‘Incentives for Growth Fund’’ announced in yesterday’s Budget, a regional economist says.

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Call for QLDC waterways to be run by ORC

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Call for QLDC waterways to be run by ORC

A maritime expert says the Queenstown council should get out of running its waterways as it is creating confusion and threatening public safety.

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