A Queenstown police officer said yesterday the reason police want to see 2am closing for licensed premises was clear over the opening weekend of the Queenstown Winter Festival as 34 people were arrested for a variety of offences.
About 20 Queenstown Primary School pupils in years 7 and 8 were hard at work creating their own willow and tissue paper lanterns, on Friday, for the popular Winter Festival Mardi Gras tomorrow.
The "10 coolest days in the country" will not be over until "the last fireworks explode, the last drag queen has fixed his last heels and the last boxer has stumbled out of the ring',' Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden said last night.
The Cinderella Carriage has arrived, the ice rink is ready, performers have made it to Queenstown and the resort is bracing itself for the 37th annual Queenstown Winter Festival, which officially begins tonight.
Mulled wine is being prepared, winter woollies are on standby and Queenstown is ready to party.
Mulled wine is being prepared, winter woollies are on standby and Queenstown is ready to party.
Photographers, charge your batteries, clean your lenses, pick your spot and start snapping to be in to win during this year's Queenstown Winter Festival.
Up to 1000 skifield workers in Queenstown and Wanaka remain in limbo as all fields in the area stay closed because of a lack of snow.
What's happening in the week of the Queenstown Winter Festival.
Queenstown residents and visitors may be puzzled by the building-site activity surrounding the usual oasis of calm which is the village green, but contractors are setting the stage for the Winter Festival's first Wonderland Ice Rink.
It has taken five years to turn the dream of having an ice rink in the Queenstown CBD for the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival into a reality, but organisers learned yesterday resource consent had been granted.
The younger members of the Queenstown community are being encouraged to become involved in this year's American Express Queenstown Winter Festival - now less than a fortnight away - with plenty on offer to entertain children.
Calling all photographers - the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival wants you.
