Christina McDonald

Slopestyle riders soared high as the sun set in Queenstown on Thursday and spectators craned their necks to watch backflips and other tricks.

It has been decided to remove selected trees from the Frankton Track.

The decision on whether to allow a food outlet to operate from a kiosk housed in a public toilet block could prove to be Queenstown's snowstorm ahead of the Winter Festival.

Cars have made way for flatspins, can-cans and supermans which will be performed tomorrow night before a crowd expected to number 5000.

A public toilet at Millbrook Corner in Arrowtown is expected to be ready for the next summer sporting season.

Why not make a film shared with others part of your week during the colder months?

A ''problematic'' dilemma sees rental car companies hiring cars to tourists who can have little driving experience, little understanding of New Zealand's roads or who make blunders such as stopping in the middle of the road to take photos.

The 75-year-old English woman who stole a quilt which was on display at the Lakes District Museum on Monday, told police she put it in a rubbish bin after taking it.

New Zealand's honorary consul for the Czech Republic has handed over ''half his kingdom'' to Glenorchy's Vladka Kennett.

Cruise on TSS Earnslaw was the perfect setting for children to enjoy themselves as part of a Child Cancer Foundation event - and the rain did not dampen spirits of those on board.