Guy Williams

Two Canadian men are facing multiple assault charges after a fight at a McDonald's restaurant in Queenstown this morning. 

Queenstown's harbourmaster says people should think twice before setting off distress flares in non-emergency situations.

A British national has been charged with drink-driving and careless driving after a crash in the Queenstown suburb of Fernhill.

Tourism company Jucy Group is eyeing Queenstown for its second "pod'' hotel.

Work has begun on a new $22million bridge across the Kawarau River near Queenstown.

Reggae band UB40 reckon they have struck gold - even before arriving in Queenstown.

Radio and television personality Jason Gunn broke two vertebrae in his back after climbing into a wheelie bin at a Queenstown house on Tuesday.

A man who allegedly burgled a Queenstown house a fortnight ago has been arrested in Christchurch, after members of the public quickly identified him from photos taken during the break-in.

Queenstown tandem skydiving pioneer Nzone Skydive is "stoked'' to be cited by Forbes magazine in its list of the world's 11 best places to skydive in 2016.

Tess Sheerin's mural of a trout on a central Queenstown building has been turning heads for two months.

An Indian tourist must pay $1200 before she leaves the country and another $1800 in monthly instalments after seriously injuring two motorcyclists in a crash.

The Wakatipu's annual celebration of its rural roots pulled in the crowds on Saturday after getting a lucky break with the weather.

Preliminary work for sealing the Remarkables access road to the 10km mark will resume today after a holiday break.

Australian tourist Matthew Varghese (18) stands on a spike on a ridge during a traverse of the Remarkables range during a guided climb earlier this week.

An Australian kayaker with no life jacket plucked from a stormy Lake Wakatipu on Wednesday is lucky to be alive, Queenstown's harbourmaster says.

Former prime minister Helen Clark is not ruling out putting her hand up for the United Nations' top job, and says whoever gets it has some ‘‘pretty tough challenges''.

If you're reading this somewhere in the Wakatipu Basin - or just about anywhere in Otago for that matter - look out the window and check out those hills. You're living in a hunting paradise, writes Guy Williams, who goes on the trail of some words of wisdom ...