Guy Williams

A judge has told a Northland man caught wearing a Crips gang insignia in Queenstown it is up to him to persuade politicians the gang patch ban is wrong.

A man’s appeal of his convictions and sentence for driving offences on the grounds he is a "natural living man" has been dismissed in the High Court.

A Hāwea man’s appeal of his convictions and sentence for driving offences on the grounds he is a "natural living man" has been dismissed in the High Court.

An Arrowtown couple whose Staffordshire bull terriers allegedly attacked a Siberian husky say their dogs’ menacing classification is "heavy-handed".

Skyline Enterprises and two other companies are now expected to appear in court next year in relation to their role in a major slip near central Queenstown last year.

A Queenstown man has earned the dubious distinction of recording the highest breath alcohol level seen in Otago and Southland for at least six years.

A Fijian man has avoided a prison sentence for a series of alcohol-fuelled assaults in Cromwell and Queenstown.

The son of Otago and Southland’s former top policeman has avoided a conviction after he was caught driving at 162kmh near Ranfurly earlier this year.

Queenstown Lakes ratepayers will be hit in the pocket after a judge said their council showed a "lack of neutrality" in its stance on a luxury lodge near Wānaka proposed by billionaire Peter Thiel.

A Queenstown businessman convicted of shoplifting cannot be named after indicating he would appeal a name suppression ruling.

A judge has described an Afghan man’s groping of a teenager on a Queenstown bus twice in two days as "predatory behaviour".

The owner of a historic Queenstown property has been accused of lying and bullying neighbours in response to claims of excessive noise from events held there.

A Hong Kong man who died of hypothermia in bush near Arrowtown may have become disoriented or fallen asleep after getting drunk, a coroner says.

A Central Otago wine-producing family is challenging a decision rejecting their plans for a large house in their vineyard overlooking Lake Dunstan.

A judge has told a Cromwell builder who stole $35,000 to feed a gambling addiction to "exhaust every option" to pay back his victims or he could go to prison.

A South Korean man who drowned at the Wānaka lakefront two years ago may have suffered a sudden, abnormal heart rhythm, a coroner says.