Guy Williams

About 4500 people have lost their jobs in the Queenstown Lakes district, and unemployment could hit 30% over the coming months as the Covid-19 crisis continues to bite, Mayor Jim Boult says.

Next week’s move to response Level 3 will be better than a full lockdown, but will not fix mass unemployment or more business failures in the Queenstown Lakes, the district’s mayor says.

Developers behind a swag of major Queenstown construction projects are gearing up to restart them as soon as the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted.

A cold spell that brought snow to low levels in parts of Otago and Southland should begin to peter out tomorrow.

Domestic violence, non-essential travel and a bubble-bursting suburban party have kept Queenstown police busy in the past few days.

An Alexandra man who strangled his partner is obsessed by the notion that women cheat on him, a judge says.

A Tarras woman who waited 10 days for her Covid-19 test result was given conflicting information about who would give her the result.