Philip Chandler

Allegations are flying that a few independent Queenstown taxi drivers are overcharging after the issue was highlighted when a tourist slapped a driver after complaining he had been "ripped off".

The family of a Queenstown woman who died in Mexico after contracting dengue fever are "devastated" at their loss.

A Queenstown cat rescuer says landlords in the resort appear to be increasingly cracking down on tenants with cats and dogs.

Shooting is set to start next month on a $7 million crime drama series set in the "stunning but brooding landscape" around Queenstown.

Keen horsewoman Jan Hunt has taken up the reins as Skyline Enterprises’ first female chair. The locally-raised 61-year-old, who rode high in her hotel career, discusses her track gallops with Philip Chandler.

Queenstown’s super-home owners are increasingly throwing open their large doors to holidaymakers prepared to pay $5000 a night or more to stay in the resort.