Breath-testing in region rises 55%
Breath-testing in region rises 55%
Southern police are pulling their weight in a national effort to hit roadside breath-testing targets.
Guy Williams
Home detention for attack on cop in Queenstown
Home detention for attack on cop in Queenstown
An Aucklander who seriously injured a Queenstown policeman with a single punch early last year has avoided prison.
New life for wandering cat
New life for wandering cat
Queenstown's wandering catamaran graced her lake home for the last time on Thursday.
Judge gives driver chance to address alcohol issue
Judge gives driver chance to address alcohol issue
A Queenstown woman caught drink-driving twice in a day, with "exceptionally high" breath-test levels, has been given a chance to address her alcohol dependence.
Queenstown's busking dog to be kept muzzled: panel
Queenstown's busking dog to be kept muzzled: panel
Queenstown's "famous singing sheepdog", Happy, will have to keep howling through a muzzle, a council panel has ruled.
Mob boss graffitied Hilton before ramming bank
Mob boss graffitied Hilton before ramming bank
A former president of the Mongrel Mob’s Invercargill chapter who rammed a BNZ kiosk in central Queenstown was in a "psychotic state", his lawyer says.
Expert skier let down by poor fence, judge rules
Expert skier let down by poor fence, judge rules
Skifield owner NZSki was "put on notice" about the risks posed by a wood and metal fence on Coronet Peak, five years before a Queenstown woman died after skiing into it, a judge says.
NZSki ordered to pay nearly $600k after instructor's death
NZSki ordered to pay nearly $600k after instructor's death
NZSki which owns Coronet Peak, The Remarkables at Mt Hutt Skifields fined heavily.
Skifield fined over Queenstown woman's death
Coronet Peak owner ordered to pay almost $600k over death
Skifield owner NZSki must pay nearly $600,000 in penalties in relation to the death of a Queenstown woman at Coronet Peak.
Drink-driver had identical reading to previous offence
Drink-driver had identical reading to previous offence
A Mataura man has been caught drink-driving twice in two months with identical breath-alcohol levels more than four times the legal limit.
Queenstown man ripped off friends to gamble
Queenstown man ripped off friends to gamble
A Queenstown man ripped off three friends for more than $14,000 to feed a gambling addiction, a court has heard.
Drink-driver had identical breath-alcohol reading to previous offence
Drink-driver had identical breath-alcohol reading to previous offence
A Mataura man has been caught drink-driving twice in two months with identical breath-alcohol levels more than four times the legal limit.
Driver's blood-alcohol level 'off the charts'
'Off the charts' blood-alcohol reading for driver who crashed into parked car
A Wanaka man who crashed into a parked car after drinking 25 pre-mixed drinks had a blood-alcohol level that was "off the charts", a community magistrate says.
Drink-driver’s blood-alcohol level ‘off the charts’
Drink-driver’s blood-alcohol level ‘off the charts’
A Wānaka man who crashed into a parked car after drinking 25 pre-mixed drinks had a blood-alcohol level "off the charts", a community magistrate says.
Drowned man slipped from friend's hand and disappeared
Drowned man slipped from friend's hand and disappeared
A man’s friend grabbed his hand to stop him going under the water in a Central Otago pond, but had to let go before he was dragged down, a coroner says.
Frenchman who sold detective drugs sentenced
Frenchman who sold detective drugs sentenced
A French DJ’s lucrative sideline in drug dealing came to an end when he sold ecstasy to an undercover detective in Queenstown.
Restaurateur urinates on police station floor
Restaurateur urinates on police station floor
A Queenstown restaurateur urinated in the telephone room of the resort town’s police station after being caught drink-driving, a court has heard.
Queenstown pensioner knocked out with coward's punch
Queenstown pensioner knocked out with coward's punch
A Queenstown builder who knocked out a pensioner with a coward’s punch knows he is on his last chance, his lawyer says.
Bid to remove website article rejected
Bid to remove website article rejected
A judge has thrown out a woman’s application for an Otago Daily Times article about her drink-driving conviction to be removed from the newspaper’s website.
Programme aims to stop reoffending
Programme aims to stop reoffending
In a first for Queenstown Lakes, a non-profit organisation is taking a kaupapa Māori approach to providing social services for convicted offenders.