Guy Williams

The initiative of a new resident has led to the rapid formation of a te reo Maori playgroup for Queenstown children.

Queenstown could face crippling costs if it took over the running of Lakes District Hospital, Labour health spokeswoman Annette King says.

Construction of an expanded hall and sports court at Shotover Primary School has begun, but the Ministry of Education does not know its final cost.

Plumes of smoke coming from Walter Peak Station in recent weeks are part of a clean-up after the eradication of Douglas fir trees in the area.

An eight-year-old boy suffered a broken leg when he was struck by a car on a pedestrian crossing in central Queenstown yesterday.

Queenstown Airport has opened a new $17million international terminal to cope with record growth in passenger numbers.

TSS Earnslaw will return to service next Monday after six weeks of TLC.

The 90-year-old Kawarau Falls Bridge could be left to fall into disrepair if its underwater structure is found to be shaky.

Children's author and musician Craig Smith, here with daughter Maia (9 weeks), has found the crowdfunding of his latest book ''liberating''.

As skiers and boarders hit the slopes of Coronet Peak and Cardrona skifields today, Guy Williams asks what the snow industry is worth to the Otago economy, and gets a surprising range of answers.

A drunk Australian who allegedly shot bottles with an air rifle in a carpark will appear in the Queenstown District Court next week on firearms charges.

Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith has labelled opposition to special housing areas proposed for Queenstown as ''nimbyism''.

Strong wind in the Queenstown Lakes district toppled trees and affected flights in and out of Queenstown Airport yesterday.

While some of the world's best young violinists have been dazzling Queenstown audiences, a master craftsman has been working his own kind of magic out of the spotlight.

A lobby group will continue its battle over the location of a new bridge planned for Frankton, despite an official report backing the status quo.

Heavy snowfall in the Southern Lakes mountains last month has raised the danger of avalanches this winter, a veteran Queenstown mountain guide says.