The Queenstown Lakes District Council has put the onus on developers to provide an affordable housing component in subdivisions they propose under new special housing rules.
The axe has fallen on the privately-run Wakatipu Swim School - at least at Queenstown Alpine Aqualand.
A Queenstown woman with a track record of helping Nepal is organising a walk to raise money for the earthquake devastated nation.
Young men should ''look after their mates'' and ensure they get home after a night out drinking, Queenstown police say.
An American couple say the confiscation of chutney and jelly from their luggage at Queenstown Airport has tarnished their holiday.
An English tourist fined in Queenstown today for driving at 178kmh teaches driving skills to English police officers.
It has been a bad few years on the Queenstown Lakes district's roads. The number of crashes has risen sharply, and the driving habits of overseas drivers are increasingly coming under scrutiny.
The American tramper lost in the Mt Aspiring National Park was ''pretty lucky'' to be found, says his rescuer.
An American tramper lost in Mt Aspiring National Park was "extremely lucky'' to be spotted by a helicopter, police say.
At least three new subdivisions are on the cards for Arrowtown under special housing area (SHA) rules.
An Environment Court order has cleared the way for a Jacks Point subdivision after five years of wrangling.
The contenders for Arrowtown's vacant ward seat promised to be strong voices on the Queenstown Lakes District Council when they appeared at a packed candidates meeting last night.
After a rocky start, Arrowtown couple Lisa and Edward Guy have finally begun an epic journey across India in a motorised rickshaw.
Queenstown's volunteer alpine rescue team needs some full-time professional members so it can respond within the ''golden hour'' more often, its co-leader says.
Queenstown's Alpine Cliff Rescue team found no trace of missing Wellington climber Simon Bell during another search on Mt Earnslaw.
Despite one bad night for drink-driving in Queenstown at the weekend, new laws introduced three months ago appear to be working, police say.
Work to widen the footpath outside a popular Queenstown burger outlet will start next week after a four-month delay.
A Wanaka man and a Kingston man will appear in the Queenstown District Court on cannabis cultivation charges on April 13 after a series of search warrant operations on Monday and Tuesday.
A Queenstown man has been arrested after allegedly demanding cash from a restaurant owner and "threatening to come back with a knife''.
The chairman of the Queenstown Lakes district's licensing committee has slammed a strip club's application for a special trading licence on Easter Sunday as ''lacking integrity''.
