A Chinese driver who collided with another car on the Crown Range road was a ''classic case'' of why tourists should sit a driving test, Judge Kevin Phillips said in the Queenstown District Court...
Fifteen years ago on Monday, Lake Wakatipu, swelled by 350mm of rain which fell in its catchment over three days, burst its banks and flooded Queenstown's central business district. Guy Williams looks back on the anniversary of that natural disaster and examines how the resort is protecting itself from another big flood.
Queenstown tourism operators have criticised what they call inflexible immigration rules for foreign workers and a lack of promotion of adventure activities, at a Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) roadshow in the resort.
Southern District Health Board is ''whistling in the wind'' by asking for feedback on its draft plan for the future of the area's health services, a Wakatipu health sector advocate says.
NZSki management has yet to decide whether to seal more of The Remarkables ski area access road this summer.
The Paradise Trust is back and open for business.
A Chinsese tourist has been charged with dangerous driving after being involved in two incidents near Queenstown yesterday.
The number of skiing and snowboarding injuries at the Queenstown Lakes district's four ski areas this winter was almost identical to last year's, data from St John's Queenstown station shows.
A swing bridge across a stream on the Rees-Dart tramping track has been granted resource consent - six months after it was built.
The death of a 51-year-old Arrowtown man, whose body was found on a walking track near the township on yesterday evening, has been referred to the coroner.
Kiwis players hoping to have a flutter on the Melbourne Cup yesterday were apparently worried their Chatto Creek lunch stop wouldn't have TAB facilities.
A three-year-old boy has been treated in hospital for dog bites after an incident in Lakes Hayes Estate, Queenstown, on Tuesday.
Southern District Health Board chief executive Carole Heatly is in for a grilling in Queenstown next week if yesterday's Grey Power meeting in the resort is any indication.
Widening the footpath outside Queenstown burger bar Fergburger will get under way soon.
The two airlines flying domestic routes to Queenstown are coy about a call for more flights into the resort this summer.
The Department of Conservation is declaring victory after its ''Battle for our birds'' aerial 1080 drop in the upper Wakatipu area two months ago.
Two Queenstown climbers rescued from Mt Tasman last week had wanted to be taken off the mountain by private helicopter.
When Chelsea Winter won the television cook programme MasterChef, she thought it would be the springboard to opening her own restaurant.
Italian luxury clothing billionaire Pier Luigi Loro Piana is urging Otago's super-fine wool growers to persevere in the face of low prices, and think globally.
Two Queenstown climbers flown off Mt Tasman on Wednesday had faced a difficult ''judgement call'' and do not deserve criticism, an alpine rescue leader says.
