Guy Williams

A Mokoreta man’s indecent assault of a teenaged bar worker as she drove him home in a courtesy van was prolonged and "increasingly intrusive", a judge says.

Chivalry and unexpectedly strong craft beer were among the excuses offered by another batch of drink-drivers in the Queenstown District Court on Friday.

A recreational cannabis smoker who rolled her car near Alexandra had more than three times the legal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limit in her blood.

A Queenstown non-profit ripped off by an employee fears its reputation has suffered lasting damage.

The latest version of a proposed lakeside resort near Queenstown first mooted more than 20 years ago has been given the thumbs-up by the Environment Court.

The latest version of a proposed lakeside resort near Queenstown first mooted more than 20 years ago has been given the thumbs-up by the Environment Court.

A recidivist driving offender got heavily drunk before taking his flatmate’s friend’s car for a spin without permission and crashing it.

A Queenstown non-profit that was ripped off by an employee fears its reputation has suffered lasting damage.

New Zealand’s largest motor caravanning group is challenging the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s freedom camping bylaw in the High Court.

A drink-driver was "peacocking" when he pulled a skidding 180-degree turn in front of police, his lawyer says.

It was a "miracle" a man did not kill or injure someone as he drove from Cromwell to Queenstown while six times the legal limit, a judge says.

Billionaire Peter Thiel’s proposed luxury lodge near Wānaka has been rejected again.

The police accept there were failings in its initial investigation of the death of Lachie Jones, but their subsequent work has found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, a report says.

A drinking and speeding driver in Wanaka has blamed "panic-mode" for failing to stop for police.

An English bull terrier that attacked two boys playing on a flying fox near Queenstown will not be put down, a judge has decided.

A Queenstown man drove while four times the legal limit because he wanted to get his catch of fish and oysters home.