Guy Williams

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.

A Queenstown cleaning company that unlawfully dismissed two workers must pay nearly $50,000 in compensation.

A Queenstown man has described how he was attacked by two men outside his home after they turned on a concrete compacting machine in the middle of the night.

A Frenchman responsible for a string of dishonesty offences in Queenstown has been called a "thoroughly dishonest person" by a judge.

A British man caught dealing cocaine in Queenstown will be deported after completing a home detention sentence.

A group of residents fighting a luxury lodge proposed for Queenstown’s Bobs Cove had expected to be on the same side as the Queenstown Lakes District Council, their lawyer has said.

For the second time in two months, the Queenstown Lakes District Council has been accused of "witness shopping" after dropping its opposition to a contentious luxury lodge proposal.

The businessman behind a luxury lodge proposed for Queenstown’s Bobs Cove says the revision of his consent application has forced a change to its funding model.

A luxury lodge in Queenstown’s Bob’s Cove would be a better outcome than four "McMansions" the land is already zoned for, the developer says.

An Alexandra woman has racked up her ninth drink-driving conviction, but avoided prison because it is her first offending in nearly 14 years.

A Wānaka man caught with more than 80,000 child pornography images on his computer claimed he was collecting the material to report it to authorities.