Guy Williams

Almost five years after Gore boy Lachie Jones was found dead in an oxidation pond, Paul Jones hopes an inquest will ‘‘uncover the truth’’ about what happened to his son.

Alnost five years after Gore boy Lachie Jones was found dead in an oxidation pond, Paul Jones hopes an inquest will "uncover the truth" about what happened to his son.

The ex-owner of an Alexandra rest-home must pay a former assistant carer more than $37,000 after his multiple breaches of her employment agreement prompted her to resign.

The backers of the contentious Olive Leaf building proposed for Arrowtown have lost an Environment Court appeal, six years after applying for resource consent.

A Queenstown finance industry professional caught dealing cocaine and ecstasy cannot be named after indicating he would appeal a judge’s decision to decline permanent name suppression.

Southern police are pulling their weight in a national effort to hit roadside breath-testing targets.

An Aucklander who seriously injured a Queenstown policeman with a single punch early last year has avoided prison.

A Queenstown woman caught drink-driving twice in a day, with "exceptionally high" breath-test levels, has been given a chance to address her alcohol dependence.

Queenstown's "famous singing sheepdog", Happy, will have to keep howling through a muzzle, a council panel has ruled.

A former president of the Mongrel Mob’s Invercargill chapter who rammed a BNZ kiosk in central Queenstown was in a "psychotic state", his lawyer says.

Skifield owner NZSki was "put on notice" about the risks posed by a wood and metal fence on Coronet Peak, five years before a Queenstown woman died after skiing into it, a judge says.

A Mataura man has been caught drink-driving twice in two months with identical breath-alcohol levels more than four times the legal limit.

A Queenstown man ripped off three friends for more than $14,000 to feed a gambling addiction, a court has heard.

A Mataura man has been caught drink-driving twice in two months with identical breath-alcohol levels more than four times the legal limit.

A Wānaka man who crashed into a parked car after drinking 25 pre-mixed drinks had a blood-alcohol level "off the charts", a community magistrate says.