Guy Williams

The son of Otago and Southland’s former top policeman has avoided a conviction after he was caught driving at 162kmh near Ranfurly earlier this year.

Queenstown Lakes ratepayers will be hit in the pocket after a judge said their council showed a "lack of neutrality" in its stance on a luxury lodge near Wānaka proposed by billionaire Peter Thiel.

A Queenstown businessman convicted of shoplifting cannot be named after indicating he would appeal a name suppression ruling.

A judge has described an Afghan man’s groping of a teenager on a Queenstown bus twice in two days as "predatory behaviour".

The owner of a historic Queenstown property has been accused of lying and bullying neighbours in response to claims of excessive noise from events held there.

A Hong Kong man who died of hypothermia in bush near Arrowtown may have become disoriented or fallen asleep after getting drunk, a coroner says.

A Central Otago wine-producing family is challenging a decision rejecting their plans for a large house in their vineyard overlooking Lake Dunstan.

A judge has told a Cromwell builder who stole $35,000 to feed a gambling addiction to "exhaust every option" to pay back his victims or he could go to prison.

A South Korean man who drowned at the Wānaka lakefront two years ago may have suffered a sudden, abnormal heart rhythm, a coroner says.

A South Korean man who drowned at the Wānaka lakefront two years ago may have suffered a sudden, abnormal heart rhythm, a coroner says.

A prominent Queenstown hotelier has admitted to breaching fisheries rules by operating ‘heli-crayfish’ excursions to Fiordland for high-paying guests.

A judge has slammed an Australian businessman for his "deliberate flouting" of the terms of a Queenstown property deal by claiming ownership of a relocatable home.

A rottweiler's vicious attack on a small pet dog in Queenstown last year caused a woman to suffer a heart attack.

A former high-flying jewellery designer who once owned a studio in London’s Notting Hill has been found guilty of shoplifting and a petrol drive-off in Queenstown.

A Queenstown man is facing an $18,000 bill after wiping out a fence with his car while drunk.

A Te Anau man who took a "cocktail of drugs" to sell to a party of Wanaka teenagers has avoided prison.