Guy Williams

An attempt by two Queenstown Lakes District councillors to tighten the wording of a document guiding its airport company’s strategic direction has failed to win support.

The developer of a special housing area (SHA) in Hawea has been granted permission to increase the prices of its house and land packages by between 7.5% and 10%.

Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Mike Theelen is rejecting claims the council acted inappropriately by awarding a series of consultancy contracts to two former senior staff members.

A "low-mow" trial in the Queenstown suburbs of Lake Hayes Estate and Shotover Country is getting mixed reviews from residents.

Queenstown's mountain biking fraternity is coming together over the next three days to remember a favourite son, hit some "hero dirt" and party.

Infrastructure work is set to restart on Ngai Tahu Property’s huge housing development on the former Wakatipu High School site in Queenstown.

A farm  manager lit a fire in his Central Otago employer’s home and staged a burglary in a bungled attempt to cover up his ongoing theft of cash from the couple.

A British woman rescued from Fiordland’s Dusky Track after injuring her ankle says her experience shows personal locator beacons are essential in New Zealand’s back country.

The owners of the Kingston Flyer have applied for resource consent to run the heritage steam train as a commercial operation, but have no timeframe for starting the venture.

After drinking three glasses of wine at home, a Tarras woman drank another half a bottle while driving to Kingston last month.

Golden weather and free entry were the magic ingredients for a huge turnout at the 106th Lake Hayes A&P Show near Queenstown on Saturday.

The first phase of a community-led project to eradicate wilding trees from the hillsides around Arrowtown is nearly complete.

Despite an anticipated increase in domestic travellers to Queenstown Lakes this summer, the number of freedom campers is so far well down on recent summers.

Travel restrictions in Australia means this month’s Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert near Queenstown will be an all-New Zealand affair.

Organisers of the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert near Queenstown have been forced to change the line-up because of Covid-19 outbreaks in two Australian states.