Guy Williams

Teen behind 250 racist posters keeps name secret

A teenager who put up racist posters around Queenstown, including on the windows of a newly-opened Islamic Centre, has been granted permanent name suppression.

High-value visitors ‘obsession’

Taking part in a panel discussion at a business lunch in Queenstown yesterday are (from left)...

High-value visitors ‘obsession’

New Zealand needs to ‘‘stop obsessing’’ about high-value visitors, a tourism industry leader told a business audience in Queenstown yesterday.

Gas trap to reduce landfill odours

Victoria Flats landfill gas technician Brian Kriel and Scope Resources contracts manager Vanessa...

Gas trap to reduce landfill odours

A $7.8 million gas capture and destruction system at the Victoria Flats landfill, between Queenstown and Cromwell, is up and running.

Central Queenstown bypass road work begins

Turning the first sod on the first stage of the town centre bypass road in Queenstown yesterday...

Central Queenstown bypass road work begins

Nearly 30 years after it was proposed, the first sod has finally been turned on a town centre bypass road in Queenstown.

40 Hour Famine fundraiser has its ups and downs

Wakatipu High School pupils Jack McBeth (left) and Rohil Prasad ride the Skyline gondola in...

40 Hour Famine fundraiser has its ups and downs

Good mates Jack McBeth and Rohil Prasad from Wakatipu High School put up with confined space, sleep deprivation, cold and each other to spend nearly two days in a Skyline gondola cabin at the weekend.

New citizen honours biculturalism in oath

Celebrating their new status as New Zealand citizens in Queenstown yesterday are Lucia Echaniz ...

New citizen honours biculturalism in oath

Of the 108 people who became New Zealanders on Tuesday at the largest citizenship ceremony yet held in the Queenstown Lakes district, one stood out.

Sense of optimism reflected in name of park’s kiwi

Friend of the Kiwi Birdlife Park, Willie Solomon, and senior wildlife keeper Chrissy Becker...

Sense of optimism reflected in name of park’s kiwi

The newest arrival at Queenstown’s Kiwi Birdlife Park has been given a name representing hope for the park’s future after a difficult past 16 months.

Coutts' company gets permission for water take

Sir Russell Coutts plays a shot during the New Zealand Golf Open at Millbrook Resort in March...

Coutts' company gets permission for water take

A battle over water between a group of Crown Terrace landowners, yachting legend Sir Russell Coutts and a former Queenstown tourism identity is over.

Glenorchy road reopens after rockfall

The Glenorchy Queenstown Road has reopened this morning after a rockfall near Closeburn overnight covered the road with debris.

Turbulence could have caused crash

Sudden turbulence may have contributed to the in-flight break-up of a Robinson helicopter near Queenstown in 2015, a crash investigator says.

Driver texting, over limit at time of fatal Arrowtown crash

Tully Robinson (left), 22, leaves the Queenstown District Court supported by family members....

Driver texting, over limit at time of fatal Arrowtown crash

The woman responsible for a head-on collision that killed Arrowtown teenager Allanah Walker last year was texting while driving and under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

Driver using phone at time of fatal Arrowtown crash

The woman responsible for a head-on collision that killed Arrowtown teenager Allanah Walker last year was texting while driving and under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

Student pilot most likely at controls, investigator says

The wreckage of the Robinson that crashed near Queenstown in 2015. Photo: ODT files

Student pilot most likely at controls, investigator says

It was likely a student pilot was flying a Robinson helicopter when it broke up in midair and crashed near Queenstown in 2015, an investigator says.

Crash inquest hears of wreckage discovery

The site of the crash in the Lochy River basin in the Eyre Mountains, southwest of Queenstown....

Crash inquest hears of wreckage discovery

A coronial inquest into a fatal helicopter crash near Queenstown in 2015 continued into its fourth day in the resort yesterday.

'Mother feeling' that something was wrong

Louisa Patterson with son James Patterson-Gardner. Photo: Supplied

Fatal flight: 'Mother feeling' that something was wrong

A Queenstown pilot has described bringing her "baby home in a body bag" following a helicopter crash which killed her 18-year-old son.

Helicopter broke up while in flight, coroner informed

A Robinson R44 helicopter "fell apart in midair" on a perfect day for flying, a coronial inquest in Queenstown was told yesterday.

Fatal helicopter crash 'entirely avoidable', inquest told

A coronial inquest into the deaths of two pilots in a Robinson R44 crash near Queenstown in 2015 began in the resort today.

Social activist wins district council by-election

Queenstown social activist and consultant Esther Whitehead has won the vacant seat on the Queenstown Lakes District Council in a by-election.

Crash costs jet-boat company $310,000

At the time of the incident the boat, Discovery 2, was on its return leg when the driver was...

Crash costs jet-boat company $310,000

A Queenstown jet-boat company has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $260,000 in reparation and emotional harm payments for a 2019 crash on the Shotover River that injured the driver and all...

Mass performance ends successful festival

Celebrating after the final performance of the Wakatipu Music Festival in Queenstown yesterday...

Mass performance ends successful festival

The inaugural Wakatipu Music Festival has been declared a success by its organisers.

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