Guy Williams

A few days after snow blanketed the region’s mountains, winter sports enthusiasts in the Queenstown Lakes received the strongest indication yet they could be hitting the slopes in June.

Community leaders in the Queenstown Lakes district are welcoming an extra $30million in Government funding to support the provision of food, household goods and emergency accommodation for people...

Many of Queenstown’s beleaguered businesses are downsizing in the hope of a domestic tourism lifeline.

About 4500 people have lost their jobs in the Queenstown Lakes district, and unemployment could hit 30% over the coming months as the Covid-19 crisis continues to bite, Mayor Jim Boult says.

Next week’s move to response Level 3 will be better than a full lockdown, but will not fix mass unemployment or more business failures in the Queenstown Lakes, the district’s mayor says.

Developers behind a swag of major Queenstown construction projects are gearing up to restart them as soon as the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted.

A cold spell that brought snow to low levels in parts of Otago and Southland should begin to peter out tomorrow.

Domestic violence, non-essential travel and a bubble-bursting suburban party have kept Queenstown police busy in the past few days.

An Alexandra man who strangled his partner is obsessed by the notion that women cheat on him, a judge says.

A Tarras woman who waited 10 days for her Covid-19 test result was given conflicting information about who would give her the result.