A former top model who co-owned Queenstown skydiving company NZONE has been banned from driving after being caught with a breath-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit.
A Southland man whose campaign of harassment against a former partner culminated in attempted arson has failed in his appeal against conviction and sentence.
A Queenstown policeman is ``recovering well'' but remains on leave after suffering two large cuts from a knife in a scuffle with an unidentified man on Thompson St on Thursday night.
The person responsible for vandalising traps on Brow Peak near Arrowtown last week does not understand New Zealand's pest problem, Predator Free Arrowtown co-ordinator Ben Teele says.
A Queenstown woman will lobby district councillors today to declare the resort's beaches smoke-free after picking up more than 10,000 cigarette butts in only a month.