The head groundsman at John Davies Oval is confident the cricket ground's rejuvenated outfield will impress players and administrators alike during Queenstown's first big games in four years.
A tandem skydiving passenger is missing in Lake Wakatipu and his instructor is in hospital with serious injuries after an incident near Queenstown yesterday.
A man who flew a drone near firefighting helicopters in Wanaka last week, forcing them to be temporarily grounded, has been named as Jorge Eduardo Riquelme Cruz.
A man arrested for dangerous driving on the Gibbston Highway near Queenstown yesterday told police he was rushing to find a toilet because he had eaten too many cherries in Cromwell.
A couple who fled the scene of a fire that destroyed an historic homestead at the Skippers camping area on New Year's Day are ''embarrassed'', police say.