A paragliding pilot seriously injured in a crash landing between Coronet Peak and Arrowtown on Thursday was lucky to be spotted by an injured mountain biker in the same area.
A luxury super yacht operator says a move towards marriage equality across the Tasman will only make a slight dent in Queenstown's booming marriage industry.
Proposed changes to short-term visitor accommodation rules in the Queenstown Lakes district are ''nanny-state policies'' that will hurt its tourism economy, an Airbnb boss says.
One of the first people on the scene of a bus crash in Queenstown yesterday said he called 111 after hearing a "loud bang" from his home, about 50 metres from the crash.
The Friends of Lake Hayes are hoping for a favourable response from the Otago Regional Council (ORC) to an application for funding to analyse water samples from the lake’s main tributary.
It is early days in the 2017 Tour of Southland, but New Plymouth's Michael Torckler has the eye of the tiger after crushing his rivals in yesterday's gruelling climb up Coronet Peak.