Guy Williams

An Australian tourist who punched two compatriots on a Queenstown dance floor had earlier threatened one of them by text message, police say.

The Otago Regional Council has received 164 submissions on a Queenstown Lakes District Council consent application to discharge wastewater overflows into fresh water, or on to land, for 35 years.

A funding boost from the Otago Museum will help Queenstown Primary School pupils carry out scientific monitoring of their conservation efforts.

Former All Black Duncan Robertson will remain in hospital for at least another day after he was found lying injured on a Queenstown road.

Burying or interring loved ones' remains is about to get pricier in the Queenstown Lakes district, but they are likely to have a better headstone.

Work on a $2.8million upgrade of Arrowtown's water supply is set to start on Monday.

Three weeks after a Jacks Point woman raised her concerns about poor night-time visibility on and near the new Kawarau Falls bridge, her husband was first on the scene of a serious crash there.

A seven-year-old child is having surgery in Dunedin Hospital today for injuries suffered in a head-on crash in Queenstown.

Peace has broken out in a dispute between wealthy Queenstown neighbours over helicopter flights.

Queenstown continues to be awash with rumours of its role in a billion-dollar The Lord of the Rings television series.

Queenstown's visitor levy proposal has received a boost from a new report.

A long-awaited CT scanner is now operating at Lakes District Hospital.

A Queenstown property has hit the headlines for achieving the highest sale price in the country this year, but its owner says he is going nowhere.

A Queenstown property has hit the headlines for achieving the highest sale price in the country this year, but its owner says he is going nowhere.

Two women were flown to Southland Hospital after their camper van crashed into a tree near Kingston yesterday.

A Queenstown couple have been sentenced to community detention and community work for committing benefit fraud for four years while living in Rotorua.