Guy Williams

The waiting time for defendants to go to trial in the Queenstown District Court has more than doubled in the past three years.

One of Queenstown’s biggest employers is welcoming the prospect of a $30million-plus worker housing complex planned for central Queenstown.

A proposed gondola to the Franz Josef Glacier is winning early support from West Coast interests, but the project could take five years to get off the ground, the company behind it says.

The  Ferg empire continues to expand.

Queenstown residents need to start having "hard conversations'' with each other about drinking and driving, police say.

An investigation into an alleged unwanted advance towards a female hitchhiker between Queenstown and Cromwell should be resolved within a week, police say.

A helicopter with six people on board has rolled over while attempting a snow landing on the Crown Range near Queenstown this afternoon.

The first stage of a $30million upgrade of Queenstown’s sewage treatment system is nearly complete.

Few Frankton residents have arranged for their gardens to be tested for arsenic, and most seem more concerned about their property’s value, the suburb’s community association chairman says.

More than 150 teachers and support staff from across the Wakatipu Basin and northern Southland braved snow and icy temperatures to gather at the Queenstown Memorial Centre yesterday.

Queenstown has a chance to set a new agenda for its special housing areas, an outgoing councillor says.

A special housing area (SHA) enabling high-rise housing near Queenstown's CBD is getting a shot in the arm.

A 37-year-old Queenstown man has been arrested after allegedly attacking someone with a machete in the resort early this morning, police say.

The first step in a long-awaited upgrade of Queenstown's Lakes District Hospital has been taken with the calling for tenders for a project manager.

A 62-year-old woman has been charged in relation to the death of a United States tourist at Mt Nicholas Station in April.

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A former Queenstown Resort College student who died in France earlier this week had a carefree and adventurous approach to life,  a former tutor says.

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