Tracey Roxburgh

A 1080 drop was carried out in the Dart, Routeburn and Caples Valleys yesterday, part of the Department of Conservation’s "Battle for our Birds".

The Australian tourist rescued on Ben Lomond near Queenstown early today didn't think he was going to survive.

Another new petrol station is planned at Frankton Flats.

The Deer Capital of New Zealand received a body blow yesterday when news broke of Silver Fern Farms' plans to close its venison plant.

While most camping grounds in the Wakatipu still have capacity for Labour Weekend, people who have not yet booked sites for Christmas and New Year may be out of luck.

While no further cases of measles have been confirmed in Queenstown, the risk is still present, health authorities warn.

Best Served Chilled guitarist Mika Craggs, who was named top guitarist at the Southern Schools Jazz Competition in Invercargill on Friday, performed in Queenstown earlier this year.

Ngai  Tahu Tourism has added Glenorchy horse-trekking business Dart Stables to its portfolio.

Queenstown  has been named the top holiday destination in Australasia, including the South Pacific, at the 2016 World Travel Awards.

Two Queenstown lodges placed into receivership in February have sold, but they  and their sole shareholding company  have now been placed in liquidation.

A free, walk-in measles vaccination clinic will be held at the Queenstown Medical Centre over the next five days for unregistered and unvaccinated residents.

A Queenstown teenager has  won the Otago Wildlife Photography Competition’s People’s Choice award, with an image taken on a smartphone.

The first section of the long-awaited Eastern Access Rd, linking Glenda Dr with Remarkables Park on the Frankton Flats, will  open  next winter. 

More than a year after the Queenstown Lakes District Council was told its main  building in Queenstown could suffer a "brittle collapse" in a major earthquake, no alternative site has yet been...

Frost-fighters will remain on high alert across the South over the coming days, after the issuing of another snow warning.

More than 60 car parks will be removed from one of Queenstown's biggest council parks at the weekend to make way for 33 camper vans.