Tracey Roxburgh

When Bruce goes silent and sits down at work, Bryn Thomas' heart starts racing.

It took about 72 hours for the first freedom clamp to be applied to a wheel in Queenstown.

More than 130,000 passengers moved through Queenstown Airport last month - a 21.9% increase, smashing the previous record.

Educating visitors and residents will be a key focus for the Queenstown Lakes District Council's community guides, back in action in Queenstown and Wanaka from this week.

A pop-up camping ground has been established in Glenorchy to cater to holidaymakers over the summer period while the new Camp Glenorchy is under construction.

He's known in European paragliding circles as the "comeback Kiwi''.

The bright orange cones which have cluttered part of State Highway 6 near Queenstown for almost a year will be largely gone by the end of this week.

The founder of a Queenstown tourism business said he had ‘‘no other option'' but to appeal an Environment Court decision relating to helicopter landings at Bobs Peak.

Queenstowners will be able to pelt each other with powder next year during the resort's inaugural Colour Burst Run.

Just six months after opening, a Queenstown cafe has been named New Zealand's best.

The Otago Southland Film Office is under review.

The New Zealand Transport Agency is seeking funding to help provide cellphone coverage along the Milford road so dangerous drivers and other hazards can be reported to police.

Construction of the $10 million Alta Queenstown development at Remarkables Park is expected to be finished by July.

Glen Frew steers his Mitsubishi Evo to victory on Saturday in the 2015 Coronet Peak Hillclimb.

Taylor Swift's brother Austin (left) and mother Andrea were enjoying the sunshine in Queenstown yesterday.

It could have been a recipe for carnage.