Tracey Roxburgh

More than 1000 pupils from across the Central Lakes and Southland regions will descend on Queenstown today, performing in the second annual Central Lakes Polyfest.

Queenstown police are forensically testing alcohol bottles and cans left around Arrowtown School on Friday night to try to find those responsible for vandalising the premises.

Queenstown Lakes District Council candidate Glyn Lewers says he does not want to make a decision about asking for a re-count "while the blood's pumping" and will take the weekend to mull it over.

A Dunedin campus dairy has been labelled a "superb project" by Architectural Designers New Zealand chief executive Gregory Watts.

ASB'S chief economist says the country needs to focus on how we build houses to make them more affordable long-term.

A petition established by a Gibbston film-maker last year urging the Government to introduce a compulsory labelling system on all food and drink packaging in New Zealand is gathering steam.

A total of 71 people have been diagnosed with measles in the Southern District Health Board area.

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust's largest development to date, in Arrowtown, will be called Tewa Banks and designed by JTB Architects.

When they say "every vote counts" they are not joking.

The nailbiting race for Queenstown's final council seat has taken another turn this afternoon.

A person has been detained by police following a security breach at Queenstown Airport this afternoon.

An Australian waiter was told by a district court judge if he was not able to behave himself in New Zealand he should "go home and be looked after by your mother''.

Queenstown Airport has virtually trebled the number of rescue firefighters in the past two years, and last month it almost doubled the number of those qualified to be deputy crew chiefs.

A Queenstown-based residential construction company that went into liquidation in March owes more than $2.3 million.