Darren’s fast-food revolution
Darren’s fast-food revolution
At the age most people start thinking about saving for retirement, Darren Lovell changed countries and careers.
Tracey Roxburgh
Elderly hiker spent night in Milford Track bush
Elderly hiker spent night in Milford Track bush
The 73-year-old Japanese woman who was found after going missing on the Milford Track yesterday will rejoin her group for dinner at Milford Sound this evening.
Overnight road closure at Victoria Bridge
Overnight road closure at Victoria Bridge
Strengthening work is about to begin at the Victoria Bridge, on the Queenstown side of the Kawarau Gorge, which will require an overnight road closure.
Airport company cleared to acquire disputed land
Airport company cleared to acquire disputed land
Queenstown Airport Corporation has been cleared to acquire a contentious piece of land, known as Lot 6, which has tied up court time for more than eight years.
Airport activates emergency services
Airport activates emergency services
Queenstown Airport emergency services were activated yesterday morning after the pilot of a light aircraft raised concerns on approach.
Footage sought of crash down bank
Footage sought of crash down bank
Queenstown police are appealing for CCTV footage as they investigate a serious crash in which a woman was trapped for several hours down a bank.
Allegedly assaulted by gang members
Allegedly assaulted by gang members
Gang members are alleged to have assaulted two men in separate incidents in Queenstown early on Sunday.
Accused pair granted name suppression
Accused pair granted name suppression
Two Queenstown residents charged in relation to an assault in Cow Lane last week have been granted interim name suppression.
Woman abandoned in vehicle still in ICU
Woman abandoned in vehicle still in ICU
A woman who was left in a vehicle for about seven hours after a car crash in Queenstown on Wednesday morning remains in a stable condition in Dunedin Hospital's ICU.
Court date for pair over one-punch assault
Court date for pair over one-punch assault
The two men charged over a vicious assault in Cow Lane a week ago are expected to appear in the Queenstown District Court next month.
Info still sought on Queenstown hit-and-run
Info still sought on Queenstown hit-and-run
Police are still appealing for information after a hit-and-run incident in Queenstown on Saturday night.
Aussie stones window over restaurant service
Aussie stones window over restaurant service
An Australian tourist unhappy with ''the service he received'' at a Queenstown restaurant on Sunday night has been charged with wilful damage.
Suspected gang assaults in Queenstown
Suspected gang assaults in Queenstown
Police are making inquiries after two unprovoked assaults in Queenstown early on Sunday allegedly carried out by members of the same group, understood to be a gang.
Builder put in voluntary liquidation
Builder put in voluntary liquidation
A Queenstown building company has been placed in voluntary liquidation, but the licenser says all homes being built will be reassigned to another contractor.
Two more housing areas
Two more housing areas
Another 423 residential units are proposed on 30.5ha on the northern side of Ladies Mile in two special housing areas.
Police 'not too sure' how long crash victim trapped
Police 'not too sure' how long crash victim trapped
Queenstown police are not sure how long a woman was trapped with serious injuries in a vehicle between an embankment and a building in the resort.
Police unsure when car crashed into building
Police unsure when car crashed into building
Police are unsure when a car crashed off a major Queenstown road and into a building and were only alerted after a resident noticed damage to an interior wall.
Last-minute plea change over Queenstown assaults
Last-minute plea change over Queenstown assaults
A Christchurch man this morning admitted assaulting two other men in a Queenstown bar last September as his judge-alone trial was about to get underway.
Wrong way down one-way
Wrong way down one-way
A 24-year-old woman allegedly had a breath alcohol level of 600mcg when she decided to drive the wrong way down a one-way street outside the Queenstown police station on Sunday morning.
Man on stag do assaults three tourists in resort
Man on stag do assaults three tourists in resort
You could call it karma. A man at a stag do who assaulted three tourists in Queenstown was left with a broken eye socket and "cracked cheek" after he himself was assaulted at another stag do in Dunedin a week later.