Leading the Wakatipu Prems rugby side on to the field for his 100th game, there was no one prouder at the Queenstown Rec Ground last Saturday than hooker Phil Kingsbury.

Two incredibly hardy Queenstown ice swimmers have accomplished what’s considered the sport’s ultimate challenge - the ice mile.

In the ‘bubble’ that is the Queenstown property market, with our population ever rising, residential values continue increasing despite it still being a buyers’ market.

A privately owned public hospital for the Central Otago-Queenstown Lakes area is not quite a done deal — but one might be forgiven for thinking so after a show of confidence from southern leaders.

Five Otago firefighters will spend the five weeks battling wildfires in a region of Canada, which has just declared its second state of emergency this year.

A lightning strike on an Air NZ aircraft while it was flying above New Zealand led to three cancelled flights between Queenstown and Auckland.