Guy Williams

A chilly start to Waitangi weekend had many digging for jerseys and jackets, but they should not put away the jandals and shorts quite yet.

Two national outdoor recreation clubs are slamming Queenstown company NZSki for failing to work with them on reopening the Remarkables ski area access road.

The search for a climber missing in in Mount Aspiring National Park is still on hold due to poor weather.

Police have found a sleeping bag and other items believed to belong to missing climber Simon Bell.

In a series featuring some of Otago's cafes, Guy Williams travels to the picturesque Walter Peak station in search of brunch. 

A more mature demographic is being credited for a largely trouble-free Gibbston Summer Concert at the weekend.

The sun shone on a crowd of 15,000 at the Gibbston Summer Concert on Saturday.

Griffin Parker is counting the days until Queenstown's newest school opens on Monday.

Queenstown has made a bright start to the summer tourist season and operators are reporting higher visitor numbers over the Christmas-New Year period.

A war of words has broken out over Glenorchy School's decision to not oppose a liquor licence for a store across the road owned by philanthropists Paul and Debbi Brainerd.

A woman was airlifted to hospital this morning after cutting her knee in a fall on the Greenstone tramping track.

Two Cromwell men were arrested in Queenstown early this morning after an alleged assault in which a local man was kicked in the head while lying on the ground.

Queenstown Golf Club members past and present celebrated the club's centenary with three days of matches and social events at the weekend.

Drive or fly into Queenstown from the west, like most visitors do, and turn your gaze left then right, you will see sharply contrasting landscapes.

Arrowtown artist Mark Hill unveiled his sculpture Presence beside the Kelvin Heights walkway in Queenstown yesterday.

Queenstown may have helped inspire a New Zealand inventor's successful career designing semi-submersible watercraft for the world's rich.

Nearly a century ago, a barometer was presented to a Murchison mining engineer about to sail for World War 1.