Guy Williams

Drilling has begun on the second of five piers for the $22million Kawarau Falls replacement bridge project near Queenstown.

Relishing fine food, good company and sunshine at Arrowtown’s sixth annual Long Lunchon Friday are Arrowtown residents (left, from front) Gino Tudela and Dana Griffiths nand (right, from front)...

House values in the Queenstown Lakes continue to soar, and  the district  has now joined  Auckland in the million-dollar club.

Queenstown house values are continuing their bull run, leaping over the $1 million mark.

A man who ran over a family of ducks in Queenstown contacted police after the incident received national media coverage yesterday.

A group of ducklings and their mother were deliberately mown down by a truck driver in front of a group of tourists, Queenstown police say.

Someone will drown unless something is done about man-made hazards on the Kawarau Falls rapids, multisport athlete Steve Gurney says.

A group of Sydney-based Muslims and their teacher are using Queenstown as a "spiritual sanctuary'' during a five-day visit to the resort.

A man was treated in hospital after being assaulted in central Queenstown yesterday.

There's something nasty in  Central Otago’s lakes, and researchers need more funding to understand it, a University of Otago scientist says.

A methodical search in the Routeburn Valley to study the impact of last month’s aerial 1080 operation has found small numbers of dead rodents.

The door could soon reopen for landowners and developers if an overhaul of special housing area (SHA) guidelines for Queenstown is approved tomorrow.

New research shows a six-hour target for the time people stay in hospital emergency departments (ED) has contributed to a 50% reduction in patient deaths.

The Government expects to decide within a year whether Queenstown Lakes and other district councils can charge visitor levies.

They might have been last off the course at the Queenstown International Marathon on Saturday, but Steve Rutherford and Carolyn den Baars received one of the biggest cheers of the day.

Mel Aitken is no longer the bridesmaid after winning the Queenstown International Marathon on Saturday on her third attempt.

New Zealand golf tourism is on the charge, and Queenstown’s trio of marquee courses are at the top of the leaderboard.

The benefits for native birds of using 1080 for pest control far outweigh the costs, the Department of Conservation says.

Five people have been arrested on drugs charges after police raids of seven properties in the Otago Lakes area in the past few days.