Guy Williams

Torckler full of praise for team after stage win

Michael Torckler wins stage three of the Tour of Southland on Coronet Peak yesterday. Photo:...

Torckler full of praise for team after stage win

It is early days in the 2017 Tour of Southland, but New Plymouth's Michael Torckler has the eye of the tiger after crushing his rivals in yesterday's gruelling climb up Coronet Peak.

Trio arrested after pursuits

Three Southland men are in custody after allegedly stealing a car, trailer and motorcycle in Queenstown on Monday night.

Trio nabbed after thefts, pursuits

Three Southland men are in custody after allegedly stealing a car, trailer and motorbike in Queenstown last night.

Residents take keys off 'grossly' drunk driver

Members of the public confiscated the keys of a Dunedin man after they saw him driving dangerously through Queenstown.

Ownership model a NZ first

An affordable housing development in Queenstown will be based on an ownership model believed to be a New Zealand first.

Hit-and-run driver's appeal thrown out

Hit-and-run driver's jail term appeal thrown out by judge

A High Court judge has dismissed an appeal by the hit-and-run drink-driver who seriously injured Queenstown woman Mutsuko Morisue in March.

Immigration concerns in resort

Queenstown business owners are waiting anxiously for the new Government to flesh out its plans for slashing immigration numbers.

Rush to complete school

Construction of Wakatipu High School's new Frankton campus is in its final stages.

Council to consider new parking buildings

The construction by 2025 of two parking buildings on Queenstown's fringes - or a 400-space facility built underneath the recreation ground - are among a raft of proposed fixes for the resort's increasingly clogged roads.

50 years of service recognised

Volunteer firefighter Jim Shaw (centre), of Arrowtown, with partner Thalia Dunn, is honoured by...

Shaw's 50 years of service recognised by fire brigade association

A stalwart of the Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade has become only the second firefighter in the Wakatipu to achieve 50 years' service.

Resort transport strategy unveiled

NZ Transport Agency southern regional director Jim Harland (right) speaks at a public meeting in...

Resort transport strategy unveiled

A radical vision for upgrading Queenstown’s transport infrastructure over the next 30 years was unveiled at a public meeting in the resort this week.

Plans to tackle Queenstown housing crisis

A mayoral taskforce set up to tackle unaffordable housing in the Queenstown Lakes district wants 1000 affordable homes to be made available for lower-income households by 2028.

Snowmaker needed big supply of cannabis

A snowmaker at Treble Cone says he bought 54 grams of cannabis because he needed enough to last the fortnight before he left the country.

School bus service reprieve welcomed

Wakatipu High School pupils board a school bus on Gorge Rd yesterday. Photo: Guy Williams

School bus service reprieve welcomed

A tempory reprieve for Queenstown’s school buses has been welcomed by parents, but families in some areas are missing out.

Grace Jones tipped to sell out Queenstown show

Grace Jones tipped to sell out Queenstown show

Singer Grace Jones' one-off Queenstown concert is expected to sell out.

Trapping to protect birds

Routeburn Dart Wildlife Trust executive officer Geoff Hughes. Photo: ODT

Trapping to protect birds

Life's about to get harder for stoats and cats preying on rare birds in the Rees-Dart river delta.

Hut warden heard about Te Araroa trail, so doing it

Queenstown’s Eiji Kitai on Ninety Mile Beach. Photos: Eiji Kitai

Hut warden heard about Te Araroa trail, so doing it

A Queenstown man walking the 3000km Te Araroa trail says he was inspired by the many long-distance trampers who have stayed at his hut in the mountains.

New hospital not on cards

New hospital not on cards

Queenstown may be on track to become the region’s second-largest city, but that does not mean it will eventually get a flash new hospital.

$6.5m for hospital upgrade

$6.5m for Lakes District Hospital upgrade

The upgrade of Frankton's Lakes District Hospital is expected to cost $6.5 million.

The end is nigh

The end is nigh

An aerial view of the Kawarau Falls bridge replacement project, near Queenstown, taken late last month shows the incomplete final section of the new bridge (centre bottom), between the southern...

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