Christina McDonald

The 75-year-old English woman who stole a quilt which was on display at the Lakes District Museum on Monday, told police she put it in a rubbish bin after taking it.

Australia's honorary seventh state of New Zealand churned out the winners during the annual Paragliding State of Origin held in Manilla in New South Wales during Easter weekend.

The owner of an elderly three-legged Jack Russell has been left with a $640 vet bill after, he says, his dog was attacked by two husky dogs whose owner did not intervene.

A new 6km fun run along the Frankton arm of Lake Wakatipu will give women the chance to help three local organisations - one of which faced closure earlier this year - plus provide a chance to get together and exercise with friends.

While the final decision on the Milford Dart tunnel is still pending, the Glenorchy-based Stop the Tunnel group is taking to the Ombudsman its concerns about what it perceives as the Department of Conservation's disregard for proper process in considering the project's application.

A sport which draws crowds of onlookers because of the perceived danger involved and skill required actually helps heal injuries, those who regularly practise it insist.

Those with an interest in travel need not jump on a plane thanks to Queenstown's answer for armchair travellers - the Wakatipu Travel Club.

Slopestyle riders soared high as the sun set in Queenstown on Thursday and spectators craned their necks to watch backflips and other tricks.

Cars have made way for flatspins, can-cans and supermans which will be performed tomorrow night before a crowd expected to number 5000.

Why not make a film shared with others part of your week during the colder months?

A ''problematic'' dilemma sees rental car companies hiring cars to tourists who can have little driving experience, little understanding of New Zealand's roads or who make blunders such as stopping in the middle of the road to take photos.

Cruise on TSS Earnslaw was the perfect setting for children to enjoy themselves as part of a Child Cancer Foundation event - and the rain did not dampen spirits of those on board.

New Zealand's honorary consul for the Czech Republic has handed over ''half his kingdom'' to Glenorchy's Vladka Kennett.

It was a case of dogs helping cats at the Remarkables Market on Saturday, with dogs modelling their best garments and uttering their finest words in aid of their feline counterparts.

St Peter's Church in Queenstown yesterday began celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first Anglican services in the Wakatipu, with a re-enactment of the meeting between William Rees - the founder of Queenstown - and the Bishop of Christchurch.