Bus service sure it can integrate pupils safely
Bus service sure it can integrate pupils safely
Wakatipu bus provider Connectabus is confident it can provide a safe bus service for the area's school pupils.
Guy Williams
Checking checkouts
Checking checkouts
Police have made their second arrest in three weeks of a supermarket customer trying to underpay for groceries at a self-checkout.
Police interview passengers
Police interview passengers
The two passengers seriously injured in a light plane crash near Alexandra last week have spoken to investigators from their Dunedin hospital beds.
Queenstown pilot farewelled
Queenstown pilot farewelled
Mourners at the funeral of a Queenstown pilot who died in a light plane crash near Alexandra last week have described a fastidious perfectionist who never left anything to chance.
Crash pair could be interviewed
Crash pair could be interviewed
The two passengers seriously injured in a light plane crash near Alexandra on Tuesday could be interviewed by investigators today.
'Extraordinary bequest' agreed
'Extraordinary bequest' agreed
More than 50,000ha of high country between Lake Wanaka and Queenstown will be protected in the largest conservation undertaking on private land in New Zealand's history.
Rezoning plan lacks feedback
Rezoning plan lacks feedback
Only 10% of neighbouring landowners have given feedback on the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed rezoning of 13ha of land as ''town centre''.
Doc to start 1080 control operation on Aug 25
Doc to start 1080 control operation on Aug 25
The Department of Conservation will begin an aerial 1080 control operation in the upper Wakatipu in about a month.
Car with mother, child plunges down bank
Car with mother, child plunges down bank
A tree was all that stopped a vehicle carrying a mother and child plunging into Lake Wakatipu yesterday.
NZ may be next in line for 'Coast'
NZ may be next in line for 'Coast'
Scottish television personality Neil Oliver has filmed a promo in Queenstown for a potential New Zealand spin-off of long-running BBC series Coast.
Black ice catches out drivers
Black ice catches out drivers
Black ice after a ''late freeze'' caused several crashes in the Queenstown Lakes region yesterday.
Wrong men fingered in assault probe
Wrong men fingered in assault probe
Police fingered the wrong men in their investigation of a serious assault in Queenstown last week.
Buildings rising from the ashes
Buildings rising from the ashes
The Paradise Trust has begun work on two building projects that will fill the void left by a fire that destroyed its historic homestead two months ago.
Cheated ACC
Cheated ACC
A Queenstown man has been sentenced to 270 hours' community service for defrauding ACC of more than $12,000.
Brownlee should stay as minister: English
Brownlee should stay as minister: English
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee had a ''brain explosion'' when he bypassed airport security but did not need to give up the portfolio, deputy prime minister Bill English says.
Complaints of stench
Complaints of stench
Gibbston residents are losing patience over a smell described as being like ''leaking sewage'' coming from a nearby landfill.
Fergburger footpath expansion gets go-ahead
Fergburger footpath expansion gets go-ahead
Fergburger has got approval to widen the footpath outside the popular Queenstown burger joint to ease congestion.
Unchained malady - crashes galore
Unchained malady - crashes galore
Falling snow, black ice and drivers failing to adapt to the conditions conspired to keep police busy in Queenstown yesterday.
Burger eatery wants wider footpath
Burger eatery wants wider footpath
The Queenstown Lakes District Council should turn down Fergburger's request to widen the footpath outside its premises to ease congestion, the resort's chamber of commerce says.
Trade secrets in Amisfield book
Trade secrets in Amisfield book
After quarter of a century in the wine business and a decade running a popular bistro beside Lake Hayes, Amisfield has produced a book the company promises will take readers behind the scenes.