Police have slammed the behaviour of an Australian man as "moronic" after he asked his friend to shoot him with an air rifle because he wanted to know how painful it would be.
A judge has thrown out charges against an Arrowtown accountant suspected of drink driving because police did not have the authority to enter his property.
A proposal for Queenstown's Mt Dewar Station billed as the country's largest commercially funded native reforestation project should be rejected, a council planning report recommends.
The launch of 5G in Queenstown opens the door to the world for the resort's tech innovators, Startup Queenstown Lakes chief executive James Burnes says.