Former All Black's injuries a mystery
Former All Black's injuries a mystery
Former All Black Duncan Robertson will remain in hospital for at least another day after he was found lying injured on a Queenstown road.
Guy Williams
Former All Black found injured near Queenstown home
Former All Black found injured near Queenstown home
Former All Black Duncan Robertson is in hospital with head and chest injuries after a neighbour found him lying on the road outside his rural Queenstown home.
Cemetery plot, interment fees to rise from August
Cemetery plot, interment fees to rise from August
Burying or interring loved ones' remains is about to get pricier in the Queenstown Lakes district, but they are likely to have a better headstone.
$2.8m water supply upgrade set to start
$2.8m water supply upgrade set to start
Work on a $2.8million upgrade of Arrowtown's water supply is set to start on Monday.
Kawarau bridge concerns become reality
Kawarau bridge concerns become reality
Three weeks after a Jacks Point woman raised her concerns about poor night-time visibility on and near the new Kawarau Falls bridge, her husband was first on the scene of a serious crash there.
Child having surgery after Queenstown crash
Child having surgery after Queenstown crash
A seven-year-old child is having surgery in Dunedin Hospital today for injuries suffered in a head-on crash in Queenstown.
Compromise reached on helicopter flights
Compromise reached on helicopter flights
Peace has broken out in a dispute between wealthy Queenstown neighbours over helicopter flights.
Doubt on 'Rings' studio rumour
Doubt on 'Rings' studio rumour
Queenstown continues to be awash with rumours of its role in a billion-dollar The Lord of the Rings television series.
Commission report backs visitor levy
Commission report backs visitor levy
Queenstown's visitor levy proposal has received a boost from a new report.
Operation of long-awaited CT scanner 'important milestone'
Operation of long-awaited CT scanner 'important milestone'
A long-awaited CT scanner is now operating at Lakes District Hospital.
'Record price' of $13.9m due to property restructuring
'Record price' of $13.9m due to property restructuring
A Queenstown property has hit the headlines for achieving the highest sale price in the country this year, but its owner says he is going nowhere.
Aussie billionaire not going anywhere
Aussie billionaire not going anywhere
A Queenstown property has hit the headlines for achieving the highest sale price in the country this year, but its owner says he is going nowhere.
Q'town bed tax: 'NZ doesn't need new taxes'
Q'town bed tax: 'NZ doesn't need new taxes'
A new report has backed Queenstown's bed tax bid, but the tourism industry has hit back saying "New Zealand doesn't need new taxes" and Kiwi travellers will be caught out by the levy.
Monitoring buoy on Lake Hayes
Monitoring buoy on Lake Hayes
Lake Hayes finally has a water monitoring buoy, five years after the lake's protectors first asked for one.
Women in crash flown to hospital
Women in crash flown to hospital
Two women were flown to Southland Hospital after their camper van crashed into a tree near Kingston yesterday.
Detention terms for benefit fraud
Detention terms for benefit fraud
A Queenstown couple have been sentenced to community detention and community work for committing benefit fraud for four years while living in Rotorua.
$70k water monitoring buoy launched on Lake Hayes
$70k water monitoring buoy launched on Lake Hayes
Lake Hayes finally has a water monitoring buoy, five years after the lake's protectors first asked for one.
Hoping to put wide experience to work on ORC
Hoping to put wide experience to work on ORC
A founding member and present secretary of the Friends of Lake Hayes Society is standing for the Otago Regional Council's Dunstan seat.
Northlake not ruling out appeal
Northlake not ruling out appeal
Property developer Northlake Investments is not ruling out an appeal after being found guilty of discharging contaminants into the Clutha River nearly two years ago.
Developer discharged contaminants into Clutha
Northlake developer discharged contaminants into Clutha
Property developer Northlake Investments has been found guilty of discharging contaminants into the Clutha River nearly two years ago.