Guy Williams

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage supports a Queenstown bed tax as one solution to "pressure points" caused by burgeoning tourist numbers.

A predator trapping programme to protect native birds in the Rees-Dart river delta is showing promising early results.

Central Otago Lakes remains the most unaffordable region for housing in the country, with median prices now more than 15 times annual income.

Lives will be lost if rescue helicopters in Te Anau stop getting government funding, Lakes District Air Rescue Trust chairman Jules Tapper says.

A young Arrowtown man was "out of control" during two incidents in the township in four days, a judge says.

Staff at Queenstown’s Kiwi Birdlife Park hope to relocate the park’s six kiwi to a new facility before their breeding season begins in August.

Work to reinstate a stretch of Rees Valley Rd washed away in heavy rain in January should begin in two weeks.

A Queenstown man who died during a whitewater rafting trip on the Shotover River yesterday was one of his company’s most senior and experienced guides.

A Queenstown man who died during a white water rafting trip on the Shotover River this morning was one of his company's most senior and experienced guides.

Arrowtown's New Orleans Hotel can continue trading for the forseeable future after another deferral of a suspension of its on-licence.

A greater focus on glass recycling and organic waste is the feature of a proposed waste management and minimisation plan that will go out for public consultation this week.

The National Party "stuffed up'' when it added the signatories of two petitions to an email list used to solicit donations, Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says.

After a two-year absence, the Otago Regional Council will open a new office in Wakatipu next month.

A Queenstown  man who crashed into a school bus after falling asleep at the wheel has been fined and ordered to pay reparation.

A man whose arm was crushed in a machine at a Queenstown tortilla factory in 2016 says he has to live with the consequences for the rest of his life.

A mountain-bike competitor died during Saturday's Macpac Motatapu multisport event.

A paragliding pilot had a lucky escape after crashing into a steep, forested hillside near Queenstown's gondola yesterday.