Guy Williams

A Queenstown man walking the 3000km Te Araroa trail says he was inspired by the many long-distance trampers who have stayed at his hut in the mountains.

Queenstown may be on track to become the region’s second-largest city, but that does not mean it will eventually get a flash new hospital.

The upgrade of Frankton's Lakes District Hospital is expected to cost $6.5 million.

An aerial view of the Kawarau Falls bridge replacement project, near Queenstown, taken late last month shows the incomplete final section of the new bridge (centre bottom), between the southern...

An award-winning Queenstown chef's bid to have his drink-driving conviction overturned is headed for the Court of Appeal.

A drink-driver who struck and seriously injured a Queenstown woman is appealing his sentence on the grounds it is ''manifestly excessive''.

The fish were biting for the more than 140 competitors in the Glenorchy fishing competition on Saturday.

The sun came out and the Hawaiian shirts were slipped on for the last day of the season at the Remarkables ski area yesterday.

A Canadian golfing wonder kid to match our own Lydia Ko has spent the week recharging in Queenstown.

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult says he is ''filthy'' at the Ministry of Education's decision to stop school bus services in Wakatipu next year without consultation.

The owner of a Te Anau restaurant told food inspectors that home-killed venison illegally stored in a freezer was for friends and family.

A woman was rescued from near the summit of Ben Lomond early yesterday after her husband tracked her location with his smartphone.

Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry has told school principals at a Queenstown conference that teaching is the most important job in the world.

The Community Trust of Southland will ask for a ministerial review of the circumstances surrounding the controversial resignation of former chief executive John Prendergast three months ago.

Five people who raised the alarm after getting stuck above a waterfall near Queenstown on Tuesday should have called emergency services back after extricating themselves, police say.

All Black great Richie McCaw says a touch rugby team he is selecting for a game in Queenstown next month will be ''up for the challenge''.

Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft has exhorted school principals to show ''moral courage'' and stand up for New Zealand's children.

A Wanaka man accused a judge of bullying and intimidation yesterday, then invited him out for lunch.