Guy Williams

A series of science events for the public beginning late this month will tap into a huge influx of scientists during Queenstown Research Week.

Joseph Parker could fight in Queenstown next year.

The Paradise Trust is having second thoughts about how to spend the insurance payout from the loss of its historic homestead in a fire last year.

Transtasman rivalry is extending into Queenstown's annual gay ski week festival.

A Lumsden teenager and her mother are furious with Jetstar after the 17-year-old endured a 36-hour travel nightmare in which her flight was diverted and her bus became stuck in snow.

It was a case of local boy made good when Queenstown raised musician Tom Maxwell won the Songstars contest in Arrowtown at the weekend.

Police have escorted a man from an aircraft at Queenstown Airport after he argued with a member of the cabin crew.

The initiative of a new resident has led to the rapid formation of a te reo Maori playgroup for Queenstown children.

Queenstown could face crippling costs if it took over the running of Lakes District Hospital, Labour health spokeswoman Annette King says.

Construction of an expanded hall and sports court at Shotover Primary School has begun, but the Ministry of Education does not know its final cost.

Plumes of smoke coming from Walter Peak Station in recent weeks are part of a clean-up after the eradication of Douglas fir trees in the area.

An eight-year-old boy suffered a broken leg when he was struck by a car on a pedestrian crossing in central Queenstown yesterday.

Queenstown Airport has opened a new $17million international terminal to cope with record growth in passenger numbers.

TSS Earnslaw will return to service next Monday after six weeks of TLC.

The 90-year-old Kawarau Falls Bridge could be left to fall into disrepair if its underwater structure is found to be shaky.

Children's author and musician Craig Smith, here with daughter Maia (9 weeks), has found the crowdfunding of his latest book ''liberating''.