olivia caldwell

Prime Minister John Key has promised to be "more precise" after being criticised by the Labour Party for misleading the public on his vote this year on the drinking age.

It was wet, cold and windy, but more than 300 keen Queenstown cycle enthusiasts turned out for the opening of the Queenstown Trail near Arrowtown yesterday.

Firefighters work at the scene of a vegetation fire on Littles Rd near Arthurs Point yesterday afternoon.

The Milford road, gateway to Milford Sound, is expected to reopen tomorrow to single-lane traffic after a giant slip blocked it for nearly a week.

The fruits of 18 months of grinding hard work are just one day away with the opening of the Queenstown Trail tomorrow.

She takes the saying "not just a pretty face" to a whole new level.

Whitewater rafting can be quite the glamorous adventure, writes Otago Daily Times Queenstown reporter Olivia Caldwell.

It is crunch time for Otago in its ITM Cup campaign and in his first season at provincial level, local lad Michael Collins thinks his side can win its division.

Labour Day means an extra day of rest for many, but Skippers Canyon Tourist operators will be praying for a full day's work, come October 22.

A Dunedin rowing trio returned from the University World Rowing Championships in Russia last month with a fifth placing in their respective quad and lightweight singles categories. Now they seek national selection.

What happens when you put a golfing fan - the type with the funny pants - in the same town as the screaming English Barmy Army?

School children have gathered at the Queenstown Events Centre over the past two weeks to take part in the Lakes Leisure school holiday programme. Olivia Caldwell visited the fun this week.

A second crash at Arrow Junction in a week occurred on Tuesday, leading Queenstown police to warn local drivers to err on the side of caution in an area used by many tourist drivers.

After years of exporting organic lamb of the Catlins, a local trio celebrate their one year anniversary of bringing the product home.

An alleged drink-driver surrendered himself to police by accident in Queenstown on Saturday morning.

The mother of Arrowtown's Angus Beaton hopes he and the family will be home for Christmas after the young cancer patient finishes his radiation treatment and chemotherapy in December.