Tracey Roxburgh

The Southland District Council has decided to withdraw its High Court appeal  on the Around the Mountains Cycle Trail and pay $175,000 costs to Fish and Game.

The NZ Transport Agency will keep a close eye on an area from which two  large boulders fell on Wednesday afternoon.

Highland-style games, whisky tasting, haggis, ''tatties and neeps'' will feature in Glenorchy this weekend, during a Scottish-themed Great Glenorchy Getaway Day, celebrating the region's heritage.

Is Queenstown making a bid to host part of next year's International Cricket Council Under-19 Cricket World Cup?

Australian carpenter Andy Marshall is already planning his next tree hut project — but it won’t be on Peter Clark’s land.

The Remarkables skifield’s state-of-the-art base building last night came out on top at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards, held in Auckland.

Motorists now have an extra reminder to reduce their speed to 20kmh when passing a stationary school bus after an initiative was rolled out in the Queenstown Lakes district.

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult is hoping the launch of a competition between business owners in the district will tidy up the towns and lower crime rates.

Two United States-based brothers have been given approval to increase their interest in the company behind the Frankton Marina project.

The sisters of a Queenstown parapenter who died last month say they have been overwhelmed by the support of the Wakatipu community and are "suffering from hug fatigue".

Queenstown police have recommended Fulton Hogan investigate one section of the Crown Range Rd after there were two  crashes in the same spot several hours apart on Wednesday.

The New Zealand Alpine Club president has called for the New Zealand Alpine Team to consider an independent review of an accident which killed two of its members in Fiordland last week.

Fiordland will host Chapter 7 of the Godzone adventure race, which next year will be held over 10 days instead of seven.

Double Olympian Nicky Samuels and rower Emma Dyke will be among hundreds of women taking part in this year's Mother's Day Fun Run and Walk charity event at Lake Hayes.

Skyline Enterprises has appointed Geoff McDonald as its new chief executive.

Public feedback on the re-establishment and extension of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's Gorge Rd Special Housing Area (SHA) has been reopened.

A Queenstown paragliding company will resume commercial operations this weekend, weather permitting, following the  death of one of its employees.

The fight over a 16ha area of land at Frankton is going to the High Court.

Wanaka freeskier Jossi Wells was last night named the Central Otago Sports Awards supreme winner and the senior sportsman of the year at a function in Queenstown.

A service will be held at Gibbston today to honour the life of a Queenstown resident who died in a parapenting incident last weekend.