Tracey Roxburgh

ASB'S chief economist says the country needs to focus on how we build houses to make them more affordable long-term.

A petition established by a Gibbston film-maker last year urging the Government to introduce a compulsory labelling system on all food and drink packaging in New Zealand is gathering steam.

A total of 71 people have been diagnosed with measles in the Southern District Health Board area.

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust's largest development to date, in Arrowtown, will be called Tewa Banks and designed by JTB Architects.

When they say "every vote counts" they are not joking.

The nailbiting race for Queenstown's final council seat has taken another turn this afternoon.

A person has been detained by police following a security breach at Queenstown Airport this afternoon.

An Australian waiter was told by a district court judge if he was not able to behave himself in New Zealand he should "go home and be looked after by your mother''.

Queenstown Airport has virtually trebled the number of rescue firefighters in the past two years, and last month it almost doubled the number of those qualified to be deputy crew chiefs.

A Queenstown-based residential construction company that went into liquidation in March owes more than $2.3 million.

News an independent $20 million surgical hospital is expected to open in Queenstown in about two years has been welcomed in the resort.

A new hospital for Queenstown is expected to be open by late 2021.

A report will be presented to Thursday's full Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting in Queenstown - the last for this triennium - following an elected member conduct committee hearing yesterday.

Three drink-drivers were caught in Queenstown this morning during a police checkpoint on Lake Esplanade.