Builder put in voluntary liquidation
Builder put in voluntary liquidation
A Queenstown building company has been placed in voluntary liquidation, but the licenser says all homes being built will be reassigned to another contractor.
Tracey Roxburgh
Two more housing areas
Two more housing areas
Another 423 residential units are proposed on 30.5ha on the northern side of Ladies Mile in two special housing areas.
Police 'not too sure' how long crash victim trapped
Police 'not too sure' how long crash victim trapped
Queenstown police are not sure how long a woman was trapped with serious injuries in a vehicle between an embankment and a building in the resort.
Police unsure when car crashed into building
Police unsure when car crashed into building
Police are unsure when a car crashed off a major Queenstown road and into a building and were only alerted after a resident noticed damage to an interior wall.
Last-minute plea change over Queenstown assaults
Last-minute plea change over Queenstown assaults
A Christchurch man this morning admitted assaulting two other men in a Queenstown bar last September as his judge-alone trial was about to get underway.
Wrong way down one-way
Wrong way down one-way
A 24-year-old woman allegedly had a breath alcohol level of 600mcg when she decided to drive the wrong way down a one-way street outside the Queenstown police station on Sunday morning.
Man on stag do assaults three tourists in resort
Man on stag do assaults three tourists in resort
You could call it karma. A man at a stag do who assaulted three tourists in Queenstown was left with a broken eye socket and "cracked cheek" after he himself was assaulted at another stag do in Dunedin a week later.
Queenstown teacher denies assaulting pupil
Queenstown teacher denies assaulting pupil
A Queenstown teacher has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting a child.
Drunk woman drives wrong way outside cop station, police say
Drunk woman drives wrong way outside cop station, police say
A 25-year-old woman allegedly had a breath alcohol level of 600mcg when she decided to drive the wrong way down a one-way street outside the Queenstown police station yesterday morning.
Bus drivers strike over pay and conditions
Bus drivers strike over pay and conditions
Queenstown bus drivers are protesting outside the Otago Regional Council offices this morning as part of a strike over pay and conditions.
Judge declines to sentence molester
Judge declines to sentence molester
An indeterminate prison sentence will be considered for a man convicted on 10 counts of indecently assaulting children in a Queenstown swimming pool.
Child rapist to appeal assault convictions
Child rapist to appeal assault convictions
A child rapist has indicated he will appeal 10 convictions for indecently assaulting girls, all under the age of 12, in June 2017 in Queenstown.
Child rapist found guilty of indecent assaults
Child rapist found guilty of indecent assaults
A convicted child rapist has been found guilty of indecently assaulting six girls in a Queenstown swimming pool in June 2017.
Revealed: Convicted rapist touched girls in QT pool
Revealed: Convicted rapist touched girls in QT pool
The man found guilty of indecently assaulting girls in a Queenstown swimming pool had earlier spent more than a decade in prison for abducting a 15-year-old girl at knifepoint and raping her.
Jury considering lazy river touching counts
Jury considering lazy river touching counts
One lawyer says ''lightning doesn't strike twice''. The other contends ''you can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear''.
Queenstown pool worker tells court of concerns
Queenstown pool worker tells court of concerns
A pool supervisor says she raised concerns about a man allegedly touching children in a Queenstown swimming pool twice in about 10 minutes with her manager in June 2017.
Lifeguard noticed behaviour pattern
Lifeguard noticed behaviour pattern
A lifeguard noticed a "pattern of behaviour'' with a man accused of indecently assaulting six girls, all under the age of 12, in a Queenstown swimming pool on June 2017.
Touched children at pool 'accidentally', defendant says
Touched children at pool 'accidentally', defendant says
As soon as a man was arrested on suspicion of indecently assaulting young girls at a Queenstown swimming pool, he told police it was "accidental touching".
Lifeguard saw man 'touching' children
Lifeguard saw man 'touching' children
A lifeguard says he raised concerns in June 2017 after he saw a man, who spent more than nine hours in the pool that day, touch two children in the lazy river.
Girls tell of touching in pool
Girls tell of touching in pool
Three young girls in the lazy river at Alpine Aqualand on June 14, 2017 discussed asking a man to ''stop touching'', but were too nervous to do so, a jury heard yesterday.