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Police are warning property and room renters locally to be wary with an increasing number of scammers targeting Facebook sites, like Facebook Marketplace, locally.

Around 1000 people paraded through Arrowtown autumn sunshine this morning for the Anzac Day commemorations.

Anyone new to town who sees beams of coloured lights shining into the night sky from Queenstown Gardens this King's Birthday weekend might have some questions.

Many Queenstown tourism and hospitality businesses have enjoyed strong tourist numbers over summer but for many it’s extremely tough out there as a forecast recession is already starting to crunch.

Anzac Day services are set to be held across the district tomorrow, Thursday, 25 April. Here are the details.

Native planting is expected to begin next March to re-cloak Coronet Forest near Arrowtown.

Two nights of bright aurora have had night photographers running for their cameras to capture the multicoloured skies.

Queenstown's Sarah Douglas powered home in the Routeburn Classic on Saturday, becoming the first person to win it three times.

Queenstown’s Little Blackwood bar is supporting its local volunteer fire brigade with an innovative fundraiser.

Fire crews and two helicopters are tackling a scrub fire near Kingston this morning.

A team of NIWA scientific divers have successfully searched for a freshwater freak of nature in Otago’s alpine lakes.

Most local hospitality and restaurant operators have welcomed the option of 90-day trial periods now extended to all employers, no matter what their size, as another tool to help attract and retain quality staff.

Four hundred runners will take on the gut-busting Routeburn Classic this weekend, running the 32km alpine trail through Fiordland & Mount Aspiring National Parks.

A high-profile Queenstown Dad and daughter duo have been named as finalists in the APRA Best Children’s Song category of the New Zealand Children’s Music Awards for their hilariously fun rendition of a stinky, farting, hoof-hearted’ wonky donkey.

A Dunedin couple say it is unfair how hard they have had to fight to overturn a parking breach after being scammed in Queenstown.

Former high school principal Steve Hall is set to return to the industry and mountain where his career began, this time as The Remarkables’ new Ski Area Manager.

Iconic Arrowtown retail group Wallace & Gibbs will close two of its six stores, citing an ongoing hangover from the pandemic years.

Italian mountaineer Simone Moro headlines the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival this year, talking about his achievements in high-altitude mountaineering and extraordinary rescue missions he's been involved with during his mountaineering career and as a helicopter pilot.

Suspicious activity in Kelvin Heights, a man pepper sprayed by police in a confrontation, a runaway van, youngster charged over graffiti, and a burned out vehicle in Shotover Delta all feature in this week's Crimeline.

It has taken 16 years of diligent work, but all the seeding conifer trees have now been removed from a massive stretch of backcountry near Queenstown.