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Firefighters were quick to respond to a scrub fire near Queenstown Airport this afternoon.

An Auckland runner racing to get to the Queenstown Marathon start line, after spending last night in Christchurch, completed the race - albeit unofficially.

British and Irish runners dominated today’s Queenstown Marathon as Christchurch-based Brit Hannah Olroyd claimed an incredible sixth title, while Queenstown-based Irish runner Ciaran Faherty won his first.

Motorists are advised of delays near Queenstown after a two-car crash on State Highway 6 / the Gibbston Valley Highway.

Luma organisers have pulled pin on the festival for 2025 due to rising costs and logistics.

Bird strikes with aircraft pose a serious threat to human safety. The problem dates back to the early days of aviation, with the first death of a pilot recorded in 1912 when an aircraft crashed into the sea after striking a gull.

A gold mining company with a fast-tracked expansion project has a poor history complying with consent conditions, a regional council audit shows.

Cromwell College band Mistep have been making waves - and now are set to share a stage with music icons. The five-piece have been announced as the local opening support act for the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert in January.

The Department of Conservation intends to pilot paid parking at three South Island visitor hotspots next summer.

Not even Captain America can evade the Queenstown Police and the public who were quick to respond to a Police Facebook appeal on Monday, resulting in two arrests after a serious assault in Camp Street.

Not every musician owns a DC3 aircraft, but if you do, you might as well make the most of it.

Scapegrace Distilling Co has unveiled its brand-new state-of-the-art distillery near Cromwell. The $30 million project has been eight years in the making and will allow the brand a huge upscale in production, making 160,000 cases of single malt whisky each year, and enough gin and vodka to meet its long-term forecasts.

A woman has been charged over a fatal car crash on the Crown Range earlier this month.

House values have ended October little changed from the start of the year.

More than 12,500 runners are set to descend on Queenstown Lakes this Saturday for the tenth Queenstown Marathon, injecting around $20m into the local economy.

The Crown Range Road is likely to be closed for two weeks to stabilise a large bluff which has begun to collapse across the road, although dates are yet to be confirmed.

Queenstown Lakes business confidence is improving as we head into what is expected to be a busy summer.

Queenstown cyclists have been left spinning their wheels by a temporary ban on the Orbus bike racks. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi told operators across the country to stop using the racks as carrying bikes can potentially obscure headlamps on some bus models.

Tourists driving on a road next to the Dart River in Otago on Saturday found the road had been undermined, and were forced to scramble out of the car.

Last night’s celebration of the New Zealand tourism industry at the TIA Awards finished with RealNZ taking the Supreme Tourism Award back to the Deep South – and they couldn’t be prouder.