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Police are continuing enquiries into an incident which left a man with serious injuries in Queenstown.

A Queenstown hotelier made a string of false claims, after the business's luxury "heli-crayfish experience" caught the attention of fisheries officers, documents show.

Salmonella Dub are coming to Queenstown to celebrate their 33.33rd birthday and the release of their digitally re-mastered full back catalogue.

Twenty-five years ago, Aaron Fleming was told he’d never physically exert himself again. This Sunday, he’ll stand on the start line of the men’s IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, France.

An estimated $44,000 of public money to fly Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to the top of a Queenstown mountain is a publicity stunt "gone badly wrong", Labour leader Chris Hipkins says.

Wakatipu Land Search and Rescue volunteers successfully trialled a RECCO detector device from a helicopter over the lower rocky outcrops of The Remarkables earlier this week, offering new hope to those needing rescued in the backcountry locally.

Residents across the Queenstown Lakes District can now cast their all-important votes in the 2025 local elections.

The Contact Alexandra Blossom Festival is promising one of its liveliest years yet, with a diverse entertainment programme that brings together Kiwi icons, international performers and family-friendly fun.

Queenstown Medical Centre's brand-new clinic is now open.

I want to acknowledge the effort Wakatipu Community Trust put into its application to open a new charter school in Queenstown. The Board recognises the strength of the Trust’s proposal and the vision it outlined for students and their communities. The Board was impressed by the level of community passion and support for this proposal. So why didn’t it get across the line?

Over the past seven months our team, our partners, and hundreds of Queenstown families poured themselves into the Atlas High School application. The goal was to prove that a community-owned, not-for-profit, fees-free model could give our young people real choice in a one-school town that is loudly asking for it. I’m proud of the work we did, and even prouder of the community that stood up for it.

A Queenstown landlord who crammed tenants into partitioned rooms, garages, caravans and a bus has been ordered to pay $81,050 on behalf of 117 tenants.

A blueprint for delivering this district’s future Three Waters services is now awaiting consideration and acceptance from central government.

New Zealand's engineered post-Covid recession has pushed our wage growth to near the bottom of the world in recent years.

A video showing a group of backcountry skiers being caught in an avalanche in the Treble Cone backcountry yesterday has prompted a serious warning for backcountry enthusiasts.

Queenstown-based tourism giant RealNZ has been listed as a finalist in the 2025 New Zealand Tourism Awards.

Plans for Atlas High School have been rejected by the government’s Charter School Authorisation Board.

Cardrona Valley Road has re-opened following a serious crash yesterday afternoon. One person was critically injured, two people sustained serious injuries and a further two sustained moderate injuries.

Passengers took nearly two million trips on Queenstown buses over 12 months.

New Zealand ski racing superstar Alice Robinson has been crowned the 2025 New Zealand Giant Slalom National Champion on home snow at Coronet Peak for the third year in a row.