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A Queenstown ski shop owner says residents are bewildered as to how a ski boot dryer led to the evacuation of the airport on Friday.

Skyline Gondola believes debris from its worksite contributed to flooding on Reavers Lane last month, Queenstown Lakes District Council says.

Queenstown Airport's boss Glen Sowry says today's bomb scare was sparked by a routine bag check.

Detailed investigations by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand into the source of the current cryptosporidium outbreak in Queenstown have concluded the most likely source is "human faecal contamination of the water supply".

Queenstown Airport has now reopened after a bomb scare, as the New Zealand Defence Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron deemed the reported items pose no threat.

At the World’s Edge Festival Composer-in-Residence, Victoria Kelly, has been awarded one of Aotearoa’s most prestigious music awards, the SOUNZ Contemporary Award /Te Tohu Auaha.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has confirmed the boil water notice for its Kelvin Heights water distribution zone – also including Frankton, Hanley’s Farm, Quail Rise and Tucker Beach Rd – has been lifted with immediate effect.

Charges against a tourism company over a resource consent breach to moorings at Milford Sound have been dismissed, with the company paying court costs and $100,000 toward an environmental project.

Queenstown's famous 4WD tour firm Nomad Safaris has taken the plunge and invested in a fully-electric Yutong 25-seater bus, a first for New Zealand's adventure tourism off-road sector.

Thousands of residents and workers on the Kelvin Heights water supply could be able to drink water straight from the tap by Thursday morning.

Wānaka mountaineer Guy Cotter put pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions to good use by writing his memoir: ‘Everest Mountain Guide – The remarkable story of a Kiwi mountaineer’.

A celebration of southern Māori success in Tāhuna Queenstown this week culminated in acknowledging businesses and leaders from around the region at the KUMA Southern Māori Business Awards on Saturday night.

Queenstown's Gorge Road is set to close again from next Monday, 8 October, until 22 December for work on the town centre arterial stage one.

Queenstown homes and businesses have been given timeframes for the end of the boil water notice, prompted by the cryptosporidiosis outbreak.

Queenstown's cryptosporidiosis outbreak continues to grow with 40 people now confirmed to have been infected as a result of the cryptosporidium parasite.

Celebrated Kiwi violinist Benjamin Baker talks about his role as artistic director for the At the World’s Edge Music Festival, bring held in Queenstown from 7-20 Oct.

The contamination risks for Queenstown's water are not as "extreme" as a plan it gave to the water regulator described them to be.

Arrowtown Spring Flower Show was a huge hit across the generations as it celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday. Here's a selection of photos from the event, held at Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall and organised by the Arrowtown Horticultural Society.

As tourists enjoy New Zealand's adventure capital, a growing number of Queenstown residents are sleeping in cars and tents due to a severe shortage of accommodation.

A Queenstown woman hospitalised for seven days with suspected cryptosporidium says she's worried about even showering in case she gets another severe bout.