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Twenty-one major events in Queenstown Lakes will share almost half-a-million dollars in council grants funding.

Local dog experts are calling for local dog owners to take the lead - literally, and respect other walkway users, dogs on leads included, and to pick up their dogs poop.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster is giving a media conference on the fatal shootings in Auckland.

When applying for a visa, there are several common mistakes that people make which can result in declines or delays with processing.

Two people have been killed at an Auckland construction site this morning by a gunman, who also died at the scene.

This weekend Dunedin pianist and composer Abhinath Berry will perform at Thomas Brown Gallery and Aspiring Lifestyle Village. The benefit concert will include the works of Chopin, Liszt and Ravel and will raise funds for Abhinath to embark overseas for postgraduate study.

Police are responding to a serious incident on Auckland's Quay Street.

More New Zealanders are getting onboard with tourism in Aotearoa, but higher holiday costs are causing concern, according to new research.

It is pretty summery out there today but meteorologists say snow is on the way.

Adolescence is the peak age of onset for mental health challenges, with half of all sufferers experiencing their first episode before they're 18 years old.

Arrowtown School is leading the way, officially launching its dedicated hangi area – Nga Hau e Wha – Four Winds, a place for the school whanau to congregate and celebrate, the first of its kind for a local school.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has appointed David Wallace permanently to the position of Planning & Development General Manager.

Tourism operators say the winter school holidays have been a much welcome boon to numbers during a traditionally quieter season.

Whakatipu communities are set to benefit from a range of free creative arts programmes designed to support mental wellbeing and resilience.

H&J Smith will shut its doors for a final time on November 18 this year. It will be the end of an era for many in Queenstown, leaving many fond memories among its former staff and fans.

At 76, Dennis Deavoll could still be mistaken for a bit of a bad boy biker, rocking it with the best, but really, he just loves to live life to the full…and a little bit on the edge.

Rainbows at the ready ... Winter Pride returns to Queenstown next month with a record 50-plus events on the calendar.

Two landmark restaurant / bars in Brecon Street's Upper Village have been sold after their Australian owner pulled out of Queenstown.

July is probably my least favourite gardening month of the year. It’s generally the coldest, bleakest month we have. If you’ve got winter veggies in a tunnel house/glass house or under some hoops and frost cloth, they pretty much go on strike this month. They’re doing minimal growing if any at all.

Simple Minds and Texas will headline the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert in early February next year.