Spying network Five Eyes is understood to be starting a week-long conference today.

Details emerge of the VIPs expected in Queenstown this weekend.

A "very, very important person" is about to visit New Zealand - but who is it?

A solo paraglider was seriously injured after plunging about 9m to the ground near Arrowtown last night.

A search and rescue operation just outside Arrowtown yesterday was the third in the wider Queenstown area within a week.

Did the creation of an 'urban boundary' cause Arrowtown prices to go through the roof?

A family has been left shaken by a road rage incident at the weekend in which a man allegedly forced their vehicle off the road several times, police say.

Nathan Jacobs had been away from his Arrowtown home for only about 20 minutes last night, before returning to find three fire crews dousing it in water.

A Queenstown shearer has been convicted on a charge of dangerous driving after travelling from Arrowtown to Cromwell at an average speed of 149km/h.

Amended charges will be filed against three men facing kidnapping charges to include a third complainant.

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Shandelle Battersby enjoys a luxurious stay at the Millbrook Resort, Arrowtown.

Links with the past are strong in this town built on gold, writes Elisabeth Easther.

'We don't want trash renting cheap houses.' Submissions like that against a new housing development in Arrowtown have outraged a young mum.

An art gallery owner who had a quilt stolen by an elderly English tourist says he can't believe she has left the country without being charged - or saying sorry.

The 75-year-old English woman who stole a quilt which was on display at the Lakes District Museum in Arrowtown told police she put it in a rubbish bin after taking it.

Jarrod Allan Mangles, who murdered Arrowtown woman Maureen McKinnel 25 years ago, has been declined parole as he "poses an undue risk to the safety of the community".

Queenstown Police are appealing for help catching a thief who has stolen women's clothing from an Arrowtown address - on two separate occasions.

A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake has rocked much of the West Coast and Otago this morning.