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.

As you drive up the long tree-lined road into Millbrook Resort, you get the eerie sensation that you're leaving the world behind you.

Looking back at interior design helps inform today's choices, says visiting lecturer Stephen Taylor.