Today marks 100 years since the first ascent of Mt Aspiring, New Zealand's highest peak outside the Aoraki-Mt Cook region.

A man has been charged with assault and police have launched a homicide inquiry after a man died in Queenstown overnight.

Hanover Finance says some of its property investments are showing signs of life.

The historic Kingston Flyer train, stations and railway line are being sold by receivers.

Police have named the man who died after falling during a climb at Chinaman's Bluff in Central Otago on Friday.

The survivor of a "freak accident" spent a night alone on a narrow ledge at an isolated cliff-face knowing his climbing companion had fallen to his death.

A luxury $4 million Queenstown home used for an American reality TV show was left trashed after contestants went crazy.