Elderly American man died after a bus reversed into him in Queenstown.

An Arrowtown couple and their child have been left homeless after a fire in their rental property yesterday afternoon.

A former Queenstown Resort College student who died in France earlier this week had a carefree and adventurous approach to life, a former tutor says.

Queenstown is not in danger of having too many shops, a developer says, as as a $100m project is unveiled.

The Czech tourist who watched her partner fall to his death on the Routeburn Track has been touched by tragedy in the mountains before.

Pavlina Pizova waded through waist-deep snow with frozen feet to reach a hut in the NZ wilderness after her partner died - but her ordeal was far from over.

Queenstown Airport Corp posted a 7 per cent decline in full-year profit, while growth in passenger numbers drove up revenue.

Kea researcher Paul van Klink has raised the issue that giving Keas mountain cafe food is damaging the birds' health.

Immigration NZ is changing its practices following the case of the 18-year-old French au pair who was locked in a Queenstown police cell while waiting to be deported.

Border police send reality star Gary 'Gaz' Beadle packing.

A 23-year-old Australian visitor holidaying in Queenstown is missing after wandering off from his group of friends.

A Queenstown youth wrote the threatening note that caused a bomb scare at the resort's airport last month.

Fire chiefs will consider pamphleting short-term visitor accommodation such as Airbnb after a fire gutted a Queenstown holiday let.

The operator of a new low-rise development joined to a historic hotel predicts it will command New Zealand's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10,000 a night.

A new development joined to a historic hotel is set to become NZ's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10k a night.

Large areas of black ice causes road chaos across the South Island.

AJ Hackett Bungy has "sincerely apologised'' to a customer who it says received "a fright'' when they fell unexpectedly from a jump pod 160m-high.

Armed police locked down a Queenstown primary school this afternoon, as they hunted for a man they believed was armed.

Police are still searching for the person responsible for writing the note that mentioned a bomb onboard a Qantas flight that landed in Queenstown.

Pokemon fans heading past Kawarau bridge in Queenstown were in for a special treat this afternoon as the popular character, Pikachu, went for a bungy jump.

More than $20 million in funding, 720,000ha of land: today is D-Day for the biggest pest control operation in New Zealand's history.

Debris from a rock fall at the Devil's Staircase, near Queenstown, has blocked off part of the road.

Queenstown Airport has lost a dispute with the Inland Revenue Department.

The Australian group which operates Skydive NZone is expanding its footprint with the purchase of Skydive Wanaka.

Amisfield is one of Queenstown's best-known wineries, and its bistro was started as a way to showcase and support its unique wine in 2005.

Two men involved in a high-speed car chase in Central Otago which was stopped by a flock of sheep on the road have each been sentenced to 10 months in prison.

A Glenorchy man has been found guilty of kidnapping three men and assaulting one of the trio in Queenstown in late 2014.

The Queenstown Skyline gondola is set for a multi-million dollar revamp.

Southern district police commander Superintendent made the order in a staff "advisory bulletin'' on March 7, an Official Information Act request has revealed.

Five councils - Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Queenstown and Christchurch - will be affected by new policy released by the Government this afternoon.