Room check: Spire Hotel, Queenstown
Jo Elwin checks in to the elegant Spire Hotel in Queenstown.
Jo Elwin checks in to the elegant Spire Hotel in Queenstown.
Haunting photos of abandoned Kiwi set from Disney's 1988 teen war drama The Rescue.
Australian Tandem skydive operator Skydive The Beach is plunging into New Zealand with the acquisition of Skydive Queenstown for $18.6 million.
A disagreement between two Queenstown brothers over use of the lower Shotover River for commercial activities may not be over yet.
Queenstown Airport Corporation chief executive Scott Paterson has died following a short battle with cancer.
If having a caddy is a little last season for you, consider taking a chopper ride to your next round of golf.
Beating of Australian tourist by British man with criminal convictions highlights a ''leak'' in New Zealand's border protection system, lawyer says.
Huge spillage at craft brewery cost $80,000 and described as a "crime of passion".
New Zealand's most expensive accommodation is in Queenstown, with a night's stay costing an average of $226, a survey has found.
It's cheaper for Kiwis to spend a night at a hotel in Paris than it is for an overnight stay in Queenstown, a survey has found.
A British man brutally attacked a tourist in Queenstown less than six weeks after being convicted of a similar offence in Australia.
The winners in the annual Condé Nast Traveler magazine Reader Choice Awards survey have been announced.
A Queenstown couple have asked for a second chance for their pet schnauzer dogs after they were found responsible for killing three lambs on a neighbouring farm.
Police said they had launched a search for Queenstown man Jack Nicholson, 23, who was last seen around 1.30am yesterday, and later reported as missing to police.
A tourist who slapped his teenage son around the face has been given a suspended sentence by a judge who accepted "cultural differences" were a factor.
Police are today investigating the knifepoint robbery of a Queenstown bottle shop and they've thanked the public for their help in catching the suspect.
The heli-ski operator that flew in skier Roger Greville who was yesterday hit by an avalanche and later died has suspended its operations.
A skier has died after being buried in an avalanche south of Queenstown today.
James Russell is amazed during a trip to Queenstown to discover that since he last grasped poles, Kiwi skifields have lifted their game higher than the Matterhorn.
The woman who died in a two-car crash in Queenstown on Friday was Jennifer Claire Scott, 76.
The woman was driving on Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway when her vehicle and another collided head on.
A second body has been found in a field of avalanche debris in the hunt for missing Canadian students.
Searchers looking for two young Canadians missing in the South Island spotted a body in a field of avalanche debris late today.
Police are hunting for two missing Canadian tourists who have gone missing in the South Island.
Police said the 47-year-old was removed from the flight shortly before take-off at Queenstown International Airport.
Queenstown Airport has been forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on patching its runway after damage by heavy aircraft.
He spent a night with Kim from Seattle and loved footy and foreign girls. He recorded all his Kiwi adventures in diary but he didn't leave his name.
A housekeeper has been sentenced to community work after she assaulted her partner and her brother in a series of violent outbursts.