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.

Flights in and out of Queenstown Airport were on hold this morning due to ice on the runway, in a "never seen before" snap freeze.

Police say they are frustrated at the behaviour of Queenstown's winter revellers after almost 30 incidents - most involving alcohol - at the weekend.

Queenstown Lakes District Council boss Adam Feeley has "total integrity", Minister of Building and Housing Nick Smith says.

Elisabeth Easther scopes out the many attractions of the tiny community nestled at the end of Lake Wakatipu.

Two people escaped a fierce fire which gutted two Queenstown houses yesterday.

Former SFO boss Adam Feeley is facing an Auditor-General probe into how his family's land has been managed.

Four new snow groomers worth $2 million are busy at Cardrona Alpine Resort preparing the field for an earlier than usual June 13 opening.

Fergus Blakiston finds time between lattes for snowboarding on a trip to Queenstown.

Ski fields around the country are experiencing their first rounds of snowfall for the year and some could be in for a snowier season than last year.

Millbrook Resort plans to spend $50 million on a new golf and residential development.

An investigation into a Shotover Jet crash which left two people hospitalised has found the crash was down to driver error.

A prominent Queenstown businessman who crashed a Harley-Davidson motorcycle while on a joyride, injuring himself and a friend, is defending a charge of aggravated careless driving.

An experienced helicopter pilot who died after hitting a power line in Marlborough last week is being described as “a big-hearted man” with a passion for flying.

One person has been killed after a helicopter crashed into the sea in French Pass.

Women outweigh the men in Queenstown's first official marathon, says Rachel Grunwell.

The lakeside drive from Queenstown to Glenorchy lives up to its billing as one of New Zealand's most scenic roads - it just gets better at every bend as the north Wakatipu basin reveals....

If your stance on foreign ownership of prized New Zealand countryside is black or white, the case of Robert "Mutt" Lange reveals issues that are far from clear-cut.

Representatives of a helicopter company which employed two men who died in a crash on Thursday are due to be interviewed by specialist investigators today.