A Netherlands-based travel agent has done what Queenstown's council would not - offered $1400 to two tourists whose car was crushed by a tree in the town.

Two German travellers whose car was written off after being crushed by a tree on council land aren't impressed by the offer of a free bungy in compensation.

By this time next year, the first buildings could be going up in Wanaka's single-biggest commercial and residential development.

Queenstown pilot Antony Sproull is about to set off on the adventure of a lifetime.

A $25 million hot pools complex is one of two major private commercial developments being considered alongside a proposed Queenstown convention centre.

A Queenstown woman accused of kidnapping a drug dealer after a botched deal has been acquitted.

Amid stunning Queenstown scenery, Winston Aldworth experiences a very fast, very yellow mid-life crisis.

Justine Tyerman's wish for snow is granted during a pilgrimage to her spiritual home.

A violent Irishman will be escorted on a 14-hour deportation flight by the Queenstown police officer whose genitals he squeezed during a drunken confrontation.

Bungy pioneer AJ Hackett's wife says his quick actions probably saved the lives of his family in a high-speed head-on road smash.

A Central Otago farmer - said to be in the process of brokering a multimillion-dollar export deal with the United Arab Emirates.

An Australian who broke a Queenstown man's jaw in two places early on Monday was yesterday fined $3500 and ordered to pay $5000 emotional harm reparation to the victim before returning to Australia.

Queenstown's adventure tourism community is reeling following the death of AJ Hackett Bungy's group logistic manager Tony Middendorf.

A 50-year-old tourist who died after being hit by a car in Queenstown last night had gone outside to look at the stars, police said.

Users of rivers and lakes around Queenstown are being told to use caution over the next few days.

The UK's Daily Telegraph asked NZ Prime Minister John Key, about Queenstown, including his favourite sights, hotels, bars and restaurants.

Prime Minister John Key has revealed his expensive tastes when unwinding at his favourite holiday destination, Queenstown.

Queenstown has a wide range of exciting activities on offer, discover Spy editors Andy Pickering and Ricardo Simich.

Fake NZSki passes worth $40,000 have been seized by Queenstown police in a sting that led to a Malaysian holidaymaker being charged with seven forgery-related offences.

Former Queenstown bouncer Jonathan Dixon says he will appeal his conviction and sentence over the "Tindallgate" CCTV incident in Queenstown during the Rugby World Cup.

Medical tourism is coming to Queenstown, with a stem cell centre planned to be operating by the start of next year.

A $50 million convention centre for Queenstown is a step closer after councillors gave unanimous support for the proposal to go to public consultation.

Plans for a controversial tunnel between Queenstown and Milford Sound have been rejected by Conservation Minister Nick Smith.