A Cromwell man who groped two women at the Gibbston Valley Summer Winery Concert says he can't remember the incident and is "totally at a loss" to explain his actions.

Independent commissioners are backing the $18 million replacement Kawarau Falls bridge.

Disgraced Queenstown postie Philippa Lynette Lindsay has admitted stealing thousands of pieces of mail destined for Wakatipu homes in the Queenstown District Court.

There's something very "Downunder" about the service in Queenstown. Waiters, bartenders, receptionists and shopkeepers take that relaxed, "she'll be right", Kiwi attitude to a new high.

It is the holy grail of NZ tourism: easing the path to Milford Sound for domestic and international tourists without destroying its scenery, ecological value and remoteness.

A Queenstown bar that posted on Facebook CCTV images of two men they accuse of stealing and threatened to kill them say the post was meant as satire.

New Zealand Post has completed the delayed delivery of more than 18,000 pieces of mail allegedly stolen by a postie.

Two 16-year-old youths have been jointly charged with 13 offences following a series of thefts from houses and vehicles in Queenstown.

Queenstown police are "absolutely satisfied" a young girl seen in the town on New Year's Eve is not missing British girl Madeleine McCann.

More undelivered mail has been handed in to police in Queenstown after it was found in the overgrown backyard where mail was found earlier.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with indecently assaulting a taxi driver in Queenstown.

A recreational speed diver is in Dunedin Hospital awaiting surgery on suspected spinal injuries after a jump from a cliff.

The woman accused of stealing more than 17,000 pieces of mail bound for Wakatipu homes has been remanded on bail to February 14.

A Scottish man who kicked a man in the head in Queenstown fell victim to the "binge drinking culture" endemic in the resort, a judge says.

Wakatipu residents will receive an apology from New Zealand Post when their lost mail is delivered to their homes on Sunday.

Six Christchurch post boxes have been broken into and the mail stolen, in what is being called a targeted criminal activity.

It was one of the most innovative ideas in New Zealand tourism but 45 years after the Skyline gondola in Queenstown carried its first passengers to the top of Bob's Peak, the company behind it has achieved more than anyone believed possible.

Another 10,000 pieces of undelivered mail have been discovered in a room at a storage company by Queenstown police.

Six weeks after a Queenstown parking officer was allegedly threatened and his ticket machine thrown into Lake Wakatipu, a 28-year-old Invercargill man has turned himself in.

A little peace came yesterday for the family of Carolina Patron Costas when her mother, father and brother visited the scene of her death last week following a crash on one of the Wakatipu's busiest roads.

New Zealand Post's communications manager says he feels betrayed after a Queenstown postal delivery woman was arrested and charged with theft.

The Queenstown pilot killed when his helicopter "dropped out of the sky" last night was the chief flying instructor at Wakatipu Aero Club.

A female pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash near Wanaka this evening.