Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.

The principal of an elite Australian Catholic college has suspended a group of boys allegedly involved in a $6000 theft spree in Queenstown.

Rachel Glucina turns her attention to frocks on the rocks at Queenstown's Winter Festival.

Donna McIntyre and family pack their ski gear and head for the Remarkables and Coronet Peak.

Donna McIntyre's family give their verdicts on their trip to the snow.

The NZ man jailed in the US, who kept his girlfriend's body on ice for a year, says being home in Queenstown is "like Mars".

Drug dealer went to jail after keeping his dead girlfriend on ice for nearly a year - now Stephen Royds is back in New Zealand.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has told principals they should stop talking to the media and focus on implementing the controversial national standards.

NZ is set to reap the benefits as the country's premier tourist resort features in a Bollywood blockbuster expected to be seen by 150 million people.

Queenstown schools are closed with drivers urged to take extreme care on central South Island roads after heavy snow fell in the area, with more expected.

The country’s premier poker tour makes its mid-winter stopover in Queenstown next month.

Police use of social networks to hunt criminals is proving effective, with 'one or two' crooks caught each month.

A schoolgirl who had just three hours' driving experience when she killed one of her friends in a head-on crash has warned young drivers to think twice before taking the wheel.

Two pilots used their airside security passes to sneak onto Queenstown Airport runway in the middle of the night to race a car.

Allied Farmers says it has has conditional agreement to sell the second stage of the Five Mile property development in Queenstown.