Queenstown
Arguments heat up around Queenstown gondola upgrade
100-million dollar project to double the size of Queenstown's landmark gondola ride has been challenged as a fire risk. Audio
Queenstown gondola suffers malfunction
Passengers on Queenstown's Skyline gondola were left hanging in midair yesterday after a cabin dislodged from the conveyor system.
Cartoon: The Famous Five Eyes
Some very, very important people arrived in Queenstown yesterday, reportedly for a meeting of the Five Eyes spying alliance. Toby Morris gives his take on what the secretive club's getting up to.
One dead, one badly hurt in Queenstown truck accident
One person has died and another has critical injuries after an accident with a truck.
20 new families a month needing accommodation in Queenstown
An affordable housing trust in Queenstown says it is being contacted by 20 new families a month needing accommodation and it can't keep up with demand. Audio
Take a sad song and make it better
Sean James Donelly, aka SJD, and Julia Deans talk and sing to Kathryn Ryan about those harmonies of heartbreak and hurt you listen to in times of sorrow. Audio
Queenstown residents torn between Otago and Southland anniversaries
Today is Otago anniversary day, but after years of discussion Queenstown residents still don't know whether to observe the holiday or not.
Major Queenstown housing project abandoned
New Ground Capital has abandoned plans to build 143 apartments in two six-level buildings walking distance from central Queenstown. That leaves the resort town without large scale accommodation for… Audio
Hope for worker Queenstown accommodation
The Queenstown mayor is upbeat that low income worker accommodation will get built despite the failure of one large project. Audio
Queenstown housing project fails
Low-wage workers in Queenstown face another year of crowded houses and shared beds after a major project to provide short-term cheap rentals failed.
Soaring Wanaka prices lock residents out of property market
A Wanaka man whose business is thriving says the booming property market has shut him out and he will have to commute for more than two hours to a house he can afford to buy.
Hundreds of Queenstown holiday homes still unregistered
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is chasing up 300 property owners who have not heeded its call to register their holiday homes.
No conviction over $20m McLaren crash near Queenstown
An Australian man who crashed a $20 million McLaren F1 supercar near Queenstown has avoided a conviction.
NZ & Australia PMs want to breathe life into stalled TPP deal
Bill English and Malcolm Turnbull have agreed to work together to try and bring back to life the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Video, Audio
Freedom campers gang together, officers advised to 'back away'
Freedom campers in Queenstown are clustering their vehicles together and challenging enforcement officers if they are clamped, the council says.
$600-a-night average for Queenstown holiday homes
Queenstown is the top pick for holiday home bookings, even at an average cost of more than $600 per night.
Queenstown Airport park-and-ride announced
An airport park-and-ride service is being set up for Queenstown to try to shift cars choking up one of its main roads.
Queenstown booked out for 'crazy' NYE
Up to 15,000 partygoers will flock to Queenstown's waterfront for New Year's Eve, while Wanaka expects up to 7000.
McLaren F1 driver charged after Queenstown crash
The driver of a McLaren F1 supercar said to be worth $20 million has been charged with careless driving.
Queenstown faces a Kaikoura-style disaster
Hundreds of tourists have been trapped in Kaikoura - but 10,000 would be trapped in Queenstown if a quake struck there. Ian Telfer reports. Audio