Kiwis are less willing to spend up large on adult services, operators say.

The two-vehicle crash happened about 2.40pm; motorists have been asked to avoid the area.

Motorists have been advised to delay their journey or take another route.

There's something sustainable for every budget.

Metservice has issued a heavy rain watch for parts of the South Island.

His teacher had encouraged him to enter the national competition, but he'd shied away.

Police expect "a degree of mischief" but hope people make the right choices.

A surge in boat sales could mean less experienced people on the water, harbourmaster says.

Organisers did not know until the morning of the event whether it would go ahead.

Police expect to lay further charges in due course.

The Race Relations Commissioner has condemned two recent racist attacks in NZ.

Keith Singleton was arrested after police executed a search of his Queenstown home.

"It was stuff we don't want to see in this country ... We need to stop it."

The attack is the latest in a string of violent incidents that have local police worried.

Queenstown Lakes District councillor John MacDonald writes about Queenstown's future.

Queenstown's and Wanaka's populations increase exponentially over the holiday period.

Man's lawyer says football legend's death sent driver "overboard with the whiskies".

Rising street violence is fuelled by booze, drugs - and maybe visiting Kiwis, locals say.

Alcohol in Queenstown and Wanaka CBDs is now banned between Christmas Day and January 6.

With just 10 rooms, The Spire Hotel is as personal as it is modern.

Twenty-four bids, starting at $900,000, were placed.

Six people have been arrested after several search warrants were executed by police.

Firms catering to high-end travellers struggle to hold on as keen clients are kept out.

A final fundraising push puts the area's growing Muslim community in reach of its goal.

With only three weeks 'til Christmas over two thirds of lake baches remain empty

The decision is currently under appeal.

The Queenstown Lakes district has been the hardest hit.

We need to talk about Queenstown, writes chef and restaurateur Darren Lovell.