Five people have been arrested on charges including supplying methamphetamine and possession of cannabis.

Five people are due to appear in southern courts on drugs-related charges after search warrants were executed in Queenstown, Alexandra and Wanaka.

Queenstown residents would probably face a similar scenario to the one in Kaikoura should the Alpine Fault rupture.

Almost two-thirds of Aucklanders who don't own their own homes plan to buy their first homes outside the city.

Guests at the penthouse will have access to a 24/7 butler service, private chef and Land Rover with driver.

A Queenstown-based doctor is on his way to change the Physician's Oath after successfully lobbying the World Medical Association.

Russell Coutts has floated the idea that Queenstown might be able to stage the world's most famous yachting regatta.

Tourist drank a bottle of vodka before throwing punches, biting a man and abusing and assaulting police in eight-hour Queenstown rampage.

Queenstown's Mount Nicholas station cruise is both epic and intimate, writes Paul Rush.

Allan Dixon is parlaying a childhood spent taking videos and photos into a way of life.

Rugged-up supermodel takes an icecream break in Queenstown.

The closer to Antarctica, the hotter the property market gets.

It was the 30 hours from hell, but yesterday Robert Galdamez and his mother Pany were counting their blessings.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a beautiful property with an exceptional restaurant.

Where's the hottest property market in the Southern Hemisphere? Closer to home than you think.

The partner of an Australian tourist missing in Queenstown has grave concerns for his safety.

A search and rescue operation is under way in Queenstown after an Australian tourist failed to return from a day walk on Ben Lomond.

Richard Beven spent the money he stole on travel, cars, casinos, meals and alcohol, and a 40th birthday party for himself at exclusive golf club The Hills.

NZ Post has moved to reassure people their post is safe, following a number of incidents.

The major threat that the South Island's Alpine Fault poses to New Zealand has been front and centre of a Civil Defence conference in Queenstown this week.

Queenstown novice Dan Ahwa experiences the resort town's extreme, adrenaline-fuelled activities for the first time.

A Frenchman who stole forfeited cigarettes from a Customs drop-bin while working at an airport as a cleaner has escaped without a conviction.

Wellington house values rose 21 per cent in the last year, outstripping Auckland's 15 per cent, but Queenstown values are rising fastest.

Two crashes in as many days resulted in vehicles rolling after incidents in Queenstown over the weekend.

This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

Queenstown's bar community is in mourning after one of its own died in an eerie car crash.

Unusual items have been blocking Queenstown's sewer systems lately, with a soggy bathmat being the latest. Half a coconut was pulled

Asian investors who refused to settle on Queenstown apartments during the global financial crisis have won a landmark case.

Smoke blanketed Queenstown yesterday as the result of a burn-off on land on the other side of Lake Wakatipu owned by tourism giant Real Journeys.

Four Queenstown men are lucky to be alive after their kayaks overturned and they were swept out to sea off the Otago coast.