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.

The start of delivery of more than 16,000 letters and parcels by New Zealand Post is better late than never for hundreds of Wakatipu residents.

The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind received almost half a million dollars from a Dunedin couple yesterday, following a spirited auction in Queenstown.

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.

Queenstown bouncer Jonathan Dixon was remanded on bail on two separate charges yesterday at the Invercargill District Court.

Sarah Ivey is dropped among the pinnacles of the Remarkables Range in the Southern Alps by heli-ski in the search for white powder magic.

A Thai couple were charged with trespass after refusing to leave a Queenstown pharmacy after staff wouldn't give them a refund for purchases that wouldn't fit in their suitcase.

A former detective has been sentenced to 10 months' home detention for defrauding a national sevens tournament of $64,000.

Jumping out of a plane proves a great way to relax, writes Bronwyn Sell.

Squashed food, litter and even human faeces were found onboard the TSS Earnslaw by crew.