Labour's leader David Cunliffe says the PM's claims that Labour has promised SkyCity it won't revoke the convention centre deal have been made up.

Adventure capital Queenstown has a quiet appeal, writes Cate Foster.

The UK's Daily Telegraph asked NZ Prime Minister John Key, about Queenstown, including his favourite sights, hotels, bars and restaurants.

Prime Minister John Key has revealed his expensive tastes when unwinding at his favourite holiday destination, Queenstown.

Queenstown has a wide range of exciting activities on offer, discover Spy editors Andy Pickering and Ricardo Simich.

Fake NZSki passes worth $40,000 have been seized by Queenstown police in a sting that led to a Malaysian holidaymaker being charged with seven forgery-related offences.

Former Queenstown bouncer Jonathan Dixon says he will appeal his conviction and sentence over the "Tindallgate" CCTV incident in Queenstown during the Rugby World Cup.

Plans for a controversial tunnel between Queenstown and Milford Sound have been rejected by Conservation Minister Nick Smith.

Catherine Smith enjoys the high life with great views at Matakauri Lodge.

Queenstown bouncer Jonathan Dixon says his acquittal on two assault charges vindicates him and clears his "tarnished" name.

A "severe'' and shallow magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Milford Sound this morning, starting a series of at least seven shakes.

'We don't want trash renting cheap houses.' Submissions like that against a new housing development in Arrowtown have outraged a young mum.

A Queenstown police constable says he is "quite proud and humbled" to be recognised for bravery by the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand.

If the devastating World Bar fire in Queenstown on Friday afternoon had happened late at night it might have been difficult to get people out, southern region fire safety officer Stuart Ide said.

While SkyCity this month got the nod for its controversial $402 million Auckland convention centre, a Queenstown expansion proceeds almost entirely outside the spotlight.

Fire crews were this evening battling a fire in a four-storey building in Queenstown's main tourist strip.

The Government may contribute funding to a proposed convention centre in Queenstown, Prime Minister John Key says.

A Queenstown man who was arrested after he was seen driving a car towing a boat with passengers standing in it was yesterday sentenced for driving with a breath alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.

A series of witnesses has given evidence at the trial of former Queenstown bouncer Jonathan Dixon about an apparent lack of written policies or training about access to CCTV footage at the bar where they all worked.

Bouncer Jonathan Dixon did not think he was doing anything wrong in downloading footage of Mike Tindall in a Queenstown bar for his personal use, a court has heard.

A ex-former bouncer who posted footage of rugby player Mike Tindall being kissed by an old flame on YouTube was after the notoriety, the Crown says.