A dad and three children escaped uninjured when their car burst into flames in Queenstown.

Queenstown's harbourmaster isn't impressed after four men he advised to get off their inflatable airbed floated under bungy jumpers - and were fined.

The object that flew through a windscreen, killing a young driver, has never been found - and now a coroner has said, it's unlikely that it ever will be.

A Queenstown jet-boat operator says trying to find out how one of its boats hit a rock, injuring six tourists, is proving 'frustrating'.

A 12-year-old girl remains in hospital following a jetboat crash near Queenstown yesterday.

An English tourist was fighting for his life last night, after a mountain bike crash near Queenstown.

A taxi firm boss whose driver was racially insulted by an off-duty Queenstown policewoman says the company is relieved she has resigned.

Queenstown police have located the third person wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping.

The father of a Queenstown woman caught up in an investigation into an alleged kidnapping has called for her safe return.

The father of the 22-year-old Queenstown man at the centre of an alleged kidnapping has asked for privacy to allow his son to recover from the ordeal.

Danielle Wright and family share the water with albatrosses, bottlenose dolphins and sea lions on a wilderness cruise through Doubtful Sound.

A Chinese billionaire behind the controversial buy-up of the Crafar dairy farms and Lochinver Station says New Zealanders have nothing to fear from his investments in the country.

The identity of the new owner of Queenstown's Hilton hotel has been revealed - and it's the group behind the controversial Crafar farm and Lochinver Station purchase.

The newlyweds who ended up in court after a honeymoon fruit fight have been invited to spend their first anniversary back in Queenstown for free.

A honeymooning couple who were arrested and both charged with assault following a fruit fight at an exclusive Queenstown hotel have been granted diversion.

Queenstown wants airlines to put on extra planes from Auckland and Christchurch to soak up an expected summer surge in Asian tourists.

Andrew Louis lives like a king in a deluxe suite.

The case of a bouncer accused of taking footage of England captain Mike Tindall flirting with an ex in a bar must answer a simple question. Are digital files 'property'?

Thick smoke from a farmer's burn-off blanketed Wanaka for much of yesterday afternoon, angering some residents and perplexing tourists.

A Chinese tourist has been charged with careless driving after her rental vehicle veered off the Queenstown to Glenorchy road and ended up on its side yesterday.

A Chinese tourist had her rental car contract torn up and rewritten by a rental company yesterday after she was pulled over for alleged dangerous driving.

A tourist was dressed in dark clothing and was probably distracted by stargazing when he was killed by a car on an unlit rural Queenstown road, a coroner has found.

Matthew Smith went for a walk in search of a better life. After two months and 1600km on foot between Waiheke Island and Queenstown, he reckons he has found it.

The case of Jeanette McNee, the Queenstown policewoman found guilty of offensive language against a taxi driver but discharged without conviction, should not be taken to excuse "hate speech".

From high-end Asian street food-inspired dishes to pizzas that have been popular for almost 40 years, Queenstown's food scene has something for everyone.

A Chinese billionaire is in advanced negotiations to fund a multimillion-dollar stem cell treatment and research centre in Queenstown.