Latest from Queenstown

Is regulation keeping you awake at night?
There's a swathe of bedtime reading available at the Securities Commission

Mystery over Five Mile Allied Farmers finance
The man behind the $27m purchase of a Queenstown property development from Allied Farmers is declining to say how the deal is being financed amid speculation Allied may be helping him.

Four expelled after shoplifting spree
A shoplifting spree in Queenstown has concluded with four boys expelled from their Melbourne school.

Pilots stood down while take-off investigated
Pacific Blue says the pilots of a plane that may have breached flight rules when taking off from Queenstown airport have been stood down.

Poker hopefuls head south
Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.

Principal 'gutted' by boys' theft spree
The principal of an elite Australian Catholic college has suspended a group of boys allegedly involved in a $6000 theft spree in Queenstown.

Queenstown: Social studies down south
Rachel Glucina turns her attention to frocks on the rocks at Queenstown's Winter Festival.

Queenstown: The family's take
Donna McIntyre's family give their verdicts on their trip to the snow.

Queenstown: Peaks of perfection
Donna McIntyre and family pack their ski gear and head for the Remarkables and Coronet Peak.

Queenstown Airport deal raises questions
Questions are being raised as to what benefit Auckland International Airport will get from buying a quarter stake in Queenstown airport.

Queenstown 'like Mars', says Ice Man
The NZ man jailed in the US, who kept his girlfriend's body on ice for a year, says being home in Queenstown is "like Mars".

Auckland Airport buys up quarter of Queenstown Airport
Auckland International Airport is now the owner of 24.9pc of Queenstown Airport, in a $27.7m deal with Queenstown Lakes District Council.