It's tough finding a winner on heavy winter tracks but $250k is worth chasing.

Hilton group has established two hotels - the Hilton Queenstown and the Kawarau Hotel, Managed by Hilton - on land at the Kawarau end of Lake Wakatipu. The Hilton Queenstown was named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the world's best new hotels in 2012.

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How best to find the pick of the bunch after a tough harvest.

There are of course dozens of wineries around Lake Dunstan, but I had decided to focus on the Gibbston Valley area.

So many books, so little time. Selecting books for Fiction Addiction is a delicious but sometimes difficult task, so this month we sought help by asking you what makes a good book club read.

Two balaclava-clad men brutally kicked a man unconscious early yesterday, then robbed a dairy at gunpoint.

An investigation is under way into what role synthetic cannabis may have played in a fatal car crash.

Owning a vineyard is no longer an essential part of making wine.

The country's top rugby team has come to the rescue after a Special Olympian's prized All Blacks shirt was stolen while he was training.

The compensation for reading a disappointing book is that it makes you better appreciate a satisfying one, writes Bronwyn Sell.

Study on adolescent risks finds answers in behaviour of infants.

Read extracts from the new book by Lesley Elliott, detailing the life and death of daughter Sophie, killed in a frenzied attack...

More needs to be done during early childhood, write Peter Gluckman and Harlene Hayne.

Judge sides with injured worker against firm hailed after opting out of ACC cover.