Anyone on flight NZ5077 Auck-Nelson on Jan 16 is now a close contact of an Omicron case.

More locations of interest linked to Omicron cases continue to be released.

People who were there at the affected time should self-monitor for symptoms for 10 days.

Lack of Māori input and specific details of plan have been criticised.

Italian hair fails and holiday romances are Patrick Adderley's earliest travel memories.

The Ministry of Health is asking people in Queenstown to remain vigilant.

Tully Robinson was convicted and sentenced to home detention for four and a-half months.

The park was visited by a positive case between January 9 and 11.

Unlike tourism, the local construction industry is reportedly booming.

Passengers on a jetboat ride between 9am and midday on January 2 asked to isolate.

One person with moderate injuries has been taken to hospital.

Plans for the new house are opposed by neighbours.

Queenstown did not even hit double digits on Friday morning.

One clinic had jabbed 100 people by lunchtime yesterday.

Young boy retrieved from Lake Wakatipu fully limp, blue in the lips and not breathing.

Temperatures are forecast to hit as high as 30C for the start of 2022.

Queenstown apartment "fully involved in flames" after explosion.

Many businesses in Queenstown have already given up on summer.

The child suffered minor injuries.

Before Covid-19, about six out of 10 of the district's workers were employed in tourism.

A father-of-four died in the horror smash.

The resignation just before Christmas has been called 'disappointing' by council.

About 25 emergency service personnel were called to the crash site this morning.

Six tempting wine experiences to keep your glass topped up well into the new year.