New approach to planning allows cities to grow up, especially in the city centres.

Pip Greig is believed to have died after a brief and unexpected illness.

Dispute between Queenstown men escalated to talk of crossbows and murder, court hears.

Two men were flown to hospital following a brawl on Sunday morning.

Stabbing suspect slipped the net and made it to Australia.

It's been seasonal swings, not climate change, behind bad snow years at Clutha catchment.

Mass brawl between two groups ends with two men in hospital with stab wounds.

The man turned up to the hospital telling staff that he'd been shot.

New lakefront village planned near Queenstown.

Tourist 'rip off' - $51 for the 5km trip, judge says wait till you see court fees.

Queenstown motorists could be forgiven for feeling deflated thanks to untidy tradies.

It's a good weekend to stay tucked up indoors.

Snow and bitter cold to batter alps and Queenstown, while huge waves to hit near Auckland.

The missing utensil is thought to have been a 6-7cm long paring knife.

Canterbury and Otago are set to be battered with 70mm of rain over the next 24 hours.

Police have to come from Dunedin or Invercargill to interview complainants.

The last thing Duncan Robertson remembers was pushing a wheelie bin out to the road.

An ice cream brand has opened the 'first ever ice cream-themed hotel room' in Queenstown.

Judge says "unfortunately there are stupid people on the road" as he convicts driver.

Police believe body found in Lake Wakatipu is that of missing boatie

A lawyer says there could be as many as 20 reasons for this kind of transfer.

The tourism industry has hit back at the proposed bed tax.

Bill Metherell's wife was hospitalised for a week after trying to rescue him.

Councils need Government help to fund infrastructure for tourism and growth, says report.

Police divers are searching an area near the Earnslaw slipway.

The missing man was the sole passenger aboard a cabin boat.

But operator confident it can keep skifields topped up with snowmaking.

Five-year-old boy had his head pinned beneath the tree, his father thought he would die.