The heat is on Cameron Mackenzie.

Mayor says ban is a response to the significant growth in freedom camping.

Glenn Raymond illegally built on crown land. He's now left taxpayers with $10k bill.

Queenstown Lakes mayor says local ratepayers not able to fund infrastructure needed.

No sign of missing skydiver after final phase of Lake Wakatipu sonar search.

It took nine fire crews and two helicopters to get a handle on the blaze.

Breaking freedom camping rules this year in Queenstown resulted in $662,800k in fines.

Freedom campers were fined $662,800 by Queenstown's district council, but many didn't pay.

Skydiver's family are prepared for the reality they might not be able to take him home.

Queenstown Lakes District Council staff had pick up human waste left by freedom campers.

Police dive squad waiting on sonar equipment that can reach 320m in search for skydiver.

Tow-truck driver calls out foreign tourists after crash outside Queenstown.

National touch player Mackenzie Haugh has been disqualified from driving indefinitely.

NZONE won't say whether the tandem jumpmaster involved in accident has been stood down.

The women became split into two groups and were caught out by darkness.

A week long 250km race with 200 athletes from over 50 countries is under fire.

The company had suspended operations after an American tourist was killed.

A man bought six beers and drank them on his drive home from Queenstown before crashing.

Body of a missing skydiver may never surface and police say any recovery will be complex.

The skydiver presumed to have died in an ill-fated tandem fall has been named by police.

A skydiving veteran is calling the death of a tandem skydiver rare.

Pilot and farmer say team effort led to pulling downed skydiver from water.

The man who rescued a skydiver who plunged into Lake Wakatipu shares his account of events

NZONE director dismissed a parachute malfunction as the potential cause of the crash.

Thames-Coromandel produces the most recycling over the festive period.

More than 20 rescue vessels scoured Lake Wakatipu in vain hunt for skydiver.

A Police co-ordinated response to a water rescue on Lake Wakatipu has been suspended.

Police appeal judge's decision to discharge man without conviction after domestic assault.

This week we are publishing the full Amber-Lee Cruickshank case podcast transcript.

There will be showers for most of the country next week; no severe weather is forecast.