Spying network Five Eyes is understood to be starting a week-long conference today.

FBI director James Comey has arrived in Queenstown for a 'top-secret' spy conference.

CIA director Mike Pompeo is among members from 15 agencies to attend the conference.

Tributes are flowing for a mountain rescuer who died while paragliding yesterday.

The man landed on a building at Queenstown Primary School.

A huge security presence has followed top spies to their meeting near Arrowtown.

Queenstown has a dire shortage of worker accommodation.

Tree hut has one of the best views in Queenstown, cheap rent - but no permission.

COMMENT: "They're unlikely to recognise the so called VVIPs" coming to NZ.

New Zealand is starring in Brazil on a travel show hosted by a former Brazilian model.

Both industries are heavily made up of migrant and seasonal workers, experts say.

Sales in Queenstown's newest subdivision were running hot.

A "very, very important person" is about to visit New Zealand - but who is it?

Man who died after being crushed by truck while working on a septic tank was a US citizen.

One person is dead and another is being flown to hospital.

A woman has been taken to hospital with accidental gunshot wounds.

Forget the Jaguar and ponytail, tackle the toughest bike race, writes Michael Brown.

Police have confiscated drugs and arrested three people after raids in Wanaka.

A would-be ''skinny-dipper'' survives a 20m fall down a cliff in Queenstown.

Queenstown is becoming a popular retirement destination for baby-boomers, a report shows.

Pair kept up by parties & the sound of people having sex due to Queenstown's rent crisis.

Home coffee-brewing classes and a tour of a private winery are among the NZ adventures.

Emergency services say it is lucky nobody died after cyclone debbie.

Local commentators apportion much of the blame to the rise of Airbnb.

The hotel would accommodate up to 450 guests in two wings of three and four levels.

Freedom campers have been snapped sleeping under trees in Queenstown.

Queenstown space so tight that tenants now being offered bunks and 'kind of' single rooms.

Lee was sentenced to four months' home detention and ordered to pay reparation.

Police have confirmed the two men who died are believed to be tourists from Germany.

The person has been taken to hospital after crashing on Crown Range, near Queenstown.