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

Missing skydiver Tyler Nii's mother says they are praying they can bring him home.

Tyler Nii, from California, talked about plans to skydive before arriving in New Zealand

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.

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.

Part of building damaged but blaze contained within an hour of callout.

A fire ripped through a scenic camping spot north of Queenstown overnight.

New Zealand's notoriously fickle weather will behave for most tomorrow night.

Search under way in Mt Aspiring National Park for person with suspected broken ankle.

Fisherman collapsed and died in the water as horrified wife watched on.

$6.9m for Queenstown property

The Queenstown home went for $7.1m, despite only being valued at $4.4m.

Jetstar says it is the first airline in the country to put gift cards on sale.

Member of the public said they "thought someone was yelling for help in the bush".

The Crown is looking to appeal a discharge without conviction granted to a Queenstown man

Temperatures are set to "yoyo" the week before Christmas, the MetService warns.

Around 3000 people walked across the new Kawarau Falls Bridge in Queenstown yesterday.

One of the country's longest-serving tourism managers has retired after nearly 40 years.

The famous couple were spotted eating breakfast at a cafe in the tourist town yesterday.

The Megaupload founder has been fighting extradition orders for almost six years.

Couple found out their visas had been denied - five days after their baby was born.

The Chief District Court Judge has refused to 'defend' comments made by a colleague.