Four Queenstown men are lucky to be alive after their kayaks overturned and they were swept out to sea off the Otago coast.

A judge has labelled an Arrowtown road rage incident as an "appalling piece of behaviour" while a couple was assaulted while their kids were in the car.

Queenstown's top cop is failing to front after officers were caught cherry-picking what they're telling the media.

It'll cost you up to $10,000 a night, but you will get million dollar views. A new hotel complex has been completed in Queenstown

A Sydney man proposed to his girlfriend moments after their helicopter crashed near Queenstown this week.

Did the creation of an 'urban boundary' cause Arrowtown prices to go through the roof?

A helicopter with six people on board has rolled over while attempting a snow landing on the Crown Range near Queenstown this afternoon.

Property values in one former gold mining town have hit the roof.

Elderly American man died after a bus reversed into him in Queenstown.

Queenstown is not in danger of having too many shops, a developer says, as as a $100m project is unveiled.

The Czech tourist who watched her partner fall to his death on the Routeburn Track has been touched by tragedy in the mountains before.

Pavlina Pizova waded through waist-deep snow with frozen feet to reach a hut in the NZ wilderness after her partner died - but her ordeal was far from over.

Queenstown Airport Corp posted a 7 per cent decline in full-year profit, while growth in passenger numbers drove up revenue.

Kea researcher Paul van Klink has raised the issue that giving Keas mountain cafe food is damaging the birds' health.

Immigration NZ is changing its practices following the case of the 18-year-old French au pair who was locked in a Queenstown police cell while waiting to be deported.

Joanna Hunkin lives the champagne lifestyle in Queenstown during a weekend loaded with luxury.

WATCH: Developer Alastair Porter is aiming to build $50 million, 9.8km Queenstown attraction.

Border police send reality star Gary 'Gaz' Beadle packing.

Fire chiefs will consider pamphleting short-term visitor accommodation such as Airbnb after a fire gutted a Queenstown holiday let.

The operator of a new low-rise development joined to a historic hotel predicts it will command New Zealand's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10,000 a night.

A new development joined to a historic hotel is set to become NZ's most expensive new hotel room rate at $10k a night.

Large areas of black ice causes road chaos across the South Island.

AJ Hackett Bungy has "sincerely apologised'' to a customer who it says received "a fright'' when they fell unexpectedly from a jump pod 160m-high.

Armed police locked down a Queenstown primary school this afternoon, as they hunted for a man they believed was armed.

Businesses and retailers operating in Auckland are opening outlets at a new $20 million Queenstown centre, a property investment business

Police remain tight-lipped on whether they have made progress in finding the person responsible for a bomb scare at Queenstown Airport yesterday.

Police are still searching for the person responsible for writing the note that mentioned a bomb onboard a Qantas flight that landed in Queenstown.

Pokemon fans heading past Kawarau bridge in Queenstown were in for a special treat this afternoon as the popular character, Pikachu, went for a bungy jump.

More than $20 million in funding, 720,000ha of land: today is D-Day for the biggest pest control operation in New Zealand's history.

Debris from a rock fall at the Devil's Staircase, near Queenstown, has blocked off part of the road.