Reese Witherspoon's Kiwi love affair has come to an end, with the Oscar-winning actress "sad to say goodbye" to New Zealand.

Bill English will only let his ministers take partners on overseas trips if there is a need for it.

A Queenstown consortium has bought historic steam train.

Cops are warning of a serial masturbator in Queenstown.

Australian businessman gets diversion after crashing his $20m supercar near Queenstown.

The driver, captured in footage shot on the Crown Range, ignored repeated efforts to make him pull over.

Hollywood leading ladies Reese Witherspoon is lapping up the luxury of Queenstown, and taking to social media to brag about her idyllic Kiwi trip.

Farmers in Central Otago hope a new method of biological control will give them some respite from the rabbit problem.

Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling are jumping for joy in southern paradise as they make the most of their time in New Zealand.

A woman who died after a head-on collision in Queenstown has been named. She was Susan Maree Cullen, a 49-year-old Australian national. The

The woman killed in a head-on crash near Queenstown yesterday was a 49-year-old Australian, police say.

Celebrities Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling are ready to "snuggle some sheep" during their stay in New Zealand. Witherspoon, who

A woman who survived a crash into Lake Wakatipu was initially trapped in her vehicle, police say.

NASA is heading back to Wanaka to launch its super balloons which orbit the globe performing scientific monitoring.

NASA has confirmed it will return to Wanaka to launch it's super-pressure balloon which will see the 18.8 million cubic foot balloon

Hollywood stars Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon have been spotted in Queenstown as the pair arrive in the country to shoot a new film.

In a separate incident, a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a quad bike accident.

Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey are headed to New Zealand.

AJ Hackett Bungy staff have won praise from police and their boss for their response to a serious road crash outside the company's Queenstown operation.

The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.

Midwives have complained that a lack of safe transfers from Central Otago and Queenstown to main centres is putting "women and babies at risk".

The weather's going to be (finally) glorious for most of the country.

There is no obvious indication on what caused two skydiving instructors to be seriously injured on Saturday, say investigators.

A "dangerous" manoeuvre led to two Queenstown skydivers being seriously injured on Saturday was probably unintentional, an industry safety expert says.

The two skydiving instructors seriously injured during a tandem training jump are stable and recovering at Dunedin Hospital.

Two skydivers have been badly injured after they crash landed during a training jump.

There's no slumming it in the McCaw household, as the newlyweds continue to celebrate married life in beautiful Central Otago locations.

Tourism continues to boom in New Zealand with spending by domestic and international visitors approaching $26b for the past year.

Amid the hurly-burly adventures to be had, Riki Swannell opts for quiet ult-luxe.

Hundreds remain without power in southern communities after a night of wild weather.