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One dead in Marlborough chopper crash
One person has been killed after a helicopter crashed into the sea in French Pass.

Queenstown: A remarkable day of running
Women outweigh the men in Queenstown's first official marathon, says Rachel Grunwell.

Strangers in Paradise
The lakeside drive from Queenstown to Glenorchy lives up to its billing as one of New Zealand's most scenic roads - it just gets better at every bend as the north Wakatipu basin reveals....

Can foreign owners save our country?
If your stance on foreign ownership of prized New Zealand countryside is black or white, the case of Robert "Mutt" Lange reveals issues that are far from clear-cut.

Chopper company reps to be interviewed after crash
Representatives of a helicopter company which employed two men who died in a crash on Thursday are due to be interviewed by specialist investigators today.

Choppers ordered from skies after crash
Aviation bosses have ordered the biggest grounding of aircraft in the country's history amid fears a helicopter fault may be behind the deaths of two men.

Helicopters grounded after fatal crash
The Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a series of helicopters after a fatal crash this week.

PM's personal tribute to chopper victim
Prime Minister John Key has paid a personal tribute to one of two men who died in a helicopter crash near Queenstown yesterday.

Tourist 'living his dream'
The parents of Corey Docherty, who died after being found in a Queenstown alleyway, have arrived in NZ, and his grandfather says he was "living his dream".

Top resort's expansion plan
Plans for a huge expansion of New Zealand's most luxurious golfing and lifestyle resort have been unveiled today.

Tourist's death result of fall
A tourist, who suffered 'significant' injuries after a fall in a Queenstown alleyway, died in exactly the same spot and manner as a British tourist six years ago.

'Adventurous' tourist dies
Friends of 22 year-old Corey Docherty, who died yesterday after he was found in a Queenstown alleyway, have already raised more than $15,000 for his family.

Hundreds of tourists dodging $200 fines
Hundreds of overseas tourists caught freedom camping illegally in the Queenstown Lakes area are leaving the country without paying the $200 fine.

Back broken in Queenstown tree fall
A young Briton is in a Christchurch spinal unit after breaking his back in a Queenstown tree climbing fall.

Family escapes burning car
A dad and three children escaped uninjured when their car burst into flames in Queenstown.

'We want to know' what caused crash
A Queenstown jet-boat operator says trying to find out how one of its boats hit a rock, injuring six tourists, is proving 'frustrating'.

Girl in hospital after jetboat crash
A 12-year-old girl remains in hospital following a jetboat crash near Queenstown yesterday.

Tourist fighting for life after mountain bike crash
An English tourist was fighting for his life last night, after a mountain bike crash near Queenstown.

Taxi firm relieved as abusive cop quits
A taxi firm boss whose driver was racially insulted by an off-duty Queenstown policewoman says the company is relieved she has resigned.

Racially abusive cop quits force
A police officer who racially abused a taxi driver in Queenstown last year has resigned.

Amended charges in kidnap case
Amended charges will be filed against three men facing kidnapping charges to include a third complainant.

Police locate third person
Queenstown police have located the third person wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping.

Q'town kidnapping: Woman missing
The father of a Queenstown woman caught up in an investigation into an alleged kidnapping has called for her safe return.

Queenstown kidnapping: Let my son recover
The father of the 22-year-old Queenstown man at the centre of an alleged kidnapping has asked for privacy to allow his son to recover from the ordeal.