Bay of Plenty look potent enough to end a remarkable drought at the national sevens rugby tournament in Queenstown this weekend.

While you're slumming it this summer, others are living it up.

Liquor bans are in place and police numbers are being boosted in many of the traditional New Year's Eve hot spots.

Auckland Airport handled 3.8 per cent more passengers in November than a year ago, and airports it has invested in experienced even stronger growth.

Three Queenstown paragliding pilots have had their tandem licences suspended after an investigation revealed they took unacceptable risks.

The bodies of two kayakers were found on Lake Wakatipu this morning.

If you want Christmas Day to really be a holiday, book yourself into a restaurant and let the staff do all the work.

The long-term lease and boutique visitor accommodation business within Queenstown's historic Eichardt's Private Hotel looks set to be bought for less than $1 million by American billionaire Julian Robertson.

Hey there's Queenstown. Upside down. It's an unexpectedly excellent way to admire some of the world's most spectacular alpine scenery.