A shoplifting spree in Queenstown has concluded with four boys expelled from their Melbourne school.

Pacific Blue says the pilots of a plane that may have breached flight rules when taking off from Queenstown airport have been stood down.

Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.

The principal of an elite Australian Catholic college has suspended a group of boys allegedly involved in a $6000 theft spree in Queenstown.

Rachel Glucina turns her attention to frocks on the rocks at Queenstown's Winter Festival.

Donna McIntyre and family pack their ski gear and head for the Remarkables and Coronet Peak.

Donna McIntyre's family give their verdicts on their trip to the snow.

Questions are being raised as to what benefit Auckland International Airport will get from buying a quarter stake in Queenstown airport.

Auckland International Airport is now the owner of 24.9pc of Queenstown Airport, in a $27.7m deal with Queenstown Lakes District Council.

Drug dealer went to jail after keeping his dead girlfriend on ice for nearly a year - now Stephen Royds is back in New Zealand.

Education Minister Anne Tolley has told principals they should stop talking to the media and focus on implementing the controversial national standards.

NZ is set to reap the benefits as the country's premier tourist resort features in a Bollywood blockbuster expected to be seen by 150 million people.

New Zealand's adventure playground is a great school-holiday destination for the family writes Helen van Berkel.