An "elixir of love" brought Italy victory in Queenstown's annual cocktail world cup on Friday night.

Jetlagged contestants at the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup were given an adrenaline-filled introduction to their week in Queenstown yesterday.

You have a finite supply of customers. It makes sense to keep the ones you have.

The remains dug up in Kingston, south of Queenstown, today were possibly those of a sheep, say police.

A tramper from the Czech Republic who broke both legs after a sheer 30m fall on to jagged rocks in the Buckler Burn near Glenorchy on Lake Wakatipu, may have survived only because he landed on his pack.

The Black Caps chase for victory in the third one-day cricket international against Pakistan limped to a failed 43-run defeat.

The second ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan in Queenstown today has been abandoned because of rain.

New Zealand paceman Hamish Bennett is happy to find his way as a change bowler despite being an obvious candidate to open the bowling in one-day international cricket.

A fight during a ride-on lawn mower race at an A&P Show made it the 'best damn show' in years, a sponsor says.

A manager at a Wanaka mower and chainsaw shop saw red when his ride-on lawnmower was shunted by a bigger machine.

A hunter has told of an agonising night spent with the body of a dead friend in the South Island wilderness.