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.

One player won almost $75,000 in one of the country's biggest ever poker tournaments in Queenstown on the weekend.

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.

The NZ man jailed in the US, who kept his girlfriend's body on ice for a year, says being home in Queenstown is "like Mars".

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.

Queenstown schools are closed with drivers urged to take extreme care on central South Island roads after heavy snow fell in the area, with more expected.

The country’s premier poker tour makes its mid-winter stopover in Queenstown next month.

Police use of social networks to hunt criminals is proving effective, with 'one or two' crooks caught each month.