The 22-week project, announced last July, saw 4,870 engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) blocks installed at ...

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will close Mount Iron Reserve in Wānaka from Sunday 16 March to Monday 17 March between midday (12.00pm) and 6.00am due to extreme risk of wildfire. Residents ...

Queenstown residents woke on Wednesday morning to find the town covered in smoke, with two fires burning on both ends of the ...

Fire fighters are expecting to face challenging conditions in containing a bushfire in a small town east of Sorell.

Brad Pitt has been spotted in Queenstown where he is filming his latest movie. The film follows an ex-Navy Seal and his dog ...

An engineered materials arresting system has been installed, designed to slow aircraft to a safe stop - if one ever overshoots the runway. It's the first of its kind in Australasia. Airport Chair ...

Management for Queenstown's Fergburger says it is investigating whether a "misunderstanding in communication" occurred during ...

A man has died and another has been arrested after an alleged assault in Port Pirie West on the long weekend. Emergency ...

The latest drama to drop on Acorn TV is a New Zealand detective series filmed on location in Queenstown. Besides the murders ...

Queenstown is stepping in as the backdrop for Alaska in his latest film project, Heart of the Beast. The movie will tell the ...

A bushfire threat to the west coast community of Queenstown has abated. Lightning strikes from the storms has caused a number of new outbreaks — some near areas which burnt in recent fires.