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

One of the country's oldest pubs, Central Otago's historic Cardrona Hotel, is on the market again.

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

Several roads are again affected by ice after another heavy frost.

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.

A senior Queenstown police officer is facing a code of conduct inquiry after being caught speeding in the Kawarau Gorge.

Forecast rain today is expected to raise the Lake Wakatipu level, but not beyond its peak, reassures Queenstown Lakes District Council.

River flow levels and a minimal rain forecast suggest Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu might only rise by a further 10cm.

Tyra Banks said she chose New Zealand as a location because a lot of young Americans see the country as "a fantasy world".

More heavy rain is on the way for the Lake Wakatipu head waters before anything starts to improve.

Boaties are being asked to check their vessels for hitchhiking seaweed, after a noxious Japanese kelp turned up in Fiordland.