Queenstown Lakes District Council staff had pick up human waste left by freedom campers.

Police dive squad waiting on sonar equipment that can reach 320m in search for skydiver.

Tow-truck driver calls out foreign tourists after crash outside Queenstown.

National touch player Mackenzie Haugh has been disqualified from driving indefinitely.

NZONE won't say whether the tandem jumpmaster involved in accident has been stood down.

The women became split into two groups and were caught out by darkness.

A week long 250km race with 200 athletes from over 50 countries is under fire.

The company had suspended operations after an American tourist was killed.

A man bought six beers and drank them on his drive home from Queenstown before crashing.

Body of a missing skydiver may never surface and police say any recovery will be complex.

The skydiver presumed to have died in an ill-fated tandem fall has been named by police.

A skydiving veteran is calling the death of a tandem skydiver rare.

Pilot and farmer say team effort led to pulling downed skydiver from water.

The man who rescued a skydiver who plunged into Lake Wakatipu shares his account of events

NZONE director dismissed a parachute malfunction as the potential cause of the crash.

Thames-Coromandel produces the most recycling over the festive period.

More than 20 rescue vessels scoured Lake Wakatipu in vain hunt for skydiver.

A Police co-ordinated response to a water rescue on Lake Wakatipu has been suspended.

There will be showers for most of the country next week; no severe weather is forecast.

Part of building damaged but blaze contained within an hour of callout.

A fire ripped through a scenic camping spot north of Queenstown overnight.

New Zealand's notoriously fickle weather will behave for most tomorrow night.

Search under way in Mt Aspiring National Park for person with suspected broken ankle.

Fisherman collapsed and died in the water as horrified wife watched on.

Two people taken to hospital after Queenstown tourism crash.

A video shows the vehicle flipped on its side at the bottom of a bank.

$6.9m for Queenstown property

The Queenstown home went for $7.1m, despite only being valued at $4.4m.

Jetstar says it is the first airline in the country to put gift cards on sale.

Member of the public said they "thought someone was yelling for help in the bush".