In winter, get out on one of Central Otago’s four ski fields – Coronet Peak, the Remarkables, Cardrona, and Treble Cone – which are easily accessed from Queenstown. After a day’s skiing, stop off at ...

A Central Otago school says temperatures in its school library would sometimes drop to -4C before it got a community grant for air conditioning. Tarras School principal Alice Casey said the school ...

A relatively new player on the Central Otago winescape ... just enough for the vines to dodge the annoying frosts of the Otago winter and for pinot grapes to fully ripen. Hand-harvested and ...

Fire and Emergency has banned all outdoor fires on islands in the Hauraki Gulf due to the tinder-dry conditions. All existing fire permits had been suspended, with a prohibited fire season in ...