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.

A farm worker says he had to beg and borrow from family to support his partner and three children after his bosses fired him and kicked him out of his home at Christmas. James Wakefield was the ...

Wakefield's bosses claimed he was cruel to livestock. However, they were found to have unjustly fired him. A farm worker says he had to beg and borrow from family to support his partner and three ...

Police are investigating after a man was found dead on a remote alpine roadside near Queenstown last night. The man was hit and killed on State Highway 6. Emergency services were called to the ...