Queenstown Lakes District Council has teamed up with local police to create videos for tourists promoting safe driving in the region. The council said tourists were travelling on unfamiliar roads, in some cases driving on a different side of the road than they were used to. One of the videos provided general guidance on how to drive on open roads, while the other focused on road signs. "Queenstown Road is usually very windy and much narrower, [and] China usually has multi-lanes in each direction and probably quite a high standard for their motorways. "The road signs and languages are also different, which is why the videos explain ... the common signs and what they mean."

Source: Otago Daily Times February 12, 2026 19:16 UTC