Loved ones honoured in traditional celebration
Loved ones honoured in traditional celebration
Wānaka's Mexican community hosted Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations at Paetara Central on Saturday to mark the deaths of loved ones.
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Makarora mohua in serious need of intervention
Makarora mohua in serious need of intervention
Wanaka conservation workers Jo Tilson is one of three conservation workers who will be sharing insights about the doomed yellow-headed native bird mohua during today’s Wao Summit Climate and...
Youth hub a hive of activity
Youth hub a hive of activity
Kahu Youth’s new premises are "da bomb" and "sigma" but "needs cupcakes", the youth club members say.
'Sad news': Crux put into 'hibernation'
Digital news business Crux 'in hibernation'
Crux managing director Peter Newport announced today he was putting his digital news business "into hibernation".
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Panning for support for small town events
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Panning for support for small town events
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith was delighted to find five flakes of gold while prospecting in the Cardrona River near Wanaka yesterday, but it was not enough to satisfy his...
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Call for ‘serious’ measures to save mohua
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Call for ‘serious’ measures to save mohua
Wanaka conservation worker Jo Tilson is one of three conservation workers who will be sharing insights about the doomed yellow-headed native bird mohua during today’s Wao Summit...
Top Wānaka barista prioritises staff
Top Wānaka barista prioritises staff
An award-winning Wānaka barista's cafe isn't open this weekend because she wants her staff "to have a healthy lifestyle".
Races family affair for Team NZ cyclor
Races family affair for Team NZ cyclor
When Team New Zealand cyclor Dougal Allan walked out to race boat Taihoro every America’s Cup race day in Barcelona, the highlight was knowing his family was watching from the dock and...
Managed rock wren increasing: data
Managed rock wren increasing: data
New data shows numbers of rock wren/pīwauwau/tuke, New Zealand’s only true alpine bird, are increasing where predators are controlled in its mountain home.
Cook Islands mission for Wastebusters
Cook Islands mission for Wastebusters
Garth Falconer’s company Reset Urban Design has worked on designs for many national and international projects.
Art not exempt from inflation
Art not exempt from inflation
Lizzie Thomas is a practising artist who works under her own name as well as the moniker ellaquaint.
Feijoa fanatic traces juicy fruit’s history
Feijoa fanatic traces juicy fruit’s history
Science writer Kate Evans sometimes thinks she is "just a weirdo with an inane sense of interesting and sometimes too tangential".
A warmer, windier Wānaka predicted
A warmer, windier Wānaka predicted
What Wānaka’s weather could be like in the future, and its impact on the environment and people, will be top of mind when the Wao Aotearoa Summit 2024 launches next week at Rippon Hall.
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Weather challenges to be explored
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Weather challenges to be explored
New national climate data forecasts that between now and 2099, the weather in Wānaka will become increasingly warmer and windier.
Hempcrete in spotlight
Hempcrete in spotlight
Wānaka start-up businesswoman Tanya Simmonds is delighted with the uptake in interest in hemp building materials, six months after she imported a hempcrete processing plant from Australia and set...
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Entering agreement with Willowridge floated
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Entering agreement with Willowridge floated
Behind closed doors the Queenstown Lakes District Council will consider entering into a commercial agreement with developer Alan Dippie’s company Willowridge.
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Making high fashion accessible
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Pair in bid to make high fashion accessible
Wānaka fashion designer Claire O’Connell has forged a partnership with New Zealand fashion icon Liz Mitchell to help launch her start-up business model that aims to bring high couture to the streets.
Mt Iron draft plan consultation taken to people
Mt Iron draft plan consultation taken to people
About 300 people each spend about 90 minutes walking Mt Iron every day.
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Wānaka hospital developer undeterred
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Wānaka hospital developer undeterred
A hospital developer remains undeterred about building Wānaka’s first hospital at Three Parks, despite not making the government’s final list of fast-track projects.
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After-hours acute care starts after two-year gap
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After-hours acute care starts after two-year gap
Central Otago health leaders are celebrating the opening of Wānaka’s new overnight acute services.