The $20 million Treble Cone gondola has been formally approved by the Queenstown Lakes District Council but developer Snowline Holdings Ltd has put construction on hold until the economic climate improves.
Two very different arts meet in the "Fine Lines" exhibition in Dunedin next week, Marjorie Cook reports.
The Central Otago Whitewater Club has taken another step towards its goal of building a whitewater course on the Hawea River by applying for Queenstown Lakes District Council consents recently.
Auckland developers Chong Du Cheng and Travis Coffey aim to begin construction of a 40-unit visitor accommodation apartment complex early next year on a vacant lot at 121-129 Mt Aspiring Rd, next to the Altamont Lodge.
Little pig Toot has had a hoot all over the world, but now he has gone missing on a simple trip between Hawea Flat and Dunedin, to the dismay of owner Luke Dyer.
Wanaka ratepayers' recycling efforts were praised but Wakatipu ratepayers' were pooh-poohed by Wanaka Community Board members yesterday when it was discovered Wakatipu was not meeting its landfill diversion goal of 35%.
Most retailers in the upper section of Ardmore St were opposed a proposed change to the 60-minute parking time limit outside their shops, the Wanaka Community Board heard yesterday.
When Cromwell businessman Toby Templeton reeled in the biggest fish he had ever caught on Saturday, his first thought was "holy mackerel".
Challenge Wanaka organisers are still seeking applicants for the annual donation.
Georgina Galloway had a dream. Dave Varney had a boat. Together, the unlikely pair formed a partnership that in one year propelled the 16-year-old Wanaka schoolgirl into the Otago under-20 women's rowing team this year. Marjorie Cook reports.
It is nearly time to put out the welcome mats for some of the six new police officers promised to Wanaka by the Government in July.
The year-old Wanaka Rowing Club celebrated the start of its second rowing season recently with a win by its women's coxed quad in the recent long-distance race (17km) from Cromwell to Clyde.
A $19.5 million wastewater disposal system for Wanaka and Albert Town, based at Wanaka Airport, has been commissioned.
Central Otago vineyards' labour force seems secure, with a record number of viticulture students working their way through Otago Polytechnic's Central Otago-based viticulture programme this year.
Tributes, tears and laughter flowed at the funeral for Haast helicopter pilot Morgan Saxton (31) at Wanaka yesterday afternoon.
Roys Peninsula landowner Greg Marler is pleased he has won the right to build a house overlooking Lake Wanaka, but his five-year battle with the Upper Clutha Environmental Society is not yet over.
When Johan Van Duyse was a schoolboy in Belgium in the 1960s he and his classmates were taught their brave King Albert I was the only soldier who stood up to the invading German army during World War I.
Seven days ago, experienced Haast helicopter pilot Morgan Saxton (31) went missing on a routine flight between Haast and Wanaka Airport.
The National Party has promised an independent review of the Department of Conservation's allocation of Milford Sound aircraft landing rights should they be in government after Saturday.
A crashed Mainfreight truck and trailer unit blocked State Highway 8 at the Lindis Pass for most of yesterday while 20 firefighters mopped up a hazardous chemical spill, and other services worked to right the vehicle in wintry conditions.
