Long-time Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park managers Gordon Martin and Alan Martin say there is life in the old camp yet and are pleading with the town not to give it up for sports fields.
Two gravel-extraction resource consent hearings have started in Wanaka and are expected to take two weeks.
The Golfside apartment development in Wanaka has been rejected by independent commissioners Trevor Shiels and Lou Alfeld because of a potential catastrophe with underground aquifers and the fact that nearly 55% of the site would be covered by buildings, in breach of zone standards.
A revealing photo (right) taken by a surveillance camera at the Cromwell National Bank automatic teller machine may help Wanaka police crack a crime committed in August.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been criticised for not releasing information relating to the Wanaka camping ground review and proposed aquatic centre, for consideration at the same time as the proposed Wanaka sports hub.
Wanaka residents are being urged to beat Queenstown to the money and make their thoughts clearly known about future sports facilities for their town.
The Hawea Conservation Park, New Zealand's ninth and largest high country park, was confirmed by the Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick yesterday, during Conservation Week celebrations.
Lake levels are slowly rising at Wanaka and Hawea, with electricity watchers hoping it signals the start of the usual September spring melt and improved South Island generation capacity.
Warbirds Over Wanaka has appointed Invercargill-based chief executive Roger Clark and Wanaka-based events manager Mandy Deans to run the 2010 airshow.
A group of gun-toting Wanaka women is taking the world by storm - but not for themselves; for their children.
At least 40 sled dogs have returned this week for the three-day Wanaka Sled Dog Festival, run by the Southern Regions Sled Dog Club.
Wanaka's Festival of Colour trustees intend to run a "pretty tight ship" for next year's biennial arts festival as the economic downturn bites into funding sources, chairman John Beattie said yesterday.
A group of Wanaka families are keen to establish a branch of Riding for the Disabled in the Upper Clutha and are seeking the support of volunteers and members.
The level of Lake Wanaka was about 276.4m above sea level at 4pm yesterday, slightly lower than it was at the end of April, when the level was 276.47m.
It was all white on Lake Wanaka and on the mountains this weekend, with dozens of yachties finding their ski legs before setting sail on the lake for line honours in the annual Wanaka Sail Ski Regatta.
Diners had their meals interrupted on Saturday night when a fire broke out in a Wanaka building.
Wanaka police had a busy weekend attending to driving and disorder offences, with the spike in workload coinciding with pleasant weather and an influx of visitors in town for several events.
Auckland school teacher and former ski instructor Jo Dominick (26) has been reborn to snow sports after a devastating accident six months ago robbed her of the use of her legs.
The Upper Clutha Agricultural and Pastoral Society has announced an annual $1000 education scholarship for members and their dependants.
Ralph Markby doesn't believe in the adage everyone has a book in them.
