Marjorie Cook

Chathams workhorse flies into retirement

Air Chathams chief executive Craig Emeny in front of a Convair 580 ZK-CIB, built in 1956 and...

Chathams workhorse flies into retirement

A fast-flying, 65-year-old Convair aircraft and former lifeline for the Chatham Island economy has been retired to Wanaka and is now on display at the National Transport and Toy Museum, near Luggate.

NZ snowsports Olympians enjoy warm Wanaka welcome

Leading the Winter Olympics street parade in Wanaka yesterday to celebrate their return from the...

NZ snowsports Olympians enjoy warm Wanaka welcome home and parade

Wanaka turned on the sunshine yesterday as the nation’s Winter Olympians, Winter Paralympians, and other top snow sports athletes paraded through town in a celebration of their homecoming from the...

Horse safety at heart of fencing upgrade

Central Lakes Equestrian Club volunteer Gordon Stewart with new plastic rails installed at the...

Horse safety at heart of fencing upgrade

New plastic rails have arrived at the Cromwell racecourse, reducing the chance of injuries for horses racing around the 150-year-old track.

Tougher sediment fines needed: F&G

Silt escaped from Youghal St into Bullock Creek on April 12 during a 12mm rainfall. PHOTO:...

Tougher sediment fines needed: F&G

Resource management laws should be amended to increase infringement fines for sediment discharges, as an incentive for property owners to do the right thing by Wanaka waterways, the Otago Fish &amp...

Top Central Otago honour to Sadowski-Synnott

A gold medal in the slopestyle competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was among Zoi Sadowski...

Top Central Otago honour to Sadowski-Synnott

Wanaka golden girl Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won Central Otago’s supreme sports award.

Volunteers seeking support for town centre plan

An artist’s impression of what Helwick St could look like, as presented to the public in a...

Volunteers seeking support for town centre plan

After 20 years of big idea, plans and meetings but no action over the development of Wanaka’s town centre, a group of residents has come together to drive the project forward.

Rare ‘Smeagol’ sea slug found

Smeagol, a rare gravel maggot, has been found by researchers and rangers on a remote beach 85km...

Rare ‘Smeagol’ sea slug found

A team of Canterbury University scientists have discovered a very rare and slimy "gravel maggot" named "Smeagol".

Rare ‘Smeagol’ slug found in reserve

Marine ecology researchers are delighted to have discovered a slimy creature called "Smeagol" has been secretly living in soggy South Westland.

Group calls for airport committee

Group calls for airport committee

A Wānaka Airport liaison committee is overdue and badly needed, a lobby group from the town says. The Wānaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) is urging the Wānaka Community Board, the Queenstown Lakes...

Arguments over planned $20m Wanaka home heard

A string of Aucklanders have been charged for breaching lockdown rules by travelling to the...

Arguments over planned $20m Wanaka home heard

Arguments for and against a proposed $20 million, mostly subterranean, home in Wānaka have been presented to independent resource consent commissioners.

Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch

Nasa will attempt its first super pressure balloon launch of this year from Wanaka Airport at...

Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch

Nasa's planned super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport has been cancelled for today.

Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch

Nasa's planned super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport has been cancelled for today.

New Year’s visitors report sexual harm

Despite a belief sexual assault "won’t happen" in Wanaka, it does, a community support worker says.

Kiwi mascot joining Nasa trip

Debbie Fairbrother holds a kiwi soft toy given to the Nasa crew while they were in MIQ. It will...

Kiwi mascot joining Nasa trip

A kiwi soft toy has entered the space race and will be soaring 33.5km high into the stratosphere on a Nasa super-pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport.

Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended

Peter Thiel’s proposed luxury lodge in Wanaka has not won favour with Queenstown Lakes District...

Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended

An American billionaire’s mega house in Wanaka has been given the thumbs down by Queenstown Lakes District Council planners.

Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended

An American billionaire’s mega house in Wanaka has been given the thumbs down by Queenstown Lakes District Council planners.

Nasa tests this week, for launch next week

In Wanaka preparing for Nasa's 2022 super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport are project...

Nasa tests this week, for launch next week

It might look like a giant bird nest of cables and tin foil, but fingers crossed by next week Nasa’s super pressure balloon and gondola will have been transformed into something of stratospheric...

Eye on future as local body elections approach

Wanaka Community Board deputy chairman Ed Taylor has decided to step down after two terms of...

Eye on future as local body elections approach

With local body elections approaching on October 8, Wanaka’s elected representatives are mulling over their futures in public service.

Hundreds farewell ambulance officer

Sean Dickey’s parents Steve (second from right) and Mai Lian Dickey (centre) speak at their son’s...

Hundreds farewell ambulance officer

Steve and Mei Lian Dickey were joined by hundreds of people from NZ and Wanaka’s sailing and emergency services communities to mourn their son, Sean Dickey, who died in a road accident in Christchurch.

Retirement living demand driving expansion

Metlifecare has bought 5.4ha of land in the Three Parks subdivision to build 120 villas and 17...

Retirement living demand driving expansion

Retirement living is booming in Wanaka.

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