Wanaka accommodation providers yesterday criticised the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed new visitor recovery costs scheme through changes to its rating differentials.
A debt-conscious Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday began picking its way through a "wish list" of projects submitters want to see become reality by 2022.
Contact Energy's review of its Clutha River land bank has sparked calls for the electricity generator to be a "responsible corporate citizen" and repatriate land ethically, while securing critical public access easements.
"Fault on all sides" contributed to a Skydive New Zealand plane accident that claimed nine lives at Fox Glacier on September 4, 2010, New Zealand Parachuting Industry chief executive Keith Gallaher said yesterday.
Newly appointed Snow Farm manager Jo Lynch (36) is no stranger to Wanaka's ski industry, coming into her position with more than 14 years' snow sports instructing experience.
World-ranked snowboarder Carl Murphy (33), of Lake Hawea, has a Paralympic gold medal in his sights.
Disgruntled Wanaka accommodation providers protested this week over the proposed introduction of what was recently described by the Queenstown Lakes District Council as "the next best thing to a bed tax".
Game On Everyone, a new recreation club for Upper Clutha people with intellectual disabilities, hopes to improve links between sports clubs and families so members can have more opportunities for achievement and competition.
Retiring Cardrona Alpine Resort employee Kay Curtis (66) admits she is "one of the originals".
The listing of the northwest arm of a prominent Lake Wanaka landform, Roys Peninsula, for a reported asking price of $8 million, has come as no surprise to Wanaka's outspoken advocate for...
A Christchurch couple are unhappy after they received a freedom camping infringement notice while their van was parked outside a Wanaka backpackers where they were sleeping.
A big crowd, perfect weather and an appearance by All Blacks captain Richie McCaw thrilled organisers of yesterday's practice day for the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, setting the scene for a huge weekend.
A Wanaka holiday-maker's decades-long private study of parasites that cause a seasonal swimmer's itch has entered a new and exciting phase and Dr Norman Davis now wants up to 30 frozen duck heads to dissect.
Puzzle-maker David Strang (70) never knew that a gift he made for his grandson 11 years ago would turn into an almost all-consuming passion.
A 17-year-old Wanaka youth who had faced a charge of injuring with intent was discharged without conviction in the Queenstown Youth Court yesterday, after Judge Michael Turner said he was satisfied...
The risk of drinking water contamination from septic tanks and dairy cows was considered at a Hawea Flat water quality meeting on Sunday night.
Elite mountain bikers fulfilled the promise of a showdown in Saturday's Round Lake Hawea event, comprehensively smashing course records in both the 125km and 95km Round Lake Hawea mountain bike races.
Experienced mountainbikers David Drake (40), Andrew McLeod (52) and Blair Coupe (37), all of Wanaka, decided they were too old to chase multisport star 26-year-old youngster Dougal Allan around Lake Hawea but could still show him a thing or two.
'Team Rat' chief pilot Peter Garden is on a mission to eradicate rats from some of the world's most remote, uninhabited islands. Wanaka reporter Marjorie Cook learns about his work to save endangered bird colonies.
All the "in" businesses in Wanaka seem to sport a "Knitsy" yarn bomb and the Artisans' Co-operative is no exception.
