New gym on college’s wish list
New gym on college’s wish list
The Government has invested $46.5million in redeveloping Mount Aspiring College, but board of trustees chairman Dr Ian Hall wants more.
Marjorie Cook
Mountains of fresh snow lift avalanche risk
Mountains of fresh snow lift avalanche risk
There has been an unsettled start to spring in ski paradise.
Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all at once
Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all at once
Patience, please. We’re changing. That is the appeal from Maungawera farmer Grant Ruddenklau, as the rural sector navigates new freshwater regulations and climate change pressures.
Studio sees area as key to growing country’s film industry
Studio sees area as key to growing country’s film industry
Silverlight Studios is waiting to hear if it has won approval for a fast-track consent for its proposal to build a $280m film studio complex on the edge of Wanaka. Marjorie Cook asked studio spokesman Mike Wallis what's next for the project.
Start-up making festivity sustainable
Start-up making festivity sustainable
A Wanaka couple are hoping people go crackers for their new sustainable business.
Long wait for home worth it for family
Long wait for home worth it for family
Dreams do come true.
Minister pleased with college development
Minister pleased with college development
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is satisfied with the Government’s $46million investment in Mount Aspiring College’s new teaching spaces, whare, studios and library.
Mountain bikers criticised over cattle deaths
Mountain bikers criticised over cattle deaths
Mountain bikers have been blasted as "brainless idiots" for causing the deaths of three pregnant cows after ignoring signs and spooking them on a remote Lake Hawea station.
Groups opposed to airport plan combine
Groups opposed to airport plan combine
Zella Downing fears the Upper Clutha community is ‘‘fighting a ghost’’ as it tackles Tarras airport development plans by Christchurch International Airport Ltd (CIAL).
Conservation work to continue
Conservation work to continue
Native birdlife is thriving in the Matukituki Valley, near Wanaka, because of work over the past seven years by volunteer predator controllers.
Former NZ yachtsman to lead airport corporation
Former NZ yachtsman to lead airport corporation
Auckland businessman Glen Sowry is the new chief executive of Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and will move with his family to Queenstown to take up the role in mid-September.
Central Otago olive producer looking to Aussie markets
Central Otago olive producer looking to Aussie markets
It took just four short months for Central Otago entrepreneur Dre Hart to get his manuka-smoked olives into 95 New Zealand stores. Now he's working on moving into Australia.
Woolworths to develop Countdown Metro store
Woolworths to develop Countdown Metro store
A new supermarket chain is coming to Wanaka.
Skifields not banking on Australians
Skifields not banking on Australians
Queenstown and Wanaka skifields are no longer banking on Australia to help boost visitor numbers this season as more Covid-19 restrictions are implemented across the Tasman.
Riddles underground in Austria
Riddles underground in Austria
The absence of light is not necessarily the only thing that can keep one in the dark on a mine visit, former ODT reporter Marjorie Cook discovers.
Holiday goes swimmingly
Holiday goes swimmingly
Former Wanaka writer Marjorie Cook employs a bicycle in her search for a swimming pool and some relaxation in Germany.
Winter swim in Ireland not such a Corker idea
Winter swim in Ireland not such a Corker idea
Former Otago Daily Times journalist and Wanaka Lake Swimmers club member Marjorie Cook hardened up and accepted an invitation to go on a winter ocean swim with two tough Cork swimmers she met in her home town of Wanaka.
Crowds flock to wine and food expo
Crowds flock to wine and food expo
Wine and food vendors did a roaring trade at Warbirds Over Wanaka during Easter weekend and many say they will be back for the 2012 show.
Retreat to find a way forward
Retreat to find a way forward
It's an increasingly fast-paced world, with more and sometimes seemingly pointless demands being made on people's time and resources. How do you sort the good from the bad?
Homing in on a passion
Homing in on a passion
When Wanaka mother-of-two Susan Helmore decided to explore the chemical-free path, she ended up making it her business.