Wanaka mother Shirl Rowley's heartfelt plea for support to create a baby memorial wall at Wanaka Cemetery received a warm reception from Queenstown Lakes councillors at an annual plan submissions hearing yesterday.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be "doomed" should it ignore the will of the people, retired Catholic priest Father Brian Fenton warned yesterday during annual plan submissions in Wanaka.
The fourth generation of Aspinalls has taken possession of Mt Aspiring Station homestead in a move the family says is "huge" but satisfying.
Scaffolders have started undressing the Luggate Red Bridge, after the repainting of the 95-year-old wood, steel and concrete construction.
A man was flown by helicopter to Southland Hospital yesterday afternoon, after his leg was broken in two places and his knee dislocated in a tree-felling accident next to State Highway 6, near Lake Hawea.
Haast possum trapper Roy Hutcheson has welcomed news the Westland District Council has decided to throw its weight behind the anti-1080 lobby, following a 300-strong protest march on council chambers in Hokitika on Thursday.
Winter conditions apply to the Crown Range Pass and the Lindis Pass.
Updates on two proposed zone changes to enable further development on the outskirts of Wanaka will be presented to the Wanaka Community Board on Tuesday.
People have more power to change the Queenstown Lakes district plan than they realise, planner Peter Constantine tells Marjorie Cook.
Stocktaking of the Queenstown Lakes rural area rules is long overdue, says Wanaka landscape architect Anne Steven. Marjorie Cook reports.
Mount Aspiring College year 13 pupil Hannah James won a Heart of the District Award at a Queenstown Lakes District Council function last night, for her role in the community working on youth issues.
Development pressures continue unabated and now is not the time to relax rural area rules, Upper Clutha Environmental Society (UCES) spokesman Julian Haworth says.
Picture this: potato farms, dairy farms and plantations throughout the Queenstown Lakes district.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is likely to overspend this year's $500,000 budget for legal and witness fees by at least $300,000.
Resource management is a big-numbers game for the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is reviewing its rules for living in rural areas. In the first of a three-part series, Marjorie Cook explores the issues.
Aaron Blackledge
Finding things to do is often hard when you are 14, but Wanaka teenager Aaron Blackledge (18) believes he can help.
Aaron, a year 13 pupil at Mt Aspiring College, has taken over organising private parties for Wanaka's young teenagers from Blue Moon founder Sophia Dewaal, who is now at university in Wellington.
The Wanaka community must take a good, hard look at itself for allowing teenagers to poison themselves with alcohol, Wanaka Community Board chairman Lyal Cocks said yesterday. This follows an...
A three-bedroom, furnished modern villa with a $1 reserve is being sold in an online auction - and the leading bid yesterday was $210,000.
The first step towards realising a long-held dream for improved health services in Wanaka was taken yesterday, with the start of earthworks for a multimillion-dollar integrated healthcare centre in Cardrona Valley Rd.
