The search is on for a Wanaka landowner willing to provide a site for new telecommunications masts, after the release of an Environment Court decision last week confirming the Roys Peninsula masts must go.
When Sonia Jones put a red, white and blue deckchair on the balcony of her Wanaka guest house at 236 Beacon Point Rd, she didn't think it would be a big deal.
Defining art is likely to be contentious and complicated when perhaps all that is needed is common sense, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior policy analyst Ralph Henderson says.
Wanaka beauty therapist Krystal Lucas (19) says her dog, Bella, is not aggressive and was only saying "hello" when she leapt at a senior citizen in December, catching a claw in the complainant's jersey and triggering a "dangerous dog" classification.
The owners of a dog deemed dangerous by the Queenstown Lakes District Council will today appeal the classification at a public hearing in Wanaka.
A 17-year-olds Suzannah Schwarz and Alex Black returned from Dunedin on Sunday with words of praise still ringing in their ears for their debating skills at the 2010 Otago-Southland regional Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) competition.
The beige-toned, shrouded Luggate Red Bridge on State Highway 8A will soon be brightening the days of motorists again.
A "Whodunnit" has popped up in Lake Hawea's Noema Tce, keeping Lorraine and David Paterson entertained guessing which neighbour has played a prank on them.
Wanaka resident Ralph Markby is so annoyed by unattractive, drain-dwelling algae he has complained to the council.
Flooding concerns were replaced by tramping safety warnings as fine weather returned to the Wanaka region over the weekend and yesterday.
Calling all collectors of period costume and ancient agricultural machinery - the Upper Clutha Historical Records Society is organising a district-wide celebration of 150 years of European settlement at Queen's Birthday weekend and needs your help.
Wanaka retailers were playing a waiting game with Lake Wanaka yesterday, most of them confident it would not flood.
Mt Barker farmers Bill and Raylene Jelley have been awarded a $3375 reduction in Queenstown Lakes district commissioner's charges invoiced by John Matthews, following a hearing on Monday.
Haast school children had a rare chance on Thursday to question Prime Minister John Key about his lifestyle choices and policy decisions.
One of Wanaka's unofficial lake level gauges is a much photographed willow tree in the west corner of Roys Bay.
Lakes Wanaka and Hawea continued to rise steadily yesterday, with local residents keeping a close and anxious eye on advancing waves and the swelling Bullock Creek.
The road to paradise can be less than perfect but once you are there, it's a dream come true, says Aitutaki kiteboarding instructor Jimmy Rimmer, of Hawea Flat.
A 'code red' may be issued for the Young Valley-Gillespie Pass circuit track today, closing it to the public.
Young children played a distinctive role in commemorating New Zealand's fallen at Wanaka's Anzac Day service and wreath-laying ceremony yesterday.
Wellington mountain biker Tim Wilding has promised to return and attempt to break the 5-hour mark at next year's Contact Epic mountain bike race around Lake Hawea.
