Coroner David Crerar has called for no-one to swim unaccompanied, in a final report released last week into the death of 21-year-old Otago University student Blair Martyn in Lake Hawea on December 30 last year.
When Dunstan Hospital services are being discussed, the Wanaka public will fill halls to overflowing.
Ninety-eight delegates from New Zealand and Australia have registered for the New Zealand Herb Federation's annual conference in Wanaka next weekend.
Downtown Wanaka property owners now have a blueprint to follow should they wish to develop their sites in the future.
Friends of Wanaka-based British rock climber Matthew Allison (26) will celebrate his life in a series of fluorescent-themed events today, tomorrow and on Saturday.
When Haast's newly extended airstrip was threatened by an invasion of ragwort and gorse recently, the community's senior resident Betty Eggeling (89) took decisive action.
The organisers of a private salvage attempt on a Robinson 22 helicopter engine in Lake Wanaka are returning to the drawing board after failing to find what they wanted last weekend.
Memorials are being planned in Wanaka for British rock climber, Matthew Allison (26), who died in a climbing accident at Chinaman's Bluff, near Glenorchy, on Friday.
With his shock of reddish-brown curly hair, Matthew Byron Allison was one of Wanaka Wastebusters' lively characters, working to encourage recycling in the town and reduce waste going to landfill.
A 51-year-old Invercargill woman was taken to Dunstan Hospital with a broken right shoulder, broken ribs and a punctured lung after her motorcycle flipped during an overtaking manouevre on State Highway 6, between Albert Town and Hawea Flat, on Saturday afternoon.
Lake Wanaka swimmers and boat enthusiasts squared off on water safety issues this week, after it was reported swimmers could be fined $500 from December 1 for "obstructing boats" or failing to wear fluorescent caps.
Breaking his bike near the start of the 134km sixth stage of the Tour of Southland wasn't enough torture for novice tour cyclist Hamish Bond yesterday.
Wanaka's top search and rescue advisers, Geoff Wayatt and Alan Gillespie, tell Marjorie Cook there is no substitute for old-fashioned common sense in their trade.
Tarras women are notorious backroom battlers and famous for their cooking. Now, they have truly put Tarras on the tourist map.
Outrage over a proposed increase in motorcycle levies has prompted Wanaka Motorcycle Club members to write submissions in opposition and email them to at least 180 politicians.
Rain fell on the Wanakafest parade last night, but that did not deter thousands of loyal Wanaka locals from lining up along Ardmore St to cheer on the colourful show.
Scottish tourist Graeme Campbell (21) was recovering in Christchurch Hospital yesterday after receiving head injuries and a fractured pelvis and arm after a 30m fall over a bluff at Franz Josef Glacier on Thursday afternoon.
Shrek the merino sheep's story is going global once again.
Wanaka makeup artist Gena Bagley is as comfortable with the frou frou and frills of fashion shows as she is with the great outdoors.
Wanaka climber Finn Fair-bairn (12) is sporting a mile-wide grin after finishing third in speed climbing at the Oceania Sport Climbing Championships in Port McQuarrie, Australia, last week.
