Need to cover safety and emergency responses
Need to cover safety and emergency responses
Landsar Wanaka wants the Department of Conservation to include visitor safety and accident response policies in the Mt Aspiring National Park management plan.
Marjorie Cook
Crown Range Rd to close for tour
Crown Range Rd to close for tour
The Drive New Zealand Classic Driving Tour has received the green light from the Wanaka Community Board for the exclusive use of the Crown Range Rd for three hours on October 18.
Busier year for searchers
Busier year for searchers
Wanaka-based search and rescue volunteers have attended 36 operations since July 1 last year, several of them among the more unusual or difficult situations dealt with in recent years.
Working on algae problem
Working on algae problem
A non-toxic, naturally occurring algae has been getting into Wanaka's drinking water system, prompting council officers to try to find ways to remove it at the intakes.
Car parking changes approved by board
Car parking changes approved by board
Public car park limits are about to change in an attempt to encourage turnover of lakeside car parks and push all-day parks further out from the centre of Wanaka township.
Losing toby could mean $200 fee
Losing toby could mean $200 fee
The inability of some Wanaka and Queenstown residents to locate their water toby may mean they face a $200 callout fee.
Aspiring musicians dominate awards
Aspiring musicians dominate awards
Mt Aspiring College musicians were a force to be reckoned with at the regional finals of the smokefreerockquest in Wanaka on Saturday night, taking home all but two prizes.
Accidents prompt police warnings
Accidents prompt police warnings
Police are warning motorists to keep the speed down and keep left after issuing about 15 tickets and attending two car crashes at the weekend.
Big-hearted publican farewelled in Wanaka
Big-hearted publican farewelled in Wanaka
West Coast publican and former Wanaka man David White (42) was remembered at his funeral in Wanaka yesterday as a big man with an even bigger heart and a "true friend and family man".
Bands set to rock township
Bands set to rock township
Today, some Central Otago teenagers will stop singing to their pillows and bedroom wall posters and give the performance of their lives before a big audience.
Whitewater-kayaking structures proposed
Whitewater-kayaking structures proposed
The public is being invited to comment on a proposal to build whitewater-kayaking structures in the Hawea River bed, along with the construction of a car park, access and toilet on Department of Conservation land at 173 Camphill Rd.
Runway extended for airline party
Runway extended for airline party
Haast's humble airstrip looked like an auction yard recently as 20 locals mucked in and extended the runway in preparation for one of the biggest community celebrations in a long time.
Feasibility study starts for planned community house
Feasibility study starts for planned community house
Wanaka's St Columba's Anglican Church is consulting the community and preparing a feasibility report for a community house to be built alongside the church on the corner of Upton and McDougall Sts.
Funeral service for slain publican this afternoon
Funeral service for slain publican this afternoon
The funeral of former Upper Clutha Rugby Club member and Central Otago cricketer David White will be held at the Wanaka Districts Club today at 3pm.
Station did not act unfairly, authority rules
Station did not act unfairly, authority rules
Wanaka mother Shelley Mitchell has decided not to appeal a Broadcasting Standards Authority decision that found Radio Wanaka did not act unfairly when it used her name in a broadcast item about a "white supreeemacy"-themed school ball after-party.
Lifestyle village to proceed
Lifestyle village to proceed
In what could prove to be a shot in the arm for the Wanaka construction industry, Wanaka retirement village developers Peter and Dee Gordon have joined forces with Arrow International founders Ron Anderson of Dunedin and Bob Foster of Christchurch, and Auckland company accountant Aaron Armstrong, to confirm the $70 million Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village is going ahead.
Good fare to banish winter blues
Good fare to banish winter blues
Hold the front page, again. The mantle of gloom over Wanaka last week has been replaced by a mantelpiece filled with dozens of rabbit skins and 120 beer bottles.
Big dreams on screen
Big dreams on screen
The New Zealand Mountain Film Festival gets under way in Wanaka this week, putting real-life outdoors adventure on the big screen.
Words don't get in his way
Words don't get in his way
Finlay Woods(15) is a young man of action rather than words.
Unsecured creditors likely to miss out
Unsecured creditors likely to miss out
It is unlikely any of the 32 unsecured creditors owed $73,943 by The Local (Wanaka) Ltd (in liquidation) will receive a payment, liquidator Trevor Laing, of Dunedin, says in a report to the Companies Office.