Tensions over Wanaka Landfill Ltd's gravel extraction activities in the Cardrona River will be discussed in private by the Queenstown Lakes District Council at its monthly meeting in Wanaka today.
Wanaka tourism operator Mark Ayre is calling for wetsuit manufacturers to make fluorescent outfits so lake swimmers are not mown down by boats and water-skiers.
Defying the economic meltdown, Wanaka businessman Derek Lilly is launching his New Zealand Dream Doors franchise network this month.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has sold three blocks of esplanade reserve land (total 1.1ha) to the Crown to tidy up land ownership and management issues along the Lake Hawea shoreline.
The latest craze to grip sports-mad Wanaka has wheels - road bike wheels.
Wanaka's $21 million wastewater disposal system, Project Pure, is operating again after its designer and builder addressed mechanical problems that emerged during the Christmas and New Year period, the Wanaka Community Board has been was told.
Challenge Wanaka, now in its third year, has been a big factor in Wanaka's recent road cycling boom.
Allan Grindell's favourite game is rugby, but Wanaka's new top policeman has also been bitten by the multisport bug.
A patient crowd of about 9000 waited for more than an hour for the celebrated Jack Russell race at the Upper Clutha A and P Show on Saturday.
Wanaka volunteers who risk their lives to save others are gutted thieves stole their laptop computer, containing valuable search-and-rescue records, along with dozens of bottles of wine and merino clothing from a tent at the Upper Clutha A and P Show on Friday.
St John ambulance services at Queenstown and Wanaka were under pressure on Saturday attending emergency call-outs and covering major events involving tens of thousands of people.
The weather gods smiled on the 72nd Upper Clutha A and P Show yesterday, with hundreds of stallholders, equestrians and members of the public enjoying warm, calm weather.
Competition, education and entertainment are on the programme of the two-day 72nd Upper Clutha Agricutural and Pastoral Association Show which begins today.
Wanaka's 20-year-old Catholic Church has been sold, along with an adjoining property, for an amount believed to be about $4.5 million.
Beating depression requires commitment, effort and strength - all the characteristics of a marathon runner, Cardrona farmer and mother-of-three Anne Scurr says.
The late Morgan Saxton's appeal against conviction and sentence for stealing greenstone will continue beyond the grave, after the Court of Appeal yesterday used its discretion to grant his mother, Denise Moana Saxton, the right to continue arguing his case.
Wanaka triathlete Simone Maier won the women's 25-29 age group race at the Bonita New Zealand Ironman in Taupo on Saturday, qualifying her to compete in October's world championships at Kona, Hawaii.
Mountain biking is the new golf for Wanaka man Keith Broadhead (70), who became hooked on pedal power three years ago after surviving two heart attacks.
When the 500-strong field of mountain-bikers lines up on the Lake Hawea dam at 7am today for the start of the inaugural 125km Contact Epic mountain-bike race, multisport great Steve Gurney will be there.
Entries have already opened for the 2009 Contact Epic Round Lake Hawea mountain bike ride and race.
