Airline says airport company should approve Wanaka flights
Airline says airport company should approve Wanaka flights
The Sounds Air proposal for a Wanaka-Christchurch air service has already been delayed by more than two years.
Mark Price
‘Alpine city’ vision for airport land
‘Alpine city’ vision for Queenstown Airport land
The group pushing for Queenstown Airport to be relocated has released a report of its vision of how the airport land at Frankton could be better used.
Wanaka-Chch air service possible
Wanaka-Chch air service possible
A scheduled air service between Wanaka and Christchurch could be operating within six weeks, if there is enough support.
Wanaka to Christchurch flights could take off in six weeks
Wanaka to Christchurch flights could take off in six weeks
A scheduled air service between Wanaka and Christchurch could be up and running within six weeks, if there is enough support.
Company taking ‘a bit of a gamble’
Company taking ‘a bit of a gamble’
With the temperature just above zero, snow low on the mountains and the sun hidden by the inversion layer, rafting the Hawea River might not seem like a great way to start the weekend.
Some souvenir businesses able to adapt
Some souvenir businesses able to adapt
The paua shell souvenir trade in New Zealand has been all but wiped out by the closure of New Zealand’s borders to overseas tourists. While some tourist businesses can survive with just local...
Migrant workers treated to winter cheer
Migrant workers treated to winter cheer
Wanaka volunteers provided some winter cheer last night for migrant workers stuck in New Zealand because of Covid-19.
NZ’s border restrictions could work in favour of Kiwi skiers
NZ’s border restrictions could work in favour of Kiwi skiers
The lockdown of New Zealand’s borders because of Covid-19 might well play into the hands of the country’s young professional skiers.
Care urged on roads after snow
Care urged on roads after snow
Snow in parts of the South has boosted cover on skifields and prompted warnings for motorists to take care on higher roads today.
Opponents will continue airport fight
Opponents will continue airport fight
The Wanaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) is vowing to continue its fight to restrict growth of Wanaka Airport.
Adventurers still injured in Level 4, 3
Adventurers still injured in Level 4, 3
Despite the rules of the Covid-19 restrictions in April and May, dozens of people in the Queenstown Lakes District still managed to injure themselves tramping and riding mountain bikes.
Multi-agency approach advocated
Multi-agency approach advocated
Twizel could be at the centre of measures proposed to protect the Mackenzie Basin and rectify the administrative "system failure" of the past.
Bathing in reflected glory
Bathing in reflected glory
The calm waters of Lake Wanaka made for almost perfect reflections of boats at their moorings in Roys Bay this week.
House ‘an incredibly generous gift’
House ‘an incredibly generous gift’
New Zealand charity Parenting Place stands to benefit from the sale of a Wanaka house recently constructed by Sentinel Homes.
Council rejects developer’s claim of ‘wrong advice’
Council rejects developer’s claim of ‘wrong advice’
Wanaka developer Steve Schikker says he got bad advice from the Queenstown Lakes District Council that cost him $450,000 and three years of work.
KiwiBuild homes completed
KiwiBuild homes completed
Twenty Wanaka terrace houses that were part of the KiwiBuild programme are now finished and awaiting Queenstown Lakes District Council code of compliance sign-off.
Electricity threat for business
Electricity threat for business
A Wanaka businessman lacking income during the Covid-19 lockdown has criticised Contact Energy for attempting to cut off his electricity.
Tighter controls over development could top $1m
Tighter controls over development could top $1m
The cost of introducing tighter controls over subdivision and development in Upper Clutha’s rural zone could top $1 million.
Land use to go under microscope
Land use to go under microscope
The rules about subdivision and development of rural land in the Upper Clutha Basin are set to be tightened up.
Developer loses appeal over discharge
Developer loses appeal over discharge
Wanaka property developer Northlake Investments Ltd has lost its appeal against a conviction for discharging a contaminant into water.