A Dairy farming couple who ''mistakenly thought'' they had approval to clear native vegetation on their farm near Lake Hawea sought retrospective resource consent for the clearance they had carried out and also consent for a small, further clearance, at a hearing in Wanaka on Wednesday.
Five days from now, Nasa hopes to launch a 4.5-tonne ''super pressure balloon'' from Wanaka Airport.
Search and rescue volunteers can expect more paperwork as the organisation formalises operational procedures to comply with new health and safety laws.
Emergency crews trying to extract a man trapped inside his overturned four-wheel-drive looked up for a second and then got on with the job.
Ridge tops that looked as though they had ''almost exploded'' in the mountains west of Wanaka are among the lasting effects from Monday's 5.8 magnitude earthquake there.
The hand made copper still that will be at the heart of the new $5 million Cardrona whisky distillery was lifted into place on Saturday.
Work has begun on Wanaka's new $3 million-plus fire station in Ballantyne Rd between the police station and the new Wanaka search and rescue headquarters. The 585sq m station building is due to be completed by June next year.
An Australian scientist has provided more insight into the last moments of Nasa's super pressure balloon, launched in Wanaka on March 27 and brought down on a cattle station in a remote part of west Queensland on April 28.
Possums are the main cause of bovine tuberculosis spreading between herds of cattle and deer, according to Operational Solutions for Primary Industries (OSPRI) which manages the $80 million per year TBfree programme on behalf of New Zealand farmers and the public.
The new leaseholders of the Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park, in Brownston St, Wanaka, are in the ''hurry up and wait'' phase of a major upgrade.
Last year, 9838 possums were killed throughout New Zealand and then checked for tuberculosis.
With the monsoon about to begin in the Himalayas, shelter is the most urgent need in Nepal, according to mountaineer and Adventure Consultants chief executive Guy Cotter, who is now back in Wanaka.
Wanaka-based Adventure Consultants plans to return to Nepal with climbing teams in September or October, once the monsoon is over.
The Albert Town Camping Ground's half dozen camp sites - consisting of caravans, buses and even tents - are the semi-permanent homes of a small, but hardy group of people who say they are there for the lifestyle. Mark Price reports.
A proposal to extend the Wanaka Yacht and Power Boat Club building in Roys Bay appears set to clear another hurdle.
Travelling from Cardrona to Makarora or from Tarras to Glendhu Bay without setting foot, or bicycle tyre or horse's hoof on a road is the vision contained in a newly completed strategy for tracks in the Upper Clutha.
Two litres of paint that fell off the back of a painter's vehicle yesterday ended up in Lake Wanaka.
Six helicopters spread 23 tonnes of non-toxic cereal bait on the mountains and valleys around Makarora yesterday.
A small team of business leaders is ready to dive in and begin managing the fundraising for Wanaka's proposed new $11.8million swimming pool.
A crowd of 520 Upper Clutha people last night lent their weight to the campaign to not only maintain Dunstan Hospital's level of funding but have it increased.
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