Taking steps over low-paid jobs
Taking steps over low-paid jobs
Chris Horan (74), of Lake Hawea, has taken to the streets of Wanaka to make his point about low-paid jobs.
Mark Price
Aurora finds new site for substation
Aurora finds new site for substation
Electricity distribution company Aurora Energy has found a new site for its proposed Hawea Flat substation.
Tea bag research brewing
Tea bag research brewing
An Otago scientist has buried more than 800 Lipton tea bags on a mountainside near Wanaka to help her study climate change.
Skifields jockeying to stitch up slopes
Skifields jockeying to stitch up slopes
There's no business like snow business for apres-ski season speculation, and as Otago Daily Times Wanaka bureau chief Mark Price reports, this year has begun with a blizzard of ideas about what's going on in the Cardrona Valley.
Tracks found in hunt for tramper
Tracks found in hunt for tramper
Footprints believed to be those of a missing tramper have been found leading into the Wilkin River, near Makarora, north of Wanaka.
Woman killed in Wanaka fall named
Woman killed in Wanaka fall named
Police have released the name of the Wanaka woman who died yesterday after slipping and falling about 40m from a Department of Conservation walking track near Glendhu Bay.
Track like many - extreme care needed
Track like many - extreme care needed
Wanaka's McRae family warned nine years ago the Fern Burn track near Glendhu Bay could be treacherous, and on Monday it proved so for 68-year-old Maureen Schofield, of Wanaka, who died after a...
Lake accidents prompt warning
Lake accidents prompt warning
"Be bloody careful.'' That was the word from Queenstown Lakes District Council harbourmaster Marty Black yesterday after two boating accidents on Lake Wanaka led to three people requiring...
Gunshot spark lit up riverside
Gunshot spark lit up riverside
Tarras Rural Fire Force deputy chief fire officer Mark Davidson admitted to the Otago Daily Times yesterday he is embarrassed.
'Chitty' to go on display at museum
'Chitty' to go on display at museum
''Oh, you pretty Chitty Bang Bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you.''
Getting on top of climate change data
Getting on top of climate change data
Dr Barbara Anderson is a scientist who makes no bones about climate change.
Skifield plans to open longer
Skifield plans to open longer
The Cardrona Ski Resort is looking ahead to an extra-long winter thanks to $2 million worth of new equipment.
Airshow safety expert to talk
Airshow safety expert to talk
On average, 16 ''display'' pilots die at airshows internationally each year.
Video: Base jump near 2km fall
Video: Base jump near 2km fall
Mt Avalanche: 1st jump from David Walden on Vimeo. A Lake Hawea base jumper has completed New Zealand's biggest jump, with a vertical drop of almost 2km.
Fall survivor 'very lucky'
Fall survivor 'very lucky'
The Queenstown man who fell 30-40m from a rocky outcrop on the Pisa Range, near Cardrona, at 1.30am on Sunday was ''seriously lucky'' to survive, according to Wanaka Senior constable Ian Henderson.
Hollyford to Haast loop road plan stirs reactions
Hollyford to Haast loop road plan stirs reactions
''Ambivalent'' is the word Haast garage operator Eamonnd Johnston says best sums up his thoughts on the prospect of a new road linking South Westland with Fiordland.
Drowning man pulled from river
Drowning man pulled from river
A big Samoan man from Wellington called Ben has two ''skinny white boys'' to thank for surviving the Clutha River.
'Close call' for swimmer in Clutha
'Close call' for swimmer in Clutha
A north Island man in his 30s nearly drowned in the Clutha River at Albert Town yesterday afternoon.
Canyoning boss lies paralysed
Canyoning boss lies paralysed
The owner of a Wanaka canyoning business, Dave Vass is progressing ''as well as can be expected given the severity of his injuries'' following a climbing accident, his partner Ros Goulding says.
Object which killed driver mystery
Object which killed driver mystery
What killed Rutger Telford Hale on the highway between Lake Hawea and Wanaka on October 24, 2013, remains a mystery at the end of the coronial process.