Grebes make instant use of nesting platforms
Grebes make instant use of nesting platforms
They do not walk much, they do not fly much and they certainly do not pay mooring fees.
Mark Price
Skate park builder drops in
Skate park builder drops in
Skate park builder Jason Parkes, of Auckland, arrived in Wanaka yesterday with some good news for skateboarders.
Hope red mistletoe attracts more birds
Hope red mistletoe attracts more birds
Tourists keen to be kissed (lightly on the cheek) at Christmas might have more opportunities in future when visiting the Blue Pools of the Haast Pass.
Creditors owed nearly $360k
Creditors owed nearly $360k
The demise of Wanaka Ale House Ltd, formerly trading at 155 Ardmore St, has left creditors nearly $360,000 out of pocket.
Burglary charge follows beer spill
Burglary charge follows beer spill
ABOUT 10,000 litres of beer were spilled in an incident at the Wanaka Beerworks premises at Wanaka Airport early yesterday.
Mt Aspiring 1080 drop starts today
Mt Aspiring 1080 drop starts today
The 1080 poison programme in Mt Aspiring National Park starts at 5am today, weather permitting.
Coroner warns anglers should wear life jackets
Coroner warns anglers should wear life jackets
Coroner Richard McElrea is recommending anglers wear inflatable life jackets.
Advice timely
Advice timely
Fish and Game New Zealand has been quick to support coroner Richard McElrea in his call for anglers to wear life jackets.
Historians putting faces to the names
Historians putting faces to the names
Who was Smith J?
Council parking changes
Council parking changes
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has delayed plans to raise charges for some leased car parks in central Queenstown.
Watersports progress
Watersports progress
Supporters of plans for a new watersports facility on the Lake Wanaka foreshore got two pieces of good news yesterday.
Going up: extra storeys proposed
Going up: extra storeys proposed
Buildings on one of Queenstown's main downtown thoroughfares and in parts of Wanaka are likely to be a little taller in years to come.
Park next focus for poison drop
Park next focus for poison drop
The ''Battle for our birds'' programme moves next month to the Mt Aspiring National Park, near Wanaka, where bait laced with 1080 poison will be spread by helicopter over 46,500ha.
Highway delays almost past
Highway delays almost past
State Highway 6 through the Haast Pass should be back to normal next week for the first time since a slip at Diana Falls in September last year.
Light touch
Light touch
Rosie Foster, of Lake Hawea, checks out the effect some coloured light will have on part of the sugar plum fairy costume she has designed for the Wanaka Wearable Creations Show, which begins its three-night run tomorrow night.
Radio frequencies up for auction
Radio frequencies up for auction
A total of 178 licences to operate radio stations will be auctioned next month, including about 50 in rural parts of the South.
Pilots go as far as they can
Pilots go as far as they can
Four Russian tourists arrived in Wanaka this week - in their own helicopters, which they had flown from their home country.
Pool clash going public
Pool clash going public
Northlake Investments Ltd is ramping up its war of words with the Queenstown Lakes District Council over where the new Wanaka Community Pool should be sited, and is taking its case direct to the public.
Penguin count beckons
Penguin count beckons
Teacher Christina Greenwood, of Wanaka, leaves next month on an expedition to the Auckland Islands to count yellow-eyed penguins.
Burn-off could send TradeMe founder to court
Burn-off could send TradeMe founder to court
A prosecution could be in the wind for the owner of Wanaka's Hillend Station, TradeMe founder Sam Morgan, after a burn-off on his property on Tuesday blanketed the town in smoke.