Mark Price

There has been an A&P Show in Wanaka every year since 1933 and every year, without fail, the Gibson family from Tarras has been there.

Two concrete draught horses bound for Luggate are almost ready for their first coat of stain.

The "fearless and talented" young Otago snowboarder killed in a fiery car crash on the Lindis Pass was a contender for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, where the tight-knit athletes have been rocked by the news of his death.

The Department of Conservation is planning to upset the stomachs of kea that scavenge for food from tourists - a move designed to save the birds' lives.

Air traffic above Wanaka and Lake Hawea will increase over the next few days as 45 Americans are treated to flights in vintage aircraft.

One of those on board the storm-struck naval vessel HMNZS Wellington is the ''world's worst'' sailor - Wanaka helicopter pilot and pensioner Peter Garden (67).

Otago's first same-sex couple to be married are moving to the United States, taking advantage of the recent change there in attitude and laws concerning gay marriage.

Spectators at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow at Easter are likely to see a plane being flown like a helicopter.

The pressure is coming on those who let their Queenstown and Wanaka holiday homes for profit to pay the correct amount of rates.

A Coast to Coast champion one minute and a ''sack of potatoes'' the next.

Education and persuasion strategies are popular with policymakers, governments and the public, but are they the answer to hazardous alcohol problems in our communities? Mark Price talks to the University of Otago's Prof Jennie Connor in our Booze Control: Stop and Think series.

By this time next year, the first buildings could be going up in Wanaka's single-biggest commercial and residential development.

One night in 2009, the phone rang in the office of Wanaka architect Sarah Scott. The caller said she ''wanted to build a castle''.

The job of reaching a consensus over what facilities get priority in Wanaka's new sports complex could be a tricky one.

The driver of a Mitsubishi Chariot (right) received cuts and abrasions to an arm when his car collided with a Toyota van about 8km south of the Lindis Pass summit about 2pm yesterday.