Outstanding day on slopes for Kiwis
Outstanding day on slopes for Kiwis
New Zealand athletes dominated the final day of the Winter Games North Face Frontier freeride four star competition at the Remarkables ski field yesterday.
Tim Miller
Rare win for Ice Blacks
Rare win for Ice Blacks
One down, two to go.
Still strong field despite injured White's withdrawal
Still strong field despite injured White's withdrawal
One of the biggest names set to compete at the Winter Games has had to pull out because of injury.
History against Ice Blacks
History against Ice Blacks
History will not be on the side of the Ice Blacks when the puck drops for the opening game of their three-test transtasman series starting in Queenstown tonight.
Sleepless nights for farmer over raw milk scare
Sleepless nights for farmer over raw milk scare
A Hawea Flat dairy farmer says he spent sleepless nights worrying about his customers after a batch of his raw milk was found to possibly contain campylobacter.
Still only the one candidate as nomination cut-off nears
Still only the one candidate as nomination cut-off nears
It looks like the Wanaka Community Board by-election might be over before it has begun, with only one candidate putting their hand up for election so far.
Wylie thrilled to win at home
Wylie thrilled to win at home
Home conditions played into the hands of the New Zealand competitors at The North Face Frontier two-star freeride competition at the Remarkables skifield yesterday.
Bronze medals in slopestyle for Kiwi duo
Bronze medals in slopestyle for Kiwi duo
With the Winter Olympics only five months away, two young New Zealand Olympic hopefuls have got their build-up to the Games off to an almost perfect start.
Wanaka brothers impress at Games
Wanaka brothers impress at Games
Two young Wanaka brothers showed why many consider them to be the future of freesking in New Zealand at a World Cup event yesterday.
Read does double
Read does double
Just 0.03sec separated first and second place at the Winter Games Australia New Zealand Cup giant slalom race at Coronet Peak yesterday.
Teen hoping to use home advantage
Teen hoping to use home advantage
Wanaka is not short of world-class snow athletes but one, in particular, is starting to make the rest of the world stand up and take notice.
Estonia scores upset win with final stone
Estonia scores upset win with final stone
Estonia upset tournament favourite and defending champion Canada to win gold at the mixed doubles curling in Naseby yesterday.
Brothers help each other out
Brothers help each other out
All younger brothers dream of one day surpassing their older brother.
Giant slalom to Read, Hector
Giant slalom to Read, Hector
World Cup downhill skiers Erik Read, of Canada, and Sara Hector, of Sweden, claimed the top spots in the Australia New Zealand Cup giant slalom at Coronet Peak yesterday.
Teen siblings take on world champs
Teen siblings take on world champions
It is not often a couple of teenagers from the Maniototo get a chance to take on the world champions in their chosen sport.
Estonian teenager shines in slopestyle
Estonian teenager shines in slopestyle
Estonian teenager Kelly Sildaru proved why she is the future of women’s slopestyle skiing, clinching the top place at the Winter Games slopestyle World Cup competition at Cardrona yesterday.
Canadians off to good start
Canadians off to good start
Defending champions Kalynn Park and Charley Thomas are looking good to go back to back with a fine start at the Winter Games mixed-doubles curling tournament in Naseby. The Canadians are joined by...
Snow sports get $500,000 boost
Snow sports get $500,000 boost
A $500,000 upgrade of the high performance snow training facilities near Wanaka will cement its place as the capital for winter sport, Snow Sports New Zealand's chief executive says.
Higher education
Higher education
Harnessed in and holding on, Wanaka Primary School pupil Taylor Jennings (8) makes his way up one of the Clip'N Climb walls at the Basecamp Wanaka Climbing Centre, as part of the school's education...
Northlake discharge studied
Northlake discharge studied
The Otago Regional and the Queenstown Lakes District councils are investigating a potential sediment discharge into the Clutha River from a subdivision - and not for the first time.