Tim Miller

The Southern Lakes skifields will be full with some of the best snow athletes in the world as the Winter Games get under way next week. Tim Miller takes a look at who’s coming and what’s on.

Plans to build a vehicle depot near the entrance to Wanaka have been opposed by nearby landowners.

Wanaka police will bring in ''reinforcements'' to help curb drink-driving in the town.

Rapidly developing Lake Hawea is set to get a little bigger with another subdivision planned for the township.

Young Wanaka runner Sammy Burke took on the best young Australian runners last week and won on their home soil.

Wanaka Airport’s new operations manager is set to help guide the facility into its new relationship with  Queenstown Airport.

Everything is pointing to this year’s New Zealand Winter Games being the best one yet and making a substantial impact on the region’s economy, organisers say.

Wet and windy weather has closed two Otago ski fields today.

A professional French skier who sparked a search and rescue mission on Tuesday afternoon was found walking to his car yesterday.

There are fears the decision to no longer offer a mobile breast-screening service in Wanaka will put some women off being  checked regularly.

Mother Nature has swept aside any chance more than 100 curlers had this weekend of throwing down a few stones at an altitude usually reserved for skiers.

While Queenstown may be the drawcard, all  the towns in the Queenstown Lakes district have a part to play in the success of the area, the man at the head of the local council says.

An upsurge in drink-driving  means it is now the top priority for police in Wanaka.

Residents along Riverbank Rd in Wanaka are upset about  plans by Aurora to install nine new large steel power poles to serve its new substation.

A West Coast holiday park popular with whitebaiters will remain closed over the whitebaiting season while work is carried out to repair damage caused by a 60cm deep flood in February.

A planned 1080 aerial drop near Luggate has been put on hold because of concerns part of a creek used for household water was inside the drop zone.

Otago will receive only a small slice of the government fund set up to help improve the quality of lakes and rivers in New Zealand.

Police are praising door staff at an Alexandra pub who kept members of the public safe during an incident in which a police officer was injured.