The tightening of access to public land through high-country stations is becoming a trend as new owners move away from farming, Otago Fish and Game Council's Niall Watson says.
Each year, green-fingered gardeners spend hours trying to grow the biggest pumpkins or the brightest beetroot with the hopes winning a prize or two in the Wanaka A&P Show.
A woman who prevented a possible assault on another woman in Wanaka on Thursday morning, says she just reacted and did not consider her own safety.
Brooke King (12), of Invercargill, cools off with an ice cream at the Wanaka A&P Show yesterday. Fine weather drew thousands of people to the big show’s first day, where the temperature hit 25degC in the late afternoon.
The partner of the Wanaka man who suffered life-threatening injuries after an unprovoked attack says the couple are ready to move on after one of his attacker’s appeal for a shorter sentence was denied.