Tim Miller

Mount Aspiring College pupils  Georgie Bruce  (12, left) and Kalani Muirhead  (13) try artificial turf at the Wanaka Recreation Centre on Wednesday.

Gym owners in Wanaka have concerns about the effect a potential council-run gym will have on their businesses.

Anybody with information about the supply of illegal drugs in Wanaka is being encouraged to contact the police.

Two injured climbers who fell about 200m while climbing Mt Aspiring yesterday morning may not have survived if another group had not been climbing in the same area.

A group of Lake Hawea residents hopes to gather enough support to put pressure on the Queenstown Lakes District Council to stop using chlorine in the town's water supply.

Two people have been flown to Dunedin Hospital after falling while climbing on Mt Aspiring this morning.

Police in Wanaka are well prepared for the influx of visitors expected in the next month.

Fish and Game Otago says it is not concerned at this stage about a decline in the number of salmon being caught in Lake Wanaka.

Access to a historic Central Otago walking track has been reopened after it was closed to the public late last year.

About a million dollars is set to be spent on improving the safety of Otago roads popular with tourists, during the next four months.

Until there is a scientific understanding of what causes the pest mucus lake snow and where it comes from there is little that can be done to manage its spread in three Otago lakes, a regional...

Plans to build a 22km sewage pipeline connecting the Cardrona Valley to Wanaka's treatment plant have been halted after doubts about the cost-effectiveness and feasibility of the project were raised.

Fully sealing Ballantyne Rd near Wanaka will save lives, a council report has found.

A proposed  multimillion-dollar community house for Wanaka has been approved after a settlement was reached between the Wanaka Community House Trust and opponents of the building's location.

Wanaka could have another pontoon jetty ready to go by Christmas.

Outside companies are eyeing up the potential of setting up  in Wanaka and are pushing out small independent businesses, a Wanaka businesswoman says.

Wanaka teenager Maddison Frazer  has already spent more hours volunteering in her 13 years than many people will  in their entire life.

Land strategically important to any future development of Wanaka Airport has been bought by the Queenstown Airport Corp.

Organisers of a month-long celebration of cycling in Wanaka hope to continue advocating for better cycling facilities in the Upper Clutha.