Kerrie Waterworth

Tourism talk ‘timely and sobering’

Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan opens the ninth annual Across the Bridge festival on Tuesday...

Tourism talk ‘timely and sobering’

A minimum stay for tourists, a road toll for the Milford Rd and developing cycle trails in remote places were suggestions from a panel considering the topic of how to "reset" the tourism industry...

Airport still ‘talking to people in the community’

Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett today announced funding for a long-awaited toilet stop...

Airport still ‘talking to people in the community’

Christchurch Airport executives say they are still gathering information and feedback and no formal planning has started for the proposed international airport in Tarras.

Timing of zoning decision may make or break subdivision

Residents’ spokesman Tony Marsh points to the area where a six-lot subdivision has been proposed...

Timing of zoning decision may make or break subdivision

A group of residents opposed to a subdivision in their street on the slopes of Wanaka’s Mt Iron is hoping the land is rezoned before the proposed development is heard at a resource consent hearing.

‘Faith’ held in treatment plant

Wanaka's Project Pure wastewater treatment plant has been shut down. Photo by Matthew Haggart.

‘Faith’ held in treatment plant

The Queenstown Lakes District Council’s chief engineer has expressed "absolute faith" in the Upper Clutha’s waste water treatment plant despite agreeing it would come under stress if a breakdown...

Dismay at lack of proposed airport detail

Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean meets Tarras residents yesterday to hear first hand their views on the...

Dismay at lack of proposed airport detail

Residents at a meeting initiated by Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean at the Tarras Community Hall were disappointed not to hear any details of the planning of the international airport proposed for their area.

Workers’ wings clipped: ‘everyone was in shock’

A typical day in the ‘‘office’’. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Workers’ wings clipped: ‘everyone was in shock’

The aviation and travel industries have arguably been hit hardest by the Covid pandemic. Former Virgin Australia Airlines captain Terry Hetherington, of Wanaka, talks about how his life abruptly changed course.

Nearest ‘yet to hear from airport’

Nearest ‘yet to hear from airport’

Christchurch International Airport executives say they are continuing to meet residents affected by a proposed international airport in Tarras but have refused to name those they have met.

Columnist is well and truly hooked

Mike Weddell practises casting on the Silver Stream ahead of the start of the fishing season...

Columnist is well and truly hooked

Fly fishing has been described as the most fun you can have standing up. No doubt fly-fisherman, teacher, author and Otago Daily Times angling columnist Mike Weddell would agree.

Streams not as clean as they may seem: study

Bullock Creek flows close to its source near Stone St, in Wanaka. Fish and Game Otago is working...

Streams not as clean as they may seem: study

High levels of E. coli, excess sediment and water quality issues are just some of the findings from a survey into three Wanaka waterways.

Native tree planting venture starts

Emily Wilson, of Wanaka, on her first day in her new job planting trees and shrubs beside the...

Native tree planting venture starts

It was the first day on the job for a group of workers planting and maintaining thousands of native trees in the Upper Clutha during the next eight weeks.

Pupils hone ‘skills to be a global citizen’

Fifty pupils from five Otago schools took part in a Model United Nations summit in Wanaka this...

Pupils hone ‘skills to be a global citizen’

New Zealand is often referred to as being at the end of the world but the world came to Wanaka in the form of a Youth United Nations.

Visitor numbers and use of outdoor recreation surveyed

The Hooker Valley Track with Aoraki Mt Cook in the background.

Visitor numbers and use of outdoor recreation surveyed

The impact of extreme weather is believed to have contributed to a decrease in visitor numbers to the Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park and Milford Sound/Piopiotahi.

Parked milk tankers moved on

Milk tankers parked on road reserve in Hawea have prompted safety concerns. PHOTO: ROBERT WHITE

Parked milk tankers moved on

Large milk tankers have been moved on from urban streets in Hawea after a Hawea Community Association member raised safety concerns.

Fixing not wasting workshop

Dave Stewart, of Hawea Flat, watches Ros Goulding, from Deep Canyon, sew a tear in his backpack...

Fixing not wasting workshop

Clothing, backpacks, hot-water jugs, jewellery, gumboots, prams, laptops, bike tyres, bike helmets and ornaments were the most common items brought in for repair at the first Wastebusters Repair...

Getting a troubled school back on track

Mount Aspiring College limited statutory manager Madeleine Hawkesby, pictured in Christchurch....

Getting a troubled school back on track

Advertising for a new principal at Wanaka’s Mount Aspiring College has begun, fulfilling another of the tasks for limited statutory manager Madeleine Hawkesby.

Coastguard makes case for new marine rescue centre

Coastguard Wanaka Lakes president Jonathan Walmisley (centre), flanked by counsel for the...

Coastguard makes case for new marine rescue centre

Fast response times are vital and can be the difference between life and death in the event of an accident, a resource consent hearing into the construction and operation of a Wanaka marine rescue...

Chch skier who fell 400m thought he would die

Melvin Krook and Andy Hoare (right) at the summit of Mt Aspiring. Photo: Melvin Krook

Chch skier who fell 400m thought he would die

The Christchurch skier who survived a 400m fall down Mt Aspiring thought he was going to die from hypothermia.

Wild weather warning for drivers, snowy alpine roads

The Milford Road remains closed due to the risk of avalanche, a snow warning is in place for other alpine roads and drivers are warned to take care on SH6 between Haast township and Makarora due to forecast heavy rain.

Subdivision denied; appeal considered

Subdivision denied; appeal considered

The owners of Lake Hawea’s Glen Dene Station are "very disappointed" they were declined resource consent to subdivide and are considering an appeal.

Grateful skier says rescuers saved his life

A selfie of Melvin Krook and Andy Hoare (right) at the summit of Mt Aspiring, unaware they would...

Grateful skier says rescuers saved his life

The skier who survived a 400m fall down Mt Aspiring thought he was going to die from hypothermia.

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