Kerrie Waterworth

Outdoor photos promote locals

A wedding dress designer, a kombucha brewer and two children’s book writers and editors are just some of the 41 local businesses featured in a pop-up roadside photographic exhibition in Wanaka.

High-end operators draw the short straw

New Zeal clients eating dinner cooked by an on-site chef in a giant Nordic tipi in a remote...

High-end operators draw the short straw

In the wake of this country’s borders closing due to Covid-19 and the prediction they will not open any time soon, many New Zealand tourist operators have had to reconfigure and target...

Flood remedy pursued

Work has begun on finding a solution to stormwater flooding that occurs regularly on one of Wanaka’s main arterial routes.

Keeping busy one ingredient for long life

Keeping busy one ingredient for long life

When 6-year-old Barbara Cruickshank boarded the ship Ionic in Liverpool in 1922 bound for New Zealand, she could not have imagined she would be celebrating her 104th birthday in Wanaka yesterday.

1000 at Treble Cone opening

"Fabulous" was how Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone general manager Bridget Legnavsky described opening day at the Treble Cone skifield on Saturday.

Vintage aircraft headed for a spruce-up

Vintage aircraft headed for a spruce-up

An ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard aircraft not flown in more than 60 years is being restored in Wanaka.

Confidence for concerts

Organisers of the big two Queenstown Lakes District summer music festivals are expecting tickets to sell out as fast, even though they are unlikely to include international acts.

Growing native plants creating legacy

Volunteers Louise Hargreaves and Barbara Ladyman (right) removing weeds from around beech...

Growing native plants creating legacy

The quality of water entering lakes, rivers and streams from farms in the Upper Clutha catchment is improving due to the thousands of natives being planted. One of the nurseries supplying plants is Wanaka’s Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust nursery.

Numbers, and snow, looking good as fields open

Cardrona Alpine Ski Resort is blanketed in snow ahead of Friday’s opening. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Numbers, and snow, looking good as fields open

The weather might be frightful, but freezing temperatures are good news for the Queenstown Lakes district’s skifields.

The chain gang

It is that time of the year when snow chains must be carried, but many of us do not know how to put them on.

Yoga event gets new focus

Helen Rice (front left), of Auckland, and Wanaka yoga teacher Susan Allan (front right) were just...

Yoga event gets new focus

Planning for Wanaka’s first International Day of Yoga celebration began before the Covid-19 crisis but the stress of lockdown gave it a whole new focus.

Job losers miss out at new service station

Job losers miss out at new service station

Jobs are going at Wanaka’s BP 2go service station when it closes next month and none of those staff have got jobs at a BP Connect station due to open the following day.

Ministry to stream freshwater work video

Filming to promote the Wanaka Water Project’s work are (from left) project manager Megan...

Ministry to stream freshwater work video

Members of the Wanaka Water Project will soon feature in a video on the Ministry for the Environment’s website and social media channels.

29 positions to be lost at supermarket

Wanaka's town centre New World supermarket is set to lose nearly 30 jobs. PHOTO: KERRIE WATERWORTH

29 positions to be lost at supermarket

Job losses at Wanaka's town centre New World supermarket due to Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday.

CBD boutique hotel put on hold

Some Wanaka residents are speaking out about the increasingly pricey town amid an influx of...

CBD boutique hotel put on hold

The downturn in the tourism industry due to Covid-19 has stalled another major development project.

Almost 30 jobs set to go at Wanaka New World

Almost 30 jobs are set to go from Wanaka New World. Photo: Kerrie Waterworth

Almost 30 jobs set to go at Wanaka New World

An estimated 29 jobs are set to go at Wanaka's New World supermarket.

High pressure system brings chill across South

Wanaka’s Gabriel Kennedy (3) did not let the occasional slip stop him from breaking ice along the...

High pressure system brings chill across South

Breaking the ice on every frozen stream and puddle on Lake Wanaka’s Bremner Bay shoreline is a big job, but someone has to do it.

Keep borders closed for safety: Kiwi chef

Francesca MacKenzie came back to New Zealand for the lockdown after losing her job at a Canadian...

Keep borders closed for safety: Kiwi chef

A Kiwi chef about to start work at Treble Cone skifield says we should not rush to open our borders "until it is safe".

Tiny settlement looks for new approach

Wilkin River Jets and Backcountry Helicopters owner operators Harvey Hutton and his daughter...

Tiny settlement looks for new approach

Tourism hot spots have attracted national attention due to the impact of Covid-19, but there are many small tourist communities just as battered and bruised. Kerrie Waterworth reports how Makarora is trying to survive post Covid-19.

Truck topples lifting work trench

Traffic had to be diverted from entering Lakeside Rd yesterday afternoon after a Hiab truck tipped over outside the Marina Terrace Apartments construction site in Wanaka.

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