Treble Cone forced to delay opening
Treble Cone forced to delay opening
Skiers and snowboarders hoping to be the first up the mountain at Treble Cone skifield tomorrow will have to make other plans.
Kerrie Waterworth
Skateboard ramp saga to be screened
Skateboard ramp saga to be screened
A documentary showing the ups and downs faced by a group of Wanaka skateboarders in their quest to build a vert skateboard ramp will be screened at the Wanaka Mountain Film Festival this weekend.
Treble Cone opening delayed due to lack of snow
Treble Cone opening delayed due to lack of snow
Skiers and snowboarders hoping to be the first up the mountain at Treble Cone ski field on Thursday will have to make other plans.
Coastguard guard gets a head start
Coastguard guard gets a head start
Coastguard Wanaka hopes to be granted consent to build its new boat shed at Eely Point, but in the meantime it has money in the bank for its construction.
Positive reaction to Treble Cone takeover bid
Positive reaction to Cardrona's Treble Cone takeover offer
Reaction to the offer by Cardrona Alpine Resort to buy Treble Cone skifield, announced earlier this week, has been overwhelmingly positive.
Ploughmen from around South Island compete
Ploughmen from around South Island compete
The key to winning a ploughing competition was ploughing even, straight and uniform furrows.
'McDonald's' type of housing 'not needed'
'McDonald's' type of housing 'not needed'
Opponents to a housing plan adjacent to the Cromwell Highland Motorsports Park believe the "McDonald's" type of housing was not needed.
Document disrupts plan to change hearing
Document disrupts plan to change hearing
The hearing into a controversial plan change that would allow a 900-lot residential development in Cromwell had to be adjourned when it was claimed "a potentially significant document" had been introduced as new evidence.
Cromwell will run out of room in 14 years, hearing told
Cromwell will run out of room in 14 years, hearing told
Commissioners hearing evidence to allow a housing development on the outskirts of Cromwell were told the town will run out of capacity to grow within 14 years under the current district plan.
Winter preferable time to train
Winter preferable time to train
Waterskiing for hours on Lake Wanaka in winter might sound tough but it has its compensations - there are fewer tourists and boat users around.
Delivering affordable homes promoted
Delivering affordable homes promoted
Winton Group's chief executive has likened his proposed River Terrace development on the outskirts of Cromwell to a McDonald's restaurant moving next door to a ''Mum and Pop''-run hamburger shop in a NZ country town.
Plan change positive, hearing told
Plan change positive, hearing told
Commissioners hearing the application for a controversial plan change to allow a residential development on the outskirts of Cromwell were asked to consider whether there was a downside.
QLDC hears views on speed limit change
QLDC hears views on speed limit change
Drive to the conditions rather than reduce the speed limit was one of the recommendations made at a Queenstown Lakes District Council hearing into a proposal to change the speed limits across the district.
Move to attract teachers to Wanaka
Wanaka housing costs prompt move to attract teachers
Wanaka Primary School has adopted a ''future focused'' approach in attracting new teachers.
Reusable cup trial coming to Wanaka
Reusable cup trial coming to Wanaka
Coffee drinkers in Wanaka may find it hard to buy a takeaway coffee in a single-use cup from October when cafes start trialling reusable steel cups.
Poor conditions cut numbers
Poor conditions cut numbers
Poor visibility, including almost white-out conditions, contributed to reduced numbers on the opening day of Cardrona Alpine Resort's winter season on Saturday.
Cause of Wanaka house fire sought
Cause of Wanaka house fire sought
Fire investigators are expected to arrive in Wanaka today to start their investigations into the cause of a fire which gutted a house in Norman Tce, Wanaka, yesterday morning.
Wanaka home gutted by fire
Wanaka home gutted by fire
It is unknown what caused a fire which gutted a home in Wanaka this morning.
Development options year away
Development options year away
Developers may have to wait 12 months or more before they will know the options for development along Queenstown's Ladies Mile and its surrounding environment.
'Climate emergency' unlikely to be declared yet
'Climate emergency' unlikely to be declared yet
Queenstown Lakes District council is unlikely to declare a "climate emergency'' before a draft climate change policy and action plan has been presented to councillors next month.