Any tempo's a good tempo
Any tempo's a good tempo
He's had stars in his eyes since he was a child . . . Marjorie Cook meets Wanaka musician Steve Brett.
Marjorie Cook
Climber wins Oceania title
Climber wins Oceania title
Wanaka sports climber Finn Fairbairn (11) made a clean sweep of the under-12 boys' titles at the Oceania Sports Climbing Championships in Rotorua last weekend.
Apartment sale shows market slow
Apartment sale shows market slow
A near-new, two-storeyed Clarion Suites apartment on Anderson Rd sold for $510,000 at auction on Saturday, about $100,000 less than the prices people were paying for the apartments when they were completed about three years ago.
Plan to clear flood debris costly
Plan to clear flood debris costly
The New Zealand Transport Agency has applied for a long-term earthworks resource consent to clear flood debris and rocks from Pipson Creek, near Makarora, to protect State Highway 6.
Families' fishing friendship spans generations
Families' fishing friendship spans generations
Forty years after Dunedin holidaymakers Jim Booth and Graham Godby and their friends reeled in 32 fish weighing over 50lb (22.73kg) in a single weekend, three generations of their families are still casting their lines in Luggate's annual social fishing competition.
Trees get in way of retirement village
Trees get in way of retirement village
A proposed 97-unit retirement village complex may require the removal of some trees from Wanaka's renowned "Avenue of London Planes" on Mt Aspiring Rd.
Skier reveals skills as book illustrator
Skier reveals skills as book illustrator
Skier Amy Sheehan's new career as a children's book illustrator has snowballed with her publication Sam and Lily at Cardrona taking the slopes by storm.
Pair eager to give Warbirds wings
Pair eager to give Warbirds wings
One is a lapsed pilot yearning to take flight; the other wants to keep his feet firmly on the ground.
Plan seeks security of airport's future
Plan seeks security of airport's future
The Wanaka Airport Master Plan has been adopted by the Queenstown Lakes District Council in the first step towards providing for development.
Radio reaching isolated township
Radio reaching isolated township
Makarora residents can now keep in touch with the wider Upper Clutha community through the airwaves.
One Mile tree proposal deferred for third time
One Mile tree proposal deferred for third time
A management plan for One Mile Reserve, Queenstown, has been left to lie on the table for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to deal with another day.
NZQA must approve teachers: council
NZQA must approve teachers: council
The New Zealand Teachers Council says it is upholding high professional standards by imposing strict guidelines on early childhood teachers hoping to gain registration in New Zealand.
Childrens House facing relegation
Childrens House facing relegation
Wanaka's Montessori Childrens House is struggling to attract qualified teachers and fears a reduction in child-teacher ratios, loss of funding and relegation to a provisional licence by 2012.
Demand for Freeski spot
Demand for Freeski spot
A flood of entries for the New Zealand Junior Freeski and Snowboard Championships next week has forced the Wanaka organiser, Pete Legnavsky, to close the field.
Badges in need of cars
Badges in need of cars
Senior Constable Ian Henderson has the car-badge blues.
Finn wins, despite loss of BaseCamp
Finn wins, despite loss of BaseCamp
New Zealand champion junior sports climber Finn Fairbairn (11) has not deviated from his route to success despite the closure and sale of his favourite training facility, BaseCamp, earlier this year.
Developers say property and prices holding
Developers say property and prices holding
Houses are still being built around Wanaka and prices are holding well, developers and real estate agents say.
Anger over pool delays
Anger over pool delays
Wanaka swimmers' simmering frustrations about delays in confirming a new aquatic centre site threatened to boil over at the Wanaka Pool Committee annual meeting on Monday night.
Lows and highs for Wanaka swimming pool
Lows and highs for Wanaka swimming pool
The Wanaka Swimming Pool committee reported on a "rollercoaster year" of lows and highs at its annual meeting this week.
Gravel consent hearing adjourned
Gravel consent hearing adjourned
Queenstown Lakes district commissioners have adjourned to consider their decision in the Upper Clutha Transport gravel stockpiling and processing consent application.