It was all white on Lake Wanaka and on the mountains this weekend, with dozens of yachties finding their ski legs before setting sail on the lake for line honours in the annual Wanaka Sail Ski Regatta.
Diners had their meals interrupted on Saturday night when a fire broke out in a Wanaka building.
Wanaka police had a busy weekend attending to driving and disorder offences, with the spike in workload coinciding with pleasant weather and an influx of visitors in town for several events.
Auckland school teacher and former ski instructor Jo Dominick (26) has been reborn to snow sports after a devastating accident six months ago robbed her of the use of her legs.
The Upper Clutha Agricultural and Pastoral Society has announced an annual $1000 education scholarship for members and their dependants.
Ralph Markby doesn't believe in the adage everyone has a book in them.
Elaine Herbert's Scottish ancestors were Steel by name and steely by nature, judging by their experiences in Otago 150 years ago.
The long-awaited Lismore St Bike Park is already being used but does not officially open until October 25, Lake Wanaka Cycling president Willem Groenen said yesterday.
Summer Olympic Games fever is over for another four years. But Wanaka snowboarder Juliane Bray has less than two years to prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
A 42-year-old Wanaka man was last night being assessed by Dunedin Hospital's emergency psychiatric services team after making a 111 phone call to emergency services yesterday afternoon, falsely reporting there was a bomb in the town's New World Supermarket.
Treble Cone's stalled $20 million gondola proposal is revised and moving again.
They've got the boats and they've got the people.
The financially-troubled BaseCamp climbing wall and adventure centre, closed since May, has been sold to a company associated with Wanaka developer Allan Dippie.
Wanaka police attended two car crashes and processed five people for drink-driving during the weekend.
The Wanaka Community Board has rejected offers from a group of Kennedy St residents to assist with the development of a public walkway to the Stone St reserve in return for preserving vehicle access to the rear of the properties.
Wanaka's show-stopping skier Jossi Wells (18) did not figure in the men's half-pipe competition at the New Zealand Free Ski Open yesterday because of injury, leaving younger brothers Byron (16) and Beau-James (12) to do the business at the Snow Park.
The owner of a Wanaka building deemed to be unsafe by the Queenstown District Court has applied to have an injunction lifted so tenants can return.
Wanaka upholsterer Dan Batchelor has seen so much red PVC this month he has been dreaming about it.
Contractors have just 1km of pipe left to install for Wanaka's $19.5 million Project Pure waste water disposal system at Wanaka Airport.
Winter sports lovers will be able to see their favourite athletes on television and take a virtual tour of Otago next year during comprehensive daily coverage of the 2009 Winter Games.
