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.
A long-awaited Lake Hawea lakefront management agreement has been reached between the Queenstown Lakes District Council and land owners Contact Energy and Land Information New Zealand (Linz) and should be signed by the end of this month.
An amended Wanaka sports facilities discussion document released to the public yesterday afternoon is expected to create considerable debate.
An accusation of "predetermination" was levelled at the Wanaka Sports Facilities Working Party during a fiery debate at the Wanaka Community Board meeting yesterday.
Sometimes the Albert Town Tavern serves more than just drinks and meals. Wanaka reporter Marjorie Cook dropped in to see what was happening on Thursday night.
It has taken nearly five years but the parties are agreed: Aucklander Greg Marler can build a house on Roys Peninsula, overlooking Lake Wanaka. But they just cannot agree where that house should be.
It's taken just two years for a rejuvenated Central Otago women's hockey team to romp its way into the division one national tournament in Auckland next month.
The most important question to be addressed by the Wanaka Community Board on Tuesday is: where do Wanaka people want new sports fields, a swimming pool and a camping ground?
Amy Collins, of Wanaka, is a woman on a mission - to help the troubled child soldiers of Sudan.
Top adventure racer Richard Ussher (32) cleaned up the field in the Anaconda Adventure Race at Tugun, on the Gold Coast of Australia on Sunday.
Dr Fiona Graham, whose company owns a Wanaka house deemed dangerous by the district court, has accused the Queenstown Lakes District Council of continuing an eight-year "illegal vendetta" against her in deciding to evict her 20 tenants on Monday.
Next year's Winter Games NZ could bring $50 million in direct spending to the Otago economy, games chief executive officer Arthur Klap says.
Wayne Bosley (49) is the new Mt Aspiring College principal, taking over the reins of the school he has led as acting principal for more than a year.
Fire and safety concerns have resulted in least 19 tenants of 155 Tenby St, Wanaka, being evicted from the house by the Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday, after it obtained a court order accepting the building was dangerous and prohibiting the building's use as a residence.
So, the Olympic Games have begun again.
The Ministry of Education is reviewing the development costs of Wanaka's proposed $7 million primary school, which parents hope will open in 2010.
