Marjorie Cook

Award-winning designer Tony Burrows focuses on doing things differently as he rationalises the challenge of designing and manufacturing pendant lights in Wānaka. Marjorie Cook reports.

The first time many Wānaka people heard about Albert Town lighting designer Tony Burrows was late last year, when media announced he had won an inaugural Xero Beautiful Business Fund competition...

Every good dog has a great tale and therapy dog Wilbur the Cavoodle is no exception.

New United States  cross-country ski team member Campbell Wright, of Lake Hāwea, has had a horror start to his IBU World Cup campaign this northern hemisphere season.

The Rise and Shine gold site at Bendigo in Central Otago is being touted as "the most significant single gold discovery in New Zealand in four decades" by Australian prospector Santana Minerals Ltd...

A lively Scottish knees-up will mark Robert Burns’ 265th birthday in Arrowtown next Saturday.

The popular Mount Iron Recreation Reserve will be periodically closed to the public for most of the next three days because of extreme fire risks to life and property.

Search and rescue teams and helicopters were kept busy around Wānaka yesterday, working three operations to retrieve injured people from mountains, rivers and tracks.

Wānaka’s fire risk is now extreme and the Glendhu Bluffs has been moved into a prohibited fire season until further notice.