Marjorie Cook

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

Wānaka Performing Arts and Culture Centre Trust spokesman Michael Sidey has released 10 site options the trust has been studying for its proposed $60million arts centre.

Social media fraud has raised its head in Wānaka, tricking several people into paying deposits for a tiny house.

Puzzling World's 50th anniversary celebration was held on Sunday, December 17.

Wanaka’s award-winning search and rescue specialist swift water/canyon team help police divers retrieve the body of climber Hamish Attenborough in this file photo taken last year.

With the advent of Christmas and New Year, Wānaka police are entering their seasonal period of reflecting on and preparing for public displays of drunkenness.

Wanaka’s former YHA hostel at 94 Brownston St is being renovated for flashpackers and digital nomads, ahead of a relaunch as a Haka House hostel around April next year.

Wanaka’s Christmas Convoy will make a welcome return to the streets of Upper Clutha towns tomorrow,  collecting food, presents and goodies for Wānaka Community Hub/Link’s foodbank.

Wānaka’s Search and Rescue (Sar) volunteers have been cranking up their rescues since October, as people frequently use personal locator beacons (PLB) to call for help.

One of the South Island’s largest music festivals will have to wait until Monday to find out just how much alcohol it will be able to sell to festival-goers. The Rhythm & Alps festival in the...

One of the South Island’s largest music festivals will have to wait until Monday to find out just how much alcohol it will be able to sell to festival-goers.

Lake Hāwea Golf Club president Steve Smith died in a tramping incident on Saturday, police say.