Marjorie Cook

Activity at Wānaka airport quantified

A bird’s-eye view of Wānaka Airport. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Activity at Wānaka airport quantified

Wānaka Airport businesses generate $69.6m for the local economy and nearly three-quarters of businesses based at the airport are projecting growth, according to a new independent survey.

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Ire over stormwater upgrade deferral

A string of Aucklanders have been charged for breaching lockdown rules by travelling to the...

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Ire over stormwater upgrade deferral

Two freshwater lobby groups based in Wānaka are up in arms about the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s proposal to defer a $6 million stormwater upgrade until 2030.

Pre-coronation get-together, Lake Hāwea

Isla Febery (4), Gracelyn Hall (4) and Agatha Ivy Benton (3).

Pre-coronation get-together, Lake Hāwea

PHOTOS: MARJORIE COOK

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Locals worried over camp sale

The Glendhu Bay camping ground. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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Locals worried over camp sale

Concerns are growing over the possibility the Glendhu Bay camping ground could have a corporate atmosphere in years to come.

Wānaka house bought for $57k now worth $3.8m

Margaret Herron (80) is selling the house she has owned for more than 40 years. PHOTO: MARJORIE...

Wānaka house bought for $57k now worth $3.8m

The last house in Wānaka’s central business district is for sale, after its owner Margaret Herron decided to realise its value and treat herself and her family.

New hotel plans for central Wānaka

New hotel plans ‘bring more appropriate human scale’

A frustrated hotel developer has returned to the drawing board and submitted new plans for a multimillion-dollar hotel in the Wānaka town centre.

Siblings mustered to (mis)remember family legends

Siblings PL Anderson (front left), Andy Anderson and Spin Lucas, with their nephew James Anderson...

Siblings mustered to (mis)remember family legends

The Tarras’ Anderson family — PL, Andy, Kate and Spin — recently celebrated their family’s 100 years in the district.

It takes a village — composer plays to residents

Pianist, violinist, composer and conductor Rakuto Kurano (right) of Christchurch with Wanaka...

It takes a village — composer plays to residents

At the age of 23, Christchurch musician Rakuto Kurano is the youngest recruit to retirement-style living at Wānaka’s Aspiring Lifestyle Village.

Soldier’s diary tells of French connection

Russell Emmerson holds his grandfather George Bain Henderson’s leather-bound wartime diary from...

Soldier’s diary tells of French connection

George Bain "GB" Henderson’s sentences in his 1918 diary may have been brief but his history was long.

Diary from 1918 read at Tarras Anzac service

Russell Emmerson with his grandfather George Bain Henderson’s diary from 1918. Mr Henderson was...

Diary from 1918 read at Tarras Anzac service

About 150 people went to the Tarras Anzac service at 10am.

Clear morning greets Dawn Service at Lake Hawea

Dick Cotter looks at the crosses of the fallen at the Lake Hawea Dawn Service. Photo: Marjorie Cook

Clear morning greets Dawn Service at Lake Hawea

Lake Hawea’s Dawn Service on Anzac Peninsula drew almost a thousand people this morning.

People: Festival of Speed

Paul McNabb, of Balclutha, and Stewart Copeland, of Kaitangata.

People: Festival of Speed

At the Festival of Speed, Highlands Motorsport Park, April 21-23.

Canisters sought for airshow explosion

Warbirds Over Wānaka general manager Ed Taylor is seeking spare 9kg gas containers
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Canisters sought for airshow explosion

Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow wants great balls of fire at next year’s Easter event at Wanaka Airport.

Potential sale of holiday parks sparks fears

The Glendhu Bay camping ground in late 2020. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

Potential sale of holiday parks sparks fears

Some of the South’s best holiday parks could soon be run by Australians, sparking fears of a loss of the New Zealand way of camping.

Surf wave pool draws attention

Entrepreneur Ross McCarthy in his Hāwea Flat garden with his surf wave pool. Photo: Marjorie Cook

Surf wave pool draws attention

The Hāwea Flat developer of a world-first backyard surf wave pool has been swamped with interest from around New Zealand and overseas.

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Nasa balloon lifts off with kiwi soft toy mascot, optical telescope

Nasa balloon programme office chief technologist Dr Sarah Roth, in Wānaka for this year’s...

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Nasa balloon lifts off with kiwi soft toy mascot, optical telescope

Nasa’s massive scientific balloon successfully launched on its first attempt from Wānaka Airport on Sunday is now floating in the stratosphere towards South America.