Marjorie Cook

Finish your destination management plans, pay tourism workers "a decent amount of money" and lift your service: this was the message from Tourism Minister Stuart Nash to the tourism industry...

Disc golf in Wanaka has taken a step forward as a legitimate sport.

Covid has steamrolled another Wanaka event — the 32nd Wanaka Autumn Art School.

A combination of competition, Covid, jetlag and stress led to Wanaka biathlete Campbell Wright pushing his heart rate into the danger zone at an event in Italy on Sunday.

Auckland developer Douglas Developments Ltd has obtained resource consent for an "unorthodox" 17-lot farm park subdivision near Tarras.

 Auckland developer Douglas Developments Ltd has obtained resource consent for an "unorthodox" 17-lot farm park subdivision near Tarras.

Wanaka woman Tanya Bottomley has conquered Fiordland’s unknown challenges and completed a month-long west-east traverse of the South Island.

Team Avaya continued to turn the screws in the 710km Godzone adventure race yesterday, leaving some of New Zealand’s top multisporters in tatters.

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says he will "shortly announce" how Wanaka businesses can apply for a share of a $49 million kickstart fund and gear up for the return of international tourists.

Nathan Fa’avae’s Team Avaya was still leading the Godzone Adventure Race yesterday afternoon, 54km into a trek through the Eyre Mountains, on the way to Dead Dog Flat.

Team Avaya got off to a flying start at Godzone at the weekend, but several other athletes had to be choppered off the alpine course with illness or injuries.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 people living in the Southern District Health Board area have been granted a vaccine pass exemption, from 593 granted as of February 1.

Smiles wreathed the faces of rugby identities Richie McCaw and Rob Nichol as they began the first day of their 710km "coast to coast" at Jackson Bay, Haast, yesterday.

Rapid antigen tests are hard to come by in Wanaka and the price for a single test was more than $20.

Police officers from Otago were sent to join their North Island colleagues at the Parliament protest and occupation in Wellington, although yesterday it was in the process of being shut down.

Queenstown and Wanaka residents’ increasing dissatisfaction with their council is disappointing and also highlights the impact of Covid-19 on the area, the deputy mayor and chief executive say.