Marjorie Cook

Award-winning artists to create new guardian

Wānaka artists Martin Hill and Philippa Jones in the Clutha River. PHOTO: ALAN DOVE

Award-winning artists to create new guardian

The River Guardian of the Clutha - Mata Au has long departed, but Wanaka artists Martin Hill and Philippa Jones will soon begin working on a reincarnation to watch over the largest man-made...

Excitement builds for big day

Wānaka tourism worker Amber Perry is helping co-ordinate Wanaka’s Pride Party at the Lake Wānaka...

Excitement builds for big day

The energy going into Wanaka’s first Pride Week has been strong, and excitement is mounting for tomorrow’s second annual Pride Street Party at the Lake Wanaka Centre.

Chasing the light

Wānaka photographer Tristian McDonald’s award-winning Arc at Poolburn. PHOTO: TRISTIAN MCDONALD

Chasing the light

When Wānaka artist Tristian McDonald decides to stay up all night, he really likes to make the most of it.

Strategy response tepid

Strategy response tepid

Arts organisations in Central Otago, Queenstown and Wanaka are welcoming Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith’s long awaited national arts strategy.

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Lake still recovering after rain

Wanaka Lake Swimmers Club committee member Eddie Spearing inspects the water quality at the...

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Lake still recovering after rain

After several heavy rainfalls last week, Lake Wānaka reached its first flood level alert of 279.4m at 5am Sunday but had dropped to 279.1m by noon yesterday.

Caution urged after Crown Range fatality

Senior Sergeant Fiona Roberts. PHOTO: ARCHIVE

Caution urged after Crown Range fatality

After a quiet Labour Weekend on the roads, Wanaka police were "straight back into it" the next week, attending three car crashes on the Crown Range Rd.

Brighter times are expected

Celebrating 10 years in business at The Lavender Farm are (from left) Stef Zeestraten, Rochelle...

Brighter times are expected

The economic climate might be gloomy, but Wanaka Business Chamber general manager Glenn Peat is urging members to keep believing something good is just around the corner.

Opinion: Gower opens up to readers at festival

Mountain Scene editor Tracey Roxburgh with journalist Paddy Gower at his Queenstown Writers...

Opinion: Gower opens up to readers at festival

Journalist Paddy Gower could have told many a sad story about the personal costs of telling the news in his session at last week’s Queenstown Writers Festival.

Communities celebrate cultural events

Paetara Central was decorated in vibrant colours for the Wānaka Mexican community’s Dia de los...

Communities celebrate cultural events

Residents from Mexico and India held two celebrations in recent days to mark important cultural events on their national calendars.

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Wānaka Airport to become CAA certified

Wānaka Airport Users Group chairman Don Grant is happy with council engagement over plans to...

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Wānaka Airport to become CAA certified

Wānaka Airport will be a Civil Aviation Authority-certified aerodrome by July 2027, the Queenstown Lakes District Council announced yesterday.

Loved ones honoured in traditional celebration

Wānaka's Mexican community hosted Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations at Paetara Central on Saturday to mark the deaths of loved ones.

Makarora mohua in serious need of intervention

The mohua population has been monitored since 2008. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Makarora mohua in serious need of intervention

Wanaka conservation workers Jo Tilson is one of three conservation workers who will be sharing insights about the doomed yellow-headed native bird mohua during today’s Wao Summit Climate and...

Youth hub a hive of activity

Kahu Youth’s new premises are "da bomb" and "sigma" but "needs cupcakes", the youth club members say.

'Sad news': Crux put into 'hibernation'

Peter Newport (second right) announced today at the Queenstown Writers Festival that Crux is...

Digital news business Crux 'in hibernation'

Crux managing director Peter Newport announced today he was putting his digital news business "into hibernation".

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Panning for support for small town events

World Gold Panning Championships organiser Terry Davis (left) admits to salting Arts, Culture and...

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Panning for support for small town events

Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith was delighted to find five flakes of gold while prospecting in the Cardrona River near Wanaka yesterday, but it was not enough to satisfy his...

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Call for ‘serious’ measures to save mohua

A yellow-headed native mohua. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Call for ‘serious’ measures to save mohua

Wanaka conservation worker Jo Tilson is one of three conservation workers who will be sharing insights about the doomed yellow-headed native bird mohua during today’s Wao Summit...

Top Wānaka barista prioritises staff

Barista Bonnie Lam, owner of the Coffee Shack and Coffee Dojo, was second at the New Zealand...

Top Wānaka barista prioritises staff

An award-winning Wānaka barista's cafe isn't open this weekend because she wants her staff "to have a healthy lifestyle".

Races family affair for Team NZ cyclor

The Allan family of Wanaka celebrate the America's Cup campaign. From left, mum Amy, Flynn, 10,...

Races family affair for Team NZ cyclor

When Team New Zealand cyclor Dougal Allan walked out to race boat Taihoro every America’s Cup race day in Barcelona, the highlight was knowing his family was watching from the dock and...

Managed rock wren increasing: data

Managed rock wren increasing: data

New data shows numbers of rock wren/pīwauwau/tuke, New Zealand’s only true alpine bird, are increasing where predators are controlled in its mountain home.

Cook Islands mission for Wastebusters

Urban designer Garth Falconer at another of his projcets, the Wanaka lakefront. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOK

Cook Islands mission for Wastebusters

Garth Falconer’s company Reset Urban Design has worked on designs for many national and international projects.

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