Wanaka adventurer Mal Haskins aborted his attempt in Nepal this week to become the first person to speedfly from an 8000m peak because of high winds and he does not plan another attempt this trip.
Wanaka models Ruth Coghill (78) and Elle Scurr (18) will take to the catwalk in the annual Passion for Fashion show next week, confident in the knowledge they have been schooled by a master.
Wanaka yarn bomber "Knitsy" has struck again, this time hanging several colourful rugby-ball shaped crocheted doilies on a wire-netting fence at the Upper Clutha Rugby Club and Wanaka Showgrounds.
Several campaigns are about to get under way aiming to encourage more summer visitors to Wanaka.
Wanaka Wastebusters has received $118,750 from the Ministry for the Environment to continue and extend its Unpackit packaging waste campaign next year.
Who is Wanaka's "Knitsy", the colourful and anonymous yarn-bomber whose very public works include cupcackes, breasts, fake dog droppings tree pom-poms, downpipe scarves and handrail warmers? Wanaka reporter Marjorie Cook consults the local Stitch n' Bitch knitting circle.
When Wanaka multisporter Dougal Allan (26) goes up against Nelson's Richard Ussher (35) in the Motu Challenge on Saturday, there will be a team of southern foot soldiers at their backs.
Photographer and designer Christopher Thompson talks to Marjorie Cook about his career and his new life in Wanaka.
Wanaka adventurers Mal Haskins and Sophie Ward have set up their base camp on Mt Manaslu in Nepal and are preparing for the first summit opportunity in about three weeks' time.
The Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust is likely to pay nearly $1 million for next January's week-long triathlon festival, at least twice the cost of this year's $407,231 event.
Conditions are dry in the Upper Clutha region, causing concerns for farmers and rural firefighters as they continue to battle accidental vegetation blazes.
Hundreds of powder hounds enjoyed fresh snow and sunny, spring conditions on Wanaka skifields as they celebrated the end of the snow season.
The Sharpridge Trust has appealed part of a resource consent decision relating to a proposed four-lot subdivision in Mt Aspiring Rd.
Wanaka "went mental" last year when the Upper Clutha Rugby Club beat Arrowtown to win the White Horse Cup, the symbol of supremacy for country rugby since 1925.
Opponents of speed humps installed in Wanaka presented a 200-signature petition to the Queenstown Lakes District Council's meeting at Lake Hawea this week.
Top long-distance triathlete and new mother Gina Crawford is making her return to the sport in January by competing in Challenge Wanaka.
The Hawea Community Association is bitterly disappointed a freedom camping bylaw is not going to be enforced on Land Information New Zealand land around Lake Hawea.
Organisers of the Challenge Wanaka long-distance triathlon festival have begun counting down for the town's sixth race to be held on January 21.
Young playwright Aaron Blackledge has an agenda, reports Marjorie Cook, in Wanaka.
Central Otago stand-up paddleboarders face a wardrobe dilemma - what to wear on the water.
