The Wanaka Community Board this week decided to forgo the new policy of charging 7.5% of turnover when it considered an application for a commercial land use licence from the Lucky Montana Flying Circus paragliding business.
The plans of three businessmen to build two houses each at Damper Bay, near Wanaka, are supported by the former landowners, the McRae family, but the McRaes also say related land management plans are not good for the national economy.
Retiring Mayor Clive Geddes warned of the risks of what he called inappropriate rural development between Wanaka and Wanaka Airport at his last meeting with the Wanaka Community Board on Tuesday.
In just two years, Lake Hawea gardener Paul Kummerow has transformed just over 1ha of unused farmland into a productive vegetable garden that feeds hundreds of people.
A Wanaka amusement park and entertainment centre has been proposed for a site opposite Wanaka Airport by the family trust of respected former Invercargill businessman Ross Young and his wife Judy.
The Wanaka Rowing Club has been asked why it is hiding its proposed clubhouse among trees at the start of the Millennium Track when it could be basking in full public view on Lake Wanaka's lakefront, in front of the Upper Clutha showgrounds.
Wanaka property owners and brothers Owen and Eric Hopgood have declined to confirm their plans to convert the McKenzie and Willis building on Ardmore St into a fast food restaurant with drive-through access.
Skifield closing weekend brought fine weather and crowds of happy skiers to Wanaka.
The 10th Mainland Classic car tour has attracted 32 car entries and about 70 people, organiser David Mehrtens, of Dunedin, says.
The Haast community is $2000 closer to its $12,000 goal of connecting quickly to the outside world, after last week's inaugural Creative Arts Fashion Show hosted by the Haast School and play group.
After several years of research, the Wanaka Rowing Club has released plans for its preferred clubhouse site, on the shores of Roys Bay below Tapley Paddock.
The Treble Cone Ski Area has started an internal investigation into an accident on Tuesday in which a professional Norwegian snowboarder seriously injured his spinal cord while using a 10m jump in the saddle basin, but it is not yet known whether the Department of Labour will follow suit.
An up-and-coming young Norwegian snowboarder suffered a serious spine injury after falling while testing a 10m-high jump in Treble Cone's saddle basin on Tuesday and is now being treated at the specialist spine injury unit at Burwood Hospital, Christchurch.
A spike in Wanaka arrests has Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell wondering about the causes.
If housework was a sport, Pamela Pittaway, of Wanaka, would be a national champion.
Albert Town was the first town established in the Upper Clutha locality now better known for its flashy resort neighbour, Wanaka. Marjorie Cook investigates the steady creep of development which threatens to join the two towns and why some residents of Albert Town want to ensure its identity is not lost.
GirlGuiding New Zealand is calling on Otago women to give any unwanted bras to a world record bra-chain attempt in Dargaville on May 8 (Mother's Day) next year.
Wanaka reporter Marjorie Cook tarted up her gumboots with a fur trim (cost $1; thanks Wanaka Wastebusters) and went to the most keenly awaited fashion event held in this part of the nation this week, the inaugural Haast Creative Arts Fashion Show.
The 13-pupil Haast School has won a $1500 technology grant after finishing runner-up in a national competition, Power to Learn, organised by Eveready.
The New Zealand Transport Agency will monitor a 70kmh zone at Albert Town but has no plans to drop the speed to 50kmh, Central Otago area manager John Jarvis said.
