When the long overdue major Southern Alps faultline rupture occurs, Haast residents may experience an 8m shift of the ground beneath their feet.
Work on the final 3km of the Millennium track between Wanaka and Glendhu is progressing more slowly than hoped but is due to be finished by mid to late March.
At any one point in time, about 50% of New Zealand's high-performance snow sports athletes will be nursing an injury.
Di and Jamie Brown call their children their "heroes".
Temperatures have been soaring to 30degC in Wanaka and Queenstown every day this week and it's enough to make people's blood boil.
Wanaka police are concerned a firebug's penchant for lighting dangerous fires is escalating, following what they say was the deliberate torching of an older model Ford Falcon station wagon near the town centre early yesterday.