Wanaka's proposed $7 million integrated health-care centre is undergoing some minor design changes but it is hoped construction can begin soon, in time for completion in the first half of 2011.
Police are cautioning motorists and cyclists to respect each other and the road rules in the build-up to the Challenge Wanaka long-distance triathlon this weekend.
If you were caught in yesterday's rainstorm in Wanaka, chances are you might have felt warmer in the lake.
More than 200 children enjoyed the Junior Challenge Wanaka yesterday morning, in calm, cool conditions between northwesterly storms.
Australian long-distance triathlete Peter Lines (51) has chosen an extreme form of altitude training to prepare for Saturday's Challenge Wanaka - he is going to climb New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki-Mt Cook (3764m).
The week-long Challenge Wanaka triathlon festival beginning tomorrow is the first in a series of seven major summer events that should keep Wanaka businesses busy and the economy booming until the end of April.
The week-long Challenge Wanaka triathlon festival beginning tomorrow is the first in a series of seven major summer events that should keep Wanaka businesses busy and the economy booming until the end of April.
Wanaka triathletes Tony Dodds and Nicky Samuels have turned their backs on last year's performances with the firm intention of sticking to their joint New Year's resolution to "just have fun".
Wanaka police are appealing for public help in their investigation of a burglary of the Dual Image catamaran about 11pm on January 2, while it was moored in Roys Bay on Lake Wanaka.
Winter Olympics aspirant Katharine Eustace (34) is a highly energetic physiotherapist who arrived in Wanaka several years ago not knowing what the future would hold.
John and Liz Rogers, who have volunteered for Wanaka's first marine emergency first response team, are no strangers to water.
Retired Lake Hawea glaciologist Trevor Chinn confirmed yesterday the black stripe on the usually pristine snowfield of Fog Peak is a "comparatively small rock avalanche" that fell in September.
Wanaka skeleton racer Katharine Eustace came third in a Europe Cup race on December 19 and followed up with a fourth place the next day, on the second day of races at the Igls track, in Austria.
The Hawea Picnic Racing Club is all about country traditions and handicapper Mick Prendergast (76) of Hyde is regarded as one of the event's local legends.
Few incidents have been reported to police in Wanaka so far this holiday season but more than 60 police officers are now waiting in the wings to crack down on any sign of trouble as people arrive to party in Central Otago.
Wanaka holiday-makers basked in sunny conditions yesterday, with many heading to the lake to swim, sail, kayak, boat or sunbathe.
The Wanaka Community Board resolved last week to oppose the New Zealand Geographic Board's proposal to put a macron - long vowel sound - over the first "a" in the place name "Hawea".
The Lake Hawea sewer is under pressure and likely to overflow during high rainfalls, so the Queenstown Lakes District Council is keen to talk to property owners next month about ways to reduce the problem.
The annual Wanaka Rodeo on January 2 will go ahead at its usual venue on the Gordon property one more time, but with a new traffic access from Gordon Rd.
The discussion document for the Ardmore-Brownston St upgrade has been released to allow public feedback by February 5.
