'A steam fan’s dream': Vintage tractor drivers needed
A bunch of old tractors sitting in a shed are lacking just one thing - someone to drive them to the Wheels at Wanaka Vintage Car, Truck and Tractor Show.
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Future uncertain for Luggate sections
Future uncertain for Luggate sections
A digger has been clearing two vacant sections in the centre of Luggate but their end use has yet to be determined.
Wanted: Experienced vintage tractor drivers
Wanted: Experienced vintage tractor drivers
A bunch of old tractors sitting in a shed in Wanaka are lacking just one thing — someone to drive them.
Isolated cafe owners back in business
Isolated cafe owners back in business
The enforced holiday is over for Joss and Ian (Spinner) Smith, of Jackson Bay, South Westland.
Opinions split on water-ski lane proposal
Opinions split on water-ski lane proposal
The proposal to remove the three water-ski lanes from Lake Wanaka’s Roys Bay dominates public submissions on the draft Navigation Safety Bylaw 2025.
Prime property’s purpose to be revealed
Prime property’s purpose to be revealed
More light could be shed on what is, or was, envisaged for a prime rural property at the entrance to Wanaka before the end of the year.
Warbirds stalwart farewelled
Warbirds stalwart farewelled
An 80-year-old stalwart of the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow is leaving New Zealand.
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Nasa’s superpressure balloon campaign to return next year
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Nasa’s superpressure balloon campaign to return next year
The big shiny balloon is coming back to Wānaka.
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Airshow stalwart to find new home abroad
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Airshow stalwart to find new home abroad
A stalwart of the Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow is leaving New Zealand.
Rob Roy Glacier beckons
Rob Roy Glacier beckons
Mark Price seized the opportunity to walk the oft closed Rob Roy Glacier track.
Photographer mixes old with new
Photographer mixes old with new
How it is and how it was — all in the same photo.
Retail, accommodation complex proposed
Retail, accommodation complex proposed
A retail and accommodation complex for Cardrona is being mooted by an Australian developer.
Clean bill of health for hospital company
Clean bill of health for hospital company
The company that runs Dunstan Hospital has come through 2024 in pretty good health.
Dunstan Hospital back in surplus; staff levels, morale up too
Dunstan Hospital back in surplus; staff levels, morale up too
The company that runs Dunstan Hospital has come through 2024 in pretty good health.
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Business closure under consideration
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Business closure under consideration
The owners of Wānaka’s Mediterranean Market are considering closing the business.
‘Caring is not enough’
‘Caring is not enough’
Buy an electric car, get solar panels, let your lawn grow, get rid of your fireplace.
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Project to finish ‘by early 2028’
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Project to finish ‘by early 2028’
The "poo truck" express between Hawea’s Longview subdivision and the Project Pure wastewater treatment plant, at Wanaka Airport, looks set to continue for another three years.
Draft bylaw outlines changes to make bridge jumping safer
Draft bylaw outlines changes to make bridge jumping safer
The "rite of passage" that is jumping off the Albert Town bridge into the Clutha River looks likely to be enshrined in council legislation.
Dunedin sets an example for woeful Wellington to follow
Dunedin sets an example for woeful Wellington to follow
Mark Price sees reflections of Dunedin in the puddles of Wellington's hard times.
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Mystery over QLDC's stance on billionaire's bolthole
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Mystery over QLDC's stance on billionaire's bolthole
An Official Information Act request has thrown no new light on why the QLDC changed its stance on American billionaire Peter Thiel's application to build a Lake Wānaka lodge.