Bar owner back in business after flooding
Bar owner back in business after flooding
After a week with a flooded Lake Wanaka on his doorstep, Lake Bar owner Peter Byrne was finally back in business yesterday afternoon.
Mark Price
Team effort to get back on track after floods
Team effort to get back on track after floods
The flood clean-up continued in Wanaka yesterday as lakefront businesses were reconnected to the sewerage system.
Tonnes of driftwood to be cleared in lakes clean-up
Tonnes of driftwood to be cleared in lakes clean-up
The clean-up continues in Wanaka and Queenstown after heavy rain and floods in the past few days.
Floodwaters recede, businesses still closed
Floodwaters recede, businesses still closed
The level of Lake Wanaka is dropping, but lakefront businesses are not out of the woods yet.
Search for airport firm’s studies on sites fruitless
Search for airport firm’s studies on sites fruitless
After months of digging for Queenstown Airport Corporation studies done, but not made public, on alternative sites for Queenstown Airport,a Frankton resident has come up empty-handed.
Everyone deserves a place on the wall
Everyone deserves a place on the wall
A dozen Wanaka residents came face-to-face for the first time yesterday with portraits of themselves in oil.
Honey surplus points to problems
Honey surplus points to problems
It is the time of year when the honey bees are swarming across the thyme-covered slopes of Central Otago. Problem is — from an economic perspective — they are wasting their time. Mark Price reports.
Caution over off-grid electricity options
Caution over off-grid electricity options
Going "off-grid" is probably not the best move for most Otago electricity consumers, despite Aurora Energy's plans to substantially increase line charges.
Call for freedom camping ban except at camp grounds
Call for freedom camping ban except at camp grounds
Upper Clutha residents have rolled out the "not welcome" mat to freedom campers.
Service hubs off to a 'great start' in managing freedom campers
Service hubs off to a 'great start' in managing freedom campers
In the first week of the new freedom camping regime in the Queenstown Lakes enforcement officers have issued 107 tickets to errant campers.
More work on master plan for board
More work on master plan for board
The newly elected Wanaka Community Board has been dished out its first big helping of town planning documents.
Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Graeme and Barb Thompson
Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Graeme and Barb Thompson
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Graeme and Barb Thompson, at the new Wanaka Hub building.
Swift water team rescues stranded tramper
Swift water team rescues stranded tramper
A 22-year-old tramper who got into difficulty near the Haast Pass on Saturday afternoon used hand signals to raise the alarm.
Water facility
Water facility
The $2 million water sports building on the Lake Wanaka foreshore was opened to the public yesterday.
Tramper rescued across swollen Haast River
Tramper rescued across swollen Haast River
A young woman tramper has been rescued, wet, cold but otherwise unharmed after being trapped on the wrong side of the Haast River near Fantail Falls this afternoon.
Staggerwing to be sum of many parts
Staggerwing to be sum of many parts
Once the Lear Jet of the 1930s that flew corporate America on their pre-war business trips, four of the fast and opulent Beechcraft Staggerwing are now part of the Wanaka aviation scene.
Wahi Tupuna mapping process criticised as 'arbitrary'
Wahi Tupuna mapping process criticised as 'arbitrary'
"Arbitrary lines" and a lack of detail were the main criticisms of Wahi Tupuna mapping at a Lake Hawea public meeting on Thursday night.
Whitebaiting policy document date doubt
Whitebaiting policy document date doubt
The Government's consultation document on the future management of whitebait could be out before the end of the year, as promised. Then again, it could be next year.
House construction hits the fast lane
House construction hits the fast lane
A Wanaka man who helped make buying groceries easier wants to speed up the time it takes to build a house to put them in.
Three unhurt in landing incident
Three unhurt in landing incident
A plane forced to circle Wanaka Airport after a problem with its undercarriage landed without serious incident on Saturday, by skidding along the runway.