Mark Price

Alexandra aviators are planning legal action over an application by Christchurch company Skybase to establish 500sqkm of restricted airspace in Central Otago.

Ways to better integrate a proposed 400-lot special housing area (SHA) into the Lake Hawea township have been found but details are not yet being disclosed.

The Wanaka speed flyer who died following a crash on Isthmus Peak, near Lake Hawea, on Sunday did not hold a licence to fly.

The noise from an increasing number of light commercial aircraft flights has prompted the Wanaka Residents Association to call for more controls over where they can fly.

The Christchurch company proposing to fly unmanned aircraft over restricted airspace in Central Otago is considering going elsewhere.

The Queenstown Airport Corporation has set March 31, 2025, as the end date for new leases being negotiated with several Wanaka Airport users.

Air New Zealand believes the Government should help decide the location of a new Otago airport, but Transport Minister Phil Twyford has rejected the idea of the Government's involvement.

Daniel Pezaro has become the first Wanaka-born pilot to be awarded a $5000 Warbirds Over Wanaka flying scholarship to improve his skills and experience in flying the vintage warbirds.

The short stretch of the Clutha River where jumpers from the Albert Town Bridge drift to was given attention during a hearing in Wanaka yesterday.

A Wanaka man has called on the Government to take over planning of air services to the Central Otago-Lakes District.

What the public thinks of plans to expand Queenstown Airport is expected to become clear today.

Wanaka "artisan chocolatier" Tanja Schwindt, who owns the Chocolate Workshop, has won a gold medal at the New Zealand Chocolate Awards for her "passionfruit bonbons".

There is disagreement between the developers of the Northlake subdivision in Wanaka and the Queenstown Lakes District Council over a proposal to build 20 "affordable" terrace houses.

The Lake Hawea community is willing to discuss ways of integrating a proposed special housing area (SHA) into the existing township but it will be ''without prejudice''.

Air New Zealand has gone silent over its suggestion of a new airport for ''central Otago''.

Skiing from the top of Mt Aspiring is considered challenging but it is not uncommon.